When he saw that the camp of the Ming army was riddled with holes by artillery, Huang Taiji was very satisfied.

Although it is impossible for these solid bullets to completely destroy the camp of the Ming army, the damage to their morale is great.

As long as it was put on a few times at night, the Ming army would not be able to rest at all.

Of course, at this time, he still most wanted to see the Ming army break through.

Although it shows that there are only a few trenches in front of the army's camp, and there are some obstacles such as rejecting horses in the camp, the Eight Banners will still pay some casualties if they want to attack.

Now that's all I have, it's a little less.

It would be best if the Ming army could break through on its own, or take the initiative to attack the artillery position.

At this time, Fan Wenyu said: "Qiqi Sibeile, He Heli has taken people out of the city, and he should go to Korea to convey the will of the Great Khan to Daishan." ”

At this time, Huang Taiji snorted coldly, a trace of murderous intent appeared in his eyes, and then said: "Father Khan has thought things simple, if Abahai is in Daishan, we will definitely not have any chance." ”

"But if you find out that your mother concubine Abahai has disappeared, do you think Azig can still obediently hand over the yellow flag to Daishan?"

"Thanks to Mr. Fan's reminder, we can get rid of the scourge of Abahai in advance, otherwise there is really no chance at all now."

Fan Wenyu said: "The minions always think that Sibeile is the most suitable heir to the Khan's throne, and presumably the Great Khan thinks the same way. ”

"He passed the throne to Da Baylor not because he didn't recognize the ability of Si Baylor, but more out of consideration for Dajin as a whole, otherwise he wouldn't have handed over the Zhenghuang Flag to you!"

He can also understand the good intentions of his father Khan, and he secretly swears that he will definitely become the real Great Khan of Dajin and include the two red flags under his command.

At present, the situation of Dajin is still not optimistic, and one of the "five founding ministers" who was responsible for guarding Kuandian Fort in the south was also killed in battle, and half of the 3,000 yellow flags were lost.

However, Fei Yingdong's nephew, who was only thirteen years old, beheaded the Ming generals and defended Kuandian Fort.

This shows that there are successors to Daikin, and it is natural to vigorously publicize it.

Huang Taiji directly promoted Ao Bai to the Yellow Banner Melle Ezhen, and let Ao Bai be responsible for the defense of Kuandian Fort.

The Mardun village in the north is not optimistic.

The Ming army strengthened the artillery attack, and the city wall of Mardun Village has been destroyed in several places by the Ming army, and half of the 9,000 men and horses guarding the pass have been killed and wounded, which is very critical.

However, he was not prepared to send troops to reinforce the village of Mardun.

Now Huang Taiji is almost certain that Li Xianzhong has the idea of raising his own self-respect, although the text shouted loudly, but he attacked a Maldun village for more than 3 months.

Huang Taiji has personally seen the power of the flowering bullets of the Ming army, and the Mardun Village is far less strong and dangerous than the Gule Village.

If Li Xianzhong really wants to take it, I'm afraid Du Du won't be able to hold on for even 3 days.

Thinking of this, he suddenly became enlightened, it was obvious that the Ming army under the city had destroyed Li Xianzhong's plan to raise his own respect, and Li Xianzhong was afraid that not only would he not come to the rescue, but he would even hope to eat them himself.

Huang Taiji said: "Mr. Fan, do you think that if we inflict heavy losses on the Ming army again this time, and then take the opportunity to ask the Ming to surrender, is there any possibility of success?" ”

Fan Wenyu understood what Huang Taiji meant, and it was the Great Khan Nurhachi who provoked the Jin attack on the Ming Dynasty before.

Now that the Great Khan has passed away, can you take this opportunity to sue for peace with the Ming Dynasty.

He shook his head and said, "If it's just a delaying tactic, you might as well give it a try." But with all due respect, I'm afraid Da Ming won't accept it. ”

"Even if they can accept it, it is difficult for you to accept the conditions that are estimated to be offered. I am afraid that the Great Khan will go to the throne, accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and then reclaim his vassal status to the Ming Dynasty, and there will be a request for us to evacuate the Kwandian and Korea regions. ”

If it is just to go to the throne of the Khan, call the minister, or even pay tribute, Huang Taiji thinks it doesn't matter.

Isn't it just temporarily "pretending to be a grandson", Nurhachi has been pretending to be a grandson for so many years before, and he doesn't care about continuing to "pretend to be a grandson" with the Ming Dynasty.

