"Yes, Dashuai!"

Ye Fu was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed.

When later generations studied the Battle of Sarhu, the defeat of the Western Route Army in the first battle was the key to defeat, and now Ye Fu informed the enemy in advance, even if the Western Route Army was defeated at that time, it also gave the rest of the army time to converge.

It's just that Ye Fu didn't expect that Juniper would agree so happily to his proposal.

In fact, although Juniper is stubborn, after all, he has been on the battlefield for decades, so he is naturally not useless.

As a seasoned commander, Juniper is anxious to fight, but now that things have changed, he must deal with them carefully.

This Ye Baihu has been by his side for a long time, and he speaks logically and logically, so he must also be a talent, which is worth reusing.

Just as Ye Fu was about to leave the big tent of the Chinese army, a man in his thirties who looked like a scholar also stepped forward and said, "Marshal, since we know the enemy's movements, we will also set off as soon as possible and send Yang Jingluo's letter to Nurhachi." ”

Juniper smiled and said, "Your Excellency, please." ”

The man nodded and walked straight out of the tent.

Ye Fu looked at the man's appearance, and suddenly chuckled in his heart, remembering something.

Before the crossing, Ye Fu was preparing a paper on the battle of Salhu, so he did a lot of homework.

In Ye Fu's view, aside from the natural factors of time, place and people, from the perspective of the Ming army alone, there are three fatal mistakes.

First, Yang Hao, the economic strategy of Liaodong, only knew how to talk about troops on paper, but he didn't know that the battlefield was changing rapidly, so he chose the wrong tactic of dividing the troops into four routes.

Second, as the main force, Juniper was careless, lightly advanced the enemy, and was attacked by Nurhachi, and was completely annihilated in one fell swoop.

After the annihilation of Juniper's Western Route Army, Nurhachi was able to concentrate his forces and break them one by one, which finally led to a great defeat of the 100,000-strong army.

The third point is also the one that is most easily overlooked, but Ye Fu believes that the defeat of Salhu also has a very significant relationship with this point.

Before the decisive battle, Yang Hao had sent an envoy to the Nurhachi camp to deliver a message.

The content of the letter is as follows:

Nurhachi, my Ming Dynasty has gathered 470,000 troops, and will launch a general attack on a certain day in a certain month.

On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with this letter, and it can even be counted as a psychological tactic that makes the enemy feel terrified.

But the mistake is that Yang Hao prides himself on being the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and he is too self-righteous to forget the truth that soldiers are not tired of cheating, and even told the truth the exact date of the army's expedition.

It is precisely because of this that Nurhachi accurately grasped the movement of the Ming army, and in the end he was able to turn defeat into victory.

Ye Fu never expected to meet this messenger on Juniper's big tent.

"No, he must not be allowed to deliver the letter to Nurhachi."

……

A hundred knights sat neatly on their horses, looking ready to go.

The wind was cold, everyone was blue and purple from the cold, and they kept sniffling, but no one said a word.

"Let's go!"

With Ye Fu's order, all the scouts tightened their collars and rode forward.

Although there are only 100 people, the momentum of 10,000 galloping horses is still daunting, and like war horses, they are all rare and excellent horses.

Ye Fu clamped the horse's belly, the cold wind continued to drill into his internal organs, and snowflakes fluttered one after another, falling all over his body.

In his previous life, he was a student in the ivory tower of the school, but now he was ready to kill someone, Ye Fu was of course a little nervous.

But the Ming army has now left Fushun Pass, and the bad luck is not far away, compared with the fate of life and death, this tension has long been thrown out of the clouds by Ye Fu.

Heaven and earth are not kind, all living beings are dogs, and it is the most important thing to live yourself!

After galloping forward for about five miles, the surroundings were still empty and deserted, except for the northern scenery covered in silver.

Ye Fu rode his horse, and the subordinates behind him also stopped in unison.

"Zhang Quandan, Liu Dawang, you two led your troops north to contact the Northern Route Army."

"Zhao Dali and Jiang Gouzi, the two small banner departments, contacted the Southern Route Army."

Ye Fu calmly arranged tasks for his subordinates, and soon the small flag officers led their subordinates to lead the order.

Ye Fu looked around, and those who were still in place at this time were only eleven people.

The small flag led by Jin Yichuan was left behind by Ye Fu.

Ye Fu and Jin Yichuan are both from military families, and Jin Yichuan's father is the little flag officer under Ye Fu's father.

So the two have been playing together since childhood, and the relationship is very good.

Moreover, Jin Yichuan is honest by nature, and in the entire army, he is also Ye Fu's most trusted person.

"Brother Ye, where are we going?"

