Go north to suppress the widows!

When he heard these four words, Shen Yichen felt that his eyes lit up.

To be honest, manpower is limited, Shen Yichen has too many things to make decisions in Fujian every day, and he also has to pay attention to the Mongolian Tile Thorn thousands of miles away, and even how the war in Luchuan in southern Xinjiang is progressing, he does not dare to take it lightly.

Under the pressure of a long time, he could not do everything and formulate the perfect strategy and countermeasures.

Compared with the high-risk King Qin, who entered Beijing, the name of going north to suppress the Japanese is much more insured, and in the case of a change in the historical outcome, there is still room for turnaround.

"Okay, according to what Mr. Bian said, summon the soldiers and horses of the Fujian Guard to go north to suppress the Japanese!"

Facing Shen Yichen's inexplicable excitement and excitement, the doubts in Bian He's heart were even worse.

He never understood why Shen Yichen had always attached great importance to the situation in Mobei in the past few years, and also held a pessimistic attitude, believing that the Ming army would definitely be defeated.

And it's still the kind of defeat that needs to enter King Jingqin!

From Bian He's point of view, no matter how powerful the Mongol spur is now, if the emperor and the Chinese military minister of the dynasty do not go to war with their eyes closed, it is impossible to lose to the point where they need to enter the king of Jingqin.

Is it really necessary to be so prepared?

"The proprietor, although in the name of going north to suppress the Japanese, has more room for mitigation than entering the king of Jingqin. But dispatching an army without a summon will still touch the emperor's taboo. ”

"It's best not to use troops unless it is necessary!"

Bian He couldn't see through Shen Yichen's thoughts, but he still expressed his worries. Those who have been in charge of the army throughout the ages have been feared by the imperial power, let alone at the special moment when the Great War is coming.

If the name of suppressing the Japanese is not investigated, it will be fine, and if it is used by people with intentions to impeach the lawless, it is very likely to arouse the emperor's jealousy and destroy the trust between the monarch and the ministers.

The risk is too great to be worth Shen Yichen's doing.

Hearing Bian He's persuasion, Shen Yichen smiled easily: "It's okay, even if there is no matter of going north to suppress the Japanese, I will not be able to take charge of the army in Fujian for a long time, and I will take the initiative to return to Beijing if it is a big deal." ”

Shen Yichen is not a military general but a civil servant after all, and his stage is in the center of the Ming Dynasty above the court.

A civilian official who has no military power in his hands, who would believe that he wants to raise troops to rebel?

"Now that the proprietor has made a decision, his subordinates will go and inform the generals and let them prepare to move north."

"Well, by the way, send someone to inform Xu County Order, and let him raise supplies in Taiping Port in case of emergency."

"Proprietor, is the situation in the north so dangerous?"

Bian He asked rhetorically, the need to transport materials from southern Fujian means that the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty is paralyzed, and he really can't believe that this situation will occur.

"It may be even more dangerous than Mr. Bian imagined."

Shen Yichen replied without explaining too much.

Because what he says now, before history happened, would be nothing short of a fantasy to anyone.

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Even if he didn't understand, Bian He still didn't say a word, turned around and withdrew from the herald.

On March 27, the thirteenth year of Ming orthodoxy, when Shen Yichen gathered the soldiers and horses of the Fujian Guard, preparing to go north in the name of suppressing the Japanese, the war had actually started in the important town of the nine sides.

The first to attack was the Northern Route Army led by the Mongol Great Khan Tokhtobuhua!

10,000 elite soldiers of the Mongol Tatar headquarters, together with 20,000 nomadic auxiliaries, swept through several border forts in Liaodong with lightning speed, and the defenders of Liaodong suffered heavy casualties under surprise.

Even more deadly, the fall of the border fort meant the loss of the defensive line. Liaodong is already vast and sparsely populated, relying on the acropolis on the Northeast Plain to hinder the mobility of the nomadic cavalry.

Now that the Mongol army comes and goes freely, the remaining border fort acropolis has been reduced to isolated islands, and in the face of the enemy's concentrated superior forces attacking, there is not much left to fight back!

"Big brother, the scouts reported that Gaizhou Wei, Yizhou Wei, Ning Yuanwei, Sanwan Wei, and Dingliao Zuowei were all captured by the Tatars, and our Liaohaiwei is about to fall into a situation of being encircled, General Cao has been allowed to retreat to Guangning City, withdraw the troops!"

Zhang Qi, the white fat man who used to follow Li Da, has now become an officer of Qianhu in Liaodong.

He and a group of Ying Tianfu brothers came to the border fort Liaohaiwei to garrison on the order of Li Da. But I never expected that the Tartar offensive would be so fierce, and in just a few days, five acropolis were captured, tearing a huge hole in the Liaodong defense line.

