The outer land is already sparsely populated, and after the winter, it is even more barren."

A bitter north wind is blowing. Curled in the air, blowing off the last leaves.

Mao Wenlong led the army to the Northern Expedition to Jiannu, with his son Mao Chenglu as the vanguard, and started the horse infantry army of 5,000 all the way to Keliang Fangkou Pass and Yaozhou Station, and was invincible everywhere he went. In late November, the soldiers were under the Acropolis of Haizhou.

Haizhou guard Anaya resisted slightly according to Huang Taiji's arrangement. Mao Chenglu transferred twenty Longwei cannons. When the wall on the right side of the south gate collapsed. Anaya led the army and civilians to quickly evacuate and retreat to Dongningwei.

After Mao Chenglu occupied Haizhou Wei, he quickly sent someone to inform Mao Wenlong that he knew.

When Mao Wenlong learned that his son had broken through Haizhouwei, he was overjoyed and took Chen Jisheng, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, with his adviser. His generals Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, and Kong Youde led 20,000 Chinese troops to Haizhou Wei to meet Mao Chenglu.

Mao Wenlong convened the generals to discuss the next military action.

According to Mao Wenlong's plan, after a few days of rest, the army took advantage of the victory to pursue, conquered Dongningwei in one fell swoop, and then opened the southern gate of Shenyang. Straight to the old nest of Huang Taiji.

Chen Jisheng came out to obstruct it, and said worriedly: "Mao Shuai." Along the way, the godson retreats without a fight, and he is afraid of fraud."

Kong Youde said disdainfully: "What's the deception? Lezi's main army of 100,000 marched west into the Mongolian desert. 40,000 Mongolian troops and 20,000 Han troops were pinned down by Deng Haonan's men in the Yalu River. The rest are old and weak soldiers, of course, they retreated without a fight! ”

"Old and weak?" Chen Jisheng sneered: "Even if it is an old and weak soldier, its combat effectiveness is still not to be underestimated, because it is above our army

Geng Zhongming came out and said, "I think Deputy General Chen is scared by the wheel!" Even if the godson is not left behind, it is not the old and weak soldiers. We don't have to worry about it. This time, the military department issued an official document, Deng Haonan's Liaodong Army pinned down 60,000 enemy troops in the east, Yuan Chonghuan attacked from the west, blocking the return of Huang Taiji's 100,000 troops, and we smashed Huang Taiji's Shenyang nest from the south, this time we are no longer alone, take Shenyang, Mao Shuai should be the first credit, this Liaodong Governor's Mansion is estimated to change his surname Mao." As he spoke, everyone laughed, and Mao Chenglu happily stepped forward to congratulate his father.

Mao Wenlong was very proud and was a little dissatisfied with Chen Jisheng. But that didn't affect his mood.

"Lord Chen is too worried!" Mao Wenlong smiled and said: "Right now, let's go out with the three armies, let's not talk about whether Huang Taiji can deal with it." Even if he returns to the army now. We are not afraid of him. You know, behind us is the Jiancheng Golden State. Even if we can't beat us, we have a way out. Besides. This Haizhou Wei has already arrived in our hands. A hundred miles northwest from here, there is Huang Niwa and Changning Fort, which is still my Ming castle, and we have Haizhou Wei Cheng horns here, what are you afraid of! ”

"Afraid of wells? Chen Jisheng snorted coldly and replied: "That is Yuan Chonghuan's jurisdiction, and it is under Yuan Chonghuan's control, aren't you afraid that he will Kuang us again?"

When everyone heard this, their faces were immediately embarrassed.

After a long time, Mao Wenlong said: "Is the situation different? Last time, he put it on the table, but this time it was a direct order from the Ministry of War, how dare he Yuan Chonghuan not send troops? .

Chen Jisheng sighed: "That being said. But I always felt wrong! It stands to reason that we took Haizhou Wei. It was time for Yuan Chonghuan's army to cross the Liao River. Yuan Chonghuan's Huang Niwa is next to Dong Ning Wei, and the speed should be faster than ours! But so far, I haven't seen any signs of the other party's men coming, and I'm afraid that this time we are fighting alone."

