Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 321 The prelude kicks off
In the history of a stone war, the Jiannu soldiers sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight in Shanhaiguan. When Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng were exhausted from the fight, both of them were injured and couldn't be hurt anymore, and the blood flowed so hard that the Jiannu army came out to pick peaches , Not only easily defeated Li Zicheng's army at the end of the crossbow, but also completely eliminated the last hope of Wu Sangui's army turning back. It can be said that the strategy of watching fire from the other side was brought to the extreme.Coincidentally, I don't know whether it was accidental or inevitable, just when Young Master Zhang was determined to make the final settlement with Nuer Hachi and his son and Yuan Chonghuan, he was surprised to find that the complicated situation in history had changed its appearance. In front of him, Ningyuan became a piece of rock, Jinzhou became Shanhaiguan, Jiannu was still that Jiannu, but Yuan Chonghuan became Wu Sangui, and he became Li Zicheng.

Gou Shaochu is in Li Zicheng's position, of course he will not be a fool to be Li Zicheng, and speaking from his conscience, Yuan Chonghuan's ability in fighting is not only one star and a half behind Wu Sangui, as long as Young Master Zhang is willing, he can instantly kill Ning Yuan's traitor The army is nothing more than a little effort.However, in this way, Young Master Zhang's poisonous plan to lure the main force of slave building into the decisive battle in the Liaoxi Corridor will naturally come to nothing, so after repeated calculations and balances, in order to prevent accidents, he should not give Jian Nu a good chance to watch the fire from the other side, and at the same time weaken the main force of slave building Sustained combat capability, Young Master Zhang resolutely decided to kill Jinzhou City, which he once defended with his head tied to his waistband, before attacking Ningyuan.

It is easy to make this decision, but it is very difficult to implement it, because it is the tenth day of the seventh month of the tenth year of the apocalypse, and the troops that Young Master Zhang dispatched from the five northwestern provinces are still on their way to join forces in the capital. What Young Master Zhang can mobilize The elites only have the wolf cavalry team of [-] slave-slaughter troops brought by themselves—the company captain Wu Sangui is still in Ningyuan. As for the troops of the three major battalions of the capital, although they can be borrowed, I am sorry for the combat effectiveness of these troops. Even if they take them to fight Jinzhou It is estimated that it is also a drag.Therefore, Song Xiance, the staff officer of Young Master Zhang, put forward a suggestion: "Boss, there are only two ways. One is to transfer troops from Shanhaiguan and Jimen, and the other is to order the Tianxiong Squadron of Xuanfu's slave slaughter army to speed up. It must be done within ten days. Arrive in the capital within a few days, so the strength is estimated to be about the same."

"You can't waste time." Young Master Zhang shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "In order to keep Ningyuan's lair, Yuan Chonghuan will definitely agree to give up Jinzhou City for Jiannu to set up troops. Once Jiannu's vanguard army arrives in Jinzhou, it will be difficult for us to attack Jinzhou successfully." That’s too much. So we can only act immediately, use the [-] slave-slaughter troops in our hands to go to Jinzhou by sea, and take this city before the slave-building army enters Jinzhou.”

"Isn't it too little to use only [-] troops to fight Jinzhou?" Song Xiance said with some concern: "A battle fortified is no better than a field battle. The Shanzong rebels in Jinzhou are defending the city, and the Yizhou garrison who built slaves echoed us. With insufficient troops, it may be difficult to take Jinzhou quickly. Once Jiannu and Shanzong's reinforcements are encircled, it may be difficult for us to retreat by sea."

