Chapter 327 The prologue begins

In a stone battle in history, Jiannu stationed troops in Shanhaiguan to watch the tiger fight. When Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng were exhausted, both sides were injured and could no longer be injured, and blood flowed. Only then did Jiannu's army come out to pick peaches casually. They easily defeated Li Zicheng's army at the end of the power, and completely eliminated the last hope of Wu Sangui's army to turn the tables. It can be said that it was to put the strategy of watching the fire across the river to the extreme. Coincidentally, it was not known whether it was accidental or inevitable. Just when Master Zhang was determined to go to the final conclusion with Nuerhaci and Yuan Chonghuan, he was surprised to find that the complicated situation in history actually changed its appearance before him. Ningyuan became a stone, Jinzhou became Shanhaiguan, Jiannu was still the Jiannu, but Yuan Chonghuan became Wu Sangui, and he became Li Zicheng.

When Dog Young Master was at Li Zicheng's position, of course he would not be foolish to be Li Zicheng. Moreover, with his conscience, Yuan Chonghuan's ability in fighting was more than a little worse than Wu Sangui. As long as Master Zhang was willing, killing the Ningyuan rebels instantly was just a slight effort. However, in this way, Master Zhang's plan to lure the Jiannu's main force into the Liaoxi Corridor to the decisive battle will naturally fail. Therefore, after repeatedly calculating and weighing the trade-offs, in order to prevent the situation, he would not give Jiannu a good opportunity to watch the fire across the river, and at the same time weaken the Jiannu's main force's sustainable combat capabilities, Master Zhang resolutely decided to kill Jinzhou City, which he had tied his head to his belt to defend, and then take action against Ningyuan.

It is easy to make this decision, but it is very difficult to implement it in detail, because on the tenth day of July of the tenth year of the Tenth Year of the Heavenly Revelation, the troops drawn by Mr. Zhang from the five northwest provinces were still on the way to the capital to meet. The only elite troops that Mr. Zhang could mobilize was the three thousand slave-slaughter army wolf cavalry team he brought with him - the company captain Wu Sangui was still in Ningyuan. As for the army of the three major battalions of the capital, although they could borrow the combat power of these troops, they were really sorry. Even if they were brought to Jinzhou, it would probably be a drag. So Mr. Zhang's staff officer Song Xiance made a suggestion: "There are only two ways to draw troops from Shanhaiguan and Jimen, and the other is to order the Tianxiong team of the slave-slaughter army in Xuanfu to speed up and must arrive in the capital within ten days. This is probably the same."

"You can't waste time." Master Zhang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "In order to protect Ningyuan's old nest, Yuan Chonghuan will definitely agree to give up Jinzhou City to station troops for Jiannu. Once Jiannu's vanguard army arrives in Jinzhou, it will be much more difficult for us to sneak attack Jinzhou. So we can only act immediately and use the three thousand slave-slaughtering troops in our hands to fight Jinzhou by sea, and seize this city before the Jiannu army settles in Jinzhou."

"Is it too little to use only three thousand troops to attack Jinzhou?" Song Xiance said with some concern: "The battle against the tough is not as good as field battles. The Shanzong rebels in Jinzhou are defending the city, and the Yizhou garrison of Jiannu responded. We are short of troops, so it will be difficult to seize Jinzhou quickly. Once Jiannu and Shanzong reinforcements merge, it will be difficult for us to retreat by sea."

"Don't worry, I've analyzed it carefully." Master Zhang said in a deep voice: "After I was exposing the crimes of Shanzong, Yuan Chonghuan must have understood that the court would attack Ningyuan, and would definitely draw troops from Jinzhou to go south to reinforce Ningyuan. There will definitely not be too many defenders in Jinzhou. Among the Ningyuan rebels, the only ones who are willing to betray the Ming Dynasty and surrender to Jiannu were at most those slaves from the Liaoxi Generals. There must be many ordinary soldiers who refuse to kneel to Jiannu, but they are alone outside the pass and dare not act rashly. There are also the people of Jinzhou, and there are definitely many of them who are unwilling to serve as slaves and servants for Jiannu. Therefore, as long as my banner appears under the city of Jinzhou, these people will inevitably turn against each other. The core army of Shanzong will also collapse due to my sudden appearance, and it will be easy to take down Jinzhou."

