Chapter 224: The Battle of Sarhu
Gao Jie tried to calm down, and continued to smile and asked, "Brother Liu Zhaosun, why are you here?"
Liu Zhaosun let out a ho-ho laugh, but did not answer. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Xi said loudly behind him at this time: "This place is called Abu Darigan, and it was here that the family teacher was ambushed and the whole army was annihilated!"
When Gao Jie heard this, he smiled awkwardly, coughed dryly, and asked, "Brother Zhaosun, where do you live, are you in this cave?"
Liu Zhaosun clapped his hands and smiled: "In the hole, in the hole!"
Gao Jie hurriedly used his telekinesis to communicate with Wukong and asked him to go into the cave to check it out.
Wukong was worried about disturbing Liu Zhaosun, so he first took more than ten steps to the side, and then took a detour, taking advantage of Liu Zhaosun's attention to Gao Jie, and quietly slipped into the cave from behind him.
When Gao Jie saw Wukong's success, he was relieved, and while continuing to control Liu Zhaosun's emotions with his telekinesis, he said something inconsequential to attract his attention.
Soon, Wukong came out of the cave and returned to the Wang brothers. After Gao Jie communicated with him, he learned that the cave was not big, and there were animal skins in it, which should be the place where Liu Zhaosun had lived all these years. Inside the cave was a pair of torn armor, a sheathed sword, and a number of bloody beast corpses, but nothing else.
Gao Jie sighed very much, it seems that in the past three years, Liu Zhaosun's brain has been traumatized, amnesia and dementia, but he still has the instinct to survive. If it weren't for the Wang brothers discovering him today, it is estimated that Liu Zhaosun would have spent the rest of his life here.
Gao Jie secretly thought to himself, if Liu Zhaosun could cooperate with him, maybe with the acupuncture method, he might be able to let him recover some memories and slowly become normal. But now that Hetuala's affairs are urgent, they can't be delayed, and the treatment of Liu Zhaosun can't be completed in a day or two, so now is not the best time.
Thinking of this, Gao Jie slowly stood up and said to Liu Zhaosun: "Brother Zhaosun, you stay here, don't run around, wait for us to come back!" Then, regardless of whether he understood or not, he turned around and walked back to the Wang brothers and Wukong.
Wang Rui asked impatiently, "Xiaojie, what's wrong with recruiting grandson?"
Gao Jie patted him on the shoulder and said calmly: "It should be that he has suffered a brain injury and lost his memory, and his intelligence is like a child now!"
Wang Rui's eyes were filled with tears, and he shook his head painfully and said, "How can this be, how can this be?!"
Gao Jie said in a deep voice: "Second brother, don't be too anxious, maybe I will have a way to cure him slowly!"
When Wang Rui and Wang Xi heard this, they exclaimed at the same time: "Really?"
Gao Jie nodded and said, "Yes, I should be eighty percent sure." However, it may take a long time, maybe three months, maybe three years!"
Wang Xi said: "No matter how long it takes, no matter what conditions are needed, we must also cure the junior brother!
Gao Jie waved his hand and said: "No, absolutely not! Because he has experienced a fierce battle, after his brain was injured, he has a spontaneous sense of rejection of strangers, his nerves are extremely sensitive, and his emotions are easy to get out of control, I just used up a lot of internal strength in a short period of time in order to get close to him, so it is not wise to take him to Hetuala!"
Wang Rui said excitedly: "Then what should I do? Do you want to leave him alone like this?
Gao Jie said: "Second brother, third brother, I understand your feelings, Brother Zhaosun is your junior brother, that is, my relative, I want to protect him and cure him like you! But in this situation, it is indeed not the best time to take him away." In fact, during the period before we completed the Hetuara mission, it should be better and safer for Brother Zhaosun to live in seclusion here, as before. When we successfully return, we can find him here, and then bring him back to the Central Plains safely, take care of him, and treat him, don't you say?"
Wang Xi's mood gradually calmed down, and he nodded: "Xiaojie's words are reasonable, this is indeed the best plan!"
Wang Rui said bitterly: "Seeing Senior Brother Zhaosun like this, you can imagine how much suffering he has suffered in the past three years, I really don't want to let him stay here alone for half a moment!"
Gao Jie said gently: "Second brother, don't worry, we will come back to pick him up soon!"
Wang Rui raised his eyes to look at Liu Zhaosun, who was sitting at the entrance of the cave with a smirk. Under the light of the autumn sun, the light of the iron broadsword on the ground flickered, which made Wang Rui think of Master Liu Ling again, and he couldn't help but rush up and exclaimed bitterly: "Senior Brother Zhaosun, is the old man really coming back with a crane?!"
