Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 4 The Strange Soldiers Go North to Fight Hu Cai

Section 1 Forcibly Crossing the Qinghe River (1)

When Liu Yunwei led the iron cavalry army to rush to the city of Jinzhou, the two red flag Jiannu and the dog traitor Bao Chengxian's department had already run away. Hearing the news, the garrison ancestor Dashou who was guarding the city hurriedly went out of the city to greet him, and said to Liu Yunwei: "Supervisor Qiyu, the two red flag Jiannu and about thousands of soldiers and horses of Bao Chengxian's department who restrained our department yesterday suddenly withdrew, and the humble post immediately sent a night to investigate the news, according to the return of the night not collected, the Jiannu army did not return to Guangning City, but went directly to the east. ”

Liu Yunwei was shocked when he heard this, and said loudly: "It's not good! Dai Shan wants to run! ”

Therefore, Liu Yunwei left Zu Dashou to continue to guard Jinzhou City, and then led the Iron Cavalry Army to immediately detour to Guangning City from the east, wanting to stop the Daishansuo army that fled to the east. But what made Liu Yunwei feel very disappointed was that before the Iron Cavalry army arrived in Guangning, he saw the army of Wen Poyu from a distance who was leading the army to kill.

After the two armies met, Liu Yunwei first ordered the officers and men of the whole army to camp on the spot for temporary rest, and then called Wen Poyu, Wang Kangdang, Zhao Kaishan, Wu Xing, Li Tianhao, Gao Hongguang and others to the Chinese army's big tent for urgent discussion.

After everyone arrived, Liu Yunwei first asked about the fierce battle of the Western Route Army, and Wen Poyu explained in detail the situation of the Western Route Army's battle along the way:

It turned out that the army on the West Road led by Wen Poyu went very smoothly all the way, and did not encounter the obstruction of the soldiers and horses of the Jiannu Brigade. At this time, Wen Poyu's West Road army had a total of 100,000 soldiers, while the two red flags of Daishan's department only had more than 30,000 people, and the Hanwei army occupied an absolute advantage in terms of strength, so Dai Shan did not blindly lead the army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the West Road army, but relied on Guangning Jiancheng and the West Road Army to conduct a bloody battle.

In this battle, Wen Poyu commanded in the center, Zhao Kaishan and Wang Dangdang personally led the army to break through, and the soldiers of the West Route Army were brave, and the two red flags were built to fight bloodily all day, and after paying a certain price, the two red flags were finally defeated, and even almost took Guangning City. In the following days, Dai Shan, who suffered a big loss, kept the city out, and Wen Poyu, in order to capture Guangning City as soon as possible and cut off the back road of the Jiannu army, after a few days of fruitless siege, decided to attack the city at any cost. Who knew that the soldiers of the Western Route Army only used one charge to kill the city, and Guangning City fell in a battle!

After entering the city, Wen Poyu learned that Dai Shan had led the two red flag armies to abandon the city and flee the night before yesterday! Thinking that the army of more than 20,000 Jiannu had escaped under his nose, Wen Poyu was very annoyed, and immediately led the army to chase after him, and met the middle army led by Liu Yunwei here.

After listening to Wen Poyu's report, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but sigh heavily, and then said very helplessly: "Well, it is estimated that now the Jiannu departments have run away, even if we immediately lead the army to chase it, it will be useless, and now the soldiers of each battalion are already at the end of the crossbow after repeated battles, both physical and mental strength have reached the limit, and the army urgently needs to rest, I think we will rest here for two days." ”

Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Wang Dangdang were immediately anxious when they heard this, and they all said that the soldiers under their command did not need to rest and recuperate, and they could continue to pursue Jiannu in a bloody battle, and asked Liu Yunwei to order the army to continue to pursue Jiannu's rout, and not give Jiannu any respite.

However, Liu Yunwei's attitude was very resolute, and he said in a deep voice: "You can't chase anymore!" The army must rest immediately, and at the same time send out the night not to collect, and inform Lu Ying's army on the east road to defeat the Gaizhou Guard, and not to go north at will! Tell Yuan Chonghuan and Zhao Shujiao to immediately transport the army's supplies, military equipment, and medicines! ”

Wen Poyu and the three of them looked at each other, not knowing why Liu Yunwei, who had always had a deep hatred for Jiannu and had never shown mercy, would let go of Jiannu's rout.

