Zu Dashou was a very experienced person in warfare, and after careful investigation, he found that Da Dian, Yong Dian and Chang Dian were close to each other a little south of the Six Forts, and they were all attacking one side for more than ten miles, and other places would come to the rescue immediately. And the north of the new Dien, Kuandian, Sanyang and other places are far away from each other, the road is rugged and difficult to travel quickly support, so it was decided to hit the east and west ‰ remember the website of this site:.

Zu Dashou first sent about 2,000 men and horses to be stationed outside the three forts such as Changdian, stationed outside and did not attack because the terrain of the three forts is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in this case, the loss of the attacking side must be greater than that of the defending side, c Dashou means that there are 2,000 people watching here, I am not good to go in, and you are not good to come out, we are here than the patience of the 3,000 people quietly went west, and successively laid down the lonely dangerous mountain fort, Zhenjiang fort and Phoenix City, and then went north to capture Lianshan Pass.

The terrain in this area is gentle, the water source is rich and the soil is fertile, the mountains of Changbai Mountain meander down from the northeast to the southwest, and it has become a small hill here, and the excess river water also flows eastward into the Yalu River, making it a swamp land although there is a lot of water and thick soil, and it is most suitable for planting crops or grazing, and the people in the grazing ♀ are also rich after a long period of recuperation, which is cheaper, Zu Dashou has led the troops to loot in the ‖past few days, of course, he also carried out reasonable self-defense and killed many Jurchen herdsmen when he encountered people who resisted, By the time his men and horses arrived at Lianshan Pass, they had already achieved fruitful results, and his soldiers were smiling one by one.

Robbery is robbery, Zu Dashou did not forget his mission, one night at the end of mid-April, he left 1,000 people to garrison Lianshan Pass, and personally led 2,000 people to sneak into Sanyang Fort. The terrain to the east from Lianshan Pass is not very high, and there are some small slopes everywhere, and the Hangyang Fort is built along the slope to guard a low passage. At this time, there was a slanting moon hanging in the sky, and the moonlight that was not bright shone on the ground through the branches and leaves of the trees, making people barely able to see the road.

Looking at the black castle wall at night, Zu Dashou felt very strange, how could he be quiet and deceitful? After thinking about it, he made a move and asked a small leader to bring dozens of people forward to reconnoitre, preparing to reconnoiter clearly, and attack overnight. After a while, the little leader returned, and he said to Zu Dashou: "General, the Castle of Sanyang has been taken by us. ”

Zu Dashou was shocked and asked, "You dozens of people will take it?" How did you take it? Is there no one in there? ”

The little leader smiled and said, "Thanks to the general, when we went to the wall, there was not even a sentry above, and the last general saw the opportunity to immediately ask someone to climb the wall and open the door." After entering Fort De, he found that there were only a dozen people inside, and the last general had already escorted them out, so please ask the general to ask them carefully. "After saying that, with a wave of his hand, there were soldiers behind him who brought up a dozen disheveled Jurchens," several of them hung their heads, and only one of them had a fat black beard that kept struggling and roaring.

Zu Dashou asked, "What is this black fat man talking about?" ”

The person next to him said: "He is scolding us for being shameless and only sneaking up, saying that if it weren't for the fact that the person in charge of their guard was not there, we would have killed hundreds of people even if we took Sanyang Fort." ”

Zu Dashou sneered and said: "There are tens of thousands of people in the Ming Dynasty, what is the death of a hundred more people?" Although the emperor is not allowed to exchange human heads for military merits, I still like to see the enemy's heads cut off. ”

The person next to him said: "General, I heard that the military discipline promulgated by the newly arrived prison army has a clause that it is forbidden to abuse and kill prisoners, in case someone talks about this matter in the future, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the general, please think about it carefully." ”

Zu Dashou said casually: "No matter what kind of military discipline and supervision of the army, they are still sleeping with their little wife in Tianjin City, Tianjin is at least thousands of miles away from here, and the prison army is not so far away." Besides, an arrogant and unruly guy like this black fat man is not a prisoner, and if he cuts it, he will cut it. ”

At this time, another person offered a plan: "General, since Sanyang Fort is like this, then the new Dian Fort and Kuandian Fort are estimated to be about the same, and the last general estimates that the original garrison will go to Da Dian Fort and Yongdian Fort to defend, why don't we go to take the innermost Kuandian Fort overnight to close the door and beat the dog, what do you think, General?" ”

