Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 208
"Drive! Drive—"

In the drizzle, the soldiers and horses whizzing by passed quickly on the mountain road from Fengji to Fushun.

On the plain to the west of the Liangshan Mountain Road, He Shixian, who was flying the banner of the Ming army, also commanded [-] horse infantry to run wildly.

Fifteen miles further west of He Shixian, the Sixth Battalion commanded by Yang Wenyue was also in pursuit.

Huang Taiji led his troops out of the mountain path, and rushed into the hilly terrain in the south of Fushun. At the same time, a few miles to the west, a Ming army was faintly seen encircling here.

This place is only fifty miles away from Fushun, and only more than seventy miles away from Saerhu.

The terrain here is high in the south and low in the north, surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is a mountainous and hilly terrain. Although Huang Taiji can choose to continue to walk the inner mountain roads to escape the battlefield, those few mountain roads are obviously not enough for tens of thousands of people to walk.

Huang Taiji glanced at the surrounding terrain, and then set his eyes on the tall Chengzi Mountain in the south, and then ordered:

"The army first occupied the high ground on the southern mountain, and waited for reinforcements from the Great Khan from the top of the mountain. Once the Great Khan led his troops to arrive, the whole army immediately rushed from the mountain to He Shixian's troops at the foot of the mountain!"

After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he immediately led his troops to the foot of the northern slope of Nanshan Mountain with Du Du, preparing to climb the mountain from the northern slope, and he calculated the time in his mind.

It has been two hours since he sent someone to notify Khan Ama. If there is no accident, the army should have arrived in the south of Fengji County, or the southwest or southeast area.

It only takes about two hours to go here...

What he had to do now was to eat He Shixian's troops while it was still raining and wait for reinforcements.

It only needs to eat one soldier and horse, and the Ming army will lose all its courage, and then continue to exhaust the strength of the Ming army in mobile warfare, and then it will be able to seek victory.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji, who was riding his horse to Chengzi Mountain, looked up at the sky and prayed in his heart:
"God, another ten days, ten days is enough!"

Ten days is enough to decide the direction of a battle. As long as the heavens show favor, the artillery of the Ming army will be half useless during these ten days. Even if there is a canopy, the heavy rain on the road is enough to sink the artillery into the mud. middle.

If the Ming army dares to bring artillery, then these artillery will become Daikin's spoils after the war!
"General! Jianlu has gone up the mountain!"

At the mountain pass, when He Shixian led an army to block the exit, the deputy commander beside him immediately pointed to Huang Taiji and others who were going up the mountain and reported.

Naturally, He Shixian is not blind, not to mention he still has binocular clairvoyance.

He picked up the clairvoyance and looked up the mountain. Although the clairvoyance made by Yumajian was not as powerful and accurate as the telescopes of later generations, it could still provide He Shixian with a lot of information.

"I want to go up the mountain. I guess I have to learn the trick that the old slave used to attack Marin's army."

"This shows that this Jianlu has reinforcements. I look at their banners and armor. This should be Huang Taiji or Du Du's soldiers."

He Shixian lowered his clairvoyance and analyzed the battle situation, while Tang Qi from the rear also rode forward.

Due to the continuous drizzle, the ground was very slippery, and the horse almost slipped. It was Tang Qi who turned over and got off the horse quickly, which prevented the horse from being injured.

"General, the rear Tangqi came to report, Yang Wenyue led the six battalions of soldiers and horses, came from Baitapu, less than fifteen miles away from here!"

"Okay! Twelve battalions of soldiers and horses are enough to encircle and suppress this Jian prisoner."

He Shixian said hello, and then said:

"Order the army to set up camp here, and the other Tangqi will rush to various mountain roads and the south bank of the Hun River. Let the Tangqi go for [-] miles, and be on guard against the Jian captives in Fushun who will attack inside and outside the city."

"The last general takes orders!" The deputy general responded, and then selected Shangqianbutang and Qitang from the army, and explored layer by layer thirty miles away, setting up a team every three miles.

The arrangement of the Ming army was naturally under Huang Taiji's nose, but he did not take any action, but let the army recover its horsepower and wait for reinforcements.

At this moment, both Ming and Jin troops were waiting for reinforcements, and half an hour later, the first reinforcements of the Ming army arrived first.

The troops of Yang Wenyue Guizhou Sixth Battalion, covered in mud, arrived at the mountain pass, and in this way, the strength of the troops at the mountain pass reached a terrifying number of [-].

The arrival of Yang Wenyue made Huang Taiji on the top of Chengzi frowned tightly, and even Du Du next to him squinted his eyes and couldn't help but said:
"This is a bit bad. There are so many soldiers and horses in just one reinforcement. It seems that those Liao merchants really didn't lie to us. The Ming army really gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong."

"E Sihui (uncle), what should we do now? Hold the Ming army?"

Du Du didn't know how to fight for a while. After all, Dajin's entry into Liao this time was only [-] soldiers, even with Mang Gurtai and other blue-flag soldiers waiting in Fushun early, it was only more than [-]. .

Now that the Ming army has just assembled a troop, it has reached a scale of [-] to [-]. Such a scene is no longer a situation that Du Du can control.

Compared with him, although Huang Taiji frowned, he didn't say anything discouraging, that is to say, in his opinion, the situation can still be controlled.

"The order was sent to the Great Khan that the Ming army has already stationed more than [-] troops at the pass of Chengzi Mountain. May I ask if we should break through now?"

"If we break through, we should immediately ask Mangul Taibele to lead the troops across the Hun River and meet the army at the Guchengzi Mountain Pass."

Huang Taiji was already thinking about retreating, just because in his opinion, there seemed to be no possibility of annihilating the Ming army right now.

With his words, Tang Qi quickly rode his horse along the mountain road, and after running for an hour on the mountain road, he succeeded in meeting the former army of the Jin Army Headquarters on Mount Waitou in the south of Fengji County.

After multiple checks, this Tangqi successfully arrived in front of Nurhachi, and explained Huang Taiji's original words and the situation at Chengzi Mountain Pass clearly.

"Khan, now we should take the mountain road and retreat to Fushun."

"Khan Ama, there is no chance right now, it is not impossible to retreat temporarily."

"Sweaty..."

All of a sudden, many generals of the Kingdom of Jin began to persuade them to retreat, but Nurhachi narrowed his eyes and said:
"No! Don't withdraw!"

He dismissed everyone's thoughts, and said directly:

"The Ming army was able to reach Chengzi Mountain Pass in such a short time and catch up with Huang Taiji. Obviously, this army mobilized soldiers from Shenyang, that is, Xiong Tingbi's soldiers."

"Xiong Tingbi's [-] troops were mobilized out of the city, and there are more than [-] gathered at Chengzi Mountain Pass, so his headquarters only has [-] to [-] people."

"Pass my order, the army rests for three hours, and releases the pond riders at night to investigate the soldiers and horses in Wujingying, Zhangyi Station, and Baitapu."

"Tell Huang Taiji again and tell him to stand guard for three days. Three days later, Mang Gurtai led his troops southward, pretending to attack the Ming army at Chengzi Pass."

"Obey!" Tang Qi immediately led his people back when he heard the words.

At the same time, Hu Erhan and others also dispatched Tangqi one after another to investigate the number of Ming troops in various places according to Nurhachi's words.

Apparently, the tactics to divide the Ming army had been completed, and the Jin army seemed to be at a disadvantage and was pressed every step of the way, but in fact they had already grasped the initiative on the battlefield.

From the looks of it now, on the battlefield in northern Liaoning, apart from Hong Chengchou, who was marching to attack the Weining Camp Fort, Nurhachi's soldiers and horses are already the most numerous soldiers and horses in the northern Liaoning battlefield.

This is the saying in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Thus, a good fighter will not harm others."

Explained, it is a good fighter, good at mobilizing the enemy, rather than being mobilized by the enemy.

Let the enemy come to me, I will play at home, and the enemy will play away. In this way, I will wait for work at leisure, and the enemy will fight immediately after a long-distance attack, which will definitely be disadvantageous.

Almost all the generals on the Liaodong battlefield had read this sentence in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but they were invisibly mobilized by Nurhachi, because Nurhachi took advantage of the "greedy" nature of the Ming army to lure them to go.

In other words, the two white flags of Huang Taiji and Du Du, with tens of thousands of people, are just bait.

With the actions of tens of thousands of people, Xiong Tingbi, which originally had [-] troops, was divided into various places in northern Liaoning, and finally created a favorable force advantage for Nurhachi himself.

Being in the game, it is difficult to detect, this is the ability to mobilize the enemy's generals.

Even though Zhu Youjian and Xiong Tingbi had repeatedly discussed this issue, they still fell for it.

No one can see the battle situation from the perspective of God, which is why Zhu Youjian chose a place far away from the battlefield.

Because only in this way can he analyze the battle situation better, and this analysis will also be delayed due to the information transmission of the mobilization of troops and horses.

