Liaodong.

Jinzhou, Governor Yamen.

Yuan Chonghuan was standing in front of the sand table, thinking about what to do. He received news on the 14th that Dongyu had crossed the Liao River first, and this time, it was really menacing.

The generals, the officials, are also around the sand table, discussing, discussing what to do now, this tradition of discussing countermeasures around the sand table, can be regarded as from the emperor here, since the emperor took the lead, then the people below, naturally have the same example.

Now this way of discussion is not as elaborate as before. The atmosphere is far warmer and more harmonious than before, before, they were all seated according to the grade, and then the people in front said, the back said, rigid and sluggish, even if the people in front said it was not right or problematic, the people in the back were hindered by the grade and face, it was not easy to refute, a lot of useful suggestions were lost in vain, there were really constructive suggestions, it was difficult to be adopted, now this is different, the person in charge doesn't care, the people below, whatever you discuss, even if your idea is whimsical, it doesn't matter, it should be a joke, The listener will not care, if there is really a little bit of good advice, others do not mind adopting, into their own strategy, stay when talking about the right thing, you can say your own ideas and strategies, who says it makes sense, it will be recorded, if you win by this strategy in the future, it is also beneficial to yourself.

Although Yuan Chonghuan had just returned, the Jinning defense line had already made preparations. To the north of Jinzhou, the large and small weighs have long been withdrawn. Recalling the emperor's prediction, recalling the emperor's teaching and cultivation of himself, Yuan Chonghuan was both stable and anxious, and even more panicked.

Settle down because, as the emperor expected, this year is really a decisive year with Donglu, sooner or later there will be a big war, and for some purposes, Donglu will send troops in advance, and now get the news that Donglu is coming to his side, Yuan Chonghuan's heart is settled, and things are not unexpected.

The reason for his anxiety is because he has not yet had a specific strategy for dealing with Dongyu, and now he has only a big strategy arranged by the emperor, specific to his Jinning, to his Liaodong governor Yuan Chonghuan, but there is nothing unique, his own opinion, that is to say, if this continues, he will at most be the same as last time, win the kind of victory that is invincible, according to the emperor's arrangement, winning is also winning at the strategic level, and Yuan Chonghuan has nothing to do with it, he Yuan Chonghuan just needs to hide in the big city, With this grenade and the Franc machine, it is impossible for Dongyu to capture Jinzhou, but he Yuan Chonghuan doesn't want to be so "obscure", and he doesn't want to let himself get a "victory" by hiding in the city all the time. Yuan Chonghuan no longer wanted to live the kind of days when he was forced by the East Captives to dare not move in Jinzhou City.

And the reason for the panic is precisely because Yuan Chonghuan doesn't want to be forced into Jinzhou City, and wants to go out to compete with Donglu, but Yuan Chonghuan also knows that his men and horses are fighting against Donglu in the wild, if you want to win, it is basically impossible, as soon as you go out, you are very likely to be dumplings by Donglu, Donglu is afraid and waits for himself to go out, once he thinks that he will lose in the field, which will affect the emperor's grand strategy, and think of various possible rout scenarios, so that Yuan Chonghuan, who wants to go out of the city and wrestle with Donglu, feels panicked.

The atmosphere of discussion in this war room was very warm, and the generals, big and small, and the officers and assistants were discussing enthusiastically, spitting was flying, and the braziers around them set off the atmosphere.

"Everyone, be quiet......" Yuan Chonghuan stood there for a long time, contemplating and wondering for a long time, sighed long, and said. Looking at Yuan Chonghuan's eyebrows, it seemed that there was still no progress, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were flashing with unwillingness. …,

The big and small officials who were discussing enthusiastically immediately stopped, stood according to their positions, and waited for Yuan Chonghuan to speak.

"The Tartar Advance has crossed the Liao River on the 14th, what do you think of the battle in front of you? What can I do? Yuan Chonghuan asked. Yuan Chonghuan was anxious and uneasy in his heart, and even with doubts on his face.

