Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 326 Capture the Guanning Army's Lair
Jinzhou Zhongzuo, an ordinary thousand households near the Bohai Rim of the Liaodong Peninsula, where the [-] troops of the Eastern Route Army have been gathering here one after another.

There is no radio communication these days, so the East Route Army doesn't know the current situation of the West Route Army. They don't know that more than [-] cavalry have encircled the Third Army and Fourth Army of the West Route Army in the Khalkha area.

However, according to prior speculation, as the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, Lu Xiangsheng could also guess that the situation in the West Route Army was very tense at this time, so as soon as he learned that all the East Route Army had assembled and landed, Lu Xiangsheng quickly summoned the guards The general officers and governors of all armies held a meeting with the simple Jinzhou Zhongzuowei Qianhu Office.

Senior Liaodong officials such as Wang Zaijin, Mao Wenlong, Man Gui, and Zhao Liaojiao also attended this temporary military meeting.

According to Zhu Youxiao's arrangement, although the attack on the Horqin Department this time has a deeper purpose, that is to reorganize the political structure in the Liaodong area outside the customs. The Horqin Department is just a relatively small force. The purpose is still to cut off the Wuxiang tribe and Jiannu.

Lu Xiangsheng looked seriously at the senior civil and military officials present, and said in a heavy voice: "According to the latest news from Jin Yiwei, most of the elite soldiers of the Guan Ning Army of the entire Wu Xiang Department have left the Ning Jin area, but they have not followed the current order of His Majesty. Instead, he changed the direction of attack and went to the Khalkha tribe. Not only the Guanning Army of his Wuxiang tribe, but also tens of thousands of Jiannu troops also went to Karka with the Horqin cavalry. Kabu."

"If my officer's expectations are not bad, now our Imperial Guard West Route Army has to face the siege of more than [-] cavalry from the Khalkha, Horqin, Wuxiang, Jiannu Huangtaiji and other cavalry. It just shows that the entire Liaodong area outside the pass is now empty of enemy troops. They think that we are focusing on the west, and their attention is on monitoring the movement of Shanhaiguan. In addition, the Liaodong Economic Strategy Wang Zaijin and the commander-in-chief Man Gui are deliberately making the illusion that the gathered army is marching from the west. In addition, Dongjiang soldiers and Jinyiwei have strictly blocked the news, so that Wu Xiang, Huang Taiji and others do not know that the First Army and the Second Army of our Imperial Guards Army and Fifth Army have taken the lead in landing in Liaodong."

Lu Xiangsheng said again: "The time is urgent. Now listen to the official's direct order. The first army will rush to Ningyuan immediately, and the second army will immediately rush to Jinzhou. Then the two armies will march against each other. None of the Wu family's children and servants will be spared. Shoot and kill! All the veterans eight years before the apocalypse were all killed, not one left, in order to avenge their hatred for massacring the people in Gyeonggi! At the same time, this is also a warning to these generals who support their own self-respect, don’t think that killing people indiscriminately means that the court is really Don't blame him for the past! This account will have to be settled sooner or later!"

Then, Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "At the same time, the Fifth Army immediately attacked Shengjing along the coastline, and captured the castles around Daling River and Liaoyang, so as to prevent slaves from coming to aid Wu Xiang's troops. After all, Your Majesty said that Dorgon who built slaves They are all characters that should not be underestimated, and Huang Taiji is extremely cunning, and this time he marched with only ten Niulu armored soldiers, so it is difficult to guarantee that when we wiped out Wu Xiang's tribe, the Jiannu tribe suddenly came to rescue The situation of Guanning Army."

"Yes!"

The commanders-in-chief of the imperial guards and the commander-in-chief hurriedly responded in unison.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng ordered Mangui and Zhao Lijiao of Liaodong to lead their own [-] troops to Shanhaiguan to occupy other places except Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and to ensure that all Wu's territories were occupied. .

Chang Yanling's First Army was in charge of occupying the Ningyuan area, so he rushed to Ningyuan City immediately after Lu Xiangsheng's order was issued.

Ningyuan and Jinzhou were two important strategic positions when Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan built the Ningjin defense line, and Ningyuan City was also the most important gateway besides Shanhaiguan. In order to build a solid defense here, Daming was here Millions of taels of silver were spent, so Ningyuan City was built extremely strong, and it was no less than Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, this is also an important stronghold for Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son to stick to, and it is also a bridgehead for them to enter the pass in the future. They stockpiled a lot of grain and gunpowder here, and even reclaimed a lot of fertile land in various forts they built.

Today, even though Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and his son have brought most of the elite Guanning Army to the Khalkha tribe, there are still more than [-] elite soldiers and five or six thousand old and weak guarding here.

