"It's no problem to postpone, or ignore Wei Bao! The key is whether it's cost-effective or not!? Nurhachi sighed and said, "There will definitely be no problem in winning Wei Bao in the end!" The point is not knowing how much to pay!? If Wei Baojun fights with us with all his might, will it cause more than 200,000 losses to our Dajin Kingdom!? None of this is clear. If Wei Baojun can really cause such huge damage to my Eight Banners army, it can't easily fight Wei Bao! ”

"So, you have to wait until after the beginning of spring to find out." Fan Wencheng followed Nurhachi's words and said: "Great Khan, only after the beginning of spring, can we know the real gap between the Eight Banners Army and the Wei Bao Army, at that time, as long as my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is divided into a thousand teams, four or five thousand people and horses can travel back and forth to all parts of southern Liaoning in one day, all the Han people in southern Liaoning can't go out of the city, I see that so many people can't farm, what do they live on?" As long as we hold both sides of the Hunhe River during this time, we will not let Wei Baojun increase troops in our Shengjing area and Fushun area! Even if they increase their troops, they are not afraid, they will encircle and suppress as many as they come, and they will not let any of them back! ”

"Why didn't you say these things before?" Nurhachi said unhappily: "If I remember correctly, you also advocated reconciliation with Wei Baojun before." ”

"Before, I still underestimated Wei Bao, thinking that Liaonan was isolated, and we could first deal with Mao Wenlong's army and the Koreans, and then go back to deal with Liaonan. Now it seems that this is definitely not going to work! Wei Bao refused to leave a written guarantee, and his words were empty. Now I can easily reach a reconciliation with Mao Wenlong, if our army wants to deal with Mao Wenlong's army, Wei Bao will definitely send troops to support and attack the rear grain of my Eight Banners army! Similarly, if we want to strike at North Korea, we will face the two-way interception of Wei Baojun and Mao Wenlong's army, which is also difficult! In this way, we can't get around Liaonan! Liaonan must be taken first. Fan Wencheng said.

Nurha's fist gently tapped the side of his head, "I hope Wei Bao can really keep his promise!" If we take the initiative to give up Lianshan Pass, he will no longer be the enemy of our Eight Banners army in the future. ”

"Great Khan, don't bet on your opponent. Let's not talk about whether Wei Bao is trustworthy or not, even if he was trustworthy in the past, it does not mean that he is trustworthy now, and being trustworthy now does not mean that he will be trustworthy in the future. When Wei Bao has the ability to compete with the Eight Banners Army one day, who knows if he will suddenly attack us. Fan Wencheng persuaded.

"Okay, I'm tired, let's do what you say first!" Nurha Equator: "During this time, hold both sides of the Hunhe River, and prevent Wei Bao's army from increasing troops in my Shengjing area and Fushun area!" If they dare to continue to increase their troops, they will not let any of them go back as much as they come! He also ordered the defenders of Lianshan Pass to step up preparations for battle and training. Strictly guard against Lianshan Pass, if Wei Baojun dares to form a large camp again, fight first! ”

"Yes, Great Khan." Fan Wencheng was overjoyed to see that the Great Khan had used his strategy.

After Wei Bao returned to Qingtaiyu, he sent people to urge Jiannu to give up Lianshan Pass, but Jiannu just ignored it.

"It's definitely not the way to drag it out like this! Order the battalion to regroup! Wei Bao was secretly anxious, and it was the fifth day of the first month in a blink of an eye, and he was still counting on solving the problem of southern Liaoning within this month, and he could go to Beijing in February to catch the exam and take the Jinshi exam. Only when you get the fame of Jinshi can you take the career in an upright manner. He is currently the seventh-grade Liaoning Southern Transit Envoy, which is Sun Chengzong who protected him. If you keep going down this road, you will have to get a five-grade prefect in the future. After all, he now has only one background.

"Now Jiannu has tens of thousands of troops in Lianshan Pass, and if you want to assemble a large camp outside Lianshan Pass, I'm afraid it will be difficult, and Jiannu may be able to go out of the pass for a decisive battle." Hou Sandao.

"What then? Just go on with Jiannu? These people who have no credit, they said that we will withdraw the camp, and they will give up Lianshan Pass! Even the national letter was sent to me, but I dared to regret it! Wei Bao said angrily.

