"Tongyuan Fort was occupied by Dengzhou Town?" A military general with beautiful hair looked at the Flying Tiger K flag on the ruined castle in front of him and muttered to himself, and then said to the family in front of him: "Then let's go around, they will occupy it if they like it, let's go to Lianshan Pass."

This person is Shen Zhixiang, the deputy chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, he is Shen Shikui's nephew, Shen Shikui's children are Mao Wenlong's concubines, and Shen Zhixiang and Mao Wenlong are the same generation.

However, his prestige is very low in Dongjiang, including Shen Shikui, so they have no way to integrate Dongjiang Town, and now the materials and military salaries of Phi Dao have fallen into the control of Dengzhou Town. Historically, Shen Shikui has been staring at the general army of Dongjiang Town, and it is still the same now, and the sales of his Liaodong specialties are also in the hands of the Sihai Trading Company. Therefore, Shen Shikui knew that Chen Xin's important surname to Dongjiang, and after seeing the gratifying attitude of Mao Chenglu and Shang, he also moved closer to Dongjiang Town.

Shen Zhixiang was quite careful along the way, and if any Houjin scout appeared, he would have to pause to investigate, so the progress was much slower than that of the middle lane, and he would not arrive here until the headquarters of Dengzhou Jimo Qian occupied Tongyuan Fort.

The housekeeper next to him asked, "My lord, why don't you go to Samaji Fort?" ”

"There's nothing in that place, as our uncle said, if you hit Lianshanguan, you can give Dengzhou a mission, so let's go to Lianshanguan."

Jia Ding immediately turned back to transfer troops, and the Phi Dao army, which seemed very chaotic, advanced one after another, and the Dengzhou soldiers from Tongyuan Fort came out to ask to see Shen Zhixiang, who was a hundred generals.

That Bai Zong stood still in front of Shen Zhixiang and performed a military salute in Dengzhou Town, Shen Zhixiang squirmed a little uncomfortably, he had long been accustomed to his subordinates kneeling for him, this Dengzhou Bai Zong This set of etiquette he was really a little uncomfortable.

"Lord Shen, the lower official is the general of the 100 subordinates of the Dengzhou Town Zheng Barracks, and Lord Zhong, the deputy chief soldier of the Dengzhou regiment training, wants to inform the adults that the adults should investigate the area of Caohe Fort and Samaji Fort, the mountain road there is blocked by Houjin scouts, and there are few people in our department, so we have not been able to break into the ......."

Shen Zhixiang looked at the Bai Zong in front of him and was angry, if Chen Xin was okay, now a regimental training deputy chief soldier would also come to point fingers, of course he was unhappy.

Shen Zhixiang raised his head and said to the Bai general manager in front of him: "This official has his own plans, you are a little Bai Zong, how do you know my strategy, let that deputy chief Zhong come and tell Lao Tzu." After that, he left the Bai Zong, and the Dongjiang Army of Phi Island continued to go in the direction of Lianshan Pass......

From Tongyuanbao along the Jinjia River to the north, the river valley meanders between the mountains and mountains, passing through the monk Zhuangzi, Caohekou, Gaojialing, Liujialing and other places, it is an important pass in the southern Liaoning mountain range, Lianshan Pass is not a natural danger place, but controls the intersection of the road leading to Liaoyang and Shenyang in the Jinjia River valley.

Lianshanguan is located in the river valley at the confluence, and without taking this place, the enemy will not be able to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang, thus highlighting its important surname in the southern Liaoning mountain range, and has always been a battleground for soldiers in eastern Liaodong.

The Motianling on the west side of Lianshan Pass, with an altitude of 969 meters, was used by Nie Shicheng to block the invading army in the First Sino-Japanese War in later generations, forcing the army to retreat to Phoenix, becoming the only victorious road resistance battle in the First Sino-Japanese War. After more than ten years, the army and the Russian army fought a bloody battle here.

