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

Chapter 25 Jianlu enters the pass (please read the new chapter)

Crow Falcon Pass was built by Han Bin, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaoyang in the fourth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1468), in order to restrict the access of Jurchens in Jianzhou and prevent Korean envoys from peeking into the reality of Liaodong. There were three gates and barriers, so it is also called "Three Passes". ".

To the east and west of Crow Falcon Pass are continuous mountains with overlapping peaks. Only here is a dangerous mountain pass that can lead to the north and south.

From here, 40 kilometers to the northeast can reach Hetuala, and 35 kilometers to the southwest can reach Qinghe Fort.

This is a complete defense system composed of several walls and some fortresses.

He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of Guancheng City, waved his sword and shouted: "Fire at the city!"

As the Ming army's gunners dropped the torches in their hands, the Ming army's Folang machine artillery and tiger squatting artillery on the city sprayed flames.

Then the roar of the artillery shook the entire Guancheng, as if the earth was shaking because of it; the bright firelight reflected the dark night sky of Guancheng, making it look particularly hot.

Sparks flew everywhere, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and artillery shells roared out, piercing the night sky and rushing straight into the prisoner formation ahead.

The shield in a soldier's hand was directly knocked away, and the huge cannonball jumped and knocked down several people around him.

Then the shells fired by the Tiger Crouching Cannon exploded, shooting the lead they carried around. Although several Eight Banners soldiers nearby were wearing heavy cloth armor, they were still hit by the lead and fell to the ground with painful groans. Wail.

Nurhachi was riding a horse and watching everything in front of him coldly. Daishan beside him said: "Great Khan, the Ming army at Guan Pass has been prepared for a long time. It is difficult for us to succeed in the night attack. When daybreak, I will personally lead the army to conquer Crow Falcon Pass. "

Originally, he wanted to sneak attack on Crow Falcon Pass while it was dark, but he didn't expect that the Ming army had already taken precautions and deployed so many artillery pieces on the city. After several attempts, he failed to touch the wall of the Pass, and instead it was damaged. Dozens of people.

Nurhaci sighed and said, "Retract your troops. It seems that Li Rubai has been on guard against our attack for a long time."

Then he said to Daishan: "Brother, you must remember that you should not attack Mingren's fortified city and pass unless absolutely necessary."

"How many warriors do you think we will lose if we want to capture Crow Falcon Pass?"

Dai Shan said: "The Ming army is well-defended and has sufficient firearms. I'm afraid we will have to pay the price of at least a thousand people."

Nurhaci nodded with satisfaction, indicating that he recognized Daishan's statement.

So he asked again: "After conquering Crow Falcon Pass, there are Fushun Pass, Zhenbei Pass, and Guangshun Pass on the east wall of Liaodong. The Ming Dynasty also has Kaiyuan Pass, Tieling, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Guangning, and Yizhou in Liaodong." Fortress City, behind them there is the Great Wall and the Shanhaiguan Pass, the most powerful pass in the world."

"If these are to be attacked by force, do I, Dajin, have so many soldiers and horses to consume?"

Daishan understood his father Khan's worries. Although the "Battle of Sarhu" severely damaged the Ming army, Dajin itself also suffered heavy losses. The Eight Banners alone lost [-].

So he said: "What Father Khan said is that we should try our best to fight with the Ming army in the field. As for these passes, there is no need to attack them if we can let them pass."

"There are gaps in the Liaodong border wall to the north and south of Crow Falcon Pass. Although the road is difficult and requires climbing over mountains and ridges, it can still be overcome."

"According to reliable information, Yang Hao, the Liaodong economic strategist of the Ming Dynasty, is rewarding his troops at Qinghe Fort. The main force of the Ming army is now gathered in Qinghe Fort. Three Belles and Four Belles have led their troops into the Ming Dynasty from the north and south sides of Crow Falcon Pass respectively. In the hinterland of Qinghe Fort, I believe that this time we will be able to wipe out the effective strength of the Ming army in one fell swoop."

Nurhaci originally did not want to take the risk of entering the hinterland of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, but the Li family's Liaodong cavalry posed too great a threat to them.If Renqiu develops and grows, the consequences will be disastrous.

