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Chapter 36: Repay others the same way they did

The Tatars surrendered Hetuala, the birthplace of Hetuala, which really confused Mao Wenlong. He ordered his soldiers to enter the city and soon took control of the entire city. Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi were not happy that the two warriors had taken Hetuala lightly, but

He said next to Mao Shuai: "Father, we are supposed to have a bloody battle here. It is so easy, but it makes people feel uneasy. Among them, the Tatars must have something to do, so we must be more careful."

"Indeed, my father also felt that there must be something fishy in this. What does it mean to give up Hetuala voluntarily..." Mao Wenlong thought for a moment, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, feeling like he suddenly realized, "I understand, Tatar

Mr. Gao Gao, this is a strategic abandonment, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place. They know that even if we take Hetuala, we don't dare to stay here for a long time. What they are worried about is Marshal Xiong's side, fearing that the troops will be dispersed.

It seems that he wants to wait for the busty boss to be destroyed before he comes to deal with us."

Mao Wenlong was also a man who had experienced battles for a long time. He was courageous and discerning, and he could quickly see through the Tatars' thoughts.

"Father, if it is as you expected, what should we do?" Shang Kexi asked.

"We..." Mao Wenlong groaned and said: "Our current situation is very difficult. If we attack Shengjing directly, we still don't have enough troops. Moreover, if we want to attack Shengjing, we must first pass through Fushun. Fushun City is not as big as Hetuala."

It is easy to capture, and it is too close to Shengjing. As soon as we arrive, the Tatar reinforcements will arrive in less than half a day. When they arrive, they will eat us in one breath. It is a dilemma, a dilemma..." At the end,

Mao Wenlong couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

"***, it seems that these Tatars are cunning enough. If that doesn't work, let's just go over here and kill them. Didn't the Tatars come to our rear to burn, kill and loot? Let's just follow their own example.

, and heal the person's body." Geng Zhongming said angrily.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up and he said, "What you said makes sense. If the Tatars come to rob us, we can also rob them from the Tatars..." But it can be said

After saying this, Mao Wenlong shook his head again and said: "That's not right. The time given to us is too little. Marshal Xiong will send troops directly to Shengjing in four days. If they don't have us,

If we cooperate, the outcome is really unpredictable. Unless we can notify Commander Xiong and ask them to postpone the troops' advance, this is impossible. If we want to send a message to Commander Xiong from here, we won't be able to reach him within four days."

"No matter what you do, it won't work, so what should you do? You can't stay still here." Geng Zhongming said.

"Don't be anxious. Let's go into the city and rest first. We'll look at the map later and we'll study the marching plan." Mao Wenlong was actually anxious, but he couldn't show it, otherwise the morale of the army would be unstable.

All the troops entered Hetuala, closed the city gates, defended carefully, and buried pots to make rice. Mao Wenlong took his generals to climb the stairs. The city wall of Hetuala is not very high. Looking at it, not even a single person can be seen.

Unable to see it, Mao Wenlong asked someone to get a map and take a look at it on the spot.

Several major generals were all around Mao Wenlong. They all looked at the map together. After looking at it for a while, Mao Wenlong suddenly said: "You are also people who know the military. Tell me, if Marshal Xiong sends troops to attack Shengjing, where will he go?

What’s the road?”

"It's a smooth journey from Jinzhou to Shengjing. I thought that Xiong Shuai would not take other detours and march in a straight line." Shang Kexi said.

"Then guess again, if the Tatars send troops to stop Xiong Shuai, where will they be?" Mao Wenlong asked again.

"If Hao'er uses troops, he will definitely stop them at a place slightly close to Shengjing. Because of this, it will not be so easy for the enemy to escape after being defeated. The most ideal place should be in the central area of ​​Liaoning." Shang Kexi said.

Hold on and point to the location of Liaozhong on the map.

Mao Wenlong nodded and said: "Yes, if I were to use troops, I would do the same. The Tatars mainly use cavalry and will never defend the city. Otherwise, they will sacrifice their own strengths and attack the enemy's weaknesses. Liaozhong

This side is close to Shengjing, and the Tatars will most likely block it in this area. It is three hundred miles from Jinzhou to Liaozhong. Although we don’t know what speed Xiong Shuai will march at, it is estimated that it will be five or six

The sky will definitely arrive. We can't waste time here. Xiong Shuai ordered us to come here to contain the Tatars. Now the Tatars have obviously seen through and can no longer contain us, so we must help Xiong Shuai during the decisive battle.

A helping hand. Xiong Shuai will send troops in four days. It will take five to six days to reach Liaozhong. In other words, the time left for us is ten days at most. In these ten days, we must rush there. You see

map……"

Having said this, Mao Wenlong stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of Benxi on the map, and then pointed to Liaoyang. Then he said: "If you want to get to Liaozhong, you must pass through these two places. Benxi is only a small county, so there is no need to worry. We want to capture it.

, it’s like searching for something. Even if we don’t attack, it’s possible to take a detour and go straight to Liaoyang. But the Tatars have to go from Shengjing to Benxi, which is only about a hundred miles. When we pass by, it will be very easy for the Tatars to stop us.

, so we have to calculate our time and make it difficult for the Tatars to take care of us. Even if the Tatars see our intentions, they will not dare to move easily. If they do, it is better. We will attack slowly and contain them.

