Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

After all, this is Daming's home court, the longer the stalemate lasts, the greater his advantage.

If Nurhachi retreats later, he has all infantry under his command, and there is really not much to do with Nurhachi. The only hope at the level is the cavalry army that has already detoured to Nurhachi's back road.

If Nurhachi can be stopped for a while, the battle still has to be fought. If he can't be stopped, then he can only watch Nurhachi return home with a full load!

Li Xiu was tangled, and Nurhachi was even more tangled.

From the perspective of his lifelong battle, it is natural to see that in this situation, retreat is the best choice.

But... the great dream is so close at hand, he is really unwilling to let him give up just like that!

He also doesn't have the time to realize this grand dream.

Even, the existence of Li Xiu made him feel a sense of crisis that he had never felt before.

A military commander who is deeply trusted by the emperor, and even regarded as a reliance.

A military general who has made great achievements and helped the building to collapse!

There is also an army that is strong enough to fight him in the field without losing the slightest disadvantage...

With heritage, qualifications, meritorious service, and prestige...

Such an existence is by no means comparable to those in Liaodong!

He even had a premonition that if he retreated this time, as long as Li Xiu didn't die, Houjin might never be able to enter the customs again.

……

The night is deep.

Shocking shouts suddenly broke the silence of the night.

It also quickly alarmed the entire capital.

Taking advantage of the night, Nurhachi personally led the rear golden iron cavalry to raid the Yongwei camp.

However, Nurhachi was facing the Yongwei Battalion.

An army that has turned all wartime emergencies into regulations, made predictions, and rehearsed an unknown number of times.

When the war broke out suddenly, the brave guards responded in an extremely orderly manner.

According to the charter, when the enemy attacked at night, the main thing was to defend, and there was no order from the general, and you were not allowed to move without authorization.

At this time, some generals rushed to the camp of the Chinese army immediately, but were directly stopped by several personal guards.

"The general has an order. If there is an enemy attack, focus on defense and never pursue it without authorization."

"I will understand at the end!"

The general was taken aback for a moment, looked up at the brightly lit handsome tent, then hurriedly cupped his hands and turned away.

At this moment, on the northwest side of the Houjin Camp, a heavily armed cavalry, like a ghost, approached the Houjin Camp without moving.

"General, I have found out that the Houjin Nuzhen and the Mongolian tribes are stationed in separate camps. This side is full of Mongolian tribes, and that direction is the Horqin tribe. This is..."

Listening to the scout's report, Li Xiu glanced at the faintly flickering flames in the distance, and turned to look at the cavalry behind him.

This team is mainly based on his personal guard battalion, and a cavalry force of no more than a thousand cavalry is temporarily formed by knights who are good at riding from various departments in the army.

"Pass down the order, wait for the night attack, don't love to fight, follow this general..."

As soon as the words fell, the faint voice from a distance made Li Xiu raise his brows. In that direction... Nurhachi really attacked at night?

The thought just passed by in a flash, even if Nurhachi really attacked at night, it would not be able to stop his actions, on the contrary, it would be quite beneficial to his night attack.

Without Nurhachi's seat in town, who would listen to whom's orders among the Mongolian tribes?

Turning on his horse and drawing out his sword, Li Xiu smiled loudly: "Brothers, that old bastard Nurhachi has already gone to steal our house, now, let's go and steal that old bastard's house too, to see who is more powerful." Some!"

"kill!"

With a loud shout and a murderous look, more than a thousand cavalry completely shed the cover of darkness and rushed towards the Houjin camp in a mighty manner.

The night that shrouded the Golden Camp was silent, and it was completely torn apart by this sudden attack!

More than a thousand iron cavalry, with Li Xiu as the blade, pierced fiercely into the Houjin camp like a sharp blade piercing the night sky.

At this moment, the generals in the capital looking at this situation were a little dumbfounded.

night attack...

Hmm... This is for each of them, and no one cares about their own home?

Many courtiers who heard the news also looked at each other in blank dismay. This was the first time they had seen such a spectacle.

"Does Li Dushi have an order?"

A courtier asked.

"No."

An official in charge of city defense from the Ministry of War immediately shook his head.

Since he took office, the supervisor has given many orders, but they are all aimed at the soldiers and horses of Qin Kings in various places, as well as the frontier garrison in Ji Town. He has never intervened in the defense of the capital.

