Ming politicians

Lu Xiangsheng had already started preparations. After receiving Su Tiancheng's letter, he felt shocked and understood that the things Su Tiancheng asked for must be done well, and he should try his best to do it well.

In the letter, Su Tiancheng made it clear that the Houjin Tartars stationed in Guangning would most likely have to evacuate. It will definitely prompt Jierharang to make such a decision.

Because of the limitation of troops, Lu Xiangsheng did not surround the entire Guangning City. Besides, Guangning City covers a large area, and it is impossible for a [-] army to completely surround Guangning City. Defeat, so the army is mainly stationed at the South Gate, which is the main passage to and from Guangning City.

According to Su Tiancheng's request, Lu Xiangsheng did not launch an attack, and the place where the army was stationed was still nearly ten miles away from Guangning City.This also allowed Jierhalang in Guangning City to know all the news from the outside world.

Su Tiancheng made it very clear in the letter that Jierhalang had two directions to break out of the siege, the first was to break out in the direction of Liaohe, trying to join the Zhenglan Banner stationed in Liaohe, and the second was to break out in the direction of Yizhou , enter the grassland, and join the Khalkha tribe or the Chahan tribe.Among the two directions of breaking out, Su Tiancheng stated with certainty that Jierhalang would definitely choose to break out from the direction of Liaohe.

The reason is also very simple. After entering the grassland, the climate is getting colder and colder, which is very unfavorable to the march of the army. Moreover, if the army wants to return to Shenyang, it will take a long detour. It is not clear what will be lost on the way, unless it is a last resort Under this circumstance, Jierhalang would choose to break out from the direction of Yizhou.In addition, both Yizhou and Xiping Fort were occupied by the Liaodong Frontier Army and the Jiangning Battalion, but the direction of the Liaohe River behind Guangning was still a blank area, and Jierhalang had no choice.

The army set off half an hour after receiving the letter, this time.The direction of the army is the Liaohe River. They want to bypass Guangning City and garrison in the direction of the Liaohe River, waiting for the Houjin Tatars to break through. This time, Lu Xiangsheng has made up his mind to keep Jierhalang in Guangning until After the Jiangning battalion arrived, they annihilated this group of post-gold tartars.

Lu Xiangsheng's confidence is unprecedentedly high.He didn't expect that in just one day and one night, Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning Battalion, took down Xiping Fort, and wiped out all the [-] post-Gold Tartars stationed in Xiping Fort. Anyone would be afraid of such a terrifying fighting power. Jiang Ningying rushed over.Jierhalang can't escape even if he inserts his wings.

Lu Xiangsheng really thought about how to arrange his troops for a long time.In the end, he decided to divide the army into two groups. The first group consisted of 2 soldiers, led by him personally, at the forefront, and responsible for directly blocking the Houjin Tartars who broke through.The second army of [-] horses was commanded by Zu Dale, five miles away from the first army, responsible for stopping the scattered Houjin tartars, as for the distribution of artillery.The first army of one hundred gates used it, and the second army of fifty gates used it.

This is a very normal arrangement. It is impossible for a [-] army to gather together. Without a second line of defense, if the Houjin Tatars break through, it will be completely over.

It is a pity that Lu Xiangsheng ignored the fact that the fighting power of the Houjin Tatars is very tenacious and not weak at all. The Liaodong frontier army led by Lu Xiangsheng should put itself in a weaker position and take into account as much as possible In all aspects, what should be done to prevent the breakout of the post-Gold Tartars to the greatest extent.

It is impossible for Lu Xiangsheng to consider this aspect. After all, Lu Xiangsheng basically did not fight with Su Tiancheng, and he is not very proficient in how to defend in modern warfare. In Lu Xiangsheng's view, the golden tartars break through after blocking, nothing more than going up to fight. Kill the Hou Jin Tartar who is about to escape.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't think of doing a good job of defense. In fact, Jierhalang has done this in Guangning and Xipingbao. So many ditches and widened moats are the best explanations.

Su Tiancheng was also negligent in this regard, and did not remind Lu Xiangsheng in the letter, so that after receiving Lu Xiangsheng's letter, Su Tiancheng looked up to the sky and sighed, knowing that this time the decisive battle in Liaodong could not end perfectly, so Lu Xiangsheng opened up the formation and the rear. The Golden Tartars are fighting each other, but you don't know that the later Golden Tartars thought of breaking through the siege and crossing the Liao River as soon as possible, how could they fight you directly, unless there is something wrong with Jierhalang's head.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army into action, and everything was clearly grasped by Jierhalang.