Now Liaohaiwei has become the next target of the Tartars, relying on the more than 1,000 soldiers in the Acropolis alone, it is bound to be unable to stop the attack of 30,000 Mongolian iron hooves!

"If we abandon the city and withdraw our troops, then there will be no Ming army fortress on the western front, and the Mongolian army will enter no man's land!"

Li Da's eyes were red, he had already anticipated the attack of the Mongol Tatars, and even went against Cao Yi's admonition and led his brothers to the Liaohai garrison to prepare for battle.

But it still doesn't help, the dereliction of duty of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the general army underestimates the enemy, and it is not Li Da who can change the situation of the battle with one or two thousand people on the border!

"But we can't hold it!"

Another younger brother, Wu Rong, was also full of anxious roaring filial piety.

In front of the iron hooves of tens of thousands of Mongolian troops, what is the use of relying on one or two thousand people from Liao Haiwei, it is nothing more than to be buried here.

"If you can't defend it, you have to defend it, the city is here!"

"If we're gone, we'll die more of the robes of the other border forts!"

Li Da also roared angrily and replied, as long as Liaohaiwei does not retreat, then it is a nail pierced in the defense line of the east and west of Liao, and it has become a delusion for the Mongolian army to want to attack wantonly.

And at this time, the Ming army did not reach the point where it could only defend the city at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also a large number of cavalry troops who dared to fight in the field.

In addition, the Tatar army, which had not spent any money, made an expedition from the northwest to Liaodong, and the supply line was bound to become a heavy burden. The presence of the Liaohai Guard garrison was a great threat to the logistics of the Tatar cavalry, making it impossible for them to attack the border forts with all their might.

Considering the pros and cons, Li Da thinks that he can't retreat!

Looking at Li Dan's bloodshot eyes, Zhang Qi and Wu Rong's persuasion were swallowed hard.

After many years in the army, they are no longer the children who only know how to eat, drink and have fun in Ying Tianfu, so why don't they understand the battlefield situation?

It's nothing more than saving yourself, or saving more Brother Paoze!

The horse leather shroud is also easy to say, when you know that the road ahead is a dead end, how many people can do it without hesitation?

"We are brothers who worship the son, and we have said that we do not seek to be born on the same day, but to die on the same day. Since the eldest brother decided to defend Liao Haiwei to the death, the younger brother sacrificed his life to accompany him to the end! ”

Zhang Qi, the white fat man, gritted his teeth and made the decision to stick to it.

Just like when he and Shen Yichen participated in the "blind date conference" together, he was angry and faced the siege of the sons and brothers of various families, so he resolutely stood in front of him, and let Shen Yichen run to his palace first.

The son of a military general has a bloody nature in his bones.

"And me!"

Wu Rong also responded without hesitation at this moment, if you want to retreat together, if you want to fight, you will fight together!

The Tartars are just a little more people, and it is not certain who wants whose life.

"Good brother!"

Li Da patted Zhang Qi and Wu Rong's shoulders vigorously, everything was silent!

At this moment, a sentry standing on the tower of the city roared downward, "The Tartars are coming! ”

"Combat readiness!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Da began to call on the soldiers of Liaohaiwei to go to the city wall and let go, and at the same time he himself drew his sword at his waist, preparing to fight the Tatar cavalry besieging the city.

"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

Although there was already the concept of a nine-sided important town during the Orthodox Dynasty, in fact, even absolute strategic places such as Xuanfu and Datong did not establish a complete fortress Great Wall system.

The Nine Frontier Defense Line, which was truly known to later generations, was only truly completed during the Jiajing period.

This is the case in Xuanfu and Datong, not to mention the state of the Liaodong fortress. It is not the kind of high city and deep pool that fought against the Jurchen in the late Ming Dynasty at all, but more like a small earth city. After all, since Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has always maintained an offensive posture against Mongolia, how can it be possible to build a city to defend with heart?

This is why, in the face of the attack of the Tatars, the acropolis of the eastern border fortress of Liaodong will be lost so quickly. In addition to the absolute disparity in numbers, the lack of adequate defense facilities also accounts for a significant part of the factor.

Even in the early days, some border fort guards, seeing that there were Tatar cavalry coming to attack, also bravely chose to go out of the city to fight in the field, to show the majesty of the Ming cavalry.

Shields were erected on the low walls, and spears were shining through the cracks. The archers on the castle tower already held the feathered arrows in their hands, ready to pull the strings and release the arrows at any time.

Even if there is a huge disparity in the number of enemies and us, even if a lonely city hangs in the vast plain of the northeast, the soldiers of Liao Haiwei still do not see any fear on their faces.

