Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4 The Bloody Battle of the Tartars Killed the Country

Section 13 Ambush

The third day of the third month of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (the fourth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate).

The main force of the Ming Army's Eastern Route Army was still marching with difficulty in the rugged mountain roads, and the formation of the whole army was divided into pieces by the difficult mountain roads. Looking at the exhausted soldiers of the Ming army, Liu Ling was full of sorrow.

"In this expedition, every time things are unfavorable, our Eastern Route Army will not be able to reach Hetuara as scheduled in such a short period of time. Now that the deadline has passed, it seems that I can only tell Lord Jingluo Yang a few points after the war, and I hope that the rest of the three armies can go well. Liu Ling thought in his heart.

"Father." Liu Zhao rode his horse to Liu Ling's side and said: "Let the soldiers rest for a while, this mountain road is too difficult to walk, if we are attacked by Jiannu, we will suffer a big loss." ”

Liu Ling sighed and said, "Okay, stop moving forward and rest on the spot for a while." ”

"Yes." Liu Zhao turned around and gave the order: "Stop moving forward and rest on the spot!" ”

The army slowly stopped and began to rest on the spot. Liu Zhao commanded a part of the soldiers to set up a simple camp, and sent Ye Bushu to inquire about the news.

Liu Ling sat on a dead tree stump, looking in the direction of Hetuara to the north, in a daze. After a while, Liu Zhao arranged the affairs of the army and came to Liu Ling's side, seeing that his expression was not very good, he didn't know what to say for a while, so he stood aside and was silent.

After a while, Liu Ling said with a little sadness: "Zhao'er, do you think Yunwei will be able to support our Liu family in the future?" ”

"Absolutely. Father, Yun Wei is the unicorn of our Liu family. Liu Zhao said proudly.

"yes." Liu Ling looked at Liu Zhao and said, "This battle is dangerous, you should break off with Yunwei, you shouldn't come with me." ”

Liu Zhao's eyes turned red and said, "Where is my father, I don't know how long it will take to go this way, how can my son not be around?" ”

"Haha, good! In this battle, let's go on the road together, it can be regarded as fulfilling our duty as a Ming warrior, as for the future, leave it to Yunwei and them to take care of it. ”

Liu Ling laughed loudly, with some reluctance, some sadness, and some heroism.

Half an hour later, after the army had rested, Liu Ling ordered the whole army to continue on the road, and it was not until the evening of this day that Liu Ling ordered to set up camp. At this time, the main force of the Eastern Route Army was still two days away from Hetuala.

At night, Liu Ling was reading a book in the tent, and after a while, he felt a little sleepy and was about to rest, but he heard Liu Zhao report something important outside the tent.

"Come in."

After Liu Zhao came in, he said, "Father, just now the North Route Army sent someone to deliver a letter. ”

"Oh? Has the Western Route Army arrived in Hetuala? Liu Ling was shocked and asked.

"Yes, that night did not say that the Western Route Army, the Northern Route Army, and the Southern Route Army had already joined forces under the city of Hetuara and had a great battle with Jiannu. Our army is slightly snobbish and is currently confronting the slave chief Nurhachi. After speaking, Liu Zhao handed the letter in his hand to Liu Ling with both hands.

Liu Ling opened the letter and read it, and after a while, asked, "Is there a problem with the person who came to deliver the letter?" ”

"No problem, I have personally tested Mr. Du's arrows, and some of the Western Route Army characters and matters I asked have been answered correctly one by one. Why, the father was suspicious of this letter? ”

"Not really, just to be sure." Liu Ling was slightly relieved and continued: "General Du has asked us to join forces with the other three roads to carry out a siege battle with Hetuara before noon tomorrow. ”

Liu Zhao frowned and said, "Tomorrow at noon?" How is that possible? It would be nice if we could be there by noon the day after tomorrow. ”

Liu Ling thought for a while, sighed and said, "There's no way, we can't delay the war because we are late, so we can only hurry up." ”

Liu Zhao persuaded: "Father, we are fast enough, the soldiers have done their best, it is impossible to be in time." ”

"Then set off overnight and reduce the rest time on the way." Liu Ling said categorically.

"Huh? How can this be? Father, it is very easy to be ambushed when marching at night, and besides, if you act like this, the soldiers will not get rest, how can you meet the enemy if you encounter Jiannu! Liu Zhao persuaded.

Liu Ling also hesitated, thought about it and then said: "Since the rest of the three armies have arrived in Hetuala, the main force of Jiannu must also be concentrated. Therefore, we are safe in front of us, and even some small groups of Jiannu will not be able to threaten us. ”

Seeing that Liu Zhao was going to dissuade him again, Liu Ling shouted: "Acting on the battlefield, when encountering a combat mechanism, you should make a decision immediately, and hesitating will only lose the opportunity and delay the fighter!" There is no need to argue about this matter, and at the first moment of the ugly hour (half past one in the morning), the whole army set out of camp. ”

"Yes." Liu Zhao saw that his father insisted on his own opinion, so he could only go to arrange the arrangement.

After Liu Zhao left, Liu Ling wanted to seize the time to rest for a while, but he felt a little uneasy. After tossing and turning for a while, Liu Ling said in his heart: "I have been in the army for many years, and I have never been so irritable, is there anything other than the problem?" ”

Liu Ling simply got up and sat down, looking at the candle in the tent and didn't know what he was thinking. After a long time, Liu Ling sighed slightly, and said to himself: "Leave a letter for Yunwei, just in case." ”

So, Liu Ling came to the bookcase, picked up the pen and wrote something, and after writing, he called a family member and said, "You take a few people and hand over this letter to the little general." Remember, the hand will be given to him. ”

"Yes, don't worry, I will hand it over to the little general myself."

