From the beginning of the decision to rescue Lushun, Yang Bo's fate seemed to have begun to accelerate in an instant, everything was changing rapidly, but he couldn't stop at all, and he no longer had the calmness of planning and then acting.

Time!

The reorganization of the army, the improvement of the flintlock musket, the production of heavy artillery, and the sea trade, the production of two factories, all this took time, and he urgently needed time to straighten it all out

He thought that he would be invincible if he grasped the context of history, and he would be able to hold all the general trends of the world in his hands, but the death of Huanglong told him that he actually couldn't control anything, even his own surname, if it weren't for Chen Bilian's willingness to take the risk and rush to the sea storm, his Yang Bo's head would now be hanging at the gate of Lushun City.

What's the problem?

Yang Bo thought carefully for a long time, and finally found the crux of the problem, that is, whether it was Huanglong or defending the city, he relied too much on Dengzhou's support, and once the support could not arrive in time, Lushun would be in danger of destruction at any time. This time the Tartars just sent two banners of more than 10,000 men and horses to besiege Lushun, Yang Bo did not dare to beat the Tartars outside the city too hard, or now there is no war in Liaoxi, Huang Taiji came out to attack Lushun, the replenishment in Lushun City can not catch up with the consumption, Yang Bo no matter how many soldiers and horses are not enough, in a word, Lushun has no strategic depth, entrusting his fate to others, this taste is not comfortable.

At present, although Lushun has once again survived the crisis, Yang Bo wants to be able to take a safe breath, Lushun wants to develop into an outpost planning Liaodong, he needs time to build, and the top priority is to drive away the besieging Tartars.

"Half a year!" Yang Bo set a short-term goal for himself, as long as he was given half a year, Lushun would not be afraid of the threat of the Tartars.

Zong Yuan settled down, and after hurriedly freshening up, he ordered someone to invite Yang Bo to come over to discuss the matter.

After thinking about it for a while, he had already thought it through, Lushun was like a gate, guarding Dengzhou and Tianjin, Jimo Ying was like an iron lock on this gate, and his Zong Yuanfang was the key, when he needed to open this lock, it depended on his needs.

When I first heard that he came to Dengzhou to supervise the army, he was almost desperate, Dengzhou was dilapidated and had no oil and water, not to mention, there was a huge mess of the Dongjiang River on the side, I don't know when it would explode, sitting in his position was a good thing, and he couldn't run away from bad things, he was a scapegoat, thinking of the scenery of high diving, Zong Yuanfang could only sigh in private, people are more angry than people!

However, the appearance of the Jimo battalion changed his mind, the strong combat effectiveness of the Jimo battalion shocked him, just now when he inspected the city, the corpses of the Tartars below were piled up, after a series of fierce battles, the Jimo battalion with unorganized soldiers could still guard Lushun for a whole day, Zong Yuanfang did not have any hesitation at this time.

He decided to use the Jimo battalion to station in Lushun, clamp down on Liaodong, and deter the Dongjiang River, just when he was worried about how to persuade others to agree to this plan, Yang Bo obediently threw out a tripartite counterbalance, in this way, Zong Yuanfang's theoretical basis is also there, this plan repaired by Yan Kunzhi and others is enough to bluff the adults in the military department, it is estimated that there is no problem on the emperor's side, the only worry is that the Jimo camp has too few people, not even 3,000 people, Zong Yuanfang does not dare to imagine that if the Jimo camp has 5,000 people, What will 10,000 horses look like?

At that time, he Zong Yuanfang was only afraid that he didn't have to envy Gao Qiqian anymore, right? What about you raising the Hidden Governor's Pass, what about the brocade, it's nothing more than shrinking into the city as a turtle!

I heard that the next person came to report, saying that Yang Bo had arrived, Zong Yuanfang gathered his thoughts, and he had to eat the rice one bite at a time, and he couldn't rush the rest of the things now, so he should get the great work first, and the great work was in hand, and his position in Dengzhou was also stable, and then he began to gather some henchmen and cultivate his authority, and then who else in Dengzhou could fight with him except Yan Kunzhi?

"Zhixian, is it okay for Lushun to hand over the surname Shang? If we lose Lushun, we will steal chickens and rice" Zong Yuanfang was not very satisfied with Yang Bo's arrangement, and the most important thing was that he was not at ease with the combat effectiveness of the Dongjiang people.

"My lord misunderstood, the lower official did not plan to hand over Lushun to Shang Kexi, my lord can give an order, let Shang Kexi hand over two thousand Dongjiang soldiers to Li Weiluan, in order to avoid the problem of inconsistent orders, my lord can take Shang Kexi with him, Li Weiluan This person guards the city and obtains the law, plus more than 1,000 people brought by the adult, Lushun has a total of more than 4,000 people, I will help Li Weiluan with some firearms, and it is no problem to hold on to it for a few days." Yang Bo explained.