In fact, Jierhalang can retreat very quickly. If an order is issued immediately, the army can immediately withdraw from Guangning City and rush to Liaohe without any obstacles. But after serious thinking, Jierhalang did not do so. The Liaodong frontier army fought, and there was too much time. The Jiangning battalion led by Su Tiancheng did not arrive so soon. The army was only facing the Liaodong frontier army. Before withdrawing from Guangning, Jierhalang had to vent his anger and fight desperately. Only in this way, it will not appear too cowardly.

Sony, Li Guohan, and Wang Shixuan all understood Jierhalang's thoughts, but Jierharang still handed over the main offensive task to Li Guohan. Li Guohan was nominally covering the retreat of the army, but in fact the key task was the main attack , Attacking the Liaodong Frontier Army, trying to disrupt the deployment of the Liaodong Frontier Army in the shortest possible time, and then all the troops will rush out to fight the Liaodong Frontier Army.

Of course, we must grasp the speed here. Jierhalang is very clear that Su Tiancheng will definitely lead the Jiangning battalion day and night. The consequences could be disastrous.

Fighting is gambling, and it is impossible without danger. Jierhalang knows this, so he made very careful arrangements, and even the two Li Guohan and others did not understand the meaning of this.

How to deploy the army led by Lu Xiangsheng is the most concerned issue for Jierhalang. He asked the scouts to keep an eye on the whole process and report at any time. If Lu Xiangsheng adopted the method of building strong fortifications, then Jierhalang would no longer have any illusions , will order the army to break through and evacuate immediately, so as to prevent the Liaodong frontier army from building fortifications and causing huge casualties to the army.

To Jierhalang's delight, Lu Xiangsheng didn't pay attention to building fortifications, and divided the army into two parts. According to the scout's report, Lu Xiangsheng didn't plan to build fortifications at all, and was going to head-to-head with the army he led.

After investigating the situation clearly, Jierhalang finally made up his mind and stopped hesitating.

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, many military officers gathered in the house. The army had already made all preparations. These operations were all very secret. The people living in the city had no idea that the army was about to evacuate.

The army was about to leave, and at this time, Ji Erhalang decided to tell the truth, so as not to panic when the officers at all levels were not clear about the deployment of the battle.

"You all know the battle situation in Xiping Fort. It is precisely because of this situation that we have to evacuate Guangning to preserve our strength for the Qing Dynasty. You must think that the evacuation I mentioned means retreat. If you understand it this way , then you are wrong, my warriors of the Qing Dynasty have never been so useless."

"The Ming army outside the city has already made deployments to prevent us from evacuating. They are afraid of the mission. We are already panicked and want to evacuate. Unfortunately, their ideas are wrong. Don't say that the area outside the city is Liaodong. Army, even the Jiangning Battalion, we warriors of the Qing Dynasty have the courage to face it."

When Jierhalang said this, the room quickly quieted down. From Jierhalang's words, everyone felt that it was extraordinary. It seemed that the arrangement of the army was not as simple as retreating.

"The reason why we want to evacuate from Guangning City is to prevent the two large forces of the Ming army from converging. In that case, our situation will be extremely dangerous. Therefore, it is our responsibility to withdraw from Guangning City and rush to the north of Liaohe River to meet Zhenglan Banner. ultimate purpose."

"As for how to evacuate, I have thought about it. We are not evacuating, but a decisive battle with the Liaodong Frontier Army. We must show our momentum and completely defeat the Liaodong Frontier Army. Therefore, we are leaving Guangning in an offensive posture. city."

After Ji Erhalang said these words, the officers began to commotion, and Li Guohan was even more excited. Unexpectedly, what he shouldered was the mission of attacking, and he was attacking as the vanguard.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd, Jierharang quickly changed his tone.

"You all want to have a good fight and completely defeat the Ming army. I can understand this kind of mood. To be honest, I think so too, but you have to remember that our situation is very dangerous. This attack, time It can’t be too long, it can be controlled within an hour, we must not love to fight, even if the Ming army is defeated, if we are held back by the Ming army, and we are the ones who will eventually be destroyed, I am afraid it will be us.”

"This is what I want to remind you all. If anyone disobeys the military order, I will not show mercy."

"Okay, the specific combat deployment is as follows. Li Guohan led the [-] soldiers of the Xianglan Banner, as the vanguard, to launch the attack first. No matter how difficult the difficulties encountered, they must break through the defense line of the Ming army and start a face-to-face fight with the Ming army. You have to remember that [-] soldiers charged at the same time."

"Sony led the remaining [-] soldiers to launch a general attack when Li Guohan broke through the Ming army's defense line. The action must be quick. We don't have much time. We will try to inflict the greatest damage on the Ming army in the shortest possible time."

"This attack is when our warriors of the Qing Dynasty show their abilities. I don't want to see anyone retreating. All soldiers must charge hard, and the officers charge at the forefront."

"Okay, you all go to prepare, the army will start attacking at Xushi." (To be continued...)