Chapter 15 6. Attacking from inside and outside, the Hou Jin army defeated Fushun

After declaring the "seven major hatreds" to the world, Nurhachi did not stay in Hetuala, and directly divided his forces into two groups, ordering the left-wing four banners to attack Dongzhou and Magendan, while he himself led the right-wing four banners to Fushun. After March 14th, the Manchu army marched to a place not far from Qinghe to set up camp. Before understanding the current situation in Fushun, Nurhachi did not dare to attack Fushun rashly.As an important town on the Liaodong border in the Ming Dynasty, Fushun City not only played an extremely important role in military strategy.Moreover, it is also an important trade town, and its role in trade between the Ming Dynasty and the surrounding ethnic minorities cannot be underestimated.The Ming Dynasty also set up a Fushun Pass here.If the ethnic minorities outside the Liaodong side wall, especially Jurchen, want to enter the pass, they must pass through Fushun Pass, so the geographical location is extremely important.

Speaking of Fushun Pass, Nurhachi is also very familiar with it. He often went to Fushun for trade when he was young, so he knows the roads of Fushun and some people's living habits well.Li Yongfang and Nurhachi, the generals guarding Fushun, are also old acquaintances. They have also dealt with each other many times, but almost all of them are business negotiations.Nurhachi learned from Li Yongfang that Fushun is a place with strong soldiers and horses, and the city walls are strong and indestructible. If foreign enemies attack, they will simply ask for death. Nurhachi had been thinking about the previous conversation with Li Yongfang on the way of marching, trying to find a breakthrough, but now it is only more than 30 miles away from Fushun City, and he still couldn't come up with a good way. .Judging from the past, the walls of Fushun were strong and the soldiers were strong.Now that so many years have passed, Fushun's fortifications should be more complete. The plan to capture Fushun this time may be much more difficult, and they don't even know how to start.

In a panic, Nurhachi picked up a pen and scribbled wildly on the paper for a while, trying to scatter all his troubles and depression on the poems.While writing, Huang Taiji walked into the tent.He saw that Nurhachi was about to make a poem, and he had something on his mind, so he didn't dare to disturb him. When he was about to go out quietly, Nurhachi saw him.Nurhachi put down his pen and said, "Do you have something to do? Why did you just come here and leave without saying a word?" Huang Taiji blushed slightly, and he said hesitantly: "Originally there was something I wanted to discuss with Father Khan, but seeing Father Khan writing a poem, I was afraid to disturb your mood, so I planned to wait outside first. After you finish writing Poetry, I'll come in and discuss with you."

Nurhachi said with a smile: "I was also forced by the situation to write poems. Now Fushun is hard to get. My heart feels like a heavy stone is pressed on my heart. I thought that writing a poem might relieve the pressure. Come out something." Huang Taiji hurriedly said: "Father Khan is too modest to say this, but I come to see Father Khan today, and I do have an important matter to discuss with you, to see if I can get your consent." Nurhachi asked, "What's the matter?" Huang Taiji said: "As a relatively prosperous trading center, Fushun has many businessmen from all walks of life. I have inquired about it. The 25th of this month is the day when Fushun City will open its horse market. There must be countless Horses and merchants came from all over the place. So I have a suggestion, can we send some people disguised as merchants to sneak into the city, as long as we have internal support in the city, the matter of attacking the city will be much easier. Our army Just station here, and when the people who sneak into the city are properly arranged, we will send people to attack the city overnight. We should cooperate with the inside and outside, and we will definitely be able to take Fushun City in one fell swoop."

Nurhachi nodded and said, "Well, that's a good idea. My biggest headache is how to break through the strong fortifications of Fushun City. You must know that this is the first battle of our Dajin Kingdom. If we lose, it may shake people's hearts. If you follow your plan, then the high walls and deep ponds in Fushun City will not be of any use. I never thought that the horse market in Fushun City could help me so much." Nurhachi applauded Patted Huang Taiji on the shoulder. But Huang Taiji didn't take any credit for it: "If the father Khan thinks that the son's plan is feasible, he can't let the army go any further."

Nurhachi's complexion changed slightly, and he asked, "Why?" Huang Taiji explained: "If the soldiers suppress the border, Li Yongfang will definitely stop the horse market trade, and we will lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Nurhachi couldn't help but nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that I was too impatient, but I ignored such a crucial point." Therefore, Dajin's army set up camp thirty miles away from Fushun City, dug deep trenches, and had no intention of attacking Fushun City at all.At this time, Fushun City was full of people coming and going, and it was very lively. There were hundreds of merchants coming from all over to buy and sell horses every day.At the beginning, the sergeants guarding the city carefully checked the passing merchants, but after a few days, they gradually relaxed their vigilance.

At this time, Nurhachi personally selected more than 500 smart and capable soldiers from the army, divided them into ten teams, and entered Fushun City in batches within five days.There are two teams every day, one team disguised as horse buyers, with more people and fewer horses.Another team of horse dealers disguised as horse sellers, there are many horses and few horses.This avoids the suspicion of the defenders on the city, although the horse market in Fushun City is not small.But it is inevitable that more than five hundred strangers with complete saddle horses will make others suspicious.Once the news is leaked, it will be very difficult to capture Fushun City.

