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Chapter 324

"How is it possible? How is this possible?!" Hearing the news that Young Master Zhang personally led an army thousands of miles from the sea to attack Jinzhou City, Nuerhachi was so surprised that he didn't even notice that the opium pipe fell on the ground, and exclaimed with wide eyes : "Isn't Zhang Hao the ancient barbarian who is dying of illness? How could he lead the army to attack Jinzhou City at sea? His body can withstand such a big storm at sea?"

"Fake sickness! The little barbarian must be pretending to be sick!" Dai Shan yelled with a livid face, "This goddamn little barbarian has been pretending to be sick from the beginning, just to trick us into taking it lightly, so that he can take advantage of the opportunity!"

"Second brother is right, the little barbarian is definitely pretending to be sick." Except for Huang Taiji, Nuerhachi and other disciples who had already suffered enough from Young Master Zhang all agreed, thinking that Young Master Zhang was definitely pretending to be sick this time.Friends all know that Young Master Zhang's illness is half-truth and half-false, far less serious than the legends, so these sons of Nuerhachi guessed almost exactly—but the bad thing is, Nuerhachi Both Chi and Huang Taiji are too smart. Once they are smart, it is easy to think more complicated and suspicious at the same time, so both Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji became suspicious.After careful calculation, Nuerhachi turned to the silent Huang Taiji and asked, "Old Ba, what do you think of this matter?"

"Ama, there is one thing that is very strange to me." Huang Taiji replied thoughtfully: "If Zhang Haogu is really pretending to be sick, then for him, the biggest benefit of pretending to be sick should be in the upcoming decisive battle in Liaodong." In the middle of the war, he used the opportunity of pretending to try to lure our main force into the Jedi, so that his interests can be maximized. Although he has captured Jinzhou City, destroyed the city’s granary and moved the people of Jinzhou, it has made it impossible for us to settle in Jinzhou. Taking food from the ground and watching the fire from the other side, but this is still only a tactical victory! Abandoning the strategic victory of the Liaodong decisive battle for a tactical victory, such a bad deal, does it look like Zhang Haogu's style?"

"It makes sense." Nuerhachi nodded, and also analyzed: "For us, if Zhang Haogu is in good health, free from disease and disaster, then with his ability, once he leads the Northern Expedition, it will be difficult for us. Said that the best choice is not to save Shanzong, or order Shanzong to abandon Ningyuan, Jinzhou and Yizhou, retreat to Liaodong in an all-round way, choose the Sancha River (Liaohe) line as the decisive battle location, lengthen his grain road and shrink For our food road, take a defensive position and wait until winter, so that the chances of winning will be greater—with Zhang Haogu's ability, it is impossible not to see this! And now we have decided to send troops to the south, using Zhang Haogu When Manzi was seriously ill, he competed with the Manzi army for the control of the Liaoxi Corridor. How could Zhang Haogu, the little Manzi, come to scare the snake? He personally led the army to attack Jinzhou City by sea? He is not afraid of forcing us to retreat to the Sancha River line of defense?"

"My son also doubts this." Huang Taiji echoed, and said: "Jinzhou is located in the rear of Ningyuan, and its defenses are weak. None of us thought about the attack on Jinzhou City from the sea. Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, only needs to send a general. Leading the slave slaughter army to attack Jinzhou, the possibility of success is very high. Why should he personally lead the army thousands of miles to attack? What's more, it will definitely reveal that he is pretending to be sick? For a tactical goal, Is he worth it?" After finishing speaking, Huang Taiji looked at the brothers who were already confused, and added in a deep voice: "More importantly, Fan Wencheng reported that our Yizhou garrison scouts saw it in Jinzhou. It’s just Zhang Haogu’s little barbarian’s flag, and he didn’t see Zhang Haogu barbarian himself!”

"Old Ba, what do you mean? Zhang Haogu barbarian just let the army that attacked Jinzhou bring his flag to scare people, and he didn't come to Jinzhou himself?" Daishan asked in surprise.Huang Taiji nodded solemnly, and said solemnly: "This possibility is very high. Back then when the rebels were quelled in Shaanxi and Gansu, the little man Zhang Haogu played such a trick, and sent Wu Zimian, the general soldier of Shaanxi and Gansu, under his banner. It was scary at Dasan Pass, and the main force of the thieves did not dare to go north, only dared to flee to the south, and ended up falling into the ambush of Zhang Haogu! Shi!"

