I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Yue Tuo led a group of people with red flags inlaid, and they went straight to the city of Puhe.

A group of cavalry, as fast as lightning, was about to arrive at the city of Puhe when a scout came to report: "A group of Ming soldiers were spotted near Puhe driving away our Jurchen tribe with whips!"

"Those Ming soldiers shouted loudly and beat my people like livestock!"

Yue Tuo was furious when he heard the words, he was very angry, he waved his horse whip and said: "It's too much to deceive people!" Then he turned his head and said:

"Turge, I'll cut down all these Ming troops first, and join forces later!"

Although Turge is old now, but after all, he is a hero who has followed Nurhachi since he was a child and has experienced many battles. He is also one of the five ministers, so he has naturally rich experience in front of the battle.

He was about to say something, but Yue Tuo, who was impatient by nature, didn't give him a chance to speak at all.

After Yue Tuo said that, he directly stimulated the mount with the spurs under his feet, and led a group of cavalry with red flags, and galloped away in the direction the spies came from.

Due to the hooves of the horses, dust and smoke were rolled up on the plain.

Far away at the head of Puhe City, banners are densely covered. Looking around, it is said that there are more than [-] Ming troops stationed here. Looking around, everyone is wearing a full set of cotton armor, holding the latest spears and steel knives .

It seems that this is a very important town.

However, no one knew that Xiong Tingbi, who knew Huang Taiji like the back of his hand, had already guessed that they would take the initiative to attack, so he took the lead in arranging the strategy of the guards.

This strategy, just like Saarhu, was completely restrained by Jin Bing.

The elite Liao army who had been guarding Puhe had been handed over early, and now in charge of guarding here are Gao Xuan, a general of Du Wenhuan, the Sichuan general, and He Renlong, a general of Gaoye, the Shanxi Taiyuan general.

These two people and their subordinates together received 5 military pay. Even Xiong Tingbi didn't know the exact amount.

Since he didn't know, Xiong Tingbi didn't bother to investigate at all, so as not to startle the snake.

Although Gao Xuan and He Renlong didn't know each other at all before, they still maintained a strange consistency, that is, fearing the enemy and not fighting.

How many catties and taels the guard army has, the two of them know best.

They also knew that the reason why Xiong Tingbi issued the order first to let the guards in the pass guard the town was that they did not expect them to go out and fight tough battles.

Therefore, it is enough to defend the city.

Standing on the city wall, He Renlong saw the dust raised by horseshoes in the distance, and felt bad, so he asked:

"The surname is Gao, why haven't I seen anyone?"

Not long after, the soldiers replied: "General Gao is still fast asleep!"

"This useless killer." He Renlong cursed, then thought of something, and immediately sent sentry riders out to investigate.

Not long after, the message came back.

Overnight, almost all the forts along the periphery of the Pu River fell!

When the guards in those places saw the Jin soldiers coming, they didn't even see how many people were on the other side, so they fled, throwing armor, knives, guns and luggage all over the place.

He Renlong really didn't expect that those generals who had fought fiercely in the past few days, would be so cowardly when they met Jiannu.

From this point of view, this Eastern Expedition is afraid that Xiong Tingbi will defend the city with the guards, and it may cause bad things.

He Renlong's eyes turned deeply, and he said loudly: "Send my military order to let my troops quietly withdraw from the city and go to Fushun to meet with Commander Gao!"

Chapter 914 Encircling Saarhu

After a few days, the news reached Kaiyuan.

Kaiyuan is at the frontier, but its position is to the north, Xiong Tingbi set up the commander's tent here, it is expected that Huang Taiji will not doubt it.

Even though he didn't intend to let the guards do anything big, he was still surprised when he heard the news that Puhe fell on the first day of the war, He Renlong fled without a fight, and Gao Xuan died in the city.

In order to make this scene real, Xiong Tingbi arranged [-] guards in Puhe and the surrounding forts to be responsible for guarding, at least there are so many in the military register.

However, the Guards Army, which had received [-] rations, was still on the verge of collapse when the rations were sufficient and armor and ordnance had been distributed, and they couldn't even defend the city.

The rapid collapse of the guard army not only exceeded Xiong Tingbi's expectation, but also made Huang Taiji somewhat unexpected.

How to arrange next, Xiong Tingbi immediately called a meeting of generals.

Both sides are changing their strategies according to the frontline battle, but the frontline can't wait for them.

In the Puhe area, the battle went surprisingly smoothly. Yuetuo, who had originally planned to join Turg here, decided to take advantage of the situation and advance to the important town of Fushun.

Yue Tuo and his party crossed the small river, and happened to encounter a group of Ming soldiers who were going out of the city to fetch water. These Ming soldiers were well armored and should be the main force of the Liao army.

Seeing this, Yue Tuo became even more excited, and directly led the cavalry inlaid with red flags to charge forward.

