Yang Hao looks particularly majestic today, the official robe, the supplement, the jade belt around the waist, and the black gauze hat on the top of his head are showing his superior status, he is a special superintendent, even if it is the Jiliao governor Wang Keshou who came from afar, he can only succumb to him, after Yang Ho appeared, Wang Keshou took the lead, the governors, the patrols, the military supervision road, the grain storage road, the Guantun grain capital division and other civilian officials in a class, the general soldiers, deputy generals, staff generals, guerrillas for another class, the civil and military two classes rushed in, respectively to Yang Hao to sign up to worship, Wang Keshou because of his noble status, Yang Hao did not ask him to pay homage, but invited Wang Keshou to wait at the lower left of his head, and after the civil and military officials all visited, everyone bowed down and stood solemnly, waiting for Yang Hao's instructions.

Yang Hao deliberately glanced at the generals present with majestic eyes, standing in front of the whole is Shanhaiguan General Soldier Du Song, Baoding General Soldier Wang Xuan, the former Chief Soldier Zhao Mengxuan, the former Chief Soldier Ma Lin, Liaodong General Soldier Li Rubai, the former Chief Soldier Liu Ling, the former Chief Soldier Bing, the Chief Soldier Li Guangrong, Liaodong Metropolitan Division Zhang Chengyin, these general soldiers and military attachés at the command level stand at the forefront of the military generals, there are as many as eight serious general soldiers alone, there are dozens of deputy generals, generals, guerrillas and other senior military generals, and there are nearly 400 military officials above the capital division, There are more than 100 people who have been summoned to Shenyang, but they are not qualified to participate in today's meeting, and they will not appear until the pledge meeting in a while.

After a moment of silence, waiting for people's nerves to be mentioned again and again, when the whole festival hall was very quiet, Yang Hao read out the edict that the Wanli Emperor had just drafted in public, this edict was obtained by the first auxiliary party from Zhe just from the palace, and sent people to Liaodong with a four-hundred-mile expedited Tang horse, the wording of the edict was more severe, and the names of several chief military officers were named, everyone was originally kneeling down to listen to the order, and the person who was heard quickly put his head on the ground again, expressing his sincere fear, everyone understood that the emperor was very concerned about Liao affairs while listening to the decree, I feel uplifted and nervous.

In recent years, it may be really because of poor health, Wanli has been fat for many years, not good at walking, high-level civil and military officials know that the emperor has been lame for a long time, and rarely walks in the palace, not to mention places like Nanyuan to relax, the emperor has hardly been out of the palace for more than 20 years since the 20th year of Wanli, fat and bad at walking, and the difference in physical condition is needless to say.

The emperor has long ignored the ordinary state affairs, in recent years, even the vacancies of the ministers have not been much to care, and even the cabinet has only Fang Congzhe a scholar for a long time, and he has ignored Wanli many times, in Wanli's heart, as long as he finds a qualified housekeeper in the outer court, he can rest assured, Wanli ten years after Wanli uses Shen Shixing, very commendable, and the later first assistant is also carefully selected, Fang Congzhe is the most satisfactory one he has selected in the past ten years, Fang Congzhe's efforts have made Wanli more sluggish, but there is only one, When it comes to military affairs, such as the matter of raising troops, Wanli must do it himself, and he is issuing edicts in Liao affairs, including raising salaries, transferring troops, gathering generals, and ordering marshals, these things are all handled by Wanli, but the selection of Yang Hao is not completely decided by Wanli himself, but the advice of Fang Congzhe and other court officials, and finally Wanli agreed.

