Chapter 660: A Raccoon Dog
Time is a good thing, it bears witness to people's hearts, and it can also make people forget some unpleasant things.
Jiang Taiji's behavior once again confirmed the sentence that those who are not of my race will have different hearts.
Because he finally did not withstand the temptation of Li Liang, he decided to rebel against Ye Xun, because he figured out that if he returned to the Ming Dynasty after the war, his highest official position would be the chief soldier, and staying in North Korea was different.
is born from the same root, and with such a big temptation, Jiang Taiji can't seem to find any reason not to betray.
What Jiang Taiji didn't know was that Li Liang had secretly hooked up with Huang Taiji three years ago.
Not to mention this era, even in the modern era of high-speed development of science and technology, there are also places where intelligence cannot be taken into account, not to mention that it is in the territory of other Koreans, so the people in the West Factory did not find out about it.
In this way, led by Huang Taiji, who was hidden behind the scenes, plus Li Liang and Jiang Taiji, the three formed a united front and decided to go back to Liaodong.
Huang Taiji's promise to Li Liang was that in addition to the Korean Peninsula, Liaodong Bend would also be assigned to North Korea.
I have to say that Li Xun was really bullied by Ye Xun, he understood that Ye Xun didn't mean to help him at all, and when he used up his surplus value, he should be kicked aside.
If he hadn't figured out this, he wouldn't have dared to make Ye Xun bad if he borrowed Li Liang's two guts.
The reason why Huang Taiji chose to go to war is also a strategy to break the kettle, more than six years of blockade, North Korea is about to become a barren land, if you continue to persevere, the Jurchens are afraid that they will have to eat the Koreans as food.
Huang Taiji had successfully attacked Kuandian on Chinese New Year's Eve, and this attack was chosen in the early morning of the first day of the new year, also with the intention of catching the Ming army by surprise.
Huang Taiji and Li Liang planned very carefully, that is, to take Jiang Taiji's subordinates as the vanguard, pretending to be defeated and fleeing back to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
As long as Jiang Taeji's men stand still on the other side, the Jurchen and Korean coalition forces can kill them in one go.
In order to hide from the secret agents of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji and Li Liang tried their best to hide the army by the Yalu River little by little, like ants moving, and even so, only 20,000 troops were gathered.
So the greatest hope of Huang Taiji and Li Ju is still on Jiang Taiji.
I have to say that Ye Xun is still relatively prescient in dealing with foreigners, so Liaodong's side has always been on guard against Jiang Taiji, and in terms of military supplies, there is nothing he wants to give, otherwise the consequences will be really difficult to say.
Jiang Taiji is a thief, and at the same time, it is also to avoid arousing Cao Wenzhao's vigilance, so every time he comes to ask for supplies, he chooses something inconspicuous, and he also knows that there is no major war in North Korea, artillery or new muskets or something, so don't even think about it.
Cao Wenzhao has suffered a loss, so he has always been obsessed with this matter, especially on the special festival of the New Year, and he has never slackened.
In the past few years, he spent Chinese New Year's Eve at the forefront of border defense along the Yalu River.
Jiang Taiji led a team of men and horses to come in a panic in an attempt to get through the barrier, and on the other hand, a commando team composed of Jurchens launched an attack on each lookout at the same time.
Although the assault went well, the Jurchens obviously ignored the bloody nature of the Ming soldiers.
After one of the sentry commanders was slashed, seeing that the enemy was strong, he lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, and then lit a beacon fire while the Jurchens were not looking.
The biggest use of the beacon fire is that it is fast to transmit, and it cannot be extinguished at all after ignition, so together with the beacon fire here, the military camp on the Ming side of the Yalu River received the signal.
As mentioned earlier, the bunkers built by Cao Wenzhao are connected by tunnels, and soldiers can reach the forefront in the shortest time.
Hearing that the beacon fire was lit, Cao Wenzhao was not surprised or rejoiced, and looked up to the sky and let out a long roar, eight years, Lao Tzu has been waiting for this day for eight years, and finally has the opportunity to make Lao Tzu ashamed.
The herald ordered all armies to immediately cancel their vacations, immediately enter their respective combat positions, and at the same time fly to Shenyang and the capital...
Before Cao Wenzhao's order was issued, some soldiers from the front hurriedly ran back.
"Marshal Qiqi, Jiang Taiji led thousands of remnants to move closer to the position"
Cao Wenzhao didn't know that Jiang Taiji had defected, but if they were allowed to come over at this time, the Ming artillery would definitely not be able to cover the Jurchen army behind.
"Signal the cannon to get them to retreat to both sides, and if they get any closer... No mercy! ”
The enemy is current, so there is time to hesitate? Moreover, Cao Wenzhao has been at the border for a long time, and like Ye Xun, he also looks down on these North Koreans.
The herald agreed, turned and walked away quickly.
The camp was not far from the dark fort, and when Cao Wenzhao was rushing forward, he had already heard the rumbling sound of cannons in front of him.
Cao Wenzhao couldn't help frowning, and secretly said so quickly.
The Ming army's defense line is a ladder-like extension, which is a deep and wide tunnel, such a terrain, the cavalry can not play any advantage at all, and the front is the wide Yalu River, walking on the ice without any shelter, like a moving target.
Because of the obstruction of Jiang Taiji's men, the Ming army lost the best time to shoot, and although the artillery fire was urgent, the Jurchen army charging the column was no longer able to cause mass destruction.
When Cao Wenzhao, who came to a high place, saw it, he immediately understood what the situation was.
"Mingdi, give up the first line of defense, and after the Jurchens rush up, detonate the explosives"
When the bunker was built, Cao Wenzhao thought of everything possible, and the artillery in the bunker was the oldest and bulkiest artillery, even if it was discarded, there was no loss to the Ming army.
With Cao Wenzhao's order, the sharp and piercing sound of the hammer sounded over the battlefield, and soon, I saw groups of Ming soldiers retreating along the tunnel like ants, and the artillery fire also stopped.
Without the threat of artillery fire, the Jurchen and Korean coalition forces suddenly rushed to the Ming army's position at the fastest speed with a strange scream.
Huang Taiji and Li Liang, who were behind the battle, couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw this, and Huang Taiji even shed tears.
It's been more than eight years, and I've finally set foot on the land of my hometown again, and after more than eight years, it's time for Liaodong to fatten, right?
"Boom, boom..."
A huge explosion suddenly condensed the smiles of Huang Taiji and Li Liang on their faces.
As far as the eye could see, I saw that the Jurchens and North Korean soldiers who had rushed to the Ming army's position before had been swept into the air by a huge blast wave, and in the sound of explosions one after another, except for the broken limbs flying in the sky, the entire position was shrouded in dense fog.
Seeing this situation, Huang Taiji and Li Liang's hearts sank.
In the past few years, combined with Jiang Taiji's intelligence, they don't say that they know everything about the Kuandian Ming army, but they still know the basic situation, and even Cao Wenzhao knows what time he rests every day, but he never thought that explosives were planted on the Ming army's position, aren't they afraid of blowing them up into the sky?
The huge explosion also frightened the Jurchen and North Korean coalition forces, and there was no retreat order in the rear, so it couldn't just be withdrawn, right?
But the situation in front is already very obvious, and the Ming army has already dug a big pit and waited for them.
After hesitating, the smoke in front of him finally cleared, and the sharp-eyed Jurchen soldiers suddenly screamed, then turned around and ran, not caring about any military orders or not.
The army looked at the Ming army's position in astonishment, but saw that after the smoke, a group of Ming troops appeared squatting or standing, and each Ming army held a black musket in his hand...