Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4 The Bloody Battle of the Tartars Killed the Country

Section 8 According to the cliff between the guards

On the first day of March in the forty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (the fourth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), the Salhu Ming army camped.

After the destruction of the Juniper Department of the Ming Army's West Road, the rest of the Ming Army was lonely and in a very disadvantageous situation. Jiannu, on the other hand, concentrated the main force in Sarhu, whether it was the Northern Route Army that attacked Marin in the north, or the Eastern Route Army that attacked Liu Ting in the south, they had no scruples, and the initiative on the battlefield had been handed over to Nurhachi. As for Li Chengbai's department, Nurhachi was not taken to heart at all, just a mediocre talent who relied on the prestige of his father and brother to be promoted.

During the night, Nurhachi consulted with the banner owners, Beyler, and Taiji about the next step of the war.

"The main force of the Ming army has been destroyed, where will my Dajin Iron Cavalry attack next? Tell us all. Nurhachi said, holding Juniper's saber in his hand.

"Attack the Marin Department on the North Road." Huang Taiji said.

"Liu Tingbu on the East Road." Dai Shan said at the same time.

Both of them were stunned, looked at each other, and neither of them spoke, but looked at Nurhachi in unison.

However, Nurhachi didn't even raise his head, still admired the captured juniper saber in his hand, and said casually: "Oh? Tell me about it. ”

The two glanced at each other, and Huang Taiji smiled and said, "Then let Big Baylor talk about it first." ”

After speaking, Huang Taiji sat down again, and looked at Dai Shan for a long time, waiting to listen to his strategy.

Dai Shan ignored Huang Taiji and said, "Khan Ama, Erchen thinks that our army should attack Liu Tingbu first. Now that the main force of the Ming army has been destroyed, the only Ming army that can still pose a threat to our army is Liu Tingbu. As long as it is annihilated, the remaining two Ming armies can be wiped out with one blow. ”

Nurhachi smiled and said, "Well, who will fight the vanguard in this battle?" ”

Huang Taiji took the opportunity to say: "Khan Ama, Erchen recommended the two red flags of Dabeile as the vanguard. ”

"Khan Ama, the white flag of the four beylers is sharp, and they have just won a great victory, I think it is better to have the white flag of the four beylers as the vanguard." Dai Shan said-for-tat.

Huang Taiji said: "Khan Ama, if you go north to attack the Marin Department, Erchen is willing to be the vanguard, but if you go south, Erchen feels that he still has more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”

"Why?" Nurhachi asked.

Huang Taiji said: "Khan Ama, the strength of the Ming army on the east road is not bad, including Liu Yunwei's department, and the ministers heard that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom also gave its camp a name: it is called the Hanwei battalion, which shows the strength of its troops, and the attack on the Ming army on the east road must be a series of vicious battles, and it is easy to win." Moreover, the terrain and difficult roads in the south were so true for the Ming army and the same for our Dajin Iron Cavalry. Looking at these two points, Erchen believed that our army would not be able to solve the Ming Army's Eastern Route Army in a short period of time, and would have to suffer large casualties. And the other two Ming armies can take advantage of this opportunity to rejuvenate the capital, so that our army will lose ground and fall into passivity. ”

"According to the meaning of the four beylers, the Eastern Route Army does not have to fight?" Dai Shan asked with a smile.

"Of course we have to fight, but after annihilating the North Road Marin Division, our army will concentrate the main force to attack Liu Ting's Division."

Dai Shan said: "Is Marin's Northern Route Army easy to fight?" ”

"Of course! Ma Lin is brave and good at fighting, but that's all, and his soldiers can't be compared with Liu Ting's department at all. Therefore, our army should first make it easy and then difficult, and first go north to attack the Marin Division. ”

Dai Shan was still about to argue, Nurhachi waved his hand to signal him to sit down first, got up with Juniper's saber in his hand, and said: "Look at this knife, the blade is full of gaps, and some places have been curled, it can be seen that Juniper is still fighting hard, and the Ming army is also a strong enemy." ”

When the people saw that what Nurhachi said was a little strange, they didn't know how to answer. Huang Taiji understood what Nurhachi meant.

"What Khan Ama said is very true, that juniper is also a fierce general. In this battle, the white flag of Erchen Zheng and the white flag of Azigeteji were both inflicted with casualties. ”

"Well, so, it's better to make it easy first and then difficult to do it, otherwise, if you defeat a strong enemy, how many will my Dajin warriors die? Annihilate the Marin Division, and then bring the power of great victory to converge with the Second Beile (Amin) and the Third Beile (Mang Gurtai) to fight Liu Ting's Division. In this way, our army will be completely victorious. Nurhachi said.

"The Great Khan is wise."

At this time, everyone understood what Nurhachi meant, and they had to admire Huang Taiji's wit and ability. And Dai Shan's heart was filled with a strong sense of crisis and powerlessness.

"Spread the decree, tomorrow morning, the army will turn north and meet the Ming army on the north road."

"The retainer (minion) obeys the order!"

The next day, the Ming army of the North Road marched to Shangjian Cliff (in the northeast of Salhu). Seeing that it was getting late, Marin ordered to camp on the spot, and at the same time sent out Ye Buhui to explore the way ahead.

In the middle of the night, Marin lay in the tent of the Chinese army, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and somehow very irritable. At this time, the sound of the night watchman beating the watch came from outside: it was just the first moment of ugliness.

