Chapter 553 Yuan Chonghuan fell into the trap

On the official road outside Jinzhou City in Liaodong, a Ming army explorer flew forward. Even before reaching the city gate, he did not slow down at all. He rushed into the door. The defenders guarding the city looked at each other when they saw his outfit and hurried appearance. They had never seen anyone in such a hurry to deliver a letter in the past two years, but two people dressed like this came just noon today. Could it be that something big happened?

In a tall yamen south of Jinzhou City, Yuan Chonghuan looked at a dusty horse with serious tribute: "What you reported is the truth? There is no conspiracy in military information!"

"Sir, it's absolutely true. When the garrison of Yizhou saw the Jin army appear under his city, he immediately sent someone to report to the outside world that the villain was the third person who spread the news!" The man gasped and replied.

"It's really surprising that the Jin people actually attacked my Ming Dynasty at this time. Don't they know that the Meng people are watching on their border? By the way, besides knowing that the Jin army attacked Yizhou, do you have any other news?"

"The young man only knew about this. After being ordered by his superiors, he rushed to ask for help. The rest was unknown." Just as his words came, someone came in and reported: "Mr. Yuan, there was a quick horse from Guangning coming outside, saying that there was an urgent matter!"

"Huh?" Yuan Chonghuan frowned when he heard this: "Can you... let him in and speak."

"Mr. Yuan, Guangning was besieged by the Jiannu army. The young man risked his life and came out of the city to ask for help. He also hoped that the lord would quickly transfer people to rescue him. If it was too late, I would be afraid that he would not be able to defend it!" As soon as the man entered the lobby, he knelt down and said.

"Let's talk about it slowly, what's going on!" Yuan Chonghuan's heart pounded. He knew that something really happened this time, but what made him embarrassed was how many people the Jin people had now, and he didn't know what the purpose was. How did he make a decision?

Half an hour later, the generals in Jinzhou City had already followed Yuan Chonghuan's call and came to the yamen where he was. When they heard that Yizhou and Guangning were besieged by the Jin army at the same time, they also changed their colors one by one. "Sir, is this information reliable? Didn't we expect that Jianlu would not have any abnormal movements this year? Why does this happen suddenly now? And they attacked two cities in one attack?" Someone immediately raised a question.

"I have already asked the person who came to report the news in detail. What can be confirmed is that about 30,000 Jiannu is attacking Guangning, and Yizhou cannot determine the number of people, but it should not be below the number." Yuan Chonghuan said with a frown.

"Then Jiannu is so brave. He dares to send troops to attack our Ming Dynasty at this time. Wouldn't he be afraid of the empty defense and be taken advantage of by the Mongol?" Man Gui said sarcastically. Now the conflict between him and Yuan Chonghuan is becoming more and more intense. The meaning in his words is obviously a sign of questioning Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan glared at him angrily. Usually, this fierce general was so disrespectful to him, so he could tolerate him. But at this critical moment, he was still dissatisfied, which made Yuan Chonghuan feel angry. However, the other party only questioned something and said something had some reason. He could not ask him about his crime. He could only hold it back first and said, "General Man Gui said that he had also considered it, but the information sent by Guangning people was like this. We must do something. We have only been recapturing Guangning and Yizhou for only a year. If we lose it again now, what would the court discuss?

"And although those two cities are not important, once Jiannu takes over it, it will also be a threat to our Liaodong. So I thought that no matter what, I would send troops to rescue him. I wonder if anyone has a different opinion?"

"Mr. Yuan, the generals always feel something strange about this matter. Since Jiannu can suddenly besiege our Yizhou and Guangning cities without our knowledge, why don't they directly attack our Jinzhou? As long as they can attack unexpectedly, we may suffer a great loss without any defense. Why should they leave the near and far away? Perhaps Jiannu has some conspiracy this time, just to send troops to rescue the two cities." Man Gui was finally a fierce general who fought for many years, and soon he saw some unusual things.

Yuan Chonghuan did not expect this question, but at this time he had already said that, of course he didn't want to change his words in front of everyone, and it was Man Gui who said this, so he couldn't admit his mistake. So Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said, "General Man Gui, you are too worried. Then Jiannu is just a brave man, how could he have any tricks? If you lose Yizhou and Guangning this time, you will really suffer a great loss. I wonder what the generals mean?"

