In the second year of Chongzhen, the twentieth day of the first month.

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Yang Reform, who received an urgent report from Liaodong, hurried to deal with the matter.

"Yuan Chonghuan's letter, Master Sun take a look." Yang Gai looked at it for a while, and said helplessly and funny, Yuan Chonghuan reported the emergency military situation in the letter, the Dongyu Brigade has crossed the Liao River, and the troops may come to the city in a few days, and the war is imminent, and then he reported his good news, saying that he had beheaded more than ten horse Tartars, and gave this year a good start, and asked for a good fortune, and he also offered his own "strategy", said all kinds of benefits of this strategy, and claimed that if he implemented this strategy this year, he could get as many heads as he could, and finally, It's asking yourself for 2,000 clairvoyants.

In the face of Yuan Chonghuan's almost scoundrel urgency, Yang Reform saw it, and could only shake his head, two thousand clairvoyant mirrors This Yuan Chonghuan really thought that Liulizhai was opened exclusively by himself, and he could conjure up as much as he wanted, and today's clairvoyant lenses can be polished manually, which is very laborious, although the production cost is indeed not worth mentioning compared to his selling price, however, according to the price of normal transactions, Yuan Chonghuan wants to implement this new method, just to buy a clairvoyant mirror, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Sun Chengzong also kept watching the emperor read the emergency report, and thought that there was something big going on outside the gate, and when he saw the emperor crying and laughing, he was also very curious, and after taking the letter and reading it for a while, his face was also helpless and funny.

"Master Sun, in your opinion, what is Yuan Chonghuan's strategy? Hehe, of course, let's not talk about the clairvoyant mirror. Yang Gai asked with a wry smile helplessly, this Yuan Chonghuan has given himself a big problem, this clairvoyant mirror is a "commodity" that he sells for money, but this guy asked himself, as if he had changed it out of thin air, but he had a problem for himself.

"Back to Your Majesty, just from the point of view of this strategy, it is a good strategy, if you can force back the Dongyu's Tanma, so that the Donglu becomes an invisible blind man, an inaudible deaf man, there is no doubt that the form will be very beneficial to my Daming, Your Majesty often said that the fog of the battlefield is completely covered on the head of the Dongyu, then this year's chances of victory are a little greater." Sun Chengzong said solemnly, aside from Yuan Chonghuan's "unreasonable" request, this combat strategy is still a bit interesting, for Jinning's head brain, the big and small officials and soldiers dared to make the decision to go out to find trouble in Dongyu, Sun Chengzong was also very surprised, but thinking about it, he was also relieved, the emperor gave Liu Jishan the right to contact the foreign domain outside the Guan, which led to the contact between the foreign domain outside the Guanhai and Jinning, and the consequence was that the head of the foreign domain such as Lin Dan Khan was not under the control of Jinning, Lin Dan Khan naturally won't look for them after they got the heads, this record is naturally not counted on their heads, the direct consequence is that although the battle is won, but no head starts, this embarrassing situation, but it really makes those large and small military leaders in Jinning have a fever on their faces, and they can't hang their faces, if this year is still like this, they win the battle, but they don't have a head, then their officers and soldiers in Jinning are afraid that they should stuff their heads into the crotch of their pants, and they can't afford to lose that person.

"Oh, if there are ten horsemen in the east, they will ride fifty or one hundred; If there are 1000 cavalry, 2,000 cavalry, they will dispatch 10,000 people, and if the eastern captives are approaching, they will retreat, and the eastern captives will retreat, and they will stick up again, this scout battle, hehe...... The theory is really good, but I don't know how it will be implemented......" Yang Reform said with a helpless smile, this "scout war" is really good, striking the enemy with absolute superiority in the local battlefield, avoiding the decisive battle between the mobile main force and the enemy, and dragging the enemy into a state of fatigue.