When reading the edict, Yang Hao's expression was very serious, after reading it, he first ordered everyone to get up, and then said sternly: "This governor is trusted by the emperor, with a heavy responsibility, swear to destroy the ugly captives, all the monarchs are deeply favored by the country, now we should work together to kill the ugly captives, in order to repay Your Majesty, Jiannu is just a clown who jumps off the beam, as long as I am a soldier in heaven, I will be defeated, as long as you affirm the military discipline, merit will be rewarded, and if you pass, you will be punished, the order is forbidden, the drum is beaten, the gold is retreated, and the general's cannon is in front, and the bow and arrow are in the back, frustrating the enemy's spirit, Then chase it, burn its village again, destroy its fields, and cut off its roots, then the east will be peaceful, and the next few decades will be peaceful! ”

Yang Hao's words are also a fundamental crusade against the Jianzhou Ministry, the so-called Jiannu or Dongyu.

The four-way combination, the main use of heavy firearms, is also a feature of the Ming army in the late Ming Dynasty.

White-knuckle warfare is the specialty of cavalry and Jiading, the management and training of the battalion soldiers are neglected, the imperial court is often in arrears, and the military supplies are far from enough, the situation is clear from top to bottom, the role of the battalion is to arrange the battle formation, shoot firearms, frustrate the enemy's edge, it is best to block the charge of Jiannu, and then the generals concentrate on the cavalry to pursue and kill, and use this method to achieve victory.

The general artillery or the second general cannon, the mouth cannon, the tiger squat cannon, the Francophone machine, this expedition, the North Route Army and the West Route Army firearms are the most, the South Route Army is mainly Liaozhen soldiers, the cavalry is slightly more, the number of firearms is not a lot, the firearms are the least, the most difficult and farthest road is the East Route Army, from Kuandian all the way north are deep mountains and dense forests, the Jurchen roads are more familiar, the terrain is more favorable, and the large firearms are also very difficult to carry, and the number will be very small.

As long as the front is blocked by battalions, and then the elite Jiading cavalry rushes to kill, and then burns the villages and walled cities along the way, leveling the core area ruled by the Jurchens, and defeating its main force, it is not necessary to annihilate, the core of this strategic goal is not to destroy the enemy, but to conquer Hetuara and destroy the vitality of the entire Jurchen clan.

This is also the Ming army's conquest of the Jurchens in the third year of Chenghua, relying on the famous "Chenghua Great Expedition", the vitality of the Jurchens gradually recovered after a hundred years, and this time of course it is intended to do the same as in the Chenghua period.

This is also the reason why it is necessary to attack from all directions, only in this way can the Jurchens lead the main force to avoid and drag the battle into a bad battle, and finally make the Ming army unable to find an opponent in the deep mountains and old forests.

Liu Ling's stature is not high, but the body is amazing, he is not young, as early as a few decades ago he went around with his father to go on the expedition, in the early years to conquer the southwest Yi, and later in the 20th year of Wanli when Liu Ling also entered the dynasty to participate in the war, by this time he was already a veteran, but still with a straight back, strong spirits, when he heard Yang Hao's words, he sat down with the previous rumors and speculations, the copper-colored face was full of helplessness, he knew that the drudgery and danger of the East Route Army must be his own.

After Yang Ho gave a general instruction, a staff member stepped forward and began to explain in detail.

Like the wind released in advance, the army dispatched more than 90,000 main soldiers, and 30,000 to 40,000 people, with a total strength of about 130,000 people, divided into four ways to attack.

In addition to the Ming army, Ye Hebing is expected to send 2,000 troops, this number makes many people dissatisfied, Ye He and Jianzhou are already mortal enemies, this time with troops, Ye He is still unwilling to do his best, the first rat at both ends, resulting in the strength of the North Route Army is not very strong, if Ye Heken does his best, the North Route Army can also be alone.

The Eastern Route Army has informed the king of the dynasty and Xian, and the court and the Xian side have promised that the marshal of the capital Jiang Hongli and the deputy marshal Jin Jingrui will lead 13,000 troops to fight.

The four routes of the Ming army were dominated by the Western Route Army, and the commander was not surprised by Juniper.

When receiving the order, Juniper looked conceited and arrogant.

