I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 561 Two great victories
He Shixian regained Tieling and Kaiyuan, and the news that Amin, the leader of the Zhenglan Banner, led his troops to surrender, was immediately sent to Liaoyang by He Shixian.

The messenger reporting the victory shuttled through the bustling crowd in Liaoyang, shouting the news of Tieling's victory as he quickly headed to Dusi Yamen, causing everyone in Liaoyang city to talk about it.

At this time, Xiong Tingbi was still working in the Liaodong Dusi Yamen. When he received the good news from the messenger, he was overjoyed and extremely happy. He quickly asked people to call Yang Lian, Zhang Quan and others.

But he himself couldn't hold back the good news, and immediately came to the back hall of Dusi Yamen, looked at the map of Liaodong, and began to evaluate the current situation in Liaodong.

Since the war started this year, the situation of the Ming army in Liaodong can be said to be excellent.

Especially after Taining Marquis Chen Liangbi led the Beijing camp to capture Fushun, he divided the Jianlu into two parts, making them unable to rescue each other.

One area is Sarhu, Hetuala and other places. This is Nurhachi's base area. It has a deep foundation. The remaining main forces of the Eight Banners are also gathered here, making it the most troublesome to fight.

The other area is Kaiyuan and Tieling, garrisoned by Amin and Huang Taiji.Although these two places are considered isolated cities, it is not easy to fight.Originally, Xiong Tingbi had the impression that these two pieces would take a lot of effort, but he never expected that Amin would lead the crowd to surrender, allowing He Shixian to easily win Kai and Iron.

In any case, after solving this big problem, the current situation is very clear.That is the situation back to the 46th year of Wanli, when Nurhaci issued the "Seven Hatreds" in Hetuala.

Therefore, looking at the situation on the map, Xiong Tingbi suddenly felt as if a huge burden had been lifted.

Recalling the 47th year of Wanli, the imperial court was defeated in the army of Sarhu and Liaodong was shaken. He was forced to take charge of Liaodong's management in the face of danger.Riding alone out of the customs, I did not expect that as soon as I arrived in Liaoyang, I heard the news that Kaiyuan and Tieling had been breached.

At this point, the situation in Liaodong became increasingly corrupt. Puhe Suo, Yilu Suo, Qinghe Fort, etc., and all the fortresses north of Shenyang were basically captured by the Jianqi.The Jianlu troops arrived directly at the gates of Shenyang City. The situation at that time was neither critical nor dangerous.

After he arrived, he saw that the troops were disorganized and had no choice but to go to the front line of Shenyang in person to pay homage to the dead soldiers, recruit exiles, and purge military orders.

Then they rectified their armaments, built chariots, purchased firearms, dug trenches, built city walls, and prepared to hold on. Only then did the situation in Liaodong ease and the morale of Liaodong be boosted.

But even so, the officials in the court were not very satisfied with him, and they criticized him a lot, which made him exhausted.Thinking of this, he really thanked the emperor in his heart.

Since he came to the throne, he has placed great trust in himself and agreed to all his requests. He also sent Yang Lian as his deputy to fight against corruption and eradicate Liao traitors.At the same time, the new army was organized and trained, and new firearms were provided to Liaodong.

Xiong Tingbi could conclude that without the emperor's support, he would never have been the governor of Liaodong for so long, and the war in Liaodong would not have progressed so smoothly.

But when he saw the current situation, he was very pleased, and he did not embarrass the emperor.

He was finally able to fulfill his previous promises in the question book.

It’s just around the corner to wipe out the Jianlu captives and capture the old slaves alive!

"Where is the good news? Where is the good news?"

At this moment, there was a rush of shouting outside the door, and Xiong Tingbi knew as soon as he heard the sound that it was Yang Lian who was coming.

As soon as Yang Lian entered the back hall, he saw Xiong Tingbi who was reading a map. He immediately walked over, picked up the victory report and started reading.He looked at it for a long time, the joy on his face was beyond words, and finally he said a few good words.

"Okay, okay, now we can concentrate all our efforts on dealing with Nurhachi. When He Shixian and Chen Liangbi join forces, I don't believe they can't take down Nurhaci."

After listening to Yang Lian's words, Xiong Tingbi nodded repeatedly. He also calculated in the same way. The next step to deal with Nurhaci would be to complete his success in one battle.

But he didn't know what he suddenly thought of, and he said rather playfully:

"With every joy comes sorrow. I think if Nurhachi learns this news, his face will probably be ashen and he will definitely hate Amin to death."

"Hahaha, this is all Nurhachi's fault. If he hadn't killed Amin's father, Amin wouldn't have rebelled. It's true that he will die if he does any injustice."

Yang Lian was in a good mood now, and laughed even more when he heard Xiong Tingbi say this, but he remembered the report about Huang Taiji that He Shixian had just sent yesterday.He never expected that Huang Taiji would persuade Horqin to send troops, and Horqin was still very ambitious. He actually decided to give up saving Amin and intercept and kill Chahar first.If they really succeed and then lead their troops eastward, they will not be afraid of being a threat to He Shixian of Tieling. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say:

"Although Amin surrendered, Huang Taiji ran away. His alliance with Horqin was also a hidden danger and had to be guarded against. He Shixian said in the letter that he had sent someone to notify Arzhai. As for the Chahar tribe, it has sent troops for ten It has been many days, and the battle with the Horqin tribe may have been over by now. As for the results of the battle, even if we want to inform you now, we are afraid that we will be out of reach."