However, if he wants to withdraw from the Kwandian and Korean regions, this will undoubtedly cut off his foundation, which he cannot accept.

Now the many dangers in the north of Hetuala, as well as the Wuji Pass in the south, have all fallen into the hands of the Ming army, in fact, it is already under the front of the Ming army.

He even wanted to use North Korea as a foundation, and giving up these places would be self-defeating.

At present, his main task is how to take the throne from Dai Shan, and the rest can be put aside.

So he made Azig and others ready to storm the Ming army's camp.

After He Heli saw that the Ming army outside the city was surrounded, he immediately led people out of the city to North Korea.

As one of the "Five Founding Ministers" of Jianzhou, He Heli has always been Nurhachi's think tank.

However, since Fan Wenyu, a Hanchen, was reused, his status has dropped a lot.

In addition, he has always been responsible for staying behind in the rear, and in recent years, he has rarely gone out with the army, so it is difficult to make suggestions in front of the army.

He has never had a good impression of Fan Wenyu.

The so-called authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear.

He Heli had long found out that Fan Wenyu and Huang Taiji were singing and harmonizing in front of the Great Khan, and they were embarrassed.

So even I don't have a good impression of the four Baylor Huang Taiji.

Moreover, the Dong'e Department where he is located is also subordinate to the Zhenghongqi, and before Huang Taiji controlled all the family members of the two red flags left in Hetuala, which angered He Heli even more.

So when the Great Khan was dying, he persuaded Nurhachi to pass the throne to the Great Beldaishan under the pretext of maintaining the unity of the state.

Although Kuandian Fort was not conquered by the Ming army, the other forts were under the control of the Ming army, and in fact, he was unable to cross the Yalu River from the Kuandian area.

They had to cross the Changbai Mountains and enter North Korea from the Tumen River on the other side.

After entering North Korea's Hamgyong Province, He Heli and others were really shocked.

Although North Korea is only a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it is also a country with a population of 11 million, and the population density should be very large.

Before Daiseon entered North Korea, the population of Hamgyong and Pyongan alone should have exceeded 2.6 million.

But along the way, there were few pedestrians on the road, and the villages on both sides of the road were very barren, many of the fertile fields were overgrown with barren grass, and even the smoke of the villagers was rarely seen.

Originally, He Heli also hoped that this place could become the rear of Dajin, providing a steady stream of food and soldiers for the army.

Unexpectedly, in just over a year, North Korea has been ruined to this point.

It seems that the big Belle Daishan is really not good at management!

At this time, Ji Seon had already received the news that Ho He-ri had come to Korea, so when they entered Pyongan Province from Hamgyong Province, Yue Tuo led the way to greet them.

He Heli learned from Yue Tuo that there were only more than 600,000 Koreans left in the two provinces of Korea under their control.

How many people have lost their population in just over a year?

Of course, the actual death of war or famine may be only two or three hundred thousand people, and Dai Shan captured 300,000 Baoyi in Jianzhou at one time.

Then they turned more than 100,000 Koreans of Jurchen descent into Jurchens, plus a large number of Koreans fled to other parts of the country.

It would be nice to have 600,000 North Koreans left.

With the continuous transportation of North Korean grain to Jianzhou, Daishan himself has no food.

Now he only has 200,000 stone of grain in his hands, which is enough for the 20,000 army to eat for eight or nine months.

With the arrival of nearly 100,000 family members of the two red flags in North Korea, the number of "Jianzhou Jurchens" in the two provinces of North Korea has also reached 250,000.

At present, the total population of the entire Hamgyong Province and Pyongan Province is around 850,000, and there are a large number of "Jianju Jurchens" living in important towns such as Pyongyang, Uiju, and Hamhung, which strengthens the actual control of Jianzhou over these two provinces.

Soon they came to the city of Pyongyang.

In 427 AD, after Goguryeo moved its capital to Pyongyang, it built a strong fortress here.

Although neither the subsequent Goryeo Dynasty nor the Lee Joseon Dynasty made Pyongyang the capital, it has always been the capital of Pyongyang.

As one of the "three capitals" of Korea, the city walls of Xijing Pyongyang are divided into an outer city, a middle city, and an inner city.

The total length of the outer city wall of Pyongyang has reached an astonishing 17 kilometers, and there are all kinds of enemy towers, moats, sheep and horse walls.

Although the height of the city is only more than 4 meters, such a large-scale city still makes He Heli feel surging!

Compared to Hetuala, it is more suitable as the capital of Daikin.

