Chapter 108 The Death of the Old Slave
During Oba's long life, he was hunted by his enemies at least three times.

This included the time sixteen years ago when he followed his father Weng Guodai to participate in the Haixi Jurchens' battle to rescue Hanshan City.

That time, he and his father were chased continuously by the troops led by Chu Ying and Amin. They did not dismount for nearly two days and two nights before they managed to escape from the powerful Jianzhou Jurchens.

Even so, he survived because his father Weng Guodai took a heavy arrow for him.

The pursuit of the Ming general's soldiers behind him reminded Oba of the time when he and his father escaped together.

At that time, the sky was still blue, the grass was lush, and the pursuers behind him were not as fierce as General Li.

"Great Khan, you should surrender. The warriors on the grassland should not die like this."

"The Ming Kingdom will not kill us Taijis, but will only use us in exchange for a large number of cattle, horses and sheep. Khan, if you keep running, the horses will foam at the mouth."

Many taijis around him suggested that Oba turn around and surrender.

Including Oba himself, there were a total of 25 taijis on the left and right wings of the Nenkorchin tribe. Seventeen of them were forced to move south by the Later Jin general Laosa. Four taijis had died in the battle, three had fled, and only the remaining nine taijis gathered around Oba.

"Wait a little longer. The Jinzhou general is too heavy, and his horse will fall before ours."

Obama still wants to hold on.

After Ligdan Khan was killed, the eight Chahar tribes began to revolt. Chaohua was no longer able to control the five Inner Khalkha tribes. The Khorchin tribes were ambitious. Oba, the leader of the Nen Khorchin tribe, even wanted to unify the 30,000 households on the left wing of Mongolia.

If they surrendered to the Ming at this time, by the time they were released, the situation on the grassland would have become an unknown state.

Just like escaping now, if you persist, there will always be a turning point.

swoosh~
The unique sound of a heavy arrow breaking through the air suddenly reached the ears of the fleeing Mongolian nobles. They hurriedly leaned over their horses, hoping not to be hit by the arrows.

With the powerful arm strength of the Ming generals, the armor-piercing heavy arrows shot from the Jianzhou bows could penetrate the bodies of armored soldiers in one go. The first four taijis who died in the battle almost all died in this way.

"what!"

Unfortunately, Oba was the lucky man, or rather, the arrow that the Jinzhou general shot was aimed at him.

The tribal leader was a very good rider. After being hit by the arrow, he did not fall off his horse, but just slowed down.

The personal soldiers around him were relatively loyal. They slowed down their horses and protected Oba in the middle. The taijis of various tribes became more cautious. Knowing that they were not the target, five of them took their personal soldiers and ran in other directions.

"Brave general of the Ming Dynasty, we, the Nen Khorchin tribe, surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

When he caught up with the remaining dozen or so riders, all Li Hao got was a Khan, four taijis, and the personal soldiers surrounding them.

"They can run faster than the Eight Banners soldiers. Let your leader Oba come out."

The general of Jinzhou chased with a red face, and ordered all the Mongols who had dismounted from their horses to kneel down and hand over the recognized leader of the Nenkorchin tribe.

"He attached himself to the rebel Later Jin, married into the family of the Jianzhou bandit leader Aisin-Gioro, repeatedly violated the border, called himself Khan, and refused to participate in the horse market..."

Li Hao pointed out several charges, and Oba, who had been shot in the shoulder, had no intention of defending himself.

The Jinzhou general assumed that Oba had admitted his guilt and stepped forward to chop off his head.

Many taijis cried out in surprise, and Oba's personal soldiers reacted even more violently, but no one dared to stand up and resist.

"Several taijis will go to Jinzhou and wait for your subordinates to send horses for redemption. Each of the 25 tribes of Nenkhorchin will provide 100 middle-grade horses and twice as many cattle and sheep. The punishment for the other tribes of Khorchin, such as the Aru tribe and the Maomingan tribe, will be the same as that of the Nenkhorchin tribe.