However, in the era of cold weapons, the status of Motianling without water sources was not important, because it was not possible to control the surrounding area with firepower, so it would directly build Guancheng in the river valley, and for Houjin, Lianshan Guancheng itself was more important than Motianling.

On the lush Sky Ridge, Yue Tuo looked down the mountain from a grove of trees that emitted new leaves, and behind him stood Haoge, Shuotuo, Duoduo, Zhu Shichang and Gushan Ezhen Yongshun with red flags.

Yue Tuo's eyes were still clear, and the more than ten beards on his upper lip were very neatly groomed, looking shiny and shiny.

Yue Tuo slowly raised the monocular telescope in his hand, which was captured by Zhenghongqi from a group of Dengzhou sentinel riders in the autumn offensive last year, and there were only two in the entire Houjin, one in the hands of Huang Taiji, and this one in Yue Tuo's hands was handed over by Dai Shan.

Yong Shun looked at the thing in Yue Tuo's hand curiously, he couldn't figure out how this thing was made, he could actually see so far away, it was a very good weapon for combat, and the scouts in Dengzhou Town could often observe from a distance, so they could better conceal themselves.

After Yong Shun finished his curiosity, he whispered to Yue Tuo: "Yue Tuobeile, yesterday it was said that Ge Bush Xianchaoha (Note 1) came to report, saying that there was a group of Dengzhou soldiers near Tongyuan Fort, and the number was not large, and after they occupied Tongyuan Fort, they tried to sentry in the direction of Lianshan Pass and Caohepu, but they were all blocked by our Bayala, maybe Dengzhou Town is coming. ”

Yue Tuo said lightly: "The confirmed news is that there are thousands of Dengzhou soldiers in Xiuyan, and the hundreds of people in Tongyuan Fort should come from the direction of Xiuyan, and the news from Gaizhou today says that Dengzhou Town has begun to attack Yulinpu, and Xiuyan can hold back the soldiers in Haizhou, and can also drag the men and horses in Gaizhou, so that we can't concentrate the army on the west road to deal with the Dengzhou army on the south road." But it's hard to say what Dengzhou's intentions are now. ”

Dolgon looked at Yue Tuo and said, "Maybe those few hundred people just want to control the road from Lianshan Pass to Xiuyan. ”

Yue Tuo shook his head and said: "No matter what their intentions are, whether they come from Dongjiang Town or Dengzhou Town, they will definitely attack Lianshan Pass, so that they can contain more of our Dajin soldiers and horses in Liaoyang and Shenyang." ”

Hauge next to him looked at the quiet Yue Tuo, and admired this peer Baylor in his heart, he was often more insightful than Dolgon and others in combat, if it was like before, he could indeed become an important assistant to Huang Taiji, but Hauge was also dissatisfied with Yue Tuo's refusal to kill Fu Jin, and Hao Ge who killed Fu Jin looked very embarrassed.

Hauge looked at the official road in the distance and said, "Yue Tobel." Hauge began, "I don't think it's advisable to send too many scouts, otherwise this Lu Nikan will be suspicious, and will think that we are deliberately concealing our troops and horses, but we will not pass through the far fort and go north." ”

"On the contrary, scouts are too weak to do so." Yue Tuo turned his head to look at Haoge, his eyes were very confident, "Lianshan Pass is the only place to enter Liaozhong, Dengzhou Town is aggressive, it will not be limited to the point of last autumn's harvest, if they want to defeat my Dajin, they must attack the richest Liaozhong Plains." If I don't send a large number of scouts to stop it, they will think it is a trap and become even more suspicious. ”

Hauge was speechless for a while, he couldn't help but look back at the north, where the official road surrounded a mountain and turned a bend to the west, and the official roads in the north were hidden behind the mountain, and further north was a place called Xiamatang, where the five thousand armor soldiers and five thousand clothes drawn from the Eight Banners were hidden behind the mountain.

Lianshan Pass is one of the places where Yue Tuojian attacked the Ming army on the East Road, and the Guancheng of Lianshan Pass can well shield the reconnaissance of the Ming army, creating conditions for the Houjin army to suddenly attack the Ming army.

