Zu Dashou saw that the Jurchens retreated far beyond the range and still did not go, knowing that if they forcibly broke through, there would be heavy casualties, and the road was narrow and unfamiliar, and it was not possible to break through, plus Nurhachi who was on an expedition to Mongolia or Huang Taiji who stayed in Shenyang could appear at any time, so he retreated and ordered to leave 1,000 people to guard the fort of Sanyang, leave a small banner and ten people to monitor at Lianshan Pass, and the remaining 2,000 people to transport the looted things and return the same way.

Let's talk about Mao Wenlong of the Western Route Army, Mao Wenlong led 10,000 people to the north from the beginning of the attack on Fuzhou, and went straight down to Yongning, Gaizhou, Yaozhou, Haizhou and other places along the way. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Due to the continuous defection of the Han people who could not bear the tyrannical rule of the Jurchens along the way, the troops grew to nearly 20,000 people when they arrived at the city of Anshan, although the journey was smooth all the way, but the Dongjiang army suffered its first defeat under the city of Anshan, because the emperor Taiji who stayed in Shenyang sent troops.

All along, Mao Wenlong's tactics have been to ambush first, and then send a small force to lure the enemy, and wait for him to go deep into the rear and annihilate him. But when he lured the enemy under Anshan City, he encountered an abnormality, and he didn't tempt the enemy for three days, which made Mao Wenlong feel very confused and confused, just like a dancing girl who kept scratching her head and teasing her dress but didn't get the response she deserved. On the fourth day, there was a response, and the sentry said that the enemy in Anshan City moved, but not in the city but outside the city together, and about 10,000 people and horses sent by Huang Taiji to support rushed over from both sides, and the Jurchens in the city were also killed at this time.

At this point, there is no way to fight an ambush, and there are enemies all around, and there is no way to run only hard fighting, although there is no ambush and plan to fight hard, but 20,000 Dongjiang soldiers and horses pounced out at the same time to meet the battle is also very strong. The terrain outside Anshan City was neither flat nor steep, with high ground and low-lying terrain of different types, so the cavalry on both sides cut down the cavalry and infantry on infantry. Because neither side estimated that there were so many people on the other side, they could not use strategy and tactics to fight, so they could only fight with strength, and they fought until after dark before they collected their troops.

In the twilight, I saw dead people everywhere by the city wall and in the trenches, and there were also corpses in the woods and crops, and blood and broken hands and feet could be seen everywhere on the road. ♀ Mao Wenlong led the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army to retreat all the way until he camped at the foot of the mountain, remembering the hard fighting of the day and the order of the Military Affairs Yuan not to attack more than a thousand enemies, and then he suddenly sobered up. After thinking about it, I asked someone to count the number of people, and found that in addition to about 5,000 casualties, more than 2,000 had fled, and now there were only about 12,000 soldiers left.

Many people rush to join in because of a moment of righteous indignation or a momentary impulse, which can make people fight desperately when their passion is burning, but after the fight is over, the impulse will gradually calm down. At this time, many people will find that the revolution is really not a dinner party, not a warm and affectionate house, but really kills. In addition, when he sees his friends and relatives lying on the ground and never wakes up, he will reflect on whether it is worth it, and after reflection, only those who can firmly follow the team can be regarded as a real veteran who has passed the test of war.

Of course, there are also people who can't stand the test, these people impulsively join in the revolution because they don't want to be angry at home, after surviving the fierce battle, they feel that being angry is better than being injured, and it is better than dying in a roadside ditch, so they begin to miss the life of their wives and children on the hot kang, the more they think about it, the more they feel that they have taken the wrong road, and they begin to look back on the shore, and when they see the opportunity, they quietly leave the team and return to their hometown ♀, although they are not worthy of admiration and learning, but it is understandable, after all, they have also risen up, much stronger than those traitors.

Mao Wenlong is not an impulsive person, impulsiveness is only occasional, many times he is very calm, otherwise he would not have chosen to take risks on the road to defeat and attack Zhenjiang and then occupy Phi Island. Now he found that the road was too smooth, he had made the mistake of taking risks against the enemy, and he had calculated that his goal of sending troops to contain the enemy had been achieved, so he thought of a strategy to retreat and go back.

