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Chapter 355 Prelude to the decisive battle
"Kill—! Capture old Jiannu alive and dedicate it to Mr. Zhang Haogu!"

Behind Jiannu's defeated army, the one who chased and killed the most fiercely and shouted the most ferociously was Nurhachi's good nephew Amin!Moreover, on the Ningyuanhe battlefield just now, it was also Amin's more than 4000 cavalry with blue flags who miraculously withstood the front of the [-] Jiannu cavalry, and attracted the attention of more than half of the Jiannu army. He Renlong, the deputy commander-in-chief, took the opportunity to lead the Shanxi cavalry to fight out from left to right, encircling Jiannu's two wings.Taking advantage of the time when the Jiannu army adjusted its resistance, Young Master Zhang counterattacked in an all-round way, and the four armies of Man Gui, Ma Dengyun, Hei Yunlong and Sun Chuanting came forward to fight together, mixing with the Jiannu army. Min, led a death squad to the front of Nuerhachi's formation, raised his hand and hit Nuerhachi's shoulder with an arrow, Nuerhachi screamed and fell off his horse. Fortunately, Huang Taiji and other generals rescued him and retreated to Ningyuan , Seeing this scene, the already frightened and low-spirited Jiannu army was completely defeated, and Amin, who was wounded, once again rushed to the front, leading a large group of Jiannu soldiers to pursue Nuerhachi, and kept rushing forward. It was at the forefront of the Ming army chasing and killing Jiannu's defeated soldiers!

Fortunately, the Ming army camp at Ningyuan River is not far from Ningyuan City. As soon as the Ming army chased them to the vicinity of Wangbaoshan Mountain, Tabai, Du Du, Yuan Chonghuan and other generals who built slaves had already received the news and led their troops to respond. Wan's Jiannu second-line troops lined up on both sides of the road, first letting the Jiannu defeated troops pass by, and then quickly filling the gap to block the Ming army's pursuit of the road. Jiannu cavalry took the opportunity to regroup behind the formation for another battle.Under such circumstances, if you want to change other generals, you must accept Mingjin and withdraw the troops as soon as you see it, but Young Master Zhang refused, and shouted: "Beat the drums, continue to charge, let me disperse the Jiannu reinforcements! "

"Boss, the enemy is a fresh force, and they are prepared, so let's accept it when it's good." Song Xiance reminded kindly.But Young Master Zhang shook his head and said quickly: "Don't be afraid, Jiannu's elite army is running out. The army in front must be a second-line army. Its combat power and morale are far inferior to the elite army. If you charge up, you will definitely win! With this opportunity, Jiannu's first- and second-line troops are afraid to be defeated, and they dare not even station outside Ningyuan City, so that we can fight better in the future!"

Unfortunately, the development of the war was caught by the crow mouth of Young Master Zhang. Amidst the frantic beating of war drums, the cavalry of the Ming army once again mustered up their courage to charge the front of the Jiannu reinforcements. Some casualties were caused, but following Amin and others, He Renlong II, nicknamed He Crazy, took the lead in rushing and slashing into the formation of the Jiannu reinforcements.Seeing these soldiers of the Ming army who were covered in blood and still slashed and charged like Shura ghosts, the slave-building reinforcements from the second-line auxiliary army began to defeat at an unimaginable speed. Oroqen's traitorous soldiers took the lead in fleeing for their lives, and the slave-building soldiers recruited temporarily were psychologically affected and fled backwards. Tabai, Du Du, and Yuan Chonghuan and other generals who built slaves tried their best to restrain them, but they were defeated like a mountain. As a result, even the supervising team was dispersed by the tide of defeated soldiers, and the battlefield was filled with the terrified cries of Jiannu soldiers, "Here we come! Zhang Hao, the ancient barbarian, is here!" "Run! Ah! We lost!" Generals such as Tabai and Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to join the fleeing team in a hurry, and fled to Ningyuan Jiancheng with the defeated soldiers. After blocking the enemy, Young Master Zhang was satisfied with the money and withdrew his troops, and set up camp arrogantly and domineeringly, directly blocking the way out of the city for the slave-building army.

