Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 195 Huang Taiji Who Spits Blood!

At this time, the sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded again in the distance, and billows of dust flew past like an earth dragon. The rear golden cavalry threw thousands of arrows, and then went away again.

Ugh!
Seeing this situation, Man Gui could only hang his head helplessly. Although under the cover of shields and shield vehicles, the casualties of soldiers were not heavy, but this kind of situation where they could only be beaten would seriously damage morale. will lead to mutiny.

...

On the other side, in the Houjin camp, all the Jurchen generals looked excited, because Huang Taiji's new strategy was used correctly.

"Yue Tuo, how are our casualties?"

Huang Taiji said calmly, although the strategy has worked, it will take a lot of time to defeat the Ming army.

"Hui Da Khan, according to reports from the Niu Lu below, in the two days of attacks, we killed 260 people and injured 510 four people. Among them, the Eight Banners killed 78 people and injured 130 three people."

Hearing Huang Taiji's question, Yue Tuo clapped his hands and answered.

"So how about the casualties of the Ming army?"

Huang Taiji asked again, the casualties were still within his expectations, [-] cavalry took turns to attack every day, only a few hundred people were killed or injured, this loss is considered very small.

"Hui Dahan, according to estimates, the casualties of the Ming army should be around 2000."

After thinking for a while, Yue Tuo said that although the Ming army had camps and shields for protection, the Ming army's camps were too simple and protected by shields alone to block all arrows, and the casualties were much greater than theirs.

"Then continue, as long as it takes a while, the Ming army will collapse on its own."

Hearing this, Huang Taiji nodded.

...

At this time, a hundred miles away from the capital, a large army was slowly advancing.

In the Central Army Department, Yuan Chonghuan held a map in his hand, looked at the map, and looked in the direction of the capital from time to time.

"What about the news from the spies?"

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Luo Qing, the deputy commander beside him. The specific plan for encircling and suppressing the Jurchens this time was formulated by Sun Chengzong, and Zhu Youjian personally made the decision.

"Returning to the governor, the detectives have confirmed that the Jurchen is still in the capital, and is entangled with the tens of thousands brought by Deng Kui."

Luo Qing cupped his hands and said: "In addition, General Guo is stationed in Baodi, and he has divided up [-] soldiers and horses to go to Zunhua, and wants to take back Zunhua City."

"Let the soldiers speed up, advance another twenty miles, and then set up camp on the spot."

After thinking for a while, Yuan Chonghuan ordered that the army's advance speed was not fast, and it could only advance forty or fifty miles a day while ensuring that it had enough physical strength to deal with the sudden appearance of the enemy.

Twenty miles further, they are only about eighty miles away from the capital, and the range of the Jurchens' scouts is also about fifty miles away. If they go a little further tomorrow, they should be spotted by the Jurchens' scouts.

"The subordinate takes orders."

Luo Qing nodded in response.

...

Zunhua City.

At this time, in the city lord's mansion, Fan Wencheng was enjoying the service of a beautiful woman with a face of satisfaction. He was originally a son of an official family, and his ancestral home was in Shenyang. Commander of Shenyang Wei.

After Nurhachi captured Fushun, he and his elder brother Wen Cai were kidnapped and enslaved in the Xianghong Banner, one of the Eight Banners. Later, he and his elder brother Wen Cai took the initiative to ask Nurhachi to see him.

Because their brothers were all scholars, seeing that they could read and write, Nurhachi asked them to be clerks by his side and went out with the army. Later, after Huang Taiji ascended the Khan throne, he treated him even more kindly.

Because he is eloquent and good at strategizing, he took Huang Taiji with him when he entered the pass this time. Languan Pass and Daankou Pass, before Huang Taiji led people to the capital, leaving him and General Ying Erdai stationed in Zunhua.

Just as he was imagining how Huang Taiji would reward him after returning to Liaodong, at this moment, an Eight Banners soldier hurried in and said indifferently: "Fan Wencheng, the general is invited."

"I'm going right now."

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng said hastily.

After a while, Fan Wencheng came to the courtyard where Yingerdai was.

"Fan Wencheng, the scouts came to report just now, and found a Ming army approaching Zunhua City 3 miles away. This Ming army has about [-] to [-] people. What should we do?"

Although Yingerdai was asking for advice, his attitude was still arrogant, and his tone was full of orders. Although Fan Wencheng was treated very well by Huang Taiji, in his eyes, a slave is always a slave.

"Master Yingerdai, is there something wrong with this?"

