After receiving the order of the imperial court to rescue Phi Dao, Yang Bo ignored it, and delayed a few days to reply to Yan Kunzhi with a secret letter, to the effect that the loss of Jinzhou after the defense of Jinzhou was too great, and Fuzhou and Xiuyan Tatar slaves were still eyeing each other, unable to rescue, etc., as for what to do, Yan Kunzhi must know better than himself......

However, after doing it, Yang Bo still needs to consider the problem of Phi Dao, although the friendly army on Phi Island is a little obscene, and he has been fighting the idea of friendly forces, but friendly forces are still friendly forces after all, and it is not realistic to fight the Tartar slaves by relying on the Thunder Brigade alone. We have to fight and pull the islands of the Dongjiang River, and we have to pull them at the same time, and now is the time to pull them along.

Yang Bo convened a meeting of officers above the battalion and company level, starting with a report from the Intelligence Department:

"Since Azig retreated through Fuzhou, Dolgon took advantage of the freeze to strengthen the defenses of various places along the coast, especially the construction of several piers and high walls along the coast of Changsheng Island, which were monitored day and night, and there is no sign of the slave chieftain sending troops at present......"

Yang Bo nodded: "Fuzhou is not to be afraid, Azig is cold, Dolgon has not many soldiers and horses stationed in Fuzhou, and he doesn't dare to send troops alone to provoke us."

Liu Bingwen saw that after Da Yang Bo finished speaking, he said: "The map of the Xiuyan area is roughly described, and it can be distributed to the chief officials at all levels in the next few days."

Wang Xiaoyu, the chief of staff, stood up, walked to the big map with the whip and began to talk: "We all know that Xiuyan City is a place for Tatar slaves to settle grain, and the supplier is the Haoge army on the left and the grain and grass in Fuzhou, although there are now more than 10,000 soldiers and horses with red flags and flags, but there are countless strongholds occupied by Tatars near this area, and our action is called pulling nails." There are more than 100 people in these strongholds, and there are dozens of people at least, and they don't have much ability to protect themselves in front of our Thunder Brigade cavalry. Therefore, the plan of the staff division is to dispatch a total of 800 people and 500 horses from the chasseur team and the sin barracks, divided into dozens of teams to raid separately, and the mobility of the cavalry can ensure that they can run away if they can't be defeated. ”

Seeing that everyone was listening, Yang Bo held the cup and said slowly: "Not bad." Personally, I agree with this plan, we have the advantage of a sailor, and we can transport a small army anywhere. The purpose of this kind of raid and harassment is to make the Tarslavs tremble, to give them the feeling that they are all soldiers, to deter those traitors who are hard-hearted to work for the Tartars, and to allow recruits to be trained in actual combat. We're more than defended at the moment. We can't fight a decisive battle with any of the Eight Banners, but we can take the initiative and fight a guerrilla war with the Tarnus."

"Guerrilla warfare?" Everyone was a little puzzled

Yang Bo nodded: "...... Not bad, guerrilla warfare! Before departure, decide the route of retreat, or by land or sea, you can choose by yourself, and you can fight if you can, the main goal is the grain route of the Tars. Convoys, especially the Tarnu horses. Zhao Long, you go back and think about it, the first shot will hit the horse, so that the target is big, easy to aim, after knocking down the horse, you are beating people, small-scale battles do not have to be the first, it is best to cripple the vest of the Tartar slaves, so that the Tartar slaves injured a person must be taken care of by at least two people, and what are the ploughing cattle, horses, even sheep, poultry, don't let go of anything, bring back what you can bring back, and burn out a fire that you can't bring, the walls are clear, we have to put the red flag outside the city can not stand on its footing, and the turtle is also worried in the city, Maybe one day we will surround Xiuyan with a few soldiers and horses? ”

Zhang Shixiong asked with some concern: "If we are in a hurry, will the slave chief seek to fight with us again?" ”

Yang Bo smiled: "There is this possibility, but it depends on how determined Huang Taiji is, if you don't do your best to attack us, there will be no threat, if you only send all the way to the soldiers, Azig is a lesson from the past, not to mention that Huang Taiji has to persuade the people of the Eight Banners to work together, the transportation of soldiers and horses in winter is inconvenient, even if the slave chieftain sends troops to stay up until the beginning of spring, they will naturally retreat because of the lack of food and grass, so the current situation is beneficial to us, many people may think, since it is a confrontation situation, why are they restless, Isn't it the end of each of his own lives? This kind of thinking is still a little conservative, let's use offense instead of defense, forcing Huang Taiji to pinch his nose and acquiesce to this situation, forcing Huang Taiji to accommodate our strength, which is also an encouragement to our morale."

