At this time, in Hetuara City, the wise Khan Nurhachi and the Eight Banners Banner Lord were studying the strategy of the expedition.

There is no need to discuss the issue of taking the initiative to attack, the soldiers of the Eight Banners are united in their hearts and minds, and they will move forward bravely in every battle, so how can they cower and wait for help. Moreover, Nurhachi's orders have been conveyed before, and all the banner soldiers have been prepared, looking forward to the time for the achievement of this battlefield.

"There is news from the fine work, the Ming Court has 470,000 soldiers, and the Fourth Route Army has come to attack in a big way, according to what we have decided before, my Eight Banners soldiers will first annihilate the enemy from the west. Come and see, all the Belles and the Banner Lords, where are we going to meet the juniper that is coming from the west?"

In the face of Nurhachi's question, the major Baylors all looked thoughtful. Although he and others looked down on the Ming Court, the formation of 470,000 soldiers could not help but be careless.

Sanbeile Reckless Gurtai looked at the cautious expressions of everyone, and couldn't help but pout, and said in a contemptuous tone: "What is there to say about this? Come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair. They are so good at fixing this empty head. Obviously, there are only 100,000 people, not more than 400,000, and you can deceive yourself. My clan is good at field warfare, as long as it is a wilderness plain, no matter where it is, you can break the Ming army! If you don't start an army here, why bother asking for trouble here?"

Only Erbel Amin nodded in agreement with his words, these two cousins are messing around together when they have nothing to do, and they belong to a good brother who is out of his nostrils. This younger brother has spoken, how can the elder brother not speak out to show support?

"Manggultai is right, I think that barbarian slave will be the opponent of my people's son? This time, the Great Khan personally led the elite of our Eight Banners to meet the Ming army, and there was no other way, just rampage"!

Great Bel Daishan looked at the map and thought for a long time, then suddenly stood up and said, "Father Khan, you look at the Jiefan City adjacent to the Iron Back Mountain, which is the throat fortress leading to my capital city Hetuala. The north of Jiefan City is the Jilin Cliff on the east bank of the Hunhe River, which is the first dangerous place; The south of the city is Zakha Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack; And after Jiefan, there is a flat river, and there is no danger to defend. We can build defenses here to keep the Ming army at bay."

Even Huang Taiji, who has always been quite prejudiced against Dai Shan, had to admit that Dai Shan's words were quite important in the art of war, and although he was reluctant, he had to nod his head in agreement.

Wise Khan Nurhachi glanced at the position of Dai Shan's finger, and after a little thought, he showed a satisfied smile and said: "Well, this is a good place, we are building a city here, how are the soldiers of the banners prepared?"

"Just wait for my father Khan's order, and all the bannermen have been packed up." Huang Taiji replied.

"Good! After you go back, you will rest for a while, and in an hour you will be out of the mortal city. This battle has exhausted all the elites of my Jurchen, and it will definitely be able to give the Ming Court a head-on blow. All the soldiers worked together, and this battle should be a complete victory, completely destroying the power of the Ming court in Liaozuo. God bless our people, this battle will be won"!

All the banner owners and Baylor knelt on the ground and shouted with Nurhachi: "God bless my people, the next battle will be won"!

The march to the west of Juniper was a day and night, and the road was relatively flat, and within five days he came to Salhu, looking at the Tiebei Mountain on the north bank of the Hunhe River, and Juniper immediately ordered the Chinese army to raise the big tent and discuss the method of using troops with the generals.

Juniper sat in the first place, looked at the generals below with bright eyes, and pointed to the direction of Jiefan City and said: "The scout has come to report that the Jiannu of Jiefan City is building fortifications, and the general intends to personally lead 10,000 soldiers to cross the river and launch an offensive while the enemy's position is not stable, and in one fell swoop to eliminate the biggest obstacle to the chief Hetuala."

As soon as the words fell, the chief soldier Zhao Menglin arched his hand and said: "My lord, the soldiers are tired from marching day and night, and the enemy situation is unknown, so it is really risky to divide the troops to cross the river rashly. Why don't you let the sergeant rest for a while, and wait until the investigation is clear, and then proceed to attack."

All the generals nodded yes, and the risk of attacking rashly like this was too great.

"I think you forgot Lord Yang's military gate to hang this sword." Juniper snapped and slapped his hand on the table.

The generals were silent, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

"There is no way for this general, and the court's war urging documents float onto my desk like snowflakes. For every day the army was delayed, the silver was spent like flowing water. It is already difficult to send out the army here, and if it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid that there will be no food and grass. The war cannot be delayed, pass on the general's order, the general Chai Guodong, the guerrilla Wang Hao, Zhang Daji, Yang Qin, Wang Hailong, Yang Ruda, Liu Yujie, and the supervising army Zhang Quan will immediately cross the river with the general, and then dare to have people who push back the war, and they will not be forgiven"!

"The last will obey"!

Although the generals complained, the military orders were like mountains, and they all went down to prepare for crossing the river, and after a while, Juniper began to cross the Hunhe River with all the soldiers.

