Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 218
"At Shenshi on the first day of July, the general army was full of Guangxi and attacked and built the Huangtai Ji tribe on the northern plain of Yingpan."

"At the sixth quarter of Shenshi, the old slave led [-] horse and infantry soldiers to try to break out of the siege. Cao Wenzhao, the general soldier, arrived to stop them, and Jianlu broke through the siege. In the battle of the camp, a total of [-] beheads were beheaded."

"At three o'clock in Xushi (19:45), the old slave led the troops to the north of Chaoyang Mountain to break through. battle, a total of [-] levels of beheading."

"The old slave fled to the north after breaking out of the encirclement. The three men led by Mangui, He Shixian, and Cao Wenzhao led the cavalry to pursue them. They chased to the south bank of Fushun and beheaded [-] real captives and [-] false captives. .”

"The third army and the fourth army beheaded a total of [-] real captives and [-] false captives."

"When the old slave entered the Liao Dynasty, he beheaded [-] real captives of more than [-] ranks, [-] false captives of more than [-] ranks, and a total of [-] ranks of real and false captives, and captured two horses. More than [-] horses, countless weapons..."

On the fifth day of the seventh month of the third year of Tianqi, with the words of Dong Hanru, the Minister of the Ministry of War, all the officials in the Huangji Palace were speechless, and there was a dead silence.

Logically speaking, the great victory in Liaodong beheaded nearly half of the [-] Jianlu at once. Such a result should be happy, but most of the officials were not happy.

If this battle was fought by Xiong Tingbi himself, or by any one of the parties, it would be worth celebrating.

But... this battle was fought by Qi Wang Zhu Youjian. He is the general manager of the Liao Dynasty in name, and in terms of merit, he is the first.

This kind of credit and cooperation has hardly damaged the army too much. Once the Liao incident is over, they know better than anyone what everyone needs to face.

"..."

Looking at the officials in the palace, Zhu Youxiao didn't have the slightest ripple on his face, but he was mocking and sneering in his heart.

"In the first battle of the Liao Dynasty, how much has my Daming lost?"

Ye Xianggao, as a master of harmony, asked the emperor and all the parties concerned about things, and Dong Hanru also showed embarrassment about this and said:

"In this battle, my Ming Dynasty killed [-] people, disabled more than [-] people, injured [-] people, and damaged more than [-] horses..."

"According to the Guangning General Manager's report, the first and second armies were dispatched to Tieling and Fushun."

"The armies of the third and fourth routes have recovered more than ten stone fortresses within the Great Wall, including Weiningying Fort, Sanyangyu Fort, Qinghe Fort, Magendan Fort, Dongzhou Fort, and Yidouqiang Fort."

"Jianlu Mang Gurtai led [-] troops to help Hetuala, but the third pass has been captured, and Hetuala, Jianlu's lair, is just around the corner."

Dong Hanru's words show that it is a certainty that the Ming army will push the battlefield beyond Liaodong.

This kind of explanation not only failed to make the civil servants of the parties happy, but also made their thoughts more cumbersome.

Of the more than [-] troops, only more than [-] were lost, while the Jianlu lost nearly [-].

The loss of the Ming army and the Jin army was almost 1 to 1.3, and the Jin army was the disadvantaged side. This was something that the civil servants of the parties would never dare to imagine.

But compared to this, Zhu Youjian transformed the Ming army from a disadvantage to an advantage in three years, which is even more terrifying.

"Pass down the decree and order the king of Qi to continue to recover the entire territory of Liaodong. It is up to the king of Qi to decide whether to march to encircle and suppress the Jian captives."

Zhu Youxiao didn't give the civil servants time to think of other ways, but he still underestimated Yushi's mouth.

"Your minister Wan Yanyan, impeach King Qi, wantonly kill Liaodong merchants!"

At the critical moment, Wan Yanyang of the Donglin Party began impeachment again, and the impeachment was indeed the matter of Zhu Youjian's order to arrest and kill all Liao merchants.

After his impeachment, a large number of Donglin civil servants began to impeach him, while Zhu Guozuo and others watched the show without moving.

In the court, there was no one to speak for Zhu Youjian, because Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were sent by Zhu Guozuo to Xu and Pi to inspect the disaster situation.

Ye Xianggao can be with Xi Ni, but he must not directly protect Zhu Youjian, otherwise his reputation with Xi Ni will be ruined, and he will no longer be able to speak for Zhu Youjian while being with Xi Ni.

"Discuss this matter later, retreat!"

Zhu Youxiao also understood that no one in the court could speak for his younger brother at the moment, so after saying "discuss later", he announced his withdrawal from the court and left with Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs.

"Long live!"

Wan Yanyang and the others tried to stop him, but Zhu Youxiao left so quickly that they had no chance at all.

