Under the cover of the ironclad heavy cavalry, at noon on the seventh day of the first month of March, the Southern Route Army, which had gone through thousands of hardships, finally came to the south gate of Shenyang City.

In 1386, the Ming Dynasty changed Shenyang Road to Shenyang Zhongwei and began to build a city here.

"The north of the mountain is yin, and the north of the water is yang", because this city is located in the north of Shenshui (that is, the Hunhe River), so it is called Shenyang.

Ming Hongwu 21 years (1388) Shenyang Zhongwei City was officially built, 9 miles and 10 steps in the week, 2.5 zhang high, there are two moats outside the city, all lead the water of the muddy river.

There is a city gate in the east, west, north and south of the city wall, which is Yongning Gate, Yongchang Gate, Baoning Gate and Anding Gate.

However, at this time, Shenyang was not the capital of Liaodong, and the political core of Liaodong has always been Liaoyang City since ancient times, which is also the residence of the governor of Liaodong.

Yang Hao set up his camp in Shenyang because it was closer to Fushun Pass, which was convenient for his own command.

Previously, due to the fact that some of the defeated troops of the Western Route Army of Dusong fled back to Shenyang, the news of the defeat of the Ming army at Salhu spread in an instant in the city, which made the people of Shenyang panic.

Later Jin's spies took the opportunity to spread all kinds of rumors, and there were even rumors that the eastern, western, and northern armies of the Ming Dynasty were all wiped out, and Li Rubai, the commander of the Southern Route Army, directly surrendered to the enemy.

Fortunately, Yang Hao went to Qinghe Fort with great fanfare, and the Ming army escorted the captured traitor Li Yongfang to Shenyang, which quelled the "rumors" of the Ming army's defeat.

Yang Hao had already led the cavalry from Qinghe Fort to Shenyang overnight, at this time Shenyang City was empty, only 8,000 soldiers and horses, Li Rubai could lead the main force of the South Route Army to arrive in Shenyang safely, undoubtedly greatly increased the chances of victory.

The Southern Route Army originally had 25,000 men and horses, excluding the cavalry left behind at Yahu Pass, Qinghe Fort and Li Xianzhong, there were only 12,000 men at this time.

However, this is also a great incentive for the morale of Shenyang.

At this time, Yang Hao, the governor of Liaodong, Wang Keshou, the governor of Liaoning, Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, and Chen Yuting, the governor of Liaodong, and other high-ranking officials all personally greeted the "victory and triumph" of Li Rubai's army outside the Baoning Gate.

Li Rubai is old and refined, so he naturally understands the intentions of Yang Hao and others.

Although the Southern Route Army had marched overnight before, it could be said that they had escaped death. However, when he was about to arrive in Shenyang, Li Rubai still ordered the army to tidy up the army, and it was necessary to show the mental state of the triumphant army.

When the bright and brightly armored Ming army marched all the way into Shenyang City, the surrounding people all celebrated with crowns to celebrate such a great victory of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Ho also put the Tartar heads that had been transported back in advance on top of the cart and displayed them in the city.

And hang the heads of the thief chieftains Abatai and Amin above the south gate of Shenyang!

After this series of operations, not to mention the spies of Houjin and the spies of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, even they themselves almost believed that the Ming army had achieved an unprecedented victory.

Li Rubai is very old, and he was already in poor health after being poisoned before, and this rapid march almost gave away his old life.

After completing the show task, his body could no longer support it, and after a few words of greeting with several officials, he went back to his house to rest.

Looking at Li Rubai, who was old, several people couldn't help but be worried.

These people are actually grasshoppers on a rope, because the plan to divide the troops to besiege Salhu in four ways was not formulated by Yang Hao alone.

Of course, several people referred to the precedent of Funing Hou Zhu Yongpei's troops in the Chenghua period to encircle and suppress Jianzhou in five ways, and according to the actual situation of the Ming army, they came up with this four-way encirclement and suppression, and divided into joint attacks.

Of course, the strength between Ming and Jin has also changed greatly, and the reference value of the war examples in the Chenghua period is actually not great.

Objectively speaking, the tactics themselves are not too much of a problem. It's just that all the people don't have a good time to coordinate, they are fighting separately, only dividing and not combining, and the result is naturally broken by each of them.

When the news of the annihilation of Juniper's army came a few days ago, several civilian officials had already written a recital to impeach Yang Hao, saying that his command was unfavorable, that he had delayed the fighters, and that he had repeatedly postponed the attack.

Yang Hao naturally prepared a rhetoric, and the general soldier of the Western Route Army, Du Song, did not listen to the order and divided his troops to advance, resulting in the annihilation of the whole army and making the Ming army passive.

