Chapter 90 The Fear of Huang Taiji
And at this time, there was news from Shanhaiguan that Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of the Dazhong Dynasty, had gathered 40,000 elite soldiers and horses of the Dazhong army after annihilating Abatai's troops, and also rushed to the Shanhaiguan area, causing the strength of the Dazhong army in the Shanhaiguan area to surge to 100,000 (the news has a lot of moisture, in fact, That is, about 70,000 people, including the 20,000 Ming army under Wu Xiang's command, which is still a little insufficient!)
At this time, Huang Taiji's fantasy of breaking the customs and controlling the land of Yanyun has been completely shattered. The combat effectiveness of the Dazhong army is so strong, and now they have completely learned it, and the slave chiefs such as Huang Taiji and Dorgeon have completely seen that with their combat effectiveness of building the slave army, one-to-one love. On the other hand, they are definitely not the opponents of the Dazhong Army. Although they still have 120,000 soldiers and horses now, they seem to have a little advantage in terms of military strength, but in fact, they all understand that after the main force of the Dazhong Army arrives at Shanhaiguan, they have no chance to attack Shanhaiguan this time, defeat the Dazhong Army and control the land of Yanyun.
So where should they go now? Has it been placed in front of them and then fought in Shanhaiguan? For what? What is the purpose? After the main force of the Dazhong army arrived here, it was a joke to want to occupy the land of Yanyun. Is it possible to break through Shanhaiguan? I don't think so! Therefore, it is no practical significance to stay here and continue to fight in Shanhaiguan. How much food do they consume every day when more than 100,000 people eat horses? Staying here is just a waste of their thick foundation in the Qing Dynasty.
But do you want to withdraw now? It's hard to say. When did they suffer such a big loss when they started their army? If you withdraw like this, no one can accept such a result, such as Renhuang Taiji, Dorcon, Daishan, Jirharang, Duoduo and other slave chiefs.
Especially Huang Taiji. As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he did not catch his fart hair. He only lost a Ningyuan City and lost so many people. Even his son Prince Wu Haoge, his life and death are unknown at this time. Now he announces the withdrawal of troops. For the status of Huang Taiji in the Qing Dynasty, it will undoubtedly be a This is a huge blow. Although over the years, he has eliminated the disobedient brothers such as Mang Gultai and Amin, who were very threatening him, and consolidated his imperial power in the Qing Dynasty, this time he could not explain to the ministers in the clan.
Especially since this time he went south, the battle was basically fought by Dorcon. Except when he fought in Ningyuan, he sat in command. Basically, he didn't have much strength for the rest. As soon as he led the troops to Shanhaiguan, he received the bad news that Abatai's whole army was destroyed, and he immediately rolled up to go back. I washed and slept at home. After I went back to this kind of thing, I felt ashamed to say it.
There is another very important reason, which is that Huang Taiji is very afraid of. Before going south this time, the Mongolian tribes actually had a certain degree of different intentions, which consumed a lot of time and strength to hold down these Mongolian tribes. In addition, in order to deal with the Xing Tianjun, he set up the Han Eight Banners, which greatly expanded The troops of the Han Eight Banners.
Historically, when Jiannu entered the customs, although the Han Eight Banners were also established, there were only about 3,000 soldiers per flag in the Han Eight Banner. In the whole history of the Han Eight Banners, there were less than 25,000 people when they entered the customs. However, in this new era, Huang Taiji learned about the punishment from Dorcon. After the powerful weapons of the Tian Army, in order to deal with the Xing Tianjun, they tried their best to expand the strength of the Han Eight Banners. Now the strength of the Han Eight Banners directly chased their Eight Banners of Manchuria, and even exceeded the strength of their Eight Banners of Manchuria.
Although the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners that followed the south with the army have suffered great losses at this time, their Manchurian Eight Banners have also overturned the whole generals. Huang Taiji is actually very clear that at this time, it is no longer possible for their Qing army to enter the customs and occupy the land of Yanyun according to the original plan. The best choice is to immediately break the strong man's wrist, give up continuing to attack Shanhaiguan, immediately withdraw troops to Liaodong, recuperate troops and horses, re-ar their strength, and find an opportunity to pay back this "blood debt" with the Dazhong army in the future.
But Huang Taiji also realized that in any case, they had been defeated in this battle. If they retreated to Liaodong like this, would the Mongolians and Han people of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Military Banners still listen to their slaves honestly? Huang Taiji asked himself in his heart, but the answer he got was impossible!
The flag owners of the Mongolian tribes are basically villains at the beginning and end. The reason why they listen to their slaves is that their Mongolian tribes are leaning against each other, and their internal disunity makes them have the opportunity to defeat them separately and force them to accept the command of their slaves, but they build slaves. The control of the Mongolian ministries has never reached a very perfect level. The establishment of the Eight Banners of Mongolia is also based on the cooperative relationship of interests.
These Mongolian flag owners actually have their own small calculations. In the past, they found that the Ming Dynasty was actually a weak man. He looked huge and strong, but in essence it was very weak. Although the Jiannu side seemed to be weak, it was much stronger than the weak man of the Ming Dynasty. The Mongols can neither beat the Ming Dynasty nor the opponent of Jiannu, so they can only choose to listen to Jiannu's words, fight against the Ming Dynasty, and follow Jiannu to bully the Ming Dynasty. Although they know very well that Jiannu use them as guns and cannon fodder, they can work with Jiannu to win the battle and win. After the war, their slave master ate meat, and these Mongolian tribes could at least be given some of the leftover bones and drink a mouthful of broth by the master, so to some extent, the two ethnic groups are related to interests.