"President, the reason why Jiannu took the initiative to negotiate peace with us is mainly because the president made a good move and sent a small group of elite infantry troops to the hinterland of Jiannu in Shenyang and Fushun, which made Jiannu unbearable, and the president now wants to put pressure on Jiannu, and still has to find a way from the hinterland of Jiannu." Hou San admonished.

Wei Bao looked at the map and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

"President, please see, Jiannu is now unwilling to give up Lianshan Pass, and will definitely prevent us from continuing to use troops in Shenyang and Fushun, and will also strictly guard against both sides of the Hunhe River. We don't have many elite troops in our hands anymore, and we can't send them if we want to. It was possible to withdraw the soldiers and horses around Shenyang and Fushun, leaving only a small army to continue its activities, liaise with the local Han bandits and the Liuzi Gang, and continue to wreak havoc in the hinterland of Jiannu. Let Madman Tan and Wan Daxi's troops find an opportunity to board the boat along the Hunhe River, and then use the ships of the Coast Guard to transport them to the vicinity of Xipingbao! One attacked the large Jiannu households around Xipingbao, and the other looked for an opportunity to attack the soldiers and horses of the Jiannu Shenyang side who came to reinforce around the Liaohe River. As long as you can fight a beautiful ambush battle, the defense of Jiannu in the area of Quang Ninh and Xiping Fort will be threatened! Jiannu must be afraid! Moreover, in this process, we can contact the president's teacher, Inspector Sun, and ask the Jiliao soldiers and horses to go to the vicinity of Jiannu Quang Ninh to exert pressure! The defenders of Jiannu Quang Ninh were not allowed to send reinforcements. "Hou Sandao: 'When Jiannu saw that Jiliao's soldiers and horses and our army were acting together, he must have been even more panicked.'

Wei Bao nodded, "That's a good idea!" But I made an appointment with Mao Wenlong to put pressure on Jiannu in the area of Lianshanguan! ”

"Then we can now slowly move towards the vicinity of Lianshan Pass, fight steadily, step by step, and slowly press the past. If we return to the previous camp at once, Jiannu will definitely occupy our camp in advance and fight a decisive battle with us. Hou Sandao.

"Yes! Just do what you just said, go for it! Let Lin Wenbiao inform Madman Tan and Wan Daxi's people. Wei Bao agreed.

"Yes, President!" Hou San gave a standard military salute and then stepped back.

Wei Bao looked at the map for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Hou San's method was good, and he was very pleased, the officers and the army were all played, and it was only less than a year of effort, and some of the backbone generals had already grown up.

On the same day, Hou San let the 100,000 new army as the main force, and the army led by the land guard regrouped from the three directions of Qingtaiyu, Tianshui Station and Ximucheng, and slowly advanced towards Lianshan Pass.

The troops around Shenyang and Fushun were ordered by Tan and Wan Daxi to also look for opportunities to board ships, and the ships of the escort team would be transported to the area west of the Liao River, around Xipingbao.

"Father Khan, Wei Bao's army has really begun to assemble again, and it seems that it is going to set up a large camp outside Lianshan Pass again." Huang Taiji came to report.

Nurhachi was furious, "He is so bold, since he has already given up the big camp outside Lianshan Pass, how dare he come?" Order the army of 10,000 people to enter the original camp of the Wei Bao Army first! If Wei Baojun dares to approach us within ten miles, he will immediately attack and fight! This Wei Bao is really planning to fight us! It seems that he is unwilling not to take Lianshan Pass before the beginning of spring. ”

"Father Khan, do you really want to fight a decisive battle with Wei Baojun outside Lianshan Pass? It seems that Wei Baojun is coming to attack the city, so it is better to wait for work and stick to the city, right? Huang Taiji admonished.

"Have you ever thought about it, when has our Eight Banners Army been played like this? If Wei Baojun had withdrawn from the camp first, and now returned to the camp, and we had been guarding the city and not daring to fight, what would the soldiers of the Eight Banners think? This can affect morale! Nurha said: "And looking at the slow speed of Wei Bao's army, eighty percent of them will not come to attack the fortified city, they are waiting for us to attack them!" Don't you understand? ”

"Shouldn't we crash into it, then? Wei Bao has a lot of people, it's not good, he just wants these 100,000 people to fight with us, if they are all infantry against infantry, our army of 10,000 people may not be able to take much advantage of Wei Bao's 100,000 people. "Huang Taiji Dao.