Geng Zhongming thought for a while and said, "Whoever wins Shiyang first this time will be the governor of Liaodong." That Yuan Chonghuan was already close to Shenyang, presumably in order to grab the first credit, he had already passed before us! ”

"That's it!" Mao Wenlong waved his hand, and everyone knew that he had to make a decision.

Mao Wenlong is not a person who can't listen to words, and he still appreciates Chen Jisheng's worries. However, in the face of such a huge meritorious opportunity, Mao Wenlong did not want to miss it. "Let's be careful!. Mao Wenlong said: "The strikers sent more sentinels to find out the movements of Huang Taiji. The rear army strengthened its vigilance to ensure the retreat of our army. As long as we see the way out, there is a problem. You can also get out of the way.

Chen Jisheng saw that he couldn't dissuade Mao Wenlong, so he could only help Mao Wenlong go all out to capture Shenyang.

Let's hope nothing happens!

Although Chen Jisheng was worried in his heart, but now that Mao Wenlong had won Haizhou Wei, in the face of the huge temptation, he couldn't stop him at all.

From Haizhou Wei to the north to attack Dongning Wei, there is an Anshan post in between.

Although Mao Wenlong blindly moved forward, as the deputy commander-in-chief, Chen Jisheng played a lot for Mao Wenlong's sake. Chen Jisheng was always worried that the Huang Taiji army would secretly return to help. Therefore, he sent a messenger to Huang Niwa to find out the movements of Huang Taiji from the Ming army there.

Thirty miles northeast of Anshan Station, Qianshan Xiao is the only way to Dongningwei, and the Huang Taiji army has been lurking in the depths of Qianshan for more than a week.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the sentry asked Huang Taiji if he would intercept the messenger sent by Mao Wenlong to Huangniwa.

Huang Taiji said: "This, Mao Wenlong looks timid!" Sending messengers to Huangniwei should be to ask the Ming army there to cooperate with them in attacking Dongning."

Fan Wencheng nodded and said, "Great Khan, this"

"Why?" Huang Taiji asked: "If you don't stop him, what if the Ming army of Huang Niwa arrives to reinforce us once we surround Mao Wenlong?" "If the messenger is stopped, then Mao Wenlong will definitely not attack Dongning Wei, then the deployment of the Great Khan will be useless, and he will lose a Haizhou Wei in vain!"

Fan Wencheng smiled. said: "A little yellow mud wow, although we can't take it for the time being, they don't have the ability to reinforce Mao Wenlong." After Mao Wenlong learned from Huang Niwa that there was not much danger near Dongning, he would march with peace of mind and enter the encirclement of the Great Khan. ”

Huang Taiji thought for a moment and asked, "But Huang Niwa is now stationed by the Guanning Iron Cavalry of Zu Dashou's department. Ben Khan was worried that once Zu Dashou received Mao Wenlong's messenger, he would send troops to respond and feint to attack Dongning. ”

Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "This is easy to do!" When Mao Wenlong's messenger returned, the Great Khan only needed to borrow 10,000 troops from Hu Libu in the upper reaches of the Liao River and feint to attack Huangniwa. It's the last time to start the siege before winter. Hu Libu will not refuse! ”

Huang Taiji thought for a moment. So he nodded in agreement.

Really. As Fan Wencheng expected. Mao Wenlong's messenger arrived at Huang Ni Wow. Because Zu Dashou received a strict order from Yuan Chonghuan, he was not allowed to tell about Ning Yuan's mutiny. Zu Dashou knew that this was the imperial court taking the opportunity to get rid of Mao Wenlong, and it was also Yuan Chonghuan who took the opportunity to attack his competitors, so he did not sue Mao Wenlong's messenger.

However, Zu Dashou thought that although Mao Wenlong was lawless with his own troops, after all, he belonged to the battle sequence of the Ming Army, so when he learned that Mao Wenlong asked him to attack Dongningwei, Zu Dashou nodded and agreed to send 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry to cover.

