At the end of June in the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Shenyang Dazheng Hall was silent, and the two sides were full of eight banner owners, as well as the generals above the general officer of the flag Gushan Ezhen and the general military officer, most of these people were tigers and bears, and there was a money rat tail hanging behind the top of their heads, and only some beards on their upper lips were left on their faces, and many of them had scars on their faces, and when they occasionally looked up, their eyes always revealed ferocity, and the whole hall was filled with a chilling barbaric atmosphere.

In the middle of the head sat Huang Taiji, on the left and right were Mang Gurtai and Dai Shan, Huang Taiji's face was gloomy, Mang Gurtai's wide face had an unruly look, and Dai Shan on the other side was still bowing his head and fiddling with his wrench, looking contemplative.

In the middle of the main hall knelt a group of people, only three in the front row, this group of people were in tatters, looked panicked and haggard, and a short piece of hair grew on the top of their heads, according to the custom of Jiannu, they had to shave once every five to seven days, apparently they did not shave their heads on time.

Huang Taiji's concern now is not their hair, it was his decision to attack Dongjiang Town, he has always attached great importance to this kraft candy-like military town, but the result of this battle has made him fall into a passive situation.

This time, the left wing army was almost completely annihilated, and the whereabouts of the white flag Gushan Ezhen Kak Duli are unknown, and there are rumors from Phi Dao that Kak Duli was captured by the Ming army, which has never been seen in the history of the Later Jin Campaign. This fiasco had already spread in the banners, and it was a severe blow to Huang Taiji's prestige, which hindered the decentralization he had been carrying out.

Huang Taiji's prestige has increased greatly since the Battle of Jisi, and although there was a defeat in the Battle of the Four Cities last year, his military strength has not suffered heavy losses. The responsibility for the defeat was also borne by Amin, and Huang Taiji was able to implement his reform measures, and in his eyes, Houjin had reached the time when reform was necessary.

The Ming Kingdom was corrupt, and the same was true of the Later Jin, and the nobles of the Later Jin banners smuggled and sold commercial goods with the surrounding forces on weekdays, concealing Zhuangtian Dingkou. Evading labor and food taxes, embezzling war spoils during the war, and handing over tens of thousands of silver taels to the public in the battle. The military aristocrats of various banners already had signs of pleasure, and some even smuggled them from the Ming Kingdom to buy the opera of singing Nanqu, and invited friends to watch it at home.

It's just that they didn't have a long time to become a nation. The fierceness brought out in the mountains and forests has not faded, so they can always press the Ming army to fight, but if this trend continues to develop, sooner or later they will lose their fighting spirit and become the same as the Ming army. These people are short-sighted, and it is naturally unacceptable for Huang Taiji, who has the world in mind, but many Han officials are quite enterprising, and they keep asking for the conquest of the Ming Kingdom, and then compete for the world. Huang Taiji continued to improve their salaries and expand the scope of appointments, and in the military, Wuzhen Chaoha, which had been established this year, planned to increase the number of scholars and scholars. According to his plan, this year the study will be changed to a literary museum, as a separate institution under his direct leadership, in the literary hall for the Han cultural officials to set up official positions, after the conditions are ripe, it will be transformed into the general official system of the Ming Kingdom, with administrative power to collect the flag. As another force to counterbalance the military aristocracy.

But now that Phi Dao is defeated, his pace must slow down a little, Huang Taiji retracted his thoughts, and looked left and right at Mang Gurtai and Dai Shan, the two of them seemed to have nothing to do with themselves, and they had no intention of speaking.

Huang Taiji sneered in his heart, and turned his head to the kneeling people below and asked, "Damuhe, you are the right wing of the red flag, why did you go to Mi Island with the left wing army that day." ”

Kneeling in the first row, Damuhe was the escaped Zhenghongqi Jia Laezhen, and he kowtowed on the ground before replying: "Back to the Great Khan, slave, the slave was ordered by the chief military officer of Leng Eli to bring a cow to serve in the left wing army that day. ”

Huang Taiji turned his eyes to look at the right, bowed and said: "Great Khan, this is the truth, the slave felt that he should not attack without a ship that day, let alone attack Midao, but he hated Kake Duli did not listen to the words of the slave, and said some yin and yang weird words, so the slave sent Damu to help him." ”

"Then how did you choose my red flag people?" Dai Shan next to him suddenly burst out with a sentence, Leng Erli was startled, and quickly knelt down, he was chosen at random at the time, and there was no specific consideration at all, how could he know that he could have such a big defeat.

