Chapter 237: Huang Taiji's Ambition
"Three prostrations. "With the order of Xuanfu official Xia Ziwen, Li Heng, An Yongde, Zhao Lie and others finished worshipping, and hundreds of clay jars and clay pots were placed in front of them, all of which were cremated soldiers' ashes.www.biquge.info
Li Heng, An Yongde and others all thought that when the worship was over, Xuanfu official Xia Ziwen shouted and started singing, and the nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Broken Capture Army present together with Zhao Lie, Huang Han, Li Lu and other generals sang in unison to serve the country.
When it is sung to how many siblings are buried in their bones, many of the old men of the Broken Army are choked, and Zhao Lie is also tearful, and more than 1,000 soldiers of the Broken Army have been stained with blood on the battlefield and buried their bones in other places over the years, which makes people feel sad.
Li Heng sighed on the side, all the people present were loyal ministers and righteous men of the Ming Dynasty, listening to the military song of the Broken Army, which is full of words of loyalty to the monarch and protecting the country, why should such soldiers enter the city.
An Yongde sighed that Zhao Lie was really an expert in governing the army, after such a big battle was seriously damaged, he rescued the wounded, buried the dead, and worshiped the whole army, giving the soldiers such a mourning honor, and the soldiers all returned to their hearts, daring not to serve their lives, and they were able to do it at a young age, and they could know their prestige by looking at the soldiers around them.
The whole army of the Broken Army drove into the city, and Li Heng ordered people to clear out a few official warehouses that could accommodate the whole army of the Broken Army.
Zhao Lie also presented the heads, flags, and armor of the hundred Jiannu headed by Niu Lu Ezhen Tuge as a thank you gift, so the guests and hosts were happy.
Li Heng and An Yongde were extremely satisfied with the military discipline after the Broken Army entered the city, and the Broken Army did not leave the barracks, and it has always been fair to buy and sell when they go out, and the reputation is excellent, and even a few days later, some traders spontaneously gathered near the barracks of the Broken Army, hoping to trade with the military masters in Shandong. It can be seen that the captive army has gained the hearts of the people.
Of course, there are murmurs in the harmony between the two sides, Zhao Lie after exploring the defense of Zhuozhou, proposed that the defense of Zhuozhou city must be strengthened, and Zhuozhou's current storage of rolling wood stones, bows, crossbows, knives and guns is far from enough, such as the Jiannu army came to attack the city. I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold on for a few days, which will give An Yongde a big blow to his self-satisfaction of being more than enough to guard, and he will be quite faceless.
"Lord Zhao has said it, I have a thousand and five troops in Zhuozhou City, thousands of young and strong, and the Denglai army to help in the battle, and Jiannu is afraid that he will return with a feather." An Yongde said with a smile, how could this Zhao Lie have the might of the battle array duel at this time, he was too worried.
"Lord An doesn't know that Jiannu attacked my Daming City. It has always been to plunder the surrounding Ming people to drive the siege of the city, in order to fill the moat, consume the rolling wood arrows in the city, and when the city is exhausted, the Jiannu armor soldiers will go all out to attack the city. Zhuozhou is an important town in the south of Gyeonggi, densely populated, and Jiannu does not have to worry about not being able to catch manpower. The lower officials were afraid that they would drive tens of thousands of Ming people to attack the city. Zhao Lie said solemnly.
"Tens of thousands of people?" An Yongde looked at Zhao Lie in surprise, is it possible.
Zhao Lie nodded affirmatively. Tens of thousands of Ming people are just ants in the eyes of Jiannu, and now Jiannu is in Kou Daming is to rob, what love for the people to win people's hearts has nothing to do with them, in order to capture Zhuozhou and lose tens of thousands of Ming ants, Jiannu will not even blink an eye.
Ernst & Young thought about it for a moment, if it was true. This bit of rolling wood and stone in the city is really not enough to see, "This, Zhao Qianhu, there is no stone mountain around Zhuozhou, and there is a lack of stones." Now it's like that. An Yongde also has a headache, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Zhuozhou is indeed short of stone and wood.
"Lord An, as the capital city, Zhuozhou won't even have gunpowder." Zhao Lie grinned, look, it has reached such a juncture that the weight of guarding the city is not matched.
"This, Zhuozhou has stored more than 10,000 catties of gunpowder for the guard, all of which are prepared for the guard's guns and artillery, but the good and the bad are uneven, and I don't know if it can be used." Ernst & Young hesitated.
"As long as it's gunpowder." Zhao Lie immediately ordered the gunners to go to check the gunpowder, and with this 10,000 catties of gunpowder, Zhao Lie said that he could hold Zhuozhou.
After Zhang Keda rested in Gu'an for a day, he was about to set off, when he received the news brought by Zhao Lie's dispatch of the night Buhui, the forward Zhao Lie's department defeated a Jiannu under the city of Zhuozhou, beheaded more than 1,000 real slaves, and beheaded the six sons of the wild boar Pinurhachi, Aixin Jueluo. Tabai, there are also several cattle recorded the truth, and the captured armor and horses are not counted.
Zhang Keda's first reaction was whether Zhao Lie falsely reported his military exploits, is it possible, the victory of the Jiannu cavalry in the field battle, and the beheading of Nurhachi's son, no matter how you look at it, it is a joke.
Although Zhao Lie's troops are all armored and well-armoured, after all, they are still mainly infantry teams, and I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the impact of the cavalry of the Jiannu brigade, but compared with Zhao Lie's previous achievements, Zhang Keda is suspicious.
