The cold wind was howling, Xiong Wei hurried his horse and whipped his horse, and rushed to Salhu alone.

As he hurried away, he thought in his heart: The Fourth Route Army, the Northern Route Army has been defeated, then there are other Third Route Army! He must use his last strength to save these three Route Army, and not let these more than 100,000 troops be wiped out.

The snow was falling, and the weather was freezing. Xiong Wei went all the way in the direction of Hetuala, the capital city of Houjin.

Along the way, Xiong Wei saw a steady stream of fleeing residents. He inquired about the situation of the battle, but the news he got was not known.

Xiong Wei walked another distance, and finally saw some remnants. He hurriedly stopped them and asked about the battle. "This soldier, I see that you are dressed like Han soldiers, and I don't know which army you belong to. ”

The soldier looked at Xiong Wei and said, "Who are you?"

"Oh, I'm from the North Road Marin Force. I was about to go to the Juniper troops. Xiong replied without even thinking about it.

When the soldier saw it, he said excitedly, "Brother, don't go." Juniper's forces had long since been defeated. ”

Xiong Wei was shocked and said, "What's the matter?"

In February, the Western Route Army Juniper, starting from Shenyang, went to Fushun Pass for a short rest, Juniper was eager to take the lead, so the starry night was lined up with torches, and the snow rushed more than 100 miles in one day.

On February 29, they reached the bank of the Hunhe River, when Juniper learned that about 15,000 Houjin soldiers were building a defense at Jiefan City on Tiebei Mountain, in an attempt to block the advance of the Ming army.

Jiefan City is in a dangerous situation, and it is the throat fortress of Hetuala, the capital city of Houjin, and its strategic location is very important.

The north of Jiefan City, is the Jilin Cliff on the east bank of the Hunhe River, which is the first dangerous place in Jiefan, and the south of Jiefan City is Zakha Pass, which is another dangerous place in Jiefan, and the other bank of the Suzi River next to Zhakaguan is Salhu Mountain. Both of these places are only more than 100 miles away from Hetuala, the capital city of Houjin.

After crossing the boundary, there is a flat river, and there is no danger to defend. Therefore, the position of the world is extremely important. So Jun Song divided the army into two places, divided into 20,000 people and camped at the foot of the Salhu Mountain, and Jun Song personally led 10,000 people lightly to cross the Hunhe River and attack the Jilin Cliff north of the city of Jiefan.

However, at this time, Juniper only knew the information of the Houjin army's defense on Jiefan City, but he did not know that Houjin had mobilized troops on a large scale in the direction of Jiefan, betting on the disaster of defeat.

On the morning of the first day of the first month of March, Jun Song did not listen to the advice of the general Zhao Menglin and other generals to rest and recuperate, but forced his troops to cross the river.

When the Juniper army crossed the river, Nurhachi destroyed the dam in the upper reaches of the Hunhe River and released water, when the river rose sharply, and many Ming troops were drowned, resulting in soldiers being wounded and killed, and their morale was greatly defeated.

After crossing the river, Juniper's army broke two Houjin small soldiers' villages in a row, and only 14 Houjin soldiers were captured. Juniper attacked Jilin Cliff with his whole army.

After noon, the Houjin army had reached the Zhaka Pass in the south of Jiefan City, and Erbel Daishan ordered to march to Tiebei Mountain, which was adjacent to Jiefan.

At this time, the Ming army attacking Jilin Cliff also saw a large number of Houjin troops arriving one after another, but Juniper could not change his strategy.

Whether he led the 10,000 Ming army to cross the river to meet at the Salhu camp, or ordered the 20,000 Ming army on the opposite bank to cross the river to meet at the foot of Jilin Cliff Mountain, they must have been blocked by the Houjin army when crossing the river, so Juniper ordered to continue to attack Jilin Cliff.

The Houjin side saw that they couldn't resist it, so they ordered a thousand elite soldiers to quickly reinforce Jilin Cliff. Although the Ming army had the advantage of firearms, it was never able to capture it.

