Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Sarhu City at the foot of Sarhu Mountain was originally the Sarhu Village of the Sukesu River Guarding Tribe of the Jianzhou Jurchens. It is famous for the great battle in the 47th year of Wanli. Although it is famous, the city wall is not high, with a width and height of less than ten feet. Although it is not high, it is built on a slope and is close to the Hunhe River and the Suzi River. It is surrounded by water on three sides, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After the Battle of Sarhu, Nurhaci moved from Hetuala City to Jiefan City, and then moved from Jiefan City to Sarhu, and later moved the capital from Sarhu to Liaoyang. For a long time, this city has been a military town, but it was abandoned for a time after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. It was not until the Wei army entered Liaodong that its military importance as the gateway to Jianzhou was re-emerged. Fortunately, it was carefully built at that time. Although it was an earthen city, the important parts were built with stone, which was very solid. It is divided into two cities, the east city is the outer city, and the west city is the inner city. The five city gates are all built on the mouth of the narrow ravine by taking advantage of the mountain. From a distance, it looks slightly oval, like a big duck egg, and of course, a big, solid duck egg.

Bahai, the military savvy Qingning Guta Angbang Zhangjing, chose this as the main station. He could attack Fushun if he advanced, and defend Jianzhou if he retreated. He had a good basis for advance and retreat. Although he was only over 30 years old this year, he had followed his father, the famous Manchurian general Sharhuda, in the army since he was a child. He had experienced many battles and was well-versed in strategy. Naturally, he would not leave a loophole like the Jijia City to the guards. In fact, Jijia City was a bait he deliberately threw to the guards in order to lure the Fushun defenders to fight. Boduohe thought that a big river blocked the traffic of the Qing army and made Jijia City an isolated city. In fact, it was already the end of October. Although most sections of the Hunhe River were still flowing, some places had begun to freeze in the severe cold of the north. As long as the horses did not gallop and walked slowly, they could pass through. Bahai had already asked Fengtian Deputy Governor Dadu, who was familiar with the terrain, to choose the channel for crossing the river so that they could cross the river for reinforcement at any time.

The 500 Joseon soldiers that Bodo looked down upon were not ordinary Joseon troops, but Joseon musketeers with actual combat experience. Even the general who led the troops, Shen Liu, the Hyesan envoy of Hamgyong Province, was an old acquaintance of Bahai. When the Rakshasa invaded Heilongjiang, Shen Liu, under the order of the king of Chao, led 200 musketeers to assist Bahai's father, Sharhuda, in killing the Rakshasa general Stepanov, and made great contributions in the war. In that battle, the knowledgeable Bahai got along well with Shen Liu, who was born in the famous Pyeongsan Shin family of the Yangban, and became friends. Because he knew Shen Liu's ability, he specifically asked the king of Chao, Yi Jin, to transfer Shen Liu's musketeers to help in the battle. As for the 1,500 cavalry and infantry led by Park Yeo-soo, the military envoy of Jeolla, although they were numerous, they did not catch the eye of this Aungbang Jangkyung, who only regarded them as baggage soldiers.

Inside the camp of Sarhu City, Ningguta Angbang Zhangjing Bahai was studying a book, which turned out to be "The Art of War". As a top scholar in the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty, he was well versed in Chinese studies and especially liked reading military books, such as "The Art of War", "Six Secret Teachings" and "Three Strategies", and he could master them after reading them once.

"Marshal, it's bad, the enemy reinforcements have arrived! According to the scouts, they are the vanguard of the pseudo-Khan, with a number of about 10,000 people." While reading, Fengtian Deputy Governor Dadu rushed into the tent in a panic. He couldn't help but panic. The original battle plan was to lure and annihilate the 6,000 defenders in Fushun City in the deck city, but he didn't expect that before the defenders went to battle, the enemy had more than 10,000 reinforcements. This was only the vanguard of the pseudo-Khan. There was no telling how many troops were behind them, and their strength far exceeded his own.

