Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 324 When the Stars Shine
In front of the two armies, Liu Jing learned the latest situation.

"Commander-in-Chief Li has made the following deployment adjustments..."

The messenger handed the complete military order document to Liu Jing, and he opened it and began to read it.

After all, he is also a son of a general.

Liu Xian, Liu Jing's father, had a very miserable childhood. He was poor and bullied, and once tried to commit suicide in a dilapidated temple in the countryside.

I heard my father talk about that year, saying that the rags in the temple could not even bear the weight of his thin body. After falling back to the ground and looking at the broken statue's compassionate expression, he finally cheered up.

Then, as a young child, he set out alone from Nanchang, Jiangxi, and finally arrived in Sichuan. After enduring a lot of hardships, he joined the army, passed the military examination, and fought against the Japanese in Fujian with Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou. He eventually became the governor of the Left Army Governor's Office and had the title of Prince Taibao.

This family of generals is still very weak, and Liu Jing is only the second generation.

But he is luckier than Liu Xian, as he is now granted a title of marquis.

Half of the Ming troops in the Gubeikou area went out of the border wall and followed Li Hualong to take Daning; they went to the Xifengkou area of ​​Jizhou Town to take Rehe, and then forced their way to the Daling River Valley.

Liu Jing had to return to protect Kaiping, not only to prevent the Tartars from escaping northward via the Luan River, but also to keep an eye on the movements of the Tumed.

This was Li Hualong's deployment adjustment. Liu Jing immediately stared at Bu Shitu and others.

Bu Shitu and others suddenly felt their hair stand on end.

How many battles has Liu Dadao fought in his life?
When he grew up, his father was already the general of Guizhou. He started from suppressing the barbarians in Jiusi Mountain, and in the 11th year of Wanli, he fought against the Burmese army in Yunnan as a guerrilla general, and then suppressed the Luo Xiong rebellion, and then went to Korea to suppress the Bozhou rebellion and was awarded the title of Earl, and then went to the southwest to severely defeat the Burmese army and was awarded the title of Marquis. This year, he is fifty years old.

A lifetime of murderous aura is gathering, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for great success is right before his eyes, but he can only stay here?

He doesn't know much about the officialdom.

He understands the battlefield.

Li Hualong is about to attack Daning, and the soldiers of Jizhou Town are deployed all over the east side of Luan River. What are the chances that the main force of the Khanate will be able to detour to Luan River and then escape to the north?
He believed in Li Hualong's ability and would not do that.

This made it even more obvious that the Tumed tribe made him extremely worried, so he had to leave him to look after them - was Li Hualong unwilling to improve his relationship with the Marquis Liu Jing? Didn't he want to go there himself to make the encirclement of Daning, Rehe and other western areas more effective?
Of course, there may also be time reasons.

"...Was this sent a few days ago?" He retracted his gaze and looked at the messenger.

"September 17th, 7:15 pm. We are on the move..."

"Today is September 19th..." Liu Jing gritted his teeth and looked at the Tumed people again, especially their horses.

Bu Shitu forced himself to smile and said, "General..."

"Are you willing to listen to my orders?" Liu Jing spoke grimly.

"I..." Bu Shitu felt a little aggrieved. Although the formal enthronement had not yet taken place, the imperial envoy reported that he was the King of Shunyi and the Khan of Tumed!
"I don't understand the considerations of your majesty and the officials in the court. I only know that the war situation is dangerous and we must not get stabbed in the back for no reason! If you are willing to listen to my orders, I will trust you three points. If you really follow my orders, I will trust you three points more. If you follow me across the Greater Khingan Range and kill Ao Han, I will trust you completely!"

Liu Jing stared at him: "Otherwise, you just stay here and we'll just stare at you. The Ming Dynasty doesn't need you as an insider, and doesn't need to worry about you being an insider of the Khan's court. How do you think?"

The generals' words are rough, but understandable.

"...but the land of Chahar." What Bu Shitu wanted to ask was if this was the case, could the Ming Dynasty still fulfill its promise?

He had finally divided the interests within the tribe with Sanniangzi, Dacheng Biji and others who supported Su Nang. He believed that Shi Tu's interests lay in the future Chahar land.

"So this Marquis has given you two choices." Liu Jing estimated the time in his mind, and his tone became impatient. "You are the leader of a large tribe after all, so you should make a decision immediately! Speed ​​is of the essence. The only way to encircle the Khan's court is through the Laoha River. Do you want to go with this Marquis?"

