Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 1 Rampant Liaodong War Tartars

Section 1: Failure to advance or retreat

In the first year of the Apocalypse (the sixth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), on the night of March 15, the Han Wei army camp outside Anshan City.

Liu Yunwei, Wen Poyu, and Wu Xing frowned at a map of Liaodong in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the battle report they had just received pressed on the hearts of the three of them like a thousand mountains, extremely heavy and breathless.

The candle flame on the table kept beating, flickering and dimming, as if Liu Yunwei's mood was at this moment, sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes hesitant, and he was a little confused for a while.

At this time, Liu Yunwei, Wen Poyu, and Wu Xing already knew the situation of the Battle of Hunhe, and also knew that Shenyang and Liaoyang had fallen one after another.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Yunwei said with a gloomy face: "Po Yu, where is the Jiannu army now?" ”

Wen Poyu thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, according to the investigation that does not collect at night, now the two white flags of Jiannu are stationed in Liaoyang, the two yellow flags are stationed in Shenyang, and the two red flags and two blue flags are gathering soldiers and horses. ”

Wu Xing was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said suspiciously: "In just a few days, the Jiannu army has captured the two fortified cities of Shenyang and Liaoyang one after another, and also defeated the world's elites such as the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers on both sides of the Hunhe River. Now instead of holding the city and holding the battle line with us, the slave chiefs have come to meet us? Isn't that a bit out of place? ”

Liu Yunwei snorted coldly and said: "The loss of the Jiannu army in the past few days may not be as much as we imagined, after all, Shenyang was lost because Mongolia opened the city gate, and Liaoyang was lost because Yuan Yingtai led his troops into the city and was seized by Jiannu. I think that the real casualties caused to the Jiannu army should be the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, but the number of Qi's army and the white pole soldiers is too small, and it is still unknown how many casualties can be caused to Jiannu. ”

"Big brother, even if the casualties of Jiannu are not as big as we imagined, it should be hurt by the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers. Otherwise, the Slave Chief should have done his best to come to fight us, instead of just sending two red flags and two blue flags. According to the current situation, as long as Jiannu defeats our Hanwei army again, then Liaodong will be the meat in Jiannu's mouth, and the slave chief will not fail to think of this. Wen Poyu analyzed.

Liu Yunwei felt that what Wen Poyu said was very reasonable, and couldn't help but nodded, and then said: "Two red flags, two blue flags, a total of four banners The strength of Jiannu should be around 50,000, even if it is a lot of losses, it should be around 40,000, and there is not much gap between us and us in terms of troops." However, now that Jiannu has won victories one after another, the morale has risen sharply, and it is the time when the soldiers are fierce, and due to the successive losses of Shenyang and Liaoyang and the defeat of the Hunhe River, now the defenders in Liaodong are either scattered or unable to defend the city, which is a bit of a loss for our Hanwei army. ”

Hearing this, Wen Poyu hurriedly asked, "Big brother, don't we fight when you hear this?" Liaoyang is our home, how can we fall into the hands of Tartar captivity! ”

Wu Xing also seemed a little anxious, and said: "Big brother, let's come thousands of miles to help, if we retreat without a fight, it will be too big a blow to morale." ”

Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "I didn't say I wouldn't fight!" I'm thinking, now that the army of the Eight Banners of Jiannu has been divided, maybe this is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter given to us by the Slave Chief! ”

Wen Poyu and Wu Xing couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, and asked in unison, "What fighter?" ”

"Break it all!"

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Thousands of miles away, Shenyang and Liaoyang were lost one after another, and the news of the Battle of the Hunhe River was transmitted back to the capital, and the capital was shaken, the government and the opposition panicked, and even the land of Gyeonggi was rushed to buy grain, and many people with relatives from other places left with their families, and people were panicked for a while.

Emperor Tianqi was furious when he heard the news, and as soon as he succeeded to the throne, there was a big defeat in Liaodong, not only lost big cities like Shenyang and Liaoyang, but even the world-famous elites such as the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers were all wiped out, is Jiannu really invincible? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty is destined to lose Liaodong!

Thinking of this, Emperor Tianqi issued an order to remove Liu Yixiu, the first assistant of the cabinet, and was succeeded by Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the previous cabinet, on the grounds of "ineffective dispatch" and "lost the city and land"; At the same time, Emperor Tianqi also urgently summoned Ye Xianggao, Wei Zhongxian, and Huang Jiashan into the palace to urgently discuss the war in Liaodong.

In the imperial study, Emperor Tianqi sat on the brocade pier and looked coldly at Ye Xianggao, Wei Zhongxian, and Huang Jiashan, holding a wooden crane carved by himself in his hand and gently tapping on the table, each time it hit the hearts of the three like a heavy hammer.

After a while, Emperor Tianqi said coldly: "The Qi family army and the white pole soldiers have all been annihilated, and Shenyang and Liaoyang have also been lost one after another, and now it is only a matter of time before the whole Liao is lost!" All three of you are pillars in the middle of the court, but do you have any countermeasures? ”

Ye Xianggao was not good at military affairs, so he didn't speak for a while, but just looked at Huang Jiashan slightly; And Wei Zhongxian also bowed his head and was silent, not half ready to speak.