General Gong Niansui had difficulty crossing the river with the baggage battalion, so he could only stay, and a large number of artillery pieces were useless.

was so angry that Juniper hammered his chest, but the military order had been issued, and it was difficult to make any further changes, so he had to order to cross the river lightly.

At this time, Juniper's division of troops had already made Nurhachi, who came to the east of the realm, scout clearly.

"Haha, that juniper is called Du Taishi, but it is really a puff. When the garrison of Salhu Mountain is broken first, this soldier is broken, and the people in the world will lose their courage. God bless my Jurchen! ”

Nurhachi was overjoyed to learn of Juniper's deployment, how could he miss such a godsend?

"Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, you immediately lead the headquarters of the soldiers to aid the world, and the enemy, after Ben Khan personally led the remaining six banner soldiers to defeat the Ming army of Salhu in one fell swoop, our troops will be united and annihilate the enemy with this. In this battle, we should fight bravely and kill the enemy, leaving no room alive, so that those Han people who dare to invade my Hetuara understand that my sabers, bows and arrows are made by drinking blood"!

"Wow!" The faces of the major Baylors were bloodthirsty.

The Ming army that crossed the river was halfway there, the river rose suddenly, and Juniper looked at the soldiers and horses who were swept away by the water, and he was so angry that he scolded: "These cowardly Jiannu have a kind of face-to-face fight with the general, what kind of ability is it to attack secretly"?

Staff General Chai Guodong hurriedly grabbed Juniper, who was swept away by the river, and hurriedly said: "My lord, be careful, this Jiannu must break the embankment upstream to release water, or cross the river quickly, otherwise the sergeant's morale will be greatly defeated, and it may not be conducive to the war."

Juniper had a helpless look on his face, he didn't expect that this Jiannu had already prepared, and it seemed that this battle would not go as smoothly as he expected.

It took a lot of effort for the whole army to cross the Suzi River, and when the casualties were counted, nearly 1,000 people were swept away and drowned by the galloping river, and more than 20% of the horses were lost.

Juniper didn't care about the sergeant's rest, so he ordered an immediate attack, and sprinkled all the anger of dying before leaving the army on the Houjin soldier village in front of him.

The generals, the guerrillas were all helpless, and they really didn't know what kind of madness this chief military officer Du was smoking. How can there be such a war? However, they could only obey the military orders, so they organized the soldiers who were wet and began to attack.

The prison soldier Zhang Quan had the heart to advise, but when he saw Juniper's dark face, he couldn't say the words on his lips. Those who know him know that Juniper is hot-tempered, and he can't provoke this anger, and if you are not careful, this anger will be sprinkled on you.

Where do the soldiers still have the strength to fight? Water could be wrung out from top to bottom, armor had already been taken off, weapons had been thrown aside, and the flag was covered with dust. The worst thing is that some firearms have been flooded and cannot be used normally. The sergeants were all lying on the ground panting for breath, no matter how their generals shouted, they were all motionless. In the big camp on the shore, the appearance of losing the armor is like a battlefield after defeat, how can there be a little momentum at all?

Chai Guodong frowned and looked at the morale-depressed sergeant, hurriedly urged the horse to come closer, drew the sword at his waist, and shouted loudly: "Those who disobey the order will not be forgiven, pick up the weapons in your hands, and go to attack with the general"!

The cold light reflected from the sword body made all the soldiers fearful, so they slowly got up, put on the heavy clothes and armor after being soaked in water, and picked up the weapons that could be obtained at hand. Firearms need to be dried before they can be used after they are flooded, and the firearms are better, and some soldiers directly turn the head of the gun and use it as a burning stick. However, the small number of cannons that had crossed the river with great effort could not be used any longer. Those artillerymen had to be empty-handed, and dragged their tired bodies to the battlefield under the supervision of their own hundreds of households.

The generals looked at the soldiers they had always been proud of with black lines on their faces, this time the crossing of the river was reluctant, and they also ordered an attack in this state, this Lord Du is already a famous general with a hundred battles and rich experience, this situation should take a little rest, I really don't know what he thinks. All the generals and officials guessed in their hearts what the purpose of this juniper was.

There will be no will to fight, and the soldiers will not have the will to fight, how can such a momentum destroy the camp and pull out the village? It took more than an hour to take just two small soldiers, and only fourteen Jiannu soldiers were captured in total.

Chai Guodong, who was helpless, walked into the big tent of the chief military officer Juniper, knelt down on one knee in front of Juniper, who was studying the map, and said in a dull tone: "My lord, the sergeant is exhausted, his momentum is low, and the attack is ineffective. I also hope that the adults can pause for a while, bury the pot and cook for a while to rest for a while before attacking. If this continues, there will be no progress, and it will only increase casualties!"

Chai Guodong also took a great risk to say these words, after all, Juniper warned before the war that whoever dared to disturb the army's morale would be subject to military law. But the battle was not good, the soldiers were tired, they didn't speak, and the defeat was just around the corner.

