Chapter 104: The faint Huang Taiji, the twilight Yuan Chonghuan
The Eight Banners Army besieged the city, and those Shangshu servants in the imperial court couldn't sit still. They were afraid that because they did not go all out to rescue, Jinzhou would be lost, so they would not be able to eat and walk around. Keeping the official position is more important than anything else, and as for whether the reinforcements sent will fail, it is a matter for the front-line generals. Therefore, the Ministry of War proposed that "for the sake of today's plan, we should focus on urgently relieving the siege."
Yuan Chonghuan dragged on for many days, and has been unwilling to send troops to save Jinzhou, he played several times, and he also put forward some suggestions, but they were not very practical and could not solve the problem at all.
He said for a while that he would send 200 dead soldiers to attack, for a while he said that he would send strong men from Sichuan and Zhejiang to carry guns and cannons to attack at night, at another time he said that he would send sailors to go around him, and at another time he said that he would send Mongolian tribes to rescue, and he also proposed to send two generals to take 2,000 men to make a detour to the rear of Houjin to attack and harass ......
Speaking of which, in the end, Yuan Chonghuan still stayed in Ningyuan City honestly and did nothing. Although Huang Taiji had never sent anyone to fight Ning Yuan for more than ten days, he did not even harass him once.
The imperial court had no choice but to order Man Gui to send 10,000 elite cavalry from the Shanhaiguan garrison to rescue. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan sent someone to inform Man Gui - "Fuchen is facing clouds, his soldiers are tens of thousands, and my soldiers are more than 10,000, outnumbered, only surrounded by cameras." ”
Yuan Chonghuan has not been an official for so many years in vain, and he is still quite talented. The phrase "only in the camera circle" is very learned. It means that he didn't say that he wouldn't let him aid Jin, but just asked Man Gui to find a good opportunity to save him. failed, it was Mangui's ability, the opportunity was not good, and the responsibility was not his; succeeded, there is this sentence, it seems that he sent Man Gui to the rescue, and he also has a share of the credit.
It's a pity that Yuan Chonghuan still said a few more words. The so-called rhetoric of "we have more than 10,000 soldiers, outnumbered" shows that he has no confidence in Mangui's troops at all, and feels that 10,000 people against tens of thousands of Eighth Banner Army, outnumbered, will be defeated. Before that, what was his suggestion that the two hundred dead soldiers, the three hundred strong men of Sichuan and Zhejiang, and the second general of Hum Ha should bring four thousand fierce men? What about stand-up comedy?
On 16 May, the reinforcement troops under the command of Man Gui and You Shilu encountered the Eight Banners Army under the command of Mang Gurtai and Zierharang at Lishan Mountain, west of Tashan.
The Eight Banners Army didn't expect the Ming army to dare to go out of the city, and Man Gui and the others didn't expect to run into the enemy army before they arrived in Jinzhou. The two sides moved without saying a word, and a short but fierce battle was fought. After suffering a few hundred casualties each, neither army fell into a fight. The Eight Banners Army retreated to Tashan, while the Ming Army retreated to the city of Ningyuan according to Yuan Chonghuan's arrangement.
On the 28th, Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners army to cross Jinzhou to attack Ningyuan, Man Gui personally went out of the city to meet the attack, led the Ming army to camp in the east of Ningyuan City, backed by the city wall, lined up guns, and waited for the battle.
Seeing that the Ming army was neat and the morale was high, the three major Baylors of Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai advocated retreating.
That's when the unexpected happened. Huang Taiji, who was originally going out to show off his national prestige, looked extremely anxious, changed his tone, and insisted on fighting. Ordered: "Prepare to attack and take Ning Yuan!" ”
All the Baylor ministers were stunned, Huang Taiji was a steady person, and he liked to use tactics the most in war, and the word "strong attack" came out of his mouth very rarely.
