At the foot of Salhu Mountain, the generals of the Datong Army were holding a meeting in the camp.

Coach Li Zheng said: "The Tartar scouts have disappeared suddenly, and I have sent scouts to Jiebo City to investigate. Tell me,

Could this be a ploy to lure the enemy and lure our army to an ambush? “

"Very likely," Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said, "The Eight Banners of the Tartar Army, most of the elite were killed and wounded in the past few years, and countless war horses and armor were captured by our army. The ranch of the Tartars, how to give birth to cubs, can not give birth to so many war horses in a short period of time to make up for it. No matter how rushed the Tartar armory is, it will not be able to knock out tens of thousands of armor in a few years. They lack horses and armor, and they dare not fight a decisive battle with our army, and they will inevitably think of an ambush. ”

Hu Dinggui said with a smile: "No matter how you set up an ambush, it's just the main road." Really fight, send enough mountain search teams,

No matter how well the tartar is hidden, it can be found. ”

Xiao Zongxian said: "We still have to continue to besiege Salhu, if Salhu is not taken, it will be difficult to attack Jiebo City and Gule City." I guess the Tartars are dragging out time, dragging them until the mountains are covered with heavy snow and waiting for us to withdraw our troops. “

Lu Xiangsheng said: "If the enemy general has brains, he will definitely keep delaying. Our army must wait a little longer, wait for the cavalry division to successfully attack, kill to the rear of Jiebo City, and then think of attacking. ”

This is the reason why the Datong army has been slow to send troops, everyone wants to destroy the Manchus, but it is difficult to fight due to the terrain.

Salhu City, Jiebo City, Gule City, and three mountain cities are blocked here.

As early as the Wang Guo era, Gule City was the core city of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and it was expanded and strengthened again and again. And Jiebo City and Salhu City, which were the capital of Nurhachi, also continued to expand and reinforce.

To tell the truth, the Datong army mobilized nearly 100,000 people this time, and there was no certainty that the Manchus would be destroyed.

The minimum goal of this battle is only to take the city of Sarhu and wait until the next year to attack the city of Jiebo.

Li Zheng said: "If you can't besiege the city and send reinforcements, you have to storm Salhu, and this battle must be ended before it snows." ”

Storming a dangerous mountain city is nothing more than filling it with human lives.

"Dada-da-da!"

The scout galloped back, and after being allowed to enter the tent, he actively reported: "Generals, Jiebo City is empty, and the Tartars of Jiebo City are gone!" There are traces of the march of the army along the way, and the Tatars did not go to the northeast of the Hunhe River valley, but to the southeast, presumably to return to Jianzhou (Hetuala). “

Li Zheng was surprised and delighted, stood up and said, "Go and explore Gule City immediately!" “

The scout said, "There are already brothers who have gone." “

After a while, another scout came back and reported: "The city of Gul is also empty, and there is not a single Tartar in the city." ”

Several generals looked at each other, not knowing what the Tartars were up to.

If the Tartars defend it, these two mountain cities will have to pay how many lives of Datong soldiers will have to be brought down hard. Happiness came too suddenly, and the Tartars actually took the initiative to abandon the city, which made them feel incredible.

Li Zheng said: "Immediately send troops to occupy the two cities!" “

In this case, the goal of the campaign has been achieved. After the occupation of Gule City and Jiebo City, Salhu became an isolated city, and there was no need to besiege it at all, and the food in the city was completely starved to death.

Lu Xiangshenghu wondered: "Is there any accident in Jianzhou?" The main force of the Tartars rushed to the rescue. “

Hu Dinggui said: "There is only the independent regiment over there, even if Yang Zhenqing opens up the fortresses along the way and kills all the way to the city of Jianzhou, the Tartars don't need to abandon the city to help." “

"Is it a Tartar infighting?" Xiao Zongxian guessed.

Li Zheng shook his head: "Unlike infighting, the Tartars walked too together, and none of them stayed." If it is really a Tartar infighting, there must be Tartars who will flee to them, instead of all abandoning the city and leaving. ”

These bigwigs racked their brains and couldn't figure it out.

Let them think about it for three days and three nights, and they can't guess that Yang Zhenqing has already taken Hetuala.

Because, that is too mysterious, Li Zheng said again: "Are the Tartars luring the enemy to go deeper, abandoning the two cities as bait, luring our army to pursue, and then setting up an ambush halfway?" “

Hu Dinggui said with a smile: "If this is the case, if we don't chase it, won't we pick up two cities in vain?" The two cities of Jiebo and Gule were lost, and the city of Salhu was also gone sooner or later, and the Tartars were tantamount to self-destruction, and the Tartars were probably not so stupid. “

"It's not, then it's not, why did the Tartars abandon the city?" Xiao Zongxian was more and more confused.

Hu Dinggui said: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, what matters now is whether you should pursue it." “

Li Zheng still has that calm character: "It's better not to chase, occupy the two cities of Jiebo and Gule, and then besiege Salhu with all your might." When all the three cities are taken, the tartars will be grasshoppers after the autumn, and there is no need for our army to take any more risks. “

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head: "You still have to chase, at least take the opportunity to take Mardun." Although Mardun is only a walled fort, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and sooner or later it will have to go to fight. ”

Li Zheng thought left and right: "In this way, send the dragoons to pursue quickly." If there are not many enemies in Mardun, then take advantage of the situation. If there are Tartars to defend Maldun, then think about it in the long run. ”

Finalizing the battle plan, thousands of dragoons immediately pursued along the Suzi River.

Maldun.

Man Dahai led several elite pioneers to block the water in front and back of the walled fort. The large army of the Tartars has not yet arrived, artillery and other siege equipment are not there, and Mandahai can only continue to wait.

