Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 328
As Fan Wencheng said, on the first day of September, when Young Master Zhang was swearing-in outside Tongzhou City, he really carried his own coffin to show his determination to serve the country to the death.The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty led by Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian were also in different moods, either excited, worried, or with tears in their eyes, silently watching the army led by Xuanfu, Datong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Gansu. The [-] army formed with the armies of Henan and other provinces is also the last family and elite of the Ming army. Under the leadership of the sick young master Zhang, they rushed to the city in high spirits, singing loud military songs against the bleak autumn wind. Shanhaiguan battlefield.

In order to boost morale, the proclamation of the Northern Expedition was read by Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao himself, and when Young Master Zhang supported his sick body and knelt in front of Ming Xizong to pick up the king's flag and monk Fang's sword with both hands, Ming Xizong solemnly responded to the matter. Young Master Zhang said: "Zhang Aiqing, you must come back after this trip, do you understand?" First Young Master Zhang was silent for a moment, then half turned around, pointed at the soldiers of the Ming army standing in line under the royal platform, and spoke with the loudest voice. Said: "Your Majesty, I swear to Tianming that I will try my best to bring back these good sons of Ming Dynasty! At the same time, I will also bring back the head of Nuerhachi, the old Jiannu!"

"Zhang Aiqing..." Ming Xizong choked with sobs, solemnly placed the Wang Ming flag and Shangfang sword in the hands of Young Master Zhang, patted Young Master Zhang on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Okay, Ai Qing has such ambitions, I will wait for you When I return triumphantly, I will present the head of the old Jiannu Nuerhachi!" As soon as the voice fell, the audience was filled with the sound of chant, "Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live——!"

After bidding farewell to the sickly emperor, Wei Zhongxian who was as close as father and son to him, and his aging biological parents and loving wife and son, Young Master Zhang led this Northern Expedition army composed of the most elite members of the Ming army to set off. On the way, we rushed to Shanhaiguan via Jimen, Zunhua and Yongping.In this army, there are not only the slave-slaughter army known as the number one elite of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Shaanxi Hong soldiers, Yulin Qin soldiers, Datong train soldiers, Xuanfu Tianxiong army, Manchu soldiers who have just been trained on the battlefield of suppressing thieves. Gui Iron Cavalry, Shanxi Zhenwu Soldiers, Sichuan Divine Crossbow Soldiers, and Shizhu Baigan Soldiers gathered together; in terms of generals, there are even more brilliant stars, Man Gui, Sun Chuanting, Hei Yunlong, Madengyun, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Zhao Shuilun, Wu Liuqi, Zhang Ling, Qin Liangyu, Ma Xianglin, He Renlong, Jin Guofeng, Zhang Honggong, Zheng Chongjian, etc., are countless.As a result, many officials of the Ming Dynasty with a little knowledge of the military sighed sincerely, "That is the famous Zhang Haogu, otherwise, even if it is replaced by Xiong Tingbi or Sun Chengzong, they will definitely not be able to lead this group of arrogant soldiers!" Because of this, these far-sighted civil and military officials are also secretly worried—if Zhang Haogu really died of illness during the journey, then in the Ming army, who else has enough prestige to restrain these famous generals who are more arrogant than the other? ?Of course, Jiannu, who was also aware of the weakness of the main force of the Ming army, secretly rejoiced while fighting nervously, knowing that as long as this decisive battle can get rid of the scourge of the plague god, Young Master Zhang, then the Jiannu army can reproduce the glory of Sarhu and Guangning , there is great hope.

In order to preserve his strength, Young Master Zhang did not rush the army to march for success, but chose to let the main force of the Ming army march at a normal speed, and planned to arrive at Shanhaiguan Village in ten days.During this period, the news that the main force of the Ming army had gone northward had already spread throughout the land of Liaodong through various channels, which made countless slaves and traitors tremble with fear and anxiety, and also made the Shanzong rebels in Ningyuan terrified. Restless.Especially Yuan Chonghuan, after hearing the news, was so frightened that he couldn't close his eyes for two days and two nights. On the third day, although he barely fell asleep, he was quickly awakened by the nightmare with profuse sweat and pale face, screaming. The sound can be heard clearly in almost every street in Ningyuan City.

