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Volume 1: Young People's Struggle for Loyalty Chapter 407: Defeat in Guangning

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    As a result, the soldiers behind who did not know the truth were disheartened and collapsed.  The two supporting soldiers were defeated by the Jurchens so easily.  After losing the reinforcements, Luo Guanyin of Xiping Fort still held back the Jurchens who were ten times his own strength for three days with only a few thousand men. In the end, he was defeated and died in the battle.  Nurhachi's army broke through Xiping Fort and arrived in Guangning. Sun Degong had already deceived Wang Huazhen and opened the city gate to welcome him.  And Wang Huazhen, who was defeated to the end, fled to Shanhaiguan with only a few dozen soldiers.  On the way, Wang Huazhen met Xiong Tingbi who was preparing to support him with five thousand soldiers and horses.  When Xiong Tingbi heard that Wang Huazhen had so quickly lost Guangning and 100,000 soldiers and horses that he had managed for many years, he finally couldn't help but scolded Wang Huazhen loudly.  But despite the criticism, the most important thing now is how to prevent the Jurchens from coming to Shanhaiguan.  You know, because the imperial court placed all its hopes on Wang Huazhen, almost all the elites of the Ming Dynasty were handed over to Wang Huazhen.  All the 100,000 elite troops were given to Wang Huazhen. Although Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong manager, was Wang Huazhen's immediate boss in terms of his position, the only army he could really call upon was a mere 5,000 men.  No one thought that Wang Huazhen's 100,000 elite troops would be defeated so quickly and miserably.  It was so fast that it caught people off guard, and it was so tragic that it was impossible to clean up the mess.  Xiong Tingbi sat on the horse, looking at the distant Guangning City that had fallen into Nurhachi's hands.  "Come on, sir. The Jurchens are about to attack. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave!" the secretary who was following Xiong Tingbi reminded him softly.  Xiong Tingbi slowly shook his head.  "No. We can't leave now. Once we leave now, Nurhaci will definitely take the opportunity to attack Shanhaiguan. At this time, Shanhaiguan's defense is very fragile, and it is almost impossible to stop the Jurchens with high morale. If Shanhaiguan is broken, the world will be destroyed.  The situation will be uncontrollable. " "However, Lord Wang's 100,000 troops have been defeated, and it is impossible for us to stop the Jurchens with just 5,000 people!" Xiong Tingbi shook his head.  "I know these five thousand people can't stop the Jurchens from advancing eastward, but I can't give up just like that. We definitely can't do a frontal blockade, but we don't necessarily have to fight the Jurchens head-on. Remember, we are now  The biggest task is to prevent the Jurchens from attacking Shanhaiguan. Whether the Jurchens retreat on their own initiative or are repulsed by us, the result is the same. " "However, the Jurchens have just captured Guangning and lost Lord Wang's 100,000.  The elites were completely defeated, they will definitely take advantage of the victory and march towards Shanhaiguan, so how can they retreat?" The secretary obviously disapproved of Xiong Tingbi's words.  After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi raised his head and looked into the distance.  As if talking to himself, he said, "Now, he is the only one who can save the Ming Dynasty from the fate of the country!" The secretary followed Xiong Tingbi's gaze and looked into the distance.  He knew that the "him" Mr. Xiong was referring to was Yu Ren, who had just established his feet in Zhenjiang.  "It has only been more than a month since General Yu took Zhenjiang Fort, and I heard that he has less than a thousand officers and soldiers. It is unrealistic to rely on him to stop the Jurchens! Even if General Yu sends troops in time to contain the Jurchens from the west, as your Excellency thinks,  The Jurchens. With his small strength, it is difficult for him to protect himself, let alone threaten the Jurchens! If General Yu sends troops at this time, he will probably be eaten by the Jurchens' remaining soldiers." The secretary obviously does not care about Yu Ren!  What hope.  Xiong Tingbi shook his head, "You underestimate this Yu Ren too much. If you put a thousand people in the hands of others, let alone attack the Jurchens, even if you can defend Zhenjiang Fort, it is unlikely. But if you put it in the hands of Yu Ren,  Here, he will definitely make some big noise. He only needs to make more noise behind the Jurchens, and we will give the Jurchens a strong wall to clear the country, so that Nurhachi will feel that even if he goes eastward, he will not get much benefit.  , and there is the danger of being attacked by Yu Ren. In this way, he will naturally withdraw his troops. In the final analysis, the Jurchens are just bandits. They have no idea of ??competing with the Ming Dynasty. They just want to steal more cattle, sheep, and children.  It¡¯s nothing more than property. The situation is like this. Even if Nurhachi wants to go eastward to Shanhaiguan and compete with the Ming Dynasty, his subordinates will not go eastward with him if they see that they can¡¯t get any benefits from going so far.