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Chapter 331 The Real Scourge

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On September 14, when Yuan Chonghuan's urgent report was delivered to Nuerhachi and his son, the main force of the slave-building army had basically arrived in the Dujiatun area in the northeast of Jinzhou, and the forward had already arrived at Shisanshanyi.Like the Ming army, this slave-building army composed of more than 60 people is also out of the best this time, except that the inlaid red flag was transferred to Uiju, North Korea to be stationed, and the full-time responsibility for suppression and deterrence has been half-mutilated by Yuan Chonghuan. In addition to Mao Wenlong's army, Jiannu's other Seven Banners elites were sent out, and all traitors, Mongolian traitors, and court traitors who could fight a little war were also recruited into the army. All were deployed as soldiers to assist and participate in the decisive battle of the main force.This is also the case, Nurhachi, who has bet on the fate of the founding of the nation, will inevitably pay more attention to intelligence work, and immediately held a military meeting on the side of the road to discuss countermeasures as soon as he received the urgent report from Ningyuan.

"My minister Dajin Pingnan Wang Yuan Chonghuan would like to play His Majesty the wise and wise Dajin Khan." Yuan Chonghuan's battle report was recited by Huang Taiji, the only one among the Nuerhachi who knew Chinese characters. In order to speed up, Huang Taiji put aside those praises Nonsense, just pick the key points and read: "... On the evening of September 15th, [-]th year of the Dajin Destiny, Zhang Haogu, governor of the seven provinces of the Ming Dynasty, led the barbarian's main force to the city of Ningyuan, and launched a siege overnight. Thanks to my Dajin The soldiers fought bravely, under the protection of Khan Hongfu, the Hongyi cannons showed their power and smashed the barbarians! The cannons fired from the city, and they did not stop. Forget it, as far as the sparks reach, everything is rotten, and the barbarians are timid, so they are forced to retreat ten miles to the camp! However, there are too many thieves, and Zhang Hao, the ancient barbarian, comes to the back, and surrounds Ningyuan City on all sides, with many tree fences and deep ditches to stop us Ningyuan's army retreated and besieged Ningyuan's strong city heavily in order to fight for a long time. I hope that the Great Khan will send reinforcements quickly to save our Dajin and Ningyuan people from the fire. When the Great Khan's reinforcements come, I will personally lead the army out of the city and fight with the Great Khan Khan should cooperate with the outside and attack the barbarians, and Zhang Haogu's barbarians can be defeated in one battle."

"Every cannon hits the enemy for miles?" Nurhachi asked suspiciously: "The Westerners' Hongyi cannons are really so powerful? How come when we were fighting Zhang Haogu in Jinzhou before, Zhang Haogu Isn't the old barbarian's Hongyi cannon so powerful?"

"Yuan Chonghuan's old habit - bragging." Huang Taiji replied contemptuously, and then said respectfully: "However, as far as I know, during the Jinzhou War, the red barbarian cannons in Zhang Haogu's hands were all barbarian craftsmen. The imitation is not only far less powerful than Western cannons, but also several of them were tampered with by Yuan Chonghuan. Otherwise, we would have suffered even greater losses in Jinzhou. From this, it can be inferred that the authentic Hongyi cannons in Yuan Chonghuan's hands and Ning Yuanjian It is not a big problem to temporarily block Zhang Hao's army of ancient barbarians from attacking the city several times."

"Then what about Zhang Haogu's muskets?" Nurhachi asked worriedly: "If Zhang Haogu used the tactics he used to break through the city of Gelejuergen, and Jiantuwei suppressed the defenders with the superior range of his muskets, How long can Ning Yuan hold on?"

"Khan, don't worry, Zhang Haogumanzi's tactics back then won't work in Ningyuan." Fan Wencheng rushed to answer: "The first reason is that Ningyuan has Hongyi cannons, which have a far longer range than Zhang Haogumanzi's new muskets. Zhang Haogu's tactics will only let the soldiers of the mad dog army die in vain. The second is that the city of Ningyuan is a "concave" shape, with protruding sides and a convergent middle. Even if Zhang Haogu has a way to deal with artillery, he cannot use the new guns On the contrary, they will be attacked from three sides.” Fan Wencheng also drew a topographic map of Ningyuan City on the spot, explained the special structure of this city in detail, and pointed out the various reasons why Master Zhang’s old tactics could not be replicated—— Indeed, the siege tactics dedicated to Young Master Zhang can only threaten the left and right protrusions of Ningyuan's city wall at most, but they can't do anything about the central depression where the defenders really concentrate.

