In the middle of January of the third year of Chongzhen.

The ice at sea began to melt.

By the end of the month, it was already possible to sail.

By the end of the second half of the year, Qin Liangyu's men and horses had already boarded the ship in Jinzhou, and all of them arrived at the Sancha River [now Yingkou] by sea.

Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town is also ready, and this time the dispatch is still dominated by horse team soldiers, and their task is still to act as Qin Liangyu's horse team.

Also with him was the new Liaodong governor Hong Chengchou, who also brought Jinning's cavalry over, and still acted as Qin Liangyu's horse team, the same as the last mission.

Although Man Gui also acted as a horse team, his horse team was different from the above two horse teams, which belonged to the horse team of the additional faction, and were temporarily incorporated in order to be more sure of dealing with the Eastern Prisoners. Man Gui's horse team, in fact, should be said to be the same as the white pole soldiers, itself is a member of this new army.

Sancha River this place, Qin Liangyu is not the first time to come, she came to this place last year, and this year, here has undergone great changes, last year, here is still grass, everything is still very simple, this year to come here, here is already quite large-scale, docks, houses, towering watchtowers, city towers, all of which show that this is a military fortress, all of this has appeared, but in just one year, there is a feeling of vicissitudes.

Watching the ships in the distance shuttle to the shore, unloading all kinds of supplies, and then leaving, and then the ships behind can't wait to pick up, this kind of busy scene. The first impression is that the Ming Dynasty was rich and powerful.

The tens of thousands of horses under her command were all transported from Jinning to the Sancha River in just a few days, and she experienced the strength of the Ming Dynasty. And the white pole soldiers under her command have changed a lot now, and they are very different from before.

Now, the white pole soldiers under her command can no longer be called white pole soldiers, and should be called the white pole soldiers of the car battalion. Horses, carts, artillery, and baggage are all complete, all equipped with newly developed four-wheeled carriages, the vehicles are light and flexible, and the load capacity is large, which is considered to have completely gotten rid of the weakness of the previous white pole soldiers. This army was prepared to deal with the eastern captives who were about to flee west into the grassland.

"Lin'er, what's the situation everywhere?" Qin Liangyu saw his son Ma Xianglin coming over, so he asked.

"Mother, everything is fine, it's not the first time I've been here, I'm still adapting, well-fed, warmly dressed, and bent on killing the Tartars......" Ma Xianglin replied immediately.

"Okay, now my white pole soldiers have completely changed their equipment and turned into a car battalion, this tactic and equipment are very different from before, although they have also been trained for a long time, but now that the big war is imminent, we still have to seize the time and try to be familiar with the combat ...... of this car battalion" Qin Liangyu said.

Relying on the car battalion, equipped with a horse team to sweep the grassland, this has always been the first idea of Yang reform, however, the first Sancha River battle, did not use the car battalion tactics, but still used the infantry phalanx tactics that the white pole soldiers are more familiar with, the reason is also simple, the carriage manufacturing technology at that time did not achieve the results of Yang reform, although there are also car battalions, but they are all old-fashioned chariots, far less flexible and light than the four-wheeled carriage, therefore, although there is also a car battalion, but Yang Reform did not dare to risk rashly using the cart battalion tactics.

In the first battle of the Sancha River, the white pole soldiers were also new to the capital, and the tactics of the car battalion had not been tested in actual combat for many years, and the reliability was not known, and it was still in the experimental stage of recovery, and the tactical tactics were mature. Then there is the first battle of the Sancha River, the strategic intention is just to relieve the siege of Songshan Fort and open up the battlefield of the Sancha River, and it only needs to fight near the sea, and I have not thought of going deep into the inland to attack the Dongyu city and the old nest, and there is no need to travel long distances to fight, so it is still enough to use the infantry phalanx that the white pole soldiers are good at to fight the enemy, which is enough to achieve the desired goal.

And this second battle of the Sancha River is completely different, the strategic intention is to fight the nest of the eastern captives, and then chase into the grassland, sweeping the grassland, this long journey, and then rely on two legs to fight, obviously not work. In addition, the technology of the four-wheeled carriage has matured, and the new chariot battalion can be rebuilt with the new four-wheeled carriage technology, which can greatly increase the efficiency of the chariot battalion; In addition, the white pole soldiers have more time to train new tactics. Therefore, Qin Liangyu Zaili Sancha River, the white pole soldiers under his command have completely changed, and they have the chariot version of the super white pole soldiers. …,

"Mother, don't worry, the child has already been ordered, and now they are stepping up drills." Ma Xianglin replied.

