Daming wolf ride

Updated: 2012-12-01

When the news of Zu Dashou's death came, Huang Taiji was so shocked that he dropped the wine glass. Zu Zehong even fainted on the spot. Zu Zerun and his two uncles were also instantly turned to wood, and it was hard to believe his ears.

Everyone in the tent was stunned, even Zhang Chun was shocked, wondering why Zu Dashou was killed?

Most of the surrendered generals were thinking together by coincidence, did Huang Taiji break his promise and ask someone to kill Zu Dashou?

The suspicious eyes of the surrendered generals made Huang Taiji startled and furious. He overturned the table in front of him, rushed towards Ah Shan and Darhan furiously, and asked sharply, "How did General Zu die? Who killed my General Zu! Didn't he?" You two slaves have done it so badly!..."[

"It's not us, it's not us..." Ah Shan waved his hands hastily in fright, shaking his head violently, and shouted in panic, "Even if this slave is so courageous, he wouldn't dare to kill Zu Dashou..."

"King Khan calmed down. Zu Dashou was not killed by the ministers and others. He died five miles outside Jinzhou City. When the minister and Ah Shan arrived, Zu Dashou was already dead, and his face was chopped off beyond recognition. The murderer must be a ruthless person." , I was afraid that it was Zu Dashou who died, so I took the ruthless hand. If it wasn't for the careful inspection of the ministers, it would be difficult to identify the person who died as Zu Dashou..."

Darhan is Huang Taiji's brother-in-law, and he and Huang Taiji belong to the same family. He is not as panicked as Ah Shan, a slave, but calmly explained the matter in detail.After finishing speaking, shut up and wait for Huang Taiji to ask again.

After hearing Darhan's narration, Huang Taiji's face became more and more serious, and when he finished speaking, he asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever investigated who killed General Zu?"

Darhan shook his head and said: "When I arrived, the murderer had already fled. But..." He paused for a while.

Huang Taiji hurriedly asked him: "But what, my son-in-law said quickly."

Darhan hesitated and said, "But according to my calculations, the murderer who killed General Zu should be the Ming army in Jinzhou City."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked again, Huang Taiji lost his voice and said: "Why do you say that?"

Darhan explained: "I said this because the place where General Zu was killed was outside Jinzhou City, and besides our Eight Banners outside this city, it was a small group of scouts from the Ming army. The murderer must not be us, so, Only the Ming army in Jinzhou City has this murderous suspicion."

Darhan's analysis made everyone nod subconsciously. In fact, apart from the Jin army outside Jinzhou City, only a small group of Ming army was active. This shows that the one who killed Zu Dashou was either the Jin army or the Ming army.Seeing the surprised looks of Huang Taiji and the rest of Baylor, it does not seem to be a fake. Previously, the generals who suspected that Huang Taiji ordered the killing of Zu Dashou were relieved, but soon became confused again. Why did the Ming army in Jinzhou City kill Zu Dashou? Zu Dashou?Did they know something?

"Strange, how did Jinzhou know that General Zu would escape late at night?" Dai Shan curled his lips strangely, and glanced at the people in the tent, "Could it be that someone leaked the news?"

Hearing Daishan's words, Huang Taiji shuddered, turned around and shouted: "Azige!"

"Your brother is here!" Azig hurriedly got out of his seat.

Huang Taiji asked him: "After General Zu surrendered, did the soldiers and civilians in the city escape?"

Azige said affirmatively: "King Hui Khan, after General Zu surrendered, my brother led the red flag into the city and moved all the soldiers and civilians in the city out of the city. He searched the city carefully and was sure that the people were hiding in it before leaving the city. My brother I can guarantee that unless he can fly, no one will escape!"

"It wasn't that the Ming army escaped, so how did the news leak out?"

Huang Taiji frowned, even if the Ming army or people really fled back to Jinzhou, then Jinzhou only knew that Zu Dashou had surrendered, so how could he know that he would return to Jinzhou late at night, laying an ambush halfway to wait for Zu Dashou?

This matter is too strange, unless the Jinzhou Ming army can predict the foresight, otherwise it is impossible to know in advance that Zu Dashou will return to Jinzhou to cheat the city!

Who leaked the news? [

Huang Taiji's doubts became more and more serious. He believed that someone must have leaked the news to the Ming army.Apart from myself, the only ones who knew that Zu Dashou was going to return to Jinzhou were Daishan, Jierharang, Azige, Tong Yangxing, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, and me. Except for Zu Dashou's brother and son among the surrendered generals, they don't know where Zu Dashou has gone.It is definitely impossible for the ancestors to leak the news, but who else would it be?It can't be the second brother or Fan Wencheng, right? …

Huang Taiji didn't dare to think about it, but someone shouted in grief and indignation: "King Khan, I know who killed my father!"