The Great Belle said anxiously: "Great Khan, don't! There are red-coated cannons in the city, and there are 10,000 defenders in Ningyuan, and if they attack forcibly, our army will suffer great casualties! ”
Sanbel Mang Gultai also said: "Yes, Great Khan! It doesn't do us much good to defeat Ningyuan. Why ......"
Even people like Mang Gurtai who can't turn when they run think this thing is stupid, which shows that they are extremely stupid. Amin didn't speak, but he looked at Huang Taiji from behind, and there was a ruthless look in his eyes.
Huang Taiji didn't save any face for his two brothers, and he tried his best to disagree with the public, and said angrily: "Back then, my father Khan attacked Ningyuan and couldn't conquer it, and today I attacked Jinzhou and couldn't conquer it, and I couldn't beat the siege of the city. Where is the face of the Golden Kingdom? ”
The military order was like a mountain, and you Baylor could not refute it, so you had to attack.
The two sides started a life-and-death struggle outside Ningyuan City. Man Gui and You Shiwei led their troops to kill the enemy bravely, Zilharang was seriously wounded in the Eight Great Beylers, Daishan's sons Sakhalian and Wakda were wounded, and the guerrilla Jue Luo Bai Shan and Beiyu Bashi were killed. The Ming army also suffered numerous casualties, and Man Gui weighed several arrows and returned to the camp with serious injuries.
The Eight Banners Army was repulsed and besieged Jinzhou again. Huang Taiji was completely "dizzy" and ordered a strong attack on Jinzhou.
The biggest weakness of the Eight Banners Army was that it was not good at attacking cities, and the Ming army's artillery, bows and arrows were waiting for them, giving the Eight Banners Army a heavy blow.
Is Huang Taiji really faint?
In the past six months, the country has not been stable. Because of the leakage of the matter, Zhangjiakou was controlled by the Ming court. The Jin merchants also stopped trading with the Jin Kingdom. Without the support of the Jin merchants, the winter in the Jin Kingdom became more difficult, and in the poor areas, there was a situation of cannibalism. As soon as Huang Taiji ascended the throne, the country was angry and resentful. The Han Aha couldn't survive, constantly revolted and fled. The four Baylors were in power together, and the three often disagreed with him, and he had already lost his temper several times over this.
When attacking Korea, Yue Tuo and others advocated an alliance with Korea and retreated, but Amin disagreed, saying, "Wouldn't it be nice to live in this place, and all kinds of land?" Then bring the wife and children to reunite. ”
As a Grand Baylor at the helm of the post-Kim quarter regime, it is impossible for Amin not to be unaware of the consequences of making such jokes in public. After recording Amin's words, the historian added: "Bel Amin expressed his true feelings with jokes." ”
Huang Taiji did not immediately pursue this matter, is it because of his magnanimity? The answer is no, the time is not yet ripe to punish Amin, and he secretly wrote down this account to Amin in his heart, waiting for the time to reckoning.
The main attack has always been two blue flags, two red flags, and white flags, and the three major Baylor's personal soldiers suffered many casualties, and their strength was weakened in the battle. Azig is not easy to control, and Huang Taiji is also trying to find a way to suppress it. He was the only one who didn't let Dorgon fight, and stayed with him.
At this time, Dolgon's worship of Ao Bai was simply to the point of no return, and when Huang Taiji had just ascended the throne, Ao Bai had already seen these things clearly. The brothers led troops to attack Jinzhou, and there were constantly reports of casualties of soldiers coming back, and he couldn't wait to draw a knife and cut off Huang Taiji's head right now. In order to seize the throne, Huang Taiji killed his mother, and in order to consolidate the throne, Huang Taiji suppressed his brother by any means, and did not hesitate to let the soldiers die.
Dorgon secretly made up his mind to do what he had told him when he left!
Man Gui was seriously injured, and Ning Yuan did not send any more troops to aid Jinzhou. But the suicide attack of the Eight Banners Army still made the Ming army gain a lot. Jinzhou was impregnable, the Eight Banners Army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and this offensive and defensive battle ended with a great victory for the Ming army.
