Zhou Zheng’s Songshan City used tens of thousands of people, and I don’t know how much money was invested. It was built on the basis of Songshan Fort, and it still took more than four months to build it.
Zu Dashou's Youtun is north of the Daling River. There is not much nearby support from Jinzhou, and the manpower and materials are far from enough. It is impossible to build a big city like Jinzhou.
Therefore, Youtun cannot be guarded.
Zhou was the first to get the news. While communicating around, passing the news, and getting their attitudes, he called everyone to start discussions.
Cao Bianjiao said: "My lord, the best plan is to retreat and stand firmly in Jinzhou. Jianluo repeatedly breaks his halberd in Jinzhou. He will not go head-to-head, but will only withdraw his troops."
Everyone heard the same thought. Youtun could not defend or rescue them. There was no other way but to withdraw.
Chu Jin said: "My lord, according to the speed of Jianlu, you will be in Youtun at the latest in August. The time is not short, but it is not long. The supervisor and the governor must make a decision as soon as possible."
Liaodong is a place where power is intertwined and the most complicated. Although Sun Chengzong is the governor of Ji Liao, he still has to rely on the governor of Liaodong. If Qiu Hejia does not cooperate, Sun Chengzong will lose his hand.
Shangguan Lie answered the question and said, "My lord, can we ambush Jianlu for such a long time?"
Meng Hezhou glanced at him, shook his head and said: "Across the Daling River, Jianlu's detective ride Yima Pingchuan can see all corners. What's more, the situation in Liaodong is complicated. Some people are afraid that they have already taken refuge in Jianluo."
People around Zhou Zheng have always been a bit more taboo, that is, knowing that Zhou Zheng hates those who take refuge in Jiankui, so he never mentions it.
Shangguan Lie came to deliver the supplies from Tianjin Wei and stayed in the army ever since. Although this man was twenty years old, his ideas were unbelievable. He was completely based on speculation. He spoke and acted extremely impulsively. Fortunately, he didn't cause any troubles. In addition, he was Zhou Zheng's brother-in-law. Everyone also sold a bit of face and didn't criticize him.
Zhou Zheng looked at the map in front of him, pondered for a while, and said, "What news is there from the supervisor?"
Meng Hezhou said: "The supervisor should rush back from Jizhen to sit in Ningyuan, and he will have an order in two days at most."
Zhou Zheng looked at the map and said: "Now we have to wait for the supervisor's decision. We will continue to make our plans. If Youtun retreats to Jinzhou or our place, and Jianlu crosses the Daling River to push forward, we must make adequate countermeasures. ."
"Yes!" Everyone gathered around and began to deduct the various possibilities and countermeasures.
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Sure enough, in just two days, Sun Chengzong was still on his way to Ningyuan, and the order was spread all over Liaodong, all in a state of preparation.
The order given to Zhou Zheng shocked everyone in Songshan City.
Hearing the order, Shangguan Lie's expression changed drastically, and he said unbelievably, "What is the supervisor doing? Do you want us to die?"
Sun Chengzong's order was not for Zu Dashou to withdraw to the south of the Daling River, but to hold on. At the same time, Ming Zhou Zheng led 15,000 people to station in Youtun to defend the city with Zu Dashou!
The faces of Meng Hezhou, Chu Jin, Cao Bianjiao and others were sinking, and their brows wrinkled.
Youtun cannot be defended. The low walls of the city are thin, and it is separated from Jinzhou by the Daling River. It is a small city. Once the captives are built, there is no need to attack. As long as they are surrounded, the food in the city will be exhausted. surrender.
For them, there is no doubt that it is a deadly battle, and the deadly battle is tantamount to death in vain!
The crowd was calm, nervous, and nervous, and they discussed for a while and looked at Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng heard some of their thoughts, sat on the main seat, and said with a deep voice: "Since it is the order of the supervisor, we have no choice! Immediately, we will select 15,000 people. The two brothers are here, and the younger brother stays. If the father and son are there, the father stays, those who don’t want to go, don’t force it, start immediately, prepare! Also, pay attention to confidentiality, and do not be sensible!"
