Chapter 123 Preparations before the decisive battle
Chen Ce and other generals were slightly stunned, but Wang Hongyu and Zhou Dunji looked at each other and smiled.
The tent was opened, and the man who came was tall and strong, wearing bright light armor and looking energetic, with a handsome and handsome face. He walked in with steady but quick steps.
"Guangning Counselor Zhang Shenwu has met all of you! This general will take the lead in impeachment!"
When he speaks, he has the air of a fierce person.
All the generals laughed. Everyone knew Zhang Shenwu's characteristics. He was like Zhao Yun in peacetime and Zhang Fei in war. He was the leading martial arts expert in the Sichuan Army after Liu Wei.
In fact, everyone had long advised Yuan Yingtai not to recruit so many Mongolian refugees, let alone to recruit them into the army on a large scale.
Yuan Yingtai didn't listen.
It was judged that Shenyang was the main defense direction and attacking Liaoyang was a bluff.
He didn't listen either.
This time Zhang Quan tried his best to dissuade the Confederate Army and Zhu Wanliang's troops from returning to Shenyang to aid.
He still didn't listen.
Not only that, but what kind of Liaoyang attack plan is planned will really make ordinary passers-by laugh out loud.
Since you can't be persuaded, you can't blame everyone for filing an impeachment petition.
Zhang Shenwu told everyone the news that Li Guangrong, the commander-in-chief of Guangning, was deliberately squeezed out by Yuan Yingtai. Li Guangrong also expressed different views on He Shixian's troops recruiting too many Mongolian soldiers.
As a result, Yuan Yingtai and He Shixian ignored him and reduced the number of troops under Li Guangrong's command.
This time he will also write a letter to explain the whole matter.
Zhang Shenwu took the lead in impeaching Yuan Yingtai to the Ministry of War, the Chief Assistant and the Emperor. The other generals also divided their work and prepared to launch a wave of impeachment.
In fact, the Donglin Party controls the government, and it is impossible for Yuan Yingtai, who has not yet made a "big mistake", to be impeached and removed from office just because of this.
Emperor Tianqi has only been on the throne for half a year, so it is difficult for him to go beyond Donglin to approve this matter.
Therefore, impeachment will definitely fail.
But Wang Hongyu was determined to do this at this time, because only by telling the world beforehand that everyone was against Yuan Yingtai could people remember who was right and who was wrong when Yuan Yingtai was ruined in the future.
In short, this was a piece of evidence against the Donglin Party afterwards, and it was the credit of himself and these generals.
Impeachment and political planning are only the last item of the four-step plan, and the other three are more important.
Chen Ce and others immediately contacted Zhang Quan, Jiang Bi, You Shilu, Liang Zhongshan, Zhao Lijiao and other generals in Liaoyang, predicting that Jiannu would attack Shenyang, and persuaded the generals to persuade Yuan Yingtai.
On the other side, contact Qi Jin and Zhang Mingshi on the Hun River to prepare for war. They also contact He Shixian, You Shigong in Shenyang City, and Li Bingcheng and others in Fengji Fort to prepare for the war.
Zhang Shenwu also came over temporarily to exchange information. After the arrangements were made, he wanted to return to Guangning. On the one hand, he contacted Guangning's commander-in-chief Li Guangrong for support and impeachment, and on the other hand, he had to make preparations with Qin Ling and others to rush to Shenyang.
Sichuan soldiers, Shizhu Baigan soldiers and Youyang chieftain soldiers, totaling 10,000 troops, set off directly to the north.
The generals who were friendly to Liaoyang City knew this and did not send scouts to the north to investigate.
Inspector Zhang Quan also acted as a cover-up, pretending to send them a patrol mission, so that Yuan Yingtai and other generals could not discover the truth.
The war was about to begin, and when it came to a desperate situation, the three brothers took the lead, with support from Chen Ce and others, and Zhang Quan and others provided cover. Yuan Yingtai was temporarily kept in the dark.
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A few days later.
