Chapter 20: Sunset in the West (4)

Tie Hyun walked into the royal palace quickly, and Zhu Zhi was practicing sword in the backyard. Tie Hyun knelt down in the corridor and saluted: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Hyun has something important to report."

Zhu Zhi only practiced half of his sword skills along the way. He could only stop when he heard Tie Xuan's voice. Xiao Chenzi collected the sword for Zhu Zhi and gave him a towel.

Zhu Zhi wiped his face and said, "Has the Jurchens sent troops? How far is it from Sarhu?" At this time, the Liaodong army and horses had everything, and only the east wind was needed, Zhu Zhi was waiting for the news.

Tie Xuan said: "Your Highness, you have sent troops, but the Jurchens' target is not Fushun Pass, but Zhenbei Pass. General Ye rushed for 800 miles: Yesterday morning, the Jurchen army raided Zhenbei Pass, with great force, but it has been defeated by General Ye."

Zhu Zhi was a little strange: "Oh? Why is Zhenbei Pass? It's strange, I walked into the house and said." Walking into the house, Zhu Zhi asked Tiexuan to sit down and the servants brought tea.

Tie Xuan took a sip and said, "Your Highness, according to General Ye's report, the Jurchens' attack on the border is coming in full force this time. It seems that it is a big blow to the heavy snow in winter."

Zhu Zhi smiled and his face immediately pulled down: "But it's too strange if it's not the situation in Fushun Pass. Dingshi, look, why did the Jurchens take action from Zhenbei Pass? What's the purpose of doing this?"

"Judgement of humble duties is this the Jurchens' suspicious soldier. Please see your highness." Tie Xuan walked to the front of the map by the wall, and Zhu Zhi also came over, "No matter from any aspect, Fushun Pass or Yahu Pass are the most convenient roads to enter the hinterland of Liaodong.

You can go straight to Shenyang from Fushun Pass; after breaking through Yahu Pass, you will go straight to Liaoyang. The Jurchens took action from Zhenbei Pass, which was obviously to look far and wide. And it was reported that the Jurchens were huge and aggressive.

Zhu Zhi interrupted him and said, "That means that the Jurchens want to use this as bait. To attract the main force of the Liaodong Army to go north to rescue? Are they worried that we will go out of Fushun Pass to attack Nadan Mansion?"

Tie Xuan said: "Your Highness clearly understands that according to the scouts' reconnaissance before the New Year, the Jurchens had 20,000 troops stationed in Nadan Mansion.

The main forces have been assembled, so the judge of Hu Zi is not worried about our attack, but his own main attack direction is Fushun Pass.

He attempted to attract our army to rescue north, and then break through Fushun Pass to march north to surround our army in Tieling and Anlezhou area."

Zhu Zhi's hand was drawing on the map and sneered: "Hehe, Zahaqi is a little more strategic. What a pity. He just encountered the iron tripod stone. What should we do? Let the North Road be in a hurry?"

Tie Xuan said: "According to the judgment of humble vocation, if the Jurchens focused on the breakthrough of Fushun Pass, they would have to assemble at least 30,000 people and guard the old nest at least 5,000; then the troops attacking Zhenbei Pass would not exceed 25,000.

It is no problem to defend the pass with General Ye 20,000 elite troops. As long as General Ye is ordered to hold on, he will firmly bite the Jurchens on this road.

No matter how many times he is, I will go all the way, and Your Highness will still fight out of Fushun Pass as planned. Go straight to Sarhu, as long as we attract Jurgent's master here, our plan will be successful."

Zhu Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, that's it. In addition, the Liao guards can be ordered to play the army of Fushun Pass. Walk twenty miles north during the day and twenty miles south at night, and practice marching on the official road back and forth."

Tie Hyun spent a long time trying to squeeze out a smirk: "Your Highness's plan is very good." Zhu Zhi looked at Tie Hyun's uncomfortable look and laughed.

...

Unlike the first expedition, this time, the Fushun Pass made drums and music ascended to heaven, and colorful flags were flying.

More than 10,000 elite troops from each guard gathered, the Yulin Guard in black, the "Guangning Central Guard" in green, the Tieling Guard in Dingliao, the Right Guard in Dingliao, the armor was bright and he was powerful without anger. The countless people outside the field were lying on the railings to watch the fun.

Those handsome and mighty black-clad cavalry killed many onlookers.

With three cannons, Zhu Zhi walked onto the general's stage. He looked around and said, "Everyone here has homes."

Home is perhaps the warmest place in the world. No matter how far we go, there will be a light waiting for you to return; no matter how hungry we are, there will be a bowl of noodles or rice porridge to fill your hunger; no matter how lonely we are outside, there will be a high-end parents, wife, children and brothers who love you.

Close to you.

But we still have to leave it and leave this warmest place. We will go to the ice and snow, the poor mountains and the bad waters to bleed and sacrifice!

Why? Maybe some of you have such a question in your mind, why do you want to leave that place? It is your home that is in danger.

That's why you have to go into battle and use your life to protect your wife, children, and children from being ravaged and your warm home from being destroyed.

War is a weapon! People will die when fighting, but I am sorry to you and I will take my brothers to fight on the battlefield.

