Starting in Saarhu, it is a bit difficult to make a comeback.

Chapter 21 Yang Hao rewards the army (please follow up)

When Dai Shan and Huang Taiji were crushing the Korean army, Liu Wei and others finally arrived near the border wall of Liaodong after a night's trek.

The Liaodong Border Wall of the Ming Dynasty was built in the second year of Zhengtong (1437) and took more than 37 years of construction to the 1609th year of Wanli (170).It starts from Shanhaiguan in the west and ends at the southern foot of Hushan Mountain in Dandong in the east, with a length of about one thousand kilometers.

It was first used to defend Mongolian tribes, but now it is mainly used to defend Jianzhou Jurchen from invading Liaodong.

When the Ming army left the pass to attack Jianzhou, they usually chose to go from Shenyang to the north and out of Fushun Pass, or from the south to Liaoyang and out of Crow Falcon Pass.But last year, Jianlu directly captured Fushun Pass and Qinghe Fort. Although they eventually retreated, they took the opportunity to destroy many Liaodong border walls along the route.

At this time, in order to conquer the Jianlu, the Ming Dynasty had already imposed additional "Liao wages", so naturally there was no extra silver to repair these damaged border walls.

So in order to shorten the escape route, Li Xianzhong made an agreement with Li Rubai to open a hole in the side wall near Gushan Fort in advance, so that the army would not have to go north to Crow Falcon Pass.

When the army passed through the border wall, Liu Wei was still wondering, when did the Tatars destroy a section of the border wall near Gushan Fort?
Li Xianzhong could only pretend to be dumbfounded and said: "A few days ago, Jianlu wanted to enter the pass from here to attack our army; luckily we discovered it."

However, his trick of not having 300 taels of silver here would definitely not escape Liu Wei's eyes.

He didn't expect this kid to be so bold and blatantly destroy the side wall.However, the Liaodong border wall has already been damaged by construction troops in more than ten places, and they don't care about one more.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether it’s the Great Wall or Xiongguan.You still need to have enough troops to deter the opponent. Without strong troops, no matter how strong you build the Great Wall, you will not be able to stop your opponent.

Historically, although the Jianlu captives could not break through the Guanning defense line of the Ming army, they took detours and entered and plundered from other passes of the Great Wall.

Therefore, Li Xianzhong had no psychological burden when he destroyed a section of the border wall himself.

After all, if we walk dozens of miles more to Crow Falcon Pass, who knows if the Tatars will catch up halfway?
At this time, the news of the Ming army's disastrous defeat in Sarhu had reached Shenyang, and Liaodong Manager Yang Hao's face was ashen.

At first, when the defeated soldiers returned and brought the news, he thought it was a lie. It was not until the news of Marin's defeat came that he had to accept the reality.

In just two days, the two northwest armies of 5 troops were defeated. This was the biggest defeat since Tumubao and an unprecedented failure in the Ming Dynasty in the past 200 years.

It seems that his career has come to an end, and it is hard to say whether he can even save his life.

At this time, he began to regret it. Before the war, Du Song and Liu Wei repeatedly asked him to postpone the date of sending troops due to insufficient armaments.But he used the "Shangfang Sword" given by the emperor to force them to send troops.

It's not that I don't know about military affairs, it's because the imperial court has no money, and the Ministry of War and the imperial court have repeatedly urged him.Even the chief minister, Mr. Fang Ge, wrote privately saying that the court could no longer support it and that he wanted to send troops quickly to end the war as soon as possible.

He could ignore the orders of the Ministry of War, but he could not go against the wishes of Mr. Fang Ge, who was his support in the court.

The censors and officials in the court impeached Liao Zhen one by one, saying that Liao Zhen would adopt the bandits to respect themselves and ignore the establishment of the bandits to make them bigger, which led to today's disaster.

But ask yourself, which Liaodong governor did not send a letter to the imperial court requesting the imperial court to pay the army to prepare for war and attack the captives?But this portion of the memorial was like a mud cow drowning in the sea, and there was no news.

The Ming Dynasty had no money. Not to mention preparing for war, even the frontier troops were in arrears for half a year. If they had not received two months of back pay before the expedition, there would have been a mutiny.However, the frustrated Yang Hao still ordered a tight seal on the news and asked soldiers to guard the pass.

Then he sent an order to Li Rubai and Liu Wei, asking them to withdraw their troops quickly.At this time, Liaodong's troops were empty, and he was really afraid that Nurhaci would attack Shenyang and Liaoyang.

Now he only hopes that the two armies in the southeast can retreat completely, so that he will still have enough troops to hold on to Liaodong.

After Li Rubai received Yang Jinglue's order to withdraw his troops, he left General He Shixian and [-] elite troops to guard Crow Falcon Pass, and then directly led his troops back to Qinghe Fort to join the Eastern Route Army of Li Xianzhong and Liu Wei.

Then the news that Li Xianzhong went deep into Hetuala, achieved great victory, captured Li Yongfang alive, and killed Abatai was passed to Yang Hao.

This was also Li Xianzhong's request. He must wait until Yang Hao's order to withdraw his troops was received, and then send out the news of his victory, so that they would not have to bear the charge of withdrawing their troops without authorization.

Yang Hao was ecstatic after learning the news that the Southern Route Army had penetrated into Hetuala and achieved a great victory.

Although the gains of two thousand Han troops and one thousand nine hundred and eight banners were not too much, capturing Li Yongfang alive and killing Abatai were real achievements.

What's even more rare is that they actually brought back the heads of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou from the battlefield. This was a real beheading.When the time comes, I will polish it on this basis, but it will be more than just these achievements, it will be a "big victory".

Although it was difficult to offset the defeat of the two armies in the northwest, it saved the court's face to a considerable extent.Based on his years of experience in losing battles, as long as the court's face can be saved, there is room for redemption.

What's more important is that his strategy of dividing his troops into four directions to attack has paid off.The defeat of the West Route Army was due to Du Song dividing his troops and advancing rashly, not because there was something wrong with his own strategy. If Du Song and Marin could hold on for a few more days, Hetuala, the hometown of Jianzhou, would have been captured by the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Yang Hao couldn't help but reveal a smile he hadn't seen for a long time. It's true that "there is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark flowers and bright flowers"!
The idea of ​​exonerating himself and stepping on Du Du and Pang Li emerged in his mind.No matter what, my head was finally saved.

This Li Xianzhong was really his great benefactor. This great victory came just in time, so he decided to go to the front line in person and distribute silver rewards to the soldiers who had made meritorious service this time to boost their morale and fight against the Jianlu again.

Although he tightly blocked the news, the news that the Ming army was defeated in Saarhu and that the two northwest armies were completely annihilated continued to spread.

Yang Hao also understood that this was Hou Jin's spies taking the opportunity to spread reports of the Ming army's defeat to disturb people's hearts.

Although his military command ability is average, he has been in the officialdom for decades and is a master at manipulating people's hearts.

He was responsible for the defeat of the Ming army in Korea. After being dismissed, he was able to return to the post of Liaodong manager and command the war. His ability to maneuver the camp was average.

At this time, he rewarded Li Xianzhong with great fanfare, which was of great benefit to him without any harm, and could also quickly stabilize the morale of the troops in Liaodong.

In this way, Yang Hao's troops marched all the way from Shenyang to Qinghe Fort with great fanfare to reward the army.

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