As expected, enemy conditions appeared around Shenyang.
Jiannu's many flag soldiers and horses appeared at Fengji Fort and Tieling at the same time.
Fengji Fort encountered a frontal siege. Fortunately, the troops were recovered from Hupiyi in advance. The troops were relatively sufficient, and they were bombarded by Franco and other artillery. After a morning, Jiannu withdrew his troops and retreated.
Several new forts were built south of Tieling and are now handed over to the Shenyang garrison.
When encountering the enemy this time, General Bao Chengxian sent messages through beacon fires among the fortresses and learned that the Jiannu soldiers were few, so he decisively left the city to counterattack.
The result was a complete victory.
When the news reached Liaoyang, Yuan Yingtai laughed heartily: "Hahahaha~
Since Ben Jinglue took office, he has defeated Jiannu three times, and the enemy has been completely discouraged. All he needs to do is wait until spring comes, and then he can concentrate his forces on the attack and eliminate Nurhaci in one fell swoop!"
Zhang Quan really wanted to refute it face to face. Those three defeats of the slaves had nothing to do with you, okay?
But of course I couldn't say this out loud.
Yuan Yingtai was overjoyed and first promoted Bao Cheng from staff general to deputy general, and then asked the Ministry of War to promote Li Bingcheng to the commander-in-chief of the town.
Zhang Quan said with a smile: "Yuan Jinglue, although Jiannu was repelled, the losses were not significant. We should let the main force replay, wait until the weather gets warmer, and then attack according to the original plan."
This plan is relatively stable, and was discussed personally by Yuan Yingtai last year.
"No! This time is the same as the other. At that time, our army was afraid of the slaves, and now the slaves are afraid of us. Prepare to attack according to the new plan!"
Zhang Quan shook his head after hearing this. Before waiting for the court to deal with it, he could only cover the Confederate Army and other generals, hoping that they could prepare their defenses well.
"By the way, the Southern Army is very good at training, especially the guerrilla Wang Hongyu. It's about time I went to review it, right?"
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If you really go there, your secret will be revealed.
Zhang Quan rolled his eyes and thought about it anxiously. There was only one way to hold him back.
"Jing Lue, if you insist on attacking from the southern front of Liaoyang, then I can only confess that as the patrol commander, I will write to the court to dissuade you."
"Hey! I was thinking about beating up the slaves, but you are trying to cause trouble..."
Yuan Yingtai's attention was completely attracted, and the review of the Confederate Army was completely forgotten.
Wang Hongyu didn't care about Yuan Yingtai's monkey drama at all.
The troops and horses under the command marched at a speed of 50 miles per day.
This speed seems very slow, but because the Confederate Army took small and wild roads instead of official roads, it was already relatively fast.
This speed can also allow the soldiers and horses to maintain a certain level of physical strength. In addition, during this period of time, after eating and drinking well, everyone will have sufficient physical strength and can face the decisive battle in the best condition.
Starting from Xiong Tingbi, he won 18 taels of silver per person per year for the soldiers who aided the Liao Dynasty.
During the period of Xiong Tingbi, I don’t know whether it was because the imperial court was unable to get the goods in place, or because they had to deal with it several times, or because they used the excuse of purchasing ordnance and winter clothes to leave, but they actually got less than 10 taels.
This amount is not too small at this time.
After Yuan Yingtai took office, he ensured that the military salaries of the generals and officers were in place. The money received by the soldiers did not increase, but they did not have to worry about food and clothing.
Some soldiers stayed in the town for a long time, eating, drinking, gambling and enjoying life and squandering it.
Many soldiers also saved money to give to their wives, children, and parents back home.
During battle, they should either be hidden on the person or hidden in a hidden place in the military camp.
The soldiers of the Confederate Army were veterans, most of whom were in their forties or fifties. Some were old and some were young. They had returned home and were drafted again. Of course, they also had to save money to support their families when they returned home.
However, no one left any money before the decisive battle.
