Chapter 50: Huang Taiji's Strategy
Shengjing Imperial Palace.
The palace of Shengjing, built in 1625 in the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven of the Later Jin Dynasty, has been rebuilt and expanded many times by the Emperor Huang Taiji, covering an area of more than 100 acres, surrounded by palace walls, the palace buildings have reached more than 300 rooms, nearly more than a dozen different halls and supporting buildings. The whole building is divided into three parts: the middle is the big inner palace, the middle is the Chongzheng Hall (commonly known as the Jinluan Palace), it is the place where the Emperor Taiji daily court meeting, there is the Daqing Gate in front of the palace, the Feilong Pavilion and the Xiangfeng Pavilion are built left and right, and there are Shishan Zhai and Xiezhong Zhai behind the palace. Finally, it is Qingning Palace, and there is a phoenix tower in front of it. To the east of Qingning Palace are Yanqing Palace and Guan Ju Palace, and to the west are Linzhi Palace and Yongfu Palace, which are the sleeping palaces where Huang Taiji and his concubines live.
On the east and west sides of Chongzheng Hall and Qingning Palace, there are respectively built Summer Palace, Jiezhi Palace, Jingdian Palace, Diguang Palace, Baoji Palace, Ji Si Zhai, Chongmo Pavilion. The east is the Great Government Palace, it is the place where the Emperor Taiji listens to the government, and the ten official offices (i.e., the "Ten Kings Pavilion") arranged in two rows on the left and right in front of the palace are the places where the ministers of the Eight Banners discuss politics. In the west, there are Wensu Pavilion, the stage, Jiayin Hall, Yangxi Zhai, etc., which is the place where the emperor reads and watches the drama when he visits Shengjing in the east. The imperial palace of Shengjing, which is known for its strongest Manchurian national characteristics, is comparable to the Forbidden City in Beijing in the palace complex.
Inside the Chongzheng Palace.
Since last month, Huang Taiji sent an edict to attack Chahar, in addition to dealing with some necessary government affairs, he has been in front of the sand table in the world in the Chongzheng Palace.
Waiting for the military report to come back from the front.
After all, this is the first step of the Qing Dynasty to destroy all countries and dominate the world.
There is no room for error.
"Report."
Outside the main hall, a soldier of the Eight Banners bowed down, holding a military newspaper in his hand.
"Bring it in."
Huang Taiji turned around and said majestically.
Fan Wencheng, who was on duty today, immediately stepped forward to take the military report, then bowed down and walked to Ying Zheng's side.
Huang Taiji took the military newspaper and opened it to take a look.
"His Majesty the Emperor is good at playing the emperor, the battle situation on the front line, the Ming Dynasty has Chahar for help, intending to send troops to rescue, the ministers are good at guarding the border of Jinzhou, as soon as the Ming Dynasty sends troops, the ministers will raise troops to attack it, so the Ming army does not dare to move, and the army does not dare to go out of Jinzhou."
"If you have a minister at the border for a day, you will not lose." Above the military newspaper, it is the performance of Dai Shan.
"Okay."
"Dai Shan did not disappoint the widow."
"With the strength of my eight banners and 80,000 soldiers, guarding the outside of Jinzhou, the Ming Dynasty did not dare to move."
Seeing this military report, Huang Taiji's eyebrows were also filled with excitement.
Dai Shan sent troops, which made the Ming court panic, thinking that the Qing Dynasty was going to attack Jinzhou, and the defense was still too busy to take care of itself, how could they have the energy to care about the life and death of Chahar.
But it's all just a game.
Openly feint to attack Jinzhou in the Ming Dynasty and secretly attack Chahar.
Calculate the time.
Now that the war in Chahar has come to an end, the first step of the emperor's plan to conquer the world should be almost achieved.
"Congratulations to the King."
Fan Wencheng said very timely.
"Spread the widow's edict."
"Encourage Dai Shan, and tell Dai Shan, the battlefield, everything is up to him to decide, if the Ming army dares to go out of Jinzhou, to me hard, I am afraid that his Ming Dynasty troops will not dare to go out of the city, once out of the city, it will be the dish of my Eight Banners, the meat in the mouth."
Different from the previous strategy of fighting on multiple fronts at the same time, Huang Taiji formulated his own strategy of dominating the world after careful consideration.
