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

Chapter 214 The Jurchens' Last Stand

At this time, everyone's eyes were on Huang Taiji, including Daishan who had been fighting with Huang Taiji for power, and the three brothers Azige, Dorgon, and Duoduo who were at odds with Huang Taiji.

"Huang Taiji, as a great sweat, what should you do next, please come up with a solution."

After being silent for a long time, Daishan broke the heavy atmosphere. Although he has been fighting with Huang Taiji for power recently, he also knows that neither Daishan can compare to Huang Taiji in terms of truth ability.

Now that the Jurchen clan has reached a critical point of life and death, he himself has no ability to turn the tide. If he continues to fight with Huang Taiji, let alone power, he will lose his life.

Hearing Dai Shanfu's soft words, Huang Taiji couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and after taking a deep look at him, Huang Taiji slowly said: "The grassland must not be lost!"

Although the threat from Daming is great, no matter what, there is absolutely no room for loss on the grassland. This is the last retreat of their Jurchen clan, because the place they expected to relocate was the original residence of the Chahar tribe. Before that, Lin Dan Khan was beaten by them and moved westward in embarrassment, and the station was taken by them, and this was the only place they occupied on the grassland.

According to his original idea, if Liaodong could not be kept, then the Horqin and other tribes would be controlled first, and then the whole family would move to the grassland to become the new lord of the grassland.

Once Lin Danhan fights back, it is basically impossible for them to relocate the whole family into the grassland, because other places are the territories of various tribes. Nearly [-] Eight Banner soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Jurchen people were supported.

After a pause, Huang Taiji continued: "Then we have only two options, either to defeat the Ming army and deploy troops to deal with Lin Danhan, or to abandon Liaodong and move all the clansmen to the grassland."

"How to defeat the Ming army?"

Dai Shan frowned and said, why doesn't he know that the key is how to do it. Yuan Chonghuan's attack on Haizhou Acropolis was indeed a bit aggressive, but he also had a perfect strategy for logistics and food. They wanted to defeat the Ming army, only to attack frontally.

"Let Yuan Chonghuan leave Liaodong."

Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes slightly. In fact, Yuan Chonghuan was not considered a general. In terms of his ability to fight in battle, there was nothing surprising about Yuan Chonghuan, but Yuan Chonghuan had one advantage.

In fact, the Ming army has never been considered weak. At the beginning, Xiong Tingbi blocked them outside Shenyang City, but the Ming army has a fatal weakness, that is, the internal fighting is fierce, and Yuan Chonghuan's advantage is that he knows the situation in Liaodong very well. In detail, there is still enough prestige to twist all the big and small forces in Liaodong together.

If Yuan Chonghuan could be expelled from Liaodong, it would be almost impossible for Ming to send someone who knew the situation in Liaodong well and had enough prestige. At that time, as long as the Ming army was in chaos, they could look for opportunities to completely defeat Ming. military.

"How to make him leave?"

Dai Shan wondered, now that Yuan Chonghuan is gaining power, how could he leave.

"Before, I asked those Shanxi businessmen to inquire about the news of Daming Capital for me."

Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Many people in the Ming Dynasty are now impeaching Yuan Chonghuan. As long as Yuan Chonghuan is forced to withdraw, Yuan Chonghuan will be finished."

"Daishan, you take Zhenghong and Xianghong flags to meet Mangurtai, and add Oba and Abdul Zidarhan to drive Lin Danhan and the others back."

After a moment of silence, Huang Taiji said with a serious expression: "Jierhalang, Azig, Dorgon, and Duoduo, the four of you led your troops to defend Haizhou Weicheng and Liaoyang City to the death, and I will lead people to attack the Ming army." logistics."

"The life and death of my Jurchen family is at stake. Whether I can survive this calamity is up to you."

...

On the other side, Luo Yi also joined the navy, and [-] soldiers blocked Zhenjiang Fort tightly.

"Lao Luo, how do you plan to fight Zhenjiang Fort?"

Liang Ping frowned slightly as he looked at the city walls that were three feet high. Since the Ming Dynasty began to build cities on a large scale, almost every important city wall has a height of more than three feet. The cost of attacking the city is far higher than that of previous dynasties.

"Trap them to death!"

Luo Yi said calmly: "There are nearly [-] Jurchen soldiers in the city. If they attack by force, the loss will definitely not be small. According to the spies, there is not much food in Zhenjiang Fort. It can last for half a year at most. As long as the food in Zhenjiang Fort is exhausted Food, the opponent will collapse without a fight."

Now that Phoenix City has been taken by them, even if Shenyang City wants to come to support them, Zhenjiang Fort is an isolated city. As long as Zhenjiang Fort is sealed off, they can easily take Zhenjiang Fort without paying too much.

