Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 219
On the sixth day of July, Xiong Tingbi captured Fushun, and his army approached Saerhu City.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, Sun Chuanting led his troops to break through Puhe Station.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, Qin Bangping captured Hetuala. More than [-] Jiankui, old and weak, were killed. The Ming army captured the city called "Xingjing" by Jiankui.

On the eighth day of July, Saerhu was breached by the Ming army, and Mardun Village and Gule Village in the south were breached one after another. Hong Chengchou and Xiong Tingbi joined forces and besieged Jiefan City.

On the tenth day of July, Sun Chuanting and Man Gui joined forces to conquer Pinglu (Captive) Fort and Jingyuan Fort, less than a hundred miles away from Tieling...

"Hetuala and Pinlu Fort have already been taken. If Tieling, Kaiyuan, Jiefan City and other places are taken again, the whole territory of Liaodong will be restored."

On July [-]th, in the Governor's Mansion of Liaoyang City, Zhu Youjian was holding a cup of tribute tea and sipping it carefully. In the other hand, he was holding the document sent by Qin Bangping, and in front of him was a Some restrained officials.

Looking at the Chinese manual in the handbook, when he learned that Jianlu was decapitated by more than [-] old and weak people, even though he knew that these people were of little use to Hou Jin, Zhu Youjian still smiled.

The killing of more than [-] old and weak people will be the biggest blow to Nurhachi's authority.

Now that Hetuala has been slaughtered, he needs someone to guard him.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian suddenly raised his head, looked at the official in front of him and said:

"Lu Xiangsheng, if I transfer you to Hetuala, would you be willing?"

The fledgling Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer Zhu Youjian's question immediately, but continued:
"Although the Jianlu suffered heavy losses, and the old and weak, women and children were slaughtered, they took away the craftsmen and common people, and burned the rice fields of Hetuala."

"If His Highness wants to transfer the officials to Hetuala, the officials are willing to go, but you need to ask Your Highness to move enough people and station a large army in Hetuala."

Lu Xiangsheng was very courageous. Under such circumstances, as a prefect of Liaoyang, he made a request to Zhu Youjian, the king of Qi, but Zhu Youjian was not angry, but changed his tone:

"You are from the south of the Yangtze River, and you are too close to the capital, which is always a bit bad. I know that you don't want to be with other parties, so I sent you to Hetuala."

"Using the more than [-] acres of land reclaimed by local old slaves in Hetuala, feeding [-] people, [-] soldiers and horses is not a problem."

"Relocate [-] people alone, transfer three battalions of Liao soldiers, and then set Hetuala as Jianzhou County in Shangshu, and garrison the third battalion of Jianzhou. How about you as the deputy envoy of Liaodong?"

Liaodong Deputy Envoy, this is an official position of the fourth rank, and Lu Xiangsheng skipped two ranks in less than a year as the prefect of Liaoyang, which is unreasonable.

Lu Xiangsheng himself understands this truth, but he also understands that as long as Zhu Youjian thinks, he can be promoted.

In the final analysis, Zhu Youjian has the final say on how to write the history of the Battle of Liao Dynasty and how to divide military merits.

Zhu Youjian said that he made meritorious service in this battle, and that is meritorious service.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a few seconds and then said:

"If soldiers are prepared here, the officials will definitely live up to His Highness!"

"Then you are ready to prepare, and I will not see Luqin, tell him that the merits of this battle are worthless." Zhu Youjian got up immediately, without any intention of staying in Liaoyang.

As for Lu Xiangsheng seeing Zhu Youjian getting up, he also got up to send him out of the city.

When the two walked out of the yamen, they saw Lu Qin and other people standing at the gate of the yamen.

"Your Highness, the last general deserves death..."

Seeing Zhu Youjian, Lu Qin immediately took Wang Chong, who was wrapped in a white cloth, and knelt down on one knee, but Zhu Youjian said flatly:

"In the case of the Weining Fort, although you have a problem with your defense, Hong Chengchou investigated after breaking the Weining Fort. The soldiers and horses in your headquarters killed Jianlu, Liaoshang, and Beilu.