The crowd listened to Zhou Zheng's sonorous words, their expressions were slightly shaken, and they all raised their hands together and said: "Oh, yes!"
Songshan Castle, which has just been built, is mobilized again.
Standing on the arrow tower, Zhou Zheng looked north of the Daling River with a calm expression, but there was a deep worry in his eyes.
He can understand Sun Chengzong’s thoughts. If the Ming Dynasty really retreats from Youtun, it would be a strategic failure. From then on, the Ming Dynasty will have no chance to go further north, and the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Jianluo will be completely passive. The situation of being beaten has never changed.
The Ming army can look north only if it is based in Youtun. If you lose Youtun, Daming will lose Liaodong forever, and the Jiankui will continue to grow up. One day, it will swallow Liaodong, advance Shanhaiguan, and watch the changes of the Ming Dynasty!
Sun Chengzong may not dare to think about the consequences.
But Zhou Zheng knew well that the prisoners in history had eroded Liaodong step by step, so as to steal the artifacts and take control of the Central Plains!
Sun Chengzong's unwillingness and unwillingness to give up Liaodong was because of his far-sightedness and far-sightedness. Zhou Zheng saw farther than him, not at a strategic height, but with pure prophecy.
It was because of the prophecy that Zhou Zheng had to keep Youtun, let Daming stand on his heels north of the Daling River, and beat Jianlu’s fangs back, so that Jianlu knew that Da Ming should not be deceived, and that he should not have delusions. Early death!
Shangguanqing stood beside him and whispered softly: "Do you have to go?"
Shangguanqing had been following Zhou Zheng's southern campaign in the Northern War. Naturally, he could see the danger of Youtun. This time, it was a hundred times more dangerous than the battle in the capital, and it was a mortal situation in the first place!
Zhou Zheng turned his head and looked at her with a stiff expression. He didn't know if it should be awe-inspiring or pretending to be sad. After a long time, he said, "You and your brother will stay here, arrange money and food, and be ready to support at any time."
Shangguanqing is twenty-four years old and has receded a lot of youthfulness. He held Zhou Zheng's hand with one hand, his voice was clear and firm, and said: "Sleep together when you are born, and sleep together at the same point when you die. I want to go with you. "
Zhou Zheng wanted to say "I haven't slept together yet" to get Shangguanqing to stay, but the words were too cruel. Zhou Zheng twitched his mouth and didn't say it.
Just as Zhou Zheng was struggling in his heart, Cao Bianjiao came in anxiously, saying: "My lord, Governor Qiu also wrote to urge us to go to Youtun immediately and defend ourselves before the construction of the captives, and hold fast."
Although everyone didn't like Qiu Hejia, he couldn't hold his breath at this time. Zhou Zhengdao: "Passing the order, we will be out of school tonight, we will go out day and night, go to Youtun, Shangguan Lie stays behind, it's best to cover it up!"
"Yes!" Cao Bianjiao responded loudly.
Liaodong is a chaotic place. What Zhou Zheng had to do was to prevent Jianli from knowing that Youtun had reinforcements as much as possible.
Zhou Zheng looked at Shangguanqing again, saw her eyes firm, gritted her teeth, pulled up her hand, and said in a deep voice, "Sleep together when you are born, and go in the same acupuncture point when you die!"
Shangguan Qing hum, followed Zhou Zheng downstairs in stride.
On that day, the soldiers in Songshan City came in and out. Some were transporting timber, some were reclaiming wasteland, and some were training. They did not stop until the evening.
This was a common occurrence in Songshan, but no one noticed the constant lack of numbers. Zhou Zheng seized the night to gather all armies quietly and set off toward Dalinghe.
At the same time, the money and grain from Songshan City and those transported from Tianjin Wei went out to sea, went west from the Daling River, and were transported to Daling River.
Just at the beginning of July, the construction of the captives wanted to consolidate the army, raise grain and grass, and set off from Shenyang to Youtun, at least one month away.