"Battle of Sarhu", the Ming army was defeated, and the Houjin rose.

Now, the battlefield is once again set up in Salhu, where the Ming army and Jiannu will fight fiercely.

The castle was built on the Tiebei Mountain, and not far to the west of it is the confluence of the Hunhe River and the Suzi River. Tiebei Mountain is densely wooded, strange rocks, facing water on three sides, and mountains on one side, and the geographical location is extremely dangerous.

Salhu Mountain, is also one of the dangerous places, the Ming army Juniper Department once built a village here, and was defeated by Jiannu in the fog.

However, Jiannu was embarrassed to find that these two dangers were set up in the face of foreign enemies. To put it bluntly, it is the gateway to Jianzhouwei.

And Dongjiang Town's attack on Jianzhou Wei and then marching to Salhu is tantamount to attacking from the back, and the functions and roles of the two dangerous places are immediately greatly reduced.

Of course, if it is to resist the Ming army from Shenyang and Fushun, or Kaiyuan and Tieling, it is a copy of the early stage of the "Battle of Sarhu".

In order not to be cut off from retreating, Jiannu must hold the Boundary Domain City and ensure the passage to retreat to Haixi. As for Salhu, before the arrival of the Liaoshen Ming army, there was no point in defending.

After Du Du led the defeated army to flee back, Huang Taiji knew that the big thing was not good, and hurriedly organized men and horses to deploy defenses in the boundary domain city.

After Daishan and Dolgon decided to abandon Shenyang, they also hurriedly sent Sakhalian to lead the two banners to Salhu.

If Jianzhou can still support it, Jiannu is ready to repel Dongjiang Town first, and then stick to Salhu; If the statehood is out of control, then ensure the passage of retreat to the north.

Standing in the Boundary Domain, Huang Taiji looked into the distance, his face was grim, and his heart was very heavy.

Du Du sighed heavily and said: "I didn't expect the cavalry of the Ming army to be so strong, and in a head-to-head confrontation, my Jianzhou warriors not only have no chance of winning, but are still at a disadvantage. ”

Huang Taiji lowered his eyes and did not respond immediately.

"In the end, it's still a gap in manpower." Du Du seemed to have an understanding, and continued: "This tactic of the Ming army, a certain figure can be figured out, that is, to exchange people for people, and fight to the end. ”

Sakhalian smiled helplessly and said: "In the battle of Haicheng, the cavalry of the Ming army fought like this, and when I heard you say this, I also understand." But how many people are in Mingguo, and how many Dajin are there, I really can't fight it! ”

Huang Taiji slowly opened his mouth and said: "The Ming army relied on its strong troops and sharp firearms to gradually turn the situation around and gain the upper hand. To this day, my Daikin is in danger and in great danger. ”

"It's a pity—" Huang Taiji slapped the cold city wall bricks with emotion, and said, "If you could have understood this a few years ago, and had not been in a hurry to launch an attack, and had been repeatedly defeated under the artillery of the fortified city, the situation might not have been so sinister." ”

Sakhalian nodded yes, he admired and leaned towards Huang Taiji, and it was strange that he was not acting for his father.

Although Du Du agreed, he didn't think so. Dajin has so many resources, if he doesn't launch an attack to loot, won't he sit back and wait for destruction?

The attack was frustrated, and it was a matter of tactics and equipment; And to sit and wait for death is a strategic mistake.

Huang Taiji also knew that this was an afterthought, and it was even more disrespectful to his deceased father Khan, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "No one would have thought that the Ming court would change so quickly and the Ming army would progress so quickly. In the final analysis, the Ming Kingdom has many resources and sufficient heritage. And all the changes are actually money and materials. ”

"Lord Belle is very right." Du Du preemptively agreed this time, and said: "The elite soldiers are profitable, the food and salary are sufficient, and the biggest changes in the Ming army are these two aspects. ”

Sakhalian nodded and said, "It seems simple, but it's not easy to do. A certain admires the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, who has thunderous means to clean up the court, and has a way to collect money to supply food and salary. ”

Huang Taiji let out a long breath and said, "I have to admire, Dajin still underestimated this young emperor." There is courage, means, and strategy, and the key is not to be afraid of stigma. ”

"Only by not being afraid of stigma can we do whatever it takes, and it is the most difficult to deal with." Sakhalian shook his head and said, "Just talking about the fake news in the newspaper has deceived us many times. ”

Huang Taiji had an embarrassed smile on his face, even he had been deceived, it was really embarrassing.

At this time, Luo Xiujin caught up with the city and reported the situation of the emergency repair of the fortifications.

Huang Taiji knew that no matter how complete the fortifications were, they would not be able to completely stop the Ming army's attempt to cut off the road to the north. Because in addition to Salhu, if the Ming army is a big detour, it can also achieve the same goal in Qingyuan.

Therefore, after listening to Luo Xiujin's report, he ordered to continue to step up the construction of defensive formations, and sent messengers to urge the soldiers and civilians of Liaoshen to accelerate their retreat.

Now, there's no foolproof solution. Even if the Ming army's attempt to intercept it was broken and retreated to Haixi to secure a safe settlement, wouldn't the Ming army continue to pursue?

But at present, this is the last choice, otherwise, there will not even be a chance to try to rise again.

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The banner fluttered in the cold wind, and tens of thousands of Ming troops marched towards Salhu.

This is all the people and horses in Dongjiang Town, with nearly 40,000 horses, infantry, horsemen, and artillery.

After Jiannu's fiasco in Haicheng, even if he concentrated his forces, he would only be similar to Dongjiang Town, and he had completely lost the possibility of superior forces.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong was full of confidence, and the overseer army killed Salhu, preparing to complete the battle.

The so-called completion of the battle is only to level Liao, not to destroy slaves. To destroy Jiannu with one blow, in Mao Wenlong's view, the possibility is not great.

Mao Wenlong didn't think about making a big detour to Qingyuan and cutting off Jiannu's retreat, but he was soon vetoed.

The reason is very simple, the transportation and supply of grain and grass materials is close to the limit, and the consequences of forcibly going deep alone are quite serious.

Because of this, Mao Wenlong thought that he had achieved his goal by killing and injuring Jiannu as much as possible and driving him to Haixi.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. Mao Wenlong was also very helpless about this.

What's more, the middle of winter is approaching, and an overwhelming snowfall may block supply transportation. It's too deep and it's very risky. In the case that Pingliao is already in sight of victory, if you lose a battle, the impact will be very bad.

"Hetuala and Xingjing (the old city of Xinbin) have all been captured, and Salhu is also of considerable significance." Gou Zhenhuai was half a horse's head behind Mao Wenlong, and his interest was quite high, and he talked eloquently: "It seems that it is more certain to complete the great cause of Pingliao before the Spring Festival and present a gift for Long Live." ”

Mao Wenlong smiled and said, "Until the final victory, you still have to be cautious." Although Jiannu is at the end of the road, he must not be unguarded against his dying struggle. ”

Gou Zhenhuai nodded and said with a smile: "Mao Shuai is calm, and he can't do it." ”

After a pause, Gou Zhenhuai said with emotion: "From the battle of Guangning to the present, it has been several years in Liaodong. Now that the great work is about to be completed, a certain person can also return to Beijing to return to Banzai. ”

Mao Wenlong slowed down his horse, saddled up with Gou Zhenhuai, and asked, "General Gou has been transferred to the army, do you want to go back to the Zhenfu Division?" ”

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