At this time, Gao Jie had already withdrawn his mental power, and when Liu Zhaosun saw Wang Rui approaching, he suddenly jumped up like a frightened rabbit, holding an iron broadsword in both hands, his eyes were wide open, and he roared in a low voice, and his whole body became tense.
Gao Jie saw that the opportunity was not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Wang Rui to stop him from approaching Liu Zhaosun again. And Liu Zhaosun saw that Gao Jie also stepped forward together, and in fright, he turned around and hid in the cave again. And his low roars, from time to time, came from the cave, as if to warn them not to enter the cave.
When Wang Rui saw this scene, he hesitated for a long time before shouting into the cave with tears: "Senior Brother Zhaosun, if you endure for a few more days, our brothers will definitely come to pick you up as soon as possible, and we will never let you be alone again!"
Under Gao Jie's persuasion, the Wang brothers reluctantly turned around and left, and together with Gao Jie and Wukong, they crossed the hill and crossed the jungle and returned to Shanggang.
Seeing that they were back, everyone greeted them, and Archmage Doroji asked aloud, "Little friend Gaojie, what happened?"
Gao Jie smiled bitterly at Archmage Doroji and Mara: "The two guards of my caravan just saw a wild man, mistaking it for an old friend who had been lost for a long time, and they chased after him uncontrollably. In the end, I found out that it was a misunderstanding, and I recognized the wrong person!"
Archmage Doroji looked at the red eyes of the Wang brothers, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "I see!"
Mara stepped forward and took Gao Jie's hand and said: "Brother Xiaojie, don't be so reckless next time, this is a wilderness, there is no danger hidden in the jungle, you must pay attention to safety!"
Gao Jie smiled gratefully: "Thank you Sister Mara for your concern, Xiao Jie remembers!"
Luo Sigong stepped forward and said to Gao Jie: "Shopkeeper, since everyone has returned safely, can you continue on the road?"
Gao Jie nodded and said, "Hurry up and hurry, and strive to get to Hetuara as soon as possible!"
So the people got on their horses again and got back on the road.
Luo Sigong pulled Gao Jie, fell at the end of the line, and asked softly, "What's going on?"
Gao Jie told him what had just happened, and after listening to it, Luo Sigong sighed and said: "General Liu Ling is known as the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, and he fell in the battle of Sarhu, and Abu Darigang was the place where he sacrificed his life at that time. Fortunately, you have found his righteous son, and it can be regarded as God's mercy, so that Zhongliang has a future!"
Gao Jie also prepared his plan to return to Abu Darigan and bring Liu Zhaosun back to the Central Plains for treatment after finishing the Hetuala matter, Luo Sigong nodded in agreement, and praised Gao Jie a few words, saying that he was thoughtful and could distinguish the priorities of the matter.
Gao Jie smiled, and then asked curiously: "I have heard of the battle of Sarhu, but I don't know much about the specific situation, can I ask the master to tell me about it?"
Luo Si glanced at Archmage Doroji and Mara, who were far ahead, and then said in a low voice: "There is still a long way to reach Hetuala, since you have passed through Abu Darigan, I will tell you about the tragic situation of the battle of Sarhu at that time!"
In the forty-sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1618), the Jurchen chieftain and the general of the Ming Dynasty's second-rank dragon and tiger, Nurhachi, raised an army against the Ming Dynasty, and with the assistance of the traitor Li Yongfang on the Fushun side, Lianke Fushun, Qinghe and other cities, annihilated the Liaodong general Zhang Chengyin's department, and the Ming court was shaken. Soon after the Battle of Fushun, Nurhachi plundered the city of Fushun and burned the entire ancient city and retreated to Hetuala.
Although Nurhachi did not occupy any city and retreated to his lair, he still annoyed the Ming court. So Emperor Wanli requisitioned the elite troops of the whole country and the battle-hardened general army to Liaodong, intending to attack Nurhachi's old nest Hetuala, and finish it in one battle.
In February of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), Liaodong was strategic, and Yang Hao, the left servant of the military department, was ordered to lead the army to attack Hetuala, the seat of the Nurhachi Houjin regime, in the east, south, north and middle.