In this service, the Ming army annihilated more than [-] enemy troops, captured more than [-] prisoners, and seized countless horses, weapons, and luggage. Its own casualties were less than [-], and it also killed Nurhachi's two grandsons, Wakda. With Balama, he shot and wounded Jiannu Taishang Khan Nurhachi himself, and once again gave the Jiannu army a heavy blow to the morale.Jiannu's side was terrified. Not only did the goal of distinguishing whether Young Master Zhang was alive or not be achieved, the army of nearly [-] was also beaten by Young Master Zhang and hid in Ningyuan City like a tortoise, not daring to leave the city. And then reversed again.And when the old Jiannu Nuerhachi, who was shot in the right shoulder by Amin, was rescued back to Ningyuan City, as soon as he got off his horse, he immediately felt a whirlwind, his body tilted and fainted on the spot, and the morale of the slave army was re-established.

When Nuerhachi woke up leisurely, it was the evening of the day. Although the arrowhead on Nuerhachi's shoulder was dug out by the doctor and hemostatic powder was applied on it, Nuerhachi was already over seventy years old after all. Therefore, after Nuerhachi woke up, although he was still conscious, his whole body was in pain and it was difficult to move, so he could only ask in a weak voice to Huang Taiji, who was kneeling and crying: "Old eight, old six, go!" Is there a battle report from Tashan?"

"Back to Ama, the sixth brother just sent a message with a carrier pigeon." Huang Taiji wiped his tears, choked up and said: "After his army arrived at Tashan, the barbarian navy has already used sacks of soil to build a half-height earth wall on the road. Brother stepped forward to sabotage, but was stubbornly resisted by the barbarian white soldiers, and was still unable to succeed. Now the sixth brother is forced to retreat ten miles to the camp, and asks us to send reinforcements to the north, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the barbarian blocking position."

"You can't send a single support army." Nuerhachi said weakly: "Judging from the morale and fighting spirit of the barbarians, Zhang Haogu is definitely not dead. High, our morale is low, and sending an army northward for reinforcements will only give Zhang Haogu a chance to defeat them. In this situation, we have to give up Ningyuan and go northward with all our strength, can we hope to break through the encirclement of the barbarians... "

"Er Khan...Keep in mind Ama's teachings." Seeing that Nuerhachi was so weak, but still not forgetting to give him advice and teaching, Huang Taiji, who was so moved, couldn't help but burst into tears.Nuerhachi was very calm, and said calmly, "Don't cry, I'm not going to make it. While I'm still sane, you must keep my words in mind. First, we have already lost. You are not Zhang Haogu's opponent, don't dream of turning defeat into victory, and don't dream of standing still and waiting for help, only by breaking through, at any cost, will our Dajin army have the last... hope."

"Second, in the process of breaking out..." Nuerhachi's voice became weaker and weaker, "Some troops should be thrown away as soon as they are needed, and there is no time to feel sorry for them. As long as our elite troops can break out, we will have more Hope....Thirdly..., prevent the enemy from reinforcing the northern line..., stop at any cost by land.......sea...road, send all the navy to the sea...to...prevent the barbarians from the sea... ...Reinforcement...North...." At this point, Nurhachi finally couldn't resist the torture of pain and disease, and fell into a coma again.

"Ama—!" Huang Taiji uttered a heart-piercing scream, lying on Nuerhachi's body and crying wildly.Over there, Fan Wencheng persuaded, wiping away his tears: "Khan, Taishang Khan just passed out, you have to take care of the dragon body. Also, although you are filial and earth-shattering, Khan, the situation is critical now, and time is of great importance to us." It is extremely valuable. Just now Yuan Chonghuan came to report that his patrol boat found that the Manzi ship had gone south to the Baimiaozi Wharf. It is estimated that the Manzi must be going to reinforce the northern battlefield by sea. We must immediately follow Taishang Khan’s instructions Do it! Otherwise, once the barbarian reinforcements reach Tashan, we really have no hope!"

