Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 207

Nurhachi's march was very fast. At noon on June [-], he had already broken through six villages around Fengji County. While looting the villages, he did not forget to leave troops to monitor Fengji County.

At the same time, Xiong Tingbi led the army out of Shenyang City, and abandoned all firearms, because he knew that the heavy rain would not stop for a while, and heavy firearms would only hinder the mobility of the army.

The rain continued, and the army of the Kingdom of Jin divided into six after walking out of the mountain path, and began to sweep the vast areas south of the Hun River and north of the Taizi River.

It's just that Zhu Youjian has already made arrangements for this area. At present, the people of Liaodong are mainly concentrated in the area south of the Taizi River. There are less than [-] people in the north of the Taizi River.

Therefore, while sweeping, every time a market town is captured, it will bring painful casualties to the army of the Kingdom of Jin.

"put!"

"boom--"

At the head of the city of Hupiyi Town, when a general gave an order, the soldiers next to him under the canopy lit the fire, and suddenly thirty-six Franc cannons and seventeen five-jin General Yanshan cannons were fired.

Fifty-three stone bullets were blasted out, covering a distance of two miles. Three stone bullets successfully knocked down the shield car.

"They're done, let's fire up the cannon!"

Nurhachi used the binocular clairvoyance seized from Weining Camp to spy on the battlefield, and then waved an order.

Twenty-five Franco cannons seized from Weining Camp Fort were pushed up, and after the rain shelter was arranged, the cannon bodies were wiped with cotton and dry cloth, and then the child guns were put into the female guns, and the guns were ignited and waited.

"boom!"

The artillery fired in unison, aiming at the city wall of Hupiyi Town, and the stone bullets hit the city wall one after another, cracking the bricks and leaving white marks.

Nurhachi saw this scene clearly with binocular clairvoyance, and then said decisively:

"Retract the troops, order the ministries to stop attacking counties and towns, and sweep the villages with all their strength!"

"Yes!" Yang Guli, who was next to him, heard the words and immediately sent orders to the various ministries.

Obviously, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhu Youjian has turned the counties and towns in Liaodong into iron hedgehogs.

The difficulty of capturing a market town is several levels higher than that of the previous battle between Shen and Liao.

The purpose of Dajin's entry into Liao this time was to collect supplies, food, and population, conduct mobile warfare efficiently, and consume the Ming army's field army in mobile warfare.

If they stubbornly attack counties and towns, they will only slow down the army, so nearly [-] soldiers from Liaoshen, Guangning and Ningxia will encircle them.

You have to move, mobilize the Ming army to move with them.

Thinking of this, Nurhachi rode his horse back to the army, and even ordered his people to abandon the shield chariot, get on their horses, and rush to various villages.

This kind of raid was carried out on hundreds of miles of land in the middle of Liaoshen. Dozens of villages here were destroyed, and the people and livestock were plundered. hands.

In the rain, on the rammed earth road, He Shixian's Sixth Battalion of vanguard horse infantry arrived at the outskirts of Fengji Fort, and in the rain, he could vaguely see the Jin Army cruising not far away.

"The three battalions of cavalry gather together, and deal with the Jian slaves cruising around the periphery first!"

He Shixian is brave and courageous, plus there are [-] people in his own headquarters, of which [-] are cavalry and [-] are infantry riding rough horses, so he is not afraid of ambushes at all.

If Jianlu really dared to ambush, then these [-] people only need to hold them back for half an hour, and the army from the rear will arrive!

"drive!"

The third battalion of iron cavalry in the army rode out, and under the leadership of He Shixian, they killed the Jin Guotang cavalry who were cruising.

The group of Tangqi were not stupid either. When they saw a large number of Ming troops, they immediately rode their horses and withdrew.

At the same time, one of them rode his horse quickly to the south, apparently to inform the generals of the headquarters that the Ming army had arrived.

The iron cavalry rode fast, and while He Shixian was chasing Jin Guotang cavalry, he brought the news to the white tent of the Jin Army in the south of Fengji County.

Turning over and getting off the horse, the horse braked sharply to stir up sewage, and Tang Qi replied calmly:
"Baylor and the Ming army are heading south. The vanguard should be He Shixian, with less than [-] soldiers, it should be the fifth or sixth battalion!"

"understood!"

Hearing the words from outside the tent, the people in the tent opened the big tent and walked out of Huang Taiji who had had a good rest for a while.

At this time, Du Du next to Huang Taiji said:

"Our two white flag soldiers are here, maybe they can eat He Shixian's five or six battalions."

