The remnant sun is like blood, and except for the Ming army standing proudly on the battlefield outside Bauhinia Pass, there is no longer a standing Mongolian soldier.

However, the joy of victory did not last long, and Yu Qian saw a messenger coming from Liaodong, informing him that more than 40,000 soldiers and horses led by the general soldier Cao Yi had been surrounded by the main Mongol force on the Ningyuan Acropolis, and the situation was extremely critical.

This news reminded Yu Qian of Shen Yichen's warning before the war, and sure enough, just as he expected, Taishi also set his goal in Liaodong first, he wanted to open up the passage of the entire northern Ming Dynasty and make a comeback with the momentum of Mount Tai!

It's just that Yu Qian also doesn't regret his decision, if Shen Yichen is allowed to transfer the soldiers and horses of the Fujian Navy Division, then there will be no victory in the current big Tartar Palace. Many things have gains and losses, and it depends on how you choose.

Compared with the bitter cold land of Liaodong, Yu Qian chose Baojing safely.

"Wu Qingbo, Liaodong is in an emergency, if you are asked to lead the troops to help, how many days will it take to arrive?"

Shi Heng's courage in this station has completely won Yu Qian's trust, and if he wants to break the crisis in Liaodong, there is no doubt that such a Meng general is needed to complete.

"We'll be there in ten days!"

From Bauhinia Pass over Juyong Pass to Ningyuan Acropolis, the straight-line distance is as high as hundreds of kilometers. However, after this pursuit battle, a lot of war horse materials of the Mongols were captured, and it was completely possible to organize an elite army of soldiers and horses to gallop to help.

In addition, Shen Yichen's reinforcements, as well as the headquarters of the Liaodong Army, may not be without the strength to fight.

Shi Heng was full of confidence, but Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji on the side shook his head and said: "After days of pursuit and this big battle, the soldiers are actually in a state of being at the end of the crossbow, and they will immediately fall into a period of exhaustion after cleaning the battlefield." ”

"If I don't rest well for a few days, and I am in such a hurry to forcibly march to the Ningyuan Acropolis, I am afraid that it will be too much."

The pursuit and fierce battle in the deep mountains and old forests of Luchuan made Wang Ji have a deep understanding of the physical limits of soldiers.

After all, people are not machines, don't look at the morale that has just gained a rainbow of morale, and when the blood fades, an endless sense of exhaustion hits. From ancient times to the present, there must be a period of recuperation after the war, and such a forcible rush cannot guarantee combat effectiveness.

"Uncle Jing Yuan's words are reasonable, the soldiers may not be able to bear it if they continue to march and fight."

Yu Qian's solemn expression fell into a dilemma.

The Liaodong Army can't do it without help, but the problem is that since the Beijing division has been defending for more than a month, the soldiers have never had any time to rest, which is really a bit tricky.

"Otherwise, 20,000 elite soldiers will be drawn from the reserve army and the nine sides, they will still have a short time to join the battle, and their physical strength will be relatively sufficient."

Shi Heng thought of another way, which was to transfer reserves and the border troops who rushed to the battlefield to cut off the back road. They basically didn't participate much in this big war, so naturally there was no talk of resting and recuperating, and they could just march to help Liaodong.

"Is 20,000 men enough?"

Yu Qian did not agree, and learned from the messenger of the Liaodong Army that after adding the three servant armies of the Jurchen Sanbu and the Wuliangha, the army under his command had nearly 200,000 people, which was almost as good as the strength of the soldiers and horses before the siege of the Beijing Division.

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Shi Heng led 20,000 soldiers and horses over, and the entire Liaodong Ming army was only 100,000, and the enemy army was still twice as large as our army. Not to mention the field duel, Yu Qian did not have full confidence after the first battle of Tumubao.

"That's enough, it's not expensive, it's expensive. These Hami and Jurchen servant armies on the periphery of the Beijing Division are the best examples, and maybe they can play a counterproductive role in charging the battle at that time! ”

In the face of Shi Heng's repeated determination, considering the tense situation in Liaodong, Yu Qian no longer insisted at this time.

"That's good, this official will allocate 20,000 soldiers and horses and Wu Qingbo, hoping to relieve the siege of Liaodong and establish the prestige of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, Ben will obey!"

The 20,000 reserve army and the border army combined with the galloping reinforcement force rushed to the Ningyuan Acropolis non-stop to help. At this time, Shen Yichen, who was close at a late pace, did not make any moves except for sending scouts to investigate the situation.

On October 23, the thirteenth year of Orthodoxy, which was the seventh day of Shen Yichen's arrival in the Liaodong Sea, the frequency of scouts delivering news became more and more frequent, because the Acropolis of Ningyuan was already in a state of danger and could be captured by the Mongols at any time.

"To the north, we can't wait any longer, the Liaodong Army brothers in the Ningyuan Acropolis can't hold it!"

Li Da, who was anxious to listen to the military report every day, couldn't help but come to Shen Yichen this time, and once again mentioned the idea of landing and rushing.

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it, the only one who can really save them is yourself!"

