The five tribes of Daur only have a population of more than 5,000 and a thousand warriors. They are far away, so their uprising is of no importance to the Qing court.
The focus of the Qing court's attention was Hetuala.
Gualjia Aobai obtained 3,000 elite soldiers from Sabsu and Langtan and thousands of Jurchen tribe soldiers from the East China Sea, increasing his strength to 60,000.
"Generals, listen to the order. Tomorrow I will follow my commander south to the Wu La Mountain City and stop the Ming army at Wunv Mountain." Ao Bai gave the military order.
"嗻!"
The generals received their orders and dispersed, but the only one who waited for the public friend was Chun Lai, who refused to leave.
"Huh? All the generals have retreated, why doesn't the Duke leave?"
"The general was suspicious in his heart and wanted to find a commander to clear his doubts, so he refused to leave."
"Oh, tell me."
"Nawula Mountain City was built on Wunv Mountain. It is indeed a dangerous place in the world. However, transportation is inconvenient. Transporting supplies needs to go through the "Eighteen Pans" rugged mountain road, making supply inconvenient; and there are only two water sources on the top of the mountain: one is in the city
There is "Tianchi" on the west side and "Yinmawan" on the east side of the city. The water in these two springs never dries up all year round, but the water volume is small. The general has calculated that the city can only station a thousand troops at most.
But you have led an army of 60,000. If it were anyone else, I will definitely think that the commander does not know geography, but you are a veteran of our Manchuria who has experienced many battles. In other words, you should not make this mistake. Therefore, please be suspicious.
The marshal clears up the confusion!"
"Hahaha", Ao Bai laughed after hearing this, "Ye Keshu often praises you in front of me that you are a rare young hero in Manchuria. It is true! Yes, it is a lie that I went to guard the Ula Mountain City, and I am hiding an ambush on He.
The Zaotu Mountain southwest of Tuala City is real. As soon as the battle started, I pretended to be defeated, abandoned the city and headed for Hetuala. When the Ming army pursued them to Zaotu Mountain, they ambush them."
After saying that, he twitched his beard and smiled, "What do you think of my commander's plan?"
Pengchun thought for a while and frowned: "Although this plan is brilliant, it has a flaw."
"Oh, come and listen."
"Commander, Wu La Mountain City is the place where our Manchuria dragon thrives, and it is also a dangerous city in the world. If the commander feigns defeat so easily and runs away, how can he not be suspicious of the Ming general Yang Huai, who is a veteran of hundreds of battles? If he becomes suspicious, he will
How can we really pursue him near Zaotu Mountain?"
"This~, in your opinion, what should it be?"
"In the opinion of the last general, the commander-in-chief might as well turn a false defeat into a real defeat. Send one general to guard the Ula Mountain City, and another general to guard the Pozhu River to the east of the mountain city. If the Ming army cannot attack the city, it will inevitably take a detour to the mountain city through the Pozhu River.
In the rear, the general set up defenses by the river, then pretended to be defeated, abandoned the river, and fled the city. In this way, the Ming army could believe that our army was truly defeated and an ambush would not be difficult. Just defending the city would cause Jiang's army to suffer huge losses."
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Ao Bai thought about Peng Chun's words carefully and felt that they were very reasonable. Only by giving up can you gain something. After thinking about it, he decided to send Li Sizhong of the Yellow Banner Han Army to serve as the bait. This is also the right thing to do. This task is dangerous.
You can’t send the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners.
Li Sizhong, the leader of the Han Army Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen, was the grandson of Li Chengliang, the famous general of the Ming Dynasty. After receiving the military order, he ordered his third son, the third-class Jia Zhangjing (the third class is equivalent to guerrillas, and the first and second classes are equivalent to generals).
Li Xianzu led an army of 1,500 troops to guard the city of Wula Mountain; he led 9,000 troops to station at the Pozhu River. Nurhaci had been a slave of the old Li family. Because of this relationship, Emperor Shunzhi treated the old Li family well.
Li Sizhong's second son, Li Yinzu, was granted the title of Governor of Zhili, Shandong and Henan, and the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. He was truly a good official!
Everyone in the family was given the title of high official. Li Sizhong was very loyal to the Qing court and was willing to act as a bait.
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Yang Huai's army arrived at Wula Mountain City.
After joining the more than 20,000 troops of Gu Zhong and Yuan Doupiao, this army numbered 61,000, including 28,000 Ming troops, 28,000 Korean troops, and 5,000 surrender troops.