"No matter what they plan, immediately give the order, get out of Lianshan Pass, and occupy the Wei Bao Army camp outside Lianshan Pass! If a good battalion is not occupied, will it be burned in vain? Nurhachi ordered.

Huang Taiji knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he had to agree and go down to assign people.

Nurhachi let the army of 10,000 people occupy the large camp that Wei Baojun had originally established outside Lianshan Pass, and the new army group composed of the Army Guard and the garrison headquarters troops commanded by Hou San is still slowly approaching the large camp outside Lianshan Pass like a snail.

At the same time, Nurhachi received an urgent document from Xipingbao, which was sent by the general of Jiannu Xipingbao, saying that many Han soldiers and horses of unknown origin were operating around Xipingbao, and many Manchu families were plundered and killed, and many Manchu manors were destroyed.

The most critical thing is that Madman Tan occupied Sand Ridge Town on the first day.

When Nurhachi received the battle report, he almost fainted with anger.

Nurhachi has feelings for Xipingbao and Guangning, which can be regarded as his blessed land, and Jiannu can completely gain a foothold in the Liaohe Hunhe River, relying on the battle between Xipingbao and Guangning.

In the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Nurhachi led the Houjin army to cross the Liao River to the west, and the Ming army defending the river was defeated and retreated, and the Houjin army pursued to Xipingbao.

Luo, the defender of Xiping Fort, has always been uninvited to surrender, and waited for reinforcements, and the Jin army attacked the fort, and Luo and the defenders died in battle.

The Ming army Guangning guerrilla Sun Degong, the general Qi Bingzhong, the general Zu Dashou and the Zhenwu Fort general Liu Qu led an army of 30,000 to help, was ambushed at the Pingyang Bridge, the general Liu Qu and others were killed, Sun Degong fled back to Guangning, Zu Dashou fled to Juehua Island, and the whole army was killed and wounded. Min Yunlong, the commander of Pingyang Bridge, and Jin Li, the commander of Zhenwu Fort, led the army and civilians to surrender.

In this battle, Nurhachi was stationed in Shaling to command. Liaodong passed through Xiong Tingbi, and the governor Wang Huazhen abandoned Guangning City and retreated to Shanhaiguan. Guangning City guarded the guerrilla Sun Degong, garrisoned Huang Jin and other cities to surrender, and then the Jin army entered Guangning City.

At that time, the Houjin soldiers (Qing soldiers) flocked to the city, more than 50,000 horses surrounded Xiping Fort, chariots, ladders, iron hooks and other siege equipment were pushed out of the front of the battle, ready to attack the city in a big way.

Nurhachi ordered Li Yongfang to command the siege of the city, and as a Ming general, he sent a messenger to the city with a banner, and Zhao Luo always surrendered, saying: "We know that General Luo is a good man, surrender quickly, and I am willing to share wealth with the general!" ”

Luo has always stood on the city tower and scolded Li Yongfang: "Traitor! Why did the court treat you badly, why did you rebel? Don't you know that I, Luo, have always been a loyal and righteous man? He also raised a flag and shouted Li Yongfang's name: "Traitor, come down quickly, save you from death!" ”

Li Yongfang was furious and ordered the siege of the city.

Luo had always held on to the city, returning fire with heavy artillery fire.

Houjin soldiers densely spread around the castle, became an accurate target of artillery fire, each shell landed, with a earth-shaking roar, Houjin soldiers fell a piece, casualties, not long after, the city under the corpses and the city level!

The Houjin soldiers braved artillery fire and desperately attacked the city, and three times they were about to break the city, but three times they were repulsed. In the fierce battle, a arrow flew and hit one of Luo's eyes, and the unbearable pain made him lose the ability to command, but the soldiers still fought on their own. The gunpowder had run out, the arrows and stones had run out, the reinforcements were gone, and Xipingbao was in despair.

Fierce fighting to noon, the city suddenly stopped bombardment, Houjin soldiers quickly pushed out the chariot, entered the city, set up a ladder, at this time the Ming soldiers have lost their ability to resist, and watched the Houjin soldiers rush up like a tide. Xiping fell.