At this critical juncture, Nurha also led his army to arrive, and thought that it was getting late in the middle of the day, so he ordered the four banners on the left flank to attack the Ming army of Salhu first. After breaking the Sarhu, the Ming army attacking Jilin Cliff will be shaken. Later, the strength of one banner was added, a total of 37,000 cavalry of five banners, and the army of Salhu Ming attacked the camp of the Salhu Ming army with an absolute superiority.

The Salhu camp was led by the general soldier Wang Xuan, Zhao Mengxuan and other commanders to resist the hard impact of the Houjin soldiers, and finally because of the many Houjin troops, the Ming army could not resist, as a result, the Salhu Ming army camp was broken, the Ming army scrambled to flee for their lives, and the result was all destroyed, Wang Xuan and Zhao Menglin died in battle.

The fleeing Ming army was caught up by the Houjin army when they finally reached Liaha, and they were all killed. When the Juniper Army of Jilinya saw that the Salhu camp was breached, the army's heart had already been shaken.

At this time, the Houjin army gathered the forces attacking Salhu and the troops deployed at Jilin Cliff, and the Houjin army on Jilin Cliff also swarmed down to attack the Juniper Army. Juniper personally led the officers and soldiers to fight.

However, the Later Jin army had already occupied the riverside, manglin, foothills and valleys, and surrounded the Ming army with several times the strength of Juniper.

At night, the Ming army lit the torch and attacked the dark from the light, but allowed the Houjin army to attack the light from the dark, causing the Ming army to suffer heavy casualties. Juniper is shot by the post-Kim Belle Rai.

Staff generals Chai Guodong, guerrilla Wang Hao, Zhang Daji, guerrilla Yang Qin, Wang Hailong, and Guan Fushun guerrilla preparation Yang Ruda were also killed. The army of the Ming West Road was completely annihilated. Under the slight mark, Liu Yujie, the guerrilla manager of the right-wing battalion, led the remnants of the army to escape. The prison guard Zhang Quan was captured, swore not to surrender, and was executed.

The soldier wept bitterly and sighed, "I also ran fast, otherwise I would have died on the battlefield." ”

Xiong Wei was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that in just a few days, Nurhachi would annihilate the Western Route Army.

The soldier sighed again: "Don't go, come with me and run for your life." ”

Without saying a word, Xiong Wei rode on his horse and continued on his way.

Along the way, the dead were scattered all over the mountains, blood flowed into canals, and weapons and corpses rushed into the Hunhe River, spinning down like ice.

Li Rubai's troops left late, starting on the first day of March, and he speculated that this unit did not go far.

So, he decided to go to the Eastern Route Army led by Liu Ling first, hoping to join the battle.

Xiong Wei ran all the way, and also inquired a lot of news on the way.

The Eastern Route Army, with 13,000 men under the command of Liu Ling, the commander-in-chief, and Jiang Hongli, the marshal of the Korean capital, attacked Hetuara from the east of Kuandian.

Xiong Wei knew that Liu Ling was sent to the East Road because of his grudge with Yang Hao in the battle of Wanli to aid the Dynasty, and the equipment was poor, and there were no cannons and firearms, and the soldiers were weak and outnumbered, and he was the weakest of the four roads. If Liu Ling stays short, he will immediately seize the military power and be personally commanded by Yang Hao.

When Xiong Wei thought of this, he couldn't wait to devour Yang Hao alive. Yang Ho is really a villain who does not distinguish between right and wrong. In the face of the national crisis, he is still so narrow-minded.

Since the Eastern Route Army was a feint, it was necessary to leave the Ming Army on the Western Route and the Ming Army on the North Route as early as 25 February.

After Liu Lingjun on the East Road came out of Kuandian, he crossed Liangma Dian. Most of the Eastern Route Army was composed of southern soldiers, who failed to adapt to the harsh climate of eastern Liaodong, and the lone army went deep, and the grain and grass were gradually unable to be supplied in time, so that the Eastern Route Army had been marching slowly.

Because Liu Lingjun on the East Road was alone in the depths, he was completely unaware of the news that the Juniper Army on the West Road and the Malin Army on the North Road had been defeated.

