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"Your Excellency, according to the news found by the spies, the Jiannu soldiers of Kaiyuan City will attack Tieling City in three days." Li Hongyu was checking the aftermath of the map of northern Liaobei when a guard hurriedly came to report it.

"Let Jin Taishi and Buyangu come to see the official." Li Hongyu couldn't help but let out a long breath when he heard this, the day he had been waiting for for a long time had finally come, and then he commanded the guard in a deep voice.

According to Li Hongyu's plan, the day when Dai Shan and Huang Taiji attacked Tieling was the time when he led his army to fight a decisive battle with him, and the situation in Liaodong would be determined with the Battle of Tieling.

"Two Baylors, Jiannu is going to attack Tieling in three days, please ask the two Baylors to assemble their troops, and then go with the officials to fight a decisive battle with them in Tieling."

After Jin Taishi and Buyang Gu came, Li Hongyu said solemnly, "The two Baylors, the emperor and the ministers of the court are all watching the battle of Tieling, as long as this battle is fought, then you Ye Hebu can rest easy in the future." ”

Jin Taishi and Buyangu were immediately overjoyed when they heard this, they were looking forward to this day, and before leaving, they wanted to teach the Houjin army a lesson, otherwise it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in their hearts, and they would not be able to explain it to the clansmen of the Yehe tribe and the outside world.

However, when they heard that Li Hongyu was going to lead the army in person, Jin Taishi and Bu Yanggu suddenly looked at each other in surprise, never expected that Li Hongyu would go into battle in person, you must know that although Yang Hao has a large army, he still hides in Shenyang when he attacks in four ways.

"Lord Governor, you can go to Tieling, and it is better for Lord Governor to strategize here." Subsequently, Jin Taishi bowed his hand to Li Hongyu, and Zhengse persuaded him, Li Hongyu has a noble status as the governor of Liaodong, how can he be in danger? If something goes wrong, no one can afford it.

"The stakes in this battle are very high, and this officer must personally take command." Li Hongyu knew what Jin Taishi meant, waved his hand at him, and said coldly, "This official wants to let Nurhachi know that the great Ming Liang will be doubled, and the fierce generals will be like clouds, and it is not something that can be defeated by one or two defeats!" ”

In fact, Li Hongyu had to personally sit in charge of the Battle of Tieling, the reason is very simple, this operation is a joint operation of the Jurchen Yehe Department and the Mongolian Inner Khalkha Department, and someone needs to coordinate and command, otherwise the Yehe Department and the Inner Khalkha Department will fight separately, which will be extremely unfavorable to the war.

It can be imagined that the Battle of Tieling is definitely a vicious battle of life and death, and the Eight Banners led by Dai Shan and Huang Taiji made great achievements in the Battle of Salhu last time, which can be described as the elite of the Eight Banners, otherwise Nurhachi would not let the two lead the army to attack Tieling.

Seeing Li Hongyu's resolute attitude, Jin Taishi and Buyangu gave up the idea of persuading each other after glancing at each other, and the two knew very well that the 20,000 troops of the Inner Khalkha Department of Mongolia were very important in the battle with Daishan and Huang Taiji, and except for Li Hongyu, the two of them could not mobilize the men and horses of the Inner Khalkha Department at all.

For the Inner Khalkha Ministry, Li Hongyu's identity is very special, he is not only the governor of Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty allied with Lin Dan Khan, but also the grandson-in-law of the leader of the Inner Khalkha Ministry, Zhuolik Tuhong, in other words, the forehead of the Nekhalkha Ministry.

Therefore, Li Hongyu has considerable authority over the people of the Inner Khalkha Department, and they will obey Li Hongyu's orders in public and private.

In addition, if the people of the Inner Khalkha Department retreated from the battle, then the Ming Dynasty could terminate the mutual market agreement with Lin Dan Khan, which was something that Lin Dan Khan did not want to see.

Therefore, Lin Dan Khan had already issued an order to the Inner Khalkha Ministry at the suggestion of Li Hongyu, telling them to obey the dispatch of the Ming army commander on the battlefield at that time and not to retreat without permission.

If there is only this order of Lin Dan Khan, then the people of the Inner Khalkha Department will definitely disobey the yang and yin, in the final analysis, they will not be able to consume their troops in vain for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, so as long as the loss of troops reaches a certain level, they will definitely retreat.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty now has a request for Lin Dan Khan, and it is impossible to terminate the mutual market agreement because of the Inner Khalkha Ministry, otherwise the Ming army in Liaodong will face a flank attack from the east and west.

But now the situation is different, who would have thought that the person who went to sign the mutual market agreement with Lin Dan Khan would be Li Hongyu, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, or the grandson-in-law of Zhuolik Tuhong, with these two layers of relationship, then the people of the Inner Khalkha Department naturally did not dare to disobey Li Hongyu's orders on the battlefield.

Three days later, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji led 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers and 3,000 new annexed troops to Tieling City, and the Houjin generals who stayed in Kaiyuan City went out of the city to see off Dai Shan and Huang Taiji.

The so-called new annex army refers to the surrender of the Ming army incorporated by the Later Jin, and the Later Jin army won great victories on the battlefield one after another last year and this year, so many Ming soldiers were captured.

Like the captured Ming people, Nurhachi organized most of the Ming soldiers into the Eight Banners and became the slaves of the Eight Banners.

However, Nurhachi also incorporated some of the Ming soldiers into an army, with the surrendered Ming generals as commanders, and sent a Jurchen nobleman as a supervisor, which was called the "new annexed army" in order to distinguish it from the Eight Banners.