At night, the defenders of Anshan City suddenly heard a burst of shouts from under the city, and hurriedly asked people to hold torches to look down, and saw countless Ming troops holding shields and shouting under the city. Because he couldn't see the situation clearly in the middle of the night, the general who defended the city ordered to shoot arrows, and after shooting for a while, he saw that the Ming army shouted not to attack the city, and knew that they were fake sieges, but the actual idea was to make the defenders in the city sleep badly, so he didn't even shoot arrows, and let the Ming army shout under the city all night.

Early the next morning, the sentinel in charge of reconnaissance came to report that there was no trace of the Ming army outside the city, and after expanding the reconnaissance area, he found that the Ming army had retreated overnight∝ and the general of the city was just relieved and became nervous again, because he received news that Nurhachi was coming back. He was nervous because his men had suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and according to his many years of experience, Nurhachi cherished his soldiers, and died more than 2,000 people, and if there is no reasonable explanation, it is estimated that there is no good fruit to eat.

In the first half day of Nurhachi's entry into Anshan, Sun Degong, a rebel general of the Ming army stationed in Jinzhou, came to Anshan, which made the Anshan guard very satisfied, and he was not satisfied with Sun Degong's behavior of coming to support, but satisfied that there was finally an unlucky guy to bear Nurhachi's anger for him. Sun Degong's years were not smooth, I don't know why Nurhachi always looked at him unpleasantly, he scolded him for being lazy when he didn't do anything, and he would scold him for not doing well enough, even if he did well, he would be scolded that he didn't do enough, and even Nurhachi's sons such as Daishan, Huang Taiji and others looked at him with sympathy in their eyes.

Sure enough, when Sun Degong summoned the generals to visit Nurhachi, he was first scolded by Nurhachi, and Nurhachi asked him: "Ben Khan ordered you to garrison Jinzhou, how did you defend it?" How did you let Mao Wenlong's bastard hit Anshan City? Do you only eat and can't do anything? ”

Sun Defeng defended: "Great Khan, the last general knows that as soon as the weather is hot, Mao Wenlong's army will come to make trouble, in order to hold Jinzhou, the last general has already ordered all the soldiers nearby to enter the city to defend, so that not only can hold Jinzhou but also avoid the soldiers from being broken by each other, in fact, it is also the case, other places have been broken by Mao Wenlong, only Jinzhou City is impregnable, please Great Khan Mingjian!" ”

Who knew that after listening to his explanation, Nurhachi became even more angry, and sneered: "According to what you say, let you guard the Golden State, you will only guard the city?" The enemy comes under your nose and you don't pay a listen? If Ben Khan had only ordered you to guard the gates, would you have taken them down and carried them on your back, and then ran over and said you had guarded them well? Wrong is wrong, Ben Khan hates those who do wrong and quibble! ”

Seeing Nurhachi's almost unreasonable anger, Sun Degong understood that now was not the time to be reasonable, and he originally wanted to show merit that he led his troops out of Jinzhou in time to block Mao Wenlong's return route, and forced Mao Wenlong to turn east and retreat to Phi Island, but looking at Nurhachi's mocking eyes, he had to say: "The last general knows that he is wrong, please punish the Great Khan." ”

Seeing Sun Degong bowing his head and admitting his mistake, Nurhachi nodded and said: "Since you know that you are wrong, you have to correct your mistakes, Ben Khan brought back some male and female livestock from the Mongolian Khalkha Department, and is ready to let them graze in the area south of Jinzhou, first, there are not many people in that place, and secondly, you can also let them help me Dajin to guard that place, the Han people want to escape by boat, and the Mongols will not flee to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Seeing that Nurha's breath was relaxed, Sun Degong hurriedly said: "If there is anything that the Great Khan has arranged, the last general will definitely do it well." ”

Nurhachi said: "It's nothing, you can help them repair the house and build the city as soon as possible, I heard that Lushun was demolished by the Ming army, you can find a way to rebuild Lushun." ”

Seeing that Sun Degong agreed very reluctantly with a bitter face, the people next to him couldn't help but smile, Nurhachi said: "Ben Khan knows that you don't have enough manpower, so let's do it, this time, all the generals who have lost their soldiers will take people to repair the city and make amends." ”

At this time, the sentinel who was outside to inquire about the news reported: "Qi Yu Great Khan, there are a few Ming troops who have not retreated near the six forts such as Kuandian, and are driving a large number of livestock to prepare to retreat to the Lao Wo Phi Island of the Mao thief. ”