Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 213 Apocalypse Plough Court
"Chilechuan, under the Yin Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the whole field. The sky is blue, the field is vast, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep can be seen..."

The rain disappeared, the dark clouds receded, and the blood-like setting sun was exposed in the sky. The red setting sun sprinkled on the land north of the Hun River.

While hunting under the banner, Sun Yingyuan sang along with the soldiers in a hoarse voice. His sharp eyes like falcons scanned the south bank of the Hun River from time to time, but the south bank of the Hun River was empty without any figure.

He instinctively felt uneasy, since Wu Aheng sent the news to now, he has not seen any traces of the Jin army soldiers and horses, which made him very vigilant.

"General, it's better to send a team of soldiers and horses, and go to Shenyang to bring the artillery. Anyway, the heavy rain has stopped."

The commander of the Leopard Guards stepped forward to bow and propose, but Sun Yingyuan shook his head and said:

"This place is still sixty miles away from Shenyang, maybe the old slave is waiting for us on that section of the road."

"Isn't it? The best way to cross the Hun River is to go to Shenyang, but right now Shenyang has Governor Sun and other soldiers and horses, and Baitapu is also stationed by Qi Zongbing. If something happens in Shenyang, Qi Zongbing's Ninth Battalion Zhebing It can be quickly supported." The commander always felt that his general was a little unfounded.

"It's always good to be cautious." Sun Yingyuan shook his head and didn't say anything more.

"It's not the same thing to defend and fight like this all the time. My Ming Liao and Shen forces have nearly [-] troops, but I was led by the nose by the [-] Jianlu."

"When the army attacks, they can be wiped out in one fell swoop, so there is no need to be timid."

"Now that the rain has stopped, it's time for the artillery to leave the city."

It has to be said that the siege that Xiong Tingbi thought of caused dissatisfaction among most of the generals for the Sixteenth Guards who were good at taking the initiative to attack.

But because of King Qi's face, it's hard for everyone to say too much.

"Okay, don't say any more." Sun Yingyuan couldn't take it anymore, and stopped talking, and all the generals also shut their mouths.

The generals stopped complaining, but when they were not complaining, Qianhu, the former army of the army, came with Tang Qi on horseback from the former army.

"General! There is news from Shenyang that Jianlu sent [-] troops from Tieling to cruise outside the city of Shenyang. Governor Sun has led the troops to attack with artillery. Do you want to support?!"

The former army brought the news from Tangqi, and the former army rode their horses to question Sun Yingyuan, and Jianlu's initiative to send troops immediately ignited the anger of the generals of the entire army.

"Mother, we didn't go looking for him, but he came looking for us instead!"

"Chief soldier! Go beat them! Maybe this old slave is going to take this opportunity to cross the river."

"General..."

"General..."

All of a sudden, many commanders and thousands of households in the whole army spoke one after another, their voices were noisy, making people uneasy, but Sun Yingyuan frowned and said:

"First inform Shenyang City Zhongbu Zhengshi, please send my three guards artillery out of the west city. After our army takes over the artillery, one guard will be stationed on the north bank of the Hun River. The remaining two guards will go with me and send troops to support Sun Zongbing."

"Decree!" Hearing these words, the generals immediately cheered up and began to arrange matters for the battle.

Sun Chuanting's headquarters has ten battalions of soldiers and horses, that is, [-] people, plus their two guards and horses, the army is more than [-].

In addition to the three guards and more than [-] artillery pieces, what is built?No matter how strong it is, can it hold the Yanshan General Cannon?
"drive!"

As soon as Sun Yingyuan opened his mouth, the army decisively began to march northward. Since there were enough horses and horses, the three guards were also horse infantry, and their mobility was higher than that of the general Ming army.

Therefore, a journey of sixty miles is only an hour or two for the three guards and horses.

The army was on its way, and looking south of the Hun River, tens of miles away to the south, the chase of tens of thousands of cavalry was taking place.

Sixteen miles south of Baitapu and twenty-three miles northwest of Fengji County, Mangui's [-] cavalry chased Nurhachi's [-] cavalry and infantry for an hour and galloped for more than [-] miles.

Since there is one man and one horse, the four cavalry guards often have insufficient stamina when chasing the Jin army with one man, three horses or even four horses.

But whenever the horsepower of the Ming army was slightly weak, Nurhachi would order the horse to slow down, as if deliberately hanging Mangui.