Fan Wencheng said with a respectful attitude: "Now the Ming army in the pass should have gone to the Ming capital to serve the king. It is impossible to come here?"

"This general has his own measure."

Ying Erdai said coldly: "Just say what to do, you have no right to worry about anything else."

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng was not angry, and he was not surprised by Ying Erdai's attitude. Although Huang Taiji treated Han people like them with courtesy, in the eyes of most Jurchens, they were still just slaves.

After thinking for a while, Fan Wencheng said respectfully: "Lord Ying'erdai, we only have 800 people in the city now. According to what the servants saw, we should give up Zunhua City and join the Great Khan. This city cannot be defended." Stay, if we stay, we will surely die."

Although he received courtesy from Huang Taiji, he was still a flag slave with a red flag, and Ying Erdai was a general of the Zhengbai Banner. He could only call himself a slave in front of Ying Erdai.

Bang!
The next moment, Ying Erdai kicked Fan Wencheng far away, and then said coldly: "You dog slave, this general is asking you to find a way, not to let you abandon the city, don't think it's a big sweat!" If you value you, you are no longer a slave. I will tell you that a slave is a slave. No matter how much the Khan values ​​you, you will still be a slave. If you say abandon the city, I will kill you, a slave!"

"My lord, forgive me, my lord, forgive me!"

Enduring the severe pain, Fan Wencheng repeatedly kowtowed.

"Come on, what should we do next?"

Ying'erdai didn't even look at Fan Wencheng, but said coldly, why didn't he know that staying here was a dead end, but Huang Taiji handed it over to him at the beginning to let him guard the way out.

Now that Xifeng Pass has been taken back by the Ming army, they can only go through the passes of Malan Pass and Da'an Pass if they want to leave the pass. If Zunhua is lost, these passes will definitely be taken back by the Ming army. If you want to leave, you can only attack again, and the price must not be small.

"Lord Ying'erdai, since you can't abandon the city, you can only let the people in the city go up to the city wall to defend the city."

Fan Wencheng endured the pain and said, "Now my lord will send people to drive all the young and strong men in the city to the city wall as soon as possible, and then control their sons. In this way, I am not afraid that they will not work hard."

"In addition to this, we must send people to ask for help from the Great Khan as soon as possible. These Ming troops have come here strangely. I am afraid that there is something behind it. We must let the Great Khan know."

"It's up to you to drive the people in the city up the city wall."

Yingerdai said calmly.

"The slave is going here."

Fan Wencheng said while clutching his wound.

.........

Outside the capital, the Ming army camp.

Man Gui and Hou Shilu looked at the battalion of wounded soldiers with sad faces. In the past five days, the Jurchen attacks were too frequent. There were at least seven or eight waves of attacks every day. Although there were camps and shields to cover them, every time the casualties Not many, but the number of times they failed to stand up was many. In the past five days, they have killed at least 3000 people in battle, and tens of thousands of people have been injured, and at least one arrow has been shot.

With so many wounded soldiers, in addition to affecting morale, they also consumed a lot of medicinal materials. More importantly, they did not dare to reduce the number of soldiers on the front line, otherwise it would be dangerous if the Jurchens took the opportunity to break through the camp.

"Man Zongbing, Hou Zongbing."

At this time, Deng Kui came over in a hurry: "Sun Ge is old in Daying, let us go quickly."

"Sun Ge is old?"

Man Gui and the two were taken aback for a moment, but then they came to their senses and said quickly, "Go to Daying."

Soon, the three arrived at the camp.

"Three generals, just now Governor Yuan sent someone to send news that they are only forty miles away from the capital, and the Jurchens will get the news soon."

Seeing the three people coming in, Sun Chengzong took the lead and said, "We must be ready to attack."

"The subordinate takes orders!"

Hearing Sun Chengzong's words, the three of Man and Gui responded loudly at the same time. They had been living targets for a few days, and they could no longer bear it. Now that Yuan Chonghuan came, Huang Taiji and the others would definitely have to retreat, and their opportunity came to beat the dog in the water.

Especially Man Gui and Hou Shilu, the eyes of the two were even more murderous. They were all cavalry, but they were beaten so much that they could only shrink in the camp. Now the opportunity for revenge came.

.........

At this time in the Houjin camp, Huang Taiji was discussing with other generals about another frontal attack. Although the current tactics are very effective, there is a big problem, that is, the consumption of arrows is too high.

They did not bring too many arrows with them when they came to the capital this time. They have already consumed nearly [-]% of their arrows in the past five days. Fighting personally, but in this way, the loss will definitely be great.

