Liaoxi, Quang Ninh City. 9073A4

Messy buildings, streets littered with garbage, and a foul smell in the air, at a glance, there is one word: chaos. If Zhang Zhun was here, he would definitely have the idea of demolishing and rebuilding this place. The city of Quang Ninh, which was occupied by the Tatars, was "much more chaotic" than Jinzhou, which was controlled by the Ming army. The only place that is relatively clean is the vicinity of the City Lord's Mansion.

The original Liaodong Commander's Residence has been changed to the City Lord's Mansion, and after the fall of Liaoyang, the Ming Army's high-level command in Liaodong was here to command the war. After the fall of Quang Ninh City, "the city lord's mansion naturally fell into the hands of the Tartars." The current city lord of Guangning City is naturally the main tower of the Tartar with the red flag inlaid with red flags.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, terrible sounds have been coming out continuously for the past few days, making the surrounding Tartars dare not get too close. They all knew that since they learned the news of the failure of Huang Taiji's southern strategy, their banner master was in a very bad mood. Especially in the past two days, when I learned that Zhang Zhun led the army to appear on the front line in Jinzhou, "Tabai's mood was even worse, and he knew how to vent with a whip all day long." If you accidentally "be beaten to death by the flag owner's whip, you deserve it."

At this time, "Tabai was walking about uneasily, like a mad dog full of anger but without venting." In his hand, he held a long horsewhip, and seeing that it was not pleasing to the eye, he whipped it fiercely. Seeing that it was not pleasing to the eye, he also whipped it fiercely. In the end, when I saw that everything was not pleasing to the eye, I waved my braids and pumped them around.

As a result, the entire house "almost everything was smashed by him." On the huge stone pillars, there are whip marks. Almost every day, Tabai broke five or six horsewhips. Thankfully, "the Tartars didn't have anything else, but the number of whips was enough to make Tabai as much as he wanted." The original city lord's mansion was gorgeous and magnificent, but after being ruined by Tabai, "it was like a garbage dump."

After venting fiercely, Tabai sat down, threw away the broken whip in his hand, and panted and played with the iron gall in his hand. This is what he learned from the Han Chinese, and it is said that it can calm people's minds, and if they are angry, they can be relieved by "just rubbing their iron gall" constantly. However, here in Tabai, it is the opposite.

These two iron galls are purely for him to vent their anger. When you are unhappy, you can smash the two iron galls casually, and if you hit someone's head, it will be the other party's bad luck.

In all fairness, Tabai was not a clever general. Of Nurhachi's dozen sons, he was the most obscure, and apart from his dead brothers, he was recognized as the most mediocre of talent. Baylor, who is easy to be overlooked, is probably him. Neither Huang Taiji nor Dolgon seems to have a good impression of this big brother.

In the face of so many wonderful brothers, Tabai was not competitive. He knows very well what his origin is, he knows his status in the Dajin Kingdom, and he understands that he can't fight, so he simply doesn't fight for anything, "Let the rest of you toss hard." However, "it is because of his indisputability that Huang Taiji also has some brotherhood, and he has not moved his status as the owner of the red flag."

Because of Tabai's mediocrity, Huang Taiji arranged him to come to Guangning City to "confront the Ming army in Jinzhou." In Huang Taiji's view, the offensive ability of the Ming army is too weak, and there is no need to worry about it at all, it is enough to send someone to sit in Liaoxi at will. The Ming army on the Jinzhou front, if it counterattacked, just fell into the trap of Huang Taiji. As long as the Ming army left the sturdy turtle shells, Huang Taiji could eliminate them in the field.

In short, Tabai was such a decoy role, the purpose was to make the Ming army in Jinzhou feel that it was possible for them to recover Dalinghe Fort, or even Guangning City. The purpose was to lure the Ming army on the Jinzhou front to come out and move. said that if Dolgon was placed on the Jinzhou front, "it would be strange if the Ming army dared to come out."

