Chapter 3: Direct attack on the Huanglong (I)

No war in this world happened by chance.

The accident of war often refers to the accident of its outbreak, but it is inevitable.

There will be a battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and it will be a battle of life and death. Victory will have all the land and people of the defeated side, and the loser will only end up in destruction!

But no one can predict when this battle will break out. Maybe soon, maybe three years, five years, or even ten years, the right to decide the war is not in the hands of ordinary soldiers. All they have to do is to pull out the sword on their waists at any time and kill the enemy they face. What they have is the right to fight!

If a person who rarely gets sick suddenly becomes ill, the disease must be quite large. This is the experience passed down by people over thousands of years, and there are few times when there are any mistakes.

The young emperor of the Ming Dynasty suddenly became ill, and seemed to be very sick. It is said that Concubine Zhuang was serving on her side with her clothes and was not untied. After a few days, the ministers almost saw her haggard face. The entire Yangxin Palace and the harem were almost shrouded in a heavy feeling. Whether it was the eunuchs or the palace maids, the smiles on her face seemed to be gone.

Only Sun Chengzong knew that the emperor was not sick at all, and it was getting better. The man wearing a dragon robe was also fake through the curtain. The emperor had really left the Forbidden City and quietly headed north with three women who were rumored to have been sent to the cold palace together.

"Don't worry, sir, the emperor is just infected with the cold and will be cured soon. It's just that the affairs of the court have made you hard. In short, we must ensure the smooth flow of the imperial decrees!"

Li Qing was skilled in medical skills and had no intention of deliberately concealing the emperor's condition on her face, so the ministers were relieved of their anxiety.

"Master Sun, the emperor wants to see you!" Li Qing left Sun Chengzong alone with a lot of questions.

Sun Chengzong was stunned and quickly agreed.

"Sir, please!" Li Qing lifted a corner of the bead curtain, put her body slightly, and said in a "please" posture.

"Thank you, Empress!"

Sun Chengzong walked in and looked in horror at the person lying on the dragon throne, which was Shun Fei Lin Rong. She was wearing a dragon robe, slightly turned her face, and through a bead curtain, she couldn't see clearly that it was not the emperor herself.

Just as he was surprised, he saw Queen Zhou Yingning sitting upright on one side, but the curtain was blocked by the ministers outside could not see it at all.

"Come here, let me show you the seat for Old Master Sun!" the queen said with a serious expression.

When he brought the stool, Sun Chengzong suppressed the shock in his heart and thanked him for sitting down.

"The emperor has left the palace. Everything the old love saw today was arranged by the emperor. Sister Rong is proficient in ventricular skills. You didn't hear any flaws in the emperor's voice just now, right?" Zhou Yingning asked.

Sun Chengzong said in surprise: "Empress Lin's oral skills are amazing, and the old minister didn't hear it at all!"

"The emperor went to Liaodong, and he didn't bring a guard around him, and even Xu Yingyuan stayed in the palace."

"What, the emperor went to Liaodong?" Sun Chengzong was shocked. His sudden inexplicable order yesterday made him feel unusual. He went back and thought about the key points for half a night.

"No, but the old master of the emperor's safety does not need to worry. The emperor has already transferred the guards along the way of the Royal Special Operations Brigade." Zhou Yingning said.

As long as there is no problem with safety, Sun Chengzong gave up most of his heart and asked hurriedly: "Who else is there around the emperor?"

"Yes, sisters Hai Lanzhu and Su Moer."

"Why should the emperor take them with him?" Sun Chengzong asked with three points of curiosity and seven points of nervousness.

"I don't know about this," Zhou Yingning shook her head and said.

"The emperor had the intention of an expedition in the north. Could it be that he had personally gone to the front line of the border for on-site inspection?" Sun Chengzong couldn't help but guess.

"It is very likely, but I never ask about state affairs. The emperor has his own opinions. I am the lord of the harem and his wife. I can make the decisions about family affairs, but the matters in the court still depend on several elders."

"The old minister has no choice but to do so."

"Before leaving, the emperor repeatedly told him to keep the secret strictly. The old man was an insider. In order to avoid unnecessary panic in the court at that time, he ordered me to tell the old man the truth after he left." Zhou Yingning said.

Zhu Yinglong knew that when he was absolutely unable to keep the secret, someone knew some inside story and could suppress the situation so that the situation would not get out of control, so that he could go to Liaodong with peace of mind to plan a thunderous blow to Huang Taiji.

