East Factory Governor

Chapter 134 Counterattack on Luo Wenyu ([-])
Under the moonlight, 4 elite soldiers marched for more than [-] miles in one night, and arrived five miles outside Luowenyu City at [-]:[-] a.m. on the second day of November. The speed far exceeded Qin Shuhuai's expectations. .

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and it is still dark night at this time.

Luo Wenyu, guarding the mansion.

A Jurchen tartar with rattails was sitting in the hall, his eagle-like eyes glanced at the five or six kneeling people dressed as Han officials. Several people couldn't help trembling.

This person is Aixinjueluo Sahalian, the post-gold general who was in charge of defending Luo Wenyu.Sakhalian is the third son of Daishan, Prince Heshuoli. As early as Nurhachi's reign, he was named Baylor for his outstanding military exploits and participated in political discussions.He has repeatedly made military exploits in the battles of Houjin's conquest of Mongolia's Bahrain and Jarut tribes. In the Battle of Ningjin in 1627, he led people to attack the Ming Dynasty's Tashan grain transportation, and defeated the Ming army with 5000 people with 2 people.Unlike his conservative father, Dai Shan, he was an extremely fanatical advocate of the war. It was with the support of him and other Baylors that Huang Taiji was able to go smoothly this time when Hou Jin entered the fortress.This man is not only brave in battle, but also has a way of governing the region. The so-called "enrichment of the Han people" strategy implemented by Huang Taiji in the future is his most thorough implementation. A model of the will to resist.Such a loyal, courageous, and resourceful general was naturally highly valued by Huang Taiji, and it was for this reason that he was asked to lead the army to defend Luo Wenyu.

The dignified atmosphere lasted for a long time, and it was suddenly broken with Sahalian's gentle breeze and smile.

"Li Shoubei, I will trouble you with this matter." Said Sahalian, who was not very proficient in Chinese.

Hearing this, a low-spirited, groveling middle-aged man immediately raised his head and showed a flattering smile.

The "Li Shoubei" in Sahalian's mouth is Li Sili, the former Luowenyu garrison.On the afternoon of the first day of November, Sahalian's soldiers arrived at the foot of Luowenyu City. Li Sili opened the gate of the city and surrendered with the grain register.After Sahalian entered the city, he still kept Li Sili on guard as a reward, but at the same time, he also killed the original lieutenant general in the city and a dozen people under the commander-in-chief, and replaced them with post-jin men to better control the two forces in the city. Thousands of soldiers.In this way, with the addition of one thousand Houjin troops and one thousand soldiers, the total force defending Luowenyu reached four thousand.Of the [-] troops, [-] were stationed in the city, and [-] were stationed near Luowenyu.

Seeing that Sahalian spoke so politely, Li Siri was flattered and swallowed his heart hanging in his throat.

He said solemnly, "Sabel, don't worry, since our city has surrendered, it is the right intention to shave your hair and keep your braids. When the time comes, the officer will be the first to shave his hair in front of all the soldiers, as an example."

Sahalian nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Master Li is loyal, and Benbele is very happy. But Benbele only gives you one day. Before the sun goes down today, all soldiers and civilians in the city must shave their hair and keep their braids."

As he said that, his tone changed, and he said like ice again, "Master Li understands Ben Baylor's meaning?"

Li Sili's heart trembled, and he quickly apologized with a smile, "I understand, I understand. Keep your hair but not your head, keep your head but not your hair. Before sunset, there will never be a Han in Luowenyu City who does not shave their hair."

Sahalian instantly returned to his amiable appearance, and patted Li Siyuan on the shoulder, "Master Li is loyal! Ben Baylor, very happy!"

Hair shaving is a common trick used by Hou Jin to subdue the Han people.Shaving their hair is equivalent to branding the gold surrenderers. Before the new hair grows, they will be seen as having surrendered to the goldmen wherever they go.Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism prevailed in the Ming Dynasty, paying attention to the body, hair and skin of parents, and paying attention to loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Therefore, even if such a person returns to the Ming Dynasty, he will be regarded as a disloyal and unfilial person, and he will never think about being a human being in this life.Especially for sergeants, it would be nice not to be sentenced to death by the court.Therefore, many Ming soldiers who had their hair shaved in history finally surrendered to Hou Jin with all their hearts.

Sahalian currently only has [-] regular post-gold troops, [-] are deployed in Da'ankou, and [-] are in Luowenyu, which is not a large number of troops.Although judging from the current situation, it is extremely unlikely that the Ming army will attack Daankou and Luowenyu without the main force of the Houjin army, but he still dare not be careless because of his foresight. A pass defense force.Letting all Han soldiers and civilians here shave their hair is the first step in his naturalization plan.

After a short rest, the four thousand elite soldiers immediately started preparing to attack Luowenyu.

Zhao Lengjiao had also stayed in Jizhen before, so he was very familiar with Luo Wenyu's defensive layout.Outside Luowenyu City, there are two camps, Dahe Bureau and Xiaoshan Camp.Behind the camp is Luowenyu City, and behind the city is Luowenyu Pass.Therefore, in order to attack Luowenyu City, the Dahe Bureau and Xiaoshan Camp must first be cleared.

The problem is that the exact strength of the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Battalion is unclear.This is directly related to the configuration of the attacking force.

Zhao Ratejiao originally wanted to send spies over there to investigate, but Qin Shuhuai took over the matter.

Although he is not as good as Zhao Ledjiao in marching and fighting, I am afraid that the entire army cannot find a more suitable person for spying on the military situation.

After greeting Zhao Ledjiao, Qin Shuhuai left the camp with Li Jingting, Meng Wei, and Meng Hu.He himself took Li Jingting to the Dahe Bureau, while Meng Wei and Meng Hu went to the Xiaoshan Camp.The four of them are all Xiaochengjing masters, and Li Jingting's Xiaochengjing fifth class is still the lowest. With their skills, they can come and go freely in these two camps, as easy as visiting their own back garden.

After just over half an hour, the four of them returned to the camp.According to the information obtained, the Dahe Bureau has about a thousand defenders, most of whom are surrendered Ming troops, and these people have not even shaved their hair.It is estimated that there are only about a hundred real Tazi soldiers.The information obtained by the Xiaoshan Camp was similar, and the defenders were also dominated by Han Chinese.

The Dahe Bureau and Xiaoshan Camp are just camps without city walls, and the Han defenders surrendered less than a day ago, so the Tartars must not have fully controlled the Han army. In addition, these Han troops have not yet shaved their heads, so there is no reason to strongly resist up.In this way, the two defenders who will really resist are actually only one hundred Houjin troops each.Although Guan Ning's army is generally not an opponent of the Houjin army, it can still be crushed by [-] against [-], so it should not be difficult to win these two places.

Zhao Ledjiao did not hesitate to divide the 2000 elite soldiers into two groups, not even keeping the reserve team, and directly divided [-] people into one group, preparing to attack the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Camp at the same time.

Qin Shuhuai also expected that the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Camp would be taken down soon, so he stopped participating in these two battles. Instead, he took Li Jingting, Meng Wei and Meng Hu with him, and sneaked under the Luowenyu city in the dark.

(End of this chapter)