Sha Yuliang asked the old man to be brought down to settle down, and he himself summoned the generals to hold a pre-war meeting together.

Present at the meeting were Zhu Wei, who has now been promoted to the rank of general of Sipin, Yuan Mingxian, a fierce general who has been following the imperial army to quell the rebellion, Sima Yi, a junior general of the second generation of the army, Hu Daxi, the deputy general of Cong Guanglei, the general of the Sanguan General of Bingzhou, and Zhenghe and Yingweizhong, the former rebel generals.

"At present, according to the old farmer, the enemy troops stationed in the Dongning Guard Station are only about 4,000, and I don't think we need tens of thousands of troops. In this way, I thought about taking Dongningwei as a starting point and radiating to the surrounding area. ”

Saying that, Sha Yuliang walked to the map of Liaodong, nodded to Dongningwei, and then drew a circle around it.

"The enemy general led 3,000 soldiers and horses to the northwest to the camp of Beidi Wuliangha, if they get the news and rush back, they need to take the road from Zhenxi Fort to Chaihe Fort."

"With Fu'an Fort as the center, Zhu Wei you will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to raid Sancha'er Fort, Yuan Mingxian will lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to be in charge of Chaihe Fort, Sima Yi will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to capture Fanhe City and the surrounding Songjiabo Fort, and Hu Daxi you will lead another 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Tieling City east of Fanhe City and the nearby Zengchi Fort, Zhenxi Fort and Xintian Fort will be handed over to you. Zhenghe led 5,000 soldiers and horses to be in charge of the Chaihe Jurchen camp outside the border city, and Ying Weizhong was in charge of the Shahe camp outside the border city. The remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses will be led by me to attack the Jurchen herd camp outside the border city at night! ”

After deploying the troops, Sha Yuliang looked at the generals and asked: "Among you, Hu Daxi's task is a little heavier, if you have difficulties, you can raise them now, I can make adjustments, do you have difficulties?" ”

"Nope!" The generals replied in unison.

Sha Yuliang looked at Hu Daxi.

Hu Daxi received his eyes and said loudly: "I have no difficulty!" ”

"Since there is no difficulty, everyone will go all out, and they will all go back to the camp and go to the battlefield to set off!" Sha Yuliang was neat and waved everyone back to prepare.

As soon as the troops were dispersed in this way, the speed of the march increased significantly, and everyone brought enough dry food for a few days to surprise the enemy forces in charge of them with lightning speed.

Even if the strong bunker is, it can't withstand the surprise attack of the Dayu cavalry, either gunpowder explosion or musket fire.

The generals of all walks of life took the enemy's forts and cities with little effort.

Swept over this way, and then captured Dongningwei and the surrounding bunkers and cities, it can be said that Dayu Iron Cavalry easily opened the door to enter the hinterland of Liaodong.

There was a lack of a defensive barrier in the hinterland of Liaodong, and when the news reached Zhonggu City, the Jurchen guards were angry, anxious and angry, and immediately mobilized troops to strengthen the defense of Zhonggu City.

The Jurchens were brave and good at war, and were born heroes, but their only drawback was that their population base was too small, their tribesmen lived too far north, and the cold weather made it difficult for their people to reproduce.

And they are naturally warlike, which makes it even more difficult for the people to reproduce, and the population growth is slow, and sometimes the war will cause the population to show negative growth.

Every time Sha Yuliang captured a place, he recruited the local Yu Han people to join the army and followed them to attack the Jurchens.

The Jurchens occupied this area from the hands of Dayu, and treated the Han people of Dayu worse than livestock, and the Han people of Dayu can be said to be incompatible with the hatred of the Jurchens.

Every Jurchen has the blood of the Han people on their hands, how can they give up if there are soldiers and horses of the imperial court to give them a chance to take revenge.

If they give up this chance for revenge, how can they have the face to see their dead relatives in the future?

Every time the Yu cavalry captures a pillbox and a city, the first thing is to guard the grain and grass, and then recruit the local Yu Han people to join the team, in order to ensure that no hungry soldiers are sent.

When the 60,000 iron cavalry captured their respective targets, they gathered from the seven routes of soldiers and horses into three routes of soldiers and horses, advancing in unison, responding to each other, and attacking the hinterland of Liaodong in unison.

Each road raised tens of thousands of troops, and they were well fed and drunk. The western route was headed by Yuan Mingxian, and was responsible for the pillboxes along the Liaodong route near the camp of the Northern Diwu Liang Hamu in the west.

The middle route was led by Sha Yuliang himself, responsible for Zhonggu City and Kaiyuan City in the hinterland, and finally arrived at the northernmost town of Beiguan.

The Eastern Route Army was headed by Hu Daxi, responsible for the pillboxes along the eastern border, and finally the three routes of soldiers and horses were encircled, converging at the northernmost Zhenbei Pass to complete the division!

The various pillboxes built at the border pass are basically accessible to the cavalry, and the troops raised from all walks of life are also like snowballs, getting bigger and bigger, which may be the so-called where there is oppression, there is resistance.