"There are some reasons, but if you go to attack Jinzhou, wouldn't Jiannu know that you are pretending to be sick?" Song Xiance raised a new question again. Master Zhang smiled and replied: "It's easy. When I leave the capital and attack Jinzhou, I just need to let Zhou Mulan show up in the capital every day. At that time, a me appears in Jinzhou and an I am in the capital. Jiannu and Shanzong will definitely be very confused. I don't know which one is true or which one is false. Besides, when I go to attack Jinzhou, I may not necessarily need to show up publicly. But my flag appears. Jiannu and Shanzong will definitely suspect that this is my psychological tactic. I stay in the capital and use the flag to scare people under Jinzhou."

"Okay, since the boss insists, the students don't object. Please tell me what to do." Song Xiance nodded and agreed, sat at the desk and picked up paper and pen to prepare the order. Master Zhang thought for a moment and ordered: "The first order was to my father-in-law Xiong, and asked him to send elite cavalry north to the Liuzhou River. Relying on the Guangning Middle School, he would continue to harass the Ningyuan rebels every day, destroy Ningyuan military farms and interfere with the Ningyuan rebels' autumn grain harvest work, attract the attention of Ningyuan rebels, and induce Ningyuan rebels to draw the Jinzhou army south. But remember not to fight a large-scale battle with the Ningyuan rebels. The second order was to give Tianjin Governor Bi Ziyan, and let him use the excuse of transporting grain to the front line to recruit sea ships that could transport more than 20,000 troops for backup. In addition, prepare sailors and guides familiar with the Bohai route, and a five-day deadline!"

"A sea ship that transports 20,000 troops? Our 3,000 troops cannot use so many sea ships, right?" Song Xiance was a little strange. Master Zhang laughed and scolded, "Stupid! After capturing Jinzhou City, what should the people in Jinzhou City do? Stay in Jinzhou to kill Jiannu or be a civil servant for Jiannu?" Song Xiance suddenly realized and quickly lowered his head to make an order. Master Zhang said again: "The third order is for Mao Wenlong from Dongzhen, asking him to gather the naval forces stationed on each island, and do not go to sea one by one, gather Pi Island and Jinzhou for call. In addition, by the way, tell Mao Wenlong that in the near future, a batch of food and grass will be shipped from Tianjin to Jinzhou for use by his army, so that he can prepare for the reception."

"Boss, do you doubt Mao Wenlong?" Song Xiance felt a stern. Master Zhang said lightly: "There is information that over the past year, there have been a large number of illegal maritime merchant ships secretly providing food and grass supplies to Ningyuan and Jiannu. Mao Wenlong has many naval troops, but he has never effectively stopped this behavior - he might have exposed our plan to attack Jinzhou, and that would be a big problem."

"I understand, do you have any other orders from the boss?" Song Xiance nodded and asked. Master Zhang thought about it again and replied: "The fourth order will be placed in the north wind in Ningyuan, and ask him to secretly notify Wu Sangui, asking Wu Sangui to escape if he can. If he really can't escape, he can pretend to surrender to Yuan Chonghuan and Jiannu. Saving his life is important. When I come back with a chance, I will not blame him, my brother-in-law."

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While Master Zhang was busy preparing to attack Jinzhou, the Shanzong rebels who had been targeted by Master Zhang had become in chaos. Especially after the Ming Dynasty court announced a manifesto to fight against the thieves, proclaiming that Yuan Chonghuan and his followers were all traitors of the Ming Dynasty and demanded that everyone be punished, Ningyuan City suddenly fell into chaos. A small number of Ming soldiers who refused to follow Shanzong to betray the family and the imperial court and were brave enough to launch a rebellion, intending to kill Ningyuan and flee back to Shanhaiguan. Although this move was

The cruel suppression of the Shanzong Group, all loyal soldiers who were unwilling to betray the country and the nation were massacred, but it also sounded the alarm for the Shanzong - whether in the Ningyuan army or the Jinzhou army, there were some people who were willing to be a dog for Jiannu like themselves. Although these people dare not act reckless now, when the invincible Young Master Zhang suppressed the rebellion and army came to the city, what would these people do? The members of the Shanzong can even understand with their toes.

In order to eliminate hidden dangers, as well as for their own wealth, life, wealth and wealth, the Shanzong Group naturally launched a large-scale cleaning of the army. Within a few days, more than 300 Ming generals and officials who refused to rebel against the Ming Dynasty were arrested by Shanzong and were quickly beheaded in public, with their heads hanging on the Ningyuan City Tower. At the same time, Yuan Chonghuan also announced a head shaving order at Fan Wencheng's suggestion, requiring all soldiers and people in Ningyuan and Jinzhou City to shave their hair, change their hairstyles to the golden bearded rat tail for Jiannu, and set an example.

