On the sixth day of July, Xiong Tingbi captured Fushun, and his army approached Sarhu City.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Sun Chuanting led his troops to attack Puhe Suo.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, Qin Bangping captured Hetuala. More than 22,000 Jianqiu, old and weak, were killed. The Ming army captured the city, which the Jianqiu called "Xingjing".

On the eighth day of July, Sarhu was defeated by the Ming army, and Ma'erdun Village and Gule Village in the south were defeated one after another. Hong Chengchou and Xiong Tingbi joined forces to besiege Jiefan City.

On the tenth day of July, Sun Chuanting and Manchu Gui joined forces to capture Pinglu Fort and Jingyuan Fort, less than a hundred miles away from Tieling...

"Hetuala and Pinglu Fort have been captured. If Tieling, Kaiyuan, Jiefan City and other places are captured again, the entire territory of Liaodong will be recovered."

On July 12, in the Governor's Mansion of Liaoyang City, Zhu Youjian was holding a cup of tribute tea and sipping it carefully. In the other hand, he was holding a brochure sent by Qin Bangping, and sitting in front of him was a

Somewhat restrained officials.

Looking at the book in his hand, Zhu Youjian still smiled when he learned that more than 20,000 old and weak people were killed in Jianlu. Even though he knew that these people were of little use to Hou Jin, Zhu Youjian still smiled.

The killing of more than 20,000 old and weak people will be the biggest blow to Nurhachi's authority.

Now that Hetuala has been slaughtered, one person is needed to guard it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian suddenly raised his head, looked at the official in front of him and said:

"Lu Xiangsheng, if I transfer you to Hetuala, would you be willing?"

Faced with Zhu Youjian's question, the fledgling Lu Xiangsheng did not answer immediately, but continued:

"Although the Jianlu suffered heavy losses and the old, weak, women and children were slaughtered, they took away the craftsmen and people, and burned the rice fields of Hetuala."

"If His Highness wants to transfer a subordinate to Hetuala, he is willing to go, but he needs to ask His Highness to move enough people and station a large army in Hetuala."

Lu Xiangsheng was very courageous. Under such circumstances, as a prefect of Liaoyang, he made demands to Zhu Youjian, the king of Qi. However, Zhu Youjian was not angry, but changed his tune:

"You are from the south of the Yangtze River. It's not good to be too close to the capital. I know that you don't want to be associated with other parties, so I sent you to Hetuala."

"With the more than 100,000 acres of land cultivated by local old slaves in Hetuala, it will not be a problem to feed 50,000 people and 10,000 troops."

"I will move 50,000 people alone, transfer three battalions of Liao soldiers, and then set up Hetuala as Jianzhou County and garrison the third battalion of Jianzhou. How about you serve as the deputy envoy to Liaodong?"

The position of Inspector and Deputy Envoy of Liaodong is a fourth-rank official position, yet Lu Xiangsheng jumped two ranks in less than a year after serving as the prefect of Liaoyang. This cannot be justified.

Lu Xiangsheng himself understood this truth, but he also understood that as long as Zhu Youjian thought about it, he could be promoted.

In the final analysis, Zhu Youjian has the final say on how to write the story of the Battle of Fu Liao and how to divide the military merits.

Zhu Youjian said that he had made a meritorious service in this battle, which was a meritorious service.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a few seconds and then said:

"If we prepare troops here, I will definitely live up to Your Highness!"

"Then you get ready. In addition, I will disappear from Lu Qin and tell him that the merits and demerits of this battle are equal to each other." Zhu Youjian stood up immediately and had no intention of staying in Liaoyang.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Zhu Youjian getting up, he also got up and prepared to send him out of the city.

The two walked out of the Yamen and immediately saw Lu Qin and the others standing at the door of the Yamen.

"Your Highness, this general deserves death..."

When Lu Qin saw Zhu Youjian, he immediately knelt down on one knee with Wang Chong, whose head was wrapped in white cloth, but Zhu Youjian said calmly:

"In the case of the Weining fort, although you have a problem with its defense, Hong Chengchou investigated it after he defeated the Weining fort. Your troops killed Jianlu and Liao merchants, and there were many northern captives, so the merits and demerits are equal to each other."

"After the Fu Liao War, your troops were dispatched by Wang Chong and followed Lu Xiangsheng to Hetuala. You were allowed to take three months' leave. Three months later, you rushed to Datong Prefecture in Shanxi Province to control the eight battalions of soldiers and horses in Datong Prefecture to resist Tumo.

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"General...I'm ashamed..." Lu Qin hesitated to speak, and in the end he could only sigh and feel ashamed.

When the Datong Prefecture was mobilized to control the eight battalions of soldiers and horses, it was said that the merits and demerits were balanced, but in fact some of the credit was given to Lu Qin.

If the past attitudes of the six ministries and the cabinet were followed, Lu Qin would probably be beaten to the end.

"Wang Chong, you are the commander-in-chief of Jianzhou, and you are in charge of the three battalions of Jianzhou. In the future, you will be under the supervision of Lu, deputy envoy to inspect and control."

Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chong, whose face was tied with thick gauze, and his tone became softer.

"General, I obey." Wang Chong agreed immediately, but his tone was a little surprised, probably because he did not expect that he would be promoted.

Zhu Youjian didn't say much. After nodding to the two of them, he took Lu Wenzhao and others who had been waiting at the door for a long time and set off towards Shenyang.

Lu Xiangsheng and his party traveled ten miles out of the city, then bowed on horseback to show respect, and then rode back to the city.