To put it bluntly, Fan Wencheng finally persuaded and dragged Huang Taiji to the hall of the Pingnan Palace, and the hall was already full of generals, Jiannu generals and Shanzong generals who knew that the situation was not good gathered together, waiting for the emperor Tai Chi dispatches troops, dispatches generals, dispatches troops.Facing the desperate and expectant eyes of hundreds of generals, Huang Taiji wiped away his tears, walked to his seat, stood up straight, and said forcefully, "Generals, please rest assured that Taishang Khan's injury is not serious, it's just I fell into a coma for a while, and I believe it won't be long before I can wake up again."

"Huh." Most of the Jiannu generals breathed a sigh of relief—under such circumstances, Jiannu needed Nuerhachi's sea-fixing needle too much.But there were also a small number of particularly cunning Jiannu generals who became more and more nervous, thinking: "Go to the ghosts! Taishang Khan's injury is not serious? Then you useless Khan cried for the ball?"

"Du Du, what's the situation outside the city now?" Huang Taiji turned to Du Du again and asked.Du Du wiped his sweat and replied: "It's not good. The barbarians set up camp and blocked our way out of the city. Unless a large army is dispatched, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to contact Babuhai's army. Also, the soldiers of the barbarians He and Amin’s lackeys kept yelling outside the city to surrender, shaking our army’s morale, and now our army’s morale is very chaotic, especially the army composed of coated Ahha, and rumors are flying everywhere.”

"Suppress at all costs, and anyone who spreads rumors to shake the morale of the army will be executed immediately!" Huang Taiji ordered decisively, and then said: "Also, immediately organize the army to stand by, and load all the food, grass and military supplies into the trucks. The preparations will be completed within three hours! Four watches tonight, abandon Ningyuan, and go north to break through!"

"Abandon Ningyuan? Go north to break through?" Yuan Chonghuan's black face turned pale, and he asked hoarsely: "Sweat, isn't it a pity to give up Ningyuan immediately? Ningyuan's city is strong, and there are artillery to help in the battle. As long as we are united, we can defend Ningyuan There shouldn't be any problem at all."

"If you want to stay in Ningyuan to die, I won't force it!" Huang Taiji said darkly, "But my army will never stay in Ningyuan to be buried with you! It's up to you to choose whether you want to go or not!" Hearing this answer , Yuan Chonghuan's face is no longer pale, but completely ashen, and at the same time, he finally began to regret-why did he collude with Jiannu to raise his own self-respect and then make mistakes again and again?But Huang Taiji refused to let go, and asked again: "Are you going or not? I don't have time, and you don't have time to think about it either!"

"King Pingnan, there must be two names on the must-kill list that Zhang Haogu will never accept surrender." Fan Wencheng said in a dark voice, "One is me, and the other is you. You decide for yourself!"

"Slave...follow the master's orders." Yuan Chonghuan hesitated again and again, and finally gave an answer that satisfied Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng—no way, Young Master Zhang is too terrifying, so terrifying that Yuan Chonghuan even stood firm in front of him. None of the courage.Huang Taiji nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered: "Okay, immediately send out all your naval forces to intercept the barbarian's troop transport ship, and prevent the barbarian from reinforcing the Tashan position from the sea at all costs! Even if the ship hits the ship , I have to overturn and sink the barbarian's troop carrier!"

"Slave obeys the order." Yuan Chonghuan agreed with a sad face. In the end, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Master, please allow the slave to lead the navy to attack and intercept the barbarian troop transport ship!"

