Chapter 398: Sharp Turn

Battle of Matsuyama, 7th day, early morning.

On this day, Amin did not dare to perfunctory Huang Taiji anymore, and ordered the blue flag Niulu to launch the most fierce attack on the Songshan position. Azig, who failed in the reconnaissance yesterday, acted as Amin's backup, leading the two white flags to follow up in the rear.

This time, the three banners worked together, and the battle was comparable to the offensive of the two banners led by the emperor Taiji himself, and the soldiers of the Houjin were all over the mountain, and under the order of the commander, they launched the final attack on the Ming army's position.

Houjin was blocked by the Ming army in Songshan for seven days, which not only caused them countless casualties, but also made them starve them of food and food, which was simply a shame for the entire Houjin. Huang Taiji had made the final mobilization of the Six Banners last night, and in today's battle, he must have defeated the Ming army in Songshan with a thunderous momentum, and then quickly retreated in the direction of Dalinghe Fort to join Haoge as soon as possible. Therefore, the Houjin soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, not only wanting to capture the Ming army's Songshan position, but also to kill this group of enemies who had trapped them for seven days to relieve the anger in their hearts.

However, the Houjin soldiers found that they only encountered some weak resistance in the process of capturing the Ming army's position, and did not encounter such stubborn resistance as the previous ones. At first, they were worried that this was a deliberate show of weakness by the Ming army and had other plans, but soon found that the Ming army was not playing any tricks, but it was simply difficult to resist their charge.

From this point of view, the Matsuyama Ming army was already at the end of the force as the Great Khan said, and it only needed to do its best to strike a blow to achieve a complete victory.

Soon, the soldiers of several banners attacked Songshan Fort, but they were surprised to find that there was no Ming army on the position at all, and the Ming troops who blocked them at the beginning were only a few hundred people in the suspicious formation.

The Houjin soldiers watched the hundreds of Ming troops ride away from afar, but they couldn't help it. Unable to do so, they had to report the situation layer by layer, and finally reached Huang Taiji's ears.

When Huang Taiji learned of this, he was surprised and quickly regained his composure. The Ming army in Songshan would definitely not be able to withstand their next round of attacks, and it would be wise for Sun Yueling to take the initiative to retreat. However, since Sun Yueling withdrew to Jinzhou, then they had to rush to Dalinghe Fort early to join Haoge, because they, like the Ming army, had also become a tired army, especially in need of replenishment of food, if they did not retreat, when the Ming army in Jinzhou eased up, then it would be their death period.

Therefore, Huang Taiji decisively ordered that the Zhenglan Banner continue to block the Mangui who was pursuing at the tail, and let the Blue Banner contain the Jinzhou Ming Army to prevent them from making trouble, and the rest of the banners went to Dalinghe Fort with him.

The news of Houjin's capture of Tashan Fort reached Mangui's side, logically speaking, Mangui has completed the task given to him by Sun Yueling, and has already launched the whole army to carry out a stubborn attack on the Zhenglan Banner, and now he only needs to gather the army to see what happens, but Mangui is obviously not very satisfied with yesterday's outcome, and even ordered an attack on the Zhenglan Banner again.

Without an order, Man Gui's order shocked the deputy general You Shilu, and hurriedly spoke to Man Gui. But Man Gui just said "let me wait for the camera to move, not let me wait for the soldiers to move" to plug You Shilu's mouth, so that the saddest of the eight banners is the Zhenglan Banner of Mang Gurtai, at this time all the flags have been retreated one after another, of course, the Zhenglan Banner can not confront the Ming army again, can only fight and retreat, just ask for the smaller the cost of evacuation, the better.

