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

Chapter 9: Double Optimization Policy (please recommend reading)

Ye He and Jianzhou are feuding men, so they naturally know the terrain around Hetuala very well.

A domestic slave beside Hazia had participated in the battle when Ye He and other nine coalition forces besieged Jianzhou.

If the army goes from Crow Falcon Pass to Hetualana, it will basically be unable to bypass the dangerous Wuji Pass, where the cavalry will not be able to pass at all.

So under his guidance, the army marched eastward along the Taizi River; although the river valley was extremely difficult for the cavalry to walk, it took more than three hours.

However, they successfully avoided Jianlu's sentry cavalry and had advanced to the vicinity of Abdaligan in the south of Jianzhou.

Li Sanshun said: "This place is only forty miles away from Hetuala. There should be more Jianlu sentries. We should be more careful."

Looking at the rolling hills in front of him, Li Xianzhong couldn't help feeling a little emotional.If history had not changed, two days later this would be the place where Liu Wei, the No. 1 military commander in the late Ming Dynasty and the commander of the Eastern Route Army, was defeated and buried.

This war god of the Ming Dynasty, who conquered Burma, Pingbo Prefecture, fought in Korea, conquered Loushanguan, and Hailongzhun at many dangerous passes, was finally trapped and killed by Jianpi under the guise of Juniper's seal. It is really sad.

Now Li Xianzhong wanted to use Liu Xing's reputation to intimidate the Tatars. In order to confuse the Jianlu, they even put on a banner with the character Liu.

Li Xianzhong pointed to a village on a mountain col not far away and said: "The main force of Jianlu is not in Hetuala now. We only have one night. The reinforcements of Jianlu will arrive in Hetuala before noon tomorrow at the latest."

"Now you don't have to hide your whereabouts anymore. Whenever you see a Jianlu village along the way, I will implement the 'double light policy' of killing and burning them all. No humans or animals will be left alive. As long as they can breathe, I will kill them all." amnesty."

It was already dusk now. Even if Li Xianzhong and others could appear directly under the city of Hetuala without being discovered by the Jianlu, in the middle of the night and without siege equipment, he would never be able to capture Hetuala.

According to the data on the previous life forum, in order to guard against the Southern Route Army, Lao Nu still left nearly 4000 people in Hetuala. Although they were certainly not elites, it was not feasible to attack the city by force.

So let’s just go all the way there openly and openly, and see if we can lure some Tatars out of the city. While killing the enemies, we might be able to fish in troubled waters and break into Hetuala!
At this time, the word "quick" is important. The Ming army did not have time to distinguish whether you were a Han, a Jurchen or a Mongolian. They would kill as long as they were human and burn everything they saw.If it weren't for grabbing things and wasting time, Li Xianzhong would have wanted to directly copy the "Three Guangs Policy" of later generations of Japanese.

Soon, the [-] Ming army was divided into ten squads and dispersed in the direction of Hetuala.After all, Jianzhou was not the Ming Dynasty. Although some measures were taken to clear the country, it was impossible to evacuate everyone to the city of Hetuala. There were still many villages and strongholds in the surrounding mountains.

At this time, almost all the men in Jianzhou had been recruited into the Eight Banners by old slaves. Some of the strongholds in the country were filled with old, weak, women and children, and they were simply unable to resist.

The iron hooves of the Ming army easily broke through the gates of their village. These knights wearing armor and face shields seemed to have transformed into devils in the night, slashing at anyone they saw without giving Jianlu a chance to react.

An old man with a gray rattail was just about to raise his sword to resist, when he was stabbed to death by a spear from the roaring Ming army. The huge impact directly pinned him to the door panel behind him.

The massacre went very smoothly, and not many cries were heard, because they were beheaded by the Ming army before they even had time to cry.

However, the Ming army rarely used three-eyed blunderbuss, not because they wanted to save ammunition, but because the efficiency of fire blunderbuss in killing people was too low.

At this time, Wang Dazhuang already had five heads hanging on his horse. He proudly said to Ma Sankui beside him: "Brother Sankui, how many have you chopped off?"

Ma Sankui said with a silly smile: "You can't do it, I already have six."

Damn it, he was not as good as that stupid big guy. Wang Dazhuang wanted to look for prey again, but found that there was no longer a breathing creature in the village.Although the headless corpses and blood everywhere make this place look like a purgatory on earth, the huge flames will soon turn this place into ashes.

Soon the horn sounded, and their team regrouped. After counting the number of people, they set off to find the next Jurchen stronghold.

Naqiya looked at the villages that were set on fire one after another on the nearby hills, with mixed feelings in her heart.Suddenly he felt that the man in front of him was so terrifying. Under his sunny and handsome appearance, he actually hid such a cruel and cold-blooded heart.

Although Ye He and Jianzhou were feuding, Li Xianzhong's methods were too ruthless.Even Li Chengliang probably didn't do things so well back then. Is this still the Ming Dynasty that claims to be a country of etiquette?

The night in Liaodong was extremely cold. Although there was a raging fire around her, Nazia felt cold all over. It was really terrible to offend Ming.

Li Xianzhong understood that it was already dark at this time, and since most of the Jurchen villages were built in mountain valleys and were not easily discovered, the Ming army's gains might be limited and it would be difficult to shake the foundation of Hou Jin.

However, the surrounding villages that were set on fire turned into beacon towers, telling everyone that the Ming army had reached Hetuala.

At this time, the person in charge of staying in Hetuala was He Heli, one of the five founding ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty. Nurhaci trusted him very much and married his eldest daughter Dongguo Gege to him.

This time, Saarhu's strategy to deal with the Ming army was suggested by He Heli. It can be said that he was Nurhachi's think tank and had long assisted Nurhaci in governing the country.

Moreover, this man was both civil and military, and his Dong'e tribe also contributed a lot to Hou Jin's campaign.

He Heli said to Li Yongfang: "Prince-in-law Fuxi, don't you know the situation of the Southern Route Army very well? Why did the Ming army suddenly attack the city of Hetuala?"

At this time, Li Yongfang also looked confused. He said: "Wuji Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was not attacked by the Ming army. According to the intelligence, the Ming army Li Rubai's troops did advance from Qinghe Fort to Crow Falcon Pass today. But no news of the Ming army’s departure was received.”

"I'm afraid the Ming army under Hetuala City may not be the South Route Army. Could it be Liu Wei's subordinates of the East Route Army?"

Although He Heli instructed the Hou Jin Army on the East Road to cut down trees and block the road to delay the Ming East Route Army, they only had 500 people after all.The servants under Liu Wei are also extremely powerful, and there is a possibility that they will be eliminated by the Ming army.

At this time, Hou Jin's sentry came to report: "I report to my two princes-in-law that the Ming army burned down all the many strongholds south of Hetuala, and massacred all the old, weak, women and children who were left behind?"

He was very surprised by the behavior of the Ming army. The Ming army's overnight raid should have gone straight into Hetuala; but it really shouldn't have been done to burn down the stockade outside the city.

He Heli asked hurriedly: "Can you find out which Ming army it is?"

The sentry knight said: "This Ming army is very elite. Our people were killed by them as soon as they approached. We only saw the big banner with Liu characters."

Hearing this, Li Yongfang finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was clearly your Dong'e Department who did not stop Liu Wei's East Route Army, and you still blame me for inaccurate information about the South Route Army. It is really unreasonable!
So Li Yongfang said: "According to the intelligence, Liu Wei's elites have not completely arrived in Liaodong, and he has a limited number of servants. It must be that he sent a small number of elites to conduct a surprise attack, hoping to disrupt the morale of our army and create the illusion that the Ming army is approaching. "

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