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Chapter 337 Ginger is still old and spicy

"Ama, there is news from Manzi Zhang Shitou and Xiao Yu'er."

On the morning of the sixth day of October, when Nuerhachi just got up and was taking a shower, Huang Taiji excitedly led Fan Wencheng into the tent, and as soon as he entered the tent, he couldn't wait to call out like a meritorious service: "Little barbarian Zhang Shitou!" In the middle of the night yesterday, a message was sent to us, and it was reported that Xiong Tingbi’s old barbarian’s grain escort team would arrive at Bijia Mountain today, and would withdraw back to Shanhaiguan tomorrow at the latest, and transport the winter cotton coats and other supplies that the Manzi court was about to send to Shanhaiguan to Bijiashan again. Manzi also emphasized one point, the old barbarian Xiong Tingbi sent a large amount of special ammunition for the slave slaughter army this time, judging from this posture, Zhang Haogu is trying to trick us to Bijia Mountain to lay an ambush."

"What is the real movement of Xiong Tingbi's army? Has anyone been sent to investigate?" Nuerhachi asked calmly.Huang Taiji replied respectfully: "Back to Ama, when I received the news last night at three o'clock, I immediately dispatched a large number of elite scouts disguised as barbarians, and made a detour to Bijia Mountain to investigate the situation. At the same time, I believe that in order to lure our army to attack Bijia Mountain, Zhang Haogu probably asked Zhang Shitou to report the real movements of Xiong Tingbi's army, so as not to be detected by our army's scouts or spy agents. Xiang, revealing his flaws exposed his plan to lure the enemy into deep."

"Accordingly, it should be like this." Nuerhachi said lightly: "But for the sake of prudence, you still have to find out the real movement of Xiong Tingbi's army at all costs. That old barbarian is not a good person. If we ignore his existence and let him suddenly jump out and stab us, it will be too late for us to regret it."

"I understand, please rest assured, Ama." Huang Taiji, who was almost tricked by Young Master Zhang again, replied respectfully.At this time, Fan Wencheng, who was kneeling on the ground, could not wait to kowtow and said: "Congratulations to Da Khan, congratulations to Da Khan, congratulations to Da Khan, I just received the urgent report from the Ningyuan Navy Clippers, and Yuan Chonghuan has agreed to dedicate the Ningyuan Navy to Da Khan. The navy is already on its way to Donghai Fort to join our army! Just to avoid the interception of the barbarian navy, the Ningyuan Navy did not dare to take the coastal route and took some long detours, so it will probably take until tomorrow morning to arrive at Donghai Fort! Ningyuan Commander of the Navy Zhao Buqi implores the Great Khan to rush to repair one or two simple wharves in Donghai Fort so that his navy can land, please show it."

"Okay!" Nuerhachi was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered: "Let Zhenghong Banner Mele Ezhen Tantai lead two thousand cavalry and three thousand slaves, and immediately go to Donghai Fort to build two piers. After Zhao Buqi arrives at Donghai Fort, Bring them to see me immediately. Also, from now on, the news that the Ningyuan navy is about to arrive at Donghai Fort will be strictly sealed. The whole line along the lower reaches of the Daling River south of Daying will be under martial law, and double the number of scouts will be sent. The barbarian scouts must not be fooled. After passing the customs, I found out that our army has been reinforced by the navy."

Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng happily agreed, and hurried down to arrange the layout. In the evening, the Jiannu scouts who were spying on Bijia Mountain first came with the news—just as Huang Taiji expected, Zhang Shitou, a double-faced agent, did not dare to do anything about it. False, Xiong Tingbi did personally send a large amount of grain, grass, weapons and ammunition to the Bijiashan granary. At the same time, Xiong Tingbi's team did not set up a long-term camp, but rested in the open air. It seemed that they would withdraw to Shanhaiguan soon.Of course, Nuerhachi and his son didn't dare to take risks, they just ordered the scouts to monitor closely, and they must find out the real movement of Xiong Tingbi's army.On the second day, the Ningyuan Navy, composed of [-] large ships and more than [-] small and medium-sized ships, arrived at the temporary pier of Donghai Fort. The generals of the Shanzong navy rewarded him with a lot of money. The traitor generals of the Shanzong were so grateful that they swore that they would dedicate their youth and body to Jiannu. The Han people all over the world were brought into the bright, warm and equal slave society advocated by Jiannu.