He recruited Zhao Lie's army to collect the night, and asked carefully about the process of the war, at this time he had already believed ninety percent, between what Zhao Lie said, the Jiannu army was afraid to come to retaliate as soon as possible, and he also thought it was true.
Nima, if he really beheaded the son of Nurhachi, Jiannu would definitely retaliate, this is like today's brother being killed, no matter whether today's son and brother get along or not, for the sake of the face of the heavenly family, he has to kill the killer. What's more, when Jiannu has been so humiliated, he will definitely come to take revenge.
Denglai Town marched at this time, if he encountered the Jiannu army on the way to Zhuozhou, he believed that Denglai Town only had one way to be defeated, and he couldn't understand what the soldiers looked like, and now the plan is to stick to Gu'an, but this does not delay him from sending his cronies to Zhuozhou to investigate the military achievements.
Zhang Keda is also itching in his heart, this feat is too great, although he did not come to the battle in person, but Zhao Lie is his subordinate after all, Zhao Lie's military merits are all right.
Since the unsuccessful attack on Beijing in late November, Emperor Taiji, who has always been obsessed with not capturing Daming Jingshi, has not left the capital of Daming, and Allah rests in Nanhaizi, after all, tens of thousands of Jiannu soldiers have been exhausted by months of marching and conquest, and continue to rest.
Now the Jurchen army is divided into several parts, Daishan and Amin led thousands of soldiers and horses to contain Jizhen, Shanxi, and Liaozhen reinforcements in the east of Tongzhou, and Tabai commanded thousands of troops in Liangxiang to defend the Ming army that came to reinforce from the south, and the elite border army of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty was in the north.
Therefore, there are not many Jurchen soldiers under Tabai, most of them are Mongolian Horqin tribes, and Huang Taiji is the main force led by Tongmang Gurtai, Azig, Dolgon, Abatai, and Zilharang to continue to covet the Ming Jingshi.
After more than ten days of rest, starting on December 10, Huang Taiji sent Mang Gurtai, Azig, Dolgon and other commanders to continue to attack the Ming Jing Division, and fought fiercely with Ming reinforcements such as Mangui and You Shilu in Andingmen and Deshengmen.
At noon on December 12, Huang Taiji was listening to Li Yongfang's report in the big tent, and after investigating the news that Yuan Chenghuan was arrested and imprisoned by the Ming Emperor two days ago was true, on the seventh day of December, Emperor Chongzhen passed Yuan Chonghuan into the palace in the name of salary, and immediately took him down and imprisoned him, and then discussed the crime after Jiannu retired from the army.
Huang Taiji squinted his eyes slightly, sat down on the desk, and calmed down his excited state of mind, Yuan Chenghuan, the Yuan man, had resisted Dajin in western Liaoning for several years, and was Dajin's first rival, although there were many mistakes and omissions during the loss of Juehua Island and the killing of Mao Wenlong.
However, this person dared to fight against Dajin, never feared, and made Ning Jin's management impenetrable, so that Huang Taiji suffered a lot at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and attacked Ning Jin for a long time, resulting in a great reduction in his prestige among the Jurchens.
If the person who knows Yuan Chenghuan best in this world is the opponent Huang Taiji, today's fierce rival has gone, let Huang Taiji remove the big stone in his heart, this is the biggest harvest of this entry, and the gold and silver, Dingkou, and grain obtained are not as important as Yuan Chenghuan's resignation.
Li Yongfang took a peek at Huang Taiji after the report, and he saw Huang Taiji's pleasure when he was walking beside Huang Taiji, "King Khan, this time Yuan Chenghuan was in prison, most of the reinforcements in Liaozhen were scattered, and Zu Dashou led thousands of cavalry to flee back to Liaozhen, and the reinforcements in Liaozhen can be said to exist in name only. Li Yongfang sneered, "The minion is here to congratulate the King Khan, and this time he went to Liaozhen, a fierce enemy. ”
Hearing this news, Huang Taiji finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he quickly stood up, "Li Yongfang, this is true. ”
Huang Taiji's tall body and sharp eyes gave Li Yongfang infinite coercion, making Li Yongfang breathless, "King Khan Mingjian, the minions sent many people to investigate several times, and every sentence is true, and they will never dare to deceive King Khan." ”
Li Yongfang trembled, as a Hanchen, he has always been cautious and walking on thin ice, he does not have the vision and talent of Fan Wencheng and Gao Hongzhong, and he only has the name of Fushun Concubine, so holding on to the thick leg of King Khan and trying his best to do an errand is Li Yongfang's only hope.
Huang Taiji forgave Li Yongfang and did not dare to deceive him, Huang Taiji walked out of the table and paced on the ground, the reason why he hovered in Beijing for a long time was that there has always been an ambition in his heart, he knew the vastness and wealth of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was now overwhelmed by the defeat of Liaodong, but once the Ming Dynasty eased his breath, Dajin would not please him.
If this time can attack the Beijing division and capture Chongzhen, then, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty will definitely fight for the throne, and the Ming Dynasty will fall into civil strife.
This is something that Father Khan has not been able to do, and it will be realized in the hands of his Emperor Taiji. Therefore, after the last attack could not be stopped, he led the army to rest in Nanhaizi, waiting to attack the Ming Jingshi again, because he did not give up, this is a shortcut, a shortcut to the death of the Ming Dynasty, and he still wants to fight.
In the next hour, he received an urgent report from Mang Gurtai, who defeated Mangui and other Ming reinforcements and approached the capital.
Huang Taiji knew that it was time for him to come to the battle array to attack the Beijing Division, and now Yuan Chenghuan, who was good at defending the city, was imprisoned, Liaozhen fled, and the Ming army was panicked. (To be continued.) )