In mid-March of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Pinggu County.

Since the assembly of the army on the left road, the night and iron cavalry soldiers sent by the army from all walks of life have continued to send back all kinds of intelligence information from the grassland, and Liu Yunwei has found a lot of useful information in the information sent by various departments.

Prior to this, Liu Yunwei was preparing to divide the left army into three routes and go north at the same time, relying on the strong army of the left army to be elite and dare to fight, and attacking at the same time could make the Mongolian tribes unable to concentrate their forces, Liu Yunwei could take the opportunity to break the Mongolian tribes and end the Northern Expedition as soon as possible.

However, after synthesizing the news from various departments, Liu Yunwei changed his plan to attack at the same time in three directions. Because after synthesizing the intelligence of the various ministries, Liu Yunwei found that the situation of the Mongolian ministries had changed!

First of all, according to the intelligence sent back by Zhao Kaishan, the chief military officer of Guangning Town, the Mongol tribes sent several waves of men and horses to the west, rushing to the Hamiwei area, and possibly even to the Western Regions.

According to the confession of the tongue caught by the soldiers who did not accept the night, these waves of men and horses sent by the Mongol tribes turned out to be looking for Lin Dan Khan, who was driven to the west by the Manchus!

Secondly, according to the news from Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, and Cao Wenzhao, the chief military officer of Lintao, and according to the side evidence that Wen Poyu, the chief military officer of Jizhou Town, did not receive the news at night, Liu Yunwei believed that the Mongolian departments had already made contact with the Mongolian departments of the outer domains!

"Humph! Dying! ”

Liu Yunwei sneered in his heart, and ordered the heads of the departments to come to discuss the matter in an hour.

It didn't take long for Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, Cao Wenzhao, the chief military officer of Lintao, Wen Poyu, the chief military officer of Jizhou Town, and Zhao Kaishan, the chief military officer of Guangning Town, to arrive one after another. Liu Yunwei didn't say too much greetings, and directly distributed the information he had just sorted out to everyone.

"What? The Mongol Tartars are looking for Lin Dan Khan? ”

"Outer Mongolia? Those foreign Tartars also dare to go south to find a fight? ”

Everyone talked about it for a while, and the faces of Zhao Kaishan and Wen Poyu were not too worried, but full of joy, as if the big battle in front of them was as big as possible, and they didn't know how to be afraid.

However, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, and Cao Wenzhao were worried, after all, the three of them had led the army to fight against the army of thieves in the Guannei before, and they did not have much confidence to fight against the Mongolian iron cavalry.

Liu Yunwei looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and said with a smile: "Hehe, although the strength of the Mongolian iron cavalry has increased greatly, and they have also gone to find Lin Dan Khan to come to the town, you don't have to worry about it!" ”

Liu Yunwei slapped his hand on the map with a wave of his hand, and said loudly: "I am not satisfied with you, my father has been preparing to kill all the way to the north of the desert from the beginning, and he has no intention of letting go of those foreign Mongolians at all!" This time, since those foreign feudal Mongolian departments have gone south to participate in the war, it just saves time for our army to go north! As for that Lin Dan Khan, the devil knows if he is dead or alive now! ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Kaishan laughed and shouted: "Haha! Zhenguo Gong is arrogant, now we are just killing the Quartet! ”

Wen Poyu also smiled and said, "Haha! In fact, even if that Lin Dan Khan is recovered, he is still a puppet if he has no strength, and those Mongols are still scattered in the sand, and our army just annihilated them in one fell swoop! ”

Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, and Cao Wenzhao saw that Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, and the two generals under his command were not half worried, but looked eager to try, and their hearts suddenly became a lot more steady, and their confidence in fighting the Mongolian army was also sufficient.

The three of them also hugged their fists and asked to come out as the vanguard of the army.

Liu Yunwei smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! Bengong originally planned to go on an expedition before the end of the month, but due to the change in circumstances, he decided to give the Mongols some time to gather their forces, lest our army have to look for the Mongol army everywhere. Therefore, Bengong decided that the time of the sortie of the left army and the right army was set for the first day of the fourth month, and the two armies marched at the same time and swept away the Tartars! ”

"The last will be ordered!"

On the same day, a team of Pegasus rushed to Tianjin City without collecting at night, and sent the date of the army's departure to the right army stationed at Zhenjiang Fort.

At the same time, Liu Yunwei, the Duke of Zhenguo, also reported the date of the army's departure to the imperial court.

