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Chapter 107: I have to chase you out

Hetuara is a big city outside the border walls, if it is placed in Daming, it may be a third-class county regulation, and there are no brick and stone buildings, most of them are wood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The cavalry withdrew, and the soldiers with grease and gunpowder entered the city and began to pile them up, and the firewood stored outside the pass was enough to cope with a few years, and there was no shortage in the city of Hetuala, and when it was completely dark, the fire was ignited.

Soon the fire reddened the entire night sky, houses, firewood, and walls. Everything that could burn was burning, and the fire was so blazing that even people who were tens of miles away could see the red light in the night sky.

After the Eastern Expeditionary Army camped at night, in addition to the patrolling soldiers and horses, martial law and curfew were imposed inside and outside the camp, but the soldiers in the military tent secretly looked at the gaps, and the patrolling soldiers looked at it blankly, the scene in front of them was really spectacular, and everyone felt that the cold and unbearable spring night outside the Guanwai was much warmer, which must be the credit of the flames.

The walled city of Hetuara is regarded by everyone as the capital of Jianzhou Jurchen, and after tonight, this capital will become completely ashes, and it actually participated in a war to destroy the country.

Wang Tong's tent was built on a high place in the camp, and the gate of the tent was facing the direction of Hetuala, Wang Tong was in the center, and the generals of each army lined up left and right, looking at the burning Hetuala.

The tent was also silent, and the generals either bowed their heads, or looked at the fire in the distance, such a brilliant victory was so handy, it was so simple, everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

Wang Tong looked at the fire in the distance, but he was a little drunk, as if he was very comfortable after a carefree drinking, but the thing was not finished yet, and it was not yet time to completely relax.

Ladies and gentlemen"

Wang Tong said a word, but found that the people below did not react, raised his voice and said again, all the generals were a spirit, trembling all over, they all stood up and bowed in a panic, Cai Nan on the side smiled, shook his head slightly, this cadre general has been shocked by the scene in front of him, and he is also very in awe of Wang Tong, and suddenly shouted, subconsciously expressed.

"From today onwards, more than 100 Jurchens with identity will be selected from the prisoner camps, and let them go everywhere to report the news, the Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Beishan Jurchen departments, all those who can spread the word will be transmitted, and the results of the Qingxiang of the Jianzhou Department must have been seen and heard, so they said that the order of the commander, if there is anyone who accommodates Nurhachi and his soldiers and horses, they will be punished in this way, and from today onwards accept the surrender and loss of sincerity from all departments!"

Everyone bowed down to listen to the order, and Wang Tong said again:

"The march of such a large army is slow, and the food and salary are consumed, and the next pursuit of the marshal decided to be lightly armed, the Huwei army is the mainstay, and each army selects five hundred cavalry to accompany it, and the rest of the troops are stationed on the spot and clears the countryside everywhere."

If Wang Tong had said this a few months ago, the rest of the armies would definitely not follow, thinking that they would go deep into the enemy's territory, and most of them were foot soldiers, wouldn't it be self-defeating to go.

But now it's different, this is obviously a great achievement to share with everyone, if you don't go, then you can't think about it, Wang Tong saw everyone's leaping looks, and said with a smile:

"Everyone in this handsome tent is going to go, you guys order your own most elite men and horses, and leave your lieutenant general to take care of the house, do you understand?"

"Subordinates obey!!"

Everyone said in unison this time, and the response was much louder.

The generals took their leave, but Wang Tong went to the van in the camp, and although there were civilian officials in the army to follow him, they did not have enough status to live in such a carriage. There are two in the army, one is for General Tan and the other is for Cai Nan.

Cai Nan has a very high status in Tianjin Wei, although he lives simply, he can be rich and noble and not inferior to the great eunuchs in the palace, and he has also developed some habits, such as liking to drink green tea produced in Laoshan Taoist Temple, which is not listed at all, it is completely planted and drunk by local Taoist priests, or Nie Shi, the sea lord of Laizhou Mansion, regularly gives Cai Nan.

Wang Tong, Cai Nan, and Tan Jiang were all in this car, and they also sent someone to call Li Hutou, Wang Tong and others were here, Cai Nan took out his good tea, and made the charcoal stove outside, and began to boil water and make tea in the house.

Looking at General Tan, who was a little haggard again, Wang Tong asked with concern:

"Have you taken the old ginseng that the big tiger and the second tiger sent to you, this is a big tonic, and it is very good for your body."

"Thank you for your concern, this injury of my subordinates has accumulated over the years, and this ginseng is useless, so don't waste it."

Tan Jiang's voice was a little lacking, Wang Tong sighed, he probably understood what Tan Jiang was thinking, but he didn't pick it out, and said again:

"Next, the Huwei army will continue to pursue in the northeast direction, you are not in good health, it is better to stay in Hetuala, and you will recuperate."

Tan Jiang just shook his head, although he didn't speak, but he refused very firmly, Wang Tong did not continue on this topic, Li Hutou also entered the carriage, greeted Tan Jiang a few words, made tea, and everyone sat down.

