"Governor!" Fan Zhiwan shouted Liu Jun's new position, "Your Majesty ordered us to send troops to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and the governor is now going to fight Liaoyang, which is not in line with the holy will." ”

Liu Jun raised his eyes and glanced at Fan Zhiwan, and said coldly, "Fight Liaoyang, encircle Wei to save Zhao, force the enemy to return to the division, and the siege of Jinzhou is self-relieved, why does Fan Futai not understand?" ”

Fan Zhiwan snorted for a long time, but couldn't find any powerful rebuttal, so he finally had to shut his mouth and remain silent.

Liu Jun was lazy to pay attention to him, since Liu Jun rejected Zhou Yanru's wooing, Fan Zhiwan planted a thorn in Liu Jun, always looking for some ballast, for this person, Liu Jun was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Liu Jun turned to the sand table in the hall, and then continued the original Liaoyang attack plan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the main force of the Tartars is now in western Liaoning, Jierharang was almost defeated in the city of Shouyizhou before, Dolgon and Shi Tingzhu arrived in time, and Huang Taiji and Dai Shan personally led the troops to besiege Jinzhou, and only Kong Youde was left in Liaodong to defend Gaizhou, and Haoge to guard Liaoyang."

"Now Kong Youde has not been wiped out, the rest of the main forces of the Qing army are all in the area of Jinzhou and Yizhou, Gaizhou and Haizhou are all captured for us, and we are only one hundred and fifty miles away from Liaoyang. The main force of the Qing army is in Jinzhou, which is 400 miles away from Liaoyang, and we can completely attack Liaoyang one step ahead, and even have the opportunity to capture Liaoyang first. ”

Liu Jun swept over everyone's faces and said with a smile, "Actually, we don't have to capture Liaoyang, as long as we make a posture of marching to Liaoyang, then the Tartars under Jinzhou City will definitely not be able to sit still, and they will definitely have to return to the division to save them." Liaoyang is the southern gate of the Tartar capital, if Liaoyang is lost, then Shenyang will be in danger, I believe that the Tartar will not dare to take this risk and let us copy his lair. ”

"Do you want to wait for reinforcements from the towns to arrive?" Fu Zonglong asked.

"Don't wait, the soldiers are fast, if you miss the current opportunity, the Tartars will be on guard, and if you want to take the opportunity to fight Liaoyang, you won't have a chance." Liu Jun replied.

"Just rely on these 30,000 people to fight Liaoyang?" Fan Zhiwan couldn't help but speak again. Liaoyang is an important town in Tartar, and in Fan Zhiwan's opinion, 30,000 people is not enough to see.

"If Fan Futai is afraid, he can stay here." Liu Jun said politely.

Beijing.

While eating at home, Chen Xinjia said to several officials of the Ministry of War, "This peace talk must be discussed with heart. ”

"The emperor really plans to negotiate peace?"

"I guess it's also prepared with both hands." Chen Xinjia put down his job and talked with the emperor in the palace for a long time, and his stomach was hungry for a long time, he has been thinking about this question in the palace, whether the emperor really wants to negotiate peace. Come and think about it. I feel that the emperor does not necessarily really want to negotiate peace, and the main thing should be to delay the army, but he is also prepared with both hands.

Liaoxi was newly defeated, and now the army's morale is unstable, and the emperor does not know whether the Duke of Chu can repel the Qing army. At this time, negotiations with the Qing army are also to buy time.

After the meeting, Liu Jun asked Kong Youde and a few people to come up.

"How's it going?" Liu Jun asked.

Kong Youde and the others looked haggard. The past few days have been terrible. If it weren't for Liu Jun's special order to strictly guard them, maybe their lives would have been gone.

Liu Jun glanced at a few people, and he didn't have a good impression of them. In the eyes of the Ming soldiers, these people are traitors and thieves. But now, Liu Jun feels that these people still have some use value. "You should know that I intended to save your lives. Let you be my advisors, and make meritorious deeds. But the emperor has an order to escort you to Beijing and Ling Chi to be executed. ”

Kong Youde didn't speak. This result was also expected.