"That's good, stay in the old Sun Pavilion and discuss the war, but remember to refer to it in detail......" Qin Liangyu said again. She is from Jinning to the Sancha River by boat, but the actual chariot battalion is from the capital, all the way from the capital to Jinning, even if to the world, especially the border army to show the strength of the imperial court, is also their field exercise, on the road, basically in accordance with the offensive posture in the advance, all should be in the grassland to pursue the Dongyu, it is also quite experienced, to the Sancha River, and immediately put into training, new experience and experience, must be practiced to be able to understand.

"Don't worry, the child knows ......," Ma Xianglin said.

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Sun Chengzong did not celebrate the New Year in the capital, but took up the post of the nine-sided superintendent, and directly began to inspect the border troops everywhere in Jixuan. In addition to patrolling and rectifying combat readiness, it is also necessary to assemble a number of border troops to be used as a mobile force to cooperate with the new army in combat. In addition to dealing with matters related to the border army, it is also necessary to assemble, distribute, deal with, and promise the imperial army. After dealing with these two ends, he went to Jinning along the border pass, appeased and encouraged the officers and troops of Jinning, and then went to the Sancha River to join Qin Liangyu. Although they all went out of Beijing at the same time, Qin Liangyu arrived at the Sancha River first.

Sun Chengzong did not have a meeting on the battleship this time.

When he arrived at the Sancha River, he went ashore, and now the situation is very different from last year, the Ming Dynasty has taken the advantage, and this time he has to go inland, and the emperor "allows" him to go ashore.

The Sancha River is now a large barracks, full of officers and soldiers.

The Overseer is in charge.

Sun Chengzong had just arrived at Sanchahe, and as soon as he arrived at Sanchahe, he immediately convened a pre-war meeting to coordinate and deal with the relations between all parties on the spot, and to deal with and deal with emergencies in the vicinity, which was his main task.

This superintendent is also temporarily remodeled, and it is not very luxurious. Sun Chengzong does not have high requirements for other places, but the requirements for the war room are relatively high, and the main requirement is that it is large and can put all kinds of equipment, such as sand tables, such as cabinets for storing various materials.

In the war room, except for Hong Chengchou, who is a newcomer, almost all of them are last year's faces, and they are extremely familiar with each other, and they have cooperated with each other to fight, and they are quite emotional.

Mao Wenlong looked at the young governor of Liaodong and took a few more glances at the new governor of Liaodong. He and Yuan Chonghuan disagree, this is a public matter, although they have also fought together, but after all, there is still a mustard in the heart, now Yuan Chonghuan went to the capital to serve as the secretary of the military department, and changed to the new governor of Liaodong, I heard that the emperor himself selected and cultivated, or the imperial party, Mao Wenlong felt that maybe this time could be more than the last time. I just don't know if this young governor of Liaodong is reliable or not, don't make the mistake of a literati again, if that's the case, the emperor will play a stinky move, Mao Wenlong thought of this, and couldn't help but glance at Hong Chengchou more.

Hong Chengchou also felt Mao Wenlong's gaze, and replied with a slight smile, his official position, in terms of power authority, can control Mao Wenlong, but in fact, Mao Wenlong's official position is much higher than him, Hong Chengchou has no intention of really running to control Mao Wenlong, he can become the governor of Liaodong, it is not easy, I dare not be too extravagant, I hope that this time with Sun Ge Lao to fight this war, his status in the emperor's mind, or his status in the court, can be regarded as really stable.

Mao Wenlong smiled back with Hong Chengchou's kindness, and remembered another thing, a few days ago, there was a heated discussion in the capital about this person's advice to strengthen the officer, Mao Wenlong suddenly thought of this, and was full of curiosity about this young Liaodong governor, if it is really this young Liaodong governor's own thoughts, it means that this young man is not simple, and has a gaze that ordinary people do not have; If it was instructed by the emperor, it also means that at least he is an obedient person, through this incident, Mao Wenlong felt that this young governor of Liaodong may indeed be a good partner, and he will not make the mistakes that those stinky literati in the Ming Dynasty love to commit, and the victory of this war should be beyond doubt. Mao Wenlong has always believed that if it weren't for the constraints of the literati within the Ming Dynasty, what Dongyu would have been pacified a long time ago, and there would be so much trouble there. Seeing Hong Chengchou's kind response, Mao Wenlong also smiled slightly, which can be regarded as accepting this new "teammate". …,

"This war, the strategic goal, I think you all know, this cabinet will not be repeated here, I only hope that you will unite sincerely, live up to the trust of Your Majesty, and earn a life for my Ming Dynasty......" Sun Chengzong also sighed, from Xuan, Ji, Jinning to Sancha River, the axis has been rotating for so long, the expectations of this war, self-evident, he knows what the emperor thinks, what he is worried about, this time he said this a little heavily.

