Volume 8 Chapter 58 Entering the Kou Xuan Mansion
Zhang Bin led the army to raid all the way in Liaodong, first taking Guifu Fort, and then taking Xuancheng, Zhenjiang and Phoenix City, which was a good news for Chongzhen, but bad news for Huang Taiji.
What is Huang Taiji doing at this time?
In fact, he didn't do anything, not because he didn't want to do something, but because he was far away in the Mengyuan Grassland, and the message transmission was inconvenient, so he was particularly slow to react.
When Zhang Bin took the fort, he had not received the news of the annihilation of Haoge and Yue Tuo's army, when Zhang Bin took Zhenjiang, he had just received an urgent report from Liaodong, and he hadn't even thought about whether to lead the cavalry to return to help quickly, or to take Meng Yuan's infantry to return to Liaodong together, Xuancheng and Zhenjiang were taken by the Ming army, and the news that Phoenix City was raided by the Ming army came one after another.
When he received the news, he was immediately dumbfounded, if he led the cavalry back to help, he would be able to return to the defense before the Ming army conquered Liaoyang, but they did not have the confidence to have done more than 200,000 Ming troops in Liaodong, after all, the cavalry was not used to defend the city.
If he brought the infantry of the Mengyuan tribe back to help, he was confident that he would hold Liaoyang and Shenyang, but in this way, it was too late in time, according to the terrifying advance speed of the Ming army, I am afraid that Liaoyang would be completed in four or five days, and when the time came, he would lead the army back and it was very likely that he would face a Liaoyang city that was taken by the Ming army.
More than 200,000 Ming troops occupied Liaoyang City and blocked his way back, and he had to shed his skin if he didn't die!
What to do?
He pondered for a long time, and now it seems that the Ming army can no longer be defeated by force alone, and he must think of other ways.
At this time, he remembered the secret report from the inner line of Daming Capital two days ago, this time it was Zhang Bin who led the army to raid Liaodong, and Chongzhen didn't seem to trust Zhang Bin very much at this time, Chongzhen trusted Zhang Bin's sworn enemy, Xue Guoguan, the remnant of the eunuch party.
This news is quite useful to Huang Taiji, because every time Houjin is in trouble, the eunuchs will come to the rescue, otherwise, they would have been finished.
For example, in the first year of the Apocalypse, Xiong Tingbi passed through Liaodong, he recruited displaced people in Shenyang and Liaoyang, expanded the army, urged his subordinates to build chariots, purchased firearms, and made Nurhachi anxious, wanting to cry without tears, if this development continues, Houjin will be finished, because Xiong Tingbi has expanded the army to nearly 200,000 and is ready to start a counteroffensive.
As a result, the eunuch Yao Zongwen came to his aid, and a small Puhe encounter was made a big fuss by Yao Zongwen, saying that Xiong Tingbi was stubborn and self-serving, causing defeat, and concealing it and not reporting it.
In fact, Puhe was a small village at that time, and the Ming army fought a battle with them there, but the casualties on both sides were not large, and there were only a few hundred casualties in total.
It was such an ordinary encounter, Yao Zongwen reversed black and white, and took the opportunity to unite with other eunuchs to attack Xiong Tingbi, Xiong Tingbi was deposed by the Ming court, and then, they not only survived the crisis, but also took advantage of Xiong Tingbi's absence in Liaodong, and the generals from all walks of life did not accept the dispatch of Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, all the way from Shenyang to Guanning, and occupied more than eighty percent of the land in Liaodong!
For another example, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong supervised Jiliao, built the Guanning Jin defense line, trained more than 100,000 Liaodong troops, recovered more than 400 miles of lost territory, and fought from Jinzhou to the Santaizi River Valley, forcing Nurhachi to retreat more than 700 miles.
As a result, the eunuch party made another move, and Wei Zhongxian first instructed his henchmen to impeach Sun Chengzong for risking the army's salary, and then used a small Yaozhou offensive and defensive battle to make a big fuss.
