After ending the military discussion in the lobby of the Marshal's Mansion, Mao Wenlong immediately ordered Mao to rush back to Tieshan City, and Mao Chenglu to rush back to Dingzhou City, and at the same time sent people to inform the brothers Mao Kexi and Mao Kejin, who are now in Yizhou City on the east bank of the Yalu River, of the content of the military meeting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The entire Dongjiang Town suddenly presented an atmosphere of preparation for a big war.

Because of the previous preparations, the preparations for Dongjiang Town this time were orderly and orderly.

Mao Wenlong left from the lobby, let Wang Bi enter the second hall, and invited Chu Xianxian, Yuan Shu and Qu Chengen.

A moment later, several people arrived. Mao Wenlong waved back left and right, leaving only Chu Xianxian, Yuan Shu, Qu Chengen, and Wang Bi in the hall. plus Mao Wenlong, a total of five people.

Mao Wenlong said: "Above the lobby, there are many people to discuss matters, and some things are inconvenient to say. Wang Bi is not easy to come by, and he has to bring words back. Now in these two halls, we have discussed all things, roughly decided, there is Liu Zongbing and my Dongjiang Town should cooperate with the outside, although this battle does not dare to say that it is a complete victory, but it is easy to make contributions. ”

Speaking of this, Mao Wenlong asked Wang Bi again: "Before you came, did your General Liu say what Liu Xingzuo and General Liu would do?" ”

What Mao Wenlong is asking now is exactly what several people in the hall are concerned about, especially Qu Chengen, a veteran of Dongjiang Town.

Therefore, after listening to Mao Wenlong's words, Qu Chengen took over the conversation and said: "On the battle array, there are no eyes for swords and guns. If you don't plan in advance, if you act hastily when you are in battle, once you fail, the consequences will be unimaginable. How can your General Liu have no plan? ”

Mao Wenlong and Qu Chengen asked these questions, in fact, in the final analysis, they still have doubts about the Liu brothers, if the Liu brothers' central strategy should be fake, and they told the truth about Dongjiang Town's plan, wouldn't it be a big mistake.

But there is one person in the hall who has no doubts about Liu Xingzuo's anyway heart. This person is none other than Chu Xianzhang sent by Emperor Chongzhen.

Before Chu Xianzhang came, Emperor Chongzhen of course had an explanation for him, and the focus of it was how to use Liu Xingzuo's anyway heart to ruthlessly trap the army of Jianyu.

Historically, Liu Xingzuo defected before the battle, and on the occasion of the battle, he fled with his 400 Chinese soldiers and surrendered. Although it played a big role, it was still a godsend.

Seeing that everyone said this, Chu Xianzhang cleared his throat and said slowly: "Before our family came to Phi Island, the emperor Long Live talked about the old things in the Apocalypse, and among them, Geng Geng couldn't let go of his feelings, and one of them was related to Liu Xingzuo and Liu Zongbing. ”

As soon as Chu Xianxian's words came out, the eyes of the people in the hall focused on him, and Wang Bi said in surprise: "Today's great tomorrow also knows my general Liu?" ”

At this time, Mao Wenlong said to Wang Bi: "Father-in-law Chu is a close minister in front of today's son. How can I always laugh at you! ”

Chu Xianzhang smiled, then looked at Yuan Shu and said, "This Yuan Shu and Yuan Qianhu's father is Yuan Keli and Governor Yuan. When the governor Denglai, Governor Yuan had frequent contact with Liu Xingzuo's general soldiers, and Liu General Bing returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and Governor Yuan praised and respected him, but the court had many constraints at that time, which caused this matter to be postponed to this day and not succeeded. Long live the emperor whenever he talks about this matter, he regrets it in his heart. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Xianzhang said to Wang Bi again: "If you go back this time, bring a message to your family General Liu, if General Liu's brother really has the heart to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, this battle of the Dongjiang River is a God-given opportunity, and it must not be missed." On the day of the return of the brothers of General Liu anyway, the Ming court will not hesitate to reward fame and wealth. ”

When Wang Bi heard this, he bowed down and clenched his fists and said, "Don't worry, Father-in-law Chu, the little one must bring the words." ”

Chu Xianzhang nodded, looked at Mao Wenlong, and said: "Before our family came to Dongjiang Town, the emperor Long Live once said that Liu Xingzuo and General Liu were very sincere anyway, and the Dongjiang generals should not be constantly judging and uncertain. ”

Of course, Mao Wenlong also knew something about Liu Xingzuo's anyway heart, and when he saw that Chu Xianxian, the great eunuch beside the emperor, said so, he no longer hesitated in his heart, glanced at Qu Chengen, nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty is really the Son of Heaven, living in the palace, and being able to see thousands of miles. Since Gonggong Chu said so, I, the commander of Dongjiang, have no reason to make constant decisions. ”

At the moment, I will discuss the countermeasures discussed in the past ten days, pick up the main ones, and talk to Wang Bi one by one, so that he can report back to Liu Xingzuo's brothers, so as to cooperate with each other.

And so, as the afternoon passed, everything was decided.

In the evening, under the leadership of Mao Zhongjin, Wang Bi first crossed the sea by boat to Daludao, and then crossed the strait from Daludao by boat overnight, docked not far from the mouth of the Yalu River, returned to the land, and then rushed back to Zhenjiang Fort at night to report to Liu Xingxian.

At the same time that Mao Zhongjin took Wang Bi and rushed to Daludao by boat, Mao who was stationed in Tieshan sometimes sent people to report that there were constantly routs and people fleeing back in the direction of Yizhou, and according to the rout soldiers and people who gathered into the city, the city of Yizhou on the bank of the Yalu River may have been broken by Jiannu around noon.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Mao Chenglu, who was guarding Dingzhou, sent someone to report, and also said that there were routed people fleeing in the direction of Yizhou, and it was said that the city of Yizhou had been broken.