In fact, on the side of the Ming army, the evaluation of Tabai is indeed several grades lower than that of Huang Taiji, Zilharang, Dolgon, Azig and others. Basically, "Tabai was regarded as a second-rate or even third-rate general of the Dajin Army." Therefore, the Ming army in Jinzhou still mustered up the courage and launched several attacks on Dalinghe Fort. As a result, "he fell into the trap of Huang Taiji and was eliminated in the field."

Before, Tabai was not nervous at all in the face of the Ming army's attack. Because, he knows very well that behind him, there is also the Zhenghong Banner led by Azig. Azig's ability is recognized within the Dajin Army. With Azig in charge, no matter what kind of trouble happens to him in Tabai, Azig can help him deal with the aftermath. No matter how powerful the Ming army is, "how powerful can it be, Azig?"

But now, his decoy is here, and the hunter behind him, Azig, is gone. Azig followed Huang Taiji to Beizhili, "The result has been bad. According to the news fed back from the front, the losses of the Dajin Army in Beizhili were very large, and they were so large that they endangered the survival of the Dajin Kingdom.

In fact, in order to plan for his smooth retreat, avoid unpleasant things in life, and ensure that he could return to Shenyang smoothly, Huang Taiji quietly ordered to transfer part of his troops from the rear of Liaodong to enter the Horqin grassland, and cooperate with Zaisangbu and deploy defenses together. Tabai's inlaid red flag, each of the cattle was drawn fifty people. This makes the troops around Quang Ninh City even more empty.

On the current Quang Ninh front, the real Dajin Army has only twenty Niu Lu, about 4,000 people. The red flag Niu Lu "has always been dissatisfied, and there are 250 people who have already been counted." The rest, all of them are a mess of miscellaneous soldiers. Or, "it was the Ming army that rebelled, sparsely sparse, and the number of them may be in the thousands." Or, the North Korean servant army, sneaky and cowering, numbering more than 2,000 people. Or, there are less than a thousand natives recruited from all over the north.

Originally, there were also some Mongolian cavalry stationed in Quang Ninh City with Tabai, and the number was two thousand people. It's a pretty good force. However, just a month earlier, the two Mongol detachments of 1,000 men had received an order from Zaisangbuhe to "return to the Horqin steppe quickly," and as a result, "the Mongols retreated quickly." It's too late for Tabai to keep it. Without the assistance of these two Mongol thousand-man troops, Tabai's troops would be really stretched.

Upon learning that Zhang Zhun led the Tiger Ben army to Jinzhou, Tabai's first thought was to retreat from the garrison of Dalinghe Fort. He didn't want his troops to be eaten by Zhang Zhun in one bite. In Dalinghe Fort, there are five Niu Lu with red flags, a total of about ten people. For various reasons, there are a lot of cattle records with red flags, and there are only about 200 people, and the five cattle records add up to only 1,000 people, which is more than 30% less than other flags.

There is no way, the red flag is raised by the stepmother, "not treated by Huang Taiji, and usually left to fend for itself." In this eventful season, Huang Taiji did not transfer more manpower from the red flag, which is already very benevolent. There is terrible gossip that the yellow flags led by Hauge have been broken up and are ready to be replenished by the elites of the other flags.

With a red flag of 1,000 people, "How is it possible to hold the Dalinghe Fort?" If there are not enough reinforcements, once they are surrounded by the Tiger Army, they can only die. Is there enough reinforcements in Tabai? No. Since there is none, then withdraw it early. If it is eaten by Zhang Zhun in one bite, it will be over.

Not having enough reinforcements was the most frustrating thing for Tabai. The area he was in charge of was very large, "including the vast land of western Liaoning around the city of Quang Ninh." Every place here "is at risk of being attacked by the Tiger Army." If there were not enough reinforcements, it would be impossible for him to hold Liaoxi. But does Tabai have enough reinforcements? Not at all!

