Chapter 2 The master has made a move

As a generation of heroes, Dolgon is really not an idle generation. He sent Fan Wencheng and Azig to Yaogang, and he didn't have much expectation of cooperation with the Yaogang people. He knows that all cooperation requires strength and mutual benefit. With the current strength of the kiln gang people, they will not take them seriously, especially the kiln gang people have been very smooth to solve their opponents one by one, and they throw out to share the world of the Ming Dynasty with the kiln gang people, which is a joke. Obviously, the people of Yaogang have long regarded the world as their own, how can they share it with others. However, it is good to send Fan Wencheng and Azig to the kiln gang to touch the bottom of the kiln gang people. It is still necessary to probe their bottom line.

However, what Dolgon never expected was that the Kiln Gang would be so tough that he didn't take them seriously at all. If it weren't for Fan Wencheng's hard work, he wouldn't even be able to see Zhang Zhimu's face. They also bluntly said that they would send troops against them.

Although Dorgon was prepared for not reaching an agreement, he was surprised that his envoy was so humiliated. What made Dolgon even more dissatisfied was that this Fan Wencheng dared to meet Ouyang He, the military advisor of Yaogang, alone, although Fan Wencheng defended that he wanted to meet Zhang Zhimu in order to intercede through Ouyang He. However, Dolgon sent Azig to Yaogang with Fan Wencheng to supervise this Han military division.

Although they have trusted Fan Wencheng very much since the old Khan King, Fan Wencheng also tried his best to give advice to the Manchu Qing. But now the situation is different, in the past, the Manchu side has always taken the offensive, and now seeing that the strength of the Yaogang people is getting stronger and stronger, Dolgon can't think more about Fan Wencheng. In particular, Azig added fuel and vinegar to the vinegar and said that Fan Wencheng often went out alone in Yaogang. Dolgon was even more skeptical that Fan Wencheng had a different heart.

But Dolgon did not show his dissatisfaction with Fan Wencheng until after two conversations with Fan Wencheng, Dolgon really couldn't stand Fan Wencheng anymore. Considering that Fan Wencheng was a very influential Han minister, Dolgon was afraid of hurting the hearts of other Han people, so he did not kill Fan Wencheng.

When talking to Dolgon, Fan Wencheng not only truthfully reported the details of their mission to the kiln, but also reported in detail what he saw and heard in the kiln. In Dolgon's view, Fan Wencheng introduced Yaogang to be extremely powerful, although he did not explicitly persuade himself to surrender, but in and out of his words, he was saying that if the Yaogang people attacked, the Manchu Qing side would have no way to resist. said that the kiln gang people were so powerful, and they couldn't say a way to deal with it, Dolgon was suspicious, could it be that the military Fan Wen ** was bought by the kiln gang people, and he came back to persuade him to surrender?

There is doubt, and the doubt that is said is a dark ghost. Dolgon and Azig then analyzed Fan Wencheng's actions in the kiln, and there were doubts everywhere.

However, there was a ploy of the kiln gang people that succeeded. They had been directing the attention of the Manchus in the direction of Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou, and both Fan Wencheng and Azig had brought this hint back.

Dolgon ordered Fan Wencheng to be placed under house arrest and not allowed to go out, not because of suspicion that he had different intentions, but because of punishment that would be taken against him.

Fan Wencheng was placed under house arrest, and Dolgon couldn't believe the Han Chinese ministers even more. Even the suggestions of Hong Chengchou and others, Dolgon also dealt with it and ignored it. But he secretly summoned the Shobels for a meeting.

At the meeting, Dolgon said to everyone with a serious expression: "You may have heard that I sent Fan Wencheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and King Azig to the kiln to discuss cooperation with them? But the situation is not optimistic. Not only did they humiliate the messengers we sent, but they also made it clear that they would use troops against us. What do you think about this? ”

"Regent, you shouldn't have sent someone to discuss any cooperation with them. The soldiers will block the water and hoard the soil, and when they arrive in Liaodong, it will not be the Yaogang people who have the final say. I'd like to see how many soldiers they have. A Schobele said angrily. Obviously, this man has not yet fought with the kiln gangsters.

