Blood from Daming

Chapter 561 News
Yuan Chonghuan, governor of Liaodong, knew about Huang Taiji's negotiation conditions, so he could only comprehend it but not express it clearly. After thinking for a while, he resisted the temptation to reach an agreement with Huang Taiji in private and said to Liu Xingzhi, "Envoy Liu, go back and tell Huang Taiji that Daming's Every inch of mountains and rivers should not be given lightly to others, Yuan Chonghuan will not be a sinner of Ming Dynasty, if Huang Taiji wants to fight, let him come here, if he doesn't fight, then go back to Shenyang."

Liu Xingzhi heard that Yuan Chonghuan rejected Huang Taiji's peace negotiation conditions. Although his tone revealed the intention of Da Ming and Hou Jin to send troops, it still made Liu Xingzhi think highly of Da Ming, the governor of Liaodong, so Liu Xingzhi said again: "Master Yuan, You really don't think about it anymore, or Master Yuan has any conditions to propose."

Yuan Chonghuan was silent for a while and said: "Tell Huang Taiji, fight if you want to fight, and retreat if you don't fight. Envoy Liu please go and please."

Yuan Chonghuan was very surprised by the weird attitude of Huang Taiji's envoy Liu Xingzhi, as well as Huang Taiji's unimaginable negotiation conditions, which made Yuan Chonghuan feel that Huang Taiji was very desirable and successful, and this Liu Xingzhi also opened his hole card as soon as he came up, and he did not meet the status of a veteran negotiator , Yuan Chonghuan is very puzzled about Jianlu's movements now.

Liu Xingzhi bowed to Yuan Chonghuan, taking advantage of the opportunity to salute, Liu Xingzhi said in a low voice: "Master Yuan, a large number of Ming troops have appeared in Houjin Phoenix City, Wudian, and Niu Maozhai, and the fate of the Houjin high-level officials has not yet been decided."

After Liu Xingzhi finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the gate building. Yuan Chonghuan was shocked by Liu Xingzhi's words. Liu Xingzhi, the envoy of the Later Jin Dynasty, actually said such words. Could it be that Liu Xingzhi is a person who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and revealed this to himself? Confidential, it can only be like this, Huang Taiji has no reason to ask Liu Xingzhi to say such a thing, this can only strengthen the determination of the Ming officers and soldiers to stick to the Ningjin defense line, and it will not benefit Jianlu at all.

But Yuan Chonghuan couldn't figure it out. The Ming army who appeared in Houjin Phoenix City, Wudian, and Niu Mao Village were the gods of that road, because the subordinates who came back from Juehua Island a few days ago reported that they were sent to inform Mao Zongzhen of Dongjiang Town to cooperate with them. When the envoys sent troops left Phi Island and rushed back to Juehua Island Navy Wharf, they didn't see any movement from Mao Wenlong's troops.

Yuan Chonghuan's envoy left Phi Island on May [-]. Even if Mao Wenlong sent troops on May [-], it would take at least eight to ten days to reach Niu Mao Village. Army, but it will take at least three or five days to spread the news from Niu Maozhai to Ning Jinhuang Taiji. Moreover, after the high-level discussions of the Jin Dynasty, the Jianlu army has not yet decided. It can be seen that Jianlu knows that the Ming army has already entered Niu Maozhai. It's been a few days.

Yuan Chonghuan thought that if Mao Wenlong hadn't sent troops to Niu Maozhai without telling him, it would have been North Korean soldiers pretending to be Ming soldiers crossing the river to rob. The Xue family army led by him did not leave North Korea's Ping'an Road. Yuan Chonghuan felt that this was impossible. Not to mention that everyone knew that Xue Polu's troops had withdrawn from North Korea. Even if there were Xue Polu's subordinates, they would not come to support him Xue Jiajun's great enemy.

Now that Yuan Chonghuan thinks of Xue Polu who disappeared in Liaodong Bay, he still feels somewhat ashamed. If he and the North Korean side did not jointly attack him, Xue Polu would not have left North Korea. With the strong Ming army, the Ning Jin line of defense that he guards is not as much pressure as now. Unfortunately, such an opportunity will not come again.

Yuan Chonghuan got out of the tower in a good mood. In any case, the Ming army harassed behind Jianlu, and Jianlu would have to worry about the future. As long as he led the Ming army to stand firm for ten and a half months, I believe Jianlu would not be able to hold on until Jianlu As soon as his army retreated, he could report the good news of Ning Jin's victory to the imperial court.

When Liu Xingzuo returned to Huang Taiji’s Golden Tent to report, he was blocked by Huang Taiji’s guards outside the Golden Tent. After the guards went in to report, Liu Xingzuo was let into the Golden Tent. The Golden Tent was full of Dajin’s Baylor and Beizi , Huang Taiji just asked Liu Xingzuo lightly, and didn't care much about Liu Xingzuo's report on the negotiation results. After listening to it, Huang Taiji told Liu Xingzuo to go down and rest.

After Liu Xingzuo left, Huang Taiji said: "It seems that Yuan Manzi is willing to accept our conditions, but Yuan Manzi is absolutely unwilling to put down the terms in black and white. Let's discuss the appearance of the Xue family army in Niu Mao Village. .”

Not long after Liu Xingzuo went to Ningyuan City to discuss peace, envoys from Shengjing arrived. From May 22th to May [-]nd, Xue Jiajun led fifteen huge sea-going ships upstream to the south of Dajinniu Maozhai, Kuandian, To the north of Yongdian, on the west bank between Bitong and Manpu on the Yalu River in North Korea, all the villages and villages along the river, Dianpu, which were easy to attack, carried out inhumane burning, killing and looting, creating no-man's land in all the places they passed.