In fact, it's not just Tabai that has no reinforcements, but the entire Dajin country "has no reinforcements." The Dajin Army was originally not a large number, and it was used repeatedly in peacetime, but this time it was killed so many in Beizhili, "the troops suffered very serious losses." The number of the Dajin Army, the base is constant, "Even if Huang Taiji has great ability, it can't be increased in the short term." Therefore, the more troops are lost at the front, the more empty the forces in the rear become.

The troops around Shenyang are now nervous. The Tiger Ben Army is in Tieshan in North Korea, and is working hard to expel the Daejin Army in North Korea, and the Daejin Army in North Korea needs reinforcements. Around Jinzhouwei, the Tiger Ben Army also showed signs of landing at any time, and the Dajin Army, which was stationed in Deli Win City, also needed reinforcements. Now that "the Tiger Ben Army has appeared in Jinzhou, and on the side of Guangning City, reinforcements are also needed."

If he had changed Tabai to Daishan, he would have gone crazy.

The situation is too complicated. There are people from the Tiger Army everywhere, and there are places where the Tiger Army may attack. Whichever place is ignored is likely to bring fatal mistakes to the Dajin Kingdom. However, the strength of the Dajin Army, just a little "where to put it?"

All of this is because Huang Taiji's southern strategy failed. Although Huang Taiji blocked the news, Tabai still learned from other sources that "Huang Taiji has completely failed this time." Not only did they not loot enough people and supplies, but they also took tens of thousands of people. Even if all the Manchurians and Mongols were all combined, "how many tens of thousands are there?"

It's over, this time it's really over.

Tabai is very pessimistic and feels that the big umbrella country is really going to end this time.

The Dajin Kingdom originally lived on plunder. Once this trick doesn't work, it's sad. Within the Dajin Kingdom itself, it simply cannot produce much material. Grain, salt, tea, iron and other basic necessities were produced very little in the Dajin Kingdom. Without foreign material supplies, there is no need for the Ming army to fight, and the Dajin Kingdom itself will collapse.

The strength of the Dajin Kingdom was built on the weakness of the Ming Kingdom. More than ninety percent of the materials in Dajin were snatched from the Ming Kingdom. For a long time, Dajin Guo has regarded Ming Kingdom as its own land, and as long as it is interested, it will grab it. Anyway, "the area of this self-reserved land is very large, and the materials are very large, no matter how much Dajin Guo robs, it will not be able to rob it all."

Who would have thought that when the Ming Dynasty was at its weakest, a tiger army would suddenly emerge? It's incredible! Tabai has been pondering the origin of the Tiger Army for the past few days, and pondering the starting route of the Tiger Army, "but he has never been able to figure out a reason." Because he didn't understand, his awe of the Tiger Army went even deeper into his bone marrow.

Yes, Tabai at this moment is indeed a little afraid to fight with the Tiger Army. Think about it, "Even Huang Taiji, Dolgon, Azig and other battlefield experts, without exception, failed under Zhang Zhun's men, the most courageous Abatai, and even died because of this, does he Tabai have the ability to defeat Zhang Zhun?" Tabai admits that he does not have such skills. Since he didn't have the ability to defeat Zhang Zhun, he obediently picked up his tail and behaved, and let other capable people come to fight against Zhang Zhun. In other words, he didn't want to defend Quang Ninh City.

Before Zhang Zhun arrived in Jinzhou, "Tabai took the initiative to write a letter, asking Dai Shan to tell Huang Taiji, and select another merit to come to guard Guangning City, and he was willing to assist his deputy. He even named him, hoping that Azig, Yueto, or Abatai would be stationed there. Now, Abatai was unfortunately killed, and only Azig or Yueto came.

What Tabai fears most is that the Han people will go berserk. Once the Han people go berserk, all the nomads will tremble. No matter how strong the strength of the Dajin Kingdom is, it is not as strong as the Mengyuan Empire back then. You see, even such a powerful force as the Mengyuan Empire was driven to the northernmost part of the desert by the Han people, and almost all the roots were broken" It can be imagined how terrifying the power of the Han people is once they go berserk.