I couldn't sleep, so Marin simply turned over, called the family in, helped him put on his armor, and wanted to go to the camp to inspect it.

Marin walked in the quiet camp with a few family members, and his thoughts were surging involuntarily: "Why do I have no bottom in my heart in this war?" I don't know what happened to the rest of the army. Alas, what's wrong tonight, how upset. ”

Just as he was thinking, a rapid sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the night, and a night did not collect and broke into the gate and ran towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

Ma Lin was standing on the way to the big tent of the Chinese army, and when he saw this, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

That night, when he saw that the main general was in front of him, he hurriedly stopped his horse, almost rolled off his horse, and ran to Marin with his hands and feet.

Although Ma Lin didn't know what was going on, he was so panicked when he saw that Ye Bu was so frightened, and he took two quick steps to grab Ye Bu and asked, "Is it Jiannu who killed him?" ”

"No, no."

"What's the panic! Come in with me! After speaking, Marin turned around and walked into the big tent of the Chinese army. If the soldiers ran back in a panic when they saw the night, the camp would not be blown up on this big night?

Several family members took the night into the tent of the Chinese army.

Marin sat in the middle of the big tent, and the deputy general Ma Yan also came to the big tent when he heard the movement. Marin exhaled and said, "Something happened, just say it, the sky can't fall." ”

That night, Bushu said with a miserable face: "General Qiyu, the villain went to the south to investigate the movements of Jiannu and found important military information!" ”

By the light in the tent, Ma Lin saw the face of the night and was a little breathless, and shouted: "Say! ”

"General, the Western Route Army has been defeated and the whole army has been annihilated! Almost all the generals below the general army of Juniper Du were martyred! After speaking, Ye Bushu fell directly to the ground.

Marin stood up abruptly and cried out, "How can this be? Isn't Juniper known as a fierce general? Let the Tartars be wiped out?! ”

Ma Yan was also taken aback and asked, "Do you know what happened?" ”

"I don't know, the camp of the West Route Army is located in Salhu, when I arrived, the camp had been burned down by Jiannu, and the corpses of the brothers of the West Route Army were all over the mountains, and tens of thousands of people were generally gone!" After saying that, I couldn't help but cry when I didn't put it away.

Marin's heart was a mess, pacing back and forth in the tent, and for a while he didn't know what to do.

"That's right! Passing on my general's order, the army launched a defense on the spot, and ordered the general Pan Zongyan and the guerrilla general Gong Nian to lead 3,000 people to set up camps on both wings of the camp for a few miles, thinking that they would be horns. ”

Ma Yan said, "My lord, do you want to give the order now?" It's the middle of the night. ”

"Go now!" Marin shouted angrily.

"Yes!" Ma Yan arranged for a family member to give an order.

Ma Lin thought for a while, and then said: "Also, the addition of the night will not be collected, let me find the main force of Jiannu, I want to know the movement of Jiannu!" ”

"Yes!" Another family member also went to give the order.

A moment later, the camp of the Northern Route Army was boiling, and the sound of people shouting and neighing horses was everywhere, and the whole camp was shaken by torches as if it were day.

"Damn, what are you doing in the middle of the night!"

"What's wrong?"

"I heard that something happened to the Western Route Army."

"What?"

"Shut up! What to talk about! How to fight the war is commanded by the general town, and it is decided by Lord Liuyang, what are you talking about? Thousands of soldiers at all levels who manage their own soldiers and judge military aircraft in vain will be killed! General Pan Zongyan saw that the assembled soldiers were talking and reprimanded loudly.

The surrounding soldiers immediately fell silent, but their expressions were still a little flustered.

The guerrilla general Gong Nian also rode his horse to Pan Zongyan's side, and whispered: "General Pan, is it true about the Western Route Army?" ”

Pan Zongyan nodded, and also said in a low voice: "Ma Zongzhen is arranging the defense of the battalion, let me tell you, the Western Route Army has been defeated, and the generals below the general town of Du Song have not survived, and now the main force of Jiannu is missing." ”

"It's only been a few days! Lost so quickly? Gong Nian said in surprise.

"Yes, it's not a military emergency, and the town won't ask us to set up another camp at night."

"Without further ado, I'll arrange it first."

"Okay, Gong Guerrilla take care."

"Pan Shen will take care."

After the two of them ordered the soldiers and horses, Pan Zongyan was on the left and Gong Nian was on the right, and they camped about five miles away from the camp of the Central Army of Ma Lin. At this time, it was already early in the morning, and the two did not care about resting, and urged their subordinates to repair the camp, dig trenches, and arrange to reject horses, until the next morning.

Marin and Ma Yan also set up a night's defense of the Chinese camp, and the soldiers dug three layers of trenches around the camp and lined up chariots to block the rush of the Jiannu cavalry.

Marin also lined up the musketeers and tiger guns at the edge of the trenches, followed by the infantry, and the cavalry assembled in the camp to stand by. Seeing that it was almost there, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately felt extremely tired and sleepy. Not only Ma Lin, but at this time, the soldiers of the Ming Army of the entire Northern Route Army had been tossing for most of the night, and they were already sleepy and tired, and many soldiers fell asleep directly on the ground.

Ma Lin held his spirit, and after inspecting the camp with Ma Yan, he ordered the soldiers of the whole battalion to divide into two shifts and take turns to rest, and at the same time notified the two battalions on the left and right to make the same arrangements. After that, Ma Lin explained to Ma Yan and returned to the Chinese army's tent, and slept until the afternoon.