So this time he wanted to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's defeat of Saarhu and the lack of military strength in Liaodong to eliminate it and strangle it in the cradle.

Nurhaci said: "Leave 3000 troops to guard the Ming army at Crow Falcon Pass. Let's also enter the pass. The Ming army has a lot of troops in Qinghe Fort. Don't let them take advantage of the loophole."

Outside Qinghe Fort, a large number of cavalry were shuttled on the road leading to Sanyangyu.

Li Sanshun said: "We have basically found out the movements of the Jianlu. Currently, the main force led by Nurhachi is outside the Crow Pass. The other two groups of Eight Banners crossed the Liaodong border wall from Sanyang Valley to the northwest of Crow Pass and Weizi Valley to the south. Qinghe Fort is coming to kill us."

In fact, the Liaodong border wall is quite useful. Although Houjin can find weak points to break through, the points of breakthrough are also limited.Their cavalry needed to cross mountains and ridges, which was very time-consuming and difficult to pass quickly at once, so the large army had to be divided.

Moreover, it is inconvenient to leave the customs, and it is easy to be ambushed by the Ming army.

If there was no border wall, Jianlu's cavalry would have already reached the outside of Qinghe Fort.

Take the two breakthrough points chosen by Jianlu this time. Among them, Sanyang Valley is directly north of Qinghe Fort and is only 25 miles away from Qinghe Fort; but Weizi Valley is a full 70 miles away from Qinghe Fort.

This gave the Ming army every opportunity to defeat them.

Under the side wall of Sanyangyu, the white banner led by Du Du had entered the Ming Dynasty through the gap. At this time, Mang Gurtai's Zhenglan Banner was still marching in the mountains.

In fact, the Niulu of the Eight Banners are not evenly distributed. Manggurtai's Zhenglan Banner has a total of 21 Niulu, but Dudu's Xiangbai Banner only has a total of 15 Niulu.

Du Du is the eldest son of Guanglue Baylor Chu Ying and the eldest grandson of Nurhaci. His original status was very noble.

However, due to his cruel nature and narrow-mindedness, his father Chu Ying offended the "Five Founding Ministers" and was at odds with several other brothers; they teamed up to overthrow him, and was eventually sentenced to death by Nurhachi.

As a result, Du Du was not popular. Although he was still allowed to take charge of the Xiangbai Banner, Niu Lu was pitifully small.

What's even more tragic is that Abatai had already lost 5 Niu Lu before, but now Du Du only has 10 Niu Lu in hand, plus another 200 people were lost when attacking Jun Song and Marin.

Now his white flag actually only has 2800 people.

Soon a sentry rider came over and said, "Master, a sentry rider from the Ming Army discovered us. We shot two people, but it was too dark, so the remaining few people ran away."

When he heard that the Ming army was discovered, Du Du became alert and asked quickly: "Are there any traces of the Ming army around?"

The sentry rider said: "These Ming army sentry riders have withdrawn to the nearby Sanyangyu Fort. There are many torches on the fort. It seems that the Ming army is already stationed!"

Last year, Hou Jin successively raided Fushun Pass and Tongqinghe Fort. During their retreat, the army destroyed Sanyangyu Fort and a section of the nearby side wall.

Although Qinghe Fort was restored by the Ming army, Sanyangyu Fort has always been abandoned.

The Ming army actually garrisoned troops in Sanyangyu Fort again?

The gap between this fort and the side wall is less than three miles, so the threat is too great.

It will take some time for the Zhenglan flag to completely cross the border wall, so it is better to pull out this nail first.

But after all, this was in the Liaodong territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it was late at night, so Du Du was still very careful.

He just sent a Niulu to Sanyangyu Fort to investigate the situation, while he led the army in the rear to be ready to support at any time.

Soon a Niu Lu's white flag was touched outside the fort!
They found that although the Ming army was already here, the destroyed wall had not been repaired at all. It seemed that this was just a temporary foothold for the Ming army.

Niulu Ezhen Tuta drew his sword and said: "Warriors, follow me into the fort and kill these Ming troops."

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