"Now, I'm willing to fight for you another chance." Liu Jun said slowly, "I am going to send troops to Liaoyang, and even attack Shenyang, you have taken refuge in Tartar for many years, and you have a very clear understanding of Liaodong's reality and reality." As long as you are willing to lead the way for your father with your heart and repay the truth, then this prince will definitely intercede with Your Majesty again for you, give you a way out, and at least save your family. ”

Liu Jun did not directly say that he could save their lives, but made Kong Youde and others believe in Liu Jun's words a little more, if Liu Jun opened his mouth to save their lives, they didn't believe it.

"I am willing to lead the way for the Duke of Chu." Kong Youde knew he had no choice. He had already heard about the great victory of the Qing army in Yizhou, and he also knew that the Ming army had suffered a miserable defeat in Liaoxi. After knowing the news, he couldn't help but have no regrets. If he insists on holding out for a few more days, maybe Liu Jun will retire.

But this is the case, as soon as he surrendered, the Qing army in Liaoxi was victorious.

Now that he has become a prisoner of the Ming army, and his subordinates are gone, he has no other choice.

Liu Jun did not send troops to Jinzhou, nor did he wait for other soldiers and horses to aid Liao in Haizhou, he directly rushed to Liaoyang with more than 30,000 Ming troops and 20,000 surrendered Han troops.

More than 100 miles away, the army marched smoothly, and this area was already very empty, and there were no soldiers and horses. When some Manchus heard that Gaizhou was defeated and Haizhou was lost, they had quickly retreated to Liaoyang and prepared to defend Liaoyang.

It took two days, and Liu Jun's striker had already arrived at Liaoyang City.

Liaoyang is a big city, but also the heart of the Tartars, and it is the southern gateway of the capital Shenyang, but at this time, this important town has very few soldiers and horses. After learning of the loss of Haizhou, the one stationed in Liaoyang City was Huang Taiji's eldest son, Prince Su Haoge. On the one hand, he sent a message to Huang Taiji in Jinzhou asking for help, and on the other hand, he issued an order to summon the Manchus around Liaoyang to retreat into Liaoyang, and to gather and arm the Manchus who were over 15 years old and under 55 years old, and also organized those young and strong Mongols and Han Chinese as auxiliaries to assist in defending the city, and finally temporarily organized more than 10,000 men and horses in Liaoyang.

Among them, there are only more than 3,000 Jurchen armored people, and there are only a few thousand Manchurian and Mongolian young and strong, and more than 10,000 Han auxiliary troops.

When the banner of the nine-headed bird appeared under the city of Liaoyang, Haoge in the city did not even dare to go out of the city, and could only watch the Ming army swaggering under the city from the head of the city.

In November of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, on the west bank of the Liao River.

Huang Taiji galloped all the way from Jinzhou to Liaoyang, and he had received news halfway that Emperor Chongzhen of the Southern Dynasty had just crowned his righteous son Liu Jun as the superintendent and the governor of the troops outside the Guan. This great general, who has attacked and plundered countless cities and lands in Liaodong for half a year, did not send troops to Jinzhou to relieve the siege after receiving the order, but continued to attack Liaoyang to the north after breaking through Haizhou.

The eldest son, Haoge, sent a message asking for help, saying that he saw the handsome banner of the nine-headed bird at the head of the city, and Liu Jun actually went to the city of Liaoyang in person.

This news made Huang Taiji very worried, and he even had to stop and temporarily camp on the west bank of the Liao River. He only had a few men and horses with him, so he rushed back, afraid that he would not be able to relieve the siege, he had already sent someone to Jinzhou to give an order, and then transfer a group of soldiers and horses to come, and go back with him to rescue Liaoyang.

Huang Taiji attaches great importance to Liu Jun and does not dare to underestimate Liu Jun in the slightest. If it weren't for this Liu Jun, when they besieged Jinzhou for the first time, they would not have been in a dilemma. In the end, he was forced to break the siege, but was chased and beaten by the Ming army in Liaoxi, if it were not for Wu Sangui's rapid advance, the Manchu Qing would not have found a chance to counterattack and win.

