Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 2 The two armies are fighting against the DPRK

Section 6 Is to go or to stay

In the first year of the Apocalypse (the sixth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in early April, the Hanwei army camp in Qianshan, Liaodong.

Just two days ago, Lu Ying led a total of more than 30,000 soldiers from the Feiyu Battalion, the Tiger Battalion, and the Eagle Yang Battalion to the Qianshan Camp, and the army arrived with the grain and grass allocated by the imperial court. On this day, Liu Yunwei led nearly 30 generals and officers above the rank of 1,000 generals, including Wen Poyu, Wu Xing, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun, to greet the reinforcements at the gate of the camp.

On this day, a total of more than 60,000 soldiers in the six battalions of the Hanwei Army thundered with joy and morale, and the whole thousand mountains were covered with bright red Ming battle flags, like a red ocean, and the majestic Han war drums resounded in all directions, like nine days of thunder, and they were clearly audible ten miles away.

The Jiannu scouts, who were monitoring the movements of the Hanwei army from a distance, were shocked when they saw this, and fled in all directions in panic, fleeing in the direction of Liaoyang and Shenyang, thinking that the Hanwei army was about to launch a counteroffensive.

That night, Liu Yunwei ordered the whole army to kill pigs and sheep, put on a feast, and washed the dust for more than 30,000 comrades who came to support. Whenever they heard a wonderful and fierce place, all the soldiers let out bursts of exclamations and kept applauding loudly.

At the same time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Yunwei was with Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Gao Hongguang, Zhou Tianyi, Hu Kun, and all the thousands of generals and officers of the whole army toasted each other with tea and ate a lot.

Liu Yunwei also laughed when he heard this, and said: "Everyone's morale is very high, according to this view, the Jiannu in Liaoyang City and Shenyang City are not enough to kill the soldiers!" When the time comes, don't attack each other! ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

The dinner lasted until late at night, as the night deepened, the soldiers of the various battalions of the Hanwei Army fell asleep one after another, Liu Yunwei and Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Gao Hongguang and others arranged the defense of each battalion, but they gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army.

However, at this time, the expressions of everyone in the big tent were completely different from before, all of them frowned, their faces were grim, and everyone looked like they were thinking about it.

After a while, Liu Yunwei spoke: "Everyone already knows the current situation, according to the letters of Lord Huang and Lord Yuan, it is very likely that the imperial court will order all the troops to withdraw to the Guannei in the short term. The imperial court has no money, and it can no longer support the expenses of the Liaodong War, and there may be problems with the supply of grain and grass for the army at any time, and our current situation is very dangerous. ”

Lu Ying said indignantly: "Those ministers in the court are all a bunch of bastards! Now let the army withdraw, and the Qi family army and the 7,000 soldiers of the white pole soldiers will be sacrificed in vain! Don't you want Liaoyang and Shenyang? What is this called? ”

Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu, and Gao Hongguang were even more angry and scolded, it is estimated that if the ministers of the DPRK and Central China were close at hand, they would have been beaten by the three of them a long time ago.

Wu Xing frowned and said, "Big brother, now that there is such a situation in the court, what should we do?" Is it to fight, to defend, or to withdraw? We must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise once something happens suddenly, it is very likely to cause chaos in the army's mind, and then the situation will not be good! ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said, "I know this, and I have considered it carefully." Lord Yuan said in the letter that Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the governor of Dongchang, was strongly opposed to the proposal of withdrawing troops, so there are still variables in the proposal of withdrawing troops. In view of this, I decided that the army would continue to hold on to the Thousand Mountains for the time being, and at the same time seek an opportunity to fight the main force of Jiannu. ”

Zhao Kaishan immediately shouted when he heard this, and said, "Big brother is right! We can't listen to those corrupt bastards and withdraw if they say that they will withdraw, Liaoyang is our home, and we must take it back! ”

Gao Hongguang, who was sitting next to him, pulled Zhao Kaishan and said, "Kaishan, you listen to the eldest brother first." ”

Liu Yunwei also signaled Zhao Kaishan to be quiet for a while, and then said: "In the evening today, Lord Zhou has already counted the grain and grass of the army, and so far, counting the batch of grain and grass that Lu Ying brought with him, the existing grain and grass of the army can still last for about nineteen days. Regardless of whether the imperial court's withdrawal proposal can be passed, before the next batch of grain and grass supplies is obtained, the remaining grain and grass of the army can no longer support our withdrawal to Guannai. Therefore, I decided to continue to stick to the camp of a thousand mountains and seek an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, not only unwilling to give up, but also forced by the situation, we can only reverse the situation by fighting and recapture Liaoyang and Shenyang as soon as possible, so that our Hanwei army can be invincible! ”

Everyone agreed, and Zhou Tianyi said: "What the town said is extremely true, the only way we can break the current predicament is to break the predicament with strength, only by defeating the Jiannu army, can we completely reverse the predicament!" ”

Gao Hongguang and Zhao Kaishan immediately shouted: "Then the big brother will give the order!" Tomorrow, our 60,000 soldiers will kill Liaoyang and fight to the death with Jiannu! ”

Liu Yunwei stood up slowly, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Guo Yi hurriedly running into the big tent and said, "General Town, Lord Yuan sent someone here, saying that there is an emergency military situation!" ”

Liu Yunwei only felt that his heart sank suddenly, and hurriedly asked Guo Yi to bring people in.