When the redemption animals are sent, the Ming Dynasty will forgive your crimes. If the redemption horses are not delivered to Guangning City this autumn, I will lead my army to the north to attack the Khorchin tribe. "

Mongolian war horses have short shoulders but great endurance, making them suitable for long-distance marches, and are considered a good source of war horses.

There were 30,000 households in the entire Left Wing of Mongolia, and the number of horses raised was between 700,000 and 1.5 million. The entire Khorchin tribe was fined about 7,000 to 8,000 horses and about 15,000 cattle and sheep.

Li Hao gathered his subordinates and calculated this number, which was found to be at the Khorchin tribe's endurance limit.

The Inner Khalkha tribe, which was weaker than them, redeemed the freedom of its leader with 10,000 animals. The Khorchin tribe had to redeem the Taiji and cleanse themselves of the crime of relying on the rebellious Later Jin, so it was normal for the number of animals they fined to be more than 20,000.

If there is more, people will definitely not acknowledge it and refuse to pay.

After discussing it, many Mongolian taijis felt that it was within their tolerance range. The military strength of the Later Jin Dynasty had greatly declined, and they also wanted to observe the situation, so they accepted the punishment and proposed to send some of their personal soldiers back to the grazing areas to collect livestock.

As for when the money can be raised, it depends on which side, the Ming Dynasty or the Later Jin, is stronger this year.

"You don't have to think about that. Once I force you back to Jinzhou, I will send a special envoy to go back with your personal soldiers."

Li Hao's idea for the Mongolian tribes was to raise young horses.

The Mongols do not feed their horses grains or beans. According to the standards for war horses, the horse feed must contain at least 70% grass and 30% grain to ensure the long-term carrying capacity of the war horse.

After getting horses from the various tribes on the grassland, they have to be raised for a long time before they become qualified war horses.

The lagging Ming cavalry arrived one after another, and when there were enough people, Li Hao ordered the Ming army to suppress the Mongolian nobles and march towards Guangning.

There is still a small group of Later Jin cavalry there, as well as Laosa, whose reputation is almost as bad as Turushi's. Sony is already dead, and if Laosa is killed, at least before winter, the grassland tribes will not come to Guangning and Yizhou to attack. ...

June 13th, outside Liaoyang city.

After quickly dealing with the enemy forces in Guangning, Li Hao rushed to Sancha River without stopping.

The reorganization of the dead soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty and Tainikan had been basically completed. When he felt the time was ripe, the general of Jinzhou led his troops across the Sancha River and headed straight for Liaoyang City.

There were still thousands of Tatar cavalry outside Haizhou City, and many Bordered Blue Banner cavalry were gathering. Li Hao decided to attack Liaoyang first, and then plunder the land horizontally to completely block the Tatars' way back to the north near Haizhou.

Of course, the Later Jin army did not sit idly by and launched various harassments after the Ming army crossed the river. However, Li Hao was like a hen protecting her chicks. He led his team to drive back and forth the Eight Banners cavalry on the march. Various powerful generals also led a number of cavalry out to fight against the Tatar scouts. Finally, the Ming army advanced to the city of Liaoyang.

The Later Jin army outside Haizhou City symbolically sent a few hundred cavalry to harass the city, but did not dare to fight to the death.

Before attacking the city, Li Hao specially ordered several surrendered soldiers to deliver the heads of Abahai and Duoduo to Nurhaci in the city.

The two heads were simply pickled and had not been systematically processed by the Ming army, so they already emitted a corpse stench when they were sent out.

More than 13,000 Ming army camp soldiers and more than 4,700 reorganized surrendered soldiers were deployed one after another near the north gate of Liaoyang City.

The soldiers from various camps gathered into a large group, serving as the central army, and the surrendered soldiers were divided into two wings, but they were supervised by the mounted servants and camp soldiers in the rear.

Nearly seven or eight hundred side-carriage chariots were lined up in a row, and soldiers from the battalion were everywhere adjusting their muskets. Gunners were carrying heavy lead bullets, and musket soldiers from each team were distributing spare gunpowder to the firearms soldiers behind the chariots.

Most of the surrendered soldiers were armed with swords and spears, and the spear formation was commanded by Zuo Liangyu who was transferred here. In the sunlight, thousands of spear tips reflected a terrifying cold light.