At that moment, everyone discussed the action strategy in detail, Yang Bo saw that it was almost there, so he waved his hand and said: "Before the harvest in July this year, we will prepare a big offensive, my plan is to make Fuzhou, and even Gaizhou have no harvest, and attack a few Tatar slaves to relatively large grain strongholds, kill all their horses and cattle, Zhao Long, your chaser team will train in battle, and expand the team to at least 800 people before July...... So be it, the battalion commanders and the people of the Intelligence Department and the General Staff Department stay"

Zhao Long was overjoyed, and even claimed that he knew that Yang Bo was preparing for the formation of the dragoon battalion, there is no doubt that after the dragoon battalion was formed, who else would be able to compete for the position of battalion commander besides himself?

Yang Bo set his eyes on Wang Xiaoyu again and said, "What do you think of the situation on Phi Dao?" ”

Wang Xiaoyu replied with some hesitation: "There are two difficulties in the plan, first, I am afraid that the time will not be in time, one will come and go for at least more than 20 days, and the second is that the transportation capacity is not enough, even if all the sailors are mobilized, they can only transport about 3,000 people, too much to send, too little for fear will not help the rescue of the situation on Phi Dao." ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, everyone else was confused, and then Li Dali asked, "My lord, didn't you use Lord Yan's performance to reject the will of the imperial court?" Why do you have to mobilize to save Phi Island? ”

Yang Bo shook his head and said: "Our main target is the Tatar slaves, first drive the Tatar slaves away and then talk about the division of meat, if we sit back and watch the fall of Phi Island and do not save it, we are no different from the Guanning military horses, Liu Bingwen?" ”

Liu Bingwen hurriedly bowed and replied, "My lord"

"You tell everyone the news that the gold shopkeeper of Xie Bai Trading Company brought back first, so that everyone can have a number in their hearts." Yang Bo commanded

"Yes" Liu Bingwen nodded, cleared his throat and said to everyone: "The golden shopkeeper returned to Lushun yesterday, and the current Phi Island is still being held, but the situation is very bad, it can be said that the Phi Island is in danger of capsizing at any time!" ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were staring at him, Liu Bingwen organized his language and said

"Shen Shikui even threw Tieshan, Xuanzhou. Fleeing back to the island in embarrassment, he originally thought that the Tartars would look at the sea and sigh, so they retreated. Unexpectedly, it was Hauge who led the troops this time, everyone knows that since the defeat of the Deg class in Lushun, the slave chief took the opportunity to take his blue flag and gave it to Hauge, and Hauge was in need of military exploits to prove himself, how could he just go back like this? So Shen Shikui didn't have much mental preparation, but the island soldiers were more than the Tatar slaves, and they were all undying enemies. After returning to Phi Dao, Shen Shikui did not suffer any losses, but annihilated a North Korean fleet with sailors, and more than 300 Tatar slaves who attacked on the ship drowned. There are more North Korean mercenaries. ”

Hauge threatened the North Koreans to aid more warships while patiently waiting for the freeze to arrive, and the island soldiers realized that the Tatars were playing for real this time, and began to panic. According to the news from our eyeliner. As the freeze began, countless soldiers and civilians were driven to the ice every day to cut into the ice, or to place burning giant logs on the ice to stop the Tarnu hooves, but how could the manpower outweigh the heavens? After all, paying a lot of lives every day can't catch up with the speed of freezing, once the coast is frozen, the Tatars can attack Phi Island, Tieshan, and Xuanzhou from all directions. Minmi Island and so on, you can't prevent it. ”

The staff officer hung up the map. He pointed to several possible landing sites with his whip.

“…… According to the report, the people on the island were panicked, and Shen Shikui couldn't suppress it, just when the golden shopkeeper and they arrived, they heard that Shen Shikui was ready to give up Phi Dao's plan, and after our efforts, Shen Shikui's heart was temporarily settled, but how long they could hold on, it's hard to say" Liu Bingwen glanced at Yang Bo, and Yang Bo nodded.

Liu Bingwen said vaguely, and did not say in detail how the people from the Intelligence Department promised Shen Shikui, but the specific report has already been read and agreed, so there is no need to tell others about it.

