Chapter Forty-Nine: Huang Taiji's Offer

After the Jin army camp, the old slave big tent.

More than 300 were killed and 5 or 600 were wounded, and the number of battle losses of nearly 1,000 made the atmosphere in the tent very solemn.

Of course, the Han army and the Mongols suffered the most casualties, and the real Houjin army was only one or two hundred.

Among the generals present, Li Yongfang was the most worried.

Sun Degong was rebelled by him, and the traitor was sent by him, but there was no movement, and so many people were killed and injured in vain, it cannot but be said that he has a great responsibility.

"The siege of the city was frustrated, but it was also expected by this king."

The old slave pondered for a long time with a calm face, raised his head and said: "Our army is good at field battles and clumsy at attacking cities, and Xiping Fort has seen the clues. There are many cannons in Quang Ninh City, and this disadvantage is fully revealed, but it is not a bad thing. ”

Although the Later Jin army captured Fushun, Shenyang, Liaoyang and other castles, Fushun surrendered, while Shenyang and Liaoyang were mainly traitors and did not have too fierce siege battles.

Although the attack on Xiping Fort brought a lot of casualties to the Houjin army, the strength and weapons of the defending city could not be compared with Guangning City.

The old slave frowned, and said with some confusion: "It's just that Wang Huazhen actually knows about military affairs, and his defense is very orderly, which is a surprise to this king." ”

While speaking, the old slave set his eyes on Li Yongfang, and the meaning of the inquiry was obvious.

Li Yongfang hurriedly stood up and bowed down to report: "King Khan, according to the intelligence of the humble position, there are more than 10,000 reserve troops in Guangning City. In addition to the governor Wang Huazhen, there are also prefects Gao Bangzuo; The highest rank of military general is the staff general Jiang Chaodong......"

Da Belle Daishan looked at his niece and son-in-law Li Yongfang and asked, "The information is quite detailed, but who in the city knows how to defend the soldiers?" Wang Huazhen, Gao Bangzuo, or Jiang Chaodong? ”

Li Yongfang did not answer clearly, and said respectfully: "Wang Huazhen is not accustomed to military affairs, and he speaks lightly about the enemy; Gao Bangzuo once served as the deputy envoy of the Tianjin military garrison and the Jizhou military garrison; Jiang Chaodong, as a general, fought against the Mongolian fried flower department. ”

Sanbeile Manggultai was already rude and reckless, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but snort, and said: "Big Belle asks you who in the city knows who is good at guarding soldiers, and you can just give an accurate word." Say so much, let me wait for the riddle? ”

The old slave glanced at Mang Gurtai, and the rough man hurriedly lowered his head and shut up, but the disdain for Li Yongfang in his heart was not reduced in the slightest.

Sibeile Huang Taiji had been contemplating and thinking, and at this time he raised his head and suggested to his father Khan: "Father Khan, the child thinks that it is possible to imitate the battle of Liaoyang, put Guangning without attacking, and wave his army to attack the fortress west of Guangning. The Ming army's grain storage land is in the right tunwei, if it can be captured, it will not hurt if Guangning is not down. ”

Nurhachi groaned slightly, and said with his jaw bowed: "This plan is very good. Tomorrow, they will follow this, and Dai Shan and Amin will lead their troops westward and show off their banners; The king led the troops to surround the city under the void, Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji led the troops to hide in Xinli, if the Ming army went out of the city, then the tail chased and attacked. ”

"Yes, the child obeys!" Everyone got up and took the order, and went separately to direct the action.

During the Battle of Liaoyang, Yuan Yingtai planned to defend the city strictly, and defeated the Houjin army with a strong city.

However, Nurhachi was extremely cunning and slick, and divided his troops into two parts, one of which was Houjin's army, ignoring Liaoyang, bypassing the city and rushing in the direction of Shanhaiguan. The other part is hidden behind, waiting for the opportunity to move.