"Okay, as long as the Ningyuan army can hold back the barbarian army for a while." Nurhachi was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Kuai Ma ordered Mang Gurtai, who was in command of the vanguard army, to tell him that the barbarian army had surrounded Ningyuan, let him Be sure to arrive at the abandoned city of Jinzhou before noon tomorrow, and set up camp north of the Xiaoling River in order to maintain the momentum. Then order the Yizhou garrison to go south and merge with the Manggurtai army to reach the pontoon bridge for military use. But Without my order, the Second Army is strictly forbidden to cross the river and go down the river, and we can only wait for the main force of our Dajin to arrive and join forces."

"I got the order!" Jiannu's messenger agreed, and took the arrow of the order and flew forward to deliver the order.Nuerhachi turned to his sons and smiled and said, "Judging from the fact that the little barbarian Zhang Haogu personally led the barbarian army to attack Ningyuan, this little barbarian definitely wants to pull out Ningyuan's nail to protect his food road safety. Well, as long as Ning Yuan can persist for a month or two, our battle will be much easier."

"Ama, although Ningyuan's city is strong and powerful, that little barbarian Zhang Haogu is too cunning. Maybe he took down Ningyuan with a trick." Regent Baylor Daishan who refused to be robbed of the limelight by the eighth brother Respectfully said: "I suggest that after our army arrives in Jinzhou, it is best to send a few more Qingqi to harass the south and prevent Zhang Haogu from attacking the city with peace of mind, so that Ning Yuan will have greater hope of holding on for a long time. Some."

"Let's talk about it at that time, as long as you don't take risks with your main force, it is still necessary to provide some assistance to Ning Yuan." Nuerhachi laughed and said: "As expected, Zhang Haogu still set Ning Yuan as the first target. , although this move is safe, it is also very beneficial to us! Next, we can comfortably watch Zhang Haogu Manzi and Yuan Chonghuan Manzi dog-eat-dog in Ningyuan in Jinzhou!"

"Long live the Great Gold! Long live the Great Khan!" Fan Wencheng yelled frantically, "The Great Gold must win! The Great Khan must win! The barbarians must lose! The little barbarians Zhang Haogu must lose——!"

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It is conceivable that when a long-distance expeditionary force is misled by the wrong information of the friendly army, what a miserable situation will happen, and it will not die. Although Mang Gurtai, the commander of Jiannu's forward army this time, fought bravely, he had no brains. It's really a bit simple-even killing his own mother himself in order to inherit Nurhachi's Khan position, this fate is even more horrible.So when Nurhachi's order came to Mang Gurtai, Mang Gurtai shouted without saying a word: "Send the order, march overnight, and arrive at Jinzhou before dawn, let the barbarians and father Khan, look at it, we are facing the thunderous momentum of the Blue Banner Army!"

The order was conveyed, and the bustle began immediately. The Zhenglan Banner Jiannu, who was already very tired after tens of thousands of long journeys, mustered up his last energy, and with 12 points of energy, he rushed to Jinzhou to kill.So much so that when the scouts of the Ming army sent the detected situation to Young Master Zhang who arrived at the south bank of Xiaoling River one day earlier, the treacherous and suspicious Young Master Zhang even suspected—could this be a trick of Jiannu?After fifteen days of marching thousands of miles, that idiot would still march in a hurry overnight regardless of the physical strength of the soldiers and horses?In the end, thanks to the scouts of the Ming army who found out that the forward general of Jiannu was Mang Gurtai, who was also famous for his well-developed limbs and simple mind, Master Zhang made up his mind to dispatch the slave slaughter army and Mangui iron cavalry to cross the river overnight in Xiaoling. A trap was set up on the official road near the river post station to ambush Mangurtai with ease.Even so, Young Master Zhang repeatedly told Wu Liuqi, Man Gui and other generals to be careful, and to retreat immediately if they found something wrong, so as not to be ambushed.