Five days passed quickly, and Nurhachi's five hundred elite soldiers in disguise had quietly entered Fushun City.Watching the last batch of soldiers sneak into the city, Nurhachi let out a long breath.He knew that more than half of Fushun City was now in his hands. Li Yongfang in the city was very relieved to see the bustling horse market all day long.He knew the news of Nurhachi's "Seven Great Hate" swearing-in, and he also knew that Nurhachi was going to attack Fushun.But Li Yongfang, who was guarding Jiancheng, was not very worried. He just hoped that Nurhachi could fight again later.The income from the horse market is the basic guarantee of food and wages in the city. It is best for Nurhachi to wait until the end of the horse market before attacking the city.Nurhachi camped thirty miles away from the city. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he was happy from the bottom of his heart.Seeing that the end of the horse market was getting closer and closer, he felt a slight liking for Nurhachi's belated arrival.

At midnight, Ming Dynasty defender Li Yongfang fell asleep with a contented mood, and the Ming Dynasty defenders in Fushun City also began to doze off.In Nurhachi's barracks, the 5,000 soldiers who attacked the city had already saddled up and drew their knives out of their sheaths.Huang Taiji stood at the front of the team in full uniform and straddled his horse, waiting for Nurhachi's order to attack the city together with the soldiers behind him.Nurhachi also stood quietly, waiting for news from the city. "Report to the Great Khan that the five hundred forwards in the city have assembled. Just wait for the Great Khan's trumpet, so that they can act according to the plan."

Before the horse could stand still, the man on the horse jumped off, staggered a few steps and fell in front of Nurhachi, knelt down on one knee, and struck the ground with his whip. "Warriors, our forwards are ready to meet you in the city. As soon as you arrive, the city gate of Fushun will be opened for you. You must drive away the Ming army as quickly as possible and occupy Fushun City." Nurhachi waved to Huang Taiji: "Let's go!" Five thousand elite soldiers rushed towards Fushun City in the dark. Li Yongfang was soundly asleep when she was suddenly awakened by a loud noise, thinking it was a thunderstorm.At this time, the soldiers guarding the city came running in a panic, and said out of breath, "Master Li, it's too bad, there are a large number of Manchu troops attacking the city outside the city, and they fired the cannon just now!"

Li Yongfang's face suddenly became like a blank sheet of paper, and he said in a trembling tone: "The full army is attacking the city? How many enemy troops are there?" The soldier replied, "It's too dark to see clearly. At least there are tens of thousands of people." Li Yongfang ran towards the city gate in a panic. At this time, the Manchu army who sneaked into the city heard the sound of artillery fire and immediately took action. They took torches and set all the shops, teahouses and other public places on the street on fire.The defenders and residents in the city were already in a state of panic, shouts and cries mixed together, turning into a mess. Fushun City is now completely surrounded by the Manchurian army. Li Yongfang rushed to the east gate to deploy soldiers to fight against the enemy.As far as the eye could see, there were countless casualties of the soldiers of the Ming army, and many generals were also killed.Seeing that the situation was not good, other officials fled in succession. In this case, Li Yongfang was almost completely isolated and became a polished general.Seeing that the Manchu army was attacking the city with countless long ladders, Li Yongfang lost all thoughts and felt that being captured by the Manchu army would be better than committing suicide.Just as he raised his sword and was about to kill himself, a person suddenly shouted at him from the top of the city wall: "Wait a minute, general, wait until you read this letter before making any plans." Li Yongfang opened the letter, his face gloomy and gloomy.The letter was written by Nurhachi himself: General Suwen is a brave general, but a hero must judge the situation.Now that the Ming court is corrupt and the people are struggling to make a living, it is time for a man to do something, so I hope the general will not be arrogant.I have always admired the general's talent. If the general is willing to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, it will be my fortune and the fortune of the world. Looking at the panic in the city, Li Yongfang knew that she was doomed, no matter how much she resisted, nothing would change, only more soldiers died in battle.After thinking about it, I finally decided to order all the Ming army to give up resistance and surrender to Nurhachi. The Battle of Fushun was the first battle that Houjin established against the Ming Dynasty. The result of this battle was very important to Nurhachi.Nurhachi came here with the determination to win, but the high walls and deep pools of Fushun City still posed a problem for him.This idea given by Huang Taiji at the critical moment really helped him a lot.No matter how strong the city is, as long as one can infiltrate one's own strength into it, and then attack inside and outside, success is only a matter of time.In the battle of Fushun, the Jin army broke through Fushun City at a very small price, and also got Li Yongfang who made many contributions to the Jin army in the future.The use of Huang Taiji's strategy is very important. Since then, Nurhachi has paid more attention to this son, and this matter has a lot to do with Huang Taiji's succession in the future.