On 28 February, they conquered Niumaozhai and Majiazhai and went deep into Hazelnut Head, with the result that the army was consumed.

Until the beginning of March, the first army grain arrived, and then marched more than 40 miles to Dong E Road, and the 500 cavalry of the Jin army who blocked the Ming army broke out into a war, and the Jin army was killed and wounded more than half, and the two members of the army were beheaded, defeated and fled, and the Ming army also had generals such as Liu Jilong and other dead in battle.

Liu Lingjun continued to go deeper for more than 300 miles. Eventually, the snow stopped and the weather cleared, but it was still very cold, and the deep river was not crossed until March 2. After crossing the deep river, it fought fiercely with the Tuobao camp of the Houjin army, and the Eastern Route Army fought very bravely and defeated the Tuobao battalion. Houjin killed and wounded more than 2,000 people.

The third day of March. On the eastern route, Liu Ling's army was already about 70 miles away from Hetuala, and was about to reach Abu Darigang.

Nurhachi first sent the Han people to disguise themselves as Juniper soldiers to lure Liu Ling into going deep alone. Liu Ling was afraid that Juniper would get the first credit, so he hurriedly ordered the light army to advance. The terrain around Abu Darigang is heavy and mountainous, and the pass roads are dangerous, and Liu Ling ordered the soldiers and horses to advance in a single column.

In the early morning of the fourth day of the first month of March, Nurhachi ordered the Great Bel Daishan, the Third Bel Mang Gurtai, and the Fourth Belle Huang Taiji to lead an army of more than 40,000 people to quickly go to the east road to meet the enemy.

Nurhachi led a 20,000-strong army to defend the town of Hetuara against the attack of Li Rubai's army on the southern route.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Huang Taiji occupied the top of the Abu Darigang Mountain, attacked from top to bottom, and Dai Shan attacked the flank of the Ming army.

Xiong Wei hurried to find the remnants of Liu Ling in the Valkash Mountains, and learned that Liu Ling had been defeated and fled to the wilderness of Valkash. also inquired, Liu Ling did not know that the West Road and the North Road had been completely wiped out.

Xiong Wei felt ashamed for a while, thinking that if he had arrived earlier, he could have told Liu Ling the news, and he would not have been so badly defeated.

Later Jin calculated that Liu Ling would be defeated in the wilderness of Varkash, and his Later Jin army swarmed in all directions and surrounded Liu Ling's army.

When Xiong Wei arrived, the sound of killing in the wilderness of Valkash was deafening.

While killing Houjin's soldiers, he searched for Liu Ling.

Suddenly, a soldier was heard shouting, "General." ”

Xiong Wei looked in the direction of the sound. Liu Ling's arms were wounded, his cheeks were cut off in half, and his face was covered in blood.

The Houjin army around him was constantly attacking him, and Liu Ling was also very brave, still clashes left and right.

Xiong Wei rushed left and right, but he couldn't rush to Liu Ling's side.

I saw Liu Ling raise his spear and assassinate frantically, and dozens of people in the Houjin army who were close to him were killed by him.

The enemy army is growing more and more, swarming up. Liu Ling fell down all of a sudden, and a soldier beside him tried to save him, but he also died in battle.

Liu Ling fought to the death, and finally died in battle. The Ming army on the East Road was completely annihilated.

"Ahh Suddenly, out of nowhere, an arrow shot right in Xiong Wei's chest.

"Ahh He squinted his eyes, and there was no one standing up around him.

"Knock knock!" he heard the drums of Houjin's retreating troops.

He wanted to chase after him, but his whole body didn't know why, and he suddenly felt very soft and didn't have the strength to stand up.

He didn't know if he didn't dare to face this battlefield of defeat, or if he didn't dare to look at this world that had been stained red with blood.

"No, I can't fall, there's an army all the way. Xiong Wei stood up suddenly, "Ahh

He had a strong thought in his heart, telling him: I want to find Li Rusong's troops. He can't be allowed to make the same mistakes as Liu Ling again.