Nurhaci climbed the Jiefan Mountain and reviewed the battle situation on the north and south fronts from a high position. Although the Ming army on the Sarhu Highlands suffered heavy casualties, because reinforcements were just a few miles away, they all defended bravely. Although the camp was broken
, has not yet shown the potential to be defeated, the battle situation is fierce and stalemate; and the Ming army on the north bank of the Suzi River has also set up a defensive posture, and its infantry is still desperately digging trenches. Although Kaiyuan's general soldier Ma Lin is old and timid, he still defends
It would not be easy to win. If the Eight Banners Army spared no casualties and attacked with all their strength, they might be able to defeat these two Ming armies before dark. However, this place is more than a hundred miles away from Hetuala. He would have to defeat these two Ming armies and then run for another hundred miles.
If we rush back to Hetuala and engage in a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty's eastern and southern armies, then we have no chance of winning.
Because in order to completely defeat the two Ming armies of Jun Song and Marin, the Eight Banners soldiers would have to pay a price in casualties that Nurhaci could not afford. Several Jia La E Zhen in Yijing were complaining about the heavy losses of Niu Lu under their banner.
One of Huangqi's Jia Laerzhen simply disobeyed the order and withdrew from the attack, but was tied up on the spot by Daishan. The man even screamed that his Jia La'er had lost his combat power and should rest and replenish his strength.
These Jia La'e Zhenzhen under the Eight Banners were originally the leaders of various Jurchen tribes. After being conquered by Nurhaci, they were organized into Jia La under the banner. They all had the selfish interests of their respective tribes and fought bravely to attack cities and plunder villages and rob people and property. However, this
This kind of cruel positional battle, with so many casualties, was really unbearable for these Jia La E. In this decisive battle with Sarhu, their children and property were all in Hetuala and Feala, so they heard that the Ming Dynasty's east and south armies
Approaching Hetuala, everyone started to think about retreating
Nurhachi galloped down the Jiefan Mountain and ordered a strong attack on the Juniper Division in the Sarhu Highlands and the Marin Division on the north bank of the Suzi River. The Eight Banners cavalry rushed across the Suzi River under artillery fire. "Novel. Violently attacked the Marin Division.
position. Ye He cavalry and Kaiyuanlu cavalry fought hard.
Hou Jin Buqi's attack surged like a Qiantang tide. The Eight Banners soldiers' fearless charge inflicted heavy casualties on the Marin army. However, this wave of attacks came and retreated quickly, leaving two hundred Eight Banners soldiers behind.
Many corpses quickly retreated to the south bank and retreated to the southeast
Marin was chilled by Jiannu's attack. Seeing the Eight Banners soldiers retreating, he didn't know why, so he ordered the Cheying infantry to quickly repair the defenses. He didn't expect to pursue them at all.
Houjin's tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry retreated very quickly. In just two moments, the originally dark Eight Banners Army around the Sarhu Highlands all retreated. However, there were still thousands of infantry and hundreds of cavalry on Jiefan Mountain who did not retreat with the army.
, stay on the front line of Jilin Cliff.
After a brief period of suspicion, the supervisor Pan Zongyan concluded that the slave chief had received news of the attack on Hetuala, so he withdrew his troops and went back for emergency response. Pan Zongyan suggested that Marin pursue the attack immediately.
Ma Lin said: "The old slave is good at using troops. Could it be that he is using deception to lure our army to attack? There is no danger in this valley. He came over with two wings of cavalry. How can he defeat him?" He said again: "Yehebelkin
Taiji's right arm was wounded by an arrow, and the Beiguan cavalry was seriously injured. Our army also suffered more than a thousand casualties, and General Ma Shen was also injured."
Pan Zongyan was about to say more when he heard that there was a dispute between the sergeants under guerrilla Ge Shifeng and the cavalry of Ye He's tribe over the heads of slaves. In the Ming Dynasty, military merit was judged by the heads of enemies. In the fierce battle just now, there were more than two hundred corpses of Eight Banners soldiers.
Staying on the north bank, the soldiers of the Ming army did not care about dealing with their own dead and wounded sergeants and scrambled for their heads. There were also more than a hundred corpses of Jiannu on the other bank. At this time, most of the Jiannu had retreated, and the soldiers of the Ming army rushed across the river to cut off their heads.
level, they had a conflict with Ye He's cavalry.