At this time, the whole war situation in the land of Liaozuo actually looked very interesting. The troops of the Ming army's Songshan position and Xiaolingheyi both withdrew to Jinzhou from their respective positions, as if the two fists stretched out to beat people were retracted at the same time, making way for the enemy to make a passage for the enemy, so that the main force of Huang Taiji could pass through Jinzhou smoothly. Then the way the Jin army responded to the Ming army was to stretch out two legs, one was to kick the blue flag in the direction of Jinzhou City, and the other was that the blue flag was stuck in Songshan to block the Mangui Department.

At this time, the Xiaolinghe Post had been occupied by the blue flag, and Amin was temporarily stationed in the Xiaolinghe Station, replacing the Ming Army's deputy general Zuo Fu, who had been stationed here. If it is said that the Mang Gurtai of the blue flag was left by Huang Taiji and broken, then his blue flag was used to contain the Ming army in Jinzhou City at this time.

The current war situation is very good for Amin, and Amin can't help but feel proud in his heart. The battle situation in the past few days was as he expected, and everything was developing in the direction he expected - Huang Taiji's attack on the Ming army this time was obviously a hasty move, Dajin can be said to have suffered a big loss in Liaozuo, and the flags suffered heavy losses, fortunately, he Amin had already made up his mind to preserve his strength, otherwise his blue flag would have been scattered at this moment.

As soon as he thought of this, Amin's heart became even more wanton. This battle led to heavy losses in the flags, and even the two yellow flags of Huang Taiji also suffered a lot of losses, so this means that in the future, his status in the Eight Banners will be even higher, and he will become the first of the Eight Banners, and even the power of Huang Taiji is not as strong as him.

Just when Amin was in his heart, a soldier suddenly came to report, saying that the Ming army of Jinzhou had sent someone to shoot a letter again. Amin wanted to send it directly to Huang Taiji without opening the envelope, but he felt that he was very cowardly in doing so, after all, when the two armies were fighting, correspondence was also common, and there was no need to ask Huang Taiji for everything.

After reading this letter, Amin suddenly felt that his head was big. Sun Yueling praised him as always in this letter, but the main meaning was to persuade him to take a long-term view and surrender to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

Amin was originally full of enthusiasm, but a letter from Sun Yueling seemed to pour a basin of cold water on him head-on, making him sober up. Amin Tsai carefully read Sun Yueling's letter again, frowning. Sun Yueling is right, although his power has become the first of the Eight Banners in one fell swoop, can Huang Taiji tolerate him? The contradiction between him and Huang Taiji has long been very deep, and he has also been murderous to Huang Taiji, so won't Huang Taiji be murderous to him?

The more Amin thought about it, the more frightened he became, and Sun Yueling's words hit his heart like a hammer, making it difficult for him to calm down and make a choice. Huang Taiji also ordered him to go to Dalinghe Fort tonight to discuss the military situation, but at present, the Eight Banners Army has only one way to retreat, what other military situation needs to be discussed, does Huang Taiji really plan to attack him, and deliberately send him an order to die?

Just when Amin was very entangled, the remnants of the Mang Gurtai Zheng Blue Banner actually retreated to Xiaoling Heyi. Amin hurriedly pulled Mang Gultai for a while, and finally took him with him to see Huang Taiji.

Da Ling River Fort is only twenty miles away from Xiao Ling River Station, and when Amin and his party came to Da Ling River, it was already night. Amin secretly observed the situation of Huang Taiji's camp, and gradually relaxed in his heart, seeing that Huang Taiji should not do anything to him, after all, the army had been supplied at this time, and the soldiers were very happy, and they all sat around to eat, and even Huang Taiji had already prepared a feast in the tent, waiting for their arrival.

Amin and Mang Gurtai entered the camp, dismounted and took the lead towards the golden tent of Huang Taiji, and the guards on both sides watched them stride towards them and greeted them.

Amin secretly blamed himself while walking, it seems that he is still too suspicious, he will believe the words of Sun Yueling of the Ming Army, even if he and Huang Taiji do not agree, it is also a contradiction between them, since he does not want to cause bloodshed and death, then Huang Taiji definitely does not want to do that, internal matters still need to be resolved by negotiation in the end, Amin is convinced of this.