Li Erwa rode on the horse and asked with a blank expression.

"Go north to Salhu first."

Ye Fu's face was expressionless, but a murderous intent flashed imperceptibly in his eyes.

"Go to Salhu, aren't we going to find the Eastern Route Army?" Jin Yichuan was a little puzzled.

"No, go to Salhu first and kill someone!"

After saying that, Ye Fu flicked his horsewhip and went all the way to the west, moving forward quickly.

"Oh!"

Jin Yichuan scratched his head, and then led his subordinates to follow closely behind Ye Fu.

He grew up with Ye Fu when he was a child, and he was already used to obeying Ye Fu's words.

So Ye Fu didn't say it, he wouldn't ask more, in short, what Ye Ge'er said was accurate, this was Jin Yichuan's inherent cognition.

Because if the messenger is not intercepted and the messenger is allowed to grasp the movements of the various armies, the outcome of this battle is still unpredictable.

Ye Fu, who was in the rise and fall of his family and country, and his personal safety was in danger, chose to attack at night!

By dawn the next day, they had traveled more than forty miles, and until this time they had found no sign of the messenger.

Ye Fu restrained the horse and felt desperate.

It has been forty-five miles out of Fushun Pass, and five miles ahead is Jiefan Mountain.

Although everything around seemed to be calm, Ye Fu knew very well that Juniper's army was ambushed by the main force of Houjin in Jiefan Mountain, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army.

"Ming Shilu" and "Ming History Juniper Biography" are clearly recorded that Nurhachi had set up an ambush in Jiefan Mountain, and when Juniper's army passed halfway, he suddenly attacked.

Juniper's army was caught off guard and chased all the way to Jilin Cliff, where they were embattled.

Juniper was besieged by Jilin Cliff and once forced a breakthrough, but ultimately failed.

In this battle, the Western Route Army was almost completely annihilated, and Juniper, Zhao Menglin and Wang Xuan were all killed in this battle.

After the prison army Zhang Quan was surrounded, he swore not to surrender, and finally cut himself off.

I have to say that although Zhang Quan marches and fights, people dare not agree, but as a eunuch, he has this integrity, which is admirable.

Of course, this is a digression, and at this moment Ye Fu is in a dilemma.

There is no doubt that there must be a large number of Houjin troops in the mountains of the frontier ahead, and if they continue to move forward, I am afraid that they will die in one life.

can pursue day and night, but in the end he returned in vain, Ye Fu was extremely unwilling.

At this moment, what he was thinking of was not personal life and death at all, he was thinking of the human tragedy twenty-four years later, when Qinggou entered the customs, and the human tragedy was devastated.

No! As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will never give up!

"Keep the pursuit!"

Ye Fu roared, there was a smell of iron and blood in his tone, patted the horse's back, and galloped on the snow!

The scouts behind him had no objections, and also urged the horses to run hard.

Although they can't read big characters, and although they are the shameless Qiu Ba in the mouths of those who read, they are also flesh and blood!

The rise and fall of the nation! The husband is responsible!

The head is gone, but it's just a big scar! The big husband has nothing to fear!

In the snow and ice, it was very difficult to walk, and it took them only an hour to run five miles.

The front is very empty, and you can already vaguely see the outline of Jiefan Mountain.

At this moment, Ye Fu's eyes suddenly lit up, and a scout behind him also shouted excitedly:

"Someone! It's the messenger! Still...... And ......"

"And ......"

The scout was only halfway through his words before he came to an abrupt end.

The excitement on his face was replaced by trepidation.

At the same time, everyone became solemn and silently prepared for battle.

As the distance narrowed, they found that there were still twenty Jurchens gathered around the messenger.

If the guess is correct, it should be that the messenger has just arrived at Jiefan Mountain, just after negotiating with the Houjin scout, and is about to go to see Nurhachi.

The other party obviously also discovered Ye Fu and the others, and they turned their horses' heads one after another, laughed fiercely, and rushed over with a fierce attitude.

Scout warfare is the purest kind of fighting, either you die or I die, there is no reason to talk about it.

The number of the other party is twice as large as his own, and at this time, Ye Fu can choose to escape.

Because the Ming army scouts have one person and three horses, they can easily pull away from each other.

But Ye Fu stopped on his horse and didn't move.

The Messenger must die! The battle of Sarhu must not be defeated! My people in China will never be enslaved by foreign nations again!

At this moment, Ye Fu suddenly felt heroic in his heart.

When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

"Come on! Manchurian dogs! ”

Ye Fu roared, and when the other party rushed closer to him fifty steps, he raised his sword and greeted him fearlessly!