stubborn thief

Yang Qi is actually an acquaintance of Huang Taiji, and they have dealt with each other before.

At the end of the fifth year of Tianqi, Yang Qi changed his official position three times in three months in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong.

Huang Taiji no longer remembers this person. After all, Yang Qi was not the only one who was fooled around at that time. From Shanhaiguan to Shenyang, people with surnames from the Ming and Jin countries have all been fooled by him and suffered from him—— How old are you, Yang Qi?
It was also for this reason that when Huang Taiji heard about Yang Qi's situation from the surrendered people and prisoners, he immediately decided to withdraw his troops and leave the border.

No one understands this decision.

Zhang Zongheng in Datong City did not expect that, in his opinion, the critical point between Ming and Jin in this battle has been broken with the fall of the two counties, and it will be difficult to stalemate in future battles, and Hou Jin has already taken the upper hand.

With the food supplies, population and supplies from the two counties, Houjin should be able to fight more vigorously, and there must be a large-scale battle next.

Not to mention that he didn't understand, the nobles of Aixinjueluo headed by Daishan in the later Jin army, and the leaders of the Han army headed by Marshal Kong Youde also didn't understand. The harvest of the county is not enough to make up for the loss of their dispatch of troops this time.

What's more, victory on the battlefield is in sight. As long as they fight a war of annihilation against the reinforcements of the Ming army, they can win half a month to a month, enough time for them to break through and persuade several counties to surrender. It has been torn apart.

Huang Taiji thought to himself: You know what an ass!
Liu Chengzong was a great benefactor in this war, and the Ming court was grateful for Liu Chengzong's sending troops to help.

Conversely, even though Liu Chengzong was a contender for the position of Monan Khan, Huang Taiji was also very excited about Liu Chengzong sending troops at this time, and the taker came!

First, he thinks that although Liu Chengzong is the great leader of the Central Plains Qunkou with unrivaled martial arts, he is a reckless Han man, and he cannot be regarded as his competitor.

This can be seen from a very simple example. He sent his son Hauge to the Marshal's Mansion, showing the greatest sincerity and respect. Their enemies are all Ming, and they are far away from each other and close at hand. Attack.

This is the natural ally of geography.

But any outstanding leader will definitely reach a covenant first. Taking a step back, he will properly receive and send envoys to each other—even if they are hostile, the mountains and rivers on both sides are far away.

However, Liu Chengzong was full of Han people's high-sighted eyes and the short-sightedness of a reckless man. His son was sent back without even seeing Liu Chengzong.

Just such a grassroots bandit with no political or diplomatic ability, even if Mongolia is thrown into his hands, it will be defeated sooner or later.

Second, if Liu Chengzong really doesn't have any political and diplomatic talents, then his ability to kill people must be very outstanding, so that he can cut down such a big business in the Northwest.

Such a thing that can cut people, wouldn't you be a fool if you cut it against him?

Huang Taiji's strategy is very simple. Although Xuanda's city seems to be at your fingertips now, it is not yet available. If you don't take advantage of this window to go out, if you underestimate the marching speed or combat effectiveness of the Ming army's reinforcements, and there is a slight deviation, Liu Chengzong's army put one side wall outside, and the Houjin army trapped in the second side wall had to be kicked in circles.

After all, among the five forces of Mobei Mongolia, Monan Mongolia, Daming, Marshal's Mansion, and Houjin, the Houjin army that broke through and surrendered the two cities is the richest.

But as long as the Hou Jin army went out, jumped out of this encirclement, and entered the territory of Harashen Mongolia, the situation would be quite different.

Yang Qi, who was sent by Liu Chengzong to Monan, had to work with Daming. If he didn’t work with Daming, he had to work with Monan Mongolia. Strong shipping capacity.

Of course, Huang Taiji is happier if they don’t fight because of food. If you don’t fight, you will be hungry. You will be almost hungry. The wise and mighty Tian Conghan will come to rescue you. Marshal Du, whose status was comparable to that of Kong Youde.

But this is what the Houjin Army knew, and they were on their way to retreat.

But within the field of vision of the Ming army, Zhang Zongheng didn't know that Huang Taiji was going to retreat, because Huang Taiji felt like a pen pal to Zhang Zongheng during the period after Jin entered Xuanda.

I write letters to him every day, long, short, truth, lies, bragging, the content of the letter is everything, false and true, sometimes it is true and sometimes it is false, making people dare not believe anything.

Huang Taiji said the first day that he wanted to negotiate a peace, and he was going to withdraw the army, but Lingqiu City was lost the next day, and no one would believe him if he talked about peace and withdrawing the army.

The day before, you scolded the battle, saying that you dare not go out of the city to fight with only five hundred soldiers?The next day, 600 people from the Ming army sent troops, and 2 people were buried by Houjin, and no one believed that there were only 500 people.