As for Zhu Youjian, he was riding his horse towards Shenyang while constantly thinking about the gains and losses of this battle.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered 30,000 casualties, while the Jin army lost nearly 40,000. The number of Zhen captives killed in battle has so far exceeded 30,000, and the Ming army's death toll has reached 22,000.

From this point of view, the battle losses between the Ming army and Zhenlu were close to 1:1.4, and the Ming army was slightly better.

This naturally does not mean that the current Ming army can easily defeat the Jin army, but it illustrates the importance of artillery, cavalry and infantry guns.

If there were no cavalry guns and more than 4,000 five-pound cannons and ten-pound cannons in this battle, the Ming army would definitely have suffered more casualties than the Jin army, and much more.

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with the casualties on both sides. His only regret was that he could not keep Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

Because Nurhachi was under shelling and it was too dark when Huang Taiji was shot, the Ming army had no idea that Nurhaci and Huang Taiji had their legs broken and others injured by an unknown gunner.

However, judging from the current loss of Houjin, even if Huang Taiji's personal ability is outstanding, it is nothing more than a skin problem for Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's mood improved, but he didn't know that Jin Jun's side had become a mess.

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Huifa City, once the capital of the Haixi Jurchen Huifa Tribe, has now become the temporary capital of the Jin Kingdom.

Some seriously injured soldiers and horses gathered in the city to recuperate. After a big battle, the Jin army's casualties were far more than the Ming army had estimated.

Of the 40,000 horse infantry who entered the Liao Dynasty, less than 13,000 successfully broke through, and the remaining thousands were missing, probably dead somewhere unknown.

But if they break through the siege of 13,000, the Jin army can only be said to have suffered injuries, not to the extent of breaking an arm.

The problem is that on the way to Huifa City, more than a thousand real prisoners died of their injuries, and there were more than 2,000 disabled people.

In other words, the Jin army actually lost 30,000 soldiers and horses in the first battle when they entered the Liao Dynasty, and they were all young and middle-aged men.

The death and disability of these people in battle was a huge blow to the Kingdom of Jin, and the bigger blow than this was Nurhachi himself.

"The profuse sweat has injured my leg. I'm afraid I won't be able to get off the ground for a year. Even if I get off the ground, I'm afraid..."

In the temporary palace of Nurhaci in Huifa City, a Liao doctor, sweating profusely, spoke in front of Mang Gurtai, Degelei, Hu Erhan, and Daishan who hurriedly came from Tieling.

Nurhachi on the hospital bed was much better than when he first broke out of the siege. Although he could not move or sit up, he could at least think normally and issue instructions.

"Please step back."

After watching the doctor finish speaking, Nurhachi frowned and asked him to step back. He understood that he would probably have to use a crutch for the rest of his life, and even if he was lying on the bed, no one would dare to disobey his order.

The doctor retreated, and after he retreated, Nurhaci spoke:

"Tell me about the situation..."

"Khan Ama, the Ming army is attacking Jiefan City and Yilu Station at the gate of Tieling. My second brother is urging the strong men in Tieling and Kaiyuan to harvest grain."

Mang Gurtai showed his courtesy, fearing that he would be accused of leading troops to support Hetuala.

He had his own little thoughts, but Nurhachi could also see it and didn't expose it. He only knew it with a slight chin.

He set his eyes on Daishan, with a slight look of displeasure on his face.

The reason is very simple. The person he wants to supervise the country is actually Huang Taiji, not Daishan.

It's just that Huang Taiji was injured in the battle and could only lie in bed so far, so he asked Dai Shan to supervise the country.

As for Daishan, when he saw the look in his own Khan's eyes, he immediately stepped forward and said:

"The Ming army captured Hetuala, but they did not continue to advance. I estimate that this time the Ming army only wanted to capture Hetuala and Jiefan City, and then it would be enough to seize Tieling and Kaiyuan within the Great Wall."

"But even so, the distance from Kaiyuan to Wuyewei is only more than 600 miles, and without Hetuala, there won't be much iron ore for us to mine and train weapons."

"I suggest restoring Ciluwei and building it into the new capital. There are iron mines on the east side of Ciluwei, the terrain is gentle, and there are more than 10,000 acres of cultivated land in the area."

"The most important thing is that Ciluwei is far enough away from the Ming court, 800 miles away, that the Ming army's population in Liaodong is not enough to launch a large-scale expedition!"

"In addition, after taking down Ciluwei, we are close to the Horqin tribe. At the same time that we fought with the Ming army this time, Hutu Dun from the Chahar tribe sent troops to attack the Horqin tribe. If we don't make a statement, the Horqin tribe may fall.

To the tiger and the rabbit."

"In addition, the Cilu Guards and the Wuyewei Guards are connected in a line. When we advance, we can go forward and the Wuyewei Guards attack Liaodong. When we retreat, we can retreat to the grasslands or Saliwei Guards. It is all good for us."

Lin Danhan attacked Horqin, and most people in the palace had just learned about it.

They still don't know that Lin Danhan sent troops because he received information and inducements from Zhu Youjian, but even if they knew, they probably wouldn't be able to respond.

But it has to be said that Daishan's idea is very constructive. First of all, the Jin army has suffered heavy losses. The Ming army has stationed another 300,000 troops in Liaodong. It cannot be defeated from the front. Only when the Ming army withdraws can they possibly invade Liaodong.

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Of course, more importantly, the Ming army's artillery...

"The artillery of the Ming army is much more powerful than before, and there are too many of them. We must pay attention to the artillery, and even imitate it."

Dai Shan emphasized this sentence, but the imitation of artillery is not that simple.

If the artillery was easy to imitate, then the Jin army would not have been suppressed by the Ming army's artillery.
To be continued...