Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 209 Oath to Kill Confucianism
"attack!"

"Boom boom-"

On June [-]th of the third year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi entered the Liao Dynasty. On the third day of the war, the battle was contrary to the dwindling rain on the sky, and gradually expanded.

Outside Wujingying Town, Nurhachi was attacking Wu Aheng's headquarters stationed at the south gate.

Dozens of plundered Francine cannons were venting to their heart's content, and at the same time fifty five-jin Yanshan General's cannons at the top of the Wujing camp were also venting.

The sound of artillery from both sides continued. The Ming army hid behind the temporary mound of earth, while the Jianlu had [-] cavalry and infantry one mile away from the battlefield except for the gunners.

The distance from the battlefield plus this mile is a total of three and a half miles, which is far from the distance that a five-jin cannon can reach.

Compared with the scattered Jianlu gunners, Wu Aheng's department guarding the south gate was a larger and more conspicuous target.

Every round of shelling means that countless people in the formation were killed or injured, but Wu Aheng turned a blind eye to this.

All he knows now is that every quarter of an hour that Jianlu is held back, reinforcements can be exchanged for an extra mile.

"My lord! Let the brothers form a team and charge! Always being bombarded by the old slave like this, morale will drop!"

In the army, Wu Aheng's lieutenant asked for orders anxiously, but Wu Aheng said unhurriedly:

"How can the pawns catch up with the horse infantry? Hold on, it's already afternoon, I believe Xiong Jinglue has also launched a general attack..."

After all, Wu Aheng stretched out his hand and touched the rain outside the umbrella. Although it was a drizzle, it was still fatal to the Ming army's firearms.

However, the brightness in the sky also indicated that the rain was about to stop.

Before the rain stopped, if Nurhachi did not retreat, he would face the end of being besieged by [-] troops.

Nurhachi wanted to withdraw, and the mobility of the Ming army could not be stopped, but they could expand the casualties of Jianlu.

The pursuit battle on the plain was of little use to the Ming army. As long as the rain stopped, the whole Liao Dynasty would soon be restored.

The more than [-] artillery pieces prepared by various armies will be the final trump card of this battle.

"Khan, this stalemate is not good for me, Dajin. I finally got so much gunpowder, it's not worth spending all of it here..."

Like the Ming army, there are not a few people in the Jin army who can see the situation.

But no one can guess, what time is Nurhachi still procrastinating here?
At this time, shouldn't we break through?

If you continue to wait here, you will only face the result of being besieged.

"Wait, keep waiting!"

Nurhachi sat under the yellow tent in the rain, knocking on the armrest of the pear wood chair with one hand, quietly closing his eyes, as if everything was still under control.

Seeing his appearance, the surrounding Yue Tuo, Hu Erhan, Yang Guli and others couldn't say anything, so they could only obediently shut their mouths and quietly watched the scene where the Jin army gunners and the Ming army bombarded each other.

But while they were waiting, Huang Taiji, more than a hundred miles away to the northeast, was facing a severe test.

After a night of siege, the number of Ming troops at Chengzi Mountain Pass had reached more than [-], more than six times that of the Jin troops.

However, in the face of such a gap, the Ming army still did not make a gesture of attacking the mountain, but continued to besiege it.

Such a strange performance made Huang Taiji put the reason on one thing...

"The Ming army is waiting for artillery from Shenyang!"

On the flat ground at the top of Chengzi Mountain, Huang Taiji used his captured binoculars to watch the Ming army at the mountain pass without any movement, and his mood became more and more depressed.

"Why hasn't Khan come here?"

Du Du, who was next to him, was also very anxious. He didn't understand why Nurhachi didn't retreat this way.

However, only Huang Taiji knows the character of his own Khan Ama. If the other party did not come to Chengzishankou, he must be seeking greater benefits.

Huang Taiji didn't want to think about what the other party was doing, he just wanted to know, how long can the headquarters last?

He and Du Du stood in the rain, so he could clearly feel that the rain was getting smaller and smaller.

If there is no accident, the rain will stop within three days, and although the muddy roads will hinder the movement of the Ming army's artillery, after this rain, the rainy season will pass, and the rest will be cloudless. clear sky.

After three days of clearing, all the muddy roads will disappear, that is to say, after three days, the Ming army will be able to exert their full strength.

What is the current strength of the Liaodong Ming Army?There is no force that is more aware than the king and ministers of the Kingdom of Jin who are facing this force.

If they could defeat the Ming army on the frontal battlefield, they would not have to go to Liao to fight sports.