Seeing that the family had gone, Liu Ling was a little relieved. At this time, the war drums were beating in the camp, and it was already the beginning of the ugly hour, and the soldiers were assembling.

"It's almost time to get to Hetuala, it's almost over."

Liu Ling wore a good battle armor under the service of the family and walked out of the big tent with his head held high.

After Nurhachi decided to adopt the strategy of luring him to advance quickly and setting up an ambush to gather and annihilate, he was about to send someone to pretend to be Juniper's subordinates to the Ming army camp on the East Road to deliver a letter to Liu Ting, but just before the envoy left, Nurhachi suddenly felt that something was unusual. It is said that the number of Ming troops on the East Road is above the two blue flags, and its combat power is more outstanding than that of the rest of the Ming army, not to mention the elite of the Hanwei Battalion, how can Liu Ting's character always take a defensive position to confront the two blue flags?

Thinking of this, Nurhachi instantly understood, couldn't help sneering, and said to everyone: "We were all deceived by that Liu Ling." ”

Dai Shan, Huang Taiji and Azig were all taken aback, but they didn't understand the strangeness.

Nurhachi said what he thought, and then said: "Presumably, Liu Ting used a part of the Ming army to disguise himself as the Eastern Route Army, dragging the second and third beylers there, while he led the main force of the Ming army north. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

Therefore, Nurhachi hurriedly wrote a letter to Amin and Mang Gultai about this matter, and ordered the two to immediately find out the reality of the Ming army on the eastern road facing him, and at the same time sent scouts to the south of Hetuala to closely control it, so as to prevent Liu Ting from taking the opportunity to reach Hetuala.

"It seems that Liu Ling wants to use the elite of the Hanwei Battalion to hold one place, drag my two Blue Banner more than 10,000 troops, and lead the main force to attack Hetuala, and join the rest of the three Ming armies."

Huang Taiji was also afraid for a while when he thought of this, and said: "Fortunately, Khan Ama was wise and annihilated the Ming army on the North Road and West Road in advance, and the Ming army on the South Road delayed and avoided the battle until now before crossing the Qing River, otherwise our army would be in danger in this battle." ”

Nurhachi said: "But don't worry too much, now that Liu Ling is powerless." ”

The next day, Nurhachi received a reward from Amin and Mang Gurtai; The two sent troops to intercept several Ming soldiers, and after interrogation, they learned that the Ming army facing them was really only the Hanwei battalion, and the rest of the main force of the Ming army was missing.

And on this day, the scouts sent out by Nurhachi also sent back the news: they found the location of the Ming army on the eastern road!

Nurhachi was overjoyed and said, "This is heaven to destroy the Ming army!" Great Beyler, Four Beyler, Azigtaiji, act according to the plan. ”

"Sons obey orders!" The three of them answered.

As a result, Nurhachi sent people to pretend to be Juniper's subordinates to Liu Ling's department, and at the same time immediately moved his troops south to prepare for an ambush.

A day later, more than 40,000 members of the Jiannu army had arrived at Zaotu Mountain (west of Hetuala), and Nurhachi saw that the soldiers were slightly tired, so he ordered to rest on the spot.

After Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, and Azig settled the soldiers and horses, they rode their horses to Nurhachi's side.

"Is there any news from the second Belle (Amin) and the third Belle (Mang Gurtai)?" Nurhachi asked, sitting on a tiger skin blanket.

Dai Shan dismounted and saluted and said: "Qiyu Khan Amma, I received news from Erbeile that the more than 10,000 troops of the two blue banners are still confronting Liu Yunwei's troops. ”

Huang Taiji said with a smile: "It's still Khan Ama who is wise, and he saw through Liu Ling's tricks at a glance, and knew that it was Liu Yunwei's department who confronted them with Erbeile. Otherwise, our strategy of inviting you into the urn will fail. ”

Nurhachi smiled and waved his hand, and said, "I don't want to think about who Liu Ling is?" Two blue flags and more than 10,000 iron horsemen can stop it for a few days? How can it be! That's why I asked Erbeile and them to investigate carefully, and sure enough, the Ming army dragged by the two blue flags was only a battalion of soldiers and horses under Liu Yunwei, and the rest of the main force of the Ming army had disappeared, so they must have traveled north lightly. ”

Then Nurhachi said, "Okay, let's talk about it, where is it better to set up an ambush?" ”

Dai Shan and Azig were both thinking about it, and Huang Taiji had been thinking about this question all the way, and at this time he was already confident, he glanced at Dai Shan a little proudly, and said: "Qiyu Khan Ama, Erchen thinks that our army should arrange men and horses to ambush Liu Ling's troops in Abu Dali Gang (Hetu Alanam). ”

"Why?"

"The Abu Dali Gang Mountain is high and densely forested, and the terrain is dangerous, which is very conducive to ambush; In addition, this place is relatively close to Xingjing, only more than 30 miles, and it is easy to relax their vigilance when the Ming army arrives here to see that the division is in sight; In addition, the road to the south of Abu Darigang was extremely difficult to march, and the Ming army's arrival here would greatly reduce both physical strength and morale. By setting up an ambush here, our army can occupy a favorable position. ”

After hearing this, Daishan and Azig were both jealous, but Nurhachi was very appreciative and said, "What Sibel said is very agreeable, so let's set up an ambush in Abu Dali Gang." ”

Seeing that Dai Shan did not speak from beginning to end, Nurha was dissatisfied, and his eyes were full of disappointment for Dai Shan.

Half an hour later, the army continued southward to Abu Dari Gang. At the same time, he gave an order to Erbeile and them, and gave me a good idea of that Liu Yunwei, and when I annihilated the main force of Liu Ling's Eastern Route Army, I went to destroy it in person. ”

"Sons obey orders!"