After Emperor Chongzhen learned of the date of the army's expedition, he immediately summoned Chen Xinjia, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Sun Chengzong, the secretary of the military department, and asked: "The date of the expedition of the Duke of Zhenguo has been set on the first day of the fourth month, and now there is less than this month, is it a little rushed?" ”

Both of them pondered for a while, and Chen Xinjia first said: "Your Majesty, the date set by the Duke of Zhenguo is a bit early, and the date expected by the previous minister should be around mid-May, when the weather will be warmer and the ice and snow will melt, whether it is the Korean country or the grassland, it is a suitable season for the army to go out." In April, the grassland and Korea are still cold and windy, icy and snowy, not only will the soldiers of the army feel uncomfortable, the cold weather will cause some casualties to the soldiers of the army, and it will also add a lot of burden to the logistics supply! ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and turned to Sun Chengzong and asked, "What about Sun Aiqing's opinion?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the date of the army's expedition should not only look at the negative side, although the grassland and the Korean country are still icy and snowy in April, which will cause great trouble to our army, but the heavens are fair!" Our army could not move an inch in the ice and snow, and the same was true of the Mongols and Koreans! ”

Emperor Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia were thoughtful when they heard it.

Sun Chengzong continued: "Your Majesty, Chen Ge Lao, although our army was in difficulty in logistics and supply in April, and the soldiers would also feel uncomfortable, the Mongols and Koreans were even more difficult! First of all, in the early spring, it was the time when the Mongol war horses were in heat, which had a great impact on the Mongolian iron horses; Moreover, in April, the grass on the steppe was scarce, and the supply of the Mongolian iron cavalry was far more difficult than that of our army! Secondly, the national strength of the DPRK is weak, and if it fights in the ice and snow, our army can still rely on its strong national strength to support it, but the DPRK will become struggling, or even unable to support it! ”

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Hehe, Your Majesty! On the first day of April, Zhenguo Gong set a good time to seize the weakness of the Mongols and Koreans! It is much better to march at this time than to wait until the Mongol iron cavalry is fat and strong, and wait until the supply pressure of the Koreans is greatly reduced! ”

After listening to Sun Chengzong's words, Emperor Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia were both convinced, and they both let go of their hearts.

Chen Xinjia was ashamed at this time, and said: "Your Majesty, is it that the minister is not thoughtful, or is the Zhenguo Gong thoughtful, and the minister agrees with Sun Shangshu's opinion!" ”

"Good!"

Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then let's play it accurately!" Also, tell the household department to ensure the supply of money and food for the two armies, and at the same time, the military department must also raise some money and food for unpreparedness! ”

"Minister, obey!"

Daning.

The Horqin tribe leader Shetu Khan Oba and the leaders of the Mongol tribes gathered together in Daning to discuss matters, and everyone quarreled extremely fiercely in the big tent, and no one obeyed anyone, and almost overturned the big tent.

Oba looked at the people who were arguing with a dark face, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Isn't it just the death of a Lin Dan Khan? Dead is dead! Let's just nominate the leader of another alliance, what's there to quarrel about! If we continue to quarrel like this, we will wait for the Ming army to kill in front of us and slaughter our subordinates! ”

When the chiefs of the tribes heard Oba's roar, they all stopped arguing and looked at each other. One of the leaders sneered and said, "Elect an alliance leader? How is it promoted? Who are you promoting? Do you mean that let's all elect you? ”

Oba also sneered and said, "That's right! Although the strength of my Horqin Department has been greatly damaged, it is still the largest number of troops among all the departments! I'm the leader of the Alliance! Another point, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance, after the 28th Outer Mongolian Division arrives with the army, if we don't have a leader, Bao Buqi will be occupied by those Outer Domain Mongolians! Do you all want to obey the orders of the Outer Mongols? ”

Speaking of this, everyone was silent, everyone's face was very exciting, and they were all thinking about their own thoughts.

There was an unusually silence in the tent, and no one spoke for a long time.

After a long time, Oba asked coldly, "How?" What are you thinking about? ”

At this time, one of the leaders said, "We can nominate you as the leader of the tribal alliance, but you must swear to the Immortal Heaven that you must not take the opportunity to consume our strength in order to achieve the attempt to annex our tribe!" ”

"Humph! That's nature, when is it, how can I still have such thoughts? ”

Immediately afterwards, another leader asked, "Also, how will the various divisions distribute the spoils after this battle?" You can't snatch the spoils of war by being the leader of the Alliance! ”

Hearing this, Oba was furious, kicked over the small table in front of him, pointed at the leader and roared loudly: "Which of you has the ability to defeat the Ming army? Who! Now that we're dying, you're still thinking about the loot? If you can't win this battle, go to Hades and ask for the spoils! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this!

A few days later, Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, received the latest news from the various ministries that were not collected at night.

Looking at the intelligence news on the table, Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "Horqin Department? Hum! Manchu remnants! Since you want to die, then Bengong will fulfill you! ”

On the same day, Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, gave an order to all the armies: the leader of the Mongolian tribes, Korqin Tushetu Khan Oba, was designated as the leader of the thieves, and the soldiers of the whole army were informed that those who had killed this thief were promoted to two levels!