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Volume Six: Yin Whip Points to the East to the End of the World Chapter 503: The Eve of the Decisive Battle

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    Former Fushun guerrilla Li Yongfang appeared outside Qinghe City on a big red horse, more than 200 steps away from the city tower. Out of the range of muskets and bows, he shouted to Qinghe City guard Zou Chuxian to persuade him to surrender.

    Li Yongfang's current identity is the third-class deputy general of the Dajin Kingdom. Because his family members are all in Liaoyang, Nurhachi married his granddaughter, Abatai's eldest daughter, to Li Yongfang as his wife. A month ago, he went to Hetuala.  A grand wedding was held to win over Li Yongfang. Previously, Nurhachi regarded the Han people as enemies and would kill them if he caught them. Now he accepted Huang Taiji's suggestion and wanted to appease the Han people for his own use. Li Yongfang, as the first person in the Ming Dynasty,  Of course, when a general is surrendered, he must be favored and reused. After the Han people captured from Fushun were reorganized, they were all under Li Yongfang's jurisdiction. Li Yongfang's power was better than that of the guerrillas in Fushun. Li Yongfang was very grateful to Nurhaci.  They all acted as vanguards in the battle, using inducements and inducements to surrender, allowing the Eight Banners troops to capture many forts without bloodshed. This time Nurhaci besieged Qinghe, and Li Yongfang used both threats and inducements to persuade Zou Chuxian and generals to surrender in order to do great work for the great cause.  Jin Li Xin Gong

    Zou Chuxian at the top of the city replied loudly: "Li Yongfang, you are a rat with no father and no king, and you are still here waving the flag and shouting when you are about to die. Do you know that Nurhaci is ready to use you in exchange for Nalanbaksh?"

    Being far away, Li Yongfang didn¡¯t hear clearly and asked: ¡°Vice General Zou, just tell me what conditions you have.¡±

    Zou Chuxian laughed loudly: "This is a secret, I won't tell it a second time."

    Li Yongfang asked the personal guards who were following him in front of and behind his horse. These personal guards were all his servants. One of them had sharp ears and replied: "Returning to your lord, this Vice General Zou said that Yingming Khan wants to use your lord."  Replace it with Nalan Bakshi.¡±

    Li Yongfang's face suddenly turned livid, and he lowered his head to think about whether what Zou Chuxian said was true or false.  He knew that Nalanbakshi was Nurhachi's most trusted civil servant.  In the past few days, he had heard Nurhaci mention Nalanbakshi several times.  He deeply hated Zhang Yuan for capturing Nalanbaksh. If the Ming Dynasty proposed to exchange Nalanbaksh for him, it is hard to say whether Nurhachi would agree.

    A horseman came running from behind and shouted: "Li Yongfang, my father asked you how well you persuaded you to surrender?"

    The visitor is Li Yongfang's new father-in-law, Abatai. Abatai is one year younger than Li Yongfang. He doesn't like this old son-in-law very much and he never speaks in a good tone.

    Li Yongfang raised his head and glanced at the Ming army soldiers on the tower opposite.  Said: "Zou Chuxian refused to surrender."

    Before he finished speaking, Zou Chuxian shouted at the top of the city: "Li Yongfang, the court has a favor. As long as you are willing to return, then bygones are bygones, and you can reunite with your family in Liaoyang. Li Yongfang, you have to think clearly. When the time comes, you will be  There will be no such favor after the exchange."

    When Abatai heard that Li Yongfang failed to surrender, he gave Li Yongfang a hard look and shouted: "Back off. These southern barbarians are not afraid of the sword head. Didn't you also surrender when the city was broken?"

    Li Yongfang is very ashamed.  Retreat in despair.

    Nurhaci didn¡¯t want to waste any more time and immediately ordered an attack on the city. With the experience of capturing Fushun, the Hou Jin army was more fully prepared this time. They used ladders on the top of the city and dug corners under the city. The offensive was extremely fierce.