In the past, to be serious, it was not how capable the Dajin Army was to fight, but that the Ming Army was really bad. According to some old people, a few decades ago, the Ming army was not like this. When Li Chengliang was still there, "The Ming army is very capable of fighting. Their first rent, Nurhachi, was respectful to Li Chengliang. Even after the death of Li Chengliang, the Ming army still "defeated the Japanese army that tried to invade Korea" in Korea.

Later, it was really the internal "Mrs. **" of the Ming State that would lead to a rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and finally fell to an incredible point, and the Dajin Army just seized this opportunity to protrude. It can be said that this is completely an opportunity given by God to the Dajin Army. If the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was not so bad, the rise of the Dajin Kingdom "would definitely not be so rapid."

Now, suddenly a not-so-** army came, and the Dajin Army immediately felt a heavy pressure. The power of the Han people "is still very scary." In terms of population and other resources, Dajin and Ming "are not of the same grade at all, and the difference between the two sides is at least nine streets." Zhang Zhun, Zhang Zhun, Tiger Army, Tiger Army, it's really terrifying!

"Master Gule, Zu Dashou is here!"

Suddenly, someone cautiously came in to report.

"Call him in!"

Tabai's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly.

"Nope! I'm out to greet you! ”

Suddenly realizing something, Tabai hurriedly changed his words.

At this time, Zu Dashou took the initiative to take refuge in the Tartars, and of course Tabai appreciated it very much. Now he is the time when he needs help from others the most. It's hard for most people to remember, but it's definitely something to remember. In this regard, Tabai felt that the people of Dajin were much more sincere than those of Ming.

Tabai walked to the door, Zu Dashou just came in" Tabai preemptively said: "Zu Dashou, you came at the right time!" I'm worried you won't come back! ”

Zu Dashou hurriedly saluted and said loudly: "Zu Dashou knocks on Lord Belle." ”

Tabai took Zu Dashou's hand and said enthusiastically: "Excuse me, come up!" Sit! I heard that you are in Jinzhou, raising troops to confront Zhang Zhun, I am really worried! I'm so ashamed that you're weak and I don't have the power to deal with you. Thankfully, you made it out alive! It's good to be alive" It's good to be alive! Your family is all good, don't worry! ”

When Huang Taiji took Zu Dashou and others to worship the sky, Tabai and Zu Dashou met. It's just that Tabai at that time had his eyes higher than the sky, and he didn't put Zu Dashou in his eyes at all. Later, Tabai guarded Guangning City, and learned from Huang Taiji that Zu Dashou's true intention to flee was also a little disapproving. Anyway, Tabai doesn't like the kind of people who like to rebel by nature. Even betrayed his own homeland" What kind of man is it? Now of course it is different, he desperately needs the power of Zu Dashou.

Tabai affectionately pulled Zu Dashou and walked towards the inside of the City Lord's Mansion. Regarding the tatters around him, Tabai said helplessly: "I was in a bad mood, so I had to smash things to get angry." ”

Zu Dashou can certainly understand Tabai's feelings. Zhang Zhun led the army to Jinzhou, which was a huge pressure on all the high-level leaders of the Dajin Kingdom, as well as all the people who were close to the high-level leaders of the Dajin Kingdom. Tabai couldn't bear the pressure" not at all. He nodded quietly and said, "Yes, the situation is not very good. ”

"What is the situation in Jinzhou?"

After the two sat down, Tabai couldn't wait to ask.

"Alas, it's not good, Zhang Zhun has already arrived in Jinzhou.

”

Zu Dashou said bitterly.

"I know that Zhang Zhun has arrived in Jinzhou. I just want to know "what does Jang Jon want to do next?" Is it about to attack Quang Ninh City? ”

Tabai asked with concern.

"Zhang Zhun is indeed going to attack Quang Ninh."

Zu Dashou said bitterly.

"Oh......"

Tabai's response, a little stiff.