It is worth mentioning that the new vassal army was not the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty of the Later Jin, and it was also different from those vassal armies of the Ming Dynasty that later surrendered to the Later Jin on the battlefield.

These new vassals have changed their clothes to Houjin's clothes and kept Houjin's hairstyle, so that even if they want to rebel on the battlefield and return to the Ming Dynasty, they will be spurned by the world and punished by the imperial court for their past betrayal.

The reason why Nurhachi wanted to set up a new annex army was because the Eight Banners Army was good at field warfare on the plains but was clumsy at attacking cities and plundering land, while the Ming soldiers were good at defending and besieging cities, so he wanted to use the captured Ming army to help the Houjin army attack the city, which also became the prototype of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, although Nurhachi led the army away, the new annexed army was left to Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, of which the commander of the new annexed army was Li Yongfang and the deputy general was Liu Aita.

Although Liu Aita is a deputy general, his status in the Houjin Army is higher than Li Yongfang, after all, Liu Aita has lived in Jianzhou for nearly fifteen years, and followed Nurhachi to fight in the south and north, so Nurhachi naturally believes in him more.

Tieling City.

"Lord Zongbing, according to the report from Tan Malay, the Jiannu of Kaiyuan City has raised troops to the south, and will arrive at Tieling tomorrow."

Yu Chengming, the chief soldier of Tieling, was convening the military attachés of more than 1,000 generals in the city to discuss the meeting at the General Military Mansion, when a guard hurriedly came to report.

With a bang, the military attachés at the scene suddenly made a commotion, talking to each other, whispering, and their expressions became nervous, and the reinforcements from Shenyang City had not yet arrived at this time.

"Come on, ask Shenyang for help." Yu Chengming's brows furrowed, and he gave the order with a gloomy face, which was the only thing he could do now.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the big war is coming, I hope you can do your duty loyally and defend Tieling with this official." Then, Yu Chengming stood up from his seat and said loudly, "If there is anyone who retreats from the battle and disturbs the morale of the army, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

"Obey the orders of the commander-in-chief." The military attache at the scene stood up when he heard this, and invariably bowed down and clasped his fists to salute Yu Chengming.

Yu Chengming glanced at the people present, his brows furrowed tightly, it had been more than ten days since Zheng Zhifan was locked up, but there was not the slightest movement, could it be that the spy who had an affair with Houjin would not act until Houjin attacked the city.

Compared with the Houjin army outside the city, Yu Chengming was more worried about the traitors in the city, Tieling City was strong and the Houjin army was not good at attacking the city, so as long as the traitors did not open the city to join the enemy, then he had enough confidence to wait for the arrival of reinforcements, after all, Shenyang City was only one hundred and thirty or forty miles away from here, and he would soon send troops to reinforce after getting the news.

Moreover, Yu Chengming knew that Li Hongyu was paying attention to the situation in Tieling, and he must hold on until Li Hongyu led the army to arrive.

After the meeting, the military attaches returned to their respective stations with serious expressions, and from now on Tieling has entered a state of combat readiness, and a major offensive and defensive battle around Tieling is about to begin.

For this reason, the number of soldiers on duty on the city walls of Tieling City was doubled, and the people in the city were also mobilized to join the ranks of defending the city.

The people of Tieling City knew very well that once they were captured by the Houjin army, they would be miserable slaves of the Jurchens, so no one wanted the Houjin army to break through Tieling City, so the people in the city enthusiastically participated in defending the city and protecting the safety of their families.

At night, several figures appeared in front of a private house in the city, were welcomed in by the people in the house, and then vigilantly checked the surrounding movements and closed the courtyard door.

"Will the Great Khan be able to fulfill his promise to make me a third-class lieutenant?" In the living room, the leading figure looked at the male owner of the house with a concerned expression and asked in a low voice.

"The Great Khan has always been true to his words, as long as you have meritorious service to the city, then the Great Khan will definitely reward you for meritorious deeds, and it will no longer be a problem to make you a third-class deputy general." The man who was the owner of the house, a man of medium stature, was overjoyed when he heard this, and replied quietly.

"Once the Great Khan orders the siege of the city, then General Yu is likely to kill Zheng Zhifan, the Kaiyuan Tuiguan, when the war is unfavorable, and the official wants to save Zheng Tuiguan, which can be regarded as the official's vote."

The face of the leading figure changed slightly, and then he looked at the male owner of the house and said, "The strength of this official is limited, and I hope you can help this official." ”

"This is natural, the Great Khan is now courteous to you Han officials, and if you can rescue Zheng Tuiguan, it will also be a great achievement." The male owner of the mansion nodded when he heard this, and then frowned and said, "However, the General Military Mansion is heavily guarded, so it is not good to go to save people." ”

"This official has already thought about it, and at that time, you will pretend to be my subordinates to enter the General Soldier's Mansion and use the arrow given to this official by Chief Yu to rescue Zheng Tuiguan." The corners of the leading figure's mouth couldn't help but flash a smile, and he said quite proudly, "General Yu will definitely be on duty at the city gate tower at that time, so that we can fish in troubled waters and rescue Zheng Tuiguan." ”

"This is a good idea, as long as Zheng Tuiguan is rescued, then the general can open the city gate and defect to our Dajin, which are two great achievements."

The male owner of the house immediately laughed when he heard this, and nodded in agreement with the idea of the leading figure, presumably Nurhachi is very willing to see Zheng Zhifan safe and sound, which is of great benefit to win over those Han officials, after all, there are really too few Jurchens, and they need the help of those Han officials.

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