Amin, the leader of the Xilan Banner, walked out of Mang Gurtai's house with an ashen complexion.
This time the Great Khan led five banners in the northern expedition to Kaiyuan, leaving two banners, Zhenglan and Xianglan, guarding the backyard of Hetuala.
The total number of soldiers of these two banners is more than 10,000. In addition, Daishan of Zhenghong Banner is near the Tumen River. It only takes two days and one night for the elite cavalry to arrive. Therefore, these three banners have to deal with Qinghe and Qinghe.
The Ming army in Fushun made unusual moves, which was more than enough.
However, Amin did not expect that on the third day after the Great Khan left, Degerei, who was temporarily in charge of the Zhenglan Banner, took five thousand elite soldiers of his banner and marched south to Aiyang Fort in the Ming Dynasty.
Amin hurriedly sent his trusted aide Jia La'erzhen to chase Degerei and persuade him to return to Hetuala and guard the Jin Kingdom's base camp.
Dege ignored it.
Today, Amin had no choice but to discuss with Mang Gurtai, who was recuperating in his mansion, and let him speak and at least let Abatai, who was going with him, bring back two thousand elites first.
Abatai was born to Nurhachi's concubine. He is already thirty-five or six years old this year. Because he is a concubine, although he is good at fighting and has made great contributions to Nurhachi's unification of the Jurchens, his status is not as good as that of Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji, the legitimate sons.
Therefore, if Mang Gurtai speaks, both Dergelei and Abatai must listen.
Unexpectedly, Mang Gurtai became weaker, but his temper became more violent. He cursed Amin, his cousin, and accused him of being jealous of Zhenglan Banner's ability to perform meritorious service in the south.
Amin was disappointed and returned to the Xianglan Banner Yamen with a sullen face. He wrote an urgent report in the form of a post. One letter was sent to Nurhachi in the north and one to Daishan in Zhenghongqi in the east. He asked Daishan to divide his troops into three thousand.
, come and guard Hetuala with you.
After so much trouble, when Shenshi was approaching, two yellow-flag sentries rushed into the city and informed Amin that the first batch of Han people and livestock properties that the Great Khan had snatched outside Guangshun Pass had been escorted across the Chai River and were about to arrive in Sa.
Erhu went to Jiefan Village in the northeast of Erhu.
Amin breathed a sigh of relief.
The Great Khan's attack seems to be going very smoothly, and he may be able to triumph earlier than expected.
Along with the two yellow flag sentries, the spies sent by Amin himself to detect the Ming generals' movements near the border wall also returned to Hetuala.
"Master Erbeile, Fushun Guardsman Zou Chuxian, is hosting a wedding banquet for his son's wife these days. A group of frontline military leaders from Magendan to Qinghe Fort have gone to have a wedding banquet."
Amin's heart became more and more determined, and he couldn't help but feel contempt: No wonder the Great Khan firmly believed that in the current situation, Dajin was more confident than when he attacked Fushun six years ago. Look at what the Ming army is doing
My son, there is an enemy situation in Shenyang, and the Fushun guard who is just around the corner is busy getting his son a wife.
However, Amin had not slept peacefully for two days before he was awakened by the urgent news of Zhenglan Banner's fast horse coming from the south.
"Master Erbeile, Master Dege, I beg you, please quickly allocate two thousand troops to the north of Kuandian to rush for reinforcements. That Mao Wenlong from the Ming Dynasty, he, he led his troops from Yizhou to Aiyang Fort to defeat us.
The flags are surrounding us!"
"What?!" Amin was shocked, "Didn't Mao Wenlong be brought back to their capital by the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Master, Abataibele said, it must be Nikan's trick. The civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty are acting. Erbeile, those Ming soldiers will not be fake. The most capable ones among them are the servants of the Mao family. They
There are artillery pieces. As soon as our Zhenglan Banner captured Aiyang Fort, the artillery fire from outside came up. It’s not a trap, it’s something like that.”
"How many people are there in Mao Wenlong's department?"
"Master Abatai went out and had a look. There were at least 6,000 soldiers, and they were just the first ones to arrive. On the first day of our battle, more than 20 bagaras died."
The sergeant who escaped from the Zhenglan Banner to report for help was so anxious that his voice changed. The white-armored Baya La soldiers were one of the most powerful soldiers in the Jin army. The death of three or five Baya La would make the flag owner feel distressed.
Amin's eyes were as cold as ice, and he put up an air and said: "You slave, you are a warrior, but the leader of this flag cannot divide his troops just to save the little Belle of the Zhenglan flag. You have already said that the people of the Ming Dynasty seem to be setting up a trap."
If you fell into a trap, how could you know that Fushun guard Zou Chuxian was not acting like Mao Wenlong?"
"Ah? Then, are our Zhenglan Banners surrounded at Aiyang like this?"
Amin thought to himself, who made your master so stupid? What he said when he said it was: "Of course, the owner of this flag will not sit idly by and do nothing. He will send his own soldiers to follow you to Huining in the east to find the representative of the red flag."
Baelor sends reinforcements."
Zhenglan Qi's messenger's heart immediately went cold. Not to mention whether Daishan would be evasive like Amin. Just from the time spent on the road, Zhenglan Qi was afraid that many more people would die.
people.
But what can a slave do? Besides, as soon as he entered the city, he went to report to Master Manggurtai. It was the three-Belle who ordered him to beg for the second-Belle.
Amin had just dismissed the loyal servants of Zhenglan Banner with great satisfaction. Early the next morning, he received news that really made his hair stand on end.
"Er Beile, it's not good. To the north of the Prince's River, from Crow Falcon Pass to Fushun Pass, there are densely packed Ming troops. There are ten thousand people, and there are more horsemen than infantry."
"How is that possible!" Amin jumped up from the birch chair on duty, "How can there be so many people like Zou Chuxian and others?"
"Er Beile, our sentry said, is a guest army brought by a fierce general from Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty. That general's name is Jun Song."
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Near Kaiyuan City, four hundred miles away, Nurhachi still didn't know that his old nest was in danger.
Due to the lagging communications of this era, Lao Khan had only just received Amin's report about Dege's unauthorized troops attacking Aiyang.
Before he could get angry, the enemy situation in front of him became fierce.
A patrolman came galloping to report: smoke and dust billowing in the direction of Tieling.
"Ama, it should be Ma Lin's subordinate." Huang Taiji said, with the excitement before killing.
But soon, the news brought by other sentinels slapped Si Baylor in the face.
"I report to the Great Khan that there are three Ming armies assembled in the south. Only the middle one belongs to Ma Lin. The left and right wings are not like the Liaodong Army."
Nurhachi's heart trembled, and he asked in a deep voice: "What's the situation on those two roads?"
"Back to the Great Khan, there are many chariots and firearms on the left. There are also firearms on the right, but they are mainly spear cavalry. Their gun barrels are white."