"You are the deputy commander, how can you panic when something happens?" Bahai calmly put down the book and handed him a cup of tea.

Dadu's old face turned red, and he relaxed for no reason. He said hesitantly: "The Marshal is right. It is my fault. Marshal, the main force of the enemy is approaching, and Fushun can no longer be conquered. Let's withdraw from Sarhu City as soon as possible. The terrain around Maldun City is steep, and we can stop the enemy there."

"Well, although what you said makes sense, retreating without fighting may hurt morale. The enemy is numerous and we are few. To defeat the enemy, it all depends on morale. What came is only the vanguard of the guards. I estimate that it will take at least five days for the main force of the pseudo-Khan to arrive. Let's wait a little longer. If the enemy does not attack the deck city after five days, retreat immediately."

"Yes!" Dadu took the order and left. Strangely enough, he was a little worried and panicked when he entered the tent, but he became more confident when he left.

Only one day later, news came that the army of Boduohe, the Prince of Wengniute County of Wei State, was approaching the Jiajian City. Looking at the military reports that came in like snowflakes, Bahai was not panicked. Instead, he showed a look of joy, "The fish is in the net!" He calmly ordered the first-class guard Lang Tan to lead his troops to guard the Great Wall in the Fushun Pass area, and the Zhengbai Banner Jialazhangjing Haoerde to lead 800 soldiers to guard the Sarhu City, while he led an army of 12,000 to quietly cross the Hunhe River from the frozen part.

"Inform the entire army to hide during the day and travel at night, and all men and horses should be tied with ropes to prevent them from getting lost at night. After reaching the mountainous area near the deck city, be careful to hide and not make any noise or reveal your whereabouts." As soon as they crossed the river, the Angbang Zhangjing issued the military order.
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Jijia City is called a city, but in fact it is just a small village with only a few hundred people. Because it is not far from Guanling where Fushun Pass is located, it was not allowed to build a city. However, in order to create conflicts within the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Ming Dynasty favored Nikan Wailan, the lord of Tulun City in the Suksu River Protection Tribe, so Nikan Wailan built a city here. After Nurhaci started his army with thirteen sets of relic armor, he hunted down his enemy Nikan Wailan and captured the city. At that time, the cowardly Nikan Wailan was afraid of Nurhaci's army and abandoned the city. Jijia City did not experience the war. Now it is different from the past. The Qing Niulu Zhang Jing Gun Deyi and the Korean Hamgyong Province Huishan Qianshi Shen Liu who guarded Jijia City decided to defend the city, and a war was inevitable.

Gundeyi was born in the Solon Bilal tribe (a branch of the Oroqen people, named after the Bilal River basin where they lived). The 300 Bilal warriors under his command were all skilled in hunting and raising deer, and could use hard bows and shoot arrows far and accurately.

Shen Liu's 1631 musketeers used the most advanced firearms of the Joseon army. In addition to the traditional matchlock guns, there were also some flintlock guns. These flintlock guns were ordered to be copied by King Hyojong, who was determined to march north. As early as 1656, Korea had seen the power of flintlock guns from missionaries. "Western cannons do not use matchlocks. They are hit with stones and the fire starts by themselves." In 1658, King Hyojong saw the flintlock guns on the Dutch drifting ship and ordered them to be copied. "At first, when the barbarians drifted there, they got their bird guns. The system was very clever. I ordered the training bureau to copy and make it." However, due to the lack of real objects, the copying effect was not good. Fortunately, the Rakshasa ghosts repeatedly invaded Heilongjiang, and the Qing court twice drew the Joseon army to help. The sinister King Hyojong sent troops according to the requirements of the suzerain country, while observing the strength of the Qing army, and ordered the generals to find a real flintlock gun. In , Ningguta Aungbang Zhangjing Sharhuda killed the Russian commander and seized "no less than three or four hundred" enemy guns of "unique" shape. Shen Liu, who made great contributions in this battle, took the opportunity to ask Hu (Shaerhuda) to give him a few "thief cannons". After weighing the pros and cons for two days, Sharhuda finally gave him only one. Shen Liu was overjoyed and wrote happily: "The thief cannons are different from our country's cannons. There is no matchlock. The fire iron is inserted inside, and the iron plug is put down outside. When the flint is put down, the stone and iron are thin and fire comes out. It is very different, so I have begged Hu (Shaerhuda) to give it to me." After receiving the real object, the performance of the flintlock rifles imitated by Joseon was significantly improved. Shen Liu's subordinates were equipped with hundreds of such new fire guns. What made him feel sad was that King Hyojong imitated these fire guns for the purpose of attacking the Qing Dynasty, but now he had to fight for the Qing Dynasty. Despite this, he was still determined to fight to the end. First, for the honor of the Korean warriors; second, in his view, the Mongols and the Manchus were both barbarians; third, he had some friendship with the Qing army commander Bahai.

