Outside Zunhua, southeast of Rehe, at the foot of Bangchui Mountain.
Another name for this river is Wulie River.
It is a tributary of the Luan River. After the diversion, the water is heavier in color than the Luan River, so it is called Wuluan River. Because it is located in the tug-of-war zone in the north of Youyan, the name also changed several times in transliteration.
Sometimes it was called Wuluan River, sometimes it was called Wuluo River, and gradually it became Wulie River, and later it was changed to Lie River, and now, because of the hot springs here, it is also called Rehe River.
Later, the Jin army stayed at the edge of the border and set up camp at the foot of Bangchui Mountain on the east bank of the Wulie River.
Zhenfei Yanggu stood on the mountain with a blue flag on Manchuria's Gushan Mountain, tapping his armor skirt gently with a cigarette pot, frowning and looking to the west, listening to the report of his general Sai Muha.
Saimuha's full official title is Boqi Chaoha Jiala Zhangjing. Boqi Chaoha means armored infantry, which translates to infantry general.
A very important concept in the post-Jin army is armor, the armor of armor.
The troops directly under the jurisdiction of Huang Taiji have independent banners, such as the Garbush Xianchaoha composed of Bagala forwards, the armored cavalry of Aliha Chaoha, and the armored infantry of Boqi Chaoha.
There is also the Wu Zhenchaoha composed of the Three Shun Kings, but they are picked-up puppet troops, not the traditional troops of the Hou Jin Dynasty.
In addition to the three independent legions under the direct control of Huang Taiji, which are formed by a single military branch, the subordinates of each banner are also divided into these three military branches, and they are also all armored.
In addition, the main force of each banner also includes many unarmored soldiers as well as domestic slaves and banner slaves. Generally, the latter serve as logistics personnel and are not included in the military strength.
Saimuha is an infantry general under the Xianglan Banner.
He reported: "On the sixth day of April, King Wuying led his troops into the border. On the eighth day of the month, our banner sent Mang Ergu Zhunniu Lu to the Shahukou Mutual Market. They ran into the barbarian cavalry and fought for a while, killing many people. The enemy came back with reinforcements.
When we came, Mang Ergu Zhun rushed out and killed thirty-six of the enemy. Four domestic slaves and three armored soldiers were killed, and sixteen horses were captured."
"On the 13th, a large group of enemy cavalry suddenly arrived, and our camp was in danger of being surrounded. We moved the camp at night and retreated to the bank of the Chaohe River outside Changping. On the way, we met 200 Tumote cavalry and the third-class La Zhangjing Gasha set up an ambush.
We attacked, were defeated, killed twenty-four people, and captured two alive."
"On the 16th, the army was stationed. When Segeyi was collecting firewood, he faced the enemy's cavalry across the river. He drew his bow and shot at them, killing one person. Niu Lu recorded that two people left the team and became lost..."
As soon as Sai Muha finished speaking, Fei Yanggu waved his hand and interrupted: "Don't write about being lost, killed in battle, or being captured. You know what you are doing, and there are thirty-six, twenty-four, etc., less.
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As he spoke, Fei Yanggu lit up the pot with a torch, took a long breath, shook his head slightly in distress, and said, "No matter how you say this battle report, it sounds very disgraceful."
His tobacco was rewarded. As early as the Wanli Korean War, the tobacco was brought to the Northeast by the Guangdong army heading north.
Today, tobacco production in the Heilongjiang Basin is basically cut off, because the route starts from Lanzhou and passes through Mongolia to Heilongjiang.
At this time, the main source of Houjin's tobacco was brought in by North Korean officials and merchants, and the quantity was very large. In addition, there was also a large amount of tobacco on Pi Island.
When Liu Xingzhi was running two boats in Pidao, he gave away tobacco for 180 dollars twice. Before that, he had paid some money to sell some tobacco.
The knife was the unit of tobacco in this period. It was the same as paper. One knife could hold one hundred tobacco leaves.
These tobacco leaves became the objects that Huang Taiji gave to the nobles.
As for the battle report Saimuha said, the process was true, and the enemy killing and death were basically true, but some things were not fully stated.
For example, it goes without saying that the flag slaves died on the way; the number of enemies killed cannot be verified.
Another example is that on the eighth day of the lunar month, they had already advanced to the vicinity of Shahukou, but the siege on the 13th took place outside Yunzhou, and the garrison on the 16th was on the bank of the Chaohe River outside Changping, and now it is the 20th.
