On the fourth day of September in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, Tong Zhongkui, Qin Minping, and Qin Bangping led 5,000 white-armed soldiers. After several months of arduous trek, they finally arrived in Shenyang and stationed in the north of Shenyang city.
On September 16, Chen Ce, Zhang Mingshi, Qi Jin and other generals led 6,000 Qi troops to Liaodong. Under the coordination of Xiong Tingbi, the Qi troops were stationed in the east of Shenyang City.
On September 16, Nurhaci issued a letter of credence to the Ming Dynasty in the name of the Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty on the grounds of the Seven Great Hatreds. The letter of credence was personally handed over to Liaodong Economic Strategy by the envoy of the Later Jin Dynasty.
The contents of the letter of credence are roughly as follows: within fifteen days, all Ming troops will withdraw from Liaodong; Ming Dynasty must pay compensation of five million taels of silver; both parties will become brotherly countries; Ming Dynasty will give up control of North Korea;
After receiving the letter, Xiong Tingbi beheaded the Houjin envoy and sent Tangma to send Jiannu's head back to the capital overnight. He once again asked the emperor for help and asked him to send more food and salary.
On September 24, Nurhaci led the Eight Banners army southward. Seventy-eight thousand Zhenyi soldiers left Fushun Pass in three groups and marched towards central Liaoning.
After entering the central plains of Liaoning, Mongolian tribes such as Horqin and Chaohua also joined the crusade against the Ming Dynasty.
About 10,000 Mongolian horsemen joined the Later Jin army, plus tens of thousands of accompanying troops and auxiliary troops. The total force of the Later Jin Dynasty against the Ming Dynasty exceeded 120,000.
Due to the butterfly effect caused by Liu Zhaosun, Xiong Tingbi's role in Liaodong was greatly weakened. Hou Jin completed the annexation of Ye He ahead of schedule and completed the annexation of some Mongolian tribes ahead of schedule. The Hou Jin in this plane was stronger than in its original history.
In August and September, Houjin's cattle carriages transporting grain stretched from Hetuala to Fushun Pass. Over a hundred miles of road, there was an endless stream of grain carts, and every day a coated Aha was exhausted to death.
Liao Zhen gave up a large area of surrounding forts and refused to take joint defense operations with Liu Zhaosun. Therefore, the Jin army could leisurely occupy a large area around Liao Shen, which ensured the safety of their food transportation.
Despite this, Nurhachi still mobilized ten niulujia soldiers from each banner to ambush on the road from Kaiyuan to Shenyang to prevent Liu Zhaosun from sending troops to cut off the army's food route, and at the same time further compress Kaiyuan's defense space.
Among the four Baylors, except Huang Taiji, the others focused on attacking Shenyang. Huang Taiji persuaded Houjin Khan many times to let Nurhaci mobilize heavy troops and take advantage of Liu Zhaosun's bad luck to occupy Kaiyuan first.
In order to persuade his father Khan, he also cited the lessons of the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, who went through easy times and then difficult ones, and later lost the sixteen states of Youyun.
Nurhachi replied coldly:
"I am the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, not the Emperor of the Song Dynasty."
With the lessons learned from the last bloody battle in Kaiyuan, no one except Huang Taiji himself supported his decision.
Before the Baigan soldiers and the Qi army arrived in Shenyang, Houjin's sentry cavalry began to appear around Liaoshen. Several fierce battles broke out between Liao Town's night guard and Houjin's sentry detectives, with both sides suffering casualties.
After that, Liao Zhen retreated into the city and stopped attacking.
On September 20, Liu Zhaosun sent Qin Jianxun, Yuan Chonghuan, and Qiao Yiqi to Shenyang.
They will contact friendly forces in Shenyang and ask for some food supplies from the two guest soldiers.
Before leaving, Mr. Liu gave an interview to Qiao Yiqi and repeated all the secrets about Kaiyuan to Qiao Jianjun twice, asking him to remember not to tell anyone these secrets when he arrived in Liao Town.
Seeing that Qiao Yiqi had vowed to retreat, General Liu summoned Qin Jianxun alone and gave him some instructions. He handed the young general a letter he had prepared and asked him to deliver it to his father Qin Minping personally when he arrived in Shenyang. Qin Minping was a white man. One of the main generals of the pole soldiers.
