Chapter 279: The Pre-War Conspiracy of the Two Sides
After Nurhachi was silent for a long time, he gritted his back molars, patted his legs and said:
"Good!"
"It's rare that you are willing to worry about me!"
"I will hand over the Eight Banners Athletes to you this time, I hope you will not disappoint me!"
When Huang Taiji heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, he originally wanted to keep Fan Wencheng as a talent, and use it for him in the future, but he didn't expect to get the military power in his hands, which was really a surprise for him.
Although Huang Taiji was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, but still said with a respectful look:
"Please rest assured that Emperor Ama will not disappoint Emperor Ama by his sons!"
Nurhachi listened to Huang Taiji's promise, nodded his head, and then opened his mouth and commanded:
"That's it!"
"Let them all come in!"
When Huang Taiji heard this, he went out and recalled the civil and military ministers back to the big tent again, and Nurhachi looked at the ministers and said:
"I have already decided that the Four Baylor Emperor Taiji will attack Shanhaiguan on my behalf!"
"From now on, you will act on the orders of the Four Baylors!"
"Fan Wencheng, if Sibeile intercedes today, I won't kill you!"
"You go down and get twenty military sticks, and learn a lesson!"
After Nurhachi finished speaking, he lay down on the bed again, took a deep breath and said:
"Alright, I'm tired! Kneel down and be in peace! ”
When the ministers heard this, they bowed in unison and retired.
Zhu Hao didn't know what happened in the Houjin tent, but that night, Zhu Hao received news from the scouts that Houjin's soldiers and horses were slowly approaching Shanhaiguan.
When Zhu Hao heard this, he hurriedly asked the scouts to probe and report again, and then mobilized the whole army to enter a state of combat readiness to prevent the Houjin soldiers and horses from attacking Shanhaiguan at night.
After Zhu Hao's order was issued, he spent the night in fear, but the Houjin soldiers and horses did not attack the city, which made Zhu Hao very puzzled.
On the second day, the scout came to report again, saying that the Houjin soldiers and horses were slowly approaching Shanhaiguan again, Zhu Hao's nerves became tense again, and in order to prevent the Houjin raid, Zhu Hao hurriedly cheered up the soldiers.
However, that night, Houjin's soldiers and horses still did not move, and on the third day, the scouts came to report that Houjin's soldiers and horses were slowly approaching Shanhaiguan again.
Zhu Hao reacted this time, the other party was using the strategy of exhausting soldiers, the purpose was to consume the morale of the soldiers defending the city, so as to break the city in one fell swoop.
Although Zhu Hao saw through the other party's intentions, this was a clear plan, even if Zhu Hao saw through it, there was nothing he could do, because the other party used Zhu Hao to be the defender, and at the same time, there were not enough soldiers to defend the city, and the weakness of the disparity between the enemy and me.
Zhu Hao understood the other party's intentions, and he didn't dare to be careless, because Zhu Hao was afraid that as long as he was careless, the other party would take the opportunity to attack the city.
But these two days of strict preparation have made the soldiers defending the city tired, and if they are not allowed to rest, even if Houjin is here now, their combat strength will be at least eighty percent discounted.
Zhu Hao was in the room, thinking hard about how to break the game, Wei Xiaobao came to report:
"Your Highness, the forage in the warehouse has become a little moldy because it has been dried for a long time!"
"We're running out of forage for our horses!"
"Your Highness, the servant has seen that the weather has been good these days, so I hereby ask you to order the forage warehouse to be opened and order someone to dry the forage!"
Zhu Hao listened to Wei Xiaobao's words, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said in surprise:
"Forage?"
"Yes, fodder!"
"Why didn't this king think of it!"
Zhu Hao said and looked at Wei Xiaobao happily and said:
"Xiaobao, you have made a great contribution this time!"
Wei Xiaobao was said by Zhu Hao's preface and afterword, what he said was a head of paste, originally Wei Xiaobao came to ask Zhu Hao to open the forage warehouse and dry the forage, this is a matter of going through the motions.
Wei Xiaobao didn't expect such a change at all, he thought that Zhu Hao's ** illness had committed it again? When even asked suspiciously:
"Your Highness, ...... you"
Zhu Hao looked at Wei Xiaobao's stunned expression, shook his head slightly, and said:
"This king is fine!"
Wei Xiaobao looked at Zhu Hao's clear expression, and asked again:
"The forage storehouse ......"
Zhu Hao waved his hand to interrupt Wei Xiaobao's words, and then said:
"We'll talk about the forage warehouse later!"
"This king, there are important things to do now, leave it to you to do!"
"Go to the city and look for a farmer who can make a straw!"
"There is also a white shop in the city, those who can tie paper people and paper horses, all of them are found by this king!"
"This king has something important to tell them!"
Zhu Hao looked for a scarecrow farmer, as well as a pasteur who could tie paper men and paper horses, the purpose of which was to have a soldier of all plants and trees, and he wanted to make the illusion of a soldier and force Houjin to fight quickly.
At the same time, Zhu Hao did this, he could replace the soldiers with the fake soldiers at the head of the city, and carry out two shifts, so that the soldiers could rest well without affecting their morale.
With the implementation of Zhu Hao's Zeng soldier's plan, in the Houjin military camp five miles away from Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji was very puzzled when he heard the news that he was sent out to scout and brought back:
"What?"
"Ming Court has been a soldier?"
"Doubled?"
"How so!"
"Have you found out?"
"Investigate again, report again!"
Although Huang Taiji doubted the news of the scouts in the air, he already believed the scout's words in his heart, and he knew that if the Ming army really had soldiers, then the possibility of him seizing Shanhaiguan this time was even lower.
Therefore, Huang Taiji did not want to believe that this was extremely bad news for him, and the scout reported again the next day:
"Four Baylors, the Ming army has doubled!"
"Now the city wall is densely packed with people!"
Huang Taiji listened to the scout's words, couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately stood up and shouted angrily:
"What?"
"Immediately send an order to all armies, immediately pull out the camp, and immediately rush to Shanhaiguan to attack the city!"
Why did Huang Taiji no longer attack the city when the Ming army was young, but attacked the city after the Ming army increased its troops, in fact, at the beginning, Huang Taiji was just as Zhu Hao guessed, he was going to use the strategy of exhausting the army.
But now he watched the Ming army increase his troops, and knew that he had no hope of capturing Shanhaiguan this time, but if he brought his troops out and didn't really fight Shanhaiguan, he would definitely not be able to explain to Nurhachi after he went back.
Therefore, Huang Taiji heard that the army was increasing and ordered a quick attack on Shanhaiguan, he was not afraid that the Ming army would increase its troops again, but wanted to quickly make up and fight it, and then quickly evacuate this place of right and wrong to preserve his strength.
With the order of Huang Taiji, the remaining more than 60,000 Houjin troops immediately pulled out the camp after the robbery, and then outside the Shanhai Pass, they heard ten thousand horses galloping, and the neighing sound shook the sky.
Zhu Hao, who was sitting in the General Soldier's Mansion, didn't wait for anyone to come to report, but he had already heard the sound of people shouting and neighing horses in the heavenly position.
After Zhu Hao heard this shocking voice, he did not have a trace of panic, his face was extraordinarily calm, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he said to himself:
"It's finally here!"