Chapter 24 Father and Son
Eunuch Wei is not a person who kills innocent people, so he kills Jin Deqing.
This behavior is still very logical.
When I went to Yongdianburg for dinner, it was not because the guy in the father-in-law who held a pipe to speak loudly, but because I had a lot of confidence.
Because Yongdian Castle is only more than twenty miles away from Xiaodian. Not to mention cavalry, even if an infantry force is forced to arrive in more than an hour.
Yongdian Castle is actually the smallest fortress in Kuandian Liubao. There is a half-la River passing through, and the river finally flows into the Yalu River. According to Fei Gulun, the Jurchens of the Imperial Guard, the upper reaches of this half-la River are Hun River, which leads directly to Chenyang.
It is actually not suitable for people to live in Yongdian because they are all mountains and there is not much arable land, but the terrain is more important. Therefore, the Ming army set up a fort here, and the Han people in the entire jurisdiction were the least compared to the other five forts, with a total of only three or four thousand people. After Li Chengliang withdrew the military and civilians of Kuandian, Jianzhou immediately sent troops to seize the area.
There were not many officers and soldiers who led the attack on Yongdian, only 1,400, including 150 cavalry. The remaining were two temporary brigades composed of Imperial Army infantry, Jinzhou Guards, and some surrendered Japanese and Flying Tiger Army. In addition, there were only more than 100 Changdihuang Guards.
The other officers and soldiers, under the command of Yizhou general He Shiyi, clean up the small diary and the broken-up game, and will form a brigade tomorrow under the leadership of He Shiyi, attacking the 80-mile-distance Dadi.
In the plan, after capturing Yongdian, Eunuch Wei drove directly from the northeast to meet with He Shiyi's troops to concentrate troops to attack the strongest Kuandian main fortress. Then, he brought prisoners and supplies to the east of Yongdian Fortress and retreated back to Yizhou by water. The other troops cleared the remnants of the Zhongyi Advance Team and retreated back to Yizhou by land.
This plan was made by Wei Xifeng in combination with the actual situation of the Kuan-Dianjianzhou garrison, which fully utilized the advantages of the Imperial Army's amphibious divisions.
Eunuch Wei was also very satisfied with this plan, but he still added a battle plan. That is, if there is a fort that is difficult to take, the attacking troops quickly bypass the fort and directly capture the fort, and do not waste time in the area.
My father-in-law called it the "leapfrog" tactic.
The actual number of flag soldiers garrisoned in Jianzhou in Kuandi Liubao is between twelve and fifteen Niulu, that is, the number of soldiers will not exceed 4,000. The rest are Aha Baoyi, composed of Han people, Koreans and Mongolians, and the combat effectiveness is almost exclusive. Among these dozen Niulu, there are only seven Niulu composed of pure Jurchen soldiers. These Niulu belong to the three flags of Zhenghong, Zhenghuang and Zhenglan. Both equipment and combat effectiveness are weaker than the flag soldiers in the original controlled area of Jianzhou.
This is mainly because although Nurhaci obtained the Kuandi area, his old nest Hetuara still faced the Ming army in western Liaoning, that is, the Ming army group composed of Chenyang, Tieling and Fushun. In addition, the existence of Yehe's troops forced Nurhaci to deploy the main flag soldiers on the western Liaoning line, thus unable to free up enough power to deploy on the Kuandian line.
In history, Nurhaci also received a lot of supplements after annexing Ula and conquering Korqin. After expanding it into the Eight Banners, he allowed his eldest son Daishan to set up heavy troops in the direction of Kuandian. Before that, he was powerless.
Eunuch Wei ran to Kuandian for storm, relying on his prophetic ability to deal with history. Otherwise, if there were really elite troops stationed in Jianzhou in Kuandian area, he would not dare to bring two or three thousand people to do the three glory.
In terms of the number of troops, the Kuandian garrison in Jianzhou was still stronger than the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in Yizhou. However, one side was prepared, the other side was unprepared, the other side concentrated its strength to attack, and the other side dispersed its defense. It was obvious who suffered losses. What's more, the Yalu River flowed through the entire Kuandian area, and the imperial army fighting on land could receive support from the Jiangshang Army at any time. The captives could also be seized from both water and land to Yizhou at the same time, so that the Ming army could free up their hands to attack with all their strength. The enemy-to-wealth forces and actual combat conditions were tilted towards the Ming army from the beginning.