Tongzhou Military Academy has now become the cradle for the imperial court to train middle and senior military talents. Three classes of graduates have entered the army and have become the best among grassroots officers in the army. Nowadays, more and more young students apply for the exam, join the army and defend their country. This has become another way for many students to serve the country. The military region will select some young officers to study in the academy every year. This place is about to become the cradle of the Ming military strategists. Although Hong Chengchou's naval commander is retained, he has been sent to teach here for more than a year. Song Xiance also followed. The franchise of these two major military masters has made the academy even more lively because many battles commanded by Hong Chengchou were included in the academy as classic examples. In the past, those instructors could only rely on paper news to analyze these examples. Now that the real person is here, is it necessary to read the script?

Therefore, Hong Chengchou's class was the most popular and very exciting. Many young students admired him very much, while Song Xiance's class was relatively lazy, but there were also many people who listened to his class. Many people who were unsuccessful in the army liked Song Xiance's very optimistic attitude towards life, especially with their language, so they became polarized. The students who like Hong Chengchou were mostly students who had just come into the military field with fantasy. Most of them had never been to the battlefield and got directly in the exam. The students who like Song Xiance were mostly students selected from various military regions. Most of them came step by step from soldiers. The literacy troops had relatively low cultural level, and they were basically all big and thick. Song Xiance was not beautiful, and only by mingling with these people could they have a better face.

The ones representing Hong Chengchou are called "academic factions", while those representing Song Xiance are classified as "practical factions". The "academic factions" naturally like to outline grand strategic goals, like to fight large-scale battles with opponents, defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and achieve a brilliant reputation. The "practical factions" are basically dominated by typical small battles, because most of them have never commanded large-scale military battles. They believe that war is full of accidents and cannot be solved by one or two battles, and the enemy will not command according to the arrangements you set, so you have to accumulate small victories to achieve great victory, and grind out the opponent's vitality bit by bit, and then obtain the final victory. Therefore, the two groups of people are in a strong position within the academy. Both believe that their theories are absolutely correct, so they are quarreled and become a highlight of the academy.

Both the quarrels, the Academy and Hong and Song are supported because neither of them are wrong, they just choose different means under different situations. But these people have not understood it yet. When they go to the battlefield and go to a higher and higher position, they will understand that this quarrel is really a waste of saliva!

Zhu Yinglong and his four men secretly left the capital, met with two teams of Yan Peiwei who were waiting in front, and then headed north to Liaodong. The first stop was Tongzhou Military Academy. He needed to transfer someone to help him out and make up for the shortcomings.

I just don’t know who is better for Hong Chengchou and Song Xiance to take? Well, let’s leave this question to them.

He called the two out of the Military Academy by secretly.

"You two, one follows me north and the other stays. I will give you a stick of incense and choose your own choice."

The time for a stick of incense was very short. The two of them looked at each other face to face for a while and then passed. However, they had already had a tacit understanding and soon made a decision.

"Your Majesty, let Chief of Staff Song go with you." Hong Chengchou knew that this time he would make a contribution, but he was not suitable to be a strategist. On the contrary, Song Xiancai was quick-witted and more suitable than himself.

"Song Xiance, what do you mean?" Zhu Yinglong asked with a smile.

"I am willing to go!" Song Xiance was grateful to Hong Chengchou for being kind to him, knowing that he was helping him. Although he had made many contributions, he became a monk in the middle of the journey. Many people did not accept his position. If he had made more contributions, no one could say anything.

Seeing the frustration flashing in Hong Chengchou's eyes, Zhu Yinglong patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said kindly: "Hong Aiqing, I will never forget your "Prevention Strategy for the Japanese".

Hong Chengchou was excited and his face was filled with blood and he said gratefully: "I thank you, the emperor!"

"I know that you have always been sour and Meng is sour, but this time I want you to separate, but this time it won't take too long, three months, at most half a year." Zhu Yinglong promised with a smile.

"The emperor said this, it seems that Weichen and Commander-in-Chief Hong have a snippet!" Song Xiance said with a strange smile.

"Haha..." Zhu Yinglong laughed loudly, Hong Chengchou's old face turned red with shame, and glared at Song Xiance fiercely. He didn't dare to be so arrogant in front of Zhu Yinglong.

Two carriages, Song Xiance and Zhu Yinglong got on the first carriage. Song Xiance's eyes were really poisonous. He could see at first glance that there was no familiar person around Zhu Yinglong. He knew that this time he left the palace, otherwise there would be no news in the capital.