Dolgon interjected, "What if it's the Dengzhou soldiers who come?" ”

Yue Tuo said coldly: "No matter what kind of soldiers come, we must invest all the armor to attack it, this place is an excellent place, there is no other way in the mountains, once defeated, the enemy will not escape the pursuit of our cavalry." ”

Yue Tuo glanced at a few people, "The Khan's order makes it clear that there is no room for retreat in this battle, and it is necessary to destroy the enemy in front of him, and then control the fortress of Tongyuan, and then the army will follow the Phoenix City to the coast of Liaodong, and then flank the Yellow Bone Island Fort and cut off the grain route of the Ming army of Xiuyan." ”

Dolgon swallowed a mouthful of saliva, Huang Taiji has a lot of appetite this time, although he may have an advantage in troops, but this kind of terrain can only rely on human lives to fight with Dengzhou Town, every time he thinks of the muskets and artillery that want to rush Dengzhou, he has to fight a shiver.

Dolgon felt that Hauge next to him was observing him, and hurriedly said to Yue Tuo: "Then ask Yue Tuo Shangshu to dispatch him." ”

Yue Tuo nodded, and then raised the monocular to look into the distance, the official road was empty, and the earthy yellow official road was particularly conspicuous in the green background of the mountains.

"I hope that the Great Khan will cut off his retreat." ……

In a mountain forest on the official road north of Samaji Fort, countless Houjin troops rested in the mountains and forests, looking from the outside of the mountains and forests, but they could not see any flags and people.

Holding a branch in his right hand, the pigtailed Huang Taiji sat in a simple tent looking at the woodland outside, and under his persecution, these post-gold-armored soldiers regained their ability to survive in the mountains and forests, they had not lit a fire here for two consecutive days, and only relied on the dry food they carried to satisfy their hunger, and even Huang Taiji himself returned to the state of hunting in the mountains and forests.

A group of Ge Bush Xianchaoha blocked the sentry of the Dengzhou infantry between the mouth of the grass river and the fort of the grass river. The number of those Dengzhou soldiers was not large, and they still needed to occupy Tongyuan Fort, so they couldn't draw too many troops to break the blocking line of the Houjin, so that the Houjin soldiers still maintained a concealed form.

Huang Taiji retracted his gaze, and there were a few stones on the ground, and Huang Taiji used the branches in his hand to draw lines between several stones.

At this time, the figure at the entrance of the tent flickered, Huang Taiji raised his eyes, Zilharang came to the door, and saw that Huang Taiji was drawing a line, and he didn't know whether to leave or stay.

Nearly forty years old, Zilharang has a fierce face, and he can still vaguely see some familiar appearances of Huang Taiji. Zilharang was the fourth son of Shuerhachi, Shuerhaqi was the younger brother of Nuerhachi, and after his power became strong, he tried to set up another mountain, and was finally imprisoned and died by Nuerhachi, and the eldest and third sons were killed. Back then, it was Huang Taiji and others who interceded and left Amin and this Zilharang. Amin was also imprisoned after the Battle of the Four Cities, and Zilharang took over his brother's population and assets in accordance with the rules of the Eight Banners, and became the owner of the blue flag, standing on the side of Huang Taiji.

The past flashed away, and Huang Taiji smiled slightly: "Zilharangbel, where did those Nikans go?" ”

Jierharang hurriedly replied: "The Dongjiang Army has about three or four thousand people, and it has passed Tongyuan Fort and headed for the mouth of the Caohe River. ”

"Three or four thousand?" Huang Taiji knocked on a small stone with a calm face, raised his head and said to Zierharang: "Keep an eye on them, after they go north to the Dunbing Lianshan Pass through the mouth of the Guò Cao River, you will lead the troops to cut off their retreat, and destroy this part with Yue Tuobeile of Lianshan Pass, and I will see whether the Dengzhou soldiers in Tongyuan Fort will save or not." ”

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