Zong Yuanfang paced a few steps, nodded and said, "It's okay, this surnamed Shang will be brought on the boat, and when we have time, we will knock him and see if he can open his mind." Also, your Jimo camp boss also took him away, and when I saw his obscene appearance, our family was unhappy."

Yang Bo smiled and complimented: "Adults are willing to beat them, that's their blessing."

Zong Yuanfang waved his hand irritably, and said sharply: "You don't need to talk about those nonsense, tell our family the strategy of sending troops this time, and don't make any mistakes." ”

Yang Bo was taken aback, this Zong Yuanfang really said that he would turn his face, and sure enough, it was difficult for the villain to be raised, if something went wrong with this plan, this Zong Yuanfang would definitely be the first to throw himself out as a substitute for the dead.

But if you think about it, you can't blame Zong Yuanfang, people are sending rice and soldiers, and they have solved a lot of problems for him, and now what people are asking for is not a war merit?

At that moment, Yang Bo picked up a map and pointed at it, and Zong Yuanfang beside him either frowned or smiled.

After dealing with the prison army, Yang Bo went to meet Zhou Guangbi again, the two muttered for a long time, and after coming out, Yang Bo convened his confidants.

Yang Bo sat at the big table, surrounded by Tie Niu, Calf, Xiucai, He Jiu, Wang Xiaoyu, Zhang Shixiong, Li Dali, Han Qiaoshan, Hu Mazi, Liu Manzi, Huang Erman and other backbones.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yang Bo stood up and cleared his throat and said, "Xiao Yu, hang up the map!" ”

Everyone knew that the adults might make a big move next, and they all sat up straight.

Yang Bo held a branch, pointed to a place on the map and said: "Jinzhou City, our action goal the day after tomorrow!" Xiao Yu, you tell you about the battle plan first, and everyone will discuss it together to see if there is anything that is not well thought out."

Wang Xiaoyu got up and took the branch, and talked eloquently in front of everyone: "According to the instructions of the adults, the General Staff formulated this plan called Knocking on the Mountain and Shaking the Tartars, the whole plan is as follows, two companies of arquebuses, one company of the sin barracks, two companies of the pikemen, one company of the smoothbore artillery battalion, all three companies of the special forces battalion, plus a small number of auxiliaries, the total number of about 1,200 people, and thirty mortars and ten Furlong No. 4 guns, and at noon tomorrow, they rushed to Jinzhou City by 20 ships to bombard Jinzhou City, You can evacuate after you have finished carrying ammunition, and this is the general plan for now, so please let me know."

After Wang Xiaoyu finished speaking, the entire conference room was quiet, and everyone was digesting Wang Xiaoyu's plan.

He Jiu walked up, took the branch and said: "Let me add to you, Jinzhou City was built in Hongwu ten years, when the garrison general in Jinzhou commanded Tongzhi Weifu to organize the military and civilians to build a new city on the basis of the earthen city, the city wall is covered with large blue bricks, the circumference of the city is six miles, the city wall is three feet and five feet high, the city is one foot and seven feet deep, and the width is six and five feet, and there are four city gates in the southeast and northwest. At present, there are about 300 Zhenyi in the city, 200 Tartars from the North (Mongolia), and the rest are some unarmored miscellaneous laborers, coated, negligible, attention! These are approximate numbers, and it is difficult to obtain information due to the scarcity of Han people in Jinzhou, which must be emphasized that the number is not accurate! ”

Seeing everyone's pensive looks, He Jiu continued: "Jinzhou City is about one hundred and fifty miles away from Lushun, and it will be at most half a day to take the sea route, after finding a suitable landing site, the special forces battalion will first explore the outpost, and the seaside landing point is about twenty miles away from Jinzhou City, our goal is the West Gate, and we will evacuate after firing at the West Gate, which is probably such a plan." ”

At that moment, Tie Niu asked in a deep voice: "The landing ground is too far away from Jinzhou City, how can you hide from the idle people and others on this road?" ”

Yang Bo said coldly: "Tie Niu, don't worry about this problem, Nansiwei has almost become a ghost, the Han people who originally lived here have almost killed the old slave, just three years after the apocalypse, the slave chief Dai Shan, that is, the Yue Tuo he Lao Tzu outside the city, slaughtered more than 100,000 Han people in Fuzhou in one breath, and the old slave stipulates that no one is allowed to live within thirty miles of the coast, and the only worry is those sentinels"

Except for Zhang Shixiong and Wang Xiaoyu, who were from Liaodong, the others heard about this kind of tragedy for the Han people for the first time, and they were silent for a while.

Wang Xiaoyu saw that the scene was cold, and said: "Everyone knows that the Tartars outside the city have suffered heavy losses after these battles, but the heaviest losses are actually the Han Banner Army, and the two banners are far from being broken to the point of breaking their muscles and bones, and there is naturally no problem in sticking to Lushun, but my three battalions of Jimo Battalion and Shijiu Institute can't withstand more consumption, so if I make a gesture of coercing Jinzhou, the Tartars outside the city feel threatened by the back road, and they will inevitably fall into a wavering situation......"