"Don't worry, I have already analyzed it carefully." Young Master Zhang said in a deep voice: "After I disclosed the crimes of Shanzong, Yuan Chonghuan must understand that the court is going to attack Ning Yuan, and he will definitely send troops from Jinzhou to the south to reinforce Ning Yuan. There must not be too many defenders in Jinzhou City. In addition, among the rebels in Ningyuan, those who are really willing to betray Daming and seek refuge in slavery are at most only those slaves from the generals of Liaoxi. There must be many ordinary soldiers who are unwilling. I bowed my knees to Jiannu, but I didn't dare to do anything wrong outside the pass alone. In addition, there are people in Jinzhou, and many of them are definitely unwilling to serve Jiannu as slaves. Therefore, as long as my banner appears under the city of Jinzhou, these People will inevitably turn against each other, and the morale of Shanzong's core army will also collapse because of my sudden appearance, and it will be easy to win Jinzhou."

"There is some truth to that, but if you go to fight Jinzhou, my master, wouldn't Jiannu know that you are pretending to be sick?" Song Xiance raised a new question.Young Master Zhang smiled slightly and replied: "That's easy. When I leave the capital to attack Jinzhou, I just need to let Zhou Mulan show up in the capital every day. Then there will be me in Jinzhou, and me in the capital. Jiannu and Shanzong I will definitely be very confused, I don’t know which one is true and which one is false. Besides, when I go to fight Jinzhou, I don’t necessarily have to show up in public. It’s just that my flag appears, and Jiannu and Shanzong will definitely show up. Suspecting this is my psychological tactic, I stayed in the capital and used the flag to scare people under the city of Jinzhou."

"Okay, since the master insists, the students don't object. Please let the master show me what to do." Song Xiance nodded in agreement, and sat down at the desk to pick up a pen and paper to prepare an order.Young Master Zhang pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "The first order is to my father-in-law, Dushi Xiong, to send elite cavalry north to Liuzhou River, relying on the Guangning Zhonghou, to harass the Ningyuan rebels every day, Destroy the Ningyuan garrison and interfere with the autumn grain harvesting work of the Ningyuan rebels, attract the attention of the Ningyuan rebels, and induce the Ningyuan rebels to transfer Jinzhou troops to the south. But remember, do not fight with the Ningyuan rebels on a large scale. The second order is to the governor of Tianjin Bi Ziyan, let him use the excuse of transporting food to the front line to recruit sea-going ships capable of transporting more than [-] troops as spares, and prepare sailors and guides who are familiar with the Bohai Sea route, within five days!"

"Sea ships for transporting [-] troops? Our [-] troops can't use so many sea ships, right?" Song Xiance was a little surprised.Young Master Zhang scolded with a smile: "Stupid! After taking down Jinzhou City, what will the people in Jinzhou do? Stay in Jinzhou and be killed by Jiannu or become husbands for Jiannu?" Song Xiance suddenly realized, and quickly bowed his head to draw up orders.Young Master Zhang added: "The third order is to Dongzhen Mao Wenlong, asking him to gather the naval forces stationed on the islands, not to allow one boat to go out to sea, and to gather Pidao and Jinzhou for deployment. In addition, I will tell Mao Wenlong by the way that in the near future , A batch of grain and grass will be shipped from Tianjin to Jinzhou for use by his army, and he is asked to prepare for it.”

"Boss, do you doubt Mao Wenlong?" Song Xiance's heart trembled.Young Master Zhang said lightly: "Information shows that for more than a year, there are still a large number of illegal seaborne merchant ships secretly providing grain and grass supplies to Ningyuan and Jiannu. There are many Mao Wenlong sailors, but they have not effectively stopped this behavior—— If we keep him a little bit exposed, our plan to attack Jinzhou will be exposed, and then we will be in big trouble."

"Understood, do you have any other orders?" Song Xiance nodded and asked.Young Master Zhang thought about it again, and replied: "The fourth order is to place us in Beifeng in Ningyuan, and ask him to secretly inform Wu Sangui, telling Wu Sangui to escape as soon as he can. If he really can't escape, he can also pretend to Yuan Chonghuan and Jiannu." Surrender, saving your life is the most important thing, and I will not blame him as a brother-in-law when I have a chance to come back."

