The day after the Jiri Gayantu Alliance, that is, on the 10th day of the ninth month, the allied forces of the various tribes agreed on a strategy for conquering Karaqin, with the cavalry of the Horqin and Ao Han tribes as the vanguard, with the upper reaches of the Xilamulun River tribes such as Bahrain, Ongniut, and Keshiketeng as the right wing, and the Naiman, Zalut, and Kulun as the left flank. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The allied forces of the various ministries claimed to be 20,000, but in fact there were only about 8,000 cavalry in the actual battle, and the rest were the shepherd slaves and servants brought by each department, totaling more than 5,000 people. In addition, the cavalry used for combat is equipped with one man and two horses, so the entire coalition army looks indeed powerful.

On the third day of September, on September 11, the coalition forces moved south, crossed the Xilamulun River, and began the campaign against the Karaqin tribe.

20,000 horses with an army of about 8,000 and 5,000 servants, as well as a large number of cattle and sheep driven by those servants, marched south.

After the coalition army crossed the Xilamulun River to the south, it began to divide into three routes, the right flank took the west road, from the west of the Laoha River to the south, the left flank took the east road, and went south along the upper reaches of the Daling River to Xi'an, while the main force of Horqin headed by Zhaisang and Konggol took the middle road and went south along the east side of the Laoha River.

The whole march scene, the middle road is in the front, the east and west roads are behind, and the three-way army is in the shape of a glyph, marching in the direction of Ulan Hada.

Of course, Burhatu soon knew the news of the coalition army's southward movement, and at this time, after arranging the affairs of the Yingzhou Houtun Guard, Chen Renxi, who had already rushed back to Yizhou, also quickly knew.

Since he sent an envoy to the Karaqin Department in March and April and successfully left Burhatu on the side of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Renxi knew that Korqin and the Ao Han Department would definitely not give up, and it was even possible that Jianyu would send troops to attack.

Therefore, he always paid close attention to the movements of Jianyu and Horqin, and on the one hand, according to the orders given by the imperial court, he built a field in the old city of Houtunwei's hometown in the former Yingzhou Houtun Wei outside the original wicker side wall of Liaodong, that is, the Lingnan area of the later generations, and at the same time sent a group of sentinels to the north to inquire about the news in the direction of Horqin and Jianlu.

Later, with the information of the imperial court that Jianyu might attack Dongjiang Town in September, and the subsequent news that Wang Zhenyuan brought people to report, Chen Renxi quickly determined the approximate date of the combined forces of Horqin and Ao Han to go south to conquer Karaqin.

Tribal warfare in the Mongolian steppes rarely took place in a proper array of battles, and most of the time they were won by sneak attacks, ambushes, or surprise attacks.

Therefore, once the opponent knows your hole cards or knows the approximate date of your upcoming attack, then your attack will lose its suddenness and will most likely fail as a result.

After Chen Renxi roughly determined the date of the allied forces to attack Karaqin, he sent Wang Zhenyuan away, and then quickly arranged the affairs of the old city of Houtun Wei in Yingzhou (near Lingnan in the later world), and Chen Guowei took more than 1,000 men and horses to stay in the field, and he himself rushed to Yizhou City, which had been built with the rest of the battalions, under the protection of Hu Yikui and others.

Now Chen Renxi's supervising army standard battalion is also more than 3,000 people, all of them are cavalry, leaving more than 1,000 cavalry to stay in the field, and there are 2,000 cavalry, all of which are led by Zuo Guangxian, a veteran of the battlefield who was transferred from the Liaodong Town Army not long ago, and rushed to Yizhou together.

After the Ningyuan mutiny was quelled, Lu Shan, the Liao Governor of Jiliao, readjusted and deployed the army of Liaodong Town under the power of quelling the rebellion, not only re-dividing Liaozhen into five routes, but also reviewing and selecting the men and horses of each road after the arrival of the five-way system, and a total of 60,000 elite horses were selected as the main force for separate deployment.

At the same time, with the approval of the Military Aircraft Department, the Jiliao Governor's Office made unified arrangements for the selection of more than 20,000 remaining old, weak, wounded and disabled soldiers from all walks of life.

Those who are willing to retire from the army and return to the field and have a home to return to will be given 12 months' salary at a time, that is, 24 Chongzhen silver dollars, and given paperwork to return to their hometowns.

Those who are willing to retire from the army and return to the field but are homeless will be given six months' salary at a time, that is, twelve Chongzhen silver dollars, and at the same time, near the hometown of Houtunwei in Yingzhou, according to the number of years of enlistment, they will be granted the mountains and barren fields to be reclaimed, and the documents will be issued, and no taxes will be taken.

