Li Yongfang firmly believes that as long as he wins a few more battles and occupies Liaozhong, the Ming Dynasty may seal Nuer Hachi like he gave me a seal. Last month, Nurhachi wrote a letter to a Mongolian tribe, affirming that he did not intend to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but that he had a reason to declare and revenge.

At the same time, the letter also vaguely revealed that Nurhachi and the nobles of the Eight Banners only wanted to establish themselves as a country at this time, and the best result was to occupy the original territory of Liaodong and Houjin, and then admit for the Ming Dynasty that they could continue to expand northward, enrich the people, accumulate strength in places like Liaodong, and then move again.

This is a whole set of plans, and Li Yongfang is eager for Houjin to succeed.

The sound of shaman sacrifices inside finally stopped, and Nurhaci strode out, he glanced at Li Yongfang, sat down and said, "What did Efu say?" ”

Li Yongfang said: "Chief Officer Li Rubai sent someone. ”

"Oh?" Nuerhachi straightened his body, stared at Li Yongfang and said, "What did Xiao Cheng say?" ”

Nuerhachi met Li Rubai when he was a teenager, and the two were about the same age, but he was just a barbarian back then, and his status in the Li Mansion was lower than that of the family, but Li Rubai was the pride of the sky. The identities and status of the two have changed, but Nurhaci has deep scars on the old days, and he still has a subconscious awe for the generals and officials of the Ming Dynasty, which is brought about by the experience of youth and youth, and can not be completely eliminated by the change of status.

Just like when Li Yongfang surrendered that day, Li Yongfang rode out of Fushun Pass, and saw that Nurhachi was about to dismount and snort, Nurhachi had already surrendered on the horse, and now when it comes to Li Rubai, Nurhachi still can't help but be commensurate with the number, and he also respects Li Rubai in private.

"The chief military officer said," Li Yongfang said with some joy: "The four routes of soldiers and horses have been decided, and it is difficult for him to say the specifics, he is leading the southern route army, and he will fight the crows and falcons and go straight to Hetuara from the south." ”

Nurha Equator: "Xiaocheng's road is not the main force, and the road is also very difficult." ”

"Yes," Li Yongfang said: "The chief military officer also means this, he said that he will not compete with the general soldiers next to him, meet on the battlefield, and will not show mercy to the Great Khan." ”

",." Nuerhachi pulled his beard and said happily: "Xiao Cheng is still old-tempered, he is not responsible, he sent a secret envoy, and he has to clear it up before he can feel at ease." ”

Li Rubai's meaning is very simple, he is not the main force anyway, and faintly points out that he does not get along with other chief military officers very well, and there is a suspicion of merit, since this is the case, he simply walks slowly, if Houjin can't stand it, and other general soldiers join forces, Li Rubai will certainly not show mercy, how to fight, if the situation on the battlefield develops to the point of failure in other ways, he can also maintain his strength by not working hard.

Looking at Li Yongfang, Nuerha said in his heart: "The dog's heart and eyes are all used in crooked places!" Xiao Cheng did this, so that he Lao Tzu knew, and whipped him. ”

Nuerhachi was really taught by Li Chengliang, and he has an inseparable respect for Li Chengliang in his bones, Li Rubai is like a rat at both ends, timid as a mouse, his heart and eyes are mixed and useless, and he is inappropriate, but he despises it in his heart, but he will not let Li Yongfang find out about this kind of emotion, let alone declare it.

"I see." Nuerhachi said to Li Yongfang: "Meticulous work still has to be sent more, the Southern Route Army of the Ming Kingdom does not have to take care of it, the original road is rugged and difficult, what matters is the movement of the Western Route Army, Juniper has always been brave, I heard that he has few defeats against the Mongols, and the soldiers and horses he leads are also very elite, this road is the most important!" ”

"Yes, Great Khan, rest assured." Li Yongfang hurriedly stood up and said, "The slave must be thinking more hard!" ”

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The generals of the Ming army swore an oath on 11 February, and many details of that day have been widely known, the knife cut the bull's head to the third side, the rotten rod, the people are very tired, the morale is low, and the horses are also very thin, these things make people even more worried about the prospects after the troops, and the city of Shenyang cannot be said to be a gloomy cloud, but when people meet and talk about the matter of sending troops, as long as they are concerned about current affairs and have some understanding of military affairs, they all shake their heads and sigh, feeling uncertain.

However, the day of the division has been set, and on the 21st all roads will send troops together, but the wind will blow fiercely before the 16th, and there will be a heavy snowfall on the 16th, and it is difficult to move everywhere, and the horses will not be able to walk freely in the knee-deep snow, and the small force of cavalry will be able to move, if the brigade sends troops, there will be a large number of carts and mules, donkeys, horses, and many copper cannons, 10,000 enemies, a large number of gunpowder and arrows, as well as dry food, bean feed, spare weapons and armor, etc., the baggage can not move, naturally there is no talk of sending troops, and there are many discussions in the city, It is said that Yang Hao picked this day is unlucky, and this superintendent is also a straw bag, but no one dares to approach the superintendent to say these words.

