Chapter 40 The heart of defense is indispensable

Not long after the carefree days of Aobai, the Khalkha Bahrain Department of Northern Mongolia regenerated the incident. They sent troops to infiltrate north of Quang Ninh, assassinated the reprimands of Dajin Sentinel Fort, and offered their heads to the Ming Dynasty in order to seek a heavy reward. Enraged, Nurhachi decided to take command of the expedition himself.

Perhaps Nurhachi insisted on pro-conquest to prove to the Ming Dynasty that he was not dead or injured, and that he was alive and well. This is actually meaningless, if some people recognize that he has been shelled, even if he has staged five levels and six generals, those people will only regard it as a supernatural event. In fact, the Jurchens who lived to the age of seventy were already considered to have lived a long life, and Lao Nu had been fighting and tossing for decades, and being able to live so long was more like verifying a sentence - good people do not pay for their lives, and disasters will be left for thousands of years.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners assembled, and Dolgon and Ao worshiped the white flag, and they were soon embraced by everyone.

Ao Bai proposed a contest with white flags, and those with strong force would be reused. He also participated in the competition and conquered everyone with his martial arts. Then the white flag organized another "paper war", and Dolgon repeatedly came up with strange tricks that no one could match. The two showed extraordinary strength, and age is not so important.

In May, 20,000 people of the Eight Banners Army set out to march, walked the Shifang Temple, crossed the Liao River and camped. Huang Taiji played to explore the path of the front army, and Nurhachi ordered him to lead five thousand elite long-armored soldiers with Amin, Dolgon and Aobai.

Dolgon and Aobai were entrusted with important tasks, and Nurhachi gave them enough trust, which was a sign that Dolgon could be on his own.

The vanguard marched north at night, crossed the Xiliao River in Tongliao, and then turned the horse's head to march to the left, marched for five days, and sent spies to report that five miles ahead was the place where the Bahrain Department of Nanuk was stationed, and finally the war was about to begin.

This time, the leader was Huang Taiji, and everyone discussed in his tent.

Huang Taiji said: "Nanuk is the youngest son of Bahrain Belle Yehei, and he has the greatest influence in the tribe. As long as he can be killed, the Bahrain ministry will be in chaos. ”

"There are few of them and they are defenseless, so let's rush over together and kill them without leaving a piece of armor." Amin laughed.

Huang Taiji didn't agree with his opinion, and frowned: "I think it's better to wait, it's daytime, if you rush in head-on, it will be difficult to have the effect of a surprise attack, and our troops don't have an overwhelming advantage." Most of them are cavalry, and if they can't beat them, they can still run. We must kill Sahnuk in this battle, think about it, is there a good plan to prevent them from escaping? ”

Just now, the spies came to report that they had already explained the nearby terrain, and Amin said: "There is a relatively wide river on the left side of the enemy camp blocking the way, and there is a mountain on the right side, if the cavalry wants to retreat quickly, they can only retreat from the rear. If you want to prevent them from escaping, you can only send people to go around the back to ambush. Now send a thousand men around the mountain to the rear, and when they want to flee, how about a flanking attack from the front and back? Although it is a little farther from the side road, it can be guaranteed. ”

This proposal is simple and practical, and fighting on the steppe will not have too many tricks.

Huang Taiji looked at Amin, then at Dolgon, and said, "I heard that Nanuk is also very brave, although we will definitely win this battle, we must also be careful." Dolgon, especially you, don't be reckless tonight. ”

Dolgon, who didn't like people treating him as a child, snorted, "Starling, you underestimate me too much, it's not so easy to hurt me." ”

Amin looked at Huang Taiji and smiled, "Four Belles are too worried. It's not like you haven't seen Dorgon's kung fu, and Nanuk may not be his opponent. What's more, there is also Aobai, although it has not been compared, but I think Aobai's kung fu should be above you and me, right? How can this be the case? I see, tonight we will compare and see who can take the head of Sahnuk. ”

Seeing Amin talking for him, Dolgon excitedly said, "Good! But the second brother is going to suffer, and we are two people. ”

Amin patted Dolgon on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's all your own family, but you need military merit more now, work hard." ”

Amin said this, as if he understood that he wanted Dolgon to make his first contribution, Huang Taiji squinted his eyes and said lightly: "Just do it." ”

Ao Bai didn't say a word, but he felt that something was wrong. At present, I don't know how many people there are on the other side, even if there are thousands, is it necessary to wait until evening when there is no city to defend? The elite of the Jin Army's iron cavalry has not tasted defeat for many years, and suddenly killed, so why is it necessary to be afraid of these Mongols. As long as he kills Nanuk, it is possible that the others will surrender without a fight. There may not be no enemy sentry posts on the mountains, and risking being discovered, crossing mountains and mountains, and wading through mountains and rivers has complicated the problem.

Returning to the tent, he whispered, "Fourteen, what are you going to do for tonight's battle?" ”

Dole laughed and said, "Of course it's to rush in and kill Nanuk, your kung fu is the best, you must rush faster, it's no problem to kill him, right?" Winning this battle can give us another credit. ”

Ao Bai sighed in his heart, this guy was really meritorious, and he didn't think about the possible danger at all.

