Chapter 162: The Manchu Response
Chongzhen nine years of May 11 said that the Qing capital Shengjing is located in the center of Shengjing palace is the residence of the Manchu emperor, this palace was built by the Manchu people to have the Manchu and Mongolian people that kind of "palace high hall low" characteristics, the palace with the Qing soldiers from the pass to snatch the gold and silver jewelry to decorate the treasure, since the death of Nurhachi, his sons after a sword and sword shadow of the open and secret battle, and finally Nurhachi's eighth son Huang Taiji became the master of this palace.
Today, Huang Taiji summoned the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to gather together in the Chongzheng Palace, they were the Great Beile Daishan, the Yang Wu General Yue Tuo, the Prince of Heshuorui Dolgon, the University Shi Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng, Ma Guozhu, and Cui Tou who stood in the center of the hall in the center of the Yingwu County King Azig, Rao Yi Belle Abatai and other high-level Qing officials.
A middle-aged man about forty years old, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, was standing on a high platform and glaring at the two people in the audience, Azig and Abatai, and his angry voice echoed in the hall.
"Azig, Abatai, the two of you are also veterans in the army, how can you lose so many men and horses when you enter the south this time! More than 10,000 warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom, how many 10,000 people do we have in the Eight Banners for you to squander, and how long will it take for these people to be replenished? Don't think that I will forgive you when you come back after stealing something, don't think about it! ”
Huang Taiji's voice shook the entire hall and buzzed, everyone was silent and hung their heads and did not dare to speak, only Huang Taiji's son, Prince Su Haoge, sneered on the side.
Dolgon looked at the big Belle Daishan on the side, and found that he was still standing in place without making a sound, and sighed secretly in his heart, it seemed that it was impossible to make his second brother, who had always been wise and self-protective, intercede, so he had to stand up and bow to Huang Taiji: "Your Majesty, although the seventh brother and the twelfth brother have lost a lot of people and horses, they can snatch back tens of thousands of Ming people and so much grain, grass and property, and it is not in vain that they can fight with them this time. It is inevitable that our warriors will suffer heavy casualties. ”
Huang Taiji's eyelids twitched, and his cold eyes shot at Dolgon like lightning, and asked in a cold voice: "So, Azig and his party are not only without fault this time, but have meritorious?" ”
Dolgon was swept away by Huang Taiji's cold eyes, feeling as if he was being targeted by a fierce beast, his heart suddenly froze, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said: "Brother Chen doesn't dare, Brother Chen just thinks that although they are wrong, but Brother Twelve and we are our own brothers after all, so Brother Chen thinks it's better to be light." ”
Huang Taiji sneered: "Hmph, if I hadn't remembered that they were my own brothers, do you think I would have let them stand here?" The reason why I scolded them is to make them remember that every warrior of our Great Qing Kingdom is the most precious treasure of the Manchurians, and it is by no means an abandoned son that some people use to climb up and squander at will, you must know that without these warriors, we will become cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. ”
Listening to Huang Taiji standing on the commanding heights of the whole clan to train people, although Dolgon and the others did not think so in their hearts, they still bowed their heads respectfully on the surface to show that they were taught.
After a long time, after Huang Taiji's tirade was finished, he said to Azig and Abatai with a calm face: "Although the two of you lost troops this time, but in view of the fact that you can still recapture a lot of population and food for my Qing Dynasty, I will spare you this time, and if you commit two crimes next time, you will be punished together." And the loot is not your share! Can I punish the two of you like this? ”
Although Azig and Abatai cursed in their hearts, they could only say in unison: "Your Majesty is fair, and the younger brother has no objections." ”
"Hmmm! That's good, that's the end of this matter for now. Huang Taiji nodded and then asked: "Now the two of you will first talk about the process of this battle, Abatai, you are also our famous Baturu in Manchuria, why did the white flag you led lose so much this time?" ”
Abatai said with a bitter face: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister and the twelve brothers Yu Datong divided the troops this time, and the minister led an army south to take Hejian Mansion, and then attacked Dezhou Mansion, originally everything went well, but who knew that a Ming army was killed from Shandong." That Ming army was commanded by a thousand households of Lingshanwei in Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and they .........."
In this way, Abatai poured out the original story of how to fold his wings under the city of Dezhou Mansion, and then fought fiercely with the Ming army under the city of Ming Jingshi, resulting in heavy casualties, and everyone listened to it and listened to it One by one, their expressions became strange. More than 10,000 Qing troops could not capture a city defended by only a few thousand Ming troops, and thousands of people were wiped out by them, which sounds like listening to mythological stories.
After listening to this, Hauge couldn't help but sneer: "Rao Yu Baylor is not telling a joke, that Ming army is not a heavenly soldier and a general, and no matter how my nephew listens to it, it seems to be listening to a joke." Besides, we haven't seen the firearms of the Ming army, but what can they do other than scare people? ”
In Hauge's view, Abatai's words were purely an excuse for his own failure.
