Surprise attack on Shengjing, the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty--- this was Cao Yue's sudden idea.

When this idea came up, Cao Yue himself was taken aback, but he immediately firmed up his thoughts.

"Since the road back to Guannei has been cut off and there is no way to escape, Jiannu has besieged Songshan with all his might, and there may be a chance to hit Shengjing. Even if there is no way to surprise attack Shengjing, the Ming army almost attacked Shengjing City, it will definitely make Huang Taiji scared into a cold sweat, and it is possible to withdraw the army from Songshan, and the danger of the Ming Dynasty will be lifted, "With this in mind, Cao Yue immediately made up his mind and led the army to attack Shengjing for a long time.

Cao Yue, who has read a lot of books in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, knows that although the Manchu Qing Dynasty seems to be strong today, not only controlling Mongolia, but also defeating the Ming army in every war, they have a fatal shortcoming, the population of the Jurchens is too small, and the family background is too thin!

When Nurhachi raised his army with seven hatreds, the Jurchens in the entire Liaodong were only a few hundred thousand people, and because of the long years of warfare, the population growth of the Jurchens was extremely slow. During the reign of Huang Taiji, although a large number of Han Chinese, Mongols and Koreans were co-opted, and the Eight Banners of Han and Mongolia appeared, the total population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still small, at most two or three hundred thousand.

Jiannu continued to fight abroad, a large number of men died in the war, the number of men in the population of 230,000 is more than 100,000, and including underage children and elderly people and people who are injured and unable to fight, the Jurchen adult strong men who can really go to the battlefield are at most 60,000 or 70,000, plus the Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, the total number of troops is only a little more than 100,000.

Jiannu will not let the number of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty exceed the number of the Eight Banners of the Jurchens, otherwise the situation will not be controllable.

Due to the fatal shortcoming of the small population, Jiannu went out with all his strength when he fought a decisive battle with the Ming army. In the Battle of Songshan, the initial battle of Jiannu was unfavorable, and Huang Taiji was forced to give an order to recruit all the men over the age of ten and under the age of sixty of the "Great Qing Kingdom" to join the army. Cao Yue believed that the Manchu Qing army with combat effectiveness was already on the Songshan front, and there were not many elite soldiers left behind in Shengjing, probably most of them were old people and children, and their combat effectiveness was low, and the number was only a few thousand at most.

If the situation is really as expected, then leading the army to attack Shengjing may achieve unexpected results.

The road back to Guannei was blocked, and Songshan was still surrounded by Qing troops, and there was not much choice but to risk a blow if he was lucky enough to escape from Songshan.

After hearing Cao Yue's announced decision, the main leaders under his command couldn't help but gasp.

Cao Yue fought bravely and made many military exploits at a young age, which is obvious to everyone, but no one could have imagined that Cao Yue did not expect to escape back to Guannei after he broke out of the encirclement of the Qing army, but chose to surprise attack Shengjing.

What a risky decision it was! They only have more than 1,000 horses, Shengjing is the capital of Jiannu, there must be heavy guards, and there are red-clothed cannons, they have more than 1,000 horses, maybe it is not enough to stuff Jiannu's teeth.

Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Cao Yue immediately said his analysis, and finally said: "Everyone, Jiannu has gathered all the forces to besiege Songshan, and the rear must be empty, Jiannu never thought that my Ming army would sneak attack Shengjing, there must be no defense, maybe we can succeed and make miraculous achievements." Ladies and gentlemen, Shengjing is the capital of Jiannu, there are countless treasures there, and the most beautiful Jiannu women, if we break through Shengjing, all this will be at our disposal. ”

After saying these very big temptations, Cao Yue paused, and then said: "Everyone, you are all warriors who were born and died with the general and the general's father, for so many years, you have all carried your head on the battlefield, and your father has sacrificed his life for the country, and he died heroically, he is a bloody man, we can't disgrace him." It's a man, so follow the general and go to Shengjing to burn and loot, maybe he will be able to make immortal achievements. We let Jiannu also taste what it is like to have his wife and children humiliated, his relatives killed, and his home burned. ”

Cao Yue's words immediately aroused the pride of many people, but there were still a few people hesitating.

Without waiting for anyone to question, Cao Jie, the leader of the Jiading army and the head of Qian, stood up and said loudly: "Since the general has decided, the inferior rank must be respected." The general just commanded the brothers to achieve a great victory, and broke out of the encirclement of Jiannu, the lowly rank is very respectful of the general, no matter what, we are willing to follow the general, even if it is up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, we will not hesitate. ”

"Cao Qian's words are good, just now we killed in the camp of Jiannu, and we have beaten Jiannu to the ground, and their combat power is nothing more than that," Cao Yue's other right-hand man, Cao Neng, the deputy leader of the Jiading army, brandished his sword and said excitedly: "General, I will follow you to Shengjing to burn and loot, and let them taste the power of our Ming elite." ”

Then several generals of the Jiading troops, Cao San, Cao Qian, and Wu Xin all stood up and said that they would obey Cao Yue's latest arrangement.

Seeing Cao Yue's most trusted subordinates say this, Zhao Liang, the general manager of Qian, who was still worried in his heart, didn't dare to say anything: "Obey the general's orders, and follow the general to kill the enemy desperately, even if you lose your life, you will not hesitate." ”

"Good!" Seeing that everyone said this, Cao Yue was very satisfied, "Then the next part of our department will travel day and night, and attack Shengjing." ”

Everyone also went to prepare immediately, and Cao Yue left his most confidant Cao Jie.