The good news is one after another. The traitorous sailors of Shanzong have just settled down, and the slave scouts who monitored the movement of Xiong Tingbi's army sent another news. In the early morning of the seventh day of October, Xiong Tingbi's army, who had completed the task of escorting grain and grass, went south to escort the next batch Cotton clothes and supplies that are urgently needed in winter, Jiannu scouts risked their lives to continue to follow and spy on them, preventing Xiong Tingbi from imitating his unscrupulous son-in-law and playing other tricks.Upon receiving this news, even Nuerhachi breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered to Huang Taiji: "Old Ba, immediately contact Zhang Shitou, the little barbarian, and ask him to provide the barbarian for tomorrow night, that is, the night of the eighth day of the eighth day." Password to identify friend or foe at night."

"Ama, will this little barbarian give us fake ones?" Huang Taiji asked worriedly.Nuerhachi smiled, and said with a smirk: "Of course it can't be fake. Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, wants to trick our army into an ambush on Bijia Mountain. How could he give us a fake password? If I'm not mistaken, Zhang Haogu The good old barbarian will probably divide tomorrow night's identification friend or foe password into three, one for the Xiaolinghe camp, one for the Bijiashan granary, and one for the patrol between the Xiaolinghe camp and Bijiashan—— This is what Zhang Shitou, the barbarian, gave us!"

"Ama Shengming, it's likely to be like this." Huang Taiji pondered and analyzed: "Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, used a password in the Xiaolinghe camp to prevent us from using the identification friend or foe password to sneak attack on his camp; the pen holder Using one password can prevent our army from rushing to Bijia Mountain in advance in the dark to attack; using a separate password on the road between Xiaolinghe and Bijia Mountain can allow us to reach Bijia Mountain smoothly, and it can also make us psychologically Let him relax, so that he can take the opportunity to launch an ambush and eat up our sneak attacking army in one go, or take the opportunity to sneak attack on our camp, and maximize the anti-interference value of Zhang Shitou, a little barbarian."

"It is unlikely to take the opportunity to attack our camp." Nuerhachi said with a smirk, "Everyone says Zhang Haogu, a little barbarian, likes to take risks with his troops, but he is not. He has considered all the details every step of the way before leaving. , seems to be taking risks but is actually cautious. Now his strength is not as good as ours, and he will never fight on two fronts to disperse his strength, so I can be sure that this little barbarian will never take the risk of attacking our camp this time, he will only concentrate The power will eat up our army that attacked Bijia Mountain.” Speaking of this, Nuerhachi’s smile became more ferocious, and he said with a sinister smile: “Little barbarian Zhang Haogu sent his main force elite to Bijia Mountain to fight an ambush. The camp will be empty, his great camp will be empty, and we will have a chance!"

"Hehehehehe...!" Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng laughed triumphantly together.After laughing enough, Fan Wencheng said respectfully again: "Khan, I still don't understand something, so I dare to ask Khan, we already have the Ningyuan Navy in our hands, Khan, you let us seal this thing tightly again. The news proves that Da Khan wants to use this navy as a surprise soldier—but in this plan, why is there no place for the Ningyuan Navy to play a role?"

"Don't worry, you will soon know the role of the Ningyuan Navy." Nuerhachi laughed and said: "This time, I will use this Ningyuan Navy to give Zhang Haogu a big surprise. It's a great shame for Xue to sneak attack on me in Shengjing! Hahahahaha...!"

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Three hours later, Zhang Shitou sent the letter from Nuerhachi and his son asking for the Ming army's identification code for the night of the eighth day of the eighth lunar month to Young Master Zhang. Young Master Zhang immediately called Song Xiance, Shi Kefa, Yuan Keli and other senior assistants to the central army tent. Study the military situation next to the sand table of the map.First of all, Young Master Zhang said to Song Xiance and others: "Use your brains, imagine yourself as the old slave of Nuerhachi, and see what strategy you plan to adopt after you get the password of our army's identification of friend and foe, so as to Maximize the benefits and hit our Daming army to the maximum? What countermeasures should we adopt to maximize our benefits? To hit the Slave Army as much as possible?"

After getting this order from Young Master Zhang, Song Xiance, the naturally rebellious master, and Shi Kefa, the vicious aide who was miserably brought down the day after tomorrow, immediately started thinking about the insidious and vicious strategies that Nurhachi might adopt, while Yuan Keli, who is still honest and honest, started talking nonsense Bad way, I suggest that Young Master Zhang give Nuerhachi a false password, and send troops to attack Jiannu's sneak attack army as soon as they cross the Xiaoling River. At the same time, send troops to sneak attack on Jiannu's camp.As a result, Young Master Zhang naturally roared unceremoniously, "Attack on both sides? Is it us with 14 troops or Jiannu with 14 troops? It's about the same to win two big victories at the same time and suffer two big losses at the same time?!" Yuan Keli was ashamed, so he had no choice but to sit back in his seat and prepare for the pollution from Song Xiance and Shi Kefa.

