"Hello? Feed! Let's be clear! What did you say? Do you mean that the army is shelling the city of Tieling? Good! I understand...... I'll report the news right away! Reinforcements will be ready to go, so be sure to hold your ground! Putting down the phone, the Jinguo officer quickly grabbed another phone and began to report the news he had just learned. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Several departments received reports almost simultaneously that the Ming army suddenly began to shell the Liaohe defense line at Diaobing Mountain...... It happened very suddenly. Although Jin Guo's traitors reported in detail the intelligence that there was a large-scale artillery position of the Ming army near the Troop Mobilization Mountain, when the shelling really began, everyone still felt a trace of tension from the bottom of their hearts.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The Ming army began to launch artillery bombardments on our army's forward positions and deep Tieling and other areas at the Troop Mobilization Mountain. An officer walked quickly to Ye Hehaolian's office, walked to the edge of the map in front of several Jin generals, stretched out his hand and pointed to the defensive positions near Tieling, and reported.

Hearing that the Ming army began to bombard near the Troop Mountain, Ye Hehaolian seemed to relax, he walked to the huge map with a smile, pointed to the position in the direction of Tieling, and analyzed the generals in front of him: "Wang Jue is used to attacking the east and the west, and he took the lead in firing near the Troop Mountain, which means that the main direction of the Ming army's attack is definitely not the area of the Diaotro Mountain!" ”

Hearing His Majesty the Emperor say this, several generals also nodded with a smile. Since His Majesty the Emperor has already made his own judgment, then they should make corresponding adjustments based on this judgment.

"So! Your Majesty, the minister requested that the main force in Mukden City be transferred to the south to reinforce the possible decisive battle of Haicheng Fortress. A general pointed to the map and suggested to Ye Hehaolian that there were about 50,000 reserves near Mukden, and this force was also the largest cluster force that the Jin State had arranged in the middle of the Liao River.

"Accurate!" Ye Hehao Lian finally ended the continuous speculation for several days, and he was in a good mood. He felt that he had judged the direction of the Ming army's main attack, so he immediately approved the request of his men to mobilize troops to the south to reinforce Haicheng. He felt that he should concentrate his forces to inflict maximum damage on the Ming Empire and achieve the goal of promoting peace.

But just as he scolded Fang Xuan and pointed out the country, Ye Hehaolan, who was standing on the side, frowned and stared at the map, and finally couldn't help but question: "Your Majesty! At this time, the enemy has not launched a frontal attack, is it a bit too hasty to deploy troops now? ”

Ye He Haolian was complacent about making a decision, but he was splashed with a basin of cold water on Ye Hehaolan's head, and he was naturally displeased. He looked at the other party and said very dissatisfied: "Then according to your meaning, Aiqing, do you want to wait for the Ming army to fight in Fengtian, and then send out the troops in your hand?" ”

Hearing what the other party said, Ye Hehaolan also knew that his words were of little use. He shook his head and hurriedly remedied: "Your Majesty's decision must be right, it is the minister Meng Lang...... Please go to Tieling to supervise the battle, and help Your Majesty stabilize the northern defense line! ”

It just so happened that Ye He Haolian was still hesitating who to send to supervise the battle near Tieling, after all, there were Mitsui Filial Palace and Todel Tai near Anshan, and he Ye He Haolian was in charge in the middle section, and only the upstream Tieling area did not have high-ranking officials in charge, so he really couldn't put his mind at ease.

Now Ye He Haolan actually took the initiative to go to Tieling to supervise the battle, Ye He Haolian thought for a moment and nodded, agreeing to the other party's request. Thinking of the fact that there was an old and serious minister guarding Tieling upstream, although Ye Hehaolan was not very satisfied with him many times, he was also a loyal courtier. If he can sit there, it will indeed be more reassuring, and Ye Hehao Lian will also dissipate his anger.

Since there is no anger anymore, there is naturally no resentment when he speaks, he walked to Ye Hehaolan's side, raised his hand and patted the other party's shoulder, and instructed: "The Liaohe defense line cannot be lost, and I will hand over the Tieling area to you!" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured! The minister must live up to the entrustment and swear to live and die with the position! Ye Hehao Lan is also an old minister, so he naturally knows when and how to behave, he nodded to Ye He Haolian with tears in his eyes, looking like the best actor.

With his assurance, Ye Hehao didn't even say anything, arranged a few words casually, and let the old minister rush to Tieling with 500 relatives. At this time, the Ming army's artillery bombardment of the defense line near Tieling has been bombarded for more than three hours from the beginning to now.

Wang Jue was still asleep in the officer's temporary lounge, and he couldn't hear the loud noise of the constantly roaring cannons in the distance, nor could he hear the sound of shells exploding on the enemy positions on the other side of the river. He was just asleep, not even dreaming, just sleeping in the dark, letting the world turn upside down.

As a result, because of Wang Jue's deep sleep, the original order to fire and attack the 810-mm Yongle cannon and other artillery positions deployed near Tai'an was delayed, and it was only at noon that day that Yang Zizhen remembered in the hurry. As a result, at noon that day, the rebel positions near Liaozhong also began to be attacked by heavy artillery of the Ming army, and this round of belated shelling further strengthened Ye Hehaolian's judgment that the Ming army would launch an attack on the fortress of Haicheng.

At noon on September 29, the 50,000-strong Fengtian reserve of the Jin army crossed the Hunhe River and continued to advance southward, and in the evening of the same day, the forward troops arrived near the county seat of Dengta. At noon, the Ming army suspended the shelling and rested for 40 minutes, followed by another shelling in the afternoon.

Also in the afternoon of the same day, the light car Jane from the non-stop Yehe Haolan finally arrived at Tieling, and when he learned that the Ming army had not launched a ground attack, the prime minister of the Jin State finally calmed down. At this time, he also felt that the main direction of the Ming army's attack would probably be somewhere downstream, rather than along the Tieling line.

On the first day of the decisive battle, in the decisive battle of Ming and Jin, which is known as the death match of the Liaohe River in history, there was a very interesting phenomenon: the commander of the Ming army fell asleep one minute after the battle, and did not open his eyes until the next morning; On the other hand, the commander on the other side kept making mistakes, moving the reserves farther and farther away from the area where the decisive battle was about to begin.

Later historians have summed up the battle with a vivid description of this interesting detail: both sides were making mistakes, and the commander, who apparently didn't give too many orders because he was asleep, made fewer mistakes. (To be continued.) )