Most of the Ming army was infantry. Although they wore fine armor and held brand-new knives and guns, they were actually guards. They had never seen such battles before.

After some fighting, this Ming army was quickly defeated, leaving behind a hundred corpses, and fled back to Fushun City.

Turge, as the five ministers, had the responsibility to protect Yue Tuo, the owner of the banner with the red flag, but Yue Tuo's speed of advancing troops was really too fast, and the soldiers were very fast. After chasing for a long time, he arrived at Puhe, but he still couldn't catch up.

Since he really didn't know where Yuetuo had gone, in order to ensure the smoothness of the Puhe line, Turge had to stop here and wait for Huang Taiji's Eight Banners army.

The next day, Huang Taiji was very excited when he learned that Puhe had been captured, and immediately led the main force of the Eight Banners to Puhe City, but he did not see Yuetuo.

After repeated pressing, Turg just told the truth.

Hearing this, Dai Shan's face turned pale, he naturally knew that Huang Taiji had always regarded their father and son as thorns in the side and thorns in the flesh, and this time it might not be a disaster.

Sure enough, a Baylor with two yellow flags below proposed that Yue Tuo violated the military order and entered the army without authorization, which alarmed the Ming army in Shenyang and Fushun, and should be subject to military law.

That night, Yue Tuo, who didn't know where he went, returned to Puhe, bound his hands, faced the government office where Huang Taiji lived, and kowtowed three times.

After that, I couldn't afford to kneel.

The next morning, Huang Taiji walked out of the yamen, saw Yue Tuo who was still kneeling on the ground, drowsy, snorted coldly, and said:

"You still know how to come back?"

"Let's go, there are military laws waiting for you!"

Arriving at the hall, it was the place where the magistrate of Puhe used to be promoted to the hall. All the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners gathered together, and Yuetuo was about to be tried.

Daishan's forehead was sweating, he hesitated to speak several times.

A two-yellow-flag Baylor cited Yuetuo's faults in dispatching troops this time, and suggested that the leaders below Yuetuo with red flags should be demoted to their posts.

Moreover, because Yue Tuo is the leader of the banner, Baylor, and he is a military law, he should not be pardoned.

Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar, talking a lot, Daishan's eyes were darkened, his legs seemed to be stepping on cotton, and he almost fainted.

If it was normal, Huang Taiji would definitely take this opportunity to kill Yue Tuo so that he could hold the red flag in his hand, but not now.

After all, Daishan is extremely majestic and has many followers. If he disposes of it rashly, he is afraid that it will backfire and force Daishan to be his enemy.

After thinking about it, he said:

"This time Yue Tuo entered the army without authorization, not only his own fault, but also the reason why you people with red flags don't care about it."

"Ben Khan sees that the leaders of the inlaid red flags really cut their merits and resigned, and replaced them with the two yellow flags Baylor. As for the leader of the flag, Yue Tuo, let's make up for the crime!"

"The war situation is serious. This time, Yue Tuo's death will be spared, and only his merits will be reduced, and Niu Lu will be recovered. What do you think?"

When everyone heard the words, they were relieved and shouted at the same time: "The Khan is benevolent!"

Dai Shan also heaved a sigh of relief, and since then, he has no intention of confronting Huang Taiji anymore. As for Yue Tuo, it's too late to regret it.

This time, Huang Taiji not only took back the military power inlaid with the red flag, which seriously weakened the power of the Daishan faction, but most importantly, he also gained a good reputation for being kind to others.

If it wasn't for Da Ming's counterattack now, this would be the beginning of his rise.

Unfortunately, everything came too late.

On the front line of Shenyang and Liaoyang, since the guards are almost all guard troops, the Houjin soldiers are invincible. After disposing of Yuetuo, the next step is Fushun.

Today's Fushun is guarded by Taiyuan General Gao Ye.

Gao Ye has something. His subordinate He Renlong, although he said that sometimes he is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he can be taken seriously when he is forced to go crazy.

Just when Huang Taiji was full of ambition and was discussing how to take Fushun first, pretend to attack Shenyang, and then go straight to Liaoyang, a sentry horse from Saerhu New City broke in.

……

Liaodong in March is warm and cold.

It is precisely because of this weather that in the first half of the year, the imperial court hastily produced 40 sets of cotton-padded clothes and quilts for the border troops to keep out the cold.

In the first few days of the war, it seemed that there was no bone-chilling chill as expected by the Guannei Guards. The south wind blew and the warm wind blew on the face, which made people quite comfortable.

Many guards didn't even wear the cotton-padded clothes they were issued.

However, suddenly the north wind hit overnight, blowing away the warm south wind, the weather suddenly became cold overnight, the howling cold wind mixed with rain and snow, covering the sky and covering the earth.

The sudden change in the weather caused wind and cold to break out in the guards who were not prepared in time.

The first battalion of the Ming army, nine times out of ten, was infected with the wind and cold at this time, and the wind and cold spread quickly among the Ming army.