The sword formation was under the command of Cao Wenzhao. Considering that the main force defending the city of the Later Jin Dynasty were all regular bannermen who were good at archery, his sword formation was just for show. He would enter the city to clean up the situation only after the capture of Liaoyang City.

In addition to conventional weapons and armaments, there were also siege vehicles and several ladders. The Ming Dynasty was the absolute authority in East Asia in siege warfare, and the ladders they built were much taller and more complicated than the hook ladders of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Even Li Hao, who was used to charging into large-scale military formations, had to admit the oppressive feeling of tens of thousands of field troops. At a glance, all he saw were helmets with tassels, flags, and various armors. Messengers carrying small flags galloped back and forth, conveying the commander-in-chief's orders to the level of a thousand-man commander, and then passing them down from the thousand-man commander.

After the battle with Amin, the fighting spirit of this Ming army, which was assembled from various places, increased greatly. After ten days of training, they were able to be deployed and fight openly.

After the modified catapult and the five chariots protecting it arrived, Li Hao rode forward and prepared to attack the city.

The Later Jin army on the city wall spared no effort in using gunpowder and concentrated fire on this salient, firing all kinds of bows and arrows in succession.

One Ming army chariot even had half of its fender blown off, but the soldiers hid at the edge of the chariot and fought back, and the battle between the two sides was difficult to determine.

In the central army, small artillery with a longer range also began to be loaded and fired. Although the lethality was average, it forced the Tatars to hide behind the battlements and they dared not lean out to shoot arrows openly.

It only took a short while before Li Hao was thrown onto the top of the city wall under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes.

According to rough calculations by the soldiers in charge of the launch, the landing point this time was near the city gate tower.

The Ming army outside the city kept cheering, but the Eight Banners soldiers on the city looked as pale as death.

Nurhaci had ordered the four city gates to be blocked, which meant that the Ming army could not attack for a while, but the Eight Banners soldiers could not escape quickly either.

This time, the Jinzhou general was armed with a heavy sword. After taking off the simple cloth umbrella on his back, he first killed the Tartar closest to him, lifted up half of his body to protect his head and face, and then rushed towards the Later Jin ruler who was in charge of command near the city gate tower.

The old Khan personally supervised the battle, and the soldiers of the two yellow flags fought particularly bravely. Although they did not rush forward to block the Ming general's charge, they quickly shot one armor-piercing arrow after another.

After just a few dozen steps, Li Hao was already covered with heavy arrows in front and behind him, and he was no different from a hedgehog.

Nurhaci, who always felt that he still had fighting spirit, lost 70% of his spirit when he saw the Ming general Li Hao being thrown into the city. Now he saw with his own eyes the ferocious figure rushing towards him like a hedgehog, and the remaining 30% disappeared without a trace.

He summoned the most loyal Bayara guards of the two yellow flags and headed straight towards the stairs leading to the lower city.

Li Hao, whose running speed was greatly enhanced, was naturally much faster than a staggering old man. He wielded his heavy sword and rushed into the group of Bayala like a meat grinder.

Every knife strike can take away a Tartar.

Of course, a more suitable word for him is tunnel boring machine, which drilled through the guards and arrived in front of the old slave.

The only preferential treatment Li Hao gave to this bandit leader who had fought all his life was to keep his head intact.

Because the sword was chopped off along the shoulder blade, the ruler of the Later Jin Dynasty was very grateful to the general of Jinzhou and even bleed a little to show his welcome.

Judging from his wide-open eyes and distorted facial features, Nurhaci must have been unwilling to die like this. He might have thought about leading his troops back to Fushun Pass, but he could not let go of his "family property" in the Liaoshen Kaitie area.

After killing the leader of the Later Jin Dynasty, the pressure around Li Hao suddenly eased, and apparently many bannermen began to flee.

The Jinzhou general began to work seriously. He found a large bow and called out the names of the Tartars on the city walls one by one.

The Ming army under the city also gradually advanced, and the siege of Liaoyang started in full swing.

PS: Please give me recommendation votes and monthly votes.

(End of this chapter)