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In those years, there were no radio communications, so the Eastern Route Army did not know the current situation of the Western Route Army, and did not know that more than 100,000 iron cavalry had encircled the Third and Fourth Armies of the Western Route Army in the Khalkha area.

However, according to prior speculation, Lu Xiangsheng, as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, could also guess that the situation of the Western Route Army was very tense at this time, so as soon as he learned that all the Eastern Route Army had assembled ashore, Lu Xiangsheng quickly convened a meeting between the chief officers and governors of the Praetorian Guard and the simple Jinzhou Zhongzuo Guard Thousand Households.

Wang Zaijin, Mao Wenlong, Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, and other high-ranking officials of Liaodong also attended the temporary military meeting.

According to Zhu Youxiao's arrangement, although this time although he attacked the Horqin Division, he also had a deeper purpose, that is, to reorganize the political pattern of the Liaodong region outside the Guanxi, the Horqin Department was just a relatively small force, and Zhu Youxiao's real purpose was to cut off Wu Xiangbu and Jiannu.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the high-ranking civil and military officials present very seriously, and said in a heavy voice: "According to the latest news from Jinyiwei, now most of the elite soldiers of the entire Wuxiang Department Guanning Army have left the Ningjin area, but they did not attack the Korqin Department in accordance with His Majesty's will today, but changed the direction of attack, but went to the Khalkha Department, not only his Wuxiang Department Guanning Army, but also the tens of thousands of troops of Jiannu also went to the Khalkha Department with the Korqin cavalry. ”

"If this official's expectation is correct, now our Praetorian Guard Western Route Army has to face the siege of more than 100,000 Khalkha troops, Horqin troops, Wuxiang troops and Jiannu Huangtaiji, a total of more than 100,000 iron cavalry, but it also just shows that the entire Liaodong region outside the Guanxi is now in a state of emptiness, they think that we are paying attention to the west, and their attention is on monitoring the movement of Shanhaiguan, plus the Liaodong Jingluo King Zaijin and the general army Mangui and others are deliberately making the illusion of gathering a large army to march from the west, In addition, there was also news that the Dongjiang soldiers and Jinyi guards were tightly sealed, so that Wu Xiang, Huang Taiji, and others did not know that the first, second, and fifth armies of our Praetorian Guard Army had taken the lead in landing in Liaodong. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said and said: "Time is urgent, now listen to the direct order of this official, the first army immediately rushed to Ningyuan, the second army immediately rushed to Jinzhou, and then the two armies marched against each other, none of the children and servants of the Wu family were allowed to let go, and all of them were killed!" All the veterans eight years before the Apocalypse were also killed, and none of them were left behind, in order to repay their hatred for slaughtering the people of Gyeonggi back then! At the same time, this is also a warning to these generals who support the army and respect themselves, don't think that the court is really not to blame for killing the people indiscriminately! Sooner or later, this account will have to be settled! ”

Then, Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "At the same time, the Fifth Army immediately attacked Shengjing along the coastline, and captured the castles around the Daling River and Liaoyang, to prevent Jiannu from coming to the aid of Wu Xiangbu, after all, His Majesty said that Dolgon and others in Jiannu are figures that should not be underestimated, and Huang Taiji is extremely cunning, and this march only brought ten Niu Lu's armored soldiers, so it is difficult to ensure that when we eliminate Wu Xiangbu, there will be a situation where Jiannu suddenly wants to rescue the Guanning army." ”

"Yes!"

The chief officers of the Praetorian Guards and the governors of the Janissaries hurriedly responded in unison.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng ordered Mangui and Zhao Shujiao in Liaodong to each lead their own 20,000 troops to Shanhaiguan to occupy other places except Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and to ensure that all the Wu territories were occupied.

Chang Yanling's First Army was responsible for the occupation of the Ningyuan area, so as soon as Lu Xiangsheng's order was issued, he immediately rushed to Ningyuan City.

Ningyuan and Jinzhou are two important strategic locations when Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan built the Ningjin defense line, and Ningyuan City is also one of the most important gateways in addition to Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, this is also an important stronghold for Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son, and it is also a bridgehead for them to try to enter the pass in the future.

Now, even though Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son have taken most of the elite of the Guanning Army to the Khalkha Department, they still left 3,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 or 6,000 old and weak to guard here.

Therefore, when the soldiers of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard, under the leadership of the Dongjiang soldiers, rushed to the periphery of Ningyuan City, they could still see that the troops of the Ningyuan Army were still patrolling around the entire Ningyuan City.

But even with 3,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 old and weak, they were still not in an absolutely weak position in front of the 20,000 heavily armed Praetorian First Army.