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While Young Master Zhang was preparing for a sneak attack on Jinzhou, the Shanzong rebels, who had been targeted by Young Master Zhang, were already in chaos, especially when the Ming court announced the call for thieves, announcing that Yuan Chonghuan and his henchmen were all traitors of the Ming Dynasty After asking the Ming soldiers to kill everyone, the city of Ningyuan fell into chaos. A small number of Ming soldiers who refused to follow Shanzong to betray their country and the court even launched a rebellion, intending to escape from Ningyuan and return to Shanhaiguan. Although Ju was brutally suppressed by the Shanzong Group, and all the loyal soldiers who were unwilling to betray the country were slaughtered, it also sounded the alarm for Shanzong—whether in the Ningyuan army or the Jinzhou army, there are some people He is not willing to be a dog for Jiannu like us.Although these people dare not act recklessly now, when the invincible Young Master Zhang's counter-insurgency army approaches the city, the members of the Shanzong can understand what these people will do when they think with their toes.

In order to eliminate hidden dangers, and for the sake of their lives, prosperity, and wealth, the Shanzong Group also frantically launched a large-scale purge of the army. Within a few days, more than three hundred generals and officials of the Ming army who refused to betray the Ming Dynasty were arrested. Shanzong was arrested and quickly beheaded in public, and his head was hung on the Ningyuan tower.At the same time, Yuan Chonghuan also issued a head-shaving order under Fan Wencheng's suggestion, requiring all soldiers and common people in Ningyuan and Jinzhou City to shave their hair, change their hairstyle to a golden bearded rat tail for slaves, and set an example by taking the lead in shaving their heads and putting on braids. In order to show the intention of breaking with Daming.The result is also very natural. Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army who refused to shave their hair were massacred, and ordinary people who refused to shave their hair were slaughtered. The wild dogs with human flesh ate until their eyes were red.The members of the Shanzong also blatantly chanted the catchphrase - keep your hair but not your hair, keep your hair but not your hair!Forced by the coercion, countless soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty shaved off their hair with tears in their eyes, and secretly prayed that Young Master Zhang's counter-insurgency army would arrive as soon as possible.

In addition to frantically suppressing and massacring all the backbone Ningjin soldiers and civilians, in order to resist the coming counter-insurgency army of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan not only mobilized the Jinzhou army to go south to join the war and actively asked Jiannu for help, but also carried out crazy military expansion preparations. In Ningyuan City, all males over the age of 13 and under the age of 65 were organized into the army, and their family members were detained as hostages, threatening to kill all their families if they did not honestly take up arms to resist the Ming army.At the same time, in order to boost morale, Yuan Chonghuan also wantonly appointed officials and made a wish, promising that as long as Ningyuan is defended and the army of the dog officer, Young Master Zhang, is defeated, the soldiers and civilians of Ningyuan will benefit as much as possible, and the families of soldiers and civilians who refuse to surrender will also be dragged away. When they came out, the men were punished as slaves, and the women were served as military prostitutes, exclusively for the Shanzong army to vent.The atmosphere in Ningyuan City is unprecedentedly tense, indicating that the situation is calm, but in the dark, there are turbulent waves.

What made Yuan Chonghuan and other Shanzong leaders breathe a sigh of relief was that at noon on the [-]th day of July, news finally came from Jiannu that Nurhachi granted Yuan Chonghuan the title of Pingnan King, accepted the surrender of the Shanzong army, and promised to send troops Rescue Ningyuan and help Shanzong resist the counter-insurgency army of the Ming Dynasty, but the condition is that Yuan Chonghuan must give up Jinzhou City for the purpose of stationing the army of slaves and storing food.When the news was announced, there was thunderous cheers in the Governor's Hall of Liaodong, and the demons danced wildly. Many members of the Shanzong who knew that they had sinned deeply and that they would die if they fell into the hands of Young Master Zhang were even so excited that they shed tears. Must perish! Dajin must win! Manming must perish!" Yuan Chonghuan was also so excited that he almost collapsed, and after wiping off the sweat from his forehead, his first words were, "Pass my order down, remove all the banners of Manming, and officially unleash the big Jinzheng Huangqi Longqi! Declare to the whole city that Dajin has decided to send reinforcements to Ningyuan!"

