Standing on the bank of the mighty Liao River, watching the army rumbling by on the pontoon bridge, Shi Kefa was full of ambition and high spirits.
Since the hair has been tied, the dream of serving the country in countless dreams has finally come true, which is not the greatest joy in life The staff behind him reported to Shi Kefayu: "The Manchu barbarians have really been broken by Lu Hanqiang, our army has been marching for several days, and they haven't even seen a single patrol post, and our patrol post came to report, they just cowered in the Liaozhong city and did not come out, and then observed the head of the Liaozhong city, the banner was scattered and shaking, it can be seen that the army's heart has been chaotic, from this point of view, as soon as the king of my Heavenly Dynasty arrives, he will definitely go down with a drum and annihilate the stubborn enemy."
And take Liaozhong, it is only 300 miles away from Shengjing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, our army can attack the enemy nest of Shengjing after a little rest, and the enemy nest, at that time, the Governor can complete the great cause of recovering Liao, and achieve the first meritorious service in the world, and we can also follow the Governor to leave a name through the ages. ” Shi Kefa stroked his beard and said highly: "I don't dare to leave a name for the ages, but I just fulfill the king's entrustment, and I am worthy of loyalty."
Then looking at the front army of the team that had already submerged into the horizon, and seeing that the rear army's baggage had also been overwhelmed, Shi Kefa groaned slightly, and then made up his mind: "After the army, burn the pontoon bridge." ” The Chinese army and the staff nodded their heads and praised when they heard this, and one of the staff members sighed: "Put yourself to death and come back to life, you have the essence of the art of war, I might as well wait." ” Shi Kefa said in a deep voice: "If this is not the case, where will the Beijing camp on the battlefield for the first time have the heart to die, burn the pontoon bridge, do the thing of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, and then promise high-ranking officials and rich rewards, so that the two-pronged approach, I will stimulate all their mortal fighting spirit." ” The crowd sighed again: "That's right. ” It's a pity that, unlike the thoughts of the higher-ranking officials, when the fire on the pontoon bridge rose to the sky, the soldiers of the Beijing camp on the march were all frightened and whispered to each other, and unconsciously, the morale of the army was chaotic.
When the Ming army crossed the river to the east, Shi Tingzhu, who was born in Liaoyang, was taking his 10,000 Han and Eight Banners and the elite of the White Banner from the downstream across the Liao River to the west, and went straight to Tai'an, where the Ming army's baggage was stored.
Shi Tingzhu served as the general guerrilla of the Ming Dynasty, and after surrendering, he followed two generations of Manchu emperors to conquer the south and the north and make great contributions.
As soon as the Han Eight Banner was established, he practiced the whole army day and night to repay the great trust of Huang Taiji, and in the Liaoyang family, he carefully selected five hundred sons and nephews as his own soldiers as the middle, and rectified them as henchmen, so the current combat effectiveness of the Zhengbai Banner is actually higher than that of the Ming army.
This time, I got the order of Huang Taiji, and I was very excited.
Against Lu Hanqiang's Fuliao army, he didn't have the courage, but against other Ming troops, Shi Tingzhu was absolutely sure of winning.
At the same time, when Huang Taiji personally took command of the ambush of the Ming army, he ordered Shi Tingzhu to lead the headquarters to raid Tai'an, which was empty, and in addition to the grain and grass, in addition to the grain and grass, according to the rules of the Eight Banners, he was allowed three layers, three layers, how many gold and silver materials did it have With these three layers of materials in hand, his own white flag could immediately become the strongest of the Han Eight Banners.
That night, he gathered a large army in Liaoyang, and sent secret agents to patrol the sentry to closely monitor the movement of Tai'an, when Shi Kefa left two thousand old and weak guards to guard Tai'an, and personally led the team to kill Liaozhong, Shi Tingzhu couldn't help but caress the prime minister, shouted that God helps me, and then immediately scattered his family children and nephews to each Niu Lu under the team officers, stipulating that in wartime must be to compete for the first, take a step back to die, take a step forward and rise, and then do not engage in false texts such as sacrificing flags, directly roll up the flag and stop the drum, cross the river from the lower reaches of the Liao River, and go straight to Tai'an.