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's view, if the implementation is good, it is indeed promising, then the siege of the city of the East is bound to be long, at least two or three months, more than half a year, although it seems that the East is fierce, dare to besiege the city under the nose of the Ming Dynasty officials, and do not put my Ming officials and soldiers in their eyes, but the ministers think that this is just a façade, although they look down on my Ming officials and soldiers, do not put my Ming officials and soldiers in their eyes, but they also have to find out that there will be reinforcements in that direction at any time, if they can't find out this, the ministers are afraid that they will not even be able to sleep well, The more arrogant they are, the more they look down on our Ming official army, the more it shows that they must always grasp the dynamics of our Ming official army, and keep abreast of the fact that our great civilian official army is sending troops from that direction. I can't grasp the surrounding situation in time, and I am afraid that I can't do the dream of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, and I am even more worried about the sudden assault of my Ming army, so I think that this method of war can still be ......" Sun Chengzong made a positive evaluation of this scout battle after a long speech. …,

"Yes, I also see it this way, judging by the current situation, the Dongyu can only besiege the city and forcibly attack the city, I believe that the Dongyu will not do it, not to mention the loss of the forced siege, if it is a small city, the things in it may not be enough for them to eat, even if they forcibly capture it, it is not cost-effective, not to mention that now I have a strict order to retreat, when the city is broken, all the materials must be burned, so, even if the Dongyu captures a small city, the harvest is extremely thin, then the Dongyu is just a bandit group, It took so much effort, such a big loss and nothing was grabbed, it is estimated that Huang Taiji is afraid that he will not even be able to do a stable position, hehehe......" Yang Reform smiled and said, Yang Reform is now dead for him, Huang Taiji is besieging the city, and will never really forcibly attack the city, the loss of the siege, they can't afford it, the siege was a problem when there were no grenades before, not to mention that there are grenades now, at least two or three times the death of the defenders to capture a city, this kind of loss and benefit ratio, if Huang Taiji dares to do it, I'm afraid that the internal fall out will already be overturned, and the bandit group will naturally use the logic of robbers, as for the big cities, such as Jinzhou and Ningyuan, Yang Reform believes that let Huang Taiji fight, it is estimated that Huang Taiji will not, if Jinzhou is besieged, the people and horses in Jinzhou are afraid that the number of people and horses in Jinzhou is not much different from the number of people and horses besieging the city, and even more than his men and horses, if this person braves the Hongyi cannon, Franc machine, grenades, and the blows made by Da Nei to attack the city, Yang Reform believes that as long as Huang Taiji's brain is not broken, he will not fight the idea of these big cities, if they dare to besiege the big city, I'm afraid that I won't be able to bird him, so let him stay there all the time, and sit and watch him consume logistics resources.

The so-called form is stronger than people, that's it, the general trend, there are not many ways to go, things haven't happened yet, but you can also predict what will happen.

"Your Majesty, although this tactic is good, but the minister thinks that it is a lot of money, if Your Majesty agrees to Ziru's request and gives Ziru so many clairvoyant mirrors, what about other places? What is Your Majesty going to do? If Mao Wenlong is also invited there, will His Majesty give it? Man Gui, where is Zhao Shujiao? And what about the new army? Your Majesty wants to increase? What about Jingying? There are other border gates, what about Weizhen? Your Majesty, don't suffer from inequality" Although Sun Chengzong was also very interested in and supported this scout war, he had to deny this scout war from the height of the overall situation.

"Alas, Master Sun is right, Yuan Chonghuan is this guy, but it has given me a problem" Yang Reform smiled bitterly, this is really a troublesome thing, today's clairvoyant mirror is only popularized to the level of Qianzong, and part of it has been popularized to the level of Baizong, but now Yuan Chonghuan wants to directly popularize it to the level of Shichang, Xiaoqi, the difficulty is not ordinary, if Yuan Chonghuan's requirements are met, then other officers and soldiers in the world will definitely feel unfair, and they will definitely want it, that is a ** annoyance, if you don't use clairvoyance, Directly execute this scout battle, it is okay, but the effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Then, is Your Majesty going back? Still is? Sun Chengzong asked, this thing is really not easy to open, as soon as it is opened, it is annoying, the emperor agreed, it is asking for trouble, and it is in vain to provoke resentment.

“…… No, don't go back for the time being, I want to find a way, all satisfied, but it's impossible, you can be partially satisfied, in addition, if he plays well, I can give him an additional reward for the clairvoyant, so, I can only do this, hehehe......" Yang Reform smiled helplessly, for the enthusiasm of Yuan Chonghuan and Jinning's official army, Yang Reform was unwilling to fight, finally these guys wanted to do it with real knives and guns, but they poured cold water on them, which is not in their own interests, although the clairvoyant mirror is expensive, but for himself, It's just a dead thing, it's just an item on the assembly line, as long as there are enough people, they can produce it continuously, and Yang Reform already has an idea. …,

"Your Majesty." Regarding the emperor's holy ruling, Sun Chengzong didn't plan to say anything. What should be said, he has already said it, presumably the emperor has his own plans, and he doesn't want to see Jinning's enthusiasm frustrated.