    Qinghe Fort has been preparing for several months to prepare for Jiannu's siege. Qinghe is located in the southeast valley of Fushun. The terrain is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, the Qinghe garrison has ten thousand people, several times more than the garrison of Fushun, but the siege  The Houjin army was also more numerous than when they attacked Fushun. The heavily armored Houjin soldiers continued to attack regardless of their own safety. The Ming army at the top of the city also fought back with artillery, muskets, bows and arrows, and stone-pounding. The artillery attack reached the city wall.  The Houjin armored soldiers on the side are no longer a threat, but the lethality of muskets and bows and arrows against these Houjin dead soldiers wrapped in three layers of thick armor is also extremely limited. It is worse than rolling logs and stones. The situation of Qinghe defense battle has been extremely dangerous from the beginning.  At this time, Ming generals such as Zou Chuxian and Zhang Wei felt that they had underestimated the combat power of Jiannu. At this time, they could not think too much and could only urge the soldiers to defend the city to the death. Li Rubai's southern army forward He Shixian had already arrived in Guiyang. As long as he held on to the two sides  By the end of the day, they would be able to wait for reinforcements. Zou Chuxian had already been ordered by Yang Hao to stick to it.

    The battle of Qinghe Fort was extremely fierce. General Zou Chuxian, guerrilla Zhang Wei, and fort guard Zhang Yuncheng led their own guards to the city to supervise the battle. From noon to evening, the dead soldiers of the slaves attacked the city more than ten times, but they were all beaten by the defenders.  Multiple casualties were contained.

    It was getting dark, but the snow outside the city reflected the bright moon that was about to become full in the sky. It was clearly visible inside and outside the city. The Ming army defending the city was exhausted, and the soldiers who died in the battle had no time to drag them down from the tower to deal with it. However, the offensive of Jiannu continued unabated.  , 40,000 Jiannu took turns to attack the city day and night. For the Jiannu Eight Banners Army, long-distance marches and days of fierce fighting were common, but for the Ming army soldiers who defended the city, such a difficult battle was the first time in their lives.  , all relying on the blood to fight, originally thought that Jiannu would temporarily retreat at night, so that the Ming army could take a rest, but now, they can only muster the courage to fight again

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­The casualties in the city were greater than those who attacked the city. The city was difficult to defend. Now only He Shixian of Kuoyang could lead his troops to arrive as soon as possible. He Shixian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was a well-known fierce general.

    Zou Chuxian inside the city struggled to hold on, and Nurhachi outside the city was also impatient. The resistance of the Ming army in Qinghe Fort was tenacious beyond his expectation. The main force of the Eight Banners Army attacking the city had lost more than 400 people. These were all who had fought with him for ten years.  If the capable warriors who are more than 20 years old continue to be lost like this, he cannot afford to use them up. Every dead man in his armored army will lose one, and they cannot be replenished in the short term. They are no better than the Ming army. Although their combat power is limited, they are better with more people, but this army  Qinghe Fort must be captured

    The bright moon fell to the west, and the darkness before dawn shrouded it. The huge noises from the attacking and defending sides were temporarily silenced by the darkness. Suddenly, a cry broke out in the south of Qinghe City: The corner of the south city wall was dug through, and the Jin Army invaded the city!

    Zou Chuxian felt cold and ordered guerrilla Zhang Gao to supervise the battle in Dongcheng. He led his troops to Nancheng to block the gap.

    The Jiannu Changjia Army was strong, and once the gap was opened, it was difficult to block it. More than a hundred Jiannu had rushed into the south of the city. Zou Chuxian knew that the city was inevitable, so he ordered the horses to be killed and burned for food. The food and grass in Qinghe Fort had been exhausted as early as a month ago.  They were kept in a centralized manner just in case the city was destroyed and fell into the hands of the slaves.

