Chapter 2103: Mutual exchange
Chapter 2103 You come and I go
Chapter 2101: You come and I go
The news that Tuoba Tao annihilated the Qin army's vanguard, beheaded Li Gan and several other Qin generals, and escaped unscathed from Wei Qing's hands quickly spread to the rear, and this was naturally deliberately promoted by Nurhachi.
Subsequently, Nurhachi directly granted Tuoba Tao the title of Champion Marquis and General of the Southern Expedition, with a bounty of 100,000 yuan and 10,000 acres of land. Nian Deli, who also made a great success, was granted the title of Marquis of Wuyong and Xiaoqi Zhonglang General, with a bounty of 100,000 yuan and 30,000 acres of land. Thousands of acres.
Although Tuoba Tao and Nian Deli's contributions were great, they could never reach the point where they could reach the sky in one step and be directly granted the title of marquis. However, the current situation is indeed a bit special.
Since the Qin Dynasty turned from defense to offense, the Qing army has been passively beaten, and has basically never taken any advantage. With the fall of Lulongsai, the retreat was cut off, and the morale of the Qing army plummeted, and there was basically no victory in sight. of hope.
At this time, the Qing army has reached the edge of the cliff. Half a step back is the abyss, but there is also endless darkness in front, and despair and confusion fill the hearts of all the soldiers.
Just when the Qing army was about to fall into the abyss, Tuoba Tao won the first and only major victory since the beginning of the Qin and Qing wars, which also rekindled the hope of the Qing army.
It is extremely difficult and very weak to give birth to hope in despair. Naturally, Nurhachi must try his best to protect it and let it start a prairie fire.
It is precisely because of this that Nurhaci promoted the two men out of the norm, and packaged them as heroes and banners of the Qing Dynasty through heavy rewards and publicity, thereby re-stimulating the morale of the Qing army.
Since the two men were to be made heroes, Nurhachi naturally ignored Tuoba Tao's decision to abandon the second battalion without a fight even for a day.
A hero flees without a fight. Can that be called a hero who flees without a fight? That's called strategic giving up. Otherwise, how could there be any subsequent victory?
Furthermore, although Tuoba Tao failed to defend the second battalion, he did retain the effective strength. The defensive power of the third battalion will be greatly improved as a result, which can be regarded as a gain and a loss.
I have to say that Nurhaci still has a few brushes. Originally, the Qing army had no way out, but Nurhaci's actions now gave him a little room for maneuver, which was equivalent to opening up a way out for the Qing army.
The power of examples is infinite. As long as the two flags of Tuoba Tao and Niandeli remain unchanged, the Qing army officers and soldiers will believe that the Qing Dynasty will never be defeated.
Of course, this road is still extremely difficult and full of thorns, but it is better than having no way to go.
With Nurhachi's vigorous propaganda, all the Qing troops in Youbeiping soon knew about it. This made the entire Qing army extremely excited. The continuous decline in morale finally stopped and it rebounded to a certain extent.
Nurhaci was naturally overjoyed about this, and then he opened the second bomb, releasing the news that Yinzhen had convinced the Japanese emperor and that the Japanese navy was about to arrive.
If Tuoba Tao's first major victory since the war started only inspired the entire Manchu and Qing army, then the news of the Japanese Navy's coming to help made the entire Manchu and Qing army excited.
Not to mention that Tuoba Tao only defeated 5,000 Qin troops, that is, 50,000. The situation of the Qing army will not change in any way, but it will be different when the Japanese navy comes to help.
If the Japanese navy arrives, the Qin army's coastal defense blockade of Liaodong will be broken. At that time, the grain and grass in the rear can be transported to Youbeiping by sea, and there will be no need to worry about food shortages.
After the second bomb, Nurhaci struck with the third bomb while the iron was hot, releasing the news that Huang Taiji was about to capture Lulongsai.
Of course, this is also the only false news among the three pieces of news. Nurhaci doesn’t know whether Huang Taiji can recapture Lulong in time, but he has to say this in order to stabilize the morale of the army. Under the operation of Nurhachi, the Qing army seemed to have suddenly turned around. A series of good news quickly restored the morale and combat power of the Qing army, and finally gained the capital to compete with the Qin army.
Under Nurhachi's deliberate encouragement, Tuoba Tao and Nian Deli had become a banner of resistance against Qin. But if others didn't know it, how could Nurhaci not know that there was too much water in that great victory, and the transport ingredients would be relatively large. If Qin If Jun was serious, the two of them alone wouldn't be able to stop him.
In order to ensure that the two flags would not fall, Nurhaci decided to increase the strength of the two men, so he ordered Duduo to lead Yang Dayan, Xing Luan and other generals, as well as 5,000 elite Eight Banners troops to serve under Tuoba Tao to ensure that the Qin army could not break through. Yanshan Mountains.
After the order was issued, Nurhaci was worried that his son Duduo would use his status as a prince to seize the throne and instead seize Tuoba Tao's command, so he asked Wanyan Honglie to replace Duduo.
After Duduo learned about it, he was extremely dissatisfied. As a military general, he naturally did not want to stay in the rear, so he took the initiative to ask Nurhachi to fight, asking to go to the front line with Wanyan Honglie to help, and repeatedly promised that Tuoba Tao would be the main force.
Nurhachi knew the character of his son, and saw that he was talking about this, so he felt relieved and agreed to Duduo to go to the front line. After all, the prince's presence on the front line was equivalent to the emperor's personal visit, which could stimulate the morale and fight to the death of the soldiers. .
In order to defend the Yanshan Mountains, Nurhaci used all means except taking action personally.
At the same time, Qin Hao also made further arrangements to open up the Yanshan Mountains.
When the war just started, the Qin Army's strength advantage was still obvious. However, with the step-by-step strategy, when only the last three battalions were left to cross Yanshan, the Qin Army's strength advantage disappeared.
The Yanshan Mountains can accommodate more than 300,000 Qin troops. It is impossible for Qin Hao to bring all the troops into the mountains. If Nurhachi comes and burns Yanshan, he will be overturned.
The Qin army could not deploy its forces, and the Qing army was in the same situation. After all, Yanshan was such a large area that it could not contain the Qin army, so naturally it could not contain the Qing army.
The current situation of the Qin army is that Bai Qi, Xue Rengui, and Wei Qing lead an army of about 100,000, including 80,000 reorganized troops and 20,000 main troops. They attacked the last ten battalions regardless of casualties.
The Qing Army used Tuoba's generals, Jin Wushu, Tuobayu, etc. to defend the generals of the battalions, and led the 40,000 Qing army to defend the last ten battalions.
Although the Qing army still has ten battalions to defend, the Qin army only needs to defeat four battalions to directly penetrate the Yanshan Mountains. Therefore, these four battalions are the core of the war between the two countries, and one-half of them have been captured by the Qin army. .
Bai Qi restrained Tuoba Gui's troops, Xue Rengui restrained Jin Wushu, and Wei Qing was the main force in the attack, and the main force was responsible for opening the Yanshan Pass.
As for the other hundreds of thousands of troops from the two countries, they were blocked by the Yanshan Mountains and were stationed on the east and west sides to watch the battle.
Due to the terrain restrictions of Yanshan Mountain, 200,000 Qin troops and 100,000 Qing troops were reduced to melon-eaters. They could only wait for Wei Qing to open the Yanshan Pass, or Tuoba Gui to defend Huang Taiji to recapture Lulongsai.
(End of this chapter)