The peak of the dynasty is not only strong in terms of national strength and financial strength, but also unstoppable fighting spirit and sharpness.

One Han Dynasty five times, the Ming soldiers have never put the Mongolian Tartars in their eyes, the founding of the country for nearly a hundred years, only the Ming army drank Ma Hanhai, chasing and killing the Mongolian Khan far away, how can they be arrogant?

The dust trampled by the horses' hooves in the distance became thicker and thicker, and even had a sense of oppression that covered the sky. Even with an absolute psychological advantage, some recruits who have not experienced war still subconsciously clench the handle of the gun in their hands.

The force is so great that the green tendons on the back of the hand burst out.

"Relax, don't act like a chick, a battle takes a long time, don't consume too much energy.

The veteran standing beside him looked at the nervous appearance of the recruit, and relieved in a mocking tone.

"Brother Wang, there are a lot of Mongolian Tatars this time, can we win?"

The recruit let go of the handle of his gun and asked the question that recruits usually ask.

But he didn't expect the veteran to spit and reply with disdain: "Does winning or losing a war depend on the number of people?" ”

"Not to mention far away, just the orthodox nine-year-old Lao Tzu followed Chengguo Gong to go on the expedition, and fighting the Mongols is as simple as killing chickens."

"As long as you hold steady, you kid can fight three!"

Hearing the veteran's arrogant words, the recruit was a little skeptical that he could fight three.

However, the effect was obvious, at least the recruits on the city wall felt less nervous when they heard this.

The Mongols have been under the attack of the Ming Dynasty over the years, and it seems that they are indeed not a strong enemy.

Compared with the ridicule between the soldiers, Li Da on the city tower stared at the Mongolian army in the distance with a solemn face, and soon discovered something unusual.

The direction of their progress was not in the direction of Liao Haiwei, but more like passing by. Could it be that the Mongols were so rampant that they gave up capturing Liaohaiwei and chose to plunder the hinterland of Liaodong?

"Zhang Qi, I feel that something is wrong, you have a good eye to see what the Mongols want to do."

Li Da asked Zhang Qi beside him, the school in the outer courtyard of the Chengguo Mansion was the least read by this kid, and he retained a good eyesight.

"Big brother, it's really wrong, the Mongols didn't form a return cannon to attack the city, and they didn't seem to plan to attack Liaohaiwei."

Many people's stereotype of Mongolian cavalry is that they can only ride and shoot, and do not have enough siege civilization.

In fact, during the expansion of the Mongol Empire, the Mongol army, with the help of captives from all over the world, possessed siege vehicles, siege towers, ladders, ramming vehicles, ballistas, and even the most famous trebuchet, the "return cannon".

Countless castles that were once called "impregnable" were conquered by the Mongols one by one.

In the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia's engineering equipment technology began to decline significantly, from the initial "science and technology" means to siege the city, degraded to the use of ant attachment methods and digging wall foot warfare methods, and even the most primitive relying on human life to hard pile!

Of course, with the integration of the forces of the three Mongolian tribes, they have re-lit some siege technology trees, at least the basic siege equipment such as trebuchets and ladders will be built.

Although the Liaohai Acropolis is only an earthen fort, there is no siege equipment to rely on human lives, and the casualties may not be low if you want to capture it, and the number of Tatar cavalry is not luxurious enough to be consumed at will.

Without transportation and on-the-spot siege equipment, the movements of the Mongol cavalry really did not look like they had the intention of besieging the city.

"The Mongols don't attack Liaohaiwei, what do they want to do?"

Wu Rong also asked with a puzzled face.

There must be demons when things go wrong, and the Ming army of the Orthodox Dynasty has 100% the courage to fight in the field, even under the premise of being surrounded.

If he dared to lead the Tatar cavalry around Liaohaiwei, then Wu Rong would dare to lead the cavalry out of the city to attack his rear supply lines!

"Could this be a trap to lure us out of the city to attack?"

Zhang Qi thought of another possibility, but then he felt that it was unlikely, were he and others so stupid and fooled, less than 2,000 people went to attack the Tatar army inexplicably.

With this doubt, the Liaohai guard defenders on the city wall watched the Tatar cavalry rush from front of them, and even lasted for several hours until the arrival of dark, and there were still small groups of cavalry hurrying away.

"It's not right, big brother, I always feel that the Mongols didn't think about attacking the Liaohai Acropolis."

Hearing Zhang Qi's words, Li Da didn't answer, he was also thinking about this question in his mind.

"Quang Ninh City!"

Suddenly, Li Da shouted out the name of a city, this is the important place guarded by the general army of Liaodong, and the core of the entire Liaodong Capital Division!

The direction of this group of Tatar cavalry was in Guangning City, which was behind Liaohaiwei, and they wanted to smash Huanglong!