    Flames were blazing and the sound of killing was loud. General Zou Chuxian led hundreds of servants to fight against Jiannu in the south of the city.  At dawn.  Dongcheng was also captured.  Guerrilla Zhang Hao died in the battle, Zou Chuxian also died in the battle, and none of the 10,000 defenders of Qinghe Fort surrendered to the enemy, and they all died.

    Nurhaci was furious when he found that the food and grass had been burned, and ordered a massacre of the city. All the people in Qinghe Fort and the nearby Alkali Village were massacred before they could escape. Those people who escaped to their death were met hundreds of miles away from Qinghe Fort, with the rate of 5,000 people.  The deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, He Shixian, came to the rescue.  He Shixian was shocked when he heard that Qinghe Fort had fallen. He sent someone to report to Li Rubai urgently and urged the sergeants to rush to Qinghe.

    When Li Rubai heard the news, he sent people to catch up with He Shixian and ordered He Shixian to garrison and wait and see. Jiannu was very strong in the field, so don't fight with him. Last year, Zhang Chengyin saved Fushun and his entire army died.

    At this time, He Shixian was only thirty miles away from Qinghe. The scouts reported that Jiannu had retreated, and there was still an army left to demolish the walls of Qinghe and Alkali Field.

    He Shixian immediately decided to pursue him.  On the evening of the next day after Qinghe City was destroyed, we rushed outside Qinghe Fort, only to see devastation everywhere.  There was still black smoke rising from the ruins. The east city and south city of Qinghe Fort had been basically destroyed. The three thousand Hou Jinbuqi who were left to demolish the city were preparing to evacuate. When they saw the Ming army rushing to help, they immediately fought.

    He Shixian took the lead with a sword, broke through Jiannu's barracks, and killed more than a hundred enemies. Jiannu did not dare to fight and fled at night. He Shixian was worried about being ambushed and did not pursue him. He left hundreds of soldiers to collect the bodies of the soldiers who died in Qinghe Fort and led the army.  And retreat.

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    Yang Hao, who has now moved to Guangning, was shocked when he received the news that Qinghe Fort had been captured and killed on February 15. He urgently summoned Li Rubai and He Shixian to Guangning to discuss countermeasures. Qinghe Fort was surrounded by 10,000 defenders.  Under such circumstances, they could not hold on for even a day and a night, and according to the people of Qinghe who escaped, they said that General Zou Shenying fought bravely, and all ten thousand soldiers under his command were killed in the battle. This made Yang Hao a little frightened. The elders of Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yuan that snowy night.  Talk comes to mind again

    After Zhang Yuan learned about the battle plan of the four armies, he wrote to Yang Hao, saying that neither Ma Lin nor Li Rubai could take on the important task. The candidates for the leaders of the two armies still needed to be considered. Yang Hao dismissed it and thought that Zhang Yuan had never fought with Ma Lin.  , Li Rubai knows each other, how do you know whether it is available or not?

    But Zhang Yuan was not the only one who opposed Ma Lin as the commander-in-chief of the North Route Army. Pan Zongyan, the supervisor of the North Route Army, also said that Ma Lin was mediocre and timid and was not worthy of his duties. He asked him to be the commander-in-chief and make Ma Lin his successor. Otherwise, he would  defeat.

    Pan Zongyan was the supervisor of Ma Lin's army all the way. The supervisor said that the commander-in-chief could not handle his duties, which put Yang Hao in a difficult position. Ma Lin was the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan and had been stationed in Beiguan for a long time. It was most suitable for Ma Lin to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army of the north route.  , so Yang Hao did not intend to change other generals, but the fall of Qinghe Fort made Yang Hao reconsider the combat effectiveness of the Jin Army. The low lethality of the guns and artillery of the Qinghe garrison also worried Yang Hao.

