"Commander, there are more than a thousand people. They crossed the river to meet us..." Du Wenhuan's eyes instantly lost their luster and his head drooped.
Yuan Chonghuan nodded. He chased him all the way, and he already knew the message that this cavalry regiment was annihilated by Dorgon, "Wen Huan, you are the commander of the Second Army, the battlefield is dangerous, how can you be arrogant?"
"Commander, I know that I am too aggressive. The commander can punish me anyway, but in any case, if you want me to take down Liaoyang City, I will personally avenge the brothers in the Marine Corps."
"Naughty!" Yuan Chonghuan scolded, "After crossing the Sancha River, we have rushed three hundred miles. This is already the core of Jian slaves. Besides, along the Yalu River, there is also the blue flag of Jian slaves. We are now Being surrounded by slavery."
"Commander, the task of clearing and suppressing the blue flag should be handed over to the Third Army. I only want Liaoyang."
"No," Yuan Chonghuan shook his head slowly, "I am going to hand over the task of clearing and suppressing the blue flag to the Marine Corps."
"Commander, the Marines crossed the river for us, and the casualties were so heavy, do they still have the fighting capacity?"
"Wen Huan, you don’t know. The Marine Corps casualties were only the first division. The Qing suppressed the inlaid blue flags and handed them over to the Marines’ second and third divisions. There are only ten inlaid blue flags stationed on the banks of the Yalu River. Niu Lu, when necessary, we let the Third Army assist them."
"Then we can concentrate our efforts to attack Liaoyang City?" Du Wenhuan's eyes flashed with excitement again, "Commander, did the artillery bring you?"
"Artillery? The Third Army will be delivered soon," Yuan Chonghuan smiled softly, "Wen Huan, I mean, we will not attack Liaoyang for the time being, or we will have a small fight and boil the frogs in warm water, which will slowly consume Dorgon. ."
"What? Boil the frog in warm water? I can't wait for a moment." Du Wenhuan almost threw away the hat on his head. "Commander, what do you mean? The slaves in Liaoyang City are already scared, and there are not many people. As long as there are artillery, I promise to break Liaoyang City in three days."
"Haha, our decisive battle with Jiannu may end in this city of Liaoyang!" Yuan Chonghuan pointed at Du Wenhuan's ear and whispered a few words.
Du Wenhuan seemed to be hit in the acupuncture points for a moment, and couldn't move his whole body: "Commander..."
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Huang Taiji, who was far away in Shengjing, knew that something was wrong when he first received a message from Dorgon from Liaoyang. He even guessed that the purpose of Zhu Youjian's peace talks was to paralyze him.
The Ming army attacked Xipingbao in the first battle, which made Huang Taiji nervous. He faintly felt that the Ming army was going to fight hard, and perhaps it was the two sides who had to decide the final winner this time.
Originally, Huang Taiji was not worried about the Ming army. The Ming army had been weak in Liaodong for many years. Dajin State fought and retreated if he wanted to. The Ming army had no offensive ability at all.
However, in the Ming-Jin battle in the second half of last year, Yue Tuo's inlaid red flag and Mangguertai's Zhenglan flag were annihilated one after another, which made Huang Taiji quite afraid of the Ming army.
Therefore, after receiving the message from Dolgun from Liaoyang, he immediately ordered that Yue Tuo, who was inlaid with the red flag, and Azige, who had just taken charge of the Zhenglan flag, must form 20 Niu Lu within a month. Combat troops.
However, March is the season for vegetation to sprout, and all herders are preparing to find the most beautiful aquatic plants for their cattle and sheep, and it is very difficult to recruit.
Only half a month later, Dorgon’s two letters arrived. This time, Dorgon came with a letter for help. The Ming army had already occupied Sanchahe Fort, and Dorgon’s white flag was inadequate.
Huang Taiji has issued conscription police all over the country, from one per household to two per household. Huang Taiji’s own yellow flag, Hao brother’s yellow flag, and Daishan’s red flag are all expanded. To 50 Niu Lu, Duduo’s white flag, expanded to 40 Niu Lu, Yuetuo’s inlaid red flag, Azige’s Zhenglan flag, because of the loss of a large number of young men last year, they were unable to replenish them, so they were still prepared for two. Ten cattle records.
At the same time, Huang Taiji also sent envoys to the Mongolian Horqin Tribe, an ally of the Great Golden State, hoping that the Horqin Tribe could prepare 20,000 cavalry for the Great Golden State to dispatch at any time.
These soldiers have no time to train. Fortunately, in Dajin Nation, all the people are soldiers. When they come out, they are soldiers, and when they enter, they don’t need training. As for the coordination between soldiers, it’s not a problem. Jurchen soldiers don’t need to cooperate. Each of them is an independent warrior.
Although sufficient troops were enlisted, Huang Taiji was still worried that the strong men of the various tribes were basically evacuated. Even if they could win the war, the output of cattle, horses and sheep today would be greatly reduced.
"It seems that after the war, the Han must be allowed to compensate us for our losses!"
Huang Taiji was so busy until midnight that he fell into a drowsy sleep, even his favorite Hailanzhu was not favored.
"Sweat, the frontline urgent report!"
The eunuch came in and reported to him before Huang Taiji got up.
"What's the matter?" Huang Taiji leaned on the bedside and was woken up early in the morning, looking quite unhappy. However, it was the military newspaper from the front line that he had fire and nowhere to post it.
"Sweat profusely..."
"Say." Huang Taiji had a premonition that it was not good, otherwise the eunuch would not hesitate.
"Profusely, Dorgon Baylor, defeated in Sanchahe..." The eunuch bit his head and finally said the result.