He took the lead in shaving his hair and wearing braids to show his breakup with the Ming Dynasty. The result was very natural. Hundreds of Ming soldiers who refused to shave their hair were brutally massacred. There were countless ordinary people who were brutally killed by the people who refused to shave their hair. Ningyuan city walls were full of people, and the wild dogs eating human flesh outside the city walls were so red that their eyes were red. The members of the Shanzong also openly shouted slogans - keep their hair but not their heads, keep their hair but not their hair! Forced by the power of the tyranny, countless Ming soldiers and civilians shave their hair with tears and secretly prayed that Master Zhang's army to suppress the rebellion will arrive as soon as possible.

In addition to crazily suppressing and massacring all the backbone Ning Jin soldiers and civilians, in order to resist the upcoming rebellion army of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan not only mobilized the Jinzhou army to go south to participate in the war and actively sought help from Jiannu, but also carried out crazy expansion of military troops. All males over thirteen years old and under 65 years old in Ningyuan City were organized into troops, and their families were seized as a staunch, threatening to kill everyone if they didn't take up weapons to resist the Ming army.

The whole family. At the same time, in order to boost morale, Yuan Chonghuan also made a big wish, promising that as long as he defended Ningyuan and defeated the army of Master Zhang, Ningyuan's military and civilians would gain so many benefits. He also pulled out the families of soldiers and people who refused to surrender. The men were punished for slavery, while the women were used as military prostitutes, which were exclusively for the Shanzong army to vent. The atmosphere in Ningyuan's city was unprecedentedly tense, indicating that the situation was calm and the darkness was turbulent.

What made Yuan Chonghuan and other leaders of the Shanzong breathe a sigh of relief was that at noon on July 18, news came from Jiannu that Nuerhaci had appointed Yuan Chonghuan as King of Pingnan, accepted the surrender of Shanzong's army, and promised to send troops to rescue Ningyuan and help Shanzong resist the rebellion army of the Ming court, but the condition was that Yuan Chonghuan had to give up Jinzhou City to prepare for the Jiannu army to station and garrison grain. The news was announced, and there were thunderous cheers in the lobby of the Liaodong Governor, and many of them knew that they were guilty.

The members of the Shan Sect who fell into the hands of Master Zhang were even so excited that they shed tears. Their mouth was shouted, "The Great Jin will win! The Man Ming will die! The Great Jin will die! The Man Ming will die!" Yuan Chonghuan was so excited that he almost collapsed. After erasing the sweat from his forehead, the first sentence was, "Transfer my orders to remove all the Man Ming flags and officially launch the Da Jin Zheng Huang Banner Dragon Banner! The imperial edict was told to the whole city that the Da Jin had decided to send reinforcements to Ningyuan!"

"Get orders!" Cai Yilei agreed happily and hurriedly took the order. Sun Zhongshou muttered to Yuan Chonghuan with some dissatisfaction: "Sect Master, the conditions for Dajin are too harsh? It's nothing to hand over to Jinzhou City, but we are not allowed to take away more than 20,000 people and food in the city, so we have a huge loss. This year, the Jinzhou planted all dog potatoes, and at least 30,000 stones can be collected."

"It's a pity, but there's nothing we can do. We are now in the army of the Jin Dynasty. The things collected in the military camp should be their masters." Yuan Chonghuan, who was also very distressed, sighed and said, "No matter if there is no rescue from the Jin Dynasty army, you can't defend Ningyuan and Jinzhou. Everything is empty. Fortunately, Ningyuan's dog potatoes and taro are growing well this year. As long as we can seize the time to collect them, we don't have to worry too much about food and grass." After that, Yuan Chonghuan looked up and asked Zhang Guobing, a close confidant who was sent to Liaoyang to contact, and said, "By the way, when will the Dajin army accept Ningyuan?"

"It's about the end of the month." Zhang Guobing replied: "The Dajin side is also busy harvesting military rations, which requires a large number of men, so it will not be sent until the end of the month. Also, the Si Beile wants the Sect Master, you should also harvest the grain from the Jinzhou military garrison into the warehouse as soon as possible so that the Dajin army can use the troops stationed."

"Damn, I'll help them collect grain." Yuan Chonghuan cursed in a low voice, and began to think about how to avoid the surveillance of Yizhou and secretly transport a batch of grain and grass to Ningyuan for use by his own army. At this time, a door suddenly came into the door and whispered a few words in front of Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang. Wu Xiang and the Zu brothers looked embarrassed together. After hesitating for a long time, they went from Wu Xiang to Yuan Chonghuan and whispered: "Sect Master, I will take the eldest son Wu Sangui and his wife and personal soldiers outside the door to say goodbye, saying that he is unwilling to surrender to Dajin with us and ask us to let him leave Ningyuan."