The reason for this, Man Gui, is naturally clear, that is, the letter sent by his highness said that Nurhachi wants to ambush him.

But he is not afraid, because the rain has stopped, and the riding guns of the four cavalry guards and the Daning cavalry can be used.

Now as long as the distance between the two sides is shortened, one confrontation is enough to kill hundreds or even thousands of Jianlu!
"kill--"

Man Gui continued to gallop, and at the same time, on the mountain road [-] miles southeast of them, Huang Taiji was leading more than [-] horse infantry galloping, and it was less than ten miles away from rushing out of the mountain pass.

Behind them was Cao Wenzhao's clenching troops. Nine thousand sweet horses rode off the plateau, maintaining an extremely excited state due to drunken oxygen and excitement.

Tibetans value personal bravery more than Han people, and brave generals like Cao Wenzhao took the lead in every battle, which greatly inspired the three battalions of Duogan.

In fact, compared with the Han people, the U-Tibets in the third battalion of Duogan wanted to win this battle more, because most of them were slaves bought from the U-Tibet area by Cao Wenzhao.

When they were liberated, they already had the idea of ​​repaying their benefactors, and when they were transferred to Liaodong, Cao Wenzhao's promise made them even more excited.

As long as they fight bravely, His Royal Highness King Qi will send out money to redeem their relatives.

There are tens of thousands of relatives behind the nine thousand Wei Zang cavalry, which is why they are so excited!

"kill!"

The Wei Zang iron cavalry galloped, and didn't care about Jianlu's returning horse arrows at all. Such bravery made Jianlu, who claimed to be the number one short soldier, a little astonished.

Time is passing by little by little, and the chase between the two sides is also continuing.

It's just different from Man Gui. Man Gui couldn't catch up because of the rush of the army and didn't repair his horsepower to chase, while the iron cavalry of Duogan's third battalion slowed down because of the lack of horsepower for one man and one horse.

When the army rushed out of the mountain pass, the Jin army had completely thrown them several miles away. Seeing this, Cao Wenzhao had no choice but to use the Wei Zang dialect learned in the past two years:
"Turn over and get off the horse, feed the beans, build up the horsepower, and chase after a quarter of an hour!"

The heavy rain stopped, and the traces of the marching army were not so easy to hide. Cao Wenzhao did not believe that Huang Taiji could break through the defense of the Zhejiang soldiers at Baitapu, so he still had a chance.

But when Cao Wenzhao recovered his horsepower, Huang Taiji, who was galloping on horseback, glanced at the military order in his hand, and then said:

"The army goes to the west of Baitapu and entangles the Mangui department!"

"Esihui, Mangui... Mangui's [-] riders..." Hearing Huang Taiji's words, Du Du's eyes widened, but Huang Taiji said with a gloomy face:

"This is the Khan's military order!"

Huang Taiji's gloomy face, if it is said who suffered the most in this battle, it is naturally his army, but he has no choice.

Nurhachi's military order is an inviolable existence in the Kingdom of Jin.

"If you keep fighting like this, the two white flags will be wiped out one day!" Du Du complained, and this kind of complaint was impossible in the past.

Such complaints represent that Nurhachi's authority is declining, and Huang Taiji did not reprimand Du Du upon seeing this.

After all, this battle has been fought until now, and Zhengbai Qi has suffered heavy losses. In addition to the five cattle left behind at Hetuala, two of the twenty cattle have already been damaged. A little too much.

If they go to stop Mangui again, then the strength of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner will be weakened to a point where they cannot compete.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji's eyes were cloudy, but he didn't say anything, but continued to lead the army to the Mangui Department.

At the same time, Qi Jin stationed at Baitapu also received an order from Xiong Tingbi from Chengzi Mountain Pass.

"Jinglue said that the old slave is going to encircle and suppress Sun Yingyuan's general army, and then..."

Looking at the letter in his hand, Qi Jin frowned, and then saw that Xiong Tingbi ordered him to pretend to retreat to Shenyang, and take a detour with artillery from the north of Hunhe River to the north of Chengzi Mountain Pass to ambush.

This content made him frowned, but he quickly pretended to be calm, and then he opened his mouth and said:

"Leave the third battalion to garrison Baitapu. If you encounter old slaves fleeing, immediately go out of the city to pursue them."

"The other six battalions are about to move out, and then I will ask Sun Buzheng in Shenyang City to transfer the artillery of the sixth battalion out of the south city and transport it to the east city ten miles away."

