When Wu Sangui and Gao Di arrived at the city, the Jurchen artillery fire had stopped, and there were only a dozen generals wearing Han Eight Banner Niulu uniforms commanding four to five thousand people to attack the city.
Behind the dozen Han Eight Banner Niulu, there were two Jurchens wearing full Eight Banner Niulu and leading hundreds of people to hold down the formation.
It turns out that the Jurchen military system is divided into three levels: Niulu, Jiala and Gushan. There are three hundred people in one Niulu, five Niulu is one Jiala, five Jiala is one Gushan, and Gushan is one. The flag, Bagu Mountain is the Eight Banners.
At first, the Jurchens only had the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Later, as their power grew, they organized the conquered Mongols into five "Niulu", which were subordinate to the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
In the eighth year of Chongzhen, after Huang Taiji conquered Chahar Mongolia, the number of Mongolians increased dramatically, so he separated Mongolia from the Manchu Eight Banners and formed the Mongolian Eight Banners.
The Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners have a similar history of development. After Nurhaci occupied the Liaoshen area, he demoted the plundered Han people as slaves and incorporated them into the Manchu Eight Banners, becoming domestic slaves or slaves engaged in production in Tokesuo (farms). .
However, as the number of Han people increased, conflicts with the Jurchens also increased.
In order to maintain internal stability, Huang Taiji no longer incorporated the conquered Han people into the Manchu Eight Banners as slaves. Instead, he organized them into separate villages and appointed surrendered Ming Dynasty officials or promoted Han officials to manage them.
In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, due to the increase in the number of Han people, the Han army was also expanded into eight banners and became one of the three Jurchen armies.
It's just that although the Han people have formed an army, they still cannot escape the fate of being enslaved.
In every battle, they were placed at the forefront and acted as cannon fodder, so the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were not very powerful.
At this moment, the Han Eight Banners who were forced to attack the city were just showing off and did not pose any threat to the city defense at all.
Many of them were frightened by the arrows on the city wall and turned around and ran away before even getting close to the city wall.
When Gao Di saw this, he couldn't help but show embarrassment on his face.
It turned out that based on his experience in the past ten days, he found that the Jurchens would launch a large-scale siege every two days. In addition, seeing the Jurchens' new red cannon today, he thought that the offensive would be more powerful than before.
So after he gave instructions to his generals, he hurriedly went to Wu Sangui for help. He didn't expect such a scene.
In order to ease the embarrassment, he pretended to be confused and said: "Uncle Ping Xi, something is wrong with the situation today!"
"Could it be that Dorgon asked the Han army to stage a feint attack here to attract our attention, while the Jurchen elite lurked in places like Xifengkou or Beiguguan?"
When Wu Sangui heard this, he did not answer, but glanced at Wu Guogui beside him.
When Wu Guogui saw this, he immediately sneered and said with a sarcastic face: "General Gao, you are worrying too much!"
"It has been raining continuously for the past few days, and now the Lulong Road is muddy and full of swamps. How can the Jurchen cavalry pass through?"
"What's more, on both sides of Lulong Road is the Daling River Valley, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In order to prevent the Jurchens from sneaking across from here, the commander-in-chief had sent Deputy General Yang Kun to guard it with great fanfare. How could the Jurchens go there?"
"As for Beiguguan, it is even more impossible, because this road has to pass through the Horqin Sandy Land in Mongolia, then go back to the Linghe River Valley, pass through Chifeng, and finally enter the Gubeikou Pass." Chinese website
"There are many places on this road that can only be passed by one person, not by carriages and horses. The Jurchens' advantage lies in the cavalry. If they abandon their horses, what can they do even if they enter the pass?"
What Gaudi just said was just a casual remark to relieve the embarrassment, without any thought.
At this moment, I saw that although Wu Sangui did not reprimand, Wu Guogui's words were full of contempt, and he was ashamed and resentful.
