All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 21 Who should I give explanation to for what I have done?
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: All the troops of Jizhen will advance to Deshengmen and gather together with the troops of Xuanda. All the troops of Liaozhen will follow suit~~~"

Chen Ran, wearing a mountain-patterned armor, took the emperor's edict expressionlessly and stood there with his head down in silence.

Liu Youfu stepped forward immediately, skillfully handed over a bag of silver, and asked people to settle the angel.

Turning around, he heard his own general asking faintly, "Do you know if the emperor likes to write a diary?"

Liu Youfu was stunned by this question. He hesitated for a moment and replied, "I don't know what's going on in the palace."

Chen Ran now finally understood why the Ming Dynasty, which had a hundred times advantage over the Later Jin in national strength, was defeated time and time again.

Emperor Chongzhen, the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty, actually liked micro-management, just like a certain transport captain!

Almost all of the Jiannu troops outside the city had set out towards Tongzhou.

Such a big movement naturally could not be hidden from the defenders on the city wall.

Upon hearing the news, Emperor Chongzhen immediately fell into anxiety and panic.

Judging from the Jiannu's past behavior and the Ming army's consistent performance, it was obvious that the Jiannu would once again seize a portion of their forces to attack.

It has been like this since Sarhu.

The panicked emperor and the court sent people to deliver the imperial edict by a detour at full speed, requiring the army concentrated in Tongzhou to split into two groups and go to Deshengmen and Zuoanmen, and after joining forces with the troops of Xuanda and the vanguard cavalry of Liaozhen, they would engage in a decisive battle with the Jiannu.

"The emperor is treating the world as a chessboard, and us and the Jiannu as chess pieces?" Chen Ran rubbed his head. "My head hurts."

At this moment, he thought of Hong Chengchou during the Battle of Songshan and Sun Chuanting during the Battle of Tongguan.

In history, they must have been filled with grief and indignation, as they were forced to be annihilated by such a reckless imperial edict.

Even Liu Youfu, who used to only care about making money, now expressed his concern, "The Jiannu are not your majesty's pawns. If we divide our forces, they will definitely seize the opportunity to defeat us one by one."

Chen Ran turned and looked at him. "You know all the things, but the emperor and the ministers in the court don't know. If we fight a war like this, we can only win if there is an auspicious sign from heaven."

As soon as he finished speaking, two lines of subtitles appeared in front of his eyes.

'The contents of the imperial edict were passed on by the internal forces of the Later Jin Dynasty. Huang Taiji decided to ambush the Ming army that was joining the troops of Xuanda in the north.'

'Note: You can modify one of the words.'

This is truly a blessing from heaven.

"Ming troops in the north?" Chen Ran thought thoughtfully, "Isn't that me? Is Huang Taiji planning to attack me first?"

According to the arrangements in the imperial edict, the follow-up troops from Liaozhen and Shanhaiguan went to join up with the advance cavalry from Liaozhen.

The rest of the troops went north to join the Xuanda troops brought by Man Gui.

After that, the two sides joined forces, and the Duke of Ying was appointed as the chief general, leading the troops to attack together with the three major camps in the city, concentrating superior forces to defeat the Jiannu in one battle.

Chen Ran said that it was obvious that this edict was written by a civil servant, the kind of civil servant who had read a few military books and boasted that he knew a lot about military affairs.

From beginning to end, the entire edict was about commanding the various Ming troops scattered everywhere, telling them what to do.

It was as if this was a large-scale exercise, and the whole article did not even consider where the tens of thousands of troops of the Jiannu were and how they would respond.

They simply mistook the Jiannu for the Ming army and arranged for them to stay where they were, waiting for the Ming army to concentrate all their scattered forces and then use superior forces to wipe them out.

It still has the familiar taste. Since Sarhu, the Ming court has always been talking to itself.

The Jiannu are not the Terracotta Warriors!

Chen Ran casually handed the imperial edict to Liu Youfu, his expression relaxed slightly, and he raised his hand to erase the word "North" in "Ambush North Route" and changed it to "South".