Chang Yanling's First Army of the Praetorian Guard is regarded as a descendant army of the Praetorian Guard, and it is also an ace army that Zhu Youxiao values the most, and the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard is the most representative cavalry of the Ming Praetorian Guard system, and the First Army of the Praetorian Guard is also the most representative infantry in the Praetorian Guard and even the entire Ming army.

The grass-roots officers of the First Army are all the first and third phases of the Royal Military Academy, and even some officers who were originally early officers and have outstanding abilities and some veterans with actual combat experience have not been promoted to other armies to take up high-level posts, but have stayed in the First Army to continue to hold relatively low official positions, just to prevent the combat effectiveness of the First Army from declining.

In the face of the wide trenches and the pair of Wu's Guanning troops who were walking around and patrolling non-stop, the First Brigade of the First Town of the First Guard Army, which was responsible for destroying the perimeter of the city defense, sent dozens of capable men to bring the porcelain jars filled with gas poison gas, and after swimming across the moat, they fell to the ground as soon as they came.

Because it was night, it was the time when everything was silent, so although more than a dozen porcelain jars were broken, they still attracted the attention of these patrolling Guan Ning troops, who hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Who is it! ”

But at the same time, these Janissary fighters of the 1st Brigade dived directly into the water and pulled out alloy steel daggers in the water.

The gas gas began to spread after the porcelain jar was broken, and was inhaled by these patrolling Guan Ning soldiers who came around, the trace amount of gas poison gas only made them a little uncomfortable, but it did not completely fall down, but they could no longer notice the Praetorian Guard soldiers who had quickly emerged from the water at this moment and immediately rushed over.

As much as they wanted to shout, and even wanted to give a signal, they were already a little weak, and before they could do what their brains commanded, the Praetorian Guards had their necks cut off.

A white phosphorus bomb streaked into the sky, causing a flash of bright color to suddenly appear on the periphery of the dark Ningyuan City, revealing the corner of the Ningyuan City Tower not far away.

At the same time, the soldiers of the First Brigade of the First Army of the Praetorian Guards here also fired dozens of white phosphorus bombs, and the entire Ningyuan City suddenly became like daylight.

The 1st Brigade of the Praetorian Guards immediately ran over with the makeshift bridge and branch bridge in accordance with the prior arrangement, and jumped directly into the moat, which was still a little cold and biting.

According to the information told by Jinyiwei in advance, due to the intensification of the drought now, the entire Ningjin area has become more serious, which has caused the moat of Ningyuan City, which was originally dug very deep, to become shallow.

Because of this, the First Army of the Praetorian Guard will cross the moat of Ningyuan City in this way.

"Quick! Fast! ”

The rest of the brigades of the Praetorian Guards immediately stepped on the bridge held up by the soldiers of the first brigade and quickly crossed the moat of Ningyuan City, but after passing three brigades, they would change the people of one brigade, after all, it was 20,000 people, and one brigade could not bear the gravity of 20,000 people all the time.

Soon, the 20,000 men of the 1st Praetorian Guard Army successfully crossed the moat, and in the face of the moat's gates, the 1st Praetorian Army did not immediately attack, but waited for an opportunity.

After about half an hour, I began to hear the sound of dense footsteps at the city gate, and I guessed that it was because of the launch of the white phosphorus bomb that the entire night sky was illuminated, and these Guan Ning troops became alert.

The Guanning army that was patrolling in advance was to avoid unnecessary interference on the river crossing, and now because of the launch of white phosphorus bombs, it still aroused the vigilance in Ningyuan City, and when the three thousand Guanning troops rushed to the city gate to inspect the situation, the Praetorian Guards did not think to hide anything, and directly bombarded Ningyuan City with the start of firing artillery.

Suddenly, the entire Ningyuan City burst into a loud cannon fire, and countless iron bullets overturned towards Ningyuan City, blasting off countless blue bricks and eaves.

"There is an enemy attack, go and tell the guerrilla general!" Guan Ningjun became vigilant and immediately went to inform the guerrillas of Ningyuan City, which was now in charge of guarding, and this guerrilla general did not dare to slack off in the slightest after learning that there was an enemy army attacking Ningyuan City, and immediately gathered the only 3,000 elite soldiers with combat effectiveness to rush over.

The guerrilla general was very surprised, because he could see that there were obviously no less than 10,000 enemy troops waving flags and shouting outside the city, which made him very puzzled, thinking that the prince didn't say that there would be no large army in the Liaodong region recently, as long as he held the city to prevent the Dongjiang soldiers from looting, why did tens of thousands suddenly appear?

"Immediately send someone and a horse to deliver the news to the prince, now it seems that the land of Liaodong outside the Guanguan is not so simple", the guerrilla general said and immediately commanded his own 3,000 troops to organize the defense.

