Nanming Engineer

Chapter 404
Nikan has been in battle for a long time. He is only 39 years old this year, but he is a veteran who has fought for more than 20 years. Since the reign of destiny, the underage Nikan has followed his grandfather Nurhachi in the old forests of Liaodong to fight with the wild Jurchen, Ming army, The Mongols fought with swords and swords. Since childhood, they have heard and witnessed bloody things that are not suitable for children such as disembowelling, and they have personally practiced violent crimes of murder. He has experienced countless bloody battles in his life. When the Baijia Ming army blocked the way at Lingguan, I instinctively realized that something was wrong.

He set up camp on the spot, stopped moving forward, and sent out scouts to rush out for nearly a hundred miles, listening to the slightest movement around him.

It was less than a day after camping, and news came back one after another that it spread to the surrounding area, and there were no other signs of Ming army activities within a hundred miles. It seemed that only Shiling Pass was guarded by Ming troops.

Nikan sat cross-legged in a golden tent, and the huge embroidered gold banner at the door fluttered in the wind, showing the unique and noble status of the owner of the big tent, and rows of elite Baiba Yala guards stood proudly around Groups of Aha slaves came in and out respectfully, bringing kumiss and top-quality fragrant tea to the nobles in the tent to relieve their fatigue.

Below the Nikan, along the expensive blankets spread on both sides of the big tent, there are more than a dozen Jurchen and Mongolian princes and warriors sitting carelessly. The lowest level who can enter the Nikan's big tent to discuss matters is the Gushan Ezhen of each banner. , no matter how low it is, you can only wait outside.

The nobles lay lazily on the blankets, drinking wine and tea, watching the heavy curtains of the big tent being lifted by the guards from time to time, and the scouts who reported the news were let in one by one, listening to the instant messages they reported, and then hurriedly He hurriedly withdrew, and just like that, there were more than ten waves of scouts coming and going, sending a lot of information.

When the last scout retreated and no one came in, Nikan ordered a huge map of Shanxi to be hung on the side of the big tent. Although it is not as good as the picture of the Kuizhou Army, it is still very rare.

Nikan rubbed his chin and looked at it intently. The Qing generals in the seat also put away their lazy looks, straightened up and began to observe the map, and even Bo Luo, who was sitting next to Nikan, was also like a giant bear. body, forced to squeeze beside Nikan and looked at the map with him.

After looking at it for a while, Nikan stretched out his hand and patted three places on the map vigorously. He turned his head to look at Boluo. Boluo squinted his eyes, stared at the three places he patted, and nodded slowly.

The two are both grandsons of Nurhachi, and their fathers, Chu Ying and Abatai, also have a close relationship. Chu Ying died early, and his son Nikan has nothing to rely on, and he has a close relationship with Boluo. The two were excluded by Dorgon's suspicion. Sympathy for each other, hugging each other for warmth has deepened the relationship a little bit, and the years of fighting side by side are full of tacit understanding, and one look at each other can understand each other's thoughts.

Seeing Boluo nodding, Nikan turned around, sat upright on the carpet, clapped his hands to the nobles who were staring at the map, and said loudly: "The Nanman blocks the way, what do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, a reckless man stood up recklessly, and shouted in a rough voice: "My lord, what are you talking about, the Han dog has become more courageous, and after hitting a few county towns, he is defiant and despises me, a man of the Qing Dynasty. Let the sons kill them and cut off their dog heads, everything will be peaceful!"

Nikan saw that it was Kaer Chuhun, the Lord of the Town, who was talking. He was a guy with well-developed limbs and a simple mind. In his mouth, the most frequently used words are "kill, kill, kill".

Before Nikan could speak, another person stood up slowly, first flicked the dust from his clothes, and drew everyone's attention to himself, and recognized him as Nikan's son, the third-class Adahha Fanmara, and then He said slowly and unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, this servant thinks that Minggou is very weak. Since entering the customs, there has been almost no army who dared to go out of the city to fight with our Qing army in the field, let alone any general who dared to take the initiative to attack. The Ming army in Guan, according to the scouts, is the Ming army from Shaanxi. The leader of the army is Ming Pingliang Hou Wang Huan. Brace yourselves and deal with it seriously.”

