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Chapter 994: Fight or Fight, Don't Fight, Don't Fight

Fighting life and death to this day, Sun Shoulian had already prepared for the worst, but his own son came running, Sun Shoulian had to adjust the plan, and was ready to break off with the guards in person, how could he let his own children run out, and when the time came, Wang Tong would also be grateful for his favor and support him in many ways. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This plan was decided, but I couldn't sleep at night, tossing and turning, thinking about the wives and concubines at home, thinking about the wealth of the family, I was really reluctant.

All Sun Shoulian's descendants and cronies also know that tomorrow and tomorrow will be the moment of death war, and it is still unknown whether everyone can return to Phoenix City.

Unexpectedly, after a heavy night, I woke up early to see this scene, and the army of Tartars camped around Gushan Fort disappeared without a trace.

Of course, it is impossible to disappear out of thin air, the camp regulations of the Jurchens are still there, and those bulky siege equipment are also there, and when I asked the soldiers on duty at night, I heard the commotion of the Jurchen queue in the middle of the night, and I thought it was a night attack, but the voice was getting farther and farther away, and I only felt weird, and I didn't dare to act rashly.

The Dongyu Jurchen retreated carefully enough, and did not alarm the extremely nervous Sun Shoulian Department.

Sun Shoulian breathed a sigh of relief, he could be regarded as turning back from the brink of defeat, but the news brought by Sun Pengju made him have to think carefully.

When Sun Peng hurried over, the Huwei army led by Wang Tong had already set off, and he did not keep the army of Dongyu, which was inconsistent with the message from Wang Tong.

After thinking about it left and right, Sun Shoulian ordered most of the soldiers to build fortifications in Gushan Fort to defend it strictly, and he himself led 2,000 guards to pursue the Tartars.

It's hard for the Tartars to withdraw, everyone has to get out of the big trouble, why bother to chase after them and send them to death, the number of guards is not much, go over to pursue, isn't that to send food to the Tartars?

"It was about life and death before, but now it's for wealth, it's very different."

Sun Shoulian replied very clearly.

In the process of rapid marching, Wang Tong slept the least, and this comparison range also includes the people's baggage team that followed behind, every time they set up camp in a place, after eating the dry food boiled in hot water, the soldiers fell asleep in a hurry, and before going to bed Wang Tong will check each military camp to see if the soldiers have picked up the blisters on their feet, which has the greatest impact on the long journey.

After the arrival of the baggage team, Wang Tong will count the dead livestock of the day, and then supervise the people of the baggage team to prepare the dry food and supplies for the next day, and then go to sleep.

Man is the most hard-working animal, and the cattle and horses that transport the baggage continue to go out of business, but the soldiers and the people have enough to eat and rest, but they have been able to persevere.

The Huwei army had already crossed the confluence of the Taizi River and its tributaries, and marched south along the tributaries at Songshukou

There was only one road from Gushan Fort to Songshukou for the army to march, Wang Tong led the army all the way over, and along the way only saw a small group of Jurchen and Meng ancient soldiers and horses fleeing from the wind, but saw the traces of the army.

It is impossible for a soldier and horse of tens of thousands to come and go without a trace, and when the Huwei army turns into the tributary of the Taizi River, it can be confirmed that the Jurchen army of Shuerhaqi has been blocked.

In the rapid march, Wang Tong's cavalry was very limited, only a few hundred volunteer cavalry were scattered on the route of the army's advance to detect and spy on the route, the number of people was limited, and the information obtained was naturally limited, but it was still possible to make an accurate judgment that Shulhaqi was blocked.

One goes north, the other goes south, and they all go on tributaries of the Taizi River, and they will inevitably meet on the river valley road.

Wang Tong has few cavalry that can be used, but there are a lot of cavalry that can be used on Shuerhaqi's side, and the news of the big victory under Shenyang City cannot be blocked at all, Shuerhaqi also knows the battle situation and results, otherwise Shuerhaqi would not have retreated overnight after getting the news.

The strength of nearly 40,000 under the city was annihilated in one day, and Shuerhaqi had more than 10,000 troops in his hands, and they were all the forces of the Jianzhou Department, which was much stronger than the Haixi Jurchens.

In Baishan and Heishui, the Jianzhou Jurchen is a political term, representing the integrated power of Nurhachi, while the Haixi Jurchen is a geographical term, representing many tribes, not a whole.

According to the news from Shenyang City, the artillery of the Ming army that came to the aid from the Guannei was very powerful, and once it fired, it was really like a thunderbolt, and the blockers were invincible.

Shuerhaqi has thousands of horsemen in his hands, including the Jurchens' own cavalry, as well as the cavalry of the ancient men who have always been good friends with the Jurchens, these people are particularly familiar with the terrain outside the pass, and when the troops are withdrawn, Shuerhaqi's side is also careful to watch out for the movements of Wang Tong's reinforcements.

The Jurchen side of the probe horse completely spread out, the scope expanded very large, and the news was also clear.