"Then wait and see!"

Soon, the opinions were unified. On the tower, the whole city was on guard, silently watching the night attack of the two armies outside the city in the enemy camp.

If it is said that Nurhachi attacked at night, it was because the fierce battle during the day was fruitless, and he wanted to use a night attack to achieve the results, gain an advantage, and stabilize the anxious morale of the army.

As far as Li Xiu was concerned, the purpose of this night attack was also clearer, that is to increase the Jin army, to be precise, to disturb the unrest of the Mongolian ministries, and further disturb the morale of the Nurhachi army.

Of course, Li Xiu won't mind if the night attack can achieve results, so he can take advantage of it.

However, this possibility is too small.

Thanks to the complex composition of the Hou Jin army, they were all stationed in separate battalions. After killing only two camps, all the Mongolian ministries, as long as they were not stupid, also reacted.

Li Xiu was not in the mood to fight, he killed and set fire all the way, and then led his army away in a cool manner.

However, what happened next completely exceeded Li Xiu's expectations!

He led the army out of the Mongolian camp, and deliberately took a detour to avoid risks. In this way, one of them collided with Nurhachi's night attack army who ordered to retreat after the night attack failed!

Chapter 169 Internal and External Troubles

The night was dark, both sides were dressed lightly, and even the horseshoes of the war horses were wrapped in cloth to cover up the sound of the horseshoes, so it was caught off guard!

But the soldiers on both sides are not mediocre.

Li Xiuzhi's personal guard battalion and Nurhachi's guard battalion are the best of the best in the armies of both sides!

In an instant, a bloody fight where the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road begins completely!

It's just that no one knows about this truly unexpected encounter except for the generals participating in the battle.

The night is dark and the wind is high, the location is remote, and there is not even a fire!

Pure and extreme hand-to-hand combat, naked bloody sway!

The night was too dark, the encounter was sudden, and coupled with the chaotic fight of hand-to-hand combat, there was naturally no tactics at all.

After a collision and fight, it was only a short moment until the end. Under such a chaotic environment, both sides obviously did not want to fight, so they gathered soldiers one after another, and finally faced off in this dark wilderness.

"You are Li Xiu!"

Nurhachi stared at Li Xiu, who was at the forefront of the brave guard cavalry, and said in a deep voice.

"Exactly!"

Li Xiu casually wiped off the blood stains on the back of the knife, put the knife back into its sheath, and said with a smile, "I've heard the name of the Great Khan for a long time, but seeing it today, it's really a well-deserved reputation. I know the fate, but I'm so brave."

"I can't compare to you, Governor Li. At such a young age, you are already under one person and above ten thousand people. I am so envious of such a scene!"

After finishing speaking, Nurhachi changed the subject: "I just don't know how long this scenery will last!"

"How long the governor can be good, don't worry about Da Khan, Da Khan should think about it, how can he get out of his body!"

"It's a joke, Ben Khan has tens of thousands of cavalry, and you can do nothing to me with just over ten thousand infantry!"

"If Da Khan really leads tens of thousands of golden cavalry, then he can come and go freely!"

"But... drive the tiger to devour the wolf, this wolf can't swallow it, and the tiger... may not be obedient either!"

"You can't feed tens of thousands of troops, and you can swallow a lot of sweat. It's not a problem if you think about it!"

"Hmph, sharp mouth!"

Nurhachi's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly, but didn't say another word, but turned his horse's head and left directly.

"General... shall we..."

Seeing the retreat of Hou Jin's night attack army, some relatives immediately spoke out.

"If you can get rid of these thousands of golden cavalry, the governor will immediately order the whole army to attack!"

"hey-hey……"

As soon as these words came out, the pro general smiled and immediately closed his mouth.

A night attack, under the condition that the Yongwei Battalion is prepared, the loss is naturally not too big, but at this moment, the court is full of worries,

Several batches of officials from the city have come, but Li Xiu is not around, so they can only be kept cool temporarily.

No, as soon as Li Xiu led his troops back, these people immediately gathered together. After dealing with it, they got accurate information about the military situation, and these officials left with peace of mind.

As for Nurhachi, he is undoubtedly in a state of desperation at this moment. The night attack was fruitless, but his house was stolen. If it was his empress Jin's family camp, it would be fine. At worst, he would smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, but the one who stole it was Mongolia. The camp of the various ministries.