"Yes!" Tang Qi received the order to retreat, and then rushed to Shenyang, while Qi Jin looked at his back, and then at the letter in his hand, with a smile in his eyes.

For a time, nearly [-] soldiers and horses in the Shenyang area of ​​northern Liaoning began to move, but this time they were not mobilized by Nurhachi, but they mobilized themselves with their own ideas.

At the same time, Yuan Yingtai and Sun Chengzong in Shenyang are actively deploying the needs of various ministries, and the sound of artillery can be vaguely heard outside the city.

"put!"

"Boom boom-"

Thirteen miles north of Shenyang City, Sun Chuanting, with his ten battalions of soldiers and horses, and six hundred five-jin cannons, was shelling [-] Jianlu on the south bank of the Pu River.

Dai Shan looked at the former army of the Ming army, feeling a little depressed.

"Ama, the Ming army's artillery is too powerful, let's hide first."

At this moment, a general from the left army rode his horse, he was Daishan's third son Sahalin, and Daishan heard the words, he could only say:

"Exit one mile, the range of the Ming army's artillery is two miles, hold this Ming army back."

"Yes!" Sahalin heard the words, and immediately mobilized the army to retreat for a mile, but at the same time, Sun Chuanting saw the situation, but did not let the army continue to advance.

"Governor, don't you want to continue marching?"

Sun Chuanting's left and right lieutenants spoke when they heard the words, but Sun Chuanting said:

"I always feel that something is wrong. This Jianlu has been cruising, except to avoid our shelling, and has no intention of attacking or retreating. It seems to be holding us back."

"Stop fighting, order the whole army to retreat ten miles!"

After all, Sun Chuanting is a commander-in-chief general. When he realized that something was wrong, he decisively chose to return to Shenyang.

Whenever Daishan pretended to attack, he would not suspect that Daishan was restraining him, but Daishan's behavior was too strange, he was suspicious and would not fight, so Sun Chuanting chose to retreat.

It's just that when he retreated, Daishan became anxious.

"Ama, this man surnamed Sun has retired."

Sahalin spoke to Daishan, and Daishan also frowned and said:

"Follow him closely, keeping a distance of two miles."

When Sahalin heard the words, he immediately sent orders to the various ministries, and the soldiers and horses under Dai Shan's command also advanced slowly, closely following behind Sun Chuanting's men.

"As expected..."

Daishan's actions were seen by Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting frowned, and then continued to observe the actions of the Jin army during the retreat.

It's just that when he retreated back to the north of Shenyang City and led the army into the camp in the north of the city, Daishan did not launch an attack, but continued to cruise, and while cruising, he was on guard against the ten catty General Yanshan Cannon at the head of Shenyang City by the Ming Army.

Dai Shan already understood the power of the artillery of the Ming army, so he led the army with a thickened shield car, which became the life-saving shield of the Daikin warriors when there was a need for hand-to-hand combat.

It's just that he didn't understand why his own Khan Ama didn't let him fight the Ming army, but only needed to pester him.

He was puzzled, and Sun Chuanting was also puzzled, but at the same time that he was puzzled, there were also reports from the left and right.

"The governor and Sun Zongbing led the troops back to Shenyang, less than [-] miles away from Shenyang, and Qi Zongbing also brought six battalions of soldiers and horses on the way back to Shenyang."

"Huh? Isn't it to encircle and suppress Nurhachi?" Sun Chuanting frowned and asked back, but the left and right lieutenants couldn't explain why.

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting didn't say anything anymore, but waited for Xiong Tingbi's military order.

It's just that while they were waiting, Mangui's headquarters had exhausted its horsepower, so it had to abandon Nurhachi and ordered the whole army to feed the horses on horseback.

The war horse was breathing heavily from exhaustion, and at the moment Man Gui asked while feeding the horse, "Where is this place?"

"Return to Zongbing, this place is six miles southwest of Baitapu." The deputy general looked at the map and reported, and Man Gui also said in distress when he heard the words:

"This old slave didn't stop this time, so it seems that his target is not us!"

"Who else could it be if it's not us?" the general asked subconsciously, and Man Gui also took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said:
"It's a little bit evil to fight against the old slave. His soldiers and horses have been resting for a long time, and we have come from a long distance. In addition, their marching speed is too fast, and they can't catch up in a short time."

"If we had known earlier, we should have rested our horses in Lord Wang's settlement instead of leaving the military horses behind."

