Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter III: Plans for Internal and Foreign Difficulties

Section 13 Peace Talks

The first month of the forty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (the fourth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven).

The new year has just begun, but the land of Liaodong is full of war clouds. The Ming and Jin sides have already gathered more than 200,000 troops here to confront each other, and if you count the mobilized people, the number of people gathered by the two sides may have reached hundreds of thousands. The vast area north of Shenyang and south of Hetuara is like a huge natural barracks, which sets off the land of Liaodong in the cold winter.

Both the Ming and Jin sides were well aware of the importance of the battlefield war, which can be said to be a qualitative battle that determined the future ownership of Liaodong. Therefore, both the Ming and Jin sides maintained a certain degree of restraint before the formal confrontation, and they were all immersed in hoarding supplies, dispatching troops, and making final preparations.

However, after several months of calm, the situation in Liaodong has resurfaced.

As early as the end of the forty-sixth year of Wanli, in order to test the reality of Jiannu, Yang Hao gave an order to Yehe's Beile Jintaishi and ordered him to lead his troops to attack Jiannu.

After receiving the order, Jin Taishi knew very well in his heart that Yang Hao regarded himself and Ye Hebu as the pawns of this battle, and wanted to use Ye Hebu to test Jiannu's reaction. Although Jin Taishi was very reluctant, he could not refuse in the face of Liaodong's general order. So Jin Taishi sent his son to lead an army to attack several walled cities on the border of Jiannu, and Yehe's army quickly retreated after burning and killing, without too much stimulation of Jiannu.

However, when Nurhachi heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered to gather an army and prepare to send troops against Yehebu. For the Ming Dynasty Yehebu Nurhachi is very hateful in his heart, thinking that Yehebu is a traitor to the Jurchen tribe, and this time Yehebu actually obeyed the order of the Ming court to attack him, which angered Nurhachi, who must take revenge. Therefore, this time the army was dispatched, and Nurhachi prepared to give Yehebu devastating revenge.

At the beginning of the first month of the 47th year of Wanli, Nurhachi mobilized a total of 10,000 troops with yellow flags, white flags, and blue flags, and launched a fierce attack on Yehebu, trying to defeat Yehebu, an ally of the Ming army, in one fell swoop before the Ming army launched an offensive, and cut off the wings of the Ming army first.

Nurhachi led the army all the way forward, and Yehebu fortified and resisted step by step under the leadership of Bel Jintaishi and Buyangu, but they were defeated one after another due to their lack of strength.

Seeing that the Jiannu army was driving straight in, and the loss of Yehe's troops was already unable to resist, Jin Taishi said to Buyangu: "This dispute was caused by our initiative to attack Jianzhou under the order of Lord Yang of Liaodong Jinglu, and we were the vanguard of the Ming army. Now that Jianzhou is very urgent, we should quickly ask Lord Yang for help. ”

Buyangu agreed very much and said: "Exactly, I heard that the Ming Dynasty has gathered hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers around Shenyang, and if the Ming army is dispatched, those miscellaneous people in Jianzhou will definitely not dare to move." ”

So, while desperately resisting Nurhachi's fierce attack, the two sent people to Shenyang to ask Yang Hao for help.

It is said that since Yang Hao arrived in Shenyang, he has been busy. The food and equipment required for this expedition have not been complete until now, resulting in 100,000 troops stranded around Shenyang and unable to go north to attack Hu, and the imperial court's document urging the dispatch of troops is almost a day.

On this day, Yang Hao finally sent the grain urging officer who came to ask for grain and grass from various departments, and was writing a letter to the household department to ask for the remaining money and grain, when he suddenly heard a report from the family: "Lord Qiqi, there is a person outside the door who claims to be the envoy of the Yehe tribe who asks to see him, saying that he has something important to tell him." ”

Yang Hao was suddenly shocked when he heard this, could it be that something went wrong with his own sending Ye Hebu to attack?

"Bring people in!"

"Yes."

Moments later, the emissary of Yehebe was brought in. As soon as he entered, the messenger fell to his knees and cried: "Lord Yang, please send troops to save our Yehebu quickly!" ”

"Something's wrong!" Yang Ho was taken aback when he saw this, and asked anxiously.

"At the end of last year, I, Ye Hebu, was ordered by Lord Ye to attack Jianzhou and returned victorious. But at the beginning of this month (the first month), Jianzhou Nurhachi raised 10,000 troops and suddenly attacked, I Yehe was unprepared in advance and suffered defeat, and now Jintaishi and Buyangu are leading troops to resist desperately, and they are almost unable to support it. My lord, hurry up and send troops, it's too late for us to be finished! ”

After saying that, the messenger kept kowtowing to the ground, "Knock! Boom! The sound struck Yang Hao's heart like a sledgehammer.