Yang Zhenqing didn't wait, he wanted to take the initiative.

"Leave five hundred people to guard the Beizhai Gate, and the rest will go out with me to kill the Tartars!"

The 1,500 people who rushed at the beginning fell ill due to too much tossing, and now they are lying in Hetuara to recuperate.

At this moment, in the Mardun Village, there are only more than 200 soldiers of the Independent Regiment.

Five hundred people guarded the Beizhai Gate, and Yang Zhenqing personally came to more than 700 soldiers and rushed out from the Nanzhai Gate.

There are not many tartars there, and there are only more than a thousand people, who climbed over the mountain wall to cut off the water. At this moment, half of the Tartars were on guard, and the other half were cutting down trees nearby and camping.

"The Southern Barbarian is out!" The Tartar sentry exclaimed.

The Tartar, who was cutting down the tree, immediately threw down the axe, and more than a thousand people gathered together to meet it.

As mentioned earlier, the mountain road outside the village is narrow, and when Nurhachi attacked this village, he couldn't even line up the second car.

The number of Tartar soldiers was twice that of the Datong army, but when they fought in close combat, they were engaged by more than ten people in the front row. The width of the battlefield is not enough, and no matter how many soldiers there are, it is useless, so you can only wait in the rear to join the battle.

However, the Datong army is condescending, and all the people are flintlocked—everyone, you can shoot!

"Bang bang bang!

Before entering the range of the bow and arrow, Yang Zhenqing ordered a volley. The slope is sufficient, the fighters in the front row, and will not block the back row.

More than 1,000 Tartars were completely passive to be shot.

Some Tartars were in a hurry and shot arrows at the Datong army, but the distance was too far, and they shot from the back, so they couldn't shoot at all.

After a round of gunfire, the Tartars suffered more than 30 casualties and had no choice but to retreat down the mountain.

Yang Zhenqing did not give up and led the troops to pursue.

Man Dahai was on the other side of the cottage, and when he heard the gunshots here, he was a little anxious. He again ordered the siege of the fortress,

But it's still the same sentence, the mountain road is narrow, and no matter how many people there are, it's useless, so honestly line up.

"Withdraw!"

After a tentative attack, Man Dahai once again ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and he was almost disgusted to death by the terrain.

He is not Nurhachi, and when the car is completely destroyed, he can still rush over alone and shoot an arrow, and an arrow will hurt the ear of the chief of the guard.

Even Nurhachi cut off the drinking water in the village and forced the village to surrender.

Man Dahai was anxious, and sent a messenger to give an order again: "Let Ai Xinga hurry up, don't wait for most of the people to go together, and transport the artillery over to collapse the wall first!" ”

There are not many artillery pieces left, only a few dozen left, and most of the musket units are disbanded because they don't have enough gunpowder. During the war with the Ming Dynasty, most of the gunpowder used by the Tartars was bought from the Han land, and they could not produce much by themselves.

Now that trade is cut off, it is impossible to buy gunpowder, so it can only be produced slowly.

The meagre annual production of gunpowder can also supply the needs of the cannons, and the musket troops are not enough.

For example, the rest of the Tartars that Yang Zhenqing faced did not have a single musket, and in the face of the condescending Datong army, the bows and arrows in his hands had no room to fight back.

Keep pursuing, keep reloading, keep firing.

The more than 1,000 Tartar elites retreated down the mountain in an orderly manner at first. As the casualties mounted, the Tartars became flustered. Moreover, the mountain road is narrow, and when they are fighting to retreat, they also squeeze some Tartar allies out of the mountain road, and fall down from the mountain wall and fall to death or cripple.

The more you panic, the easier it is to make mistakes, and the retreat quickly turns into a rout.

"Get on the bayonet, charge!"

Yang Zhenqing gave an order, and more than 700 people loaded bayonets and rushed towards the chaotic Tartars.

This final blow made the Tartar soldiers completely collapse, and hundreds of people squeezed down the cliff by themselves.

"Leave no one, don't take prisoners!" Yang Zhenqing ran and shouted.

More than 700 soldiers of the independent regiment took the initiative to attack more than 1,600 Tartars. So far, not a single soldier has been lost, and the enemy has cried and fled for his life.

Chasing them all the way down the mountain, some of the Tartars jumped into the Suzi River to flee for their lives, and some of the Tartars fled along the river bank towards Hetuala.

Yang Zhenqing happily returned to the village, rested for half an hour, and suddenly stood up again: "Leave a hundred people to guard the Nanzhai Gate,

The rest will be killed with me from Beizhai Gate! ”

This time it was more than 1,100 people, rushing towards more than 3,000 people in Mandahai.

Man Dahai knew that the situation was wrong, so he retreated from a long distance, all the way down the mountain, and waited for Yang Zhenqing to come and die.

"It's boring, let's go back to the village." Yang Zhenqing didn't dare to chase anymore, he also fought on the steep mountain road, and he couldn't get any bargain when he went down the mountain.

In fact, Yang Zhenqing was also weak-hearted, he led his troops to attack Hetuala, and he didn't have much ammunition with him. The ammunition of the whole army is on the side of the large army, and it will have to be delayed for a day or two before the large army can bring the ammunition and baggage from the city of Hetuara for reinforcements.

If the large army does not come, the ammunition in their hands will be able to put another twenty or thirty shots per person.

Man Dahai is also waiting, waiting for Ai Xing Ah to hurry up and bring the cannon.

The walled wall here is not very strong, and it can collapse in half a day, and when the time comes, he will kill Yang Zhenqing with his own hands.

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