Chapter 335 Lu Xiangsheng's Plan
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From the day he led the army outside Chenyang City, Lu Xiangsheng prepared for the main force of Jiannu to return soon, so he kept the main force of the Imperial Guard by his side, and did not attack Chenyang or send robbery everywhere.
When Lu Xiangsheng sent troops from Pi Island, he not only distributed more than 5,000 troops to Cao Bianjiao as a partial army in Liaoyang, but also gave Chen Yongfu a battalion to capture Kaiyuan in Tieling, and left more than 20,000 main forces of the Imperial Guards were kept in prison. Hold it in your hands.
As for the task of plundering the Liaohe Plain, it was handed over to Cao Wenzhao's Liaoxi cavalry and Liu Xingzuo's Dongjiang Army.
Because Lu Xiangsheng knew that once Huang Taiji learned that Hetuara City and Jianzhou were captured by the Ming army, he would inevitably return to the army quickly, and the heavy responsibility of resisting the main force of Jiannu could only be borne by himself.
The Liaohe Plain is hundreds of miles in a radius and there are many Jiannutun villages, which will take a lot of time to defeat them all. But now, there is not much time left. According to the rewards of the sentry, the Jiannu main force has already left the group to the west. The mountain entered the plains.
The main force of Jiannu has a large number of war horses. If he starts with all his strength, he will probably reach the city of Chenyang in less than two days. The battle is not far away!
A few days ago, after receiving information from the Ji Liao commander Sun Chuanting sent someone to send Jiannu out of the border wall, Lu Xiangsheng began to make arrangements.
Chapter 335 Lu Xiangsheng’s plan
From the day he led the army outside Chenyang City, Lu Xiangsheng prepared for the main force of Jiannu to return soon, so he kept the main force of the Imperial Guard by his side, and did not attack Chenyang or send robbery everywhere.
When Lu Xiangsheng sent troops from Pi Island, he not only distributed more than 5,000 troops to Cao Bianjiao to attract Jiannu's remaining troops for the partial division, but also gave Chen Yongfu a battalion to capture Kaiyuan, Tieling, and left more than 20,000 imperial guards. The main force has always been firmly held in his hand.
As for the task of plundering the Liaohe Plain, it was handed over to Cao Wenzhao's Liaoxi cavalry and Liu Xingzuo's Dongjiang Army.
Because Lu Xiangsheng knew that once Huang Taiji learned that Hetuara City and Jianzhou were captured by the Ming army, he would inevitably return to the army quickly, and the heavy responsibility of resisting the main force of Jiannu could only be borne by himself.
The Liaohe Plain is hundreds of miles in a radius and there are many Jiannutun villages. It takes some time to defeat them all. Now, there is not much time left. According to the rewards of the sentry, the Jiannu main force has already left the group to the west. The mountain entered the plains.
The main force of Jiannu has a large number of war horses. If he starts with all his strength, he will probably reach the city of Chenyang in less than two days. The battle is not far away!
A few days ago, after receiving information from Jiannu sent by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Jiliao, to go out of the wall, Lu Xiangsheng began to make arrangements.
He sent an order to Chen Yongfu, who was storming Kaiyuan, Tieling to the north, and ordered him to lead his subordinates to retreat with the rescued Han people. Now Chen Yongfu's troops are not far from Fushun, and they will soon be able to come here to meet with the army.
Then, Cao Wenzhao, the general of Ningyuan, ordered him to stop looting and bring his cavalry to meet. Now Cao Wenzhao has arrived at the camp with 4,000 cavalry forces, and the troops in the camp have reached 25,000, all of them. The most elite unit, even if Huang Taiji led the Jiannu main force to fight now, Lu Xiangsheng was not afraid at all!
At worst, you can fight to the death, and at worst, you can fight to the last one soldier! As long as you can re-create the main force of the slave, even if you have more than 20,000 people, you will be wiped out, even if you die in Liaodong outside this pass, Lu Xiangsheng will do whatever he wants!