According to the funeral statistics of Niu Mao Zhai: Nearly a hundred villages and towns were destroyed in each banner of Dajin, more than 7000 men, women and children were massacred, more than 8000 people were displaced, and more than 3000 people were missing. Most of the missing were women. It is seriously suspected that He was plundered by the Xue family army, and lost tens of thousands of livestock, as well as a large amount of Liao ginseng, animal skins, grain and grass, etc. All the Zhaibao villages and towns and the livestock and property that could not be taken away were all burned and slaughtered by the Xue family army. The woman went along the Yalu River with the looted property.

Dabeile Daishan, Erbeile Amin, Belezierharang, Azig, Yuetuo, Haoge and others who were called to the meeting by Huang Taiji all had their lungs exploded. , North Korea, etc., why now Dajin is often robbed by the Ming army when it is turned upside down, and it is also ruthless and poisoned by the Jurchens like myself.

These Jurchens robbed me, and I still hoped to leave men as slaves as cannon fodder. The people of the Ming Dynasty were even more ruthless to the Jurchens. According to Xue’s army’s way of killing, the Jurchens will be killed by Xue’s army in a short time. If the Xue family is caught, the body must be shredded into thousands of pieces.

Erbeile Amin said: "Khan, what else is there to discuss? According to Benbeile's intention, he led troops to Zhenjiang City or the mouth of the Yalu River to block the Xue family's army fleet the day before yesterday. There is no need to discuss here. , and let those offal from the Xue family of the Great Ming run away."

Baylor and Beizi in the golden tent knew that this was Erbeile Amin accusing Huang Taiji of being indecisive and delaying the fighter plane, Huang Taiji's face became green with anger, Belzier Harang saw his brother Amin and became angry with Da Khan again , quickly appeared to act as a peacemaker for the two of them.

Belzier Harang said: "Brother, let's discuss what to do. Withdrawing troops from Ningyuan and Jinzhou requires a perfect strategy, otherwise the Ming army will be in trouble."

Erbeile Amin laughed loudly and said: "Yuan Manzi and those Ming dogs still dare to chase after him. If Benbeile returns his carbine, he will definitely kill the Ming army."

Dabeile Daishan said: "Amin, don't talk about it, even if you catch up to Zhenjiang City, maybe Xue's army fleet has already sailed across the ocean."

The elder brother Hauge said: "Father, since the fleet of the Xue family army has already left, there is no point in chasing after them. It is better to take down Ningyuan and Jinzhou wholeheartedly, and then seek revenge from the Xue family army."

Yue Tuo said: "Big Khan, it's better to do what Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wushu) did to harm Yue Fei and let the Ming emperor clean up the Xue family. Those Han people are best at fighting among themselves."

After listening to Yue Tuo's words, Huang Taiji couldn't help but blush a little. He had already used such a trick on Xue Yun of the Xue family. Now that he was sweating profusely, he still felt that it was a conspiracy when someone brought up this matter again. It's a bit difficult to be elegant, and I can't help but blame Yue Tuo for his open mouth.

Huang Taiji suppressed his breath and said: "Let's think of a way in Ningyuan City. As long as the Ming army in Liaodong is hurt, we will say that the invasion of Ningjin this time is to avenge Xue's army's massacre of Dajin people. Yes, let's see if the officials and common people of the Ming Dynasty will let the Xue family go."

In the early morning of May 28th, Jianlu soldiers appeared at the northern hill of Ningyuan City. They were divided into nine groups at Huishan, Kulongshan, Shoushan, Lianshan, and Nanhai. They surrounded Ningyuan City layer by layer. Huang Taiji led the crowd Before Baylor patrolled the formation, he ordered his flag soldiers to lure the Ming army to leave his position, and then used the cavalry to charge and wipe out the Ming army outside the city in one fell swoop.

The Ming army and Jianlu launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle in Ningyuan City. Yuan Chonghuan learned that Jianlu's backyard was on fire and ordered his generals to withstand Jianlu's attack. He believed that Jianlu would not be able to hold on and returned to Shenyang in despair So Yuan Chonghuan lined up his heavy troops outside the city, leaning against the city wall to face the Houjin soldiers led by Huang Taiji.

Commander Man Gui, Deputy General You Shiwei, Deputy General Zu Dashou and others lead [-] elite divisions out of the east gate of Ningyuan City to form an array. Zige, generals, bodyguards, and guards attacked the Ming army. The two armies fought hand-to-hand. Huang Taiji wanted to use the cavalry to attack the Ming army, but the Ming army was close to the city wall. The captive cavalry couldn't use it at all.

The two sides fought until noon, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming army did not retreat. Later Jin Jianlu also suffered heavy casualties. The Ming army in Ningyuan suffered more than 5000 casualties. Under the city of Ningyuan, corpses littered the fields and blood flowed into rivers, and the trenches of the Ming army were filled with corpses from both sides.

Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, personally commanded the battle on the battlements. He kept shouting loudly to encourage the soldiers, and ordered firearms such as the "Red Barbarian Cannon", "Wooden Dragon and Tiger Cannon", and "Mielu Cannon" on the city to bombard the buildings under the city. The Ming army under the city also stood firm. The commander-in-chief, Man Gui, was shot with arrows and his mount was injured. He was snatched back to Ningyuan City by his officers and soldiers.

The Jianlu side also lost generals. Belezir Harang and the fourth son of Dabeile Daishan Wakda were seriously injured. Botu and others were also killed in battle. Huang Taiji saw that the Ming army generals You Shiwei and Zu Dashou were fighting vigorously, and the officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners suffered heavy casualties, so he ordered to stop the attack and retreat to Shuangshupu to stand by.

(End of this chapter)