"Sancha-"

The minister of Honglu Temple struck the bell to announce the disbandment of the court, while the faces of the civil servants in the Huangji Hall were uglier than eating shit.

Nothing hurts more than a political rival, Lien Chan…

"My brother played well this time!"

The civil servants were suffering, but Zhu Youxiao also laughed heartily after getting on the chariot.

The first battle in Liaodong completely demonstrated the national prestige of Ming Dynasty. I am afraid that after the news spreads, the people of the whole country will celebrate together, and some ambitious people who hide in the dark side should also calm down.

Zhu Youjian did not participate in too many wars, but he participated in a counter-insurgency, a restoration of the Liao Dynasty, an internal and an external, and he did not hesitate to demonstrate the vigorous and resolute actions of the Ming army in counter-insurgency.

If someone still wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, then they have to weigh whether the chips in their hands are as thick as Xu Hongru and Nurhachi...

"King Qi has demonstrated the national prestige of my Ming Dynasty in this battle, what is Long Live planning to reward His Highness King Qi?"

The chariot was walking towards the Qianqing Palace, and Wei Zhongxian next to him also flattered appropriately, reminding Zhu Youxiao to think about how to reward him.

But Zhu Youxiao thought about it, but smiled again:
"I don't have anything to reward my younger brother. If we talk about a marriage, it's too early. Besides, after we get married, I'm afraid civil servants will start to force my younger brother to become a vassal."

"On the contrary, after my younger brother comes back, I'm afraid he will have to take a good rest and think of a way to manage Liaodong after the restoration of Liaodong. It should stop for a year or two."

"At that time, I will reward my brother with some fun things..."

Zhu Youxiao had a smile on his face, and while he was smiling, the news of the great victory in Liaodong also sprung up like mushrooms. On the land north of the Yellow River, after the propaganda of Yumajian Huangdian, it swept across like a flood. north.

Zhu Youjian did not plan to produce newspapers in advance to alert civil officials, but the reason why Yumajian Huangdian was made into something similar to a department store supermarket was essentially for publicity.

When people buy salt, wine, tea, rice vinegar, they always go to the Yumajian Huangdian, which is cheaper than the market price. At this time, they only need to hang a notice in the Huangdian. The publicity is more influential than the notice posted in front of the government gate. too much.

For a time, everyone in the world celebrated together, and at the same time, the Ming army's offensive in Liaodong also made great strides.

At dusk on the fifth day of July, when the Ming army left Yahu Pass, Hong Chengchou took Ma Xianglin as the vanguard and led the army to attack Maerdun village in the north.

At the same time, Qin Bangping and Hong Chengchou divided their forces and led an army of [-] to attack Hetuala.

Mangurtai and Dege also started to transfer Hetuala's Jianlu to Huifa City, but the distance of forty miles was only a short distance for the Ming army.

"Boom--"

"Reload quickly! Don't let Jianlu have a chance to breathe!"

"Decree to each song, don't let go of a Jian prisoner, and kill every Jian prisoner you see, regardless of old or weak, regardless of women and children!"

On the mountain road leading to Hetuala, under the command of Qin Bangping, the Ming army is currently removing small stone fortresses.

The scene of white mountains and black waters in the past is no longer there, replaced by [-] soldiers of the Ming army in armor and cotton clothes.

Although it is only July, after entering the mountainous area, there is still a chill in the semi-primitive mountainous area with heavy dew.

More than [-] five-jin cannons, more than [-] Ming soldiers, and more than [-] civilians stretched the team, and marched in the mountain road that was less than [-] steps wide. The team was as long as more than ten miles.

There was no way to put all the cannons down, only the front and back sixty cannons were placed on the mountain road, and after being filled with gunpowder and stone bullets, they were lit with matchlocks.

"Boom--"

With the sound of cannons, cracks in the stone bricks, the salvo of sixty artillery pieces, and a straight-line attack, the golden army at the top of the small stone castle immediately lay on the back of the simple parapet.

From Mao time to Chen time, sixty artillery pieces fired more than [-] times in one hour, and the result was that the stone fort began to inevitably collapse.

Seeing this, the defending golden army immediately abandoned the stone fort and ran towards the next stone fort.

For them, these stone fortresses were originally built with stones, and no so-called composite soil was used. It is not surprising that they are not hard. If they collapse, they need to replace them with stone fortresses for defense.

As long as they can hold back the Ming army, the rest will be easy.

It's just that compared to their innocence, the attack from Qin Bangping's headquarters is simply overwhelming.

Forty miles away, twelve stone fortresses, under the attack of the Ming army, none of the stone fortresses survived for two hours.

When the Ming army marched and was only a dozen miles away from Hetuala, the city of Hetuala was also in chaos.