"Slave, slave, yes, I feel that Damuhe is Jiala's Zhen, and if Kakdu Li has any light enemies to advance, he can still persuade ......"

Dolgon on the left said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Kakdu Li has been fighting since he was a teenager, and he needs Tamuhe to teach him something. ”

Only then did he remember that the flag owner of the white flag was also there, and Kake Duli was the solid mountain of the white flag, these flag owners were people who could not afford to offend, he couldn't help but start to break out in a cold sweat on his forehead, lying on the ground and simply stopped talking, anyway, his soldiers were brought back, and he couldn't cut himself off, at this time, the flag owners were there, and they lost a lot in the flag, and it was when the resentment did not start, it was better not to speak.

Dai Shan refused to let him go, and continued to bow his head and fiddle with his fingers, while saying: "Since you are in charge of the right wing soldiers, and you know that the left wing soldiers are advancing lightly, why do you still send troops to fill in, but I am afraid that the Ming army will have less head work." ”

Leng Erli stammered, he couldn't answer, he was hoping that Kak Duli would meet and break the bloodstream, he liked the jokes of the left, and later knew that the Kak Duli army was annihilated, only to know that this disaster was big, so he insisted on not withdrawing the army, and accepted the remnants of the soldiers who fled sporadically, one is to find some witnesses, and the other is to show that he has done his best, who knows that these flag owners are still aimed at themselves.

He is Huang Taiji's person, and Huang Taiji must protect him, but Huang Taiji himself is inconvenient to come forward, he thought for a while, and glanced at Yue Tuo.

Yue Tuo did not hesitate, stood up and said loudly to Dai Shan: "Amma, Kak Duli is also a person who is used to fighting, and he will not listen to Leng Erli's words if he wants to, Leng Eli can stand up to so many southern barbarians, and he has been guarding the shore to save those many people back, which is also dutiful." ”

Dai Shan's demeanor is leisurely, neither agree nor object, Huang Taiji chooses Yue to take the head is just right, Dai Shan is not as good as Mang Gurtai on weekdays, but he has more thoughts behind his back than Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji is not paying attention to it, and he may be made unable to get off the stage by Dai Shan.

Seeing that Dai Shan was no longer pursuing the matter, Hauge also said: "At that time, there were no Korean warships, and it was right not to attack Phi Dao, and the generals who fled back from the left wing can prove that Leng Eli opposed the continuation of the sea crossing, and although it was useless, it was also a fault." ”

Mang Gultai laughed and said, "Haugbel is funny. Lao Tzu fought with Lao Khan in his teens, and he had never heard of a war with either merit or fault, and he gave you thousands of people to run nearly a thousand miles, and he came back with no merit and no fault, what kind of ** battle, the left wing soldiers were surrounded on the island of Mi Island, and you were not scared of your courage. Don't know how to attack Phi Dao? As long as the island of Kou Harbor on the north side of Phi Island is captured, the Phi Island sailors can still float on the sea. ”

Hauge looked at the uncle coldly with a gloomy face. Mang Gurtai has always been domineering, and he dares to beat people when he is in the political conference, after Amin was imprisoned last year. Mang Gurtai's arrogance has been reined in, and now seeing that Huang Taiji's momentum is weak, he immediately jumped out again, Mang Gurtai saw that Haoge was not good, and looked back at Haoge with disdain, "Haoge Belle thinks that what Uncle said is not right?" ”

Dai Shan came out again and interjected: "Even if there is no matter about the etiquette on Shenmi Island, why was the camp inexplicably attacked in Tieshan on the way back, not to mention that half of the camp was burned and half of the grain and grass were burned, and Li Sizhong's whereabouts are unknown, it is difficult to blame Kake Duli." ”

What Dai Shan said was on the way to the retreat of the Houjin army. After they crossed the Iron Mountain, there was a sudden fire at night and they were attacked by people, causing thousands of people to bomb the camp and trample dozens of people to death. Li Sizhong's disappearance is indeed undeniable. Huang Taiji saw that the situation was not good, and said to Mang Gurtai with a smile on his face: "Why do the fifth brother need to worry about the juniors, when we fought with the old Khan, they had not yet been born." ”

He turned to Hauge and said, "You have to learn more from your uncles about the things above the battle array. Hauge held back the anger in his heart. Sit back in your chair and stop talking.