Just after Mao in the early morning of September [-]th, the Zhenglan Banner Jiannu army, which had marched all night, arrived at the Xiaolinghe Station, and the first shot of the decisive battle in Liaodong was fired immediately. Heading north, at the same time, they charged towards the Zhenglan Banner Jiannu who had been drawn into a long queue on the official road during the march. First, the three-eyed firecrackers and rifled muskets blasted wildly, and then they plunged into the unprepared Zhenglan Banner Jiannu like two sharp knives. In the slave team, Mang Gurtai's army was immediately cut into three pieces, and [-] bright sabers rose and fell one after another, slashing and killing the dizzy Zhenglan Banner Jiannu, making the Jiannu soldiers cry like ghosts and howl like wolves. It also made Mang Gurtai yell, "The barbarian army fell from the sky? Didn't you say that the barbarians are still in Ningyuan, two hundred miles away? Why did they come to Jinzhou? Did they fly over with long wings?"

"Don't make a mess! Don't make a mess! Organize the team and kill me!" Mang Gurtai, who was baffled but still quite reliable in war, was still trying to restrain the army and wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack, but at this moment, A scream that knocked Mang Gurtai and all the Jiannu out of their wits sounded, "Mad Dog Army! It's Zhang Haogu's Mad Dog Army—!" Shocked, Mang Gurtai hurriedly followed the sound, and as expected, Under the rising sun, the iconic vermilion flag of the Slavery Army is fluttering in the wind. Next to it, there are three banners dedicated to the Slave Slaughter Army, the Tiger Flag, the Eagle Flag and the Bear Flag, which are rushing left and right in the formation , vertical and horizontal gallop, invincible!Seeing this, even Mang Gurtai screamed in disbelief, "Mad Dog Army! How is it possible? How is it possible that the Mad Dog Army is here?"

"Da Ming!" The thing that made Mang Gurtai's heart skip a beat happened again. In the melee, Man Gui led a cavalry to directly kill Mang Gurtai's Zhenglan Banner and False Dragon flag, and his voice was rough from a distance. He shouted: "Hello, old friend, we meet again! Come here, let's fight for three hundred rendezvous!"

"Man Gui?!" Mang Gurtai also recognized his old friend. After a moment of hesitation, Man Gui had already slashed in front of him. After the loud noise of the collision, Man Gui lowered his body slightly, and slashed at him first, ignoring his upper body. He had no choice but to turn over and hide in the horse's belly. He never thought that a Ming army cavalry behind Mangui suddenly raised his three-eyed firecracker and fired three shots at Mang Gurtai. Two shots hit the horse, and the other shot directly. He hit the corner of Mang Gurtai's eyebrow, blood flowed profusely immediately.The soldiers of Mang Gurtai next to him were in a hurry and rushed forward together, rushing and slashing desperately, forcibly using their bodies to block the successive lead bullets and sabers for Mang Gurtai. Chop, but Mang Gurtai's soldiers were too desperate, and they used their bodies as shields for Mang Gurtai to resist. Man Gui and others couldn't fight, so they could only watch Mang Gurtai scream and run away with his face covered.

At the same time, the Ming army, which has an absolute advantage in military strength and physical strength, has completely cut Jiannu Zhenglan Banner into three sections. About [-] people in the middle section were heavily besieged by the Ming army. The army fought back, and the rest of the Jiannu team either fled for their lives in all directions, or fought on their own, and became a mess. Only a few Niu Luchang led the army to fight back, but they were always defeated by the Tunu army and the Mangui iron cavalry. Among the two Ming army teams, the most elite main force firmly blocked them, and it was impossible to form strong support at all.The Ming army divided the Tiger Hunting Squad and the Ji Cavalry Squad to deal with the besieged slaves alone. Amidst the screams, they fell to the ground one after another, with heavy casualties.