"No, you can't stick to this battle, you have to fight while walking." Huang Taiji vetoed Du Du's proposal:
"Although the Ming army has a large number of soldiers, most of them are marching infantry. We are horse infantry, and our speed is faster than them."

"They must be mobilized, and when they are exhausted, send troops to injure them!"

After all, Huang Taiji said to Gu Shan Ezhen on both sides:

"Mobilize the army, go to the northeast, bypass the forward of the Ming army, and attack the village of Baitapu behind them."

"Yes!"

When the two Gu Shan Ezhen heard the words, they immediately went to mobilize troops.

Since they have been in a state of preparation for war, everyone is wearing armor to prepare for the war, and the food looted is transported to Fushun by people through the mountain road, and only the beans are left behind.

Every time they are looted, they are fed with soybeans. Hundreds of thousands of army horses and poor horses need to eat a lot of soybeans.

However, under the massive feeding of soybeans, the horsepower of the horses recovered quickly, so at the same time Huang Taiji gave the order, the army began a mobile battle.

At the same time, Huang Taiji also sent Tangqi to notify the soldiers and horses of the banners.

Judging from He Shixian's vanguard having five or six battalions of troops, the follow-up Ming army has at least two dozen battalions, which means that Shenyang dispatched no less than [-] troops.

Once such news was conveyed, the soldiers and horses of all banners knew what to do.

The captive people were driven by them like livestock, tied their hands and necks with ropes, and kept them outside the city to delay the pursuit of the Ming army.

However, the cartloads of grain and iron materials were also transported away, as were the artisans among the people.

Perhaps for other people in Daming, this group of people living in northern Liaoning is already very bitter.

But for Jianlu, even the people who live in bitter cold, their homes are still treasures.

Every village has blacksmiths, carpenters, and masons, and these craftsmen are scarce in Jianlu.

Old clothes can be sold to the Horqin Ministry to help them survive the cold winter, and the same is true for iron pots.

It's just that Jianlu is moving, and the Ming army can't be elm.

He Shixian pursued Huang Taiji, and at the same time sent a letter to Xiong Tingbi, informing Huang Taiji of the signs of fleeing to Fushun.

"Yang Wenyue of the Left Army leads the Sixth Battalion, cooperates with He Shixian to intercept the Jian captives, and eats their troops first!"

"Order General Qi of the rear army to stay at Baitapu, and then order Wu Aheng of the right army to lead the army to Wujing camp."

"Order Shenyang to order Sun Yingyuan's troops to go west to Zhangyi Station to prevent the old slaves from crossing the river and entering Tieling from Zhangyi, and finally ask for help from Guangning. Your Highness, please send the commander of Mangui to cross the Liaohe River and wipe out the Jiancap!"

On horseback, Xiong Tingbi calmly ordered that he was laying out a net, trying to encircle and wipe out Nurhachi's [-] soldiers and horses on the plain on the three sides of the Hun River, Liao River, and Taizi River.

There are three key points in this plan, one is to prevent Nurhachi from fleeing northward, the other is that Hong Chengchou must capture the Weining Fort, and cut off Nurhachi's return to Qinghe Fort by taking the mountain road, and the last one is to block the Jianlu reinforcements from Tieling and Fushun.

This requires the completion of these three key points, and then the [-] troops under Nurhachi can be wiped out on the Liaoshen Plain!
Thinking of this, Xiong Tingbi's breathing became a little short, and Tang Qi in the army also quickly sent orders to the various ministries.

"Yang Wenyue accepts the order!"

After Yang Wenyue received the order, he immediately commanded the Sixth Battalion and marched eastward from Baitapu to intercept the Huangtaiji tribe who were trying to "flee back" to Fushun.

Wu Aheng led the fourth battalion to Wujing camp, and half an hour later, Sun Yingyuan from Shenyang set off to lead the three guards to Zhangyi Station.

The entire Ming army in northern Liaobei was in action, and such an action was right in Nurhachi's arms.

Outside Beihezhuang, [-] miles north of Liutiaozhai, at this moment, after four hours of looting, the army had transported supplies to Magendan Fort and Sanyangyu Fort by mountain roads.

Although these mountain roads are only one or two feet wide and cannot be used for marching, it is still no problem for the luggage trucks to take these supplies.

Nurhachi convened all the ministries except Huang Taiji, and now there are [-] Niu records of Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner, [-] Niu Records of Zhenghong Banner and Xianghong Banner, [-] horse infantry, and [-] Han soldiers. Soldiers, a total of [-] people.