"Who?!"

Huang Taiji made a sharp turn and found that it was Zu Zerun, the eldest son of Zu Dashou who was shouting.

"It must be Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, who killed my father!" Zu Zerun gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly, with that expression, he really wanted to eat Qiu Hejia raw.

Liao Fuqiu Hejia? !

Huang Taiji was startled, and asked Zu Zerun, "Why is the little general so sure?"

Zu Zerun believed that it was Qiu Hejia who killed his father, and said bitterly: "Qiu Hejia has been at odds with my father since he became governor of Liao Dynasty, and has repeatedly tried to seize my father's military power. The military power was already taken away by him, Qiu Hejia. Qiu Hejia couldn't take my father's military power, so he made another plan to build a new army. After being stopped by my father and Jinglue, he regarded my father as a thorn in his side, a thorn in his flesh! My father was killed In the besieged city, he, Qiu Hejia, did not try his best to rescue him, but obstructed him everywhere, wishing that my father would die in this city! May I ask, if he didn't send someone to kill my father, who else in Jinzhou City has the leopard who dares to kill my father?!"

Hearing Zu Zerun's words, everyone in the tent immediately nodded together, Zu Dashou's generals also said that it must be Qiu Hejia's murderous hands, even Zhang Chun felt that it was the Jinzhou Ming army who killed Zu Dashou, It could be said that Qiu Hejia sent someone to do it.But he felt that it was more enjoyable than that, and he just shouted that it was good to kill!

Huang Taiji also somewhat believed that Qiu Hejia killed Zu Dashou in order to fight for power, lest he would contact the old department to shake his position after returning to the city, but he still didn't understand one thing.

"The little general is right, but even if Qiu Hejia intends to kill your father, how did he know that General Dashou will return to Jinzhou tonight?"

"This…"

Zu Zerun was stunned for a moment, but he hadn't thought about this question.

Azige was impatient, thinking that since Zu Dashou was dead, this Jinzhou city could not be cheated, so he simply suggested: "King Khan, Zu Dashou is dead, this Jinzhou city cannot be cheated, but his Jinzhou city is empty of troops and can fight There are not many soldiers, why not let the younger brother lead his troops to attack tomorrow and take Jinzhou City in one fell swoop! King Khan will lead his army to attack Ningyuan and enter Shanhaiguan!"

Dorgon also moved his heart and said: "In the city of Jinzhou, there is a large amount of food and grass for the Ming army. There are also many merchants and gentry. There is also a lot of gold and silver wealth and a large population. It can be said that the wealth is so rich. We have been besieging the city for so long, and now we are short of food. Why don't you attack Jinzhou tomorrow and give him a big hug!"

Duoyi was even more impatient: "King Khan, we will set off tomorrow, and my brother is willing to be the pioneer!"

However, Jierhalang held an opposing attitude: "King Khan, I think it is better to be more cautious. Jinzhou is a fortified city, and Qiu Hejia dared to defend it alone. They must have made preparations to burn jade and stone, and they must be defending the city. Great efforts have been made. The law of war says: Soldiers are put to death and then reborn. Jinzhou City is now a dead place, and the casualties will be heavy. Moreover, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and all banners have been damaged. What is Jinzhou City like now? I still don't know. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can never be imperiled in a hundred battles. If you don't know the enemy, why fight? Therefore, the minister thought it was better to send spies into Jinzhou first to find out the situation in the city, and to cooperate with the inside and the outside. This way the attack is more sure and can reduce casualties. "

Azige looked down on Jierhalang's maturity and prudence, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Third brother, you are too cautious. Jinzhou City is just a city, and I have tens of thousands of cavalry from the Eight Banners. One person demolished him and a brick, and he was also demolished. .”

"No matter how strong Jinzhou City is, if no one comes to defend it, taking it is like picking something out of a bag. In my opinion, this Jinzhou City can be beaten."

Dai Shan has always been a prudent person, but he also thinks that Jinzhou can be attacked because he knows that there are definitely not many guards in Jinzhou City.Taking advantage of his illness and killing him, if you don't fight at this time, it will be difficult to attack Jinzhou when the reinforcements from the Ming army arrive.

Huang Taiji was noncommittal, and groaned there.