The fierce battle lasted for more than an hour. In the case of being seriously injured, although Mang Gurtai organized the army to clash twice in an attempt to rescue the besieged troops, but the Ming army was too elite and had the upper hand. Gurtai's two desperate counterattacks were quickly defeated, and the self-armed army suffered heavy casualties. In addition, Mang Gurtai was greedy and rushed, and the forward was seriously out of touch with the Chinese army.In desperation, Man Gui had no choice but to retreat in pain, leaving behind the troops surrounded by the Ming army, and fleeing with the remnants of the defeated general.The Mangui iron cavalry and the slave slaughter army did not chase after them, but concentrated their forces to strengthen the encirclement, determined to wipe out the less than [-] slave soldiers remaining in the encirclement - after all, the battle has to be fought one by one, and they can't eat a bite A fat Jian slave.

"Bang bang bang bang!" Without other disturbances from the slave-building army, the slaughter of the remnants of the slave-building soldiers in the encirclement was like killing pigs and chickens. Amidst the sound of nine thousand rifled muskets bombarding in turn, the remnants of the slave-building soldiers The army fell like harvesting wheat, and Mangurtai's son-in-law Suo Nuomu, who was trapped in the circle, was also shot four times in a row in repeated failed breakout operations, and was seriously injured and fell off his horse. Dying, unable to continue fighting.In desperation, Zonomu had no choice but to order the white flag to surrender. Man Guizhi, who had been ordered by Young Master Zhang to capture more prisoners, put down his weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender. But at this time, the besieged There were more than 2000 slave soldiers, and less than 300 were still able to move. Nearly a thousand were injured, and the rest were massacred. The battlefield on the east side of the Xiaolinghe post station was piled up like a mountain of corpses, and blood flowed like a river.

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The Ming army's morale was greatly boosted in the first battle, but when Mangurtai's defeated soldiers fled back to Shisanshan and met the main force of the slave building, after crying to Nuerhachi and his son about the defeat, Nuerhachi was shocked. Even the opium pipes that had just been burnt fell to the ground, and the faces of Nuerhachi's sons were all ashen, with horror in their eyes. They never expected that the main force of Young Master Zhang would appear on the Jinzhou battlefield.After a long while, Huang Taiji was the first to react, and roared frantically: "Where is the problem? Is Zhang Haogu's little barbarian marching northward in a hurry, or Yuan Chonghuan's man deliberately lied to us and didn't report to us Zhang Haogu's little barbarian's main force?" The news that we have gone north to Jinzhou, let us not be on guard, and suffer this big loss?"

"Yuan Chonghuan barbarian lied to us? It shouldn't be possible, right?" Fan Wencheng, who has a good relationship with Yuan Chonghuan, murmured, "He should be very aware of Zhang Haogu's temper. Even if he sold us, he surrendered to the barbarian again , Maybe other savages might spare him, but the little savage Zhang Haogu will definitely cut him to pieces! And the old eunuch Wei, the old savage Xiong Tingbi, and the savage Bi Ziyan will never spare him."

"I also think Yuan Chonghuan's barbarian should not betray us, and he has no reason to betray us." A Min said plausibly while gloating in his stomach, "I suspect that Zhang Haogu, the barbarian, is likely to sneak into Chen Cang." On the surface, there was a heavy siege, but in fact the troops were divided up and went north quietly, which caught us off guard."

Not to mention, Amin's nonsense words are really a bit fallacious. Combined with Young Master Zhang's personality of not engaging in conspiracies and tricks and making Siji uncomfortable, many people who built slaves and dignitaries at the scene really accepted this inference.Only Nuerhachi remained calm, and after a long time said calmly, "Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. The loss of three or four thousand troops can't hurt our bones. Pass on the order, and the army will continue to advance to the village on the east bank of the Daling River." , Send more scouts to closely monitor the movement of the barbarian army, and first find out the truth about Zhang Haogu's little barbarian." After finishing speaking, Nuerhachi ordered: "Use a carrier pigeon to contact Yuan Chonghuan and ask him why he misreported the military situation. "

Having said that, when Nuerhachi picked up the opium bong and got up, the bong made of bamboo pipes still broke in Nuerhachi's hands-obviously, Nuerhachi was still very angry about this matter Yes, the consequences are also very serious.Huang Taiji also replied angrily: "I'll do it right now. If it's really Yuan Chonghuan's savage doing tricks this time, I will definitely not forgive these traitors!"