"After the end of the Liao war, your soldiers and horses will be dispatched by Wang Chong to follow Lu Xiangsheng to Hetuala, and you will be allowed to take a three-month leave. After three months, you will go to Datong Mansion in Shanxi Province to control the eight battalions of soldiers and horses in Datong Mansion and resist Tumo. special department."

"The last general... I'm ashamed..." Lu Qin hesitated to speak, and finally could only sigh and feel ashamed.

Adjusting Datong Mansion to control the Eighth Battalion's soldiers and horses, it is said that merits and demerits are offset, but in fact some credits are still distributed to Lu Qin.

According to the attitude of the six ministries and the cabinet in the past, Lu Qin will probably be beaten to the end.

"Wang Chong, you are the commander-in-chief of Jianzhou. You are in charge of the three battalions of Jianzhou. In the future, you will be under the control of Deputy Envoy Lu Yancha."

Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chong whose face was tied with thick gauze, and his tone softened a bit.

"The last general obeys." Wang Chong responded immediately, but his tone was a little surprised, probably because he didn't expect to be promoted.

Zhu Youjian didn't say much, and after nodding to the two, he took Lu Wenzhao and others who had been waiting at the door for a long time, and headed towards Shenyang.

Lu Xiangsheng and his party went out of the city for ten miles, and then bowed on horseback to show respect, and then rode back to the city.

As for Zhu Youjian, while riding his horse towards Shenyang, he kept thinking about the gains and losses of this battle.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered [-] casualties, while the Jin army lost nearly [-]. The number of real captives killed in battle so far has exceeded [-], and the number of Ming army deaths has reached [-].

From this point of view, the battle losses of the Ming army and Zhenlu were close to 1:1.4, and the Ming army was slightly better.

Of course, this is not to say that the current Ming army can easily beat the Jin army, but it shows the importance of artillery, riding guns, and infantry guns.

If there were no blunderbusses in this battle, and there were no more than [-] five-jin cannons and ten-jin cannons, the Ming army would definitely suffer more casualties than the Jin army, and it would be much more.

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with such casualties on both sides. His only regret was that he could not keep Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.

Because it was too dark when Nurhachi was shelled and Huang Taiji was shot, the Ming army didn't even know that Nurhachi and Huang Taiji were directly broken by a single shot by an unknown gunner and injured people.

But judging from the current loss of Houjin, no matter how outstanding Huang Taiji's personal ability is, it is nothing more than skin moss for Daming.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's mood also improved, but he didn't know that Jin Jun's side had become a mess.

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Huifa City, once the capital of the Huifa Department of Haixi Jurchen, has now become the temporary capital of the Kingdom of Jin.

Some seriously injured soldiers and horses gathered in the city to recuperate. After a big battle, the Jin army suffered far more casualties than the Ming army estimated.

Of the [-] horse infantry who entered Liao, less than [-] managed to break through the siege, and the remaining thousand were missing, presumably dead in some unknown place.

But if it breaks through [-], the Jin army can only be said to be injured, and it will not reach the level of breaking an arm.

The problem is that on the way to Huifa City, more than [-] real captives died of pain, and more than [-] people were disabled.

In other words, the Golden Army actually lost [-] soldiers and horses in the first battle of Liao Dynasty, and they were all young and middle-aged.

The death and disability of these people dealt a great blow to the Kingdom of Jin, and Nurhachi himself was the one who suffered the most.

"Khan hurt his leg. I'm afraid he won't be able to get off the ground for a year. Even if he gets off the ground, he might..."

In Huifa City, in Nurhachi's temporary palace, a Liao medical craftsman was sweating profusely in front of Mangurtai, Dege Lei, Hu Erhan, and Daishan who hurried from Tieling and others.

Nurhachi on the sickbed is much better than when he broke through. Although he can't walk or sit up, he can at least think normally and give instructions.

"You go back."

Seeing the doctor finished speaking, Nurhachi frowned and told him to back down, realizing that he would probably spend the rest of his life on crutches, and even if he was lying on the bed, no one would dare to disobey his orders.

The doctor retreated, and after he retreated, Nurhachi said:

"Tell me about the situation..."

"Khan Ama, the Ming army is attacking Jiefan City and Yilu Station at the gate of Tieling, and the second brother is urging the strong men in Tieling and Kaiyuan to harvest grain."

Mang Gurtai was courteous, for fear of being judged for leading the troops to support Hetuala.

