Chapter 199 Those who obey me will prosper (Part 2)
How did things come to this?
On the wall of the northern city of Hetuala, Nurhaci stood facing the wind, repeating this question in his mind.
Defeat Li Chengliang, break the myth of Uncle Li's invincibility, and establish a legendary image for himself among the Jurchen tribes in the future. This is the main reason why Nurhachi launched the "Night of Hetuala" regardless of his "personal friendship" with Li Chengliang.
reason.
Nurhaci knew the dangers of this approach, and it was not that he had not thought of a way out. According to Nurhaci's previous thoughts, the Ming Dynasty was now very unwilling to spend energy outside Chahar. This is why the Ming Dynasty did not pursue the Tumen after the Battle of Northern Liaoning.
He could see this without actually punishing those who colluded with Tumen, so he withdrew his troops and returned south, wiping out the Zhechen tribe on the way.
As expected, Ming Dynasty was indifferent to his effort to destroy the Zhechen tribe, as if he didn't know such a thing at all. Obviously, this greatly encouraged Nurhaci, so he immediately remembered the previous incident with Dong E's tribe.
The enemy of the arrow turned around and attacked Dong E's tribe again.
However, something unexpected happened this time. It was clear that they had only captured a small city in Dong'e's tribe, but Ming Dynasty immediately came to attack. Uncle Li even personally led the troops and mobilized four armies to carry out encirclement and suppression. Looking at the posture, it seemed that he was regarded as the former leader.
Wang Wutang, Wang Gaobang.
But as soon as Li Chengliang sent troops, Nurhaci discovered something was wrong. He discovered that Li Chengliang was obviously planning to sell Ma Chengxun from the North Road. Nurhaci, who knew the elegant meaning of the string song after hearing it, did not hesitate to choose to ambush Ma Chengxun, but the result was not too good.
From the perspective of battle losses, Jianzhou Zuowei lost money. Fortunately, he still completed one of his goals, curbing the speed of Ma Chengxun's advance, which delayed him a lot of time.
Nurhachi then asked Li Chengliang to surrender as planned. However, when Li Chengliang agreed too readily, Nurhachi suddenly regretted it, because he saw one thing from Li Chengliang's attitude: Uncle Li did not want to fight this war at all.
At this time, Nurhaci made a mistake in strategic judgment. He mistook Li Chengliang's mentality for the mentality of the entire Ming Dynasty, and mistakenly believed that the Ming Dynasty's battle itself was just to scare him, and he had no real intention to fight. According to the consistent style of the Ming Dynasty
Generally speaking, there are not many reasons why it doesn't want to fight. The most likely reason at this time is that Ming Dynasty has no spare power.
During this year, the Ming Dynasty first put down a rather large-scale rebellion in the northwest, and then was forced to help Ye He resist Chahar's invasion and fight a battle in northern Liaoning.
Judging from the court newspapers learned by Liaodong, the center of the Ming court is currently troubled by financial constraints. Gao Situ, who forced himself to retreat honestly with a letter, is now in the eye of the financial crisis.
There should be no spare time to interfere in Liaodong's affairs.
At this point, Nurhachi decided to do nothing but defeat Li Chengliang to establish his heroic status in the eyes of the Jurchens, and then contact Cao Yu to accept "recruitment" again.
He thought that Cao Yu would accept his surrender because Cao Yu and Uncle Li were on different paths. If Uncle Li succeeded in doing something that failed, then he would not be looked upon favorably by the court and would become Uncle Li's subordinate in the near future.
Replacement?
However, when the three armies of the Ming Army were getting closer and closer, and the envoy Nurhachi sent to ask for Cao Yu's surrender was driven back, he realized that his idea might be too wishful thinking - Cao Yu didn't give him any face, saying that unless
The Jianzhou Left Guards "dismounted their troops and laid down on the roadside to wait for the court's disposal", otherwise he would not consider accepting any surrender.
Naturally, Nurhachi could not agree to this condition. After all, if he agreed to this, it would be completely for people to fight for the sake of others, and there would be no room for resistance. If Cao Yu gives an order to kill prisoners at that time, Jianzhou Zuowei has accumulated a lot of money over the past few years.
All his belongings will be reduced to nothing in an instant, and I am afraid there will be no chance to turn around in the future - you must know that Li Chengliang did not ask him to disarm his entire army before.
At present, Cao Yuan is only about a day away from Hetuala, Yang Yuan is about two days away, and Ma Chengxun...he was the first to arrive and set up camp on the north bank of Su Kesu River.
Standing on the wall of the northern city of Hetuala, Nurhachi could vaguely see Ma Chengxun's camp built against the mountain. The two tall wooden watchtowers were flickering with dim firelight, as the soldiers in the towers were keeping warm.
