The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 632 Battle of Sarhu.

On the canopy.

Inside the government office.

The fire burned the iron sheet red.

With a "whoosh", the heavy curtain hanging on the door was lifted.

Snowflakes took advantage of this opportunity to fly into the room.

In an instant it turned into water vapor and stuck to the clothes of the person who came.

"Jinglüe, there is no one to leave today!"

The visitor patted his clothes, walked over to the old man who was warming himself by the fire, and sat down.

Two calloused hands stretched out from the thick cotton sleeves.

"It has been snowing for five days straight."

"You can't even see your calves if you step on them!"

"How do we go?"

The old man looked at the fire in the stove and said slowly:

"How do we go? Just walk like that."

"Why does the country support scholars? Is it fair to the country and the people to retreat in the face of battle?"

"The court urges me to stop you every day! If I hadn't stopped you, your heads would have been chopped off long ago!"

"Your Majesty has said that anyone who continues to shirk responsibility will be punished by military law!"

Hearing this, the old general stared at the hot iron furnace in a daze.

The atmosphere fell silent for a while.

After a while, the old man sighed and said:

"The army will set out on the 25th..."

"The sooner we finish, the better."

……

[As the supreme commander, Yang Hao, the governor of Liaodong, set a plan to attack Hetuala from four directions.]

[The first route was the left wing center route, led by Shanhaiguan General Du Song, Baoding General Wang Xuan and others, with 25,000 troops, marching from Fushun and heading straight for Hetuala.]

[The second route was the right wing center route, led by former Liaodong General Li Rubai and Lieutenant General He Shixian, with 20,000 men, starting from Qinghe, passing through the southern part of Jianzhou, and attacking Hetuala.]

[The third route was the left wing north route, led by Kaitie General Ma Lin with 20,000 officers and soldiers, plus 2,000 allied troops from Yehe, starting from Kaiyuan, passing through the northern part of Jianzhou, and attacking Hetuala.]

[The fourth route was the right wing south route, led by Liu Jing, the general of Liaoyang, with 10,000 officers and soldiers, plus 13,000 soldiers forced by the Ming Dynasty to attack Hetuala from the east of Jianzhou.]

[As luck would have it, heavy snow fell on the Liaodong plains from the 16th. The departure date had to be changed from the 21st to the 25th.]

【Liu Jing thought it was not a good idea to send troops now and asked to postpone it, but Yang Hao disagreed because the court was urging him to do so.】

……

Big man.

Liu Bang slammed the table!
Loudly:
"Put your words here!"

"If they win! I'll eat this table!"

Lu Zhi rolled her eyes at him.

"I knew you had the habit of cheating on food and drink, but I didn't know you had such bad teeth."

Liu Bang squinted his eyes and looked at her.

Don’t you know what the point of what I said is?

Lü Zhi didn't even look at him, and said slowly:
"It was freezing cold, and the route was deep in the mountains and forests, making it very difficult to move forward."

"This is very disadvantageous to the Ming army."

"The Jurchens lived in this dense forest and were accustomed to the local climate and familiar with the local terrain."

"The Ming army was mobilized from all directions, including troops from Jiangnan and Shuzhong. How could they withstand such severe cold?"

"The terrain is unfamiliar, and the troops have not yet been trained together."

"It's so hasty to divide the troops and attack."

"Everyone knows this battle is not easy to fight."

"It's not the right time, right place, and right people, but it's not the right place."

……

Period of Emperor Guangwu of Yanhan Dynasty

Liu Xiu discovered that the Ming Dynasty had the same bad problem as the Song Dynasty.

"Since the Song Dynasty, these emperors have loved to dictate what happens on the front lines."

"Not only do they dictate things, but the coaches they use are all literati who don't know how to fight."

Liu Zhuang held his face in his hands and said to his father who looked angry:

"There's nothing we can do about it. Who made them so cruel during the late Tang and Five Dynasties?"

“These guys are scared to death.”

……

[The main army commander Du Song was eager to make a contribution, so he asked the troops to march more than 50 kilometers in a day in the heavy snow to attack Jiefan City west of Hetuala.]