"If there are no horses left, we can continue to chase now." Man Gui sighed a little, because once the army entangled Nurhachi's troops, the soldiers and horses in all market towns could quickly encircle and suppress them.

"The other three horses of the brothers have exhausted their horsepower. If we continue to chase them, I am afraid that many people will die from exhaustion. It is a last resort to improve their horsepower." The lieutenant general comforted, but the other lieutenant general also said:
"Although the old slave waits for work at leisure, but being chased by us like this, I am afraid that the loss of horsepower is not small."

"They should find a chance to rest..." Man Gui put on his helmet again, and at the same time, a group of Tangqi rushed to the southeast, and they behaved anxiously.

Tang Qi galloped up to Man Gui, then bowed on the horseback and said:
"The chief soldier and Fengji County have news that Huang Taiji rushed out of the mountain road and is now running towards our army!"

"Here we come..." Man Gui tightened his grip on the reins, but he didn't show timidity on his face, but said to the left and right lieutenants and the commander of the three guards:

"Is there no Tangqi from other directions to report back? If not, continue to send Tangqi!"

Man Gui is determining whether Nurhachi's target is him. If it is really him, then Nurhachi should be leading the army to detour and attack the army from other directions.

If it wasn't for him, then Nurhachi would definitely not be devious, but would choose his real goal.

But when he gave the order, the former Juntang cavalry came running from a distance, bowed on horseback and said:
"The military order of Xiong Jinglue is passed on, please ask Man Zongbing to force the old slave to the direction of Fushun."

"Man Gui accepts the order!" Man Gui responded, then put away the military order and said:

"It doesn't matter if the old slave comes or not, if he doesn't look for me, I'll go look for him!"

"But before looking for him, kill Huang Taiji first!"

Man Gui didn't mean to show cowardice, and at the same time, Zhu Youjian in the Xipingbao Garrison Mansion also turned his back to everyone and looked at the sand table in front of him.

It's just that he didn't have any bad expressions, but said with a smile:

"The best defense is really an offense. It's just that the old slave seized the opportunity to send troops before our soldiers and horses had assembled, which made us fall into a passive position."

Zhu Youjian held a pear blossom stick in his hand and watched the battlefield while walking, but Sun Shoufa couldn't help but said:

"Your Highness, I don't understand why you can still laugh at this time."

"Alas..." Lu Wenzhao also sighed and said:
"There is also news from the capital that the victims were stopped by the prefects of Shuntian and Yongping. It seems that they are going to consume the food of the Yumajian. In addition, Long Live promoted Cui Chengxiu, who was recommended by Wei Zhongxian, to Jiangnan..."

"However, Long Live is fully prepared, gunpowder and rations should not be restricted, and there should be no problem with the army's luggage."

Having said that, Lu Wenzhao looked at Zhu Youjian, worried and said:

"Your Highness and civil servants have dealt with us like this, shouldn't we respond?"

"Response? Why do we need to respond?" Zhu Youjian smiled, and he was very indifferent, as if he didn't care what happened in the pass.

"Let them stir it up. I've expected them to stir it up a long time ago. I have prepared enough food in Liaodong from the beginning, and the gunpowder is now guaranteed. The more they stir up the trouble now, the more ruthless the emperor's methods will be."

Zhu Youjian had long expected that it was the princes in the court who were holding back in the battle of Liaodong. There was no other reason. In every defeat in the late Ming Dynasty, it was the guys in the capital who were holding back, but at the beginning he still held a trace It was a fluke, that's why he was so angry after hearing the news.

But thinking about it now, the level of this group of people is indeed worrying.

Because Yang Gao was not supported by the Zhejiang Party, Yang Gao was forced to send troops.

Because Xiong Tingbi failed to turn to the eunuch party and couldn't get any money, he urged Wei Zhongxian to let Xiong Tingbi die.

Because Lu Xiangsheng was born in the south of the Yangtze River, he did not join the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun, and he was not a general of his own faction, so he turned a blind eye to Lu Xiangsheng's death.

There is also forcing Hong Chengchou to send troops ahead of time, forcing Sun Chuanting to leave the customs...

Of these things, which one is not this group of guys fueling the flames in Beijing?

It's just that he didn't make complete preparations, how could Zhu Youjian fight this battle?
In other words, why did he come to Liaodong in person?
He just wanted to pull himself out of the capital and give someone a chance to appear on stage.

Now that this person has appeared on the stage, Wei Zhongxian thought that he was doing it secretly to win over civil servants, but in fact it was all done under Zhu Youjian's nose.

