Chapter 061: Going north to aid Liao

Out of the Shen Ji grocery store, Chen Cao rode home, I don't know what to come back after tonight, just enter the door and go out of the wall, I touched Bai Xinlan with a five-month belly to send Magnolia out.

The two looked at each other, Bai Yulan blushed for some reason, Chen Cao gestured to Bai Xinlan to let her leave, and then said gently: "Yulan, I just went to your house to find you, but I didn't expect you to be here with me." ”

"The folk girl just came to visit her relatives in the uncle's mansion, so she left."

Bai Yulan said that she was leaving, but Chen Cao blocked her way: "I went to you just to tell you that I will lead troops to support the Guangning battlefield tomorrow, and the Tartars have gathered heavy troops there, and I am ordered to go." ”

Bai Yulan obviously hesitated for a moment, and then looked up at Chen Cao: "Uncle went to aid Liao, what did he do to the people's daughter?" ”

"Yulan, I didn't mean it, I knew it was wrong," Chen Cao hurriedly apologized.

Magnolia stared at Chen Cao smartly, and said for a long time: "You pay attention to your own safety." ”

After speaking, he bypassed Chen Cao and left.

"Splash thief..."Li Wan'er stood at the door and shouted, then walked quickly past Magnolia, stared at it curiously, and then came to Chen Cao's side: "You bullied that girl?" ”

Chen Cao didn't know what to do: "What did I do to bully her?" ”

"Then why are others crying?" Li Wan'er asked.

"She's crying?" Chen Cao was surprised, and was about to chase it out but saw that Magnolia was gone, so he didn't care: "I know..."

"Who is she?" Li Wan'er then asked.

Chen Cao smiled helplessly: "She is Xinlan's sister, and the one who came to see Xinlan is Bai Mengsheng." ”

"She's Bai Mengsheng?" Li Wan'er said loudly: "You said it earlier, I said it earlier, I would have asked her to give me a copy of her book." ”

Chen Cao's face was black: "Have you forgotten what you came to do?" ”

Li Wan'er suddenly realized, no matter what happened in Chen Cao's house, she directly wrapped her waist to protect Chen Cao: "I heard that you are going to Liaodong after being made an earl, so I can't rest assured, so I came to see you." ”

Although Chen Cao ate the hang-up at Magnolia, at least the beautiful and small Li Wan'er cared about herself, so she touched her head: "Don't worry, I'm the commander of the Southern Army this time, and I can't suffer a big loss." ”

Li Wan'er looked up at Chen Cao: "Tartar is no better than others, you are careful in everything." He rolled his eyes as he spoke: "Why don't you take me with me, I am familiar with the local situation and can take care of you." ”

"Eh..."Chen Cao felt that Li Wan'er was not messing around: "Yes, I'm worried about a person who is familiar with the local situation, no, you have lived in Tieling Shenyang for a long time, how can you know about the entire Liaodong?" ”

Li Wan'er let go of Chen Cao, and immediately changed from a little woman to a strong woman: "Don't look down on people, although I live in Tieling and Shenyang, don't forget that my father is the general soldier of Liaodong, besides, I can speak Tatar, will you?" ”

Chen Cao shook his head.

Li Wan'er smiled: "That's right, as long as I am here, to ensure that your trip to Liaodong is a success, you say, do you want to take a sea boat to land at Lushunkou?" ”

"How did you know about such classified military affairs?" Chen Cao was in a hurry at the moment.

Li Wan'er clapped his hands: "Don't worry, I guess, Gai Zhouwei's father took me no less than ten times before his death, and I am familiar with the terrain." ”

Chen Cao acquiesced in his heart that many of the Ming Dynasty troops were pitted by the renegade leading the way, and it was not a bad thing to have his own people to lead the way: "In this case, you can prepare and set off with me tomorrow." ”

"Okay..."Li Wan'er responded excitedly and ran away.

Chen Cao didn't have time to ask.

In the lobby, all the female dependents were waiting for themselves, and as soon as they stepped into the door of the lobby with their front feet, Li Xiang took the female dependents and saluted Chen Cao with their back feet: "Waiting for the uncle to return home..."

Chen Cao was stunned, then laughed, kept saying, 'No...', and then took Li Xiang's hand and sat on the main seat: "I will lead the army north to aid Liao tomorrow, you should be good at home and listen to Xiang'er's words." ”

"Remember what your husband (lord, uncle) commanded..."

"Husband, it is very dangerous to go to Liaodong here, and you have to take care of the food on the road, it is better to bring a few maids over and arrange for your husband to stay." Li Xiang looked at Chen Cao tenderly.

Chen Cao felt that it made sense, although it was not possible to bring women in the barracks, but at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, there were not a few people who blatantly brought women to war, and besides, there were one or two maids, which abounded.

