A few days ago, Tian Peng's mountain troops used the tactics of cavalry to monitor infantry's advance and suppression, and captured four periphery guard hills of the Jurchen Inlaid Red Flag Yuetuo Division. At this point, more than 20,000 Jurchen Inlaid Red Flags were firmly encircled by the mountain troops in Kuai Cai Valley, and the encirclement of the Pou Nu Army's mountain troops had taken shape. At that time, Tian Peng was quite moved, and the military had a method: it would be more than one encircled! That is, the Pou Nu Army led by General Zhang had such courage to siege the Jurchen army with less than half of the enemy's strength.

Just four days ago, the scouts of the mountain troops discovered the Jurchen Blue Flags cruising scouts cavalry, which made Tian Peng very nervous. In order to monitor the Jurchen Blue Flags, the mountain troops organized 5,000 cavalry patrols outside the Yinghong Flag camp in order to shock the lost horses of Jurchen Blue Flags and could not move around. The mountain troops left 1,000 war soldiers on the four hills to guard them. Tian Peng also had to reserve reserve troops in Dayanling. When the war was not done, the mountain troops would retreat to the mountains and forests.

As a result, Tian Peng's troops were a little short of use. Especially the Jurchen Inlaid Blue Banner Mangguertai tribe who came to rescue were all cavalrymen, and they were not easily controlled by mountain troops. Tian Peng also knew the weakness of his troops, that is, they were not as skilled as Jurchens in cavalry battles, and if they fought hard, they would likely suffer a great loss. Fortunately, shortly after the mountain troops discovered the traces of the enemy scouts, among the reinforcements sent by the General Manager Zhang, Zhang Youhe of the personal guard camp led 2,000 cavalry to the Kucai Valley battlefield first.

The cavalry of the personal guard camp led by Zhang Youhe is the most elite veteran in the Ponu Army, and his cavalry is not inferior to that of the Jurchens. Moreover, Zhang Youhe is a scout and his ability to seize opportunities is much better than Hao Yidao, the chief general of the Personal Guard Camp. Although Zhang Youhe rushed to the battlefield of the Bittercake Valley, Tian Peng did not dare to use this unit easily. In Tian Peng's view, since the personal guard camp is the elite in the Ponu Army, if it is exhausted in the Bittercake Valley, his husband Zhang Ping'an would definitely not be able to spare him.

This is because Marshal Zhang once gave him an order that delaying the main force of the Jurchen headquarters was the top priority, and annihilation of the enemy was not the target of the mountain troops. Therefore, as soon as Zhang Youhe arrived at the battlefield of Kuaicai Valley, he was sent to the west by Tian Peng. As the subsequent troops of the Po Slave Army arrived at the battlefield one after another, Tian Peng's mind changed some. In Tian Peng's view, Liu Yuhu brought more than 10,000 reinforcements. Although the chariots were slow to move, they had not yet arrived at the battlefield of Kuaicai Valley, at least more than 20,000 Po Slave Army and Jurchen Lord could have the ability to fight.

Liu Yuhu, who had just arrived at the battlefield, was very worried when he saw Tian Peng strengthening the defense line. After he arranged the reinforcements to camp, he found Tian Peng on the hill east of Kuai Cai Valley. Looking at Tian Peng who wanted to do a big battle, Liu Yuhu expressed his concern: "Commander Tian, ​​we can't fight the enemy to the death! Before leaving under his post, the Grand Marshal specially reminded: It is a great achievement to hold back the Jurgent master's power and cannot return to the aid. The bloody battle with the powerful Jurgent master is not the original intention of Zhang."

"Hey! Why is Vice Commander Liu timid in the battle? How can I not know about Marshal Zhang's combat planning? If we don't fight to the death with the enemy, these Jurgent main forces will return to the battlefield of Hasen Sumu, and Marshal Zhang's overall offensive arrangement will be imminent. If we drag on Marshal Zhang for one more day, we will be more sure. Didn't the scout inform the female Red Flag Daishan tribe also come to rescue the Red Flag? The more we acted like to fight to the ground, the more we could attract the Jurgent to help the main force and not look back on the main battlefield of Hasen Sumu."

Tian Peng's rebuttal made Liu Yuhu unable to make any suggestions again. After all, Tian Peng was the main general here. Moreover, Tian Peng's official position was higher than him, so General Zhang ordered Tian Peng to be the main battlefield in Dayanling. Since the main general of the battlefield had made up his mind to fight, Liu Yuhu could only pick up the leftovers for the general. So Liu Yuhu focused his suggestions on defense: "Since Commander Tian has been determined, he is obedient."

Speaking of this, Liu Yuhu pointed his hand at the hill north of them and said, "Commander Tian, ​​I guess the enemy's blue flag is likely to use it as a breakthrough point. There is about four miles away from where we are now. The crossbows and chariots in my reinforcements will be there one day before they can reach the battlefield. The crossbows firing distance between the mountain troops is short and not enough to provide firepower support. Can we establish a cannon formation at the foot of the mountain, at least we can provide support to them."

Tian Peng still agrees with Liu Yuhu's suggestion very much. The key is that there are not many crossbows in the mountain troops. The Jurchen incense blue flag in the west is about to arrive on the battlefield, and the Daishan tribe in the south will also come to the Kucai Valley battlefield soon. In this way, the Jurchen army will fight against the Slave Army. If he deals with the mistake, more than 20,000 Slave Army here are likely to be divided by the enemy. Once the Jurchen army isolates the Slave Army's defense line, the subsequent battle will be difficult to fight.