[A forced march of more than 50 kilometers a day is extremely physically demanding, especially when it snows.]

【And what Juniper didn't know was. 】

[Nurhaci had already discovered the movement of the Ming army in four directions during the days when the city was blocked by heavy snow.]

[Then we decided on the strategy of "No matter how many ways you come, I will only go one way."]

[Nurhaci didn't know who the main force was, but he didn't need to know who the main force was. ]

[He only needs to focus on the road of Fushun, Wuguanling, Sarhu, Jilinya, and Jiefancheng. ]

[The entrances to Sarhu from the periphery are all mountain roads, so it is very convenient to monitor only the limited mountain roads. ]

[Nurhaci had deployed patrols and scouts before the 25th, so he could see every move of the Ming army clearly.]

……

On the canopy.

On the cliff, the soldiers huddled like ants.

The surrounding snow blocks were shaken by the shouting and the sound of killing, and scattered into flying snow flakes.

At the cliff, a general in a red jacket shouted from the cliff:
"You Jurchen thieves, surrender now, and I will spare your life..."

Suddenly, a soldier stumbled over from behind and said urgently:
"General! Our troops at the foot of Sarhu Mountain were completely wiped out by the Nu chieftain!"

The general turned around suddenly, his face flushed, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"This slave chief will not die well..."

Before he could finish his scolding, the sound of horse hooves was heard!

A huge group of cavalry came into view.

As the cavalry arrived, the sky was filled with silver stars.

……

[On the first day of March, Du Song's army arrived at Sarhu Mountain.]

[More than 20,000 people camped at the foot of Sarhu Mountain. Du Song divided his troops there and personally led 10,000 troops to cross the Hun River with light equipment to attack the Jurchen stronghold on Jilin Cliff.]

[At this time, Nurhaci led more than 30,000 cavalrymen from Hetuala and wiped out 15,000 Ming troops in Sarhu, then crossed the river to destroy the remaining 10,000 Ming troops. Du Song was shot dead.]

[In this way, the main force of the First Route Army of 25,000 people was completely wiped out within one day.]

……

{This war is... like a joke.}
{I remember this is the plot at the beginning of the movie "Blade of the Assassin".}
{I didn’t think much of it at the time, but when I saw that Du Song’s troops were completely wiped out in one day, I remembered what Lu Wenzhao said to Shuguang in the movie: “Tens of thousands of lives were lost like mowing grass.”}
{Now I realize how cruel this sentence is.}
{He was stubborn and reckless, and the troops were in disarray, and the enemy attacked them separately.}
{Why don't you set up sentries? The light cavalry went deep into the enemy territory, leaving the muskets and artillery behind... I won't say more, I'm so angry!}
……

Datang.

Li Shimin felt completely absurd.

Finally, I could only utter one sentence.

"Wisdom cannot predict the enemy, and strategy cannot convince the masses."

"One general without strategy can tire out thousands of troops. One commander without strategy can frustrate ten thousand troops."

After receiving Li Shimin's instruction on military tactics, Li Chengqian can now see some strategic plans.

"This Nurhaci is not an ordinary person."

"Divide and attack, use the strong to defeat the weak, and use the majority to defeat the minority."

"It has a bit of the shadow of Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty."

Li Shimin put his hands behind his back and sighed.

"A powerful ruler has risen in the north...but the Ming Dynasty..."

Li Chengqian remained silent.

The last Yuan Dynasty to rule the Central Plains...it’s better not to mention it.

"I hope... that the Ming Dynasty can produce a heroic ruler..."

……

Ming Dynasty·Chongzhen period
Zhu Youjian looked at the sky calmly.

He has let it go now.

He always thought that the failure of the Ming Dynasty was his own fault and that of his ministers.

But starting from Emperor Xiaozong, he understood.

Daming is sick.

This disease is not just a problem between the emperor and his subjects.

But the Ming Dynasty had been ill since its birth.

It is a blessing from heaven that he did not die young.

He looked at the sky and sighed.