Soon he read out the Great Khan's decree in front of the generals of the Two Red Banners.

When they heard that Daishan had succeeded the Great Khan, everyone was very excited!

However, He Heli did not see the figure of the eldest concubine Abahai in the crowd, he asked: "Dare to ask the eldest Belle, where is the eldest concubine Abahai?" ”

Dai Shan reluctantly said that he didn't send someone to rob the eldest concubine Abahai at all.

Soon Dai Shan recalled the situation at that time, and when Huang Taiji led Zhenghuangqi to chase after him, he didn't mention the matter of the eldest concubine Abahai at all, but just said that Cui Shixing had escaped and the Great Khan wanted to go back to Hetuara for questioning.

When Shi Shangang escaped from the tiger's mouth, it was naturally impossible to take the initiative to go back and throw himself into the net.

Later, when he withdrew to Korea, he fought with the Yellow Flag.

Then Huang Taiji sent troops to blockade Kuandian, and the news of North Korea naturally could not reach Hetuala.

During this period, they also negotiated several times, and the emperor Taiji sent envoys to Pyongyang.

He Heli said: "So the eldest concubine Abahai has disappeared along with Dolgon, Duoduo, and Langzhong Cui Shixing, who was treating the Great Khan at that time? ”

Although there is no evidence pointing to the Four Baylor Huang Taiji, it is obvious that there is his shadow behind these things, and it is likely that Huang Taiji is the mastermind behind these things.

But now that the concubine is not in Korea, there will be big problems with the succession to the throne that he and the Great Khan have formulated.

Originally, the Great Khan weakened the Zhenghuang Banner and gave it to Sibeile Huang Taiji in order to give him the ability to protect himself.

At that time, the goodness of the times was not in Hetuala, so the yellow flag was first managed by Azig.

After Dai Shan inherited the throne of Khan, he would officially take over the yellow flag, so that with the three banners in his hands, it would be easy for Dai Shan to stabilize the situation.

But now that the concubine is not in Pyongyang, it is difficult to say whether Azig will hand over the yellow flag to Daishan.

At this time, Shan, Azig and Huang Taiji are all two banners in their hands, and their strength is about the same.

This adds a lot of variables.

Dai Shan asked about the situation in Jianzhou again, after he heard that the Ming army had almost occupied Kuandian, and the army was under the city of Hetuala.

He Heli told Dai Shan the latest battle situation, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But now the situation in Hetuara is not optimistic, almost all the dangerous fortresses on the north and south sides are in the hands of the Ming army, where they face the front of the Ming army and may be attacked at any time.

Once Li Xianzhong's Kaiyuan army also joined, even if they couldn't break Hetuala for a while, they could still besiege Hetuala.

In addition, the hometowns of the original Haixi Jurchen Hada Department were basically occupied by the Ming army, and the territories of the original Huifa, Ula, and Suwan were annexed by Ye He.

Hetuara has been transformed from the original hinterland into the front line, and is still in the semi-encirclement of the Ming army and Yehe.

Even if the Ming army would not be able to break through the city for a while and a half, it would only take a few months to besiege the city and run out of food.

It is no longer suitable to be the capital of Daikin.

After weighing, Dai Shan said: "Ben Khan wants to use North Korea as a foundation to revive my Dajin. ”

"Azig can be ordered to withdraw the blue and yellow flags to North Korea first; The four Beyler Emperor Taiji led the yellow and white flags to hold Hetu Ala and Kuandian, and then waited for the opportunity to retreat into Korea. ”

From a strategic point of view, Hetuara is indeed no longer suitable as a capital, but if you want to give up this fortified city, I am afraid that Huang Taiji will definitely not agree.

Therefore, Dai Shan first asked Azig to withdraw to North Korea, as long as Azig moved, Huang Taiji naturally couldn't stay.

I have to say that this trick is still very clever to turn passive into active.

In this way, you don't have to worry about being calculated by Huang Taiji, but you can also restrain Huang Taiji's nose.

Soon He Heli helped Dai Shan complete the details of this plan.

In order not to be discovered by the Ming army, Dai Shan decided to let Yue Tuo lead 10,000 red flags to cross the Yalu River at night.

Although the naval divisions of the 'Ming Army stationed in Korea' completely controlled the coastal areas of Korea, they did not sail into the Yalu River, but only left two patrol boats at the mouth of the sea.

Although Liu Wei's troops occupied the other five forts, their main forces were now used to besiege Kuandian Fort, so there were no extra troops to patrol the riverside.