"Uh, by the way, Master Sun, take a look, these operational details and tactical issues, but what else needs to be added?" Yang Gengai asked again, Yuan Chonghuan sent a thick stack of battle plans and details, depicting the entire scout battle quite beautifully, for fear that he would not be able to impress the emperor.

Sun Chengzong listened to the emperor's words and thought about it intently. After a while, Sun Chengzong woke up from his contemplation.

"Your Majesty, the minister has seen this strategy, and the minister has to refer to it in more detail, after all, this method of war is unprecedented, and the minister can't conclude that it is good there and not good there, but there is a place to remind Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong thought for a while and said.

"Master Sun just said." Yang reformed.

"Your Majesty, it is mentioned in this strategy that those bounty hunters should be involved in order to play a role, but the minister feels that this is a little inappropriate." Sun Chengzong solemnly reminded.

"Oh, why is that? Can Master Sun explain in detail? Yang Gengai asked, in Yang Gengai's opinion, it couldn't be better to use bounty hunters to participate in this matter, after all, bounty hunters are experienced, and flexible, far from being comparable to the officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty, and it is better to use bounty hunters to fight the scouts of Dongyu.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about where the heads of those bounty hunters go to exchange for bounty money?" Sun Chengzong reminded solemnly.

"Well, that's a problem." Yang Gai immediately realized that there was indeed something wrong with this, and now the heads of the Dongyu people obtained outside the Guan, including those obtained by the foreign domain, are all going to Liu Jishan to exchange rewards, and it has nothing to do with Yuan Chonghuan, if the bounty hunters are also involved in this matter now, will the heads hunted be Yuan Chonghuan's or Liu Jishan's? It's a small problem, but a small problem can make a big difference.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, if you mix them together like this, there will definitely be a gap between the matter of the head, and at that time, maybe there will be another thing to seize the head,...... At that critical moment, it will be a big deal. Sun Chengzong reminded solemnly.

"Well, that's a real problem." Yang Gai also frowned and nodded.

"Furthermore, Your Majesty, in addition to this problem, there are also things such as mixed personnel, it is very easy to expose the whereabouts of my Ming official army, if there are spies in these bounty hunters, wouldn't it be dangerous to report the details of my Ming official army to the Eastern Emperor?" Sun Chengzong said again.

“…… Well, this is a big problem, it seems that he can't agree to the bounty hunters to participate in this matter, Yuan Chonghuan still wants these bounty hunters to be under his management, it seems that it is a big loophole" Yang reformed Sun Chengzong's reminder, understood the problem, thought about it, understood, I am afraid that Yuan Chonghuan does not understand this problem, I am afraid that in order to get more heads, he deliberately does not consider the risk of using bounty hunters, it seems that he is also a little crazy to think about people.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, this risk, I have to consider, the gap between the East and the East is all over, this has to be guarded against, if you allow bounty hunters, idle people, etc. to enter and exit the battlefield, and the matter of ventilating and reporting the news, it will definitely be staged, once the specific location and details of my Ming official army are leaked, there will be heavy casualties, Your Majesty, you must check the ......" Sun Chengzong pointed out the problems in the old way.

"Well, I understand, then I vetoed this article, let Yuan Chonghuan carry out this matter alone, and let no one get close to the battlefield, and anyone who is close to the battlefield will be punished with the law, how about it?" Yang Reform didn't think much about it, so he said.

"Your Majesty, however, those bounty hunters are practical and useful, not useless." Sun Chengzong thought about it and said.

"Oh, what is Master Sun's opinion? And how do you use those bounty hunters? Yang asked reform. …,

"Back to Your Majesty, Jinning wants to fight a scout war, shoot at the spies in the east, and let the idle people and others participate in it is really not good, but if these idle people are placed north of the Sancha River and north of Pingxi Fort, then these people are of great use, what does Your Majesty think?" Sun Chengzong said as he pointed out a few positions on the sand table.

Yang Gai followed Sun Chengzong's guidance, looked at this position, and immediately understood what Sun Chengzong meant, it was indeed a good idea to let these idle people and bounty hunters harass the rear of the Eastern Captives, or the supply line.

