Under the moon, 4,000 elite soldiers marched more than 70 miles overnight, and rushed to five miles outside Luowenyu City at 4 o'clock (more than 4 o'clock in the morning) on the second day of the first month of November, which was far faster than Qin Shuhuai expected. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and it is still a dark night when you can't see your fingers.

Luo Wenyu, garrisoned in the mansion.

A Jurchen Tartar with rat-tail pigtails sat in the hall, his eagle-like sharp eyes swept over the five or six people kneeling in the hall dressed as Han officials.

This person is the Houjin general Aixin Jueluo Sakhalian, who is responsible for defending Luo Wenyu. Sakhalian was the third son of Prince Daishan of Heshuoli, and was named Belle for his military exploits as early as Nurhachi's reign, and participated in the council. In the Later Jin conquest of the Mongolian Bahrain Department and the Zalut Department, he made many military exploits. In the Battle of Ningjin in 1627, he led people to attack the Ming Dynasty's Tashan grain transport, defeating the Ming army of 20,000 with 5,000 people. Unlike his conservative father, Dai Shan, he was an extremely fanatical pro-war faction, and it was with the support of him and other Baylors that Huang Taiji was able to successfully carry out this Houjin's invasion of Cyprus. Huang Taiji's strategy of "nurturing the Han people" was the most thoroughly implemented by him, and it was also a model for the future Qing Dynasty on how to break the will of the Han people to resist through the Huairou policy. With such a loyal, brave and resourceful general, Huang Taiji is naturally very important, and it is also for this reason that he led his troops to defend Luo Wenyu.

The solemn atmosphere lasted for a long time, and suddenly broke with Saharan's gentle breeze and smile.

"Li Shoubei, then this matter will be up to you. Speaking Chinese, he was not very proficient, Sakhalian said.

When a middle-aged man who was depressed and groveling heard this, he immediately raised his head and showed a flattering smile.

The "Li Garrison" in Sakhalian's mouth is the former Luo Wenyu Garrison Li Sili. On the afternoon of the first day of November, Sakhalian's troops arrived at the foot of Luowenyu City, and Li Sili opened the city gate and surrendered. After Sakhalian entered the city, he still left Li Sili as a garrison as a reward, but at the same time, he also killed the original lieutenant general in the city, and replaced the dozen or so people under the general into the Houjin people, so as to better control the 2,000 troops in the city. In this way, with the addition of a thousand Houjin troops and a thousand soldiers, the total strength of the defense of Luo Wenyu reached 4,000. Of these 4,000 troops, 2,000 were stationed in the city, and 2,000 were stationed near Luo Wenyu.

Li Sili was a little flattered when he saw Sakhalian speak so politely, and the heart hanging in his throat also swallowed back his stomach.

He swore solemnly, "Rest assured, Sabel, that since our city has surrendered, it is as it should be to shave your hair and keep your braids." After a while, the lower officer was the first to shave his hair in front of all the soldiers, taking it as an example. ”

Sakhalian nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lord Lee is loyal, and Benbel is very happy. But Benbel only gives you one day, and before the sun goes down today, both soldiers and civilians in the city need to shave their hair and keep their braids. ”

As he spoke, his tone changed, and he said like ice, "Master Li understands what Ben Baylor means?"

Li Sili's heart trembled, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "The lower official understands, the lower official understands." Keep your hair without your head, keep your head without your hair, before sunset, there will never be a Han person in Luowenyu City who does not shave his hair. ”

Sakhalian instantly changed back to his pleasant appearance and patted Li Siyuan's shoulder, "Lord Li is loyal!

Shaving hair was a common trick used by the Later Jin to subdue the Han people. Shaving their hair is equivalent to putting a mark on the gold descenders, and before new hair grows, they will be seen to have surrendered to the gold people wherever they go. In the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Zhu Lixue was prevalent, paying attention to the parents of the body and skin, and paying attention to loyalty and patriotism, so even if such a person returned to the Ming Dynasty, he would be regarded as a disloyal and unfilial person, and he would not want to be a man in this life. Especially for sergeants, it is very good not to be punished by the imperial court for capital crimes. Therefore, many Ming soldiers who were shaved in history really surrendered to Houjin in the end.

Sakhalian currently has only 2,000 regular Houjin troops in his hands, 1,000 in Daankou and 1,000 in Luowenyu, which is not a lot of troops. Although judging from the current situation, it is extremely unlikely that the Ming army will abandon the main force of the Houjin and counterattack Daankou and Luowenyu on a large scale, but he still does not dare to be careless and want to naturalize these surrendered troops in the shortest possible time to enrich the defensive strength of these two passes. And letting all the Han soldiers and civilians here shave their hair was the first step in his naturalization plan.

After a short rest, the 4,000 elite soldiers immediately began to prepare for the attack on Luo Wenyu.

Zhao Shujiao had also been in Jizhen before, so he was very familiar with Luo Wenyu's defensive layout. Outside Luowenyu City, there are two camps, namely the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Camp. Behind the camp is Luowenyu City, and behind the city is Luowenyu Pass. Therefore, in order to attack Luowenyu City, it is necessary to clear the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Camp first.

The problem is that the exact strength of the Big River Bureau and the Little Mountain Battalion is not clear at this time. This is directly related to the configuration of the offensive forces.

Zhao Shujiao originally wanted to send spies over to investigate, but this matter was taken away by Qin Shuhuai.

Although he is not as good as Zhao Shujiao in marching and fighting, but for such a thing as spying on the military situation, I am afraid that the entire army will not find a more suitable person than him.

After saying hello to Zhao Shujiao, Qin Shuhuai left the camp with Li Jingting, Meng Wei, and Meng Hu. He himself took Li Jingting to the Dahe Bureau, while Meng Wei and Meng Hu went to the Xiaoshan camp. The four of them are all masters of Xiaocheng Realm, speaking of which, Li Jingting's cultivation of the fifth rank of Xiaocheng Realm is still the lowest, with their skills, they naturally come and go freely in these two camps, as easy as visiting their own back garden.

After just over half an hour, the four returned to the camp. The information obtained was that there were about a thousand defenders in the Dahe Bureau, most of whom were surrendered Ming troops, and these people had not even shaved their hair. The real Tartar soldiers are estimated to be about a hundred. The information obtained by the Xiaoshan battalion was similar, and the defenders were mainly Han Chinese.

The Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Camp were only camps without walls, and the Han defenders had just surrendered less than a day, so the Tartars must not have fully controlled the Han army, and these Han troops had not yet shaved their hair, so it was even more unlikely that there would be a reason for strong resistance. In this way, the two defenders who will really resist are actually only a hundred Houjin troops each. Although the Guan Ning Army is not the opponent of the Houjin Army in general, it can still be crushed by four thousand against two hundred, so there should be no difficulty in taking these two places.

Without hesitation, Zhao Shujiao divided the 4,000 elite soldiers into two groups, not even leaving a reserve, and directly divided the 2,000 people into one group, preparing to attack the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Battalion at the same time.

Qin Shuhuai also expected that the Dahe Bureau and the Xiaoshan Camp would be taken down soon, so he no longer participated in these two battles, but took Li Jingting, Meng Wei and Meng Hu, and quietly touched the city of Luowenyu in the dark night.