The news of Houjin's raising of grain and grass and preparing for the westward expedition was secretly transmitted to Jinzhou Town through the fine work lurking in the Liaoshen area.

In fact, it is not difficult to arrange the details.

The whole of Houjin was in turmoil because of Nurhachi's brutal and incompetent rule.

Like Li Yongfang's eldest son, Li Yangeng, was completely disappointed with the Ming army in western Liaoning, and began to privately contact the fine work sent by Yang Chengying to Shenyang.

Of course, Yang Chengying didn't have time to arrange, this was all arranged by Fan Wencheng.

He has been in Houjin for several years, as a coat of poor martial arts, these years have silently figured out the composition of Houjin's internal personnel, and he is very good at how to use fine work.

This is why Ning Wan, who was originally in charge of the intelligence system, was able to stay on Dachangshan Island for so long.

"From all aspects, Jianyu has decided to send troops to Liaoxi in the first month of next year."

Yang Chengying handed a piece of paper on the table to me and said in a deep voice.

MeSign was originally written in cipher, but after being translated by Gongsun Sheng, it was transcribed on paper for easy reading.

Ning Wan I quickly finished browsing, and then handed it to Luo Sanjie in the next one, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Dashuai, the situation is quite bad. It is reported that there are only 10,000 or 20,000 elite soldiers in Ningyuan City, and the guards will be the literati Yuan Chonghuan and the general soldier Man Gui.

As soon as Ningyuan City was lost, the entire western Liaoning ceased to exist. The imperial court, the imperial court is really ...... Ay! ”

"Humph! The imperial court opened its mouth to be 'difficult', but closed its mouth to 'difficult'. It is really ...... to abandon the big city that has been built for more than a year, but it is not entangled at all Monkey business! Luo Sanjie couldn't help but complain.

He used to be a bastard, and after following Yang Chengying for a long time, he was used to being vigorous and resolute, and his words and deeds were fruitful, and he gradually began to have discipline.

"It's too late to say that, it's about how we deal with it."

Yang Chengying is actually confident, but he is not in a hurry to make conclusions, and he has to give them a chance to think.

"Either go north from Zhenyu City to attack Gaizhou, and play a role in containing Jianyu."

After Ning finished squeezing a few handfuls of his beard under his chin, he said in a deep voice: "But Yuan Chonghuan is difficult to resist the Jianyu army, so in my opinion, I still wait and see what happens." ”

There is a major premise for sending troops to contain them, that is, the enemy's main goal has value worthy of containment.

What's the point of containment if the target itself is vulnerable!

In Ning Wan's opinion, Yuan Chonghuan belongs to this type.

"What else do you think?" Yang Chengying looked around at the generals in the room and asked.

"Mr. Ning's words are ugly, but they are very reasonable."

Shang Xueli said a little helplessly.

The others nodded.

Yang Chengying said: "I have a different opinion, no matter whether Lord Yuan of Ningqian Dao can resist the army of Jianjian and the captives, I will send troops to contain it." It is not only an explanation to the imperial court, but also a consideration for the overall situation of the 'tripartite arrangement'. ”

Thinking from this point of view, all the generals feel that it makes sense.

Luo Sanjie asked, "This time, we still sent troops from Zhenlu City to the north?" ”

The reason why I asked this is because Yang Chengying had a precedent of sending sailors to the Thirteen Mountain Posts.

"This time, I'm not going to capture the city from the town, but with the Thunderbolt camp."

Yang Chengying didn't want to reveal his true intentions so quickly, "As for how to use troops, it depends on the enemy's situation before acting." ”

"In that case, we should summon the sailors to Port Arthur at once." Ning Wan I suggested.

"Yes." Yang Cheng responded, "Be fast, don't wait for an official to come back." Also, inform Ning Qiandao of the information. ”

After the meeting, I rode quickly south and took a boat to Dachangshan Island to give orders.

On the second day of the 11th month of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Ningyuan City was prepared for the Dao Mansion and the study.

"Master Man, have you heard some of the rumors that have been circulating in Ning Qiandao in recent days?"