In the evening of the same day, the Jiannu army successfully arrived at the Daling River and set up camp on the east bank (the Daling River runs north-south).At this time, the Jiannu scouts who risked their lives to investigate the movements of the Ming army also brought back the reconnaissance results. According to preliminary statistics, the Ming army appeared in Jinzhou. The number of this army was between [-] and [-]. At the estuary where the Nuer River flows into the Xiaoling River, it is about [-] miles away from the Jiannu camp. At the same time, the Jiannu scouts also reported two important things. One is that the commander-in-chief of Young Master Zhang appeared in the Xiaolinghe camp. , The second is that the Ming army is frantically building fortifications, posing a long-term battle posture.At this time, Yuan Chonghuan's second memorial also came late...

"My minister Dajin Pingnan Wang Yuan Chonghuan rushed to play His Majesty the wise and wise Dajin Khan. In the early morning of September 13th, when I was patrolling the city, I found that Zhang Hao's ancient barbarians had divided their troops to the north. There were more than [-] troops, and all the barbarians were elite. During the battle, I hope that the Great Khan will make preparations early so as not to be caught off guard when the battle takes place. I will ask His Majesty again, and after I have risked my life to inquire, the distribution and mobilization of the barbarian's troops has become clear. Now the fast boat reports to your majesty for your reference, barbarian There are more than [-] troops, among which Zhang Haogu Manzi personally led [-] main forces to go north, Sun Chuanting led an army of [-] to besiege Ningyuan, and Xiong Tingbi led the remaining [-] troops to protect the grain roads, escorting grain trucks back and forth. Make an ingenious plan to defeat the barbarians in one battle, take control of the Central Plains, and establish a great fortune for generations to come."

After Huang Taiji finished reading Yuan Chonghuan's second memorial, Nuerhachi's forehead was already throbbing with blue veins, and he yelled at the messenger sent by Ningyuan: "Why did you send this memorial now? September [-]th It was discovered that Zhang Haogu's main force was heading north, why did it take three days to send the military report? Do you know that because I was one day late, I killed four thousand soldiers of the Dajin!"

"Back to Khan, the wind has been against the wind for the past two days, and the boat is not moving fast." Ning Yuan's messenger replied tremblingly.Huang Taiji suddenly drew a knife in his hand, put it on the messenger's neck, and roared with a livid face: "Fart! Don't think that I don't have a boat on the sea. Our sea boat has already reported it. The sea has been blowing southeast for the past few days. Wind, so there are so many headwinds?"

"Sibeiler, it's really against the wind..." Ning Yuan's messenger wanted to quibble at first, but Huang Taiji kicked him upside down, picked up Yuan Chonghuan's memorial and yelled: "Fuck your mother! See for yourself, Yuan Chonghuan wrote in the newspaper that Zhang Hao was found on the morning of September [-]th to divide the troops—but his signature was on September [-]th! Could it be that he is a prophet? "

"Suzerain, you killed me!" The Ningyuan messenger believed it was true, and hurriedly kowtowed his head desperately, crying with snot and tears: "Master, spare your life, profusely, this slave didn't do it on purpose. Master Yuan Chonghuan asked the slave to hide!" At sea, after the battle between the Dajin army and the barbarian army, I will send this memorial to you, so that you will not be scared away by Zhang Haogu barbarians, and dare not save us Ningyuan!"

"What?!" Nuerhachi and his son jumped up together. Mangurtai, whose head was still wrapped in gauze, was so angry that he almost fainted. He rushed up and grabbed the Ningyuan messenger by the neck, roaring wildly. He said: "What did you say? That bastard Yuan Chonghuan dared to lie to us and killed so many heroic soldiers of my Zhenglan Banner?" It's a pity that no matter how much Mang Gurtai asked, the traitor messenger could no longer answer. Because Mang Gurtai used too much force in his rage, he actually crushed the traitor messenger's throat bone, and died on the spot.