Under the escort of a group of soldiers, the convoy of three envoys headed towards Shenyang, preparing to transport grain to Shenyang.
On September 23, Liu Zhaosun ordered all mines around Kaiyuan to be shut down, all miners who were mining to be withdrawn, and some ore that was too late to be transported back was abandoned on the spot.
On September 25, the Liao people rushed to harvest rice, sorghum and other crops. Liu Zhaosun ordered that all the grain in some fields that were too far away be burned, and all the soldiers guarding the fields were withdrawn.
Starting from September 27th, only people in Kaiyuan City are allowed to enter, but no people are allowed to leave.
On September 28, the envoy sent by Lin Dan Khan finally arrived in Kaiyuan City after going through many hardships.
This short, stocky Mongolian with sallow skin stood in front of the moat at the north gate of Kaiyuan. He looked at the carts of grain, wood, and ore being transported into the city. He felt surprised and asked the supervisor who received him all the way. Original military situation.
Kang Yingqian was riding on a thin stallion and looked at the envoy Lin Danhan with a smile. Yesterday General Liu specially told him to treat the Mongolian envoy well today.
More than a dozen Liao miners, all covered in jet black and with majestic bodies, walked past the two of them. The Mongolian envoy Bu Shang'er couldn't help but ask:
"On the way here, I heard that the miners in Kaiyuan are very ferocious. They not only know how to mine, but they can also make money. Aren't the miners all prisoners of war?"
Kang Yingqian smiled, asked Bu Shang'e to avoid the horse pit, and said to him:
"They are not prisoners, they are all Liao people who follow General Liu, and they are the most loyal."
"Oh." Bu Shang nodded and followed Kang Yingqian on horseback through the corridor and into Kaiyuan Wengcheng. The two dismounted and continued walking.
"Kutuktu Khan sent me here to contact General Liu to attack the Jianzhou Jurchens. Under Shenyang City, we will have an army of 400,000 to destroy Houjin in one fell swoop. But what I saw today was a retreat."
When Kang Yingqian heard the 400,000-strong army, his lips trembled slightly and he quickly explained:
"The soldiers in Kaiyuan were fighting fiercely and in danger. They only had enough food to last for a month. The imperial court owed Kaiyuan 300,000 taels of military pay. General Liu was unable to reinforce Shenyang and could not even protect himself, so he took back all the soldiers and miners. Liu General Liu is unwilling to participate in the Shenyang war, but you can tell Hu Duntu Han (Lin Dan Khan) that General Liu has always been willing to attack Houjin with him, and I hope the two sides can keep in touch."
Bushan had a big mouth and was speechless for a long time, because what he heard in Chahar was completely different from what the supervisor just said.
Temujin, the first Mongol Khan, once said: There is no greater happiness in life than defeating the enemy, chasing the enemy, seizing his horse and everything else, and keeping the enemy's wives and daughters in his tent, watching them shed tears all day long.
General Liu used the rules of the prairie people and implemented Temujin's famous saying. Not long ago, this Han suddenly robbed the Horqin tribe and seized Mangus's granddaughter. Afterwards, the Horqin people did not dare to retaliate. Liu Zongbing's heroic deeds caused a strong sensation among the grassland tribes.
It is precisely because of this that the Great Khan has great hopes for this Han general. Moreover, it is said that this man led the Ming army to kill three or four thousand Houjin soldiers not long ago. He is one of the most capable generals in the Ming Dynasty. one.
This time Hutuktu Khan led the army to march eastward. He hoped that Liu Zongbing could hold back the Jin soldiers in Shenyang, and Hutuktu Khan could lead the warriors of the Golden family to teach traitors such as Horqin and Karaqin a lesson. .
If there is a chance, I would also like to teach Nurhaci a lesson.
But now it seems that the Han commander-in-chief, who had high hopes, seems to be unwilling to participate in the battle against Liaoyang at all.
Kang Yingqian laughed loudly, pulled the confused Mongolian over, and whispered to him:
"Your Majesty, let's have a feast tonight and watch the singing and dancing. General Liu has specially prepared a gift from the Horqin people for you. Don't miss it!"
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