After so many battles, I have seen too many life and death partings, and emotion can no longer defeat Shen Yichen's reason.

"The question is, how can they save themselves?"

"The scouts have detected that the Acropolis of Ningyuan has suffered heavy casualties, and the Tartars have already made a large number of siege equipment, and the day the city is broken is the time to slaughter the city!"

Li Da had no doubt that Taishi would first vent his anger at not capturing Jingshi on the Liaodong Army, and it was inevitable that the city would be slaughtered in the end.

"Wait for three more days, and after three days, I will gallop to the aid of Ningyuan Acropolis."

In the face of Li Da's "aggressiveness", Shen Yichen finally gave him a definite time.

According to the estimation of the time when the messenger arrived in Beijing, if Yu Qian wanted to gallop to help Liaodong, he could arrive in ten days as soon as possible.

Shen Yichen believed that the war experience of the etheric master was also easy to estimate the time when reinforcements would arrive. In the next few days, he will do his best to siege the city to prevent it from being raided by the Ming army that appears behind him.

The Liaodong Army must survive these difficult three days, and when the Mongolian army can't attack for a long time and is tired and slack, it will be the day when Shen Yichen gallops to help the army attack!

"Three days? Without reinforcements, they probably won't be able to hold out for even a day. ”

The scene when Cao Yi abandoned Guangning City, Li Da still remembers it vividly, and he is really afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of the past under heavy pressure.

"If I can't last even a day, then I can't save the Liaodong Army if I go."

"Li Da, now that you are a general of the First Army, you can't be emotional anymore."

Shen Yichen replied silently, he already understands the truth that Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, and Li Da should also understand it.

"Two years of getting along day and night, how can you not be emotional. To the north, if I were besieged in the Ningyuan Acropolis today, would you still be able to stand idly by? ”

There was a hint of sadness and indignation in Li Da's tone, he has been a high-spirited person since he was a child, and it is precisely because of this that there are such a group of brothers who are willing to live and die together.

In a sense, the shortcomings are also Li Da's advantages.

"I ......"

Shen Yichen was speechless for a while, if Li Da and other Ying Tianfu's companions were trapped in the Ningyuan Acropolis, would he still be so sensible?

After a moment of silence, Shen Yichen raised his head, looked directly at Li Da and replied, "I will still wait for the fighter." ”

"Even if it were me trapped in the Ningyuan Acropolis, I would also like you to wait for the best fighter instead of risking your life to help!"

The commander of an army is never responsible for a certain person, Shen Yichen shoulders the lives of more than 30,000 people, do they have a choice for the soldiers at the bottom?

Hearing Shen Yichen's answer, Li Da stood in place in a daze, and only after a long time did he reply: "To the north, you are right." ”

After that, Li Da secretly turned around and left, and when he walked to the hatch, he said with some embarrassment: "Maybe I'm not a qualified general." ”

On the other side of the Ningyuan Acropolis, there was once a "commander" who was also not qualified, but this time he resolutely took on his own responsibility, he was Cao Yi, the chief soldier of Liaodong.

The original crystal clear ice wall, after many days of offensive and defensive battles, has been dyed black and red, and it is impossible to tell whether it is "snow" water or "blood" water.

However, Cao Yi and the two deputy commanders of Liaodong always stuck to the city wall, and even took the lead at the critical moment, repelling the Tartar soldiers who attacked the city wall several times, so that the Ningyuan Acropolis was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army!

Cao Yi knew very well that he was greedy for life and afraid of death and abandoned Guangning City, where the Liaodong Metropolitan Division was stationed, and had planted the seeds of distrust in the hearts of the soldiers, and if he wanted to restore his former prestige and prestige, only iron and blood could do it.

It's just that as the siege equipment of the Mongol army became more and more perfect, and the enemy's offensive became more and more frenzied, the defense became more and more difficult. Many soldiers had a look of despair on their faces, they knew that the reinforcements were far away in Beijing, and they were afraid that they would not be able to wait for the day when they would be saved.

After another bloody battle to repel the attack of the Tartars, Cao Yi looked at the soldiers who collapsed on the city wall and gradually lost their hope and fighting spirit, and his mood had an indescribable downturn.

But he knows very well that anyone can lose hope, but not as a manager.

When he was also desperate, it was the day when the Acropolis of Ningyuan fell!

"Brethren, cheer up, when will the Tartars be able to make my Liaodong Tiger fearful? Do you still remember the experience of the Jurchen Third Department of the Northern Expedition and the Wuliang Ha Sanwei of the Western Expedition, they are just a group of defeated generals, who only deserve to kneel on the ground and wag their tails and beg for mercy! ”

Cao Yi patrolled the city wall with his sword in hand and roared at the soldiers.

The Liaodong Army was a glorious army of soldiers, and with the decline of the Nuer Gandusi, they were the only military force of the Ming Dynasty in the northeast. Especially in recent years, Mongolia has risen again, and they have been in a state of southern and northern wars all year round.

"That's right, where the sword of my Liaodong Army is pointing, which Tartar dares to jump off the beam?"