But this time you will solve the Haixi Jurchens once and for all, capture the enemy chief Zahachi, so that your home will no longer be threatened and robbed.

Brothers are about to go to the battlefield with me. I will continue to fight with you, defend the people of Liaodong together, and defend the honor of the Liaodong Army together.

The responsibility of this king is to lead you to victory as much as possible and bring you all home as much as possible. "More than ten thousand soldiers in the field were infected by Zhu Zhi's words, and more than ten thousand people were silent.

Zhu Zhi saw that the time was ripe and waved his hand and issued a slogan of fighting: "Capture the Lalu Mansion and capture Zahaqi alive!" The silent contest just now suddenly burst out with thunder like a thunderbolt - "Capture the Lalu Mansion and capture Zahaqi alive!"

The commanding flag of "Zhizhi of the Liao King of the Ming Dynasty" was flying in front of the team. Tens of thousands of Liaodong troops followed this yellow flag to fight. Various flags and soldiers continued into a vast torrent of miles long.

Every soldier's eyes were filled with a determined expression, heading north, north, and then north.

...

In the spring forest, new leaves have just sprouted, and the sunlight is projected on the ground, splitting into mottled shadows. The forest twenty miles east of Sarhu, the Liaodong Army outpost is a scout unit composed of a mixed Han Jurchen.

The scouts riding on the horse, each of whom opened a line of scattered soldiers and slowly searched and advanced in the forest. "Crazy..." Some birds suddenly flew up on the top of the tree in the distance.

The million soldiers led by a hundred households frowned and ordered the soldiers beside them: "Passing them down, if there is any situation, get a crossbow!" The soldiers on both sides passed to both sides one by one. The scouts pulled up the crossbows hanging around the horse's neck and quietly loaded arrows and lifted the strings.

"Ah...ah..." Above the treetops was the chirping of mountain eagles. The scouts were extremely nervous, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at the trees and grass in front of them.

"Crazy..." There was another noise in the bushes, and a scout's nerve could not bear it. "Teng!" pulled the trigger, the arrow pierced into the grass, and a sika deer jumped out, drilling between the trees, and disappeared in a taller and denser grass again.

"Haha, look at your courage. The recruits are new recruits, don't be nervous..." The companions around him laughed at the scout who shot arrows. It turned out to be a sika deer. The scouts who were so nervous that they were breathless just now suddenly felt relieved.

"Swoosh...Puff" Before the laughter fell, the white arrow feather appeared on the speaker's neck, and he knocked down his horse. The new recruit scout looked at his companion in horror, at a loss.

"Enemy attacks, enemy attacks!" A terrified shout sounded from the quiet forest, and a feather arrow "snatches" and penetrates the tree beside him, still buzzing.

"Swoosh...swoosh..." A feathered arrow shot from the depths of the forest in the distance like locusts. Several scouts were caught in the horse, and more scouts shot arrows at the Jurchen figures that appeared in the bushes.

White feathered arrows intersected back and forth in the forest, and people on both sides were shot.

After seeing that the scouts shot for a round, they knew that if they were to get the arrow again, their speed would inevitably suffer. He decisively pulled out his saber and shouted: "Brothers, draw your sword and rush forward to chop.

"The scouts who were attacked in a hurry showed excellent training level. Although they were shocked, they hung up crossbows and drew their swords to urge their horses to move forward.

The Jurchens' archery skills were better than those of the Han people, so they leaned more heavily on bows and arrows, but the obstruction of branches, leaves and trunks in the forest reduced the Jurchens' hit rate. They shot and retreated, using the gaps between the trees to retreat deep into the forest.

A tall scout flexibly controlled the horse, crossed layers of jungle, and caught up with a Jurchen in a blink of an eye. The scout raised his sword and fell, and the Jurchens hurriedly raised their bow to resist. The knife brought the howling wind and slashed the man and the bow into two sections.

The scout looked around and saw more than a dozen Jurchens around him retreating in a hurry. He shouted backwards: "There are not many Jurchens! Brothers come up and chop them up!" As he said that, he slashed at an enemy next to him who was busy changing arrows...

Scouts were in groups of three or two, chasing the Jurchens who were running away in the forest. The sound of swords and screams came one after another.

In a moment, the scouts team that was attacked turned against each other and won. More than 20 Jurchens were slaughtered, and only one of the arrows was captured. One scout was killed and eleven injured.

Wan Chao gathered the scout team, came to the scout who was leading the way, patted him on the shoulder and praised, "Lang Hao did a good job, remember you for your merits."

He turned to everyone and said, "Let five people stay and take care of the wounded and prisoners, and the others follow me through the forest quickly and target the Hunhe Valley."

As soon as the Ming army brigade arrived at Sarhu, he received news from the scouts in front. The scouts on both sides had extensive contact on the front line of dozens of miles. "The Jurchen brigade had gathered in three groups at Fangzhou Fort, with a total force of 40,000."

At this time, the Jurchens' combat intentions were completely exposed to Zhu Zhi. Tie Xuan's estimate was completely correct. The Jurchens adopted the strategy of vocalizing east and attacking west, attacking Zhenbei Pass openly and secretly taking Fushun Pass.
Chapter completed!