Chapter 39 The Dispute of the Slave Chief

But today, Huang Taiji was in a bad mood. Some time ago, they fought Ningyuan. They thought that with so many times more troops than Hong Chengchou, they should have captured Ning Yuancheng, but they didn't think that Hong Chengchou, a stubborn person, led his troops to defend Ningyuan City for nearly a month, and finally rebel. Under the internal response, he broke through Ningyuan City and attacked Ningyuan. In addition to finally defeat the Guan Liao army of tens of thousands of the Ming Dynasty and slaughtered a group of Ming army and Han people, he did not catch anything. He just caught the ancestral birthday of the general soldier of Liaodong, but let Hong Chengchou, the governor of Ji Liao, escape into the sea at the last moment. He was nowhere to be found. Originally, he was very If you want to capture Hong Chengchou alive and force Hong Chengchou to surrender, in this way, if Hong Chengchou surrenders to him in the Qing Dynasty, he must be imitated by many officials of the Ming Dynasty. Things can be done more smoothly. Maybe with the identity of Hong Chengchou, even the Ming army of Shanhaiguan can be surrendered.

But in the end, Ning Yuan fell down, but Hong Chengchou still ran away. Although he caught Zu Dashou, Zu Dashou was seriously injured. After being captured by him, he did not survive for three days, so he left in his barracks. On the contrary, he achieved the name of Zu Dashou's loyalty and courage. In this battle, except for the deputy general Xia Chengde. In addition to surrendering to them, almost all the rest of the Ming army generals died in the battle, so although he won the battle, it was not of great significance. He just cleared the last line of defense of the Ming army outside the Shanhaiguan, which greatly weakened the strength of the Ming army against them.

Although the results were not as good as he originally expected, at least he won, and also tested the achievements of his slave army in the past two years. The establishment of Han Baqi has greatly enhanced their ability to attack, and the quality of artillery has also begun to be better than that of Daming's army. He is still gratified, and Ning Yuan is still gratified. It has a special significance for them to build slaves. At the beginning, their father's wild boar skin and he attacked Ningyuan City many times, but in the end they all returned and failed to beat Ningyuan. Now Ningyuan's acquisition makes his power and prestige even more popular among the Jiannu, so Huang Taiji is still very happy to be able to take down Ningyuan City.

Originally, in the view of Huang Taiji, Ningyuan, there were only a handful of more than 20,000 Ming troops left in Shanhaiguan. This time, he gathered all the force of the Qing Dynasty to go south, knocked on the gate and swept Yanyun first. Taking down the Daming Jingshi was something that was just around the corner, so he ordered Dorcon to lead 70,000 troops to set out first to get it. Shanhaiguan!

In the idea of Huang Taiji, Wu Xiang, who guarded Shanhaiguan, was not a powerful figure in the first place. When he fought with them, this guy escaped from the battle, so they all thought that as long as Dorgon's army was under pressure, Wu Xiang would definitely give up Shanhaiguan and either escape or surrender. They, he still hope to force Wu Xiang to surrender by peaceful means and take down the Shanhaiguan lightly.

However, he didn't think that on his way to Shantianguan, he received an urgent report from Dorgun that Wu Xiang refused to surrender and killed their envoys. Now a criminal thief suddenly appeared in Shanhaiguan, forcing Wu Xiang to fall to the side of the criminal thief. The criminal thief and the Ming army under Wu Xiang joined hands. Guarding Shanhaiguan, Dorcong's army forcibly attacked Shanhaiguan, but was defeated and lost a lot of Han army flags and horses. Therefore, Dorcong was guilty and asked Huang Taiji to hurry up to Shanhaiguan to discuss the matter.

Huang Taiji was shocked after hearing this. He cursed Dorcon was an incompetent person in his heart. In an instant, he even had a murderous heart for Dorkon. He wanted to take this opportunity to clean up Dorton and put the two white flags of Dorgan and Dordo in his hands, but he calmed down and carefully. I think he can't do this. Although since he succeeded to the throne, he has tried his best to weaken the strength of Dorgan, Dordo and Azig, and took their two yellow flags, weakened their strength, and supported the power of his son Haug, but for natural reasons, Dorcon and Dordo's The two white flags have always been very united. The strength of these two white flags has always been very strong, and they have always been in the second place among the eight flags. If he wants to deal with Dornon now, it is impossible for Dornon not to fight back. Once it is not done well, they will make a mess by themselves first. This is not in line with his plan, so Dornon I still can't move for the time being.

So Huang Taiji had to lead his troops to Shanhaiguan, and met Dorcong, Duoduo and other generals who greeted him on the way, and set up the camp on the spot.

Huang Taiji personally marched as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that this time, he can be said to be bound to enter the customs. The important generals of the Qing Dynasty basically followed him. At this time, all the troops also followed Huang Taiji to the outside of Shanhaiguan, so Huang Taiji should summon the ministers and began to discuss the next steps.

Huang Taiji did not mention Dorgon's plea at all. On the contrary, Wen Yan comforted Dorgon, as if he trusted Dorgon very much. He told Dorgon and Duoduo that they don't have to worry about this matter. Victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers. No one expected such a change in Shanhaiguan, and no one expected it. The people of Xing Tianjun came so fast that they gave up the Daming Jingshi and did not enter. They drove to Shanhaiguan for a long time and forced Wu Xiang, the guard of Shanhaiguan. This was something they had not expected in advance, so Dorge and Duoduo didn't have to worry about it.