He set off immediately and went straight to find Zhao Lujiao.

"General." Looking for Zhao Lujiao, Chen Ran opened his mouth and said, "I will not obey your order."

Hearing such treasonous words, Marshal Zhao did not get angry. Instead, he looked miserable and said, "It's useless. He Kegang and the others must have divided their forces."

He is the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, and the troops in Liaodongzhen and Shanhaiguan will not obey his orders.

He Kegang and his men were originally planning to join up with their vanguard cavalry, so they would naturally not disobey the imperial order and would definitely head south.

This division of troops took away nearly half of the troops.

"Don't worry about them." Chen Ran said confidently, "I'm sure Huang Taiji will ambush the Liaozhen troops. We can follow him and rush into the battlefield when the battle starts."

"That's a good idea, but can we hide it from the Jiannu? The leader is not someone who can be easily fooled. He might ambush us from the north." Zhao Lujiao immediately thought, "Also, if we really disobey the order, how will we explain to His Majesty?"

"Who should I answer to for what I did?"

When it comes to this, Chen Ran can't suppress his anger, "This edict is asking us to die!"

Thinking that Huang Taiji originally planned to ambush him with the main force of the Eight Banners and more than 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, he could not help but become furious.

In a field battle, facing so many elite cavalry, even Chen Ran, who had only a few hundred musketeers under his command, could not hold out.

After all, they were just a few hundred musketeers armed with matchlock rifles, not hundreds of Maxim rifles.

If he had 200 Maxim guns
"Be careful with your words." Zhao Lujiao interrupted Chen Ran's fantasy, "If you don't obey the imperial edict, someone will impeach you."

"I have someone above me." Chen Ran once again brought up the lickspittle Zhou Ge Lao, "He is a master at impeachment."

"Besides," Chen Ran said impatiently, "As long as we can win, nothing else matters. If we lose, we will even lose our lives, so why would we care about impeachment?"

Zhao Lujiao trusted him very much and agreed to the task after a little thought.

However, the details still need further discussion.

"The Jiannu are not stupid." Zhao Lujiao asked bluntly, "If we don't go to Deshengmen, they will definitely know, and the scouts will be able to find us."

"We must go, of course." Chen Ran laughed. "We are going to launch a surprise attack, so we will only select the elite. The rest of the troops will go to Deshengmen with the troops from Henan, Shandong and other places to let the Jiannu see them." "Good."

Early in the morning, Huang Taiji's Khan tent.

"Father Khan." Haoge, who was tall and strong with fat all over his body, came to the back tent and said, "All flags are ready. It's almost time to set out to fight the Ming army in the north."

Huang Taiji woke up from his sleep and rubbed his head vigorously. "I won't go to the north anymore. Call everyone to discuss matters."

When all the Beile, Ezhen, and Taiji gathered, Huang Taiji adjusted his sitting posture and mood, and said seriously, "I thought about it carefully last night, and decided to attack the Liaozhen troops in the south first."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone had different looks on their faces, and there was a faint sound of noise.

It was clearly agreed that we were going to attack the Ming army heading towards Deshengmen, and everyone was ready.

We are about to set off, and you suddenly do this. Isn't this just changing your mind from one day to the next?

"Great Khan." Daishan, one of the four great beiles, lowered his eyelids and asked slowly, "Why is this?"

As time went by, Huang Taiji's authority grew stronger with his various means.

Nowadays, the only people who dare to question him to his face are the four great beile.

"Zhao Lujiao and Chen Ran's soldiers are good at fighting." Huang Taiji responded sternly, "Even if they are attacked in a field battle, they will definitely fight to the death."

The impulsive Manggurtai shouted, "If that's the case, we should beat them even more."

This is how the Later Jin Dynasty always fought. When they encountered a tough opponent, they would fight to the death regardless of the losses.

Because they know very well that if they defeat the elite ones who dare to fight, the rest will be garbage.