Pan Zongyan rushed to deal with it, and beheaded the Ming army man who was fighting for his head according to the eleventh of the fourteen military orders issued by Yang Hao before he sent out the army. The eleventh military order was: "Strive for Goryeo and
"Anyone whose head was captured in Beiguan will be beheaded." This group of Ming army infantry did not cross the river to fight, and the man from Baihu was obviously competing with Ye He's tribe for credit.
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Jun Jun on the Salhu Highlands saw the Jin army retreating. Even though Jun Jun was brave, he was unable to pursue it at this time. Supervisor Zhang Quan did not suggest a pursuit. The main force of the slaves was all present and they withdrew in an orderly manner. However, Ming Jun on the high ground was unable to pursue it.
More than half of the army suffered casualties, and the rest were exhausted. How could they still pursue the enemy? Furthermore, the Northern Route Army on the north bank of the Suzi River did not pursue it either.
Du Song ordered his soldiers to rest, treat the wounded, count the names of the dead soldiers, and cut off the heads of Jian Nu's dead bodies. Du Song's Western Route Army fought hard day and night, and killed 6,813 people.
There were 4,751 people seriously injured, and countless people who were slightly injured and still able to move. The total number of people in the West Route Army was 28,000. Nearly half of them were dead or seriously injured. Some of the sergeants under Qianhu's garrison had been wiped out.
However, only 1,123 Jiannu heads were cut off. These were all killed when they rushed into the Ming army's formation. The bodies of the Jiannu who died on the high ground were taken away by the retreating Jiannu army.
It is estimated that there are more than a thousand
Zhao Menglin, the general who aided the Liao Dynasty, was killed in the battle, Wang Xuan, the general of Baoding, was seriously injured, and more than ten officers above the rank of Thousand General were killed or injured. This made Du Song extremely depressed. He did not know that his fate would change, but was only worried about losing his troops and generals.
The personal guards came to report that Zhou Qinghu was back, and also Tieling guerrilla Zheng Guoliang came with him. Zheng Guoliang came to contact Jun Jun on the order of Ma Lin.
When Du Song saw Zhou Qinghu, he quickly asked where Mu Jingyan was. When he learned that Mu Jingyan was seriously injured, Du Song hurriedly ordered military doctors to rush to treat him and make sure to save Mu Jingyan's life.
The sentinel also reported that the Jiannu army was retreating towards Tailangang. Only then did Du Song become convinced that Nurhaci was retreating. It seemed that Hetua was indeed in danger, and Jiannu had to return to the army to rescue him.
Du Song and Zhang Quan met with Ma Lin, Pan Zongyan, Jin Taiji, and Buyanggu at the banks of the Suzi River to discuss countermeasures. Ma Lin advocated sending an envoy to Yang Hao in Liaoyang to wait for Yang Hao's orders; Pan Zongyan
He Buyanguli followed the slave army to Hetuala and cooperated with the east and west Ming armies to fight together; Du Song also advocated continuing to attack Hetuala
Malin pointed to Jiefan Mountain not far away and said: "There are nearly ten thousand slaves on this mountain. How can we advance to Hetuala without destroying them first?"
Zhang Quan said: "On Jiefan Mountain, most of them are infantrymen who built Jiefan City. Their fighting strength is mediocre, and the cavalry is only a few hundred. The reason why I keep them here is to contain our west and north armies so that they can
Most of them calmly returned to Henggang (i.e. Hetuala) to deal with the east and south armies. In my opinion, they should have ignored the Jiannu infantry on Jiefan Mountain and led the army to Henggang without seeking a quick battle.
.We must proceed step by step and advance steadily. Let Jiannu worry about being attacked from both sides and not dare to attack the Qinghe and Kuandian armies with all his strength. This way we can win a great victory."
Du Song and Pan Zongyan both believed what Zhang Quan said was true, but Ma Lin said: "What if slaves are built on the mountain to attack my retreat?"
This must indeed be considered, Zhang Quan said: "Then lure the enemy down the mountain and concentrate our forces to annihilate them."
