Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 407

During the period when Jianlu was wreaking havoc on the front line of Guanning, the military households of Ningyuan Zhongyousuo, west of Ningyuan City, all withdrew to Guangning Zhonghousuo when Jianlu looted food outside the city and went back.Then, together with the military households of Guangning Zhonghou Institute, they withdrew to Guangning Qiantunwei.

In other words, today's Ningyuan City is considered an isolated city.The nearest Ming army to Ningyuan is Guangning Qiantunwei, defending Shanhaiguan.

In the original history, Jierhalang, Prince Heshuo of Jianlu, also attacked Ningyuan at this point in time.

Conquer the city of Zhonghousuo, kill Wu Liangbi, the guerrilla of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Guo'an, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, capture Zhongqiansuo, and behead Li Fuming and Yuan Shangren, the general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Huang, the commander-in-chief of Zhongqiansuo, fled from the city, pursued and defeated him, and took Zhongqiansuo. .

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In Jinzhou City, Jianlu and Prince Azig of Shuoying are discussing the military situation with Jierhalang.

"In the past two months, we have also robbed food, but Minggou didn't respond at all, it just huddled in the city!" Azig said with a bit of disdain, "Minggou is still Naminggou, there is no difference. It can be seen that Turger and the others are suspected of exaggerating Minggou in the battle of being ambushed by Minggou before entering the customs!"

Although according to the information collected afterward, many people have explained that each of the army is well-armored and well-equipped, but there are also some people who honestly answer that they don't know. It's just that the main army was defeated, so they fled with them, and It is not certain that the Ming army is indeed well-armored and well-armed.

The reason for such investigation results is that most of the Jian captives who fought the decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army died on the spot, and those who did not die on the spot were either captured or killed in the subsequent pursuit.

In the end, many of those who were able to escape back to Liaodong were actually Jian captives in the army led by the original Turg.And they did not experience the main decisive battle.

Most of the Jianlu high-level officials concluded the results of the Battle of Jizhou after the war. Most people believed that the main reason for the defeat was that they underestimated the enemy and fell into an ambush by the Ming army.

There must also be some troops in the Ming army, for example, the Yongwei Battalion, which has always been regarded as a strong Ming army, must be well armored and well-armed.As for the Beijing camp, even if the Ming court reorganized it, it would not be possible to become a powerful army at once.As for all of them being replaced with solid armor and using sophisticated ordnance, this is also impossible.

On this point, the senior officials of Jianlu have repeatedly asked Hong Chengchou to confirm.

Hong Chengchou's answer to Jianlu was: Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was indeed rich in land and resources, and very wealthy, but the problem was that the imperial court had no money!This point, in fact, is also known to Jianlu, the court of the Ming Dynasty can't even pay the frontier army's military salary!
In this way, where did the court of the Ming Dynasty get the money to build solid armor and sophisticated ordnance?You know, these things cost the most money!
Among other things, let's talk about the sturdy armor. According to the description of the strength of the people who escaped, the armor worn by the soldiers of the Ming army is not scale armor or mountain armor, but the strength is even stronger than this. Both types of armor must be strong, so the cost must be cheap, at least a few hundred taels of silver, right?

With less armor like this, you can still think about it, and the whole army is equipped with it?Even if the escaped Jianlu said that with one voice, no one would really believe it!

Because this kind of logic doesn't make sense at all!
In particular, the top leaders of Jianlu were all born in wars since they were young, and they are even more confident about military matters.They couldn't convince themselves no matter what, thinking that the 8 or [-] troops of the Ming Dynasty could do this half a year after the Battle of Songjin.

If the Ming Dynasty court really had this ability, would the 12 court elites in the Songjin Battle be sent to death in vain?Armed with these 12 imperial elites, why not use the opportunity to defeat the Qing Dynasty?
At that time, Hong Chengchou was one of the most trusted courtiers of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If he had something good, it was unreasonable not to give it to him!

With all these things, the top leaders of Jianlu actually have too many doubts about the Battle of Jizhou!
After recuperating for almost a year and licking his wounds for a year, Jianlu finally couldn't bear it, and finally started to act again.

Of course, this is also the same as the barren land of Liaodong, at least at this time it is considered a barren land. When it comes to harvest, the weather is not so hot, and it is suitable for Jianlu to send troops. They decided to send troops to test the reality of the Ming army.

No, Jianlu also sent Azig to Jinzhou to strengthen Jierhalang's strength.This is also for defense, the Ming army does have a part of the army, it is really a strong army!

But what makes them regret is that the Ming army will only hide in the city, just like before, and dare not go out of the city to fight in the field.So much so that Jianlu hit hard, but there was no opponent.

No large-scale captives could be caught to verify their confessions, and the few Ming army captives could not say anything about the imperial court's strong army.This made the skeptics in Jianlu, such as Azig, even more distrustful of what Turg and the others said about the strength of the Ming army.

