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Chapter 108
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The small victory in the first battle was indeed pitifully small. Only 310 six heads were cut off under the city of Jinzhou, of which only 21 were authentic Jian slaves with pigtails on their heads. [-] prisoners were captured, and those with pigtails tied There are only ten authentic Jiannu, and they are still disabled Jiannu who were injured by the Hongyi cannon and could not escape on horseback. Therefore, Young Master Zhang is very dissatisfied. He thinks that he spent so much effort to design traps to kill so few Jiannu, it is simply a big plan small use! ——Of course, this is just Young Master Zhang’s own opinion. The Liaodong Ming Army soldiers who are used to losing battles don’t think so...

"Brother Zhang!" As soon as the soldiers came back and entered the city gate and got off their horses, Man Gui rushed to Young Master Zhang covered in snow and blood, picked him up, and lifted him up like Ma Shilong. Over the top of his head, he shouted loudly: "Brother Zhang, I have convinced you! I have really convinced you! Since the Shenyang War in the first year of Taichang, this is the first time that our Ming army has won such a big victory!"

"Master Zhang!" Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun, whose noses were not noses and whose eyes were not eyes when talking to Young Master Zhang in the past, also rushed up, knelt down on one knee together with Young Master Zhang, cupped their hands and said loudly: "My lord, the last general will have no eyes until the day before yesterday." , ignorant of adults and talents, offended adults, please forgive me!"

"Two generals, please hurry up, you are all gentlemen, how can I blame you?" Young Master Zhang struggled out of Man Gui's hands, and helped Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun one by one, sincerely comforting him, and then turned to Man Gui Gui asked: "By the way, Brother Man, how much did you lose in the pursuit battle? How much did you gain? Report it quickly."

Man Gui also said that Young Master Zhang was concerned about the results of the battle, so he stood at attention and replied loudly: "Master Bingbei, the final general will pursue Jiannu cavalry and behead 73 of them, including 25 Jurchen Jiannu, 48 raped lackeys, and more than a hundred horses. There are countless wounded enemies and countless weapons and banners. As for the losses of our army, 41 people were sacrificed and more than [-] people were injured."

"Very good." Young Master Zhang smiled and nodded, but he was a little disappointed in his heart. In the downwind battle that completely took advantage of all the opportunities, the casualty ratio between the self-armed cavalry and the slave cavalry was one to one. The fragility of the cavalry exceeded their own estimates.However, Young Master Zhang didn't express his disappointment. He just turned to the master Song Xiance next to him and asked, "Master Song, quickly write down the results of the battles of General Man and the other generals in a memorial. Before Jiannu encircles Jinzhou, use it immediately." Send the news of the generals to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible within [-] miles, and ask the high governor to forward it to the imperial court!"

Song Xiance wrote the memorial quickly, and handed it over to Young Master Zhang for verification, and then Young Master Zhang quickly signed and sealed it, dried the ink and handed it over to Man Gui, Ma Shilong, Wu Xiang and Zhao Lijiao, etc., and said: "Generals , please see if the gains match?" Man Gui, Ma Shilong and others passed on the battle report of Young Master Zhang, but were surprised to find that Young Master Zhang had truthfully distributed all the results and credits to them, and mentioned that the eunuch Ji Yong Ma Shilong, Man Gui and others were dissatisfied, and hurriedly said: "Master Zhang, why didn't you write your own credit? Without your ingenious command, how could we have such a great success?" victory?"

"What merit do I have? Did I draw the bow and shoot the arrow or did I go into battle to kill the enemy? How can I have any military exploits just by talking?" Young Master Zhang smiled and said, "Don't even talk about it, come and arrange a fast horse immediately , Send this battle report to Shanhaiguan overnight!" As he said, Young Master Zhang arranged for a messenger in public to send this extremely fair battle report to Shanhaiguan overnight.But Man Gui, Ma Shilong and others were deeply moved, and they knelt down on one knee to Young Master Zhang, and said in unison: "Master Bingbei has clear rewards and punishments, and the final general will wait for his heart to be convinced!"

"All generals, get up." Eldest Young Master Zhang went to support him again, and said with a smile, "Don't think too much of me, I have my godfather nine thousand years old to support me in the imperial court, so I have nothing to worry about, you go out and kill the enemy The imperial court will reward you for your military exploits, and I will follow you to take advantage, and I will definitely have my share—otherwise, where will the face of my godfather Jiu Qiansui and Gao Dushi who sponsored me come to Jinzhou go?"

"Hahahaha." The Jinzhou generals laughed together, but they were inexplicably excited in their hearts, thinking that fighting with a boss like Young Master Zhang who has a strong backing and does not take credit is indeed better than fighting with those who used to see the credit and push them away when they saw the credit. A boss who works hard is a hundred times stronger!After a few more words of modest thanks, Man Gui asked again: "Brother Zhang, although Jiannu was caught off guard by us today, it was far from hurting their vitality. It may not be long before Jiannu's army is about to Go back to the city of Jinzhou, what are your plans for the next step?"