In this way, Wulu selected the remaining more than 20,000 old, weak, wounded and disabled soldiers, and placed more than 10,000 people out at one time.

The rest of the people who did not want to leave the army gathered together, set up a huge battalion of heavy craftsmen, and together with the young and strong men who had been recruited before, they were divided into three routes, and under the guidance of the Italian missionary Wei Kuangguo and the Portuguese retired officer Gao Kaus, they adopted the method of building more fortresses to renovate and rebuild Tashan Fort, Xingshan Fort and Songshan Fort between Jinzhou and Ningyuan.

Zuo Guangxian, who is now over 40 years old but is still only a battalion officer guerrilla, was laid off in this tide of adjustment, and was unsuccessful in the left road review and selection presided over by Lin Maochun, the commander of the left road, and was finally assigned to serve in the baggage craftsman battalion.

Zuo Guang was laid off first, not because he was not brave enough to fight well or because he was old or anything else, but only because Lin Maochun, a veteran of the Left Road Command Officer from Dongjiang Town, had a group of his own cronies who needed to be arranged.

In the original history, until he was transferred to the northwest and followed Hong Chengchou to exterminate the rogues, Zuo Guangxian showed his outstanding military talents, repeatedly defeated the thieves with fewer victories and more victories, made countless military achievements, and was repeatedly promoted by Emperor Chongzhen, and finally became the chief soldier.

Today's Zuo Guangxian is over forty years old, and he has not yet made the amazing achievements he made later, so of course Lin Maochun will not look at him differently.

And because Chen Renxi's supervising army standard battalion has always lacked generals, and the fierce generals of Zhulu are unwilling to go to the newly built supervising army standard battalion, they have no choice but to choose from the remaining guerrilla officials selected by Zhulu, so Zuo Guangxian, who was unwilling to escort the baggage and supervise the construction of the city, soon arrived under Chen Renxi's command.

Zuo Guangxian, who got this opportunity, soon showed his ability and value, and was good at managing the army and training troops, and in less than two months, he won Chen Renxi's appreciation and trust, and under Chen Renxi's request, he was successfully promoted from a guerrilla to a general, commanding the Liaodong Town Supervision Army Standard Battalion.

For this situation, Emperor Chongzhen is of course in control, and Chen Renxi, who enjoys the right to perform secret affairs, will now report to the emperor every ten days and a half months about the major affairs of Liaodong.

Coupled with the uninterrupted intelligence delivery of Jinyiwei Liaodong Qianhu Station and Dongchang Liaodong Station, Emperor Chongzhen's control of Liaodong Town has far exceeded that of the original history.

But for Zuo Guangxian, who was recommended by Chen Renxi for promotion in the secret fold, Emperor Chongzhen's mentality was complicated, because he knew the fate of this person in history.

Zuo Guangxian made many exploits in the battle against the thieves, and the Chongzhen Emperor in history also promoted and reused him many times, but in a battle in the last years of Chongzhen, he saw that the general trend had gone, and took the initiative to surrender Li Zicheng, and followed Li Zicheng all the way to the city of Beijing.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Zuo Guangxian followed Li Zicheng all the way to the west, and was captured and killed in a fierce battle with the pursuing Qing army on the way.

Speaking of which, he also had a share in the crime of forcing Emperor Chongzhen to death, so when he learned the news of this general, Emperor Chongzhen had mixed feelings.

However, considering that the situation in the Ming Dynasty has improved compared with history, and there is still more than ten years before Zuo Guangxian surrendered to the thief, so in the end, Emperor Chongzhen still agreed to Chen Renxi's suggestion, and the Ministry of War quickly approved the promotion and appointment of Zuo Guangxian.

As for the worries in Emperor Chongzhen's heart, of course Chen Renxi didn't know. After explaining that Chen Guowei took more than 1,000 people to stay in the Yingzhou Houtun Guard's field, he took Hu Yikui, Zuo Guangxian and others all the way to Yizhou City, and at the same time sent people to report the relevant situation of Horqin and the Eastern Mongolian Tribes Alliance to conquer Karaqin, as well as his own judgment, to Lu Shanji, the governor of Jiliao.

On the one hand, Chen Renxi asked the Jiliao Governor's Office to strengthen the sentinel in the direction of Guangning and Daling River, and pay close attention to the movements of Jianyu.

On the other hand, please ask the Jiliao Governor's Mansion to order the Yizhou army in western Liaoning, that is, the left route army of Liaodong Town, to prepare for the mutation on the northwest grassland.

On the second day after Cao Wenzhao and Niu Juming set out from Rehebao and went north to attack the rear of the left-wing Horqin, Chen Renxi, who had arranged the affairs of the field, also set off to the north, and the target was Yizhou City, where he would be stationed in the future.