The army headed north, and the first city to be captured was Fushun.
In the 17th year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty built Fushun City at the foot of Gaolu Mountain. Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to "pacify the border and guide the barbarians", and the name "Fushun" came from this.
After crossing Fushun, the Ming Dynasty could directly attack Hetuala, a city newly built by Nurhaci himself.
As long as Fushun was captured, the Ming Dynasty's path to advance would be completely opened. Once the war reached this point, there was basically no suspense, and the Jiannu could be said to have no way to retreat.
But on the eastern front, Lu Xiangsheng was also sitting on a horse.
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been very active in Liaodong, with various commercial activities and espionage activities already underway. Whether it is the Imperial Household Department or the Embroidered Uniform Guard, their tentacles are everywhere, at least maps have been drawn.
After the new map was drawn according to the rules customized by the Royal Academy, it was delivered to the royal army for use.
Now, in the Royal Army, if you want to become a general, the first thing you need to do is to be able to read a map. If you can't read a map, you basically can't become a general.
Lu Xiangsheng held a map in his hand and a telescope on his chest. He had already memorized the topography of this land, but he would still take out the map from time to time to verify it, fearing that something might go wrong.
This time, what Lu Xiangsheng had to do was to attack along the Yalu River, directly towards Hetuala, and at the same time attack the Fuala Mountain City under Hulan Hada.
These two places are very important to the Jiannu and also to the Ming Dynasty.
Hetuala was where Nurhaci proclaimed himself Khan, and Fuala Mountain City was where Nurhaci rebelled. The Ming Dynasty must conquer both of these places.
To the Ming Dynasty, Nurhaci was a capricious villain and a traitor. Back then, he was Li Chengliang's personal guard, and although there were a lot of troubles in his family, some things were hard to explain.
But it didn't matter. From the Ming Dynasty's perspective, they deserved to be attacked. Lu Xiangsheng wanted to take over these two places. And he didn't think it would be difficult.
As a new generation in the army, Lu Xiangsheng has many people from the Royal Academy supporting him.
For the Royal Academy, this was an opportunity to demonstrate their strength. People like Sun Chuanting felt they were falling behind. As for the other generals, they looked down on them even more.
So, this time they want to prove to the world that they are the most talented, they are the best, and everyone else is just a bunch of losers.
As Lu Xiangsheng's good friend and subordinate, Cao Wenzhao followed him on horseback.
The two walked forward together.
Cao Wenzhao turned to look at Lu Xiangsheng and said with a smile, "Why are you looking at the map again? Are you a little too nervous? With so many troops dispatched this time, there must be no major problems."
Zhu Youxiao now has two imperial armies, each with 50,000 men. Over the years, he has spent most of his money on military horses, and all kinds of new weapons have been used to equip them. They are fed the best food and have the best training.
This time, 50,000 people were dispatched, with the East and the West each contributing 25,000 men, which was already a rare majority.
In the words of Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng, this was a bit too much of a fuss, and the strength of the Jiannu had been greatly weakened in recent years.
Even if they had not been weakened, Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng felt that too many troops were mobilized and 10,000 people would be enough.
The current Ming Dynasty's personal army is invincible if it exceeds 10,000. These two generals have unparalleled confidence and there will definitely be no problem.
Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Cao Wenzhao and said solemnly, "Don't be arrogant. Arrogant troops will be defeated. We must be more cautious."
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao nodded and said, "It's true that we shouldn't be arrogant, but you're being too cautious. How many attack plans have you deduced?"
"The day before yesterday, you told me it was fourteen sets. We've made all kinds of preparations. How many times did we do this during the previous wargame? Forty-six, right? We've practiced every possible scenario. What could possibly go wrong?"
In Cao Wenzhao's opinion, Lu Xiangsheng was too cautious, and this caution made people feel a little puzzled.
Lu Xiangsheng carried the emperor's hopes and the prestige of the Imperial Academy, and the pressure was immense. This was his first time leading troops into such a major battle, and he had no choice but to win, not lose.
But even so, this was a bit too cautious. Cao Wenzhao was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would break the string, so he gave him some slack.
This is too stressful and really not good.
Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Cao Wenzhao, put away the map in his hand, sighed and said, "You should also understand what this time means. Even if we don't want credit, we must fight the battle beautifully."
Cao Wenzhao said disapprovingly, "What's the big deal? Do they dare to come out?"
When saying this, Cao Wenzhao was filled with pride and his chest puffed out.
In previous battles, the Ming Dynasty rarely engaged in open combat. Field battles were easy to lose, the Ming cavalry wasn't strong enough, and when faced with the enemy's attacks, military discipline wasn't strict enough, resulting in poor combat effectiveness. Simply put, the army wasn't up to scratch.
When Emperor Chengzu swept the north, he also mainly used infantry phalanxes, but he was able to win. He was fearless in the face of cavalry charges and was able to circle and kick the cavalry.
But the current Ming soldiers are no longer capable, but Cao Wenzhao believes that the emperor's personal army can stand firm like a mountain.
However, the royal army would not give the enemy cavalry a chance to charge. They also had cavalry on their side, and they were lancers equipped with new lances.
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