"It was no problem to fight like this in the past, because the nearby Ming army would hardly come to rescue." Huang Taiji patiently explained, "But this is the important area of ​​the Ming capital, and reinforcements will surely arrive quickly."

"If we fail to eat them in a hurry and are caught by reinforcements from outside, that would be bad."

He simply made it clear, "It is impossible to win a quick victory against Zhao Lujiao and Chen Ran. By then, the troops from all over the Ming Kingdom will surely come to reinforce under the order of their emperor, and it will become a chaotic battle."

"My plan is to defeat the Liaozhen troops in the south first. We are all old acquaintances, so it will be easy to fight."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around burst into laughter.

They have fought many battles with Liaodong Town, and no one knows better than them what the Liaodong Town soldiers are like.

Huang Taiji struck while the iron was hot and explained again, "Yuan Chonghuan has been captured. Now the Liaozhen soldiers are leaderless. We will definitely win easily if we attack them. We can even drive away the defeated soldiers and defeat Zu Dashou's cavalry outside Zuoanmen."

"If that's the case, the Liaozhen troops will basically be defeated. The Xuanda troops were severely damaged before. The only Ming troops that can fight in the capital area are Jizhen. By then, without reinforcements, it will be much easier to defeat them."

Daishan moved his lips but did not say anything. He just looked at Manggurtai.

As expected, the impulsive Manggurtai immediately shouted, "But if the Jizhen soldiers enter the capital, we won't be able to defeat them."

"Who told you that we are going to attack the capital?" Huang Taiji looked over with disdain. "We come here to make a fortune."

Everyone in the Khan's tent burst into laughter.

"Given the temperament of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty," Huang Taiji raised his head and smiled, "Once the soldiers from Jizhen enter the capital, they will never come out again. They must be left behind as amulets to save their lives. Outside the capital, all the fertile lands in the capital area can be taken by us!"

The atmosphere in the sweat tent became hot again.

Everyone was rubbing their hands in anticipation, as if they could immediately grab mountains of gold and silver and a tent full of beauties.

In fact, Huang Taiji really wanted to attack the capital, but unfortunately he knew he couldn't take it.

His method was to continue bleeding the Ming Dynasty while constantly plundering to strengthen his own strength.

When the time is right, we will march into the country and conquer the world!

From beginning to end, no one in the big tent mentioned the question of whether the people of Jizhen would come to rescue if they attacked the troops of Liaodong Town first.

People who knew about the situation thought that the distance was too far, the Liaozhen troops were defeated, and the Jizhen side, which was mainly composed of infantry, did not have time to arrive.

Those who are not familiar with the situation think that Jizhen is no different from the Ming army in other places, just like the Liaozhen soldiers on the other side of the Hunhe River who watched the Zhejiang and Sichuan soldiers die.

The Later Jin army marched south and ambushed the Liaozhen troops on the road that they had to pass to reach Zuoanmen.

That night, Huang Taiji specially summoned the scouts who had returned from the north.

It was learned that the Jizhen troops were indeed heading north to Deshengmen, and the two sides were already dozens of miles apart.

After receiving this news, Huang Taiji lay down and fell asleep contentedly.

At four o'clock in the morning, the wind was howling and it was so cold that it made people's scalps numb.

Liu Youfu, along with a large number of laborers, filed in and out of the baggage camp, carrying out bags of food, half a pig's leg, and freshly slaughtered chickens, ducks, and geese, which they quickly cleaned and threw into the boiling pot.

We ate meat early in the morning and ate as much as we wanted. Everyone even got two taels of wine.

The new recruits may still be happy and ignorant, but the old soldiers in the army are open-minded.

This is going to be a big war!
"The taste is bland." Chen Ran tasted the soup with a ladle and frowned slightly, "Add salt and lard. Don't save money for me!"

With the help of Yuan Chonghuan, he is now rich and confident.

The decisive battle is today, so of course we have to eat well.

Watching the laborers adding salt and oil to the pot, Chen Ran turned his head and looked towards the south under the dark night.

"Hold on! Don't let yourselves collapse before I arrive!"

(End of this chapter)