Zu Zerun was eager to avenge his father. Seeing this, he hurried forward and knelt down on the ground, crying, "Khan, my father died unjustly, please avenge my father!" [

A group of surrendered generals also knelt down and said in unison: "The ministers are willing to be the vanguard of King Khan's attack!"

"Fight Jinzhou, fight Jinzhou, fight Jinzhou!"

Azige, Dorgon, Duoyi, Yuetuo, Shuotuo and other Baylors and the Manchu and Mongolian generals also called for the battle.The wealth in Jinzhou City has already made them completely jealous.

Seeing that everyone agreed to attack Jinzhou, Huang Taiji did not hesitate. Although what Jierhalang said was reasonable, Jinzhou City is now empty, and if he does not take it, he may be punished by heaven.Why don't you follow everyone's wishes and attack Jinzhou tomorrow, and after the city is broken, we will take money and food to distribute to the banners to make up for this loss.

Unexpectedly, after Ning Wan, I risked the disobedience of the world, rushed forward, knelt down on the ground with a plop, knocked my head several times, and advised: "King Khan, Baylors, have you forgotten the battle of Ning Jin?" Lessons learned!"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent, and Huang Taiji's expression changed even more.

.........

The Battle of Ningjin I mentioned at the end of Ning refers to the May of the first year of Tiancong. Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners army that had just returned from North Korea to Hexi, and quickly captured the Linghe and Youtunwei. The castle was trampled by the Jin army, and only Jinzhou remained.

On May 3, after the Jin army plundered the surrounding areas of Jinzhou, they joined forces under the city of Jinzhou and surrounded Jinzhou.In the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ledjiao, the commander-in-chief of the Ping-Liao Dynasty, and Ji Yong, the eunuch of the supervising army, were stationed in Jinzhou. Since the construction of Jinzhou City had just been completed, Huang Taiji sent troops suddenly, and the preparations for city defense were not sufficient. There were only [-] soldiers and migrant workers combined.But the guard Zhao Ledjiao, the deputy commander Zuo Fu, Zhu Mei and others are all experienced veterans who have been in the city for a long time. Work together, deal with it calmly, and deal with Hou Jin.

Shanhaiguan in the rear also heard the news and entered a state of combat readiness. General Man Gui moved from Shanhaiguan to Qiantun, Sun Zushou moved from a stone to Shanhaiguan, and Heiyunlong moved to a stone, pressing forward layer by layer, ready to respond to the front at any time.Yuan Chonghuan and the eunuch Liu Yingkun led Zu Dashou to guard Ningyuan.

Huang Taiji repeated his old trick, sending 400 soldiers back to Jinzhou (some of them were spies), intending to break through the fortress from the inside, but Zhao Liaojiao and others had already learned from the past and turned the soldiers away.

On the twelfth, Zhao Ledjiao and Ji Yong sent people down the city to make peace in the Houjin camp in order to delay the deployment of city defenses and wait for reinforcements.Huang Taiji wrote a letter of persuasion and asked the envoy to bring it back to the city, but the envoy never returned, so at noon that day, Huang Taiji issued an order to attack the city.

The battle was very intense, and the Jin soldiers took turns to attack from the west and north.The ladder was full of soldiers attacking the city, like ants climbing a tree. The heavy carriage hit the south wall head-on, and some soldiers were desperately digging at the foot of the wall.The Ming army on the city was also relentless. Zhao Ledjiao, Zhu Mei, Zuo Fu and others wore armor and personally went to the city wall to supervise the battle.

Since Jinzhou City had just been built, there were still a lot of wall bricks left, all of which came in handy at this moment. Soldiers, civilians and others picked up the bricks and greeted the enemy's head.For a while, arrows fell like rain, bricks fell like hail, and Houjin suffered heavy losses.The battle lasted from noon to night. The Ming army repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, and the city of Jinzhou stood still.Seeing that the strong attack could not be achieved and it was getting late, Huang Taiji ordered to retreat five miles to set up camp, and at the same time ordered people to return to Shenyang to transfer troops.

From the 25th to the [-]th, the two sides fought and talked while waiting for reinforcements.A more tragic war is coming.

When Jinzhou was in danger, Governor Yuan Chonghuan led Zu Dashou and others to garrison Ningyuan, but he insisted on not helping and refusing to send reinforcements.However, Man Gui resolutely led his army to set out from Qiantun in the rear, and reinforced Jinzhou with the general soldier You Shilu. On the [-]th, he went to Yanli Mountain and encountered Houjin Huliang's partial division and was surrounded.This partial division is led by Dabeilemangurtai, belezierharang, Azig, Yuetuo, Sahalian, and Haug. It is a powerful force with no fewer troops than the Mangui army.