Zhang Zhun wanted to attack Guangning, that is, he came directly at him. If Azig or Yue Tuo hadn't come to replace him when Zhang Zhun launched the attack, he would have to face Zhang Zhun's attack directly. Seriously, it's a bit stressful! Tabai "has not always been very confident in his military command ability.

In fact, Tabai himself knew that after Zhang Zhun took over Liaodong, the first major strategic action must be to attack Guangning City. Quang Ninh City was a real military fortress, connecting the Ming Kingdom, the Dajin Kingdom, and the Mongolian steppe. Once the Dajin army loses Guangning, the entire western part of Liaoning will be controlled by the Huben army. Without the barrier of Liaoxi, Shenyang and Liaoyang are like girls without clothes, completely exposed to the face of the Tiger Army. Therefore, it is imperative to hold Quang Ninh.

Tabai believes that Huang Taiji must have thought the same way. Huang Taiji definitely did not want Guangning City to fall into the hands of the Tiger Ben army, and he should urge Yue Tuo or Azig to come quickly and take over the command of military affairs. Because of the long distance and low morale, Huang Taiji has not returned to Shenyang for the time being. However, Tabai's request for help "has been sent to Daishan. It's just that Dai Shan can't send more troops to Tabai, and he can't help. If Quang Ninh City wants to get help, it must wait for Huang Taiji to return.

Zu Dashou hesitated and said, "Don't worry, we still have two months to prepare." ”

Tabai asked a little worriedly, "Is there really two months left?" ”

Zu Dashou nodded, and said methodically: "The strength of the Tiger Army is actually limited" At present, the strength of the Tiger Army in Jinzhou is not very large. You see, the Tiger Ben army has to face so many battlefields in South Zhili, Henan, North Zhili, North Korea, and the coast of Liaodong. Zhang Zhun needed to digest part of the Liaodong Army into the Tiger Army. This process takes at least two months. I got Zhang Zhun's plan of action to recover Quang Ninh by the end of this year. I estimate that the fighting will take place after October. ”

Tabai smiled bitterly for a while, and said sourly: "It seems that the more time passes, the worse we become." If you really want to fight, I'd rather the Tiger Army come early. Alas, "drag it down" to torture the dead. ”

Zu Dashou sighed slightly, and said sourly: "Yes! If the war drags on, the situation will be very unfavorable for us. ”

The biggest difference between the Dajin Army and the Tiger Army is that the foundations of the two armies are different. Over time, Zhang Zhun could digest the soldiers of the Liaodong Army, make more weapons, and accumulate more strength. The population of the Han people, as well as the materials, are almost endless" The key is whether it can be transformed into combat effectiveness. The Ming court performed too poorly in this regard to be defeated by the Dajin army. However, the Tiger Army is completely different. This transformation ability of the Tiger Ben Army is very strong. A large number of people and materials are rapidly turning into combat effectiveness.

On the contrary, within the Dajin Kingdom, because of the defeat of Nanluo, personnel and materials suffered great losses. Some of the materials that Dajin Guo had originally saved would not be able to survive this year at all. The worst thing is that the loss of population is simply not able to be replaced. Without population, there are no soldiers. How can you fight a war without soldiers?

Even, if Zhang Zhun does not launch an attack this year, but waits until the spring of next year to start attacking, the strength of the Dajin Army will be even worse. It is conceivable that this winter, Dajin will have a hard time. After the torment of the cold winter, the strength of the Dajin Kingdom will be even weaker.

Zhang Zhun's move is indeed very fatal. From the very beginning, the Tiger Ben Army did not compete with the Dajin Army for territory at all, but single-mindedly eliminated the living force of the Dajin Army. This is simply a catastrophe for the small population of the Golden Country.

What's even worse is that in the face of this strategy of the Tiger Army, Dajin Guo did not even have the slightest counterattack. The increase in population "does not happen overnight. Zhang Zhun's strategy is indeed impeccable.

"Hell!"

Tabai sighed helplessly.

"yes, it's fate."

Zu Dashou also said with some emotion.

Then, the two of them were relatively speechless, as if they were condensed statues.