The troops mobilized are basically a copy of the war to aid Korea, and most of the general soldiers are generals who have participated in the three major expeditions, especially the war to aid Korea, but the problem is that there is no shortage of general soldiers who directly lead the troops in the Ming Dynasty, but there is always a lack of commander-level figures, and the commander of this attack is --- Yang Hao, who has retired from a civilian official, because he is the only one who has promoted the commander of more than 100,000 troops in the entire imperial court. On the one hand, during the Sino-Japanese peace talks, he used various tactics to disrupt the Japanese army, but he was defeated in the Battle of Ulsan.
And this time, the tragedy of the defeat soon staged again in the hands of Yang Hao, he divided the 100,000 Ming army into four routes, Juniper led the main force of 30,000 horses from the west road to attack the main attack, Li Rubai south road to attract the enemy's main force, Ma Lin from the north road flank, Sichuan general army iron sword king Liu Ling from the east road to attack the enemy's flank. However, because Liu Ling and Yang Hao had formed a bond on the Korean battlefield, Yang Hao gave Liu Ling all the weakest and most difficult to command troops such as recruits, guest soldiers, and the Korean army that cooperated with the battle. Liu Ling knew that Yang Hao had the intention to make things difficult, but he didn't think so, because he was waiting for the arrival of the two strongest troops in the local army---- they were the white pole soldiers of Qin Liangyu, a female general in eastern Sichuan, and the Zhejiang soldiers led by Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin.
But it backfired, the white pole soldiers and the Qi army had not yet arrived, Yang Hao continued to urge the troops, Liu Ling had no choice but to predict the outcome of the defeat, but he still said, "I am also favored by the country, and I promise to die", and resolutely led this weak brigade to march in advance, and the 15,000 Zhejiang soldiers who arrived first in this army became the main vanguard. In the 46th year of Wanli, the Korean army formed three battalions with Jiang Hongli as the marshal and Kim Jingrui as the deputy marshal, with a total of 13,000 troops and Liu Ling's troops at Hazelnut Head, to form the Eastern Route Army, known as the 40,000 army.
Nurhachi correctly judged the main direction of attack of the Ming army, adopted the strategy of "let him come a few ways, I will only go all the way" strategy of Fushun general Li Yongfang, concentrated his forces to carry forward the characteristics of the cavalry mobility of the Houjin army and the ability of continuous combat, first annihilated the main force of the Ming army in Sarhu, Juniper, and then annihilated the Ming army on the northern route led by military theorist Ma Lin between the cliffs, and the regular elite troops of the Ming army were basically wiped out. At this time, Li Rubai on the South Road was the closest to Hetuala, and the Li family had been stationed in Liaodong for two generations and was most familiar with the terrain of Liaodong, but Li Rubai was timid and marched slowly. Nurhachi saw his cowardice, ignored him completely, returned to the east, and began to deal with Liu Ling's troops on the east road with all his might.
Liu Ling is known as the first fierce general of the Ming Dynasty, he has been leading troops in Sichuan before, with infinite strength, brave and good at fighting, the big knife used weighs 120 pounds, although he is more than a year old, he can still move like flying. Liu Ling's troops originally wanted to join up with the other Third Route Army on the first day of March, but due to the rugged mountain roads and the fact that the North Korean army was "unavoidable" to come and was tired of war, the march was slow. In the early days, Liu Ling also won some victories, he did not encounter a strong enemy along the way, the complex terrain was the biggest enemy, as the vanguard of the Zhejiang soldiers to pull out the camp stronghold, open the road and build bridges, and gradually approached Hetuala, but the terrible thing is that at this time Liu Ling was completely unaware of the defeat of Juniper Marin on both roads.
On February 29, Liu Ling set out from Kuandian and walked to Majiazhai and Niumaozhai to meet the Houjin soldiers. Four Baylor Huang Taiji guarded the second village, and Liu Ling did not count the battle and left, Liu Ling took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, Huang Taiji abandoned the two villages. Later, the great Beile Daishan led 5,000 troops to rescue, but Liu Ling slashed the horse's legs with a knife, and Daishan fell off the horse and almost died, and was rescued by the Jin soldiers desperately, so the Daishan Department was also defeated all the way. Liu Ling took advantage of the victory to catch up, broke more than ten formations in a row, and the soldiers were tired, so he stationed in the camp to rest and marched to Dong E Road. Here are Niu Lu Ezhen Tuobao, Erina, and Erheyi led 500 Houjin soldiers to guard, and engaged Liu Ling's soldiers in the early morning of the same day. Liu Ling's front army was dozens of times that of the Houjin soldiers, and the Houjin soldiers were heavily surrounded, and Erlina and Erheyi were killed in the army, and Tuobao led the remnants of the army to flee to the ambush of Huerhan in the mountain pass to rendezvous, waiting for Liu Ling's army to come. At the time of the quarter (the morning of March 14th), the soldiers of the Great Belle Daishan and the Third Belle Mang Gurtai and the Fourth Beyler Emperor Taiji came out of the Valkash Forest and met to meet Liu Ling's army. Liu Ling won the first battle, and because of his bravery, he did not take the Houjin soldiers in his eyes, he led 20,000 troops, and ordered the front 10,000 people to plunder, and marched while plundering.