Shi Kefa burned the pontoon bridge and took the heart of the shipwreck to the east.
Soon after leaving Liaohe, he found that the Qing army patrol began to appear, which was different from the original no patrol sentry peeping, at the same time, the patrol horse sent out by himself began to have losses, and the loss became bigger and bigger, and finally no one dared to respond when the patrol was sent again, even if he went out under coercion and temptation, he did not dare to leave the brigade too far, but he just coped with things, which made Shi Kefa feel very angry, and if he went on like this, he became a blind man and a blind horse in this unfamiliar place, wouldn't it be dangerous There is also a situation that also makes him uneasy, that is, all the villages and towns along the way have been destroyed, some of them were originally destroyed and abandoned, thinking that this is the masterpiece of Lu Hanqiang's original plan, and some of them are newly destroyed, and the soil of the filled well is still new, fortunately, this is a plain land, there are many ditches and river forks, and there is no need to worry about drinking water, otherwise the army will be stuck.
The further you go, the closer you are to the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty, the denser the villages and towns should be, but the result is dense, but they are all empty.
Seeing this situation, Shi Kefa had an ominous feeling in his heart, and seeing that it was getting late, he ordered the army to stop and camp on the spot to rest.
The army was encamped, and Shi Kefa immediately convened the generals to discuss and judge the military situation.
But there is a strange resemblance between the military discussions, that is, the generals are cautious, and the ministers are all generous, which is simply full of twists.
In particular, Zhao Kai, the deputy general of the Beijing Camp Wu Military Battalion, simply proposed: "Master Supervisor, the former enemy is unknown, our army must not take risks, why not simply return to the army and Tai'an, and wait until the true situation of the prisoners is found out before fighting." ” A group of literati staff were in an uproar at the time, what is this called, everyone rushed to the flag to go on the expedition, but they didn't see anything halfway, and they turned around and went back without doing anything, you are playing in front of an army of more than 30,000.
So an eight-rank civil official immediately jumped out, pointed at the nose of Zhao Kai, the deputy general of the second rank, and scolded loudly: "What is this called, the army has been on the march for many days, and it has approached Liaozhong, and as a result, you have to return to the army if you don't see the shadow of the enemy, what kind of attitude do you have This is the attitude of escaping, and the crime should be beheaded." ” Being scolded by this meal, the lieutenant general could only open his mouth and dare not say anything more.
Shi Kefa also frowned and said: "General Zhao, the army will sacrifice the flag and go to the battle, it will be a meritorious service in the first war, if you return to the army like this, the three armies will inevitably win the morale, and how to fight in the future battle is simply nonsense." ” was scolded by Shi Kefa's supervisor, Zhao Kai was so frightened that he accused again and again, "The last general will be guilty, and everything is up to the superintendent's dispatch."
Then he hid with the other generals and didn't dare to say anything more.
A group of civil servants immediately gathered around Shi Kefa, pointing and talking about military affairs on the map.
This is a map of Liaodong drawn by the Fuliao army, which was surveyed and mapped by Chen Liang's army when he galloped through Liaodong last year, and it is quite detailed and thorough.
At this time, Shi Kefa looked at the map and asked, "What is here?"
A group of staff officials and civil officials chattered for a long time, and only then did one of them turn around and ask Zhao Kaidao, a military general who was standing aside: "Who, do you know what kind of place this is?"
The military general immediately stepped forward to salute: "I asked an old man who didn't have time to escape, this place is called Yuejia Town. ” "Master Inspector, this is called Yuejia Town, well, here."
This staff member pointed out the location on the map. t1706231537: