108 How about octopus without water

When the army first entered Jianzhou, they could not get any news. The villages along the way were either hostile or avoided, which was actually a policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.

When you encounter such a situation, the book says that it is about buying people's hearts, and benevolence and righteousness are the first priority. Perhaps you have to capture Meng Huo seven times, so that the other party will open your heart to you and be willing to accept it.

Who would conquer the conquerors? Wang Tong was too lazy to write these false articles, so that people could know fear and the consequences would be enough. Wang Tong did the same.

After the fire of Hetuala, everyone was scared. The Jurchens were not the ancients. They were farming people, not nomadic people, and they could not pat their butts and escape on horseback. They could not leave their settlements. They could not maintain their livelihoods. The Ming army killed people and slaughtered the village, completely destroying the foundation of their survival, burning the city and fire. This scene made everyone extremely afraid.

That is, after the city burned, the news began to spread. After the Eastern Expedition Army released the Jurchen prisoners and sent the message to more than 100 people, someone took the initiative to come to the door to save the army and took the initiative to provide supplies to the army.

Some people also mentioned the location of Nurhaci's group. They stopped about 120 miles from Hetuala ten days ago, but now they have left and headed towards the direction of the Haixi Juzhen.

On March 20, the Huwei Army left Hetuara City and began to pursue northward. The troops led by Nurhaci were more than 5,000. Such a team could not disappear silently in the mountains and forests. There must be traces to follow. The Jurchen villages in Jianzhou were already scared and no one dared to hide them.

Wang Tong kept releasing news, for example, if you know that you don’t report it strictly, and if you can report it, even if you want to keep the thief chiefs, it is a forced act.

As soon as this decree was said, Nurhaci's traces could not be hidden at all. Everyone knows that Nurhaci led a large army to head towards the northeast, first passing Huer Wenwei and entering the territory of the Haixi Juchen.

Although Liao Town is the territory actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty, after leaving the border wall, the place names along the way are all titles such as garrisons. These are the remains of the expansion period when the Ming Dynasty was founded, so the barbarian culture was backward.

The war soldiers led by Wang Tong were only more than 9,000 infantry and more than 4,000 cavalry, but the civilians were also nearly 10,000. In this season, large trucks filled with goods could easily fall into mud when walking on the road, and many roads needed to be repaired before passing by. The civilians were used for this purpose.

In fact, Wang Tong's plan was very big. With this march, at least one road was built to the Jurchen hinterland as much as possible. In the future, the army could advance based on this, and the merchant group and the reclamation group could expand to both sides.

It is not just about overcoming obstacles, cutting through the mountains and gravels, and creating a big road out of thin air. The terrain here is already flat and there are roads that have existed for a long time. What the people have done is to carry out simple broadening and repairing.

Under such circumstances, although the army was not moving fast, it was moving forward firmly every day. After passing Hu'er Wenwei, Mao Lianwei was in front of him.

Mao Lianwei was originally a sphere of influence of a Jurchen or a tribe of the Gu Gu, but it is now a landless area, and the original owner didn't know where he went.

Hu'er Wenwei and Mao Lianwei are the large plains of the river, suitable for farming, and are also adjacent to several forces. But because of this, before all parties have the ability to swallow this place alone, they use it as a buffer and as one of the trade distribution centers.

Before the rise of Jianzhou Jurchens, this area was the place where Han merchants came from Liao Town, because not only could trade with Jurchens and ancient tribes, but also nearby Goryeo people came here.

However, the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens and blocked the roads here was equivalent to monopolizing the trade between the Jurchens and Goryeo and the Ming Dynasty, and this area gradually became abandoned.

The march of the enemy was very boring. Wang Tong simply asked the cavalry to scatter out to hunt. The harvest was quite rich in one day. As long as the archery technique was good, he could almost bring back very good prey, and the worst was the hare.

Although animals in the wild are fat at this time, they may stew wild game at night and start meat and fish, which is always a matter of boosting morale. Whether it is cavalry and infantry, or even the folks who are assigned to make bone soup, they are very excited.

Another news of Nurhaci's army was conveyed. After entering the territory of the Haixi Jurchens, the Jianzhou Jurchens' power was almost besieged by various Haixi Jurchen tribes.

Although the army led by Nurhaci was quite powerful, they could not withstand such harassment from the Haixi Jurchens, otherwise they would have just strengthened the walls and cleared the country so that they could not obtain any supplies. Although everyone was all Jurchens, they were completely incompatible with each other in this situation.