Even the cavalry units of the Ming army are now equipped with specialized engineers. Thanks to the rich production of carpenters in the Ming Dynasty, although the proportion of engineers in Ma Chengxun's department is much lower than that of the Imperial Guard, it is enough to quickly build watchtowers and stables when going on an expedition.
, Luchai and other temporary facilities.
Nurhachi looked at it with a gloomy face for a while, and suddenly let out a long sigh. A short and sturdy man next to him saw him, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Ah Hun, let's fight to the death, it's no big deal. Uncle Li doesn't care.
We were defeated by Ahun, let alone people like Cao Yun?"
Nurhachi turned his head slightly, glanced at him, and said: "Mulhaqi, if the Ming Emperor withdraws my commander, you can follow Shuerhaqi from now on. He is also a capable person, and he will definitely be able to make people
Let’s establish a state and reunify it.”
Mulhaqi's eyes widened: "What do you mean by Ahun's words? I, Mulhaqi, have only listened to your words since I was a child. Shuerhaqi...even if I have some abilities, how can I compare with Ahun?"
If it hadn't been for Ahun and your control over the past few years, fighting in both the south and the north, how could our Jianzhou Left Guard have the power it has today? Even Uncle Li almost lost his life in Hetuala!"
Nurhachi shook his head and said: "Forget about the past, I'm afraid I made a mistake this time. The emperor in Yanjing City is very young and energetic. I'm afraid that my defeat of Uncle Li this time will make the emperor feel that he has lost face and has to do whatever it takes."
Come and take my life."
Mulhaqi was furious: "Since Nikan wants to fight, then fight with them to the end! Nikan only has more than 10,000 soldiers now, which is less than twice as many as us. Let's defend the city..."
Nurhaci waved his hand: "The Han people's military book says: Ten means to encircle it, five means to attack it, and if it is doubled, it is divided. But the 'ten' in 'ten means to encircle' and the 'five means to attack' are not necessarily the same.
Real numbers. I read that the meaning of the military book should be that if the force is sufficient, surround me and attack me. Now you look at the Ming army and think that it does not have enough troops to surround me and attack me. In fact, it is not the case."
Mulhaqi was stunned: "Why is it 'otherwise'?"
Nurhachi sighed and said: "Let me ask you first, his three armies have already pressed into our old village. If we send troops to attack one of his armies, are we sure we can win?"
Mulhaqi said: "If the other two routes of rescue fail, I think it is safe."
"Humph, really?" Nurhachi raised his lips in the direction of Ma Chengxun's camp and said, "I ambushed Ma Chengxun before, and he was unprepared. What was the result? Was he captured?"
"Uh..." Mulhaqi scratched his head and said: "There are many elite soldiers of the Ma family among Ma Chengxun's elite cavalry. I heard Anfei Yanggu say later that when he fought with us, he was
The person in front happens to be Da Bing, this one... is naturally a little more difficult to fight."
He paused and then said: "Even if Ma Chengxun's troops are more difficult to fight..."
Nurhachi interrupted: "Isn't it difficult to fight Cao Yu's side? The Qi family's army is famous all over the world for its good defense. We can't even take down Ma Chengxun, so why are we going to touch the Qi family's army?"
"We can go and fight Yang Yuan!" Mulhaqi said with wide eyes: "Uncle Li has been defeated. Yang Yuan is just a pawn under his command. Are we afraid that we can't win?"
"Uncle Li, we outmaneuvered the cavalry without horses, so we were able to defeat them. But Yang Yuan's side had well-prepared infantry. He didn't need any ingenious strategies, he only needed to be prepared.
If you obey the rules, won't Cao Yun and Ma Chengxun rescue him?"
Mulhaqi was a little discouraged, but still said: "Then we will defend. Hetuala built the city with its back to the water. Ma Chengxun in the north and Cao Yu in the west cannot attack on the ice. We only need to defend the east and south sides.
Delay them for several months. Since the Ming Dynasty is short of money, this battle will definitely not last long."
"Ma Chengxun is still in the north. That's just because Cao Yun and Yang Yuan haven't arrived yet. When they all arrive, I bet they will all gather to the east and south. By then, the Ming army will have hundreds of powerful soldiers.
The general fires his artillery, tell me how to defend it?"
Mulhaqi was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily and helplessly: "These Nikans have no ability at all. They only rely on these crooked ways to win. They cannot be called warriors."
Nurhachi suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him, with a thoughtful look on his face. Mulhaqi was a little surprised and whispered: "What's the matter, Ahun?"
Nurhachi did not answer immediately, but thought carefully for a while, and then slowly said: "I heard that the Ming troops under Gao Situ's command have a habit of gathering generals and artillery together..."
Mulhaqi was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Ahun means that you can take advantage of their unpreparedness and sneak attack on the artillery camp where they are gathered together?"