The location of the two blue flags is Rehe outside Zunhua.
In twelve days, they retreated more than 800 miles eastward.
However, it was not all cowardice. They robbed Tumut herdsmen on the way and obtained more than sixteen sheep and horses. In fact, there were more than sixty horses alone.
But he didn't dare to report them all, fearing that there would be a real useless battle later, and he would need some achievements in "capturing war horses".
Feiyanggu anxiously took off his alms bowl with a tall helmet and spear, and sat down on the tree stump in distress.
While smoking the pot, he raised his hand to rub his head, which had grown half an inch of unkempt hair without even bothering to trim it, and asked Saimuha, "How's it going over there with Hu Xibu?"
Khushibu is the Mongolian flag of the Xianglan Banner, which was later the Mongolian Balangushan Ezhen of the Eight Banners.
In this campaign, Mongolian Niulu, who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty, became an independent force under the Eight Banners, and formed an independent banner and attached it to each banner.
Saimuha shook his head: "It's almost the same. Less than twenty people died, but five of the carriages were lost. We are working on them in the camp. I hope Beizi will not report this to the Khan."
"It's all a trivial matter, just throw it away. Fortunately we ran fast, so we're lucky that not too many people died."
Fei Yanggu waved his hand and said: "Ask him to make three more. Three of the five carriages under his banner have also been lost. They have to make up for it, otherwise they will be punished when they go back. We will think of a solution behind the iron sheet."
In fact, the Jin Army now uses less carriages, especially outside Liaodong.
In this battle, they had twenty-three banners, and each banner only brought five carriages, mainly to prepare for unexpected events.
In the past, when fighting in Liaodong, a centurion had to carry five carriages, and there was a military law that prohibited them from going into battle before the carriages arrived.
As far as the Ming army was concerned, the loss of a battalion of tanks was not a big deal.
But for the Hou Jin Army, if a carriage was lost, the blame would already fall on the banner's Gushan Ezhen.
Because... Houjin's carriages were well built.
The Ming army's chariots were designed to protect against direct fire from bows and arrows, and were even consumables for field fortifications. Their main purpose was to save trouble when setting up camp.
No matter how strong the chariot is, it is meaningless. Before Liu Chengzong appeared, no one used artillery to destroy chariots on a large scale.
Later, Jin's carriage was originally made by Nurhaci based on the battles of Sarhu and Fushun Qinghe. The Ming army's guns and artillery caused him great losses, and he urgently needed a field weapon that could shield the artillery fire.
It was aimed at the Ming army's guns and artillery, which were made very heavy.
War is highly targeted and changes dynamically. Weapons and equipment can hardly be said to be backward or advanced, only whether they are effective or not at the moment.
Houjin's carriage has only one board, one person high and three people wide. The board is divided into three layers. The board is five or six inches thick, plus a layer of cowhide and a layer of iron. The board also has a rotatable mechanism to prevent the enemy from attacking.
Suddenly a shot was fired from the flank.
Therefore, after losing this thing, it is not easy to make it on the battlefield in a short time.
Fei Yanggu had a headache when he thought about this, and couldn't help but be envious of the flags surrounding the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, he didn't really want to deceive Huang Taiji in the battle report. In fact, Azige and his gang were involved. He was afraid that everyone else would lie to him and his record was very glorious. If he told the truth, he would be ruined.
The Xianglan Banner has always had a lower status among the Eight Banners because they are outsiders.
At the earliest, their owner was Shuerhaqi, Nurhachi’s brother, the second most powerful figure in Jianzhou.
Later, Shuerhaqi failed in his bid for power and died in prison. A large number of old party members were cut off, and their power was greatly reduced. They became the Xianglan Banner, and the flag owner was Shuerhaqi's son Amin.
Now Amin is under house arrest again. The flag owner is Amin's younger brother Jilharang. Gushan Ezhen, also known as the capital, is Jilharang's younger brother Fei Yanggu.
Fei Yanggu is sometimes also called Fengu, Fei Yangwu and other names. It doesn't matter, they are all transliterations.
His name was given in the order of oldest and youngest in the Jurchen tradition.
The elder would be called ajingga, and the youngest would be called fiyanggu, which is Feiyanggu. Its synonym is lokata, which is the nickname Lao Gada given to the most favored younger son and daughter in the Northeast.