"Boss, the students discussed with Xianzhi." After whispering for a long time, Song Xiance stood up and said: "The students think that Nuerhachi has been inquiring and reconnaissing various situations of our army's Bijiashan granary these days. He also asked for the night password of our army tomorrow, the purpose of which is to hint to our army that he will sneak attack on the Bijiashan granary tomorrow night. Whether it is true or not, there are only two real targets, one is our army ambushing his fake army, and the other is our army camp. Among these two targets, it is extremely difficult to counter-ambush our army's ambush, but sneak attacking our army's large camp The difficulty of the battalion is small, the maximum benefit can be obtained, and at the same time, it can also damage the morale of our army to the greatest extent and expand the results of the battle."

"So the students think that Nuerhachi, the old Jiannu, is likely to adopt such an action plan." Shi Kefa continued: "The first step is to create the illusion of a sneak attack on the Bijiashan granary, and lure the main force of our army to go south and set up an ambush to weaken our army. Defensive force of the camp. The second step, after receiving the password provided by Zhang Shitou, sent a light cavalry to cross the river, pretending to attack Bijia Mountain to attract the attention of our army, but it will never step into our ambush circle. The third step Taking advantage of the night and the opportunity of our army's main force going south, we concentrated our superior forces and elite main forces to attack our army's Xiaolinghe Camp; Buy time for the main force to wipe out the troops left behind in our camp."

Young Master Zhang was not in a hurry to speak. After biting his nails and thinking for a long time, Young Master Zhang finally nodded and said: "Yes, your analysis is very correct. I also think that Nuerhachi is most likely to adopt this plan and put the real main target on the ground. Our camp stays at the top of the army." Hearing this, Song Xiance and Shi Kefa both heaved a sigh of relief—it's really not easy to get a compliment from Young Master Zhang, a pervert who is very good at reverse thinking, in terms of analyzing the enemy's situation. .Over there, Yuan Keli also nodded again and again, and echoed: "Master Song and brother Xianzhi have done a good analysis, much better than mine."

"Then what countermeasures do you think we should take?" Young Master Zhang repeated the question that Shi Kefa and Song Xiance had not answered.Song Xiance quickly replied: "Turn fiction into reality, first strengthen scout patrols and counter-reconnaissance, so that Jiannu can't figure out the real movements of our army, and then pretend to send an army south to set up an ambush, and the main force will be hidden in our army camp Among them. When Jiannu Xubing went south to attack Bijia Mountain, he ignored it and let him go. When the main force of Jiannu attacked our army camp, the ambush soldiers suddenly rushed out, and Jiannu would definitely be defeated!"

"Good idea, I think so too." The poor Minister of the Ministry of War and Governor of Liaodong, Yuan Keli, hurriedly echoed, lest Young Master Zhang forget his own existence.Young Master Zhang didn't answer right away. He lowered his head and stared at the sand table on the map for a long time before asking, "On the eighth night of October, when is the tide high? When is it low?"

"The ebb tide time on the eighth night of October is midnight, midnight (one o'clock in the morning)." Song Xiance, who was born as a magic stick, quickly pinched his fingers a few times, and immediately replied: "The high tide time is just after Chen Shizheng in the morning (seven o'clock in the morning) ten or so)."

"The upper reaches of the Xiaoling River and the upper reaches of the Daughter River, has it rained recently?" Young Master Zhang asked a second question.This time, Shi Kefa replied, "Back to Zhang Shaobao, there has been no rainfall in the upper reaches of the Xiaoling River recently, and the same is true in the upper reaches of the Daughter River. It is estimated that there will be no sudden surge or weakening of the water volume."

"What about the weather and wind direction? What kind of wind is more likely to blow?" Young Master Zhang asked again.This time it was Song Shengun's turn to show off again, and said respectfully: "Go home, according to the students watching the sky at night, tomorrow should be a cloudy day, and the possibility of northwest wind is relatively high."