Therefore, when Mangui led his troops to the expedition, he also moved from Guangning with Lu Wenzhao's Qiantiqi and settled in Xiping Fort west of the Liaohe River...

"Your Highness! The [-] soldiers and horses of the old slave headquarters in Liaobei disappeared. Lu Xiangsheng, the prefect of Liaoyang, reported that he suspected that the old slave went to Fengji by taking the mountain road."

"Your Highness, He Shixian led the army to intercept the Jianlu in Chengzi Mountain. The Jianlu commander should be Du Du and Huang Taiji."

"Your Highness, General Yang Wenyue arrived at Chengzi Mountain Pass yesterday at six quarters you hour (18:30)."

"Your Highness, Xiong Tingbi led the Ninth Battalion and arrived at Chengzi Mountain Pass at 20:[-] ([-] o'clock) last night."

"Your Highness, after four quarters of the hour of Hai last night, Jinjun Tangqi was found in Zhangyi Station, Baitapu and other places."

"Your Highness, last night at midnight (1:45), an army of old slaves was found in the south of Fengji Castle. The number was no less than [-]."

"Your Highness..."

In the garrison mansion of Xipingbao, Zhu Youjian frowned while listening to reports from Jinyiwei and Tangqi from various places in Liaoshen. In front of him, there was a battlefield in northern Liao with scattered banners, and the golden army with two concentrated banners. Army horse.

"It was still unknowingly transferred..."

Zhu Youjian clenched his fists and stood in front of the sand table, thoughts racing through his mind.

From the current point of view, perhaps the only one that Nurhachi misjudged was the soldiers and horses in Xiong Tingbi's headquarters.

Therefore, when Xiong Tingbi's soldiers and horses arrived at Chengzi Mountain Pass, the number of Ming army soldiers and horses at Chengzi Mountain Pass reached [-].

Baitapu was guarded by Qi Jin's Zhejiang soldiers, numbering [-].

The defenders at Zhangyi Station were [-], while Sun Yingyuan's headquarters was [-], a total of nearly [-].

Wujing Battalion was defended by Zhang Jixian, the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion. Two battalions were stationed, plus Wu Aheng's fourth battalion, for a total of six battalions with [-] people.

There were three battalions of Liao soldiers in Liaoyang and more than [-] remnants of Lu Qin's defeated army, totaling [-] people.

In addition, there are two battalions of Yang Zhaoji with [-] soldiers in Fengji County, and one battalion of soldiers and horses in each of Hupiyi, Liutiaozhai, and Wang Daren's village.

But the road of Hupiyi, Liutiaozhai, and Lord Wang is a dead end, and it is impossible for Nurhachi to go.

Zhu Youjian only felt that his brain power was being consumed rapidly, and he even felt some headaches caused by a lack of brain power during high-speed operation.

"It's really time to set up the staff department earlier..."

Zhu Youjian exhaled a foul breath, and then continued to analyze the battlefield situation.

As far as the moment is concerned, there are still two parts of the Ming army that are much stronger than Nurhachi's headquarters, namely the Chengzi Mountain Pass of Xiong Tingbi's three departments, and the Hong Chengchou's three departments that are attacking Weiningyingbao.

"He wants to mobilize, why should I mobilize following his mobilization?"

"If he dares to attack the county town, he will send troops to encircle him. If he does not attack the county town, he only needs to guard the Taizi River and the Hun River, and wait for Mangui to lead the troops to encircle him."

Zhu Youjian suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then said to Jin Yiwei outside the door:

"Send out Tangqi, eight hundred li, and rush to inquire about the movements of Hong Chengchou and Qin Bangping's troops and horses!"

"If they have already captured Weining Camp Fort and Alkali Field Fort, tell them to continue marching, recover the eastern section of the Great Wall, recapture Yahu Pass, and send a group of troops to attack Hetuala. Down to the land of one county, one city and eight castles inside and outside the Great Wall!"

"Yes!" Hearing this, Jin Yiwei Qianhu, who was on duty, immediately dispatched Tangqi to the third and fourth soldiers and horses in Liaodong without changing horses.

There are a total of [-] battalions of soldiers and horses in the two routes, with more than [-] people.

As long as the old slave's [-] soldiers and horses are held for ten days, then Fushun, Sarhu City, and eight stone fortresses will all be taken. gun.

Zhu Youjian should not be mobilized by Nurhachi, he wants to mobilize Nurhachi!