Similar to the Han people's Bo Zhong Shu Ji.
Therefore, there are many duplicates of this name, and Nurhaci’s sixteenth son was also named this.
But in fact, the biggest problem Feiyanggu faces now is not how many of his subordinates died during the earlier retreat eastward.
In fact, even counting the dead flag slaves and the Tumut herdsmen who were looted as cannon fodder along the way, not many men and horses from the two banners of Xianglan on his side died.
Although the Xianglan Banner currently has a low status among the Eight Banners, its political status is not unchangeable. Which of the Eight Banners is strong or weak mainly depends on the flag owner.
Their status is low because they have not yet been completely digested by the Nurhaci family and have retained a certain degree of autonomy.
This does not mean that they cannot fight, on the contrary, they are very capable of fighting, and they have worked hard to show their usefulness in all wars, so this team can be preserved.
Although the battle process was not as heroic as what was written in the battle report, Monan Mongolia did cause extremely limited damage to them.
This force, which combines the two banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, originally had nearly 3,000 soldiers, but now there are still more than 2,700.
Fei Yanggu was not afraid of the Mongolian soldiers in Monan at all.
With the same force, he is sure to defeat it in a very short time. Even if there are two or three times more troops, he still has the courage to deal with it.
Because he runs fast.
In the mountains, nearly 3,000 infantry and cavalry marched 800 miles in 12 days, crossed three rivers, escaped from the encirclement several times, and finally had time to build a camp in Rehe.
Such a result can already illustrate the advantages of the Eight Banners Army.
He did not run away in panic, but actually turned around twice, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to kill one of the enemy's troops.
Unfortunately, there are so many Mongolian soldiers in Monan.
The Eight Banners Army was not some savage celestial force. It was not like fools who rushed up to the position with fanaticism, hitting the antlers of the Muzha and the knives and guns.
On the contrary, they fought very shrewdly like the Ming army.
If you can recruit your friends and fight with superior forces, you will never confront the Ming army with inferior forces.
On this basis, their organizational strength and multi-arm coordination capabilities are also very strong.
Their combat practices are nothing special compared to the Ming army.
Ebagala protected the general and commanded.
The backbone of the force is armored heavy infantry with unarmored infantry and flag slaves, combined with field weapons such as carts and carriages, to form a camp in front to withstand the enemy.
A small number of Bagala outposts, also known as guard troops, cooperated with a large number of armored cavalry and unarmored cavalry to circle behind, attack from the side, break through from the side, and break the enemy's formation in one fell swoop.
This common tactic is not uncommon, everyone can use it, and even the most skilled ones are the Ming army.
From Zhu Yuanzhang's Guaizima in the early Ming Dynasty to the current five-post army, the basic tactics have not changed.
That's why there was a battalion-level organization, and the armies of the Ming and Jin Dynasties were often at loggerheads with each other.
Mountainous terrain is the advantageous terrain for the Later Jin Army and the disadvantageous terrain for the Monan Cavalry.
Feiyanggu was very confident in this aspect and thought of mobile warfare to eat several groups of hundreds of Mongolian soldiers so that they would not dare to pursue them too hard.
When I saw the result, I was dumbfounded.
Because the Mongolian soldiers were also surrounding them, and they would not fight if they encountered each other, but would just delay or even retreat.
With unprecedented organizational power, he showed an intention not to fight in the field, but just wanted to surround him and annihilate him.
This display of fanatical intent frightened Feillancourt.
Because whether it was the Ming army or the Mongolian army, he had never seen an enemy who only wanted to annihilate them.
From Fei Yanggu's perspective, the enemy saw that their small group of rangers, as long as they were of equal strength, or even if the Ming army was small in number, would be a fool who would rush up and fight them without risking their lives.
This situation is especially obvious in small group operations.
The other party would highlight his entrepreneurial enthusiasm and rush to kill him.
Therefore, the most familiar tactic of all nobles, big and small, in the Hou Jin Dynasty was to lure the enemy deep into the territory and then engage in a battle of annihilation.
It doesn't matter if there are hundreds or thousands of people, you can lure them.
But now these Mongolian cavalry have become smarter, and they are obviously using strategies to lure the enemy deeper.
And whether you see a few of them or hundreds of them, they are all tempting.
