In mid-February 1618, Nurhachi left Shenyang to support Jinzhou with his two yellow banners and Daishan's two red flags, totaling more than 60,000 horses. Jinzhou originally had 30,000 people from Fei Yingdong, so this strategic place gathered nearly 100,000 Jurchen troops.

With such a strong army, it is said that it can completely walk sideways in the entire eastern Liaodong region. But on the day Nurhachi arrived in Jinzhou, two pieces of bad news reached his ears.

One is that He Zhuo ate Amin's blue-flaged men and horses, and after three days of repair, he raided Guangning, north of Jinzhou, and possibly cut off Nurhachi's way back to Shenyang. The other is that Mang Gurtai sent a crane envoy to ask for help, saying that he had collapsed and retreated in front of Shanhaiguan, and was currently blocked in the Liuzhou River in Suizhong County in the Liaoning West Corridor, and was in urgent need of support.

In the city of Jinzhou, Nurhachi convened the generals at the yamen of the former Ming army. As the current prince of the Dajin Kingdom, Da Belle Daishan is very worried. On the way to Jinzhou, he felt that the morale of the Jurchen tribes was not high now, and the reason was very simple - it was easy to fight in the past, and it was basically armed robbery. Now the war is very hard, and it is really necessary to die when you go into battle.

The 'Tianyou' army suffered a big rout in front of Shanhaiguan, and it was useless at all, and it also pitted the 30,000 people of Mang Gurtai. This made Nurhachi very suspicious of the army formed by the Hannu. This time, he brought all the Jurchens. But the Jurchen population is not a crop in the field, and it will not grow much in one go.

Dai Shan has gathered nearly 100,000 troops in Jinzhou, which has fully tapped the potential of the Jurchens. The Jurchens only had a population of about 500,000, and now the young and strong are all in the army, and even many old and young are also in the ranks.

Alas...... in the past, Nurhachi called everyone to fight, and it was really everyone who competed for the first. But now it is no longer possible, and many people even have war-weariness, even if they use brainwashing, it is useless. Tens of thousands of troops seem to be a lot of people, but many of them lack equipment, and even have to use shoddy weapons captured from the Ming army, how can they win the battle?

"My Dajin's family is still much worse." Dai Shan sighed, "Half a year ago, I was strong and strong, and I had complete armaments. But now I have only suffered one or two defeats, and I am immediately short of people and things. Even if we suck all those Han slaves to death, they will not be able to supply our army.

But a million of those Han people died, and tens of millions more. They lost Liaodong, as well as the Central Plains. They were robbed of ten million taels of silver, and several hundred million taels of silver. The Ming Dynasty, who had smashed them, now has an even more powerful 'revolutionary army'. It's really not a way to fight like this. ”

Dai Shan walked into the hall of the yamen where the discussion was taking place, and heard Fei Yingdong persuading Nurhachi, "Great Khan, the situation is not right now, we can't fight anymore, we should make peace with the Han people." It is better to ask them for some money and food, and then put some Han slaves, and give them a few cities. As long as it can be delayed for a year or two, the sons and daughters at the bottom can also breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Fei Yingdong is about the same age as Nurhachi, and has followed him for many years and has made many military exploits. He has always dared to speak out, has the talent of a general, and is the minister of Nurhachi's humerus. If others can't say it, it's more appropriate for him to say it.

It's just that today Fei Yingdong persuaded Nurhachi to sue for peace with the Han people and withdraw from the army, but Nurhachi's face was full of anger and he didn't say a word. Fei Yingdong wanted to persuade again, so he snorted coldly: "I have been leading the army for decades, will it be inferior to the doll in the south?" If you are afraid, go back to Hetuara yourselves. I'm going to stay and win a few more battles. ”

There were more than a dozen Jurchen nobles sitting in the lobby, and everyone looked at each other. Dai Shan originally wanted to persuade him, but when he came in, he saw Nurhachi's attitude, but he didn't dare to speak. The older the old slave chieftain became, the more stubborn his temper became, and the more suspicious he became. The war was not going well, and he became more and more unable to listen to persuasion.

Dai Shan thought that since he didn't retreat, he had to come up with a charter to deal with it, so as soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned He Zhuo, who had already captured Quang Ninh - He Zhuo was a typical grassland horse that was difficult to tame. She commanded the battle decisively and ruthlessly, and taking down Quang Ninh, which was empty of defense, was tantamount to pricking a thorn in Nurhachi's back.

Now Dajin's forces are divided into three parts, one of which is led by Huang Taiji in Liaoyang, and it is inseparable from the fire phoenix and ice phoenix defending Haizhou. Part of it was in the hands of Mang Gurtai, and it had been defeated by the Han army, and it was about to be surrounded and annihilated. The rest were led by Nurhachi in Jinzhou, ready to relieve the siege of Mang Gurtai. In other words, Shenyang is empty.

"If the woman Hezhuo raids Shenyang again, it will cut off my Dajin's retreat. Father Khan, this matter must be guarded against. "Dai Shan didn't directly persuade him, he just listed the current predicament and let Nurhachi judge for himself." Now that our army is insufficient, Shenyang is only a little old and weak, and I am afraid that I will not be able to stop He Zhuo. ”

He Zhuo's attack on the grassland and raiding from the west was completely beyond the expectations of everyone in the top echelons of Daikin. No one expected that the Han people would be so bold and let a woman from Yehebu be the commander.

But he Zhuo is very good, beyond imagination. Amin's defeat left a major hole in Daikin's western defenses, directly threatening the heart of the Jurchens. This move is just like when Zhou Qingfeng took Tianjin by sea, and through a strategic active attack, Nurhachi fell into complete passivity and was in the position of being attacked from multiple sides.