"It's possible!" Dai Shan slapped his thigh and suddenly realized: "During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang also used such a trick. Zhuge Liang had already died of illness, so he used a wooden statue carved in his likeness. Scared Sima Yi's hundreds of thousands of troops away! Zhang Haogu is the same this time, he doesn't have to come to Jinzhou in person, as long as he sends someone to Jinzhou under his banner, it is enough to send the gang of Shanzong slaves to Jinzhou Scared to death!"

"Quick horse to order Fan Wencheng and Tulun." Nurhachi stood up from the bed, and ordered with a livid face: "Order them to do whatever it takes, even if they lose more than 2000 troops in Yizhou, it doesn't matter, as long as they find out In the end, Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, personally led the army to attack Jinzhou!"

"Ama, it's too late." Huang Taiji shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, attacked Jinzhou City on July 26. The Yizhou garrison quickly reported to us, and the road has been delayed for four days and four nights. , and then waited for us to notify the Yizhou garrison with fast horses, it would take another four days, and it took eight days to go back and forth. It's clean."

Nuerhachi thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but be very disappointed. Fortunately, Huang Taiji comforted him in time: "But please rest assured, Ama, that slave Fan Wencheng is very smart, and he must know the importance of finding out the truth of Zhang Hao's ancient barbarian. So Ama doesn't need to order at all, that servant Fan Wencheng will definitely do everything possible to find out the reality of the barbarian army at any cost."

"Yes, I can rest assured that this slave will do things." Hearing this, Nuerhachi was overjoyed, and lay back on the bed, rhythmically tapped the center of his eyebrows with the middle finger of his right hand, and murmured thoughtfully: "Little barbarian, you this time, What kind of trick are you planning to play? Are you really sick or fake? If you are really sick, then everything is easy to explain. Your reputation is indeed enough to use a banner to deter those servants of Shanzong and my idiot nephew. , but if you are really pretending to be sick, then why did you expose your real situation for the sake of a mere Jinzhou?"

"Whether the little barbarian Zhang Haogu is really sick or not, and whether he has come to Jinzhou or not, you can ignore him for the time being." Huang Taiji thought about another problem in his mind, "Now that Jinzhou has fallen, it will be decided." If we were to be completely destroyed by you, we would not have a reliable base to garrison food in the decisive battle in the future, and most of the opportunities of watching the fire from the shore and watching the tiger fight from the sidelines would be eliminated. What will you do then? What should we do?"

As Huang Taiji expected, Fan Wencheng, the die-hard traitor loyal to Jiannu, would also understand the importance of finding out the truth of the Ming army without Nuerhachi's order, and would also try every means to find out whether Master Zhang was alive or not at all costs. He personally led the army to attack Jinzhou, but it is a pity that Young Master Zhang, who wanted to make Jiannu suspicious and scratching his head, had expected and prepared for this.As soon as Jinzhou City was captured on July 26, Young Master Zhang ordered the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou to prepare to retreat that day. While Jinzhou organized the soldiers and civilians to destroy the farmland outside the city that was too late to harvest, at the same time they desperately destroyed the strong city of Jinzhou. As scouts, they spread to the southeast and northwest of Jinzhou to patrol and block. It is almost impossible for the scouts of the Jiannu Yizhou garrison to get close to Jinzhou within ten miles.

What's even more exasperating is that it's uncomfortable not to engage in conspiracies and tricks. Master Zhang only showed up in Jinzhou City, and then disguised himself as an ordinary soldier, hiding in his own soldiers, and leaving all the work to the coolies Song Xiance and Shi Kefa. However, the banner of Young Master Zhang's Governor of the Seven Provinces was hung high above the east gate of Jinzhou, as if he was afraid that Jiannu and Shanzong's scout Xizuo would not see that he had arrived in Jinzhou.In this way, not to mention the Jiannu scouts who can only approach Jinzhou for reconnaissance at the risk of being sniped by the soldiers of the slaughtering slave army at any time, even the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou City are very strange, Zhang Haogu who finally returned to Jinzhou Mr. Zhang, why did he just show up on the day of the siege, and why can't he be seen anymore?
Construction is difficult and easy to destroy. Relying on the joint efforts of the Jinzhou army and the people, it took more than two days. The foundations of the four walls of Jinzhou were hollowed out, and they were easily pushed down and collapsed. The moat was filled with earthwork. The food that was too late to be harvested outside the city was also dug out and set on fire. Young Master Zhang asked the people to pour oil and pile firewood on the houses in the city, and the wells were also filled with rotting and smelly corpses, so he ordered the fire to be set on fire. City, and then led more than [-] Jinzhou soldiers and civilians to retreat to Xiaoling River Estuary.

