The order to shrink the outlying strongholds and concentrate troops was actually not the opinion of Prince Zheng Jierharang, but the will of Emperor Huang Taiji.

On the huge battlefield of Songshan, Jinzhou, Tashan, Guangning, to say that the most pressure is Huang Taiji and Dolgon. Needless to say, Dolgon had to face Li Hua's crazy attacks every day, and over the course of many days, the combat effectiveness, military discipline, and tactical level of the Guanning army (infantry and artillery coordination, earthwork), etc., were also becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

But compared to Huang Taiji, Dolgon faced much less pressure.

Although Li Huamei's artillery fire was fierce and unmatched, no matter how crazy the attack of the Guan Ning army was, it was only a face-to-face enemy faced by Dolgon, at least he didn't have to worry about the enemies in front and behind. Huang Taiji, on the other hand, is different.

As a commander-in-chief, Huang Taiji must consider the whole picture.

The current battlefield in Liaodong is full of treachery, and if you are not careful, either side of the Ming and Qing dynasties will be defeated and killed. However, the Ming army was defeated, and it was a big deal to rely on the Shanhaiguan defense line to defend it, and let the Qing army enter the customs and plunder. If the Qing army is defeated, will they be able to return to the old city of Hetuala?

However, the difference between Huang Taiji and Dolgon is that Dolgon can show favor to his subordinates and consolidate the hearts of the army for his own use. Even if Tashan can't hold it and is strongly broken through by Li Huamei's army, as long as he has the strength of the two white flags, Huang Taiji can't do anything to him. However, if Huang Taiji can't fight this battle well, don't say that the army will chase after him, but I am afraid that the Qing army will be immediately divided, and several powerful banner owners, including those who have joined the Mongols, will have different intentions. At that time, it is a question whether Huang Taiji will be able to keep the capital of Liuyangkui around his neck.

Looking at the map, the huge Liaoxi corridor, the armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties are intertwined. Encirclement and encirclement, blocking and attacking, the shape shì is complex and abnormal. But in general, it is divided into three local battlefields. One is Guangning, which Huang Taiji personally led the army to attack, against nearly 100,000 horses under Hong Chengchou Hong's subordinates. The other is the Tashan Outer Tashan Reinforcement Blockade Battlefield on the outskirts of Jinzhou that the Dolgon brothers are responsible for, dealing with Li Huamei, a crazy woman and tigress who gave the Ming and Qing generals a headache. And it is different from these two battlefields, where there is a constant exchange of artillery fire every day. Jinzhou, another battlefield, was quite calm. The tens of thousands of people under the command of the Zu Dashou brothers in the city did not attack, but lived peacefully in the city, no matter how many tricks the Jilharang outside the city was, as long as you did not attack the city or did something related to the siege, we should not have seen it.

Li Huamei's side attacked tightly, and Dolgon's daily battle report was bitter, but it also truthfully reflected the situation of the former enemy. The artillery shells and rockets of the Ming army were intertwined, and they were thrown on the position like money. Let the two white flag-dominated blocking forces lose at least a few hundred people every day.

And Wu Biao's sudden action, which had made several Manchurian Eight Banners suffer greatly, made Huang Taiji decide to take a risk.

This danger is to shrink the forces on the periphery of Jinzhou, abandon unnecessary and unimportant strongholds, reduce the number of troops on the periphery, save valuable troops, and invest them on the battlefield of Guangning, "As long as I can quickly solve the tens of thousands of Hong Chengchou, what about Wu Biao's military feats like breaking through the siege of Jinzhou?" ”

A will come down. Not only did a village like Xiwangbao withdraw its troops, but even Prince Zheng Zierharang, the owner of the blue flag, also received a secret order. If necessary, you can let go of an opening and let Wu Biao enter Jinzhou.

Based on Huang Taiji's understanding of Zu Dashou and his subordinates who were guarding Jinzhou, he was afraid that Wu Biao's troops had entered Jinzhou and opened up the connection between Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other places. Definitely not one step beyond the thunder pool.

Guangning won, we have the credit of sticking to Jinzhou, Guangning was defeated, we also have the credit of sticking to Jinzhou, and this credit is with the defeat of Guangning. It's going to get bigger.

Therefore, Huang Taiji dared to take this risk, and when Wu Biao's elite came to help, he instead withdrew most of the troops in the siege of Jinzhou, leaving a small number of troops in the original long trench fortifications in Jinzhou, and pretending to be the main force with the original banner and number, as a purpose to confuse and monitor the Ming army.