"Futai, the last general thinks that His Majesty has already arranged everything, and as long as we do it according to His Majesty's arrangement, everything will naturally be fine......," a general said immediately.

Everyone nodded, that's right, judging from the results of the last war, the emperor still has a few brushes, and now it is no problem to fight according to the emperor's arrangement.

Not only did everyone nod, but even Yuan Chonghuan couldn't stop nodding, according to the emperor's style of play, he would definitely win, but he Yuan Chonghuan didn't want to be so aggrieved all the time, and won the victory by hiding in the city all the time.

"Futai, the last general thinks that this time the Tartars will attack, we have expected it in advance, we have already made sufficient preparations, there is no need to be afraid of him at all, when the Dongyu has suffered enough in our Jinzhou, he will naturally leave, there is nothing to do at all, this year's war is already a victory." A general immediately said with a big grin, he had expected it in advance, and he had already made sufficient preparations in advance, so that everyone who had been mentally prepared for a long time did not care about the arrival of Dongyu, and now there are Buddha Lang machines, Hongyi cannons, and grenades, if Donglu can capture the city, unless they can fly.

The general's words were immediately approved by many people, and in this war room, there was a burst of relaxed laughter, sitting in Jinzhou waiting for the enemy to attack, and then waiting for victory to come, many generals are particularly fond of this kind of battle.

Yuan Chonghuan sighed, now, the big and small generals in Jinzhou are all holding this kind of discussion, which is very different from his ideals, and he is distressed

"How have the forts been withdrawn from the big and small enclosures in the north of Jinzhou City?" Yuan Chonghuan sighed, his thoughts may be too different from ordinary people, everyone thinks differently from themselves, so he can only ask like this, in fact, these enclosures have long been withdrawn.

"Back to Futai, those enclosures have long been withdrawn, and now our Jinzhou can be regarded as the forefront......" Zu Dashou replied immediately.

"Oh, what about our south of Jinzhou? How have the big and small fences been removed? Yuan Chonghuan was distraught and asked nonsense without a clue.

"Back to Futai, the big and small enclosures have also been withdrawn, and now, from Jinzhou to Ningyuan, there are only Songshan, Daxing a few castles and people." Zu Dashou immediately said again, looking at Yuan Chonghuan strangely, these, doesn't Yuan Futai know?

"Hmm" Yuan Chonghuan responded distraughtly, now, relying on the grenade plus the franc machine, the defensive ability of these small forts has risen sharply, therefore, many small forts have been rebuilt and repaired, this time the Donglu came, the too small forts were withdrawn, but a few slightly larger forts were left, such as Songshan, Daxing, Xingshan, etc., these are all used to deal with the Dongyu, according to the estimate of the General Staff, two or three thousand people to defend a castle, the Dongyu can not be surrounded by two or three thousand people, if you want to capture it, Unless you are willing to risk several times the casualties.

"The Tartars are coming to attack this time, attacking the city, I'm afraid he won't have the courage anymore, Your Majesty predicts that it is nothing more than to find a city to surround it, and then surround it to send reinforcements, forcing me to fight with him in the field." Yuan Chonghuan said lightly.

Everyone said yes.

“…… Jinzhou is a big city, it is estimated that the Tartars will not be besieged, Ningyuan, Daxingbao is deep in the hinterland, and the Dongyu is estimated to not be surrounded, that is, Songshan, Xingshan The two castles are more likely to be besieged, compared with the two, Songshan is ahead, therefore, Ben Futai feels that the possibility of the Tartars encircling Songshan this time is relatively large...... "Yuan Chonghuan has something in his heart, so a headless and brainless person mutters, there is a grand strategy, but it belongs to his Yuan Chonghuan's tactical strategy, but no. …,

And all the people listened.

Yuan Chonghuan was talking headlessly, and a lieutenant came in to report outside.

"Report ......" The captain gasped for thick white air and came in.

"......" has been thinking about fighting a field battle with Dongyu, and Yuan Chonghuan, who was fighting in the wild, stopped muttering to himself and looked out of the door.

"What?" Yuan Chonghuan asked.

