Chapter 934 Suspicion
The strange troops Emperor Chongzhen was referring to were actually not the Hussars Battalion, but the Horqin Clan. Sun Chengzong was well aware of this. He had high expectations for this secret force. He hoped that during the decisive battle, Jianlu would suddenly be attacked from behind, which would definitely be fatal. That's why he asked this question.
However, Emperor Chongzhen had his own plans. His original idea was actually similar to Sun Chengzong's plan. But considering that Hai Lanzhu had mentioned many times when he would surrender to the Ming Dynasty, staying with Jianlu would be risky. All in all, the Horqin tribe has made great contributions by providing important military information many times.
Of course, there are other reasons. Emperor Chongzhen explained something to Sun Chengzong: "... Jianlu has already destroyed farmland by our Ming Dynasty. With Huang Taiji's shrewdness, he will definitely focus on guarding against this again. Therefore, if it is the same as before, Likewise, if the cavalry is sent from the front, whether it is the Guan Ning Army or the Hussars Battalion, I am worried that the cavalry sent out will not only fail to achieve the effect, but may also step into a trap and lose troops and generals!"
"On the other hand, if the Horqin tribe sends troops, one will be close and the other will be unexpected. I believe that the desired destructive effect will be achieved." Emperor Chongzhen continued to explain, "In this way, the Jianlu side will be continuously affected. It’s difficult to get over the food problem.”
After these words were sent out, Liu Wang suddenly replied after a while: "Mr. Sun Ge said that your Majesty's arrangement seems to be more focused on the west and less on the east. I don't know what that means? In terms of the art of war, each defeat method is important. It is just and right to station troops on both sides of the Yalu River and cut off the connection between the Jianlu in Liaodong and the Jianlu in Korea!"
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded when he saw this message. Jiang was really old and spicy, and he actually noticed this from his own arrangements. So, he responded: "I did do it on purpose. It would be best to force all the Jianlu prisoners to flee into North Korea. As for the next step, I am still getting more information. I will make it clear to you later!"
Hearing what the emperor said, Sun Chengzong was a little puzzled. He didn't know what medicine the emperor wanted to sell in this gourd? Is it to make the Jianlu prisoners unable to escape and eventually catch them all? But if we didn't do this, even if the Jianlu could escape to the extreme north, that kind of place is not suitable for people to live, and they would still be able to be wiped out!
I couldn't figure it out, and I couldn't force the emperor to reveal the truth first, so I had to keep this question in my stomach.
Emperor Chongzhen's decree did not alert the capital, and the war began. This is because, for the Ming Dynasty, this war only meant that Haizhou's army marched for sixty miles and then deployed red cannons to bombard the city, that's all. The supplies and troops stored in Haizhou are completely sufficient for this war. In other words, this war, for Ming Dynasty, is no longer a small war. As for Jianlu, it is hard to say whether it is a small war or a life and death battle.
From the south of Anshan Inn, basically no trace of Jianlu was seen. In the wilderness, there were mostly figures galloping around without restraint on the bright night. Therefore, the handover between Guan Ning's army and the new army staying in Gaizhou was very smooth. After the new army arrived in Haizhou to rest for a day, the army was dispatched.
As a precaution, a large number of night troops were scattered out and stood in advance on the marching road to ensure the safety of the subsequent army march. Then groups of soldiers left the city. There are artillery battalions from the New Army, fusiliers, chariot battalions, etc. that have been supplemented in place, as well as people from the Guan Ning Army, mostly cavalry, heading towards Anshan Posthouse in a mighty manner.
The sun rises in the Anshan Posthouse, and Tudabai, who is on duty on the city wall, looks a little wilted as before.
The most elite of the Qing army is Tan Ma. As one of the Tan Ma, Niu Lu Ezhen, Tu Dabai doesn’t have many people under his command now. More importantly, Tan Ma was supposed to go out of the city to spy on the military situation, but now he doesn’t. Being trapped in the city and not allowed to go out, and having to do the work that ordinary soldiers had to do on duty at the top of the city, really made him depressed and helpless, and he had no energy at all.
The sun slowly rose, and from time to time outside the Anshan Posthouse, the undisguised figures of the Ming army appeared. At the beginning, this situation made Tu Dabai angry. But now he is numb. Because he knew that no matter how angry he was, the city gates were sealed with mud!
Looking outside casually, or out of the intuition of an elite horse scout, Tu Dabai suddenly realized that something was wrong outside. This doubt made him more energetic, so he pretended to be bored and carefully observed the situation outside the city.
At first glance, it doesn't seem like anything special. The Ming army did not stop at night, as before, appearing unabashedly outside the city, walking, stopping, standing, and resting as they should, casually. But after watching too much, Tudabai realized something was wrong, and immediately became alert and shouted loudly: "No, the Ming army is probably coming to attack the city!"
Jianlu next to him was startled when he heard what he said, and immediately became very nervous and looked outside the city. However, even if they opened their eyes to death, they did not find anything about the large number of Ming troops. This made them very unhappy and thought that Tu Dabai was insane!
"I'm not lying to you!" Tu Dabai quickly pointed to the outside of the city and explained, "Look, there are more Ming troops outside the city than before, and they look like they are pointing at the top of the city. They must be discussing something! This must be a step forward for the follow-up army!"
Almost no one agreed with what he said. After all, it was not uncommon for the Ming army to refuse to collect a number of people at night, either for a day more or a day less. Besides, the Ming army kept pointing fingers at the city at night. Did they still see too little?
Tuda saw that his views were not recognized by others. He wanted to report it to the guard, but he thought about it again. If he was really neurotic, this kind of laborious and labor-intensive matter would probably be inevitable. Thinking about it this way, he finally gave it up and returned to his withered mental state. As for what's going on outside the city, who do you love?
It was approaching noon, and when Tudabai was preparing to go off duty, his experience as a scout shocked him again. After carefully looking outside the city, I couldn't help but shout loudly: "Hurry up and sound the gong, the Ming army is coming to attack!"
At first, the other Jianlu thought that he was crazy again, but when they looked up, they saw dust flying in the distance on the official road to the south, blocking the sky and the sun. Anyone with a little military experience can tell at a glance that this is really the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's army. What frightened them the most was that there couldn't be such a large amount of dust if there weren't tens of thousands of people. What was the Ming army going to do?