The Jurchens never dreamed that they would bring disaster to themselves if they were just mixed with the war between Beidi and Dayu.

The Jurchen leader led his people all the way to be chased all the way without a chance to catch their breath, until they fled to the important northern town - Zhenbei Pass.

"Mobilize all the troops, focus on defending Zhenbei Pass, and let all the old and young women and children in the clan withdraw to Namuchuan outside the side wall, which is our last defensive barrier in Liaodong!" The Jurchen leader ordered.

The guard of Zhenbei Pass listened to the words of the leader and was surprised, although he was guarding here and knew the news of the front line, but at this time the leader issued an ultimatum so that he did not even have the last trace of luck.

"Leader, is Dayu's army really so powerful now? They are also attacking too fast! ”

The leader did not answer him this question, the answer was obvious, and the answer was a waste of his lips and tongue, but asked his staff: "When will Beidi's soldiers and horses join us?" ”

The staff wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "There is no news from the soldiers and horses of the Wuliang Hamu camp yet. ”

When the leader heard this, he laughed angrily: "Hehe, he thinks that the Khan of Beidi can play music with me?" At the moment of the great enemy, he is still playing these careful thoughts with me, a barbarian is a barbarian, and he will never know the truth of cold lips and teeth! ”

They were cornered by Dayu's soldiers and horses, and it was a big deal to go out of the border city and still return to their clan land.

And what about their Beidi, they are afraid that the Dayu army will end the battle on their side, and they will concentrate their forces to deal with the remnants of Beidi's troops when they turn around.

The staff raised their sleeves, wiped their foreheads again, glanced at the Jurchen generals who were gritting their teeth, and asked, "Chief, if Beidi's soldiers and horses don't come to join us, how should we deal with the current situation?" ”

Dayu's army raided the Liaodong region, which caught them off guard, and Dayu did not come to Liaodong for decades, and the defense of various castles was lax, and this raid made them defenseless at all, and the casualties of the clansmen were huge.

It can be said that more than half of the casualties of the clan this time have made it difficult for them to regain their strength in recent decades, at least.

Do you say willingly?

The Jurchen leaders are definitely unwilling, but now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, it is impossible for them to ignore the safety of the clansmen and fight hard with the Dayu army, and the tactics of losing 1,000 enemies and 800 are not suitable for the moment.

They really couldn't resist the enemy's offensive, so they had to withdraw from Zhenbei Pass and retreat to the deep mountains and old forests outside the pass.

Dayu has a good saying, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood!

Someday they will come back and get revenge!

In the early morning of the second day, the sky just revealed a trace of fish belly white, standing on the tower of Zhenbei Pass, you can see black spots appear in the sky, slowly more and more black spots, with the sound of horses' hooves, the Jurchen warriors know that the moment of decisive battle is coming.

The flag fluttering in the wind has the word "sand" written on it!

The Jurchen leader stood on the city tower, looking at the arrogant 'sand' flag, "This is Dayu's iron horse?" ”

An iron horseman not inferior to their iron horseman?

Looking at the cyan wave that came from the black pressure, the oppression followed, and the momentum of Dayu Iron Riding did have arrogant capital!

The iron cavalry was followed by the infantry recruited in Liaodong, that is, the Dayu slaves in Liaodong, all of whom were rescued by the Dayu iron cavalry.

For the Dayu slaves, the Jurchens know their combat effectiveness too well, and they are just cannon fodder on the battlefield, so they are not to be feared.

The Jurchen leader's brows furrowed slightly, and what gave him a headache was the Dayu Iron Horse who rushed in front.

The staff looked at the scene in front of them, opened their mouths in surprise, and said in disbelief: "Dayu Iron Cavalry is really weird, cannon fodder is not placed in front of the charge, and they are actually let follow behind to pick up leaks, what is the reason?" Could it be that in the eyes of Emperor Dayu, these horse pawns are even more valuable than cavalry? ”

The Dayu cavalry ran closer and closer, and just when the Jurchens thought they would charge in the first round, the Dayu cavalry, which had rushed to the border city wall, suddenly stopped their horses and raised their flintlock pistols.

Aim, shoot, all in one go!

Without a pause!

With the sound of gunshots, there was a wail on the city wall, and many of the Jurchen soldiers who were defending were shot, and the others who were defenseless were all scared and squatted down.

The Jurchen leader was escorted by his own guards and squatted down, and with the cover of the battlements, he roared hatefully: "The generals listen to the order, the archers and trebuchets are in place, ready to shoot at any time!" And the Hongyi cannon gave me two rounds of first bombardment! ”

As his words fell, the Hongyi cannon on the city wall was ignited, just waiting for his cannonball to shoot, and the cavalry who had just shot had already retreated to a safe distance!

When the Jurchen generals saw this scene, they were so angry that they beat the city wall!

