On the afternoon of September 23, Dolgon led the main force of the front army to join the Hauge army, and when he entered the Hauge army camp, Dolgon saw Mafuta, who was seriously wounded and about to be killed, and nearly a Niu Lu casualties.

Dolgon was also surprised by the losses suffered by the forwards, and since he led his army into Korea, he had lost only half of Niu Lu in Tiesan County, and the losses along the way were only this amount.

So he immediately summoned Ingordai to the big tent for questioning, and the displeased Dolgon saw that there were still a few blood scabs on Ingordai's face when he came in, and his tone softened slightly.

Regarding the inquiry of the banner owner of this banner, Belle Dorgon, Ying Ordai did not dare to hide anything, and honestly told the story of the incident.

“… The slave and Ma Chengzheng traveled all the way, except for some miscellaneous soldiers in the field, they never encountered an army that dared to block the way. The defenders in those states and counties only dared to close the gates of the city to protect themselves, and they did not even dare to shoot arrows at us.

Because when we arrived at this Bukhan Mountain, the defenders of the mountain were defenseless. When we reached them, these soldiers knew that our Houjin had sent troops south, and these Korean officers and soldiers panicked, and were hacked to death by the minions, and a few scattered and fled.

After occupying this defensive position in the north of Hanyang Castle, the minions originally planned to repair here, monitoring the movements in Hanyang Castle while waiting for the arrival of their masters.

But who knew that within two days, a group of North Korean troops came out of the north gate of Hanyang City. The minions originally thought that these Korean officers and soldiers wanted to recapture the Great Wall under our feet, so they retracted their positions and prepared to counterattack them.

But they didn't expect that they didn't come to recover this place, but set up two villages in the east and west on the adjacent hill near the north gate of Hanyang City.

The slave and Ma Chengzheng went to observe the topography of the east and west villages, and found that the officials who chose to set up the village were indeed quite discerning. The newly erected east and west villages are just like the city wall to the north of Hanyang. It not only obscured our army's best position to observe Hanyang City, but also posed a threat to the army attacking the north gate of Hanyang City.

Therefore, Ma Chengzheng and the minions discussed, each with two Niu Lu to attack and drive away the Korean army that built the east and west two villages, and the remaining one and a half Niu Lu as a response.

Ma Chengzheng attacked Dongzhai, and minions attacked Xizhai. But the minions didn't expect that the North Koreans built a fortress just under a pretense, but set up an ambush on the road. Fortunately, the minions were on their side, with the help of the responding men and horses, and they did not let these North Koreans surround them.

But Ma Chengzheng's side was successfully ambushed by the North Korean army, but it was not only the North Koreans who ambushed Ma Chengzheng, but also a team of Ming troops. Although the muskets used by the Koreans were not bad, the * of their own production were extremely poor, and they often saved charges, so that it was difficult to shoot through the double armor of our army without going within fifteen paces.

After Ma Chengzheng's team was ambushed, he personally took the lead in charging back and forth, wanting to get out of the encirclement. However, the road was intercepted, and the North Korean officers and soldiers first fought a round, but did not cause any harm to Ma Chengzheng and others. But later, when the Ming army began to shoot a round, a Niu Lu, including Ma Chengzheng, lay down a third of the number.

At that time, although everyone was injured, they could still carry Ma Chengzheng to continue the charge, but then the Ming officer, who was called General Wu Xiao by the Ming army, shot five people in a row with bows and arrows, and everyone had to retreat to the valley.

After that, Lord Hauge came running with his troops to meet us, and the officer in charge of the command on the opposite side saw that it was impossible to disobey and withdrew with the army..."

After Ingordai finished speaking, Dolgon suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the big tent was a little strange, and he glanced up at the generals with white and yellow flags, and found that everyone had a solemn expression.

Even Haoge, who has always dared to rush and fight, frowned and said there: "Those who dare to lead a group of Koreans to fight against us should be the new army of the Ming Kingdom." If there are a few thousand of them, this Hanyang City will not be able to defeat us alone. ”

Dolgon immediately scolded his subordinates: "Are you frightened by the new army of the Ming Kingdom? Since my father Khan raised his army, when did my Jurchen people take the Ming people in their eyes.

In a few major battles in Liaodong, we only needed a few Niu Lu to wipe out a battalion of the Ming army, and they did not dare to fight in the field, but only dared to hide in the fortified city.

Now that the new emperor of the Ming Kingdom has ascended the throne, the Ming army is only supported by a sharp breath. As long as the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom makes something happen in the country, or is defeated by our army, this breath will be swallowed, and those Ming troops will still be the Ming army we once knew..."

The 21-year-old Dolgonhaug was still three years younger, but his words lifted the spirits of the generals of the white flag, and their expressions were much more relaxed. Regarding the attitude of the Yellow Flag soldiers towards Hauge, it is much more respectful.

Hauge was silent, as if he had listened to Dolgon's persuasion, but his face was gloomy, and he was obviously a little angry with Dolgon's words.

Dolgon then changed the topic again: "You don't have to worry that the Ming army will have thousands of people in Hanyang City, even if the Ming people knew in advance that we were going to attack Korea, they didn't have a ship to transport thousands of people at one time, it was not a smooth sailing road from Shandong to North Korea, and if the boat accidentally capsized to feed the Sea Dragon King, how could the Ming people dare to take such a risk."

Therefore, I don't think the Ming army in Hanyang City will exceed 1,000, and it shouldn't be able to stop us from capturing Hanyang. However, our primary goal here is not to capture Hanyang Fortress, but to control the Joseon king, the prince, and the imperial court.