Zhao Rate, the defender of Jinzhou, led the troops and Man Gui of the Eight Banners Army in the field with the greatest credit. There is one person who has done nothing, and that is Yuan Chonghuan.
After being injured in the Battle of Mangui, Yuan Chonghuan had apparently abandoned Jinzhou, and the Shangshu court proposed that if they wanted to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, they could only rely on luck.
Yuan Chonghuan said: The sailors can't fight on land, and the Mongolian tribes may not contribute, and it is unlikely that these two can defeat the Houjin and make Jinzhou break the siege, and if it can work, it will be the "emperor's spirit" of the apocalypse. The meaning is very subtle, but the expression is very clear, that is, there is little hope for Jinzhou, so Yuan Chonghuan began to emphasize that after the fall of Jinzhou, reinforcements should be mobilized from Jizhen, Xuanfu, and Datong military towns immediately.
From a strategic point of view, Huang Taiji's taking the lead itself shows that Yuan Chonghuan is completely at a disadvantage in the contest with him, and then specifically on the issue of Jinzhou, when Yuan Chonghuan originally suggested that Jinzhou should be repaired, even the Dongjiang River and North Korea were abandoned, but when Jinzhou was repaired, he couldn't even protect himself when he started a war, and he couldn't even protect himself, so he couldn't wait to mobilize the whole country to save him.
The construction of this Jinzhou city is the fate of being besieged. Ning Yuan, one of the defense lines of Guan Ningjin, saw that there was no way, what kind of deployment was this?
Yuan Chonghuan's performance in the Battle of Ningjin can be described as a typical example of cowardice, improper strategy, and inability to defend the territory. The only wit shown is to figure out how to kick the "ball" to others and find a step down.
In this battle, the Jin State captured 17 of the 20 fortresses in western Liaoxi, except for Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Dafu Fort, all of which were lost, and the cities built by wasting countless money did nothing, and thousands of people were captured as Baoyi Ahab...... In order to repair the city, the Ming Dynasty gave up its ally North Korea before, so that Dongjiang Town was disabled.
The Ming army only had Man Gui and the Eight Banners Army fighting a big battle, and Zhao led the sect to fight bloodily in Jinzhou, killing two or three thousand enemies. This is the result of the Ningjin War. Wei Zhongxian doesn't understand the art of war, but that doesn't mean he's mentally retarded. Is this a win, or a loss? Even an idiot can see it, right?
Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to tell the truth, Emperor Apocalypse's health was getting worse and worse, and he almost took medicine as food. If the Emperor of the Apocalypse dies, it will be difficult for him to maintain his position, and the true situation will not be able to make the Emperor of the Apocalypse angry to death.
Anyway, the emperor doesn't know, as long as the people at the border get benefits, they won't tell the truth, unless they have a sick brain. Wei Zhongxian calculated and ordered someone to announce to the world - Ning Jin's victory!
This is not a lie, it is not wrong to lose seventeen cities, isn't Ning Jin defending? Isn't that the victory of "Ning Jin"? As for the small defeats of Da Ling River, Xiao Ling River, and Tashan, forget about it.
When it's time to reward meritorious deeds, Man Gui is promoted! Zhao led the teacher to be promoted! Yuan Chonghuan......
Without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to speak, Liu Hui, the superintendent of the imperial history, Li Yingjian, the imperial history of Henan Province, and others have already submitted articles for impeachment, demanding that Yuan Chonghuan be "reconsidered". First, if Jinzhou is not saved, it will be "twilight", and second, it will negotiate peace with Jin Guo and delay the fighter plane, causing Jin Guo to invade Korea in the east and Ningjin in the west.
Yuan Chonghuan saw that it was not good, and proposed to build a new word for Wei Zhongxian. But Wei Zhongxian had already written the order, how could he eat him. Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to resign from illness, find the last step for himself, and go back to his hometown.
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