Two days after the Huwei army marched along the Taizi River branch, they could already see the enemy's cavalry scouting horses passing by them, or cruising from afar.

The number of volunteer cavalry was too small, more only used to explore the path and survey suitable places for camping, used to strangle each other with the enemy's exploration horses, but it was far from enough to cover the battlefield, Wang Tong simply ignored it, let the firecrackers line up on the periphery of the line, and if the enemy dared to approach the range, immediately fire. The volunteer cavalry was no longer scattered, but gathered into a large brigade and concentrated to explore the way.

In such a situation, if you can't beat the other party, you can also retreat, for those detective horses that are like flies around the army, Wang Tong's attitude is:

"The goal of our army is the main force of the Jurchens, and everything is based on a decisive battle with the main force!"

Shuerhaqi is also in his early thirties, but the prestige of the Jurchen Department in Jianzhou is extremely high, the so-called sky descends from heaven to Jianzhou, a dragon and a tiger, this dragon is Nurhachi, and the tiger is Shuerhaqi.

The Jurchens were already slightly taller than the Han Chinese, but among the Jurchens, Shulhaqi's tall and sturdy figure was also extremely conspicuous.

Hearing the news of the defeat under the city of Shenyang, the Jurchen army was also a little flustered, but it was not afraid, for the scattered Haixi Jurchen and Meng Gu coalition forces, the Jianzhou Jurchens, who had gathered into soldiers and horses to fight between the white mountains and black waters for almost four years, looked down on them very much.

They lost, but we may not, everyone has this thought, and just thought that this reserve is still there, although Shulhaqi led them to retreat in a hurry, the spirit of the whole team is still there, and it has not collapsed.

Every day, Shulhaqi also calmly patrolled the camp, and he didn't show any anxious appearance in arranging the arrangement, which made the people below feel even more panicked.

After the scout was sent out, he returned, constantly bringing the news from the front back to this side, Shulhaqi listened with a calm face every time, as for what was in his heart, others did not know.

It was already the beginning of February, and the snow and ice on the side of the forest road showed no signs of melting, but it did warm up a little, and Shulhazy moved his eyebrows after listening to the report of the horses, and then let the horses move, looking like patrolling the camp, but in fact he did not want to be heard.

"You explain that the army brigade marches without artillery? Just a foot rush? It is only at night that the baggage and artillery can catch up! ”

"Master, it's true, the minions followed them for a day and a night, and they set off with them, this group of Ming soldiers was anxious to rescue Gushan Fort, and they didn't bring any baggage, and they moved forward completely lightly."

When he just got the news of the battle situation in Shenyang City, Shuerhaqi didn't believe that this was true at all, what kind of Ming soldiers could annihilate tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in less than a day, and there were such incredible firearms, everyone who came to report mentioned the word thunderbolt, it seemed that in their opinion, only thunder had such power.

There were more and more people who fled to report the news and inquire about the battlefield, and Shulhaqi confirmed the matter, and many people even unconsciously turned pale and their bodies trembled when they talked about artillery.

Because the power of the artillery is too great, and the defeat of the coalition forces under the city is too fast, everyone thinks it is incredible, everyone thinks that there must be some incredible reason for this, and the thunderous artillery is deeply remembered by everyone.

"It's just a little bit, our horse team is about to rush to the front, that is, when they are about to finish the firecracker, but the cannon goes off, and the big guy can't stand it all of a sudden."

Everyone has the same idea, thousands of troops rushed over, and they saw that they were very close to the firearm array, and they could let go of the firearms to slash and kill, but at this time, the artillery fired, it was almost a little bit, in the final analysis, in this battle, the power of the firearms did not have time to play completely, and the power of the artillery was too eye-catching

"It's not that this battle can't be fought, but you must choose the right time and place!"

Shulhazi came to this conclusion

The tributaries of the Taizi River turn east from the side wall of Gushan Fort, and the river valleys and beaches are suitable roads for marching in the mountains, and forts are actually set up along this route to defend against enemies outside the border wall.

However, for so many years, the main roads of Jianzhou Jurchen and Daming traffic are in Fushun Pass, and the entry and exit of Yahu Pass are also along the Taizi River, so the line between Pine Tree Pass, a Wall Fort, and Soda Field Fort to Gushan Fort is becoming deserted, and the original east-west roads are also overgrown with trees, and the army marches along the tributaries to the south and north, and the east-west team may be able to, but the brigade is very troublesome.

Where there is a fort, there is a relatively flat terrain, and the roads around the fort that can be used by the army are only along the tributaries of the Taizi River.

Shulhazy led his army to stop at the fort of Soda Field, and after resting for a day, he marched forward, and he wanted to get stuck at this time, and engage the Ming army when there was no artillery during the day.

When this Jurchen army was marching, a messenger from Hetuala, Jianzhou, chased after him, bringing an order from the wise Khan Nurhachi, ordering the whole army to be divided into pieces, immediately withdraw to Jianzhou, and join the main force of Jianzhou in Hetuala.