Juniper also learned of the attack, and the momentary atmosphere of that formation had long since disappeared, and when he heard Chai Guodong's words, he nodded approvingly and said: "Then according to your words, the sergeants will rest for an hour, and in the afternoon, the whole army will attack Jilin Cliff together, and we will definitely exterminate Jiannu before dark, and clear the way for our army to go straight to Hetuala, the capital of the chiefate"!

"The last general obeys!" Chai Guodong hurriedly got up and ran out, telling the generals to gather their soldiers, bury the pot and make rice, and attack Jilin Cliff in the afternoon.

After eating, the Ming army, which had rested for a while, obviously recovered, and according to the order of the chief officer Du Song, the whole army stormed Jilin Cliff.

The cannon "rumbled" and hit the fortifications built by Houjin, and suddenly the green bricks and rubble flew together, and the fortifications of the entire Jilin Cliff were suddenly beaten to a thousand holes under the intensive artillery fire of the Ming army.

The Houjin soldiers were crushed under the city wall and couldn't raise their heads at all. There are also strong men who are not afraid of death and show their heads and bend their bows downward to shoot arrows. But then he was beaten beyond recognition by the Ming army gunners who were attacking upwards after a puff of smoke and fell down from the city wall.

"Poof, poof, poof".

After the Jin Eight Banners soldiers continued to fall, the Ming army was full of momentum, under the leadership of their respective generals, they were not afraid of death to rush up, the roar of the cannons, the roar of the firearms, countless arrows were thrown to the Jilin Cliff, and the Eight Banners soldiers were powerless.

Juniper looked at the battle situation with a smile on his face, and said to Zhang Quan, the overseer army beside him: "It won't take an hour for this Jilin Cliff to be breached, and then the army will go straight to the hinterland of Jiannu, and this day will be waiting for Jiannu."

"Hehe, Lord Du is extraordinarily brave, this official will truthfully report to the court, and the court will also reward the soldiers of the three armies in strict accordance with Lord Yang's excerpts before the expedition." Zhang Quan, the superintendent of the army, was born as a jinshi and did not understand military affairs, but he could also see that the battle situation was in his favor.

At this time, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, who had just arrived at Tiebei Mountain, had a solemn face, if Jiefan City was lost, and the gate of the capital city Hetuala was opened, he would be a Jurchen sinner.

At this time, Huang Taiji couldn't care about the infighting, and hurriedly said: "Big Belle, the situation is in crisis at this time, you and I must immediately rush to the aid of Jilin Cliff, otherwise it will be too late to regret it."

Dai Shan carefully watched the battle situation and said: "I can send a thousand elite soldiers to aid Jilin Cliff, and you and I will attack the Juniper Department from the flank, and we can immediately solve this crisis!"

What a siege to save Zhao! Huang Taiji couldn't stop applauding in his heart. Although he doesn't deal with him, it's all a matter between his own people, and this big enemy is the head, so it's better to focus on the overall situation.

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji brought, Juniper has been reported, can only divide troops to resist the red and white flag soldiers who came down the mountain to attack, plus Jilin Cliff has strong troops to help, the battle situation suddenly fell into a state of anxiety.

The firearms of the Ming army showed their might, and the artillery fire continued to hit the soldiers of the two banners who rushed down from the Tiebei Mountain, like the rolling thunder and the sickle of death, constantly harvesting the lives of the Houjin soldiers. The fire guns roared in unison, and the Houjin cavalry continued to fall off their horses, and the charging formation was also in chaos, without any order. Juniper only has 10,000 soldiers to withstand the attack of the Houjin Two Banner Banners, and can fiercely attack Jilin Cliff.

This kind of courage made the prison army Zhang Quan stunned, and kept chanting: "There is no vanity under the fame"!

He didn't see that Juniper's brow was getting tighter and tighter.

It was getting late, and at this time, the wise Khan Nurhachi also led the army to arrive, and according to the pre-war deployment, he personally led a total of more than 37,000 cavalry from the five banners to attack the camp of the Salhu Ming army with absolute superiority.

At this time, although the number of the Salhu camp reached 20,000, those soldiers who could fight well were all transferred across the river by Juniper, and they were not prepared for a sneak attack at all, so the entire camp was in chaos.

Although the commander-in-chief Wang Xuan and Zhao Menglin commanded the sergeants to resist, it was still to no avail, and in a moment or three, the camp was breached, both of them were killed, and the Ming army scrambled to flee for their lives.

On the other side, after seeing the collapse of the Salhu camp, Jun Song had a will to die, pulled out the sword in his hand, and said to Zhang Quan, the prison army beside him: "This battle is all because of my rash attack on the enemy, so that the soldiers are lost, and now I Du someone wants to die to martyr the country, and I will tell the court for me, and Jun Song is ashamed of the people of the world."

After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Quan, who had already looked stupid, to reply, and rushed into the formation with his own soldiers.