Chapter 473: Caught a Team of Jinyi Guards!

"Bang!"

In the dark of night,.

The originally silent night was shattered by the sound of gunfire. All the sentinels subconsciously raised their vigilance. Even the acquaintance in the tree was shocked by the sudden gunfire and had to pause for a moment. Immediately, there was a dense sound of footsteps, and it should be the combat duty unit that was dispatched.

Zhang Zhun subconsciously looked towards the south where the gunshots came. It was clearly the sentry who fired the shot. It is not known where the sentinels found anything. Could it be that an enemy is trying to launch a sneak attack from the south? It doesn't seem likely!

"Bang!"

Suddenly, another gunshot rang out.

Zhang Zhun frowned slightly.

Is there really anyone trying to break through from the south? Could it be that he is a person who smells incense? There can be no one else but them. It is absolutely impossible for the Tartars of Dengzhou City to cross the blockade of the three cavalry battalions and appear near the south gate of Huang County. It can't be that the Smelling Fragrance Sect is having infighting at this time, right? To be honest, this is not a good time for the Smelling Fragrance Sect to engage in infighting!

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind him, but it was the fighters of the sniper detachment in action. They had significantly strengthened the defenses of the commanding heights around Yun Fengju. There was a lesson from Zhang Zhun being plotted last time, and Dugu Hunt and others didn't dare to be careless. Especially at night, be cautious.

Soon after, even Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan came out. It turned out that neither Zhang Shenyan nor Gao Hongtu were used to such battlefield nights. After all, they were civilian officials and had never led troops to fight before. The gunfire just now woke up the two of them. Moreover, to the east of Huang County, less than a hundred miles away, there are thousands of Tartars, and their psychological pressure is quite large, and although they lie down, they can't sleep at all. When I heard the gunshot, I couldn't help but get up to see what was going on.

"Yulin, where is the fire gun?" Zhang Shenyan asked with concern.

"It's supposed to be a lurking sentinel!" Zhang Zhun replied calmly.

"Was it the Tartars who tried to sneak attack?" Zhang Shenyan asked with some concern.

"I don't know yet. It is possible that it is just a Tartar probe horse. Zhang Zhun said with a deep groan.

He waved his hand, called Shi Liwei over, and ordered: "You go and ask if the front line has caught the Tartar probe horse." If there is, send it here. ”

Shi Liwei agreed.

Gao Hongtu looked at the sky, then looked at the east, and said a little worriedly: "Yulin, the Tartars of Dengzhou City, will they attack tomorrow?" ”

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "If it's Dolgon, it shouldn't be." But it is difficult to say about Dord. Dolgon suffered such a big loss, and he would definitely find the reason for it, plan and then act. Until he finds a way to deal with us, he will be patient. Young, impulsive, and likely to rush at us, Dordor may rush at us at all odds. If the enemy attacks tomorrow, we don't need to worry. If the enemy does not attack, he should be more careful. ”

Gao Hongtu said: "Why? ”

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "If the Tartars attack tomorrow, it means that the Tartars have been washed out of their minds by anger. As we all know, people who lose their minds are relatively easy to deal with. A day is simply not enough time for Tartar to reflect on why he failed. They will still be like the daytime, just know how to blindly rush forward, and continue to bump their heads and break the blood. An enemy who is blindly brutal is the best to deal with. ”

"If the Tartars delay in attacking, it means that the Tartars are trying to find a way to deal with us. Once the attack is launched, there may be a lot of unexpected scenes. The Tartars' combat power was already very strong, and if they still knew how to use stratagem, it would be even stronger. Therefore, there is no fear of a brave and unscrupulous slave chief. For example, Duoduo, such as Manggutai, such as Yue Tuo, such as Hauge. It is the brave and resourceful slave chieftains who are terrible. For example, Huang Taiji, such as Dolgon. ”

Zhang Shenyan said with some surprise: "Yulin, where did you get your understanding of the slave chieftain from?" With so many slave chiefs, do you know their character traits? ”

No wonder he was so surprised, Zhang Zhun's analysis, although simple, caught the point. Ordinary Ming officials only know that the Tartars are ferocious, they only know that the Tartars fight, they are not afraid of death, and they only know the horror of the slave chiefs. However, not much is known about the specific slave chiefs. Even Zhang Shenyan himself is not very clear about the character characteristics of the slave chiefs, let alone analyzing their strengths and weaknesses.