"Northwest wind?" Young Master Zhang frowned, thinking that this wind direction is not very favorable for me. If I set fire to it, it would be me who is stationed on the south bank of the Xiaoling River.After pondering over and over again for a long time, out of prudence, Young Master Zhang reluctantly gave up the plan to burn the wild boar skin (Nurhachi: You are really poisonous!), and had to order: "Stone, write back to your father-in-law , Just say that you promise to get him our night password for tomorrow. In addition, tell him that I already know that their grain and grass are hoarded in Shishanfeng, and I am planning to send troops to attack their granary so that they can prepare for it. "

"Master, we managed to find out where Jiannu's food was stored, how did we leak this information to old Jiannu?" Zhang Shitou asked dumbfounded.Young Master Zhang said with a smirk: "Old Jiannu knows that you are my traitor. When I saw you report this news, I must have thought that I was just luring him to divide up his troops to protect food. I would never actually raid his granary. In this way, we have Here's the chance."

"Boss, don't you need to superfluous?" Song Xiance kindly suggested: "How important is the Jiannu granary? The old Jiannu has been in the battlefield for a long time. Once he knows that we have found his granary, for safety's sake, he will definitely greatly strengthen the granary's defenses." In this way, if we want to sneak attack Jiannu granary, the chances are very slim."

"Don't worry, of course I won't let everything go." Young Master Zhang said with the same mysterious smirk: "You will know when the time comes, I did this just to cover the abnormal transfer of an army."

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As Song Xiance, the crow mouth, said, after Zhang Shitou replied to the pseudonymous father-in-law Huang Taiji according to the order of the young master Zhang, Nuerhachi and his son, whose granary location was controlled by the Ming army, were really taken aback. With such a shameless enemy targeting the granary, do we still want to live a good life?Under tension, Nuerhachi first ordered Tabai, the sixth son guarding the granary, to be on strict alert, and then sent an elite army to Tabai to assist in the guarding. Then he sat down and analyzed Young Master Zhang's move with Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng. real purpose.

"Ama, my son thinks that Zhang Haogu may have two purposes for this move." After careful discussion with Fan Wencheng, Huang Taiji said: "The stone mountain peak is located to the east of the Daling River, which is not conducive to cavalry raids at night. The position is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is unlikely that Zhang Haogu's little savage will succeed in a sneak attack. The minister believes that Zhang Haogu's move is likely to be a bluff. The two purposes are to prepare for the southward army that will ambush our army tomorrow night. Prepare, when the main force of Zhang Haogu's little barbarian will go south, the camp will be empty. In order to ensure that his camp goes south, he deliberately let us know his idea of ​​attacking the granary on Shishanfeng, pretending to send an army to cross the Xiaoling River, Sneak attacking our army's granary to attract our army's attention, so that our army has no time to attack his camp. The second purpose is to divert the tiger away from the mountain, deliberately exposing his tactical goals, so that we feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. By laying out ambushes along the route to lure our army to split up, he can not only ensure the safety of the camp, but also disperse our troops so that he can defeat them one by one."

Nuerhachi also looked at the sand table on the map and bowed his head in thought. After a long time, Nuerhachi finally nodded and said, "Yes, both of these possibilities are great. But it doesn't matter, we have a strong military force, and we can deal with all kinds of problems without change. Change, strengthen the defense of Shishanfeng’s granary and act according to the plan, no matter how many tricks Zhang Haogu plays, we just need to fight according to the original plan.”

On the evening of the seventh day of October, the two sides made a plan and immediately started their respective preparations. Nurhachi’s side was to strengthen the guard at Shishan Peak, and at the same time sent countless scouts to closely monitor the roads, large and small, and hunted down the Ming army scouts who had sneaked into their rear. Do not give the Ming army an opportunity.The Ming army sent a large number of light cavalry to sweep the rear, frantically hunting down the scouts and secret agents who deliberately indulged the past a few days ago, minimizing the possibility of the army being mobilized by the enemy.The achievements of both sides are also very impressive. The scouts sent by the Ming army to the rear of Jiannu were either killed or arrested. The fine work was either captured or hacked. Fortunately, the Jiannu scouts who did not fall into the hands of the Ming army had to obediently ran back to their camp to save their lives. Almost overnight, the two sides deployed the troops behind the enemy on the map sand table. The situation became a blur.

On the morning of the eighth day of October, while continuing to intensify the anti-scout warfare, the Ming army and Jiannu also began preparations for the night battle. The elite soldiers hid in tents and slept soundly during the day, while the auxiliary army desperately prepared torches, floating forts, Sulfur, saltpeter, weapons, dry rations and other supplies for night battles, as well as the war horses of both sides, also enjoyed three meals of high-quality forage with minced meat and eggs all day long-don’t ask where so much minced meat comes from, the coaches of both sides are nothing Good stuff, so the captured soldiers on both sides were out of luck.But when it was time to apply in the afternoon, Young Master Zhang and Nu'erhachi both ordered to sound the horn, raised accounts and dispatched troops.