Here it is:
First: first exterminate several small surrounding countries, such as Korea, Chahar, etc. are in his plan, it turns out that Nurhachi uses the method of long-range attack and inbreeding for these small countries, occasionally teaches a lesson, never gives a fatal blow, in addition to the Chahar Lin Dan Khan is extremely cunning, can not beat it will run into the deep grassland, and after the Eight Banners retreated, when fighting with the Ming Dynasty, Lin Dan Khan marched into occupy the Mongolian tribes, it was really annoying, therefore, this time he asked for a surprise attack, completely surround Chahar, Wipe out all the troops of Chahar in one fell swoop, even if more than 5,000 Eight Banner soldiers die, he will not hesitate.
Second: it is to completely defeat North Korea, so that he will never dare to rebel again.
That North Korea is also very hateful, last time I sent Amin, one of the four major Baylors, to teach a lesson, but in addition to surrendering, recognized the status of the Qing Dynasty, and once again violated the promise at that time, at this moment it is still orthodox to the Ming Dynasty, it is really unbearable.
During the Ming Dynasty, Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
This North Korea has always been a loyal lackey of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming Dynasty uses troops in the northeast, North Korea must send troops to help, on the one hand, it is to obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, it is convenient to take advantage of the fire to rob. For example, during the Chenghua years, North Korea sent troops to encircle and suppress Jianzhou twice, and North Korea sent tens of thousands of troops to participate.
In 1619, the Ming Dynasty sent a large army to encircle and suppress Houjin, and Korea also sent 15,000 troops to participate in the war.
In the late Ming Dynasty, Korea and Mongolia allied with the Ming Dynasty to jointly deal with the Later Jin, which brought worries to the Later Jin Dynasty.
Therefore, one of the great tasks of Huang Taiji's rise to power was to conquer Korea and the Mongol Lin Dan Khan.
In addition, during the Apocalypse, Wang Huazhen, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, sent Mao Wenlong to cross the sea to contact the Han generals of Liaodong in an attempt to open up a base in Houjin. After the defeat, Mao Wenlong retreated to Phi Island in North Korea, using it as a base to recruit hundreds of thousands of displaced people to fight against Houjin on the island. At that time, Houjin had not yet established a navy and could not crusade against Mao Wenlong, so he could only choose the "sea ban" policy.
North Korea, on the other hand, provided military and material assistance to Mao Wenlong and accepted displaced people from Liaodong.
This is the direct cause of the war against North Korea.
In 1627, Huang Taiji asked Amin and Belezir Harang to lead a large army to begin the eastward expedition to Korea, and on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the army crossed the Yalu River and besieged Uiju. The Korean defenders rushed to the battle, and Han Yun set fire to the city and opened the city gates. In this way, Uiju fell, and 10,000 Ming troops and 20,000 Korean troops in the city were slaughtered. After the capture of Uiju, Amin garrisoned Uiju with 8,000 cavalry, and the rest of the army continued to attack south.
On the 21st, the Houjin army attacked the city of Anzhou and encountered stubborn resistance. The Eight Banners Army "blew horns and drums, shouted and flopped flags, ten thousand horsemen marched in, and Yuntun thundered."
Relying on artillery as support, the Anju Korean army repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Eight Banners, but the Houjin army was extremely brave, they entered the front and back, rushed left and right, and drove camels, entered the long ladder, and landed in the city for a while. Long spears and short soldiers, holding each other, are like wind and fire, and they are caught off guard. The city of Anzhou finally fell in isolation, and its defending generals Jin Jun and Nan Yixing set themselves on fire. Due to his own heavy losses, Jin Bing rested here for another four days.
On the 25th, the army continued to set out and advanced towards Pyongyang. The defenders of Pyongyang were less than 10,000 people, and the defenders fled, so the Kim soldiers occupied Pyongyang without blood. Subsequently, the army continued to advance south and attacked Seoul. The Joseon king, Yi Liang, had no intention of holding out, fled to Ganghwa Island, and sent his ministers to negotiate peace with Houjin. Amin was not interested in negotiating peace and ordered the army to continue advancing.
However, the Joseon king, who had fled to Ganghwa Island, could not be apprehended, and Daikin did not have enough ferries to land on Ganghwa Island, so Daikin was also in a dilemma.