Seeing that this was the case, Huang Taiji could only demote the Leng Forehead Rite Officer by one level and fine Niu Lu, and the other banner owners did not object this time. Only then can it be regarded as the end of the matter of the Right Wing Army.

Huang Taiji returned to the question he had begun to ask, and said to Damuhe: "Tell me about the battle on the island that day. ”

"Yes, not long after the slave followed Kak Duli to the island that day, the sailor of Dongjiang Town appeared from the west, and Kak Duli said that he had no time to return to the shore, so he stayed on the island and dived back to Xuanchuan in batches. Then the Dongjiang Town Water Division began to shoot artillery, and everyone was hiding in the south, and people ran everywhere, and then later, there were soldiers who came to report that the Ming army had landed on the shore in chaos, and we followed Kak Duli to the west to meet the ......"

Mang Gurtai interrupted loudly: "Tell me a fart sailor, let you say that the Ming army, is it still the Wendeng battalion." ”

Damuhe said nervously: "Yes, it is the Wendeng battalion, the minions rushed with the Kakduli battle, and before they got close, they were killed by their artillery muskets as many as two or three hundred, and the armor soldiers suffered heavy damage, and the close combat of this Wendeng camp is not weak, and the battle does not retreat, but the two wings will not be able to resist and flee soon after the battle, and the slaves are the last to run, just looking forward to coming back to report a message." ”

Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes and asked, "How many of them are there, and what firearms can you use to make you lose two or three hundred armor soldiers without engaging in battle." ”

Damuhe hesitated slightly, "There are two or three thousand people, and dozens of artillery pieces on the ship, their muskets can break through the armor in seventy or eighty steps, even if some armor leaves are not penetrated, they are also knocked into vomiting blood and injured, and they cannot fight." "Damuhe said more about the Wendeng battalion, which seems not to be due to his own ineffective fighting, but because the enemy is too strong.

Dai Shan asked in a gloomy voice: "But two or three thousand people, we haven't seen artillery and muskets, how can we kill those many people." ”

"Back to Da Baylor, the cannon of this Wendeng battalion is different, they have a small cannon, more vicious than those thousands of pounds of cannons, as fast as an arrow, every time they shoot out, they have to fall a piece of warriors, their muskets are also different from the general Ming army, they don't let go when they are far away, and when we get closer to fight together, the battle is like thunder, every time they shoot, our front will suffer heavy losses, and it will be a mess."

Now even Dai Shan raised his head, and the other banner lords and generals around him began to talk in a low voice, they used to think that the Sichuan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers were the strongest Ming army, but since last year, this Wendeng battalion suddenly appeared, and this year it was hit hard, and everyone began to pay attention to it.

The youngest Duoduo walked up to Takihe's side and asked seriously, "You said that kind of small cannon, is it a tiger squat cannon?" ”

"Back to the fifteenth Baylor, it's not a tiger squat cannon, it's a wheel, it's a tiger squat cannon, and the fight doesn't stop, the lead is like rain, that Wendeng battalion brought seven or eight guns, we don't even dare to stop and release arrows."

Duoduo immediately turned to the person kneeling next to him, "Shi Tingzhu, you are a person from Wuzhen Chaoha, have you ever seen this kind of small cannon?" ”

The person next to him is Shi Tingzhu, the deputy general of Wuzhen Chaoha, he was originally sent to recruit the Han people in Dongjiang Town, which was originally a good errand, but the situation changed abruptly, he escaped from Shenmi Island with nine deaths, and was interrogated by the masters when he came back, and he was already lost in his soul.