However, when Mao Wenlong's messenger had just left. Huang Niwa was surrounded by Hu Li's soldiers. Zu Dashou is afraid that Huang Ni will lose. Therefore, they did not dare to send troops without authorization. I want to send someone to inform Mao Wenlong. But they couldn't break through.

After Mao Wenlong's messenger returned to Haizhouwei, Chen Jisheng's worries were groundless, so Mao Wenlong continued to go north boldly with confidence. And three days later, he captured Anshan Post Station and opened the south gate to Dongningwei.

Chen Jisheng knew that Qianshan was a dangerous place and was afraid of being ambushed, so he told Mao Chenglu to be careful.

Mao Chenglu listened to Chen Jisheng's words very much, and when the forward Ma Bujun drove to Qianshan, he first reconnoitred before he got through. The Huang Taiji army was hidden in the mountains, and they didn't care about it at all. Therefore, Mao Chenglu reported to Mao Wenlong, saying that there were no ambushes in Qianshan.

Mao Wenlong also laughed at Chen Jisheng for this, and the other generals also laughed at Chen Jisheng for being too cautious and cautious.

Chen Jisheng was very depressed. He always felt like something was going on. But now there is Kong Youde in the rear to defend the retreat, the left flank has Zu Dashou's Guanning Iron Cavalry to respond, and the forward Mao Chengluan is safe and secure through the Qianshan Pass. 一qiē are very smooth.

But this shun lì is unusual! Chen Jisheng understood. The more he went smoothly, the more dangerous it became, but he really couldn't figure out what the problem was.

Mao Chenglu's striker arrived at Dongningwei. As the original location of the Liaodong Capital of the Ming Dynasty, Dongningwei is a fortified city. Mao Chenglu's vanguard encountered stubborn resistance from the Houjin defenders, and the two-day onslaught failed to break the city.

Two days later. Mao Wenlong's main force all passed through the Qianshan Pass and appeared outside the Weinan City of Dongning.

At this time, the Emperor Taiji army was dispatched. The 20,000 army was on guard all around, cleaning up Mao Wenlong's sentry and blocking the contact between Mao Wenlong's army and the outside world. Huang Taiji personally led an army of 80,000 to seal the Qianshan Pass and raided Mao Wenlong's heavy battalion from behind.

In addition to grain and grass, there were also a large number of shells and gunpowder in Mao Wenlong's lifting camp. If you control these words, it is equivalent to choking Mao Wenlong's neck and tying his hands. Mao Wenlong commanded the siege in front. When he learned that the Houjin army appeared in the rear, he thought that it was the defenders of Dongning Wei who had left the ambush outside the city in advance, and he didn't know that it was the Huang Taiji army.

However, Chen Jisheng judged out of experience. This is definitely not an ambush for Dongningwei. It is the main force of Huang Taiji.

"Mao Shuai can't be rescued!" "Why?" Mao Wenlong was slightly angry. He asked: "If we don't rescue the rear battalion, and the food, grass and ammunition are lost, what will we eat?" What to fight with? ”

Chen Jisheng replied: "This must be the main force of the Emperor Taiji army!" At this time, Huang Taiji is waiting for you to divide your troops? If you divide your forces and go back to the rescue. Not only to no avail. Moreover, the number of troops here has decreased, and the godson army in the city will definitely fight back, and they will be broken by each one when the time comes! ”

Mao Wenlong stomped his feet and said, "Even if you are right!" Behind is the main force of Huang Taiji's army! But if Ben Shuai doesn't save the camp, sooner or later he will die! ”

Chen Jisheng said: "For today's Jiang." The marshal quickly led the army west to Huangniwa. Presumably, Zu Dashou's Guanning Iron Horse is on the way here! ”

Mao Wenlong hesitated, and then the true situation of the rear camp came. The Huang Taiji army had already leveled the rear camp, 3,000 soldiers were killed, and all the lifts were captured. At the same time, the east and west sides were also cut off by the Later Jin army, and Mao Wenlong fell into the situation of being surrounded and annihilated.

"Sure enough, it's Huang Taiji's army!" Mao Wenlong sat down on the handsome chair in frustration, and said after a long time: "I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Lord Chen's words at the beginning!" (To be continued)" H