Chapter 35: Dorgon's Calculations

Dolgon's age is not very old, but among the three brothers Azig, Dorgon, and Dordor, he has the most eyes, so the other two have always looked at him as the leader. Among the Eight Banners Army, the strongest combat effectiveness is also the two white flags of the Dolgon and Duoduo brothers.

The Jurchen Eight Banners have always been respected by the two yellow flags, why do you say that the two white flags have the strongest combat effectiveness? There's a reason for that.

I think that when Nurhachi was dividing the Eight Banners, Huang Taiji was the owner of the Zhengbai Banner, and the Zhengbai Banner at that time could be said to be the weakest of the Eight Banners. And the strongest at that time, of course, was Nurhachi's two yellow flags. Before Nurhachi died, he gave Azig, Dolgon, and Duoduo, each of whom had fifteen Niu Lu troops, and they were all allocated from the two yellow flags, and the old man Nurhachi only left a part of the guards. At that time, it was vaguely seen that Azig was equivalent to the owner of the yellow flag, and Duoduo was equivalent to the owner of the yellow flag. The old man even had an unwritten rule, that is, after his death, Dolgon would take over the yellow flag, Azig would be crowned with the yellow flag, and his own guards would be left to Dordor.

After Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji became the Great Khan, and he reached an agreement with Daishan, Amin and other supporters that he was not allowed to affect the current interests of the banners, that is, he could not change the troops of his own banner. Therefore, after Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he did not snatch the two yellow flags of the Dolgon brothers, because he also understood that if he really did it, the generals who were loyal to Nurhachi might not agree to the two yellow flags. As a result, his original white flag became a yellow flag, and he took the opportunity to defeat Du Du, the son of Chu Ying, the owner of the red flag, and changed the red flag at that time to the yellow flag. The name of the inlaid white flag was changed to the inlaid red flag. At that time, the two yellow flags became two white flags. As long as the flag owner does not change people and changes the face of the flag, everyone can still accept it.

In the beginning, the two white flags were owned by Azig and Dordor, and Dorgon could only live with his brother. However, due to Azig's slightly older age, in order to weaken the strength of the three Dolgon brothers, Huang Taiji corrected the owner of the White Flag to Dolgon. They are all their own brothers, and it is different who is the flag owner, so Azig didn't say anything.

The original white flag was changed to red flag, and the flag owner was Yue Tuo, and Yue Tuo was the son of Dai Shan. That is to say, the three major Baylors are in charge of the four banners, and Huang Taiji is the most unwilling to see this situation, the Dolgon brothers are not very old, and they do not have much military merit, so it is impossible to shake their position, but the three major Baylors are the current main competition against the three Baylors led by Dai Shan, Huang Taiji decided to win over the three Dolgon brothers, he seized an opportunity, seized a mistake by Yue Tuo, relieved him of the position of the owner of the red flag, and helped Azig up. In this way, the strength of the Eight Banners will be balanced.

The three Dolgon brothers are in charge of the three banners, among which the two banners of Dolgon and Duoduo are the strongest, although Huang Taiji has tried his best to strengthen the strength of the two yellow flags many times, but the two white flags are by no means weaker than the two yellow flags. Daishan now looked at Dolgon, wanting to see what he had to say. Because Dai Shan understands that Azig is now looking at this younger brother as the leader.

"Second brother, the younger brother thinks that Hetuala's side doesn't need to be saved. Just send someone to inform the people there, let the people there leave quickly, find a place to hide, and that's it. Dorgon said flatly.

"Uncle Fourteen, what do you mean by this? Hetu Ala is the birthplace of our Jurchen, how can you let the enemy trample on it, if you don't go to the rescue, you are not afraid of Wenlong's army! As soon as he heard what Dorgon had said, Hauge became anxious and questioned loudly.

Compared to his agitation, Dorgon was so calm that he didn't pay any attention to his shouting. And Fan Wencheng, who was sitting at the bottom, only smiled on his face after listening to Dorgon's words, but nodded slightly.

"Fourteenth brother, your words have confused me, as Hauge said, Hetuara is the birthplace of our Jurchen, how can we ignore it?" Dai Shan asked puzzled.

He wasn't as reckless as Hauge, and it was to be assumed that Dolgon's words must have meant something else.