Amin, who had fought with Dolgon and the Kiln Gang people, said: "Regent, we have all fought with the Kiln Gang people, and their weapons are so powerful, we will suffer if we fight hard!" ”

Dolgon escaped from the path next to the wall ridge with Amin, how could he not know the power of the kiln gang people, but Dolgon always felt that the last time he fought with the kiln gang people was a bit of a nest, he was caught off guard by the kiln gang people, and he never fought with the kiln gang people in a dignified manner, "We suffered a loss last time because we didn't understand the kiln gang people, and we were disrupted by them without preparation." Moreover, the kiln gang people not only have good firearms, the officers and soldiers are brave, they are also very strategic. Such an opponent is very scary. But should we have to surrender to our opponents if they are strong? ”

"Can't!"

"You can die in battle, but you can't surrender!"

“…”

Fear of surrender to the enemy really can't be accepted by these Manchu Baylors, and it is their true character to be fearless of death.

"Yes! We would rather die than give in to them. Dolgon's purpose of provoking them was accomplished, adding, "But they are not invincible. We've had a couple of chances against them, and they've always been clever against us, never playing a single battle. We suffered a lot from careless sneak attacks. We can't hold up this time and wait until they're all ready, and then come back to attack us. We need to take the initiative and strike tactics. We are valiant and invincible cavalry, and defending the city will not play their role. ”

Azig said with trepidation: "The Yaogang people will not normally fight against our cavalry. They will try to take advantage of their firearms. And their firearms are really powerful. ”

"Huh! Then let's not move the kiln gang people first. There is still a Jingshi between us and Shanxi, so how about we go directly to Emperor Chongzhen to boost the morale of our brothers? Dorgon threw out an idea.

Amin said: "Last time, we didn't just break the wall and suffer a loss. Shouldn't we be cautious this time, so as not to make the same mistakes? ”

"Huh! Last time, the kiln gang people were able to drive their troops so quickly, I calculated, they were prepared, otherwise they would not have rushed over so quickly. This time, our goal is to go straight to Beijing and concentrate all our efforts to defeat Beijing at once. Then return to take Shanhaiguan from the west and the east. As long as we take Shanhaiguan, when the Yaogang people attack us, we will have an excellent defensive position. Of course, we want to choose a kiln gang this time, and we will never think of the opportunity to break through the wall and enter the customs. So that they can't have any preparation in advance. We also have to lay a puzzle on them before we act. Dorgon said confidently.

"Since the regent says so, he has a complete plan, so tell us about it! There are no outsiders here. Someone asked.

"We will gather all the troops we can use during the Spring Festival. At that time, the heavy snow covered the mountains, which was not conducive to our movements, but it was easier to conceal our whereabouts. We will inform the Mongols to assemble and fight with us before we move again. lest they go away and reveal our true intentions. At this time, we let the kiln people spend all their energy on guarding against our attack. And the friends in Beijing may be busy celebrating the New Year, and their soldiers and horses are also celebrating the New Year, so how about we rush over to greet them? Dolgon was very inflammatory.

"Good! They could never have dreamed that we would suddenly use troops against the city of Beijing. "They will think that we will not dare to go again because we suffered a loss last time, at least they will not think that we will suddenly use troops against Beijing." ”

"What if Beijing can't be captured for a long time? The kiln gang people rushed to help, and it was troublesome. Azig said worriedly.

"Huh! Azig was scared by the kiln people! "Someone is ridiculing Azig.

"You?" Azig was speechless because he had been defeated on the steppe last time. But Azig thought to himself, you guys are still crazy when you meet the kiln people.

Dolgon stopped the laughter and said, "Azig is right, I need to think about it a little more comprehensively." This time, we concentrated all our efforts on a surprise attack on Beijing, even if a small number of people from Yaogang came, we don't have to worry. If there are too many people, they also need to organize their troops from the defensive state that is ready to deal with our attack, and it will take time. If we can't attack for a long time, don't wait for the reinforcements from the Yaogang people to arrive, we can retreat, and when we retreat, we will take Shanhaiguan. With Shanhaiguan, we did not send troops in vain. ”

"Good!"

"Good strategy!"

