"Transfer troops?"
"That's right—" Dorgon said firmly: "I wrote to the emperor in detail about the battle during the entry, and I begged him to transfer troops!"
"Because now is the best opportunity to destroy the Xuan Jia army! If I miss this opportunity, I will never gather so many troops in the Qing Dynasty! The Xuan Jia army will never be so weak again! Our army is difficult, the enemy It's even more difficult! So if we miss this opportunity, we will regret it for life!"
"It makes sense..." Abatai nodded when he heard it. In history, Abatai was not a martial artist who only knew how to fight. He was considered a bit of a warrior among the Manchus, and he had gone through these days with Xuan Jia. The army's fight also deeply felt the horror of the opponent! Therefore, it is indeed the best opportunity to eliminate the Xuan Jia army while the opponent is seriously injured!
"It's just a general, how many soldiers and horses do you want to transfer?" Abate just asked.
"At least 40,000 soldiers and horses must be adjusted! It's really not possible, 30,000 is fine." Dorgon said without hesitation, after all, if you want to completely solve the Xuanjia army, the lack of troops is absolutely impossible... Only with sufficient strength. , To be able to pile him to death!
"What, it's impossible! The emperor won't agree to it!" After listening to this, Abatai jumped up as if being burned by the fire!
After all, as a high-level man like Rao Yu Baylor (Baylor at the first level of the prince), he is very clear about the real situation in the Qing Dynasty today! Even though the Qing Dynasty has established a nation now, but all the soldiers and horses add up to only one hundred and thirty thousand (this also includes all the eight banners of Mongolia and the eight banners of the Han army), and this entry has sent a whole army of 100,000! If this is to transfer 30,000 soldiers and horses into the customs, it will shake the country's foundation!
And the soldiers are all sent out, what should we do in China? Without the suppression of soldiers and horses, it is difficult to say whether those Mongolian Eight Banners that have surrendered will give birth to alienation again.
"Hey—" Dorgon sighed when he heard this. In fact, he didn't know this, but if he tried to kill another 30,000 warriors, he must also destroy the Xuan Jia army! Otherwise, if you don't do it this time, and let it develop later, I might ruin this person's hand!
And Dorgon’s suggestion was actually considered, so looking at Abate’s shock, Dorgon said: “Actually, there is still a way. This year, isn’t it the season for my Eight Banners to be conscripts again? , You can lower the conscription conditions a bit... Originally, you need to be five feet tall (1.65 meters) before you can be enlisted. Now you can lower your height to four and a half feet (about 1.5 meters), so the source of tens of thousands Got it?"
(When Manchuria Eight Banners levied their own soldiers, they set a benchmark. Those who reach this height will be enlisted in the army. Those who fail to reach it will wait for the next year.)
"Ah! This is even worse! This is drinking poison to quench thirst... And even if the kind of baby soldiers are recruited (a lot of 1.5 meters or 14-year-old children), what is the use? It is purely for the Ming army. Head! And the most important thing is that this year we will recruit more soldiers, but what should we do next year?" Abate said anxiously.
"Hey—" Dorgon sighed again. Why didn't he understand these truths, but he couldn't tell Abate if he was frustrated... I have too small a population in Qing Dynasty. This is a fatal weakness in itself!
Compared with Mingguo, the land area is only about one-twentieth of the other's, and the population is only one percent! (My Daqing has a population of one million, but my Da Ming has a population of hundreds of millions!) So if you want to fight against the behemoth Da Ming, you are a rabbit fighting a lion! It's an adventure walking a tightrope! In addition, the Xuanjia Army is an anomaly, so if you are not cruel now, you must kill the Xuanjia Army even if your national strength is severely damaged! Otherwise, there is really no chance in the future.
Of course, neither he nor Abate could make the final decision, and the decision was in the hands of Huang Taiji.
So he has written very detailed in the letter, and described the damage caused by the Xuanjia Army in this battle in detail! There is even an exaggeration! He himself desperately hopes to transfer troops! As for whether the wish will come true in the end, it depends on Huang Taiji's decision!
You must know that Dorgon already has a crazy battle plan. As long as there are 30,000 soldiers in hand, he can force the Xuan Jia army to fight him again-because he will directly attack the capital by then! The place where the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is located! Will Yang Shanlu come to the rescue when I see it!
Of course, ideals are full and reality is very skinny! Dorgon also knows that the Qing Dynasty is now in a difficult situation... The Eight Banners elite soldiers that can be mobilized in the country are almost only two yellow flags (about 20,000 elite soldiers) personally led by the emperor, but this is his **! It is his foundation! (Huang Taiji relied on two yellow flags to ascend the throne of the emperor, otherwise it would have been overthrown by Dorgon)
So in the end, it’s up to Huang Taiji to decide, and Dorgon’s only expectation is that his emperor brother, who is also considered a man of wit, will be able to use his talents when fighting for the throne and make the right decisions. Judgment...
