Chapter 416 Loyalty and courage

That night, Ma Cheng finally slept peacefully, but the next day, he was shocked by the bad news.

During the march, Qi Jin released a flying pigeon and sent a letter to Kaiyuan. Kaiyuan urgently reported to Qi Jin's army in Dongjiang Town for 20,000 infantry and cavalry. Three days ago, landed in Zhenjiang and directly attacked the key points of Jianlu in Liaoyang. Qin Bangping couldn't persuade him, saying that Qi Jin was already in love.

With a desperate ambition, the entire army only brought food and grass for ten days. Now it should be the army at the city and is rushing to attack Liaoyang and Haicheng. Qin Bangping urgently ordered Mao Wenlong to rush to help from Yizhou.

Ma Cheng was shocked by the shocking news, and Lu Xiangsheng and others in the coach camp were speechless.

Qi Jin was originally a stubborn person. This action should be a long-standing vent. 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers, infantry and cavalry directly attacked Liaoyang in this battle. Qi Jin set out three days ago, and he should have already soldiered.

Under the city of Liaoyang, no wonder the enemy in front of Kaiyuan's army was so weak. It turned out that it had taken a large-scale rescue to rescue Liaoyang. The joy of the Jiefan victory was poured into a basin of cold water, which cooled down, but it was difficult to swallow the meal.

The staff, personal soldiers, and generals were speechless.

The Kaiyuan army had some complaints about Qi Jin. Last year, the Xifengkou War, Qi Jin and his Zhejiang soldiers hurried among hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital. They did not send a soldier or a soldier to help. The Kaiyuan soldiers felt that Zhejiang was

The soldiers betrayed themselves. Now 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers are determined to die, but they are very reluctant to feel a little stuffy.

In the dead silence, someone whispered: "Ministry of War, what did the cabinet think? Is this seeking death?"

"The 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers are over, how many elite soldiers are there in the Ming Dynasty."

"This old man Wen Tiren should be punished!"

The discussion gradually became louder, and the Kaiyuan generals cursed Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Since this old man became the chief assistant, he has cut off the supply of food and grass in Dongjiang Town everywhere, forcing 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers to desperately beg for it.

Kaiyuan can barely support it with the accumulation over the years, but Dongjiang Town really can't hold on. If there is a way out, how could 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers go to Liaoyang to seek death? It must be forced by the cabinet and the Ministry of War.

However, Ma Cheng knew very well that Qi Jin's character was not supported by food and salary cuts.

The most important thing is that Qi Jin is a stubborn person and a loyal martyr in the Ming Dynasty. Since Jianlu entered the pass last year, he has been trapped in the emperor, cabinet, Donglin Party, and Kaiyuan. The emperor is not a man inside or outside.

To split his Zhejiang Army, the Donglin Party wanted to win over him. The cabinet and Yuan Chonghuan forced him to give up Dongjiang Town and move to Shanhaiguan. Some forces were trying to win over, divide and force, and I think about what life Qi Jin had lived in the past six months.

The most important thing is Qi Jin, a loyal and righteous man. Last year, he did not put in any effort in the battle between Xifengkou. He must have been extremely painful and blamed himself. I feel sorry for the Kaiyuan soldiers who suffered heavy casualties in Xifengkou, and even more so, I am sorry to Ma Cheng.

The trust in him and the reasons for several reasons finally forced Qi Jin to go to a dead end. This was to show his ambition to die. Ma Cheng looked ugly and stood up and left. He was quiet in the camp for a while, and the conversation and scolding became louder.

The soldiers of Kaiyuan scolded the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and Wen Tiren, but in fact they were full of complaints about Dangjin.

When the late emperor was in Kaiyuan and Dongjiang armies had great trust. They gathered the strength of Shandong, Ji and Liao provinces to support each other, and the soldiers of the two armies were also grateful to the late emperor. However, if they were today, they would be unrecognizable. The emperor was so dignified.

The two armies of Dongjiang were suspicious and divided and attracted each other. When Jianlu had reached the capital, they still had to be suspicious of the generals. They refused to let the two armies fight together and held Qi Jin and 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers in the capital.

If Qi Jin and 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers joined the battlefield in that battle last year, the result would definitely be very different.

The dignified emperor is so petty and has no magnanimity as a monarch. Compared with the former emperor, he is like a real dragon and a sow, which is very different.