"Time is not on my side...what can I do..."

……

[On the second day of March, on the left wing of the northern route, General Ma Lin of Kaitie received the news of Du Song's defeat, so he stationed his troops in three places and switched from offense to defense.]

[Then Nurhaci arrived with more than 30,000 cavalrymen and annihilated them all. Fortunately, Ma Lin escaped. ]

[The 2,000 allied troops of the Yehe tribe of the Haixi Jurchens did not even come to participate in the battle, and the Second Route Army was also annihilated.]

[On the third day of March, Liu Jing on the east route did not know that the west and north routes had been defeated by Nurhaci.]

[He marched alone into the depths of 300 li, conquered 15 camps in a row, killed more than 3,000 enemies, and had already reached a place only 70 li away from Hetuala.]

……

On the canopy.

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen rushed out of the dense forest.

And among the densely packed four-color iron armor.

Ten thousand red-robed Ming soldiers are fighting bloody battles.

The leading red-robed veteran led his cavalry to charge, but was trapped by countless four-color cavalry.

Outside the four-color iron cavalry, a group of soldiers wearing court armor were kneeling in the snow with pale faces.

Not even looking up.

……

[On the fourth day of the third month, Nurhaci ordered his three sons, Daishan, the first prince, Manggurtai, the third prince, and Huang Taiji, the fourth prince, to lead 40,000 cavalrymen to stop Liu Jing.]

[They set up an ambush at Abudaligang, and when Liu Jing's troops entered the forest, ambushes sprang up everywhere.]

【Liu Jing and his adopted son Liu Zhaosun died in battle, and the Eastern Route Army was completely wiped out.】

[As for the more than 13,000 Korean troops, when they saw the Eight Banners Cavalry appear, their commander Jiang Hong ordered them to surrender.]

……

Great Sui.

Yang Jian was so angry that he laughed.

"It's you guys after all!"

"Wanli saved a group of ungrateful people."

Dugu Jialuo coaxed Yang Shimin in her arms and said lightly:
"What a coincidence! Wanli is also an ungrateful person."

"Tit for tat."

Yang Jian opened his mouth, but he was unable to refute.

……

[Yang Hao had already learned about the defeat of Du Song's army on the second day of March, and he urgently ordered other troops to withdraw, but the order was only passed to the southern route.]

[This is because the southern army is moving slowly.]

【Li Rubai immediately withdrew his troops after receiving the order.】

[On the way back to the army, he learned of Liu Jing's death. He was afraid that Wanli would hold him accountable for "missing the opportunity", so he committed suicide after the battle.]

[In the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, with more than 310 officers and 45,800 soldiers killed, more than 48,600 horses and mules killed, more than 1,000 chariots and more than 13,100 firearms lost.]

[When the news of the defeat came, the capital was greatly shaken.]

【Cabinet Minister Fang Congzhe immediately reported to Emperor Wanli, hoping that the Emperor would come out of the Wenhua Palace at this critical moment and summon the nine ministers and other officials to hold a meeting to jointly devise a strategy to defend Liaodong and the capital, but Emperor Wanli did not pay much attention to it.】

[It was not until the next day, when detailed battle reports arrived, that Wanli realized that something was wrong. He sent an edict to the Ministry of War, expressing his regret for Du Song's greed for merit and rashness, which led to the loss of troops.]

[I am dissatisfied with Marin's failure to support him on time, and I want him to make up for his crime with meritorious service.]

[The next day, he sent a message to the cabinet, expressing indignation at Du Song and others for delaying the dispatch of troops, being greedy for merit but not making any progress, and resulting in the loss of generals and soldiers.]

[Order that the urgent memorials of civil and military officials regarding the Liao affairs should be reviewed in detail before making any instructions, and Fang Congzhe should convey them to all government offices and wait for the imperial edict.]

[Soon after, Wanli made a decision and ordered the arrest of Yang Hao, the main person responsible for the defeat, and put him in Jinyiwei prison to be sentenced to death. He also appointed Xiong Tingbi as the governor of Liaodong to clean up the mess.]

(End of this chapter)