But when things got to this point, Tu Lun didn't send troops to pursue him anymore, and he couldn't explain it to his uncle, and Fan Wencheng kept urging them to send troops. In desperation, Tu Lun had to personally lead two thousand cavalry to attack along the official road for a symbolic came in pursuit.But it is a pity that Young Master Zhang has a fierce reputation and is notorious for his intrigues and tricks. The two thousand slaves with blue flag cavalry were all terrified and did not dare to march too fast, including Tulun. It was a symbolic chase, and it would be a good idea to send Young Master Zhang away as soon as possible. Fan Wencheng managed to urge the Tulun army to speed up, and managed to catch up with Young Master Zhang less than twenty miles away from the coast. However, he was hit head-on by the slave slaughter army. Several rounds of rifled muskets were shot down. The Tulun army, which lost more than 100 soldiers, ran away immediately. The slave slaughtering army boarded the ship last, and sailed away under the helpless gaze of the slave cavalry.

"General Tulun, this servant will definitely report the truth to Khan!" Seeing the Ming army sailing away on the beach, and hearing the Ming army's triumphant laughter from the sea, Fan Wencheng was so angry that his face was livid. Regardless of his master-slave status, he directly said to Tulun viciously: "I believe that after the Great Khan finds out about this, he will definitely reward you, General."

"Slap!" Tu Lun, who was also in an extremely bad mood, slapped Fan Wencheng's face, and scolded with a livid face: "You dog slave, is this your attitude towards the master? Do you think I don't want to hunt down the barbarian? This time The barbarian army is the mad dog army of Zhang Haogu barbarian! That 4000 people can defeat the 12 Mongolian army of mad dogs! Now the army in my hands can’t even keep up with the mad dog army. How can you fight? Don’t you dog The slave really hopes that we are going to kill the Red Banner master, are you happy?"

"General Tulun, it is true that this slave is your slave, but don't forget that you are also the slave of the Great Khan!" Fan Wencheng covered his red and swollen face from the beating, and said without showing any weakness: "To us For Da Jin, finding out the real situation of Zhang Haogu Manzi is more important than anything else. Even if you lose these two thousand cavalry, as long as you find out whether Zhang Haogu Manzi came to Jinzhou and whether it is true or not. Da Khan will not blame you for pretending to be sick! On the contrary, Da Khan will reward you heavily! Because in the upcoming decisive battle in Liaodong, whether Zhang Haogu's illness is true or not is not only related to our Dajin strategy The choice is also related to the deployment of the main force of Dajin, and even directly related to the life and death of Dajin Ningyuan's army! But in order to preserve the strength of Xianglan Banner, you missed this golden opportunity. As the master, Da Khan will give you this slave What kind of punishment, you should be mentally prepared!"

"Fuck you!" Fan Wencheng said, and Tu Lun's face turned livid. In the end, Tu Lun couldn't bear it anymore, he simply kicked Fan Wencheng off his horse, jumped off the horse and whipped him, cursing while whipping. Said: "Fuck your mother's barbarian stinky bastard, don't think that I won't dare to slap you if you hug Huang Taiji's thick thighs? What the hell are you? Damn, dare to fart? Yes, I am indeed not Da Khan's own son, and I am not favored by Huang Taiji, but I don't believe it. If I beat you to death, Da Khan will really kill me, my nephew, and give you this The dog slave pays for his life!"

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!" The whip was heavier than the other, and Fan Wencheng's face was covered with flowers, his skin was torn, but Fan Wencheng still couldn't forget to cry while being rolled all over the floor and screaming. Said: "General Tulun, it is a trivial matter that you beat me to death, but the matter of missing the sweat is a major matter. Now you have to send someone to contact Yuan Chonghuan and ask him to send the Ningyuan navy to intercept the barbarian fleet on the sea! If If you succeed, you will have the hope of atonement—!"

