"Chonghuan, don't fall for him." Sun Chengzong narrowed his old eyes and looked thoughtful, "What's the use of him being convinced?" Jiannu is the head of Huang Taiji. ”

"However, we met Jiannu twice in the wild, and Jiannu was defeated." After Liu Yuyan came to Liaodong, he found that Jiannu was nothing more than that, and he had long been looking forward to a decisive battle with Yue Tuo on the battlefield, and it was best to annihilate Yue Tuo's main force at one time.

"Nonsense!" Sun Chengzong scolded, "In the first two field battles, there were only a few hundred Jiannu, but now they are the main force of Yue Tuo. ”

Since Sun Chengzong disagreed, Yuan Chonghuan asked the army commanders and division commanders present for help: "What do you think? ”

Everyone nodded, obviously supporting Yuan Chonghuan and Yue Tuo in the field, especially Du Wenhuan, and he even asked Yuan Chonghuan to let his fourth division serve as the main force.

Sun Chengzong was furious: "Don't think that after a few victories, your tail will reach the sky!" You don't know how powerful a large number of Jiannu cavalry are, and on the empty plain, the momentum of the cavalry charge and the sound of horses' hooves alone will make your soldiers tremble. ”

"Your Excellency," Yuan Chonghuan got up from his seat and saluted Sun Chengzong with his fists clenched, "We are discussing the matter of fighting with Yue Tuo, and we haven't made a final decision yet!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan hugged his fists and saluted everyone present one by one: "Just now, the adults have already said the unfavorable side of the field decisive battle, everyone talk about it, what is the advantage of the field battle, that is, what is the benefit to us." ”

"Since it's a discussion, I'll share my opinion." Du Wenhuan took over the topic, "I advocate a decisive battle with Yue Tuo for three reasons: first, if we don't have the courage to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, then we can only shrink into the city forever, and without the initiative of the war, what else can we talk about recovering Liaodong?" Second, Yue Tuo suffered repeated losses and a sharp decline in the number and combat effectiveness of his cavalry, which was the best opportunity to completely eliminate him; Third, our army has won successive victories, especially the victory in the field duel, and its morale is booming, which is the best time to break the myth of the Jiannu cavalry. ”

Everyone nodded again, obviously the main battle faction had the upper hand.

Sun Chengzong found himself isolated, what happened to these two boys? A few days ago, I had to fight to the death and make contradictions, and even gave the military department a dismissal, or I mediated it myself, how can it be like a discussion today?

He remembered the theft of the camp, that time only the three of them were present, and the opinions of the two of them were surprisingly unanimous, and the facts also proved that their adventure was correct, and once again Yue Tuo lost his troops and even the big tent was burned.

Sun Chengzong felt that he was indeed old, maybe the military miracle of Jiannu in the past left too many shadows in his heart, and now, Daming and Jiannu have fallen, it is when Yuan Chonghuan and these new Daming troops created a miracle.

Sun Chengzong's tone softened: "Chonghuan, Wenhuan, are you really sure to fight with Yue Tuo?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan heard Sun Chengzong's tone, and his heart was overjoyed: "My lord, after Yue Tuo's attack on the city failed, there were only three thousand cavalry left around him, and he was plundered by Wen Huan again, and now his cavalry is only two thousand-Jiannu's messenger just now said that he leaked his mouth, and it was verified from the side, and these remnants were about the same strength as the border army. ”

Du Wenhuan seems to be wearing the same pants as Yuan Chonghuan: "My lord, Jiannu is now at the end of the crossbow, and besides, we have an absolute advantage in numbers, plus flintlock pistols and artillery, we will definitely be able to defeat Yue Tuo and approach Guangning." ”

"Quang Ninh? Are you going to take Quang Ninh by taking advantage of the situation? Sun Chengzong felt that these two people were getting bolder and bigger, and they dared to think about anything, I don't know if they had ever thought about going straight to Shenyang.

"My lord, we don't know the situation in Quang Ninh now, 'Hai Dongqing' has not sent back any information about Quang Ninh, we are just trying to find out." In fact, before the military meeting was held, Yuan Chonghuan thought of Guangning, but without the information of Guangning, he could not make up his mind.

"Chonghuan refers to ......"

"Isn't Wen Huan going to make meritorious contributions? This Guangning City will be left to Wenhuan! Yuan Chonghuan's gaze shifted to Du Wenhuan.

Du Wenhuan's anticipation was already undisguised on his face, and he stood up from his seat again: "Wenhuan obeys the commander's dispatch. ”

Yuan Chonghuan motioned for him to sit down, and now Sun Chengzong hadn't nodded yet, "You lead the fourth division and prepare enough dry food and water for four days." If Yue Tuo is not defeated, then forget it, let him go will be Guangning; If Yue Tuo's main force is routed and more than half of the soldiers are killed or wounded, you immediately lead the whole division in pursuit, do not stop, and limit yourself to one day. After a day, whether or not you catch up with Yue Tuo, you have to return quickly. If you don't return for three days, I'll take you with an army. ”

Yuan Chonghuan said here, and looked at Sun Chengzong: "These are the ideas of the subordinates, if the adults agree, the subordinates will implement them." ”

Sun Chengzong hoped that he had not participated in this military meeting, and that he had returned to Shanhaiguan a long time ago.

If you don't agree, obviously you will be isolated, maybe with the current strength of the new army, you can really create a series of miracles, Yuan Chonghuan has created a myth that the Liaodong Army dare not imagine; If you agree, this is really something he didn't dare to imagine before, from his point of view, according to his experience in Liaodong, it is impossible for the Ming army to take back Ningyuan, Jinzhou and Guangning in such a short period of time.