Killing and arson caused several Mongolian tribes to suffer heavy losses. No, as soon as he came back, the tent of the Chinese army was crowded with crying Mongolian tribe leaders.

You know, when he led the army into the customs, he wanted to drive away the tigers and wolves. For this reason, the Mongolian tribes he brought, in addition to the tribes like Horqin who have always visited Houjin in person, also brought many Mongolian tribes who were obedient and vicious. I want to take this opportunity to eradicate some hidden dangers on the Mongolian grasslands.

It was okay when the situation was overwhelming, but now, Fangshan suffered a disastrous defeat and was attacked at night again. These problems that he forcibly suppressed finally broke out completely!

In the handsome tent, there was another fierce quarrel, and then under Nurhachi's thunderous anger, he forcibly suppressed it again.

But this time, it exceeded Nurhachi's expectation.

After discussing the matter in the handsome account, several Mongolian tribes broke out camp overnight, without even saying hello, and prepared to leave without saying a word, taking their men, horses and looted goods.

Such a sudden change almost made Nurhachi almost lose his temper, and fell down directly. He let out a thunderous rage, and rushed into the camps of those tribes with his soldiers, suppressing the sudden change with thunder.

However, even so, Nurhachi had no choice but to suppress his murderous intentions, and only put those tribal leaders and dignitaries under house arrest.

He even had to suppress his anger to appease the remaining Mongolian tribes and the generals and soldiers who wanted to leave the tribe.

There is no doubt that the issue of retreat is no longer a question of whether Nurhachi wants to, but a fact that must be implemented!

If the delay continues and people's minds change, then it is not a question of retreating, but a question of whether they can withdraw.

But in the case of retreat, who will stop the rear, and the tens of thousands of alliance troops, who will retreat first and who will retreat, will undoubtedly be another big problem!

Nurhachi didn't think that Li Xiu would be like those generals in Liaodong, let him come and let him go!

It's just that Li Xiu obviously didn't plan to give Nurhachi time to think about this problem, or even solve it.

In the early morning of the next day, after learning that several Mongolian tribes had abandoned Nurhachi and fled, Li Xiu changed his previous posture of only defending and not attacking, and put on an aggressive look.

The entire army of brave guards came out in full force, attacking the cavalry with infantry, and blocked the gate of Houjin's camp.

Even, it was the first time that Li Xiu, in the name of Governor of Jingji, ordered the defenders of the capital to assist him. For this reason, he specially dispatched thousands of white soldiers from Qin Liangyu and all the cavalry in the capital to fight with him. The cavalry army temporarily formed by the personal guard battalion mixed a cavalry force with a scale of 3000 to support it.

On the outskirts of the capital, the drums of war were rumbling, all day long, almost never stopping. This time, Li Xiu played Hou Jin's favorite game, Li Xiu, very thoroughly. Under the supervision of the Yongwei Battalion, thousands of The Manchurian captives, as if they were being sent to death, were led to the front line in turn, desperately attacking the defense line of the Houjin camp.

Faced with Li Xiu's aggressive posture, Nurhachi had no choice but to go into battle in person in order to stabilize the morale of the army, leading the elite of the Houjin lineage to block the attack of the Yongwei Battalion.

And many Mongolian ministries stayed comfortably in the camp, sitting and watching the endless fighting day and night. Of course, they had to bother Nurhachi a little bit, and had a hard time with Nurhachi on the issue of retreat.

In this way, internal and external troubles really made Nurhachi, who was still high-spirited just a few days ago, almost crazy.

But all this is far from the end.

Li Xiu is still waiting...

Finally, a few days after the attack, an urgent military report from Jizhen, which caused Houjin's coalition forces and Nurhachi's internal worries to suppress it, broke out completely!

The iron cavalry of the Ming army defeated Horqin's troops to support the Jizhou army, and then raided Jizhou, and Jizhou was lost!

From the perspective of the overall battle situation, the loss of Jizhou will have an impact on the entire Houjin army. retreat.

However, the inertia of people's minds is like this. Those who understand the principles and strategies are only a minority. In this era, the vast majority of soldiers do not know a single word. They only know that they entered the capital from Jimen. Now Jimen is lost?

Their retreat is gone!

Furthermore, for Nurhachi and the Mongolian leaders, even if there are other ways of retreat, but...