    After discussing with Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, and Chen Wangting, the governor of Liaodong, Yang Hao decided to postpone the dispatch of troops. It was originally scheduled for February 22nd, but now it has been postponed for half a month, and more spies and sentinels are sent to inquire.  The military situation of establishing slaves

    The original march date, route and candidates for the main and deputy generals had been reported to the court. Yang Hao sent an urgent report to the Ministry of War on the grounds of changing the South Route Army's commander-in-chief, and appointed Han Yuanshan, the commander of the Liaodong capital, to replace Li Rubai as the South Route Army's commander-in-chief. Yang Hao had been with Li Rusong that year.  , brothers Li Rubai went to Korea to fight against the Japanese. At that time, Li Rubai fought bravely, which impressed Yang Hao deeply. When he saw Li Rubai again after twenty years, Li Rubai, who was over sixty years old, had gray hair and a fat body, and there was no trace of his heroic spirit.  Yang Hao was so angry that he seemed to have no confidence in the invasion of Hetuala this time. Yang Hao thought over and over again. Instead of replacing Ma Lin, it would be better to replace Li Rubai, who had indulged in alcoholism at home for 20 years. Qinghe Fort fell, and Li Rubai was also unable to rescue him.  , which is the reason for changing generals on the spot.

    February 18, NuerAfter Hachi captured Qinghe Fort, he sent a letter to Yang Hao, which read:

    "If the emperor blames the people in Liaodong, withdraws the soldiers from the border, takes me as his righteousness, relieves my seven hatreds, and then gives me the prince's edict, why will the war continue? Give me the old imperial edict of Fushun, five hundred lines, and open  The original edict is to give one thousand taels to my officers and soldiers; in addition, give me and the ministers of Beile headed by me three thousand taels of silk, three thousand taels of silver, and three hundred taels of gold, so that I will no longer invade the border and each will guard the border."

    Yang Hao read Nurhaci's letter and couldn't help but said angrily: "The traitor is really arrogant, and he dares to come and ask for rewards." Just as he was waiting for the order to behead the messenger, he suddenly changed his mind and joined Wang Keshou and Zhou.  Yongchun negotiated to exchange Nalanbakshi for Li Yongfang. He had already let out the news before, and then there was a conversation between Zou Chuxian and Li Yongfang at the top of Qinghe City.

    Wang Keshuo was noncommittal, but Zhou Yongchun frowned and said: "How can I, the Ming Dynasty, exchange prisoners with Jiannu!" Zhou Yongchun knew that this was Zhang Yuan's suggestion to Yang Hao.

    Yang Hao said: "Nalan Bakshi is of no benefit to our Ming Dynasty. Feeding him is just a waste of rations, but the traitor general Li Yongfang was driven by the enemy to recruit the Han people of Liaodong. It is a heinous crime. If this person can be replaced, he will be sentenced to death. It can be done for him.  All generals in Liaodong are warned."

    Zhou Yongchun said: "The slave chief will not make this exchange, it will only attract criticism."

    Yang Hao said: "Even if the slave chief refuses to change, Li Yongfang will be frightened when he hears it. If the rift lasts a lifetime, there will be changes, which will be beneficial to us."

    Seeing Yang Hao's insistence, Zhou Yongchun said: "Shilang Yang insists on this, and I have nothing to say."

    Yang Hao then asked the messenger to take him back to see Nurhachi with a message.  Claiming that an army of 470,000 would sweep across Jianzhou and ordering Nurhachi to surrender early, this was of course a bluff, and the intention was to cause panic among Jianzhou.

    Nurhachi would not be intimidated, but he was still a little moved when he heard that Nalanbaksh was being exchanged for Li Yongfang. He immediately discussed it with his sons Daishan and Huang Taiji. Daishan advocated exchange, but Huang Taiji insisted on opposing it.  There was no end to the argument.  Nurha Chidao: "Don't worry about this matter for now. How to deal with the Ming Dynasty army is a matter of life and death. If I win, the Ming Dynasty will send Erdeni back respectfully. If I lose the battle."