"You kid wants to hide in the sea, and escape from the sea if you find something bad?" Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng snorted together in their hearts, but Fan Wencheng was not in a hurry to expose Yuan Chonghuan's shameless intentions, so he just smiled and said: "Ping Nan Wang, if I remember correctly, you don’t seem to have fought in water warfare? Don’t go if you haven’t fought in water warfare. Let Generals Zhao Buqi and He Lintu, who are proficient in water warfare, go. Let’s talk about it , if you stay in Ningyuan City, it may play a greater role." After that, Fan Wencheng turned to Huang Taiji and said, "Khan, I suggest that King Pingnan organize the barbarian people in Ningyuan City and lead them together. Going north to break through the siege, if necessary, these barbarians can also go to battle."

"Wonderful!" All the Jiannu generals' eyes lit up, and they immediately understood Fan Wencheng's vicious intentions - if necessary, they could push the Han people out to block the iron hooves and bullets of the Ming army!Huang Taiji also came to his senses quickly, nodded immediately and said: "This strategy is very good, let's do it like this, King Pingnan, you must act according to the plan, and you must organize the people before the fourth watch." After finishing speaking, Huang Taiji turned to Du Du again Asked: "Du Du, now we are on the northern front, how many troops do we have besides the troops of Old Eleven and Old Thirteen?"

"There are still [-] troops." Du Du quickly replied: "They are stationed at the Yaowang Temple to prevent the barbarians from going north by land to reinforce Tashan. There is no news from them so far. It is estimated that the barbarian army is also very tired. Reinforcement from the north by land."

"Of course, the barbarians have fled and fought all the way back and forth for more than 300 miles these days, and now there are still troops with sufficient physical strength going north, unless the soldiers of the barbarians are all monsters." Huang Taiji snorted coldly, and said: "But drive carefully. To get the Wannian Ship, we have to guard against that little mad dog Zhang Haogu going crazy again, Nikan and Gong An obey orders!"

"The last general is here!" Chuying's son Nikan and Abai's son Gong An stood out of the queue together—there was no way, Nurhachi's sixteenth son had been killed by Young Master Zhang and only three quarters remained. When Tai Chi dispatched troops, it could only find manpower from its sons and nephews.Huang Taiji quickly ordered: "Let you two lead [-] cavalry out of the city immediately and rush to the Yaowang Temple for reinforcements. If the barbarian army reinforces Tashan by land, stop it at all costs! The two of you have a heavy task. When the main force of Dajin arrived Before the Yaowangmiao joins you, even if you hit the last soldier, you won't let a barbarian pass your position!"

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Huang Taiji dispatched troops in the city of Ningyuan, preparing to lead the hopeless army of slaves to fight against Young Master Zhang. At the same time, Young Master Zhang also summoned the Ming army at the rank of lieutenant general and above in the temporary account of the Ming army camp. General, the deployment of the Ming army has begun.However, in complete contrast to the atmosphere of the military conference at Jiannu, although all the generals of the Ming army looked tired, they were all smiling, joking with each other constantly, appearing very relaxed, even There are also many generals who openly clamored, "Jiannu is doomed! This time, don't think that even a Jiannu can escape our encirclement!" "Yes, as long as Zhang Shaobao gives an order, we can immediately turn Ningyuan into a powder !" "Yes, yes, yes, let's talk about it first, I must volunteer to take the lead in a while, and no one will compete with me."

"Master Shaobao is here!" At this time, following Zhang Shitou's long shout, Young Master Zhang, dressed in a second-grade vermilion official uniform, walked into the tent and sat down in the middle.The generals of the Ming army hurriedly knelt down on one knee together, clasped their fists and saluted, with a very loud voice, unexpectedly, the always approachable Young Master Zhang was not in a hurry to ask the generals to stand up at this moment, but just smiled and said: "Generals, I will consider what you said just now. During the military situation, I heard a little bit about it, it’s very good, everyone is full of confidence, it seems that we will win this battle. You think, don’t you?”