Quang Ninh City is a complete acropolis, the city walls are strong, surrounded by golden soup, the houses in the city are neat, and the twin towers are high. When the Jin Yuan Dynasty placed Guangning Mansion, Ming placed Guangning Wei, Liaodong Town, one of the important towns on the nine sides, set up a general army to guard. Guangning City was built in the early Ming Dynasty. As the military and political center of Liaodong region in that year, the city is high and the pond is deep, there are more than two zhang high, the city wall that is several zhang thick is made of the red sandstone and brick flag unique to Liaoxi, and there is a female wall at the head of the city in addition to the horse face and the enemy tower. In front of the drum tower in the city, there is the memorial arch of the memorial arch of the meritorious achievements of Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, which was built in the eighth year of the Ming God Sect, and there are reliefs such as carp jumping over the dragon gate, two dragons playing with pearls, flowers of the four seasons.

At this time, under the majestic city, there were blood stains everywhere, and not far from the city, it was full of destroyed chariots and long ladders. The blue brick city walls are covered with scars, and many offensive and defensive equipment made of wood in the wide area under the city wall are still dancing with green smoke and small flames. It turned out that the scattered residents around the city had already fled into the city or disappeared due to the spread of the war.

A little farther away from the battlefield, along the direction of the city wall, countless shallow ditches and deep trenches were dug, and countless earthen walls were rammed with excavated earth.

These earthen walls and ditches increase and decrease with the change of topography, and are generally wider and gentle, and less narrow and steep, and are generally two ditches and three walls. Gun emplacements were also built on both sides of some roads to defend against the Ming army's breakthrough.

The so-called two ditches and three walls are two ditches in front of one wall, each of which is less than 200 paces away to facilitate mutual support. The earthen walls built with local materials, with rammed earth and stone and harvested timber to build each wall, although rough and ugly, but in this cold and freezing weather, it can be built into a long trench with several depths and a circumference of dozens of miles under the situation of continuous attack and defense between each other, Huang Taiji's ability to control his subordinates, and the Qing army's attention to this battle can be seen.

However, civil work is also a basic skill for the Eight Banners Soldiers and Horses. From the beginning of Nurhachi's rebellion, the army marched and hunted, erected fences in winter, and dug trenches in summer, and it can be said that he has great experience in digging trenches. In this battle of Liaoxi, facing the threat of several 32-pounder guns at the head of Guangning City, their trench digging talents were brought into full play.

Not far from Quang Ninh City, Yiwu Lu Mountain. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, there are various flags of the Qing army, and dense camps are stationed along the foothills. Around the Five Buddha Temple at the southern foot of the mountain, it is even more heavily guarded. As far as the eye can see, the flags are all over the place, the fighting is passed on, and the people are called horses neighing. Densely packed tents. The stockade seems to cover the entire mountain range.

At this time, the Five Buddha Temple was the place where Huang Taiji was stationed, and it was surrounded by his Kabush Xianchaoha battalion of soldiers and horses as an escort.

The original Maitreya Palace, slightly repaired, became the emperor's palace. The pot-bellied Maitreya statue lit several braziers in front of it, and the originally cold hall instantly warmed up.

When Kabush Xian Kala Angbang Wubai walked into the main hall, he was also a little dizzy from the hot steam. Peeked at Huang Taiji, who was sitting behind the table with his brows furrowed, flipping through "The Art of War", and the thick stacks of books on the table. Although he couldn't read the books such as "Historical Records", "Hongwu Sermon", "Great Message", and "Huangming Jingshiwen Compilation" purchased by merchants through guò, the white paper and neat and clear fonts looked endearing. However, there were many Qing army generals and nobles who bought some to save face at home, who made the emperor like to read Han books?

"Master Qiqi, Turai has returned from Jinzhou."

This Turai is not the one who became a first-class duke because he had a good daughter who married the wild boar skin family and gave birth to a pockmark and became the emperor. Later, there was Tong Tulai, who was known as Tong Banchao. It was the seventh son of Fei Yingdong, Tulai, who was the first to follow Nurhachi's army. At this time, Turai was a first-class Asihani Hafan (baron). and brother Nagai and brother Su Wanyan belong to the same Zhenghuang Banner. can be regarded as a capable officer in Huang Taiji's lineage.