But once you don't believe what he said or what he showed, he will be very sincere, and he really sent more than 500 people to show off his power in the city, and then led the soldiers to sneak away in the dark night. has gone far.

At the same time, on the battlefield of Monan, Yang Qi's vanguard had reached Chilechuan in the west of Guihua City along the north bank of the Yellow River.

Behind them is the endless Mongolian camp on both sides of the Yellow River. The three Mongolian Khans of Mobei were instigated by Yang Qi and agreed to join the battle for the ownership of Monan.

The condition is very simple. They are responsible for following Jitu Taiji to solve the Mongols who occupied the old place of Chahar, and they don’t have to fight the Hou Jin army. That’s Yang Qi’s business. The land of Lanchabu is grazed by herdsmen from the three tribes of Mobei.

The temptation of this matter to Mobei Sanhan is actually not great. Although Monan has the best grazing land, the grazing land is actually worthless to the Mongols of this era. There is no shortage of land for sheep in Mobei and Monan.

The entire Monan is such a large area, but there are actually only two good places, one is Fengzhoutan, where the Mote tribe was unearthed, and the other is the old place of Chahar, which originally belonged to the Mongolian Khan.

The two places have one thing in common, that is, they can cultivate land.

Obviously, Liu Chengzong of the Marshal's Mansion has now established the Monan Governor's Mansion, and he will definitely not let them farm here.

But anything in the world can only be achieved unless there is only one person; once there are two people, you have to compromise to do one thing.

What's more, Monan and Xuanda are such a not-so-big area, and people from all over the world are squeezed in. It is obvious that anything that happens here will not satisfy any party.

The three Khans of Mobei agreed to send troops, but they had no other choice. They had to pick someone to fight, but considering the willingness to attack, the difficulty and the cost, they were ranked from the largest to the smallest, namely Monan Mongolia, Daming, Huangtaiji, and Liu Chengzong.

Daming is rich, but it is not easy to fight; Huang Taiji is similar, and if Huang Taiji is beaten this year, the Jin army will come back next year with revenge. Fortunately, Huang Taiji is in Xuanda.

Liu Chengzong is the last thing they want to fight, because these people don't even have a fucking nobleman, they are poor and arrogant, they can take revenge on them like Huang Taiji, and Liu Chengzong is not here yet.

Monan Mongolia is actually not easy to fight. After all, these people have already belonged to Houjin. If you beat them, you will definitely offend Houjin. It's just that Mobei Sanhan really can't do anything, so it's not Yang Qi who instigates them, but them. While preparing to attack Monan Mongolia, Yang Qi of the Marshal's Mansion took the initiative to join the war, and boldly took on the most difficult task of attacking the fortifications.

Good man!
In the ravine at the foot of the Yin Mountain, the vanguard general Bai Wenxuan led several military officers like juniors, stood by Diwozi and watched a group of veterans from the Marshal's Mansion build a complete concealed fortification, nodding their heads one after another, full of praise.

The fortifications built by a team include two rows of pits with three holes in the front and two holes in the back. The entrance of each pit is equipped with an earthen stove and an extended flue. It is not difficult to build the entire concealed fortification, but Can be used as a sheltered camp during the winter.

The general who demonstrated to Bai Wenxuan was Hu Sanhuai, who was born in Guyuan rebels and a veteran of the Marshal's Mansion. He is also a living legend among the people.

Like Zhao Hengchang, the legend became famous in one night, but Hu Sanhuai was just the opposite. He was officially worshiped as a general, and he was a rare general in the marshal's mansion with pure qualifications.

Hu Sanhuai was considered to be the first frontier officer to defect to Liu Chengzong. He was in the same group of Guyuan rebels as Wang Wenxiu, Yang Yao, Wu Yangchen and others, and his official position in the Ming army at that time was to manage the team.

Later, he moved around with Liu Chengzong, but he never had the opportunity to let Hu Sanhuai and Wu Yangchen lead the army to fight, because it was Shi Cheng and me who partnered with Hu Sanhuai, and Liu Chengyun partnered with Wu Yangchen.

Even if Liu Chengzong sent Chengyun to the battlefield, it would be impossible for him to send Shi Chengwo to the battlefield.

President Hu Sanhuai stayed behind with Shi Cheng and me, so naturally there was no chance of making meritorious service on the battlefield. Fortunately, Liu Chengzong always remembered him. Give Hu Sanhuai and Wu Yangchen a mention of their treatment.

So these two brothers are in the Marshal's Mansion where they have been fighting for years. After six years, they insisted on their qualifications to become a general.

But in fact, the more you go up, the more embarrassing it is. The brothers have no experience in commanding the army with more than 500 people. The higher the official position, the less likely they are to be sent out to fight.