As soon as their flanking cavalry circled around, they collided with Monan's flanking cavalry. They changed to a mountain road to circle around again, and they collided again and again.
In all directions, there are enemies on the mountain road, circling behind them in small groups.
In this way, Feiyanggu retreated eight hundred miles through the Yanshan Mountains.
Everyone else was dumbfounded and couldn't figure out how the Mongolians on the Monan grassland dared to be so bold in the Yanshan Mountains.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is even more difficult to understand how the Mongolian soldiers, who have always been stragglers, were strongly organized. Who is the commander behind this?
Liu Chengzong?
This shouldn't be the case!
Even if he had to keep an eye on them and fight them, Liu Chengzong should be stationed outside the Xuanda border now. Otherwise, what if Azige led the army into the border and jumped out again? Wouldn't that mean he took advantage of his retreat?
Of course, even if the man leading the troops on the opposite side was really Liu Chengzong, Fei Yanggu would not be afraid.
Because he has already tried it out, no matter who leads the army, the army on the opposite side is not as fast as him, and the marching level is far behind.
If all their troops were on horseback, they could run faster.
However, when he ran to Rehe... Huang Taiji wouldn't let him run away.
This is the most terrifying thing for Feiyanggu.
Although it was very torturous for him to wander around the perimeter all day long without undressing his armor or saddle, but the emperor at the rear sent an edict to prevent him from escaping even though the army was clearly in front, which was a disaster for him.
The reason why he is not allowed to continue running eastward is also very simple.
His army ran to Jehol and met the vanguard battalions Shuo Wengkorobatulu, Sudala, Nushan and others who were ordered by Huang Taiji to explore the border.
Feiyanggu stabilized his position and began to move down the camp, and Shuo Weng Korobatulu and others went back to report the news from the front to Emperor Chongde in Shenyang.
As soon as Huang Taiji heard this, he immediately issued an edict telling Fei Yanggu to wait for an opportunity near Rehe and not to retreat to the east.
Because Rehe is already very close to the traditional territory of Daoqing Gulun. Walking more than a hundred miles east, you will cross the Daxingan Mountains and you can see the Laohala River, which is the hometown of Daningwei. It was called Zhuosuo in Houjin.
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It can also be seen from the name of this river that it is the hometown of the Harashen tribe.
The problem is that although the Harashen tribe still has two banners of pasture land, they have no one.
If there are no people, there will be no soldiers. It's like a deserted land over there, where horse grass grows very well.
This is why Fei Yanggu led his troops to stop in Rehe, and Huang Taiji became extremely nervous when he heard that Liu Chengzong's army was in the west.
If Fei Yanggu retreats again, the Mongolian soldiers from Monan will follow them and rush into the eastern foot of the Greater Khingan Mountains. They will find that Hara Hetao is empty. Then they will swarm in and things will be in trouble.
Because no one knows the situation they are facing now better than Emperor Chongde.
He didn't just send Azig to lead 20,000 troops to Yanqing to attack the capital.
In fact, in this battle, Huang Taiji, for the sake of careful consideration, literally sent troops everywhere.
In the northeast, in order to make up for the population losses caused by this battle, he sent troops to catch animals in the old forests. This has been happening since the beginning of the war and it continues now.
In the south, Jierhalang, the leader of the Xianglan Banner, was in charge, and the population on the north bank of the Yalu River was moved to Shengjing and Gyeonggi to prevent North Korea from jumping over the wall, which was preparing for war, and at the same time to prevent the Pidao Ming army from taking the opportunity to plunder.
In the north, Azig led a main force of more than 20,000 people to enter the fortress through roundabouts and plunder the capital. This is the main force that generates revenue, needless to say.
And the most important thing is the west side, which is an invisible effort.
That is the Liaoxi Corridor where Guan Ning's army is located.
Before learning that Liu Chengzong's troops were leaving Jining, Huang Taiji and the Eight Banners nobles believed that whether they could successfully contain Guan Ning's army was the biggest variable in their entry into the border.
Over there, Huang Taiji, the Chongde Emperor, personally led his troops to suppress the formation and moved his troops thinly toward the Daling River to mobilize the Guanning troops away from Shanhaiguan. He did not dare or could not return for reinforcements.
However, Liu Chengzong's eastward advance completely disrupted Huang Taiji's plan.
and throw a difficult decision on his head.
Huang Taiji, which hand should I free to cover the hole in the west?