Dolgon was glad to see that everyone was unanimously supporting his idea, and said, "Now the Han Eight Banners don't know that we are going to attack Beijing. When we told them to prepare, we told them that we were going to attack the Yaogang people with the Mongols. We're telling them the truth on our way out. The success or failure of this operation depends on how well we are doing our secrecy work? ”

Of course, these Manchu leaders knew that they were powerful, and they all said that they would keep it absolutely secret. I don't talk about it anymore when I go home.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty did a very good job of secrecy this time. The intelligence officers in Yaogang only knew that some Manchu troops had assembled abnormally in advance. I don't know when they left or where they're going. Even Han Baqi suddenly received a notice and immediately gathered and set off. If you want to send a letter outside, you don't have a chance.

Dolgon and them, while others were celebrating the New Year, set out in the snow. They bypassed the Shanhai Pass from the north of the Great Wall and met with the Mongols. All the way to the west.

This time, their target is Beijing, and they want to choose a place closer to Beijing to break through the wall and enter the customs. The last time they entered the customs in a row, they couldn't go again. This time, Dolgon led a large group of men and horses to brave the wind and snow to the north of Daankou and Longjing Pass (north of Zunhua). In the second year of Chongzhen, Dolgon led the men and horses to break through the wall from here for the first time.

When he set up camp, Dorgon was a little excited. Amin and Azig went to Da'ankou and Longjingguan respectively to check on the situation, and the operation has gone very smoothly so far, and it has been carried out completely in secret according to their own plans. If there are no accidents, we can break through Daankou and Longjing Pass tomorrow. In that case, light cavalry could be sent to attack Beijing quickly, and it would be better to occupy a gate of Beijing without any preparation. When his army arrives and immediately attacks the city of Beijing, then it will be done. Let the arrogant kiln gang people see the power of our Manchu iron cavalry. When the Yaogang people come with their troops, we can retreat calmly to Shanhaiguan, attack together from inside and outside the pass, take Shanhaiguan, and let you have a good Spring Festival.

Dolgon hadn't forgotten that as soon as the arrangements were made, he had the radio turned on, and he wanted to listen to the voices coming from the kiln and what the kiln people were doing. Not long after the radio was turned on, the kiln gang people suddenly interrupted the repeated Spring Festival Gala program and inserted important news.

This made Dolgon, who was lying down listening to the radio, sit up suddenly, and at the same time feel a sense of foreboding in his heart. According to common sense, during the Spring Festival, there is nothing important, and the kiln people will try their best to maintain a peaceful and festive atmosphere, and will not broadcast content that affects everyone's mood. If you can interrupt the evening program to insert important news, something must be wrong. Is it important to have your own sneak attack on Beijing today? Did the kiln people find out that they had sent troops? Dorgon pricked up his ears and listened to the sound on the radio. At this time, if someone came in and disturbed Dorgon, Dolgon would not hesitate to cut off his head with a knife.

When it came out of the news that the radio reporter had just interviewed the General Staff and participated in a sand table exercise there, Dolgon breathed a sigh of relief, and it turned out to be a program to publicize how heroic and good the Yaogang army was. But the contents of the next report made Dolgon furious again. The assumption of the staff in the radio report was that a hostile force attacked Beijing and was completely annihilated by the troops sent by the Yaogang people and the official army of Emperor Chongzhen. The details of the drill were so detailed that Dolgon immediately understood that it was played to him by the kiln man. It's about their sneak attack on Beijing. Dolgon, covered in cold sweat, couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh. He knew that he had lost completely.

When Amin and Azig returned, Dolgon called a meeting.

The princes and generals who were in a hurry were a little puzzled when they saw that Dolgon had been keeping his head down and sullen.

King Azig asked, "Regent! We have already found out the situation at Daankou and Longjingguan. The Ming army has not found out that our brigade has arrived here. Tomorrow we can break through in a battle, enter the pass, and drive our troops straight to Beijing. ”

"Huh!" Dorgon smiled wryly and said, "If we get in, we won't be able to come out again." ”

As soon as Dolgon's voice came out, although it was not loud, there was suddenly silence in the big tent. After holding it for a while, Amin asked, "Regent, what do you mean by that?" The big war is coming, you must not rub everyone's sharpness! ”

"yes!"

"What's wrong!"