On Huang Taiji's side, there were many casualties due to the attack on Weining Camp Fort, but there were still tens of thousands of horse and infantry.

In other words, at the moment of Jin Kingdom, most of the middle-aged men are gathered on the Liaoshen Plain.

All they have is only this little army. On the one hand, Fushun and Tieling are needed to help attract the attention of the Ming army. On the other hand, the current Jin army is not yet able to reach the level of [-] horse infantry.

Forty thousand horse infantry is already Nurhachi's limit, and this is the number of horses that was achieved after destroying Zai Sai and making a deal with Horqin.

The mobility of [-] horse infantry with horses is comparable to that of nearly [-] troops, but the mobility of the Ming army, which is mostly infantry, is much higher.

That is to say, with the command of the Jin army, it is entirely possible to mobilize the Ming army to where they expected the Ming army to go by virtue of mobility.

"Huang Taiji mobilized the Ming army, and now the Ming army is spreading out to try to outflank us, which means they have divided their forces."

In the rain, under the awning, Nurhachi looked at the map on the table, his mind spinning rapidly.

"Khan, this time we have captured more than [-] artisans, more than [-] stone grains, and [-] cattle, horses and livestock. The results of this battle seem to be enough, right?"

At this time, Hu Erhan suggested that the Jin army should withdraw, and Yang Guli also said:

"After all, the Ming army has a large number of people. Once the siege comes, I'm afraid we..."

He didn't say it too clearly, but everyone knew what it meant.

The field army plus defenders of the Ming army in Liaoyang, Shenyang, and Guangning had already reached [-].

This is still fighting on the mainland of the Ming army. If the command of the Jin army makes a slight mistake, or is held back by any part of the Ming army, then [-] troops will be buried in the Liaobei Plain.

However, they underestimated Nurhachi's judgment, and Nurhachi didn't scold them, nor did he explain anything, but continued to order:
"No Liao merchants have sent us a message now. It seems that the Ming army has already attacked Liao merchants."

"That is to say, we can only rely on judgment to predict the deployment of soldiers and horses of the Ming army."

"If Xiong Feibai wants to encircle us, he must encircle us on the plain in northern Liaoning."

"The mobilization of soldiers and horses of the Ming army should focus on the north and south of the Hun River, and the east of Baitapubao."

"Shenyang has an army of more than [-] troops. They have plenty of troops, but they still need to defend Tieling and Fushun. The number of troops dispatched will not exceed [-]."

"The [-] troops will be divided again, so the strength of each of these three places should not exceed [-]."

"Including Xiong Tingbi's headquarters, the strength of each of these three places will not exceed [-]."

"The Ming army in Liaoyang has remained silent, which means that they should have counterattacked the Weining Fort and cut off our retreat."

"There are a lot of cavalry in Guangning, and they will be able to reach Huangnibao in a day and night under the attack. They will be the main force of the Ming army to chase and intercept us."

"Now that our auxiliary soldiers have escorted the food back, there will be no pawns holding back."

Nurhachi's analysis is terrifying. He understands that what Xiong Tingbi and Zhu Youjian have always wanted to do is to wipe out the Jin army, or severely damage the Jin army, and then seek peace for a few years.

Therefore, their deployment of troops will definitely focus on siege, and the soldiers and horses responsible for the complete annihilation must be the four cavalry guards of Guangning and the nine thousand cavalry of Mangui.

As soon as the cavalry arrived, the Ming army could carry out encirclement and suppression.

"It seems that we must break through as soon as possible!"

"No, just go back to Weining Camp Fortress. The Liaoyang Hong Chengchou Department hasn't fought a tough battle with my Dajin, so maybe it's a soft persimmon!"

"Weining Camp is one hundred and thirty miles away from here. Hong Chengchou from Liaoyang should have left last night, and the distance to Weining Camp is probably less than a hundred miles."

Nurhachi's explanation not only did not play a role in stabilizing people's hearts, but instead caused the generals to put forward their own opinions. They had different opinions and almost quarreled.

This is a sign of internal division after successive defeats.

The reason why Nurhachi wanted to draw out this sign was to re-stabilize his authority.

"The army set off, go to Fushun, tell Huang Taiji, stand in a stalemate with the pursuing Ming army, and I will lead the army there immediately."

"Eat this Ming army first, and let the Ming army mess themselves up!"

After all, Nurhachi raised his head and looked at the sky. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the dark clouds above the sky became a little brighter.

"We must eat up a Ming army before the heavy rain, and then lead the troops to retreat."