"Your Excellency, Tanma has just discovered a Tartar spy twenty miles north of the city." The lieutenant gasped and said.

This news surprised the people present a little, and it came too quickly.

"It's so fast......" Yuan Chonghuan was also surprised, and the unexpected Dongyu came too quickly.

"Is that true?" Yuan Chonghuan listened to the words of this captain, and his mind suddenly flashed, as if he had captured something, and the thing he wanted the most seemed to have a little eyebrows, and he immediately asked.

"Lord Hui, it's absolutely right, it's a Tartar spy." The lieutenant replied in the affirmative.

"How many are there?" The flash of inspiration in Yuan Chonghuan's mind became clearer and clearer, and all kinds of troubles and worries in his heart gradually merged together with this flash of inspiration.

"Back to my lord, about twenty horsemen, the small guess is estimated to be here to fight the outpost, and there must be a large team of people behind." The lieutenant said at once, and in passing his own conjectures.

"Well, it's hard work, let's go and rest for a while." At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's mind was already clear, and in the vast pondering and exploration, he found traces, and suddenly heard the captain remind him that there was a spy

Scouts? This word made Yuan Chonghuan suddenly understand a lot of things. Isn't it a siege when the East Captives come this time? Don't you just want to help? So, when will there be reinforcements, how many reinforcements will go, and so on, don't you have to rely on spies to find out the news? Without this news, Donglu is blind and deaf, even if the city is besieged, so what? If you can cut off the eyes and ears of Donglu, that is, all his spies will be abolished, then it is impossible for Donglu to know when there are reinforcements and how many reinforcements there are......

Thinking of this, Yuan Chonghuan's mind was clear, and he had been thinking about things for a long time, and now, he finally had what he had gained, Yuan Chonghuan immediately took out a few pieces of paper and covered a city on the sand table. In this way, on this sand table, all around this city are covered with white paper, and there is a vast white patch.

“…… Understood, understood...... Your Majesty is really Shengming, really Shengming" Yuan Chonghuan looked at the situation on the sand table frantically, and a person laughed and muttered.

Everyone looked at the somewhat crazy governor in surprise, not knowing what this Lord Yuan was going to do.

"Your Majesty is honest and does not deceive me, it is really a good means, a good means ......" Yuan Chonghuan ended his madness and began to say with confidence.

"Futai, what is this?" Zu Dashou finally couldn't help it and asked.

"Hehehe, battlefield fog, battlefield fog, why did this official forget this? ......," Yuan Chonghuan explained with a smile.

Everyone looked at it in confusion, the fog of the battlefield? I have heard of it, but the generals here have their own set of understandings and concepts about fighting, and it is impossible to have a new term at random, they will have understanding, and their cognition will immediately change dramatically.

“…… Everyone, please see, if the Tartars surround Songshan, then, according to the Tartars' assumptions, they must be waiting for my Ming rescuers, what they do is the dream of encircling the point to help, if they want to surround the point to send reinforcements, you must know that I sent troops in the direction of Jinning, how many troops were out, and when they arrived in a certain place, if the Tartars did not know this, there would be no way to talk about encircling the point to send reinforcements......" Yuan Chonghuan changed the confusion and panic just now, and said with confidence. …,

Everyone looked at their governor inexplicably, what was going on? However, everyone didn't feel anything about their own Futai, and nodded one after another.

“…… To know these news, we must send spies, countless spies ......, if we can be so on the sand table, cover the surrounding of this pine mountain with white paper, that is to say, if we can spill the Tartar near the pine mountain to pull out all the spies, then, the Tartar is blind, is a deaf person, and it is just like this sand table, for the situation outside the pine mountain, you can't see it at all, hear it gradually, can you understand the meaning of this Futai? Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said with confidence, from the confusion and panic he had always had, and finally found a place where he could use his strength.

"What do you mean?" Zu Dashou also seemed to understand something, but he didn't say it, and then asked Yuan Chonghuan.

Many of the generals and officials still looked confused, looking at Yuan Chonghuan.

