Volume 8 Chapter 143 The Omen of the Death of the Country
Huang Taiji died, and before he died, he not only calculated the Dolgon brothers, but also ordered someone to block the news to prevent Zhang Bin from taking the opportunity to attack.
He was a hero, outstanding in strategy, calculated for most of his life, and many people were planted in his calculations, but before he died, these calculations were greatly substandard, and it can be said that none of them succeeded.
For example, calculating the Dolgon brothers, he thought that as long as the news was blocked, it would not be long before the Dolgon brothers would definitely fight with Zhang Bin in Liaoyang, and they would lose both.
He didn't expect that the Dolgon Brothers would learn of his death so soon, and he didn't expect that the Dolgon Brothers would abandon Liaoyang and lead the army back to Shenyang directly.
Another example is calculating Zhang Bin, he thought that Zhang Bin would not know that he was dead if he blocked the news, and he thought that Zhang Bin would launch a big attack after knowing the news of his death.
As a result, he miscalculated again, and Zhang Bin soon learned of his death from his own men, and after Zhang Bin learned of his death, he did not launch a major attack.
Why?
Could it be that Zhang Bin wants to play the trick of raising his own dignity again?
Of course not, no matter how much Zhang Bin raises Kou, he will not raise Jiannu, Jiannu can not be raised, and if he wants to raise it, he can only raise a peasant army.
Because the peasant army is just a rabble of rogue nature, there is nothing to be afraid of, Jiannu is a strong enemy who wants to fight the world with the Ming Dynasty to build a country, and if he does not raise it well, he will kill himself every minute.
The reason why he did not attack Shenyang in a big way was not only to raise Jiannu, but to weaken Jiannu's strength.
His thoughts seem to be a bit contradictory, you want to weaken Jiannu's strength, you go and fight them, no matter how bad it is, let Guanning Tieqi go to clear the Zhushen and Niulu along the Hunhe River, and if Liaoyang City doesn't do anything, can you weaken Jiannu's strength?
It really can!
Because people more or less talk about family affection, a family, when they are not threatened by outsiders, is likely to quarrel or even fight for their own interests, but once outsiders come to bully them, they will unite to deal with outsiders together.
The reason why Zhang Bin didn't attack aggressively was that he wanted the Dolgon brothers and Huang Taiji to stay behind and assist his son's people to fight to the death, and then make a move when they were almost done, so that it would be much easier to clean up.
This kind of thing is not uncommon, and this strategy is not unused, such as when Nurhachi died, Yuan Chonghuan adopted the same strategy.
It's a pity that Yuan Chonghuan was a little too arrogant, after Nurhachi died of illness, he actually sent a messenger to mourn, and pretended to make peace with Jiannu!
He wanted to pretend to be amiable, so that Nurhachi's sons let down their vigilance, fight for the throne, and when the brothers were almost done, he would go to collect the fisherman's profits.
But things didn't develop in the direction he imagined, and Huang Taiji didn't know what means he used, so he quickly sat down in the sweat position, and also planned to send an envoy to contact Yuan Chonghuan, making it look like he wanted to negotiate peace.
Yuan Chonghuan still wanted to calculate others, but he was calculated by Huang Taiji in turn, and he stupidly left the handle of fornicating with Jiannu, burying a fatal hidden danger for himself.
Historically, the biggest reason why he was executed by Ling Chi was because he was too arrogant or too sloppy in the handling of this matter.
He didn't expect that Huang Taiji would dig a pit and bury him, let alone that the remnants of the eunuch party in the court needed a big case to implicate the Donglin party and prevent Chongzhen from continuing to investigate the eunuch party's rebellion.
As a result, as soon as Huang Taiji dug the pit, he jumped into it himself, and then the remnants of the eunuch party filled in the soil again, and he fell into the abyss of no return!
Zhang Bin is not as stupid as him, if you want to reassure the family, you don't have to run to pretend that you want to talk to people, you make a gesture of not sending troops, or collecting troops, which can also make their brothers and nephews fight unscrupulously.
Therefore, after he recovered Liaoyang City, he pretended to be unenterprising, withdrew all the Liaodong Army and Guanning Iron Cavalry near Shenyang and on both sides of the Hunhe River, and held a banquet in Liaoyang City, celebrating wildly, as if he was satisfied after recovering Liaoyang City.
Of course, these are all pretended to be for Jiannu, to Chongzhen, he doesn't dare to show the slightest intention of not wanting to forge ahead, to let Chongzhen know that he is not enterprising, it is estimated that Chongzhen should turn his face with him.
He let Chongzhen see a very positive side, not only did he quickly play the news of conquering Liaoyang City, but also from time to time to Chongzhen to offer thousands or even tens of thousands of Jiannu heads, creating the illusion of constantly marching to Shenyang.
Anyway, he is nesting in Liaoyang City at this time to watch the Dolgon brothers and Dai Shan and other ministers fighting among the ministers, and there is no war, where did the head come from, could it be that he also played the trick of killing the good and risking the merits, and caught the Jiannu civilians in Liaoyang City and killed them wildly!
Of course he wouldn't do this kind of thing, these heads were actually accumulated by the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Liaodong Army when they were clearing the Zhushen and Niulu along the Taizi River and the Hunhe River in the past, and at that time, he did not hand them over or report them, in order to take them out and use them when necessary.
It's like he didn't report it immediately after he annihilated the Jiannu cavalry, but waited until the eunuch Gao Qiqian sent by Chongzhen wanted to trap him, and took it out in one fell swoop and countered Gao Qiqian.
Zhang Bin was in Liaoyang City to create the illusion of not wanting to make progress for the Dolgon brothers, and he was creating the illusion of actively entering for Chongzhen, he was very busy, and the Dolgon brothers were also busy in Liaoyang City.
As soon as they saw that the Liaodong Army and the Guanning Iron Cavalry had withdrawn, they really fought with Dai Shan and others unscrupulously, but they did not really attack the city, but occupied the only remaining fertile land and population on both sides of the Hunhe River outside Shenyang, and robbed all the grain produced!
This guy, this trick is indeed ruthless enough, they only have a total of 30,000 troops, with the output of these remaining fertile fields is enough to persevere, and persist until next year's grain production again, and Dai Shan and others in Shenyang City are different, they not only have 90,000 troops under their hands, but also have to bear the food supply of hundreds of thousands of people in Shenyang City, these people are all clan relatives or relatives of the Eight Banners soldiers, if you don't give them food, you can't do it.
Dolgon's trick is even more ruthless than a direct siege, because the grain storage in Shenyang City is also limited, if you keep eating and eating, and there is no income, within a year, this grain will be eaten to the bottom!
This time, it was Daishan's turn to be anxious, and they kept sending messengers to ask the Dolgon brothers not to monopolize the food outside the city, but the Dolgon brothers have always insisted that they should lead the army into the city, and everyone will share the food and eat it together, otherwise, there is no way!
Because of this food problem, the two sides are getting more and more noisy, and the more noisy they are, they are about to fight, and Jiannu is slowly showing signs of the country's demise.
This is exactly the same as the omen of the Ming Dynasty in history, the reason why the Ming Dynasty died in the country, to put it bluntly, is also because of the food problem, the hungry people in the northwest are very hungry and have no choice but to fight, rob with the local tyrants and squires, rob with the royal family, fight with the imperial army, and finally even rushed directly to the capital, forced Chongzhen to hang, and the Ming Dynasty also died because of this.
So, will Jiannu also die because of this?