Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 4 Turmoil in all directions is critical

Section 6 War Clouds Gather (3)

Five days later, Liu Yunwei gathered more than 30,000 soldiers from the pacesetter battalion and waved his army south, all the way from Shanhaiguan to Guannei, and then led the army straight to Shaanxi.

When the army passed through Tongzhou City, Liu Yunwei deliberately stayed here for two days, and after settling the army, he took 50 guards to Zhangjiawan Village, ready to check the specific situation of the general.

When Liu Yunwei came to Zhangjiawan Village, he saw a prosperous scene of the general's workshop like a small city, full of labor scenes, and thousands of craftsmen building all kinds of weapons and armor here.

When Sun Yuanhua learned that Liu Yunwei came in person, he was in the workshop to check the construction of the fire gun pipe, and he didn't have time to change the dirty clothes on his body at this time, so he hurried over.

When Liu Yunwei saw Sun Yuanhua, whose face was stained and tired, his heart was suddenly moved, and he stepped forward to hold Sun Yuanhua's hands, and said sincerely: "Lord Sun, you have to pay attention to your body!" ”

"Haha!" Sun Yuanhua laughed loudly and said, "The superintendent doesn't have to care, I just haven't freshened up, and my body is fine!" Besides, the Manchu Qing Dynasty hasn't fallen yet, so I have to live well! ”

Liu Yunwei also laughed and said: "Haha, Lord Sun, this time this time I led the army to Shaanxi to pacify the army of thieves under Li Zicheng's department, what kind of magic weapon will I use as a priest to help this governor?" ”

Sun Yuanhua had already known the news of the comeback of Li Zicheng's army of thieves, so he was not too surprised when he heard what Liu Yunwei said at this time, he groaned for a while, and said: "Supervisor, I have recently built fifty new divine machine artillery vehicles for the division, and this time I will bring them to the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion!" ”

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Okay! Then the governor will be taken away, and now Li Zicheng can taste the power of my Han Wei army! ”

After speaking, Liu Yunwei sent several guards to return to Tongzhou City, and asked Guo Yi to bring people to count the Shenji gun carriage and escort it back. After that, Liu Yunwei and Sun Yuanhua looked around in the general division together, and saw that all kinds of military equipment were continuously built, and Liu Yunwei was very relieved.

"Inspector, after these years of development, I will be the division of the development of a number of sources of raw materials, now can achieve a sufficient supply of raw materials, can continue to build all kinds of military equipment, and counting the inventory of military equipment accumulated before, can fully support the consumption of our soldiers in the Liaodong War!"

Liu Yunwei let out a sigh of relief and said, "In this way, the governor will have one less to worry about!" ”

In the evening, Liu Yunwei said goodbye to Sun Yuanhua and returned to Tongzhou City satisfied. Two days later, Liu Yunwei led his army to leave Tongzhou City with the fifty Shenji gun carriages and galloped towards Shaanxi.

At the same time, after Liu Yunwei led the army south, Lu Ying, the chief military officer of Tongzhou, also began to dispatch troops to deploy the 300,000 troops of the Hanwei army along the west bank of the Liao River. The soldiers of each battalion of the Hanwei Army, with the northernmost Xining Fort on the west bank of the Liao River as the leader, extended the defense from north to south, followed by the Feiyu Battalion, the Yulin Battalion, the Tiger Ben Battalion, the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and the Zhichong Battalion, Lu Ying built the defense line composed of a total of 16 or 70,000 soldiers of the five battalions into a copper wall and iron wall, like a huge long dragon, lying west of the Liao River, firmly blocking the road of the Qing army's westward advance.

At the same time, Lu Ying also deployed the soldiers of the trapping camp at Shalingyi, 20 miles northwest of Xiningbao, and the soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion at Xipingbao, 30 miles northwest of Shalingyi, and used these two battalions of soldiers as a defense force in depth; The iron cavalry officers of the Changshui Battalion were used as mobile forces to roam the vast plains west of the Liao River to support the defensive points at any time.

After arranging the defense line of the army, Lu Ying discussed with Yuan Mingxuan, and prepared to let Cheng Shiyong of the Investigation Department personally lead people into Liaodong to explore the specific movements of the Qing army, so as to prepare for the Qing army in advance.

After Cheng Shiyong received the order, he hugged his fists and said to Lu Ying and Yuan Mingxuan: "Two adults, please rest assured, you will definitely live up to your mission, and you will definitely investigate the movements of the Qing army and send them back to Guangning in time!" ”

Lu Ying nodded and said, "Cheng Qian, always be careful along the way. ”

Yuan Mingxuan was also very concerned and said, "Brother Cheng, take care!" ”

That night, Cheng Shiyong took twenty of his men out of Guangning City and disappeared into the night.

More than ten days later, Cheng Shiyong returned to Guangning City alone in rags, looking extremely embarrassed. The twenty men who had set off with him before were nowhere to be seen at this time.

Lu Ying and Yuan Mingxuan learned that Cheng Shiyong was back, and they both rushed to the General Soldier's Mansion, and as soon as they saw Cheng Shiyong's appearance, their hearts sank, and they both realized that something was wrong!

"Brother Cheng, what's wrong?"