Jiao Li, the deputy general soldier of the left, echoed a sentence, his ancestors were Mongolians, and his father was even the right prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was attached to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period.

But Jiao Li has never regarded himself as a Mongol, and after joining the army, he was stationed in Liaodong for decades, repeatedly breaking the three guards of Wuliang Ha, and was well-known in the army for fighting in battle, and even won the nickname of "Flying General".

After his words came out, he immediately attracted many soldiers to empathize, thinking that when he followed Jiao Li's side and swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, when did he put the Mongolian Tatars in his eyes?

"Rest assured, the imperial court has sent a letter that a large number of reinforcements are on the way to Liaodong, and when the time comes, we will not only have to defend Liaodong, but also let this group of Tartars who retreated from Beijing have no life to return to Mobei!"

Shi Ju, the right deputy commander-in-chief, is also full of momentum, but his words are not even half-truths. The Ningyuan Acropolis is now surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and there is no way to receive letters from the outside at all, let alone know the number and progress of the imperial court reinforcements.

But for the low-level soldiers, they will not delve into the truth behind it, or they cannot delve into it.

Hearing that the reinforcements were about to arrive, the officers and men of the Liaodong Army, who were originally in low morale, seemed to have instantly ignited hope.

"Damn, Lao Tzu has been stationed in Liaodong for so many years, and he has always taken the initiative to cooperate with the Beijing camp to go on the expedition, but I didn't expect that they would be needed to help today."

"That's right, the Jurchens and Tatars were like lost dogs in front of us at the beginning, and now this group of miscellaneous people is still horizontal!"

"Lao Tzu has not died on the battlefield for so many years, I don't believe that I will lie in the coffin this time!"

"Don't say it, even if you die, you have to drag two Tartars on their backs, bully them for a lifetime, and you can't be ridden on their heads at the last moment!"

The soldiers on the city wall said a word to me, and the words were full of unwillingness.

The border army was different from the soldiers of the Beijing camp, they fought against the Jurchens and Mongols all the year round, and they had a natural psychological advantage. As a result, after the first battle of Tumubao, the offensive and defensive momentum changed, and the defeated generals who had been defeated were riding on their heads, and they were able to come to the Beijing Division, which was simply a great shame.

The Liaodong Army can die in battle, but it can't die in a nest, the commander has taken the lead this time, and the big deal is to die with the Tartars!

Compared with the unwillingness of the Liaodong Army, Taishi was more angry and anxious on his side.

According to the news from the rear, the 20,000 elite cavalry behind the palace have all been wiped out, and even the main general Polo has been beheaded by Bo Shiheng of Wuqing of the Ming State for 20,000.

These 20,000 elite horsemen are not the servant armies of Hami and Jurchen, they are real Mongolian commanders. At first, I never expected that the soldiers and horses blocked by the palace would be wiped out, is this Polo's carelessness to underestimate the enemy, or has the combat effectiveness of the Ming army been qualitatively changed?

However, no matter what the reason is, a message has been conveyed to Yexian, that is, with the destruction of the army of the queen of the palace, the Ming Kingdom will definitely find a way to send troops and horses to aid Liaodong.

Because as long as the commander of the Ming army has a little strategic thinking, he will understand how terrifying the connected Mongolia will be when the Liaodong capital is lost, it is simply a sharp sword hanging over the head of the Ming Dynasty, and it can be slashed south at any time!

At the same time, there was another thing that was unexpected in advance, that is, the Liaodong Army, which was pursued all the way by the Tatar Department that had not been spoiled, resisted the attack of his own army in the Ningyuan Acropolis, and even Cao Yidou, the general soldier of Liaodong who was greedy for life and afraid of death, was always stationed on the city wall and took the lead.

It was impossible to capture the Ningyuan Acropolis for a long time, and it was getting colder and colder in Liaodong, so it was impossible for the cattle, sheep, grain and grass carried by the army to be replenished in winter.

If you delay like this, you will either be forced to give up, or you will be defeated and retreat!

These two are not the first choice of the Taishi, he can tolerate that he cannot capture the capital of the Ming Emperor, after all, being able to come to the city of Beijing is an unexpected joy of capturing the Ming Emperor from beginning to end.

But if you can't even take a small acropolis in Liaodong, it will be a shame for yourself, how will you order the Mongolian tribes in the future?

So what he could do first was to frantically order the army to attack the Ningyuan Acropolis in turn, and even attack without considering casualties. It is only hoped that before the Ming army rushes to the reinforcements, the Liaodong Army will be annihilated and become the defensive side, and it may be the Ming army that will face the shortage of food and grass at that time.

With the siege of the city and the beacon fire, a group of soldiers and horses that were gathering appeared on the coastline of Liaodong in the dark.

After more than ten days of waiting and suppression, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Shen Yichen's command had already been unable to suppress the fighting intent and anger in their hearts, and they urgently needed to use the blood of the Tartars to comfort the souls of the dead in the sky.

Liaodong is not a place where the Mongols can run amok!

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