"Third Young Master, although the number of Jiannu who stayed in Shengjing will not be very large, it is not so easy to break, the little one thinks that we must have a good plan and come up with a comprehensive strategy," without others, Cao Jie also directly explained his opinion.

"That's right, we must have a good plan, you ordered to go down, when we go to Shengjing, we must not let Jiannu know our whereabouts, and we can't stay if we meet anyone on the way. If we are not discovered by Jiannu before arriving in Shengjing, our plan will be half successful," If Shengjing is raided, Cao Yue has a general idea, but because he doesn't know the specific situation of Shengjing, Cao Yue can't make a decision on what method to attack Shengjing now, "Also, if we arrive in Shengjing safely, then we must find a way to investigate Shengjing's city defense, and when all the situation is clear, we will discuss how to attack in detail." ”

"Yes, young master, the little one understands, and the little one will go and prepare."

Cao Jie, who has followed Cao Wenzhao for many years, is loyal to the Cao family, and he is also quite smart, and he has won the trust of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Yue, which is also the reason why Cao Yue asked Cao Jie to lead the family's troops.

Cao Jie's ability Cao Yue also knows, with Cao Jie here, he also has a lot less to worry about.

After the general manager and the general manager were agitated, Cao Yue gathered all the sergeants again, announced his decision, and said some encouraging words. Now most of the more than 1,000 sergeants are Cao Yue's family troops, and they all obey Cao Yue's orders, and they will follow Cao Yue wherever he takes them. In addition, the five hundred sergeants were also dead soldiers left by Cao Wenzhao, and their loyalty was no worse than that of the Jiading troops. A few simple words of agitation aroused the man's blood.

Most of the men and horses rested in the valley to replenish food and water, and the commander of the Jiading troops, Cao Qian, sent out with a few of the most agile sergeants to inquire about the situation. At noon, Cao Qian came back to report that there was no figure within a radius of dozens of miles.

After listening to Cao Qian's report, Cao Yue thought about it and immediately decided to set off now without waiting for dark.

In fact, Cao Yue's worries were superfluous, at this time, Liaodong had already become a white land due to the bloody massacre of the Manchu Jiannu, and there were no people for hundreds of miles in a row, as long as you didn't take the official road, you would basically not meet people.

In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was in great drought, the rivers in many places were cut off, and the outside of the pass was also thousands of miles of red land, the water level of the two big rivers of Daling River and Liao River was very shallow, and the people and horses led by Cao Yue easily crossed these two big rivers.

From the periphery of Songshan to the Daling River, and then to the Liao River, it took a three-day journey of hundreds of miles, and there was not a single inhabited village along the way. There are ruins everywhere, traces of burning can be seen everywhere, and some of the once prosperous cities are in ruins. These are the exploits of the Manchu Jiannu, and in the wilderness, the white bones that can be seen everywhere are silently telling the brutal crimes of the Jiannu.

Liaodong originally had two or three million Han people living and living, but now, there are basically no people, and these two or three million Han people, except for some who fled back to Guannai, and a small number of them became Manchu slaves, the rest were killed by Jiannu. In terms of the degree of brutality, the Japanese who caused the tragedy of 300,000 unjust souls in Nanjing in later generations are far from being compared with the Jiannu when they did not enter the customs. Not to mention that after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it created countless horrific massacres, such as the three massacres in Jiading, the ten massacres in Yangzhou, etc., and tens of millions of Han people died tragically under the butcher's knife of Jiannu.

The funny thing is that Cao Yue traveled through the previous era, and you can see the praise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty everywhere, and many people watch the love and love of Brother, Beile, and Gege on the silver screen, and the clothing cheongsam of the Manchu Jiannu women is even regarded as the noble wear of the women of that era, and is regarded as the national costume and the soul of the country. The bloodless Chinese people also seem to have forgotten their hatred for the Japanese who also committed crimes.

"If you meet Jiannu, no matter men, women, old or young, there is no mercy," After seeing too many tragic scenes, Cao Yue, who was completely enraged, viciously issued a new order. "The blood debt must be repaid with blood, kill all the slaves, remember: Hu no one, Han Daochang."

He didn't expect that the decision he made under his excitement would have a far-reaching impact later.

It wasn't until he crossed the Liao River and traveled dozens of miles to the northeast that Cao Yue saw the smoke for the first time. According to Cao Yue's estimation of the location of the Liaohe River, this place is only a hundred miles away from Shengjing, that is, the location of Shenyang in the later generations. The Manchu Qing occupation of Liaodong turned Liaodong into a barren land, and Cao Yue estimated that the place where there was cooking smoke would not be inhabited by Han Chinese, but probably Jiannu.

Cao Yue didn't take any risks, took all the horses to a nearby valley to hide, and then ordered Cao Qian to take people to reconnoiter the situation.

About an hour later, Cao Qian came back to report that the village was mainly inhabited by Manchus, and some were Han Chinese. These Han people are slaves forcibly occupied by the Jiannu banner people, and now the Jiannu is no longer engaged in production, and the slaves are responsible for all the rough and heavy work.

"Wait for it to get dark and kill all the Jiannu," Cao Yue added after giving the order viciously, "It's best to leave a few alive mouths to inquire about the situation, if the Han people can not kill them, they will not be killed, and then they will be uniformly detained, and they will be dealt with after asking about the situation." ”

"Yes, General," his subordinates agreed, and immediately went to prepare.