"Fifteen Baylor, the minion has never seen that kind of small cannon, never that kind of cannon can hit so fast, according to the minion's heart at that time, it is several times faster than the bird's gun."

Duoduo suddenly slapped Shi Tingzhu in the face, "Dog minion, then why don't you make this kind of small cannon, let us make some cannons of more than 5,000 catties, and a few shots from the bird, your cannon will only shoot once, and a few rounds will stop, what use can it be?" ”

Shi Tingzhu said that he was going to build such a big cannon, it was clearly set by Huang Taiji, and he couldn't justify it, although Duoduo was young, he was also very domineering, so he slapped Shi Tingzhu back and forth in the main hall, and the crisp snapping sound echoed in the empty hall.

"Fifteenth brother, that's enough." Dolgon hurriedly pulled Duoduo back to his seat, although Huang Taiji's expression remained unchanged, but Dolgon felt that Huang Taiji was already very displeased, and Dolgon didn't want Duoduo to offend Huang Taiji for a trivial matter. After Duoduo's nonsense, the generals in the main hall began to talk about the Ming army in private, making a buzzing noise.

Huang Taiji pondered for a long time, and said to Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai on the left and right: "Da Beile, San Beile, this Wendeng battalion is the third time to defeat my soldiers, and even Gushan Ezhen has been captured, this is something that has never happened since the founding of my Dajin, if I don't take revenge, how can I Dajin subdue Mongolia and Korea." ”

When talking about the enemy, Mang Gurtai didn't play a role, but he still complained: "Eighth brother, it's not my brother who complains about you, we should have mobilized a large army to destroy it with a drum when we were in Gu'an, and now he has thousands of soldiers in hand, and he has such a strong artillery and musket, but it is difficult to do." ”

Huang Taiji didn't think it was a mistake at that time, according to the situation of the later attack on Changli, there was such a strong army to defend Gu'an, and it would not be able to defeat it with the strength of the entrance, even if it could be defeated, the casualties would be heavy, and the banners would not accept it, but he still said calmly: "What the fifth brother said was that he only thought that he was lucky that day, so he missed the opportunity, and now it seems that this Wendeng camp can't keep him, the sooner he gets rid of it, the better." ”

Dai Shan frowned and said: "He came by boat, I'm afraid he will go back after the fight, and across this wide sea, we can't fly over to beat him." ”

Huang Taiji said calmly: "Naturally, we can't fly over, but now there is a good opportunity to let this Wendeng camp send it to Liaodong by itself." ”

Dai Shan smiled slightly: "You mean Da Linghe?" ”

"Exactly, Big Baylor and I coincide."

Mang Gurtai hurriedly asked, "Has this place started to be repaired?" Why has Liaozhen been making trouble for so long, and has not started to repair the city? ”

Huang Taiji took out a piece of paper, the two brothers immediately turned their faces away, Huang Taiji remembered that they were illiterate, so he had to explain: "Two brothers, the Ming army manpower and materials have been mobilized to Jinzhou, and the city must be built in July, as long as we besiege and not attack, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will definitely mobilize a strong army to rescue, since this Wendeng camp is known as the strong army of the Ming State, it should be among the recruits." ”

Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai looked at each other, before Da Linghe City began to repair, the information had already been mastered by Hou Jin, and they were even clear about the time to start, Hou Jin naturally could not tolerate the Ming army continuing to advance, the two of them had no opinion on attacking Da Ling River, but they were a little different about how to attack, Mang Gurtai wanted to attack directly, finish the fight earlier, and wait until the winter to go to Ming Kingdom Gyeonggi to grab a handful, but now that Huang Taiji said this, they were also a little shaken.

Huang Taiji continued to agitate: "After this battle, the general of the Wendeng battalion may be promoted again, the last time we cut down Ming, he was only a sentinel, and he defeated my Mongolian wings, if he is allowed to be the general soldier, I am afraid that ......"

Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai finally nodded in agreement, although they sometimes did not deal with Huang Taiji, but the matter of fighting was still not ambiguous.

Huang Taiji was agreed by the two major Baylors, and the plan to attack Da Linghe City could finally be carried out according to his plan, he turned his head to look at the group of defeated soldiers below, and a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth. rs