The Weisuo army, which was already unable to fight against the golden soldiers, was even more defeated after the outbreak of the wind and cold. Several routes showed the same decline as in the first battle of Sarhu.

It wasn't until this time that Xiong Tingbi's strategy of separating the guard army and the frontier army showed its power.

Just when Huang Taiji was full of ambition and deployed a large army to oppress Fushun, a Ming army of 10 people appeared outside the new city of Sarhu overnight.

Xiong Tingbi used the slightly stronger Shanxi and Shandong Weisuo troops to defend the city, while the Huguang, Henan, and Yunnan officials and troops who had been disarmed for many years set out from Liaoyang in eight routes.

The strategy he set was to encircle Hetuala in due course with the frontier army in the north and the guard army in the south.

However, it has been half a month since the start of the war, and the frontier army has not been seen. The guards were beaten by the golden soldiers and ran away, not to mention marching troops to Hetuala, even Shenyang and Liaoyang were in danger.

Fortunately, Xiong Tingbi was able to hold his breath, until Huang Taiji hit Fushun and Shenyang was in emergency one after another, then the main force of the frontier army who had been dormant for half a month suddenly appeared and went straight to Hetuala.

But there is still a variable, that is, the two brothers Dorgon and Duoduo command the Saerhu New City guarded by two white flags.

Xiong Tingbi originally planned to raid the old village directly, but he was also surprised when he saw a fortress blocking the place where he had to cross the river, as if it had risen overnight.

It was not only him who was surprised, but also Dorgon and Duoduo, the main force of the Ming army, who saw outside as if they were divine soldiers descending from heaven.

Chapter 915 Impeachment of Xiong Tingbi

Xiong Tingbi held the rein of the horse with one hand, his mind full of thoughts.

"It's Saarhu..." On the side, Cao Wenzhao took a deep breath, "Taitai, Jiannu rebuilt the city of Saarhu. If you want to go to Hetuala, you must pass here first."

"This Sarhu is located at the confluence of two rivers, so it is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. What's more, our army suffered a big defeat here before, and I am afraid it will be used by slaves."

What Cao Wenzhao said was exactly what Xiong Tingbi was worried about.

I originally thought of raiding Hetuala, but looking at the current situation, a raid is no longer possible. Liaoshen is in danger, and the guard army is useless, so I can only give it a go.

"Sarhu, it's been ten years, and I never thought that the final decisive battle would still be here." Xiong Tingbi sneered, the battlefield is like this, and the situation cannot keep up with the changes.

Originally, he wanted to use the cannon fodder in the guard to lure the enemy into deep, and he led the elite frontier army into fists to raid Hetuala, and then turned around and killed the main force of the golden soldiers.

Unexpectedly, Jiannu rushed to build a new city of Saerhu [-] miles before Hetuala.

This city of Salhu was high and deep, and it was defended by Dorgon's two white flags. Xiong Tingbi was not sure that he would be able to take this place before dark.

You know, Fushun is only a hundred miles away.

Counting from the time when the news was sent back, it took only a day for Huang Taiji's main force to come back to help, leaving him with few opportunities.

Should we withdraw our troops to find another opportunity, or set the main battlefield in Sarhu again and fight a turnaround.

While his eyes were moving slightly, Xiong Tingbi had an idea in his mind. He held the rein tightly, and said almost gnashing his teeth:

"Pass down the governor's order to return to Liaoyang, and the guards who leave the pass will only guard the city, and those who go out of the city without authorization to fight with the slave army in the field, beheaded!"

"Tell Gao Ye, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan guarding Lushun, that Fushun is the gateway to Shenyang, and there is no room for loss. No matter whether the old slave retreats or not, he will stare at me there without moving an inch."

"If there is something wrong with Fushun, I will try my best to overstep my authority and kill him first!"

"Yes!" A soldier of the supervisory battalion clasped his fists immediately after hearing this, and then galloped away on the plain, leaving a trail of dust and smoke as the horse's hooves passed by.

Afterwards, Xiong Tingbi summoned the generals of the frontier army and began to use Sarhu as a sand table to delineate the battle strategy.

Cao Wenzhao and others were very solemn. This decisive battle came too suddenly. If Jiannu didn't return to the army and went straight to Liaoshen, or only returned part of the army and the rest continued to attack, things would not be so good.

Since ancient times, the generals hated the supervision army the most. Although the supervision army was withdrawn early in this dynasty, there were still civil servants. Once the war involved Liaoshen, the pressure would all be on Emperor Tianqi.

If the emperor couldn't withstand the pressure of his ministers' condemnation, it was common for the army to change commanders and change tactics in the face of battle.

……

"What a shit supervisor!"

"That is, he, Xiong Tingbi, spent tens of millions of rations and salaries every year during his five-year reign in the Liao Dynasty, so he handed over such a result to the court?"