Hou Jin's army rushed to nothing, and the scouts checked the footprints and found that they were all heading towards Shenyang. In fact, they only traced them for more than ten miles, but they were afraid that they would never return like the dozens of people last time, so they did not dare to approach Shenyang, so they were in Tieling. We wandered around the south for an hour and then returned.
After the small-scale battle, Hou Jin was already feeling frightened, especially since Xiong Tingbi had defeated them several times. This time, whenever they felt that Xiong Manzi was ambushing them, their scalps would go numb.
"It's all stones, nothing to destroy."
"The food is all burned, and the amount is only enough for three days."
Hou Jin discovered that the Ming army was still in the early stages of building the fortress by digging earth and piling rocks. Some people felt that they had arrived early, so they didn't get any food, which was a pity. Others felt that they had been fooled and that Xiong Manzi was playing tricks on them. , leaving them exhausted and running in vain.
Anyway, after this defeat, Jin Jun had a lot of complaints in private.
Nurhachi also asked Baylor and his ministers to publicize that this was another victory. When the Ming army saw the main force of Houjin, they were so scared that they were pissed off. It was a win anyway, and it was a win.
But Nurhaci knew in his heart that the Eight Banners dispatched six banners. There was only one banner each in Saarhu and Kuandian in the southeast. In fact, they were both weak.
There was no food, no prisoners, and no way to burn stones. He was very worried that problems might arise in the rear, so he stayed there for a few days and began to withdraw. He shouted "win!" along the way, but the decisive battle was not completed. He was quite disappointed.
"Xiong Manzi doesn't have the guts to fight... How can we fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army?"
He knew that if he continued to waste his life like this, he would not be able to consume more money than the Ming Dynasty. It would not be fun at all if he did not fight decisively, and he would probably become more and more passive.
Just a few days after returning, the scouts discovered that another Ming army was dispatched from Shenyang and went to Tieling to continue digging trenches and pile stones to build a fortress.
At this time, Nurhaci planned to wait for the Ming army to build up for a while, wait for more food to be transported and the Ming army to be larger in number, and then go over and destroy them.
Half a month later, Xiong Tingbi suddenly sent someone to declare a challenge.
"What!? Xiong Manzi issued a challenge?"
Nurhaci was surprised and happy. Finally, Xiong Manzi couldn't hold back his anger?
He took over the battle letter from An Feiyanggu, in which Xiong Tingbi wrote, "Half a month later, we will have a decisive battle in Tieling and Shenyang."
"Who is the messenger who delivers the letter?"
"A young Han man said that he was Xiong Tingbi's secretary and that this letter was Xiong Jinglue's own handwriting."
Nurhachi pondered in his heart, this bear barbarian is very sinister, could he be deceiving us?
He carefully examined it and found that with so many years of war experience, deception and ambushes were the most commonly used methods. In the first battle against the Ming Dynasty, they lied about entering the country and made a trade, but in fact suddenly committed murder.
Could Xiong Manzi be a liar? Let yourself make this trip in vain.
Or set up an ambush around Tieling. God knows how many Ming troops the cunning Xiong Manzi has hidden in the mountains?
Or perhaps taking advantage of the confrontation between the two armies in Tieling, they could suddenly attack Kuandian from the Gaizhou and Phoenix roads, strategically surrounding Houjin again...
Don’t worry! The Houjin Eight Banners’ marching ability is at a basic level. One hundred and fifty miles of mountain road every day is the basic level. As long as the death order is given, the Houjin army will attack wherever it wants.
As for the Ming army...it's a bit difficult to travel hundreds of miles every day in the plain~
Based on this alone, he was sure to take the absolute initiative in the mountainous areas of Liaodong. He must destroy the main force of the Ming army in the field. Therefore, he could not wait for the fortress to be built, but would fight as soon as the main force encountered it.
He promised to fight in half a month.
This time Huang Taiji still felt that there was no need to follow the invitation of the Ming army. Hou Jin could attack wherever he wanted. It was better to take this opportunity to enter the Kormi Grassland or raid the countryside around Liaoyang.
In short, there is no need to keep an eye on Tieling.
Nurhaci had rich experience in fighting, and knew that Huang Taiji had hit the mark. Since the Eight Banners had a very strong marching ability and had an abundant number of mules and horses to carry supplies, they could indeed attack other places first to make the Ming army passive.
But at this moment, Anfeyangu brought important news.
"Great Khan, there is definite news from Shenyang. The Ming army is mobilizing and preparing for the decisive battle in Tieling and Shenyang in half a month."
"Are you sure?" Nurhachi was looking forward to the decisive battle to destroy the Ming army.
"I'm sure it was sent by Ming Army General Bao Chengxian. The news is absolutely true." An Feiyanggu said proudly, because he was responsible for the intelligence and rebellion work of Li Yongfang, Bao Chengxian and other generals of the Liaodong Han Army. This matter was his great contribution.
One piece.
"Okay! I believe in the intelligence of the generals of the Han army in Liaodong. We have relied on this to save danger many times before, and this time we have also determined the movements of the Ming army!"
Therefore, Nurhachi let the Six Banners recharge their batteries and did not take the initiative to attack other places. They dedicated a decisive battle half a month later.
......
The results can be imagined.
As soon as Six Flags was dispatched, they were discovered by Ming army gliders.
This time the scouts who established the slaves discovered that what was flying in the sky was not a bird, but someone was controlling and flying it. They were very shocked that there were people in the Ming Dynasty who could fly. It was simply incredible.
For a time, the already superstitious slaves were panicked, and various speculations spread like wildfire. Some even thought that the Ming Dynasty had sent immortal cultivators to deal with them.
"Shit!" Mang Gurtai yelled, pointing at the glider and saying: "That's just a kite with a child on it! What kind of immortal? If you are an immortal, why don't you summon thunder and lightning to impose punishment?"
When the Eight Banners soldiers heard this, Sanbeile was right. It was just a large kite. It couldn't fight, let alone punish it with thunder and lightning like an immortal.
"Whoosh!"
Something fell from the sky, and Mang Gurtai was shocked. He saw an iron ball falling from the sky and landed among the Zhenglan Banner guards with a "boom".
It exploded.
The two guards were blown up and their heads were covered in blood, and their screams shook the earth.
The most frightening thing is to be injured rather than directly killed. According to Houjin's medical level, he will definitely be infected and die of the disease, and there is no way to save him. However, being injured will also cause an astonishing blow to morale, which makes people feel very scary and always endure it. Keep looking up to see if thunder will fall from the sky.
That was a grenade thrown by a Ming army scout.
Just like the first air raid in human history, the grenade thrown by a reconnaissance plane once again opened a historical record. However, this time it was almost 300 years earlier than the First World War, and the record of the first air raid was also achieved by the Ming army.
After Nurhaci found out, he quickly urged his troops to rush to Tieling and Shenyang to participate in the decisive battle.
While he was still on the road, he felt a little bad.
Sure enough, the scouts discovered that the Ming army had escaped again.
Many ravines, foundations, stones and burned-out remains of grain were left behind.
What kind of decisive battle... There was not even a trace of the Ming army. They all retreated to Shenyang, Fengji Fort, Sanchahe and other fortresses to defend themselves.
Come on, please attack the city.
Xiong Tingbi is looking forward to the wild boar skin's rage and madness to attack.
This time Nurhachi was so angry that his whole body was burning, but he gritted his teeth and held back.
"Withdraw!"
The Ming army just let them build the fortress as they pleased, but it would cause the troops to disperse and ignore them in the future!
This bear man, he didn’t keep his appointment in the afternoon, it’s shameless...