So even though he knew that the main force of Jiannu was about to return, and even though he knew that he would be attacked by the Jiannu guards in Chenyang and the returning Jiannu main force, Lu Xiangsheng still did not plan to retreat.
Logically speaking, the good strategy is to retreat to Liaoyang and Zhou Yuji, Cao Wenzhao's army gathering. By then, the total number of Ming troops was as large as 60,000, which was strong and could receive continuous support from the western pass of Liaoxi. It is much better than the army hanging alone outside Shenyang City.
But Lu Xiangsheng just refused to retreat. He wanted to force the main force of Jiannu to fight with him, and at the same time gave the rescued Han army time to withdraw to western Liaoning.
Over the past few days, Cao Wenzhao and Liu Xingzuo have captured hundreds of villages in the Liaohe Plain, rescued hundreds of thousands of Han people, and tens of thousands of Jiannu girls who survived the robbery and killing. .These people are being sent back to western Liaoning in batches, but it takes time to send them all back. After all, they are all ordinary people. The speed of traveling with their families is very slow, and many of them are still rescued and there is no time to retreat.
If Lu Xiangsheng directly chose to retreat to Liaoyang, it would mean that he would return these rescued Han people to Jiannu, which was absolutely unwilling to do! The purpose of this battle was to weaken Jiannu's strength as much as possible. How could he use so many Will the Han people give it to Jiannu again?
Therefore, we must firmly nail it here and hold back the return Jiannu master!
Lu Xiangsheng is not as arrogant as Cao Bianjiao Zhou Yuji. He is self-aware. Although he has many troops under his command and is also an elite army, Lu Xiangsheng does not believe that he can defeat the returned Jiannu master with his troops.
Judging from the information coming from the pass, although Jiannu lost troops and generals in the pass, with only 20,000 to 30,000 troops remaining, after careful study of the information, Lu Xiangsheng found that what Jiannu lost was nothing but the Mongolian vassal army and the Han army accompanying the army. The military musketeers and the robber soldiers, but the real Eight Banners of Manchuria did not lose much
In other words, the main force of the Eight Banners soldiers is still alive and their strength is still strong! With the troops in their hands, it is really difficult and almost impossible to defeat the main force of Jiannu who returned to the army head-on. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng did not plan to fight head-on, but was preparing to defend on the spot.
To this end, Lu Xiangsheng ordered the shoveling of ice and snow, digging frozen soil, digging trenches, building camp walls, building antlers and resisting horses, and establishing complete defense measures. With this set of defense facilities and a large number of muskets and cannons, Huang Taiji It is necessary to pay a heavy price to conquer the camp!
Lu Xiangsheng sent an order to Liu Xingzuo, ordering him to send a large amount of robbed food, cattle and sheep to the camp to hoard, and stockpile enough 30,000 troops to eat military rations for more than three months!
Lu Xiangsheng is preparing to stay here until next spring and die with Jiannu!
In Lu Xiangsheng's view, the war has come to this day, and the opportunity to completely annihilate Jiannu has emerged.
Cao Bianjiao, Zhou Yuji was attacking Liaoyang, and there was an inner support of the Jinyiwei in Liaoyang City. In addition, Sun Chuanting's army was rushing to Liaodong, it was not impossible to capture Liaoyang.
Although the main purpose of this battle is to weaken the strength of Jiannu as much as possible, if it can capture Liaoyang City intact, it will naturally be the best! If it can capture Liaoyang City, the Ming army will have a major defense center in Liaodong, which means The defense line was pushed from Jinzhou to the hinterland of Jiannu. From then on, the battlefield between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu will be moved from western Liaoning to the Liaochen Plain, and the hinterland of Jiannu will become the battlefield for large troops to fight. Even though Jiannu still stood in Chenyang, But if you cannot farm and produce safely, your demise is just around the corner.
When Cao Bianjiao asked for instructions to attack Liaoyang City, Lu Xiangsheng instructed to take Liaoyang as completely as possible and build a defense based on Liaoyang City. Therefore, after Cao Bianjiao attacked Liaoyang City, he did not choose to set fire to the city, but chose to fight in the streets.
The one is to take down the complete Liaoyang. The fire is ruthless. The city burning can certainly expel the Eight Banners soldiers in Liaoyang City as soon as possible, but the Ming army has to retreat from Liaoyang City. If Liaoyang City burns into ruins, what's the use if it gets it
?Lighting the city, the Eight Banners soldiers in the city will definitely choose to withdraw from the city without being able to establish a foothold. They will not be able to burn the defenders in the city. At most, they will only burn many Han people in the city to coat them. It is really not worth the loss. On the contrary, even if you pay some
If the sacrifice can be taken over Liaoyang intact, the complete city defense, the gold, silver, wealth, food and food quality in the city, and more than 100,000 people will all fall into the hands of the Ming army. Tens of thousands of troops, the complete city defense will be killed by the main force of Jiannu.
I can't help but reply! (I wonder if you are satisfied with this explanation?)
He was stuck here to resist the return of the main force of Jiannu, and won time for Cao Bianjiao Zhou Yuji to take the Liaoyang City. Even if he couldn't take the Liaoyang, Lu Xiangsheng planned to stick to it and insert a nail between Jiannu and Liaoshen, making Jiannu feel like a thorn in his throat.
Forcing Jiannu to attack him with all his might and consume Jiannu's final strength. For this reason, Lu Xiangsheng sacrificed his life!
While Lu Xiangsheng was preparing for the decisive battle, more than 20,000 returning Eight Banners soldiers were crossing the river by the Liao River a hundred miles away in the west.
In the cold winter, the water of the Liao River was already three feet frozen, and the Eight Banners soldiers could cross it by riding horses.
Crossing the Liao River and walking a hundred miles will lead to Shengjing City (Shenyang). At this moment, the Eight Banners soldiers who crossed the river all showed excitement on their faces, accompanied by excitement and uneasiness. After going through hardships, they finally returned from the territory of Ming Dynasty.
But I don’t know how my family is now, and I don’t know if my wife and children escaped the plunder of the Ming army?
Although the Eight Banners soldiers are brutal, they are also humans, so they will naturally worry about the safety of their families.
The ordinary Eight Banners soldiers were nervous, and the Eight Banners' Beile nobles were not much better. In the east bank of the Liao River, a simple wind shelter tent was built in a valley with leewards. Among the tents, Huang Taiji and the Beile were discussing their next plans.
"The Ming army has a large number of troops in Liaodong, far exceeding our army. Among them, the most elite imperial guards are as many as 30,000. Even if we count the flags of Shengjing and Liaoyang, our troops are only more than 40,000.
Khan, in my opinion, we should send people to recruit Mongolians and let the Mongolian tribes send troops to join the Eight Banners soldiers to encircle and suppress the Ming army. This is the best way!" Jirhalang said worriedly.
"It makes sense, I agree!" Abatai also said.
Huang Taiji did not answer directly, but looked at Dai Shan: "Second brother, what do you think?"
Dai Shan thought about it and shook his head slowly: "No!"
"Why not?" Jirgalang immediately became anxious and questioned.
Dai Shan said: "If my Eight Banners were in full swing, there would be no problem in recruiting Mongolian tribes, and those Mongolians would not dare not ignore us. But now, my Eight Banners soldiers were defeated one after another, and returned from the territory of the Ming Dynasty without success, following the expedition.
Tu Xietu and other troops were even defeated and killed 20,000 cavalry by the Ming army. However, our Jianzhou was captured by the Ming army, and most of the territory in Liaodong except Liaoshen were lost. In the eyes of those Mongolians, I am afraid that my Eight Banners were
The majesty of the soldiers is no longer there.
My Eight Banners soldiers were discouraged and the Ming army was strong. How could those Mongols dare to help us deal with the Ming army? Even if the Mongols arrived, if the Ming people were trying to win over them, they might turn the knife and point it at us."
Huang Taiji sighed: "The second brother is right, now we can only count on ourselves."
After listening to Daishan and Huang Taiji's words, Jirgalang, Abatai and others were silent and filled with depression. Although they were back, so what? Now the power of the Great Jin Kingdom has been weakened to the extreme, and Ming
The army's strength in Liaodong is extremely powerful. Can you defeat the Ming army and take back Liaodong?
"I'm afraid of it, at worst I can kill you!" Seeing everyone's depressed expression, Manguertai cursed, "When Emperor Ama raised his army, we only had thirteen pairs of armor. Now we still have 40,000 flag dogs, why are we afraid of Mingdogs!
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"Fifth brother is right. Although the Ming army has many troops, there is nothing scary!" Huang Taiji said with a high high, "Although the Ming army has many troops, it belongs to the Imperial Guard, Dongjiang Army and Western Liaoning Army, among which it is banned
The guards have many weapons and weapons, and although our Eight Banners have suffered consecutive setbacks, the most elite Banners have not suffered much loss. Why are there many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty? The Eight Banners are invincible, but now our Eight Banners have as many as 40,000.
Even if the Ming army has a million troops, what are you afraid of?”
"The Khan is right, the Ming army is nothing great!"
"My little Minggou, how is my Eight Banners Warriors opponent?"
The young Baylors such as Azig, Dodo, and Shuotou shouted. For a moment, the morale in the tent was high!
"Old Eighth, you also give me the guard camp. I am willing to be the vanguard and attack the Lu Xiangsheng's central army camp!" Mangourtai shouted.
On the way back, I received information from Shengjing every day, and all the bellers were very clear about the current situation in Liaoshen.
"Lu Xiangsheng was prepared for a long time. In my opinion, we should go back to Shengjing first, rest, mobilize the army again, and then fight Lu Xiangsheng to a decisive battle." Abatai said.
The army has been on the verge of several days. From entering the border wall of Ming Dynasty, it has not had a good rest for more than a month. For safety reasons, we should have a good rest.
"Military information is urgent, where can I have time to rest?" Ajige said, "I think I should listen to the fifth brother, and I will destroy Lu Xiangsheng first. The generals of the Ming army in Liaodong were led by Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng also had the most powerful troops in his hands.
As long as they capture their camp and kill Lu Xiangsheng, the other Ming troops in Liaodong will be extremely frightened, and it will be easy to recover Liaodong!"
"Lu Xiangsheng was prepared for a long time, so it was not that easy to fight. In my opinion, we still need to act cautiously." Jirgalang said.
For a moment, there were many different opinions in the account, and all the Bellers talked about their own opinions.
Huang Taiji didn't say anything, but just listened patiently and kept thinking in his mind. Huang Taiji knew that as a knight, he could not make any decisions easily when encountering problems. He had to listen to everyone's opinions first, summarize them before making a decision.
The Baylors discussed for a long time, and each talked about their own methods, but no one could convince anyone. So everyone closed their mouths and looked at Huang Taiji.
While everyone was talking, Huang Taiji had already made up his mind and a confident light appeared in his eyes.
"Second brother, fifth brother, everyone," Huang Taiji said in a deep voice, "I have decided that we will neither fight Lu Xiangsheng's camp nor return to Shengjing!"
Everyone looked at each other, their faces showed strange expressions, but they didn't say anything. They all knew that Huang Taiji had some more words.
"Lu Xiangsheng set up a camp thirty miles south of Shengjing. According to the information sent by Shengjing, his camp was extremely strong. Lu Xiangsheng's hands were all imperial guards established by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, equipped with a large number of muskets and cannons. Let's attack his camp.
There will inevitably be great losses.
Chapter completed!