As soon as these words came out, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but become worried.But after thinking about it for a while, he still felt it was okay.

"Hong Lengtaiji of the Chahar tribe is brave in battle and is also a man of military knowledge. It is not that easy for Huang Taiji and the people of the Horqin tribe to defeat him. Besides, so what if we defeat him, we have already captured Tieling, Kaili and so on. The original two places are also defended by the cavalry of Aerzhai, so even if the Horqin tribes lead their troops eastward to invade Tieling and other places, it will be useless.

The Chahar tribe can also be regarded as the main leader of Mongolia. If Horqin wins, I don't believe that Lin Dan Khan will remain indifferent. When the two of them fight, wouldn't it be better for me to wait and reap the benefits? "

When Yang Lian heard this, he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it, so he could only nod in agreement.

Afterwards, Zhang Quan, the censor of the Liaodong patrol, Bing Bei Dao Guards and others came to the scene one after another after learning the news. After some discussion, they wrote a letter to the emperor to report the victory. At the same time, they wrote down the next plan and the movements of Huang Taiji and others clearly.

However, Xiong Tingbi then gave Yang Lian a task, which was to go to Tieling in person to meet Amin in person on behalf of the Liaodong Dusi and the court to appease his emotions and stabilize the morale of the military.

After all, as the governor of Liaodong and one of the most respected and trusted people by the emperor, his weight is undoubtedly the most important.

Yang Lian naturally had no objection to this, but he had to meet one person before he went, and that was Mang Gurtai, who had been imprisoned for a month.
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Not only the Ming army's messengers spread the news, but the Zhengbai Banner soldiers who evacuated from Kaiyuan to Horqin and prepared to meet Huang Taiji also wanted to tell Huang Taiji, Nurhaci and others the news.

Two hundred miles west of Horqin is the ferry in the middle reaches of the Yaola River.

The Yaola River originates from Chahanhot in the Chahar region. The river flows from west to east until it reaches Nenhorqin and then merges into the Xiliao River.Therefore, it is regarded as a natural waterway from Chahar to Liaodong or Horqin. The army often travels along the river when setting off. On the one hand, it is convenient to find the way and on the other hand, it is easy to replenish water sources.

But now, there are corpses everywhere beside the ferry of this natural waterway. The blood of corpses flows into the river through the gaps in the weeds, making the originally clear Yaola River water become turbid, and also carries the smell of blood far away, making more people Animals come here to get a piece of the pie.

The piercing cries of crows in the sky resounded throughout the sky, and hundreds of mountain vultures kept flying from the sky, jumping on the ground, feasting on the corpses on the ground, eager to enjoy this gluttonous feast.

Horqin's soldiers, who were plundering the spoils on the side, did not even bother to drive away the crows and vultures that came to take a share of the pie.They searched the dead corpses as quickly as possible, taking away only the weapons and valuables on the corpses, and then moved on to the next target. As for the corpses, they just let them die on their own.

Looking at the movements of these Horqin soldiers in the distance, although they were already very fast, in Huang Taiji's eyes they were extremely slow.

Since he sent out troops with Horqin's tribe, Huang Taiji had very few troops at his disposal, so he kept a low profile after dispatching troops. He stayed with his father-in-law Manggul Taiji and brother-in-law Zasai Taiji, giving them advice.

Fortunately, Manggusi and Zasai knew what he was capable of and paid special attention to his words.

Therefore, with his suggestion and the support of Manggusi and others, Horqin tribe Taiji decided to show weakness and confusion first.So he first sent an envoy to meet Hong Lengtaiji, and after experiencing the mistakes he had made before, he hoped that for the sake of submission, he could be spared.I hope this will confuse Hong Lengtaiji.

Unexpectedly, Hong Lengtaiji was full of confidence and felt that Horqin had no reason to rebel.So now that I see Horqin being so virtuous, I think it's because Horqin is afraid of his own troops that he is so cowardly.Not only did he not accuse Horqin, but he promised to forget about it.

So Horqin's tribe set up a plan and set up an ambush at the ferry crossing that Honglingtaiji must pass through in the middle reaches of the Yaola River. When Honglingtaiji's army was halfway across the river, he suddenly led his army to attack the troops crossing the river.

Chahar's army was already in a panic when they crossed the river. Now they suddenly saw enemy troops coming to kill them, and their morale was immediately thrown into confusion. Countless people drowned, fell off their horses and were trampled in the panic.

Upon seeing this, the commander-in-chief Hong Lengtaiji quickly ordered his guards to assemble to resist, but it was to no avail.In the end, his troops were divided into several sections by Horqin, and they were unable to look at each other, unable to withstand Horqin's attack.

In the end, after several bloody battles, he could not save himself. He could only sigh and secretly thought that he was really confused and believed Horqin's words.But at this point, he had no choice but to flee in panic under the escort of his personal guards.

As a result, Horqin only suffered more than 300 casualties in this battle, while Chahar suffered more than [-] casualties. It can be said to be a complete victory.

It's just that after winning the battle, Huang Taiji couldn't be happy.

(End of this chapter)