Yang Hao was very angry after hearing this, and scolded in his heart: "The wild boar skin is ruthless enough!" Did he calculate that I was not prepared enough to attack in a big way? I want to get rid of Yehebu first and cut off the flanks of our army! Think beautifully! ”

Thinking of this, Yang Hao said to the messenger: "At this time, the governor already knows. Ye Hebu has always been diligent and loyal to my Ming Dynasty, but now that he has suddenly suffered a catastrophe, how can this governor sit idly by? You go back first, and tell Jintaishi and Buyangu that our Daming troops have been assembled, and they will launch an attack in a few days, so that Jiannu will not be able to take care of each other, and the siege of Yehe will be lifted soon. ”

After hearing this, the envoy was overjoyed, and kept kowtowing and thanking: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! ”

Yang Hao waved his hand, and the family outside the door took the messenger out. Looking at the figure of the envoy leaving, Yang Hao's face was gloomy, and he thought in his heart: "It is impossible to attack in an all-out way now, at best, we can only send a partial division to attack." The question is, which battalion to send? The reinforcements from all over the country are already sleepy and lacking, and now they are recuperating, and the lack of food and grass is already resentful, and it is absolutely impossible to mobilize at this time, it seems that it can only be mobilized in Liaodong. ”

So, Yang Hao gave an order to Liu Ling, the general soldier of Liaoyang, and ordered his troops to take the initiative to attack and rush to the aid of Ye He's department.

After receiving Yang Hao's general order, Liu Ling also understood the consequences of losing Yehe's troops, so he immediately ordered the guerrilla general Kang Yingqian to lead his troops to feint in the direction of Qinghe City, making a posture of recovering Qinghe City, in order to force Nurhachi to withdraw his troops and return to help.

At this time, after several fierce battles, Nurhachi defeated Jintaishi and Buyangu one after another, and captured more than 20 villages in Yehe. Seeing that Yehebu could no longer resist, Nurhachi planned to finish his work in one battle and annex Yehebu.

Seeing that the Ming army was delayed and unable to resist the attack of the Jiannu, Jin Taishi and Buyangu could only retreat constantly to buy time and wait for rescue.

Just when Nurhachi was preparing to launch a general offensive and solve the Yehe Department in the first battle, an urgent report was sent from the rear: Most of the Ming army sent troops north, and Qinghe City was in an emergency!

Hearing this news, Dai Shan, Amin and others were all surprised, and they all advised Nurhachi to return to Qinghe City, otherwise the offensive against Shenyang that they had worked so hard to obtain would cease to exist; Huang Taiji, on the other hand, insisted on continuing the attack on Yehe, believing that the Ming army was not yet ready for a full-scale attack, and this move was clearly a move to deal with Yehebu in order to force Dajin to withdraw.

Nurhachi thought for a moment and said, "There is no way, withdraw the army!" Ye Hebu has always been a small role, and only by defeating the Ming Kingdom can my Dajin be able to dominate Liaodong, so Qinghe City cannot afford to lose! ”

As a result, the Jiannu army stopped the offensive, quickly disengaged from the Yehe Division, and quickly retreated the next day and drove to Qinghe City.

After the guerrilla general Kang Yingqian led his army to attack, he always loitered around Qinghe City, intercepted and killed small units of Jiannu troops from time to time, and sent cavalry to cover the main official roads, cutting off the main connection between Qinghe City and the rear of Jiannu. At the same time, Kang Yingqian also sent a wide range of people to stay overnight and closely probe most of the movements of Jiannu.

A few days later, Kang Yingqian received a report that he had withdrawn his troops from Yehe and was leading a large army to kill Qinghe City.

Kang Yingqian immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, and the Ming army quickly withdrew to Liaoyang.

Yang Hao breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news that Jiannu had withdrawn his troops. But then I thought that this time Jiannu was temporarily withdrawing his troops, what if Jiannu sent troops to attack again before he was ready?

Yang Hao thought about it, and suddenly came up with an idea: "Why don't you pretend to make peace with Jiannu? Buy some time! ”

So, Yang Hoping retreated left and right to the table and began to write letters. A moment later, Yang Ho sealed the letter and summoned his confidants.

Yang Hao handed the letter to the family and said in a low voice: "If you go to Jiannu, you must personally hand over this letter to Nurhachi, the commander of Jianzhou Weidu." This matter is extremely confidential, and the news must not be leaked. ”

Seeing Yang Hao's serious expression, the family Ding also knew the severity, and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the villain will definitely do this well, and he will personally deliver the letter!" ”

Yang Hao nodded and said with satisfaction: "Okay!" Go ahead, and the Governor will reward you when the matter is done. ”

After sending the letter away, Yang Hao felt uneasy, after all, it is taboo to privately send a message to the enemy chieftain, especially on the occasion of this kind of war, I hope there will be no extraneous branches.

A few days later, Yang Ho sent his family back to Shenyang.

"How's it going?" Yang Hao asked anxiously.

With a look of resentment, the family said, "Back to my lord, the slave chief was very arrogant and directly rejected the adult's proposal. You see, this is a reply from the Slave Chief. ”

Yang Hao was very disappointed, he couldn't drag Jiannu this time, so he could only find ways to raise food and equipment in a hurry, and opened the letter while thinking, only to see that the letter wrote:

"Emperor Dajin, Wise Khan to the Book of the Ming Kingdom Liaodong Scripture:

I know what I have said, but Ming's evil deeds have not yet been retributed, and my grievances have not been vented, so there is no need to mention the peace talks. But I can't bear to see the lives of the people in Liaodong, so there is a word that can be heard: stop the war on the same day, surrender and beg for peace, I can allow it! ”

Yang Hao was furious after reading it, his white and pure round face was purple with anger, and he tore the letter in his hand into pieces, spilled it on the ground, and shouted: "Slave chieftain and cheap species, dare to be so arrogant!" ”