"Of course the grand strategy is to stick to the city and rely on the city to wipe out a large number of enemies." Young Master Zhang replied solemnly, and then said with a smile: "However, if I'm not mistaken, the character and military characteristics of Jiannu Nuerhachi , after the Jiannu army encircles Jinzhou, he will not immediately attack the city, but send envoys to the city to surrender first!"

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The small victory in the first battle was undoubtedly a massive dose of scheming for the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou whose morale was extremely depressed. It not only boosted morale, but also strengthened the confidence in defending the city. The myth of invincibility has far more political significance than actual results.But for the main force of the slave building army who had just crossed the Sancha River, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue, so that Nurhachi couldn't believe his ears at all, and asked repeatedly in a daze: "Mang Gurtai fought?" Lost? Really lost? And was chased and killed by barbarian cavalry out of the city for more than 20 miles? Are you a dog slave sure that you are right?"

"Back to the big sweat, I dare not say anything wrong." The messenger sent by Mangurtai replied with a sad face: "Master Mangurtai, the leader of the banner of the slave, has indeed lost. He lost hundreds of people and hundreds of horses. I also lost all the siege chariots and iron-clad carts used for digging the city, so the master sent slaves to plead guilty to the Great Khan, and by the way, please rush to Jinzhou as soon as possible, and help the master to avenge the barbarians in Jinzhou!"

"Dog slave, useless thing!" Nuerhachi yelled angrily, whipped the messenger sent by Mangurtai with a horsewhip, and the horsewhip kept whipping him facelessly. , whimpering and cursing, "You bastard, it's fine if you lose to a barbarian scholar, but you'll still be defeated by him in a field battle. It's a shame that you still have the face to ask me for help?" His face was covered with blood, but he still kowtowed, and he kept answering: "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die, please sweat the crime, please sweat the crime."

"Ama, please calm down." The most beloved Huang Taiji came over and took Nuerhachi's arm, and said, "Ama, my fifth younger brother Manggurtai has always been brave and good at fighting. There is a reason, let this servant report the battle in detail."

Nuerhachi made sense after thinking about it, so he stopped bitterly, and asked the messenger of Mangurtai about the story. The messenger wiped the blood on his face, first told the detailed story of the battle in Jinzhou, and added: "After the barbarian cavalry returned to the city, Master Mangurtai felt that the sudden death of our general's horse was very suspicious, so he sent someone to investigate on the dirt hill where the general had gathered, and found that there were some horse fodder scattered by the barbarian cavalry on the dirt hill. ...." Huang Taiji's heart shook, he quickly interjected and asked, "Is the fodder poisoned?"

"Lord Baylor, Shengming, it is true that croton and arsenic were added to the fodder, so when our masters of Zhenglan Banner were about to charge, the horses suddenly died." Mangurtai's messenger replied with a sad face.Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji gasped together, and it was rare for Nuerhachi to put aside his underestimation of the enemy, and asked Huang Taiji, "My son, what's the name of that barbarian Zhang?"

"Go back to Ama, his name is Zhang Haogu, I heard he is only 21 years old this year." Huang Taiji replied in a deep voice.Nuerhachi's face was serious, and he gritted his teeth word by word and said: "Zhang—good—gu! I remember you!" Nuerhachi did remember this name, because this name will not only make his remaining Life is not peaceful, and it also makes him full of hatred for this name until his death, but there is nothing the owner of this name can do...

"Ama, it seems that we have seriously underestimated this Zhang Haogu before." Huang Taiji said seriously: "Judging from the fight between Mang Gurtai and him, this Zhang Haogu is definitely not the kind of bookworm who only talks on paper. Instead, he is extremely good at catching fighters and setting traps. First, he used moat traps to cause confusion among our infantry, and then suddenly opened fire to expand the chaos of our army, and then seized this fleeting fighter and quickly launched a counterattack. Even a battle-tested veteran may not be able to have it. And judging from his poison trap, Mangurtai's every move should be within his expectations. From this we can see that this little barbarian is definitely a worthy one. serious opponent."

"What's so important about a hairless yellow-haired kid winning a small battle by chance?" Nuerhachi agreed in his heart, but refused to admit defeat on his mouth. He just ordered: "Send the whole army, hurry up!" Marching, we must arrive at the city of Jinzhou before the morning of the day after tomorrow!"

"Zha!" The messenger Daqian agreed, mounted his horse and galloped to deliver the order. The Jiannu army, which was already marching quickly, ran even faster, and continued to rush towards Jinzhou with a murderous look.Huang Taiji patted his horse and followed Nuerhachi's horse, and said: "Ama, in Yi Erchen's opinion, although that little barbarian Zhang Haogu is hateful, he is still a rare talent. If we can recruit him Not only can he easily capture Jinzhou’s food reserves and reduce the army’s siege losses, but he can also have one more servant that needs to be used. Amma think about it?”