"Song Aiqing, don't you have the reputation of "Song's iron mouth", you can cut it off, what is my purpose of going north this time?" Zhu Yinglong looked at Song Xiance with a smile and asked.

"I dare not test the holy intention indiscriminately."

"Hey, why do you learn to be as stingy as those corruption literati?" Zhu Yinglong cursed with a smile.

"Then I will make a bold guess!" Song Xiance was shocked and said with a straight back.

"You say, you say." Zhu Yinglong looked at Song Xiance with a smile, wondering if he could hear any amazing words from his mouth.

"The emperor left the capital secretly this time. As far as I know, the emperor rarely left the capital since he ascended the throne. Even if he left the capital, it must be well-known. He had to be at least 200 people to protect him. This is very different from today's simplicity. The emperor's trip will definitely hide all the civil and military officials from the court." Song Xiance said.

"I see that this is not difficult, and then I will continue to say that what I want you to say is my purpose." Zhu Yinglong reminded.

"The emperor said he wanted to go north, so he would definitely go north to Shanhaiguan, and this trip would definitely be Liaodong." Song Xiance continued.

"Yeah." Zhu Yinglong nodded. He didn't need to keep in touch with this issue anymore. Anyway, Song Xiance had to know that he had been traveling all the way.

"The emperor must have something big to go north to Liaodong. This big thing must be related to the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. I dare to guess whether the Qing Dynasty is going to start a war against me, the Ming Dynasty?" Song Xiance asked.

Zhu Yinglong shook his head and said, "If the Qing Dynasty wants to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, if I go to Liaodong, wouldn't I cause trouble for the soldiers in Liaodong? Moreover, I know my importance, and I don't want to repeat the Tumu Fort Incident."

"Does the emperor want to take the initiative to start a war?" Song Xiance said in surprise.

"Why not?" Zhu Yinglong smiled.

"But if the war starts on the voluntary basis, it will have an impact on the reputation of the Ming Dynasty?" Song Xiance said in his heart.

"There is no two days, and there is no two masters in the earth. If Huang Taiji does not ascend to the throne and become the emperor, then I really have no excuse to attack him. But if he becomes the emperor now, it means that he has torn down the Jinzhou Treaty signed with me first. What's wrong with me sending troops to attack?" Zhu Yinglong sneered.

"For so many years, the Ming Dynasty has been on the defensive moment and rarely takes the initiative to attack. The land of Manchukuo originally belonged to the Nurgandusi of the Ming Dynasty. What's wrong with me leading the royal army to take back my hometown?"

"What the emperor said is reasonable, but now the tycoon Huang Taiji has just ascended the throne, so he must be very strict in the precautions. If he advances at this time, it will be very detrimental to our army!" Song Xiance said.

"If I have a way to make Huang Taiji think that the Ming Dynasty deliberately set up a trap, angered him to send troops to the Ming Dynasty, and then put on a persistent posture, but in fact, he quickly sent troops with a thunderous momentum and the army rushed to Shengjing. How many levels of chance does Song Aiqing think I have to win?" Zhu Yinglong asked with a smile.

This is a plan that is both genius and crazy, but from Jinzhou and Daling River to Shengjing, this is not an endless plain. Shengjing is a strong city and has perfect defense. As long as there is a trace of wind leaking out, Huang Taiji is prepared. This is not a surprise attack, but a death!

"What if there is a combination of inside and outside?" Zhu Yinglong looked at Song Xiance with a smile.

The more shocked Song Xiance's eyes were, the chips were increasing bit by bit, as if the balance of victory was slowly tilting.

Of course, this crazy idea cannot be accomplished in just one word. It involves too many arrangements. Zhu Yinglong does not intend to fight alone. He also has the Allied forces, Chahar Mongolian troops, Ezhe's 30,000 Mongolian troops, Subdi's 20,000 Mongolian troops, and the 15,000 Korean restoration army on Jeju Island. These miscellaneous troops are more than 100,000, which can contain at least 100,000 to 200,000 troops from Huang Taiji. There are not many troops in Shengjing City, at most 70,000 to 80,000. With the fortress level guarding around Shengjing, the total force is only more than 100,000. In fact, the strategy is changing rapidly, and it is not necessary to capture Shengjing. Besieging the city to aid. After the Ming army's effective combat method, as long as it occupy Liaoyang, it can force Huang Taiji to move the capital. At that time, he loses his prestige and is still qualified to be an emperor again?
Chapter completed!