Yang Bo suddenly said: "It's not that they are swaying, but they will inevitably panic and leave, if Jinzhou falls, they will be surrounded here, I estimate that the Tartars outside the city want to retreat after suffering a heavy setback, but the order of the slave chief cannot be violated, and they will definitely not be able to deal with Lushun if they do not fight Lushun, so they are swaying, they need a step now, an excuse, we will give him an excuse." ”

He Jiu continued to get up and said: "Under the heavy fire of my fierce artillery fire, Jinzhou City will inevitably send a message to warn around, as long as Jinzhou urgently notifies the slave chiefs outside the city, such as Yue Tuo and Dege, this plan will be considered a success." ”

Everyone was silent, all pondering the viability of this plan.

"What if the Tartars in the city of Golden State go out of the city to fight me, or use cavalry to entangle me? When the time comes, the cavalry of the brigade will be entangled, and you can't withdraw if you want to" Hu Mazi asked loudly, he is an old man from Maojiatun, of course he knows that it doesn't matter how you ask any questions in this kind of military talks, and you don't have to care who made the plan.

The plan was formulated by Wang Xiaoyu, and naturally he answered all kinds of questions.

"All the way from the landing site to Jinzhou City are rolling hills and wilderness, and in the middle of summer, the wild grass grows taller than people, except for the official road, other terrain is not suitable for cavalry galloping, and there is arquebus battalion protection, not much of a problem."

"There are also special forces battalions that set up sentry ...... along the way," He Jiu also added.

Hu Mazi shook his head, obviously still not satisfied, Li Dali patted him fiercely, and said: "I'm afraid of a ball, we can't do a thousand or two people against five or six hundred Tartars, and besides, not all of them are cavalry." ”

Hu Mazi rolled his eyes: "What I am most afraid of is that those Tartar cavalry did not dare to fight us, but they kept hanging our tails far away and launched a charge when we got on the boat." ”

Yang Bo laughed: "The most important thing for the soldiers of our stone mortar is discipline, as long as the Tartars dare to charge, then try the power of our fire guns and spears, the range of fire guns is farther than that of bows and crossbows, what are you afraid of?" ”

Wang Xiaoyu said: "The preliminary expectation is this, because the Tartars have always despised the Ming soldiers and horses, the Tartars of Jinzhou City may go out of the city to fight with me, but if they are defeated, they will hold on to the city and wait for reinforcements." ”

He Jiu touched his head and suggested: "Why don't you send a brigade to drag the Tartars, and send a special battalion to snatch Jinzhou City." ”

Yang Bo shook his head resolutely; "One battalion is not enough for people to stuff their teeth, Golden State will be ours sooner or later, and it is not yet ready for ......"

"What if they see that we have few soldiers and horses, and they don't need to go around asking for help?" Zhang Shixiong changed his silence and suddenly interjected.

Yang Bo looked at him deeply and said, "It's better not to go out of the city, let's concentrate the artillery and just blast inside." ”

Xiucai thought for a while and asked, "That, that father-in-law is going too?" ”

Yang Bo glanced at him and reprimanded: "Let you think about sending troops to Jinzhou, why are you thinking about him?" ”

"Hehe, eunuch, no birds!" The calf said with a smirk.

At that moment, several people laughed, they usually said that they had only heard of eunuchs in the play, but now they saw it with their own eyes, and they were very curious.

Smack!

Yang Bo couldn't bear it anymore, and knocked the table heavily with a branch,

Han Qiaoshan stood up with a flushed face and stammered: "Big, adult, what should I do if the power of the mortar cannon is too small?" ”

Huang Erman also nodded: "Yes, the Furlong Machine No. 4 is not very powerful, and it can't kill people in the city?" ”

Yang Bo waved his hand with a smile: "It's okay, I don't plan to attack the city, I just go to Jinzhou City for a walk and leave."

"One hundred and fifty miles, the Tartar heavy cavalry can arrive in one night, and if it is one person and two horses, it will arrive in one day at most," Zhang Shixiong said again.

Everyone was stunned in their hearts, and then they realized the danger of this action, Zhang Shixiong said that it was still a heavy armored cavalry, if the Tartars used light armored cavalry, if they did not care for horsepower, they would be able to rush to Jinzhou City in half a day, and when the time came, they would be dumplings on both sides.

Yang Bo stood up and said, "How can there be a foolproof plan?" The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the action always has to take a little risk, this operation does not bring supplies, try to create the momentum of the Daming Water Division, do not worry about the Tartars outside the city are not frightened, there is no problem That's it, go and prepare, He Jiu and Xiao Yu stay. (To be continued.) )