So, on February 1, after the Kim army occupied Hwangcheon, at this time, Korea again sent envoys to sue for peace, but Amin opposed the peace and proposed to attack Seoul.
However, the other generals opposed Amin, and after Daikin convened a meeting of ministers of the Eight Banners, he finally decided to negotiate peace with Korea.
At the beginning of March, the Korean monarch and the ministers of the Eight Banners swore an oath in Pyongyang, which is known as the "Pyongyang Alliance" in history. Through the Pyongyang Alliance, the Later Jin and North Korea formed a "brotherly alliance", and North Korea wanted to break off ties with the Ming Dynasty. North Korea could not accommodate the Liaodong refugees and could not support Mao Wenlong and other Ming generals. Economically, North Korea wants to give Houjin 3,000 stone of grain. After the Pyongyang pledge, the Houjin army withdrew from North Korea.
After the withdrawal of the Houjin army, this North Korea was quite subservient in previous years and did not violate the alliance.
But now, after the Qing Dynasty began to increase its military efforts against the Ming Dynasty, the North Korea thought that the Qing Dynasty had no time to look eastward, so it secretly chose to contact the Ming Dynasty and did not strictly fulfill its obligations to the agreement signed at that time. In 1633, Huang Taiji wrote a letter of state to Korea, which wrote ten major events of Korea's default, including assisting the army in the Ming Dynasty, crossing the border to collect ginseng, stopping mutual markets, and building new city defenses.
But North Korea simply ignored it.
"This time, I must completely defeat North Korea, kill a large number of North Korean soldiers by thunderous means, and the North Koreans who killed will not dare to be disobedient again, and at the same time detain the relatives of the Korean royal family and ministers to Shengjing, only in this way can they completely surrender."
Huang Taiji gritted his teeth with hatred.
At this time, Huang Taiji was already very dissatisfied with North Korea.
Third: At present, the Ming Dynasty internal rebel army continues, the most powerful is the Dashun army led by Li Zicheng, which has been like a rainbow, occupying half of the Ming Dynasty.
"The widow only needs the end result." Huang Taiji said majestically.
"Tsk." Fan Wencheng bowed down to receive the order.
That's when it happened.
Another Eight Banners soldier came to the outside of the main hall, also holding a military newspaper in his hand.
At the time of the expedition, Huang Taiji strictly ordered the generals who went out to the expedition to immediately submit any news about the military situation to Shengjing.
Fan Wencheng immediately walked over, picked up the general's newspaper, and handed it to Yingzheng.
Open it and take a look.
Huang Taiji's expression became a little surprised.
"Abuhan. Ingrid, it's this kid again. ”
"A few months ago, he attacked the Chahar border and made the first contribution to entering the country, but now he actually led the army to break through Bugira, break through the important town of Braji, the gateway of Chahar, and personally beheaded Nicola, the governor of Chahar."
"Interesting."
"Although Nikolai is not as powerful as my Qing Dynasty in the world, he is a general in charge of a country's soldiers and horses, and now he has died at the hands of a deputy commander of my Qing Dynasty."
"The prestige of the past, now it is empty, and it has become the pedal of that kid."
Looking at the military newspaper in his hand, Huang Taiji was surprised for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face.
Abuhan. Ingley.
This is the third time he has seen his name in the military newspaper.
And every time I see him in the military newspaper, he must have caused something big.
For the first time.
With a group of recruits, they fought back against the veterans.
Second.
Attack Chahar, behead the general of Chahar on the border, behead 216 enemies, and guard the border general of Chahar.
These are still fresh in the memory of Huang Taiji.
And now.
Nikolai defended the city of Bugira, and the army lost troops for ten days after a long attack. Ingli led his troops to attack, broke through the gates, and beheaded Nicholas, the governor of Har.
And made great contributions.
This impression.
Huang Taiji just can't forget it if he wants to.
"Kill a general, and you should give it to this Abuhan. Ingrid has been promoted. ”
Huang Taiji said with a helpless look on his face.
The first time to Abuhan. When Ingrid was sealed, it was a great favor for the transcendence, but Abuhan. Ingley did not disappoint him, and not long after the edict was issued, he actually made great contributions.
"Report."
