Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 206 The old slave words are still in my ears now

When the battle in Liaoyang City had just begun, Qin Erbao led the army to Weining Camp.

At that time, the Jurchens stationed here had already withdrawn. When Qin Erbao rode his horse into the camp, only the messy ground and nearly a hundred old, weak, women and children were left in the huge Weining camp. The reason why the real person was taken away was probably because he was despised and living was a waste of rations.

The next day, news came that Liaoyang City had been occupied by the Ming army. Qin Erbao was still a little surprised: Is it so simple?

On the other hand, Lu Xiangsheng was more confused and uneasy than surprised.

In the evening of the second day of garrison, outside Weining Camp.

"Er Bao, I always feel uneasy when the troops are divided in this war." Lu Xiangsheng led the scout battalion during this period, and there was a lot of cooperation with Qin Er Bao. Moreover, the scout battalion went deep behind enemy lines and found out many real girls. The news, and judging from the recent transfer of troops, Lu Xiangsheng always felt that the Jurchens did not care about Liaoyang City: "To capture Liaoyang City so easily makes people think there is a fraud!"

"Aren't you interested in Liaoyang City? In your opinion, what do the Jurchens want to do? With Shenyang City on their back, fight me to the death?" Qin Erbao's horse and Lu Xiangsheng walked side by side, and the two of them patrolled the terrain outside the Weining Camp. There were only a few people guarding the river.

"Dai Shan is a fierce person and is not someone who compromises easily. Moreover, the Jurchen high-level officials have just experienced turmoil. Those political ministers will never compromise or surrender in exchange for the support of the tribe. At this time, toughness is the right thing to do. !" Lu Xiangsheng was still frowning, and it was obvious that this worry had prevented him from sleeping well in the past few days.

"Tell me this. Brother, I can only nod and praise my foresight and planning. But Xiong Jinglue doesn't want to see me waiting. If he says something rashly, it will not gain much, and it will make people hate him. After all, Yuan Chonghuan is not a broad-minded master of that ancestor's birthday." Qin Erbao gently shook the reins, sat down on the horse, lowered its head, and leisurely ate the green grass on the ground.

"But," Lu Xiangsheng wanted to say something else. It is always better to plan for the country than for one's own selfishness, right?

"Moreover, this battle plan has been approved by the Duke of the State. It will be fine." Qin Erbao reached out and stroked the horse's mane with gentle and protective movements. To be honest, this is a well-bred BMW, but Qin Erbao has a good life. treasure.

There were originally five horses in total, two for each of Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng. The other three were sent back to the capital a month ago to honor Wang Qi.

Traveling day and night, in twelve hours, you can travel more than 800 miles, with a good horse and a beautiful horse, nothing more than this.

On the other side, when Qin Erbao lowered his head and stroked his beloved horse, Lu Xiangsheng was still thinking: "It is said to be the suggestion of the Duke of Guo, but the Duke of Guo did not let the brothers of the ancestors put their formations at Hupiyi. What do you mean? Are you planning to do it slowly? I feel that the Duke's plan was not implemented at all by those soldiers, and Xiong Jinglue may have been deceived by others."

Lu Xiangsheng said, with a gloomy expression on his face, and looked to the north, where the mountains were undulating and the terrain was extending continuously, as if it was thick with fog, making it impossible to see.

"It doesn't matter if you tell me this, but if it reaches someone who is interested, it will be very bad." Obviously, Qin Erbao was well versed in the rules of Liaodong officialdom and reminded him kindly.

"At the end of a certain line, stand up straight! Why care about that?" Lu Xiangsheng was about to retort when the sound of horse hooves came from the distance.

"Hey!" The ordering soldier had already dismounted ten steps away, ran quickly to the two of them, knelt down and said, "Liaodong Manager Xiong personally issued an order, ordering the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses of General Qin, Deputy Lu The 13,000 soldiers and horses of the general army will immediately go north to Fengji Fort to intimidate Shenyang, and at the same time sweep away the enemy forces in the surrounding area, monitor and gradually control the boundaries of Fushun!"

Taking the order from the messenger, Qin Erbao took one look at it, frowned slightly, and then handed the order to Lu Xiangsheng aside, and then slowly opened his mouth and said to the messenger: "What is Xiong Jinglue doing at this moment?" Where?"

"The Chinese army and the left and right battalions of the Pioneer Center have already marched towards Hupiyi. They will arrive in about an hour!" The ordering soldier replied respectfully, still kneeling on the ground.

"I understand. Go back and tell Mr. Jinglue that Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng will set off immediately and arrive at Fengji Fort before dawn. They will act according to Mr. Jinglue's order." Qin Erbao did not choose to refuse or give any suggestions at the first time.

"Young man, I obey." The ordering soldier stood up, bowed again, then turned around and walked away quickly. After a while, he galloped away on his horse.