"Okay, let Chunyao go with my husband." Chen Cao said and looked at Zhang Chunyao and smiled.

Zhang Chunyao blushed immediately when she heard that Chen Cao named her to go to Liaodong with her, Li Xiang's face was obviously a little uncomfortable, but she didn't dare to refute Chen Cao's meaning, so she smiled and said: "Sister Chunyao, it's okay to go, let Xiaolan and Xiaochun accompany you." ”

When the two maids heard that they had a share, they also bowed their heads and blushed.

Chen Cao stopped: "You can't take so many women in the army, besides, Chun Yao is also in plain clothes, so you have to disguise yourself," After speaking, Chen Cao saw that Li Xiang's face was not good-looking, and he also knew what she meant, so he took a step back: "That's it, Xiaolan is the head of the maids, and she can't leave the house, so let Xiaochun go with me." ”

Li Xiang smiled at this time, and then instructed: "Xiaochun, you have to take care of your uncle's daily life on the road, understand?" ”

Xiaochun blushed and saluted: "The slave knows." ”

......

The right guard and all the logistics materials were all disembarked from the port of the naval division, Chen Cao had experience in taking sea ships, and was not afraid of seasickness at all, the only thing to worry about was the other soldiers in the right guard.

"Uncle Qiqi," Pang Zhifan rode his horse to Chen Cao's boat: "According to the uncle's instructions, mobilize five sea ships with 3,000 materials, 20 sea ships with 1,300 materials, 50 ships with 1,000 materials, and 20 ships from the logistics building of 800 materials, a total of 95 ships. ”

"Set sail, the whole army set sail."

The mighty fleet went down the Yangtze River, and in various places in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and other ports, it received the troops requisitioned from above, and then headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Six days later, the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, just in time to meet the guards who led the team to arrive, and the ship began to go upstream, heading towards Liaodong.

After Lin Guodong received Chen Cao's order, he immediately set off with his people, and the first thing he did after joining the ship was to meet Chen Cao's boat.

"The last general, Lin Guodong, meet the uncle..."Although Lin Guodong was in armor, he still bowed to Chen Cao.

Chen Cao was naturally useful, and raised his hand to help: "Get up, you have worked hard." ”

"The end will not be hard." Lin Guodong got up and bowed down and said, "Being able to serve the uncle is a blessing for the last general. ”

"Hahaha..."Chen Cao laughed twice, then looked at Zhao Xin beside him and said, "A few of you, take a look, Lin Guodong's sycophants are better than yours, right?" ”

Zhao Xin smiled awkwardly: "Commander Lin is motivated by feelings. ”

Everyone agreed, and after Chen Cao laughed, he said coldly: "Don't do anything about sycophants, immediately raise flags, and let the official schools above the command level of each guard come to my ship for a meeting." ”

"Yes..."

On the second deck of Chen Cao's handsome ship, the military academy and the naval division above the commander of the six guards were all in line, and in front of them was a huge military map of Liaodong, Chen Cao stood in front of the map, and next to him stood Li Wan'er, who was wearing a helmet and armor.

"Ladies and gentlemen," after Chen Cao spoke, there was no other sound on the deck except for the sound of the sea breeze and sea water: "Ben Bo is not accustomed to the terrain of Liaodong, this is the Tieling Township Jun, and his grandfather is Ning Yuanbo Li Chengliang," After introducing Li Wan'er, Chen Cao continued: "The original landing site is located in Lushun Port, which is the jurisdiction of Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and there is Lushun Deputy General Zhang Pan stationed there, but our ultimate goal is in Guangning. ”

"Gai Zhouwei?" Song Che frowned: "Uncle, Gaizhouwei became the territory of the Tartars after the fall of Shenyang, we first arrived in Liaodong, and we are not accustomed to the terrain over there, if we are ambushed by the Tartars, I am afraid there is no way back." ”

Many people nodded, and Chen Cao took out the news given by Jinyiwei: "This is obtained by the secret agents of Beizhen Fusi in Liaodong, after the fall of Xining Fort, Nurhachi gathered troops under Xiping Fort, but did not attack for a long time, when it was to win over Duoyan Sanwei to act together, the general soldier Luo has always been stationed in Xiping Fort, and Gaizhou Wei has a Tartar Niu Lu soldiers and horses and a lot of my Ming soldiers, the number of up to 1,000 people, where to land, can not only shorten the time, but also hit the morale of the Tartars from the rear. ”

"Most of the cavalry in Jianyu," Han Shun, the commander of Zhenjiangwei, said: "There are only 500 cavalry in our army, and the uncle's right guard in Nanjing is all infantry. ”