    Nurhaci didn¡¯t say any more, just said: ¡°You all understand.¡±

    Dai Shan said: "Yang Hao only has 120,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, how can he have 470,000? According to the reports from the sentries in Fushun in the west and Dong'e in the south, there are large numbers of Ming troops gathering on both sides. It seems that the Ming army is  How many ways are needed to attack?"

    Huang Taiji said: "There are also the Korean army on the east route, the Kaiyuan and Ye He coalition forces on the north route, and perhaps an army on the west of Kuoyang. It is estimated that there are four or five Ming armies attacking Hetuala from east, west, south and north."

    Nurha¡¯s red eyes flashed and she sneered: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter how many ways he came, I only go one way.¡±

    Huang Taiji said: "We need to send more reconnaissance and sentry scouts to grasp the Ming army's attack route and date. We must first concentrate our forces to defeat the main force along the way, and the remaining groups will be defeated."

    Nurha Chidao: "I heard that the Ming Dynasty appointed Li Rubai as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. It seems that the Ming Dynasty really has no available generals. Li Rubai is six years older than me and has lived idle for many years. How can he fight?"

    Huang Taiji said: "Juniper has also been employed. This man is brave and dares to fight. We must be on guard. My ministers suggested sending people to build a city on Jiefan Mountain west of Sarhu to prevent the Ming army from approaching Hetuala from the west."  "

    Nurhachi was right, and at the same time he ordered the ministers of the Eight Banners to prepare to evacuate Hetuala. Nurhachi was extremely afraid of the Ming army's attack. "I will only go one way depending on how many ways he comes"  The policy was actually to leave a way out. Once the battle was unfavorable, Nurhachi planned to abandon Heala and lead the Eight Banners Army to retreat to Hurha. As long as the main cavalry was still there, there would be a chance to make a comeback.

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    As the saying goes, you are afraid of beating a snake with a bamboo pole. After carefully inspecting and asking about the truth of Zhang Chengyin's defeat and the fall of Qinghe Fort, Yang Hao became deeply afraid of the combat power of the Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin Dynasty, and his confidence in victory was somewhat shaken.

    He Shixian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, also brought back several pieces of armor from the Jiannu Changjia Army this time. He tried to use muskets and bows to shoot, but it was difficult to effectively penetrate and kill the enemy. Of course, this kind of armor, which weighs a hundred kilograms, is not something ordinary sergeants can do.  To wear it, only a strong and powerful person can wear this heavy armor to fight, and there are many strong and powerful Jurchens.

    On February 22, the Ministry of War responded and agreed to appoint Han Yuanshan as the commander-in-chief of the South Route Army, and at the same time urged Yang Hao to advance as soon as possible.

    On the 29th, Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, wrote a letter urging Yang Hao to send troops to attack. Huang Jiashan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zhao Xingbang, the Minister of War, issued a red flag every two days to urge the battle, saying that the divisions had been short of pay for a long time, so it would be advantageous to fight quickly.

    Yang Hao could not be pushed, so he decided to set off on the fifth day of March. On March 11th, the Fourth Route Army went out at the same time, and on the 12th they jointly advanced in front of Erdaoguan.

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    At this time, Nurhachi had also discovered that the Ming army had four route armies and summoned Zhu BeileWhen the ministers were discussing countermeasures, Dabeile Daishan believed that the leader of the Qinghe road was Li Rubai. Li Rubai was old and timid and would not dare to take the lead in going out. Therefore, there was no need to guard this road for now. Instead, he could concentrate his troops to deal with the Shenyang and Fushun roads.  The main general is Jun Song. Jun Song is brave but resourceful and loves to strive for success. He will definitely advance alone. He can ambush and annihilate them with Saer Hu.

    Nurhachi and others did not know that the leader of Qinghe Road was no longer Li Rubai, but was replaced by Han Yuanshan before the battle.
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