A long line was drawn up on the mountain road from Hetuala to Huifa City. The whole line was divided into three parts. The first part was eight banner boys and women in cotton clothes, and the second part was Nurhachi's accumulation of decades thousands of artisans.

The third piece is the old and weak Hou Jin who is wrapped in a worn cotton armor, a turban on his head, and the same worn-out cotton shoes on his feet.

At this time, they were limping towards the north, and the only person who stood out in this extremely desolate team was the leader.

This person was wearing a neat mask of the Eight Banners Zhenglan Banner. Compared with other people around him, he was simply too majestic.

In addition, the man wore a helmet on his head, with beams on the front, back, left, and right sides, and a piece of eyebrow protruding from the middle of his forehead.

There is a dancer and a covered bowl on it. On the bowl is a helmet plate shaped like a wine cup. There is an iron pipe standing in the middle of the helmet plate.

Originally, there should be tassels, eagle feathers or otter tails on it, but at this time it is bare, which seems a little regrettable.

Everyone seemed to be exhausted. The dense fog in the mountains made people feel cold, and a lot of dew from the fog was stained on their hair, but no one cared about it.

They just walked silently, and some people slipped and fell to the ground from time to time, unable to get up again.

Or some people were panting and moving forward step by step, for fear of leaving the team.

After walking for a long time, the fog seemed to become more severe, and people could only see clearly the people of the same race who were around a dozen steps away.

"Why did you lose? How did you lose..."

In the youth team, some Jianlu youths who have witnessed the victories of the Dajin since the forty-sixth year of Wanli suddenly felt that their worldview was collapsing.

Obviously everyone around was telling them that Dajin was invincible, but the current situation was that the Ming army had hit Hetuala.

Not only these young people, even the Jianlu of the Eight Banners didn't know what to say, and their morale was absolutely hit.

"Send another order, let's go faster."

Mang Gurtai's expression turned ugly upon receiving the news that the stone fortress was continuously being captured by the Ming army.

He didn't expect that the Ming army in Liaoyang really didn't care about the Liaoshen battle, but chose to come to join the Kuandian Ming army and attack the eastern section of the Great Wall in Liaodong.

Not only that, but he also received news that his own Khan Ama was seriously injured and comatose, and the [-] troops who entered Liao suffered huge losses, and his own Khan Ama promised Huang Taiji and Daishan Jianguo before he fell into a coma.

Such news made Mangurtai even more unhappy, and what he was even more afraid of was whether he would be held accountable by Nurhachi for his withdrawal of troops to support Hetuala, and he would be blamed for the destruction of tens of thousands of troops.

Mangurtai was thinking about it, but when he thought that the two yellow flags under his Khan Ama had suffered heavy losses, and the other two red flags and two white flags had also suffered heavy losses, all his thoughts were thrown away.

It's very simple. Right now, only the Zhenglan Banner and Xianglan Banner are fully organized soldiers and horses. After the Six Banners soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, it is impossible for Khan Ama to use himself.

Thinking of this, Mang Gurtai looked at the [-] to [-] Jurchen teenagers following behind his soldiers and horses at the back of the mountain road.

It will take at least a few years for these teenagers to join the army, that is to say, even if they grow up, it is impossible for Da Jin to return to the grand occasion of controlling [-] strings.

In this way, the Zhenglan flag in his hand has become an existence that may be wooed by various forces.

Manggurtai squinted his eyes, and then asked Dege next to him:

"Hasn't Huifa City sent any news about Da Khan?

"No..." Dege shook his head and said:
"Khan Ama and Starling have been in a coma. The doctor said whether they can survive it depends on themselves."

At the same time as these words were said, Dege was in an extremely low mood, while Mangurtai rolled his eyes, and then he thought in his heart:

"If Khan Ama and Huang Taiji can't wake up, then only Daishan will be my opponent, but I still need to pay attention to which side Amin will stand on."

Mang Gurtai counted the strength of the two parties. First of all, the two red flags under Daishan originally had forty-six cattle records, but after a big battle, it is questionable whether half of them can survive.

There are twenty-one Niulu of the Zhenglan Banner under his command, although they were defeated by the Ming army and five were beheaded, but there are still sixteen.

On the other hand, A Min, the thirty-three Xianglan Banner Niulu under his command did not know if they suffered damage...

Mang Gurtai was still thinking about it. He didn't know that while he was thinking about the possibility of his own competition for the Khan position, the Ming army directly blasted down the last stone fort heading to Hetuala!
"The army is galloping, rushing to attack Hetuala, no matter men, women, old or weak, kill them all!"

With the fall of the stone castle, Qin Bangping in the Ming army raised his sword and pointed forward, and the army immediately began to attack.