And the first army of the Praetorian Guard waited for all his troops to appear at the city gates, and then concentrated on launching gas gas into the city tower.

The guerrilla generals defending the city suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the other Guanning troops also began to cover their noses a little uncomfortably, but at the same time, the second brigade of the Praetorian Guards had already taken the lead in attacking, they wore wet masks, set up a ladder and rushed up, and the Guanning army, which was smoked by poisonous gas, did not even have the strength to lift the firearms and the strength to overturn the ladder, so they could only watch the Praetorian Guards rush up.

As soon as the Praetorian Guards rushed up, they shot directly, and in an instant, countless Guan Ning soldiers were shot and killed, and the guerrilla general also wanted to use his personal bravery to kill a few Praetorian Guard soldiers, but he couldn't lift his knife and was directly shot in the head by a Praetorian Guard soldier.

Soon, in less than two quarters of an hour, Ningyuan City, which was known as impregnable, was declared broken.

The First Army of the Praetorian Guard immediately opened the gate of Ningyuan City, put down the drawbridge, and rushed over quickly, although Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son were stationed in Jinzhou for a long time, their families were mainly in Ningyuan City.

As soon as the chief housekeeper of the Wu family heard the sound of cannons outside and rushed to inform the wives and grandmothers in the house, the Praetorian Guards had already outflanked him.

"At the behest of His Majesty, the Wu family disregarded the grace of the saint and committed rebellion, first slaughtering the people of Gyeonggi, and now taking refuge in the Khalkha Ministry to fight against the Ming Dynasty. All family property is confiscated! ”

After Chang Yanling of the Praetorian Guard said that, he first pulled out his blade and killed him, at this time, he was just strictly executing an order, so he didn't care about anything, and he was very decisive to kill these Wu family members.

At the same time, other Praetorian Guard soldiers were also chasing and killing the relevant personnel of the Guanning Army all over the streets, regardless of whether they were in the military or military positions, according to Zhu Youxiao's requirements, none of them were left, and they were all punished for the crime of rebellion, so as to give a warning to the warlords in the world who are trying to stand on their own!

When Ningyuan City was breached, and the Wu family suffered a devastating punishment, Fu Dahai, the second army of the Praetorian Guard, also broke through Jinzhou City.

The city defense of Jinzhou City is more empty than that of Ningyuan City, because Jinzhou City was originally an important stronghold to prevent Jiannu, but now Wu Xiang and Jiannu are eyebrows, so Wu's father and son shifted their attention to Daming.

However, all the Wu troops in Jinzhou City did not let go, according to Zhu Youxiao's meaning, these are war criminals who owed a lot of blood debts in the past, they are soldiers and bandits, and they must be punished with the most severe punishment!

The Fifth Army of the Praetorian Guard Army also successfully occupied the area of the Daling River, although Jiannu now also began to farm, but the focus is on the north of the Liao River, so it gave the Fifth Army a chance, and when Jiannu reacted, the Fifth Army had launched a blockade on Jiannu on the defense line built by the original Ming Dynasty, forcing Jiannu to watch Wu Xiangbu be eaten away by Zhu Youxiao.

At the same time, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao also recovered the territory from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan, all the veterans of the Wu army were killed, all the fields were all included in the Huangzhuang, and the tenant farmers who were now cultivating the land were allowed to continue farming, but the object of paying rent was changed from the Wu father and son to the Huangzhuang.

In short, the operation of the Eastern Route Army proceeded exceptionally smoothly, and within a few days, the actual control area of the Ming Dynasty was restored to the area around the Daling River.

Lu Xiangsheng also came to Ningyuan and issued instructions for the three armies of the Praetorian Guard to immediately assemble at Dalinghe Fort and prepare to launch an attack on the Horqin Army.

But after Shengjing's Jiannu learned that the Praetorian Guard had suddenly appeared in Liaodong, he was also surprised and panicked, and began to immediately tighten his vigilance, and was worried that the Praetorian Guard would return to attack Shengjing, and even Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa were also detained by Jiannu to deal with the Ming Dynasty's turn of face at any time.

However, in order to rescue the Western Route Army, and now the strength of Jiannu is still strong, the Praetorian Guard did not choose to attack Shengjing, but directly entered the Horqin Department.

This made Jiannu breathe a sigh of relief, but how did they know that this was the beginning of their bad luck.

Now the Horqin Department is also empty of troops, not to mention the three armies of the Praetorian Guard, even one army can easily capture the Horqin Department.

And once the Ming Dynasty captures the Horqin Department, the future Jiannu will be completely surrounded by the Ming Dynasty.