But now it is precisely because of Liu Jun that he has to take advantage of the victory to advance Ningjin at this good opportunity, and he has to send troops and horses back to help Liaoyang.

This Liu Jun is like a thorn in the eye and a nail in the flesh, making Huang Taiji uncomfortable everywhere.

"This may be a good opportunity!"

Fan Wencheng looked at the map and said to Huang Taiji. He was originally a talent in the Ming Dynasty, and later took the initiative to defect to Nurhachi with his brother, won the trust of the old chief, and made great contributions to Nurhachi's father for many years.

"Liaoyang is nearly 300 miles away from the sea, and it is already deep in the inner abdomen. The advantage of the Chu army is the naval division and artillery, their naval division is strong, controls the sea surface, can land and retreat along the coast at any time, come and go freely, their artillery is sharper, but the cannon is heavy and heavy, and the transportation is inconvenient. Because of this, in the past, when the Chu army attacked cities and plundered land in Liaodong, they also acted along the coast, and rarely went deep into the hinterland fifty miles away from the coast, for fear of being raided by our large cavalry. ”

"Now Liu Jiye wants to take the opportunity to attack Liaoyang when he sees the emptiness of Liaoyang, but he ignores Liaoyang and goes deep into the hinterland, which is self-defeating. There is Prince Su in Liaoyang, and the city wall will not be lost when it is high, and when he is under the fortified city, he will not be able to advance or retreat, and we can defeat him in one fell swoop by gathering heavy cavalry. ”

"The Chu army is a dragon in the sea, on the sea and on the shore, it is difficult for us to beat him, but in this inland hinterland, they are not worried."

Fan Wencheng suggested that Dai Shan be transferred back, leaving only Dolgon to be responsible for continuing to besiege Jinzhou, as long as there were twenty or thirty thousand people, it would be enough to continue to besiege Jinzhou City. As for Wu Sangui and other soldiers and horses, don't worry, they have just been defeated, and it is impossible for them to send troops again to save Jinzhou in a short time.

"Transfer the main force back from Liaoxi, first defeat and annihilate Liu Jiye, who dares to go deep into Liaoyang City alone, and then turn back to besiege Jinzhou, and when Jinzhou is broken, the elite of the Ming army will be lost, not only can all the places in Liaoxi and Liaoxi be recovered and captured, but even all the way down to Shanhaiguan."

"After the battle of Yizhou, now the real henchman of the Qing Dynasty is Liu Jiye, and the rest are not to worry about, as long as Liu Jiye is captured, there will be no one in the Southern Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty!" Fan Wencheng came to such a conclusion.

Huang Taiji listened to Fan Wencheng's suggestion again, and decided to camp on the west bank of the Liao River for the time being, waiting for Dai Shan to lead 5,000 Qing troops back from Jinzhou City, and join him to fight back to Liaoyang City.

At this time, there were 5,000 Qing cavalry on the west bank, and if another 5,000 people were obtained, plus the Qing army in Liaoyang City, Huang Taiji thought that this force was enough to capture Liu Jiye under Liaoyang City.

Tonight, Huang Taiji's seventh brother, Rao Yu Bel Abatai, was in charge of guarding the camp, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly saw a fire dragon winding towards the camp in the west.

Abatai looked at the team that had come over and estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of people.

"I guess Prince Li is here." Abatai said, "Come on a group of people, come forward to greet you." "Because this team is coming from the direction of Jinzhou in the west, Abatai has no other suspicions.

If this team came from the east, he would definitely shout that the enemy was attacking and ordered his men to blow the horn, but now that Liu Jun was under Liaoyang City, and this team was coming from the direction of Jinzhou, he didn't think that this would be an enemy army at all.

"Prince Li came really fast!" Abatai laughed.

A small cavalry stepped forward.

"Which part are you?"

"We are under the command of Prince Li, and after receiving the emperor's order, we were ordered to come overnight!" (To be continued.) )

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