Not only Cui Chengxiu, but also many people were attracted by Wei Zhongxian, and the reason why Zhu Youjian picked himself out and let Wei Zhongxian take the stage is also very simple.

He wants to reform the guards, relocate people from Liaodong, and wait for the students from Yanshan to return.

Not to mention anything else, just the last thing will take two years.

Just like what Zhu Youxiao thought, Zhu Youjian was also thinking, who would help him fight against thunder in the two years after the end of the Battle of Liao Dynasty?Who helped him attract the firepower?
Wei Zhongxian is an excellent candidate. Although he has no historical opportunity to unite Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and form an eunuch to suppress the Donglin Party, he has a better chance.

Zhu Youjian pushed the imperial power to the current peak with his military exploits. Wei Zhongxian, as the emperor's domestic slave, stood behind the imperial power.

With such great power supporting him, Zhu Youjian was very curious, what kind of tricks could this "nine thousand years old" play, and how far could it irritate civil servants?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian couldn't wait any longer, and even the battle of restoring Liao Dynasty was much dull for him.

"Sun Yingyuan should not know that he has become one of the targets, and Man Gui should be wondering whether the old slave will continue to target him."

Zhu Youjian looked at the sand table and analyzed Sun Yingyuan and Man Gui's military use and character.

In general, Man Gui doesn’t need to worry about him. What he should worry about is Sun Yingyuan, and Sun Yingyuan belongs to the brave generals. Although he can actually lead the three guards at the moment, his personality is more suitable for being a vanguard and former army, not for being a soldier. Shuaicai.

If Sun Yingyuan is targeted by the old slave, based on Zhu Youjian's understanding of him, he will choose to stick to it and wait for reinforcements.

Zhu Youjian didn't dare to say anything else to Sun Yingyuan, but even without artillery, Sun Yingyuan could defend for several days with only riding blunderbuss and rifle blunderbuss.

The old slave wanted to beat Sun Yingyuan, but Zhu Youjian didn't know whether he wanted to severely injure a part of the Ming army, or if he wanted to steal rifles and riding guns.

In short, whether it is Man Gui or Sun Yingyuan, he is staring at the wrong person!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian slapped his palm slowly with a pear blossom stick, and then slowly ordered:

"Command Xiong Tingbi, no matter who the old slave's target is, do your best to encircle and severely injure him. If you can't pursue him, then the army should take a good rest. Tomorrow morning, the two armies in Shenyang will make changes according to the existing troops and horses. The first army will go north to attack Tieling, pull out the original, recover the northern section of the Great Wall."

"The second army continued to advance eastward, broke through Fushun, and captured Saarhu City! Captured Jiefan City."

"Order the third army to sweep the Jurchen Stone Fort inside the Great Wall, and the fourth army to march in and threaten Hetuala!"

Zhu Youjian stopped, put his hands on the sand table, looked at the sand table but didn't show any worried expression, instead, he was sure of victory.

"Your Highness..." Lu Wenzhao tentatively said cautiously:

"At the moment, our army is being transferred by Jianlu, and our army is being double-teamed..."

"You think it's the old slave who is trapping us, but in fact, the old slave is falling into Xiong Tingbi's trap step by step. The encirclement is about to begin. I want to know how many Jianlu can be killed in this battle..." Zhu Youjian also thought What to say, footsteps sounded outside the door.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the door, and at this time, a Jinyiwei Qianhu trotted all the way outside the door, holding a roll of origami in his hand, which was obviously sent by a carrier pigeon.

"Your Highness, the third and fourth armies have reported success! Alkali Field Fort, Yidao Fort, and Qinghe Fort have been captured, beheading more than [-] prisoners and more than [-] false captives."

"The army is currently besieging Yaque Pass, and the eastern section of the Great Wall in Liaodong is about to be recovered!"

Thousands of households bowed to each other loudly to report the victory, and such a victory cheered up everyone in the courtyard.

"Your Highness..." They looked at Zhu Youjian one after another, but they saw Zhu Youjian sneered:
"No matter how good the tactics are, so what? If the strategic goal is not achieved, it will be in vain."

"If he wants to procrastinate, let's see who has more time. If he fights Liaodong, I will fight his lair!"

"Add one more order. The soldiers of the fourth army are pointing directly at Hetuala. The Jian captives they see will be the heads of all, regardless of soldiers or civilians, old or weak!"

(End of this chapter)