Chapter 86: The upcoming battle against the Xianglan Banner
Before Xiong Tingbi left, he left a secret treasure for Zhou Dunji, which was that during his stay in Liaodong, he specially wrote a manuscript of strategy and military notes.
Giving it to Zhou Dunji instead of someone else was actually because Lao Xiong was so unpopular that he had no one to entrust him to. I originally wanted to give it to his old assistant Yuan Yingtai, but I didn't expect that when I met the old assistant had a hard temper and had too many ideas. He just stopped talking. I won't give it to him.
Zhou Dunji took the manuscript and notes and went back overnight to start copying them. Yuan Yingtai could not know these, but he could show them to his second brother, third brother and Qin Ling, which would definitely help defeat Nurhachi.
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Nurhachi and others were overjoyed when Xiong Tingbi officially resigned.
Although it is impossible to be afraid of him in a real fight, Lao Xiong is as guarded against spies as an iron bucket. If he wins a small battle, he will not pursue him, and he will not fight in a big battle at all, so that Nurhaci cannot take advantage of Hou Jin.
Now that Xiong Tingbi is gone, he can carry out the plan of temporarily harassing and showing weakness to the Ming army, allowing Ming Jun to gradually relax his mentality, allowing Yuan Yingtai to expand his confidence, allowing Ming Dynasty to transport more logistics supplies to Liaoyang and Shenyang, and then directly engulf Liaodong next year!
"Send the order and let Erbeile Amin attack. Just harass them frequently and retreat when they encounter a large group of Ming troops."
"嗻."
Amin is the son of his younger brother Shuerhaqi.
Shuerhaqi and his eldest son were killed by himself.
But because his tribe was very strong, he temporarily kept Amin, and also adopted Amin's younger brother Jierhalang, letting him grow up with Huang Taiji.
In this way, on the one hand, he can show his tolerance to others, and on the other hand, he can let his blue flag do the hard work.
When it is weakened to a certain extent in the future, he will be left to his sons, who will then use it to suppress and consolidate his authority, so that his successors can increase their power.
Nurhaci is already 61 years old. Although his body is very good and his martial arts is outstanding among the others in his clan, he still has to consider his successor after all.
Sanbeile Mang Gurtai, second only to himself in bravery and his legitimate son, is relatively the most eye-catching. However, he has only learned his own bravery, strategy, politics and power, almost like a child, which is really worrying. .
The Fourth Beile Huang Tai Chi has comprehensive abilities and is very politically savvy. His martial arts and strategy are even better than that of the Great Beile Daishan. Although his martial arts skills are not as good as those of Mang Gurtai, he can still perform ten moves in his own hands. His overall ability is the best among all the disciples. First.
It’s okay not to mention Daishan. He abused Yue Tuo, took care of his two children, and there are other rumors...
Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji, this time they capture Liaoyang and Shenyang, so let’s focus on training them.
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Amin received the order from the Nurha Red Army and was already cursed in his heart.
The old enemy is really nothing. He harmed my father and brother, and now he wants to use the power of the Ming army to weaken me and my subordinates...
"I, Xianglan Banner, are brave and invincible, but this time I have to fight such a useless battle. Why harass the enemy and retreat when encountering a large group of Ming troops? What can I grab?"
He knew very well that once the army moved, it would consume huge amounts of food, grass and meat, and he wouldn't be able to grab much in a small fight. There were thousands of armored soldiers with blue flags, and the more he fought, the more he would lose.
"Brother, you can't say that!"
His younger brother, Jirharang, grew up with Nurhaci since he was a child and was loyal to the Great Khan. When he saw that Amin was dissatisfied with the order, he immediately reminded him.
"Oh? Have you really forgotten your father and brother and only talk about the good things about that old guy?"
"We Jurchens are respected by the strong. If our father is not as good as the Great Khan, then we have nothing to say. Now that the Great Khan has led our clan to rule the roost, the powerful Ming Kingdom has lost its troops and generals. My brother must not lose a big thing because of a small thing."
These words were spoken by Jierhalang from the bottom of his heart. Respecting the strong is his life principle.
The veins on Amin's forehead twitched, and he wanted to get angry, but he was afraid that Nurhaci, Daishan, Huang Taiji and others were behind Jierhalang, so he had to swallow his breath temporarily.
"I am often looked down upon by others when I wear a blue flag, but this time I want to prove that my flag is the strongest!"
Amin decided to vent his anger on Ming Dynasty. Anyway, he said that he was weaker than the large Ming army, but he did not say that he could not annihilate the small army.
In addition, the grain stolen by any flag will belong to that flag. This time, the harvest of farmers in Liaodong, the country of Light, will be harvested, allowing Xianglan Banner to have a prosperous and good year!
"According to the order of the Great Khan, attack with the blue flag!"
Jilharang looked at the smug Amin, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes, and thought to himself: "How can this guy be loyal to the Great Khan? He must have some selfish motives... I want to keep an eye on him for the Great Khan."
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"Amin of Xianglan Banner...is the best at robbing farmers of their food?"
Jiannu sent out the blue flag and as soon as the information about the attack came over, the three brothers discussed the military situation together.
After listening to Wang Hongyu's introduction, Zhou Dunji almost felt that his more than two years in Jiliao were in vain. He only knew that Amin was the first among the leaders of Jiannu, but he had no way of knowing the opponent's combat characteristics.
But the third brother had already heard about it and had some idea of the characteristics of the leaders of Jiannu.
"Brother, if only the blue flags are here, it means that this time they are specifically coming to grab grain after the farmers have harvested. On the contrary, if it is really a large-scale attack, there must be yellow, white and red flags."
Even though Jiannu was strong and brave, he was still a normal person, and he often had the problem of being defeated and running away.
Many times, it was Nurhachi who personally took charge, suppressed with bloody methods, and personally charged forward, in order to reverse the situation of defeat.
As long as he didn't lose his mind, he would send a flag and start a battle with the main force of the Ming army.
Thousands of people from the Eight Banners fought against several thousand people from the main force of the Ming army. The same number would not be an ambush, and they would basically not be able to take advantage.
Zhou Dunji walked to the military sand table and analyzed Amin's possible invasion route.
"The other party hit a wall outside Shenyang two months ago. Will they still choose Shenyang for this robbery?"
Wang Hongyu looked at the current situation and found that Guangning-Liaoyang-Shenyang formed a "pin" shape.
Liaoyang and Shenyang happen to be one in the south and one in the north, forming two parallel mouths. Guangning is located in the rear and can support the two places.
If thieves plundered the area around Liaoyang, they would have come out of the mountains and penetrated deep into the area around Liaoyang, the largest city in eastern Liaoning of the Ming Dynasty. The north and south were areas under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
If you plunder the surrounding areas of Shenyang...it's true that Liaoyang is in the south, but the grasslands and Mongolian tribes are in the north.
Wang Hongyu's pupils shrank suddenly.
"Jiannu will still go north to Shenyang, and plundering surrounding farmers is just a partial force. The main force may have other plans."
"Any other plans?"
The straightforward Zhang Shenwu also rushed to the sand table, looked at the situation and said: "Is it possible that a partial force is attacking Shenyang, and the main force is ambushing in the mountains, preparing to raid the army from Liaoyang to rescue Shenyang?"
This possibility is indeed possible, but Nurhachi is an experienced hunter and will not choose to rush into a decisive battle when the morale of the Ming army is high and military discipline is strict.
Therefore, setting the blue flag is a test...Nurhachi himself will go to the Kormi Grassland.