Just when he was thinking about it in his heart, he suddenly saw his own brother Zilharang, who was slowly walking towards the big tent from the right side, surrounded by a group of generals, and it seemed that Azig was among them.

In fact, although he and Jierharang are brothers, Jierharang has lived with Huang Taiji since he was a child, and his relationship with Huang Taiji is even better than him, and he has made great contributions in supporting Huang Taiji's succession, so he is deeply trusted by Huang Taiji. But he and Zilharang are still brothers after all, although the two usually have little contact, but they will still secretly take care of each other in many things, which goes without saying anything between them, and the two know it.

At this time, Amin keenly noticed that there was something wrong with Zilharang's expression, as if he was full of concern, as if he was threatened by others, and the eyes that looked at him were different from usual.

At this moment, a group of generals also came out on the left, and the leader was Huang Taiji's son Haoge.

Amin glanced at Zilharang again, and found that his expression was even more solemn, and his brow furrowed even deeper.

Maybe it's because the brothers have a heart-to-heart connection, or maybe it's because they find that the situation has changed, Amin suddenly feels a lot of pressure, and even the atmosphere around him becomes solemn. Haug and Azig slowly pressed towards him, one left and one right, making his heart beat faster with every move, and his heart shaking with every step.

"It's not good, get out of here!" Amin screamed, patted Gultai on the shoulder, turned his head and ran towards the camp gate.

"Choke!" As he shouted, the sound of knives drawn continued, and Haug and Azig chased after him with their knives raised almost simultaneously. The soldiers around Amin were caught off guard, and several people were immediately cut down, and the rest of the people saw the sudden change in the situation and hurriedly chased Amin to retreat.

Mang Gurtai was dumbfounded, what kind of rhythm was this, why did Azig and Haug kill them? Thankfully, he reacted quickly, drew his long knife and slashed several of the people who rushed to his side to the ground.

"Don't let anyone go!" Hauge raised his knife and shouted, blood dripping from the tip of the knife.

Mang Gurtai was furious when he heard this, and Hauge, a wreck, dared to shout in front of him, and he didn't even take him seriously. So he rushed over and slashed at Haug. The power of this knife was amazing, Hauge didn't block it, his right hand was cut off to the ground with a knife and arm, and he screamed and fell back.

Mang Gurtai was taken aback, almost stunned, when suddenly there was a tingling pain in his eardrums, and then the sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air came to his neck. Mang Gurtai hurriedly raised his knife, and with the sound of "dang", the huge strength shook him and staggered, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to see that the person who killed him with a sharp blade was Zheng Huhuan, the henchman of Huang Taiji.

"Mang Gurtai, you dare to murder Haugbele!" Zheng Huhuan shouted and rushed towards Mang Gurtai again.

Mang Gurtai gritted his teeth and exclaimed, "So what? He also rushed towards Zheng Huhuan. Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, the grudge between him and Huang Taiji can no longer be resolved, so it is better to fight for his life.

On the other side, a bloody pursuit battle was unfolding by Amin's side, and dozens of elite soldiers chased after him and slashed hard, turning the road from the Golden Horde to the camp gate into a bloody road, and there were more and more soldiers chasing Amin, from dozens to hundreds in an instant.

Amin's subordinates were also loyal and brave, and they surrounded Amin in the middle, surrounded him and slowly killed him towards the camp gate, and soon approached the camp gate.

"Lord Belle, get on the horse!" His loyal men lined up in a straight line, blocking those who were rushing towards them.

Amin was shocked and angry in his heart, Huang Taiji really killed him, but the funny thing is that he still stupidly thought that Huang Taiji would sit down with him to discuss. Now he has only one thought left in his heart, that is, to flee back to Xiaolinghe Station first, and then raise troops to settle accounts with Huang Taiji.