Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 3 The two armies confronted each other in Ningyuan

Section 1 Black clouds crush the city and want to destroy it

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse (the tenth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate), in mid-March, Shengjing.

It had been several years since Nurhachi ordered the capital of Jiannu to be moved from Hetuara to Shengjing (Shenyang), and during these years, Nurhachi used money and grain collected from all over Liaodong to build the Khan Palace, the Octagonal Hall (Dazheng Palace), and the Eight Banners Pavilion (Ten Kings Pavilion).

These buildings have a strong Hu character, which is a bit out of place compared to the towering, elegant Han-style buildings in the city. For example, the octagonal hall where the government and ceremonies are held is octagonal heavy eaves and pointed type, and the octagonal symbolizes the eight flags. The Eight Banner Pavilion is located on the east and west sides of the Octagonal Palace, representing the ten Gushan kings on both wings of the Eight Banners. In addition, the palace, the Taimiao, the government office, the school palace, and the Confucian temple that promotes culture and education, the Guandi temple that advocates loyalty and righteousness, and the lama temple Shisheng Temple that envelops Mongolia are also built one by one. At this time, Shengjing had completely degenerated from an important town in Liaodong in China to the frontier of the Tatar invasion of China!

On this day, Nurhachi convened the Eight Banners in the Octagonal Hall. In the previous year or so, Nurhachi had deployed all of Dajin's troops on the front line of Quang Ninh to confront Zu Dashou, Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui and others, but he never launched an offensive.

It's not that Nurhachi didn't want to take advantage of the good opportunity for Liu Yunwei to lead the army south to quell the chaos, but it was really out of helplessness. In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, when Liu Yunwei divided his troops and went south to Shandong and Fujian to quell the turmoil, a drought broke out in the entire Liaodong that had not been encountered in a thousand years, making the entire Liaodong almost unharvested and thousands of miles of red land. Moreover, under the extremely primitive and backward rule of Jiannu, the people of Liaodong simply did not have the ability to save themselves, which exacerbated the power of this natural disaster, and the people in all parts of Liaodong almost starved to death in the whole village and township.

In the face of such a menacing natural disaster, Nurhachi did not think of a way to provide relief, but immediately ordered all the Eight Banners Army to be stationed on the front line of Quang Ninh and start a long-term confrontation with the Ming army; At the same time, Nurhachi also ordered all banners to collect grain in various parts of Liaodong, and collected the little rations in the hands of the people of Liaodong as military rations. In this way, just over a year later, the number of Han people in all parts of Liaodong has plummeted by at least forty percent!

For Nurhachi's almost frenzied move, Huang Taiji and Dai Shan were opposed, and the two thought that since the Dajin Kingdom was going to develop, since it wanted to start a long-term battle with the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to reuse the Han people under its rule, otherwise the Eight Banners warriors alone would not last. Nurhachi's move of starving to death to the people under his rule in order to ensure the continuous food and grass of the army will only make Dajin decline rapidly and completely lose the hearts of Dajin in Liaodong!

But opposition is opposition, whether it is Huang Taiji or Daishan, no one has the courage to dissuade Nurhachi. Because Nurhachi, who was sixty-seven years old at this time, became moody, and his temperament became very irritable, and it didn't matter who killed people at all, it all depended on his mood!

At this time, Huang Taiji looked at Nurhachi, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and said secretly in his heart: "The disaster situation in Liaodong this year has finally improved a little, and it is the time for my Dajin to recuperate and restore national strength, but my father Khan insists on starting a war against the Ming State at this time?" You know, now that Liu Yunwei is already a strong soldier, and he can't kill his father Khan himself! Alas! ”

Nurhachi didn't know what Huang Taiji, who had a calm face at this time, was thinking in his heart, but said loudly to everyone: "In this battle, I have decided to concentrate all the troops of my Dajin, wave 250,000 troops to bypass Jinzhou City, and directly take Ningyuan City!" As long as Ning Yuan is defeated, my Dajin's iron horse will be able to directly capture Shanhaiguan! ”

Amin seemed to think of something, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Qi Great Khan, if our army bypasses Jinzhou, will the ancestor in the city lead the army to attack and disturb our army's rear road?" The Great Khan had to guard against it."

Nurhachi frowned slightly, and said: "In this battle, our army's attack is focused on being fast, and we must capture Ningyuan City before the Ming army is prepared, and the troops will be at Shanhaiguan!" Therefore, I can't delay too long under Jinzhou City, and I decided to stay behind and contain Zu Dashou's department. ”

When Amin heard this, he didn't say anything, for fear that if he accidentally annoyed Nurhachi, he would not be able to eat and walk around.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Nurhachi prepared to announce the strategy for this war. At this time, Nurhachi gathered a total of 250,000 troops in the area of Guangning, including 130,000 soldiers and horses in the Jiannu Eight Banners (about 15,000 soldiers in each banner and 20,000 in each banner of the two yellow banners), about 80,000 traitor troops were recruited, and about 40,000 Mongolian cavalry sent by the Horqin Department.

Nurhachi paused and said loudly: "Three days later, 250,000 troops swung south, and the deputy general Bao Chengxian led 30,000 Han troops to besiege Jinzhou City, and the guerrilla general Sun Sike and deputy general Tong Yangxing led the remaining Han troops south with me. ”

Tong Yangxing, Bao Chengxian, and Sun Sike received the order in unison.