Eunuch Wei personally led his troops to attack Yongdian because Yongdian could be used as a "pier". In addition, intelligence shows that Yongdian was stationed in Yongdian with two and a half-Niulu, which made Eunuch Wei, who had no personal achievements since advancing north, feel excited. He wanted to use this battle to show the entire army that Eunuch Wei could not only be able to stabilize the country and safeguard the country, but also to capture the heads of the generals among the six armies.
However, the situation has changed a little.
While the Ming Dynasty imperial army was heading for Yongdian Fort, they encountered a village of Jurchens along the way. Before the imperial army could send people to surround him, two horses ran out to drive horses in the direction of Yongdian, and more than a dozen cavalry in front of them did not catch up.
Needless to say, the news must have leaked, and sneak attacks can't be stolen.
Hu Quan, who temporarily commanded a brigade of officers and soldiers, was not confident enough about whether to seize Yongdian as planned. He believed that Yongdian had two and a half-Niulu, and according to the Jurchen marshalling method, 300 people were one Niulu. During the war, each household had a strong man, with the father dead and the son succeeding, and the brother died and the younger brother died. Although there may be only dozens of actual combat soldiers fighting for one Niulu, in the face of an emergency, the entire Niulu male man would all go into battle. In this way, in addition, there are also some Han people in Yongdianbao. If the defenders urgently recruited, the force that can be used for defense may be no less than a thousand.
The Imperial Army, along with the cavalry and auxiliary Imperial Guard, had less than 1,400 people. In the absence of sneak attacks and severely damaging the defenders' vital forces and prompted the defensive collapse, more than a thousand people attacked a fortress with more than a thousand people. The battle situation was really not optimistic.
Of course, Hu Quan did not think that the Imperial Army could not take over Yongdian Fort, but was worried that the casualties would be too large. Once the casualties were too large, the subsequent combat missions might be somewhat ineffective, which would definitely affect the entire northward advance plan.
It was not that Eunuch Wei didn’t know about Hu Quan’s worries, but on the contrary, he knew very well.
The Jurchens were soldiers of the people. When the war was tense, they would be in the throne of ten years old and under seventy years old. In his previous life, there were two civilian recruitment in the Qing Dynasty, one was the Songshan War and the other was the Shanhaiguan War. In those two wars, the so-called "True Manzhou" was almost all out, so that there were almost no males in Shengjing in the rear.
This is a battle that determines the fate of the country. For the Yongdian Jurchen generals, it is also a battle of life and death. Therefore, it is certain that the Yongdian defenders will definitely recruit the whole people after receiving the news. In that case, the battle level will definitely be much more intense than that of Changdian and Xiaodian.
No matter what battle is, even if the equipment is excellent, casualties are inevitable. Of course, Eunuch Wei does not want the Imperial Army soldiers to be killed or injured. He regrets that he didn't bring many people when he went north to offer silver. But now it's useless to regret it. It is even more impossible to temporarily change the plan and transfer all of Xiao Dian's He Shiyi's troops to attack Yong Dian.
Although the distance is not too long, time is life and time is money. Eunuch Wei cannot delay it for too long. Wei Xifeng's general staff gave the suggestion to fully schedule tasks within 20 and withdraw troops. After more than 20 days, the Imperial Army will face the attack from the main force of Jianzhou in the direction of Heituara.
"Nothing is absolutely absolute. If you pass the order on, the entire army will continue to advance towards Yongdian."
Eunuch Wei did not stop. He felt that this accident might not be all unfavorable. At least he could exercise the fighting spirit of the imperial officers and soldiers in the face of the enemy and test their combat effectiveness. It is not a good thing to always fight smooth battles. Sometimes fighting a bad battle is very important for the construction of an army.
"Who...who is Yongdian's guard?" Eunuch Wei immediately pointed at the imperial guards who were sitting on the ground resting with a weapon not far away.
"Reply to the master, the two and a half-magicu in Yongdian Fortress are stationed in the Hongqi of our Zheng. Jialaezhen is the guard in front of the Khan's tent... Daldei's Ama is the five ministers of our Jurchen, Anfey Yanggu."
After the attack on Xiao Dianjie and witnessed Xiao Dianjia Lae Zhen Jin Deqing being shot dead by the Ming Dynasty official in front of him, Fei Gulun was really frightened by this young Ming Dynasty official.
"Master" is the name of the noble people of the Jurchens, because Fei Gulun really didn't know what kind of official this young man was from the Ming Dynasty.
"Is Anfey Yanggu?"
When Eunuch Wei heard this name, he was stunned for a moment and then laughed, because Ahnfei Yanggu and Hong Tai were killed by him in Straw Hat Mountain.
Chapter completed!