"If the city is besieged, the Navy may not be able to stay here forever."

Hearing this, Liang Ping frowned and said, since he negotiated peace with Daming, he has been transferred by Su Hao to the navy as an admiral. This time, he is only here to support Luo Yi. The main task of the navy is to deliver logistics supplies for Tang Xiangjin. It is impossible. I have been staying here with Luo Yi.

"I understand that."

Luo Yi smiled and said, "As long as there is a lot of food and grass from my side."

...

At this time, on the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort, Gu Santai and Pian Gu looked at the tens of thousands of Qi troops below the city with gloomy expressions. They thought that there were only more than 1 Qi troops, but unexpectedly, several more Qi troops came from Phoenix City. Wanqi Army.

"Gu Santai, I said that it's better to act first, you have to wait, it's okay now, so many Qi troops are waiting!"

Pian Gu's face was full of dissatisfaction. If he had followed what he said before and defeated the more than 1 Qi army first and prevented them from camping outside the city, then the Qi army from Phoenix City did not bring any supplies. It is also not the opponent of their cavalry.

But now those Qi troops have entered the big camp, with camp guards, they are not afraid of their cavalry at all. More importantly, they have so many soldiers and horses on the other side, they can't even go out of the city to harass them. Once the Qi army blocks the gate of the city , They couldn't even find food supplies. After all, they even lost Phoenix City. If they wanted to get food supplies, they had to travel hundreds of thousands of miles back to Shenyang City.

"Pian Gu, do you think now is the time for internal strife?"

Hearing Pian Gu's words, Gu Santai just glanced at him coldly. To be honest, he didn't expect that the Qi army would take the risk of detouring hundreds of miles and crossing many mountains to attack Phoenix City. After all, Phoenix City is really It is not a particularly important place, if one is not good, the tens of thousands of Qi troops may be completely buried in Phoenix City.

"Then what do you say?"

Hearing this, Pian Gu curled his lips, now is indeed not the time for internal strife, if he can't find a way to solve these Qi troops, thousands of them will starve to death here.

"Choose some warriors to cross Phoenix City and go to Shenyang City for help."

Gu Santai sighed, the strength of the Qi army is more than ten times that of theirs, and there is still a camp to defend. With the strength of their men alone, even if they are all filled, it is impossible to defeat so many Qi troops.

.........

In the ravine dozens of miles away from the Three Pagoda Valley, Huang Taiji hid in the ravine with nearly [-] cavalry under the two banners of Zhengbai and Xiangbai.

"How's the situation over there?"

Huang Taiji looked at Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhenka Keduli, since several small works played a big role in the attack on Liaodong, he has paid attention to small works, and arranged a lot of small works on Liaodong and grasslands .

"There is news from Jinzhou City that Zu Dashou is escorting a batch of grain and grass into Jinzhou City, and will be escorted to Dongchang Castle soon."

Kakdu bowed his hand.

"Order to go down, rest for two hours, then cross the side wall and enter Guangning Guard."

After thinking for a while, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice.

"Yes, sweat."

Kak responded politely, but after a moment of hesitation, he continued, "Khan, the Ming army has so much food and grass, even if this batch is burned, there will still be a steady stream of food and grass from the Ming court. "

Manggurtai, Auba, and Abdul Zidarhan had burned the food and grass of the Ming army several times before, but it still had no effect. Yuan Chonghuan had no shortage of food at all.

"The goal this time is not food."

Hearing this, a murderous look flashed in Huang Taiji's eyes, and he said viciously: "The target this time is the [-] Liaodong cavalry under Zu Dashou's command. No matter how great the loss is, we must wipe out all the tens of thousands of cavalry from Zu Dashou and Zhao Shoujiao. kill!"

"Khan, in this way, our loss may not be small."

Hearing this, Kak Duli couldn't help but look worried. Those Liaodong cavalry were no better than those guard soldiers. There were only more than 1 cavalry in Liaodong. They were all elites of the Ming army, not much inferior to their Eight Banners.

Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao are also fierce generals, if they want to kill all the cavalry under their command, their losses will definitely not be too small.

"I've made up my mind."

Huang Taiji's expression was calm, he didn't know this, but if Zu Dashou and Zhao Shoujiao's tens of thousands of cavalry were not wiped out, it was impossible for Yuan Chonghuan to withdraw his troops.

"Yes, sweat!"

Seeing this, Kak Duli could only bow his hands in agreement.

...

Soon, after the two banners of Zhengbai and Xiangbai had rested, they crossed the Three Towers Valley, and under the guidance of a lot of careful work, they charged at the five thousand cavalry led by Zu Dashou.