"Da Belle Daishan led two red flags to garrison Quang Ninh City to guard the rear road of the army; The rest of the Eight Banners Banner Lord, Horqin Tushetu Khan Oba each led their troops and horses south with me to attack Ningyuan City! ”

And all the people arose and received the commandment.

At this time, dark clouds were gathering outside the main hall, and a storm was coming.

Shanhaiguan, Jiliao Governor's Mansion.

Liu Yunwei frowned and looked at a letter in his hand, his face was very solemn. After half a salary, Liu Yunwei looked at Yuan Mingxuan and Cheng Shiyong, who were seated, and asked, "Is this news accurate?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan did not answer immediately, but looked at Cheng Shiyong beside him. Since Cheng Shiyong followed Yuan Mingxuan back from Haojing Ao, he did not return to serve in the Hanwei Army, but was poached by Yuan Mingxuan to do the investigation. In the past few years, even Liu Yunwei didn't know what Cheng Shiyong had done, only that he was engaged in some very secret things under Yuan Mingxuan.

Cheng Shiyong got up and said: "Inspector Qiyu, over the years, I have been collecting information about Jiannu in various parts of Liaodong with my subordinates, and have established many intelligence points in various parts of Liaodong. This time, the detailed information of the slave chieftain's large-scale southward movement was discovered, and the previous efforts were rewarded. ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Okay! I didn't expect Brother Cheng to be really not simple, Governor Yuan is really discerning! ”

After speaking, Liu Yunwei frowned and said: "Right now, the Jiannu army has surrounded Jinzhou, and General Zu's letter for help has also been delivered, according to the intelligence of the Investigation Division, the target of Jiannu should be Ningyuan City, right?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan and Cheng Shiyong both nodded, very affirmative.

Liu Yunwei thought for a while, sneered and said: "It's not easy, more than a year has passed, and the 250,000 Jiannu army nested in Guangning has finally gone south, and the governor still thinks that Nurhachi is ready to retire in Guangning City!" After the order was passed, the soldiers and horses of the battalions of the Hanwei Army immediately assembled at Shanhaiguan, and the Tuntian soldiers of Jizhou Town and Tongzhou Town took over the defense of various places. ”

Yuan Mingxuan's eyes were slightly red and he smiled when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: "Old general! The little general is finally going to make a move, and the little general is finally going to avenge the heroic soul in the sky! ”

In the confrontation with the Jiannu army for more than a year, due to the double support of Zheng Zhilong and the imperial court, Liu Yunwei's money and food became extremely sufficient, so he merged all the 100,000 Tuntian soldiers recruited from various towns into the main army, and the 8,000 iron man army led by Zheng Zhibao was also organized in the pacesetter camp. In this year-plus year, the towns recruited another 100,000 displaced people and retrained 100,000 tuntian soldiers.

As the strength of the army grew, so did the size of the battalions. Each battalion commanded one firearms infantry division, two melee infantry divisions, one cavalry division, one artillery battalion, and one baggage battalion, but the strength of each battalion increased considerably.

Each artillery battalion has 30 big Buddha cannons, 40 tiger guns, and 40 god cannons (large rocket artillery), and 700 soldiers, including 100 bird gunners and 100 sword and shield men as guards; The baggage battalion had 800 soldiers.

The cavalry division and infantry division have the same establishment, and after the expansion, the details are:

Five people are a team, with a team commander, and a total of five people in a team;

The four flags are one flag, with a total of one flag and a total of 21 people in one flag;

The four flags are a game, with a total of 100 people, and a total of 85 people in a game;

The three bureaus are a division, with a total of 256 people;

The three divisions are one department, with one thousand total members, and a total of 769 people;

The three divisions consisted of a brigade with a guerrilla general, and a total of 2,308 men in the brigade:

The three brigades consisted of one division with one garrison, with a total of 6,925 men.

Each guerrilla general was to be accompanied by a personal guard consisting of fifty officers and men, and twenty who did not collect at night; Each garrison will be accompanied by a personal guard consisting of a hundred soldiers, and thirty will not be collected at night. Therefore, the 1st Division had a total strength of 7,265 men.

In the end, General Lu Bing, General Wen General Bing and all the staff generals will also be equipped with a division of troops for a total of 300 craftsmen and healers who are responsible for repairing equipment. In this way, the strength of each battalion will reach 31,376 men.

In addition, in the pacesetter battalion under Liu Yunwei, the Longxiang Iron Cavalry will be expanded to 10,000 people, and there will be three divisions of infantry battalions, also a firearms division, two melee divisions, as well as an artillery battalion and a baggage battalion, and the 8,000 Iron Man Army led by Zheng Zhibao is also in the sequence, and there will be 300 craftsmen and medical craftsmen; The guards and other soldiers of the generals in the pacesetter battalion are also the same as those of the war battalions. In this way, the strength of the pacesetter battalion led by Liu Yunwei will reach 40,095 people.

After this expansion, the whole army of the Hanwei Army is divided into eight battalions and one pacesetter battalion, with a total of 291,103 soldiers!

A few days later, after receiving Liu Yunwei's order, Jizhou Town and Tongzhou Town immediately began to assemble troops and horses and transport money and grain. On the official road leading to Shanhaiguan, all the soldiers of the Hanwei Army in armor and blades, all of them were people who transported grain and grass and heavy baggage, and the entire three towns of Jiliao were filled with a raging flame, ready to burn the Tartars who would commit crimes in the future! ()

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