The last time Dorcon led the troops into the customs, these Mongolian flag owners had found that there was a force in the Central Plains that could fight against Jiannu, that is, the Xing Tianjun, which had not fully risen at that time. At that time, under the leadership of Xiao Tianjian, the Xing Tianjun fought more with only weak forces. Er Gun and so many slave soldiers did not dare to fight with them, so the flag owners of the Eight Banners of Mongolia found at that time that in the future, Xiao Tianjian and his Xing Tianjun would be the next rising huge force, and it was completely possible to fight against Jiannu. In addition, at that time, the Xingtian army already had Wang Chengping and Li Lingfeng in Xuanda. And the places near the Mongolian grassland in the north of Jin, from time to time, they will rush into the grassland as horse thieves and loot and slaughter their Mongolian tribes, which has to some extent threatened the survival of their Mongolians and controlled their channels of trade with the Mongols in the mainland, which threatened The future living space of the Mongolians.
After leaving the customs, some Mongolian flag owners began to think carefully and began to arrange people to secretly go to Jinbei to contact the Xing Tianjun at that time, exchanging some tea, salt or grain from Xing Tianjun in Jinbei with mules, horses, cattle and sheep. On the one hand, they want to meet the needs of their people, and on the other hand, they also want to make friends secretly. Xing Tianjun, leave them a way back.
But their little actions were soon discovered by the slave emperor Taiji, and immediately attacked them by thunder. They also sent people to destroy several disobedient Mongolian tribes to let these Mongolians understand that for the time being, they still have to listen to Jiannu's words. They must Only when they submit to Jiannu can they survive, so these Mongolian flag owners, who have been cleaned up by Huang Taiji, quickly expressed their loyalty to Huang Taiji and other Jiannu, which did not continue to be hit by Huang Taiji.
But this time... Huang Taiji felt a headache when he thought about it. It was not only about the Eight Banners of Mongolia, but also the side of the Han army flag. Although he did not see the generals of the Han army flag directly show any intention to rebel, from the eyes of those flag soldiers and generals of the Han army, he still saw that these people were looking at them. When he built slaves, there was a trace of tameness in his eyes. At this point alone, he could think of what these Han soldiers were thinking.
In the past, these Han people with the Han military flag were afraid of them. They were afraid of them. One defeat after another made these Han people have a fear of their Jiannu in their hearts, which has gradually penetrated into their bone marrow. In their eyes, Jiannu is the most powerful person in the world, so as long as you want to To live, you have to listen to them, so although Jiannu re-armed them, their inner fear of Jiannu made them like docile sheep in front of Jiannu. What Jiannu asked them to do, they could only do it honestly and dare not say a word, even if they forced them to die. They didn't dare to turn around and resist. They had to die honestly, because they were too afraid of them.
But today's situation is different. These long-tamed Han people suddenly found that Jiannu is not the most powerful in the world. Some of them are actually more powerful than Jiannu. It is not that the Han people can't beat Jiannu, but that they can't be officials. After changing to the Dazhong army, in fact, these Jiannu are not It's not terrible. They will also suffer in front of the Dazhong army, defeat the battle, and even be beaten miserably.
So these long-tame Han soldiers are a little lively in their hearts. Although they have not yet shown it, Huang Taiji still saw a trace of an invable look in their eyes, which made Huang Taiji very uneasy.
Since their father's wild boar skin rose up with thirteen pieces of armor, the prestige of decades of war, the hard shell shaped in the minds of the world's people, today hit a smash in front of Shanhaiguan, and even after tens of thousands of Jiannu soldiers finally entered the customs, they were easily relaxed. They ate it in one bite, and even the bone dregs were not left for them.
Therefore, although Huang Taiji is worried about the safety of his son Hauge, what he is most worried about is that once he returns to Liaodong with his tail, these people who have been enslaved by them will no longer be tamed as before. Once that happens, their total population is less than 200,000. Can the tahs still deter these foreign people?
So it seems that they have withdrawn their troops now to preserve their strength, but in fact, it is a more terrible thing to take these people back.
So after learning the news of the destruction of Abatai's whole army, there was a mourning in the Jiannu army. Even Jiannu's own people had the intention to retreat, not to mention those Mongolians and Han people.
So there was an immediate sound of demand for the withdrawal of troops in the camp of the Qing army, but what was expected was that the slave chief Taiji actually fought against the public this time. He decreed that he must not retreat and must continue to fight. Even Huang Taiji did not hesitate to secretly attract those generals under his command. He said to these people. Out of their worries.
After listening to Huang Taiji's worries, such as Dai Shan, Jir Halang and Dorcon, immediately changed their minds and no longer continued to ask for the withdrawal of troops.
In this way, Huang Taiji first unified the internal opinions. With the support of Dai Shan and other generals, the opinions of those Mongolians and the generals of the Han army flag could not shake their master's determination.
So Huang Taiji summoned all the flag owners in the tent. First, he scolded those who proposed to withdraw troops for a while, and then told them that if anyone dares to make a request for withdrawal at this time, he would immediately cut off their heads. In this way, although those Mongolian flag owners and Han generals were still I didn't accept it, but when I saw that these Jianzhou slave chiefs had made up their minds one by one, they had no choice but to close their mouths.
The army of more than 100,000 slaves then opened the formation again outside the Shanhaiguan and made a posture to continue to attack the Shanhaiguan. A batch of flags and soldiers were once again pulled to the battlefield, and a cannon was also pushed out by the slave soldiers, and the muzzle was slowly raised after the array.