There is no way, Yuan Chonghuan is really afraid, because he knows very well that once what he has done in these years falls into the hands of that psychopathic butcher, Young Master Zhang, what will happen to him is unimaginable.And Yuan Chonghuan's only reliance and counting on Liaodong Jiannu, although he promised to send troops to rescue, he was also ready to send troops to Jinzhou, and was ready to go south to rescue Shanzong at any time, but Yuan Chonghuan knew that he would never fight again. Entering this narrow corridor in western Liaoning is tantamount to giving Master Zhang, the god of plague, a god-sent opportunity to close his door and beat dogs. Before the battle situation is clear, it is undoubtedly a daydream to expect Jiannu to really take the risk to lend a helping hand!As for the Shanzong army controlled by Yuan Chonghuan himself, the morale is low, the combat effectiveness is low, and the [-] on empty pay is actually less than [-]. Using such an army to merge with Master Zhang's slave slaughter is tantamount to driving out the crowd Sheep to hungry tigers!Knowing that the end is approaching, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but secretly regret it - if he had known that today would be the fifth year of the apocalypse, he shouldn't have stabbed the young master in the back for power and money, and made mistakes again and again to be in today's situation!
Yuan Chonghuan knew that the end was near, so why didn't the core members of the Shanzong know?So timid that at the Shanzong meeting on the eighth day of September, except for Yuan Chonghuan who yelled a few slogans vowing to live and die with Ning Yuan, no member of the Shanzong was interested in saying anything to echo him.After Yuan Chonghuan shouted tired, he could only collapse on the chair weakly, and asked Zhang Guobing, who was in charge of contacting Jiannu, weakly: "How is it? Is there any news from Dajin? Have you decided to send troops to Ningyuan to reinforce us?" ?”

"Back to the suzerain, not yet." Zhang Guobing replied dejectedly: "Sibeile's last order is to let our Shanzong stick to Ningyuan at all costs and wait for reinforcements! Also, Sibeile wants us to transfer all the navy to the Stationed at the Xiaoling River Estuary to protect the flanks of Dajin's main force, lest Zhang Haogu and the little mad dog repeat his old tricks, and also make it easier for Dajin's army to send surprise troops from the sea to reinforce Ningyuan!"

"Damn it! Put his mother's shit!" Yuan Chonghuan couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled, "Stick to Ningyuan at all costs, waiting for reinforcements? If you want our Shanzong to be cannon fodder and Zhang Haogu's mad dog, just say so! Dispatch all the sailors to When Xiao Linghe saw that he was stationed, the navy that wanted to eat me also said so! I'm not stupid!"

"The water army must not give Dajin!" Zu Dashou said in a deep voice: "The only thing we can do better than the Dajin army is the capital of our survival. If the water army is gone, we will not even have the qualifications to bargain with Dajin If it’s gone, the Dajin army won’t care about Ning Yuan.”

"Of course!" Yuan Chonghuan replied viciously, and then scolded with a sad face: "What the hell! What I am worried about now is, after the war breaks out, will the two bastards Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji Taking the opportunity to threaten and force the old men to hand over the navy, if we don't give it, then the two bastards will have more excuses not to send troops. Such a thing, the two bastards will definitely do it!" Everyone in the Shanzong also agreed They all nodded, expressing the strongest contempt for the character of Nuerhachi and his son.

"Suzerain, the general has something to say." He Kegang, the deputy general of Ningyuan, said solemnly: "At the beginning, although the general strongly opposed the suzerain, you abandoned the Ming and invested in gold, but the matter has come to this point, and we have no choice but to fight to the death. City, use Ningyuan Jiancheng to desperately resist Zhang Haogu's counter-insurgency army. As long as we fight well and fight well, the Dajin army will never abandon us and will do everything possible to rescue us! For self-protection and survival , we have no choice!"