There is a reason why Liu Ling is so eager to defeat the Houjin soldiers and seize the village. First of all, Liu Ling led his troops deep into the Kuandian area and captured several camps in Houjin, Nurhachi sent people to falsely claim to be Juniper's personal soldiers, and came to Liu Ling's camp early in the morning with Juniper's arrows, and told Liu Collar: "General Du has arrived in Hetuala, deep into the enemy's territory, worried that the backup will not be able to keep up, please hurry up and march into the division to flank Jianzhou." Liu Ling didn't believe it at first, and said: "I have the same official position as General Du, why did he use the order arrow to convey orders to me?" The fake soldier falsely said: "Now that the military situation is urgent, the use of the order arrow is just a proof of evidence." Liu Ling scolded loudly and said: "When the troops were dispatched, it was agreed that the sound of artillery would be used as a signal, and now that your unit has reached Hetuala, why didn't you hear the agreed sound of artillery?" The fake soldier said: "There is no beacon fire here, so the cavalry is used instead of the rebuke, here is fifty miles away from the city of Hetuala, run three miles to hear a cannon, it is not as fast as riding a horse." Liu Ling was still skeptical. The fake soldiers were helpless, and returned to the Jin camp to report: "General Liu is willing to advance only when he hears the sound of artillery." So Nurhachi immediately ordered the artillery to be transmitted, and when Liu Ling heard the sound of the cannon, Fang believed it to be true, so he hurriedly pulled out the camp and marched eastward, entering the narrow terrain of Abu Dali Gang.
At this time, the Great Bel Dai Shan of the Jin State and the 3rd and 4th Bel Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji had joined forces such as Huerhan and Tuobao to occupy the favorable terrain of Abu Darigan and set up an ambush. The Ming army was ambushed at Abu Dali Gang, and Liu Ling hurriedly ordered his subordinates to seize Abu Darigang and prepare to attack at the foot of the mountain.
After consulting with Huang Taiji, Okagami Daizen decided to divide the troops and attack. So Huang Taiji led the right-wing soldiers to set off first, rushed down from the hill, and engaged the Ming army, and the battle was fierce. Dai Shan then led the left wing soldiers to rush down from the west side of the hill, and attacked Huang Taiji on both sides, and the Ming soldiers were defeated and fled. Huang Taiji asked Jin Bing to put on the clothes of Ming soldiers and follow him to meet Liu Ling, who was supervising the battle behind. Liu Ling didn't distinguish between the true and the false, didn't take precautions, after Huang Taiji approached, he suddenly killed, Liu Ling hurriedly responded to the battle, and at this moment Dai Shan had also been killed, Liu Ling picked up a hundred and twenty pounds of iron broadsword and fought with two Baylors, from the moment to the unitary carving, regardless of victory or defeat. Huang Taiji couldn't fight for a long time, suddenly turned the horse and retreated, Liu Ling thought he was invincible and fled, so he picked up the horse to chase, chased more than four miles, and when he caught up, Huang Taiji suddenly turned back and sent an arrow, right in Liu Ling's left arm, Liu Ling pulled out the arrow while still fighting with a knife. Huang Taiji opened his bow and shot an arrow in Liu Ling's face, and Liu Ling, who was heavily rewarded, was exhausted, and then Da Beile arrived, took advantage of the momentum, and finally killed Liu Ting.
Later, according to the description of the scattered remnants of the soldiers who fled back, Liu Zhaosun, the son of Liu Ling, saw that Liu Ling was killed, so he dismounted to carry Liu Ling's body, but was shot in the left chest and heart by an arrow from Huang Taiji and died. As soon as Liu Ling died, Yang Hao's Eastern Route Army was also annihilated. At this point, Yang Hao's four-way attack on Nurhachi was a complete failure.
After listening to the battle of Sarhu and the tragedy of Liu Ling's Eastern Route Army, Gao Jie was in a mood of ups and downs, and the deserted Abu Darigang in front of him seemed to faintly hear the terrible sound of gold and iron resonating and people shouting and neighing.