Because he could not send troops, Yang Hao sent people to Beijing again, asking for an extension of the troop period again, preferably in mid-March or April, when the spring flowers are blooming, and the war horses on the captives are also being tired before sending troops, and the grasp is naturally greater at that time.

The people of Shenyang City have seen with their own eyes that the superintendent Xingyuan sent Tang Ma to Beijing, from the common people to the middle and lower level of military attachés, as well as ordinary soldiers all feel high, and there are also some expectations in their hearts, except for a few nerds who are stupid in reading, I believe that there are really few people who believe that the heavenly soldiers will become fans in the east.

"Dog's Day quartermaster, this helmet should really be worn to the battlefield by himself!"

Yang Yi viciously threw the iron helmet to the ground.

The ground was soft, with a thick layer of snow and mud, and even so, after rolling on the ground a few times, the iron helmet was obviously flattened.

A group of people dressed up like Yang Yi are all scolded, most of them are wearing cyan short armor, the armor is very torn, and there are many places that have been eaten by insects, these are the cloth armor that has recently been issued from the arsenal, inlaid with a small amount of iron leaves to protect the vital point, almost no protective ability, each head is wrapped in an earthy yellow folded scarf, some people simply bare headed, only the hair is tied with a strip of cloth, there should have been leg armor on the feet, but almost no one is equipped, only the calf part is wound, In this way, it is similar to the dress of a family in long armor.

Everyone wore cloth shoes on their feet, and few people wore boots, and they put as much hay as they could in their shoes, but if they walked in the snow for more than a quarter of an hour, the soles of their shoes would get wet, and then their feet would be as if they were soaked in ice water.

The weapons in everyone's hands are also the same rotten, most of them are long guns, the barrels of guns are shoddy, the head of the gun is a piece of pig iron that looks like a gun head, and there are also some weapons such as long knives with tattooed eyebrows, which are also of very poor quality, and they have been made for at least thirty or fifty years.

In the past 20 years, the imperial court has been in financial difficulties, the military town has lost its enterprising spirit and sharpness, and the generals don't care about the equipment of the battalion at all, Yang Yi and his partners are all battalion soldiers from Liaozhen, and they are the most unlucky group.

After Yang Yi was rescued by Zhang Han, he returned to Guangning, and the way to leave was impassable, so he had to continue to be a soldier, but fortunately he had someone to take care of, and he also became a team officer in the battalion, wearing a long leather armor, and also issued a waist knife to him, but there was no shield, and his subordinates did not have a knife player, and no one issued the knife to the battalion soldiers equivalent to cannon fodder.

In addition to the long armor and a waist knife, there are also water bladders, backpacks, things are very poor, and there is a musty smell when receiving them, I heard that the imperial court has sent millions of military salaries to Liaodong, Yang Yi feels that this silver is called a dog to eat.

Before sending out the army, Yang Yi was also issued an iron helmet, but there was too little iron, too many impurities, and he didn't have to worry about it, and he was uncomfortable wearing it on his head.

"Yang Tou'er, this helmet needs to be counted."

A battalion soldier picked up the helmet and handed it to Yang Yi again, with a bright smile on his face.

"Zhou Daniu, you are really a fool." Yang Yi scolded, but then sighed again, reshaped the iron helmet, and put it back on his head.

He glanced at his subordinates again, more than a dozen people, all of them were long knives and spears, most of them were recruits, Zhou Daniu was the military household of Shenyang Zhongwei, and Liaozhen began to replenish a large number of soldiers and horses last year, Yang Yi was the same as the brothers in front of him, and most of them were replenished to the battalion in this half a year.

There are many such military camps in Shenyang City, most of them are dilapidated old barracks, and the battalion soldiers have no one to control them, let alone drills.

After the oath, the discipline was a little stricter, but there was still no drill, weapons and armor were not replaced, at this time Yang Yi saw a few cavalry riding out of the camp gate, the war horses they stepped on were tired, and they were weak when running, Yang Yi knew that these cavalry took the beans to sell for money, and only fed grass to the horses every day, and the horses were thin and weak after a winter, and these horses were not Liaozhen's own horses, after several wars last year, Liaozhen's horses lost a lot, and most of the current war horses were replenished from other military towns, thousands of miles away, War horses are the most arrogant, I'm afraid that a lot of people have died along the way, and the remaining horses should be raised as treasures, but no matter what, how can these cavalry seriously feed war horses? At the end of the winter, the horses became even more tired.

Yang Yi also knew that he couldn't blame all these cavalrymen, after all, most people were soldiers just to eat food, and there was no one in a hundred who wanted to die with the Tartars and become a soldier.