Text Volume 3 The Road to Empire_Chapter 217 Hauge and the Yellow Banner

After Huang Taiji led everyone to see off Dai Shan, he turned around and returned to the camp and sent two more messengers. One way was to return to Shenyang, asking the officials who stayed in Shenyang to levy an army to Beizhen; The other way was to go to the Mang Gurtai army and ask his subordinates to send a unit to Jinzhou.

Just when Huang Taiji was busy making up for this flaw in Yizhou, Haoge, who had already arrived in Yizhou, was also roaring at his subordinates.

Hauge is younger than Dudu, and although the two have little contact with each other, they are not strangers to each other. It's just that compared to Haoge, who was the eldest son of Huang Taiji and had smooth sailing, Du Du, who had an embarrassing background, paid more attention to this Haoge Baylor, and he even thought about starting from this cousin to change his fate.

It's just that before he could implement it, he had to defect to the Ming Kingdom. However, although Du Du did not rely on getting close to Hauge to change his fate, he was also very familiar with the character of this cousin.

In Du Du's view, Haoge, who has always been held in the palm of everyone's hand, is a person with a strong sense of self because he has not suffered any setbacks, so he often can't listen to the opinions of his subordinates. Although Hauge has courage and some talent for commanding battles, once he forms a preconceived impression, he will become stubborn and reckless, and like to go all the way to the dark.

But growing up under the wing of Huang Taiji, he basically had no choice from childhood to adulthood, because the wise and martial Huang Taiji had already chosen the best future for this son. Haoge naturally didn't dare to disobey his father, but this also caused a character flaw for Haoge, that is, whenever he encountered a critical moment, he subconsciously wanted to ask his father for an idea, and he didn't dare to make his own decisions.

A stubborn and reckless general who is indecisive at a critical moment will have no problem if he only deals with a weak enemy, but if he is against an evenly matched opponent, he will inevitably suffer.

Therefore, when he heard that Haute was coming from Beizhen with the main force of the yellow flag, Du Du, who was at a disadvantage in terms of troops, did not immediately withdraw from the pass. He ordered Chagan to take a part of his men and horses under his banner to make a siege posture under the city of Yiju, which attracted Hauge's attention. However, he himself took 300 elite horsemen to make a detour to Anjiagou, crossed the Daling River, and attacked the baggage troops abandoned by Haoge at the pass of Yiwulu Mountain.

Mt. Yewulu stretches from northeast to southwest, separating Uiju and Bukjin. When Hauge arrived at Yiju with the main force of the yellow flag, Chagan had already retreated, and the siege of Yizhou was lifted, but he also received the news that his baggage troops had been attacked.

Hauge was furious, he didn't think that this was his mistake of leaving the baggage troops, but he suspected his subordinates, thinking that these soldiers with yellow flags were unwilling to contribute to the old master, which allowed Du Du to come and go freely in Yiju and attacked his own baggage team.

To be honest, if it weren't for Hauge's reprimand, these soldiers with yellow flags really didn't think about it. After the abolition of Guangluo Baylor, the white flag has been suppressed. In the era of the Mandate of Heaven Khan, although the white flag was at the bottom of the eight banners, there was still Du Du, the eldest grandson of the Mandate of Heaven, as a hope, so the people with the white flag had not been completely disappointed in the future.

However, after the death of the Mandate of Heaven Khan, the successor to the throne was the Sibeile Huangtaiji, which made the white flag lose the last bit of luck. Even if the white flag was loyal to Guangluo Baylor at the beginning, the suppression and idleness of the past ten years have also worn away their gratitude and loyalty to Guangluo Baylor.

Therefore, when Huang Taiji took away Du Du's position as the banner owner and handed over the inlaid white flag to his son Haoge, the inlaid white flag was only silent and had no objection. After Huang Taiji manipulated the change of flags, the two white flags were replaced by two yellow flags, and the white flag that once lived at the end of the eight flags became the second inlaid yellow flag, and the rise in status made the soldiers of the yellow flag begin to move closer to Huang Taiji, Haoge and his son.

In the eyes of these soldiers, after relying on Huang Taiji, they don't have to live as hard as before. As for the former master Du Du Belle, although they felt a little sorry in their hearts, they didn't think they had done anything wrong, after all, Guangluo Baylor had great kindness to them, and everyone had grown up with Du Du for more than ten years, and it could be regarded as their affection.

Although Haoge, the little master, is difficult to get close to, Huang Taiji has a heart for them, so the Niu Lu Ezhen people with yellow flags have gradually forgotten their loyalty to Du Du, and they are already planning to change their doors to follow Huang Taiji, Haoge and his son to be the ministers of the dragon.

This is also the main reason why after Du Du led his troops to appear in Yizhou, although the morale of the soldiers with the yellow flag was greatly reduced, but no one surrendered to this former master and was able to keep Yizhou. However, today's reprimand of Hauge made many people react, it turned out that they were bent on changing the court, and it seemed that the father and son of the Khan King were still deeply wary of them, the old people with yellow flags.

Clever people have already begun to think that in the past two years, the Khan King has been stuffing people into the Yellow Flag, saying that it is to increase the strength of the Yellow Flag, but in fact it is not to strengthen the control of the Yellow Flag.

The Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Darha was sitting in Beizhen, and the Yellow Banner generals who followed Hauge to Uiju did not have anyone who could persuade Hauge to exist. Therefore, Haoge's reprimand silenced the yellow flag and scolded him like a cicada, and no one dared to defend himself.

When Haoge's anger was almost gone, Huang Taiji arranged for Niu Hulu Mohai and Niu Hulu Chaohar, who were inlaid with yellow flags to assist Haoge, before they dared to step forward and admonish: "Master, things have become like this, and if you continue to scold, in addition to angering the master's body, it will not help." Let's discuss it first, this aftermath policy, we can't let the rebellious Du Du be so wanton. ”

Hauge scolded a lot, and his heart was a lot happier, but at this time he listened to the persuasion of the two, so he asked: "So what do you think we should do now?" ”

Mo Hai, who was a little older, immediately said: "As long as Yizhou and Beizhen are not lost, the master is not derelict in his duties." Du Du entered the customs from the Daling River Valley, which no one expected, even the King of Khan would not ask his master for this.

Now that Elu is guarding Beizhen, the master only needs to sit in Yiju and wait for the order of the Khan King in front. In addition, we will send men to monitor the movement near the wall of the Daling River, and if Du Du intends to return the same way, we will pursue him right here..."

Mo Hai's younger brother Chaohar was a little unimpressed, and he retorted: "The Daling River has now begun to freeze, and water transportation will soon be impossible to implement. Next, the transportation of grain between Yizhou and Jinzhou can only rely on land transportation.

In order to supply the 40,000 or 50,000 troops on the front line, a large number of laborers and vehicles need to be requisitioned. Now that we are sitting in Yizhou and not leaving, and let Du Du plunder the villages and those Mongol tribes nearby, and drive the people in the vicinity to other places, should we let the soldiers with the yellow flag transport the grain themselves? ”

The two brothers did not convince Hauge, but they quarreled first, and Hauge was unwilling to sit on the safe policy of Yiju. After being attacked by Du Du's baggage troops, he thought about finding out Du Du and dividing the winner into a battle to prove that he was the real owner of the Yellow Flag.

Now hearing the two brothers arguing in their ears, they couldn't help but get irritable, got up and said to the generals: "Yizhou is the granary of the army, and it really can't be lost. But Du Du is not only a traitor to our Houjin country, but also hinders our army's military food transportation plan, and we cannot ignore it.

I think that's it, Mo Hai, you are stationed in Yizhou, and Chaohar and I will take 10 Niu Lu to attack, and we must capture Du Du, the bastard, to avenge the attack on our army..."

Haoge's decision immediately stunned everyone, losing Yizhou is a big crime, but if Haoge is allowed to bring such a small number of troops to pursue Dudu, if something happens, they will have no good fruit to eat.

The persuasion of everyone did their best not make Hauge change his mind, but strengthened Hauge's determination. In the end, at the request of everyone, Hauge brought 5 more cattle records to let this battle plan pass.

However, Haoge, who led 15 oxen to the Yiwulu Mountain Pass, did not meet Du Du on the road, but heard the news that Du Du had attacked several villages and Mongolian tribes in Laolongkou in the north.

When he rushed to Laolongkou with his men and horses, Du Du appeared in the Stone Buddha Temple in the southwest again. When Hauge rushed to the Stone Buddha Temple again, he still did not see any trace of Du Du, but came from Uiju with worse news, the Ming army appeared under the city of Uiju again, plundered the Mongolian tribes who were hiding under the city for the winter, and tried to attack the city for a time, but was finally driven away by the reinforcements of the Great Bel Daishan.

Under Daiseon's orders, Hauge had to return to Uiju with his subordinates. He spent two days chasing Du Du, but he didn't even see the back of the Ming army, but instead let his subordinates die of exhaustion.

Although the yellow flag remained respectful in front of him, Hauge always felt that there was mockery hidden in these respectful smiles. If he only felt a little embarrassed when he was attacked before, then after being teased by Du Du for two days, he already regarded Du Du's behavior as a humiliation to himself.

Accepting Daishan's order to return does not mean that Hauge has let go of his hatred for Dudu, he just doesn't want to be sued by Dabeile to his father Khan, saying that he is lawless.

Just as Haoge was evacuating, on the hill two or three miles northwest of him, Du Duzheng and Yan Yingyuan were observing the movement of this team.

Du Du, who put down the binoculars, said with some regret: "It's a pity, if you give me another day, with your reinforcements, we can try to ambush Hauge once." ”

Yan Yingyuan looked behind him before replying: "Haoge's army is not tired, Dong Ningbo's subordinates have been fighting for so long, it seems that they have reached the end of the crossbow, and this ambush may not be able to win."

Judging from the last general, now both Dong Ning Bo and the Eastern Route Army can retreat. Our army will be cut off for the Eastern Route Army, and in accordance with His Majesty's orders, lure the Great Belle Daishan to attack. ”

Du Du shook his head and said, "I know Big Baylor, this person has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he can distinguish between priorities and priorities. Your strategy of luring the enemy will not work, and if you don't say it, your subordinates will be eaten by him. If you want to lure the defenders of Yiju to pursue us, we can only start from Hauge. Hauge is almost red-eyed now, and as long as I go to the city of Uiju for a turn, he will catch up with him regardless of it..."