"These people in Dayu are so shameless, don't they believe in swearing to die and not retreating, swearing not to surrender? Why are they only allowed to shoot, and they are so frightened that we don't even return fire? ”

"With this bit of guts, they dare to come to the hinterland of Liaodong to tease our tiger whiskers? If I don't give you a little bit of power, I'm really bullying us! ”

"Artillerymen, archers, slingers, all prepare for me, as long as they dare to cross the line, you will give me random projections!"

When the Jurchen leaders heard the general's order, they knew that they had only temporarily stopped the advance of the Dayu cavalry at most. If you want to push the enemy back, you can't do it with their own forces.

Unless the Dayu cavalry outside the city is still the cavalry that was vulnerable before, they have a chance of winning.

However, knowing that they can't be defeated, it is not a reason for them to retreat immediately, they must try to consume Dayu's troops at this last pass. Even if they are defeated, they must let Dayu's soldiers and horses be afraid of them, and in the next time, even if they retreat, they will not dare to pursue them easily.

The Jurchen leader thought a lot, if it was a few years ago, he would never have thought about it so much, looking at Dayu's soldiers and horses, he was unhappy, and dared to directly open the city and let the soldiers and horses go out to be tough with them.

But in recent years, the prestige of Dayu's soldiers and horses has become heavier and heavier, although they live in a corner, but they have been waiting and watching the situation in the Central Plains.

The Jurchen leader may not even have noticed himself, and now he is subconsciously a little jealous of Dayu's soldiers and horses.

Sha Yuliang stood in the center of the cavalry, looked at the last pass tower, and pursed his lips without saying a word.

Hu Daxi, who was standing next to him, recommended himself: "General, they also underestimate our Dayu cavalry, underestimate our Dayu's thermal weapons, we will be brave warriors who want to expand the territory for Dayu in the future, how can they be afraid of these rounds of artillery!"

General, let me lead my troops to meet them! ”

Sha Yuliang retracted his gaze and advised: "Remember, don't rush into their range, the final victory is about to come, I don't want to see the blood of my Dayu soldiers spill this territory!" ”

"Okay! General, you're in for a good look! Hu Daxi excitedly waved his horsewhip to count the soldiers and follow him to attack the city.

When the other generals saw Hu Daxi excitedly riding away, they were all annoyed that they hadn't stepped out of the ranks before him.

The heaven-sent opportunity was snatched away by Hu Daxi.

Hu Daxi didn't need to look at it to guess the expressions of several other generals.

"Haha. The opportunity for meritorious service has come! ”

"Soldiers, the opportunity for meritorious service has come, who wants to go with me to charge into the ranks!"

At the sound of the order, none of the soldiers under his command flinched, and all of them lined up and prepared to attack the city with him.

"Bullets loaded!"

With the click of metal clashing, the movements are uniform and very rhythmic, and the bullets are loaded.

Hu Daxi checked it and confirmed that it was correct, the trumpet of the charge sounded, and all the war horses rushed out like arrows from the string.

The Jurchen generals on the city tower couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths when they heard the sound of the charge.

In the past, whether it was Dayu or Beidi, the attack was undoubtedly a drum, and the retreat was Mingjin, but now Dayu What's going on, the charge and attack actually made a sharp horn sound.

As the cavalry got closer and closer, the Jurchens on the city wall paid twelve points of attention, and when the Dayu cavalry reached the firing range, they threw stones and arrows and fired cannons.

Hu Daxi didn't know the enemy's intentions, they stopped outside the firing range, and aimed again, and this time another group of Jurchens on the city wall were hit.

"Ahh

"I'm hurt!"

"What's going on? Why did they shoot first before they were within range? ”

And being able to hit the target is the point.

At this time, the Jurchens finally realized that Dayu's musket seemed to have a different range from theirs.

"How is this battle still going to be fought?"

The Jurchen generals want to cry without tears!

Long range is the advantage of Dayu's musket, Hu Daxi is aware of this, so he dares to say that this is to let them make meritorious contributions, which is equivalent to picking up credit.

Sweeping all the way, the Jurchens had not paid attention to the range of the muskets, and this time they were out of the limelight again.

This feeling of abusing the enemy thousands of times is so cool!

Charging back and forth like this, the Jurchen soldiers on the city wall will be so frightened that they will shoot under the battlements, and they will not dare to take their heads.

They were afraid that if they came up a little, they would be shot in the head by Dayu cavalry and whimper.

"Chief, what are we going to do next? The enemy's muskets are so powerful that we can't reach them! ”

"Hold on, I don't believe they really dare to cross that line, the people on our side don't come forward, I'll see how they shoot if they don't have a target!"

Under the city walls.

Hu Daxi ran to Sha Yuliang and applied to him: "General, the enemy does not dare to take the lead, I apply to throw it at them and flee quickly!" ”

The so-called fast escape is a home-style grenade developed by Xia Jing and the War Bureau.

And Dayu's soldiers felt that it was not as good as them to throw away if the enemy fled fast, and it was useless to escape as fast as they could. Later, slowly, they liked to call this grenade to escape quickly. (End of chapter)