Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1431 Those Who Follow Us Prosper (Part [-])
How did things get to this point?

On the wall of the northern city of Hetuala, Nurhachi stood facing the wind, repeating this question in his heart.

Defeating Li Chengliang, breaking the myth of Uncle Li's invincibility, and establishing a legendary image among the Jurchen ministries in the future is the main reason why Nurhachi launched the "Hetu Allah Night" regardless of his "personal friendship" with Li Chengliang. reason.

Nurhachi knew the danger of this approach, and it's not that he didn't think of a way out.According to Nurhachi's previous thinking, Da Ming is very unwilling to spend his energy outside of Chahar now. This can be seen from the fact that Da Ming did not pursue Tumen after the Liaobei War, and did not actually punish himself for colluding with Tumen. , So when he retreated to the south, he wiped out the Zhechen tribe halfway.

As a result, it was no surprise that Da Ming was indifferent to his destruction of the Zhe Chen Department, as if he didn't know such a thing at all.Obviously, Nurhachi was greatly encouraged by this, so he immediately remembered the revenge he had with Dong E's tribe, and turned around to fight Dong E's tribe again.

However, this time there was an accident. Obviously, it was only a small town in the Dong'e tribe, but Daming immediately came to crusade, and even led the army by Uncle Li himself, mobilizing the four-way army to encircle and suppress.Looking at that posture, it seems that he is regarded as Wang Wutang and Wang Gao back then.

But as soon as Li Chengliang sent troops, Nurhachi noticed something was wrong. He found that Li Chengliang obviously planned to sell Ma Chengxun from North Road.Nurhachi, who knew the elegance of the string song, chose to ambush Ma Chengxun without hesitation, but the result was not very good. From the perspective of war damage, the left guard of Jianzhou lost his money.Fortunately, he still accomplished one of his goals, restraining Ma Chengxun's marching speed, which delayed him a lot of time.

Nurhachi then asked Li Chengliang to surrender as planned, but when Li Chengliang agreed too happily, Nurhachi suddenly regretted it, because he could see one thing from Li Chengliang's attitude: Uncle Li didn't want to fight this battle at all.

At this time, Nurhachi made a mistake in his strategic judgment. He took Li Chengliang's mentality as the mentality of the entire Ming Dynasty, and mistakenly thought that the battle itself was just to scare him with a stance, and he had no real plan to fight at all.According to Da Ming's consistent style, there are not many reasons why it doesn't want to fight. The most likely thing at this time is that Da Ming has no spare power.

During this year, Daming first quelled a fairly large-scale rebellion in the Northwest, and then was forced to help Yehe resist Chahar's aggression and fought a battle in northern Liaoning.

Judging from the imperial palace newspaper that Liaodong learned, the center of the Ming court is now troubled by financial constraints.Gao Situ, who forced himself to retreat with a single letter, is now in the eye of the financial crisis, and should have no spare power to interfere in Liaodong's affairs.

At this point, Nurhachi decided not to do one thing, but to defeat Li Chengliang and establish himself as a hero in the eyes of the Jurchens. Then he contacted Cao Yu and accepted the "consolation" again.

He thought that Cao Yu would accept his request to surrender, the reason being that Cao Yu and Uncle Li had different paths.If Uncle Li succeeds in doing what he failed, then he must be looked at by the court and become Uncle Li's successor in the near future?

However, when the three armies of the Ming army were getting closer and the envoy sent by Nurhachi to surrender to Cao Yu was driven back, he realized that his thoughts might be too wishful thinking——Cao Yu didn't give any face, saying that unless Jianzhou Zuowei went up and down "unloading his armor, bowing down on the side of the road, waiting for the court to deal with it", otherwise he would not consider accepting any surrender.

Naturally, Nurhachi couldn't agree to this condition. After all, if he agreed to it, it would be completely artificial, and there would be no room for resistance.If Cao Yu gives an order to kill the prisoners at that time, the wealth accumulated by Jianzhou Zuowei over the past few years will be wiped out in an instant, and I am afraid that there will be no chance of turning over in the future-you must know that Li Chengliang did not ask him to take all the prisoners. Army disarms.

Right now, Cao Yu is only about a day away from Hetuala, Yang Yuan is about two days away, and Ma Chengxun...he is the first to arrive again, camping on the north bank of the Suke Suhu River.

Standing on the northern city wall of Hetuala, Nurhachi could vaguely see Ma Chengxun's camp built against the mountain. Dim fires were shining on two tall wooden watchtowers, which were the soldiers in the towers keeping warm.