The West Route Army sent 30,000 troops, Baoding General Wang Xuan and the former General Zhao Mengxuan were also on this road, obeying Juniper's dispatch, and the general soldiers led their subordinate generals to go to battle, including Liu Yujie, who was in charge of guerrilla affairs, Gong Niansui, General Chai Guodong, Guerrilla Wang Hao, Zhang Da, Ji, Yang Qin, Wang Hailong, Guan Fushun Guerrilla Preparation Yang Ruda, etc., and supervised the army as the deputy envoy of the military garrison Zhang Quan.

The North Road, that is, the Kaiyuan Road, the general soldier Ma Lin, the deputy chief military officer guerrilla Mayan, the commander of the Tieling guerrilla affairs Zheng Guoliang, the general of Haizhou Counselor Wedge Bi, the former staff general Li Yingxuan of the new recruits, the guerrilla Ge Shifeng, Zhao Qizhen, the garrison Jiang Wanchun, etc., and the military garrison Pan Zongyan is the supervising army.

South Road, that is, Qinghe Road, the general soldier Li Rubai is the main general, the deputy general He Shixian is the deputy, the guerrilla Zhang Qingchang, Li Huaizhong, the general camp guerrilla Dai Guangyu, the guerrilla Feng Yingkui, the guerrilla You Shigong, the preparation of Xu Chengming, the capital division Li Ketai and others are subordinates, and the garrison is the military guard Yan Mingtai as the supervising army.

On the east road, the general soldier Liu Ling is the main general, Du Si Zu Tianding, Yao Guofu, Zhou Wen, garrison Xu Jiusi, Beiyu Zhou Yiming and others are subordinates, the supervising army is Kang Yingqian, the deputy envoy of the Haigai military garrison, and the same knowledge Huang Zongzhou is Zanli, and there are Jiang Hongli, the marshal of the dynasty and Xiandu, and the deputy marshal Jin Jingrui is a friendly army.

Judging from the list, the strength of the Ming Army on the East Road is indeed the weakest, one is mostly the southern soldiers, and the other is mostly the military attache at the level of the capital, garrison, and reserve, which is completely different from the situation of a large number of guerrillas in the deputy general staff of the other road, which means that there are very few families, and the literal numbers only represent the number of battalion soldiers, and the combat effectiveness of the East Route Army is undoubtedly the weakest.

When the edict was read, the military generals who were named sang the promise and bowed, indicating that Rin obeyed the military order, and after the list was read, Yang Hao swept everyone around with a dignified look, and then prepared to retreat to the back hall, where he would summon the commanders of the various armies separately, and give lectures in person, saying some more confidential things, such as the expected specific date of the expedition, the detailed route, the date of the meeting of the various armies, and so on.

At this time, Zhang Quan, the deputy envoy of the West Road Supervision Army, stepped forward and bowed with his fists in his fists, and said in a deep voice: "Master Inspector, the subordinate officer has something to say." ”

Zhang Quan is known for his honesty as an official, not only has good ethics, but his ability is also outstanding among the civil officials in Liaodong, but Yang Hao does not like this person, and thinks that Zhang Quan is good at speaking, and often neglects to talk about things on his own, and does not take him as a supervisor in his eyes. It's just that Zhang Quan is a civil official of Jinshi, not as good as a general, and he has to endure his dissatisfaction, at this time Zhang Quan came out again, Yang Hao was unhappy in his heart, and said with a straight face: "What does Deputy Envoy Zhang say?" ”

Zhang Quan said with a calm face: "The lower officer thinks it is inappropriate to enter the army at this time? ”

Yang Hao said with a calm face: "How can you see it? ”

"The slave has the danger of the geography of the mountains and rivers, our army is not long in coming, the generals are not familiar with the geography, this disadvantage one, the assault cavalry field, the slave's long and my short, this disadvantage two, our army is a guest army, the slave is waiting for work, our army is the guest as the master, the geography is not familiar, the field is not fine, this disadvantage three, the towns come from afar, weapons, armor, horses, are not satisfactory, when the thick collection of grain and grass, refine the soldiers, enrich the ordnance, boost morale, and then can speak of the army, the lower officials see if this, please supervise the division deeply."