The results of entering Liao this time were quite fruitful. If it was Huang Taiji himself, he would definitely retreat with a large army at this time, then abandon Tieling and Kaiyuan, and take the Han people in Tieling and Kaiyuan to retreat to Wuyewuwei.

Right now, from a single battlefield, the Jin army is no longer the opponent of the Ming army, so it is necessary to open up multiple battlefields to contain the Ming army.

"Daijin needs a stronger ally, and also needs a safer place as the capital..."

Huang Taiji's eyes were cloudy and uncertain. He knew clearly that once Dajin was defeated now, Hetuala's defeat would only be within this year.

Hetuala is the iron-making center of Dajin. Without it, the Jin army will soon follow in the footsteps of the Yuan Dynasty.

"Hetuala must be relocated as soon as possible to find a place with iron ore. With the power of the Ming court in Liaodong, it is impossible to launch a long-distance northern expedition."

Huang Taiji has already figured out what to do after the war. Perhaps in his opinion, this battle should not have been fought at all.

The internal contradictions of the Ming court were far more serious than the external contradictions.

What Dajin should do is to add fire and firewood when its internal conflicts are serious, instead of fighting Mingting when its internal stability is stable.

This kind of deadlock is meaningless. Since Liaodong cannot be obtained, we must find another way out...

Huang Taiji was still thinking about the future, but in the Ming army barracks at Chengzi Mountain Pass, Xiong Tingbi was discussing the present.

"Just now the news came from Tangqi that the old slave went to attack the Wujing camp. Fortunately, the soldiers and horses of General Wu were arranged there so that the old slave would not be forced to cross the river."

In the large tent of the Shankou military camp, Xiong Tingbi was watching the sand table, and beside him were Yang Wenyue, He Shixian, and more than [-] generals in the army.

"When will Shenyang's ten-pound cannon and five-pound cannon arrive?!"

Xiong Tingbi's loud voice was obviously asking, but it sounded like a curse. Fortunately, He Shixian, who was in charge of this matter, had long been used to the other party's loud voice, so he bowed and said:
"The cavalry of the [-]rd Battalion of Duogan is under the command of Cao Zongbing of the second army, and escorted by [-] civilians. They have already arrived [-] miles to the west, and it is estimated that they will arrive at noon tomorrow."

"Well, since the distance is so close, all our cavalry have also been dispatched to escort the civilians to escort the artillery." Xiong Tingbi nodded slightly, and said again:
"As long as these thousand cannons arrive, this army will only end in destruction."

Xiong Tingbi was very excited. After all, after this battle, he had completed the mission entrusted to him by the two emperors Wanli and Taichang.

At that time, he will also return to Beijing to report on his duties, and show those who impeached him at the beginning a good look!

Thinking of this, Xiong Tingbi's mind came up with the stinky faces of those who had impeached him all these years, wishing to punch them one by one and knock them down on the ground.

Just as he was thinking this way, the sound of horseshoes came from outside the tent, and all the generals also looked outside the tent.

At this time, the curtain was pulled open, and a muddy Tang Qi was holding a handwritten book, half kneeling in the rain, and said loudly:

"It was passed down to the King of Qi's decree that all those who died in this battle and the Liaodong armies, and their families will receive ten acres of compensation land and one hundred taels of silver from the Imperial Horse Supervisor in their native place, and their children will be sent to Yanshan Academy. official position!"

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

After all, the Tang rider handed over his hand and wrote:
"Xiong Jinglue, this is a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness."

He handed out the letter, but no one came to answer it for a while, because everyone was shocked by the generous reward given by Zhu Youjian.

Pension fields, pension silver, reward silver, and offspring are awarded official positions...

In order to win this battle, Zhu Youjian's price was so generous that everyone wondered if Zhu Youjian was crazy.

The total number of high-ranking officials in Ming Dynasty is only a few hundred thousand, and so far in this battle, at least thousands of people have died in battle.

If each of these thousands of people had four or five heirs, tens of thousands of people would have to be granted official positions...

What's more, the tough battle has not yet started. If it really starts, and Zhu Youjian wants to fulfill his promise this time, wouldn't the hundreds of thousands of officials in Ming Dynasty be born a few years after this battle?
Everyone was stunned, they naturally didn't know that Zhu Youjian would reform the official system of the Ming Dynasty within a few years after the war.

If they knew, I'm afraid they wouldn't be so surprised.

Surprised for a moment, Xiong Tingbi still walked out of the tent and took the letter from Tang Qi.

There are only twelve short characters on the letter.