The main reason for this is the lack of the Ming intelligence system. There were two intelligence agencies in the Ming Dynasty. One is the East Factory. One is Jinyiwei. However, both Dongchang and Jinyiwei are keen on fighting for power and profit in China, keen on looting money, and keen on persecuting civilian officials, and have never attached much importance to intelligence work. For the spying on the enemy situation in Liaodong, he is even more afraid of it.

Neither Dongchang nor Jinyiwei has a permanent intelligence agency in Liaodong. Unless it is very necessary, people will be sent to Liaodong to spy on intelligence. These people generally set out from Jingshi, disguised themselves as merchants, and infiltrated Liaodong. Over time, the Tartars also noticed it and sent someone to intercept it. At the same time, the Han people around Shenyang were constantly screened. With its own incompetence and the vigorous suppression of the Tartars, the intelligence system of the Ming Kingdom in Liaodong is almost non-existent. If you want to know the intelligence of the Tartar high-level, it is naturally even more difficult.

Only the Liaodong army can still spy on some valuable information if it does not collect at night. However, the main thing to inquire about at night is the military strength of the two armies at war, and the most basic information such as the forward commander of the Tartars. There is not much information about Shenyang, the base camp of the Tartars. In other words, what the Ming Kingdom knew was tactical intelligence, but strategic intelligence, but it knew nothing. The most obvious example is the two Tartars' invasions, both of which were discovered by the Ming Kingdom when the Tartars hit the edge of the Great Wall.

In fact, every time the Tartars entered the prison, they had to make preparations in Shenyang. These preparations take at least three months or more. Because every time they entered the Kou, the Eight Banners of Manchuria had to fight in coordination with the Eight Banners of Mongolia, so it took a lot of time to communicate back and forth. If the spies of the Ming Kingdom were strong, this information would be easily available. Even if it is not available from the Tartars, it can be obtained from the Mongols.

After making preparations, the Tatar cavalry set out from Shenyang, joined the Mongolian Eight Banners on the steppe, bypassed the Horqin steppe, and marched towards the Great Wall. Due to the long distance, even if the Tartars marched fast, it would take more than half a month to reach the bottom of the Great Wall. If the Ming army can detect the movement of the Tartars in this half a month, they can deploy strict defenses in the vicinity of the Great Wall and give the Tartars a head-on attack.

It is a pity that the two times the Tartars entered the Kou, the Ming army only noticed the arrival of the Tartars after the Tartars broke through the Great Wall. During the half month of the Tartar march, the Ming Kingdom could not get any information at all. It must be said that this is absolutely unbearable sadness. It's not that the Tartars are too strong, it's that the Ming Kingdom itself is too weak!

Of course, Zhang Zhun can't say that he is a traverser and has an innate advantage, he said casually: "This is what I summarized based on all aspects of intelligence. ”

Zhang Shenyan obviously didn't believe it. Based on the regions and people that Zhang Zhun came into contact with, it is impossible for anyone to know so well about the situation of the Tartars. Therefore, he must have had some other source of information. It's just that since Zhang Zhun said so, he had no choice but to think so, nodded and said, "Yulin really has a heart." ”

Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and did not speak.

In fact, through a period of contact, Zhang Zhun found that neither Gao Hongtu nor Zhang Shenyan knew much about military affairs. Most of the people of the Ming Dynasty only knew the name of the slave chief, and there was almost no research on the character, hobbies, and characteristics of the slave chief. The Ministry of War also did not establish a systematic archive, let alone a special person to figure out the habits and hobbies of the Tartars, and then judge the possible actions of the slave chieftain according to the character characteristics of the slave chief.

The reason is simple, they are all civil officials. Their area of expertise is to rule the country, not to march to war. They do not have the expertise to march and fight. They are accustomed to measuring the military by the set of civilian officials. Civilian officials pay attention to the golden mean, pay attention to hello, I am good, everyone is good, but they don't know that this is absolutely fatal to military affairs. When a soldier fights, what you want is to find the lethal point of the opponent, and then launch a fatal blow. Civil officials are not good at doing such work at all.