Everyone's eyes turned to Sun Chengzong, as long as Sun Chengzong said a word, they could each contribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Chengzong slowly stood up from his seat: "Chonghuan, generals, the old man has two ideas: first, everything is based on steady and steady, if you can't do anything, don't rush in, with Ningyuan and Jinzhou, the Ming Dynasty can completely maintain a defensive position in Liaodong; Second, as the governor of Jiliao, the old man will definitely do his best to supply all the subordinate armies with sufficient grain and grass, and the old man rushed back to Shanhaiguan in the afternoon and immediately urged them to transport grain and grass materials. ”

Sun Chengzong's statement can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence to Yuan Chonghuan's strategy, but his meaning is also very clear, he does not have much expectation for the victory of this battle, because he does not understand the combat effectiveness of the new army.

Yuan Chonghuan bowed to Sun Chengzong: "Thank you for your support......"

After the meeting ended, Yuan Chonghuan walked at the end, walking side by side with Sun Chengzong, seeing that there was no one around, Yuan Chonghuan asked: "My lord, has the ammunition supply of the Jingshi arrived?" ”

"Don't worry about this, the ammunition supply has been transported to Ningyuan, and it can be transported to Jinzhou in three days at most. Chonghuan, you'd better send a sergeant to pick it up. ”

"It's my lord, with the ammunition supply, my subordinates will be relieved."

"Chonghuan, to be honest, how sure are you of defeating Yue Tuo?"

"Don't hide it from your lord, your subordinates are eighty percent sure." Yuan Chonghuan hesitated for a moment, "However, my subordinates feel that they are not very sure about taking Guangning City. ”

"Then you still sent Du Wenhuan to pursue Yue Tuo? Are you ......"

"My lord is too worried, my subordinates are my lord's disciples, and my subordinates are people, and my lord knows very well that my subordinates will never fake their fathers to take revenge on Wen Huan. The subordinates said that they were not sure, because they were not clear about the current situation in Guangning, how many soldiers there were in the city, what the morale was, whether the supply of grain, grass and equipment was sufficient, whether there were reinforcements in Jiannu, etc., as for Wen Huan, whether he took Guangning or not, he had more than 10,000 new troops, and there would be no danger. ”

Sun Chengzong nodded silently, the combat effectiveness of the new army is more and more than his imagination, and Yuan Chonghuan is his direct disciple, he can't help but support Yuan Chonghuan's adventurous actions.

After sending Sun Chengzong back, Yuan Chonghuan went to Du Wenhuan again, and the two had another discussion about sending the Fourth Division to pursue Yue Tuo and besiege Guangning.

The premise of the discussion is, of course, that the Ming army will defeat Yue Tuo's main force, at least let Yue Tuo lose most of his cavalry.

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In the northeast of Jinzhou City, there is a large piece of desolate grassland, countless war horses have been unloaded and chewed, and they are gnawing on the grass with dew, and people in dark gray cloth clothes next to them are chatting, they are idle like real wranglers.

If you look closely, you will find that they are the new army of the Ming Dynasty, the saddle on the back of the horse is still there, and they only have a moment to be at ease, and they may go out at any time.

These horses belonged to the Fourth Division, and there were as many as 10,000 horses in total.

The 4th Division is not the main force of today's operation, their task is after the battle has begun.

If Yue Tuo's cavalry losses were not large, the Fourth Division would not have to do anything, and they would return to Jinzhou City along the same route, which should be a short trip.

If Yue Tuo is defeated and his soldiers suffer heavy casualties, they will entangle them like hornets and chase after Yue Tuo, never stopping.

In Yuan Chonghuan's dictionary, Yue Tuo would not win, and the Fourth Division did not have a third preparation.

Today's decisive battle with Yue Tuo was Ning Xianlong's second division.

The first division is still in Ningyuan, and the third division faced off with Yue Tuo at the north gate of Jinzhou last time, with nearly 1,000 casualties, and is still resting.

This may be the last duel between Yuan Chonghuan and Yue Tuo, Yue Tuo is now only a few people left, if there is another fiasco, the red flag may not exist, and the Jurchen Eight Banners may have to be changed to the Jurchen Seven Banners.

Yuan Chonghuan decided to personally command this decisive battle.

To the north of the original Jiannu tent, three thousand flintlock musketeers had already entered a state of imminent battle, with a thousand men per row, and there were too many of them, so Yuan Chonghuan asked them to stand in a "C" shape, and this "C" opening was ahead, waiting for Yue Tuo's cavalry to charge like open pockets.

At the two ports of the "C", there is a cavalry of 1,000 men each, if the course of the battle is exactly the same as Yuan Chonghuan expected, they are just spectators of the battlefield, once the Jiannu cavalry breaks through the flintlock formation, they will disregard their own lives, rush up to fight the Jiannu cavalry, and intercept the follow-up Jiannu cavalry.

About 500 paces behind the gunners was Yue Tuo's original big tent, which had been burned clean by the fire, but the Ming army had rearranged and camouflaged the burned place, and the big tent looked only incomplete, and there were many small tents that were broken.

Yuan Chonghuan and Ning Xianlong were hidden behind these tents, which became Yuan Chonghuan's temporary headquarters.

Sheltered by the tents, there were also thirty-five guns of the First Army, which fired flowering shells.

Yuan Chonghuan told Ning Xianlong that if Yue Tuo only attacked tentatively, he should not fire the artillery for the time being, and if Yue Tuo's whole army attacked, then the flowering shells fired by these artillery pieces would deter the cavalry of Jiannu, and at least slow down their march to buy more time for the gunners to shoot.