Man Gui was the number one warrior in the Ming army. He rushed to the enemy first, and the two sides launched a fierce field battle.Although Man Gui repelled the enemy, his troops suffered casualties, so he led his troops to Ningyuan.After discovering Mangui, on the 28th, Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners army across Jinzhou to attack Ningyuan. Mangui personally put on his clothes and went out of the city to meet them.Jin Bing saw that the Ming army was neat and morale was high, so he hesitated to attack, so the team retreated to the mountain to wait and see.

Daishan, Amin, and Manggurtai among the four ruling Baylors advocated retreating, but Huang Taiji insisted on fighting. He personally led the army to rush to the Ming army. Had to follow up hastily.The two sides launched a life-and-death struggle outside Ningyuan City.

Man Gui led his deputy, You Shiwei, and others out of the city to meet him, who were quite wounded, and Man Gui was also seriously injured.The Golden Army also suffered heavy casualties. Jierhalang was seriously injured among the eight major belors, the third son Sahalian and the fourth son Wakda of the great belor Daishan were seriously injured, and guerrilla Jue Luobaishan and Beiyu Bashi were killed in battle.Seeing that he could not gain any advantage, Huang Taiji had to order a temporary withdrawal of troops.

At this time, Zhao, who was guarding Jinzhou, saw that the main force of the enemy outside the city was leaving, and the troops were relaxed. He suddenly opened the city gate and led his army to attack the enemy camp.Huang Taiji felt that the enemy was in danger, so he withdrew his troops from Ningyuan and turned to attack Jinzhou again.

On the fourth day of June, Huang Taiji led his army back outside the city of Jinzhou and launched a frantic attack on Jinzhou again. The Ming army still used "cannons, bows and arrows, and bricks" to serve and deal a heavy blow to the Jin army.

The Jin soldiers suffered heavy casualties, had no food or drink, and were exposed to the hot sun, and their morale was very low.However, the embarrassing Huang Taiji, out of his own face, refused to withdraw the soldiers regardless of whether the soldiers were dead or alive, and forced the soldiers to attack the city.The battle continued from morning to evening, and Huang Taiji got nothing but the corpses.Had to order to retreat.

The Ming Dynasty called this battle the "Ningjin Great Victory", but the Kingdom of Jin was only for the battle of Jinzhou, and did not mention Ningyuan. It can be seen that the Jin Army regarded the opponent in this battle as Zhao Ledjiao, the commander-in-chief of Pingliao, not Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong. .

In the Battle of Jinzhou, the Jin army suffered over ten thousand casualties, and the stinking corpses were so bad that no one wanted to mention the tragic battle that year.Huang Taiji also didn't want to mention it because this battle was a big defeat. Therefore, for many years, the Battle of Jinzhou was almost a forbidden area for the Jin army, and no one dared to mention it.Now Ning Wan I boldly raised it, and used this to persuade Huang Taiji not to attack Jinzhou, so as not to repeat the same mistakes, which made Huang Taiji hesitate.The battle back then was too miserable, and now I think about it and I am terrified.

"This moment, that moment!"

Just when Huang Taiji was hesitant to say anything, Tong Yangxing stood up and said sonorously: "Back then, the Ming army guarded Jinzhou with a lot of troops and famous generals, and there was a steady stream of reinforcements from the rear, but today the Ming army is defending the isolated city. A soldier came to the rescue, and the general presided over it. And we are the masters of the great victory. With the power of the great victory, we attack a city that is only defended by thousands of old and weak soldiers. Why not go down! King Khan, don't hesitate, this time We are about to take Jinzhou, march into Ningyuan, and accomplish great things!"

Hearing that the elder son-in-law and other senior ministers in the West Room also supported the attack on Jinzhou, Azig became active again and shouted: "Er son-in-law is right, we will get up wherever we fall. Jinzhou city was unbeatable in the past, but today it is easy to win." What is the reason why Khan raised his troops first? It is not because our Jurchen clan can no longer be bullied by the Ming country! Now we have defeated the Ming army and wiped out all the soldiers and horses of the Ming country outside the pass. All his cities are now as if they hadn’t Clothed women usually lie in front of us, if we don’t take them, God will be angry with us!”

"Twelve Baylor, don't forget, we don't have siege equipment!" Seeing that Azig and Tong Yangxing were still going to attack Jinzhou, I was in a hurry after Ning finished, and I quickly reminded him of the most practical problem, that is, how can the Jin army be defeated? There are no siege machines.