But he thought about having to rely on Wu Sangui in the future, so he suppressed the resentment in his heart, laughed twice, and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Wu Sangui glared at Wu Guogui pretending to be dissatisfied, and scolded: "Guogui, you are too presumptuous. You must know that soldiers are crafty. They always use the right combination to win by surprise."
"Most of the famous battles in history were unexpected. For example, the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period relied on natural dangers, but because Deng Ai sneaked into Yinping, the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. Therefore, this matter must be guarded against!"
Wu Guogui heard the words and stood up
He bowed and said: "What the commander taught me is that the general is confused!"
After saying this, he hurriedly apologized to Gaudi.
How could Gaudi fail to see this double act, but since they were under the roof, he had no choice but to respond by pretending not to know.
After Wu Sangui took the opportunity to appease Gao Di, he pretended to be confused and said: "The Jurchens are strange this time. They know clearly that they cannot conquer Shanhaiguan, but they still refuse to retreat. I wonder if there is something hidden!"
Gao Di didn't know what Wu Sangui was thinking, so he responded in a few words.
Wu Guogui was silent for a while and said, "Commander, it is said that the sky over Liaodong was filled with red light a few days ago, and it lasted for nine days."
"Some people say this is auspiciousness from heaven, but it may need to be changed..."
"Wu Guogui!"
Wu Sangui shouted to stop Wu Guogui and glared at him fiercely before continuing: "The Jurchens are a barbarian country, so how can they have any auspiciousness?"
"Even if there is, it is a bad omen, because red is like blood, which means killing..."
Wu Sangui said and suddenly stopped.
After Wu Guogui spoke, Gao Di was ready to echo a few words, but seeing Wu Sangui's face looking uncertain, he bowed his head and said nothing.
At this time, Wu Zhi hurriedly ran from a distance.
He first glanced at Wu Guogui, and then whispered a few words in Wu Sangui's ear.
When Wu Sangui heard Wu Zhi's words, he couldn't help frowning and glanced at Wu Guogui.
Wu Guogui was shocked when he saw the murderous look in Wu Sangui's eyes.
After Wu Zhi finished speaking, Wu Sangui glared at Wu Guogui dissatisfiedly, then gave Wu Zhi a few instructions in a low voice, and then invited Gaudi to inspect the city defense with a smile on his face.
They inspected several more city defenses. During this period, Wu Sangui deliberately exaggerated the difficulty of defense in some places and ordered guerrilla general Guo Yunlong to lead 2,000 people to defend the city.
Because of the previous incident, Gao Di felt that he couldn't live with it, so he pretended not to agree.
Wu Sangui also wanted to use this to win over Gao Di, but he refused to agree.
After the two were polite to each other, Gao Di reluctantly agreed, and then they talked and laughed all the way back to Wu Sangui's mansion.
After Gao Di left, Wu Sangui's face immediately darkened.
When Wu Guogui saw this, he felt panic again.
He opened his mouth several times to speak, but finally closed it and just followed Wu Sangui silently.
"Wu Guogui, do you know about Liu Wenbing's defeat of Kong Youde?"
After Wu Sangui entered the study, he asked with a cold face.
When Wu Guogui heard this, his body couldn't help but trembled, and he whispered: "The last general, the last general..."
Wu Sangui snorted coldly and said, "Wu Guogui, you have become more capable now, and you actually dare to deceive me!"
Wu Guogui knew that Wu Sangui was really angry, so he hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "Commander, the general is not trying to deceive you, it's just that they..."
Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard this, and after forcing himself to calm down, he shouted angrily: "They, what they?"
"Think about how I treat you, how dare you be so ungrateful..."
After Wu Sangui scolded Wu Guogui angrily, he asked him to stand up, and then said calmly: "Guogui, I know what you are thinking, but there are some things that cannot be rushed."
"Especially for such a major matter involving life and death, honor and disgrace, we should not rush..."
Wu Guogui felt much relieved when Wu Sangui scolded him.
At this moment, seeing the other party's kind words and persuasion, knowing that the matter was over, his expression gradually returned to normal.
