Chapter 215: The Struggle of the Three Baylors
The red candles around the Dazheng Hall of the Dajin Palace in Shenyang, under the dim candlelight, Huang Taiji, Haoge, and Jierharang sat around the fireplace, and there was no respect and humility at this time, only the talk of fathers and sons. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The expedition is imminent, Huang Taiji invited Zierharang to inquire about the two blue flags, which are the two flags that make Huang Taiji the most uneasy, there are only five blue flag cattle in the hands of Jierharang, so Huang Taiji invited Jierharang to ask.
As Huang Taiji expected, the two blue banners were under the leadership of Amin, Mang Gurtai and their cronies, and their subordinates were dissatisfied with the king of Khan, and Jilharang did not dare to hide them one by one.
"King Khan, Hanchen Li Yongfang was ordered to meet you." A palace guard knelt.
"Let him in." Huang Taiji raised his hand.
"King Khan, it is getting late, King Khan will rest in peace, and his subordinates will bid farewell to the king." Zilharang stepped forward and bowed.
"Don't worry, Zilharang, this matter is also related to you, you can listen to it." Huang Taiji commanded.
"Yes." Zilharang replied respectfully.
"Li Yongfang, it's been two years now, since the defeat of Tieshan, King Gu has asked you to explore the Ming generals who defeated our army in Iron Mountain, and now King Gu still hasn't heard the details of this Ming people." After Li Yongfang entered the main hall and bowed down, Huang Taiji interrogated Li Yongfang and said that this was a thorn in his heart.
"Khan King Rong Bing, the whereabouts of this Ming people are secretive, and the minions are also mobilizing people to investigate in Daming Shandong and other places, but there is no sound, and the minions even sell their property in Daming to hire a tooth shop to investigate everywhere There is no news. Until after Mao Wenlong was killed a few months ago. I got the news from Phi Dao. They are not Ming soldiers but Ming people who occupy Jeju Island, descendants of the Ming people of Luzon, they have a fleet of dozens of large sea ships, and thousands of elite soldiers," Li Yongfang peeked at Huang Taiji.
Seeing Huang Taiji's brows furrowed and his eyes looking directly at him, he had the bottom of his mind, "They pretended to be the Ming army to arrive at Tieshan because they went for tens of thousands of Dingkou in Tieshan." Unexpectedly, he happened to meet the soldiers of the second big Baylor, and then a big battle broke out. ”
In fact, Li Yongfang knew about this news a few months earlier, but the information was too rough, and he was deeply afraid that Huang Taiji would blame him, and wanted to report it after more investigation, but this Ming man was on the island, and he couldn't detect it anyway.
"So, they didn't ambush our army, but they encountered it suddenly?" Huang Taiji asked suspiciously.
"King Khan. They not only fought for Dingkou in Tieshan, but also exchanged rice and grain with the islands of the Dongjiang River for the Liao people. King Khan, what the minions say is true. Li Yongfang kowtowed constantly, and his forehead was immediately red and swollen.
"Then why are they so strong in combat and able to fight against our army in the field." Huang Taiji asked.
"The minions only know a little bit or two, this Ming people learned the power of artillery and battle formations from the Franji Xiyi people, in addition, before the battle with Erbeile, they will be covered with sundries in front of the formation, so that my big gold iron cavalry can not impact, can only fight on foot, this is a lucky victory." Li Yongfang kowtowed.
Huang Taiji nodded, yes, this Ming man's trick made the Dajin cavalry unable to go into battle, so he won the battle on foot, but this Ming man is quite fierce, after all, the Jurchen infantry battle is also famous in the world, or defeated, it is indeed a strong enemy.
"Li Yongfang, no matter what, this king will hand over all the military affairs of the Ming Kingdom to you, and you, a minion, have not fulfilled the trust of this king, well, you will be punished for a year. We will continue to investigate and ascertain the situation of people and the military, and if there is any negligence, we will severely punish them. Huang Taiji reprimanded.
"The slave obeys, and the slave will do his best." Li Yongfang was relieved, fortunately, after passing this pass, he was really a companion like a tiger.
This Ming is a thorn in Huang Taiji's heart, although he doesn't know all of it today, he also knows most of it, since he knows that this Ming man is a place in Jeju that does not belong to the Ming Dynasty, and there is a weakness of fear of cavalry warfare, Huang Taiji finally let go of the last knot of Fa Ming.
After Li Yongfang left, Jilharang knelt on the ground, "King Khan, two years ago, the minions were defeated and retreated to Tieshan, and the losses were huge, this is the fault of the minions, and the King Khan is also asked to punish him." ”
"Get up," Huang Taiji helped him weakly, "This king views the three kingdoms of the Ming people, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, when you suddenly encountered chaos, I don't know that the enemy has occasional small defeats, it is ordinary, this king has been demoted to punishment, no longer pursued, get up." ”
Only then did Jilharang get up and thank him, what Li Yongfang and the Khan King said was the Iron Mountain War, and even if Jilharang was as thick as the city wall, he couldn't hide his ears and steal the bell, so he pretended not to know, and it was inevitable to ask for sin.
At the beginning of this day, Huang Taiji led Daishan, Amin, Mang Gurtai, Azig, Dolgon, Duoze, Abatai, Dege, Yuetuo, Zilharang, Shuotuo and other Baylors to worship their ancestors in the Taimiao, offering the heads of the Ming army and various sacrifices, hoping that the ancestors would bless the victory.
In the martial arts arena of Shenyang City, the armor soldiers of the two yellow flags were draped all over their bodies, the armor was bright, and the emperor Taiji rode a horse to inspect the army array, and counted the various crimes of the Ming Dynasty for the Jurchens in front of the battle, of course, most of them were framed, and then ordered to send troops to the Ming Dynasty in the cheers of the crowd, the so-called conquest of injustice, and put on the cloak of justice for this expedition.