As usual, let's take a look at how Nuerhachi prepares for the young master Yin Zhang. After all the generals gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, Nuerhachi picked up the first command arrow and shouted: "Listen, Amin! Order!" Amin came out and clasped his fists loudly to agree, Nurhachi ordered: "Let you lead 8000 cavalry from the headquarters of the Xianglan Banner, and I will give you another [-] cavalry from the Xianglan Banner, and together they will be labeled as the Barbarian Army. , take the south ferry of Songshan Fort, cross the Xiaoling River, and go to Bijia Mountain, where the barbarians store grain, on Qingqi, and make sure to arrive at Bijia Mountain before the fourth watch!"

"Uncle, are you joking?" Amin was startled, and said in surprise: "Songshan Fort is seventy miles away from Bijia Mountain. The first shift will take at least two shifts to cross the Xiaoling River. Kill Bijia Mountain, unless there is no obstruction on the road! It is impossible that there is no barbarian army blocking this road, how can my nephew do it?"

"Don't worry, when you cross the Xiaoling River, I will send someone to tell you the password of Manzi's identification of friend and foe tonight." Nuerhachi said with a smile: "At that time, you will pretend to be Manzi's general Mangui and be ordered Go to Bijia Mountain to protect food, and the barbarian army will definitely not stop you."

"This...how is it possible?" Amin wanted to evade it, but Nuerhachi's eyes bulged, and he shouted: "Don't shirk, follow orders! When you arrived at Bijia Mountain at the fourth watch, the tide had already ebbed, but you Don't go up the mountain, because the barbarians will definitely have an ambush, you just need to delay the time, if the barbarian army ambushed out, you will retreat to Xingshan to prevent the barbarians from going north, and I will rescue you." Amin was surprised and suspicious, but she didn't Dare to say more, but honestly took the command arrow, thinking in his heart whether he should secretly inform Young Master Zhang of this matter.

"Listen to orders on behalf of Shan." Nuerhachi picked up the second command arrow and ordered: "At the second watch tonight, I personally lead the four banners of Zhenghuang Banner, Zhenglan Banner, Xiangbai Banner, and Xianghuang Banner to attack the barbarians. Big camp, the defense of our big camp is left to your Zhenghongqi and the rest of the auxiliary army, no mistakes are allowed!"

"I obey." Dai Shan clasped his fists and agreed.Over there, Huang Taiji asked suspiciously: "Ama, where is the official's Zhengbai Banner? Ama, why didn't you explain the errand to my minister?"—By the way, because Tang Gugu, the agent of the Zhengbai Banner, fell into a trick , Young Master Zhang, who had been black-hearted and rotten, was shot and collapsed in Shanhaiguan, and the Zhengbai Banner returned to the hands of the old master Huang Taiji.

"What's the rush? Your errand is the most important!" Nuerha Chi laughed, and raised his voice and shouted: "Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng listen to the order!"

"Your servant is here!" Huang Taiji stepped out and clasped his fists in agreement, Fan Wencheng jumped out impatiently, knelt down on his knees and pressed his forehead to the ground, and said respectfully, "The servant is here!"

"Let the two of you lead the Zhengbai Banner elite to set off immediately, bring more fire starters such as sulfur, saltpeter and rosin, and rush to Donghaibao to board the ship, and take the sea route south overnight, and must arrive at Bijia Mountain before Chenshi!" Nuerhachi shouted loudly : "Tomorrow morning is when the tide will rise, and your ships can go straight to the foot of Bijia Mountain. No matter what the land battle situation is, even if our army is at a disadvantage in the land battle! The barbarian army protecting Bijia Mountain must have been attracted by our army's main force to the main battlefield of Xiaoling River The defenders of Manzi Bijia Mountain have not slept all night, and they did not expect our army to attack Bijia Mountain from the sea, so they must have been negligent! I will order you two to capture Bijia Mountain at all costs and burn Manzi’s granary!"

"Ama, you still have a third wave of offensive?!" Huang Tai was shocked, and finally understood what it means to be ginger or old spicy!Fan Wencheng was so excited that he almost fainted, and yelled frantically: "The Great Khan is so wise, he is so clever, and the ghosts and gods are unpredictable! This servant swears that he will live up to the Khan's expectations. He will definitely take down Bijia Mountain and set fire to the Barbarian's granary!"

(End of this chapter)