I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 605 Post-War Inventory
After the Battle of Sarhu, Chen Liangbi was not idle. While sending people to clean the battlefield and sending good news to Liaoyang, he also sent Heshun and others to take advantage of the victory to attack and directly capture the Jiefan City five miles away from Sarhu.

This place was originally stationed by Nurhachi, but Nurhaci personally led a sneak attack on the Ming army camp and was captured instead. Therefore, Jiefan City did not have the troops to defend it and was easily captured by the Ming army.

Surprisingly, the Ming army actually found 30 shi of grain in Jiefan City.These were all obtained by the Jianlu plundering and plundering the Liao people in the past few months.

Originally, according to the old slave's plan, this much food could support [-] soldiers and horses for two months.

However, the Ming army attacked the city too quickly, so the grain was captured by the Ming army without being eaten much, and was all given to the Ming army as a wedding dress.

After Jiefan City was captured, Jianlu had only one last stronghold left, which was the old city of Jianlu Hetuala.

This city is Nurhachi's hometown, and is currently stationed by Daishan's son Yue Tuo.However, this time all the more than 4 elite soldiers who built the captives were lost in Sarhu. Chen Liangbi and others left no one behind, and they were all physically destroyed.

However, Yue Tuo had very few available troops, only the nearly [-] bannermen mobilized two months ago.However, compared with the previous elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, their combat power was not at the same level, so Chen Liangbi was not very worried.

So he took advantage of the victory and pursued it, taking the Zhejiang and Sichuan troops as the vanguard. Taking advantage of the victory, he captured Sarhu and headed to Wuling Pass and Erdaoguan in the middle of Hetuala. Then he stood still and prepared to rest and make plans again.

At this time, after five days of cleaning the battlefield, the battle situation on the Sarhu battlefield was also briefly cleaned, and the results were obtained.

This battle "completely wiped out" 42 elite captives, captured the bandit leader Nurhaci alive, and beheaded the leader of the Xianghong Banner, Da Beile Daishan, the leader of the Xiangbai Banner, and Er Beile Dudu. There were 40 people above Laerzhen, and the remaining Niuluerzhen were hundreds of people; a total of 480 stones of grain and grass were seized in Sarhu and Jiefan City, more than [-] million taels of silver, and no armor or weapons.

In addition, there are many family members and domestic slaves of Nurhaci, Daishan and others who have taken refuge in Jiefan City, totaling more than [-] people.

The Ming army suffered smaller losses, among which the four Jurchen battalions suffered the greatest losses. When they attacked Sarhu City, they fought desperately as the main attacker, but they also encountered desperate resistance from the Daishan Department.As a result, there were many losses, with a full 6000 casualties and nearly one-third of the casualties, which can be described as a devastation.

One will be a million bones.

Although the four major Jurchen camps suffered heavy losses, the remaining people did not complain.

There was no other reason. Chen Liangbi had already promised them that all the remaining people could get the land. Those who had made meritorious service could even get official positions, and those who died in the battle would also be compensated.

In addition to the Jurchen camp, Sun Yingyuan's division of the Yaowu Army in the Beijing camp also suffered 2000 casualties when faced with a sneak attack by Jianlu.The number of casualties among other artillery units, other troops in the Beijing camp, and Sichuan soldiers was relatively small, about 1000.

Therefore, in this battle, the Ming Dynasty completely annihilated the main force of the rebels at the cost of 9000 people. It can be said to be a great victory.

From then on, it threatened Liaodong, causing the situation in Liaodong to deteriorate. The main force of the Jianlu who was shaken by the Ming Dynasty was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.Except for Yue Tuo and Huang Taiji, who could still pose a slight threat to the Ming Dynasty, no one in Liaodong could compete with the Ming Dynasty. The situation in Liaodong was finally stable.

The news of Saarhu's victory quickly spread around.

Yue Tuo, who was stationed in Hetuala, was the first to receive the news. When he learned that Nurhachi had been captured alive, his father Daishan was killed, and the entire army of [-] captives was annihilated.Yue Tuan was struck by lightning and was immediately at a loss. He didn't know what to do for a moment.He was very clear about the situation in Hetuala. Although there were [-] soldiers and horses, the only ones with real combat power were the four Niulu Zhenghongqi elites whom he had brought over from Sarhu. The other troops were temporarily trained. Can't fight at all.

In addition, after the news of Sarhu's defeat came, the entire Hetuala felt like mourning. Basically, every family wore mourning, and the morale of the defenders plummeted.

Subsequently, the Ming army took advantage of the victory and occupied Wuling, Erdao and other passes, making its route to attack Hetuala smooth. Hetuala was undefendable, and it was only a matter of time before it was breached by the Ming army.

Therefore, Yue Tuan now felt a headache and helplessness.

If we stick to Hetuala, it will definitely be a dead end.If we don't defend and surrender to the Ming army, it will be very difficult.Because according to the news from Sarhu, the Ming army did not want to take prisoners, and all the Eight Banners soldiers who surrendered were killed by the Ming army.

There is even news that Daishan surrendered first and was later tricked and killed by the Ming army.

Yue Tuan was furious and helpless after hearing this news. Now he was either fighting or not. He really didn't know what to do.

He thought for a long time but still couldn't make up his mind, so he sent Zhang Anning over to discuss the matter.

Since arriving in Hetuala, it has been very troublesome for Yue Tuo to deal with the large number of family members of nobles from various banners in the city.Zhang Anning, a close confidant, was quick-thinking and very loyal to him, so Yue Tuo valued him very much.

And Zhang Anning's mood has been like a roller coaster these days, going up and then down.

The news of Saarhu's great victory soon reached his ears, making him overjoyed.

Especially after knowing that Ming Dynasty had left none of the surrendered soldiers and horses behind, I was even more excited.He thought that his great revenge had finally been avenged. Now the situation was obvious. It was only a matter of time before Hetuala was exposed. He could finally end his undercover life and return to the Ming Dynasty.

But before he could be happy for long, Zhang Shun suddenly found him and brought him the latest instructions from Jin Yiwei.

Zhang Anning originally thought he was persuading Yue Tuo to surrender, but when he heard that he was struck by lightning, it turned out that the Jin Yiwei had instructed him to continue lurking, but actually suggested that he persuade Yue Tuo to flee to North Korea.

This shocked Zhang Anning. Although Yue Tuan had already planned to go to North Korea, and had also sent people to contact Guang Haijun and Li Erzhan's old subordinates in order to leave a way for them to escape, this was also the case in the old army. The slaves were carried out on the premise that Saerhu could withstand the Ming Dynasty's attack.

Now that the old slaves have been captured and the main force of the Jianlu forces have been wiped out, even if Yue Tuo had the intention to go to North Korea, how could he possibly break through the Ming Dynasty's blockade on the Yalu River with his current military strength?Besides, what's the point of doing this?Why not wipe out all the Jianlu forces once and for all?

But Zhang Shun advised him not to think too much. This was what the emperor had negotiated with Governor Xiong and others, as long as he acted according to the plan.As for other matters, the Ming army will naturally cooperate.

Zhang Anning was puzzled by Zhang Shun's words, but now that the situation had reached such a point, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to listen to Zhang Shun's words.

(End of this chapter)