The anger on Abatai's face flickered, this Hauge had always relied on the power of his father, Huang Taiji, to ignore their uncles, but now he was acting more and more aggressively. He took a deep breath and said, "If Prince Su doesn't believe it, and King Yingwu is also here, you can ask him if I'm lying." ”
Everyone's eyes moved to Azig, only to see Azig nodding with a gloomy face and saying, "Seventh Brother's words are not wrong, it is true." ”
"Hiss........." Everyone gasped, and only then did they confirm that what Abatai had just said was true.
At this time, Huang Taiji's face also began to become solemn, and he asked slowly: "Who is the commander of this Ming army?" Is it true that the Ming army under his command only has 4,000 men, as Rao Yu Baylor said? If he can have 4,000 people, how can he only be a small thousand households? ”
Huang Taiji is worthy of being the emperor of the Qing Kingdom, and he asked the key point in one sentence.
Abatai and Azig looked at each other and smiled bitterly and shook their heads at the same time, Abatai sighed: "The commander of this Ming army is named Pang Gang, and the ministers only know that he is the thousand households of Lingshan Wei, and the rest of the ministers don't know anything. ”
"I don't know, I don't know you guys don't know anything, how did you do this Baylor?" Huang Taiji frowned, and pointed at Abatai and the others, "It's okay to lose more than 10,000 warriors, but I don't even know the situation of the opponent, are you too incompetent?" ”
Abatai and the others hung their heads in shame, this time they did lose a little wrongly, this battle was fought well, but who knew that there was a way to bite the gold halfway. Not only did they fail in success, but they also made the two of them almost unable to raise their heads in the upper echelons of the Qing Kingdom.
But fortunately, Huang Taiji did not continue to hold them responsible, and after he groaned for a while, he said to Ning Wan, who had been standing aside: "Master Ning, you are familiar with the Ming Kingdom, do you know Pang Gang?" ”
Ning Wan shook his head: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has never heard of this person. ”
After hearing this, Huang Taiji groaned for a while before saying: "This Pang Gang will be the disaster of my Qing Dynasty in the future, Master Ning, you quickly send our spies lurking in the Ming Dynasty, and you must inquire about everything about this Pang Gang, and everything must be collected into a book and reported." ”
"Scum! Minions obey! This servant, who was loyal to the Qing Kingdom, immediately took the order and left.
After seeing Ning finish me going out, Huang Taiji said to Fan Wencheng on the side: "Master Fan, through this southward trip, it has been confirmed that you have said that the big move into the Ming Kingdom, and the decision to go straight to the Jingshi is not the time, this plan is too biased, too urgent and too dangerous, if you act like this, the consequences are unimaginable." Although the Ming Kingdom has been defeated by the hands of our Qing Dynasty several times, its territory is vast, its ministers are numerous, and its population is hundreds of times more than that of our Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army is dozens of times that of the Eight Banners Army, they can lose ten or twenty times, but as long as my Qing Dynasty is defeated once, it will not be able to stand it. For example, this time in the south, although a lot of property and the people of the Ming Kingdom were plundered, but this victory was won with the surnames of more than 10,000 warriors, this price is not small, Master Fan, do you understand? ”
Fan Wencheng bowed down ashamedly and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, but the slave is too taken for granted. ”
Since last year, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and Ma Guozhu have concocted a strategic offensive, that is, to raise the country's troops to attack the Ming Dynasty in the south, and directly take the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
After receiving the recital of Fan Wencheng and the others, Huang Taiji couldn't pay attention to it, so he thought of a compromise solution, that is, to send an army south to loot, and by the way, surround the capital of the Ming Kingdom, and test the reaction of the Ming Kingdom and the strength of the army's resistance.
The purpose of Azig and Abatai's southward trip this time was based on this plan, but what Huang Taiji didn't expect was that a powerful Ming army appeared out of nowhere, making Azig and Abatai bruised and swollen, and also lost more than 10,000 warriors of the Qing Kingdom, such a loss made Huang Taiji, who was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, also feel distressed.
Huang Taiji sighed, reached out and patted Fan Wencheng's shoulder, "Master Fan, don't worry too much, we will find it back next time after suffering a loss this time." ”
Seeing that the strategy he formulated was wrong, Huang Taiji not only did not blame himself, but also comforted himself, Fan Wencheng trembled with excitement, and he choked up and cried: "The emperor treats the slave so kindly, and the slave slave is not enough to repay the emperor's kindness even if he dies." ”
Huang Taiji smiled faintly, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, remember to work hard in the future, this is the best reward for me." ”
"Scum, the slave obeys!" Fan Wencheng, who was excited, immediately lay on the ground and kowtowed to Huang Taiji three times.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the people in the hall sneered in their hearts......
(To be continued)