Chapter 446: Unquestionable
Lu Xiangsheng would not have thought that he led the soldiers to stop Azig at Juyong Pass, which made Azig feel humiliated, which inspired Azig to become more barbaric, and gradually changed Azig's previous plans.
According to the arrangement of Huang Taiji, the main task of Azig, one is to promote the might of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty has just been founded, through this expedition, to show their own strength at the same time, but also to show that the purpose of the Qing Dynasty is to conquer the Central Plains, overthrow the Ming Dynasty, the second is through this expedition, can earn the greatest benefits, spring ploughing season, the Qing soldiers, gradually a little stretched, through this expedition, usurp wealth, plunder the Central Plains population, and further enhance the strength of the Qing Dynasty.
This expedition, there is no intention to attack the city of Beijing, Beijing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the land of the Beijing Division, if you want to attack it, it is not so easy, a Ningjin defense line, the Qing Dynasty spent a lot of effort, but it was not able to attack it, let alone the Beijing Division.
But Lu Xiangsheng's actions inspired Azig's fighting spirit, and he wanted to test the attack on Jingshi.
Azig's real idea is not to attack the Beijing Division, with 100,000 soldiers, if he can attack the Beijing Division, then the Ming Dynasty would have died long ago, and there would be no need for his father and the emperor's elder brother to spend so much energy. He put on a posture to attack the Jingshi, giving the Ming the greatest shock, and then plundered the Beizhili area, so that the majesty of the Ming Dynasty was swept away, I believe that if I have done this, I will definitely be able to get the praise of the emperor's elder brother.
After making up his mind, Changping Mansion, which was close at hand, was the city that Azig had to attack.
After attacking Changping, it can effectively ensure the stability of the rear.
Although Azig is ambitious, he is not stupid, and attacking the Jingshi of the Ming Dynasty will definitely attract a huge backlash. The Ming army from all walks of life will gather towards the Beijing Division, with 100,000 soldiers, although they can resist the Ming soldiers, but their own losses must be not small, so it is said. From this moment on, Azig has to take every step of the way.
Houjin Tatar entered the territory of Daming from Xifengkou, and all the information, Su Tiancheng knew it.
The ability of the dark line is not ordinary, even Huang Zaisheng, who is far away in Shanhaiguan, also sent valuable information.
The king of Houjin Doluo Wuying led 100,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners to invade the Ming Dynasty, which Su Tiancheng did not expect in advance. Faintly, he remembered that Houjin entered the customs four times, this time it seemed to be very famous, Azig was in the area of Beizhili, rampant, and after a lot of looting, he swaggered away from Beizhili and left along the road. also set up a sign that read, "Do not send the Ming army". It was used to ridicule the incompetence of the Ming army.
For two days in a row, Su Tiancheng locked himself in the secret room, carefully looked at the map, on the map, densely marked with many marks, he was trying to recall the battle described in history. Also paying attention to the route of Azig's marching attack, Azig entered the pass from Xifengkou, first assembled in Yanqing, and then divided the troops into two routes, all the way Azig personally led. Attack Juyong Pass and attack Tianshou Mountain all the way. Judging from Azig's arrangement, the first thing they targeted was Changping Mansion.
Changping Mansion is only more than 100 miles away from the Beijing Division, from Changping to the Beijing Division, there are no brave soldiers, Azig can go straight to the Beijing Division, of course, the Beijing Beijing Camp is guarded by the Beijing Division, Azig wants to take the Beijing Division with 100,000 soldiers, that is too arrogant, however, Azig with these 100,000 male soldiers, swept the North Zhili, there is not much problem.
Thinking about it from another perspective, Su Tiancheng thought of it, the imperial court must mobilize troops and enter the capital to protect the capital, no matter what, Azig is far away from the Beijing division, just in case, Zhu Youzhen will definitely make such a decision.
To a certain extent, Azig's move, or Huang Taiji's move, shocked the entire Ming Dynasty.
Labor and money, or heavy losses, these are nothing, as long as they can protect the Beijing Division, can make Azig not arrogant, this is the biggest victory of the Ming Dynasty.
After two days of analysis, Su Tiancheng got a result that he didn't want to think of, the Jiangning battalion was definitely going to be mobilized, and in the face of a strong enemy, it was impossible for the Jiangning battalion to retreat in Henan Mansion, and it was necessary to go out to meet the enemy.
Su Tiancheng had just come out of the secret room, and was still in the process of thinking and preparing for deployment, when Sun Chengzong personally rushed to Henan Mansion.
Sun Chengzong also got information, he got information from the direction of Datong, and there was also some news from Jingshi.
This time, the meeting between the two was arranged in the third hall of the government.
Su Tiancheng thought about it for a while, and sent Wang Dazhi to ask Hong Chengchou to come to the mansion quickly.
Sun Chengzong also knew what Su Tiancheng meant, so he didn't talk about business for the time being, and chatted for a while.
Half an hour later, Hong Chengchou hurried to the mansion.
"Lord Su, Lord Hong, the old man came from Shaanxi on purpose, thinking about it, do you have any good plans, the 100,000 army of Houjin Tartars, invaded my Ming Dynasty from Xifengkou, the Guannai must not be peaceful, Azig this person, I have heard that Nurhachi's son, since he was a child, has been with the army since he was a child, and he has a very good set of battles, he led an army of 100,000 to enter the Guannei, will he directly attack the capital."