There are already a large number of wounded soldiers on the Ming army side. As long as they persist for a few more days, there will be more wounded soldiers in the Ming army, and their morale will drop sharply. By then, these Ming troops will surely be defeated easily.

At this moment, several soldiers of Huang Taiji rushed into the camp with a cavalry with several arrows in his body.

"what happened?"

Seeing this, Huang Taiji quickly asked, now that the area around tens of miles of the capital has been blocked by them, Daming's reconnaissance cavalry basically dare not leave the capital, and reinforcements from other places can't come so fast, how could the reconnaissance cavalry so badly injured.

"Khan, there is an army of Ming people [-] miles to the south, the number is at least [-], and the opponent is coming here."

The injured detective said with a strong breath.

"how is this possible!"

Before Huang Taiji had time to speak, Yue Tuo, Dai Shan and others on the side had already exclaimed.

"What kind of flag is the Ming army flying?"

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed the frightened and angry Huang Taiji before asking.

"Back to the Great Khan, this is the banner hung by the Ming army."

Xing Qi forced himself to write a character Yuan on the ground. As an ordinary soldier, he didn't understand Han characters, but he could still remember the basic shape.

"Yuan Chonghuan!"

Seeing what Jingqi wrote, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth immediately: "Su Hao!"

Although he doesn't know the specific military arrangement of Daming, he still knows about Yuan Chonghuan leading an army of 10,000+ to encircle and suppress Su Hao in Shandong.

However, he was not worried that Yuan Chonghuan would enter the capital, because Su Hao was already trapped in Shandong. To Su Hao, his entry was no less than a timely gift. Even if Yuan Chonghuan wanted to enter Beijing, Su Hao would definitely stop him.

After all, the more severely injured Daming was, the better it would be for Su Hao. But now, it seems that Su Hao never stopped Yuan Chonghuan at all. Otherwise, it was absolutely impossible for Yuan Chonghuan to come here so soon.

"Take him down for treatment."

After taking another deep breath, Huang Taiji gave instructions to the soldiers.

"What should I do next?"

After the detective was taken down, Daishan hurriedly asked.

"Withdraw outside the pass!"

Huang Taiji said bitterly, this time it is impossible to retreat, once the Ming army surrounds them, it will be difficult for them to escape.

As for the loss of prestige, now is not the time to think about this issue. The soldiers and horses they bring are most of the elite of the Eight Banners. If they are all buried here, the Jurchen clan will be finished, let alone keep Liaodong. Possibly extinct.

"it is good."

Hearing this, Daishan nodded and said, "I'll arrange it now."

After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry. As one of the four Baylors, although he was inferior to Huang Taiji and Amin in terms of strategic strength, it didn't mean he was a fool.

Soon, Mangurtai, Azige, Dorgon, Duoduo and others who were outside Guangqumen also returned to Houjin Camp with their soldiers and horses.

However, what followed were thousands of Liaodong cavalry led by Wang Zhichen. Wang Zhichen did not lead the troops too close, but kept a distance of ten miles, as if they were wolves watching their prey. On the other side, Man Gui He and Hou Shilu also led the cavalry to form a formation outside the Ming army camp.

"Daishan, you lead people to retreat first, and I will lead people to take care of the rear."

When the army was ready, Huang Taiji began to order: "Withdraw from Zunhua City and leave from Da'ankou."

"it is good."

Dai Shan nodded, and then took a deep look at Huang Taiji. Now that Amin is still leading nearly two thousand elite soldiers of the inlaid blue flag to guard against the Ming army in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong in Yongping and Luanzhou, Huang Taiji's posture is obviously I didn't intend to inform Amin.

But Daishan didn't say much, Amin is different from them, among the four big belors and the four little belors, he, Mang Guertai, Huang Taiji and others are all the sons of Nurhachi, only Amin is Nurhachi's younger brother Shuerha Qi's son is not on the same side as them.

At this moment, in the distance, three fast horses came galloping, but were stopped by the surrounding soldiers immediately, and after a while, the three cavalry were brought in front of Huang Taiji.

"Great Khan, General Ying'erdai asked us to send an urgent letter. The Ming army is attacking Zunhua City. We beg the Great Khan to send troops to support us."

One of them took out a letter and held it above his head.

"What did you say!"

Huang Taiji's complexion changed drastically in an instant, and his entire face became extremely red. The next moment, with a "poof", a mouthful of blood spurted out wildly, forming a blood mist in an instant.

(End of this chapter)