"Benefits lure them, soldiers and horses are scattered, and they are defeated one by one..."

The short twelve words made Xiong Tingbi break out in a cold sweat. Only then did he realize that he had been mobilized by Nurhachi without knowing it.

He hurried back to the main seat, and then said:

"Push up the sand table of the entire Liaodong, and arrange the soldiers and horses!"

"Yes!" Hearing this, some of the generals immediately sent people to push the sand table.

It was only when the sand table was pushed that everyone realized that they had been really mobilized by Nurhachi without knowing it.

On the surface, it seems that they surrounded Nurhachi to the south of the Hun River.

But if you look closely, except for their army and the third and fourth armies that are approaching the Alkali Field Fort, the soldiers and horses of the other tribes are far less than that of Nurhachi's headquarters.

"I thought it was me surrounding him, but I didn't want to give him a chance to defeat them one by one."

Xiong Tingbi frowned tightly, and Yang Wenyue also said:

"It's not enough to defeat them one by one. The army of each department is still more than [-] people. It will take time to encircle and wipe out. According to Tang Qi's news, the old slave is currently fighting against Wu Zongbing in the Wujing Camp."

"This rain won't last long, and there are still fifty five-jin Yanshan General Cannons at the top of the city. This old slave can't afford it."

After all, Yang Wenyue has experienced two years of war in the southwest, and An Bangyan in the southwest has also tried many times to mobilize and divide the Ming army to launch surprise attacks, so he, Hong Chengchou and others all know this way.

In this way, the minimum number of people must be three times greater than that of the opponent, so that the encirclement and suppression can be carried out quickly.

But that was in the southwest, and now Liaoshen is a plain, and the Ming army's artillery can't exert its power in the southwest, but in the Liaoshen plain, even if it rains, the artillery can still be fired under the protection of a canopy.

Therefore, as long as Wu Aheng is squatting under the city, Nurhachi will definitely not be able to wipe him out. Instead, he will be hit head-on by the artillery from the top of the Wujing camp while launching an attack on Wu Aheng.

Therefore, when Yang Wenyue opened his mouth, many generals in the army breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, Xiong Tingbi suddenly frowned and said in doubt:

"He fought fiercely in the Wujing Battalion, if it wasn't for the [-] soldiers of General Wu Aheng, what was it for..."

Xiong Tingbi was still puzzled, but someone had discovered Nurhachi's actions earlier than him.

"He wants to hit Man Gui hard!"

In the study of Xipingbao Garrison Mansion, Zhu Youjian clenched his fists and said these words through clenched teeth.

Zhu Youjian found out what Nurhachi wanted to do as soon as the military information was transmitted!

What is the most feared thing about the Ming army at the moment for the Jin army?Is it artillery?Is it a firearm?neither!It is the cavalry of the Ming army that is more mobile than the Jin army!

Nurhachi wanted to move the population of Tieling and Kaiyuan to Wuyewuwei, and there was a full six hundred miles from Kaiyuan to Wuyewuwei.

If the [-]-mile road is traveled by infantry, it will take at least fifteen days, and one soldier and eight civilians are needed to ensure the food and fodder of the soldiers.

Six hundred miles away, if there is no high-mobility soldiers and horses to escort the supply line, then the Jin army can use high mobility to harass the supply line of the Ming army from all sides.

To attack Wuyewuwei, the Ming army had to mobilize at least [-] infantry to form an overwhelming force, and [-] infantry required [-] civilians to provide logistical support for them.

No matter how you look at it, the Ming army would not be so stupid as to dispatch [-] infantry, and use all Liao men as civilian husbands to fight Wuyewuwei.

So what if the Ming army did not dispatch pure infantry, but dispatched cavalry?
With a large number of cavalry, only twice as many cavalry and infantry are needed as auxiliary troops to transport supplies and artillery, so it can maintain a combat radius of [-] miles, march a day to reach [-] miles, and reach Wuye in six days My guard.

That is to say, the Ming army only needs to dispatch [-] cavalry, [-] horse infantry, plus a lot of artillery. In fact, it only needs to prepare one or two months of rations to attack Wuyewuwei.

How many cavalry are there in the Ming army now?There are more than [-] troops in the entire Liaodong battlefield, but the actual number of cavalry is less than [-].

In other words, as long as the Liaodong cavalry is severely damaged once, the Ming army will not be able to launch an attack on Wuyewuwei in a short period of time.

Not only that, during the retreat of this battle, the disabled cavalry units did not dare to chase the Jin army rashly, and although there were a large number of infantry, they could not keep up with the marching speed of the Jin army.