"The elder of the pavilion is serious, we should fight bravely to kill the enemy and live up to Your Majesty's expectations." Everyone hurriedly said.

"Good...... General Ma Xiao arrived first, so General Ma Xiao will introduce the situation here. Sun Chengzong said with a smile, several people here are all big men on the leading side, and Ma Xianglin actually can't get in, but Qin Liangyu won this opportunity for him, and Sun Chengzong also gave him this opportunity, allowing Ma Xianglin to show his face in front of everyone.

"Yes, Elder Ge...... Now that the sea of the Sancha River has been opened, it is receiving all kinds of strategic materials on a large scale, from grain, grass, weapons, and equipment to all kinds of hoarding, and the grain, grass and supplies needed for this war are abundant, and the officers and troops from all parts of the country have also been assembled in place,...... Because this war is deep inland, well aware of the grassland, so, the tactics are different from before, it is a car battalion operation, and now all places are stepping up drills to do the last run......-in before the war," Ma Xianglin began to introduce the latest movements of the Sancha River.

Sun Chengzong nodded while listening, although the cavalry on Jinning's side and Mao Wenlong's side had also done drills to cooperate with the chariot battalion, in the second half of last year, in addition to suppressing the Dongyu and covering the battlefield, that is, training this new combat method, of course, training is training, and the actual combat is still cooperating with the chariot battalion of the white pole soldiers under Qin Liangyu, so it has to be re-run-in, I heard that it has been practiced and run-in, Sun Chengzong nodded, now, there is still some time, it is indeed time to strengthen the run-in in this regard.

Mao Wenlong, Hong Chengchou, Man Gui and others were all listening carefully.

“…… On the other side of the Dongyu, as far as we know, there is a banner of men and horses, less than 10,000 people, the banner owner is Amin, because I was suppressed by my Ming Dynasty, I only dared to shrink in the Haizhou Acropolis and did not come out, it seems that I have no intention of fighting a decisive battle with my Ming Dynasty......" Ma Xianglin continued to explain.

Sun Chengzong nodded again. Everyone listened attentively.

"Where is the chieftain? Didn't come? ”。 Sun Chengzong asked.

"Hui Ge Lao, according to the report of the spies, it seems that he did not come, and it seems that he is still concentrating on dealing with Lin Dan Khan......" Ma Xianglin replied.

"Oh, that's the case......" Sun Chengzong nodded, this is indeed in line with the deduction, according to the probability of deduction, even if the Dongyu wants to fight a decisive battle, it will not be chosen near the Sancha River, at least wait for the Ming Dynasty's officers and troops to go deep into the interior and then find a way to fight a decisive battle, or the idea of fighting grain and grass, or cutting off the back road and harassment. However, Sun Chengzong is not afraid to go deep into the inland this time, and last year's war was that the Ming Dynasty had no strategic intention to go deep into the inland, and there was no need to go inland. This time it's different, all are newly equipped chariots, with chariots, the speed of advance has increased greatly, a day of forced marching, can reach a hundred miles, such as the East Lu does not want to be soldiers in the city, must intercept the Ming Dynasty's officers and troops within a few days, and be ready for a decisive battle, otherwise, once the Ming Dynasty soldiers come to the city, it is a result of breaking the city. The Ming Dynasty relied on the Che Ying, and it brought enough grain and grass itself, and was not afraid of running out of food in a short period of time.

"Returning to the pavilion, yes, according to the report of the spies, in the second half of last year, the chieftains of the Eastern Captives were all targeting Lin Dan Khan, and they never came to my Liaodong at all. I think it's also Dongyu, who wants to flee west......," Ma Xianglin said.

"Oh, hehehe, huh? In the opinion of General Yima, what should I do now? Sun Chengzong said with a smile, Ma Xianglin is Qin Liangyu's son, Sun Chengzong also has a good impression of this young man, and he has the opportunity to cultivate, but he is not stingy.

"Back to the elder, the last general thinks that my Ming should go north, go straight to Haizhou Wei, take Haizhou Wei in one fell swoop, and use Haizhou Wei as the support for the advance of the army...... " Ma Xianglin immediately said with great interest, obviously, he had strong confidence in his idea.

Sun Chengzong listened, smiled, nodded and said: "Yes, Dongyu has no intention of fighting a decisive battle with our army in the coastal sea, Haizhou Acropolis is only a hundred miles away from the Sancha River, and our army can indeed reach Haizhou Wei and hit Donglu ......by surprise" Sun Chengzong agrees with this statement, and the actual staff is also what it means. The Ming army, equipped with chariots, can indeed do a hundred miles a day without interception, not to mention that in fact, due to the shelter of the battlefield, it can reach a closer place and not let the Dongyu find out .......