Therefore, when the soldiers of the First Army of the Imperial Guard rushed to the outskirts of Ningyuan City under the leadership of the Dongjiang soldiers, they could still see the relevant Ningjun troops patrolling the entire Ningyuan City.

But even [-] elite soldiers and [-] old and weak are still not in an absolutely weak position in front of the [-] heavily armed first army of the Imperial Guard.

Chang Yanling's First Army of the Imperial Guard can be regarded as the direct line of the Imperial Guard, and Zhu Youxiao's most valued ace army, just like the Third Army of the Imperial Guard is the most representative cavalry of the Imperial Guard system of the Ming Dynasty , the First Army of the Imperial Guard is also the most representative infantry in the Imperial Guard and even the entire Ming army.

The grassroots officers of the First Army are all officers from the first and third phases of the Royal Military Academy, and even some officers who were early officers with outstanding abilities and some veterans with actual combat experience were not promoted to other armies Assuming a high-level position, but staying in the First Army to continue to hold a relatively low-level official position, the purpose is to prevent the combat effectiveness of the First Army from declining.

Facing the wide ditches and the Wu family's Guanning Army, who were walking around and patrolling uninterruptedly, the first brigade, the first town, and the first army of the imperial guards, who were in charge of destroying the outer perimeter of the city defense, sent dozens of powerful soldiers The man brought over the porcelain jar containing the poisonous gas, and after swimming across the moat, it shattered to the ground as soon as he came over.

Since it was night, when everything was silent, even though a dozen or so porcelain pots were broken, they still attracted the attention of the patrolling Guan Ning army, and they hurried over and shouted: "Who is it! "

But at the same time, the Imperial Guard soldiers of the first brigade dived directly into the water, and pulled out the alloy steel dagger in the water.

The gas gas began to spread after the porcelain jar was broken, and was inhaled by the patrolling Guanning soldiers who surrounded them. The small amount of gas gas only made them feel dizzy and uncomfortable, but they didn't completely collapse because of it. It was no longer possible to notice the Imperial Guard soldiers who had quickly emerged from the water at this moment and rushed over immediately.

Even though they wanted to shout, and even wanted to send a signal, they were already a little weak, and their necks were wiped off by the soldiers of the Imperial Guard before they could do things according to their brain instructions.

A white phosphorous bomb was drawn into the sky, causing a bright color to suddenly appear on the periphery of the dark Ningyuan City, revealing a corner of the Ningyuan City Tower not far away.

At the same time, soldiers from the First Brigade of the First Army of the Imperial Guard also fired dozens of white phosphorus bombs, and the entire Ningyuan City suddenly became like daylight.

Immediately, the First Brigade of the Imperial Guard ran over with the temporary crossing bridge according to the prior arrangement, and jumped directly into the still bitingly cold moat.

According to the news informed by Jin Yiwei in advance, due to the intensified drought, the entire Ningjin area is more serious, which has caused the moat of Ningyuan City, which was originally dug deep, to become shallower.

Because of this, the First Army of the Imperial Guard adopted this method to cross the moat of Ningyuan City.

"Quick! Quick!"

The rest of the Imperial Guard brigades immediately stepped on the bridge supported by the soldiers of the first brigade and quickly crossed the moat of Ningyuan City, but after the past three brigades, they will change to another brigade, after all, there are 2 people , A brigade cannot always bear the gravity of 2 people.

Soon, 2 people from the First Army of the Imperial Guard successfully crossed the moat. Facing the gate of the moat, the First Army of the Imperial Guard did not launch an attack immediately, but waited for the opportunity.

About half an hour later, they began to hear the sound of dense footsteps coming from the gate of the city. It was guessed that it was the firing of white phosphorous bombs that illuminated the entire night sky and alerted the Guan Ning army.

The purpose of getting rid of the patrolling Guan Ning army in advance was to avoid unnecessary interference on the crossing of the river. Now, due to the launch of white phosphorous bombs, the city of Ningyuan was alerted. When three thousand Guan Ning troops came to the gate of the city to check the situation However, the imperial guards didn't even think about covering up anything, and directly bombarded Ningyuan City with artillery.

Immediately, the entire Ningyuan City exploded with gunfire, and countless iron bullets overturned Ningyuan City, blasting away countless green bricks and eaves.

"There is an enemy attack, go and tell the guerrilla general!" Guan Ning's army became alert, and immediately notified the guerrilla in Ningyuan City, which is now in charge of guarding, and the guerrilla general didn't respond when he learned that the enemy was attacking Ningyuan City. He dared to be negligent in the slightest, and immediately assembled the only three thousand elite soldiers with combat effectiveness to rush over.