"Decree!" Cai Yilei happily agreed, and hurriedly took the order and left.Over there, Sun Zhongshou murmured to Yuan Chonghuan with some dissatisfaction: "Sovereign, isn't Dajin's conditions too harsh? It's nothing to hand over Jinzhou City, but the more than 2 people and food in the city are not allowed to be taken away. We are at a loss." It’s too big. This year Jinzhou grows all dog potatoes and dog taro, so it can harvest at least [-] shi.”

"Unfortunately, it's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it. We are now in Dajin's army, and the things collected in the army should belong to the masters." Yuan Chonghuan, who was also distressed, sighed and said: "It doesn't matter, without the rescue of the Dajin army, Ningyuan and Jinzhou can't be defended, and everything is empty. Fortunately, Ningyuan's dog potato dog taro is growing well this year. As long as we can hurry up and collect it, we don't need to spend too much on food and grass. Too worried." After that, Yuan Chonghuan raised his head and asked his confidant Zhang Guobing who was sent to Liaoyang to contact him: "By the way, when will Dajin's army take over Ningyuan?"

"Probably at the end of the month." Zhang Guobing replied: "Dajin is also busy harvesting military rations and needs a lot of manpower, so the troops will not be dispatched until the end of the month. Also, Sibeile wants you, the suzerain, to get the rations in the Jinzhou army as soon as possible." Harvest it and put it in storage so that it can be used by the Dajin army."

"Damn, I need my help to collect grain." Yuan Chonghuan cursed in a low voice, and began to think about how to avoid Yizhou's surveillance and secretly transport a batch of grain to Ningyuan for the self-army to use.At this time, a door suddenly came in from outside the door, whispered a few words in front of Zu Dashou brothers and Wu Xiang, Wu Xiang and the Zu family brothers showed embarrassment together, hesitated for a long time before Wu Xiang went to Yuan Chonghuan and whispered: "Sect Master, Wu Sangui, the eldest son of the last general, took his wife and soldiers to the door to bid farewell. He said that he did not want to surrender to Dajin with us, and asked us to let him leave Ningyuan."

"What do you mean?" Yuan Chonghuan asked, looking sideways at Wu Xiang and the ancestor brothers.Embarrassment filled the faces of Wu Xiang and the brothers from the ancestor's family, and finally Wu Xiang bit the bullet and said: "Sect Master, the last general and Wu Sangui are relatives of father and son. Let this unfilial son go for the sake of the last general's little merit. From now on, the last general will cut off all ties with him, and will never show mercy to his subordinates on the battlefield."

"What about you? Is that what you mean?" Yuan Chonghuan squinted at the three ancestor brothers again.The three brothers of the Zu family had no choice but to have Zu Dashou bite the bullet and answer: "Back to the suzerain, the last generals really meant the same thing. Wu Sangui is our nephew, so if we killed him like this, the last generals couldn't bear it, so they could only be brave. I beg the suzerain to be merciful and let him go this time. When it comes to the battlefield, the last generals will cut off their ties with him, and they will never be merciless in killing him!"

"Oh." Yuan Chonghuan sneered, and suddenly said loudly: "Stupid! Fuyu, Lianghuan, you guys are so stupid! Let Wu Sangui go now, and if you use up your friendship, you will never be kind to him in the future, and you will never show mercy to him on the battlefield? You guys It's easy to say, you are asking for your own death, understand? Have you ever thought that you are now from the Dajin Kingdom, and you sent your son and nephew Wu Sangui back to the barbarian so that he could take the mad dog with him? The army came to kill us and kill Dajin's soldiers, what will the masters think? Do you suspect that you want to leave a way out, ready to betray Dajin and surrender Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog? If the masters become suspicious, Are you still alive?"