He felt that Li Hualong's deployment was a bit too conservative.

Since the core concern is that the Tumed tribe is up to something, then he might as well bring them with him personally, and let them first slaughter the remaining Aohan tribe and show their loyalty.

As for the defense line that was set up on the Luan River just in case, weren't there a lot of infantrymen following him?
We must go quickly, because only cavalry can make it to the decisive battle.

Bu Shitu didn't expect that the imperial envoy's words would be misunderstood by the Ming military.

But there was no way. Putting himself in his shoes, he couldn't refute it.

It now seems that Daming had not already planned to set up an ambush here to help Sanniang and Su Nang get rid of them.

After looking at Wulubaduer, he remembered his previous bold words, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Since Tumed's men have come here, they will certainly not get nothing. I am willing to obey the general's orders and wipe out Chahar!"

Conspiring with the enemy to kill the nominal leader is a road of no return. Since he has brought people here, even if the so-called aid is a lie, the various tribes on the grassland will eventually know everything.

Anyway, he has figured it out. In fact, the only way is to win over the various tribes and make them surrender.

As for the herdsmen of various tribes...do they care who is the master?

Liu Jing was delighted: "Good man! That's needless to say. It's what we agreed on before. I heard about it two days ago. You leave 3,000 and you can defend the north of Kaiping, the east of Dashawo and the south of Xilamulun River. I have been sweeping the north for several months, and they dare not come this winter. Of course, if their Khan sends a letter asking for help, maybe someone will come south from there to support us. You keep 3,000 and I keep 5,000, then there will be no problem."

The remaining infantry and the border troops east of Xuanfu can be ordered to build a defense line to ensure that the Khan's army cannot escape back from the Luan River.

But it was still not safe, after all, Li Hualong's military order was not like this, so he had to make Li Hualong believe it.

"Don't think that I am forcing you. I am responsible for a huge matter! If you have any token, please hand it back to Governor Li for review to show that you have no intention of betraying the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield. Only then will I take you with me. If you harbor evil intentions, I will fight for my whole life to wipe out your entire clan!" The Tumed tribe had only experienced the "enthusiasm" of Ma Gui, Dayun and others, but had never experienced him, Liu Jing.

But now Liu Jing looks like he will become my mortal enemy if anyone hinders me from making achievements.

There was such an episode in the northeast of Kaiping, but Li Hualong didn't know about it yet. I wonder what his expression would be when he finds out.

Zhu Changluo was on his way to Jizhou town. Xiao Daiqing had just launched an attack on the border fort west of Jinzhou and the Great Wall border. Dayun's men settled the wounded and once again entered Dahei Mountain with several days' worth of dry food.

In his words, he was ashamed. In this case, it would be better to let their next action become the key to Jinzhou's "fake defeat".

There is always a need to create the illusion that the attack was only successful because there was no other way out.

So if we send out a group of elite soldiers to harass their rear but still fail, this is naturally a last resort when the defensive force is insufficient.

Yuan Keli was doing his best to deal with the situation in Yizhou, which could not be broken. If Yizhou was broken, the Tartars could quickly escape northwards through the north of Yizhou.

Outside Taiping Fort and Dakang Fort west of Yizhou, Daiqing's Anda commanded the elite troops of the Aohan tribe and the elite troops of the Naiman tribe who had just arrived to provide reinforcements. Except for the necessary rest, they attacked in turns like crazy.

The Ming army in Yizhou did not dare to slack off in the slightest and was unable to provide any reinforcement to Jinzhou.

There was no plan to send reinforcements.

To the north of Yizhou, Ma Gui and others had not yet reached the Laoha River, but the scouts had returned.

"Commander-in-chief! The captives have pointed out that in the areas that should be the pastures of the Naiman tribe, no large troops or tribesmen were seen, only scouts who were investigating."

Ma Gui thought hard, and after a while he said to Buyanggu: "This saves a lot of trouble. They must be worried about being defeated one by one, so they have gathered in the Aohan tribe. The Yehe tribe also has to guard against Khalkha and Khorchin. How many people can you send to follow me to Aohan?"

It would be more difficult to break through if the forces were concentrated in one place. If they concentrated the manpower and material resources of two or even several departments, it would be even more difficult to break through.