The guerrilla general was very surprised, because he could see that there were obviously no fewer than ten thousand enemy troops waving flags and shouting outside the city. Soldiers can just loot, why tens of thousands of people suddenly appear?
"Hurry up and send someone to deliver the news to the prince. Now it seems that the land of Liaodong outside the customs is not that simple." After the guerrilla general said, he immediately commanded his [-] soldiers to organize defense.

The First Army of the Imperial Guard waited for all his troops to appear at the gate of the city, and then concentratedly launched the gas gas up the tower.

The guerrilla generals defending the city suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the other Guan Ning troops began to feel uncomfortable and wanted to cover their noses, but at the same time, the Second Brigade of the Imperial Guards had already launched the attack first. Charged upwards, the Guan Ning army, who was smoked by the poisonous gas, didn't even have the strength to lift their firearms, nor did they have the strength to overturn the ladder, so they could only watch helplessly as the imperial guards rushed up.

As soon as the Imperial Guards rushed up, they shot directly, and countless Guan Ning soldiers were shot to death immediately, and the guerrilla general wanted to use his personal heroism to kill a few Imperial Guard soldiers, but he couldn't lift his knife and was shot. A Janissary soldier was shot in the head.

Soon, in less than a quarter of an hour, the so-called impregnable Ningyuan City was declared broken.

The First Army of the Imperial Guards immediately opened the gate of Ningyuan City, put down the suspension bridge, and rushed over quickly. Although Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui and his son are stationed in Jinzhou for a long time, their families are mainly in Ningyuan City.

When the housekeeper of the Wu family rushed to inform the wives and grandmas in the mansion as soon as he heard the cannon fire outside, the imperial guards had already surrounded him.

"According to His Majesty's will, the Wu family disregarded the holy grace and committed rebellion. First, they sent troops to massacre the people in Gyeonggi, and now they turned to the Khalkha tribe to fight against Ming. , kill them all, leave no one behind! All property will be lost!"

The imperial guard Chang Yanling drew out his blade and killed after saying this. At this time, he was just strictly following an order, so he didn't care about anything, and decisively killed these Wu family members.

At the same time, other Imperial Guard soldiers were also chasing and killing relevant personnel of the Guanning Army all over the streets. Regardless of civilian or military positions, according to Zhu Youxiao's request, none of them would be left behind, and all of them would be punished as treason, so as to give them a better life. A warning to the warlords who want to stand on their own feet!
When Ningyuan City was breached and Wu's family suffered devastating punishment, Fu Dahai, the Second Army of the Imperial Guard, also broke through Jinzhou City.

The city defense of Jinzhou City is more empty than that of Ningyuan City, because Jinzhou City was originally an important stronghold to prevent slavery, but now the Wuxiang Department and the slavery department are flirting with each other, so Wu and his son shifted the attention of defense to Daming.

However, none of the Wu troops in Jinzhou City were spared. According to Zhu Youxiao, these are war criminals who owed a lot of blood debts in the past. They are soldiers and bandits, and they must be given the most severe punishment!
The Fifth Army of the Imperial Guards also successfully occupied the Daling River area. Although Jiannu has started to farm now, it is focusing on the north of the Liaohe River, so it gave the Fifth Army an opportunity to wait until Jiannu When he reacted, the Fifth Army had launched an attack on Jiannu on the original line of defense built by the Ming Dynasty, forcing Jiannu to have to watch Wu Xiang's troops being eaten away by Zhu Youxiao.

At the same time, Mangui and Zhao Ledjiao also recovered the territory from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan. All the veterans of the Wu army were killed, and all the fields were returned to Huangzhuang. The tenant farmers who are now farming the land are allowed to continue farming. The object of the son changed from Wu's father and son to Huangzhuang.

In short, the East Route Army's operations were progressing extremely smoothly, and within a few days, the actual control area of ​​Daming was restored to the area around the Daling River.

Lu Xiangsheng also came to Ningyuan and issued instructions to let the three armies of the imperial guards gather at Dalinghe Fort immediately and prepare to launch an attack on the Horqin Department.

But when Jiannu in Shengjing learned that the imperial guards had suddenly appeared in Liaodong, he was also surprised and panicked. He immediately stepped up his guard and worried that the imperial guards would attack Shengjing again, and even Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa were killed. Jian Nu was detained in order to deal with Daming's turning against him at any time.

However, in order to rescue the West Route Army, and the strength of Jiannu is still strong now, the Imperial Guards did not choose to attack Shengjing, but directly entered the Horqin Department.

This made Jiannu heave a sigh of relief, but how did they know that this was the beginning of their bad luck.

Now the Horqin Department is also empty of troops. Not to mention the three armies of the Imperial Guard, even one army can easily capture the Horqin Department.

And once Daming captures the Horqin tribe, the future Jiannu will be completely surrounded by Daming.

(End of this chapter)