Ma Lin no longer objected, he also wanted to make meritorious deeds. The enemy troops in Jiefan Mountain were easier to deal with, and the second chapter of Chapter 14 of Yang Hao's military order stated: "Even if you kill the thieves on your own road and withdraw your troops, you will be thieves on other roads."
It is a stipulation that if the rider is not the rescuer, he will wait and see, and the commander will kill all the following leading officers."
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In the late afternoon, the Western and Northern armies of the Ming Dynasty began to leave the Sarhu Valley and move towards Tailangang. The Houjin cavalry on Jiefan Mountain stood still at first. When they saw that the Ming army's carriages and baggage also began to leave, the five troops who were ordered to take on the task of raiding and harassing
Baihou's golden cavalry Turán rushed down the mountain, crossed the Jiefan River and attacked the Ming army's rear camp. When the main force of the Ming army was surrounded by two wings, these cunning Jiannu quickly returned to Jiefan Mountain. The Ming army's cavalry was not as good as the captive cavalry.
Swift. Unable to stop this group of horsemen.
After failing to lure the enemy, many infantry were turned back. Jun Song and Ma Lin decided to clear out the Jiannu on Jiefan Mountain first. Jun Song's West Route Army still had more than 10,000 soldiers who could fight, and the main force of Ma Lin's Kaiyuan Army was not yet available.
In addition to the cavalry of Yehe tribe, the total number was about 40,000. The Houjin army on Jiefan Mountain had about 5,000 people. Most of them were auxiliary soldiers and soldiers and rarely participated in the charge. Although Feng Nurhaci
They were ordered to fight to the death, but under the fire of the Ming army's artillery and muskets, these Houjin infantry with thick armor protection suffered heavy casualties. After two hours of fierce fighting, the entire army of 5,000 Jiannu in Jilinya was wiped out, and all of them were annihilated.
It also cost nearly 2,000 casualties.
Jun Song finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped out all the slaves in Jiefan Mountain. Then the number of casualties of his Fushun army would not be so shocking.
After cleaning up the battlefield and sending the dead and seriously injured soldiers back to Shenyang, the Ming army camped at Jiefan Mountain that night.
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Yang Hao, who moved from Guangning to Liaoyang, received good news from Liu Yao's messenger on the East Road before noon on March 11th. Liu Yao and the North Korean allied forces had marched from Kuandian Fort on March 6th, and had defeated Niumao and Majia villages.
Killed two Niulu Ezhen of Jiannu, and wiped out more than 300 enemies. The forward troops have now reached Abdaligaon, one hundred and twenty miles away from Hetuala.
At the same time, Qiao Yiqi, a guerrilla under Liu Yao's command, reported: "There are more than 500 elite slave soldiers on horseback. They are approaching the mountains to lure us into battle. They retreat continuously and set up many roadblocks to stop our army."
In just a few days, Yang Hao's originally gray hair turned completely white, which showed the exhaustion of hard work. After seeing the success report of the Eastern Route Army, Yang Hao was not happy, but became more and more worried. Will Nurhachi take the risk and concentrate his troops?
No news has been reported about Fushun Road, but looking at Qiao Yiqi's battle report, Nurhachi clearly used a small group of cavalry to hinder the advancement of the east road.
After the Fourth Army launched its troops, Yang Hao sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to collect information on the battle ahead. In the early morning of March 12, the news that Du Song was ambushed by the main force of the Jiannu army in Sarhu reached Shenyang. Yang Hao, Zhou Yongchun, Chen Wangting and others
Everyone was shocked. Yang Hao hurriedly sent a messenger to send an order to Han Yuanshan who had left Crow Falcon Pass and Marin who had left Sanchaer Fort to rush to the aid of Sarhu.
Although the military order was issued, Yang Hao also knew that far away water could not save nearby fire. Liaoyang was four hundred miles away from Sarhu. When Ma Lin and Han Yuanshan received the order and rushed to Sarhu, Jun Song's army would have been defeated. At this time,
Only then did Yang Hao realize that Nurhachi was going to adopt a strategy of concentrating his forces to defeat them one by one. Ma Lin and Han Yuanshan, who hurried to Sarhu, were very likely to be ambushed by Nurhachi. Of course, the premise was that Nurhachi was defeated.