As long as the main force of the cavalry of the Ming army is defeated once, the Jin army can harvest food and withdraw calmly afterwards.

But there was a problem with this plan. Nurhachi already had a general understanding of the power of the four cavalry guards, so it was impossible to sneak attack and ambush the four cavalry guards on a sunny day, so he had to wait for the rainy season.

The artillery of the Ming army is powerful, but the artillery is heavy and the speed is slow, so it cannot catch up with the Jin army.

What really frightened the Jin army was the riding guns of the four cavalry guards and the mobility of the four cavalry guards.

This is why Nurhachi chose to turn into the hinterland of Liaodong when it was raining, rush left and right in the abdomen of Liaodong, frantically show his athletic ability, and mobilize the Ming army.

Because only by mobilizing the Ming army and showing the mobility of the Jin army, then Zhu Youjian and Xiong Tingbi will definitely choose to use cavalry to chase the cavalry and hold back the infantry to outflank them.

Therefore, the Ming army will dispatch cavalry, and once the cavalry is dispatched, Nurhachi will have a chance to wipe out the cavalry troops of the Ming army!

"It turned out to be an ambush for a long time, and the target is here!"

Zhu Youjian's brainpower was constantly being consumed, and he only felt that Nurhachi's tactical style was more antelope than his own.

He and Xiong Tingbi thought that Nurhachi would attack Liaodong during the rainy season in order to make enough time for the rear to harvest grain, but they didn't want Nurhachi to not care about the grain in the field at all.

After finally entering the battlefield, Zhu Youjian thought that Nurhachi wanted to mobilize the Ming army to achieve division, and finally ate up a soldier and horse, cutting off an arm of the Ming army, but he didn't want Nurhachi's goal to be the four cavalry guards.

"Did he aim at the four cavalry guards from the beginning, or did he change his mind halfway because of the encirclement and suppression by the Ming army?"

Zhu Youjian was thinking wildly in his head, just because this question represented how strong Nurhachi was in ambush against the four cavalry guards.

He anxiously walked a few steps back and forth in the study, but fell into self-doubt for a while.

"Nurhachi's target is really the four cavalry guards? Could it still be a feint?"

A thought rose from Zhu Youjian's mind again. At this time, he had to admire Nurhachi's ability to lead the army in the late Ming field.

It is misfortune for Zhu Youjian and the Liaodong generals to have such an opponent, but also luck, because they can learn a lot.

However, Nurhachi also has some shortcomings, that is, political shortcomings...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then said to the door:

"Order people to transfer [-] catties of iron and [-] taels of silver, and escort them to Hutudun of the Tatar Ministry. Ask Hutudun to lead troops to harass Horqin, and then tell Hutudun that Jianlu is currently transferring population from Tieling and Kaiyuan And money and food, sent to Wuye Wuwei."

"The humble post takes orders..." Jin Yiwei Qianhu at the door responded, then turned and left.

However, Zhu Youjian hadn't finished seeing the situation, but said to another Qianhu:

"Send someone to go on a fast horse for eight hundred miles to inform Man Gui that the old slave may ambush the four cavalry guards and his Daning iron cavalry."

"Tell Man Gui to be more vigilant, but if the old slave is really in ambush..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian's face became gloomy: "Order the soldiers and horses of the Liaoshen departments to encircle and suppress the old slaves!"

"Order Xiong Tingbi again, don't let Huang Taiji and Du Du of Chengzi Mountain Pass go."

"Those who killed Huang Taiji and the four great Baylors who built captives will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, and they will be named the third-rank captain of Qingche!"

"..." Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Qianhu at the door kept bowing his body, showing no intention of getting up.

Such a move made Zhu Youjian frowned and said, "Go and report."

"Eh..." Qianhu got up awkwardly, and then asked cautiously:
"Your Highness, you only mentioned the reward for beheading the four great Baylors of Jianlu, but you haven't mentioned the reward for the old slave..."

"Old slave..." Hearing Qianhu's question, Zhu Youjian frowned.

It is true that Nurhachi's military ability is very strong, and he even played Zhu Youjian and Xiong Tingbi at present, but so what?
In the coming years of the Little Ice Age, blind bravery will not solve the problem.

Nurhachi is a general who only knows how to use military plunder to make up for the internal contradictions of his nation, but he is not a qualified monarch.

The Jin Kingdom under him lacks the means to forge sophisticated artillery, and lacks a strong foreign policy and strike policy against the Mongolian grasslands.

With such a person as an opponent, the Ming army will only feel a headache, but it will not be fatal.