Wu Xiang and the three brothers from the ancestor's family were speechless, but secretly regretted, why did they have such an unfilial son and nephew like Wu Sangui?At the same time, he was secretly startled, knowing that Yuan Chonghuan was also preventing them from staying behind.Yuan Chonghuan looked at Wu Xiang and the others in front of him again, and said lightly: "Fuyu, Lianghuan, listen carefully, for your own good, don't blame me for being cruel. I advise you, now you only have two ways, one One is to persuade Wu Sangui to follow you and return to Dajin, and the other is to kill relatives righteously, to prove to the masters of Dajin your sincerity in surrendering, the specific method, you can figure it out."

"Sovereign, it's not that the last general didn't persuade Gui'er to return to Dajin." Wu Xiang replied dejectedly: "It's just that Gui'er is too stubborn, and I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Zhang Haogu's little mad dog poured into him. He said nothing. Ken promised that he would go back to Manzi for whatever he said, and the last generals all knelt down to him, and he refused to change his mind."

"Then what do you think of the second method I mentioned?" Yuan Chonghuan asked in a dark voice.Wu Xiang and the three brothers from the ancestor's family were pale and dared not speak for a long time.At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's deputy captain Zuo Liangyu came over and said with a sly smile: "Sovereign, the last general thinks that General Wu and General Zu are inseparable, and it is too cruel to ask them to make a decision. Don't let General Wu Sangui invite you." Come in, how about letting him choose?"

"Good idea." Yuan Chonghuan nodded, and asked again: "Fuyu, Lianghuan, I'll send someone to invite General Wu Sangui in, what should I ask him to choose?" Wu Xiang and the three brothers from the Zu family dared not resist, so they could only nod in agreement.Yuan Chonghuan said again: "But I'm ugly to say before, we are now the people of Dajin, we must be loyal to the master of Dajin, and everything must be for the benefit of Dajin-Wu Sangui is brave and good at fighting, and has both courage and strategy. Going to Zhang Haogu's little mad dog will definitely pose a great threat to the Dajin army! If he is determined not to submit to Dajin, and you don't have the heart to do it, then I will kill your relatives righteously for you! If this is the case, you You won't blame me, will you?"

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, the three ancestor brothers were better, their faces were only paler, but Wu Xiang's face was ashen ashes.After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Xiang replied in a low voice: "Okay, everything is arranged by the suzerain." The three brothers of the ancestor family were also deeply involved in the Shanzong, and they knew Yuan Chonghuan's cruel and merciless character, so they could only bow their heads and answer: "Please suzerain decide."

"Very good." Yuan Chonghuan nodded in satisfaction, winked at Zuo Liangyu, and said with a smile: "Kunshan, go and invite General Wu Sangui and his wife in, and be more polite. Also, General Wu Sangui has a bad temper and good skills, please invite him by the way." Leave your weapons outside the door."

In the city of Ningyuan, Yuan Chonghuan made things difficult for Wu Xiang and the three brothers of the Zu family. He was determined to force Wu Xiang and the three brothers of Zu Dashou to exterminate their relatives, and took Wu Sangui's head to show Jiannu's sincerity of surrender. At the same time, in the port of Dagukou, Tianjin, which was under full martial law, the three thousand slave slaughter troops who left the capital under the pretext of military drills had already boarded a sea ship bound for Jinzhou under the leadership of Young Master Zhang, and the governor of Tianjin Bi Ziyan Seeing him off at the pier in person, before leaving, because he also didn't know that Young Master Zhang was hiding in the army, Bi Ziyan took the hand of the titular slave-slaughter general Wu Sangui's deputy, Yu Yu, and said in tears: "General Ji, Please, please kill more Shanzong rebels for my younger brother, my younger brother died unjustly and miserably."

(End of this chapter)