Yuan Mingxuan stepped forward and asked, his words full of worry.

Lu Ying also hurriedly asked: "Mr. Cheng Qian, is the Qing army going south?" ”

Cheng Shiyong forcibly suppressed the exhaustion in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "The two lords of Qiyu, after the humble position led people to Liaodong, they and his subordinates separately investigated the news, and found that the slave chief Taiji entangled the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Han Army Eight Banners and the Manchurian Eight Banners, and stationed troops in the Shengjing area. At the same time, there was also a news spread on the Manchu side that the Korean state had been defeated, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's Blue Flag Banner Owner Hauge and Red Flag Banner Master Azig were scraping the ground in North Korea to raise money and grain, and began to form the Korean Eight Banners! ”

Lu Ying and Yuan Mingxuan were shocked when they heard this, and both of them were stunned by this shocking news.

Lu Ying frowned and said, "In this way, Huang Taiji has at least entangled an army of 500,000!" ”

Yuan Mingxuan also said with a stern face: "And this army of more than 500,000 is different from the army of thieves, just the number. Among the 500,000 troops, in addition to the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Korea, the Eight Banners of Manchukuo and the Eight Banners of Mongolia are all elite divisions! ”

At this time, Cheng Shiyong said: "Two adults, I also talked about a piece of news: Huang Taiji has vigorously built a large number of elite firearms in Liaodong, equipped the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and established the Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion, ready to deal with the soldiers of our Han Wei Army. At the same time, the Manchus also began to closely check passers-by in various parts of Liaodong to blockade the movements of the Qing army. The 20 subordinates of the lowly post were found to have been poisoned by the Qing army, and the lowly post also escaped after nine deaths. ”

Lu Ying and Yuan Mingxuan glanced at each other when they heard this, and immediately rushed to the seriousness of the situation: The Manchu Qing Dynasty is preparing for a decisive battle!

In this way, at least half of the more than 500,000 troops assembled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty this time are elite divisions that can fight and dare to fight! The Manchus have surpassed our Han Wei army in terms of troops. Lu Ying said worriedly.

Yuan Mingxuan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "It seems that we are going to be on full alert, the Manchu army may attack at any time!" We also have to immediately inform the superintendent of the situation in Liaodong, and also inform the imperial court, it is best to ask the imperial court for some reinforcements. ”

Lu Ying shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It is necessary to inform the superintendent, but we are just routine on the side of the imperial court, and don't count on reinforcements or anything." Now there are not a few elite armies that the imperial court can take, that is, a few large armies such as the headquarters of General Qin Liangyu in Sichuan can still fight, but the imperial court has no money to transfer troops, and it is too late to talk about time. ”

"Indeed!"

Yuan Mingxuan sighed and said: "Then let's take action, since the Manchu army is menacing, let's fight to the death, fight to the death with the majesty of my Han Wei army, and the momentum of my Han family!" ”

The news that the Manchus had assembled more than 500,000 troops and were about to attack was like a storm that swept through the entire Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen and the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked when they learned the news, and convened court meetings one after another to discuss countermeasures. But after discussion, Zhou Yanru and other ministers finally only came to one conclusion: that is, at present, the imperial court can only rely on the 300,000 Hanwei soldiers stationed in the four towns of Jiliao, in addition, the imperial court has no ability to recruit the rest of the soldiers and horses, and there are few soldiers and horses that can fight.

Emperor Chongzhen was obviously very dissatisfied with this result, and summoned Zhou Yanru one after another, wanting Zhou Yanru to raise some more money and food, and requisition some reinforcements as much as possible to rush to Liaodong; At the worst, some soldiers and horses can also be requisitioned to rush to the northwest, try to contain the army of thieves under Li Zicheng's department, and replace the soldiers of the pacesetter battalion under Liu Yunwei, the secretary of the broken army, so that they can rush back to Liaodong to command the big battle.

However, in the face of Emperor Chongzhen's eager expectations, Zhou Yanru pondered for a while before he said slowly: "Your Majesty, the minister also wants to recruit some more reinforcements, but at present, the imperial court has no money and food, and there is really nothing that can be done about it, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said with some annoyance: "In this way, I can only hope that the soldiers of the Po Army and the Hanwei Army can fight on two fronts, and win two battles and two victories?" How likely does Elder Ge think this is? ”

"The minister doesn't know, but this is really the only way at present, Po Jun Bo has an elite army of 300,000 soldiers, who else can the court count on if Po Jun Bo doesn't expect it?"

Emperor Chongzhen touched a soft nail here in Zhou Yanru, and the anger in his heart became even stronger, so he brushed his sleeves away in anger and rushed back to the harem.

Zhou Yanru was a little embarrassed for a moment, and then left the palace calmly. Along the way, Zhou Yanru secretly said in his heart: "Hmph! Liu Yunwei! How long can the old man see how long you can be rampant this time? Under the attack of the army of thieves and the Manchu army, the old man doesn't believe that you can still successfully escape! As long as you lose the battle, the old man will have the confidence that you and your Hanwei army will die without a place to be buried! ”

Then, Zhou Yanru fantasized about the scene of the Ming wars being pacified one after another under his own strategy after the defeat of Liu Liu Yunwei, and he was also very interested for a while.