Huang Jiashan smiled bitterly in his heart, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, at present, Liu Yunwei of Tongzhou Town has led 30,000 Hanwei troops to Liaodong, and it is estimated that he has now rushed to the Anshan area. In this battle, the Qi family army and the 7,000 soldiers of the white pole soldiers were outnumbered, so that the whole army was martyred, but the Jiannu army must have also suffered heavy losses, and now the Jiannu banners have been divided into troops to garrison Shenyang and Liaoyang, which is enough to show that the Jiannu army has lost too much and has no strength to continue the attack! In addition, the minister also got the return of the sharp whistle, it is said that the slave chieftain gathered 100,000 troops to besiege the Sichuan and Zhejiang coalition armies for two days and two nights, during which several times was defeated by the Sichuan and Zhejiang coalition army soldiers, and the Jiannu banners were killed and wounded. Therefore, the minister thinks that now that the Jiannu army is at the end of the strong crossbow, with the Hanwei army, the war will definitely take a turn! The war situation in Liaodong has not yet reached the end of the mountain. ”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "Huang Shangshu, the miscellaneous family thinks that the war in Liaodong is related to the fortune of the country, and we must not take it lightly, as courtiers, we can't report good news and not bad news!" ”

Huang Jiashan frowned and was about to speak, but he heard the Emperor of the Apocalypse ask, "Companion, how do you say this?" ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although the strength of Jiannu has suffered a lot of losses now, it still has tens of thousands of troops, and its strength cannot be underestimated, especially the capture of the two fortified cities of Shenyang and Liaoyang, which can be said to be offensive and retreating, and the morale of the Jiannu army with the power of victory is high, and its soldiers are still sharp. On the other hand, although the Han Wei army is very elite and has strong troops, in the face of tens of thousands of Tartars with a strong city, can General Liu really win easily? Moreover, now that Liaoyang and Shenyang have been lost, the Hanwei army has lost its rescue target, the defenders of the surrounding cities have more than enough self-preservation and weak support, and the grain and grass line transported to Liaodong in the customs has reached a distance of thousands of miles, and the transportation is difficult. Lord Huang, now that General Liu and the Jiannu army should be on par, what we should think about is how to break the situation, what do you say? ”

Huang Jiashan was speechless for a while.

Emperor Apocalypse was secretly frightened when he heard this, so he had a plan to withdraw his troops, after all, now the elite of the Ming Dynasty is only left with the Han Wei Army, and there must be no more mistakes, otherwise how will the situation be turned around in the future?

So, Emperor Tianqi said: "I see, it's better to let General Liu withdraw first, and after the imperial court recruits the army, it is not too late to organize the army to go to Liaodong." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ye Xianggao, Wei Zhongxian, and Huang Jiashan said in unison: "Your Majesty, you must not!" ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was slightly stunned and asked, "Why not?" ”

Ye Xianggao first said: "Your Majesty, now that Shenyang and Liaoyang have been lost, the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers have all been annihilated, so that Liaodong is shaken, Jingshi is shaken, and the world is shaken. The imperial court must not withdraw its troops at this time, otherwise the morale of the army will be greatly reduced, and the people of the world will also talk about it. ”

Wei Zhongxian continued: "Your Majesty, it is estimated that the slave chief is now complacent, if Your Majesty surrenders and withdraws the army, it will boost the arrogance of the slave chief, and in the future, Jiannu will definitely become more and more unscrupulous!" ”

Huang Jiashan said bluntly: "Your Majesty, now that the Han Wei army has arrived in Liaodong, it is necessary to launch an attack on Jiannu to curb the offensive of the Jiannu army; Moreover, the imperial court should continue to requisition troops from the Tongzhou battalion to Liao, basically fix the Liaodong front in its existing position, and prevent the situation in Liaodong from further deteriorating. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't speak, just lowered his head and fiddled with the wood carving crane in his hand. After a while, Emperor Tianqi said: "Decree: Order Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, to enter the army immediately and wait for the opportunity to recapture Liaoyang and Shenyang; At the same time, another 30,000 Hanwei troops were requisitioned from Tongzhou Town to rush to Liaodong! ”

Yuan Mingxuan, Lu Ying, and Sun Yuanhua, who stayed in Tongzhou, heard the news of the defeat of Liaodong, the loss of Shenyang and Liaoyang, and the annihilation of the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers. However, when the imperial court's reinforcements arrived, everyone fell silent, and then a surge of anger erupted in everyone's hearts.

Li Tianhao, Wang Kangdang, Gao Hongguang, Zhao Kaishan, and Huangfu Ming found Yuan Mingxuan, Sun Yuanhua, and Lu Ying at the first time, and asked to lead troops to reinforce Liaodong. Now the situation of Liu Yunwei's department, as long as a discerning person can see it, it is already a dilemma, so everyone wants to go to support.

Yuan Mingxuan, Lu Ying, and Sun Yuanhua had obviously discussed the matter of sending troops to Liaodong again, and at this time, seeing that everyone was excited, he motioned for everyone to be quiet first. After that, Yuan Mingxuan and Sun Yuanhua signaled Lu Ying to announce the results of the discussion between the three.

Lu Ying took a step forward, looked at his comrades in the big tent, and said: "Your Majesty has an order, Tongzhou Town immediately gathers 30,000 troops to Liao, supports the general town, fights a decisive battle to build slaves, and avenges the soldiers of the Qi family's army, the soldiers of the white pole soldiers, and the thousands of comrades who died defending Liaodong!" ”

"Kill slaves!"

"Kill slaves!"

"Kill slaves!"