“…… According to the news brought back from the island, the Tatars are currently stationed two miles southwest of Tieshan, the camp is endless, and they have tried to land several times, but because the ice is still thin, the Tatars have lost some men and horses in the early stage, but as the ice surface begins to firm, the defenders of Phi Island have engaged the Tatars several times and suffered heavy losses. The news we got is that the Tatar slaves divided their troops into several routes, one is Yiju and the other is Xuanzhou, and it is not clear how many soldiers and horses the Tieshan battalion will attack Phi Dao, and the Intelligence Department is trying its best to investigate, the North Korean side says that there are 40,000, and some people on the island say 20,000, and there are different accounts. Well, there are two problems with whether Phi Island can hold on, the most difficult thing is that there is not much food on the island, although the golden shopkeeper brought two boats, but it is just a drop in the bucket, and then the morale is not high, people's minds have changed, and there are Tatar slaves who spread some rumors, which is even more ......"

Yang Bo was shocked: "There are still Tatar slaves on the island? Will the people in our Intelligence Department be in danger? ”

Liu Bingwen shook his head: "The generals of the islands have always had trade contacts with North Korea, as for where these things end up, they all know in their hearts, these businesses are stationed on the island on weekdays, and when they turn into a critical moment, they have become the fine work of Houjin, and the people of our intelligence department are progressing smoothly and have mastered a lot of things, but they are suffering from lack of manpower, so they can only endure it for the time being." ”

Hu Mazi said a little frustratedly: "Even if Phi Dao does not fall by then, what can I do with the three thousand men and horses of the Thunder Brigade?" ”

He Jiu, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "How many months has it been now?" ”

Everyone was a little puzzled, and Xiucai replied: "It's January, what's wrong?" ”

He Jiu nodded: "That's right, it's already a month, and the Dongjiang islands will be thawed by the end of March at the latest, so the Tatar slaves only have two months, as long as they can help Phi Dao survive for two months, it's done." ”

Everyone understood what He Jiu meant, but it was not easy to survive in Phi Dao for two months, right?

Wang Xiaoyu nodded and said loudly: "Yes, Lord He's idea is right, if you want to occupy Phi Island, you have to rely on the sailor to speak after all, we have a boat, and this alone is already a sure win!" ”

Seeing Yang Bo's encouraging eyes, Wang Xiaoyu said again: "As soon as our sailor arrives, the pressure on the Tatar slaves is huge, we can land behind the Tatar slaves, and we can also support Phi Dao, the worst thing is to shoot a few cannons at the ice from afar and make them tremble, let's find an uninhabited desert island near Phi Dao and settle down, and give them a guy at the right time, although the Dongjiang soldiers are not strong, but there are at least tens of thousands of available soldiers on the island, with the prestige of our Thunder Brigade, we will definitely be able to inspire the fighting spirit of these soldiers, but, But the most important thing is how to make Shen Shikui cooperate willingly, if Lord Shen puts on the posture of the Dongjiang General Army, and instead commands us, then there is no need to talk about it. ”

Yang Bo nodded: "Xiao Yu is right, Phi Dao occupies a favorable location." We occupied the sky, and Hauge waited for the freeze, apparently not getting many ships from North Korea. We have a lot of room to play, how to fight you to get a plan first, and we will discuss and determine it tomorrow. ”

Everyone nodded yes, and Yang Bo asked again, "What's going on over there with the Prison Army Sect Yuanfang?" Why hasn't there been any news of him since the retreat to Phi Island? ”

Liu Bingwen handed over a document and said, "My lord, the Intelligence Department doesn't report to you in person, you can understand it when you look at it."

Yang Bo took the file and opened it. The first sentence above made his face change: "...... Zong Yuanfang and Shen Shikui were on the same page after the defeat of Tieshan, Shen Shikui was furious, and he went up and consulted Zong Yuanfang. said that he commanded indiscriminately and took advantage of the situation to oppress people, Zong Yuanfang wanted to go back to Dengzhou to reason with Shen Shikui, but he didn't expect Shen Shikui to use the water division to control. It is not allowed to transfer a boat or board to the sea. At present, Zong Yuanfang is still trapped on Phi Island, and because his residence is besieged by Shen Shikui's troops, the action team cannot approach. ”

Yang Bo was startled, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and look at Liu Wenbing and say, "Your intelligence department has done a good job, who is stationed on Phi Island this time?" Go back and give me a list, they can settle Shen Shikui's heart so quickly, they should take credit......"