He has his own small thoughts, but Nurhachi can also see that he didn't expose it, just nodded slightly to know it.

He put his gaze on Daishan's body, and his face was slightly displeased.

The reason is very simple. The prison country he wants is actually Huang Taiji, not Daishan.

It's just that Huang Taiji was injured in the first battle and can only lie in bed so far, so he let Daishan supervise the country.

As for Daishan, after seeing the eyes of his own Khan Ama, he immediately stepped forward and said:
"The Ming army took down Hetuala, but they didn't continue to advance. I guess this time the Ming army only wanted to take down Hetuala and Jiefan City, and then take away Tieling and Kaiyuan within the Great Wall."

"But even so, the distance from Kaiyuan to Wuyewuwei is only more than [-] miles, and without Hetuala, there is not much iron ore for us to mine and train weapons."

"I suggest that Ciluwei be restored and built as a new capital. There are iron mines on the east side of Ciluwei, and the terrain is flat. There are still more than [-] mu of cultivated land in the area."

"The most important thing is that the Cilu Guard is far enough away from the Ming court, eight hundred miles away, and the Ming army's population in Liaodong is not enough to launch a large-scale expedition!"

"In addition, after taking down the Cilu Guard, we will be close to the Horqin Department. This time, while we were fighting the Ming army, the Hutudun of the Chahar Department sent troops to attack the Horqin Department. If we do not make a statement, the Horqin Department may collapse. To the tiger and the rabbit."

"In addition, Ciluwei and Wuyewuwei are in a line. If you go forward, you can go to Wuyewuwei to attack Liaodong, and if you retreat, you can retreat to the grassland or Saliwei. It is good for us."

Lin Danhan attacked Horqin, and most of the people in the palace just knew about it.

They don't know yet that Lin Danhan sent troops because he received information and lures from Zhu Youjian, but even if they knew, they probably wouldn't be able to respond.

But I have to say that Daishan’s idea is very constructive. First of all, the Jin army has suffered heavy losses, and the Ming army has stationed [-] troops in Liaodong. .

Of course, more importantly, the artillery of the Ming army...

"The artillery of the Ming army is much more powerful than before, and there are too many of them. We must pay attention to artillery, or even imitation."

Daishan emphasized this sentence, but the imitation of artillery is not that simple.

If the artillery was easy to imitate, then the Jin army would not have been suppressed by the artillery of the Ming army.

So far, the most elite artillery in their hands is still dozens of Fran cannons seized from the Ming army, and these are already items that the Ming army is about to eliminate.

They can't even imitate the Fron machine, let alone the general Yanshan cannon that has no model.

The ordinary iron cannons they made themselves have a range of less than half a mile. How can they deal with the Ming army with such artillery?

"Cannons are not so easy to forge." When Nurhachi said this, he felt a faint pain in his legs.

"I will find a way!" Daishan responded with a bow. He knew that if the artillery was not developed, no matter how strong the Jin army was in field battles, it would not be as strong as the artillery of the Ming army.

"You must learn artillery!" Daishan thought in his heart.

"Okay, back off, I'm tired."

Nurhachi didn't seem to want to say any more, he waved his hand to signal everyone to retreat, and seeing this, all the generals also left the temporary palace one after another.

But after quitting, Hu Erhan and the others didn't talk much with Dai Shan, but rushed towards Huang Taiji's training place.

This scene was seen by Daishan, but he didn't show any anger, but left the palace with his own people.

At the same time, Hu Erhan and others also came to the place where Huang Taiji cultivated, but at the moment Huang Taiji was in a bit of a panic.

Although the arms and legs hit by the artillery shells were not disabled, every movement was painful.

The severe injury to his waist made him unable to get out of bed, so he could only lie on the bed to meet Hu Erhan and the others.

Hu Erhan, Yuetuo, Jierhalang and others sat on the chairs, and then talked about the arrangement of Daishan as the supervisor of the country just now, and asked:

"Lord Baylor, what do you think of moving to the Ciruwei?"

Apparently, Hu Erhan and others thought that what Dai Shan said was right, maybe they were suppressed too much by the Ming army in this battle, and they just want a safe place now.

If, as Daishan said, the Ming army stopped mobilizing troops after conquering Jiefan City, then this is a good time to move.