The distance of ten miles is only a quarter of an hour for the thousands of Ming troops with rough horses in the front row.

For the Ming army behind, they also marched forward gritted their teeth with their civilian husbands carrying their armor on their backs.

"Withdraw! The Ming army is here!"

"The Ming army is here? Why did they get here so quickly?"

"Run!"

In the city of Hetuala, with the news brought by Tangqi, the whole city was in chaos, while the old and weak Jianlu who remained were constantly strengthening the city defense.

Since the city of Hetuala is located on a hill, the Ming army needs to attack the mountain. It has to be said that this terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It's just that when the Ming army arrived outside the city, they were not in a hurry to attack the city, but were waiting for the artillery to arrive.

In an hour and a half, tens of thousands of Ming troops had gathered outside the city of Hetuala, and artillery began to appear on the horizon.

"Order the ministries to bombard Hetuala!"

Qin Liangyu, who arrived first, ordered that at the same time as her military order was issued, the Ming Army's artillery lined up and aimed at Hetuala on the hill.

Accompanied by the sound of "rumbling" cannons, more than one hundred five-jin cannons that arrived first began to explode, and one after another, granite stone bullets were shot out, bombarding the head and wall of Hetuala City continuously, hitting the entire city. The city is shaking.

The stone bombs were pouring down, and every time a cup of tea was fired, a round of artillery was fired, and the artillery that followed was also firing continuously.

When half an hour passed and Qin Bangping arrived at Hetuala with the [-] Ming troops in the Chinese army, he immediately said to Qin Liangyu:

"Sister, order the whole army not to rape and loot after entering the city, and all captured Jian prisoners will be beheaded!"

"Okay!" Qin Liangyu knew that the reason why his eldest brother did not allow the army to rape and plunder was because it would easily ruin the morale of the army.

As long as such an opening is opened once, it will continue to reappear in the future, so it cannot be opened.

To deal with the old and weak women and children of Jianlu, just kill them directly.

"Boom--"

The artillery broke out again, and the sound of the artillery was heard melodiously in the mountains. For Jianlu who had just fled north three days ago, due to the narrow mountain road to Huifa City, most of the troops had only traveled forty or fifty miles at this moment.

Therefore, more than a dozen kilometers away from Hetuala, the sound of roaring artillery can be vaguely heard, and everyone's palms were sweating, feeling guilty, and quickened their pace.

Some stubborn Jianlu no longer stubbornly wanted to take everything away, but threw the replaceable things under the nearby abyss.

As time passed, more than [-] captives, artisans, and slaves in Hetuala kept retreating, but at a terribly slow speed.

In the end, after a day of indiscriminate artillery bombardment by the Ming army, on the third day after the Ming army left Yaful Pass, on the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, the city wall of Hetuala began to collapse in large sections, and the collapse of the city wall also represented the sound of the The clarion call of the Ming army's general attack...

"kill!"

The [-] Ming troops rushed towards the gap, and the army poured into the city like a red tide. The old and weak soldiers left behind fought in armor. was swallowed.

The old and weak Jianlu who had not had time to escape in the city were caught by their braids, and the Ming army swung their knives and cut them off.

Blood stained the streets, from the west of the city to the east of the city, even though the old and weak Jianlu resisted desperately, but for the Ming army, their strength was almost useless.

Some huts were full of old and weak people. After the Ming army broke through the gate, they swung their knives and began to slash and kill them.

From the west of the city to the east of the city, and on the mountain road from the east of the city to Huifa City, there are figures of the Ming army everywhere, and under the figures is blood-like hatred.

The massacre lasted for a day and a night until the ninth day of July when the weather began to clear.

The corpses piled up on the side of the road were soaked by the rain on the ground and swelled. The skin was blue and black like a drum skin, and the flesh and blood festered inside.

Outside the city of Hetuala, corpses were being burned everywhere. Even inside the house, the smoke was dense and formed like fog, and the stench could be heard hundreds of miles away.

One person handed the beheading document to Qin Bangping, but Qin Bangping just opened it and glanced at it, then closed it and said:

"Send it to Guangning and give it to His Highness. There is no need to hand over a copy to the imperial court."

Qin Bangping knew that if the Ming army's actions were known to the courtiers, he might be impeached again.

Those civil servants always thought that governance alone would bring the alien race back to their hearts, but they didn't know that this would only give the other party a chance to cultivate their vitality.

Let go of Hetuala's old and weak, if any time the Jianlu invades, it will repeat the incident of the Liao merchants, and the Jianlu can easily capture the city, and they can get tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of Jianlu.

Thinking of this, Qin Bangping added:
"Continue to search the city and wait for His Highness's military order..."

　Four o'clock and one more

　　
　
(End of this chapter)