Chapter 182 Preparations before the war
Cao Xiyuan, Cao Zhenyan and Cao Xi’s ancestors and grandchildren made great military achievements for our Qing Dynasty, suppressed the anti-Qing uprising of Datong Jiang Guan, massacred countless Han people in Datong, and committed heinous crimes.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yong proposed to enter Huangshan Fort and take Cao Zhenyan, but was rejected by Gao Shixin: "We have no evidence to prove that he is a slave. If he takes people without authorization, then all the generals in Liaodong will be in danger. The war is imminent, and how can we fight if the morale of the army is unstable?"
Gao Shixin believed that Cao Zhenyan did not take the initiative to surrender to the enemy, but fled back to Liaoyang after he fled without fighting in the battle of Huangshan Fort. Jiannu captured Liaoyang. The father and son surrendered after being captured. Therefore, even if they were taken down, there would be no evidence of a enemy connection, which would only cause unstable morale in the Liaodong army.
"Evidence? Be arrested and imprisoned. If you torture a few sets of torture in the Jinyiwei, he will have to deal with it if he doesn't want to." Zhang Yongdao.
Gao Shixin shook his head: "But there is no evidence at all. Unlike Yao Zongwen and Sun Degong, the evidence of Tongnu in their family was found by our Jinyiwei. However, according to our Jinyiwei, Cao Xiyuan and Cao Zhenyan, there is no evidence at all. We took the people, but we were afraid that we would not be able to convince the public."
"Okay, since my elder brother doesn't agree, then we don't want to arrest people. But I, as the military supervisor, should I stare at him?" Zhang Yong respected his elder brother very much and could only give up the idea of arresting people.
Gao Shixin nodded and agreed to Zhang Yong's proposal: "It is okay to stare at him. All the generals in Liaodong are afraid of being beaten by Jiannu. You are the military supervisor. Staring at him can prevent him from running away without fighting. Yongwazi, let's do this. I will go down to check the terrain first to see if I can ambush Jiannu here. As long as this battle is fought well, you can kill the wild boar skin of the enemy! "
Killing wild boar skin is not impossible. Since it is an ambush battle, as long as the ambush is selected, Gao Shixin believes that he can use his superb archery skills to shoot wild boar skin from a distance. As long as he kills wild boar skin and the Khan flag falls, the Later Jin army will inevitably be defeated, and then his cavalry can cover up behind his back and win countless results.
Next, Gao Shixin took Cao Wenzhao and two top-notch thugs in Man and Gui to check the terrain in person.
Cao Wenzhao was originally Xiong Tingbi's personal soldier. When Xiong Tingbi was forced to leave Liaodong, he handed Cao Wenzhao to Gao Shixin, so Gao Shixin got another good general.
Gao Shi said confidently: Fortunately, I was the commander of the Jinyiwei, otherwise I would have been subject to Yuan Yingtai's control. I was really restricted and it was difficult to fight. Now it is better. I am the commander of the Jinyiwei. I can mobilize two hundred Jinyiwei and his own 3,000 Liaoyang New Town, and then control the 1,000 white-sling soldiers of Li Bingcheng. In addition, Zhang Yong mobilized three thousand white-sling soldiers and three thousand Qi's army in the name of the military supervisor. There were more than 10,000 troops available. As long as I use my ability to predict the future, I will ambush the enemy.
The only problem at present is how to secretly mobilize this 10,000 troops to set up an ambush outside Fengji Fort.
Due to Yuan Yingtai's series of fierce and powerful operations, various parts of Liaodong not only accommodated a large number of Baoyi refugees who fled from the Later Jin Dynasty, but also a large number of Mongolian Baoyi. The Mongolian refugees who secretly colluded with Jiannu were also taken into custody by Yuan Yingtai.
There were a large number of meticulous works in the coating, and the Mongols were even more mixed. Most of the Mongols were anti-Jin, but most of the Mongols who entered Liaodong were Korqin Mongols with their friendship with Jiannu.
Lin Danhan advanced eastward and the golden tent was stalked to the edge of the Korqin tribe. A large number of Korqin people, threatened by the Chahars, fled and became refugees. As a result, Yuan Yingtai took all these Tartars into shelter!
Today, Liaodong has been penetrated by Jiannu like a sieve, and there are Jiannu’s meticulous works everywhere. Even if Gao Shixin’s Jinyiwei sent out all, he could not catch so many meticulous works.