"Having said that, can we hold it?" Yuan Chonghuan bit his nails, not having much confidence in sticking to Ningyuan for a long time-after all, the opponent of Shanzong's army this time is Young Master Zhang, who swept the grassland with [-] troops Young Master Zhang who has killed hundreds of thousands of enemies and has never lost a battle!The other Shanzong generals also lowered their heads, not daring to echo He Kegang's words.Only Sun Zhongshou murmured, "It would be great if Zhang Haogu's little mad dog died of illness in time, as long as he dies, we don't need to do anything, the Dajin army will definitely go to Shanhaiguan immediately, and we don't have to worry about anything anymore. "

"Good idea!" Yuan Chonghuan rolled his eyes and said angrily: "My younger brother has already sent the news that Zhang Haogu's little mad dog was retribution and seriously ill, but the barbarian court has sent four doctors with the best medical skills. The imperial physician was by his side, always ready to rescue him! I want him to die immediately, unless you kill him!" Sun Zhongshou quickly closed his mouth, but Yuan Chonghuan's eyes lit up suddenly, and he murmured, "Kill him? Yes! , we don’t want to kill him? As long as he dies, won’t all our crises be resolved?”

"Sovereign, the last general doesn't have this ability!" Sun Zhongshou turned pale, and hurriedly made a statement, lest Yuan Chonghuan send himself to carry out the task of assassinating Young Master Zhang.Fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan didn't expect him to do this, he just lowered his head and calculated carefully. After a long time, Yuan Chonghuan raised his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Who among you would dare to die with Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog? I There is a way to make one of you approach Zhang Haogu!"

"What?" The faces of the members of the Shanzong changed color, and they quickly lowered their heads together, daring not to respond to what they said-just kidding, if the people of the Shanzong could be so great that they would die with Young Master Zhang for the sake of the Shanzong's slavery, why bother? What about surrendering as slaves?Seeing that everyone dared not speak out, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help cursing angrily: "Damn it! You people usually shout more beautifully than anyone else, and you can go through fire and water for the sake of Shanzong. Now I ask one of you to get along with Zhang!" Gu Xiao Mad Dog died together, only one dared not make a sound?"

Still no one dared to agree, when Yuan Chonghuan was so angry that he was about to throw the cup, Sun Zhongshou suddenly remembered something, stood up quickly and said: "The suzerain, the general knows a person in the end, maybe he has the courage." Yuan Chonghuan asked happily: "Who? Hurry up!" Say!" Sun Zhongshou glanced at the members of the Shanzong present, and Yuan Chonghuan, who was having a headache for the recent leaks of Ningyuan's military situation, understood, so he made Sun Zhongshou come to his side with a wink, and whispered his name in his ear.After Sun Zhongshou finished speaking, Yuan Chonghuan was overjoyed at first, and then asked in a low voice in embarrassment: "With her character and her blood feud with Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, it is possible to agree to do this, but she can kill Zhang Hao Gu Xiao Mad Dog?"

"Sovereign, please don't worry." Sun Zhongshou lowered his voice and replied darkly: "She can hide it from others, but she can't hide it from the slave. When the slave was spying on her, he found a poisonous hairpin hidden on her head, and her hairpin. The ring is also weird! Obviously, she is definitely not as simple as it seems!"

"Very good." Yuan Chonghuan nodded in satisfaction, and ordered in a low voice: "Invite her into my room in a while, and I will ask her what she means in person, and see if she is willing to carry out this task. Also, let Lu Wanling The trash was brought out from the prison, changed into clothes, cleaned and prepared, whether we can send the killer to Zhang Haogu's little mad dog depends on this trash."

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After ten days of trekking, on the tenth day of September, the main force of the Ming army arrived at Shanhaiguan as planned, except for an army performing other tasks, and set up a camp outside the west gate of Shanhaiguan. Xiong Tingbi had no choice but to lead Liaodong civil and military officials into the tent of the Chinese army honestly and kneel down to his son-in-law.Fortunately, Young Master Zhang didn't have the courage to vent his anger at his wife on his old man. As soon as Xiong Tingbi put on one knee and bowed, Young Master Zhang hurriedly said: "Master Xiong, please get up quickly, Father-in-law, in the court My son-in-law is your boss, but in private, you are still my son-in-law's elder! From now on, you, like Marshal Qin, don't need to salute in front of your son-in-law. Come here, give my Master Taishan a set seat."