“…… Just now the captain mentioned the spy, the officer suddenly remembered, Your Majesty often said that the fog of the battlefield, this spy is the eyes and ears on the battlefield, there are no eyes and ears, don't want to know what happened on the battlefield in Jinning, it will be shrouded in the fog of the battlefield, therefore, we only need to find a way to beat the Tartar spies, the Tartars will not be able to figure out our reality, and we will not be able to figure out from which direction I Jinning sent troops, how many troops, when to send troops, therefore, the Tartars are afraid that they will not even sleep peacefully, this siege, I am afraid that they will not be able to surround it, The situation may be more favorable to me...... "Yuan Chonghuan said confidently.

Until now, he has finally found a good way to fight with the East Captives, that is, to find trouble with the Tartar spies, and when the Tartars besiege the city, he will do everything possible to kill all the Tartar spies, so that the Tartars who can't see the surrounding situation can have doubts and panic themselves, if they do something more, they are afraid that the Tartars will not even dare to besiege the city.

"What the lord means, the last general understands a little, is it to defeat the spies of the Tartars?" Zu Dashou asked.

"Yes, this official guesses that this time the Donglu is coming, it must be to besiege the city, the possibility of besieging Jinzhou is unlikely, but it is possible to besiege Songshan Fort, the small city of Xingshan, when the Donglu besieges the city, we must wait for my Jinning's reinforcements to come to the rescue, and I wait, but I continue to knock out the Tartar spies, guess, what will happen to the Tartars?" Yuan Chonghuan smiled and asked his subordinates, officials, the confused brains, confused thinking, now, is finally enlightened, in the face of the war, in the face of the future of thinking and vision, has finally become clear.

When everyone heard this question, they thought about it.

"Back to Futai, if the Tartar has no spies, I'm afraid that I won't be able to sleep steadily, but, my lord, forgive the officials for talking too much, if you want to get the spies of the Tartars, I'm afraid it's not an easy thing to do."

"Back to Futai, I'm afraid it's impossible, the Tartars will definitely send spies......"

Immediately another person answered.

"Hahahaha......" Yuan Chonghuan laughed.

Everyone looked at Yuan Chonghuan in surprise.

"Fuyu listens to the order" Yuan Chonghuan laughed out loud, he had already figured out a lot of things, and immediately ordered, it is better to think than to do, now that there is such a good opportunity, you must not miss it, you have to do a big job, let the world know how powerful Yuan Chonghuan is.

"The end will be." Zu Dashou immediately replied loudly.

"Ordered you to immediately lead two thousand elite horsemen, immediately go and kill the Tartar spies you just discovered, go here, kill the Tartar spies, and return immediately, if there is a large number of Tartars, retreat immediately, if the Tartars avoid dangerous places, also retreat, in short, this is to kill those spies, the rest, don't care, if there is any danger, also retreat, understand?" Yuan Chonghuan gave this madman-like order.

"This, my lord, this?" Zu Dashou was confused, what is this? Two thousand men went after the Tartars of one or twenty horsemen? There is no need to chase after him, Zu Dashou feels that his master Futai may be crazy, and he doesn't know whether to agree to go or not.

"Don't care about so much, just execute, don't be, the target this time is the twenty-horse Tartar, kill it and come back immediately. The official wants to give the Tartar a dismount......" Yuan Chonghuan said confidently, and today, his confused vision and thinking are finally sober and clear, and his brain is alive, analyzing the subtle relationship between them, knowing what he wants to do and what he can do.

"Deling" Zu Dashou didn't think much about it, and immediately went to execute it, two thousand people went to fight one or twenty horsemen, this ......, although this order is very nonsensical and wasteful, but looking at the confident appearance of his own Futai, Zu Dashou simply agreed, as Yuan Chonghuan's henchman, naturally he can't let his own adults get off the stage.

The generals and officials looked at Yuan Chonghuan, who was full of confidence, in surprise. Two thousand people went to fight the Tartars for one or twenty rides, this, sure enough, this governor is famous for his flute, and this flute is strong, and he has another ......,