Chapter 2120: Breaking Yanshan Mountain and beheading Tuoba Gui (End)
Chapter 2120 Breaking Yanshan Mountain and Killing Tuoba Gui (End)
Chapter 2118: Breaking Yanshan Mountain and Killing Tuoba Gui (End)
On the third day, Wei Qing took command personally. With the foreshadowing of the previous two days, the Qin army finally successfully attacked the mountain at the cost of a thousand casualties. However, because it was difficult to gain a foothold on the mountain, it was quickly defeated by the Qing army. Driven back.
After these three days of attacking the mountain, the strength of the Qing army's resistance was beyond the expectations of all the Qin army generals. At the same time, the weakness of the integrated army's insufficient combat power was also revealed.
The strength of the integrated army attacking the mountain was three times that of the Qing army. However, when the overall combat strength was weaker than that of the Qing army, even if they were all defeated, they might not be able to attack the Qing camp with 15,000 defenders.
Both Wei Qing and Xue Rengui realized that the combat power of the integrated army was no longer enough. If they continued to fight like this, it would be difficult to break through the fourth battalion on time, so they made preparations to continue the attack while asking for reinforcements from the rear, hoping that their lord could send an elite force forward. Come to help fight.
After receiving the letter asking for help, Qin Hao also realized the seriousness of the problem, so he convened a meeting with the generals overnight.
In order to ensure that Yanshan could be conquered within one month, Qin Hao decided to send Huo Qubing to lead 10,000 main troops and 5,000 iron guards, totaling 15,000 elite troops to assist in the battle.
The main force of the Qin army of 10,000 can equal the combat strength of the 30,000 reorganized army, and Qin Hao's 5,000 personal guards, the Iron Guard Battalion, are even more elite among the elite.
With the help of these fifteen thousand elites, plus Wei Qing, Xue Rengui, and Huo Qubing, all three of whom are good at attacking, Qin Hao believes that he will be able to achieve his goal of conquering Yanshan within one month.
On the other side, when he learned that the fourth battalion was as stable as Mount Tai under Tuoba Gui's fierce guard, Nurhaci was secretly relieved, so he summoned and commended Tuoba Gui overnight, and named him General of the Army, Youzhou Mu, and he was still in Youzhou. The state designated Tuobagui a fief of ten thousand acres.
Nurhaci's act of showing generosity to others can be described as extremely stingy. Tuobagui smiled bitterly after learning about it, but he had no choice but to continue to help Nurhaci desperately.
The Tuobagui side in the west was temporarily stable, so Nurhachi turned his attention to the east. Within three days, he sent out five waves of flying pigeon messages, urging Huang Taiji to break through Lulong as soon as possible. After all, Lulong could not be recaptured in one day, and the Qing army's The crisis cannot be resolved in one day.
Nurhachi was also increasingly disappointed with Huang Taiji's son. He had promised to do so before going on the expedition, but so far he had not been able to capture Lulong as promised.
Nurhaci also knew that Lulong was difficult to fight. Gongsun Xuanyuan, Sun Lingming, Jia Fu and other famous generals were all in Lulong, and they also occupied the Lulong natural barrier. The troops and supplies were quite sufficient, but the Qing army responsible for the attack did not have enough. It's a hundred thousand, how can we capture it in a month?
This battle is related to the life and death of the Qing army, so even if he knew that Huang Taiji had tried his best, Nurhachi could only continue to force his son and squeeze his potential, hoping that he could create a miracle.
But for now, the possibility of Huang Taiji creating a miracle is getting smaller and smaller.
Although Nurhaci was extremely anxious about this, he had no choice but to sit still and wait for the news.
Ten days later, two pieces of news, one good and one bad, reached Nurhaci one after another.
“Your Majesty, good news. Lord Yinzhen has collected ten large ships and two hundred small boats in Liaodong and Western Liaoning, loaded with 100,000 shi of grain, and has arrived in Youbeiping.
This is just the first batch of food and grass. With the Japanese navy escorting us, we are not afraid of the Qin navy destroying our sea food routes. From now on, our army will never be short of food. "
After hearing the news, Nurhaci stood up excitedly.
The problem of food and grass has been bothering him for a long time, and now the Qing army's food reserves are about to be exhausted, and they have to use the preserved human meat. However, Yinzhen shipped food across the sea at this time, which was simply too timely.
With this maritime food route, food can be transported continuously. The Qing army's food crisis has been resolved. This is definitely the best news since the war began.
“Well done, well done to Yinzhen. It’s because I love the children of the Xinjueluo family and you didn’t let me down.”
Nurhachi looked happy. After a moment of reflection, he ordered: "Send the order and grant Yinzhen the title of Prince Yong, General Zhengnan, and Hanzhou Mu, and the fiefdoms will be Daifang and Haiming counties of Lelang County in Hanzhou."
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Seeing this, all the ministers secretly thought in their hearts: partiality.
When a member of the family has made meritorious deeds, he or she will be directly granted the title of prince. The official positions granted are all real-power positions, and the fiefdom is the land of two counties in the country. Outsiders who work hard can only be granted the title of marquis, and the official position they are granted is empty, and the land they are granted is still the land of Qin.
Your Majesty, your partiality is too obvious.
Although the ministers knew that Nurhaci was partial, they did not dare to say anything more. After all, the entire Qing Dynasty belonged to the Aixinjueluo family.
Moreover, as the war became more and more intense, Nurhaci became suspicious and moody, and was no longer the wise king who could listen to the dissuasion of others.
Just when Nurhaci was immersed in the joy of resolving the food crisis, a bolt from the blue struck him directly.
"Report...Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The fourth battalion fell and General Tuoba Gui died in battle."
"What?"
Nurhaci immediately screamed, and everyone present was in a collective uproar, unable to believe that the news was true.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. I also received a message from Tuoba Gui last night. He once again repelled Wei Qing's attack and said that the fourth battalion is as stable as Mount Tai, so I don't have to worry."
Nurhaci forced himself to calm down and said calmly: "How could the fourth battalion fall in just one night? So this must be false news.
Bold, dare to pass the news, dismissed our army, and the person came out to cut this person out. "
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"Your Majesty, the villain did not make false claims. The villain was wronged. The villain...ah..."
As a scream rang out, silence returned to the outside of the palace, but everyone's hearts could not calm down.
At this moment, another messenger soldier holding a scroll ran in from outside the temple shouting.
"Report...Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The Qin army made a sneak attack overnight, the fourth battalion fell, and General Tuoba Gui fought..."
Nurhaci stood up suddenly, smashed the glass in his hand, and said angrily: "Drag the morale of our army, drag him out and chop him down."
The messenger was stunned. Seeing that someone was really coming to take him, he quickly said in a panic: "Your Majesty, this is true. The villain did not lie. The fourth battalion is really..."
“Shut up, shut up.”
Nurha roared with red eyes, and then without any regard for the emperor's dignity, he pulled out the sword from his waist, threw it, and hit the soldier in the throat, killing a Qing soldier in front of the palace.
Everyone in the palace was shocked when they saw this. They had never seen Nurhaci so out of control and crazy. Is this the same His Majesty they knew?
Nurhaci did not realize that he was abnormal. Instead, he pointed at the corpses of the soldiers and gritted his teeth and said: "This is the result of disturbing the morale of our army."
The words just fell.
“report…”
Nurhaci suddenly woke up, and there was no luck in his heart. His face turned pale for a moment, and he collapsed directly to the ground.
(End of this chapter)