Han Shun's words were very reasonable, Chen Cao nodded, then looked at Song Che and said loudly: "Commander Song, does my right guard have a way to block the Tartar cavalry?" ”

Song Che hugged his fists: "Yes, the last general fought side by side with the Qi family army in Liaodong a few years ago, and they used firearms troops to fight against the Tartar attack when they always held a group in a car formation, and the right guard often trained in a vehicle formation tactics when training. ”

"Well," Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction, although it was for others to see, but he also had to look good: "In this way, with my firearms unit, you will definitely be safe." ”

Saying that, Chen Cao instructed: "Send a clipper ship to Ningyuan immediately, and tell Inspector Sun about the landing of our army in Gaizhouwei, so that they can make preparations in Xiping Fort in advance, and they can arrive at Xiping Fort to support Luo Cheng before July 15." ”

"Yes..."

As soon as the herald left, Chen Cao looked at those commanders, among them, the commanders of Dahewei, Yangzhou Wei and Guanhaiwei can be said to be Chen Cao's own people, only Zhenjiangwei and Songjiangwei are not, although they both belong to the Nanzhili garrison, but they are not familiar with each other.

The sergeants of the two guards also complained when they learned that they were requisitioned to aid Liao, and the most important problem was the money and food of the imperial court.

"This aid to Liao, the imperial court only allocated 100,000 taels of grain and grass money, I know that some of the commanders here have not yet received the salary in their hands, but you don't have to worry," Chen Cao looked at the two commanders with high spirits: "After going ashore, Ben Bo paid out of his own pocket and gave each of you three months' salary, and the food expenses were all counted on my Nanjing right guard." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was smiling, but they didn't know that the right guard and the sailor of Nanjing had paid three months' military salaries before they set off.

Chen Cao continued: "The main purpose of Ben Bo doing this is to let you all work together on the battlefield, our southern soldiers go to the Liaodong battlefield, except for Qin Liangyu and the Qi family's army, all of them are defeated, why?"

Because they're afraid of death... The first thing they do when they encounter the enemy is not to fight in a group, but to turn around and run, why? Are you still afraid of death, as an officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty, you should protect the territory and the people, today I will send you money, in order to let you not be afraid when you meet the Tartars, you remember, they are also born and raised by your parents, if you cut him, he will still bleed to death, why do you want to run? ”

Chen Cao's words were very morale-inspiring, and after listening to them, the commanders and envoys rushed to show their loyalty one by one, and were determined to win glory for the southern soldiers.

"This battle has been won, and our southern soldiers also have confidence, lest the northern soldiers look at our southern soldiers and think that they are a group of sissies, useless seeds."

At this time, a commander interjected: "Uncle, there are many northern soldiers who have escaped. ”

"That's because their salaries can't come down," Chen Cao replied: "The court has no money, and they are actually very good at fighting Tartars, because they have no money, so people's hearts are weak." You should remember that, no matter what, Benbo's Nanjing right guard will always be in front of you. ”

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Twenty days later, on June 21, Chen Cao's fleet arrived in Lushun via the Yellow Sea, and after a brief conversation with Zhang Pan at the port of Lushun, he took a general under his command as a guide and set off for Lianyun Island

On the evening of 23 June, the fleet arrived at Lianyun Island, only to find that the island was empty.

The guide is a scout, with a money rat tail in a tartar, and can speak standard Jurchen language.

"Uncle," Zhao Xin approached Chen Cao: "The guide said, there are occasionally a small number of Jianyu stationed on Lianyun Island, but now there are none, and they may go to Gaizhouwei." ”

The fleet stopped at the beach of Lianyun Island, and after more than 30,000 people landed, they buried the pot to make rice, and Chen Cao ordered the sailors to set sail and cruise along the surrounding waters to prevent the Tartars from sneaking up on the boats.

"Is there a connection between the Jinyi Wei of Liaodong?" Chen Cao was studying the map and once again stepped on the boundary of Liaodong, feeling a trace of unease.

"Not for the time being, there are our people here in Gaizhouwei, but at this moment, we are still landing ashore, and we have to go tomorrow." Zhao Xin said again: "According to the guide, the Tartars may launch an attack on Xiping Fort at the end of July. ”

"We are too backward, the news is blocked, the people who can't contact Jinyiwei are doing everything in vain, some news can't be trusted, and Zhang Pan is in Lushun, his news is not so accurate," Chen Cao squinted at Zhao Xin: "He can't contact Jinyiwei's people." ”

Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Uncle doesn't believe Zhang Pan?" ”

"It's not that I don't believe him," Chen Cao took a deep breath: "After entering Liaodong, I don't trust anyone, I only believe in my own judgment, and I must guard against everything, and I must not be more gullible than others." ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "The subordinates understand, so I will send the brother of the Jinyi Guard to monitor the guide." ”