Without the help of the Joseon king and the Joseon court, it would be difficult for us to loot the wealth of Joseon, which was the first priority commanded by the Khan. Therefore, the question of how many Ming troops were in Hanyang City, I am more worried that the Ming people will plunder the Joseon king and those officials to the sea.

Once they're in the sea, we're at a loss. So I'm going to launch a siege of Hanyang as soon as possible, do you have any objections? ”

Since Dolgon personally led the team to defeat Lin Dan Khan, his voice in military affairs has become more and more powerful, and even Hauge, who was originally quite successful, has begun to be under him. On the one hand, it is because of the strength of the two white flags, and on the other hand, Huang Taiji needs such a young Baylor to contain several long-famous big Baylors and their children Baylor to share the pressure on him.

So Dolgon, though he was asking for the opinions of the crowd, was too firm. Naturally, the Manchurian generals in the big tent would not stand up and oppose the order of Dolgon, the former army commander, and even Hauge answered in a low voice.

Dolgon ordered someone to bring the map of Korea that the spies had drawn earlier, and then thought about the strategy he had thought of on the road again, and then pointed to the map and said: "There is a river in the south of Hanyang City, and there are mountains in the north, east, and northwest, and only the southwest is a plain.

After crossing the Han River, there are several mountains. If you go out to sea from the northwest along the Han River, it is Ganghwa Island, which the Koreans call Gangdu.

Therefore, if the Ming wanted to take the Joseon royal family to the sea, they had to go down the Han River, or cross the Han River pontoon, and then go along the Han River to the northwest coast, and then cross Haeganghwa Island.

So what I mean is to send a detachment to guard the mouth of the Han River, intercept the people of Seoul who have fled to Ganghwa Island, and prevent the Ming from carrying the Joseon royal family out to sea, or mixing with the people who are fleeing to the sea.

In addition, tomorrow Haoge will attack the north gate of Hanyang City with the yellow flag and the Mongolian left flag, I will lead the white flag to attack the west gate of Hanyang City, and Hu Mise you will take 600 people to attack the east gate of Hanyang City.

I will have 300 more men with you, and you will go around to the pontoon bridge to the south tonight, and if there is a convoy of the Korean royal family, you will wait for the opportunity to seize the pontoon bridge and take the king of Korea hostage. If there are too many guards, you can report back to me quickly, and lead the team to follow closely behind, and don't let them escape..."

In the city of Hanyang, after knowing the arrival of thousands of people from the Houjin Dynasty, a fierce dispute broke out in the court of Hanyang, that is, whether the king of Joseon, Yi Liang, should go out of the city with Wang Shizi and the princess to Gangdu.

Although it had been decided before, let the concubines and princes of the harem withdraw first. But except for the concubines and princes with relatively low status, they cleaned up a little. The princesses, nobles and the two maharaja of higher status have not been able to complete because of the large number of things they have to carry.

Now that the Houjin army has arrived, the palace suddenly panicked. Li Liang immediately ordered Jin Qingzheng (the son of Jin Jin, the leader of the council) and others to escort Wang Shizi's concubine, two princes, palace maids, and ministers' families to cross the Han River to take refuge in Ganghwa Island, but he himself was blocked by the officials of the main battle faction, and finally failed to accompany him.

Wu Sangui was also disappointed, and after commanding those Korean officers and troops to engage hundreds of Houjin forwards, he felt that Hanyang City was difficult to defend. These Korean officers and soldiers knew almost nothing about how to organize the battle, and it was probably enough to catch the thieves, so that their battlefield was probably inferior to the local garrison of the Ming Dynasty.

With the walls of Hanyang Fortress, you may be able to hold it for a while. But once the main force of Houjin rushed to the city of Hanyang, with a cavalry battalion in his hand, I am afraid it will be difficult to escort the Joseon king to Ganghwa Island. He came here to make meritorious contributions, but not to accompany the king of Korea to his funeral.

Therefore, after the court meeting ended, he and Shen Qiyuan went to the palace again to meet Li Liang and stated their interests to him. Wu Sangui finally said to Li Liang* naked: "... Your Highness, as long as you can save your life, even if Jianyu conquers the whole of Korea, Your Majesty will be able to restore the country for you.

But if you call Jianyu to be captured, North Korea will be destroyed. Now there are only 6,000 garrisons in Hanyang City, but reinforcements from other places have been delayed. In such a situation, what is the point of you staying in Hanyang?

Once the main force of Houjin arrives and cuts off the connection between the inside and outside of Hanyang City, does His Highness really plan to martyr? ”

Under Wu Sangui's persuasion and intimidation, Li Liang finally agreed to quietly leave the city that night and go to Jiangdu, and hand over Hanyang to the Lingyi Zheng Jin Jin for defense. In addition, the Korean Eight Righteous Army was summoned to come to the aid of Hanyang to resist the invasion of Houjin.

However, the plan was always in a hurry, and Shen Qiyuan decided to stay in Hanyang to defend the city with Kim Jin and Kim Sang-heon. So in the end, it became Wu Sangui and Cui Mingji with seven or eight hundred soldiers to protect Li Liang to Jiangdu.

As a result, when they were about to cross the pontoon bridge at night, they were attacked by the Yingordai troops, and Wu Sangui could only let Cui Mingji take Li Liang to cross the river first, while he took his subordinates to resist the pursuit of the Houjin cavalry.

This book is from:

This book is from: