: Starting a war

After thinking for a long time, Tang Feng suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, Jianlu is likely to use troops like you said, but we can force them to attack our Ningyuan City. If we can make the invading Jianlu lose their troops and generals, they will greatly cut off their faces to arouse their hatred. When we find that there are only such people in Ningyuan City, they will not be willing to give up. Then we can drag them under the city."

Yuan Chonghuan was stunned at first, but then he had to admit that this was the only feasible method. He asked tentatively: "Yizhi means you, but when Jianlu came, he asked us to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight the enemy, which would destroy their majesty?"

Tang Feng frowned and said, "Although Brother Element and General Zu are good at using troops, General Wang is also a rare brave general. It is difficult to really use this little force to deal with the enemy's heavy damage. I'm afraid that not only will we not be able to hurt the enemy, but we will be defeated by Jianlu. I mean that..." Tang Feng said lowered his voice and told Yuan Chonghuan his plan.

After hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan felt much less worried. He nodded and said, "This method is indeed feasible, and it is very likely to anger Jianlu. I will go and arrange it." As he said that, he stood up and was about to order. Tang Feng shouted, "Brother Element, wait a moment, after you ask someone to set a trap on the important road, remember to let someone bury some gunpowder under the city, and it may also have a certain effect when Jianlu besieged the city and attacked."

Yuan Chonghuan nodded and responded, and then said with emotion: "Yizhi, it seems that you know much more deeply about the use of firearms than I do." Tang Feng just smiled, but couldn't tell the other party that it was not because he was not from this era. Of course, he was more concerned about such things that would dominate the battlefield in the future.

After setting up all the traps, Yuan Chonghuan transferred all the people who were still looking after Ningyuan City back to the city, clearing the fields thirty miles outside the city. He moved all the stones and trees into the city, and destroyed all the things that could not be moved, and would never leave a trace of the Jin soldiers that could be used to threaten the city. As for the food, there was not even a single grain left, and all the water sources were transported into the city, and the water source was cut off by him. Poison was thrown into the well and sealed it with a large stone. Even if the Jin soldiers dug up the wells, they could not drink them.

Two days later, the defense inside and outside Ningyuan City had been completed, and the next step was to wait for the Jin soldiers to arrive. Seeing that the Jin soldiers had not made any noise for more than ten days after taking down Jinzhou, Tang Feng and others had an idea in their minds. Could it be that the Jin soldiers brought so many people to attack him this time, just to regain Jinzhou and plunder some supplies?

Just when the Ming army had such an idea, the Jin soldiers in Jinzhou were ready to continue advancing south. After more than ten days, Nurhaci finally arrived with 80,000 troops. This time he had mobilized all the available soldiers from the Jin Kingdom he established, and even some strong women were recruited by him. In addition to the 50,000 troops brought by Huang Taiji before, the Jin Kingdom sent more than 140,000 troops this time, but it was said that there were 200,000 troops.

When they learned that the Khan would raise 200,000 troops to Liaodong this time, all the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom looked excited. They had not robbed them well for a long time after Sun Chengzong came to Liaodong to preside over everything. This time, they must vent all the afflictions of these years. It is precisely because everyone has such thoughts that the Jin army looks very morale, and everyone is like a sharp blade with sheaths. But because of this thoughts, Nurhaci is now very troubled.

Nurhaci was worried about who should send him to fight the vanguard. According to his thoughts, he wanted Huang Taiji, who had taken down Jinzhou, to continue to lead his troops to advance south. But seeing that he was powerful and a spy came to report that the army fled when he heard the news, many of the people in the city were retreated, so the generals who had not made military achievements were all competing for the first place. Looking at the surging scene of the crowd, Nurhaci was not willing to do whatever he wanted to do and let Huang Taiji make contributions again. After weighing the pros and cons, he finally decided to send another son Dai Shan to lead troops as the vanguard. Although Dai Shan's strategy is not as good as Huang Taiji, he is also a wise and brave figure, enough to take on this important task.

So after two days of rest in Jinzhou, Dai Shan took 20,000 troops to the south for the vanguard, and more than 100,000 troops followed slowly. The purpose of the Jin army this time was not to be satisfied just by robbing Shanhaiguan. They even thought about killing to the wealthy land of the Central Plains and snatching all the items and women there back to the northeast.