"Hehehehe." Amidst the knowing chuckles of the civil and military members of the Ming army, Xiong Tingbi sat down on the right side of Young Master Zhang, and smiled at Qin Liangyu who was sitting opposite: "Master Qin, I haven't seen you for many years, and I still haven't seen the old man at all. The demeanor is still the same, gratifying to congratulate."

"Master Xiong is still the same, his temper is still so hot." Qin Liangyu said with a smile: "I heard that the ghost knife that Master Xiong is using now weighs 72 catties, and it is getting stronger and stronger. I am very happy."

"Hehe, there is no other way. My son-in-law is useless, so I have to force myself to hold on." Xiong Tingbi smiled brazenly, and then turned to look up and down at Young Master Zhang. When he found that Young Master Zhang was already sitting in a wheelchair, Xiong Tingbi's thick and black eyebrows frowned. After a while, he shouted unceremoniously: "You son of a bitch, you are so sick, what are you still insisting on leading the Northern Expedition yourself? Do you really want the daughter of Lao Tzu and Marshal Qin to be widowed at a young age?"

"Father-in-law, you often teach my son-in-law to be loyal to the country, even if you do your best, you will not hesitate." Young Master Zhang smiled wryly and threw a high hat on the brusque old man, and said: "My son-in-law remembers his father-in-law's teachings, so It's coming." As he spoke, Young Master Zhang couldn't help lowering his head and coughing again—Master Zhang was not pretending this time, but because he had been worrying about the preparations for the final battle in Liaodong during this period, his condition worsened a lot due to exhaustion.

"Master, drink water." Seeing that Young Master Zhang was out of breath from coughing, Zhang Shitou hurriedly fed a glass of water to Young Master Zhang's mouth, and Young Master Zhang took a few sips to suppress his cough.Seeing this scene, all the civil and military officials of the Ming army in the tent looked worried, and Xiong Tingbi frowned into a Sichuan character, and couldn't help shouting: "You son of a bitch, if you really can't do it, don't hold on, you stay here Shanhaiguan commanded and dispatched, supplied food and grass, and I led the army to fight Ningyuan! Fight Jian slaves!"

"It's okay, it's okay, my son-in-law can still hold on." Young Master Zhang waved his hand weakly, and ordered: "Everyone listen carefully, my condition is not allowed to be disclosed, and I will declare to the outside world that my condition has greatly improved and is very hopeful." Complete recovery - this is a military order, anyone who shakes the morale of the army will be executed without mercy!"

"You son of a bitch, let me see how long you can pretend!" Xiong Tingbi refused to let go, and shouted loudly: "Do you know that if your condition suddenly worsens during the Northern Expedition, you will be in big trouble! Just follow my advice." Meaning, hand over the army to Lao Tzu's command, and you sit in Shanhaiguan!"

Young Master Zhang has known for a long time that the old man with a bad temper would say this, but it is not good to directly refuse or scold, so he can only change the subject and ask: "Old Taishan, my son-in-law is leading the Northern Expedition to build slaves this time, and the goal is to pacify Ningyuan The traitor, recover the entire territory of Liaodong, Lao Taishan has been in Liaodong for a long time, and is familiar with the situation in Liaodong, I wonder if Lao Taishan has any good suggestions and strategies?" After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang raised his hand again, and said to the civil and military officials present: " Also, my lords and generals, if you have any suggestions and strategies, you can speak freely and brainstorm, so that you can win every battle."

"Let me say it first." Xiong Tingbi was not polite, and rushed to say: "Judging from the current situation, the time for the Northern Expedition is indeed ripe. First of all, we have forcibly promoted the cultivation of drought-resistant and high-yielding grains in the north of the Ming Dynasty for several years, basically solving the food shortage problem. , Beizhili, Shandong, and Xuanda, the places where dog potatoes were first grown, not only have become self-sufficient in food, but can also pull out a little to support neighboring provinces, so the court can also use most of its financial and material resources to support the army's northern expedition. Jiannu Here, in the Battle of Shanhaiguan at the end of the eighth year of Apocalypse, nearly [-] Jiannu elites were killed on the battlefield, and their vitality was already seriously injured. Although in the past two years, Jiannu desperately recruited and reorganized the army. He openly rebelled and became Jiannu’s running dog, but this definitely made up for Jiannu’s previous loss of military power. In addition, our Ming Dynasty blocked Jiannu’s sources of food, supplies, and weapons, and Jiannu’s military supply has basically bottomed out. , we will definitely not be able to fight a protracted war with us! So our Northern Expedition this time has a great chance of winning!"