He thought so from the bottom of his heart, and Hu Erhan and others also hurriedly sent a letter to Huang Taiji.

It's just that when they sent the letter, Tangqi from Liaoyang finally arrived at Guangning City after galloping all day and night, and Man Gui, who received the news, couldn't suppress his excitement, and trotted into Guangning's Jinglue Mansion, Shouting loudly outside the study:

"Your Highness, Jianlu really took advantage of the rain to mobilize troops. News came from Liaoyang that the Liao merchants in the Weining camp were instigated by the old slaves and attacked from the inside out. The commander-in-chief Lu Qin led the troops to retreat, and the old slaves went to serve. Set off."

"Hong Chengchou ordered Lu Qin, Lu Xiangsheng and others to stay behind. He, You Shigong and Ma Xianglin personally led the army and went to Weining Camp to stop the old slaves from retreating."

Man Gui's voice caught the attention of Zhu Youjian, who was playing on the sand table in the study, and Zhu Youjian frowned when he heard the news that Lu Qin was defeated and returned.

Although the heavy rain just fell yesterday, and Nurhachi attacked at night, with the strength of the Weining camp and the artillery of the city, as long as they fight steadily, they will not be breached. It is obvious that Luqin made a mistake in the layout of the city defense.

But at this time, Zhu Youjian is not interested in pursuing responsibility. What he should do now is how to deal with Nurhachi.

Therefore, after a while, he walked out of the study, and said to Man Gui with his usual expression:
"Get ready, Commander Four Cavalry Guards and your Daning cavalry are ready to support Liaodong."

"No accident, Xiong Tingbi should have trapped the old slave's soldiers and horses to death in the Liaobei Plain. You must inflict heavy damage on the Jianlu before the old slave escapes."

"But..." Man Gui hesitated:

"This rain, firearms can't be used..."

"..." Zhu Youjian heard the words, looked up at the dark clouds that had become thinner, squinted his eyes and said:

"According to the calculations of the officials of the Qin Tianjian, the torrential rain has passed last night, and the remaining three days will dissipate at most. You only need to kill Nurhachi for four days."

"Yes!" Man Gui responded with a bow, and then said:
"In that case, the general will lead his troops there."

"Go..." Zhu Youjian confessed, and then returned to the study.

Seeing Zhu Youjian leaving, Man Gui also turned around to mobilize troops and horses.

As for the study room, Zhu Youjian was watching the sand table. Although he really wanted to personally lead the troops to participate in this battle, he also knew that he still had too little actual combat right now.

What is it to fight some rogues in the Central Plains?Compared with the old battalion of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong during the reign of Chongzhen, those elite rogues are far behind.

If the current him were to fight the old slave, even if he could win, the four cavalry guards would suffer heavy casualties.

Professional matters should be left to professional people, and his main battlefield is not here yet.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian turned his head to look at the "Comprehensive Map of Kunyu of the Ming Dynasty" hanging in his study.

On the map, Liaodong and Hetao were circled in two big circles. He couldn't participate in Liaodong, but it was his turn to perform in Hetao...

"Your Highness! A letter from Xiong Jinglue from Shenyang!"

When Zhu Youjian was thinking about Hetao, after half an hour, Lu Xian, who was in charge of supervising the Liaodong Huangdian, trotted into the courtyard and presented the letter with both hands, and Zhu Youjian opened the window when he heard the words: "Read. "

"Yes!" Lu Xian immediately read Xiong Tingbi's letter when he heard the words.

The content of the letter is nothing more than the torture and arrest of Liao merchants, and the arrangement for dispatching troops to besiege Nurhachi.

The letter particularly emphasized the importance of guarding the Hun River, taking down the Weining Camp Fort, and holding back the old slaves, as well as the important news that the old slaves had a strength of [-].

After the news came out, Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes slightly.

From the current point of view, Nurhachi seems to be mobilizing the Ming army, but even if the troops of the Ming army are mobilized and dispersed, the Ming army of [-] to [-] people each is not something he can eat in a short time.

As long as Jianlu was held back for more than an hour, the Ming army in northern Liaobei would be enough to defeat Nurhachi and cause him to suffer heavy losses.

For Zhu Youjian, as long as he can severely damage Houjin and cause tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to be lost, even if the Ming army pays [-], or even [-] to [-], he can accept it.

So what if it rains?No matter how brave Jianlu is, so what?If you employ people, you must kill Houjindui!
The only thing that made Zhu Youjian feel a little guilty was the soldier who died in battle.

