Chapter 248: Soldiers Out of Jinzhou
Jinzhou City, the front line of the Guanning Jin defense line, including various miscellaneous soldiers and civilians, gathered more than 30,000 people. The Ming army counted weapons and firearms, and looked like a war was about to come. Wu Xiang, the general general of the regiment training, also led 10,000 reinforcements to reinforce Jinzhou City.
"Father, our army is not good at fighting against the Later Jin field. Can we really defeat the Fu Liao army that destroyed the Later Jin?" A young man in armor asked Wu Xiang.
"Even if you can't win, you have to fight, even if you prevent the unification of Mongolia, you have to let them develop. If you allow them to continue, it will be the next Mongol Empire, and it will be the Mongol Empire dominated by our Han people. It is even more terrifying than Genghis Khan, who had only force hundreds of years ago." said the middle-aged general.
Zu Dashou came over on a war horse: "Brother-in-law, if we join forces to fight this time, we will definitely completely defeat the Restoration of Liao army."
"We take the initiative to attack this battle, and the casualties are probably greater than those in the losses." Wu Xiang shook his head, "This is your nephew Wu Sangui, whose courtesy name is Changbo, and he has been fighting with me for the first time. Changbo, why don't you see your uncle quickly?"
"Uncle Chang has seen his uncle, so I hope he will take care of him." The young man who followed Wu Xiang stood up and said.
"You are so beautiful and beautiful, and you will definitely become a tiger general in the future." Zu Dashou praised him, "Come with me, let's deploy the combat arrangements."
Zu Dashou brought Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and others to the military camp. There were already many people and soldiers walking around busyly.
"In this battle, we plan to advance eastward, attack Xining Fort, and open the gate to Liaodong. Once we capture Xining Fort and then attack Liaodong City, we can cut off the connection between the Refu Liao army and the Mongolian and Jurchens, and drive them back to southern Liaoning. Therefore, our unit's goal is to capture Xining Fort before the main force of the Refu Liao army returns." Zu Dashou walked along and explained the situation to Wu Xiang and his son. "There are only one battalion of the Refu Liao army, with more than a thousand troops stationed in Xining Fort. Our two units can fight together with 7,000 elite soldiers, and there are 3,000 Mongolian cavalry that surrendered to us, and 20,000 other various soldiers, which should be taken very easily."
The Ming soldiers in Jinzhou City were also in chaos. They received muskets, bows, arrows, and spears uneasily, which meant that there was another war.
"Aren't the Jurchens eliminated? Why do you still have to fight?" Some soldiers complained.
"I heard that the target of this battle is still Liaodong. The Restoration Army has become a rebel, detaining officials of the court without authorization and not paying taxes. The court is secretly mobilizing troops to pacify Liaodong."
"No wonder we have so many people in Jinzhou City, twice as many as it was ordinary."
"I heard that we are just the vanguard. Yuan’s commander led the main force in the rear to support him. This time there were a total of 100,000 troops."
"It's said it's a 100,000 army, but in fact, many of them are just grooms, kids? There are only 20,000 to 30,000 people who really go up like us."
Some generals, generals and others also joined in the discussion, and everyone was pessimistic about the war. They were repeatedly defeated by the Later Jin cavalry and lost their ability to fight in the field, which made them frightened about the attack on Liaodong.
However, even though he was reluctant, the army of Jinzhou City was dispatched one after another according to the scheduled plan. Zu Dashou led his family soldiers and some Mongolian cavalry who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty to take charge of the central army. His group advanced east along the western Liaoning Corridor and attacked Xining Fort.
The temporarily stationed in Liaodong was an infantry battalion in Chen Jisheng's Fourth Infantry Brigade, which was the original Dongjiang Town. However, these former Dongjiang Town lost considerable losses in several battles, and a considerable number of people have been replaced by new recruits recruited by Liaoning and Liaodong.
After the intelligence department personnel who had mixed into Jinzhou City mobilized large-scale troops in Jinzhou City, they also began to secretly convey the news to the defenders in Liaodong and southern Liaoning.
"You said that the defenders of Jinzhou City fought undeclaredly and took the initiative to advance towards us?" Xu Fuzhao, the battalion commander of the infantry battalion, stood on the fortress, and an intelligence officer who looked like an ordinary businessman told him the dynamics of the defenders of Jinzhou.
"It's true that their vanguard has about 30,000 troops, and the troops that can be fought are about 10,000," said the intelligence officer.
"I understand. If you go down to Liaodong City and ask for reinforcements, you will say that our Xining Fort can be kept for half a month and the reinforcements can arrive within half a month." Xu Fu said.
"In half a month? I really have confidence."
"I don't have any confidence at all, so why do I still have a boundary?" Xu Fu said.
After the intelligence officer left, Xu Fuzou's adjutant saw Xu Fuzou's body trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sir, are you nervous?"
"This is not nervousness, it's excitement. We can finally fight. Is it easy to stay in such a peaceful place for a long time? All our military achievements were taken away by other troops." Xu Fuzou tried desperately to control his trembling body, but it shook even harder.
It is too exciting to block 30,000 people with more than one thousand people, even famous generals in ancient times are difficult to do. However, with the cold fortress on the fortress, Xu Fuzou was very confident that he would defend Xining Fort with a huge difference of 30 to 1.
The Ming army's dynamics were immediately spread to Liaodong and Liaonan. Chen Ting, the internal affairs manager, heard that the Ming court was going to attack the Restoration of Liao army, was a little panicked. However, he was panicked not only to fight, but another huge expense. Now the Restoration of Liao army is equivalent to fighting on both sides, and the army leader Chu Yun is still leading the main force to attack Lin Danhan, and the food and materials consumed are huge consumption. If the war begins in Xining Fort, economic construction will have to stagnate a little.
"The Sixth Infantry Brigade is suppressing the Jurchens in the West Sea, and the Fifth Infantry Brigade assists the Siberian Landing Reclamation Corps in the East Sea to conquer the Jurchens in the East Sea. The Third Infantry Brigade needs to suppress Jianzhou. Now the only ones that can be used are the two infantry battalions of the Fourth Infantry Brigade in Liaodong City." The Military Staff mobilized urgently.
"The 4th Infantry Brigade's duty is to protect Liaodong City. If the main force is transferred to Xining Fort, once the Ming army divided its troops around Xining Fort and raided Liaodong City, Liaodong would be lost, and the defense of Xining Fort has no meaning!" said a military adviser.
"No, have you forgotten that we have the Ministry of Army and the Ministry of Navy?" Zhao Youguang said.
"Do you want the soldiers of the Admiralty to give up their warships and come to the land to fight? They are all valuable resources, and it is too wasteful to use them on land."
"The Navy Department is not only an ordinary navy that controls ships, but also a marine unit that is being trained and preset by the military leader as a battle on the Nanyang island. It has a large number of firearms, with a population of tens of thousands, and the training is almost the same. It is possible to transfer them to the battlefield in western Liaoning."
Chapter completed!