If the Liaodong Ming army has been fighting in the rhythm of Nurhachi, it will always give Nurhachi a chance to defeat them one by one.

Although it sounds unbelievable to fight [-] to [-], there are too many cases of overturning with more hits and fewer car rollovers in history.

"You must master the rhythm!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's face became gloomy, and his gaze also looked towards the east of Liaodong...

"Keep up!"

"With such a mountain path, how can it be difficult for me to surpass my Chuanzhong disciples?!"

"Come on, after this battle is over, we will apply to His Highness to transfer troops back to Sichuan, go back to our hometown, and have a daughter-in-law with the single one among you!"

When Nurhachi was still seeking opportunities in the Liaoshen Plain, and when Zhu Youjian wanted to regain control of the rhythm, [-] Chuanzhong children and [-] Jibing children were galloping on the mountain road leading to Gushanbao from Kuandian.

rain?The mountain road collapsed?so what?Kuandian's artillery has already been transported to Gushanbao, and all the roadblocks need to be stepped on!
When the news of Nurhachi's departure from Qinghe Fort and the capture of Weining Camp Fort reached Kuandian yesterday afternoon, Qin Bangping immediately mobilized troops, bringing his sister Qin Liangyu, younger brothers Qin Banghan, Qin Minping, and nephews and nephews Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming, Zhang Fengyi, including Qi Yuangong from Zhenjiang, led an army of [-] and set off from Kuandian.

At this moment, under the hurricane of a day and a night, they have already galloped for a hundred and fifty miles.

Except for short soldiers and armor, they have nothing else on them.

Artillery, rifles, gunpowder, stone bombs, food, beans and other materials have already been transported to Gushanbao.

In other words, right now we only need to arrive at Gushan Fort, and after a short rest, wait for news from the third army before we can set off to retake the eastern section of the Great Wall in Liaodong!
With the continuous drizzle, everyone could feel that the rain was getting smaller and smaller, and this kind of time was undoubtedly good news for the Ming army.

Once the rain stops, the firearms of the Ming army will no longer be restricted, and facing the firearms of the Ming army, Jianlu can only be defeated.

What Qin Bangping and the others have to do now is to take down the Yahu Pass before the rain stops, and after another [-] miles of raiding, they will reach the city of Hetuala!

Qin Bangping and the others didn't know that the military order to change the target with Zhu Youjian was being sent, so they were running desperately.

For the more than [-] Sichuan soldiers who have been fighting in the southwest for two full years, their speed can be said to make the Seven Battalion Ji soldiers who have been stationed in places like Kuandian for three years dumbfounded.

Even if they gritted their teeth and ran away, they couldn't catch up with the Sichuan soldiers. They could always see the last soldier of the Sichuan soldiers a hundred steps ahead of them.

However, this also aroused their fighting spirit, and everyone chased after them with all their strength, until the Gushan Fort in the distance was close at hand, and the seven battalions of Ji soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's no wonder that the soldiers and horses trained by the Southwest for two years are actually faster than the Ji soldiers we trained!"

"Twelve hours, one hundred and fifty miles galloped on the mountain in the heavy rain, this speed is commendable..."

At the head of Gushanbao, Qi Yuangong and Qi Yuanfu couldn't help laughing happily when they saw the appearance of the friendly troops coming.

Sichuan soldiers are adapted to mountain warfare, which means that it is more likely to win Yahuguan and Hetuala.

"Open the city gate, and the three battalions of soldiers and horses in the city will go to the barracks outside the north city gate to rest, and give up the barracks and houses in the city to the friendly troops!"

Qi Yuangong turned his head to the nearby Gushan Fort and gave instructions, and Qi Yuanfu also gave instructions:

"The canopy is ready, the grass on the gunpowder must be thick enough, and the cotton and dry cloth for wiping the cannon must be counted. It is better to have more than less."

"The last general takes orders!" The participating general heard the words and bowed in response, and then retreated from the horse path on the city wall.

On the other hand, Qi Yuangong also said after seeing this: "Go, go down to the city gate to welcome Qin Zongbing."

"Haha, okay!" Qi Yuanfu also smiled heartily, and then the two of them brought the soldiers around them down the city wall.

At this time, Qin Bangping also led the army through the stone arch bridge built by Qi Yuangong and the others, and then led the army to the city gate, and bowed to Qi Yuangong and others at the gate behind the stone city bridge:

"The two little generals have been waiting for a long time."

"Where is General Qin, I thought the general would arrive at the earliest in the evening, but I didn't expect to arrive in the afternoon!"