Huang Taiji led a large group of men and horses along the valley of the Liaohe River to the northwest, along the way to converge the elite soldiers of the various banners who arrived one after another, and finally converged into a military force that stretched for more than dozens of miles, majestic and murderous.
In the upper reaches of the Xilamulun River, the soldiers of the Ao Han tribe and the Naiman tribe of the Mongolian foreign vassals were gathered, and then dozens of Taiji of the Horqin tribe led nearly 10,000 people to the meeting, and the whole army entered Duoyan.
At this time, the most ironic situation appeared, Duoyan Wei, who had been the barrier of the northern barrier of Daming Ji Town for two hundred years, led more than 3,000 soldiers to join the army of Huang Taiji in its leaders Subudi and Seleng.
So far, the Mongolian strategy operated by Nurhachi and Huang Taiji father and son for more than 20 years has been a great success, and most of the eastern Mongolia has been attached to Huang Taiji and joined the array of Vaming.
More than 20,000 Eight Banner armor soldiers and banner soldiers, more than 4,000 Han troops, more than 5,000 attached Mongolian soldiers, more than 6,000 clothed minions, and more than 20,000 Mongolian soldiers from the outer domain, a total of 70,000 huge troops, meander to the north of Jizhen.
This was the most powerful army that had appeared in Duoyan since the Yongle Emperor's conquest of Mongolia, but unlike the Yongle Emperor's departure from the Great Wall, their destination was the wealthy Gyeonggi within the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.
Just when it was close to the Great Wall of Jizhen, the three major Baylors such as Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai suddenly said that it was easy to break through, but the Ming army had hundreds of thousands, and if they came to attack with all their might, it would make the Jurchen army fall into a bitter battle, and they were afraid of heavy losses, so it was better to retreat and go.
Huang Taiji immediately convened a group of Baylors to discuss.
"Ministers, tell me whether you are knocking on Ming." Huang Taiji's eyes surveyed around and then said.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the border of the Ming Dynasty is imminent, and it is not difficult to break through the pass, but deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely order the King of Qin everywhere, and the Ming army will be hundreds of thousands. Mang Gurtai said loudly.
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the big tent, and what Mang Gurtai said was not unreasonable, after all, breaking through the customs was the first time for Dajin, and it was really hard to say what could happen inside.
Although the Jurchen nobles were very confident in the combat strength of their Eight Banners Army, anything could happen if they were in a hurry to penetrate behind enemy lines.
This time the troops had to be done, first, Huang Taiji ascended to the throne at the beginning, and the Ningjin War strategically destroyed Yuan Chenghuan's attempt to establish a defensive front in western Liaoning, and besieged Dajin step by step, destroying more than ten castles such as the large and small Linghe that Yuan Chenghuan had built with all his money and food, and all of them were taken back to Dajin as slaves.
It's just that the middle and lower strata of the Jurchens think that the Ningjin War did not capture Ningyuan and Jinzhou, did not open the passage to the Ming Dynasty, and did not loot the silver money, acres of land, compared with the time of the old Khan, of course, it is much inferior, Huang Taiji's prestige is quite low, and Huang Taiji must make some merits to consolidate his throne.
Second, there is a great drought in Liaodong this year, and the already exhausted finances are even more stretched, and there is no major income this year, so I am afraid that next year's spring and summer will be difficult, and the Jurchen nobles, Han army and Han slaves are all dissatisfied.
Therefore, this campaign is imperative, this reason Hauge is clear, and he also knows that the three major Baylors are also well aware of this, and this attack is just for his ulterior purposes.
In particular, Dai Shan has always been obscure, but this time he and the other two people fought together at this time, this is for their own selfish interests to suppress the prestige of their father Khan, fearing that once the Ming Dynasty wins, the prestige of his father Khan will increase greatly, and the system of discussing state affairs together by the Baylors no longer exists, and they will lose their transcendent status on an equal footing with their father Khan.
Haoge was in a hurry, and he was about to attack, but Huang Taiji stopped him with a stern look.
"Three Belles' words are very false," as soon as these words came out, everyone turned their eyes to find that it was Amin's younger brother Zilharang who spoke. Although the discord between the two is well known, they have always been okay on the big face and did not let others see the jokes, but this time Zilharang made a mistake in public.
"Our army and the Ming Liaozhen army has always been invincible in the field battle, and Liaozhen is the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty nine-sided border army, and the combat power of other Ming soldiers is even weaker, even if our army encounters a large Ming army, it can also be broken in the field, as long as the city is not seriously damaged, what can the Ming do to me, this is the time to take its money and food for my use, how can I withdraw from the army." Zilharang's words are convincing, loud and convincing.
"Zierharang is reasonable, since our army entered Liaoshen, it has been invincible against the Ming army, how can it avoid war like this, and if you do this, you will lose the morale of the army." Yue Tuo stood up and responded.
Then, Azig, Abatai and others also echoed it, and the main battle faction was booming, and the three Baylors were alone, Dai Shan sighed in his heart, Huang Taiji has achieved his momentum, and now he can only hope that Zhengming is not going well.
"Now that the big policy has been decided, the lone king ordered Mang Gurtai and Azig to lead the blue banner and the two white flag soldiers to attack the Longjing Pass in Jizhen Town, and if the pass is broken, it will go straight down to Zunhua." didn't use his own words, he let the three Baylors retreat, which made Huang Taiji feel very good, and he didn't ask the advice of the three people for the first time, and directly gave orders.
"The minister obeys the order." Mang Gurtai and Azig stepped forward to answer. (To be continued.) )
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