"Brother Liu, I don't know what you said is right. But my mountain troops don't have many crossbows, and the shells they carry are even rarer. We can only believe in the muskets in the hands of the brothers of the Po Slave Army. In this way, my brother will send an army to strengthen the defense there, and I will send a thousand defenses over there, hoping that they can block for two days. If the war is not good, I will send Zhang Youhe to pick them up."

"Commander Tian, ​​unless we die, don't touch the personal guard camp. They are all future officers of the Po Slave Army. In order to establish the personal guard camp, General Zhang has abolished the teaching team. Do you think this is OK? I'll command here, and you can go to the west to coordinate the overall situation?"

As a veteran on the battlefield, Liu Yuhu could have a premonition of the danger here. Therefore, he suggested that Tian Peng go behind to command, even if this front is broken by the enemy, he would bear the responsibility for command errors.

"My brother is grateful for the kindness of my brother. I am the most familiar with the terrain here. You should go to the west. It is more appropriate to be directed by me. As a leader, I will shirke the responsibility and my husband can pull out my skin."

The two then made a clear decision on the division of command. Tian Peng was responsible for the defense of the two hills in the east and northeast, and Liu Yuhu was responsible for the defense line between the two hills in the west and southwest. The two thousand cavalrymen of the Kaiwei Battalion led by Zhang Youhe protected the road to retreat to the mountainous areas for the entire army. Once the army was unfavorable in fighting, they retreated westward one after another. Tian Peng and Liu Yuhu both expected that the hills that Tian Peng stationed were most likely to become the key area for the enemy's attack. Because the terrain here is more difficult to defend than the other hills.

As long as the enemy captures this place, the hill on the north side of Tian Peng will be isolated from the entire defense line. It is almost impossible for the Pose Army, which became an isolated army, to defend its position under the attack of tens of thousands of enemy troops. Therefore, Tian Peng concentrated 4,000 combat soldiers here, and only two,000 combat soldiers and ten special crossbows were arranged on the hillside position in the north.

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When Mangguertai received the order of Nurhaci to rescue the real red flag of the woman, he also had a premonition that his father Khan saw the trick of the blue flag guarding north. In Mangguertai's view, his once wise and wise father Khan had no chance of winning in this battle. Zhang Ping'an, the cunning jackal wolf of the Slave Army, plotted his father Khan tightly. The Jurchens had little chance of being in the Korqin Grassland Battle. This is because the battlefield was selected by the grassland jackal wolf, and the terrain that Zhang Ping'an attached the most importance to the war.

Although the terrain of Hasensumu grassland is not unique, the grassland jackal wolf led the Posou Army to occupy the upper reaches of the water source, and cut off the water source after the Jurchen army arrived, forcing hundreds of thousands of Jurchen troops to fight with him. From the plan of the grassland jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an, it can be seen that he must have left behind the move. Now everyone can see clearly that this move is to force the Jurchens to seize the water source of Dayan Ridge. This grassland jackal wolf is really cunning. In the winter, it can still use water attacks to turn the Encrusted Red Flag Yuetuo into infantry.

At this point, Mangguertai guessed the next plan of the grassland fox wolf, which was to use a force to siege the Yuetuo troops of the Enanghongqi, and force Nurhaci to send the main force to rescue him again. Once the Jurgen's main force rescued Yuetuo, the northern camps would be empty, which gave the Posou army the opportunity to defeat the Jurchens. When Nurhaci issued a strict order to ask Mangguertai to rescue the Jurchens, Mangguertai did not dare to neglect the main force to gather the main force and gallop westward. Halfway through, Mangguertai received a notice that the female real red flag Beile Daishan led the main force of the Zhenghongqi to also go to Dayanling.

At this time, Mangurtai couldn't help but sighed to the sky: His father Khan's pre-war arrangements were completely lost. At this time, Mangurtai had already started to have other ideas. His father Khan was already confused. Anyone with a little experience in the battlefield could see the emptiness of the Jurchen camp. How could his father Khan, who was old in the battle formation, do such a confused thing? It took him a long time to figure out this suspicion. This battle might have been expected by the grassland jackals. He set traps again and again, waiting for the Jurchens to jump down by themselves.

Even a smart person like Huang Taiji didn't see the overall situation set by the grassland fox wolf Zhang Ping'an. However, Manguertai quickly rejected his idea. His scheming eighth brother Huang Taiji was very likely to see the grassland fox wolf plot. Even the fourteenth old Dorgon saw the plan of the jack wolf Zhang Ping'an. Can the scheming Huang Taiji not see it? When this person had an idea, he would follow the idea to the disadvantages. Manguertai then solved another mystery.

The fourteenth mother, Uranara Abahai, was favored at this time. The three Dorgon brothers were extremely powerful in the Jurchen Jin Dynasty. They could already pose a substantial threat to Huang Taiji's status as a supplementary government. If Nurhaci had been controlling the government, it would not take long for Nurhaci's favorite son Dorgon to replace Huang Taiji and become the new successor of the Jin Dynasty. No wonder Huang Taiji was sure that Zhang Ping'an, the grassland jackal wolf, would not come to Khorchin, and the reason was about to come out. If Nurhaci died on the front line this time, Huang Taiji could take advantage of his advantage in Liaodong and easily gain the position of Khan of the Jin Dynasty. (To be continued)
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