Even if the Ming army is a cavalry unit, it is now equipped with specialized engineers.Thanks to the abundance of carpenters in Ming Dynasty, although the proportion of engineers and soldiers in Ma Chengxun's department is much lower than that of the imperial guards, it is enough to quickly build temporary facilities such as watchtowers, stables, and deer firewood when they are away.

Nurhachi looked at it for a while with a gloomy face, and suddenly heaved a long sigh.Seeing him, a short and strong man next to him hesitated for a moment, and said, "Ah Hun, let's fight to the death, it's no big deal. Uncle Li has been defeated by Ah Hun, let alone people like Cao Yu?"

Nurhachi turned his head slightly, glanced at him, and said: "Murhaqi, if Emperor Ming withdraws my commander, you can follow Shuerhaqi in the future. He is also a capable person, and he will definitely let me Let's reunify the state."

Murhazi's eyes widened: "What does Ahhun mean? I, Murhazi, have only listened to your words since I was a child. Shuerhazi... even if I have some skills, how can I compare with Ahhun? If it hadn’t been for you, Ahhun, who have been fighting all over the world for the past few years, how could our left guard in Jianzhou have the power we have today, and even Uncle Li almost fell to Hetuala!”

Nurhachi shook his head and said: "Don't mention the past, I'm afraid I've miscalculated this time. The emperor in Yanjing City is very young and energetic. I'm afraid I'll make the emperor feel ashamed by defeating Uncle Li this time. Come and take my life."

Murhazi was furious: "Since Nikan wants to fight, let's fight to the end with them! Nikan only has more than 1 soldiers now, which is less than twice ours. Let's defend the city..."

Nurhachi waved his hand: "The Han Chinese's military book says: ten means to encircle, five means to attack, and double means to divide. However, the 'ten' in 'ten means encirclement' and the five means 'five means attacking' are not necessarily the same. Real numbers. I think the meaning of the military book should be to encircle and fight when you have enough strength. Now you look at the Ming army and think that he is not strong enough to encircle me and fight me, but it is not the case.”

Murhazi was stunned: "Why is it 'otherwise'?"

Nurhachi sighed, and said: "Let me ask you first, his three armies have already overwhelmed our old village. If we send troops to attack one of them, are we sure we can win?"

Murhazi said: "If the other two rescues fail, I think it's safe."

"Hmph, is that so?" Nurhachi pouted in the direction of Ma Chengxun's camp, and said, "I ambushed Ma Chengxun before, but he was unprepared. What happened? Did you take it?"

"Uh..." Murhazi scratched his head and said, "There are quite a few Ma Jiada soldiers in Ma Chengxun's fine cavalry. I heard An Fei Yanggu say later that when he fought us, he platooned The one in front happens to be Da Bing, this... is naturally a bit more difficult to fight."

He paused, and then said: "Even if Ma Chengxun's department is harder to fight..."

Nurhachi interrupted: "Isn't it difficult to fight Cao Yu? Qi's army is famous for its good defense. We can't even take down Ma Chengxun, so we want to touch Qi's army?"

"We can fight Yang Yuan!" Murhazi opened his eyes wide and said, "Uncle Li is defeated, Yang Yuan is just his pawn, are we afraid that we won't be able to win?"

"Uncle Li, we were outsmarted that time. We fought cavalry without horses, so we were able to win. Yang Yuan's side was the infantry who came prepared. He didn't need any tricks, as long as he planned Keep the rules, wouldn't Cao Yu and Ma Chengxun go to save him?"

Murhazi was a little discouraged, but he still said: "Then let's defend it. Hetuala built the city with the back of the river. It is impossible for Ma Chengxun in the north and Cao Yu in the west to attack on ice. We only need to guard the east and south. Delaying them for a few months, since the Ming court is short of money, this battle will definitely not last long."

"Ma Chengxun is still in the north, that's only because Cao Yu and Yang Yuan haven't arrived yet. When they arrive, I bet they will all gather in the east and south. By then, there will be hundreds of soldiers from the Ming army. The general fired all the guns, tell me how to defend?"

Murhazi was stunned for a moment, and then he said annoyed and helpless: "These Nikan have no skills at all, they won't be considered warriors by relying on these crooked ways to win."

Nurhachi suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him, showing a thoughtful expression on his face.Murhazi was a little surprised, and whispered: "What's the matter, Ah Hun?"

Nurhachi didn't answer right away, but thought carefully for a while, and then said slowly: "I heard that the Ming soldiers under Gao Situ have a habit of concentrating the cannons of the generals..."

Murhazi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said: "Ahhun means that we can take advantage of their unpreparedness and sneak attack the artillery barracks where they gathered together?"