Zu Dashou looked at the soldiers on the left and right and thought for a while and said: "Forget it, the soldiers are already very tired after running for hundreds of miles today, and it is easy to have an accident if they can't see clearly in the dark lights at night, so it's better to follow the emperor's will and safety first." Tonight, we will go to Sanyang Fort to rest, and we will leave early tomorrow morning to take Kuandian. By the way, more people were sent to stand guard in turn at night, and some people with diarrhea did not let him sentry lest he have an accident like the gang at the beginning. ”

Seeing that his subordinates obeyed the order and went to Zu Dashou to lead the people into the Fort, the rest of the people camped at the pass outside the fort to rest.

Early the next morning, Zu Dashou was still asleep when he was woken up by the sentry, who said, "General, we are surrounded by a bad thing." ”

Zu Dashou was startled, hurriedly sat up and asked the waiting soldiers to help him put on his clothes and armor, and asked, "Who surrounded us?" How many people are there? ”

The sentry said: "It's the Jurchens, it's dense at a glance, I don't know how many." ”

At this time, many generals came outside to ask for a meeting, Zu Dashou put on his armor and went out to the fortress wall, only to see that the pass outside the fortress wall was full of Jurchens holding steel knives and angry eyes, some riding horses and some walking, and their faces showed bitter hatred. Above the pass are Ming soldiers with swords, guns, bows and arrows, and they are not nervous because they are condescending.

Zu Dashou smiled slightly and said: "Everyone, please see, although there are many Jurchens, many of them are ordinary herdsmen, and they have been here for so many years and don't know that these six forts were originally to guard against them, and when they repaired, they were repaired to be high in the west and low in the east. We are condescending, and if they want to attack, they will also attack from the back, and it is no different from wishful thinking that these herdsmen with only courage and little training and a small number of soldiers want to capture Sanyang Fort. ”

A general next to him said: "That being said, our mission is to attack Nurhachi's lair, and now it seems that we can't get by, General Zu sees what to do next?" Did you gather people and forcibly rush over? ”

Zu Dashou shook his head and said: "It is the responsibility of the general who did not complete the task, and the general will naturally take responsibility for the general Mao and Wang Dujun." I reckon that Nurhachi will return to the army in a few days, and I am responsible for the lives of my soldiers, and the loot has not yet been returned, so this attack will end here. After saying that, he ordered 1,000 people to stay here to guard the danger, and ordered that even the Shanguan intersection should be kept under surveillance, and the others kept transporting the looted things back to Phi Dao day and night.

The general who received the order to defend here said to Zu Dashou: "General Zu, this light attack on the enemy did not bring heavy weapons, and only carried two small cannons with the army, one of which was left in Lianshan Pass and only brought one to Sanyang Fort. Originally, it was going to use it to blast open the gate of Sanyang Fort, but now it is unlucky to take it away without firing a single shot, so it is better to leave it and let the last general fire two cannons. ”

Zu Dashou looked at the terrain and nodded, and said: "This position is really suitable for firing artillery, the people above are condescending and the people below are crowded in the middle of the road. ”

Listening to Zu Dashou's orders, the soldier in charge of carrying the cannon immediately untied the small cannon that had been installed, and installed ♀ a small cannon with a length of only about two feet, with two brackets in front of it, after ignition, it was a large piece, only thirty or forty pounds, easy to carry, lying on the ground like a little piglet, but it has a very majestic name called Tiger Squat Cannon. I saw that the gunner fixed the bracket with a large iron nail, put in gunpowder, stones, and iron eggs, and immediately hid to the side and covered his ears with his hands after lighting the fuse.

After the fuse was burned, only a loud muffled sound was heard, and the big iron egg roared and smashed towards the Jurchens under the pass, accompanied by dozens of stones, and the Jurchens fell in response. The person who was hit by the big iron egg was immediately a blood hole, and the big iron egg pierced several people in a row. Dozens of stones did not miss, and when they were shot on the Jurchens' bodies, blood was immediately seen on their faces, and a group of wails immediately sounded.

Seeing that the Ming army took out such a sharp firearm, the Jurchen ** was shocked and immediately fled away.