Outside the tent, the bank of the Liao River.

Ma Cheng's nameless fire rose in his heart, secretly hated Qi Jin for not knowing the importance of it, but admired his strongness. Qi Shuai's descendants were full of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. He, Ma, can be a warlord who listened to the tune and not to the proclamation, Qi Jin was

If you don’t know how to be a traitor, it’s hard to be a good person when you are stuck in the middle. Qi Jin chose this kind of strong approach, showing his ambitions by death, and not leaving even a letter. He probably felt that he had no face to face his colleagues in Kaiyuan.

When Qi Jin left, 20,000 Zhejiang soldiers were buried in the hinterland of Liaodong. Dongjiang Town, which had been built through hardships, was over.

If Dongjiang Town loses its restraint, it can conquer Jinzhou without restraint. History has returned to its original track. There will be a great war on the front line of Jinning within one or two years. Fortunately, there is still a Mao Wenlong in Yizhou who can restrain a group of enemy troops.

However, Mao Wenlong's command mostly has weak Korean troops. Is it too unreliable to expect 50,000 Korean troops to restrain Huang Taiji? The fighting will of the Korean troops is really worrying.

Qi Jin's move was a huge blow to the battle situation in Liaodong. The strategy of siege on all sides has now been broken. From the Yalu River to Liaoshen, millions of Liao people have all become slaves to the destruction of the country. The Liaodong rebel army has not supported the army of Dongjiang Town.

It will soon be wiped out, and the Eight Banners Beizi Beile will not be lenient when they kill people. In a few years, millions of Liao people will become Shunmen under the Later Jin Dynasty. One is reduced and the other is rising, making Macheng want to cry.

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A stable rear in the heart of Liaodong was too important for the Later Jin Dynasty.

The population base of up to one million will provide sufficient nutrients for the Later Jin Empire. The millions of Liao people will allow the barren land in Liaodong to be cultivated, and the fertile land in Liaodong will allow Jianlu, who has plundered and made a living, to have no worries about food and clothing from now on.

The Liaodong Peninsula was full of rain, which was the wealthy granary of the Later Jin Dynasty. Ma Cheng made a quick decision to order Mao Wenlong to lead 20,000 Korean troops to move from North Korea to defend Dongjiang Town to make up for the losses, and most importantly, it was the Liaodong rebel army that insisted on resisting.

This move is just a way to make up for the failure of the sheep, and the Liaodong rebel army must not be completely wiped out.

Behind him, Lu Xiangsheng wanted to speak but stopped.

Ma Cheng was like a gambler who was losing eyes, panting and feeling a little weak. He really wanted to go to Kaiyuan to take his wife, concubine and father to Taiwan as a foreigner, and he was unwilling to get involved in the quagmire of Liaodong.

This impulse requires strong willpower to overcome. After a little hesitation, he issued a military order to Mao Wenlong. If the Liaodong rebel army was really difficult to insist, it could retreat to the sea. Before retreating, it would sprinkle sand on the land and poison the water source.

I can't let Jianlu get it if I can't get it. This is a strategy of extinction.

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned and silently agreed without advice for a long time.

After sending the military order to Mao Wenlong out, Ma Cheng calmed down a little, and then ordered a large-scale attack with evil fire, and set up a cannon to bombard me.

The next day, the Kaiyuan army suddenly launched a fierce attack without regard to casualties.

First, the cannons poured out ammunition and bombarded them for a day, causing a large number of roadblocks arranged by the barbarians to stop the horses from existing. Under the cover of the cannon, a team of crossbows and gunmen pressed on them.

The front line of the general army was filled with arrows. The enemy army, mainly Han army, could not resist for two days of fierce attack, retreated into Fushun New City, and the Kaiyuan soldiers took the opportunity to attack Fushun City, but they could not attack.

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More than 2,000 were killed in the two-day mad attack, and many injured people needed treatment. Ma Cheng knew that the war could not continue.

Ni Yuanlu was in a hurry on the southern line and struggled to resist. A large number of wounded soldiers on the front line urgently needed transportation. There was still an unknown number of powerful Eight Banners cavalry in Fushun City. The battle situation was very dangerous at this time. Once Ni Yuanlu collapsed on the southern line and the enemy cavalry swept over, it would be opened.
Chapter completed!