Liu Bingwen handed over a list: "My lord, it's them"

Yang Bo took the list and glanced at it. When he saw Wang Xiaoqi, his hands trembled. Quietly put down the document: "The manpower of the Intelligence Department still needs to be increased, tell Tang Baocheng that they try not to attract attention, and don't be in a hurry to make meritorious contributions and ignore their own safety, and then make plans when we arrive, this time I am going to send an arquebus battalion and a Liaodong battalion, the number of people is not too much, one thousand is enough, Guanglu Tan Yinghua must be a little interested, so I will inform him to go to rescue Phi Dao together." ”

……

The next day, Yang Bo inspected the training of the recruits in the reserve camp, almost all of whom were rescued Liaodong refugees, a small number of whom joined voluntarily, and most of them joined under the temptation of more than 100 acres of land and other benefits......

The drums on the training ground continued, and these soldiers were practicing walking and formation combinations with the drums, and when they saw Yang Bo coming, Wang Tiezhu, the commander of the reserve battalion who was in charge of training, came over and saluted: "My lord"

Yang Bo nodded, his eyes were still looking at the field, these recruits were kicking with the drum under the leadership of the veterans, and they looked like they were already a bit of an army, but from time to time there were veterans rushing out, and they were beaten up at a certain unlucky guy, these veterans didn't pay attention to Yang Bo's arrival, their eyes were all focused on the ground, the arrogance of these veterans made the recruits extremely nervous, and their movements frequently made mistakes, and they screamed on the school field.

"Hehe" Wang Tiehammer touched his head a little embarrassed, and explained in a low voice: "My lord, this is no way, I can't remember if I don't beat them, it turns out that the Military Discipline Department has revised the punishment regulations once, changed to a fine of silver, and the result is that something happened in a few days, these recruits would rather be beaten, although the training intensity is now high, but the food is good every day, there are fish and meat, these people are not afraid of hardship and beating, these few times look fierce, in fact, they all know in their hearts that the original life is more bitter, there is still a hope here." ”

Yang Bo laughed and said seriously: "Iron hammer, you just have to practice, the soldiers I led back then practiced harder, but what about it, you have to be particular about beating people, start at places with a lot of meat, don't hit the stomach, what if you kill someone?" ”

Wang Tiezhu nodded a little embarrassed: "Yes, yes, I understand"

Yang Bo said: "Beating people is not the goal, the purpose is to make them remember what is called discipline, you instructors should care more about their lives on weekdays, and we will try our best to solve any difficulties in life, but in terms of training, we must be strict, this point cannot be discussed." ”

Wang Tiehammer, the military discipline officer, and the instructor all said in unison: "Yes." ”

Yang Bo waved his hand: "You all go and personally command, let them come out with their spirits." ”

Seeing the battalion commander personally commanding, these veterans worked harder, and the recruits were miserable, but their movements were finally a little neater.

Seeing that the training progress of the recruits is good, Yang Bo's mood is also much better, in the future, these recruits will be used as the reserve of the musketers, although the flintlock pistol has not yet been built, but the tactical decomposition training that has begun at present, through the standard tactical training can be like an assembly line operation, and the harsh training standards will train a steady stream of recruits into standardized soldiers, and then use these soldiers to consume the elite veterans of the Tartars, this year's task is very heavy, and it is necessary to convert fifty percent of the soldiers of the Thunder Brigade into flintlock muskets, The remaining half is divided among the other classes.

When the training time of the whole camp finally came, Wang Tiehammer gestured to Yang Bo with his eyes from afar, Yang Bo shook his head, and Wang Tiehammer shouted at the top of his voice

"Reserve battalion! -- Stand upright, disband! ”

"Whew!"

All the soldiers responded with their voices raised, and then they sat in groups of sweaty people in groups to rest, and the training would continue in half an hour......

On January 10, the imperial court once again issued a sternly worded order, still still to transfer the Lushun guerrilla battalion to relieve the siege of Phi Island, the military department was also helpless, except for the guerrilla battalion, there was indeed no army to send in southern Liaoning, after receiving the order, Yang Bo knew that Yan Kunzhi could not withstand the pressure, so he honestly ordered the army and horses to go out.

On 15 January, the guerrilla battalion landed in Guanglu, and Yang Bo had a secret conversation with Tan Yinghua for half a day, after which Tan Yinghua hurriedly transferred 2,000 soldiers on the island to board the ship and march towards Phi Island

On January 20, the sailors landed on Shicheng Island, Yang Bo and Tan Yinghua disembarked, just when Shen Zhixiang, the defender of Shicheng Island, set up a banquet, Yang Bo threw a cup as a signal, and countless soldiers rushed in.

On January 22, less than 100 nautical miles from Zhangzi Island, Shen Zhixiang was ordered to sink his body to the bottom of the sea, and Tan Yinghua laughed freely...... (To be continued......)