So Dorcon told the situation of Shanhaiguan in detail in the big account, and told everyone in the account that the garrison of Shanhaiguan under Wu Xiang and his command had now completely fallen to the side of the Dazhong army, and with lightning, he suddenly cleaned up the generals in the army who originally planned to serve their Qing Dynasty and replaced them. It is impossible for a group of his cronies and generals who tend to join the Dazhong Army to convince Wu Xiang and his Ming army, so this fantasy can be completely ignored.

And now there are about 20,000 people on the line of the Xingtian Army. They have also joined forces with the Ming Army under Wu Xiang and entered the front line of Shanhaiguan, which has greatly strengthened the strength of the garrison in the Shanhaiguan area, so that the total number of troops of Shantian Army and Xingtian Army has reached about 40,000 (a little overestimated). Their strength!) At the same time, there are nearly 20,000 people to help the battle (it's also a rumor. In fact, at this time, it's good to have thousands of people!), so the next step is only by a strong attack that it is possible to capture Shanhaiguan.

Such a situation immediately made Huang Taiji and Jiannu generals a little headache. None of them know the power of Shanhaiguan. Although their strength is strong, far more than the strength of the combined forces of Shanhaiguan Ming Army and Xingtian Army, the other party is in the Xiongguan, completely occupying the advantage of location, and now it is united. It is basically impossible to come to the same enemy to deal with their slave army and disintegrate them from the inside.

However, if you attack Shanhaiguan, you will die, and you can't do it if there are fewer people. The biggest problem with their slaves is that there are fewer people. The whole Jiannu people are now only about 200,000 people. There are many of them who have the identity of water. The master of their army The force is mainly composed of Mongolians, Liaodong Han people, and some of them are Koreans who follow the expedition. Can these people work hard?

However, when they went south this time, their initial decision was to take Shanhaiguan, the Great Mingxiong Pass, which has stopped them for decades, break through the customs and enter the land of Yanyun, and seize the capital of the Ming Dynasty first, resulting in a fait accompli. In the future, they will fight against the emerging power of the Central Plains, Dazhong and North Korea, imitating the morale of Song and Liao in those years, and seize a The foothold of going south at any time is no longer the same as before. Every time you go south into the bandits, you have to take a path to sneak into the customs, and then withdraw to the outside of the customs.

Repeated plundering have made these slaves in Liaodong see the rich and pleasant climate of the Central Plains. They are no longer satisfied with just occupying the land in Liaodong. In their opinion, they have the strength to go to the Central Plains for a piece of the pie. Why do they build slaves to live in Liaodong? Can't some bitter cold places rule the Central Plains as their ancestors built the Great Gold Kingdom?

So this is the reason why Huang Taiji mobilized so many soldiers and horses to go south this time, and the generals and ministers who followed the expedition also had the same idea.

Even a group of hardcore traitors such as Fan Wencheng, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde also believe that Jiannu should go south to enter the customs, take Yanyun and Dazhong to fight against the court in the future, so as to lay the foundation for the next step of competition for the world. These hardcore traitors are very clear about their own identities. Since they have become traitors and become Jiannu. Family dogs, then their reputation as traitors cannot be washed away. The only way to block the mouths of the people in the world is to help their masters take the world. Relying on their master's knife, they can't force them to scold them as traitors, so they are willing to be pawns and work for the master of Jiannu.

As for the Mongols, there is nothing they can do about being suppressed by Jiannu. They are only the lackeys of Jiannu. Although they are a little out-minded, after all, their Mongolian ministries are not united with each other. Therefore, under the high pressure of Huang Taiji, they dare not work in front of the Jiannu army. What's more, every time the Jiannu army enters the army, they You can also get a little cheaper and share some slave money, so you can only do it.

After listening to Dorcon's words, these various flags and solid mountain foreheads looked at Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji was quite helpless. The current situation is not as simple as he originally expected. After Wu Xiang defected to Xing Tianjun, he had to push it down and again and then arranged it separately.

So Huang Taiji asked the flag owners who were in his account, so these flag owners naturally had a talkative discussion and came up with their views and suggestions. Of course, the suggestions can only be made to those slave flag owners such as Dorgom, Mongolian flag owners and Han military flag owners, only listening. The share.

So this group of Jiannu flag owners have a good argument. Some people say that their Qing army has a strong military strength. Although the Ming army and the Xingtian army in Shanhaiguan are now joined hands, the strength is still far less than theirs. They now have a wide range of troops, and they can completely rely on the advantage of military strength to break through Shanhaiguan and kill these stubborn defenders in one fell swoop. After slaughtering the Shanhaiguan and capturing the Shanhaiguan, he stepped on the area of Daming Jingshi.

Some people also proposed that the front-line defense of the mountain customs should be strengthened at present. It may be unwise to forcibly break through the customs. It is better to divide the troops and break through the customs from other places. Then after the army enters the customs, they will attack the mountain customs from behind. After breaking through the mountain customs, it is not too late to attack the Ming Jingshi Shuntianfu. .

Some people have proposed to divide the troops to attack, break through the customs from other places, and go directly to the capital. It is expected that the Ming Army and the Xing Tianjun will not sit back and watch them attack Shuntianfu. They can only go to the capital to seek confrontation with them. At that time, Shanhaiguan will not attack and break through. At that time, it will not be too late to defeat them.

(I've been out in the past few days. I'm a little late to thank my friends. I'm sorry! Today, I will pay special thanks to the three brothers who are unhappy coward, Xinli and brave 1023!)