Nurha Equator: "This is just the best situation. Cao Yu is very cautious now. I always feel that he will not be caught by us if he is 'unprepared'."

"Then... forceful attack?" Murhazi frowned slightly, and said, "Forcible attack is not impossible, but it depends on how far they arrange the artillery barracks. If they are far away, there are still elite infantry in front of them. , then it will be very difficult for us to hit their artillery battalion, even if we manage to kill them, it may be difficult to destroy them. As for the snatching, it will be even more difficult."

Nurhachi nodded, but obviously he didn't give up thinking, but calculated carefully, pacing back and forth on the city wall.

After a while, Nurhachi suddenly opened his mouth, as if talking to himself, and as if analyzing for Murhazi: "It is useless to defend the old village. If Cao Yu refuses to appease and we refuse to stand still, then The only way to survive is to fight to the death. But there is also a particular point in fighting to the death. Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, fighting forcefully is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Only by taking the artillery battalion that threatens me the most by surprise can I have a chance of winning.

But with Cao Yu's caution, these artillery battalions will definitely have infantry guards in front. Although our Jianzhou warriors are brave, they are flesh and blood after all. It is impossible to defeat the infantry first, and then defeat the artillery battalion.Therefore, we must find a way to bypass these infantry and attack the enemy artillery battalion from the flank, or we have to find a way to move these infantry away..."

Murhazi scratched his head and said, "It doesn't seem like a good idea."

Nurhachi thought about it 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... promise or not." There is a name at the end of his sentence. The words were very vague, and Murhazi obviously didn't hear clearly.

Murhazi couldn't help asking: "Who agrees or not?"

Nurhachi was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Who else could it be? Of course it's my good brother—Shuerhaqi."

Murhazi was startled when he heard the words, he hesitated and said, "Erbeile? What does Ahhun plan to ask him to do?"

"Let him..." Nurhachi narrowed his eyes, and said word by word: "Murder in battle, open the city gate, and surrender to the Ming army."

Murhazi's eyeballs almost popped out: "Let him defect and surrender? This... What's going on here?"

But Nurhachi didn't explain. Instead, he made up his mind instantly and said, "Let's go, I'll talk to him."

Murhazi stretched out his hand to stop him, but unfortunately Nurhachi walked too fast, and Murhazi couldn't stop him.

Nurhachi went directly to Shuerhaqi's camp - Shuerhaqi didn't live at home recently, but lived directly in the barracks, saying that he was ready to be dispatched by Ahun at any time, but Nurhachi always suspected that he was just worried about himself He suddenly took away his military power, so he simply lived in the camp directly to avoid any changes.

When Shuerhaqi heard that his eldest brother was coming in the camp, he was shocked at first, but after asking about the situation, he knew that Nurhachi had only brought a few escorts with him, so he went out to meet him with peace of mind.

Nurhachi didn't say anything polite. When he saw Shuerhaqi, he said that he had a military affairs consultation and asked him to choose a quiet place to talk.

Shuerhaqi himself is also a brave general, and now he is in his own camp. He is not afraid of any conspiracy by his elder brother, so he immediately takes him to his big tent, and then sends out all his subordinates, leaving only himself and Nurhachi face to face .

Nurhachi didn't bother to see how he arranged it, and when everyone left, he said to Shuerhaqi: "Dou, have you heard the rumors outside?"

Shuerhaqi's eyes flashed, he nodded and said: "I heard, it should be a trick."

Nurhachi laughed: "That's right, it's a countermeasure. If you understand it in your heart, I'm relieved."

Shuerhaqi also smiled and said: "Ah Hun don't have to worry, this foundation was built by Ah Hun, Mingren wants to provoke our relationship, it's just a daydream."

"I didn't make it, but we two brothers made it together." Nurhachi patted Shuerhaqi on the shoulder with a smile, and said: "In the future, I will die, and only you can inherit this inheritance."

Shuerhaqi's complexion changed, and he said seriously: "Ahhun's words are wrong, not to mention that Ahhun is not much older than me, even if there is a contingency, this foundation belongs to Chu Ying, how can I inherit it? No. wrong."

Nurhachi shook his head and said: "If I live longer, you can't say that it's completely unreasonable, but it's hard to say how long I can live now. As long as this foundation is not destroyed, only you can inherit it... Chu Yingcai How old and what can he inherit?"

Shu Erhaqi said seriously: "If that's the case, I will also assist Chu Ying to keep this foundation for Ah Hun."

Nurhachi glanced at him, and suddenly smiled: "Let's not talk about this first, although our current situation is critical, there is no need to be so pessimistic. I have a plan, which may turn the tide into victory."
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