"Surrender Zhang Haogu barbarian? Is this possible?" Nuerhachi asked in a deep voice.Huang Taiji replied with a smile: "Don't worry, Fan Wencheng, that servant hates Zhang Haogu to the bone. After carefully investigating Zhang Haogu's personality and hobbies, he found that this Zhang Haogu barbarian is not only greedy for money and lust, but also timid and afraid of death. People are the easiest to be won over by us."

"Okay then, you arrange someone to try it out." Nuerhachi took out the old trick of bribing Li Yongfang to play Wang Huazhen to death, and ordered: "Send some gold, silver and jewelry to Zhang Haogu, and tell him , as long as he is willing to open the city and surrender, half of the property in Jinzhou City will be his, and in addition, I will marry my youngest daughter Conggulun to him and recruit him as a son-in-law." Huang Taiji, who admired Young Master Zhang, was overjoyed and quickly agreed.

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On the second night, that is, on the night of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in the fifth year of Tianqi, when Nurhachi's main force was still rushing to Jinzhou City, the envoys sent by Huang Taiji had already brought letters of surrender and gold, silver and jewels to fight against the enemy. With the white flag came to the city of Jinzhou.After the emissary who established slavery explained his intentions, the messenger flew to report to Young Master Zhang who was discussing the military situation with the generals. Before Young Master Zhang could speak, Ma Shilong, Man Gui and other generals had already shouted: "Drive him away, dog Jiannu, send Zhang away!" Who do you think your lord is? Surrender? Let your mother's daydream!"

"Wait." Young Master Zhang, who was worrying about the lack of preparation for the hasty battle, his eyes lit up, he quickly stopped the messenger, and ordered him: "Use a hanging basket to hang the Jiannu envoy to the city, and bring him to see me." The soldiers led the order and went away. Man Gui, Ma Shilong and other generals asked in surprise: "Brother Zhang, what did you see the envoy of Jiannu do? What good things can the envoy of Jiannu say?"

"Don't worry, I have my own opinion." Young Master Zhang shook his head, but did not explain his intention.After a while, the envoy sent by Jiannu was brought in front of Young Master Zhang. The envoy of Jiannu had received Huang Taiji's instructions beforehand, and his attitude was quite kind. With letters from Tai Chi and a box full of gold, silver and jewels, he respectfully said to Young Master Zhang: "Master Zhang Haogu, yesterday you defeated the fifth son of our Da Jin Da Khan at the city of Jinzhou, although our Da Jin Da Khan is very angry with you Ignorant and stubborn, but we also appreciate your ability, so we sweated and said, if you are willing to open the city and surrender, then our Dajin army will never harm anyone in Jinzhou City, and even take half of the property in Jinzhou City I will reward you. In addition, our Great Khan heard that you are not yet married, so we want to marry our youngest daughter Tsonggulun to you and recruit you as a son-in-law."

"You guys are very generous. Not only do you reward me with things from Jinzhou, but you also plan to marry the youngest daughter to me—let me raise his daughter for a lifetime?" Young Master Zhang smiled mockingly, and looked at the letter first. The surrender letter was full of threats and lures, and he looked at a box full of gold, silver and jewelry, and asked with a smile: "Then how old is Conggulun, the youngest daughter of your Great Khan this year? Is she pretty?"

"Master Hui Zhang, the youngest daughter of our Great Khan, Congrun Gege, is 13 years old, and she is as beautiful as the flowers on the grassland." The slave envoy boasted without blushing.Young Master Zhang's eyes rolled wildly, and he asked after a long while: "Then what do you say? If I surrender, he will not keep his word. Not only will he not marry his daughter to me, but he will kill my head to avenge his son." ,then what do I do?"

"Master Zhang—!" Ma Shilong, Man Gui and the other generals jumped up and shouted angrily.Young Master Zhang waved his hand, stopped them with his wink, and signaled that he had something to say later.The envoy who established slaves was overjoyed, and quickly replied: "Master Zhang, please rest assured, our Great Khan is the most committed person in the world, just like you Han Li Yongfang, our Great Khan married his granddaughter to him."

Young Master Zhang's triangular eyes turned even more violently. After thinking for a long time, Young Master Zhang grabbed a handful of gold, silver and jewelry sent by the enslaved envoy, and pretended to be greedy and said: "Go back and tell you Khan that if you want me to surrender, you can discuss it." However, I have two conditions. First, the Great Khan will reward me with a few more boxes of such jewels. Second, I will ask you Great Khan to send an envoy of sufficient weight to Jinzhou City to surrender to prove your sincerity in recruiting me— —Of course, if the Great Khan can send one of his sons into the city to negotiate, then I will believe it even more."

(End of this chapter)