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At the same time, on the surface of the sea, Young Master Zhang, disguised as an ordinary soldier, was using a telescope to observe the movement of the Jiannu army, and smiled wickedly while watching, "Hehe, the old Jiannu must be suspicious now, obviously there is one that hit me Banner's army attacked Jinzhou City, but they didn't know whether I was in this army or not. Soon, they will receive news that I have been making public appearances in the capital almost every day during this period, and that there is also Zhang, who is inseparable from me. Stones also appear in the capital every day, and the old Jiannu will definitely go crazy, not knowing who is the real me, whether I am really sick or fake!"

"My master's trick of using a double to set up doubts is indeed very clever. No matter how shrewd the old Jiannu is, he will definitely be suspicious and hesitant." Song Xiance flattered and reminded: "However, the master should not forget By the way, the Shanzong rebels also have a certain size of navy on Juehua Island, and they will definitely intercept us at sea after they receive the news. If the master doesn't take precautions against this, they might suffer some small losses."

"Don't worry, I've already prepared it." Young Master Zhang said with a sly smile: "Before we set off, I had already calculated our action time and ordered my father-in-law's Qinhuangdao navy to dispatch troops on July 22, from the sea to the north Juehua Island, don’t want them to kill the enemy as much, as long as they block the Shanzong navy in the port until the fifth day of August! Calculated according to the distance, in fact, the Qinhuangdao navy arrived almost the day our fleet arrived in Jinzhou. We have already started fighting with the Shanzong navy, and with my father-in-law's navy to restrain the Shanzong navy, we can go back to Tianjin Port directly without having to detour."

"Why don't I know? My boss, are you even hiding it from me?" Song Xiance asked aggrievedly.Young Master Zhang smiled and said: "Master Song, don't get me wrong. When I was thinking about this, you happened to be in Tianjin to give me the itinerary, so I asked Xianzhi to write the order for me, and I forgot to tell you afterwards. The impoliteness, I hope Master will not blame you." Shi Kefa next to him also hurriedly testified, proving that Young Master Zhang really had a sudden idea, rather than deliberately concealing it from Song Xiance, and Song Xiance turned his anger into joy, and hurriedly said: "Master, you have Didn't think about a question, why did Tulun, the chief general of Jiannu's garrison in Yizhou, refuse to fight us this time, watching us destroy Jinzhou City and retreat brazenly? It stands to reason that Jiannu's army should have more combat power than this Bar?"

"Preserve your strength." Young Master Zhang replied without thinking: "Tu Lun is the nephew of the old Jiannu Nuerhachi, the fourth brother of Amin, the owner of the Jiannu Xianglan Banner, and the garrison in Yizhou is all If Tulun uses this army to fight us desperately, even if it can hurt us a little, the Xianglan Banner will definitely hurt our vitality, so in order to preserve the strength of the Xianglan Banner, Tulun dare not use it We pushed too hard. As the saying goes, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention the slave-slaughter army that Jiannu Tatar fears like a tiger?"

"Then my master, my student, I would like to ask you again, it is also an army of slaves, why can other flags risk their lives to fight us? Why is the inlaid blue flag unwilling to fight us?" Song Xiance asked another important question.Young Master Zhang didn't react at first, but he just replied flirtatiously: "This matter is said to be a poor child who is three years old and has no mother. It's a long story. The father of Amin, the owner of Jiannu Xianglan Banner, is Shuer Haqi. He is the brother of the old Jiannu Nuerhachi. The two brothers had a very good relationship, but in the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court deliberately named Shuerhaqi as the commander of the Jianzhou capital in order to divide the Jurchen ministries that were already ready to move. In this way, the two brothers Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi had conflicts. In the 35th year of Wanli, the Jurchen civil war, Nuerhachi's old Jiannu and the Jurchen Ulabu cadres However, Shuerhaqi deliberately did not send reinforcements, which resulted in the defeat of Nuerhachi's army. In a rage, Nuerhachi forced Shuerhaqi to hand over the army with a knife and deprived Shuerhaqi of his army. Erhaqi's military power, Shuerhaqi was not convinced, so he took refuge in Li Chengliang, the Liaodong general of the Ming Dynasty at the time, and prepared to split with Nuerhachi Jiannu. But it is a pity that Shuerhaqi is really not the old Jiannunu Erhachi's opponent, Li Chengliang's family and Nuerhachi's relationship was too close, and they refused to lend a helping hand at the critical moment, resulting in Shuerhaqi being captured alive by Nuerhachi, and all his two sons and important subordinates were killed .”

