Chapter 913: Recovering Liaodong
"Yuetobel, we will go to Hetuara in front, let's rest here for a few days, the soldiers under it are exhausted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info"Just as Cao Bianjiao was sending the Korean captives to the capital, Yue Tuo also led the last of the Eight Banners soldiers to Hetuala, where Nurhachi started.
Hetuala is located east of Shengjing, Yuetuo passed through Fushun, Salhu and other important towns one after another, Nurhachi was along this route step by step to defeat the Ming army, occupy the land of Liaodong, but now they have to return to this old nest, now it has been 30 years since Nurhachi built the city of Hetuala.
"The city of Hetuara is too small, there is not much food in the city, and the Ming army has been chasing after him...... "The city of Hetuara is 2 kilometers around, The outer city is 4.5 kilometers around, which is smaller than most county towns in the Central Plains, and since Nurhachi moved to Shengjing, there are fewer and fewer people left here, most of them were called to Shengjing before, and now it is estimated that they have died in Shengjing City, so this is not a suitable resting place, but considering that the soldiers are indeed too tired, Yue Tuo had to agree to this suggestion, "Stay in Hetuara for two days for the time being, let the sons and daughters take a breath." ”
"But these two days we must not be idle, and we will search out all the grain, weapons, horses, and iron tools in the city, and take them all away." For Yue Tuo, I am afraid that they will not be able to get these precious supplies for a long time in the future, and if they can get one more point now, they may be able to let one more Jurchen warrior survive in the future, you know, they still have a long way to go, looking at Lu Xiangsheng's posture, if they are not completely driven out of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely not collect their troops.
"Still going north?" The subordinates quickly guessed Yue Tuo's plan, and their faces couldn't help but show a bitter expression, their generation has been fighting with Nurhachi and Huang Taiji in Liaodong, so they can still live a life of fishing and hunting in the ice and snow like their ancestors, "Also, if they take all their food, what will they do?" ”
"Hetu Ala is the place where the old Khan started, and Lu Xiangsheng will definitely not let it go." Yue Tuo saw the current situation very clearly, there is only a dead end to stay here, "In a few days, Lu Xiangsheng will chase here, and no matter how much food is left at that time, it will be cheaper for Lu Xiangsheng, as for the people here, if they are willing to go with me, they will take it, and if they are not willing to go, we will not force it, but the food, weapons, horses and iron tools must all be handed over." "Hetuala's Jiading has been almost ugly, and the rest of the old and weak women and children can only drag down the army, and if they are willing to go, they will not stop Yue Tuo if they want to stay here and wait for death.
"We... Where the hell do we have to flee to stop? This continuous days of escape made the soldiers of the Eight Banners miserable, but after hearing about Sheng Jing's fate, they did not have the courage to stop fighting to the death with the Ming army.
"Further north, wait until you reach Ningguta." Yue Tuo's face was also gloomy, and he didn't know that the Ming army would stop when they chased there; Ningguta is located in the area of the Mudanjiang River, which later became the place where the Qing Dynasty exiled prisoners, which shows its remoteness, which is almost the northernmost point that the Jurchens can reach at present.
"Ninguta?" The surrounding generals couldn't help but smack their tongues, this place name is also extremely unfamiliar to them, and it took a long time to think about it before some veterans turned out such a memory, more than 20 years ago, Nurhachi had ordered Baturu to lead a thousand troops to Namdulu, Suifen, and Ningguta in the East China Sea.
"After all, the Ming army can't match our hardiness, and only when we reach Ningguta can we hope to get rid of them." Yue Tuo said, but he didn't have much confidence in his heart, he relied on cotton clothes and fur to keep out the cold, and now there are not many people in the accompanying army, I'm afraid that countless people will definitely freeze to death on the way to Ningguta.
The men and horses brought by Yue Tuo were all strictly selected, and although he complained in his heart, he still ransacked Hetuara according to Yue Tuo's orders, rested here for two days, and then left the city full of weeping people to continue the march north; And behind them, there were countless Ming troops wrapped in cotton clothes.
The army of the Ming Dynasty pursued all the way along the direction of Yue Tuo's march, during which there were many small-scale contact battles, those troops who were pulling behind were constantly chased and annihilated by the Ming army, and the number of Yue Tuo's group was getting smaller and smaller, some of these people died in the hands of the Ming army, some froze to death because of the lack of warm clothing, and some were physically exhausted and exhausted their physical strength while walking, and they were never able to get up again, and of course there were those who died because of various illnesses due to the cold.
For example, Huang Taiji's fifth child, Shuo Sai, he is only more than three years old now, how can such an effective age withstand the rush of the journey, accidentally suffered from the cold, the doctor in the army was helpless, and the shaman who went north with the army did several rituals and could not save his life, Yue Tuo and Bu Mu Butai could only watch Shuo Sai stop breathing.
Since then, they have become more and more cautious about the slightly longer Huang Taiji Fourth Son Ye Bushu, even if the materials are scarce, they must use them first, and finally let him stick to Ningguta.
But even when they arrived at Ningguta Yuetuo, they didn't feel safe, there were almost no buildings for the army to garrison here, and the materials and output were extremely scarce, and they couldn't support so many people, and behind them, Lu Xiangsheng's army was still in hot pursuit, and there was no intention to let them go because of this.
"Let's continue north!" Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people under his command, Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and issued an order.
"Further north? Where else can we go? "Ningguta is already north enough, and if you go any further, there are places ahead of them that they have never been, and no one knows what is there.
"I heard that there seem to be Rakshasa activities in the north, and since they can survive, we female heroes must be able to do it too!" Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and said.
This time, the army was divided again, and finally some people would rather fight to the death with the Ming army than go aimlessly like this again, Yue Tuo had no choice but to continue with those who were willing to go north, leaving them in Ningguta, and by now, there were only a few thousand people left under Yue Tuo.
Subsequently, Lu Xiangsheng's army also rushed to Ningguta, and annihilated all the remnants of the Jiannu who remained here, and since then, the land in the northeast has finally returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were either killed, surrendered, or fled away, and could no longer threaten the Ming Dynasty.