Inspector Chen Yuting even chased after the wind and prepared to impeach Li Rubai for colluding with Jianyu and betraying the route of several large armies, resulting in a great defeat.

These people are all "old fritters" in officialdom, and they have no other skills, and they are more powerful than the other. has been crawling all the way in the officialdom, not letting others carry a few pots, and he can't climb to his current position.

But fortunately, Li Xianzhong took the initiative to attack and gave them real achievements.

Li Yongfang and Abatai, Amin's head, this can't be faked. It is even more incredible that you can bring back all the heads of the Eight Banners by going deep behind enemy lines.

It was precisely these victories that made them give up the dirty means of impeachment and blame.

Originally, it was not a problem to report a big victory with these first ranks and wins, but now the main force of Houjin has gone deep into Qinghe Road and is more likely to go straight to Shenyang, making their "great victory" seem a little unworthy of the name.

How can anyone be pushed back into their hinterland while winning a big victory?

Yang Hao said: "Rest assured, Jianyu has lost troops and suffered heavy casualties, and it is already the end of the strong crossbow; I think that Nurhachi was nothing more than annoyed and angry, so he forcibly marched into Shenyang in order to save face. ”

"Although Jianyu has entered the Qinghe Road, the Yahu Pass is still firmly controlled by our Ming army. Qinghe Fort also had the supervising army Yan Mingtai leading his troops to defend it, and the Daming Iron Cavalry led by Li Xianzhong was also driving to annihilate the enemy. ”

"Ben Shuai has just received the battle report, and Li Xianzhong not long ago ambushed the blue flag and the white flag west of Qinghe Fort and won a complete victory, destroying nearly 2,000 enemies."

Hearing that Li Xianzhong had won another big victory, these old guys also put away their careful thoughts.

Inspector Chen Yuting said: "Although Li Rubai is already dying, Li Xianzhong is a rare general, and it seems that there is a successor to the Li family in Liaodong." ”

Anyway, the pot of defeat in the northwest and the northwest has Juniper and Marin to carry it. The Ming army's great victory on the southern front must be written in a big book, and at this time it has become the consensus of everyone to praise Li Xianzhong.

Yang Hao thought to himself, these old things are very slippery, but now if you want to stabilize the situation in Shenyang, you must rely on them.

So he said: "Our army has won great victories on the southern front one after another, which shows that the plan we have formulated to lure the enemy has worked. Sticking to Shenyang together with Benshuai is the key to this heavy blow. ”

Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, said: "What Yang Jingluo said is true, Juniper acted without authorization, resulting in a crushing defeat of the two armies in the northwest; After achieving a great victory, our two armies in the southeast continued to lure the enemy into the depths. We must stick to Shenyang, implement the policy of luring the enemy into depth, and ensure the final victory of this crusade against Jianzhou! ”

Wang Keshou said again: "Governor Zhou, you must transfer the people near Shenyang to other places as soon as possible, and don't let the Tartars take them captive." ”

"In the case of Chen Xun, many border people in eastern Liaodong have been taken away by the Tartars and have become the lackeys of Jianyu. This time, Juniper's defeated army must have spies mixed in and took the opportunity to spread rumors. As a patrol historian, you must have your own means of how to screen spies, and I hope you will screen them one by one, and it is also a great achievement to capture the spies. ”

The two naturally understood that they must do something at this time, otherwise how could they share the credit in the future?

So he hurriedly received the order to implement Governor Wang's deployment.

Wang Keshou said at this time: "Yang Jingluo, this enemy chieftain Abatai and Amin's head are very important, how can they hang it above the city gate?" ”

Yang Hao said with a smile: "Governor Wang, don't worry, I have already sent the heads of the two thieves to the Beijing Division with the good news, I just found two more similar heads to hang on the city to lure out the spies." ”

In addition, the Tartar head handed over by Li Xianzhong was also sent to the Beijing Division for inspection by the Ministry of War. The Tartar heads in the city are just the old and weak ones that Li Xianzhong killed before, and I loaded a few carts to stabilize people's hearts. ”

Hearing Yang Hao's arrangement, Wang Keshou was relieved, it seems that this Yang Hao is really good at this.

Now there are 20,000 soldiers and horses in Shenyang City, and there is also a veteran Liu Wei in Liaoyang who is sticking to it.

The reinforcements from the Nine Sides, as well as the Guangxi wolf soldiers and the Sichuan white pole soldiers, who had been delayed on the road, were also arriving in Liaodong one after another.

He was still confident that he would turn the tide of the battle.

However, a few hours later, Houjin's cavalry finally appeared on the outskirts of Shenyang, making the atmosphere in Shenyang City tense again.

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