It's all worth it just for Daming and the people, or for Zhu Youjian himself and his royal brother.

"Pass down my decree that after the first battle of the Liao Dynasty, the deceased in the battle, the Yumajian will give out silver, and buy ten acres of pension land for the survivors of the dead soldiers in the local area, and one hundred taels of pension silver. The children will be sent to Yanshan Academy. Official position! In addition, behead a real captive, reward a hundred taels of silver, and tell the whole army!"

The autumn harvest is coming soon, Zhu Youjian can get this money, and this is Zhu Youjian's compensation for the dead soldiers.

"The humble post takes orders!" Lu Xian responded, and Zhu Youjian continued to cheer up after a short period of sorrow:
"Send a letter back to the capital, telling the emperor and the ministers and workers above the court that the battle to restore the Liao Dynasty has begun."

"In addition, all the Liao merchants in western Liaoning were killed for the crime of collaborating with captives!
"Er...Your Highness, if this is the case, then the civil servants in the court may..." Lu Xian wanted to remind, but Zhu Youjian said:

"At the Alkali Field Fort, they said it was only some illegal Liao merchants. Now that Liao merchants commit crimes again, is it possible that they will do it again and again?"

Zhu Youjian frowned and scolded back, Lu Xian could only bow in response when he saw this, and then exited the courtyard.

There was a clear sound of horseshoes in Guangning City, and teams of soldiers and horses were transferred outside the city. Man Gui even changed his armor and braved the heavy rain to wait for the army to gather outside the city.

Three quarters of an hour later, the soldiers and horses were assembled. Thirty-one thousand four hundred cavalry rode in the rain, and the horses under their crotches had been fed enough beans.

Man Gui summoned all the generals who guarded each department and more than a thousand households, and said to these dozens of people:

"Give you two quarters of an hour to announce to all the troops that the army will leave the Great Wall at Xixing Fort and enter the Great Wall at Changsheng Fort to pursue and suppress the Jian captives who invaded Liaodong."

"In this battle, the Liaodong armies, all those who died in the battle and their survivors will receive ten acres of compensation land and one hundred taels of silver from the Imperial Horse Supervisor in their native place. Their children will be sent to Yanshan Academy, and they will be awarded official positions after they complete their studies!"

"Also, if you behead a real captive, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"

"Ten mu?!" Hearing this, all the Qianhus looked at each other and the people around them.

We must know that land mergers were fierce in the late Ming Dynasty, and the current soldiers and horses in Liaodong, even in Liaodong, the land price has reached seven taels of silver per mu, while in North Zhili, Shanxi and other places it is twelve taels per mu, and in Nanzhi Li and Zhejiang are even twenty taels of silver per mu.

In other words, the price of ten acres of pension land ranges from seventy taels to two hundred taels, plus the pension silver, which is equivalent to being a big soldier for ten or twenty years.

Of course, the most important thing is that the offspring can enter the Yanshan Academy and be awarded official positions after they complete their studies. This is the most important thing!
Even if he has no official position and can only act as a subordinate, that is a remarkable existence.

In addition to the soldiers who died in the battle, the soldiers who survived were also rewarded generously, beheading a level of one hundred taels. This high reward made many generals short of breath.

It can be said that Zhu Youjian paid a lot of money, and this kind of money is enough to make some older soldiers go crazy.

No one doubts whether the words of Yu Ma Jian and King Qi will not be counted, because King Qi has handed over a complete answer sheet for the aftermath of the Shen Liao War and the Central Plains Counter-Rebellion War.

No one doubted whether the Yumajian could come up with this money. After all, the soldiers north of the Yellow River are all paid by the Yumajian, so it is impossible for the Yumajian not to be able to take out this money.

"King Qi is a thousand years old! The Great Ming is victorious! Kill, kill, kill—"

When the news reached the ears of the soldiers at the grassroots level, as everyone expected, the generous rewards made everyone shout the slogans they knew.

The slogan was very messy at the beginning, but it became uniform in the end, and the voice was so loud that even Zhu Youjian from Jinglue Mansion in the city could vaguely hear it.

"set off!"

On the general platform, Man Gui waved his hand, then got on his horse, pulled the reins, and commanded the army to kill in the land of Liaoshen.

At the same time, Tang Qi, who brought news of generous rewards, also rushed to various places in Liaodong.

Zhu Youjian would rather the Yumajian pay for the first battle of the Liao Dynasty for several years, and even empty out the Ming Dynasty, but also break Jianlu's backbone in this battle!
(End of this chapter)