Yang Huai is a veteran general. Before every battle, he must first observe the terrain. He took a look through the telescope and his face changed. This city is not easy to fight!
This city is a mountain city. When Goguryeo built its capital here, it was because of its dangers. It only had three gates in the east, south and west, city walls, horse roads, reservoirs, lookout towers, sentry posts, archery towers, and a few fortifications.
It is comprehensive and built on the mountain, towering abruptly and standing thousands of feet high.
"Alas! Such a majestic city is not easy to conquer!"
"Commander, the last general is from Liaodong. Although this city is dangerous, there is not much water source. At most, it can only garrison more than a thousand defenders." Tan Bu, the commander-in-chief of Liaoyang, interjected.
"Oh, if there are only a thousand defenders, we can try to attack the city." After hearing Tan Bu's words, Yang Huai looked much better.
"Dong dong dong!"
When the marching drum sounded, Ming general Ma Siwen led more than 2,000 surrendered Han troops to attack the city. In siege battles, troops were usually sent to lead the charge. This was true regardless of the Ming or Qing Dynasties.
First a burst of small cannons were fired on the mountain, and then stones and logs were dropped, and blunderbuss and arrows were fired. Ma Siwen dropped more than two hundred corpses and returned without success.
Yang Huai was furious and ordered cannons to bombard the city. It was useless. The mountain was too high and it was difficult to shoot from bottom to top. Even if it hit, it would be bounced off the rocks and the damage to the city would not be much.
The second wave of attacks by the Ming army began. Tan Bu commanded Fulehe and General Merson, and led two thousand Manchu, Mongolian and Eight Banners troops to attack the city. Another three hundred corpses were thrown away, so the city suffered at most no losses.
Dozens of people.
In the third wave, Gu Zhong led more than 900 Jurchen tribesmen from the East China Sea to surrender and attacked the city. Arrows rained down on the city, and more than 200 people were shot to death.
"Commander, this city is difficult to fight," Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liaodong, sighed.
"Haha, don't worry, Tong Duxian, I have a plan. There is a river named Pozhu River to the east of this city. Tomorrow we can have the North Korean army pretend to attack. I will lead the main force to cross the Pozhu River and go around to the rear of the city to attack it. We will definitely defeat it."
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Tong Yangjia took a look at the map and was full of praise, "No wonder your Majesty calls the commander a wise general, he is really like a god in using troops!"
This flattery makes Yang Huai itchy.
The next day, he ordered Yuan Doupiao, Li Shifang, and Li Huan to lead 28,000 Korean troops to feign an attack. He led more than 30,000 troops to cross the Pozhu River by boat. The Pozhu River was a tributary of the Yalu River, and it was capable of maneuvering warships. p>
Unexpectedly, they boarded the boat and sailed to the other side, only to find that there were Qing troops stationed on the shore.
I couldn't help but be shocked, "Who is this commander-in-chief? He actually knows how to deploy troops here, he is a real general!"
"Commander, look at the enemy's flag, it should be someone from the Li family's general," Tong Yangjia said.
"Li Chengliang is our famous general in the Ming Dynasty, but many of his descendants surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. How sad." Yang Huai sighed, "When the two armies meet, the brave will win. The only way is to move forward bravely and defeat the enemy!"
After saying that, he summoned the navy generals Ruan Jin and Gu Zhong, "Both of you have always boasted about your ability in naval warfare, and the Ping Liao army is the best. I would like to see who is stronger and which is weaker. The one who lands first will be the first to win!"
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"Yes!"
Ruan Jin and Gu Zhong replied in unison. Both of them were pirates, and they were dissatisfied with each other when they were under the command of Lu Jianguo.
After hearing Yang Huai's order, the two men each led their own warships and bravely landed.
"Boom boom boom!"
With the roar of artillery, the two landed almost at the same time, and led their troops to fill in the trenches and clear the roadblocks.
The battle raged for an hour, and Li Sizhong saw that it was almost over, so he ordered a retreat. Father and son connected with each other, and sent someone to notify Li Xianzu to retreat.
After the Ming army landed at Pozhu River, they went straight to the Ula Mountain City to fight. After Li Xianzu received the notice from his father, he immediately retreated. Unexpectedly, the infantry could not run fast. Tan Bu led 2,000 cavalry to chase him and cut Li Xianzu in half with a knife.
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Yang Huai spent so much effort to capture the Ula Mountain City and annihilate thousands of Han troops under the Eight Banners. No longer doubting the deceit, he happily ordered: "All armies continue to move forward and work together to capture Hetuala!"