Buyanggu clenched his fists and said, "We can't just drive them away. We have to block the Xilamulun River Pass. Commander Ma, even if we all go, we won't have enough troops. Lin Danhan and the Daiqing brothers are still in the south. They can't afford to lose Aohan. They will definitely defend it to the death. We also have to prevent them from coming out from the mountains between Guangning and Aohan."

"That's nothing to worry about." Ma Gui said, "Right now it's like two people are fighting each other. Did we cut off their retreat and forced them to return for help, or did they break through Jinzhou and Yizhou and force us to return for help? It all depends on who can defend and break through. If we cross mountains and ridges and flee north in a panic, wouldn't that mean we're doomed? Besides, there are many Ming troops south of the Liao River now."

This seems to be a situation that has evolved naturally, but Lindan Batur feels that the current situation is very bad.

"Du Ling has fallen into their trap!" He has already reached the west of Jinzhou. "The attack on Yizhou did not allow them to return to the Great Wall. Now the four tribes in northern Lingbei have been forced by that army to take shelter temporarily. This year, they can't even feed their cattle, sheep and horses. The Ming army in Liaodong has even fought with them. Now we know that they are not far from the Laoha River. Even if we capture Jinzhou and Yizhou, will they occupy Aohan Naiman Kalaqin and Liaohetao? Will we be surrounded here in the future?"

Dai Qing is resting now, and the Khan's main force has replaced him to continue the attack on Jinzhou.

He looked a little tired, but he still patiently advised: "Great Khan, the Han people are very different from usual. With so many people going outside the border wall, the grassland will never have a peaceful day. Since we can't use troops to force the Han people to withdraw their troops from the capital, we have no choice but to fight them to the end. We must capture Jinzhou and Yizhou to show the Jurchens, Khalkha and Khorchin. Without Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty will never dare to attack us again."

Seeing that Lindan Batur seemed hesitant to speak, Dai Qing felt a little dazed.

Since when could the Han emperor and his civil and military officials remain so calm when the capital and Liaodong were in danger?

The commander-in-chief of Liaodong never came back with his army and actually went straight to the Laoha River. Was he really not afraid that Jinzhou and Yizhou would be destroyed, or was he sure that Liaodong could withstand the enemies from multiple directions?

To the west of the southern end of the Greater Khingan Range, Liu Jing was leading all the cavalry and was rushing back to the Xilamulun River Valley in the Greater Khingan Range, preparing to head east.

To the north of Jizhou Town, Li Hualong ordered half of the border troops to go out of the border wall, control the Dayanshan area in a net-like manner, and tighten the encirclement to the east.

At the Liaoyuan Military and Civilian Government, Xiong Tingbi was very nervous and was on guard against any unexpected events together with Yu Zigao.

"Isn't it true? It's really him?"

Yu Zigao stood up suddenly.

"He can't be wrong! Lord, what kind of eyesight do the brothers we sent out to conduct reconnaissance have? Since they have seen him in Jizhou, they will definitely not be wrong!"

Yu Zigao looked at Xiong Tingbi and said, "Nurhaci actually led his men to fight the wild Jurchens, and now he hurried back to the south. Why?"

Xiong Tingbi stretched out his hand to warm the fire; it was already a bit cold here.

After a while, he raised his head and said, "There is only one thing that can make him go there in person, and that is to sign an alliance with the chieftain."

"Captive Chief? What Chief?"

"Khorchin, Khalkha, and even the leaders of the Yehe tribe who are unwilling to leave and do not obey Buyanggu are possible." Xiong Tingbi looked at Yu Zigao, "Admiral Yu, be prepared. I am afraid that when the news of the fall of Jinzhou City comes, Jianzhou will rebel!"

Everyone knows that Nurhaci may just be waiting for an opportunity until the situation changes.

But Xiong Tingbi and Yu Zigao both knew that Nurhaci would definitely wait for this "opportunity" and wait until the day when the situation changed.

If he was just waiting passively, it was unclear what he would want to do to take advantage of the opportunity.

But now... he is very proactive and enthusiastic.

I came back from Korea and went to the territory of the wild Jurchens...

Xiong Tingbi's face suddenly changed again: "Send a message to the Beiyang Fleet to be on guard against North Korea! Right now, the most empty place in the entire Liaodong is the seaside!"

(End of this chapter)