His own army can be disguised as refugees, but so many refugees do not stay in the city well, but march outside the pass and drink wind and eat snow outside the pass, which will inevitably arouse suspicion of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Through investigation of the terrain, Fengji Fort Pass was an open area, and the Fengji Fort Airport in later generations was in this area. Once Fengji Fort was lost, the Later Jin cavalry could pour into the pass and head straight to Chenyang.
Gao Shixin recalled the wild boar skins stored in his mind. Jiannu followed the outer line of Fushun Pass, and detoured from north to southeastward to Fushun Pass, attacking Fengji Fort, but failed to attack, and then attacked Huangshan Fort.
On the route of the Later Jin army march, there was a ravine between Jiabaoshan and the opposite unknown mountain. The opposite unknown mountain is the Meteorite Mountain Forest Park in later generations.
This is an excellent ambush place! However, when the Later Jin army marched, there would definitely be scouts and mailers in front of them to explore the way, and in the mountains on both sides, scouts would also be sent to explore the way. Those scouts were Jurchens who lived in the deep mountains and forests all year round, and were very familiar with mountain combat. Therefore, to successfully ambush the Later Jin army, the scouts must first solve the problem of scouts.
Gao Shixin thought of a solution: set up an ambush in the unknown mountains with the Baigang soldiers, and then use the Baigang soldiers' Yebukuo to deal with the scouts of the Later Jin in the mountains and forests; his Mangui cavalry was engaging with the scouts of the Later Jin Dynasty; the Qi family army was ambushed in Jiabaoshan on the west side. A large amount of gunpowder was buried in the ravine. When the main force of the Later Jin army entered the ambush circle, the Baigang soldiers shot out rockets and detonated the gunpowder. Then the Baigang soldiers and the Qi family army rushed out of the two sides of the mountains, caught the Later Jin army off guard.
The field ability of the Bai Gan Bing and the Qi family army was not worried at all. In the original bloody battle of Hunhe in time and space, the Later Jin army finally relied on cannons to defeat them.
"Let's go, let's go back to Liaoyang first." Gao Shixin said to Zhang Yong.
The two brought the factory guards and returned to Liaoyang City.
The explosions of the New Year sent away the 48th year of Wanli and the first year of Taichang, and ushered in the first year of Tianqi.
Yuan Yingtai did not realize that the Later Jin army was about to invade, and was still celebrating the New Year with Liaodong soldiers, welcoming the arrival of the first year of Tianqi. Among the two big cities of Liaoyang and Shenyang, lights were decorated with colorful lights and fireworks and firecrackers were heard everywhere. Every household was making dumplings and celebrating the New Year happily.
It has to be said that Yuan Yingtai, who was born in the Donglin Party, was actually a clean and caring official. When he was the magistrate of Linzhang, he worked hard to build water conservancy projects. He personally went to the on-site command and took out his own money to help the victims. During the years he served as the magistrate, he had never heard of a vegetarian diet for common people.
Yuan Yingtai adopted the method of digging caves to dig water. He personally designed the water diversion project and built a long dike for more than 40 miles, benefiting the people of Jiyuan, Henoi, Heyang, Wen County, Wuzhi and other counties, so that the original rainfall and droughts would no longer occur during the rainy season. From this point of view, Yuan Yingtai was a good official, much better than Yuandudu! Yuandudu was appointed as the magistrate of Shaowu County, but only knew how to scrape the land.
Although he is a good official, he does not mean he is a good commander. In terms of military affairs, Yuan Yingtai is an idiot. Later, he was praised as a national hero by the Donglin Party, and in fact, he was like He Tengjiao, Shi Kefa and others.
It can be said that Yuan Yingtai is a good person, but a good person is not necessarily a person who is beneficial to the country. Chongzhen is also a good person, right? But he is just a brainless good person who is fooled by others and is fooled until the end of the world.
On the third day of the first lunar month, before the New Year passed, Gao Shixin went to find Yuan Yingtai: "Yuan Jingluo, the last time he will obtain reliable military information. Jiannu will invade Liaodong in two months! He will attack Chenyang first and then Liaoyang! He will also go to Yuan Jingluo to strengthen the defense of Chenyang and Liaoyang cities!"
Yuan Yingtai was shocked: "This is serious?"
Gao Shixin said: "I am the emperor's personal army, how dare I lie about military affairs? Yuan Jingluo, just go and prepare. If something happens and the Liaochen City is lost, you will be unable to protect your and my head!"
Yuan Yingtai's face looked like earth: "I'm going to Chenyang now!"
"Yuan Jingluo, Chenyang will protect you. I will leave Liaoyang with Zhang Jianjun to arrange defense." Gao Shixin said.
Chapter completed!