It's already July now, and the mountains will be covered by heavy snow in two months. The more than [-] people in Huifa City need to face the threat from the Ming army in Jiefan City at all times.

Although Huifa City has tens of thousands of acres of arable land, it is only less than [-] miles away from Jiefan City. Although there are more than ten stone fortresses along the way, everyone has seen the power of the Ming army's artillery, and those stone fortresses are simply unstoppable. Live the artillery of the Ming army.

That is to say, the Ming army had no intention of going on an expedition, otherwise Huifa City would have been captured by the Ming army.

Huang Taiji also understood the generals' concerns very well, so he said:

"Investigate Cilu City of Ciluwei and Shangjing City leading to Ula City of Wuyewuwei. There are a lot of Haixi Jurchen entrenched in these places before, and the arable land can be directly cultivated."

"Yes!" Hu Erhan agreed, and Huang Taiji looked at Jierhalang next to him and said:
"Jierharang, tell your second brother about my opinion. If your second brother agrees, then you apply to take the old and weak in the city to Ula City first, and I will wait for the injury to recover before leaving."

"Yes..." Jierhalang responded, and Huang Taiji continued to speak:

"In this battle, the two white flags only escaped three cattle, the two yellow flags only escaped twenty-one cattle, and the two red flags only escaped fifteen cattle."

"Including the two blue flags, there are only forty-six remaining. There are still two yellow flags, ten cattle, two red flags, ten cattle, and two white flags, five cattle. My Dajin now only has one hundred. There are [-] cattle records, and the number of soldiers and horses is more than [-]."

"There are still more than [-] Han soldiers, and [-] Mongols. The total number of soldiers and horses is only [-]."

Huang Taiji's words exposed Houjin's weak family background.

There were originally [-] Manchu, Han, and Mongolian warriors, but now there are only more than [-] left, which was a bone-breaking blow to Hou Jin.

"Otherwise, all children over the age of thirteen will be included in Niu Lu. I'll do the math, and there should be about ten thousand."

Hu Erhan opened his mouth, but Huang Taiji shook his head and said:
"For a thirteen-year-old child to fight wearing immobile armor, he must be at least fifteen years old."

"Let's reclaim Wuyewuwei and Ciluwei first."

After finishing speaking, Huang Taiji raised his hand to signal them to retreat, and all the generals also dispersed after seeing this.

After they left, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth, feeling very uncomfortable.

Obviously, the pain caused by the stone bomb was unbearable.

"Master, General Fan, please see me."

At this time, someone outside the door spoke, and Huang Taiji immediately said, "Mr. Fan, please come in..."

After the voice fell, the door was opened, and Fan Wencheng also walked into the house, and after making edits again and again, he opened his mouth and said:

"Baile Lord's two white flags are damaged, why not show your skills to the grassland..."

"Huh?" Hearing Fan Wencheng's words, Huang Taiji turned to look at him, and Fan Wencheng also remonstrated:
"Daijin suffered a setback this time, and its strength is already somewhat stretched, and the Ming army gathered in Liaodong, so we can't get anything from Liaodong."

"In addition, Lord Baylor, your two white flags have been damaged, as well as the two red flags and the two yellow flags. Therefore, in the future, Da Khan will work with Jian Guo to fill the two yellow flags and two yellow flags with young people over the age of fifteen. red flag."

"Lord Baylor, you don't need to fight with them. It's the tiger and rabbit who attacked Horqin. Lord Belle can send troops to the grassland after he recovers from his injuries, annex Horqin and Waikalkha, and then attack Lin Danhan to expel him."

"Once my Dajin takes Horqin, there will be [-] more men, and [-] men are [-] soldiers."

"In the past, Temujin relied on the Mongols to conquer a huge territory, and Kublai Khan also used foreign generals and soldiers to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty."

"It's just that the descendants are incompetent. Except for Dayan Khan who briefly unified the grassland, the others are just mediocre people."

"If His Highness conquers the grassland, there will be [-] people who control strings, and they can attack any city on the Great Wall in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. Why not?"

It has to be said that Fan Wencheng's vision is indeed fierce. After seeing the sharp artillery of the Ming army in this battle, he knew that the Ming army could not be defeated in a frontal war.