No, I heard him say to Jierhalang again: "Ningyuan City is not easy to fight, but there are still a few small guard cities, and it is no problem if they want to take it down. They have robbed food, and the city probably There are quite a few hoards. How about taking down those guard cities?"

Ningyuan City is a key city managed by the Ming Dynasty. It is tall and strong, and it is indeed difficult to conquer.If you really want to fight Ningyuan, you will probably have to prepare for the siege just like you did when you fought Jinzhou before.

Azig is not stupid, he knows that they are not suitable to fight Ningyuan at this time.

After hearing his words, Jierhalang thought for a while and said: "There has been no movement in the Ming Dynasty. It is very likely that the army from the Battle of Jizhou was transferred to quell the chaos in the pass! But it makes sense It has been so long, it should be transferred back, but why is there no movement?"

Seeing that Jierhalang didn't answer his words, Azige was a little unhappy, so he said directly: "Why else, it must be that the thief is very powerful, and Minggou can't be busy! In fact, it can also be done from this point." For sure, there are definitely not many strong troops in the Ming Dynasty, and it is estimated that only the Yongwei Battalion can be said to be a strong army!"

Ji Erhalang was noncommittal, still thinking there.Just when Azig was a little impatient, he saw Jierharang looking at him and said to him: "It is also a good idea to take down the remaining guard cities and directly threaten Shanhaiguan. One is If we can snatch all the population and supplies from these cities, then Ningyuan City will be completely isolated. Once the food in Ningyuan City is exhausted, the only way is to surrender to my Qing Dynasty!"

After a pause, he added: "And this level of attack will definitely hurt the court of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a strong army, it will be transferred to Shanhaiguan no matter what. Otherwise, once Shanhaiguan is lost, it will be Ming Dynasty. The imperial court of the country will never allow it!"

"That's right, that's what I mean too!" Azig said with a smile when he heard this, "I'd like to see how strong Ming's army is!"

The most famous generals of the Ming army, such as Cao Bianjiao and others, had all died in the battle of Songjin.According to Hong Chengchou, the 12 Ming army that participated in the Battle of Songjin was already the best army that Ming could mobilize.How strong the remaining strong Ming army can be, at least for Azig, has always been a question mark.

After he finished speaking, the corner of his mouth curled slightly, showing a trace of disdain, and then he said: "After weighing the strength of Ming's strong army, I will challenge Your Majesty. I will lead the troops into the pass next year. I don't believe it. Can it be turned upside down?"

He had already led troops into the pass to plunder once before, so he had seen the behavior of the Ming army in the pass.Don't look at the large number of troops they have assembled, but they will only follow behind the Qing army, and they dare not fight at all.So much so that when Azig left the customs with a lot of plunder, he wrote a sign to the Ming army, which read: All troops are free!
It was a severe humiliation to the Ming army!
After hearing this, Ji Erhalang was noncommittal, and after a while, he said to Azig: "Let's talk about the weight of Ming's strong army first!"

In his heart, he was faintly worried.After all, so many people died in the battle of Jizhou.It can be said that the Qing Dynasty has never experienced a disastrous defeat. Even though there are many Mongols in the army who are not strong in combat and can only fight with the wind, there are tens of thousands of elites in the Qing Dynasty!

Different from the battle of Jizhou, this time the temptation must be cautious, and the Ming army will not be ambushed again.In this battle, as long as the powerful army of the Ming Kingdom dared to fight, they would definitely be able to weigh the real weight.

With this in mind, Jierharang reminded Azig again: "Since you have decided to pull out those guards, you should bring a few more cannons in red clothes. In this way, if you want to take down that kind of small town It's not a problem."

When I went to Guannei before, I definitely couldn't bring heavy artillery.But now, there is no problem in pulling a few red cannons from Jinzhou.

After hearing this, Azig nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, this kind of small town is still within reach!"

"Attention, if the strong army of the Ming Dynasty really appears, don't go head-to-head, fight if you can fight, and withdraw if you can't fight." Jierhalang listened, and urged, "Remember, contact us as soon as possible! "

Azig was a little disapproving, but on the surface, he still nodded and said, "Of course I know that!"

Then, after discussing for a while, they held a military meeting, ordered Turge, Kong Youde and others, and led [-] cavalry to march.

Bring Turge, that's because Turge participated in the battle of Jizhou, with him, at least he can remind you.

And with Kong Youde, it was mainly the Han army that would manipulate the artillery to bombard the enlightened army's Weisuo City.

And most of the army is cavalry, that is, they have strong mobile combat capabilities, can attack and retreat, and will not suffer a big loss when the situation is unfavorable!After all, the Qing Dynasty has already suffered a major loss, and if there is another major loss, it will seriously hurt its vitality!
That's it, at least for Azig, it was a confident departure.

　I have another day at work tomorrow, I wish you all a happy new year!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)