"Drag out and feed the dogs!" Nuerhachi squeezed out the words between his teeth. After the Jiannu guards followed the order, Nuerhachi also yelled frantically, "The scourge! The real scourge! Go away!" It will kill you wherever you go. Before, you killed Sun Chengzong, you killed Bi Zisu, you killed Chosun and Mao Wenlong, and now you are here to kill us again! Zhang Haogu, the little savage, is dedicated to harming his opponents, and he is specialized in harming his own people— —!”

"Ama, don't worry about those bastards in Ningyuan, let Zhang Haogu kill them all!" Daishan, Tabai and other Jiannu roared with red eyes.Nu'erhachi remained silent with a livid face, while Huang Taiji who quickly calmed down said in a deep voice: "Ama, it's not time to turn against Yuan Chonghuan, Zhang Hao's main force of the ancient barbarians went north alone, and Yuan Chonghuan's barbarian Ningyuan army came to us If you say it, it becomes extremely important! If we use it well, we will wipe out the main force of Zhang Haogu's barbarians, and there will be more hope!"

"I understand!" Fan Wencheng also yelled, "Master, this slave understands, Zhang Haogu, the little savage, knew that we would not go all out to save Ning Yuan, so he deliberately divided his troops to the north, confronting our main force, and Highlight the importance of Ningyuan's army to us, make us reluctant to abandon Ningyuan's Shanzong army, lure us into a decisive battle on the Jinzhou battlefield, and fall into a passive position in turn!"

Nuerhachi's face turned pale, and he didn't say a word for a long time, but after a long time, Nuerhachi's expression suddenly eased, and he laughed loudly: "Zhang Haogu, you really deserve to be my Nuerhachi!" The most powerful enemy in Chi's life, Ningyuan's army was originally our running dog for our use, but you just divided up the army and turned Ningyuan's army into your dog for your use—I'm afraid Yuan Chonghuan, a barbarian, deliberately concealed military information It was already in your expectation, right? Hahahahahahaha..., it’s not easy, it’s really not easy! It’s a pity that I don’t have a son like you, otherwise, this Ming country would already be mine Is it in the bag?"

"Ama, my servants and others are incompetent." Dai Shan, Huang Taiji and other Jiannu all had fever on their faces, and obediently lowered their heads.Nuerhachi waved his hand indifferently, and said with a smile: "It's none of your business, and I don't mean to blame you. You are all amazing, and you are worthy of being my sons. It's just that you are unlucky. It was only when I met an opponent like Zhang Haogu that I was outmatched by him."

"Pass down the order." After comforting his sons, Nuerhachi said lightly: "Tomorrow the army will break out of the camp, cross the Daling River, go to Xiaolinghe Fort to go down to the village, and face off against the ancient barbarian Zhang Hao across the river. Since Zhang Hao The ancient barbarian wants to fight me upright to the death, so I will help him, and before I die, I have to get rid of the barbarian Zhang Haogu for you, otherwise, when I die, none of you will be his opponent."

"Decree!" All the disciples of Nuerhachi clasped their fists together and agreed in unison.Nuerhachi nodded, then lay back on the bed and closed his eyes. Just at this time, a messenger came in outside the tent, knelt down and said respectfully: "Qi Khan, the barbarian sent a messenger with a white flag, claiming to be Lu Wanling is the envoy sent by Zhang Hao, the ancient barbarian, and wants to negotiate face to face with you, Great Khan."

"Again?" Nuerhachi's sons became furious when they heard it, and subconsciously shouted together: "No, cut it off immediately!"

"Wait." Nuerhachi suddenly said without opening his eyes, and said calmly, "Bring him in, Lu Wanling, a barbarian, is also an old acquaintance of ours."

"Ama, I can't see you! Zhang Hao, the barbarian, must be playing tricks again!" Dai Shan screamed like killing a pig.Nuerhachi replied: "It's okay, I have a hunch, Zhang Haogu is not trying to do some tricks this time, but has something very important to say to me."

(End of this chapter)