"After Shuerhaqi was caught by Nuerhachi, he was locked in a dark room with only two small holes to deliver food and water. As a result, Shuerhaqi died within two years." Young Master Zhang blew more and more. Satisfied, he said mysteriously to Shi Kefa who was fascinated: "There are also rumors that Shuerhaqi was actually killed by his brother Nuerhachi himself, but there is no way to prove it. After Shuerhaqi died, Nuerhachi originally wanted to kill Amin and Shuerhaqi's other sons, but Amin was smarter and surrendered to Nuerhachi early on, and had a good relationship with Huang Taiji and Daishan. He escaped the evil hand of the old Jiannu. Later, after Amin became the owner of the Xianglan Banner by relying on his military exploits, he kept paying attention to cultivating his own strength secretly in order to protect himself. The direct line goes to work hard! Tulun is Amin's younger brother, Xianglan Banner Mailer Erzhen (Vice Dutong), of course he understands his brother's thoughts, so when we arrived in Jinzhou this time, Tulun found that our army is the famous butcher slave Army, of course they would not dare to risk their lives with us."

"Master Shaobao is really knowledgeable about the past and the present, and he has a wide range of knowledge and strong memorization." Shi Kefa complimented enviously.Young Master Zhang was very proud, and shamelessly taught: "Xianzhi, if you want to make a difference in the military, you must be like me, study the enemy thoroughly, know yourself and the enemy, and only then can you fight a hundred battles..." Having said that, Young Master Zhang couldn't continue, because Young Master Zhang suddenly noticed that the smile on Song Xiance's face was very strange, as if he was laughing at himself.Seeing this smile, Young Master Zhang suddenly came to his senses, slapped himself on the head fiercely, and said angrily, "Idiot! Why am I so stupid? Why did I miss such a good opportunity?"

"What opportunity did Zhang Shaobao miss?" Shi Kefa asked quickly.Young Master Zhang beat his chest and said, "Of course it's a good opportunity to separate Jiannu! Tulun, A Min, who built slaves with a blue flag, and Lao Jiannu had revenge for killing their father. Amin has been stationed in Yizhou, North Korea for a long time. Don't worry, I transferred Tulun's army to Liaodong Yizhou to station, let the two brothers fight on their own, divide their strength, and made it clear that they were guarding against these two brothers-such a good opportunity, why did I miss it? ?!"

"Really? We really should have a little contact with Tulun." Shi Kefa also regretted it.Song Xiance next to him smiled lewdly and said, "Boss, Xianzhi, what are you regretting? Don't you realize that the opportunity is better now?"

"The opportunity is better now?" Young Master Zhang was stunned for a moment, then slammed the side of the ship, and roared like crazy: "Yes! That's right! In order to preserve their strength, the army with the blue flag pretended to fight us He slipped away in one battle, and the old Jiannu knew that he would definitely not let Tulun go, and Amin would definitely be implicated! In this way, the conflict between Nuerhachi and Amin will be enlarged, and it is recommended that Once there is a gap in the slave, we have an opportunity to take advantage of it!"

"But the problem is? We can't get in touch with Amin and Tulun?" Shi Kefa scratched his head and asked.Song Xiance next to him smiled and said, "That's right, the boss can't contact Amin and Tulun, but one person might have it!"

"Mao Wenlong!" Young Master Zhang blurted out, "Amin has been stationed in North Korea's Uiju for a long time, and is facing Mao Wenlong's army across the sea. It is a lie for both sides to say that they have not secretly contacted the traffic news! Take ten thousand steps back, even if Mao Wenlong and Amin have no contact. , Among Mao Wenlong's subordinates, there must be someone who can get in touch with Amin!"

"Boss, it's not too late. The old Jiannu has no time to take precautions, so hurry up!" Song Xiance said in a deep voice: "Give the student a boat, and the student will go to Phi Island. Please, Marshal Mao, try to let the student and Ah Get in touch with Min, as long as Min agrees to meet with the students, then we have hope!"

As he said that, Song Xiance added with a smile: "Boss, hurry up and think about what kind of favorable terms you should offer Amin. Boss, you can think about it, if during the decisive battle in Liaodong, Jiannu Xianglanqi suddenly appeared What a wonderful scene it would be if the main force of Jiannu was stabbed in the back?—Even if Amin stabbed the old Jiannu in the back or accidentally exposed it, as long as Jiannu internal strife started, wouldn’t it be good for us and not harmful? "

(End of this chapter)