One day later, the Zhengbai and Xiangbai banners led by Huang Taiji collided with the grain and grass convoy escorted by Zu Dashou at Panshan Station.

The bloody war is about to start!
.........

Dongchang Fort.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched the shadow of the castle for a long time. On the city wall, Guo Qin watched the movement in the distance. Dongchang Fort stored the food and grass of Yuan Chonghuan's 10,000+ army for several months. It must not be lost, otherwise it would be Catastrophe.

At this time, dense black spots appeared on the far horizon, the number was extremely large, at least thousands of them, and soon the black spots were getting closer and closer. At this time, Guo Qin could clearly see that they were Liaodong cavalry, and the leader was Liaodong cavalry. Zu Dashou, while the cavalry behind them were all terrified, turning their heads to look back from time to time, as if there were monsters chasing them behind.

"Brother Zu, why are you in such a mess?"

Seeing Zu Dashou leaping onto the city wall, Guo Qin couldn't help wondering, didn't Zu Dashou go to escort the food and grass?How to make it seem like you have experienced a big war.

Zu Dashou said with a gloomy expression, "We have met the Jurchens."

"It's not like this when you meet a Jurchen, right?"

Hearing this, Guo Qin was even more puzzled. According to Yuan Chonghuan's strategy of sending more batches and sending less, Zu Dashou and Zhao Ledjiao only escorted [-] to [-] shi of grain and grass each time. Once they met the Jurchen, if they couldn't beat them, they would directly abandon the grain and grass first. Escaping, before Zu Dashou and Zhao Shijiao encountered Jurchens intercepting and killing logistics and food, but they have never been so embarrassed.

"This time, Huang Taiji personally led the army, carrying the two flags of Zhengbai and Xiangbai."

Hearing this, Zu Dashou couldn't help but bitterly said: "I've already left the grain and grass, I thought Huang Taiji would burn the grain and leave, but who knew that Huang Taiji would ignore the grain and fight with my cavalry like a mad dog."

"Although the cavalry under my command are brave and good at fighting, but..."

Speaking of this, Zu Dashou couldn't help sighing. The Jurchens are the elite of all battles, and they have a numerical advantage. After several confrontations, their side was the first to be unable to hold on and collapsed. He could only lead the rout all the way. Fleeing back to Dongchang Fort.

"Is the Jurchen crazy?"

Hearing Zu Dashou's words, Guo Qin couldn't help frowning. Although the Jurchens are brave and good at fighting, they have a fatal weakness, that is, they are small in number. Therefore, if the Jurchens are not necessary, they will rarely fight to the death regardless of casualties. After all, there are many people in Ming Dynasty , Even if the soldiers die in battle, they will be recruited again.

The Jurchens are different. Once they die in battle, it will be very difficult to make up for it, because the Jurchen clan is all soldiers. Except for the old, the weak, women and children, everyone else is a soldier. One who dies in battle is one less, unless those children grow up. Adults, otherwise you can't find anyone if you want to supplement.

"Who knows?"

Zu Dashou's face was gloomy. In this big defeat, only a thousand soldiers under his command fled back with him. The others either fled to the wilderness or were killed by the Jurchens. They wanted to restore to the level of 5000 people , at least half a year or more.

After all, cavalry is no better than infantry. Even if they can be recruited from infantry, it is not a matter of a day or two to learn horseback riding and archery.

"Brother Zu, please arrange for your subordinates to rest in Niuzhuang Station first, and I will send someone to inform Jinglue first."

After a moment of silence, Guo Qin spoke.

...

On the other side, Panshan Station.

"Khan, we killed more than [-] Liaodong cavalry and escaped more than [-] of them."

Kak Duli rode his horse and came to Huang Taiji's side.

Hearing Kak Duli's words, Huang Taiji didn't say much. Being able to kill more than 2000 cavalry is already the reason why he gave the death order. Under normal circumstances, even if he defeated the opponent, it would be good if he could kill hundreds of people .

"How much is our loss?"

After a moment of silence, Huang Taiji continued to ask.

"860 people were killed in battle, and more than a thousand people were injured."

Kak Duli's expression was gloomy. Although the casualties were much less than that of Daming's Liaodong cavalry, these were all his clansmen, and the number of Jurchen clan was not comparable to that of Han people. Even if the casualties were ten to one, Daming would still support them Can live, and they have to exterminate.

"Is there any news about Zhao rate teaching?"

Seeing Kak Duli's face, Huang Taiji secretly sighed in his heart, but he had no choice. If Yuan Chonghuan could not be allowed to retreat, the casualties in Haizhou Weicheng would be even greater.

(End of this chapter)