Yuan Yingtai was afraid that the Shanhaiguan would be lost, so he immediately messed up, hurriedly transferred troops to chase after the Houjin army, and ordered the general soldier Li Bingcheng and others to form three battalions in Wuli west of Liaoyang City to intercept them.

Seeing that the Ming army was planning to leave the city, Nurhachi waved his division to attack reflexively, first crushing the Ming army's pursuers, and then attacking the three major battalions of the Ming army outside the city with the rear army.

Although the three major battalions of the Ming army fought hard, they had no strong city walls to fear, and they were finally broken one by one, and the soldiers were scattered in all directions.

After that, the Houjin army attacked the city on a large scale, and Yuan Yingtai supervised the army to defend it, but the army's heart was in turmoil, and the strength of the defenders was also insufficient.

Huang Taiji's suggestion was to repeat the old trick, lure the Ming army out of the city, defeat the Ming army in the field, weaken the defenders of Guangning, and make the defenders' hearts shaken and panic.

If the Ming army of Quang Ninh is unmoved, then attack the right tunwei and seize the grain land of Quang Ninh. As long as the looting is successful and the surrounding area is swept away, Quang Ninh is a lonely city, even if it can't be defeated, it doesn't matter much.

This strategy can be described as thorough and meticulous, whether the defenders of Quang Ninh do not move or go out of the city, the Houjin army can achieve the goal, but it is just the size of the results.

For Nurhachi and the Houjin army, the city of Quang Ninh was not the focus, and the main goal was to defeat the Ming army and loot food and supplies.

At that time, there was no such thing as "economic crisis", but Houjin was in a corner and the materials that could be produced were very limited. If you want to win over the Mongolian tribes, you can only plunder the Ming Dynasty to tide over the difficulties.

Even so, the Houjin in history has fallen into famine several times. It was only by relying on the stupidity of the Ming General of Liaodong that he finally survived.

The night was not calm, and the Jin army outside the city was nervously and busily arranged, and the defenders in the city were also in full array, not only to guard against the enemy's night attack, but also to continue to set up additional street battle fortifications, in case the city was broken.

………………

It wasn't dawn yet, but the sky was a little white.

The palace people in the Forbidden City had already begun to sweep and work, but no one dared to make a loud noise outside the Kunning Palace.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao, who is used to going to bed late and getting up late, was gently woken up by the person next to him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't you go to the morning court today?" Zhang Yan didn't understand the habits of the new husband, and thought that "the king did not come to court early" seemed to be a sign of mediocrity and neglect, and she also had her own responsibilities.

Zhu Youxiao barely opened his sleepy eyes, and saw that it was the queen, so he pressed the air when he got up. Ever since he lost his temper, no one dared to wake him up so early.

"If you don't go to the morning court, sleep a little longer." Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Zhang Yan's soft body and muttered, "Don't tell me to get up early in the future." ”

Zhang Yan opened her mouth, but finally didn't insist anymore, and slowly closed her eyes in the arms of the young emperor. But the eyelids were fluttering slightly, and it was obvious that he was not asleep.

Last night's upheaval was the first time for Zhang Yan, and Zhu Youxiao was already familiar with it. The girl's look of being ashamed and enduring pain made Zhu Youxiao unstoppable, full of a sense of accomplishment of conquest.

The routine has been set, coupled with repeated expeditions, Zhu Youxiao is really tired. I didn't want to go to the early dynasty, but the emperor got married, and how many days of marriage leave could there be?

Well, it feels really comfortable to hold Zhang Yan, fragrant and soft......

The young emperor soon fell asleep again, snorting evenly, with a peaceful expression, and a seemingly non-existent smile.

Zhang Yan secretly opened her eyes and looked carefully at her husband in the brighter and brighter morning light through the window.

Because of her father's anger, she felt panicked, uneasy, and feared that she would be disliked by the young emperor.

Fortunately, the husband seems to have forgiven his father's mistakes, and he was quite enthusiastic about himself last night.