Chapter 97: Nanguan
Where the war is angry, it is about the courage to fight, the morale of the battle, and the murderous spirit of the battle.
There is no famous general who can win the war by leading a group of troops with no morale and fearing the enemy like a tiger, and there is a saying in modern times that we must despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically, in fact, we must not be afraid of the enemy, otherwise this battle will not be fought.
Although Yang Renyu didn't know these big truths, he was educated by Yang Wenli since he was a child, and he was the most poisoned, so he didn't take Jiannu seriously.
What kind of general there is, what kind of soldier there is, the soldier just now is also poisoned, so he is not afraid of Jiannu, and it is precisely only by not being afraid of Jiannu that he can make a difference in Liaodong.
In fact, at this time, the life of the slave chief Huang Taiji was not easy, and Houjin was the weakest time, and the two wars launched this year, the battle of Ningjin and the dispute between Ding Mao, did not take advantage, but killed and injured a lot, and only a little food and property were looted in North Korea.
In particular, grain is very precious, and Liaodong is now extremely short of grain, but there are strong enemies on three sides, and they work together to blockade Houjin, and now Houjin is rich and cannot buy food. If it weren't for the Jin merchants who helped transport grain to Liaodong, Houjin could have been captured directly.
However, the Jin merchants transported grain from Shanxi, and they had to pass through the territory of the Mongols, especially the Chahar Department of Monan, which was the most tightly blocked, and once intercepted, it was murderous and grain-grabbing, and there was no room for negotiation.
Lin Dan Khan was a mortal enemy with Houjin when he was an old slave, with more than 200,000 people who controlled the strings, and was the biggest enemy of Houjin, Huang Taiji wanted to go on an expedition to Monan in the autumn of this year, crusade against Lin Dan Khan, open up the grain route of Houjin, and also take the opportunity to unify the Mongolian tribes, eliminate the threat to the west of Houjin, and further strengthen Houjin.
However, the old Khan's national policy of discussing political affairs together with the four beylers made Huang Taiji unable to show his hands and feet, and he was constrained by the other four beylers everywhere, and he couldn't do anything he wanted, which made him very annoyed, and Huang Taiji, who was smart by nature, was trying to find a way to get rid of these four roadblocks.
This is the situation of Houjin at this time, far from being a powerful military group that was invincible later, and the expeditionary force led by Yang Renyu came just right.
Yang Renyu and the fort opposite Sanshan Island where they are located is actually Nanguan, which was built by the Liao State, pinching the land and controlling the sea, and its status is very important, so there is a whole Niulu garrison there.
Niulu is the basic military unit of the Houjin Eight Banners, peacetime for the people, wartime for the soldiers, when Nurhachi founded the Eight Banners, it was stipulated that 300 people were a Niulu, but for various reasons, basically not full, some are not even half.
However, the military system of the Later Jin Dynasty is similar to that of Yang Wenli's army, and the establishment of the Eight Banners Army includes Qiding, which refers to the Jurchens; Armored people, referring to the people, different nationalities, including Han Chinese, Koreans and Mongols, are those soldiers who have combat effectiveness, divided into horse armor (cavalry) and infantry armor (infantry), and they have armor, so they are called armor people.
The status of the armored people is higher than that of the Aha people, who refer to slaves, generally Koreans and Han Chinese, who serve their masters, take care of horses, and help in battles in wartime, such as meritorious service can be discharged, promoted to civilians or carry flags.
The Eight Banners only refer to the bannermen and the armor people, and generally the bannermen and the armor people have more than two Aha to serve, and only when they go to the battlefield are they put on armor and use weapons under the service of Aha to preserve the best physical strength, so they can often defeat the opponent.
In fact, Yang Wenli is the Houjin set of learning, but he has made a little improvement, and there is nothing wrong with absorbing the enemy's advantages, in ancient times, the class system was not backward, on the contrary, it would stimulate the fighting desire of the soldiers at the bottom.
The guard of Nanguan is a Niu Lu Ezhen, he has 158 soldiers, if you include Ahha, there are five or six hundred, and only a small part of the regular soldiers who have just appeared, at this time their Aha also ran to follow.
The Jiannu on the opposite side scolded Yang Renyu and them under the leadership of Niu Lu Ezhen, but because they were too far apart, Yang Renyu couldn't hear it and did useless work, on the contrary, in Yang Renyu's opinion, Jiannu seemed to be playing a monkey show, jumping up and down, which made him laugh, and his soldiers also laughed.
It's a good thing that you have morale, but Lu Chuanzong was worried that Yang Renyu would be careless, so Yin Haiti persuaded: "Lord Zongqi, if we spend the night on this island tonight, it is best to send someone to set up a sentry post, and it must be set as a permanent system, and send each army to take turns on duty.
Now that we are in the enemy territory, it is better to be careful than in Dabie Mountain. ”
"Hmmm! Sir's words are very true, we are alone here, every soldier is very precious, and besides, we lost a dozen soldiers on the way here, and there is no room for loss. ”
Yang Renyu nodded in agreement with Lu Chuanzong's proposal, and then he instructed Lu Chuanzong: "That's it! Since it is a regular system, it should be compiled into a book so that it can be used as a reference basis for the future army, and you will be responsible for this matter! ”
"Obey the order" Lu Chuanzong also learned from the soldiers, and saluted a non-standard military salute.
In this way, with his talent, Lu Chuanzong gradually obtained the important responsibility of Yang Renyu, and he was no longer just a document responsible for writing. Arrangements for troops to be on duty and sentry like this time are the functions of an adjutant.
Although the monkey show on the opposite side is beautiful, there are times when you are tired of watching it, and then those sailors start to look for seafood on the beach, they are seaside people, they know which seafood is delicious, and they eat fish every day, they have long wanted to change their tastes.
Sanshan Island is located in Dalian Bay, with excellent water quality, and is an uninhabited island, with a lot of shellfish on the beach, which is the best seafood.
When the other soldiers saw that they were looking for seafood, they all ran to the shallow water to look for seafood. It's the height of summer, and it's cooler to wet your clothes and pants, and some soldiers simply swim in the water, which is a dissipation.
The emotions of the soldiers were relaxed, standing on the stable land, feeling extremely comfortable, laughing and laughing one by one, Yang Renyu saw this situation and felt that his decision to go to the island to rest was really too wise.
This rest is very rare, more useful than any supplements, and they have found a lot of good things, but when they want to make a barbecue, they find that there are no trees on the island, and there is no shortage of fresh water.
There is no firewood without trees, but it is difficult for these foodies, there is another thing on the island that can also be used as fuel, but it smells bad, and that is guano, because there are no people on this island, so there are a large number of seabirds who spend the night here, accumulating a thick layer of guano.
After a while, piles of bonfires were lit all over the island, there were no tools to do it, all kinds of shells were thrown directly into the fire to roast, and the shells of the shellfish were used as pots, there was no seasoning, they were eaten directly, the taste was very fresh, much better than the sea fish, and all the soldiers were addicted to eating.
Even Yang Renyu ate with relish, but he didn't want to do it, his own slave soldiers roasted it and gave it to him to eat. Of course, Lu Chuanzong is also indispensable, he is a scholar and can't do these rough jobs.
When night fell, Jiannu on the other side saw that Yang Renyu and the others seemed to plan to spend the night on the island, so they dismissed most of the soldiers, leaving only a few soldiers to stand guard there.
After nightfall, Yang Renyu and the soldiers took the sky as a quilt, and lay down in clothes, in the middle of summer, they were not afraid of catching a cold, and after a while, there was a burst of snoring.
…… To be continued