Please ask me to be the emperor

Haizhou has been conquered, and the land and water passage from the rebel army to Liaoyang has been completely opened.

From Niuzhuang to Liaoyang, it is two hundred miles by land and water.

However, the land route needs to go east to Haizhou first, and then turn north.

The water and land line goes north along the Taizi River and then turns eastward.

The two form a parallelogram on the map.

In other words, if Zhang Sanbai wants to advance both by land and water, he must divide his troops into two groups.

"In this way, Luo Xiangqian and Wu Sangui, you two battalions will go by water, and the rest will go by land with me!" Zhang Sanbai pondered for a moment and couldn't help but order.

The waterway is convenient. It would be great if everyone could take the waterway.

However, the rebels had limited ships, and they also had to control the first-line routes of the Liaohe River and Taizi River.

In this case, Zhang Sanbai could only divide his troops.

Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others saw the rebel army winning consecutive battles. Even if they had a hundred thoughts, they could only obey orders.

Everyone's calculations were settled, so they left Niuzhuangyi and rushed towards Liaoyang.

The line from Niuzhuang to Liaoyang originally had low-lying terrain and muddy roads. Since it was late autumn and the rain dropped significantly, the roads became much easier to walk.

After four days of hard work, we arrived in Liaoyang and saw a huge mountain lying in front of us.

Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but ask: "What mountain is this?"

"General, is this the first mountain?" Zu Dashou quickly introduced.

"Shoushan?" Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.

It turns out that there is also a Shou Mountain in Xiangcheng County, Henan. It was the first mountain where the Yellow Emperor "collected the copper from Shou Mountain and cast it at the foot of Jing Mountain".

When the ancestor Dashou saw Zhang Sanbai's expression, he quickly explained: "This Shou Mountain is where Sima Yi used to dive into the Ji Liao River, enter Shou Mountain, and break Gongsun Yuan."

It turns out that this Shou Mountain is located fifteen miles southwest of Liaoyang and is the barrier of Liaoyang, while Xiangping during the Three Kingdoms period was seventy miles north of Liaoyang.

If the people and horses in the pass come from the south, they must pass through Shou Mountain, so this place is the key point of Liaoyang and Xiangping.

If Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had not dredged the rivers after occupying Liaodong so that ships could pass through the Liao River and Taizi River, I am afraid that the rebels would not have been able to escape this battle this time.

Naturally, Zhang Sanbai also knew how powerful this place was, and quickly ordered: "Where is Yang Chengzu? Please send someone with me to investigate carefully, and don't fall into the enemy's trick!"

As the commander-in-chief of a party, the more critical the moment, the more calm you must be.

"General, it will be dark soon, and Liaodong City is also in danger. If we delay for a long time, I'm afraid something will happen." Zu Dashou frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but take the initiative to speak.

"There is no chance!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Sanbai shook his head when he heard this and said with a smile, "Although the Tatars are in large numbers and besieging Liaoyang, they are connected by waterways. I already know the truth and falsehood!"

While Zhang Sanbai, Zu Dashou and others were discussing the art of war, Yang Chengzu was leading his soldiers to the top of Shoushan Mountain.

However, at this moment there was a faint sound of gunfire.

Yang Chengzu quickly climbed to the top of the mountain, walked to the front and looked down, only to see a large number of people and horses surrounding Liaoyang City, fiercely attacking the city.

Several more Hongyi cannons spit out a stream of smoke from time to time, bombarding Liaoyang City.

Yang Chengzu was unexpectedly taken aback and quickly ordered: "Quick, tell the coach with a flag!"

It turns out that Liaoyang is 120 miles away from Shenyang, which is 90 miles shorter than Niuzhuang.

It's just that the Hongyi cannon was heavy and difficult to move, so it took a lot of effort to get to the outside of Liaoyang City.

Daishan failed to attack Liaoyang repeatedly, and Duduo did not see the main force coming to support him. He immediately became anxious and ordered the use of Hongyi artillery to attack the city. This was what Yang Chengzu saw.

"Dai Shan is in a hurry!" Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but asserted after learning about the battle situation outside Liaoyang City.

"You are really anxious!" Even Zu Dashou could see this.

There is actually no police post in this important place on Shoushan Mountain. Now that it is getting late and we don't know how to advance or retreat, this is a way to die.

Just as Zhang Sanbai, Zu Dashou and others arrived at Shoushan, the "dead soldiers" of Hou Jin climbed onto the Liaoyang city wall again.

"Kill, kill!" I saw a general in red armor jumping up, waving a big knife and killing the guards who were pushing the ladder with a fork.

"Quick, stop him!" It turned out that these guards were servants of big families in the city and were useless. The other rebel soldiers forgave him and hurriedly went to stop him.

"Hey!" Two spears stabbed hard at the red-armored general.

However, before the two people could show their joy, they saw the man reach out and move the spear away, stepped forward and chopped down one of them with a knife, and he chopped down several people in succession.

It turned out that this man was wearing double armor and was invulnerable.

And just when this man was too brave to control, seven or eight more "dead soldiers" of Houjin rolled up from the ladder, and the situation was precarious for a while.

Li Yangeng couldn't help but take a deep breath and was about to step forward to fight for his life.

Unexpectedly, at this time, there was only a sound of gunshots, and a group of soldiers rushed up from the city. They quickly pushed back this group of enemies.

"General Huang?" Li Yangeng couldn't help turning his head and greeted quickly, "Why are you here!"

It turned out that the person who came was none other than Dao Huang Degong, who was in charge.

Originally, according to the agreement, Huang Degong was in charge of the central army and sent his elite troops to provide support, while other large households guarded various gates. Li Yangeng never expected that Huang Degong would suddenly appear at the east gate.

"Boom!" Huang Degong was about to speak when he heard a loud noise and a lot of gravel flew over.

Huang Degong and Li Yangeng hurriedly hid, only to realize that the virgin wall of Daoyi not far away had been smashed into pieces by the Houjin Dao Hongyi cannon.

"General Huang, it's too dangerous here. Get out of here quickly!" Li Yangeng was horrified and couldn't help but remind him quickly.

"It's because this time is too dangerous that I came here!" Unexpectedly, Huang Degong shook his head and said, "Our army's reinforcements have arrived, which is enough to repel the enemy!"

"What?" Li Yangeng was stunned at first, then unexpectedly overjoyed.

It turned out that after several days of hard fighting with the Tatars, they said that this time the rebels had treated them as abandoned children, and they could not help feeling regretful in private.

He never expected that at this critical moment, the rebel reinforcements would finally arrive.

"Actually, I've been here a long time ago. I'm just waiting to defeat the enemy today!" Huang Degong couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that the reinforcements Huang Degong mentioned were not the main force led by Zhang Sanbai, but the two battalions of Luo Xiangqian and Wu Sangui who came by water.

It only took the two battalions two days to arrive outside Liaoyang City.

Huang Degong could still hold on, so he asked them to temporarily station themselves west of Liaoyang City in order to break out at the critical moment.

However, Huang Degong did not expect that this generation of Shanjiu would not be able to attack, so he actually transferred the Hongyi cannon from Shenyang.

Logically speaking, these few Hongyi cannons are worthless.

It's just that Li Yangeng, Cui Ming, Han Xuan and other powerful family members have never experienced hard battles and are embarrassed to use.

As soon as they heard the sound of the cannon, their hearts were shaken and their livers and gallbladders were split. Only then did Hou Jin's siege troops attack the city wall frequently.

In desperation, Huang Degong had to invite Luo Xiangqian and Wu Sangui to avoid losing Liaoyang City.