Luo has always been determined to die for his country, he faced the south, the direction of the Jingshi, bowed, and said sadly: "The power of the ministers has been exhausted, and the city has been lost!" With that, he raised his saber and killed himself. Chen Shangren and Wang Chongxin also killed themselves. The 3,000 soldiers defending the city were all annihilated. Later, the Jin soldiers washed the whole city in blood.

After this battle, Jin also suffered heavy losses, and the Ming side said that Jiannu was killed or wounded by six or seven thousand people.

Xiping Fort had just been breached, and the Houjin generals had already discovered that the Ming soldiers were moving here. This is the reinforcement sent by Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi, a total of more than 30,000 people. Wang Huazhen listened to the idea of Sun Degong, the general of his confidant, sent all the Guangning troops, took Sun Degong as the vanguard, and together with Zu Dashou, Qi Bingzhong's troops guarding Luyang Station, came to Xiping to relieve the siege.

Sun Degong was originally a subordinate of He Shixian, who was guarding Shenyang, and he had secretly lowered Houjin, planning to take advantage of the opportunity to aid Xiping, and wanted to promote the defeat of the Ming army.

After discovering the Ming reinforcements, Nurhachi immediately ordered the whole team to meet and attack. The Ming general Sun Degong divided his troops into the left and right flanks, and ordered Liu Qu to go into battle, while he retreated to the rear of the formation, and as soon as the front clashed, he shouted: "Defeated!" Defeated! While shouting, he rushed out of the formation and fled first, and the deputy general Bao Chengxian fled closely behind. Seeing that the commander had fled, the Ming army dispersed in a hurry.

Liu Qu, who was fighting, for unknown reasons, had no intention of fighting, turned his horse away, and fled with the rout.

Later, the Jin soldiers took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and went to Shaling (south of Guangning, near Xiping Fort), and vigorously surrounded and annihilated the Ming soldiers.

Nurhachi personally commanded the battlefield, and the Jin soldiers were greatly emboldened, brandishing swords and guns, and carried out a massacre. In the chaos, the Ming general Liu Qu's horse was knocked down, and he was overturned to the ground and hacked to death. Qi Bingzhong was hit by two knives and three arrows, but fortunately he was rescued by his family, broke out of the encirclement, and died of serious injuries halfway through; Liu Zheng, the deputy general of Zhenwu Fort, fell from his horse with an arrow; Liu Shizhang was hit by an arrow in the body, which passed through his hips and "nailed him to the saddle". More than 30,000 Ming reinforcements were wiped out in Shaling.

After this battle, all the areas east of the Daling River were returned to Jiannu.

"What the hell does Wei Bao want to do? Dragged on the side of Lianshanguan for a long time! Now he has gone to Quang Ninh and Xiping Fort to make trouble! "Nurhachi said angrily: 'Immediately order Amin to bring 10,000 men to encircle and suppress!'

"It seems that the army sent by Wei Bao to my hinterland should have been transferred to the area of Xipingbao and Quang Ninh, and they saw that we had strengthened the garrison in the area of Shengjing City and Fushun, and they were afraid of being surrounded! At this time, let Amin go for reinforcements, be careful of being ambushed by Wei Baojun, who is the best at ambush warfare. Huang Taiji reminded.

"Amin is brave and has never suffered a loss, so he should be more careful." Azig also said.

"Also, Wei Baojun has a water master! We don't have it, and we still need to be prepared for being ambushed by Wei Baojun's sailors when crossing the Liao River! Abatai also discouraged.

"Ordered Amin to wait on the edge of the Liao River with 10,000 elite banners, and I will personally go to command the battle!" Nurha equator.

"Father Khan, you don't have to go there in person on this cold day, right?"

When several Baylors heard this, they immediately persuaded each other together.

Nurhachi waved his hand and said, "No need to say any more!" Didn't I make the territory of the Eight Banners little by little? I can't count on you people, so I can only go myself! It's a pity that my old fellows have all died in battle, otherwise, why would I have to go out myself! ”

The generals were silent for a while, and no one dared to answer, indeed, when Nurhachi first started the incident, there were several generals, and now many of the remaining generals are the sons of Nurhachi's old fellows.