Sudian Fort, the closest to the Yalu River, is also more than a dozen miles away.

In the hazy night, small boats quietly rowed across the river, as if they were a group of quiet ghosts.

The ship was filled with soldiers in red armor, their equipment and weapons glinting coldly in the moonlight.

The sound of the oars paddling gently broke the tranquility of the river, but it added to the mystery and weirdness of the whole action.

Yue Tuo and He Heli stood at the bow of the boat, and when the boat quietly docked, they finally breathed a sigh of relief that there were no Ming sentinels here.

Soon the soldiers with red flags began to constantly assemble on the shore.

Then they set off towards their goal, Sudian Fort.

On the hillside not far away, a spy from the Intelligence Department said: "The Tartars have sent troops, it seems that there are quite a few people, we have to pass the news to Ning Yuanbo as soon as possible!" ”

Soon an arrow pierced the sky, its sound sharp and piercing, as if it had torn a hole in the silence of the night.

The deep imprint and the exploding fireworks were clearly visible even from ten miles away.

Soon the person at the next intelligence point said: "A red firework with an arrow, a Tartar with 10,000 taels of red flags has crossed the Yalu River, hurry up and release the arrow!" ”

This is the fastest way to transmit information in the Intelligence Division, much faster than the 800 mile expedited.

Just an hour later, the news of Daishan's crossing of the river was transmitted to Mardun Village.

Li Sanshun said: "Sure enough, it was still said by Ning Yuanbo, at this time, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji will definitely join forces." ”

Li Xianzhong said: "It's almost dawn, it's time for us to make a move!" ”

Soon, dozens of Hongyi cannons bombarded the city wall of Mardun Village indiscriminately.

Woke up the Tartar from his sleep, and the already crumbling city wall still did not resist the artillery of the Ming army after all, and it collapsed into a hole of six or seven feet.

Du Dugang commanded the men and horses with white flags to wait behind the collapsed city wall, but found that another section of the city wall not far away had been collapsed by the Ming army.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Soon, the Ming army's Lu Mi guns were aimed at the gap in the city wall, and there was a volley.

Then more than 2,000 Imperial Allies wearing blue armor played the role of the vanguard of the breakthrough.

Du Du originally had 9,000 people in his hands, but under the three-month bombardment of the Ming army and the shooting of Lu Mi, there are only about 4,000 people under his command.

He finally relied on his numerical superiority to resist these imperial forces in the gap.

only to find that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Ming Army had entered the city from another collapsed gap.

These iron-clad hoplites, like ghost knights out of hell, are destroying everything that stands in their way.

About half an hour later, Li Sanshun came to Li Xianzhong with Du Du's head and said: "Qi Qi Ning Yuanbo killed more than 2,000 Tartars under the White Flag Gushan Ezhen Du Du in this battle, and another 1,200 people were captured, and they are willing to join the Imperial Army. ”

"There are still hundreds of Tatar cavalry who have taken advantage of the chaos to flee back to Hetuala."

It is a great achievement to take down Dudun Village in a battle.

Li Xianzhong hurriedly asked Yan Mingtai, the governor of Jiliao, and the military department to report the victory.

As the sky gradually brightened, the Jianzhou Eight Banners outside the city of Hetuara also began to launch a final charge against the Ming army.

After being bombarded by the Tartar artillery for a day and a night, the Ming army was already exhausted at this moment.

Under the repeated impact of the Tartars, the trenches outside the camp have all been lost, and as far as the eye can see, there are countless corpses of Ming soldiers lying in front of the camp, as well as a small number of corpses of Eight Banners wearing blue and white armor.

At this time, Liu Qu, the chief soldier of Guangning, and Zhu Wanliang, the chief soldier of Hupiyi, had already died in battle.

Only the seriously wounded deputy general Luo Cheng of Quang Ninh still led nearly 3,000 Ming troops to hold on to the front of the camp.

Azig laughed at this time and said, "I only need one charge, and I can take the Ming army camp in an instant!" ”

However, at this time, some defeated cavalry ran over, only to see a Eight Banners soldier said: "The master is not good, the Ming army has killed Du Du, and now it has conquered Mardun Village and is killing here." ”

Soon after, a large number of cavalry appeared in the mountain road in the north, and Wang Huazhen shouted in despair: "Liaodong Iron Cavalry, it is Ning Yuanbo's Liaodong Iron Cavalry!" ”

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