It’s only two hundred miles from Hetuala to Benxi, and only two hundred and fifty miles to Liaoyang. We can reach our destination in five days at most. In this way, we will send troops to Liaoyang in four days. Fortunately, you can take it now

Two hundred cavalry returned to Xialu River, led the fleet away, and rushed back to Pidao as quickly as possible. Then they mobilized another three thousand troops, plus the two thousand people on the boat, a total of five thousand, from the Bohai Sea to the Liaohe River, and then transferred

Road to Taizi River and go directly to Liaoyang. Give me some time, start counting from today, and reach Liaoyang on the ninth day. It cannot be too early or too late."

"My child obeys your orders." Shang Kexi replied loudly.

"Zhongming, there are still four days before departure. Don't be idle during these four days. Didn't you just say that the Tatars will also come to our hinterland of the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot? We will kill and injure their houses in these four days.

, there is no need to keep any prisoners, kill everyone on sight. All the Jurchens in the surrounding area have run away." Mao Wenlong ordered again.

"My child obeys!" Geng Zhongming was also easy to kill. Hearing his adoptive father's arrangement, he was very excited.

Next, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming acted separately. Shang Kexi rested for a night, and set off with 200 cavalry early the next morning, rushing back to Xialuhe. Don't think it took so many days, but it was a cavalryman who went back lightly and traveled very quickly.

Quickly, in less than three days, we arrived at Xialu River. We signaled the fleet to dock, took out Mao Shuai's order, and then boarded the ship to go to sea and return to Phi Island. After another two days, we arrived at Phi Island. Shang Kexi mobilized

Three thousand men and horses then entered the Liaohe River from the mouth of Bohai Sea.

After entering the Liaohe River, it was already the sixth day. With the speed of their boat, they would reach the Taizi River in two more days. After another day, it would be the ninth day before they could reach Liaoyang. I have to say,

Mao Wenlong had been the island owner of Pi Island for so many years in vain. He was well versed in water marching and calculated the time. It was just right.

On the other side, Geng Zhongming was enjoying his time. There were many villages and towns where many girls lived dozens of miles away from the city of Hetuala. Do you have to be polite? When the Ming army arrived there, they slaughtered them to their heart's content.

In the past, the Tatars massacred the Han people, but today it was finally reversed. The Han people massacred the Tatars to their heart's content. Originally, Dorgon did not expect that Mao Wenlong would be so unreasonable and unreasonable. He thought that Mao Wenlong would send troops to appease the people.

They only asked people to notify the tribesmen and hide in villages and towns dozens of miles away for a few days. It turned out to be a good thing, as all of them were found by the Ming army.

The Jurchens living in Hetuala, most of whom were Jianzhou Jurchens, were killed by the Ming army in tens of thousands. It doesn’t matter whether you are old, weak, women or children, you will all be killed. When you kill our people, you should have thought of such a day.

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After four days of killing, in addition to killing tens of thousands of Tatars, they also robbed many cattle, sheep, horses, and property. Mao Wenlong ordered those who could be taken away to be taken away, and those who could not be taken away were set on fire. On the fifth day

Above, the army set off and headed straight for Liaoyang.

They dispatched troops on the same day as Xiong Tingbi, and they only traveled a day. The news of their dispatch was sent to Shengjing by Tatar reconnaissance cavalry. Of course, the news of their massacre of the Jurchen people was also reported to Shengjing two days ago.

Delivered.

Naturally, Dorgon and others were very angry about the death of their own people, Daishan, and others. Hauge, in particular, did not forget to hit Dorgon a few words, saying that if he was allowed to lead troops to reinforce, how could such a thing happen. Now.

What should we do? You said Mao Wenlong would attack Fushun, but he didn't go that way at all, but went to Liaoyang. You decide whether to stop him this time, I don't care.

To be honest, Dorgon was very troubled by the fact that Mao Wenlong did not attack Fushun and went to Liaoyang instead. Liaoyang is not as good as Fushun, and it is not the rear of the Jurchens. If Fushun is located, even if it is temporarily occupied by Mao Wenlong, when Xiong Tingbi is eliminated,

They can still send out troops to trap you to death. With food and grass inside and reinforcements outside, it is a place waiting to die. But Liaoyang is different. Liaoyang belongs to the front line, and there is the Taizi River outside the east gate, and Mao Wenlong has a navy.

If you don't survive that day, you can also escape by water. If Mao Wenlong is allowed to hold Liaoyang again, the Ming army's defense line will be able to advance, which will be very disadvantageous.

It is too dangerous to send troops to stop Mao Wenlong now, because on this day, Xiong Tingbi sent troops to Jinzhou, with an army of 60,000, and the momentum was huge, and they had the potential to capture Shengjing in one fell swoop. The Jurchen troops now have two white flags with a red flag

, twelve Niu Lu with the red flag, and sixteen Niu Lu with the yellow flag. The total number of troops and horses can be more than 30,000. If we divide the troops into two groups to fight, they will all be eaten. Dorgon thought

After waiting for a long time, he finally said: "Let's wait and see what happens. Look at Xiong Tingbi and Mao Wenlong's troops. Whoever comes within the attack range first will be killed first."
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