Zhang Shenyan values himself so much because he can fight. What the Ming Dynasty lacked was people who could fight. Well, to be precise, it's the lack of people at the top who have a long-term strategic vision. On the strategic issue of dealing with Liaodong, the Ming State was really full of mistakes and omissions. The most effective way to deal with the Liaodong Tartars is actually to kill people with a knife. Borrow the sword of the Mongols, borrow the sword of the Koreans. How many Tartars are there? But hundreds of thousands! In the beginning, the number of men who could fight in the Tartars did not even exceed 100,000!

If the Mongols, Koreans, and the army of the Ming Dynasty swarmed up, where would the Tartars have any ability to parry? Even if the Mongols and Koreans are not needed to join the battle directly, as long as the strategy of buying the heads of the Tartars is seriously implemented, the strength of the Tartars can be greatly weakened. The population of the Tartar is its fatal wound, as long as the Ming Kingdom sees this and keeps taking strong medicine, the Tartar will not be able to support it at all.

At the beginning, it was proposed that thirty taels of silver be used to buy the head of an adult captive, and the Mongols behaved very actively. Every year, hundreds, if not thousands, of the heads are handed in. Due to the Mongols hunting a large number of Jianguo's heads, the relationship between Jianguo and the Mongols was very bad, and the two often fought, and the grudge was getting deeper and deeper.

It's a pity that by the time of Yuan Chonghuan, the Mongols were not pleasing to the eye and this regulation was canceled. This time, the Mongols quit. Since you don't want Jianlu's head, what are we going to do with Jianlu? At this time, Nurhachi gradually realized that he could not make too many enemies, and he still had to actively win over the Mongols around him, so he actively had a good relationship with the Mongols and continued to marry. As a result, the Mongols began to fall towards Jianyu. Later, the Mongolian Eight Banners were also formed. Some of the Mongols have since become loyal thugs of Jianlu.

However, even at this time, Ming still had a chance to save the situation. The Mongols took refuge in Jianguo, but only part. There are also a considerable number of Mongols who are unwilling to take refuge in Jianguo. As long as the remaining Mongols are contained, it can still effectively contain the rise of Jianyu. It's a pity that the Ming court didn't realize this.

Especially on the issue of dealing with the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan, no one in the Ming Dynasty realized the value of Lin Dan Khan. In fact, Lin Dan Khan has always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming army can help him, he can block the penetration of the Tartars into the steppe. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty looked down on the Mongols, and even had the intention of eliminating Lin Dan Khan with the help of Jianlu, and in the end, Lin Dan Khan had to retreat to Guihua City (now Hohhot), where he finally died of illness.

If history had not changed, it would have been the beginning of this year, when Dolgon led his army against the remnants of Lindan Khan. After a lot of fighting, Dorgon successfully subjugated the entire Mongol tribe. However, history has branched out in small ways here. It was not Dolgon who went to conquer Lin Dan Khan, but Haoge, the eldest son of Huang Taiji. And Dolgon led the army to lure Dongjiang Town, and also led the army to Dengzhou City, and directly set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the current Dajin Kingdom is actually fighting on two fronts. Hauge's conquest of the remnants of Lin Dan Khan in the steppes was overwhelming, and it should not be long before he was able to submit to all the Mongol tribes. Dolgon's lure to Dongjiang Town was also smooth. For Dajinguo, everything is so beautiful. However, with the arrival of Zhang Zhun's crossing, it is difficult to say whether Dajin Country is still so beautiful.

"My lord, if you catch a small group of Jinyi guards and a small team of officers and soldiers on the front line, they will be sent here immediately." A moment later, Shi Liwei came back and reported to Zhang Zhun.

"Jin Yiwei?"

When the three of them heard Jinyiwei's name, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

In the surroundings of Huang County, the people who actually caught Jinyiwei were caught, which one was staged? It is not surprising that scattered officers and soldiers were caught. One after another, there was information that when Ruan Dacheng surrendered, some officers and soldiers who were unwilling to surrender ran out of Dengzhou City. However, the situation at that time was very complicated. Not all officers and soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to the Tartars were able to successfully escape.

In the city of Dengzhou, there are Tartars coming. Outside Dengzhou City, there is a dense crowd of incense cultists. Therefore, it is obviously not easy for these officers and soldiers to escape. Either killed by the Tartars or killed by the Smelling Incense Sect. The officers and soldiers who escaped by luck had to hide in the mountains and forests because the Tiger Ben Army controlled the relationship between Laizhou Mansion and survived. If they want to continue their escape, they must pass through Laizhou Prefecture. It's not an easy thing to do.