“”

There was a lot of chaos down there.

Dorgon looked up and said, "God won't help us!" The people of Kiln Gang already know that we are coming! ”

Dolgon's words were more like throwing a stone into the lake, and the bottom was suddenly even more chaotic. As everyone knows, there is no possibility of leaking the secret of this operation. When Dolgon had not yet noticed a problem when he had assigned tasks to everyone, and they had gone out to work for a while, and were ready for a big battle when everything was ready, why did Dolgon suddenly say that the Kiln Gang had discovered their actions?

The seasoned Amin asked, "Since the regent said that, I think it must have a point." Tell us, Lord Regent! ”

"That's right!"

"What the hell is going on!"

"This is not child's play, hundreds of thousands!"

"How the kiln people know about our actions, I don't know. However, the kiln gang people just broadcast a piece of news through the radio. They carried out a deduction exercise at the General Staff Headquarters of the People's Army, that is, a sand table to exercise the course of the battle. This is the best way to train officers of the kiln people. During the exercise, they set up us to brave the wind and snow from outside the long outside to break through the pass and attack Beijing in a sneak attack. The official army of the Ming Dynasty contracted to defend Beijing. At the same time, we asked for help from the Yaogang people, and the Yaogang people sent several teams to cooperate with the Ming army to surround our army. In the end, they all annihilated us. They deduced it in great detail, and I think they will show such a wonderful show. Just listen to it. ”

The prince Baylor and the generals of the Han army in the big tent felt a chill in their backs after listening to Dolgon's words. These kiln men are simply humiliating them. If there is a war, tell them how to fight them. I don't know what to do.

Dorgon looked at everyone and said, "Everyone is tired today. Tomorrow morning, we will immediately open and withdraw to Jinzhou. ”

There was chaos again, and they were really unwilling to retreat like this. Only Dorgon knew that he was the wisest to do so.

Without waiting for everyone to calm down, he led the Han army with the yellow flag to follow Dolgon to fight Hong Chengchou, and stood up and said: "Regent, I have a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not?" ”

Dolgon still had a lot of respect for Hong Chengchou and said, "Mr. Hong, don't be polite. If you have something to say, please speak! ”

"The Lord Regent, all the soldiers are treacherous. I see that the people of the kiln gang are openly broadcasting military operations that should have been carried out in secret. I think it's for us. It's an empty plan. I think they adopted such an approach because they were not prepared militarily and did not want to send troops to fight. We should not be fooled by them. Hong Chengchou said this. The generals below who were unwilling to withdraw like this said: "Yes! We can't just run. ”

"If we are scared away by their radio broadcasts, we won't let people laugh out of their big teeth?"

Hong Chengchou waved his hand to stop everyone's discussion, and said: "Also, if the kiln gang people want to stop our actions, they should take this and this means when we are not dispatched or have just been dispatched, and tell us that they know our plan, and the effect will be better." But they didn't, and they took these measures only when we were about to attack tomorrow, because they had just received the news and had no time to make military preparations. If we start tomorrow, move faster. It is entirely possible to take Beijing before the Yaogang people arrive. ”

Below is another voice of support for Hong Chengchou.

"What Mr. Hong said makes sense," Dolgon also had to admire Hong Chengchou's analysis, "but Mr. Hong has not thought about it. With the backing of the kiln gang people, will the Ming army be stronger than before? Since our actions have been discovered by the Yaogang people, will the Ming army continue to stop us along the way? Will a large number of troops around Beijing enter Beijing or support Beijing before we do? With the backing of the Yaogang people, will the defenders of Beijing put up a desperate resistance? The only possibility of our surprise attack on Beijing is that one of the Ming troops is unprepared. Without the effect of a surprise attack, we have no possibility of taking Beijing in a short time. Also, is it possible that the Yaogang people will send troops to help Beijing at the same time as broadcasting this news? ”

Dolgon's rhetorical question, Hong Chengchou couldn't answer, "This .......?"

The master's tricks are like this, and they often see the high and low wins and losses without meeting.

Dolgon said decisively: "We don't have the money to take this risk. We withdrew to Jinzhou, and then looked for an opportunity to attack Shanhaiguan. Stop arguing, everyone! ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.