"Sanguang cleared the township and burned the walled city, and now one-third or more of the places in Jianzhou have been completely cleared and no one is inhabited."

Wang Tong started first, these people naturally knew, Wang Tong continued directly:

"Under the city of Shenyang, the Haixi Jurchens have suffered heavy casualties, knowing that they can't beat us, let's suppress it to this point, not only will they not have any common hatred, but they will be very afraid, Nurhachi's plan is very simple, that is, to think about the main force to hide, harass with the squad, and when our morale is low, he will unite the various departments to launch a counteroffensive, and now he has no such opportunity."

"Big brother, can this slave chief have such a calculation?"

Li Hutou asked a little puzzled, he didn't think that the other party would have such a judgment at that time, Wang Tong said with a smile:

"Although the barbarians are barbarians, but for thousands of years, there will always be one or two heroic figures, not to mention that this Jurchen is also farming, fishing and hunting, no different from the Han people, the Nurhachi brothers are even more in Liaozhen to learn the civil and military skills, you look at his unification of Jianzhou, leading a large army to attack, and the Horqin Department to form an alliance with the Haixi Jurchen, this step-by-step arrangement, is also worthy of the word Yingjie, but he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would be so strong, there will be our tiger army!"

Hearing Wang Tong say this, Li Hutou unconsciously puffed up his chest, Cai Nan's face was also full of smiles, Wang Tong had some words in his heart that he would not say, if the Ming Dynasty did not have the strong force of the Huwei Army, the wealth brought by Tianjin Wei, and the strategic advantage obtained because of the acquisition of Naturalization City, it is really hard to say what the situation would be this time.

It may not be necessary to say that the Jurchens and the Gate G Gu will fight in the Guannei, but two-thirds of the land in Liaozhen will be occupied by these barbarians, and the left and west of the Liaoxi Corridor will become a battlefield, and most of the Han people in Liaozhen will become the help of the Jurchens, and the military spending of the Ming Dynasty will be more and more at the border pass, and then there will be a chain reaction, and it will be difficult to say anything at that time.

"Nurhachi is willing to give up the fundamental land of Hetuala, even if you are persecuted by the adults in many ways, won't he continue to endure, now the road of supply is getting longer and longer, even if the Huwei army is strong, but you have to be cautious!"

General Tan interjected and said that the daily consumption of grain and grass by an army of nearly 100,000 was quite amazing, even with the wealth of Liao Town, it was a little difficult to supply, or Wang Tong attracted merchants from Liao Town to come over to do business, and the large number of military goods brought by him was relieved a lot.

Lead the Huwei army to pursue deeply, the supply line will be longer, and there will be no economic attraction if it goes forward, and the merchant will not follow, if the supply line goes wrong, it will be a big trouble.

"The cart has enough grain and grass, and the horse team will search and loot along the way, and it is not a big problem to support it for a month, and Hetuara is here as a relay location, stationed in grain and grass supplies, and part of the military strength here must be used to transport grain and maintain communication lines, I will take their generals with me, and I am not afraid that they will not care."

Wang Tong said with a smile, and then said with a cautious expression:

"If Nurhachi doesn't come out again, he won't have the soil to survive in the Jianzhou Department, and the Haixi Jurchens and Beishan Jurchens won't dare to take him in, and the power he took away will disappear, and if he doesn't come out, he can only die in obscurity in the mountains, I don't think low of Nurhachi, he is such an ambitious and ambitious person, he will not be willing to disappear like this, fight to the death, and it can be regarded as his final death."

Speaking of this, Wang Tong said leisurely:

"Besides, Ben Shuai only led six regiments of Huwei Army over, and it is not a large army, so Nurhachi should also have a bit of luck."

What is the combat strength of the six regiments of the Huwei Army, but it can't be judged only from the number of people, whoever wants to underestimate it will definitely suffer a particularly painful lesson, not the Ming Dynasty, no, even the Ming Dynasty's own people can't imagine that this army will have such combat effectiveness, everyone is used to using the number of people, the number of families to compare, these rules, put on the Huwei Army is completely useless.

"What the lord said is that Nurhachi is at the end of his rope, give him a chance to fight, he won't be unable to catch it, if he doesn't catch it, then he himself will slowly die."

Cai Nan was also sure of what Wang Tong said, Wang Tong drank the hot tea on the table that had become cold, let out a long breath, and said:

"Destroy Nurhachi, the next thing is the business of the various merchant groups of the Ming Dynasty, let them stay here and slowly erode and attack, when to advance to the sea, when the north of the Ming Dynasty will be completely free of border troubles."

Everyone listened with fascination, even General Tan's haggard face was full of energy, Cai Nan smiled and quipped:

"If someone said this ten years ago, our family was afraid that they would laugh at him for losing his mind and going crazy, but today, when the adults say this, our family believes it."

"There will be no big war to fight then"

Wang Tong sighed, suddenly a little depressed.