After the visitor saw Liu Yunwei, he handed over a letter and said: "Qiqi Zongzhen, this is a handwritten letter from Lord Yuan, please take a look at it." ”

Liu Yunwei hurriedly opened the letter, and after reading it for a while, his color suddenly changed, and everyone present was shocked when he saw this, and asked what happened.

Liu Yunwei first sent the messenger who delivered the letter, and then said: "Lord Yuan said in the letter that the current withdrawal of troops has completely evolved into a situation of party struggle. Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the cabinet, Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, and officials of the Donglin Party were on the one hand, and strongly advocated the withdrawal of troops; However, Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, the eunuch Bingbi, the chief of ceremonies, and Wei Zhongxian, the governor of Dongchang, were on the one hand, and vigorously opposed the proposal to withdraw the troops. Now the two sides have become incompatible, and the most fatal thing is that Wei Zhongxian is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate the officials of the Donglin Party in order to cultivate the eunuch party. The funny thing is that no matter which side it is, it is only fighting with each other, and no one has mentioned how to raise food and grass, how to ensure the continuous supply of the army! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, now that the army is out on the march, tens of thousands of Tartar captives are eyeing them in front of them, and there is about to take place in the DPRK and China, and tens of thousands of troops of the Han Wei army who are not paying attention may be wiped out!

Seeing this, Zhao Kaishan, Gao Hongguang, and Wen Poyu, who were still clamoring to take the initiative and fight a decisive battle against Jiannu, all stopped talking; Wu Xing and Lu Ying were also worried, Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun discussed quietly, but obviously they couldn't discuss any countermeasures.

Liu Yunwei walked back and forth in the big tent with a gloomy face, constantly thinking about countermeasures in his mind. For a long time, there was a terrible silence in the big tent of the Chinese army, and no one said a word.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yunwei sighed and said: "There is no way, pass the order, the whole army will rush to Haichengwei early tomorrow morning, and wait until the next batch of grain and grass from the imperial court arrives, and then decide to stay with the army according to the situation." ”

Hearing this, Lu Ying hurriedly said: "Big brother, if we retreat, Qianshan will be occupied by Jiannu immediately, and then Anshan will be exposed to the Jiannu army, and the situation in Liaodong will inevitably deteriorate sharply!" ”

Liu Yunwei was silent for a moment, and then said: "No way, I can't let tens of thousands of soldiers be in danger!" But don't worry, as long as tens of thousands of soldiers are safe and sound, I am confident that I will fight back to Qianshan and regain the lost territory! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone saw Guo Yi hurriedly walking in again, and said, "Qiqi Town, Lord Yuan has sent someone again." ”

Liu Yunwei was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Lord Yuan has sent two groups of people successively?" How did they arrive at the camp almost at the same time? ”

Guo Yi replied: "Zongzhen, this one sent by Lord Yuan seems to have come from Jinzhouwei, and he went to Liaodong by sea. ”

Everyone was surprised when they heard it, but Liu Yunwei was thoughtful, as if he understood something, and said, "Bring people in." ”

The person who came was Zhang Er, who was sent by Yuan Mingxuan to deliver the letter, as soon as he entered the big tent, he looked around, and immediately bowed after seeing Liu Yunwei, and then said: "The villain Zhang Er is a sentry under Lord Yuan Mingxuan, and he has seen the main town. ”

"What is the important matter of Lord Yuan?"

Zhang Er first briefly talked about the party dispute between the DPRK and China, and then hugged his fists and said: "Qiqi Town, Lord Yuan sent me to inform the town that now Lord Yuan has personally escorted enough grain and grass for the army to start from Tianjin Wei, and the fleet of Lushun Yishang Qian Mingli will transport it by sea to Liaodong, and it will take about ten to fifteen days to arrive at the Qianshan camp. Lord Yuan asked the villain to tell the general town and asked the general town to send troops from the Haichengwei, Gaichengwei, Jinzhouwei, and Lushun lines along the official road to respond. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the big tent was in good spirits, and Liu Yunwei was even more pleasantly surprised, laughing and saying, "Haha, good!" With this batch of grain and grass from Lord Yuan, I have no worries! Even if the imperial court immediately cuts off the supply of the army, I am sure to deal with it calmly! ”

After speaking, Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu, and Gao Hongguang all got up and asked to lead the troops to pick up Yuan Mingxuan and his party.

Liu Yunwei thought for a moment and said, "I think it's better to let the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion make a hard trip, after all, it is more convenient for the iron rider to come and go freely." The officers and men of the rest of the battalions will start to reorganize their armies and fight tomorrow, and the Feiyu battalion, the trapped camp, and the tiger camp will go down the mountain and camp in the north of Qianshan for five miles, forming a horn and ready to attack Liaoyang at any time, and the Yingyang battalion and the pacesetter battalion will guard the Qianshan camp. When the army of grain and grass arrives at Qianshan, it is the day when the army goes north to attack Liaoyang! ”