"Yes, yes." All the generals of the Ming army agreed with a smile.I never thought that Young Master Zhang's handsome face would be serious, he slapped the table fiercely, and shouted: "What a fart! Now there are about [-] Jiannu troops, and the old Jiannu Nuerhachi and the young Jiannu Huang Taiji are still shameless Living in this world, you want to underestimate the enemy? Do you think that if we win two battles in a row from last night to today, we can be sure of victory?!"

The generals of the Ming army looked at each other, only to realize that they were indeed underestimating the enemy, but Young Master Zhang refused to let go, and pointed at Zhao rate teacher and shouted: "Zhao rate teacher, you said just now that you alone lead the army , you can turn Ningyuan City into a powder, right?" Zhao led the teaching and did not dare to play tricks, but just nodded and admitted honestly, and the young master Zhang said with a dark face: "Since you are so good at fighting, then the Shenyang war in the second year of Tianqi, you Why did you flee back to Shanhaiguan alone? At that time, there were not as many Jiannu troops as there are now, so why didn’t you crush them into powder?”

"The general will be convicted." Zhao Lijiao blushed and lowered his head obediently.Young Master Zhang pointed at He Renlong again and shouted: "Crazy He, you said that you want to volunteer to take the lead, and no one is allowed to rob you—the official asked you, when you were in Shanxi Town when there were thieves in Fugu, Shaanxi. Just around the corner, Hu Tingyan, governor of Shaanxi Province, asked Xuan Da Shanxi army to send reinforcements to quell the chaos, why don't you dare to send troops? Don't you want to tell me that the gang of rebellious thieves in Fugu are more powerful than building slaves?"

"The last general..." He Renlong was speechless, and his black face turned red.Young Master Zhang shouted: "Let me answer for you. Those thieves in Fugu are starving people with nowhere to go. Once on the battlefield, they risk their lives. You are afraid of losing your strength, so you dare not send troops! But you Have you ever thought that the fugu thieves and the starving people in Shaanxi will go all out when they have nowhere to go, but the Jiannu who have nowhere to go will not go all out?"

He Renlong couldn't say a word anymore, and all the generals of the Ming army, including Young Master Zhang's old father-in-law Xiong Tingbi, were all speechless, and lowered their heads in shame.Only then did Young Master Zhang slow down, and said softly: "Generals, I have absolutely no intention of blaming you. In the two battles last night and today, you also fought very well. You played our spirit and spirit. What I want to tell you now is that we have only completed the first step in the Long March to completely annihilate the main force of building slaves. In the next few days, there will be more bloody battles waiting. We, Jianu, will definitely fight to the death with us. If we relax a little, all previous efforts may be wasted! So for us, what we have to do now is to immediately forget the previous victory, and continue to regard Jianu as the most dangerous thing. The most powerful enemy! Only in this way can we completely wipe out Jiannu and restore Liaodong!"

"Young generals, please remember Master Shaobao's teachings!" All the generals of the Ming army clasped their fists in agreement, their voices not only louder than before, but also extremely serious.Young Master Zhang nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Okay, get up, now we have to dispatch our troops. Sun Chuanting, Master Sun, Zhao Sulun, General Zhao."

"The last general is here!" The two generals, Sun Chuanting and Zhao Shulun, went out and handed each other together.Young Master Zhang said calmly: "Master Sun, you often tell people that the Yulin soldiers under your command are the most tenacious army in the world. Unless the whole army is wiped out, they will never escape even if they hit the last man! Now , the time has come to test you, you immediately lead 8000 people from the headquarters, and General Zhao Ledun rushed to the Baimiaozi Wharf to board the ship, and reinforce the Tashan battlefield from the sea! I believe that I don’t need to teach you what to do when you arrive at Tashan.”

"Xiaguan swears to die to complete the blocking task!" Sun Chuanting clasped his fists knowingly, and replied solemnly: "As long as Xiaguan still has breath, Jiannu will never think of crossing Tashan."