In fact, Dorgon still didn't know that it was far more difficult for Huang Taiji to make correct judgments than he thought! Because at this moment, I am not at peace within the Qing Dynasty! A military team behind enemy lines and a sea assault team are active in the vast white mountains and black waters!
And this chess piece that Yang Shanlu has planted a long time ago is playing an ever-increasing role! They even have a specific division of labor!
Specifically, the armed forces behind enemy lines headed by Li Dingguo (all horse troops) are responsible for burning and killing inland! For example, if you see the small Tarzi tribe (the kind of about a thousand people), go straight up and overthrow him!
Kill their cattle and sheep! Burn out their food! Even the kind of Manchu who can be enlisted in the army will not let it go! (Cut off a hand! But leaving a life, it is undeniable that the method is slightly cruel! But in the face of national peril and national justice, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and others are willing to bear this infamy!)
If you encounter a large tribe, tens of thousands of people, then go around (whether the armed forces behind enemy lines or the sea assault team have a strength of close to two thousand), and in the territory of Tarzi, still use small tribes as Lord, so in just a few days since the armed forces behind enemy lines attacked, three tribes full of people have perished, causing Huang Taiji to be overwhelmed and miserable...
And the sea assault team composed of veteran Jin Riguan, relying on the coast of Bohai Bay, frequently launched attacks on the fortresses near the sea in Tarzi! (Just like Tashan, Xingshan, Songshan and other bunker villages currently controlled by Tarzi, such as the famous Dalinghe Fort, etc.)
The way of fighting is also to bully the small and disturb the big ones (to ensure that their own forces are not weakened). For those weak and garrison only hundreds of military fortresses, they will be unceremoniously won directly, and then liberated more. Aha (that is, slaves, most of them are Han Chinese and Koreans who were looted outside the pass by the Tartars during the previous battles of entry into the Pass), let's rebel together!
For those powerful military fortresses, it is mainly harassment. Anyway, I am "invincible in land warfare", naval battle shit! So don’t worry at all, if it really provokes Danzi's eyes, send soldiers to chase, I will pat my butt and go! What can you do to me!
So in this way, after the launch of the two-way surprise soldiers, my vast territory of the Qing Dynasty was full of flames and gunpowder... Those papers asking for help would be filled with Huang Taiji's imperial case!
What's more terrible is that even though he is aware of the seriousness of the situation, Huang Taiji has no troops to send... Since the 100,000 army has already gone to the Ming country, where is there any more troops to send? Even the only two yellow flag soldiers and horses in his hands are very elite, but they want to defend Shengjing (the pseudo-capital of Tarzi, equivalent to the capital of Ming) and ensure absolute safety...
Therefore, Huang Taiji is already in a state of desperation. After receiving a letter from Dorgon asking for an increase of 30,000 troops, his head has grown a circle, and he will face the same dilemma...
Without sending soldiers and maintaining the status quo, I can live on now, but in the future, my Qing Dynasty will be worrying! Send troops to eliminate the confidant trouble of the Xuanjia Army, but I will also be disabled in Daqing, and all men are extinct! It’s also worrying in the future...
Liaodong, Shengjing.
Shengjing was originally Shenyang of the Ming Dynasty. After Chongzhen was captured by Houjin in the 7th year, it became the pseudo-capital of the Qing Dynasty and built a good imperial palace. Huang Taiji became the emperor here.
I have to mention here that the character of Huang Taiji is still quite powerful and strategic. Compared with his dad Nurhachi, he adjusted his policy towards Han people and no longer massacres, but is relatively softer. From a certain aspect In other words, the domestic ethnic conflicts were eased, and the uprisings of the Liao people no longer became so frequent.
For another example, he attached great importance to farming. He claimed that the queen established the protection of land and livestock as a code. He stipulated that the crops in the land were not allowed to be stolen, sows and cows were not allowed to be killed, and almost every year, the supervision of farming was an important activity. There is generally no shortage of food before entering the customs, which is directly related to his efforts.
In addition, Huang Taiji also improved the country’s institutional settings. In the post-Golden era, there was no supervisory agency. After Huang Taiji became the throne, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was established to monitor hundreds of officials, which further strengthened the control of the entire Qing Dynasty. In addition, During his reign, the casting craftsmanship level of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty also improved. For example, in the famous Shisheng Temple in Shengjing, there was a large bell weighing a thousand catties, which showed the development of the smelting and casting industry.
But even so, in the imperial palace at this time, this Huang Taiji who was preached as a thousand-year-old holy sect by later generations was in a very bad mood... Because the catastrophic drought that began this year is not only for Daming, but for For the Manchus, it was also a catastrophe! The grassland is degraded, the livestock is losing fat and even dying...
Therefore, Huang Taiji faced this predicament, and according to the usual practice, he started up the idea of the big empire around him... Sending a 100,000 army to gather the wool! Anyway, this has become the norm in the past few years... If you don't have enough food and clothing, go to Mingguo to grab a handful!
It's just that the past several times of entering the customs, they all returned with full loads, but this time, we sent heavy troops to enter the customs, but the news was not very good... The North Road army actually suffered a big defeat as soon as it came up! Not only were more than 10,000 warriors wiped out, but even the dignified Lord Belle was captured alive! (That is Du Du, who is also the eldest son and eldest grandson of the old slave)
So after Huang Taiji received this report, he was so angry that he lifted the table on the spot... asshole! When did Da Qing actually suffer such a big defeat! This has never happened in the past two decades since we fought against Mingguo!
Only after being furious, Huang Taiji could only calm down, and then pin his hopes on the South Road army! After all, the leader there, but his brother Dorgon! Although his brother is a threat to his throne because of his outstanding talents! However, since he is dealing with the Ming army, he hopes that his brother, the Rui prince brother, can achieve a great victory!
However, when Huang Taiji looked forward to the stars and the moon, and looked forward to the report of the army on the South Road, that is, Dorgon's autograph letter, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out! (Huang Taiji's body was not very good either. He died four years later in the original history, at only 51 years old)
Because the content written on this was really shocking to him... Even if the messenger who delivered the letter was a fake man, and the letter was still stamped with the seal of the prince of Dorgon, he would have to wonder if it was clear. The treacherous trick of the military envoy!
I saw it clearly stated that after the South Road army entered the customs, it also suffered heavy losses! Up to the present of the 50,000 army battle, only 20,000 are left! Because he wanted to highlight the importance of destroying the Xuanjia Army, Dorgon didn't dare to conceal the slightest, but could only tell the truth.
However, this fact made Huang Taiji heartbroken... Oh my God, the Prince Rui, who had high hopes for him, was defeated even worse! Are all 30,000 warriors of the Qing Dynasty gone like this? You know how many warriors there are in the Qing Dynasty, but now? The whole 30,000 warriors are gone like this
If you add the 10,000 people lost by the army on the North Road, the 100,000 army who entered the customs this time will be almost half dead... This kind of huge loss...
However, because of the huge losses, the point that Dorgon repeatedly emphasized in his letter, Huang Taiji still agrees... that is, whether it is the North Road Army or the South Road Army, it is this Xuanjia Army that caused heavy losses to them! Then watch his growth, so we must get rid of this curse anyway!
But, is there really a pawn to adjust? Huang Taiji began to fall into painful thinking... But Huang Taiji is Huang Taiji after all. After such a long test, he finally decided to give Dorgon the greatest support!
After the decision, Huang Taiji waved his hand and called his personal minister, Kabuxian Kalamangbang, Wu Bai (one of the 16 ministers, that is, the leader of Kabuxian Chaohaying, and the so-called Kabusian Bush’s Xian Chao Ha Camp was selected from the white armored soldiers and belonged to the Imperial Forest Army of Huang Taiji),
Then Huang Taiji said: "To pass on my will, go to my two yellow flags to transfer four Jiala (one Jialai 1,500 people), and then go to Mongolia Eight Banners to adjust four Jiala, the Korean servant army Transfer three thousand people, so that you can make up 15,000 people, known as 30,000 people, and go out to support Prince Rui in the fight."
"What?" Wu Bai was shocked when he heard it, and continued to say: "The emperor must never do this! Now my army is out of the country, and the domestic strength is already insufficient. If we redeploy so many troops, I will pay for it in the Qing Dynasty. I don't know what the chaos is going to be like?"
"Hey—" Huang Taiji sighed, why didn't he know what Wu Bai said! After all, during this period of time, he has received more than a dozen reports about enemy bandits of the Ming army, that is, bandits who claim to be the sea assault team and the armed forces behind the enemy! These thieves burned, killed and looted everywhere, and also breached more than a dozen fortresses, which caused him a headache, but what else could he do
Since Wu Bai personally led Gabush Xian to super Haying, he was naturally his confidant, so Huang Taiji simply handed the secret letter sent by Dorgon to Wu Bai for viewing, and after Wu Bai had read it, then I was really surprised... How has the situation worsened this time? Could it be that the little white rabbit of Mingguo has become a big tiger? In this case, it seems that there is really a need to deploy troops and reinforcements!