Nikan and Boluo looked at each other, nodded, and said calmly, "Oh? Go on."

Ma La was overjoyed, knowing that this was Nikan's encouragement to him, but Kaer Chuhun snorted and sat down sullenly.

"The servant thought that from the map, there are three roads in front of us, all of which can go through the mountains to Taiyuan, but these three roads are blocked by passes. These three passes are commonly known as the three passes of Taiyuan, and they enter Taiyuan from Xinzhou. Among them, Tianmen Pass and Chitang Pass are steep and difficult to navigate. Our large army may not be easy to pass through. However, Shiling Pass in the front is a road. Although the pass city occupies the intersection of the two mountains Pass, but it is not unattainable. There is a flat and vast plain outside the pass city, which can be used to attack the city and take the pass. Therefore, the slaves feel that they should attack Tianmen and Chitang with partial divisions, and set up camp near the two sides. It's a bluff, and the main force of our army is going straight to Shiling Pass." Ma La talked eloquently, his eyebrows beaming.

Kaer Chuhun muttered in a low voice: "What's the air? It's just like I said, just go straight to Shiling Pass. It's a real ink mark!"

His voice was not loud, but it was extremely ear-piercing in the tent. Nikan was immediately displeased, and frowned and scolded: "Karchuhun, what are you talking to yourself? Listen carefully! Although Mala also advocated going straight to Shiling Pass, he It is fundamentally different from what you said, if you study hard, it will be beneficial in the future!"

Karchuhun was a Mongolian nobleman who was extremely submissive to Nikan. He listened to his lesson and could only nod his head in agreement, not daring to say any more nonsense.

Ma La looked even more serious, but he didn't even look at Kaer Chuhun, and continued to speak loudly: "There are not many people who pretend to attack on both sides, just a few hundred. First, to deter, and second, to prevent the Ming army from closing in on both sides. If the two princes lead the force to conquer Shiling Pass and appear in Taiyuan Mansion, the Ming army at the two passes will surely collapse without using troops. This is exactly what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War !"

Everyone in the tent immediately nodded their heads, and when Adahaha Fan and Xianghuang Banner Gushan Erzhen Dasu stood up, they laughed loudly: "It really is a good plan. Mala has been with the prince for a long time, and he has improved a lot!"

Gu Shan'erzhen Fei Yasiha also praised: "Yes, the servants of the prince also think that what Ma La said is very reasonable. Even if Minggou is vulnerable, it will take a long time to take a detour to kill them, and it will delay our rescue of Taiyuan. Itinerary, this plan works!"

The rest of the people also shook their heads and echoed one after another. Nikan and Boluo smiled at each other when they saw that everyone agreed. Their thoughts were actually the same as what Mala said. Tianmenguan and Chitangguan are far away from the official road. The pass is extremely dangerous, it is almost a pass on a cliff, and if you want to attack it, you will consume precious Eight Banners soldiers; as for Chitang Pass, it is easier to attack, but it is too remote and the road is difficult, it is better to attack Shiling Pass directly .

In the hearts of the two, although the Shaanxi Ming army occupying Shiling Pass has some reputation, it has not attracted enough attention from the two of them as Nikan said. They really can't lower their spirits and treat the Ming army as an opponent.

"Touch!" Nikan's big hand slammed on the table in front of him, his broad face was full of hostility, his thick eyebrows stood upside down, and he shouted generously: "Okay! Since everyone agrees, then we will act according to the plan, take a rest today and tomorrow When the sun rises, pull out your camp and move forward, and set up an formation outside Shiling Pass with Minggou to attack the key points!"

"Hey!" Everyone in the tent responded, and everyone stood up and clasped their fists, overflowing with murderous aura.

(End of this chapter)