¡±  Xiong Tingbi's eyes suddenly became firm and he said to the secretary next to him, "Immediately send an order to divide everyone into ten teams and move all the people outside the pass to the inside as soon as possible. No one is allowed to leave anything behind.  Those who cannot be taken away will be burned on the spot, and the houses will be demolished on the spot. If the Jurchens cannot be moved to the pass for a while, they will be moved to the mountains first.bsp; The secretary looked hesitant.  "Sir, if you do this, aren't you afraid that when you return to the court, you will be attacked by those little ginseng men in the court? Are you afraid of the enemy and avoiding fighting?" Xiong Tingbi suddenly heard the secretary's words and suddenly lowered his head, staring at the secretary angrily.  After a while, he regained his gaze and looked up into the distance again.  Then he said in a firm tone, "In the current situation, this is the only way to prevent the Jurchens from breaking through. Of course I know that this plan may bring about death for me, but for the safety of Ming Dynasty and the world  Without peace, what does my personal life and death, honor and disgrace, matter to me, Xiong Tingbi?" Nurhaci hesitated outside Guangning City for a long time, and then stationed the army into Guangning City.  It wasn't that he didn't trust Sun Degong, but that this victory came too quickly and too easily.  From the time his army left Liaoyang to the time he captured Guangning City, it took less than ten days in total, and during these ten days, they hardly fought any decent battles.  Soldier losses were surprisingly small.  Nurhachi was quite surprised to achieve such great results at such a small cost.  After entering Guangning City, Nurhaci¡¯s men began to rob cattle, horses, property and children everywhere.  This is the consistent style of the Jurchens.  After every battle, the first thing they did was to rob people, goods, and livestock.  When he first entered Guangning City, Nurhaci was very satisfied, but soon, he was no longer satisfied with the current results.  Because from the battle reports he received, there were no decent Ming troops stationed east from Guangning to Shanhaiguan.  This also means that Nurhaci can plunder at will from Guangning to the east for more than two hundred miles.  When he thought of this, Nurhaci couldn¡¯t sit still.  He was about to send a message to all the Baylors to follow him and march eastward, when a scout sent news from Liaoyang.  Nurhaci unfolded the battle report to take a look.  It turned out that Yue Tuo was surrounded by Yu Ren in Zhenjiang Fort, and only seventeen people escaped.  Nurhachi was slightly surprised when he saw this.  Although he had already estimated Yu Ren's ability in his mind quite a bit, he never expected that his eldest grandson would be defeated so miserably.  You know, Yue Tuo has been following him on various expeditions since he was a teenager. Although he is only twenty-six years old now, he is already a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles.  In addition, all he brought with him were elite Jurchens.  According to Nurhachi's estimation, even Yue Tuo could not defeat Zhenjiang Fort in one fell swoop.  Yu Ren was absolutely powerless to fight back.  He never expected that Yue Tuo would be defeated so quickly and so miserably that his entire army was almost wiped out.  Nurhachi took the battle report and asked the messenger, "Is your battle report correct?" The messenger nodded firmly.  "It's absolutely true. This letter was handed over to me by a messenger from Liaoyang. If the Khan doesn't believe it, he can send a messenger to ask." Nurhachi nodded, "The messenger comes in." After that, he casually handed over the battle report  Passed it to the big Beiledaishan who was standing next to him.  At this time, all four Jurchen Baylors were present in the room.  Nurhachi originally recruited them to discuss the eastward march to Shanhaiguan. Unexpectedly, before the discussion of the eastward march plan began, he received such a battle report from the rear.  After reading the battle report, Daishan handed the letter to the other three Baylors.  The four Baylors circulated the battle report one by one. Before they could discuss it, the messenger came in.  Seeing that the messenger was covered in mud and dust and still breathing heavily, Nurhachi said to the side, "Look and sit down!" The messenger thanked him profusely and sat down.  "Who gave you this battle report?" Nurhaci asked.  "It was given to me by Mr. Li Fufu." "Yongfang!" Nurhaci nodded.  This time he marched into the army, Li Yongfang was responsible for guarding the nest, and it was normal for him to send someone to deliver the letter.  "Do you know what is written in this letter?" The messenger shook his head.  "I don't know." Nurhachi nodded expressionlessly.  "Did you see Yue Tuo when you set out from Liaoyang?" "On the day when the villain left the city, he saw Yue Tuo returning to Liaoyang City with more than ten people. Soon after, Lord Efu summoned the villain and asked him to  Please deliver this letter to the Great Khan as soon as possible." Nurhachi nodded again.  "Very good. Go down!" Nurhaci waited for the messenger to walk out, then turned to the four Baylors behind him.  "What do you think?"
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