Yuan Chonghuan said worriedly to a middle-aged man sitting under him.

"Lord Yuan is referring to the news that Jianyu is waving his division to the west!"

The middle-aged man is Man Gui, the official to the governor of the capital, and the rank of chief soldier.

Man Gui is a native of Xuanfu, and after joining the army, he has been in a mediocre official until he met Yang Hao.

Yang Hao recommended a few young generals who knew how to do military affairs in the case of a four-way defeat, and first recommended Man Gui.

Man Gui then moved his troops to garrison Loess Ridge, and then became acquainted with Wang Xiangqian, and his position began to rise step by step.

"Exactly!" Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said, "What do you think is true or false?" ”

Man Gui thought for a moment and replied, "Lord Yuan, we disobeyed the order to stay and garrison Ningyuan City. These news should have been detected by Jianyu, and it is reasonable to send troops to attack. ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled and nodded: "What Mr. Man said is exactly what I think in my heart." It seems that a bad battle is inevitable, and we must prepare in advance. ”

The first step is to clear the wilderness.

Yuan Chonghuan sent Jin Qiliang and others to pass on the order, and ordered the surrounding people and military households who were still living to enter the city to live, and before leaving, a fire was burned, and no houses and shelters were given to the Houjin army to hide.

The people who were fed up with the pain of migration, although they were reluctant in their hearts, knew that they could not repel the enemy army without sacrifice, especially when they saw the blood letter written by Yuan Chonghuan himself, they did not object.

The second step is to strengthen the city defenses.

Yuan Chonghuan remembered that there were still eleven Hongyi cannons in the warehouse, which were operated from Beijing.

He then approached Raleigh, who was in charge of firearms.

Before he could speak, Luo Li cried first: "Lord Yuan, these Hongyi cannons are extremely powerful, and Master Yang used them to resist Nurhachi, the leader of the Jianyu. Since you are defending the city, please put it on the wall and bombard the enemy.

If you don't want to, melt it with molten iron so that you don't get captured by the captives. ”

Yuan Chonghuan said with a smile: "Your words are exactly what I thought, you quickly organize people to transport the Hongyi cannon to the city tower, so that Jianyu can taste the taste of being bombarded by artillery again." ”

"Yes, Lord Yuan."

Raleigh quickly wiped the tears from his face and hurriedly carried out the order.

At this time, a soldier sent a letter, which was a letter from Ji Liao Jing slightly Gaodi.

Gao Di received Yang Chengying's warning, and sent a letter to Yuan Chonghuan and asked if he would send reinforcements.

Yuan Chonghuan returned to the study and wrote a letter:

Yuan Chonghuan, who participated in politics on the right, bowed to the head again, and his subordinates guarded Ning Yuan and did not retreat, not to disobey the order but to be forced to do so, Gao Jingluo did not have to worry about whether to send reinforcements or not to send reinforcements, in his humble opinion, not to send reinforcements. It has become a habit for the Liao soldiers to flee.

With reinforcements, not only did it not help, but the soldiers who defended the city had no intention of defending it. Only by cutting off rescue can we put them to death and come back to life. It is true that success in the world lies in dependence, and failure also depends on dependence.

After the letter was written, Yuan Chonghuan handed the letter to the soldiers, and quickly passed it to Gao Di.

In fact, Yuan Chonghuan did this because he didn't trust Gao Di at all.

Gao Di couldn't even retreat calmly, let alone send troops to rescue.

Moreover, the soldiers under his command were not as well-trained as the Jinzhou Army under Yang Chengying.

As soon as the letter was sent, Jin Qiqi hurriedly ran in.

It must be a big deal to make Jin Qiliang, who was born as a scribe, so anxious.

Yuan Chonghuan asked anxiously: "Don't worry, speak slowly." ”

Jin Qiliang said breathlessly: "Lord Yuan, Master Man did not let General Zhao's soldiers enter the city and was blocked at the west gate. ”

"General Zhao's soldiers?" Yuan Chonghuan was slightly taken aback.