But despite this, after thinking about it, Wu Bai was still worried: "The emperor, if this is the case, we can still hold on to it in China and just continue to draw the Mongolian Eight Banners. Is this appropriate? In the battle, the princes of Mongolia have already sent 20,000 horses to the battle, and they have suffered heavy casualties. If they continue to deploy their troops, I’m afraid they will complain..."
"Really?" Huang Taiji's eyes shot two cold lights: "Hehe, I can't help them! Ming Guo was cowardly before, and they accompanied my army on the battle, when they ate and drank, why didn't they hear them complaining? ! And now that I have suffered a little setback, are you cowardly avoiding the battle! Just tell you to go down, and I will let the two yellow-flag warriors look at them, and you must send troops and horses!"
"Yes!" Seeing that Huang Taiji's decision had been made, Wu Bai could only stop saying more, although in this way, the banner owners of the Mongolian Eight Banners will definitely have complaints in their hearts, and even if they go further, they will leave the country with me. Moral renunciation, but the situation is worrying now, and I can't take care of that much.
After Wu Bai went down, Huang Taiji snorted softly in his nose: "I got on my ship, don't even think about getting off now!" Even when he did this, there was another intention... For this Mongolian Eight Banners ally , He has always used and guarded (to prevent the tail from falling off), so now he is clearly going for reinforcements, which will cause heavy casualties, so he must take this ally to go with...
In addition, Huang Taiji felt that Dorgon’s combat strategy could be changed... Since this Xuanjia army can fight so well, can it be bought off? After all, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, are there few Han Chinese who have surrendered
So thinking about this, Huang Taiji began to give Dorgon a thoughtful reply, and he said in his reply: "The way of fighting should not be used to be strong! Prince Rui, my brother (when writing here, inexplicable I think of the later President Jiang. In the letter he wrote to Hu Zong/Nan, he also called it "My brother Zongnan" to show his heroic means)"
"Next time you see Yang Shanlu, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, you can tell him that Ming is already at sunset, and I am thirsty for talents! As long as he is willing to submit, I guarantee that he can be crowned king! And in order to highlight him His status is glorious, and I can also become a brother with him! (to improve his status, some are similar to the one-word side-by-side king of the previous dynasty)"
"What?" Wu Bai had already returned at this time. After knowing the content of this letter, he was dumbfounded! I even wonder if Huang Taiji is hysterical!
Although he had heard of Yang Shanlu's name before and knew that he was very capable of fighting, but no matter what, wouldn't he be a little guerrilla general? Is it worth the effort? After all, after becoming a brother with Huang Taiji, at least it is the treatment of the prince! Let a Han be the prince of the Eight Banners? This kind of reward...
Looking at Wu Bai’s shocked appearance, Huang Taiji patted him on the shoulder and said: "Wu Bai, although you are loyal to me, you are not good in strategy. You only need to know... as long as you can take this Yang Shan When Lula comes over, it will be worth 100,000 troops! So just do as I said."
"Yes!" Although Wu Bai couldn't figure it out, how can a person be worth a hundred thousand army? It's just that since this was Huang Taiji's order, he could only do so. Even the Qing Dynasty has become more and more like a regular country recently, so after Huang Taiji's dictation was down, a special secretary immediately transcribed it into an imperial decree. After that, it was immediately sent to Dorgon.
Generally speaking, the dispatching of the army is a very cumbersome thing, involving many things, but this time it was Huang Taiji personally paying attention, so the action was still very fast.
Only three days later, his two yellow flags sent out four Jiala, and forced the reluctant Mongolian Eight Banners to send out four Jiala, including the newly attached North Korean servant army. There were three thousand people, so that a total of fifteen thousand people all the way formed, entered from the Xifeng entrance of the Great Wall, and came to support Dorgon.
Although Huang Taiji also knows that these 5,000 people are actually not very strong. His two yellow flags are of course absolutely powerful, but needless to say, the Mongolian Eight Banners have been emptied by the previous 100,000 troops. So most of the dispatched this time are old, weak, sick and disabled.
As for the 3,000 servants in North Korea, let alone, it is estimated that when the fighting starts, it is not bad to not run away on the spot!
What else can I do? After the battle was fought here, the dilemma of his military resources in the Qing Dynasty has been further highlighted, so this is why he has no choice but to recruit Yang Shanlu, and also offered such a high price...
Of course, he also made two-handed preparations, because the prince Rui made it clear in his letter that now the Xuan Jia army has only 4,000 people left from the original 15,000, which is the weakest in history. Period, so I believe that after sending him so many soldiers and horses, he should be able to completely eliminate him...
Regardless of the result, whether it be surrendered or annihilated, in short, the strongest force of Ming Kingdom must be completely put to an end! (End of this chapter)