Needless to say, this person's military exploits outside the customs are suspected of making up the number of words, just talking about a few things after he entered the customs can know his courage and good fighting: chasing and killing Mingfu King Zhu Yousong to Wuhu, killing Huang Degong, capturing King Fu, and destroying the Hongguang regime. Grant this flag to solidify the mountain and be true. Sealed as a first-class public. From Boluo to Zhejiang, Fujian was defeated, and the king of Ming and Lu was defeated, and Zhu Yuzhao, the king of the Ming and Tang dynasties, was captured. The fall of several regimes in Nanming is directly related to him, and this person's combat effectiveness can be seen.

"Call him in."

Putting down the book in his hand, Huang Taiji can just relieve the boredom in his heart.

Thurai stole a glance at Huang Taiji's description. Huang Taiji, who was originally black and fat, is still the same black, but he is no longer fat, and the fat on his face has become extremely lax. There was a black circle around the eyes, and the eyes were bloodshot. It completely verified the situation that Wu Bai quietly introduced to him just now, the master has been worried about the war recently, and he is full of anger, so be careful!

"Is Jinzhou's mission done?"

Turai took off his hat and kowtowed to Huang Taiji, who looked through the top of his shaved head, looked at the temple door emptyly, and asked Turai coldly.

The so-called envoys of Jinzhou are two things that Huang Taiji handed over to Tulai. The first is to supervise Jierharang to secretly transfer most of the soldiers and horses with the blue flag back to Quang Ninh and devote them to the battle against Hong Chengchou. Dolgon's side has not even come to the newspaper company for the past few days, which shows the tension of the war ahead. Although Huang Taiji still has two yellow flags and dozens of Niu Lu elite soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner in his hands, he has never entered the battle, which can be regarded as the last trump card in his hand; But being able to have more soldiers and horses in a decisive battle is something that no commander will refuse.

Time and the army are the most fatal factors on the battlefield for the commander-in-chief. Students who find it difficult to understand for a while can go to Waterloo and refer to the great impact of the Jiawang Uprising organized by Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng on the Huaihai Campaign.

The second thing is to pick up the Mongolian soldiers in Jinzhou City!

There were thousands of Mongolian soldiers in Jinzhou City under the command of Zu Dashou, and the leaders Wu Bashi and Nuomuqi sent people through secret channels to pay for their sincerity, and were willing to submit to the Qing Emperor and sacrifice Jinzhou City. Huang Taiji sent Turai to lead the six Niu Lu of the two yellow flags to Jinzhou, and half of the matter was to handle the matter. If Wu Bashi and Nuomuqi can cut through the lock and sacrifice the city defense, it is naturally the best, if not, they will take advantage of the situation to take the two of them out of the city, and further hit the strength and morale of the Ming army. Even if the incident is not confidential and the two were killed by Zu Dashou, this matter can also become a smoke bomb to cover the retreat of the Qing army, so that the Ming army will not dare to go out of the city after the sudden change.

Listening to Huang Taiji's question, Thurai pressed his head tightly on the cold ground, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

"You minion, why don't you speak!"

Huang Taiji was originally short-tempered, and the war was stale, and his personality was even more perverse. In a fit of rage, he threw the sorghum rice ball in his hand and smashed it on top of Tulai's head. Sorghum rice is scattered everywhere.

"Slaves are guilty! Slaves are guilty! The envoy explained by the master, the slave only did half of it, and the other half was messed up! ”

Prince Zheng's troops have already set up camp near Yiwulu Mountain, which has long been reported to Huang Taiji. With the return of more than 10,000 elite soldiers. Huang Taiji's heart is a lot more steady.

"Is there a fraud in the affairs of Wu Bashi and Nuomuqi?"

Huang Taiji, who is familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is also familiar with the trick of luring the enemy army into the city and annihilating in the name of surrendering generals, and their father and son have also used similar tricks many times to lure the Ming army deeper.

"Wu Bashi and Nuomuqi are not secretive, and they are known for Zu Dashou. Zu Dashou used the excuse of drinking and feasting, and during the banquet, he ordered Zu Dale, Zu Dabi and others to suddenly kill the two. The ancestral family even killed more than 100 guards of the two. After that, he forcibly took away the armor and horses of the two subordinates and scattered them into various departments. Later, he sent the dead to pretend to be a messenger and agreed on a date to leave the city. The slave and Prince Zheng were careless for a while, and fell for Zu Dashou's tricks. ”

"How much soldiers and horses have been lost?!"

listened to Zu Dashou's strategy. couldn't help but make Huang Taiji's heart tremble and his liver hurt. If the thousands of Mongol soldiers who thought they had surrendered out of the city suddenly became the vanguard of the Ming army, the damage to the Qing army would be huge.