"Yes, Master Sun has a good eye, so I am not afraid that there will be gaps in these bounty hunters." Yang Gengai said with a smile.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, the ships that are deployed along the coast will make these people have no worries, although these bounty hunters may not cause much harm to the Dongyu, but they will also give the Dongyu a big headache, and to the west of Pingxi Fort, it is forbidden for any idle people to enter and exit, so as not to be ......taken by spies," Sun Chengzong pointed to a few locations and explained.

Yang Gengai couldn't help nodding, looking at "Pingxi Fort", which only had a place name and no city, and sighed that Jiang was still old and spicy.

"Okay, that's it, besides, what's going on in Dongjiang Town? When will I be able to get the message? Where did Mao Wenlong go? Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, I just received the news in the past two days, Mao Wenlong has already boarded the ship at Shanhaiguan [which is now Qinhuangdao], it is said that the ice over there is not too serious, and it is already possible to sail." Sun Chengzong replied again.

"Oh, that's good, now that it's ready to sail, presumably the day when the sea will be unsealed, this Mao Wenlong is going to attack everywhere again, okay, just do it." Yang Gai said excitedly, the ice surface along the coast began to be unsealed, that is to say, it became possible to harass Donglu along the coast, once Mao Wenlong attacked everywhere, the days of Dongyu's headache were coming, which could greatly relieve the pressure on Jinning's side.

……

Outside the customs.

Twenty miles east of Jinzhou.

Huang Taiji faced the fork in the road in front of him, his face full of anger and unwillingness.

"Great Khan, that Yuan barbarian actually hung the heads of our Dajin warriors on the city wall, Great Khan, let's go to Jinzhou......" A real begged bitterly.

Yuan Chonghuan did a good deed a few days ago, hanging the head of the beheaded Tartar on the city wall, in order to learn from Mao Wenlong to stimulate the Tartars, so that the Tartars could attack Jinzhou City.

"Great Khan, you have to call the shots for your minions......" More people began to beg Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji faced the fork in the road in front of him, his face was full of bruises, and he gritted his teeth with anger. Fight Jinzhou, fight Jinzhou, fight Jinzhou, why doesn't he want to fight Jinzhou, but Jinzhou is what he can beat? The year before last, he didn't please under Jinzhou City, and his father, who was also defeated under this kind of strong city, asked him to fight Jinzhou, unless he went crazy, he brought more than 40,000 horses, and the soldiers in Jinzhou City were afraid that they were not less than him, and there were many soldiers with fewer soldiers, and his Huang Taiji's head was not broken, not to mention that now the Ming Dynasty generally used Franc machines and grenades, and asked him to fight this kind of strong city, he didn't have to think about it to know what the consequences were.

After all, the city has limited grain, grass, materials and ammunition, and after the siege, he can sit and wait for the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers to come to the door, and fight a beautiful siege and annihilation battle, resulting in the defeat of a large number of officials and troops in the Ming Dynasty, and then causing internal turmoil in the Ming Dynasty, in order to expect the Ming Dynasty court to have a great political turmoil because of the huge defeat.

He Huang Taiji is now not only looking at the ocean and sighing, but also does not even have a decent cannon, even the small cities of Songshan are very difficult, can only be through a long siege, forcing the city to run out of ammunition and food, to him attack the city, even if it is these small cities, he is unwilling, around the New Year, he got the news that the Ming Dynasty suddenly strengthened the defense of these small cities, it is said that suddenly reinforcements and supplies quite a lot of people and materials, I am afraid that even the Franco machine Hongyi cannon has it, get this news, Huang Taiji knows, the Ming Dynasty emperor is forcing him, Forcing him to walk, he didn't want to follow the path designed for him by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he had no other way except this road, and now the Ming Dynasty surrounded him like an iron bucket with gold, and he couldn't move, and he couldn't move except for struggling to take the initiative first, there were not many ways he could walk.

In the face of the bitter pleading of the people.

Huang Taiji struggled in his heart, according to the road arranged by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to besiege the small city, he still has some chances to win, at least he can force the Ming Dynasty to come to the rescue, once the Ming Dynasty officials and troops are out of the city, his opportunity will come, fighting in the field has always been his strength of Dajin, and there is also the capital to fight; If you go to Jinzhou now......

"Driving the ......" Huang Taiji's face was full of terrible green muscles, slapped the horse violently, and quickly headed towards the south with the horse, and the road to the south was the ............ to Songshan.