Fortunately, in order to establish the Monan Governor's Mansion, Liu Chengzong sent them to Yang Qi's side to join forces, and the former Guyuan management team returned to work under the former Guyuan Chief Military Officer.

Bai Wenxuan looked at the earthen stove and the ground nest in amazement. This thing is very sinister. The whole ground nest is only one foot above the ground. Eleven or twelve people squatted inside, covered with soil and turf, and walked out twenty or thirty You can't see the steps at all, there is a flue, and you can't see it from a distance when you make a fire and cook a meal. There is a small two-inch high window on the front for ventilation, to observe the enemy's situation, and the musket can be stretched out to shoot if necessary.

Not to mention the winter, even if a few of these are built outside the camp, it is good to ambush soldiers and sentries.

The Marshal's Mansion brought Bai Wenxuan the most magical feeling, that is, despite the rudimentary political system, everything in the military was formalized, and everything went one step faster than others.

For example, similar camps are also built in the West Camp. Sometimes the sentries need to dig a hole to hide themselves, but it’s over at this point. How to dig the hole, how big it is, how many people, no one pays attention to these things, just talk to them Just like the cannon, you can use it when you pick it up, cast it yourself if you have iron, and cast it as you like, as long as it can fire.

On the other hand, the Marshal's Mansion has a plan for every step. It seems that Liu Chengzong has made a plan to fight the national war with Ming since the beginning of the army. The muskets, artillery and even the artillery vehicles are all organized and organized.

Even though they dispatched troops this time, although the 1000 people selected by Bai Wenxuan were not considered as direct troops, there was no deduction in rations. The rations of soldiers were limited, but all soldiers were allocated three cans of oil in units of ten.

They are kerosene, meat oil and vegetable oil respectively.

Now his soldiers from the west battalion learned how to dig nests in the ravine, and when they finished repairing, they fried locusts with meat oil on the earthen stove. Everyone fried a big bag, ready to eat as snacks.

Hu Sanhuai originally wanted to dissuade him, but he stopped himself after saying a few words: "The oil, forget it."

Sensing Hu Sanhuai's hesitation to speak, Bai Wenxuan asked, "General Hu, isn't that oil for us to cook?"

"What are you cooking?"

Hu Sanhuai couldn't help smiling, thinking that Bai Wenxuan had misunderstood the treatment of the Marshal's Mansion.

But I don't blame them, after all, Liu Chengzong spared no effort to improve the treatment of the soldiers in the Marshal's Mansion. He always felt that the soldiers suffered when he moved to northern Shaanxi in the past, which belonged to the retaliatory improvement of treatment.

If the Marshal’s Mansion had more food in hand, the soldiers’ treatment would be better; if there was less food in stock, the soldiers’ treatment would be worse. When Bai Wenxuan and the soldiers from the Western Battalion were to be attached, it happened that Liu Chengzong ended his Gansu expedition and went to Lanzhou to make the soldiers comfortable. Time, so the treatment is better than usual.

Because of this, Bai Wenxuan mistakenly thought that the treatment of the sergeants in the Marshal's Mansion had always been so outrageous, so that there was a misunderstanding that he thought that they would be given meat and vegetable oil for cooking.

Hu Sanhuai explained: "Fire oil is used for making fire in an emergency and for medicine when sores arise on the body; vegetable oil is used to wipe knives and wounds to disinfect wounds; meat oil is used to wait until winter to apply a little on the face to prevent frostbite, sleeping in the open and bugs getting into the ears ..."

He pointed to the earlobe: "Using a little meat oil can lure the worms out, and the same can be used for rotten wounds and maggots. These oils are not for us to eat."

"I……"

Bai Wenxuan stared straight at it, and when he heard that the oil was so useful, he immediately turned around and told the soldiers not to fry the locusts. If there is food, the problem of food is not a big problem.

However, medicinal, wound healing, and antifreeze are all great uses to ensure combat effectiveness and reduce non-combat attrition of soldiers, which are much more important than taste.

But right after he was stopped by Hu Sanhuai: "The big battle is coming soon, it's not bad for the sergeant to bring some fried snacks with him. Right now, we are marching east to Monan, and when Guihua City is captured, there must be no shortage of meat and oil in winter."

At this moment, a horse came rushing from the ravine, it was Yang Qi's guard, and he stepped forward to salute: "Two generals, the governor has an order, the defense of Tumote's troops in Guihua City has been verified, and the three troops of Mobei have been dispatched." To mobilize troops to go, the governor ordered the two generals to break out of the camp and go to raid the formation."

Bai Wenxuan and Hu Sanhuai looked at each other, and immediately ordered the sergeants to stop what they were doing, prepare their armaments and prepare to dispatch troops. Half an hour later, the two led a neatly armored cavalry team out of Yinshan Pass, and saw the endless smoke and dust in the sky. The Mongolian horse team ran eastward in mighty force.

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