"Xiong Jinglue has brought the Chinese Army and the Pioneer Battalion into one place?" Lu Xiangsheng felt a dull pain in his cheeks and asked Qin Erbao: "Brother Qin, why didn't you refuse this military order just now? Then what did Yuan Chonghuan do? ? Marching at night, approaching fifty miles outside Shenyang City, is simply ridiculous! Isn’t such a rash advance a deviation from the implementation of this military strategy? We should sternly reject it! "

Qin Erbao just tilted his head slightly, looked at Lu Xiangsheng, and said after a while: "If I just refused the general's order, would you believe it or not, if we win this battle, you and I will not have half of the credit, but if we lose, the first The one who committed the crime of having his head chopped off is you and my brother."

"How can you cherish your life for the country?" Lu Xiangsheng asked sharply.

"Brother Lu, I don't regret my death. If you die unjustly, the Ming Dynasty will lose a tiger general! Why bother?" Qin Erbao said half-jokingly, half-seriously: "Let's execute the order first. As for the current situation, I I will send a letter to the Duke of Beijing to explain the situation."

He waved the long whip in his hand angrily, and a series of crackling sounds sounded in the air. Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "If Duke Lang was here, there would never be such ridiculous military orders!"

Ignoring Lu Xiangsheng's complaints, Qin Erbao had already begun to make marching arrangements: "Send orders to all camps. In a quarter of an hour, they will gather in front of the camp. Each of them will carry their baggage, food, artillery, and combat preparations. They will all be handed over to the civilians and packhorse soldiers. The rest of the cavalry and Archers, gunners, marching in a hurry, the target is Fengji Fort a hundred miles away!"

As the military order was issued, the entire Weining camp soon began to take action.

Soldiers from various battalions quickly stood in front of the camp in formation, waiting for the commander-in-chief's instructions and departure orders.

"The Ming Dynasty's battle to annihilate Houjin began the day before yesterday, but those battles have little to do with us. Our soldiers have not yet drawn their swords, and our horses have not drank blood. But next, it will be our Qin Ziying and The war in Lu Ziying has begun! The Duke of Guo is waiting for our victory news in the capital. Brothers, sharpen your swords and equip yourself with armor, mount your war horses and chop down the damn old slave of Jianzhou!"

"Kill! Kill his mother-in-law Jianzhou slave!"

"Kill, kill, kill!!!"

The soldiers are fighting, the horses are neighing, and the real bloody battle is about to begin.

Qin Erbao drew out the long knife from his waist, his resolute face full of murderous intent: "Brothers, follow me and kill!"

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More than fifty miles south of Shenyang City, Hupiyi Station is located.

Zu Dale's vanguard cavalry was very fast. After receiving the news that Xiong Tingbi was dispatching troops, Zu Dale took the initiative to lead more than a thousand cavalrymen of the Zu family to take the lead and clear the way for the army.

In fact, the scouts had already explored the Hupiyi area earlier. Except for the abandoned villages and the long-dried rivers, it was already deserted.

The reason why we chose this place as the central location to set up camp and encircle Shenyang City was that in addition to the moderate distance from Shenyang City, there was another extremely important point: Hupiyi was the only high point within a hundred miles radius.

The high ground!
  The founder of this word, Dalue, once heard it said by Wang Qi, Duke of Lang Kingdom. Whether it is cavalry, archers, spearmen or other types of arms, as long as they occupy the commanding heights on the battlefield, they will get the sickle that harvests the enemy's life.

Even an idiot can kill someone by using a high one to defeat a low one.

And Zu Dale felt that he was a smart man. In the name of a pioneer, he led his army to occupy the commanding heights. In this way, whether it was sending troops or starting a war, the Zu family would be in an absolute advantageous position.

From the beginning of the war to the present, the war dividends our ancestors have received have been a hundred times more than what they had achieved in the previous decades.

"That's Shenyang City," Zu Dalue stopped at a high point in Hupiyi on his horse. In the darkness, he stared at the distant city through the moonlight.

Taking Liaoyang City is only the first step. Shenyang City is the top priority of this battle.

As long as Shenyang City is captured, it can be announced that the Jianzhou Jurchens who have been entrenched in Liaodong for decades and endangered the Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years have been driven out of Liaodong in a practical sense. It can also be announced that from now on, the Ming Dynasty will officially take back Liaodong!

"Sir, the area within ten miles has been inspected, and there is no trace of the enemy. All the slaves are huddled in Shenyang City. No one dares to go out to investigate the situation at this time."

The soldiers of the Zu family stood behind Zu Dale and reported the situation to him.

"Within a radius of ten miles," Zu Dale retracted his gaze: "Didn't you find any trace of slaves?"