"What? Dorgon was defeated again?" Under Huang Taiji's buttocks, like a cobra hidden, he jumped up from the bedside, grabbed the military newspaper in the eunuch's hand, and examined it carefully.
Huang Taiji checked almost word by word, for fear of missing important information.
The eunuch was right, Dorgon was indeed defeated.
Not only was he defeated, but it was also a miserable defeat. Now there are fewer than ten of his 28 Niu Lu, and even Dorgon himself is trapped in Liaoyang City.
"Puff!" Huang Taiji sprayed a mouthful of blood on the eunuch's face.
The old eunuch was swayed by the blow, and almost fell on the chair of Huang Taiji, he wiped a hot blood stain, "profusely sweat..."
"Go..."
Huang Taiji dragged his tired body and immediately held the "Eight Kings Meeting" in the Great Palace. The current Eight Kings Meeting is purely a meeting of eight banner owners, but Dorgon and Jier Harang are not in Shengjing, and they are participating in the meeting. , Including Huang Taiji, there are only six people.
Except for Huang Taiji himself, the other five people are basically Huang Taiji's cronies.
Dorgon must be saved, and Liaoyang City must be saved even more.
The "Eight Kings Conference" quickly reached a consensus: Dorgon's mother-brothers, Azige and Duduo, went to Liaoyang to rescue Dorgon and lift the siege of Liaoyang by the Ming army.
Azige’s Zhenglan Banner has only 20 cattle records, while Duduo’s Zhengbai Banner has forty cattle records, which is twice as many as the Zhenglan Banner, but Duduo is only sixteen years old, which is not quite complete. As an adult, Azig temporarily ruled the two banners.
Binggui was so fast, Azig and Duduo immediately prepared supplies for the south.
The military supplies of the nomads are very simple. Human food is a large bag of dried beef and mutton, plus a water bag. The food for horses is forage, as long as they are tied up and placed on the back of the horse.
Each soldier needs to prepare two war horses, one manned, one pack, the white flag and the blue flag, a total of 60 cattle records, 18,000 soldiers, and 36,000 war horses.
It took Azig and Duduo a day to prepare before they prepared all the supplies and packed them.
At noon, taking advantage of the shining sun, the two brothers left Shengjing and crossed the Hun River from the south.
It was less than three hundred miles from Shengjing to Liaoyang, but there were too many supplies on horsebacks and it was inconvenient to run. The army traveled on the road for two days before reaching the Taizi River in the north of Liaoyang in the afternoon.
The Taizi River originates from Changbai Mountain and basically runs east-west. It crosses Liaoyang from the north to the west, merges into the Hun River, then turns to the south, and flows through the Bohai Sea through the Sancha River.
Azige and Duduo stand on the north bank of the Prince River, and the city of Liaoyang is faintly visible.
"Brother Twelve, don't you know that Brother Fourteen knows that we are sending troops to save him?" Duoduo raised his whip and pointed at Liaoyang City. He couldn't wait to fly over the Taizi River immediately to meet his Fourteenth Brother.
Azig shook his head: "Your twelfth brother is trapped in Liaoyang, and there is no internal and external information. I'm afraid he doesn't know when the army is coming."
"Then can we send a message to Brother Fourteen, we should combine the inside and outside, and kill the Ming army that besieged Brother Fourteen."
"Then we have to cross the Taizi River first. Only after crossing the Taizi River can we meet with your fourteenth brother. With your fourteenth brother's talents, we have so many cavalry. Defeating the Ming army should not be a problem. The key is , Where are we going to advance the front."
Duduo looked at the water surface of the Taizi River, "Twelfth Brother, the Taizi River is a hundred steps wide, right? How do we cross the river? Do you want to take a floating bridge?"
"Dodo, the two banks are highlands, and the horses can't get up and down the river bank at all. I have sent soldiers to find a flat crossing point to see the depth of the water."
"Brother Twelve, the river is so clear that it doesn't look deep."
Azig did not speak, he picked up a small stone and threw it towards the heart of the river.
"Gudong!"
Azig stretched his eyebrows: "Duo Duo, the river is not deep."
"Brother Twelve..."
"Dodo, if it's a deep pool, the river will eliminate some of the sound of falling stones. When a stone falls into the water, it will make a bang. Just now the stone fell into the water and it made a bang, indicating that the river is not deep."
"Brother Twelve, you are really good!" Duduo extended his thumb to Azig.
"Look at the stones that are out of the water. They are covered with traces of moss. They were submerged when the water was full. It's not yet the rainy season. The stones are out of the water. The river is naturally not deep. I guess horses can flow. Passing by the water."
"Then we don't need to build a pontoon bridge. It saves a lot of time so we can see Brother Fourteen earlier."
At this moment, the soldiers looking for the crossing point reported back: "Two Lord Belle, we have found a crossing point. It is on the east corner."
"Let's go and see." Azig turned on his horse and followed the soldier eastward, and Dudor followed.
On the east side of Liaoyang City, the Taizi River bends into a crescent shape. At the bottom of this crescent, the embankment accumulates a large amount of sediment brought by the river. Starting from the embankment, a very broad beach is formed and extends to the river. Heart, not to mention the war horse, even a seven or eight-year-old child can walk steadily.
Ajige was overjoyed: "Okay, this is really a good place to cross the river."
"Twelfth brother, then let's cross the river quickly. As long as we cross the river, the three of our brothers can be reunited." Duduo wished to go to Maduhe immediately to meet his fourteenth brother.
Azig was more stable: "Dodo, don't worry, first send two soldiers down to see how deep the river is."