"The loss of soldiers and horses is not big, but there are only more than 100 people. However, when the minions and others were fighting with Zu Dashou and others who pretended to be Mongolian soldiers out of the city, it happened that the Ming Model Brigade, Shanxi Town, and Datong Town soldiers and horses arrived in Jinzhou. Now, the road from Ningyuan to Jinzhou has been opened by the Ming army! ”

The original Neiying turned out to be the vanguard of the enemy. inadvertently helped the Ming army to cooperate with the outside world, opened up the connection between Jinzhou and the outside world, and even let the most powerful model brigade and other units in the Ming army rush into Jinzhou City. Although this was originally Huang Taiji's plan, it came so suddenly, but it also made him a little overwhelmed, and he couldn't help but look dark. The fat body was so close that he didn't fall to the ground.

The last few times have been a rough run for him.

A few days ago, I received a report from Shengjing that the Sauron people in Heilongjiang took advantage of the decisive battle with the Ming army when the army went south to attack and disturb the villages of the Qing Dynasty. Either they turned their guns and became enemies of the Qing Dynasty, and joined the Sauron barbarians in attacking and harassing their neighbors, seizing their hunting grounds and possessions, horses, furs, and even iron pots. Either they were beheaded by the fierce Saurons, plundered women, children and children, and turned the villages that originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty into their sphere of influence.

"This group of barbarians is a good opportunity to choose!"

Hearing the news that he was stabbed in the back, and the countless things that had lost more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, Soren Dingzhuang, almost made Huang Taiji vomit out a mouthful of blood in anger, and in front of him were hundreds of thousands of horses of the Ming army, or the strong city was held to the death. Or rely on artillery and sharp weapons to attack, but he is still being harassed, looted and burned by this group of Sauron barbarians behind his back, when did the Qing Dynasty arrive in such a field? !

"These damn barbarians, when I finish fighting the southern barbarians, I will transfer back to the north of Heilongjiang to clean them up!" Forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and kept warning himself that he should focus on the overall situation in front of him, and the Sauron barbarians were fierce in Heilongjiang, after all, the road was far away, at most, it could be regarded as challenging the authority of the Qing Emperor in this area, but it had little impact for a while. If the battle in front of me is lost, I am afraid that all Mongols and Koreans will flock to the Qing Dynasty and strangle the Qing Dynasty on the hospital bed where they are recuperating from their wounds!

Thinking of the North Koreans that day, I couldn't help but make Huang Taiji's eyes light up as he was nibbling on sorghum rice balls. There is a shortage of food in the army, so it is better to ask the DPRK to offer at least 200,000 stone grain and rice for the army's use. It is said that North Korea has traded with Nanban, Dongying and other places in recent years, and the country is quite rich, and the families of the ministers of the two groups are very rich.

I thought that after a while, when the weather in western Liaoning was even colder, it was time for the Qing soldiers to show their prestige, but they didn't want the enemy's muzzle to be on their backs again.

After a long time, Huang Taiji relieved his breath and used a dry voice like sandpaper to evoke Turai, who had been kneeling on the ground for a long time.

"This trip to Jinzhou is not your fault. I didn't expect the enemy to be careful, and I never thought that Wu Biao's actions were so fast, and he could almost compare with my Qing soldiers in a short and long day! You go down first! I'm tired, I'm a little tired, I need to rest for a while. ”

Hearing that the emperor did not pursue the charge of smashing his mission, Tulai was also quietly relieved, but listening to Huang Taiji's words, it scared him a lot, and he took the opportunity to get up, he glanced at Huang Taiji's expression, and suddenly remembered something.

"Master, the slave has forgotten something. When the slave led the people back from Jinzhou, someone took the banner issued by my Qing Dynasty to the army and asked to come with him, and the leader said that it was the master's old friend, and said that if the master saw him, he would not punish the slave. ”

When the suspicious Huang Taiji saw the man brought by Turai, he couldn't help but be furious, flew up and kicked him.

"You minion, why are you so presumptuous, delaying big things with those trivial things!" (To be continued......)

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