If you die in battle, the money hidden on your body will be picked up by the slaves and taken away; if you win, you will naturally be rewarded again, and you can just save the money in the future!
Use up the money!
Strengthen the body and reserve physical strength; buy winter clothes and strictly keep warm; use them for military supplies and strengthen armor.
The Sichuan Army, which originally had only half the armor coverage, is now fully armored, and even thousands of them are heavily armored.
Zhejiang soldiers and white-pole soldiers also increased their armor coverage from a very low level to more than half.
The Southern Army's winter clothing was originally only enough to keep out the cold indoors in Liaodong, but now it is abundant, so they can train outdoors frequently in the past few months, but there are few frostbite casualties.
Coupled with the strong support of Huang Kezuan and Xu Guangqi in the imperial court, and the clean management of Yuan Yingtai, guns, gunpowder, swords, arrows, and chariots were all in sufficient quantity and of acceptable quality.
The fully loaded Confederate army is no longer the same as the Hun River in history.
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Fan Wencheng started his new mission.
Mobilize the coats of each flag for war and tap their enthusiasm as much as possible.
Today, he started his mission with a large number of coats and a large group of children.
"Raise the flag, you can only raise the flag when you are fighting!
You! Do you want to raise the flag?" Fan Wencheng stretched out his hand and pointed at a coated slave with an excited expression.
"I want to raise the flag!" Bao Yi shouted excitedly.
"Okay! Let's go to war! Let me see who else wants to?" Fan Wencheng asked the crowd loudly.
"I think!"
"I!"
"And I!"
Fan Wencheng looked very satisfied, but his expression suddenly changed and he asked: "If you want to raise the flag, you will plunder, and you will beat the bright dog. Are you willing to help?"
Just at this moment, a group of soldiers with yellow flags passed by.
"Oh, it looks like Zhenghuangqi is ready to cut Minggu into pieces~"
A soldier with a yellow flag heard this and shouted as he walked: "It's delicious!"
Fan Wencheng stopped another soldier: "I heard that the Ming army has the main force this time?"
The soldiers of Zhenghuang Banner smiled contemptuously: "As long as the Great Khan is dispatched, all soldiers in the Ming Dynasty will die~"
Before he finished speaking, another soldier came over and said: "This time I will kill dozens of Ming dogs, steal the coats and livestock, and bring back the treasure!"
After he finished speaking, his eyes narrowed and he looked very fierce. Others who were passing by with yellow flags shouted "Hello" together.
Fan Wencheng looked serious and analyzed the situation for the leaders: "Some people say that the country is willing to trade with us, but we are launching a rebellion? We should trade peacefully and shouldn't plunder?"
Another soldier of the Zhenghuang Banner stepped forward, his eyes full of hatred: "I tell you, my family couldn't survive farming in the past, and my brothers and sisters all starved to death... Now I kill the dog to raise the flag, and I no longer have to farm."
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"right!"
The soldiers with the yellow flag roared excitedly together.
"There are Manchus and Han people in Zhenghuang Banner, but now they are all Bannermen!"
They walked over proudly, making the coaters extremely envious.
"Look, this is your future. People all over Liaodong are supporting the Khan and trying to show off his masters. Are you willing to help?"
"I do!" a young man said excitedly.
"I am willing too!" a Mongolian coat roared in reply.
"I do too!" Old people and women in the package also responded.
"I am willing too~" A child who was only a few years old replied with a babyish voice.
"Hahahaha~" Fan Wencheng and Zhong Baoyi laughed.
"But you must remember that the Great Khan can reward...and also punish!"
He pointed to the distance: "Look over there!"
The wrappers looked in the direction of their fingers and saw a team of swordsmen from Zhenghuang Banner carrying more than a dozen colorful wrappers to the roadside.
A civil servant in charge of criminal matters under the Five Ministers came forward and said: "Anyone who speaks against the war and trade is a Ming spy and will be executed!"
Click, click, click!
There was not even a rebuttal process, and more than a dozen heads fell to the ground.