Wen Poyu thought for a moment and asked, "Big brother, what do you think?" Tell me about it, so that we don't have to think nonsense! ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "In this battle, we have achieved our goal: we have severely damaged the Jiannu army, and our armies from all walks of life have annihilated at least 50,000 Jiannu, which can be said to be quite fruitful, and there is really no need to let the soldiers who are already extremely tired shed blood." The army must rest before it can continue to attack and regain lost territory! ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Yunwei looked at everyone's expressions, and saw that everyone was thoughtful, so he continued: "In addition, the most important point is that in this battle, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, opened artillery bombardment of the Jiannu main formation, and it is very likely that he injured the slave chief Nurhachi!" ”

Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, and Wang Dangdang jumped up directly when they heard this, all of them looked shocked, and then they were all extremely excited, and asked one after another: "Big brother, is this true?" ”

Liu Yunwei smiled, first signaled the three of them to be calm, and then said: "In the fierce battle, the battle flag of the slave chief was indeed hit by a cannon and fell, and Nurhachi was not seen to appear again until the Jiannu army retreated, so the possibility of this matter being true is still relatively large, but after all, this matter has not been confirmed, so you should not spread it for the time being, and wait until this inspector proves that it is true before you pay attention to it." ”

"Yes! I'll get it! ”

Wen Poyu thought for a while and understood Liu Yunwei's intentions, and said with a smile: "Big brother wants to confirm whether the slave chief is really seriously injured?" If this is true, then Jiannu is very likely to break out into infighting in a short period of time! ”

"That's right!" Liu Yunwei continued: "But there is a precondition, that is, we can't force Jiannu too tightly, otherwise, the Jiannu ministries are very likely to be forced to unite with the outside world due to the situation." Therefore, I want to postpone the march and give Jiannu a false impression, so that those Tartars think that although our Hanwei army has won a miserable victory, it is also powerless to pursue, in that case, the possibility of civil strife breaking out within Jiannu will be greatly increased! ”

Southern Liaoning, Xiong Yueyi.

Since the East Road Army led by Lu Ying landed in Fuzhou Wei, the army did not make any stops all the way north, and when the army arrived in the area of Xiongyueyi, Lu Ying received the news that it was not received and sent back at night: Jiannu Zhenglan Banner Banner Master Amin has led Zhenglan Banner Jiannu, as well as 20,000 Horqin Mongol cavalry and 30,000 Han troops to deploy defenses in the area of Gaizhouwei and Qinghe, preparing to block the northward road of the East Road Army.

After Lu Ying received the news, he couldn't help but sneer a few times, and secretly said in his heart: "When did Jiannu also learn to defend obediently?" It seems that Jiannu is already afraid of my Hanwei army, and my Hanwei army will win this battle! ”

Thinking of this, Lu Ying ordered all the officers and men of the East Route Army to go north immediately, and the whole army drove to the south bank of the Qing River to station, preparing to wait for the opportunity to force the Qing River, attack Gaizhouwei, and successfully join forces with the middle and west route armies to annihilate the Jiannu Tartars in one fell swoop!

Half a day later, Lu Ying led the officers and men of the East Route Army to the south bank of the Qing River, relying on the Yulin on the bank of the Qing River to set up a large camp.

After Huang Fuming settled the officers and soldiers of the army, he came to the big tent of the Chinese army and found Lu Ying, and said: "Qiqi General Town, the soldiers of each battalion have been settled, but when will we cross the river to the north?" ”

Lu Ying said: "Don't be in a hurry for a while, wait for the soldiers to rest and recuperate, and then we will force the Qinghe River tomorrow morning." ”

At this time, Huang Fuming saw that Lu Ying seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked, "Zongzhen, is there something wrong?" ”

Lu Ying nodded and said: "The Governor sent someone to send the news that the soldiers of the Middle Route Army have already fought a bloody battle with the main army of the Nu Chieftain outside Ningyuan City, and the Inspector led the army to win a great victory after a fierce battle, beheading tens of thousands and achieving a great victory!" Now the main army of Jiannu has abandoned the city of Guangning and fled towards Haizhouwei. ”

Hearing this, Huang Fuming immediately jumped up, and then said extremely excitedly: "Zongzhen, then what are we waiting for?" Immediately lead the army to kill the river! Now that Jiannu on the other side of the Qinghe River may also know the news of the Ningyuan War, Jiannu's military morale must have been hit, and our army will definitely be able to take Gaizhouwei in one fell swoop! When the time comes, we will fight with the Inspector in the south and north to attack the army of Jiannu that has been completely defeated, so that we can fight to eliminate the disaster of Jiannu and make immortal achievements! ”

Lu Ying sighed and said, "The Inspector also sent us another order: order our East Road army to hold the city in place and wait for the order after capturing Gaizhouwei, and not continue to fight north!" ”

Huang Fu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and asked blankly: "Why didn't the Inspector take advantage of the victory to pursue?" What does that mean? ”

"Although the officers and men of the Central Route Army and the Western Route Army have won the war, the officers and men of all departments have also suffered heavy casualties, and the Central Route and Western Route armies are now at the end of their strength, so they must rest immediately." When Lu Ying said this, there was an expression of extreme joy on his face, and then he continued: "In addition, the Inspector also said in the order: When the army was fighting fiercely under Ningyuan City, the slave chief Nurhachi might have been injured by a cannon, so I want to wait and see if this news is true." ”

Huangfu Ming was stunned when he heard this, and said: "Zongzhen, you said that if the slave chief really died like this, will the Liaodong War end soon?" So we haven't been to the war yet, have we? The big battles were all fought by the Central Route Army and the Western Route Army! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ying's face immediately darkened, and it was very ugly. After a while, I heard Lu Ying slam the table and yell: "No matter! Give me the order to go down, and the whole army will immediately assemble and force the Qinghe River! ”