Nurha Chidao: "This is just the best situation. Cao Yu is very cautious now. I always feel that he will not be caught by us in any way."
"Then... a forceful attack?" Mulhaqi frowned slightly and said: "A strong attack is not impossible, but it depends on whether they arrange the artillery camp far away. If it is far away, they will still have elite infantry in front.
, then it will be very difficult for us to hit their artillery camp. Even if we barely manage to kill it, it will probably be difficult to destroy it. As for robbing it, it will be even more difficult."
Nurhachi nodded, but it was obvious that he did not give up thinking, but considered carefully and paced back and forth on the city wall.
After a while, Nurhaci suddenly spoke, either talking to himself or analyzing for Mulhaqi: "It is useless to stick to the old village. If Cao Yun does not agree to appease us, and we are not willing to sit back and wait for death, then
The only way to survive is to fight to the death. But fighting to the death also has its merits. Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, a forceful fight is tantamount to hitting an egg with a stone. Only by taking the artillery battalion that poses the greatest threat to me and defeating it by surprise can we have a chance of victory.
But with Cao Yun's caution, these artillery battalions must be guarded by infantry. Although our Jianzhou warriors are brave, they are still made of flesh and blood. It is impossible to defeat the infantry first and then the artillery battalion. Therefore, we must find a way around it.
Pass these infantry and attack the enemy's artillery camp from the flank, or you have to find a way to mobilize these infantry..."
Mulhaqi scratched his head and said: "This method seems not very easy to think of."
Nurhachi thought for a while, then suddenly his face changed, his two small eyes turned, and he said slowly: "I have thought of a way, but I don't know... whether to agree or not." There was a name at the end of his sentence.
It was said very vaguely, and Mulhaqi obviously didn't hear it clearly.
Mulhaqi couldn't help but ask: "Who will agree or not?"
Nurhaci was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Who else could it be? Of course it's my good brother - Shuerhaqi."
Mulhaqi was startled when he heard this and said hesitantly: "Er Beile? What does Ahun intend to ask him to do?"
"Let him..." Nurhaci narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "Rebellion on the battlefield, open the city gate, and surrender to the Ming army."
Mulhaqi's eyes almost popped out of his head: "Let him rebel and surrender before the battle? This... what is going on?"
But Nurhaci did not explain. Instead, he made up his mind in an instant and said, "Let's go. I'll go find him and talk to him."
Mulhaqi stretched out his hand to stop him, but unfortunately Nurhaci walked too fast and Mulhaqi didn't stop him.
Nurhachi went directly to Shuerhaqi's camp - Shuerhaqi did not live at home recently, but lived directly in the military camp. He said he was ready to listen to Ahun's orders at any time, but Nurhaci always suspected that he was just worried about himself.
Suddenly his military power was taken away, so he simply lived in the camp to avoid changes.
Shuerhaqi heard in the camp that his elder brother was coming. He was surprised at first. After asking about the situation, he found out that Nurhaci only brought a few accompanying guards, and then he felt relieved and went out to greet him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Nurhaci did not say any polite words. As soon as he saw Shuerhaqi, he said that he had military affairs to discuss and asked him to choose a quiet place to talk.
Shuerhaqi himself is also a brave general, and he is currently in his own camp. He is not afraid of his elder brother's conspiracy. He immediately takes him to his tent, and then sends all his men out, leaving only himself and Nurhaci face to face.
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Nurhaci didn't bother to see how he arranged it. After everyone left, he said to Shuerhaqi: "Dou, have you heard about the rumors outside?"
Shuerhaqi's eyes flashed, and he nodded: "I heard it, it must be a counter-intentional plan."
Nurhachi laughed: "Yes, it's a counter-intentional plan. You understand it, so I feel relieved."
Shuerhaqi also smiled and said: "Don't worry, Ah Hun. This foundation was created by Ah Hun. If Ming people want to sow discord between us, that is just a daydream."
"It wasn't me who made it, it was us two brothers who made it together." Nurhachi smiled and patted Shuerhaqi on the shoulder, saying: "When I die in the future, only you can inherit this legacy."
Shuerhaqi's expression changed and he said sternly: "What Ah Hun said is wrong. Not to mention that Ah Hun is not much older than me. Even if there is an eventuality, this inheritance belongs to Chu Ying. How can I inherit it? That's not right.
wrong."
Nurhachi shook his head and said: "If I live longer, you can't say that your words are completely unreasonable, but it's hard to say how long I can live now. As long as this inheritance is not destroyed, only you can inherit it... Chu Yingcai
How old is he and what can he inherit?”
Shuerhaqi said seriously: "If this is the case, I will also assist Chu Ying to protect this foundation for Ahun."
Nurhaci glanced at him and suddenly smiled: "Let's not talk about it for now. Although our current situation is critical, there is no need to be so pessimistic. I have a plan that may turn defeat into victory."
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