Juniper's army of 28,000
Governor Zhou Yongchun offered a plan: "How to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"
Yang Hao and Zhou Yongchun were referring to the order that Han Yuanshan and Liu Yao led their troops to attack Hetuala to force Nurhachi from Sarhu to return to rescue him. This would relieve the siege of Jun Song, but when the order was passed on, Jun Jun
Whether the army is still there or not is a question. The situation of the war is unclear. If we urge the troops to march from the east and south, we are afraid that we will suffer an even bigger defeat!
Liaoyang is more than 700 miles from Kaiyuan in the north and Kuandian in the east. Commanding a four-pronged battle in such a vast range was a mistake in the Ming Dynasty, which relied on horses to convey messages.
The Eight Banners Army that can be mobilized not only does not have an advantage in terms of soldiers, but also has a huge disparity in combat effectiveness. The Eight Banners Army has not been defeated for many years, and the Ming Army's combat readiness did not relax overnight. Now it is clear that Nurhaci is concentrated.
The Eight Banners troops ambushed Jun Jun all the way, and Jun Jun's defeat seemed inevitable. The scene of a long conversation with Zhang Yuan on the snowy night of the fourth day of winter last year emerged in Yang Hao's mind. Yang Hao deeply regretted Ziji's carelessness and the blunder of the four-pronged advance. But
At this time, it was too late to make a remedy. We could only strengthen the reconnaissance cavalry to learn the battle situation ahead as soon as possible so that we could make a timely decision to retreat and defend ourselves.
In the early morning of the 12th, when Marin sent troops to Shangjianya to aid Juniper in Sarhu, he sent an envoy to Liaoyang to report the situation to Yang Hao. At the same time, he also sent people to Crow Pass to ask Han Yuanshan to subsequently reinforce Sarhu.
That night, Yang Gao received an urgent report from Ma Lin. He was surprised and happy. Jun Song was able to send an envoy to ask for help from Ma Lin, which showed that the West Route Army was trapped but not defeated. Shangjian Cliff is not far from Sarhu.
, it may still be too late to rush for help.
Yang Hao immediately cheered up, thinking that it was God's blessing that Juniper's messenger could find Marin's army in time in the dark night!
Yang Hao immediately sent Han Yuanshan's 23,000 troops to Sarhu and joined forces with Du Song and Marin to fight Nurhaci. At the same time, he ordered Liu Yao and the North Korean coalition forces to attack Hetuala quickly.
It is known that most of the Jiannu were gathered on the western front of Hetuala, so the Ming army on the east route could quickly advance and attack the cities of Hetuala and Feala.
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The military instructions issued by Yang Hao were actually hindsight and could not keep up with the unpredictable situation on the battlefield. Late at night on the 12th, when Yang Hao received the report from Marin rushing to aid Sarhu. The fierce battle in Sarhu had long ended, and Nuer
The main force of Hachi's cavalry rushed back to Hetuala in the evening of that day and began to arrange an ambush against the Ming army on Qinghe Road. Compared with the Ming army, the Jianzhou Jurchens were certainly far more familiar with the area hundreds of miles away from Hetuala.
Most of the people living here are Jurchens, so Nurhachi can better understand the dynamics of the Ming army.
At dusk on the 12th, the news Nurhachi received was that the Liu Yao tribe and the North Korean coalition forces on the east route were only fifteen miles away from Hetuala, and the forward He Shixian of Han Yuan Shansuo's troops on the south route was twenty-five miles away from Feala, which is Jianzhou.
The old capital, eight miles southwest of Hetuala
Nurhachi decided to ambush the Ming army on the south road first. The south road was mountainous and easy to ambush. Although Liu Yao's attack on the east road was menacing, according to reports from the sentry cavalry, Liu Yao's army was lax. After killing one enemy soldier, there were more than ten cavalrymen.
If he dismounts and fights for his head, there is nothing to fear from such an army. Just let him come and attack the city. The most important thing is to defeat Qinghe. As for Juniper and Marin of Saerhu, Marin is a coward. I don’t dare.