"Very good." Young Master Zhang nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Zhao Shulun and said, "General Zhao Shulun, you still have more than 600 troops left, right? General Jin Guofeng was seriously injured and unable to lead troops. There are eight or nine hundred soldiers who are not injured or slightly injured. I also entrust them to you and take them to Tashan. Most of the soldiers of the slave slaughter army are fishermen. If you encounter the sailors of the Shanzong rebels Blocking, you have to work harder."

"The last general obeys." Zhao Shuelun solemnly agreed, and said with some concern: "Zhang Shaobao, it's not that the last general has no confidence, but the troop carrier is too heavy and does not rotate at sea. If the rebel navy stops at any cost, it may even If we use the ramming tactic of killing each other, then there is no guarantee that all the troop carriers will be safe and sound."

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements." Young Master Zhang said darkly, "At sea, among the rebel navy, there will be someone to help you deal with the Shanzong gang of traitors."

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The screen turned back to Ningyuan City, still at the same time. After the military meeting was hastily ended, Huang Taiji immediately ordered the generals to split up. Zhao Buqi and He Lintu led all the remaining naval forces to sea to intercept and attack the Ming army's troop transport fleet.But in this way, there is another problem, that is, the casualties of the rebel navy in the two battles of Juehua Island and Bijia Mountain are quite large. There are enough manpower to drive the ships, but the strength to board the ships is a bit stretched. Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to arrange for Sun Zhongshou, his confidant lackey, to lead a thousand troops aboard to replenish combat power. At this moment, Wu Sangui stood up without hesitation...

"Sovereign, the last general has the guts to ask for orders, and wants to follow General Sun on board the ship to fight." Wu Sangui said impassionedly: "Since the last general surrendered to the Daikin, the suzerain has always treated the young general like a nephew, taking good care of the young general, and the last general has not made an inch of merit." , I have never been able to repay the suzerain's great kindness. This time to block the barbarian troop fleet at sea, the final general is willing to go into battle and fight the enemy bravely, in order to repay the suzerain's great kindness."

"This...." Of course Yuan Chonghuan would not be so stupid as to let Wu Sangui out like this, but he couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse.While hesitating, Wu Sangui said again: "Sect Master, when the last general was by Zhang Hao's side, he once learned the art of water warfare from him. When he was young, he also went to sea with his father many times. He is familiar with water. Once at sea, he will definitely be able to Play a role."

"Sovereign, General Xiao Wu's wife is already pregnant." Zuo Liangyu suggested sinisterly: "Since General Xiao Wu volunteered, he must not take his wife on board. If the suzerain allows General Xiao Wu to go to sea, please Let the last general lead people to protect General Xiao Wu's family, so as not to make any mistakes during the hasty retreat."

"That's true, if you hold Wu Sangui's pregnant wife in your hands, you won't be afraid of him playing tricks!" Yuan Chonghuan's heart moved, and he said to himself: "Take this opportunity to test whether Wu Sangui can use it. You can use him with confidence, and you don’t have to worry about leaving him in the army to eat dry food.” Thinking of this, Yuan Chonghuan raised his head and said with a smile: “Well, since the eldest uncle wants to make contributions to Dajin, then I Not giving you this opportunity is a waste of talents. Go ahead and serve as deputy to your father-in-law, General He Lintu. Don’t worry, your family members, as uncles, will be taken care of by Kunshan.”

"General Xiao Wu, did you hear that?" Zuo Liangyu looked like he was about to be beaten, and said with a smirk: "On the way to retreat, I will definitely take good care of your wife and never let the barbarian hurt her. A hair."

"I hope you can keep your promise! Otherwise, hum!" Wu Sangui snorted viciously, and glared at his old enemy Zuo Liangyu, but there was a pleading look in his eyes.Zuo Liangyu understood and nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)