Dai Shan led his men and horses all the way, just trying to break the city and kill the enemy, making the first contribution of his trip to the south, but reality disappointed him. Along the way, he only saw the ruins and deserted roads, but he didn't even see a Han man, let alone encounter the Ming army.

At the beginning, he thought that this was a manifestation of the timidity of the Ming army. The Ming army had no courage to defend the city and resisted each other. However, as he continued to deepen, he could not stand it. Dai Shan finally got this opportunity as a pioneer this time. If he drove through without any war, even if he really killed the Central Plains, he would not have any contribution to making it. This would be unacceptable to him.

But as the whistle horses sent forward to explore the road continued to send uninterrupted news in front of him, he could no longer bear this situation. "I ordered the army to increase the speed of the march, so Benbeile didn't believe it. These southern barbarians really gave up all the cities!" Dai Shan was already annoyed, so he didn't even arrange the people who were exploring the way, so he hurried to the south with 20,000 cavalrymen.

"Belle, there will be Ningyuan City twenty miles away." The deputy general of the army said to Dai Shan. It was too late at this time, and they had already traveled for hundreds of miles and were resting. Dai Shan drank the strong wine in his skin expressionlessly, and after a while, he said: "I hope there will be some defenders here, otherwise we will go too smoothly!"

"Beile, this Ningyuan City is a pass in Liaodong second only to Shanhaiguan. In my opinion, it is better to be careful!" A cautious person suggested. Dai Shan thought for a while and agreed. After all, he was not a reckless man who only knew how to show off his courage. He knew that being cautious and careful was the basis for leading troops to win. Immediately, more than ten cavalry left the brigade and looked forward, while the other troops continued to stay where they were waiting.

After waiting for half an hour but not receiving anyone, Dai Shan became a little impatient. He threw the wine bag to his personal soldiers, then turned over and ordered: "Go to Ningyuan City. If there were no defenders there, we would rest there for one night and set off south tomorrow morning!" After hearing the order, all the horses immediately jumped on the horse and walked in the whole team.

It was less than ten miles away when there was a explosion from the front team, and then there was a panic shout of people and horses, which made Dai Shan, who was in the central army, angry: "What happened? Why was he so fussed?"

"Beller, we encountered a trap. The people who were exploring the way forward and those who wanted to save them were injured!" One person rushed to report. Dai Shan's face darkened when he heard this, and he immediately took a quick look at it.

When he saw the scene in front of him, his face became even more gloomy. He saw more than twenty people riding upside down on the ground with soil splashing in front of him. Blood was still flowing out of their bodies and mixing into the soil. If they didn't go up to save them, they would die, but the people around him looked frightened and dared not come forward to rescue him. "What's going on?" Dai Shan asked coldly.

"Beller, when we came here, we saw these people fall to the ground with injuries, so someone went up to save them. Unexpectedly, there was an explosion when they stepped beside them, and then these people who wanted to go up to rescue them..."

"It's outrageous!" Dai Shan cursed angrily, "These southern barbarians know that they are doing these conspiracies, so don't they dare to fight us upright?" He quickly remembered the few not-so-clear explosions he heard before during the rest. It was obviously the sound of the trap buried here when it was touched. Although he was angry, he also knew that the most urgent task was to rescue people and find a way to pass through the traps densely packed.

Little, Tang Feng, who was in Ningyuan City, seemed to hear the explosion outside the city, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It seems that the Jin soldiers are indeed here. I just don't know how long these primitive landmines can block their footsteps, and will they be angry with me and focus on attacking my Ningyuan City."

Since he knew that the enemy was not far from the city, Tang Feng naturally did not dare to relax, so he immediately walked to the north wall with Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou. Standing on the high wall, Tang Feng soon discovered the Jin soldiers several miles away. They stopped there first without any movement, but after a while, bursts of explosions were heard, and then they saw the cavalry of the brigade heading towards Ningyuan City.

"Did they use their lives to rush out the mine array?" Tang Feng thought without any doubt. But then there was no time for him to think about it all. Because the Jin army, who were blocked by the mine array and had dozens of people in a daze, were very annoyed. All the cavalry rushed towards Ningyuan City at all costs. Now they were also sure that there must be a Ming army stationed in the city.
Chapter completed!