He led his army in hot pursuit. Although Du Song was brave, his main force had been severely damaged, so he had nothing to fear. Moreover, he left a thousand infantry and cavalry to guard Zhaqa Pass to the west of Hetuala. Although a thousand soldiers and horses could not fight against Du Song,
Marin's army resisted, but it was enough to stop them for half a day. According to the report from the sentry cavalry, the five thousand defenders in Jiefan Mountain had been wiped out. The Ming army stayed in Sarhu at night and did not dare to attack Hetuala overnight.
The advance was all within Nurhachi's expectation. The five thousand cavalrymen in Jiefan Mountain were all wiped out. This was a defeat he had never had since he started his army with thirteen pieces of armor thirty-five years ago.
The loss of the Eight Banners Army in the storming of Qinghe Fort and the heavy casualties in the Battle of Sarhu made Nurhaci regret his decision to raise troops to fight against the Ming Dynasty. He felt that the time had not come to declare the Seven Hatreds and break with the Ming Dynasty.
First, the Beiguan was cleared, and Mongolia was handed over to isolate Kaiyuan, and gradually encroached on Liaodong. But now, the strategy of concentrating its forces to annihilate Juniper failed to achieve great success, so that the capital city of Hetuala was in danger.
At midnight on the night of the 12th, Nurhachi's nephew Erbeile Amin led 3,000 armored troops and quietly approached He Shixian's headquarters on Qinghe Road. The two sides started a fierce battle in the dark night. The Jin army braved the Ming army's guns and cannons to move the chariots away.
With canes and other obstacles, they rushed into the Ming army camp to fight. Liaodong fierce general He Shixian fought hard to meet the enemy. Half an hour later, Dai Shan led another army to appear on He Shixian's left flank. The arrows rained down on him. The Ming army suffered heavy casualties. He Shixian
Hit by several arrows in the back, he killed more than ten powerful enemies and led hundreds of people to break out of the siege.
When Han Yuanshan heard that the forward was attacked, he hurriedly led Zhang Yingchang and Li Huaizhong to rescue him and rescued He Shixian. Unfortunately, Jiannu's ambush troops retreated quickly. Han Yuanshan was so frightened that he did not dare to advance, and he lost the opportunity to attack Hetuala.
good chance!
When Daishan and Amin ambushed He Shixian, a major event occurred in the city of Hetuala. He Heli, one of the five ministers who was ordered to guard Hetuala, ordered the capture of Li Yongfang because there were rumors in the city that Li Yongfang would attack the Ming army.
At the gate of the city, Li Yongfang was originally a rebel general of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not easy to win the trust of the Jurchens. Now Hetuala is in turmoil and panic. There is such a third-class deputy general who leads the Han people in the city, which makes the Jurchens of Houjin feel extremely uneasy.
Li Yongfang did not think of resisting until he was about to die, but it was too late and was killed by He and Lige.
He Heli also ordered the execution of the Han people under Li Yongfang's command. These Han people were all captured by Hou Jin in the Battle of Fushun. There were more than 20,000 Han people, most of whom lived in the city between the old city of Feala and Hetuala.
At this time, they naturally had to resist and flee for their lives. The new and old capitals of Houjin were in chaos. Nurhachi, who was fighting with Liu Yao and the Korean coalition forces, urgently ordered him to act for mercy. Amin returned to the army to suppress it and stabilize the situation in the capital.
Ruguo Han Yuanshan was able to get the information in time and storm Hetuala. The terrain of Hetuala was flat and there was no danger to hold, so it was not difficult to capture it. Nàme Nurhachi had to lead his troops to Huerha, and Liaodong would have peace for several years.
Nurhachi led 30,000 Hou Jin elites to block Liu Yao and the North Korean coalition forces at Niumaozhai north of Abdali Gang. Nurhaci first ambush in the valley south of Warkhash Mountain, waiting for the Ming Dynasty and North Korea's 30,000 troops to pass halfway.
At that time, he blocked the way and launched an attack. Since Liu Yao entered Kuandian, he had not encountered strong resistance along the way and his morale was very high. However, he also neglected the enemy and neglected sentry detection, so he was attacked. Fortunately, Han Yuanshan led his army to rescue him. Nurhaci