"Sir, except for a few grass deer who were disturbed and ran back to the forest further away, there was not even a ghost." The guard chuckled: "Besides, my ancestral cavalry has been everywhere, who dares to act recklessly? If you show your head, unless it’s an old man who hangs himself, it’s too long for his life!”

"Tell the brothers, pick up your spirits and patrol again. Before dawn, make sure there are no traces of slaves here. Then the Governor will come in person and there can't be any trouble!" Zu Dale was cautious and asked people to investigate again. Fan.

"Young understand, go immediately!" The guard nodded, turned and left.

Not long after, under the cover of the night and the mountains and forests, the ancestral cavalry formed a group and galloped away again.
  No matter what strife and wars there are in the world, the sun god who rises in the east and sets in the west seems to have not changed at all.

When the first ray of sunshine in the morning emerged from the east, Zu Dale could almost see the guard of honor coming from Xiong Tingbi's army in the distance.

"Come with me to greet you!" Zu Dale rubbed his face carelessly, then got on his horse and prepared to lead his bodyguards to greet the arrival of his eldest brother and Master Jinglue.

At this moment, in the distance, the personal guards who were sent out for inspection last night were galloping back on their horses.

"Sir! I have something to report."

"Huh?" Looking at his haggard-looking subordinates, Zu Dale's heart skipped a beat, but as a general, he couldn't show any panic at the moment. He just frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter?"

"Eight groups of cavalry went out to explore the camp last night. Seven groups of brothers have returned, but there is still a group of scouts from the northwest who have not returned all night." The guard looked nervous and added: "The younger one has sent people out to search. , but so far, there is still no trace.”

"You mean, from last night to now, in two hours, a group of my scouts disappeared without a trace, and you are just reporting back to me now?" Zu Dale's mood was like a roller coaster for a moment. Usually, the longing for joy turns into overwhelming rage.

Lost a team of scouts!
  What it means, after serving in the army for decades, Zu Dale knows better than anyone else.

What does it mean to be able to make a group of ten elite cavalry disappear without a trace, and there is no trace to be found?

In other words, within a radius of ten miles, there is a battalion several times larger than the ancestral cavalry, lurking here.

And where the Jurchen scouts are, what do they want to do?
  Is there any need to say it?

For a moment, Zu Dale could hardly suppress the rage in his heart and wanted to kill this subordinate with a knife.

"Report this matter to the general as soon as possible!" Zu Dale cannot hide this matter. He must give the actual information to Zu Dashou, so that he can be fully prepared for the upcoming war.

In fact, according to Xiong Tingbi's plan, the ancestral family will be the central army, with Qin Erbao on the right and Luo Yiguan on the left, to encircle Shenyang City. If the Jurchens dare to send troops, they will encircle and destroy them.

But now, when he heard that the Jurchens really dared to send troops, Zu Dale's heart was still filled with panic for no reason.

Not long after, more than ten miles away, Xiong Tingbi's Chinese military camp slowly stopped.

"It is suspected that the Jiannu army appeared in the Hupiyi area?" After hearing the news brought by his subordinates, Xiong Tingbi narrowed his eyes and looked at Zu Dashou who was standing aside: "Jiannu dares to send troops to fight against Shenyang now that he is leaving Shenyang alone. I fight?"

"Returning to Master Jinglue, maybe Shenyang City is an isolated city, and Jian Nu also feels that it is useless to defend it." Zu Dashou did not panic at all when faced with the news of the suspected Jian Nu army. Compared with his cousin's Qi-nurturing Kung Fu , this contemporary head of the ancestral family can be described as a complete master: "According to the report from the messenger, Luo Yiguan's troops have arrived at Wujing Camp, and the army led by Qin Erbao has also arrived at Fengji Fort half an hour ago. , if Jiannu really dares to go out of the city to fight with me, he will be several times the enemy's strength and occupy the commanding heights, and our army will definitely win!"

"Immediately send orders to the left and right wings to encircle Hupiyi and annihilate all Jiannu's troops here. I want to see if the remaining barbarians in Liaodong are afraid of death!"

woo woo woo.
  Boom boom boom! ! !
  The sound of drums and trumpets wailed over the vast plains and spread far away.

When the messengers drove their horses towards the left and right wings of the Ming army, the Jurchens had already started their actions.

There are many mountains and forests in Liaodong. Wei Qi, who had just been promoted to the commander-in-chief of Zhenglan Banner and the second-class general officer, was leading an army of nearly 10,000 people towards Wu Jingying via the mountain road.

Wei Qi never wanted to fight Xiong Tingbi's army head-on. As the saying goes, no matter how many places the enemy comes, I will only attack one place. On the battlefield of Sarhu, the old slave's words still rang in his ears.

The Wujing Fort where Commander-in-Chief Luo Yiguan was located was the first real battlefield.

The land of Liaodong, after half a year, is about to witness another bloody battle and hell on earth.

(End of this chapter)