When the generals on Phi Dao heard this, they were also anxious, but only Mao Wenlong and Chu Xianzhang were unmoved.

Wait until the second half of the night, Mao Chenglu sent someone to report again, this time the messenger brought conclusive news, saying that the city of Yizhou has been broken, Mao Kejin, Mao Kexi brothers led three or four hundred defeated soldiers, has fled into Dingzhou City, and the Jiannu army with Azig's red flag as the mainstay, Liu Xingzuo's Fuzhou soldiers as the auxiliary, has been following the pursuit, and now it is not far from Dingzhou City.

After receiving this news, Mao Wenlong and Chu Xianzhang were not angry but happy, they both looked calm and confident.

It turned out that in the early morning of the second day when the Jianyu army arrived at Zhenjiang Fort, Amin crossed the river and marched eastward with his army, leaving only his eldest son Aierli and Liu Xingzuo's younger brother Liu Xingxian, the defender of Zhenjiang Fort, to supervise the transportation of grain and grass for the army in the rear to guard against the back road.

Due to the full preparation in advance, Amin set the blue flag to recruit 30 Niulu, Azig to recruit 20 Niulu, one Niulu 300 people, plus 5,000 men and horses under the command of Liu Xingzuo, the general soldier of Houjin Fuzhou, a total of more than 20,000 people, it took less than two hours to cross the river one after another, and successively arrived at the city of Yizhou not far from the east bank of the Yalu River.

At this time, there were no more Koreans in this Yizhou city, except for the 2,000 people under the Dongjiang general Mao Kejin and Mao Kexi's brothers, who guarded the city, the remaining men, women, and a few thousand people were also refugees from Liaodong Han who had fled to North Korea for many years and were recruited by Dongjiang Town.

This is true not only of Yiju Castle on the east bank of the Yalu River, but also of Dingju Castle and Anju Castle a little further east, including Tieshan Castle on the South China Sea.

The Koreans had either fled or been killed, and these cities, which were still nominally part of the Joseon Yi dynasty, had long since become the territory of Donggang Town.

In the past, because North Korea was a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court did not allow Dongjiang Town to bully North Korea too much, so Dongjiang Town did not dare to continue to develop on the shore, and now North Korea has changed to Jianyu as a vassal, although the court has not yet made a clear statement, but the courage of the generals of Dongjiang Town in the treatment of the North Korean Li family, naturally much greater than before, and now they have long driven away the officials of North Korea, and stationed their own generals, both in charge of the army and the people, plus the various islands under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town, finally for the more than 200,000 Liaodong Han people who defected to the Dongjiang River, Temporarily found a place to survive in the troubled times.

However, this place of existence in the troubled times is not a paradise, but a dangerous place, which has been broken by Jianyu many times, each time with heavy casualties, and in the end, it is wiped out because of the destruction of Dongjiang Town.

The remaining 100,000 Han people were either captured by Jianguo and returned to Liaodong as slaves, or continued to flee and eventually became naturalized in Korea.

Now it is Mao Wenlong's two brothers who are the sons and grandsons of Mao Wenlong, one is Mao Kexi, the famous traitor Shang Kexi in later generations, and the other is his own brother, Mao Kejin, whose original name was Shang Kejin.

In history, it was also the Battle of the Dongjiang River, Mao Kejin died in battle, and after the city of Yizhou was broken, the Han people of Liaodong in the city were also massacred, and thousands died.

This time, because the imperial court ordered Dongjiang Town to prepare for war in advance, was at the forefront of Dongjiang Town's fight against Jianyu, and communicated with Liu Xingxian, who was guarding the east gate of Zhenjiangbao on the other side, in advance, all kinds of preparations were quite solid.

As soon as the Jianyu army arrived at Zhenjiang Fort, the brothers Mao Kexi and Mao Kejin learned the news and hurried up to the city to arrange for the defense of the city.

However, despite this, the disparity between the enemy and us is still too huge, with 20,000 troops built, and the city of Yizhou is small and in the position of the former enemy, and the current strategy against the enemy is different from history, so Mao Wenlong did not deploy heavy troops here.

Mao Kexi and Mao Kejin had a total of 2,500 Dongjiang soldiers under the command of the two brothers, and the rest were Minzhuang who were temporarily recruited from the Han people after receiving information from the imperial court, about 2,000 people.

In this way, when the Jianyu army surrounded three and attacked the city in a big way, the total number of Jianyu outside the city was 20,000, and the defenders in the city plus the recruited people were only 4,500 people.

Mao Kexi and Mao Kejin brothers are both fierce generals under Mao Wenlong, and they are both veterans who have survived countless battlefield battles.

However, in the face of the letter of persuasion sent by Amin into the city, the two of them have always been in a state of mind and resolutely ignore it.

At this time, Jianyu had not yet entered the Ming Dynasty, and had not yet shown signs of the transfer of the Mandate of Heaven, and the imperial court's attitude towards Dongjiang Town in the past six months also made these generals and colonels of Dongjiang Town feel at ease.

In their eyes, of course, a Dongjiang town is not as strong as the entire Jin State after the Jianju, but the Ming Dynasty behind them is far more powerful than the Jin State after the Jianyu in front of them.

These generals of Dongjiang Town, who later defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, did not have the slightest intention of surrendering to Jin at this time.

Besides, their wives and children are all settled on Phi Island, and it is impossible for them to choose to surrender unless they have to.

So Amin asked people to shoot and persuade him to enter the city three times, but he didn't get the response he wanted.