It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army has no expeditionary strength at the moment, and encourage Huang Taiji to attack the grassland.

At that time, in the huge Mobei, every time the Ming army launches an expedition, it will be a loss of national strength.

As long as the national power of the Ming court is depleted to a certain extent, internal contradictions will become prominent, and then...

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng took the heat to hit the railway:
"Your Highness, for the Ming court, it must be shared internally and externally, and it consumes all of its energy. At that time, as long as there is internal turmoil, Dajin will have a chance..."

"..." Fan Wencheng's words echoed Huang Taiji's political views all along.

He never thought that Dajin could win the Ming Dynasty alone, and he couldn't even enter the customs and occupy a piece of land for a long time.

In his opinion, as long as the resources of a colossus like Da Ming are integrated, playing Da Jin will be nothing more than ruining it.

For example, the Battle of Restoring Liao Dynasty this time was the terrifying strength displayed by Daming after a little integration of resources.

The low administrative ability is actually the reason why a unified dynasty could not control the region in the later period, and other natural and man-made disasters are not to be feared.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji thought about what the two brothers Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youxiao did. Obviously, once they succeed in reforming, let alone Dajin, I am afraid that the entire grassland will return to the "seeing and worshiping" in the Yongle period. situation.

If Da Jin didn't do something in this short period of time, he would only be mobilized by the Ming court army and wiped out in one fell swoop...

"I take Mr. Fan's words to heart. Let's have a good rest recently."

Huang Taiji smiled at Fan Wencheng, and the word "Sir" let Fan Wencheng know that his status in Huang Taiji's heart has improved again.

He didn't say anything else, but stepped back obediently.

Because he knew that when things got to this level, it was impossible for a person like Huang Taiji not to understand what he should do now.

As for what he thought was right, after he left, Huang Taiji frowned and looked at the tent on top of the bed.

It's just that what he was thinking about was not about conquering the grassland, but about his own affairs.

This time his injury was not limited to the fact that he was unable to exert strength and needed a cane.

"Your Highness' kidney water has been injured, although he can have sex normally, but I'm afraid it will be on his heirs in the future..."

"..." Recalling what the doctor said to himself a few days ago, Huang Taiji's facial muscles twitched a few times.

"I already have three sons and one daughter. Even if I don't have any children in the future, it doesn't matter. Doesn't Zhu Di of the Ming court only have three sons..."

Huang Taiji calmed down, took a deep breath and then remembered Fan Wencheng's words.

Huang Taiji can feel whether the Mongols make good use of this.

The bravery of the Mongols is no worse than that of the Jin army. What they are worse is because of the iron weapons sanctioned by the Ming court, which makes it impossible to equip large quantities of iron armor.

Once they are given enough armor and beans, the strength displayed by the Mongols will be even more terrifying than the Jin army.

When Nurhachi established the Eight Banners system in the [-]rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of seventy-six Mongolian cattle records and more than [-] people in the Jin Army, and some Mongolians were included in the Jurchen cattle records.

These Mongolian cattle records can also recruit soldiers. If Huang Taiji operates properly, there may be unexpected joy.

"If Horqin can really be subdued, maybe I can use the Eight Banners system and ask Khan Ama to set up a Mongolian Eight Banners..."

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji squinted his eyes, and then prepared to plan this matter carefully.

As for the power issue within the Kingdom of Jin, he has only eight bullies right now, so he can't get involved at all, and his health is also a problem now.

Now he only hopes that the power struggle between Mang Gurtai and Dai Shan will not bring Da Jin a second injury...

　Let me tell you, because my work is related to tourism-self-media, I am already preparing for a business trip.

　　Every day, I have to write thousands of words about the experience, as well as the experience of visiting scenic spots, and also edit videos and so on, so it is time-consuming.

　　And this business trip required more than [-] kilometers of bicycle riding, so the result was...

　　Well, it may be on the update, and occasionally the update of [-] cannot be maintained.

　　About half a month to a month on a business trip, I still try to update during the business trip, I really can’t finish two chapters, one chapter a day can still be guaranteed, as for the two updates, it depends on personal physical strength.

　　It is estimated that it will be about the same as the time when my leg was broken. Once in a while, I usually work hard to change twice.

　　Finally, I wish you all a happy and comfortable National Day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)