"Line up, load your gunpowder, and prepare for battle!" Shen Liu calmly ordered as he saw the guards' cavalry galloping up and down the city walls. Five hundred Korean musketeers lined up in a straight line on the top of the city walls, silently loading their gunpowder. They wore huge "battle hats" (hairy hats) and looked like "big heads" from a distance. When they were fighting against the Rakshasas, the dog tribe (Hezhe people) in the Heilongjiang River basin called them "big-headed people."

The fierce Gundeyi did not think much of the 500 Korean reinforcements sent by Bahai. In his opinion, the Korean army could only serve as chores in the army and could not play a big role. However, the Korean army was silent when loading the gunpowder, and the army formation was straight and tight, which showed that they were well-trained. He could not help but secretly admire Bahai's ability to use troops. These big men seemed to be able to fight.

In fact, Huang Taiji once commented on the Korean army as follows: "Although the Korean soldiers are not good at riding, they do not violate the law. They are good at fighting on foot with bird guns, which is very useful for attacking cities." The Koreans themselves also said: "The bird gun is a long-range weapon, but it takes a long time to hide (load) and fire. If it is not for the city, it will be difficult to deal with it. It is definitely not a weapon to fight against the iron cavalry on the plain... Last year, our army relied on artillerymen. When they clashed, they had no time to hide again, and the enemy cavalry had already entered the battle." They admitted that in the field, because the cavalry was too fast and it took too long to reload, they could not beat the cavalry, but if they relied on fortifications and defended the city, they could still make a difference. Ba Hai, who was good at using troops, sent Korean musketeers this time to take advantage of the advantages of muskets in defending the city and cause a lot of casualties to the guards. Indeed, although the effective range of muskets in this era is not as good as that of bows and arrows, it is mainly a problem of accuracy. The armor-piercing ability far exceeds that of bows and arrows. If high-density shooting is used to form a rain of bullets, the accuracy problem can also be solved. The biggest flaw is actually the slow loading speed. However, the speed of climbing in one direction of the siege in a siege battle is not fast, which is a good target for muskets.

"Ready to draw your bow!"

Gundeyi shouted the order. Upon hearing the order, the three hundred Bilar warriors silently put on their iron rings and took out their arrows. The warriors of the Bilar tribe were all good at hunting, and these three hundred were carefully selected archers. They all used armor-piercing arrows. Although they were not as powerful as fire guns, they were faster. Experienced warriors could fire several arrows in a short period of time.

Bahai thought that the deck was just a small city. With three hundred fierce Sauron archers and Korean musketeers guarding it, they would surely inflict heavy casualties on the enemy and hold out until he arrived. He could have sent more troops, but since it was a bait, the enemy had to have enough confidence to take it. If too many troops were sent, the enemy might not dare to go out of the city to fight. This was the tragedy of bait. No one really cared about their lives. Even their commander just hoped that they could hold out a little longer. (End of this chapter)