"What do you mean?" Yuan Chonghuan looked at Wu Xiang and the Zu brothers and asked. Wu Xiang and the Zu brothers were embarrassed. Finally, Wu Xiang gritted his teeth and said, "Sect Master, the Mo General and Wu Sangui are the relatives of father and son. He refused to surrender to the Dajin Jin. The Mo General had no choice but to ask the Sect Master to let this unfilial son go for the sake of the minor merits of the saddle of the saddle. From now on, the Mo General will be ruthless and will never show mercy to him on the battlefield."

"What about you? That's the same thing?" Yuan Chonghuan looked at the three brothers of the Zu family again. The three brothers of the Zu family had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer, "Go back to the sect leader, the generals did have the same idea. Wu Sangui is our nephew, so he killed him like this. The generals couldn't bear it, so they could only dare to beg the sect leader to give him a favor and let him go this time. When it came to the battlefield, the generals would break the mercy with him, and would never ruthlessly kill him!"

"Ha." Yuan Chonghuan sneered and suddenly said loudly: "Don't be fooled! Fuyu, two rings, you are confused! Now that Wu Sangui is released, he has fulfilled his friendship, and will be ruthless in the future. He will never be ruthless to him on the battlefield? You are easy to say, do you think that you are seeking death? Have you ever thought that you are now from the Great Jin Kingdom, and you have put your son and nephew Wu Sangui back to the barbarians, so that he can bring the Mad Dog Army to kill us, kill the soldiers of Dajin. What will the masters think? Do you suspect that you want to leave a way out and be ready to betray Dajin and surrender to Zhang Haogu's little mad dog? If the masters are suspicious, do you still have your life?"

Wu Xiang and the three brothers of the Zu family were speechless, but secretly regretted that why did they have an unfilial son and nephew like Wu Sangui? At the same time, they were secretly shocked and knew that Yuan Chonghuan was also guarding against him to leave a way out. Yuan Chonghuan looked at Wu Xiang and others in front of him and said lightly: "Fuyu, two rings, listen well, for your own good, don't blame me for your cruelty. I would like to advise you, now you only have two ways, one is to persuade Wu Sangui to follow you to surrender to the Dajin, and the other is to kill relatives for the sake of justice, and prove to the masters of the Dajin that you are sincere in surrendering. You can do whatever method you want."

"Sect Master, it's not that Mo Jiang didn't persuade Gui'er to surrender to the Dajin." Wu Xiang replied dejectedly: "It's just that Gui'er is too stubborn. I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup Zhang Haogu's little mad dog gave him. He refused to agree to anything he said, and he would go back to the barbarians. Mo Jiangs all knelt down to him, and he refused to change his mind."

"Then what I said, what do you think?" Yuan Chonghuan asked in a dark voice. Wu Xiang and the three brothers of the Zu family were pale and did not dare to speak for a long time. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's personal deputy captain Zuo Liangyu came over and said with a treacherous smile: "The leader, the last general thinks that General Wu and General Zu are reluctant to leave their family affection. It is too cruel to ask them to choose. What should I do if General Wu Sangui is not allowed to invite General Wu Sangui in, and what should he choose?"

"Good idea." Yuan Chonghuan nodded and asked again: "Fuyu, two rings, I will send someone to invite General Wu Sangui in. What should I choose?" Wu Xiang and the three brothers of the Zu family dared not resist, so they could only nodded and agreed. Yuan Chonghuan said again: "But I am ugly in front of you. We are now from the Dajin master. We must be loyal to the Dajin master. Everything must be for the interests of Dajin - Wu Sangui is brave and good at fighting and both courageous and capable. If he returns to Zhang Haogu's little mad dog, it will definitely pose a great threat to the Dajin army! If he firmly refuses to surrender to Dajin and you can't bear to take action, then I will destroy the kiss for you for justice! If this is true, you won't blame me, right?"

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, the three brothers of the Zu family were better, and their faces were paler, but Wu Xiang was already ashamed. After thinking for a long time, Wu Xiang replied in a low voice: "Okay, everything is up to the arrangements of the sect leader." The three brothers of the Zu family were also trapped too deeply in the Shanzong, and knew Yuan Chonghuan's ruthless personality, so they could only lower their heads and answer, "Please make a decision."

"Very good." Yuan Chonghuan nodded with satisfaction, gave Zuo Liangyu a wink, and said with a smile: "Kunshan, go and invite General Wu Sangui and his wife in, be more polite. Also, General Wu Sangui has a bad temper and good skills, so please ask him to leave his weapons outside the door."
Chapter completed!