"Father Khan, I'll go with you." Huang Taiji saw that the dissuasion was ineffective, and sold it in a timely manner.

"No need, you can sit in Lianshan Pass! Try not to clash with Wei Bao, and remember, defend as an offense! Nurha Equator: "I'm not sure what this Wei Bao thinks now, we must guard against the possibility that Wei Bao will have more useful numbers to fight with our Eight Banners elite!" ”

Huang Taiji nodded: "Yes, Father Khan!" ”

Nurhachi then took a few generals and immediately set off to the Liao River to meet Amin's troops.

Nurhachi didn't believe that he could defeat tens of thousands of elites of the Ming army, take Xipingbao and Quang Ninh in one fell swoop, and completely lay the foundation of the Dajin Kingdom, but now tens of thousands of troops can't deal with a few thousand Wei Bao troops!?

Jiannu has always overestimated the number of troops of Tan Maniac and Wan Daxi, the two roads are actually only a little more than a thousand people combined, and the combat effectiveness cannot be at the same level as the elite of Jiannu, at best, they can only be like bandits, plundering the manors and pastures of the big Jiannu families, and then snatching some of the livestock to make mature meat, and sending some of the livestock to the nearby Han people, that's all.

Nurhachi and the others hurried desperately, and it only took one day to reach the edge of the Liao River, at this time Amin only gathered the vanguard army of 3,000 people, and more than 10,000 people did not arrive.

"Great Khan, are you here so soon? And for this little thing, why should the Great Khan go out in person? Amin personally greeted him.

"Are all the boats ready to cross the river?" Nurhachi didn't have time to gossip, and he had a dusty face, and he had been on the road for a day and a night on such a snowy day, which was impossible for a man of his age without super willpower.

"It's all ready, more than a hundred boats, the water is shallow in winter, no problem. With a stick of incense, you can cross the river. Amin reported.

"Did you see Wei Baojun's ship? Watch out for their interceptions. "Nurha equator.

"Don't worry, Great Khan, I have sent scouts to the vicinity for ten miles to reconnoitre, as long as there is an enemy situation within a radius of ten miles, we will know immediately. Wei Baojun dared to rob a big household everywhere like bandits, and did not dare to face our Eight Banners army head-on. Amin said.

Nurhachi expressed his satisfaction with Amin's arrangement, and still advised: "Wei Baojun is very cunning and has some guts, be careful and careful!" ”

"Yes, Great Khan!" Amin agreed.

The next day, after the 12,000-strong army of Jiannu converged, they crossed the river.

It was safe, and I didn't encounter a single soldier of the Wei Bao Army.

Originally, Nurhachi only asked Amin to bring 10,000 people, but Amin himself brought 2,000 more people, and Nurhachi didn't say anything.

If it weren't for winter, it would really be nothing if there were more people and fewer people, but now the food supply on the Jiannu side is extremely difficult, and Wei Baojun has plundered the manors and pastures of the large Jiannu families everywhere, which has added to the supply difficulties of the Jiannu.

In the next two days, the Jiannu army crossed the Liao River and swept back and forth between Xipingbao, Shaling and Quang Ninh, but they did not even see the shadow of half of Wei Baojun, and Wei Baojun seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

This makes Nurhachi very angry, he has never fought this kind of battle, he can't find anyone in the war, what the hell is this fighting?

At this time, news came from Shaling that Shaling Town was breached by Wei Bao's army, the defenders and more than a hundred defenders were killed, and the granaries were burned.

Nurhachi was so angry that he didn't stand firm all of a sudden, and fell to the ground, he had never been so out of shape, and he couldn't utter a word.

Amin and several generals were shocked and hurriedly helped the Great Khan up.

"Let you pay attention to the protection of the grain road, pay attention to the protection of the grain road!" After Nurhachi was helped up, he repeated weakly.

"Pay attention to protection, Wei Baojun is directly attacking Shaling Town this time, these people are too cunning! The defender of Shaling Town also deserved to die, he must have seen that our army was nearby, thinking that Wei Bao's army would not dare to attack the city! Amin argued.

Nurhachi has never been so deflated, tens of thousands of troops are looking for the fields, not a single shadow of Wei Baojun can be found, once there is emptiness, Wei Baojun will seize the opportunity to bite, now they are not hunting, their Eight Banners army is more like a huge prey, being played with, being constantly looking for space.