As long as the Ming army regains the Great Wall and maintains its combat effectiveness, it will be difficult for Jianlu to pose a threat to Liaodong.

In the late Ming Dynasty and the East Asian situation that was about to break out during the Little Ice Age, the most noteworthy thing was not military capabilities, but the means of governance of the rulers, that is, the political level.

What did the old slave do when the drought broke out in Liaodong due to the Little Ice Age, which led to food shortages?
It was the massacre of the Han people and the slaughter of millions of Liao people. Not only did he lose the basic logistics of the expedition, but he also left Huang Taiji with a devastated, barren land and sparsely populated Liaodong after his death.

Such a person stands in that position, as long as he is given a few more years to let the Ming Dynasty accumulate a few years of family property, Jianlu can be easily cleaned up at one time.

What about Huang Taiji?Before he died, he left to Dorgon and Fulin a crumbling Ming Dynasty that had been bloodletted inside and outside for many years, and the vast land of Monan, as well as more than [-] soldiers from Han Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners, and Man Eight Banners. It included the advanced artillery technology in East Asia at that time, and the attachment of Mobei Mongolia.

As far as this method is concerned, Zhu Youjian believes that no one in Ming Dynasty can match Huang Taiji in terms of political methods and governance level, even the emperor brother he respects.

Such a person is not dead?How could Zhu Youjian be able to sleep?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes, then turned around and said:
"Don't worry about the old slave, if you have the opportunity to capture him alive, if you have the opportunity to kill him, then he will kill him, but tell Xiong Tingbi, you must try your best to kill Huang Taiji!"

"I understand!" Although Qianhu didn't understand why His Highness was so persistent, there must be His Highness's opinion.

It was inconvenient for him to ask again, but he turned around and withdrew.

But shortly after he left, hurried footsteps sounded outside the courtyard, and the one who walked into the courtyard was Lu Wenzhao who had been leading people to patrol the city.

"What's wrong? Has something happened in the capital?"

The arrival of Lu Wenzhao gave Zhu Youjian a bad premonition, and Lu Wenzhao's words confirmed everything...

"Your Highness, there is news from the court that the Yellow River broke through in the Suiyang, Xu, and Pi areas, and within [-] miles up and down, it has become flat land. The fields in the south field of the Yumajian have also been affected, and more than [-] mu of fields have not been harvested. .”

"In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in the three places. Wansui has already exempted all kinds of money and food in the three places, but there is no food in the household department. Please ask Wansui to stop the [-] million stone grains shipped to Liaodong and transport them to the south for disaster relief... "

"Here we come..." Hearing Lu Wenzhao's words, Zhu Youjian clenched his hands tightly.

What he has to face is not only Nurhachi, but also the princes of the court.

The Yellow River broke its embankment again, and the people suffered heavy casualties. If Zhu Youjian explained the importance of the money and food to Liaodong at this time, he would be labeled as inconsiderate by civil servants.

It's just that, if it's just this method, then Zhu Youjian's behavior of storing food in Liaodong in advance is enough to help Liaodong survive this battle.

"Is there anything else..." Zhu Youjian pretended to be calm, but Lu Wenzhao's hesitant expression made him frowned.

"Say!" Zhu Youjian sipped softly, and Lu Wenzhao also said:

"The Hetao northern captives knocked on the side again. The Ministry of War transferred the gunpowder and stone bullets from the Jingzhong Armor Factory and Ordnance Institute to the northwest on the grounds that there was insufficient gunpowder in the northwest!"

"..." The news was like a bolt from the blue, and Zhu Youjian could no longer suppress his anger when he heard this.

He wanted to draw out his knife and chop something to vent his anger, but finally he stopped this thought when he held the handle of the knife, calmed down, and calmed down the anger in his chest:
"How much gunpowder is there in Liaodong? How much gunpowder is there in Yanshan Ordnance..."

"All gunpowder from the Ordnance Institute arrived in Liaodong before the start of the war. At present, there may only be a few thousand catties of gunpowder, while Liaodong's current gunpowder should be less than [-] catties..." Lu Wenzhao responded with his head bowed.

"Understood, you step back..." Zhu Youjian put down the hand holding the knife like a normal person, but Lu Wenzhao saw this, hesitated to say anything, and finally bowed and exited the courtyard.

Only after he left, Zhu Youjian looked at his back, gritted his teeth and said:

"Two years, wait another two years, two years later, I will swear to kill the corrupt scholars—"

　Eunuch Wei is going to take the blame on the stage
　　
　
(End of this chapter)