Su Tiancheng looked at Hong Chengchou and slowly spoke.
"My lord, the younger generation thinks that Azig will not attack the Beijing Division, with 100,000 troops, he has not yet been able to attack the Beijing Division, and it is too arrogant to do so, when Yu Qian led 50,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, they were able to defend the Beijing Division, and now in the Beijing Division, there is also the Beijing Camp Guard, there should not be too much of a problem, but Beizhili will suffer."
After Su Tiancheng said this, he motioned to Wang Dazhi to take out the map in the secret room.
Sun Chengzong nodded, looked at Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou shook his head, and said that there was nothing to say, in the past two days, he was not easy, Houjin's information, after Su Tiancheng read it, he transferred it to him, and he also knew all the situation, and he was also thinking about countermeasures, but he never thought of a good way.
Soon, Wang Dazhi brought the map and spread it out.
Sun Chengzong began to look at the map carefully, his face became more and more solemn, Su Tiancheng was already on the map, marking out the route of Azig's possible attack, there are more than 20 counties along the road, if nothing else, these counties will be affected, and at a more critical time, Su Tiancheng's pen pointed straight to Baoding Mansion, which is Sun Chengzong's hometown.
"Master Su, the old man received a letter from Zhang Fengyi, Lord Zhang may be in a hurry, when it comes to one thing, did you have long expected that Houjin would launch this attack."
"The younger generation did expect it, however, the younger generation did not expect that Huang Taiji had made such a huge determination to send 100,000 soldiers to invade my Daming, and the location chosen was Xifengkou, which the younger generation also thought of, when Chongzhen was in the second year, Huang Taiji threatened the capital, and the choice was to enter the pass from Xifengkou. Speaking of which, the younger generation is still negligent. ”
Hong Chengchou looked at Su Tiancheng and looked very surprised, he felt for the first time that Su Tiancheng, who seemed to be weak on the outside, had such a talent in military affairs that he could predict Houjin's actions.
"No, you have already made meritorious contributions, the old man always pays attention to the situation in the Changping area, the old man has many acquaintances there, and he has also received some information, it is said that Lord Lu Xiangsheng led the army and effectively curbed the offensive of Azig, if there is no preparation in advance, it will not be able to do this."
Su Tiancheng nodded and didn't speak, if Zhang Fengyi couldn't do this well, the military department would be in vain.
"Kun Yuan, the old man rushed to Luoyang, just to tell you, the Jiangning battalion must be ready to go, the Houjin Tartar is fierce, we can't deny it, Changping Mansion, there is no army that can resist, to put it mildly, even if it is the border army of Datong, it can't stop the sharp spirit of Houjin, to complete such a blocking task, only the Jiangning battalion, if the old man expects it well, the emperor may have issued an order to recruit the Jiangning battalion into Beijing."
"My lord, the juniors have already started to prepare."
Su Tiancheng turned his head and spoke to Hong Chengchou.
"Lord Hong, I have already thought about it, the 30,000 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, after receiving the holy order, all dispatched, divided into two armies before and after, and rushed to the Beijing Division, I led the pro-soldier battalion, the Xiaocai battalion, the forward battalion, the Jianrui battalion, and the scout battalion, a total of 15,000 people, set off first, day and night, and rushed to the Beijing Division, you lead the rest of the soldiers, and then arrive, you must be fast, to deal with the Houjin Tartars, the artillery battalion is very important, but the action of the artillery battalion cannot be very fast."
Before Sun Chengzong could speak, Hong Chengchou spoke.
"Master Su, you are the commander, you should be in command of the overall situation, or I will lead the front army and rush to the Beijing Division, you lead the rear army, and then arrive."
Su Tiancheng shook his head lightly.
"Lord Hong, we don't have to argue, this matter, I have decided, from now on, the Jiangning battalion will begin to assemble, all the soldiers will rush to Luoyang to concentrate, ready to go, Sun Chuanting will follow me to set off first, Bi Maokang and Xiong Zijian will follow Lord Hong, and then arrive, the specific meeting and place, it is impossible to settle down at present, and then decide according to the situation, the time is urgent, I'm afraid our preparation time is running out."
After Su Tiancheng finished speaking, Sun Chengzong spoke very seriously.
"Kun Yuan, the old man knows that you must have considered this aspect of the matter, and you are already preparing in advance, which is very good, looking at this map, the old man is relieved, I remember that when I was in Baoding Mansion, after the Jiangning camp killed the Jin Zheng Red Flag Tartars, now I think about it, I am still enthusiastic, the old man knows that you will go to the Beijing Division, you will definitely shine, the Tartars are going to suffer this time, you are in the Beijing Division, clean up the Tartars for the old man, do your best, the old man is waiting for your good news."
"Kun Yuan, He Renlong led three thousand sergeants and came to take refuge, this is the old man's permission, the Jiangning battalion wants to expand the army, He Renlong is even the first batch of sergeants sent by the old man, the old man's subordinates, and a fierce general Zuo Liangyu, also want to come over, but at this very moment, the old man wants to prevent the restlessness of the rogues in Shaanxi, so he left Zuo Liangyu." (To be continued......)