If Huang Taiji and Amin were negotiated, one sang red face and the other white face, maybe there was some conspiracy. A thousand men who went around to the rear to lay in ambush brought a lot of arrows, and at night the enemy retreated, and nothing could be seen clearly. Only the clothes with white flags were most conspicuous by the moonlight, and as long as Huang Taiji arranged for a few people to shoot at the white-clothed ones, Dolgon could be shot to death "accidentally". I don't know who released the arrow, and it's not easy to hold accountable.

Ao Bai is looking at the problem from the perspective of Huang Taiji, if he is Huang Taiji, he will do this, although he will be blamed by the Khan King, but the main reason is that Dolgon is eager to make meritorious contributions, this kind of opportunity to easily eliminate the great enemy who seized the throne, will Huang Taiji let it go?

Of course, it may be that he is overthinking, but be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. He thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Fourteen, I have an idea, maybe I can easily kill Nanuk, do you want to try?" ”

"What's the idea?"

Ao Bai asked for two sets of black clothes worn by the scouts, and said, "My idea is that we will wear this at night and kill them." ”

Dorgon rolled his eyes; "That's your idea? As the banner master, I have taken off all my battle clothes, what kind of system have I become? I'm not here, and morale will definitely drop. ”

"Whoever said that you were not there, and there was no one of similar body types to you in the white flag, let him wear your clothes and hat, who knew that it was someone else, and the morale would not be weak. Have you ever thought that wearing white clothes at night is very conspicuous and is the easiest target for the opposing archers? In case you are seriously injured by shooting, how can you explain to the king of Khan? ”

Dorgon felt that made sense and began to hesitate.

Ao Bai said again: "Believe me, tonight I wear this kind of clothes with you, with a bow and arrows, sneak into their camp, wear black clothes, it is easier to hide, as long as you see Nanuk, is it not easy to shoot him?" If he runs away, let the person pretending to be you lead the troops to chase after him, and the credit for catching up will definitely be yours, and he will not have an opinion. If you can't catch up, admit that you are unlucky, this is the safest strategy. ”

Dorgon thought for a moment, then nodded.

That night, a soldier with a white flag named Baili took on the task of impersonating Dorgon, and Ao Bai rode by his side, chatting occasionally, and Huang Taiji and Amin did not have the slightest suspicion. The real Dolgon, however, was mixed in with the ordinary cavalry, and did not say a word.

Four thousand Eight Banner soldiers rushed up and rushed to the camp. Nanuk is not a waste, after being attacked by a sneak attack, he quickly integrated the team, led more than 1,000 horses to meet the battle, swords and guns collided, horses collided necks, after all, the Mongolian soldiers fought back in chaos, and soon were at a disadvantage.

Ao Bai and Dolgon quietly broke away from the group, undressed, dressed only in black, and infiltrated the enemy camp.

The tall and big Nanuk is not stupid, and he knows that if he can't beat him, he will run. The knife shouted: "Sons, follow me to break through!" ”

With that, he turned his horse and ran to the rear. A group of people tried their best to protect and stop Amin and Huang Taiji.

Nanuk took his family and walked away. He was tall and powerful, wielded a scimitar, and slashed four or five people in a row. With no pursuers around him, and as he was about to flee, two sharp arrows shot out of the darkness, one to the throat and the other to the cheek.

The unlucky Nanuk, who didn't even know who was sneak attacked, fell off his horse and died.

Dolgon put away his bow and said with a smile: "No one really has noticed us, so let's fight like this in the future night attacks." So it feels so good to shoot people at night? ”

Ao Bai smiled: "Of course. During the day, you can still block arrows with kung fu, but at night, you can't see anything clearly, and no matter how powerful the master is, you may be shot to death. Start making you wear what you don't wear yet...... I went and cut off his head, lest the merit be taken by another. ”

Carrying a knife, Ao Bai rushed over and cut down several Mongol soldiers, cut off Nanuk's head and ran back. The Mongol soldiers who were chasing him were also shot dead by Dolgon. The two of them hid in the darkness again.

Seeing that the Bahrain ministry was gone, and that the rest of the people had fled, Dorgon asked, "The leader has been killed, shall we go back?" ”

Ao Bai grabbed him and sighed, "No hurry. We killed the other party's leader and made a head, but the others were still pursuing. Rest for a while, we're going to go back last, preferably tomorrow morning. ”

Dolgon was puzzled, "Why do you want to go back tomorrow morning?" Then they will be worried. ”

Ao Bai said in a deep voice: "I won't hide it from you until now, I came with you in black, in addition to assassinating Nanuk, another purpose is to test people's hearts." ”

Dolgon was shocked, "Tempting whom? ”

Ao Bai said: "Huang Taiji! I couldn't trust him. I also think it's a little strange that the second Baylor used to be very close to him, and now he suddenly falls to your side. The Great Khan has announced that you are the sole leader, and that the strength of your three brothers is already the strongest among the beylers, and I doubt that Huang Taiji will make a move. ”

Dolgon's joy was swept away, and he said coldly: "Do you think Huang Taiji will harm me?" ”

"You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to prevent people. If you believe me this time, if I guess wrong, I will definitely be guilty. Ao Bai said firmly. He knew that Dolgon trusted him, otherwise he would have called him "Starling" instead of Huang Taiji.