Dorgon said disapprovingly: "There are plenty of tools in Dalinghe City. We can make enough tools overnight to make enough for the siege. The tools are not a problem."

"Yes, the siege equipment is not a problem, Ning Wan me, you don't want to scare me here again!" Azig stared at Ning Wan me fiercely.

I was startled after Ning Wan, and looked at Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian, but they shook their heads at him, signaling him not to persuade him any more.

After Ning Wan I sighed, I had no choice but to say to Huang Taiji: "If King Khan really wants to attack Jinzhou, this slave will have something to say, but I think it's best to send a team to test it out. To avoid unnecessary losses, King Khan should withdraw his troops and go back."

"You talk too much!" Seeing that Ning Wan and I were still talking non-stop, Azige was so angry that he wanted to rush up and kick him.

Hu Daxian suddenly got out from the surrendered generals, and said to Huang Taiji swearingly: "King Khan, there are no soldiers in Jinzhou city at all, only two or three thousand regiments and soldiers in the guard are the base, and it is Qiu Hejia who conscripted civilian husbands, young and strong assistants. It won't help if you keep guard. Forgive me, the general said bluntly, this Jinzhou is really easy to play."

Huang Taiji lifted his spirits: "Are you sure there are only two or three thousand regiments in the city training and defending troops?"

Hu Daxian nodded heavily: "The final general confirms, King Khan can rest assured! If King Khan doesn't believe the late general, you might as well ask Mr. Zhang. He knows how many soldiers and horses are still in the city." After finishing speaking, the court with malicious intentions Zhang Chun looked.

"shame!"

Zhang Chun was so angry that he picked up a tea bowl and threw it at Hu Daxian. Hu Daxian stepped aside, and the bowl hit Ah Shan, so angry that Ah Shan pretended to hit him.

However, Huang Taiji was overjoyed, Zhang Chun's smashing didn't prove that Hu Daxian's words were true, so there are really no soldiers and horses in Jinzhou City!

God helps me too!

If you don't take the empty city, you will be blocked by this city in the future!

Huang Taiji frowned, and there was another family member of his ancestors clamoring for him to avenge Zu Dashou. Huang Taiji finally got Zu Dashou, a good general, and he was going to use him as a vanguard, but Qiu Hejia sent someone to kill him up!It is also because of the anger in his heart, if he does not avenge Zu Dashou, how will he explain to the generals.

Dai Shan observed the words and expressions from the side, and knew that Huang Taiji was moved, so he struck the iron road while it was hot: "Since Jinzhou is very guarded, let the king of Khan lead his sons to attack, firstly, to take the wealth in the city and make up for the loss of the banners; secondly, to occupy Jinzhou. , take Jinzhou as the base, and then attack Ningyuan; come three times, and the humiliation of the Ningjin battle can also be washed away."

Huang Taiji didn't hesitate any more, but he didn't act impulsively, instead he ordered Azige: "Azige, tomorrow you will lead the red flag and supervise four thousand Han troops to attack Jinzhou!"

Azige was overjoyed, and he responded with a heavy voice: "Your brother accepts the order, and will dedicate Jinzhou city to King Khan tomorrow!"

Seeing that Huang Taiji decided to attack Jinzhou, Jierhalang had no choice but to do so. Fortunately, Huang Taiji asked Azige to lead his troops to attack, and did not ask him to be on the blue flag, so even if there were casualties, it would still be a matter of the red flag, as long as the strength of the blue flag If it doesn't hurt, he doesn't bother to care about whether Jinzhou will fight or not.

Dorgon and Duoyi were also very excited when their brothers first attacked Jinzhou. The two brothers discussed whether to allocate a few cattle records from their banners to Xianghongqi so that Azig could take Jinzhou smoothly.

At the moment, Azige led the dispatch of [-] Han soldiers to surrender, and Dorgon led people into the city to fetch Ming army equipment, and the Han army craftsmen and soldiers who were going to accompany the army rushed to make siege equipment overnight.The other banners made corresponding preparations, and the camp was extremely busy.

When the Jin soldiers heard that Jinzhou was going to attack tomorrow, that the city was full of food and money, there were still a few Han people, and there were not many defenders, they were all overjoyed.Day after day of war, the casualties were too great, and the gains were very little. It was just in need of supplies from the Ming people in Jinzhou City.For a time, the Jin army was full of fighting spirit, and they were all gearing up, and their morale was greatly boosted.Huang Taiji visited the camp and couldn't help feeling that he had made the right decision and that he should take Jinzhou in one fell swoop to comfort the soldiers.