"Wenlong is here, will Xiong Tingbi be far away? Wenlong dares to go deep into the hinterland, and his purpose is nothing more than to act as a bait to attract our attention, attract our forces to the past, and contain them. Then, Xiong Tingbi will lead the army to take Shengjing directly, which will make us uncomfortable. The drunkard didn't mean to drink, his purpose was really Hetuala, as for landing from Xiahe? Straight into the Hunjiang River, from Hongshengdu to the shore, only forty miles away from Hetuala, to take Hetuara is not as good as a bag. Dolgon said eloquently: "Don't think that Wenlong is easy to deal with, the more than 10,000 people under his command are all the elite of the Ming army, and they are prepared. We have to deal with them, and if we send few people, it will definitely not be enough, even if we defend the city, Hetuara is a small city, and if the city is not strong, it will definitely be breached, and most of the people who go will be damaged. Immediately after, Wenlong would lead his army to attack Fushun, and then attack Shengjing. Therefore, if there are fewer reinforcements sent, it is meaningless at all. But if there are too many people, it will be in their hands, and their purpose is to attract us and contain us. A protracted battle is fought, and although we will eventually get it over there, what should Shengjing do? How did Xiong Tingbi's army cope? Since no matter whether there are many people or few people who go, it is not good for us, we simply do not send troops and give Hetuara to Wenlong, I don't believe it, he Wenlong still dares to live there permanently. Let the clansmen there hide, that is. I suspect that Wen Long will definitely rush to Shengjing's side after taking Hetuala. If you want to get to Shengjing, you must go through Fushun, Fushun's city defense is okay, and if you want to block the Ming army for a day, there is no problem. And from Shengjing to Fushun is only 800 miles, less than half a day's journey, when the Ming army attacked Fushun, we sent a large army to rush there, before the Ming army captured Fushun, they were wiped out in one fell swoop, that is. ”

It's no wonder that Dorgon was so calm, his thoughts, that's not wrong at all. Just throw Hetuala to the Ming army, what can you do, do you Wenlong still have the courage to stay there and not leave. If you dare to stay there for a long time, you will definitely have no return. If you dare to continue to attack Fushun, then you will be unlucky, you will not be able to fight Xiong Tingbi for a day, there must be early and late, whoever comes early, we will destroy whoever first, and the rest is nothing. Even if it really came together, Dolgon didn't take it seriously, it was a big deal to throw Fushun to you, send troops to destroy Xiong Tingbi first, you Wenlong is in Fushun, there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and it is not the same as death.

After Dolgon finished speaking, Dai Shan tasted it carefully, felt that it really made sense, nodded and said: "Fourteenth brother, what you said is indeed right, but let's leave Hetuara alone and not save it, I'm afraid that many clansmen will die under Wenlong's butcher's knife." After speaking, Dai Shan sighed.

"Wenlong will be careful along the way, for fear that we will sneak attack, and he will never dare to go too fast. Let's send someone to Hetuara to give them an order, and let them go quickly, it's still too late. Even if some clansmen died at the hands of Wenlong and them, there would not be too many. It's okay. Dorgon said lightly.

In Dai Shan's heart, he had actually affirmed Dolgon's plan, he looked at Fan Wencheng again, and asked, "Mr. Fan, what do you think of the fourteenth brother's suggestion just now?" ”

"The meaning of the minion is the same as that of the six beylers." Fan Wencheng said bluntly.

"Even so, that's it. I will send someone to Hetuara to give an order for all the people there to evacuate. Dai Shanjian Fan Wencheng also affirmed Dolgon's suggestion, so what else is there to say, and directly said that the plan was determined.

After dealing with Aobai's soldiers and horses, the dragon rested for half a day before continuing on his way. As Dolgon said, Wen Long was on the march, that is, he was on guard, scouting everywhere, and sent people in the eight directions of southeast, northwest, northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest. The purpose was to prevent the Jurchen cavalry from raiding.

Because of this, the daily march speed is not very fast, and it is enough to walk dozens of miles a day. However, along the way, I never encountered any Tartar soldiers like this, although there were also forts and fortresses on the road, but they were just Tartars to maintain local law and order, and there were few people, and when the Wenlong army passed by, they either turned around and fled, or they were all destroyed.

On this day, the Ming army finally came to the city of Hetuala. According to Xiong Tingbi's plan for him, this day happened to be the sixteenth day of the first month. Although Hetuara is the birthplace of the Jurchens, it is only a small city, and even the city walls are not all made of bricks, which is compared with the Ming Dynasty's construction of Shenyang, Fushun, Liaoyang and other cities, it is simply heaven and earth, otherwise, Nurhachi would not have moved the capital to Shenyang.

However, what Wenlong didn't expect was that the gate of Hetuara City was actually open, and he didn't even see the shadow of a defender.

The owner of the island is not Amin, he will be self-righteous, easily lead the army into the city, he first sent 500 soldiers to climb the city by ladder, 500 people carefully climbed the city wall, unexpectedly found that there is no ambush here, even looking into the city, not even a single figure can be seen.

"Handsome! It's an empty city, and there's no one left! ”

The soldiers who had ascended the city shouted loudly.

Hearing the shouts of the soldiers, Wen Longden wondered, originally he thought that when he arrived, he would definitely encounter stubborn resistance from the Tartar soldiers, and there would even be reinforcements from Shengjing to meet him, and it would be a difficult battle in the future. But I really didn't expect it to be like this.

"What do you mean by this, Tartar?" Wen Long asked to himself.

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