Chapter 93 The hanging heart finally died
Nurhaci was immediately delighted, "You are worthy of being the son of the first Baturu of the Eight Banners. I will give you an official title, Dahai, you can choose a nice official title."

The civil and military officials serving the old Khan stood on both sides of the hall. Dahai, who was called, stepped out and replied:

"You may be given the title of Shuowengkolo and promoted to the rank of Lanqi Jiala Ezhen."

Shuowengkoro means "Saker Falcon" in Manchu. Saker Falcon is a kind of gyrfalcon in Changbai Mountain. In the minds of people in Liao area who go into the mountains to collect ginseng, it is a symbol of the divine eagle.

Looking at the two broken arrow butts, Nurhaci nodded and agreed to this reward. "Among the bannermen now, only you and Laosa are Shuoweng Koro Baturu. First heal your wounds, and then work hard."

Now is the time to recruit people, so it’s always a good idea to give them more official positions and titles.

Daldai was overjoyed. Laosa and his father were long-famous warriors. They fought for decades to reach the top of Shuowengkoro. Even Turushi, who fought in southern Liaoning for several years, did not have this title. It was really worth it for them to be hit by these two arrows.

He asked his personal guards to help him kneel down and thank his master for his kindness. After he had completed the formalities, he was helped out of the palace to find a doctor to bandage his wounds.

Nurhaci, wearing a round cap with a melon-shaped corner, and looking at people with his eyes slanted, asked: "Just now we talked about Laosa, what did he do in April? How come the Ming army could accumulate tens of thousands of troops in Sancha River, and he didn't do any work at all?"

News of the fall of Guangning and other places and the death of veteran general Yangguli came one after another, and he became a little restless.

According to the original plan, the Eight Banners should have a big battle with the Inner Khalkha Mongols in the spring and summer of this year, and then try to retake the Aohan, Naiman and other tribes of the Chahar tribe.

However, the Ming army's quick attack, especially Li Hao, disrupted the Later Jin's subordinates. The Fourth Beile, who was in charge of state affairs, had to mobilize most of the bannermen and dead soldiers to the Sancha River line to prevent the Ming army from sending small cavalry to interfere with the people in Shenyang, Liaoyang and Haizhou.

As for the Mongolian direction, they had no choice but to send a brave general like Laosa with some cavalry, and the purpose was changed from conquering the Inner Khalkha tribe to taking the Khorchin tribe south to Guangning and other places, attacking the Ming army that was approaching the core area of ​​the Eight Banners from both sides.

Yuetuo, the leader of the Bordered Red Banner, stepped out and replied, "The Fourth Prince has sent several Niulu from the two Yellow Banners to Laosa, and our two Red Banners have also sent out ten Niulu at full capacity. Together with Oba's Khorchin tribe, we have enough troops on the grassland.

According to my bannermen, three of the Inner Khalkha tribes have been defeated by Laosa and have agreed to march south to plunder Jinzhou and other places. We should be able to hear good news from the grasslands before the end of May."

Nurhaci was very dissatisfied when he heard such a reply.

"Laosa's actions are not efficient enough. What he should do is not to lead the Mongols south to rob people, but to lead troops to cut off the Ming army's food supply. If he waits until the Liao Sea is navigable, it will be a waste of effort for him to go south. Send someone to Liaohetao quickly to urge him to lead his troops to the east of Guangning and attack Zhao Lujiao and Li Hao from the front and back with us."

The old generals of the Later Jin Dynasty died one after another, the young generation had not yet been trained, and the middle-aged generation in their forties and fifties, such as Daishan, Manggurtai, Yangguli and others, died in battle one after another. The old Khan felt that there was no one available, so he had to endure Lausa's mistake.

Yuetuo, who had been in a good mood recently, heard his grandfather's complaints. He tried to defend himself to Laosa, who was close to the Fourth Prince:
"He also wants to have no worries. Apart from other things, only Turush can compare with Laosa in terms of meticulousness. And servants like Tulai from Feiyingdong's family are following Laosa, so there shouldn't be any problems on their way. We should go south as soon as possible. I'll send someone to order him to send troops later."

This defense made Nurhaci furious, "No one is allowed to mention that idiot Turushi in front of me from now on."

Turushi was the second Eight Banners general to die at the hands of Ming general Li Hao. The old Khan regarded him as the beginning of all the bad luck since the first month of the year.

As for his second son Daishan, he was a good general who was loyal to his country and had nothing to do with the misfortune of the Eight Banners.

His tone was so fierce that Yuetuo and others were afraid to reply, and the hall fell into extreme silence.

The Later Jin Dynasty wanted this effect, so he ordered: "The people of the Hesheli family are fluent in Mongolian, so let their Sony follow Laosa to prevent Oba and his group of Mongolian taijis from not doing their job seriously."

Dahai, who was in charge of the civil officials, stepped forward and responded.

Nurhaci asked about the construction of ships in the North Camp and emphasized that the soldiers in the Cheying Camp were just fools waiting to be slaughtered. As long as the Eight Banners soldiers could cross the river, they would get tens of thousands of strong slaves.

