The news that Tuoba Tao annihilated the Qin army's vanguard, beheaded Li Gan and several other Qin generals, and escaped unharmed at the hands of Wei Qing was quickly spread back to the rear, and this was naturally what Nurhaci deliberately promoted.
Subsequently, Nurhachi directly named Tuoba Tao the title of Champion and General of the Southern Expedition, with a bounty of 100,000 yuan and 10,000 acres of land. He also named Nian Deli, who also made a great success, the title of Wuyong Hou and the Heroic Cavalry Lieutenant General, with a bounty of 100,000 yuan and 30,000 acres of land.
Thousands of acres.
Although Tuoba Tao and Nian Deli have made great contributions, they will never reach the point where they can reach the sky in one step and be directly granted the title of marquis. However, the current situation is indeed a bit special.
Since the Qin Dynasty turned from defense to offense, the Qing army has been passively beaten, and has basically never taken any advantage. With the fall of Lulongsai, the retreat was cut off, and the morale of the Qing army plummeted, and there was basically no victory in sight.
of hope.
At this time, the Qing army had already reached the edge of the cliff. Half a step back was an abyss, but there was also endless darkness ahead, and despair and confusion filled the hearts of all the soldiers.
Just when the Qing army was about to fall into the abyss, Tuoba Tao won the first and only major victory since the Qin Dynasty started the war, which also rekindled the Qing army's hope.
It is extremely difficult and very weak to give birth to hope in despair. Naturally, Nurhachi must try his best to protect it and let it start a prairie fire.
It is precisely because of this that Nurhaci promoted the two men out of the ordinary, and through generous rewards and publicity, they were packaged as heroes and banners of the Qing Dynasty, thereby re-stimulating the morale of the Qing army.
Since they were to be made into heroes, Nurhachi naturally ignored Tuoba Tao's decision to abandon the second battalion without a fight even for a day.
If a hero flees without fighting, can that be called fleeing without fighting? That is called strategic giving up, otherwise there will be no subsequent victory.
Moreover, although Tuoba Tao did not defend the second battalion, he did retain the living strength. The defensive power of the third battalion will be greatly improved as a result, which can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
It has to be said that Nurhaci still has a few brushes. Originally, the Qing army had no way out, but Nurhachi's actions now gave him a little room for maneuver, which was equivalent to opening up a way for the Qing army to come out.
The power of examples is infinite. As long as the two flags of Tuoba Tao and Nian Deli do not fall, the soldiers of the Qing army will believe that the Qing Dynasty will never be defeated.
Of course, this road is still extremely difficult and full of thorns, but it is better than having no way to go.
Under Nurhachi's vigorous propaganda, the Qing troops in Youbeiping soon knew about this, which made the entire Qing army extremely excited. The continuous decline in morale finally stopped, and it rebounded to a certain extent.
Nurhaci was naturally overjoyed about this, and then he opened the second bomb, releasing the news that Yinzhen had convinced the Japanese emperor and that the Japanese navy was about to arrive.
If Tuoba Tao's first major victory since the beginning of the war only inspired the entire Manchu and Qing army, then the news of the Japanese navy's arrival to the rescue made the entire Manchu and Qing army excited.
Not to mention that Tuoba Tao only defeated 5,000 Qin troops, that is, 50,000. The situation of the Qing army will not change in any way, but it will be different when the Japanese navy comes to help.
If the Japanese navy arrives, the Qin army's coastal defense blockade of Liaodong will be broken. At that time, the grain and grass in the rear can be transported to Youbeiping by sea, and there will be no need to worry about food shortages.
After the second bomb, Nurhachi struck with the third bomb while the iron was hot, releasing the news that Huang Taiji was about to capture Lulongsai.
Of course, this was the only false news among the three. Nurhachi didn't know whether Huang Taiji could recapture Lulong in time, but he had to say this in order to stabilize the morale of the army.
Under Nurhachi's operation, the Qing army seemed to have suddenly turned a corner. The good news one after another quickly restored the Qing army's morale and combat effectiveness, and finally gained the capital to compete with the Qin army.
Under Nurhachi's deliberate encouragement, Tuoba Tao and Nian Deli have become a banner of resistance against Qin. But if others don't know, Nurhaci doesn't know. There was too much water in that great victory, and the transport ingredients were relatively large. If Qin
If Jun is serious, the two of them alone cannot stop him.
In order to ensure that the two flags would not fall, Nurhachi decided to increase the strength of the two men, so he ordered Duduo to lead Yang Dayan, Yuan Ying, Xing Luan and other generals, as well as 5,000 elite Eight Banners troops to serve under Tuoba Tao to ensure that the Qin Dynasty
The army was unable to break through the Yanshan Mountains.
After the order was issued, Nurhaci was worried that his son, Duduo, would use his status as a prince to usurp Tuoba Tao's command, so he asked Wanyan Honglie to replace Duduo.
After Duduo learned about it, he was extremely dissatisfied. As a military general, he naturally did not want to stay in the rear, so he took the initiative to ask Nurhaci to fight, asking to go to the front line with Wanyan Honglie to help, and repeatedly promised that Tuoba Tao would be the leader.
Nurhachi knew his son's character, and saw that he had spoken to this extent, so he felt relieved and agreed to Duduo to go to the front line. After all, the prince's presence on the front line was equivalent to the emperor's personal visit, which could stimulate the morale of the soldiers and their determination to fight to the death.
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In order to defend the Yanshan Mountains, Nurhaci used all kinds of methods except taking action personally.
At the same time, Qin Hao also made further arrangements to open up the Yanshan Mountains.
When the war just started, the Qin Army's strength advantage was still obvious. However, with the step-by-step strategy, when only the last three battalions were left to cross Yanshan, the Qin Army's strength advantage disappeared.
The Yanshan Mountains can accommodate more than 300,000 Qin troops. It is impossible for Qin Hao to bring all the troops into the mountains. If Nurhachi comes and burns Yanshan, he will be overturned.
The Qin army could not deploy its forces, and the Qing army was in the same situation. After all, Yanshan was such a big area that it could not contain the Qin army, so naturally it could not contain the Qing army.
The current situation of the Qin army is that Bai Qi, Xue Rengui, and Wei Qing lead an army of about 100,000, including 80,000 reorganized troops and 20,000 main troops, and attack the last ten battalions regardless of casualties.
For the Qing army, Tuoba Gui's chief generals, Jin Wushu, Tuoba Tao, etc. would be the garrison generals of each battalion, leading 40,000 Qing troops to defend the last ten battalions.
Although the Qing army still has ten battalions to defend, the Qin army only needs to defeat five battalions to directly penetrate the Yanshan Mountains. Therefore, these five battalions are the core of the war between the two countries, and two-fifths of them have been captured by the Qin army so far.
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Bai Qi restrained Tuoba Gui's troops, Xue Rengui restrained Jin Wushu, and Wei Qing was the main force in the attack, and the main force was responsible for opening the Yanshan Pass.
As for the other hundreds of thousands of troops from the two countries, they were blocked by the Yanshan Mountains and were stationed on the east and west sides to watch the battle.
Due to the terrain restrictions of Yanshan Mountain, 200,000 Qin troops and 100,000 Qing troops were reduced to melon-eaters. They could only wait for Wei Qing to open the Yanshan Pass, or for Tuoba Gui to defend Huang Taiji and recapture Lulong fortress.