When the news came back to Qingtaiyu, President Wei said three good things in a row: "Good! Good! Good! Madman Tan and Wan Daxi are playing well! Under the interception of Nurhachi's tens of thousands of troops, he actually took the initiative to attack and caught the opponent off guard! Now that one of Jiannu's granaries was destroyed, it was even more difficult to contain the troops of Madman Tan and Wan Daxi in the Liaohe area. ”

"That's what the president said." Lin Wenbiao smiled and agreed.

"It's okay now, it's so inspiring, hurry up and let all the newspapers send the news." Wu Xuexia said.

Wang Qiuya said: "I'll let Liaoyang Daily send a message now." ”

"Wen Biao, contact Jiannu Fang again immediately! They are limited to hand over Lianshan Pass within three days, otherwise, our war with Jiannu will escalate into a full-scale war again! Wei Bao said to Lin Wenbiao.

"Yes, President! I'll let Wei Kuo go and get in touch with Huang Taiji. Lin Wenbiao said immediately.

"When I sent a message to Liaoyang Daily, I sent out a joint statement with Mao Wenlong and me, and also brought our newspaper to Jiannu to see, so that they would not think we were joking! Tell Jiannu that they like to fight, and I will smash the pot and sell iron to play with them, but I'm afraid they can't afford to play! "Wei Bao is confident now, and he is loud!

Although Wei Bao knew that his strength was not the same order of magnitude as Jiannu, he did not expect that his army would now have the ability to be self-sufficient in the case of war behind enemy lines and pose such a big threat to Jiannu without supplies, which made Wei Bao very relieved and confident.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Lin Wenbiao wrote down President Wei's instructions one by one.

On the same day, Wei Kuo, the head of the Liaonan Station of the Statistics Bureau of the Heaven and Earth Society, contacted the defenders of Jiannu Lianshan Pass again and asked to see Huang Taiji.

"Why do you want to see me? Are you here to ask for Lianshan Pass again? We have said a long time ago that as long as Wei Baojun withdraws all his troops from our Dajin country, we can consider it, but what about you? While reconciling with us, while sneaking up and continuing to attack my Sand Ridge Town, what do you want? "Huang Taiji Dao.

"It's not that we don't have integrity, we continue to attack because you have no integrity at all!" Wei Kuo said loudly: "You promised to deliver Lianshan Pass, but you refused to quit, who is not honest?" Our president said that if you don't hand over Lianshan Pass within three days, we will start a full-scale war again! Fight your side to the end! When the time comes, if you want to talk about it, we won't talk about it. ”

Huang Taiji slapped the table angrily: "Bastard, are you impatient?" ”

Fan Wencheng also said angrily: "Are you here to find death today?" ”

Wei Kuo laughed, "It seems that you don't have to wait until three days later!" I can now officially tell you on behalf of the Heaven and Earth Society! I will build slaves with you and start a new war! ”

"Can you represent Wei Bao? If you haven't sorted out the matter with Mao Wenlong, aren't you afraid of being attacked on both sides? Huang Taiji said coldly.

Wei Kuo smiled and took out a newspaper from his arms, which was the Liaoyang Daily that had just been printed, "This newspaper, presumably Baylor should be no stranger, right?" I've brought you a copy of the latest newspaper. ”

Huang Taiji was indeed no stranger to Wei Bao's newspapers, and he had read at least three newspapers from different newspapers.

Huang Taiji saw at a glance the joint statement of Mao Wenlong and Wei Bao on the largest page in the middle, declaring the joint defense of Jiannu, and declaring that Liaonan was under the jurisdiction of Mao Wenlong, and he tore up the newspaper angrily, "Wei Bao is willing to give Liaonan to Mao Wenlong?" ”

"It's not for Mao Wenlong, but nominally for Mao Wenlong, but in fact, it's our heaven and earth that have the final say! Didn't our president tell you before? As long as you give up Lianshan Pass, if you don't take the initiative to fight our Heaven and Earth Society in the future, we will never take the initiative to fight you, and you will miss the opportunity again and again. Wei Kuo said: "Farewell!" ”

I walked very briskly, without any hesitation.