Quang Ninh, Shanhaiguan, Haizhou, and possibly even the Dandong line will be in danger.

Originally, it was a four-way march from Dajin, but now it has become a four-way siege by the Han army.

Such conditions can be extremely dangerous.

Hum......!

Nurhachi didn't care. For Dai Shan's reminder, he only replied with one sentence, "Let him come a few ways, I will only go all the way." first defeated the Han army that hindered Mang Gurtai's retreat, and then turned back to clean up Hezhuo's slut, and finally gathered men and horses to attack Haizhou, destroying the foundation of Zhou Qingfeng's kid in southern Liaoning. ”

As soon as he said this, the crowd was in an uproar.

Fei Yingdong was stunned, and Dai Shan was also shocked. Others, such as Erdeni, Anfeiyangu, and even the younger generation of Dudu, Yue Tuo and others were extremely surprised-this kind of play, it was too bold. If you don't prevent this all the way, your nest will be gone. However, the wild boar skin is so confident and courageous.

The Great Khan decided that there was no possibility for others to change it.

"How many centaurs are there in Manggultai right now?" Nurhachi asked Fei Yingdong.

"According to the previous war report, there are more than 25,000 people. But all the bulky guys like cannons are lost, and there is not enough food and grass. If you don't rush to help, it will be a big disaster. Fei Yingdong said.

"How many people did the Han army intercept?"

"The intercepted Han army was divided into two groups. In Suizhong, about 5,000 people set up artillery on the north bank of the Liuzhou River and blew up the ice floes in the river. Three Baylors wanted to lead their troops across the river, and they opened fire on the north bank. Now the river is biting, the riverbed is wide, and there are pursuers behind Sanbele, although he is in a hurry, he can't cross the river.

In addition, there was a surprise attack that occupied Ningyuan City, with about 10,000 people. I have sent 20,000 horses to fight Ningyuan, but the Han army has many artillery and firearms. They built high walls and deep ditches and shrank in the city, so that they would not come out to fight us. We tried to save it, but we couldn't rush through. ”

The current days of the three Baylors are hard day by day, but I am afraid that they will not last long. If the Great Khan wants the army to force up, he must first defeat Ning Yuan and rescue the three beylers. Fei Yingdong couldn't screw Nurhachi, so he could only follow his wishes.

Nurhachi immediately ordered, "Leave 10,000 people to guard Jinzhou, and the rest of the men and horses will all be pressed to Ningyuan." ”

Chirp ......!

The Jurchen high-level in the lobby had no choice but to shout in resignation.

Jinzhou's army went south, and it also reached Ningyuan for more than 120 miles. The mighty procession marched out of the city, and naturally it was clearly seen by the flat hairs flying everywhere in the sky. Tens of thousands of horses rushed towards Ningyuan, and naturally there was a momentum of a decisive battle. When the battle situation reached the capital, Zhou Qingfeng asked after learning about it, "Which army is guarding Ningyuan?" ”

"The newly formed 12th Infantry Brigade and a temporarily mobilized brigade of the Tianjin militia." Said the debriefing staff officer.

"Is there anyone going to support them?"

"A few days ago, the navy was busy cleaning up the puppet ships that had entered the Bohai Sea, and temporarily stopped supporting the blocking troops, and now the fleet will depart from Tianjin again, and it will take two or three days to arrive."

"In two or three days, then they will suffer."

Zhou Qingfeng was sighing that his troops were going to suffer, but Hezhuo, who was far away in Guangning, saw the fighters. She is now far from the logistical line, and it is difficult to defend Quang Ninh. But this woman was born to fight against Nurhachi to the end, and she originally planned to attack Shenyang, cutting off the way for the Jurchens to return to their hometown. But when she learned that Nurhachi actually led a large army to fight Ningyuan......

"This old slave actually went to fight Ning Yuan regardless of it? Did he decide that I wouldn't give him a back-and-back attack? He Zhuo looked at the route on the map, inexplicably excited. The 30,000 people she is bringing with her now lack supplies, and it is unlikely that she will want to take Jinzhou alone, "Let those Mongols come." Isn't there more than 100,000 Mongolians in Qingcheng, let those wall grasses transport supplies to us. ”

He Zhuo calculated the path, stared at him, gritted his silver teeth and made a decision, "If Nurhachi wants to gamble, I will bet with him." I immediately led my troops south to attack Jinzhou and blocked the slave chieftains in the western Liaoning corridor. Let those Mongols send supplies from our logistics point in Yanshan, directly to Jinzhou.

Tell those softies that it's time to take sides, and don't want to stand on the sidelines and watch the show. If they agree, the 'revolutionary army' will pay them heavily. But if they do not agree, I will turn back and destroy their tribes, and I will kill none of them. ”

He Zhuo said that he was murderous and high-spirited. But at the head of Ningyuan City, the officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Second Militia Brigade, who were transported here by sea, frowned. Sang Quanlai, a small platoon commander, was busy demolishing houses in the city to build wind barriers on the front line, turning them into semi-closed huts with only slender shooting windows. This will allow them to use their arquebuses on windy days.

In front of the defensive barrier, the sappers were blasting trenches with explosives to prevent the enemy's cavalry from charging quickly. They also planted mines one after another, one of which was a five-kilogram bag of explosives. A large amount of gravel was also laid on the medicine bag to increase the lethality.

The walls of Ningyuan are very low, only three or four meters high. Defenses are naturally low. There were not many gun emplacements built on the city wall, mainly because there were not many artillery pieces from the sea, only about 20 guns in total. Especially the militia, there are only some small cannons that do not have a lot of range and power.

Sang Quanlai looked at the Jurchens trapped outside the city with a sad face, and thought uneasily: "We won the jackpot, and we actually met the personal recruitment of the big slave chief." I don't know if I can go home now? ”