The offensive and defensive battle of Yaozhou was actually the words of the general Ma Shilong, who mistakenly believed the words of the general Liu Boxi, and sent people to attack Yaozhou, but it was not defeated, and more than 400 people were lost, just such a trivial matter, Sun Chengzong was picked up again, they not only survived the crisis, but also went all the way to the Guanningjin defense line, if it were not for Yuan Chonghuan to resist the order of the eunuch Gaodi, and defend Ningyuan without retreating, the Guanningjin defense line was taken by them.
In the past, it was like this every time, whenever Daming appeared a character who gave them a headache and forced them to do nothing, the eunuchs would help.
casually did the whole thing, Xiong Tingbi was masturbated; casually did the whole thing, Sun Chengzong was masturbated; casually do the whole thing, Yuan Chonghuan was masturbated!
These enemies that gave them a headache were actually not cleaned up by them, but by the Ming Dynasty itself, to be precise, by the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, the crisis reappeared, relying on their own strength has been powerless to return to the sky, Huang Taiji can only rely on the remnants of the eunuch Xue Guoguan, he believes that as long as he comes out of the whole thing, Xue Guoguan will definitely help clean up Zhang Bin, without his help, Zhang Bin was forced to retreat from the army, or was dismissed and cut down, and even like Xiong Tingbi, he was cut by the Ming Court, and the head was passed on to the nine sides!
This kind of thing, they and the eunuch party have "cooperated" many times, it can be said that there is quite a tacit understanding, now, it is almost a trivial matter, where is the whole trivial matter come out?
Huang Taiji ordered someone to take the map and plan it carefully.
Directly lead the cavalry to Dingliao Right Guard to fight with Zhang Bin?
This, he really didn't dare, Zhang Bin was his nemesis, even if he led 100,000 cavalry over, he was not sure to get any benefits, and this method was quickly rejected by him.
Lead the army to besiege Haizhou City?
This, he didn't dare even more, because Haizhou City was set up countless artillery pieces by the Ming army, and Sun Chuanting and the Qin army under him were not vegetarians, and if he led the army to besiege him, he would have to be bombarded by him.
Break through the Great Wall outside the Guanwai again and go to the Santaizi River Basin to sneak attack?
This, it seems that there is little hope, because the Liaodong Army has fully retreated to the west bank of the Liaohe River, and the beacon tower of the Great Wall outside the Guanhai has also been repaired by them.
In the end, he set his sights on the vicinity of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and led the cavalry to break into the Gyeonggi area, which seemed to be a good choice.
However, Jizhou Town, which was closest to him, didn't seem to have much chance to start, because there were already 20,000 garrisons there, and at this time, the Ming Court had stationed 30,000 white pole soldiers of the Sichuan Army, and even if he led 100,000 iron horsemen over, it seemed that he would not be able to get any benefits.
Jizhou Town to the west is Xuanfu Town, Xuanfu Town is garrisoned by Lu Xiangsheng, the king of Hades, and it seems that it is difficult to get benefits, but King Lu Yan has a total of 10,000 horses under his command at this time, a huge Xuanfu Town, can King Lu Yan defend it with 10,000 Tianxiong army?
He didn't want to kill King Lu Yan and take Xuanfu Town, he just went to get out of the whole thing, which didn't seem to be difficult.
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji's eyes couldn't help but burst into a burst of light, entering Kou Xuanfu Town, occupying several small county towns, and looting on a large scale, this matter was enough to give Xue Guoguan an excuse to clean up Zhang Bin!
His fingers kept sliding over the map of Xuanfu Town, and one intrigue after another flashed in his mind.
When it comes to frontal hard steel, Huang Taiji is actually not very good, no matter in history or now, it is not one or two that Daming can do him, like Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting can do it, he doesn't want it.
However, he rarely faces hard steel with people, he generally likes to use stratagems, with the help of the remnants of the eunuch party in the DPRK and China, he can always take down the loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty without spending a single soldier!