"Li Hao alone cannot cause any trouble. We will take back as many slaves as he kills from the Ming Kingdom."

Although most of the villages, fortresses and manors in the Haizhou area had been cleared out, the old Khan was still confident in the current situation. As long as the big city was not lost, the Ming army would not be able to stand in Hedong.

At this time, several flag soldiers came running in from outside the hall in a panic. Not only were their helmets twisted, but there was blood on their bodies. It was obvious that they had run back from the front line.

The civil and military officials of the Later Jin Dynasty made room on the spot so that these front-line bannermen could kneel down and respond.

"The North and South camps are fighting the Ming army? How are Amin and his men doing?"

The old Khan asked.

"Great Khan, yesterday only the South Camp fought with the Ming army servants who crossed the river. The North Camp was unable to provide support and the Ming army seized Haizhou City. Dudu Beile, who was originally recuperating in the city, is missing and may have died in the battle."

The King of Later Jin didn't care about Du Du's death. He only heard one sentence: Haizhou City is lost!
He fell backwards with a bang, and Lao Khan's heart finally died.

Dahai, Yuetuo and other officials and flag leaders hurried forward to check on the Khan's condition.

……

May 12th afternoon, Haizhou City.

The sky was clear and the breeze was gentle. Li Hao and his men were in high spirits after returning with a full load.

After entering the main gate of the South Gate, veteran general Zhao Lujiao personally led the generals to greet them.

"General Li won another great victory today. How many surrendered soldiers did he get?"

Looking at the militiamen and beasts that continued to enter the city, the general of Shanhaiguan was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Originally he thought that Haizhou City might not be able to be defended, but in the past two days Li Hao successively sent out five or six groups of powerful generals, each leading hundreds of family servants, to continuously plunder the land around Haizhou City, and unexpectedly made the surrounding area of ​​fifty or sixty miles empty of people.

All the surrendered soldiers, civilians, food and livestock were brought into Haizhou City.

The Tatars of the Eight Banners felt inferior when seeing this; they couldn't even be so meticulous when they looted Ming villages.

"There were only about 140 surrendered soldiers. I moved closer to the North Camp Tartars and only managed to capture two villages and forts before the North Camp Tartars arrived. Their newly made arrows were wrapped with flammable cotton soaked in oil. It was difficult for me to deal with them, so I led my troops back first."

Even though the Northern Tartars caught up with Li Hao's troops, who were dragging along civilians and livestock, they did not dare to get too close, for fear of angering this killer and causing him to turn back and fight hard. They only accompanied them halfway.

"Hahaha, one hundred and forty is more than enough. As long as we do this every day, the Tartars in the plains south of Liaoyang will no longer be able to stand. By then, Dongjiang will be suppressed, and the recovery of southern Liaoning by our Ming Dynasty will be just around the corner."

Zhao Lushi waved his hand, and Zu Dabi, who was in charge of the surrendered soldiers, came out with his servants, ready to receive the newly surrendered soldiers.

After taking Haizhou City, the two generals Li and Zhao divided the work. The experienced Zhao Ruojiao was responsible for the dispatch of all soldiers and militiamen in the city, while Li Hao focused on external affairs and dispatched various brave generals to go out of the city to burn the border.

"Wait, the Han soldiers among the surrendered soldiers will be under the jurisdiction of Zu Dabi, and the rest of the Jurchen soldiers will be handed over to Huang Long and Cao Bianjiao. I plan to take them across the Sancha River in the next few days and prepare to send them to Guangning to guard against the Mongolian soldiers."

The vast majority of the surrendered Han soldiers were Ming soldiers from Liao who surrendered to the Later Jin six or seven years ago. They were not very loyal, and Li Hao never looked down upon them.

In the future, when he fights with his ancestral family, he will be able to let go and do his best.

On the contrary, the Jurchen soldiers who came from Haixi and the wild people were unambiguous in fighting the Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Mongolian Army as long as they were given enough food and wages.

These were the most capable members of Li Hao's household. When it came to fighting on horseback, they were more skilled than the soldiers recruited from Shanhaiguan and more courageous than the Mongolian soldiers.

After stopping, Zu Dabi looked at Zhao Lujiao.

The latter laughed and said, "Just do as Li Shuai says."

He approached the Jinzhou general who had dismounted from his horse and told him some more about the military situation on both sides of the Sancha River.

"The Tartars in the South Camp have retreated northward. They should have given up the area south of Haizhou and are preparing to station troops together. The North Camp has built a branch camp by the river and is trying to build some large and small boats to prepare for crossing the river. Amin showed up in person, and it seems that there are still Tartars in Liaoyang City."

Most of these military intelligence were within the expectations of the Ming army generals, except for the last one, which was not deduced by the generals.

"It's either the old slave or Huang Taiji!"

Li Hao was very excited. Finally, someone who impressed him had arrived.

Zhao Lujiao was half happy and half worried. "It can only be the old slave. He is the most suitable person to supervise the battle at the front line. Huang Taiji is young and energetic. He should stay in Shenyang to coordinate the overall situation."

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