Chapter Twenty-Six: Turmoil

Xiong Tingbi received the request of the Yehenara tribe, and without any hesitation, Xiong Tingbi immediately summoned everyone to discuss. Because this is a major matter, it is too late to report to the capital, so we can only discuss and solve it together. At the same time, Kuaima sent a letter to the capital, asking for the will of the imperial court.

"Generals, now Nurhachi has sent Shulhaqi and Amin with 20,000 elite cavalry to attack the Yehnara tribe, and the leader of the Yehnara tribe, Niaha, has asked us for help, generals, let's discuss what to do, and how to act in our best interests." Xiong Tingbi asked the generals for their opinions.

"Fuck them! Dog eats dog, the bigger the fight, the better, and the better if they die. Man Gui opened his mouth and scolded, his temper is like this, everyone understands.

"I think we will take the opportunity to send troops to Hetuala, give me 50,000 horses, and finish Nurhachi's nest." He Shixian shouted loudly.

"According to me, it's not bad for us to take the opportunity to send troops to attack Tieling, even if we help the Yehenara tribe, the risk is not great, just send Shenyang's soldiers and horses is enough, it's best to capture it, and it doesn't matter if you can't attack it." You Shigong made a more intermediate opinion.

"I think it's best for us to send more men and horses and go all out to capture Tieling, if the Jurchens attack the men and horses of the Yehenala tribe to help, we can take advantage of the situation to ambush, if they attack the Yehnara tribe with an iron heart, we will firmly occupy Tieling." Zhao Shujiao supported You Shigong's idea and became more proactive.

"If we have fewer men and horses, we can't attack Tieling, and if we have more men and horses, what if Nurhachi takes the opportunity to attack our Shenyang or Liaoyang?" Sun Chuanting didn't want to win, he thought about defeat first, which meant to seek stability and then talk about it.

"This won't work, let's not go to besiege Tieling, send troops to attack Kaiyuan, cut off the supply of the Jurchens after capturing Kaiyuan, and then attack Tieling, if we attack Shuerhaqi and Amin of the Yehenara tribe to rescue Kaiyuan, we will defend the city, anyway, he is all cavalry, and the siege is not their strength, and when they retreat, we can completely occupy Kaiyuan." Mao Wenlong's idea went one step further.

"Based on the ideas you have provided, I have summarized that, according to the ideas of most of you, we have to make a move, preferably to take Tieling, so that our defense line can move forward. Let's play a big one. Then Xiong Tingbi told everyone about his idea, and everyone was stunned, the big handsome is the big handsome, if this is successful, it will be a great achievement, and it will change from passive to active in Liaodong; Not to mention the heavy losses in failure, it may endanger the safety of Liaoyang and Shenyang.

In the end, Xiong Tingbi solemnly told the generals that they must use their lives in this battle, and those who are afraid of the enemy, escape from the battle, and do not focus on the overall situation will be killed. All the generals and officials went to prepare with serious faces.

On September 18, the first year of the Apocalypse, that is, the third day when Xiong Tingbi received Niyaha's request, Zhao Shujiao took 10,000 cavalry from the headquarters and 10,000 infantry led by Sun Chuanting, and quietly set off from Shenyang City. It turned out that Xiong Tingbi planned to use Sun Yuanhua's method and let Zhao Shujiao and Sun Chuanting cooperate with the Yehenara tribe to eliminate Shuerhaqi and Amin's 20,000 elite horsemen.

Zhao Shujiao's confidence is not very sufficient, but Sun Chuanting is full of confidence, after communicating with Sun Yuanhua, Sun Chuanting can know how bad his tricks are, and how terrifying the power of the "two kicks" small cannon is when it fires a salvo. Sun Yuanhua only had a hundred small cannons at that time, and this time Xiong Tingbi asked him to bring five hundred small cannons, Xiong Tingbi's purpose was not only to kill Shuerhaqi and Amin, but also to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, so that the Yehenara tribe knew how terrifying the combat power of the Ming army was, so that the Yehenara tribe would obediently submit to the Ming Dynasty from now on and never dare to rebel.

Subsequently, 20,000 infantry were sent, with 5,000 cavalry led by Man Gui, and they went straight to Tieling. Because there are not many people who know and are familiar with the use of small cannons, except for Sun Chuanting, who belongs to Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi also carried 500 small cannons, and the infantry carried a large number of muskets in addition to small cannons, according to Sun Yuanhua's method, each team of 30 people, lined up in three rows, once the enemy was encountered, the front row lay down to shoot, the second row squatted down to shoot, and then in turn in order to row the guns continuously, never allowed to put guns in disorder, followed by the infantry in front of each carrying twenty thistles, found that the cavalry impact each threw out two thistles and retreated.

Then he sent Mao Wenlong to lead 5,000 cavalry with 100 small cannons to Kaiyuan, and if the Jurchens in Kaiyuan reinforced Tieling or Shuerhaqi, they would take advantage of the situation to capture Kaiyuan.

20,000 people were transferred from Liaoyang to defend Shenyang to prevent Nurhachi from taking advantage of the situation to attack Shenyang, Shenyang's defensive command was You Shigong, Xiong Tingbi felt that You Shigong was a little more rational than He Shixian, and solemnly warned You Shigong that he could only defend the city and not go out of the city to fight. As for Liaoyang, because there is the most outpost of Benxi Guard in front of him, as long as he does not go out of the city to fight, it is not a big problem to hold it with high-wall artillery. Xiong Tingbi asked Jinyi Wei Qianhu Liu Yidao to do a good job of preventing spies, and not to let the Jurchens cooperate with the outside or deceive the city.

Let's talk about Zhao Shujiao and Sun Chuanting first, the two of them quietly bypassed Tieling and Kaiyuan with 15,000 men and horses to meet the Yehenara tribe, and discussed how to meet the enemy. The Yehnara tribe can only send 5,000 elite horsemen now, and the rest are only herdsmen, because Nyaha's father stubbornly resisted Nurhachi, and most of his tribe was killed by young adults, which is why Nyahar surrendered to Nurhachi, and why he rebelled against Nurhachi at every opportunity.

Niyaha saw that there were not many people brought by Zhao Shujiao, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but Zhao Shujiao was now confident, and Sun Chuanting was also talking and laughing freely, and there was no fear at all. Before coming, Xiong Tingbi instructed Zhao to teach more about war strategy, and to rely on himself to charge into battle. When Zhao Shujiao asked Sun Chuanting how to meet the enemy, Sun Chuanting told Zhao Shujiao about Sun Yuanhua's combat methods, and when Zhao Shujiao heard that Sun Yuanhua could beat Altai to the north with a hundred small cannons, it was a complete reassurance, and if the heart was true, 40,000 would be fine, let alone 20,000 horses.

Just when Zhao Shujiao was confidently waiting to confront Shuerhaqi and Amin, Shuerhaqi and Amin had already discovered the arrival of the Ming army, and Shuerhaqi decided to plan and kill the Ming army and the Yehenala tribe together, so he transferred out the 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry of Kaiyuan, quietly followed behind the Ming army, and told the Horqin Mongols to let them send 20,000 horses, and then 40,000 horses and horses came to the Yehnara tribe. And sent a fast horse to inform Nurhachi that the Ming army had been dispatched to see if Nurhachi had any battle plans.