There is indeed a deep hatred for blood. Among the tens of thousands of soldiers who were wiped out under the city of Shenyang, nearly two-thirds of the young and strong people in the Haixi Jurchens accounted for nearly two-thirds. Then, in the sweeping battle to drive out the Tartars from Shenyang to Tieling Guards, the Haixi Jurchens suffered a lot of losses. Such losses inevitably made the various tribes of the Haixi Jurchens gritted their teeth with hatred.

The Ming army's actions in Jianzhou were spread very quickly and spread widely. Many people and many people also saw the fire in Hetuala with their own eyes. Wang Tong's warning was also received by the Haixi Jurchens. Who dared to take Nurhaci in, and even dared not fight with him.

In such a situation of attacking, Nurhaci struggled every step. However, the Haixi Jurchens lost too much youth and strong in Liao Town. There was no way to face the power of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they could only harass and strengthen the walls and clear the world.

Nurhaci was unable to move after two days of traveling within this range. Although such harassment around him could not cause any major losses, fragmented and damaged were also troublesome, and he could not obtain supplies. There were pursuers behind him, and his morale became increasingly depressed.

What's even more troublesome is that the Haixi Jurchens have already sent messages from various departments, and they want to gather their forces to see the remaining troops of the Jianzhou Jurchens. Otherwise, if the Jianzhou Jurchens are allowed to cross the border, and when the vicious Ming army chases them, there will still be big trouble.

When Wang Tong was about to leave Hu'er Wenwei, the latest news came again, and Nurhaci had already returned from the Haixi Jurchens.

It is similar to Wang Tong's judgment, and the situation is like this. If all the troops were dispersed and the Xiaoruan family fled into the mountains and forests, no one could catch him, or even go directly to Liao Town to be a Han merchant, he would be rich for a lifetime. I'm afraid no one could catch him, but people like Nurhaci would definitely not be willing to do so.

The Huwei Army's long-distance attack was already a tired soldier. In a sense, Nurhaci's fight to the death is not without a chance. Instead of being in despair, it is better to fight to the death. This is indeed the truth, but the truth is just the truth.

The white mountains and black waters are vast, and a team of thousands of people seems to be able to travel at will, but in fact there are not many places to go. The territory of the Haixi Jurchens is already full of hostility. Continue to go north, the other side of the sect and the Jurchens are also mixed, and they are becoming increasingly unsuitable for people to interact.

Outside this wall, the land that is inhabited by people will be reclaimed and renovated, and in a few years it will be fertile fields, but a place without people is either forest or swamp meadow, which is not suitable for going deep, especially the deep deep of a large group of people.

Besides, the withdrawal of Hetu Alla was originally planning to make a comeback, thinking that relying on the solid walls and clearing the fields and guerrilla harassment would make the Ming army in a mess and he could not stand it. However, the style of this Ming army was completely different from that of the officers and soldiers of Liao Town. They used the method of uprooting, and the three lights strategy was even more vicious. Not to mention that they were not kept by the lunatic dogs, even the land was completely destroyed. It was really a means of being absent.

Knowing that his hometown looked like this, especially after knowing that Hetuala was burned down by a fire, the morale of the soldiers led by Nurhaci was extremely low, and they all knew that their foundation had been destroyed.

After traveling north like this, the other Jurchen tribes who were originally respectful to them changed their faces. They did not provide any support, but also started to shout for fighting and killing.

In the Haixi Jurchens for a few days, in addition to death in battle, there were also continuous deserters appearing every day, which made the morale of the army even more shaking. In such a situation, there was no choice but to fight back.

However, under the cruel high pressure of the Ming army, even the attitudes of the various villages of Jianzhou Jurchens changed. They provided food supplies and recruited males, and even avoided them in advance when the Jianzhou army arrived. This was the Jianzhou Jurchens' own team, and they wanted to lead everyone to live a good life.

When they entered Liao Town, Daming last year, the males from all villages rushed to follow each other. The wealth and people of Daming were divided into a lot of money and people, but why did they turn against each other at this time?

The people who followed Nurhaci were all teams he brought out. Many of the families of this team died in the Three Lights strategy. They were not only loyal to each other, but also loyal.

The Jurchens in Haixi were fed up with cold words and hostility. They thought they would be like fish in water after returning to Jianzhou, but they didn't expect that the treatment was even more excessive than that in Haixi. Naturally, they became angry. This was normal. The Jurchens in Jianzhou knew the cruelty and terror of the Ming army at a close distance and did not dare to violate any rules.

After catching the person who secretly went out to report the news, the anger was finally aroused. Nurhaci also knew that if he did not use ruthless means, not only would the situation not be curbed, but his own morale would not be able to be maintained.
Chapter completed!