Huang Taiji held this military report in his hand for less than a moment.
Another Eight Banners soldier came to the outside of the main hall.
And.
Obviously, he was more anxious than the two Eight Banners soldiers in front of him, and his hand holding the military newspaper was trembling.
"Huh?"
Huang Taiji came back to his senses, looked at this Eight Banners disciple, and immediately felt that something was wrong: "Present it." ”
Where did Fan Wencheng dare to hesitate, he immediately stepped forward quickly, and the general newspaper was picked up.
"Could it be that something happened in Chahar?"
With a melancholy look, Huang Taiji opened the military newspaper and took a look.
Quickly scanned the entire military newspaper.
And the expression became surprisingly strange at this moment.
"Spread Zilharang, Wubai, Aobai, Sony, Azig."
"Immediately."
General Huang Taiji closed the report and said to Fan Wencheng.
"Something is wrong."
Fan Wencheng, who is good at observing words and feelings, suddenly felt that something was wrong.
After bowing to Huang Taiji.
He quickly ran out of the main hall and summoned those important officials of the Qing Dynasty.
"It's this Abuhan again. Kid Ingrid. ”
"How many surprises can he give to the widow?"
"I didn't expect that he not only had 10,000 enemies in combat power, but also proficient in medicine, and with the change of several methods, the survival rate of my wounded soldiers in the Qing Dynasty increased to fifty percent."
After Fan Wencheng left to summon important ministers, Huang Taiji's expression became shocked and incredible.
If it weren't for the military newspaper it was Gualga. Written by Tussaud himself, Huang Taiji may not believe this number yet.
Huang Taiji is a promising king.
Whether it is government affairs or military affairs, he controls them all, and he knows everything about the Qing Dynasty.
So he also knew about the wounded soldiers.
But as the sovereign, what he can do is to do his best to recruit doctors for treatment, although the chance of survival of the wounded soldiers in the Qing Dynasty is greater than that of other countries, but it still does not exceed the survival rate of 20%.
And now........
And now.
Abuhan. After Ingley's great exploits in the Great War of Nicholas, he actually gave him such a surprise.
The medical path has been reformed and the survival rate has been improved.
Moreover, there is also the gold sore medicine wrapped in this military newspaper, as well as the formula.
Huang Taiji looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand, as well as the formula for gold sore medicine, and couldn't help but be stunned.
For ordinary people, the appearance of gold sore medicine may not bring him much use, but for Huang Taiji, for the Qing Dynasty, for this chaotic world.
This gold sore medicine if there is really a military newspaper on Gualjia. The kind of miraculous effect that Tussauds spoke of has a completely different meaning.
Abuhan. Ingli will create a new era with the Qing Dynasty as the first.
"Gold sore medicine has a miraculous effect on the blood gushing of wounds, and the longitudinal meridians can also stop bleeding when pierced by arrows, which is what the minister has seen with his own eyes."
"Abuhan. Ingley is concerned about the Qing Dynasty, and is willing to dedicate the formula to the Qing Dynasty, just for the future of my Qing Dynasty Eight Banners soldiers to be less damaged, with this gold sore medicine, can be called the world's first healing medicine, with this formula, the world is big, and it is easy to be named Marquis Baijue. ”
"After the minister implored the emperor to try the miraculous effect of the gold sore medicine, if he did not disappoint the emperor, he would definitely be gracious. Ingley, don't let the heroes chill, Guarda. Tussauds worshipped. ”
In the military newspaper, it is Guerjia. Tussaud's heartfelt words.
As the commander of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, Gualjia. Tussauds naturally knew what the Golden Sore Medicine represented, which represented the infinite vitality of the army.
Meantime.
For Abuhan, who offered this recipe. For Ingrid, it's a monstrous achievement.
Gualca. Tussaud had never asked the Emperor for anything, but today, on top of this military report, he asked the Emperor for the first time, which shows that he has a great deal of interest in Abuhan. How much Ingley cares.
"The widow is in charge of the Qing Dynasty, how can he disappoint the heroes."
"Gualca. Tussaud, this guy, is really a widow who is one of those unscrupulous kings. ”
Looking at the last sentence in the military newspaper, Huang Taiji smiled.
He is in charge of the Qing Dynasty.
It has always been the use of people without suspicion and suspicion of people.