After all, Xiong Tingbi glared at his son-in-law again, and added viciously: "Of course, if you bastard is not so seriously ill, our chances of winning will be even greater!"

"Hehe." The civil and military officials of the Ming army in the tent laughed kindly again, and Ji Yong, the supervisor of the Liaodong Army, also echoed: "Master Xiong is right, if you don't want to be sick, Tan Hualang, we basically have a good chance of winning gone."

"I can't help it. It's probably because God wanted to be fair. He gave me a head that was barely enough, but didn't give me a good body." Young Master Zhang laughed at himself with a wry smile, and then asked Xiong Tingbi: "Then, my lord father-in-law?" , how do you think we should fight this battle?"

"Two ways." Xiong Tingbi said with confidence: "The first way is to fight steadily. First, concentrate on pulling out the nail of the Ningyuan rebels, and then gradually go north, step by step, regain the land of Liaodong bit by bit, and look for opportunities to fight Jiannu. The second method is to surround Ningyuan with heavy troops and force the rebels in Ningyuan to ask for help from Jiannu. As long as the main force of slavery enters the Liaoxi Corridor, we can either quickly kill the rebels in Ningyuan, or retreat while fighting and send the main force of slavery. Lead to the south, and then follow the method of the last Shanhaiguan battle, the sea will cut off the retreat and food roads of the main force of the slave establishment, close the door and beat the dogs! As long as the main force of the slave establishment is wiped out, the rest of our battle will be easy!"

"My father-in-law has a stinky temper, and I still have two brushes in war. At least I won't be as stupid as Wang Huazhen, looking forward to using the Mongolian army and the Korean army as cannon fodder, and treating others as fools." He smiled and said: "Old Taishan is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield. He is indeed pragmatic. These two strategies are very good. The first is to fight steadily, first pull out the nail of Ningyuan and then gradually advance, which can protect the grain road and avoid fire in the rear. The manpower and material resources of the Ming army consumed Jiannu's limited food and military supplies, laying a solid foundation for the complete annihilation of Jiannu and the recovery of the entire territory of Liaodong."

"The second strategy is better." Young Master Zhang continued to smile and said, "Ningyuan is the bridgehead for Jiannu to go south. It is not an exaggeration for Yuan Chonghuan and his Shanzong army to say that they are Jiannu's savior and confidante. Shangjian Nu has a small population and has a great demand for human resources. It is not easy to abandon this lonely army of the Shanzong. Therefore, we can adopt the tactics of encircling points and fighting for reinforcements. When the main force of Jiannu went south, we either quickly conquered Ningyuan, or continued to lure the enemy, taking advantage of the superiority of the navy and the sea to detour, cut off the Jiannu food road and retreat, and encircled Jiannu in the narrowest place less than [-] miles away. Above the Liaoxi Corridor, the world will be decided by one battle."

"How about you, bastard? I may not be as good as you when it comes to playing tricks and tricks, but in terms of strategic and tactical choices, I'm not inferior to you, right?" Xiong Tingbi asked with a triumphant laugh.Young Master Zhang nodded with a smile, and said, "That's right, these two strategies of Lao Taishan--doesn't work!"

"What?" Xiong Tingbi's smug smile froze on his face, and his black face, which was full of fleshy beards, also turned iron blue. He jumped up and shouted: "It won't work? Tell me about these two strategies , Why doesn’t it work? If you can’t name a bad boy, even if you’re a bastard with a higher official position than me, I’ll beat you up!”

"The reason why it doesn't work is very simple." Young Master Zhang said calmly, "Because these two strategies of father-in-law must have been expected by Nuerhachi and his son, who are proficient in strategies, and they must have been prepared to deal with them, so both will work." No way."

(End of this chapter)