Qi Yuangong did not hesitate to praise, and Qin Bangping also glanced at the army behind him, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Brother, let the soldiers enter the city first."

At this time, Qin Liangyu, who came from the Chinese army on horseback, suggested to Qin Bangping, and when Qin Bangping heard this, he also nodded and said:
"Nephew Qi Xian, let the army enter the city first."

"Naturally, the city has already prepared a lodging place, and slaughtered [-] pigs, thousands of chickens and ducks, just waiting for the army to enter the city." Qi Yuangong made a gesture of invitation, and Qin Bangping was not polite, and immediately directed The army entered the city to rest.

However, after commanding, Qin Bangping also brought Qin Liangyu and other generals of the Qin family to ask:

"Is there no news from the third army?"

"I am also surprised at this point. It stands to reason that the distance from Liaoyang to Weining Camp is only more than [-] miles away. With more than [-] troops and more than [-] artillery pieces prepared by Hongbing, even if the road is washed away by heavy rain, it will not be too far away." So slow." Qi Yuangong also said in doubt.

"Perhaps the old slaves stationed a lot of soldiers and horses in the Weining Camp." Qi Yuanfu comforted the uneasy emotions of the group.

"It's better not to wait for the third army, let's rest for one night, and tomorrow we will go directly to the Alkaline Fortress and break through the Crowful Pass!"

Qin Gongming in the crowd suddenly opened his mouth, but Qin Bangping frowned and stopped him:
"No, His Highness said that once Saarhu was defeated, he was defeated by the discord of the various armies. We cannot make such a mistake again."

"Having said that, the heavy rain is getting smaller and smaller. If you can't take Yaful Pass and threaten Hetuala before the rain stops, you won't be able to accomplish anything." Qin Yiming also responded with a sigh.

It's just that their views have fallen into a disadvantage.

No one knows better than Qin Bangping, Qi Jin, Man Gui, and Sun Yingyuan how they got promoted so quickly.

Is it by merit?stop joking...

Before aiding Liao, the four of them together were not as good as He Shixian's beheading of Jianlu, but they forcibly replaced He Shixian's position as the Shenyang General Army.

What is relied on here is not credit, but the relationship.

As for whose relationship?This obviously goes without saying.

Without the promotion of His Royal Highness King Qi, they might just be marginal figures with only two or three battalions of soldiers and horses.

Therefore, Qin Bangping knew that it didn't matter whether Hetuala was defeated or not, the important thing was to complete the tasks arranged by His Royal Highness King Qi.

As long as the task arranged by the other party is completed, even if there is no merit, merit can be created.

It was precisely because of this that Qin Bangping knew that there was only one thing he had to do, and that was to do whatever King Qi asked him to do.

What King Qi will do after the first battle in Liaodong is already known to officials and subordinates all over the world.

The Tianxia Weishou was abolished in one breath, and then recuperated.

To abolish the Tianxia Guard, you can't just talk about it, you have to mobilize troops to deter the place like the previous few times.

Therefore, the abolition of the guards in the southwest will inevitably use Sichuan soldiers.

Qin Bangping has been away from home for three years, and as he gets older, it is natural for people to miss home.

What he hopes most now is to ask King Qi to transfer him back to Sichuan to abolish the guard post after the battle in Liaodong.

Even if he can only go home for a year or two, and then he has to lead troops out, then he is willing.

"drive!"

"drive--"

Suddenly, when Qin Bangping was still thinking about going home, three horses rushed out of Gushanbao, their bodies were covered in mud, and their armor was still stained with blood.

The three got off their horses and said to Qi Yuangong, Qin Bangping and the others:
"Generals! Hong Bingbei has led the army to recover the Weining Camp Fort. Hong Bingbei has ordered the third army to go up along the Prince's River at Maoshi tomorrow, and arrive at the Jianchang Fort at Maoshi three days later."

"At that time, if the Alkali Field Fort cannot be taken, the two armies will join forces to take the Alkali Field Fort, break a wall, Qinghe Fort, take Yafal Pass, and approach Hetuala."

"Hahaha... I was underestimated!" Hearing Tang Qi's words, many generals burst into laughter.

"Forget it, Old General Qin, it seems that we will really be dispatched tomorrow morning." Qi Yuangong looked at Qin Bangping with a smile, and Qin Bangping also stroked his short three-inch beard, and said with a smile:

"Before sunset tomorrow, we must take down the alkali field fort and wait for Hong Bing to enter the city to rest!"

　Four o'clock and one more chapter

　　
　
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