After looking at each other, the generals nodded unanimously and said, "What the Lord said is very much. This time, Jiannu suddenly came to attack my Liaodong. No matter what their purpose is, since we come, we should let them know the power of the Ming Dynasty. Please give orders!" Although they felt that Man Gui's words had some truths, when they remembered the habits of the Jin people in the past, it was difficult to associate this matter with any conspiracy. Moreover, Lord Yuan said this again, so naturally everyone could not sing a counter-topic with Lord Jinglei.

Yuan Chonghuan smiled with satisfaction when he saw this, and then said, "But you must not ignore General Man Gui's words. Let's do this, so I will order the scouts to pay more attention to other cities in Liaodong. Don't miss each other at that time, so that you will be foolproof." This obviously gave Man Gui a step, not embarrassing him too much. But Man Gui didn't appreciate it, just snorted coldly and stopped saying anything.

Since they made up their minds, Jinzhou and the nearby troops started to move. Although they needed to leave enough troops to defend the city, they still mobilized 50,000 people to rush north to help Guangning City. When they thought, there were tens of thousands of troops from Guangning and the 50,000 reinforcements that rushed there, enough to repel the Jin people.

But the facts were not as satisfactory as they thought. When the Ming army in Jinzhou began to mobilize, Guangning City was already lost. There was no way to do this, because the Jin Dynasty attacked Guangning this time, and the troops exceeded the 30,000 people who attacked Yizhou, reaching 50,000, while the Ming army defenders in Yizhou were only about 10,000.

Last year, he took the opportunity to seize several cities in the northeast of Liaodong. Although it was one of the rare great victory in the Ming Dynasty in recent years, it still had its sequelae afterwards, which was that the strength of the Liaodong defenders was divided. In the past, there were only a few important places such as Jinzhou, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. The Ming army of more than 100,000 was enough to allocate, but now there are several more cities, so it is necessary to transfer troops from each city. Although Yuan Chonghuan asked the court for troops afterwards, the court approved his request and transferred more than 30,000 people, the new soldiers, in terms of combat effectiveness and other forces, could not compare with the original Liaodong elite soldiers. In this way, the veterans and new soldiers were only able to mix and match the veterans, and train new soldiers through veterans to enable them to grow.

Over the past year, these new recruits transferred from other guards have indeed made great progress, but that is not a skill that is really done on the battlefield. When we see the fierce Jin army attacking the city they guard, the new recruits panic and cannot calm down like veterans. This has instead dragged down thousands of veterans in Liaodong.

Of course, Yizhou would not have fallen so quickly, but because of the sudden appearance of the Jin people, it greatly damaged the morale of the defenders, and Yizhou did not have sufficient firearms as solid support like Jinzhou and Ningyuan, which allowed the ending of this offense and defense to be predicted at the beginning. As a result, in just three days, Yizhou City changed hands again, just like when Zhao Shujiao snatched it from the Jin people a year ago.

Stepping on the corpses and blood all over the ground, Huang Taiji entered Yizhou City, but there was no smile on his face, because he knew that this was just the first step of his plan. If this plan really succeeded, this time he would achieve what his father had always wanted to do and kill him to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. So he couldn't help but look back at Li Yan who was beside him. Although he seemed to be his guest on the surface, he was actually a hostage. This time the plan was proposed by the Han people. Under such a great temptation, even Huang Taiji had to be moved, but in order to be deceived, he still let this guy named Li Yan follow him.

Seeing Huang Taiji looking at him, Li Yan immediately guessed what he meant, and smiled and praised: "The combat power of the elite soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty is indeed not comparable to that of the Ming army. It really opened the eyes of the little ***. Such a tall city was attacked in just one day. I believe that no one in the world's army can do the right thing. When they reach Beijing City, with such warriors leading the way, the capital of the Ming court will definitely not be protected!"

"It's too early to say all this, but as long as the Liaodong defenders over there can be really restrained by us, I can let our most elite troops attack Beijing City!" Huang Taiji said proudly: "As long as the news of the Ming army comes, our second plan will be carried out. If this time it can really respond to what you said, you will be the biggest hero of my Dajin. My Khan will definitely not be too slow to treat you."

"Then I'll thank you for your sweat here first." Li Yan hurriedly bowed and said.
Chapter completed!