Chapter 172
Dajin is a country where strength is king. Of course, all of them believe in the survival law of natural selection and respect for the strong.
The current strength of the Kingdom of Jin has been hit hard, especially the prestige of Huang Taiji, and the strength of the two yellow flags has also been hit hard. The two blue flags no longer have the right to speak, and the losses of the two red flags are not light. Among the eight flags , the loss of the two white flags was the lightest.
At that time, Nurhaci wanted to pass the throne to Dorgon, but Dorgon was too young and lacked strength. In fact, among the four Baylors who had the best chance of becoming the khan king, the one who had the best chance of becoming the heir to the khan king was Daishan. .
Dorgon's mother, Abahai, suffered from postpartum wind after giving birth to Dorgon. Since Daishan and Abahai were similar in age, and Daishan was very kind, a friend from the Central Plains once sent donkey-hide gelatin. Everyone knows that donkey-hide gelatin has been a treasure since ancient times. It is a good medicine for pregnancy and can also prevent and treat postpartum wind. Out of concern for Abahai, he sent it to her. Unexpectedly, after eating the donkey-hide gelatin, Abahai recovered from his illness. They often go back and forth and the two of them get closer.
Not long after, there was an obscure scandal between Daishan and Abahai. The scandal was very outrageous, especially about Abahai's youngest son Duduo. Some people even said that he was the son of Abahai and Daishan. Nurhachi was furious. Then, the position of Daishan Dabeile was abolished, otherwise, Daishan would become the Khan King.
Therefore, Daishan and Yue Tuo will never support Dorgon to become the Khan King. Amin is Nurhachi's nephew, so there is a difference between his closeness and distance, but Mang Gurtai is even worse. His mother offended Nurhaci because of her excessive jealousy. Nurhachi asked, who will kill this woman for me? Mang Gurtai walked out, "Me!"
So he raised the knife and killed his mother with one blow. When everyone took a look, they found that this man had become a great khan and he was not allowed to kill whomever he saw. Because of Daishan and his son, the two red flags supported Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji became the new Khan King.
During the Nurhaci period, the Zhenghuang Banner had forty-five Niulu, led by Nurhaci; the Xianghuang Banner, with twenty Niulu, was also led by Nurhaci; the Zhenghong Banner, had twenty-five Niulu, led by Nurhaci's second son Shan commanded; Xianghong Banner, twenty-six Niulu, led by Daishan's eldest son Yue Tuo; Zhenglan Banner, twenty-one Niulu, led by Nurhaci's fifth son Mang Gurtai; Xianglan Banner, thirty-three Niulu Lu, commanded by Nurhaci's nephew, Shuerhaqi's second son Amin; Zhengbai Banner, twenty-five Niulu, commanded by Nurhachi's eighth son Huang Taiji; Xiangbai Banner, fifteen Niulu, Nurhachi's eldest son Chu Ying's son Du Du led the army.
Since Dai Shan and Yue Tuo supported Huang Taiji, they were smart enough to own 76 of the 210 Niu Lu of the Eight Banners, accounting for one third, and had an absolute advantage.
But the problem is that among the current Eight Banners, the strongest one has become the two white flags with the least losses, especially since Duduo also has 6,000 Nurhachi's pro-army troops. These people can't even be mobilized by Huang Taiji, so Ah With the support of Jige and Duduo, Dorgon is expected to aspire to the throne of Khan King.
However, Dorgon's expression was a little depressed, and he said calmly: "Maybe... maybe. Old Fifteen, it's not that I don't understand what you said, but I know that I will have a direction to strive for in the future!"
"Although we suffered a disastrous defeat today, it also made me and Daikin realize that a very powerful opponent has arisen, putting tremendous pressure on Daikin."
Dorgon swept away the decadence on his body, clenched his fists, his eyes were like a torch, and the blood in his body was boiling: "Dajin has been in Liaodong for decades. This is the first time that I have encountered such a tough opponent. This strong opponent makes me feel scared. It also makes me feel excited, - this is a qualified opponent! Fighting with such an opponent is fun enough!"
Duduo smiled and said: "This is the Fourteenth Brother I am familiar with!"
"Old Shififteen, you are right. Cheng Shijie won a great victory this time... However, if a tree is as beautiful as a tree, the wind will destroy it. He stole the show. I'm afraid a disaster is coming soon, right?"
Dorgon looked at the dark night sky behind him: "I hope you don't die early in the hands of your own people. I hope... I hope we have a chance to meet on the battlefield again! If there is such a chance, I must be upright. Defeat you and use your blood to wash away today’s shame!”
"Brother Fourteen, we will all depend on you from now on!"
Dorgon could clearly hear the meaning of Duduo's words.
This Khan King was originally his, just because he was still young when Nurhachi died, and among the four Baylors who were most qualified to inherit the Khan throne, Daishan could not end because of Abahai. Otherwise, when Shi Shan and Yue Tuo's father and son are the strongest, and Niu Lu is a quarter of the Eight Banners.
Daishan was angry with Abahai because of him.
Because of this defeat, the two blue flags were greatly weakened and the two red flags were severely damaged. The two white flags are now about half as strong as the two yellow flags. What's more, this defeat has a great impact on Huang Taiji's prestige. Big nerf.
Dorgon's opportunity has come.
…
Huang Taiji didn't know what Dorgon was thinking. He just thought clearly about one reason, that is, Cheng Shijie could rely on the barbed wire to defeat them until he couldn't hold on anymore and retreated on his own initiative.
In this way, Cheng Shijie can win this war at the minimum cost. However, now he figured it out, Cheng Shijie was taking money from the bottom of the cauldron.
Everything in the Kingdom of Jin is based on force, and force is the foundation of Dajin. When the Ming army used 20,000 to 30,000 corpses to prove that Dajin's force was not as powerful as they imagined, this foundation was shaken. .
"Cheng Shijie, you are so poisonous!"
Although Huang Taiji figured it out, he was still at a loss. This was simply a dead end. In fact, after fighting to the death with Zhang Chun's men on the banks of the Daling River, more than 40,000 Ming troops were wiped out, and Dai Jin suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Huang Taiji's prestige began to waver.
This disastrous defeat in Haizhou shattered the myth of Daikin's invincibility, and the separation of allies became inevitable. He could see through the benefits, but was unable to resolve this crisis unless Daikin could prove Haizhou with a greater victory. The state's defeat was just an accident, they are still strong!
But the question is, can Dajin's army, which has lost too much blood, still have the ability to prove this?
Unconsciously, Huang Taiji fell asleep, snoring slightly...
Hearing the snoring coming from the tent, Hauge, Yue Tuo, and Daishan all breathed a sigh of relief.
However, then he started to worry.
Daishan asked: "Where is Azig?"
Yue Tuo said: "He is standing behind him!"
"Dorgon is also behind?"
Hauge nodded and said: "Now we are the Queen of the Two White Flags. How about I go and bring the fourteenth uncle back?"
"No!"
Yue Tuo said hurriedly: "I'll go take a look!"
He was really afraid that once Hauge left, he might not be able to come back.
The originally peaceful situation in Dajin was not without contradictions, but these contradictions were suppressed with Dajin's successive victories.
The Ming Dynasty actually had many problems, but if the Ming army maintained absolute military superiority externally and could easily crush the Jiannu slaves like in the Wanli Korean War, the Ming Dynasty's internal problems would be much smaller.
The first reason for this defeat was that people were confused.
Especially Shuo Tuo, he was even happier than eating honey.
Others are frowning and worrying about the future. Only Shuo Tuo was sitting in his small tent. There was a small pot burning in the tent. In the pot, large pieces of mutton were simmering in gravy. The broth with chili oil was fragrant.
Even if you don't need to eat it, just smelling the fragrance will make the surrounding Jiannu salivate.
Yue Tuo was about to lead the remnant troops with red flags to meet Dorgon, but suddenly he smelled the fragrance coming from Shuo Tuo's tent, and Yue Tuo walked directly towards the small tent.
Shuo Tuo's back was turned to Shuo Tuo and his shoulders were hunched. Yue Tuo thought that Shuo Tuo was worried and scared, but when he took a closer look, he saw that Shuo Tuo was drinking wine, drunk and humming a song.
Yue Tuo frowned slightly. He pulled out his meat-eating knife, fished out large pieces of mutton from the pot, and ate them.
"This is my meat!"
"Second brother, what's wrong with eating your meat?"
Yue Tuo said while eating: "Can't I still eat it?"
However, when the mutton entered his mouth, Yue Tuo's face turned red instantly: "Did you poison the meat?"
When Yue Tuo thought about it, he was wrong. The meat was eaten by Shuo Tuo himself. How could it be poisoned?
Seeing Yue Tuo break into cold sweat from the hot pepper, Shuo Tuo was very happy: "Doesn't this taste good?"
"hiss!"
Yue Tuo didn't even bother to say anything as he ate spicy mutton.
After a while, Yue Tuo said: "It's really spicy and refreshing. Where did you get this spice?"
Shuo Tuo smiled and said, "I bought it from Liaonan!"
Yue Tuo's face turned cold: "You should be more careful in the future. Dahan is very unhappy this time. You are violating a taboo!"
Shuo Tuo said disapprovingly: "Do you think he still has a chance?"
"What do you mean?"
Yue Tuo's face immediately darkened when he heard Shuo Tuo's unkind tone: "Even if our Daikin suffered heavy losses this time and our morale was severely damaged, the foundation is still there after all. As long as we can hide in Shenyang City and take a breather, After a period of rest, we are fully capable of fighting the Ming army again, and we still have to fight this battle!"
"What to beat with?"
Shuo Tuo pointed to the mutton in the pot and said, "Do you know whose sheep this is?"
"It's not yours?"
"Of course not mine!"
Shuo Tuo smiled and said: "Wu Keshan's!"
"How dare you steal his sheep?"
Wu Keshan is Bu Mu Butai, the brother of Dayu'er and Hailanzhu, and the uncle of Huang Taiji. Although he is not a Jurchen, he has a transcendent status in the Jin Kingdom.
"I picked this up!"
"How can it be?"
"I'm really not lying to you!"
Shuo Tuo said: "Wu Keshan ran away with his one or two thousand men and horses. He ran away in such a hurry that he didn't even take the sheep with him. He gave me an advantage!"
"These Mongolian bastards have the nerve to call themselves the genius of the prairie, but they don't even have the courage to fight the Ming army! Wait until they return to Shenyang!"
Yue Tuo said angrily: "I will definitely report to the King of Khan and ask him to send troops to kill all the defecting tribes!"
Shuo Tuo smiled bitterly: "If we really do this, I'm afraid we will never find allies again..."
"never mind!"
Yue Tuo didn't say anything else to Shuo Tuo, he needed to do business.
…
In the final analysis, war is about economy and strength. While Jiannu was still sleeping, the Ming army infantry had already begun to get up. They braved the cold wind and began to modify the cart.
Soldier Ning Haijun first removed the wheels and at the same time removed the seat panel from the carriage. He flipped the seat panel over and put it on the frame to form a sled.
As the four-wheeled carriages turned into sleighs, the cooks also prepared breakfast. Breakfast was a very ordinary breakfast, mainly steamed buns and milk tea. This kind of milk tea is made by boiling milk bricks and tea leaves in a pot. After boiling, the tea leaves are filtered through a filter.
Because it was wartime, every soldier's kettle was filled with a full kettle of milk tea, which was two liters. Each soldier divided five or six hot cannons, got on the sled, and started setting off.
Many Ning Navy soldiers thought that Jiannu had been running for most of the day and night, and they would definitely not be able to catch up with him so slowly. Many soldiers were willing to chase him on war horses. Even if they couldn't ride a horse, they wanted to tie themselves to the horse with a rope.
Cheng Shijie refused without hesitation. Is it easy for me to get these horses? You have all exhausted your horses, wouldn’t I have suffered a big loss?
As the saying goes, when an emergency meets a slow doctor, Ning Haijun's officers were so anxious that they jumped up and down!
At first, on the first day, there was indeed no victory. On the third day, they encountered a large number of dead horses along the way, and the soldiers suddenly realized.
When Jiannu collapsed, he ran away without caring about horsepower at all. They were very worried that the Ming army would catch up, so they rushed faster. Under normal circumstances, this would not be a big problem.
But the problem is, it's snowing heavily now, and the war horses are sweating all over. When they are blown by the cold wind, they can't bear it anymore. Many war horses are either useless or exhausted.
As more and more horses died, the Ming army finally caught up with a group of defeated soldiers. These defeated soldiers were not many in number, only three to four hundred people, including Han troops, Mongolians, and Jiannu. They were gathered around a bonfire, but they were freezing. Trembling, watching the Ming army arrive, they quickly chased and surrendered on the ground.
Cheng Shijie, who led the main infantry force of the Ning Navy, accidentally picked up some war horses in the back that were not yet frozen to death, as well as Jiannu or Mongolian soldiers who were dying of the cold.
In just one day, Cheng Shijie recruited more than 2,000 Mongolian cavalry and more than 1,000 Han troops, and captured more than 3,300 people. Such a record, even in the early Ming Dynasty when military success was at its peak, It is also very rare.
However, Cheng Shijie looked at the Mongolian cavalry who were eating sweet potato porridge and smiling happily without seeing the swords and guns in the hands of Ning Haijun, who was guarding the surrounding area. Watching them eat again and again, Cheng Shijie's brows became more and more serious. Tighter.
Shen Mingyu smiled bitterly and said, "These people are such fucking losers!"
Cheng Shijie said: "If you were hungry for three days, you would probably be like them!"
"That's true!"
Shen Mingyu smiled bitterly and said: "I will eventually doubt..."
"What do you suspect?"
"I suspect this is Huang Taiji's poisonous plan!"
Shen Mingyu said with a serious face: "He deliberately left so many people here to eat up all our food!"
"Ha ha!"
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "I can afford to raise Huang Taiji's one hundred thousand army even if one of them lives. Screen the prisoners, collect the usable horses, and make dried horses out of the discarded horses. Let's eat horse meat." I’m tired of eating it, but the people in southern Liaoning don’t have horse meat to eat yet!”
Although there is no longer a shortage of food in southern Liaoning, it is still difficult to achieve the freedom of eating meat in later generations. On the Internet in later generations, some people complained that life was not satisfactory and was not as good as in the 1950s and 1960s.
This must be bullshit. What kind of material life was there in the 1950s and 1960s? Not to mention the freedom to eat meat, obesity has become a health problem. In that era, it was difficult to even eat a meal.
Fortunately, they collected more than 3,000 war horses. Although the Mongolian horses were a little short, Cheng Shijie didn't mind them. Having horses was better than not having them.
What's more, after this battle, the confidence of Ning Haijun's cavalry was also built up. At least they no longer had fear when facing Jiannu.
Seeing night approaching, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to order the troops to set up camp. These prisoners were very cooperative and well-behaved. They were no longer as ferocious as before. They were even more honest than kittens.
Without orders from Ning Haijun's soldiers, they came to work on their own initiative, helping Ning Haijun set up camp and chop wood. Even if no one was watching, they would not run away if they were asked to go into the woods to collect firewood.
Someone asked in confusion: "We just went to the woods, why didn't you run away?"
"Why run?"
"If you don't run away, you will have to go to a labor camp!"
"Does the labor camp take care of food?"
"I will definitely take care of it, and I will take full control of it!"
"As long as you take care of the food, you can do whatever you are told!"
"Where's the coal mining?"
"Dry!"
"It's mining!"
"Do it too!"
Cheng Shijie's carriage was of course converted into a sled. He raised the stove and was about to go to sleep. At this moment, Meng En came over and said: "Commander, a group of Mongolian cavalry is coming to kill!"
"How many troops are there?"
"About three or four hundred!"
"Probably here to surrender again!"
Cheng Shijie said angrily, "Go and tell them not to bother with three or four hundred people coming at once. By the way, let them come with a slave head. I will pardon their crimes and exempt them from forced labor!"
Cheng Shijie took in more than 3,000 prisoners in one day, but Jiannu lost more than 5,000 prisoners in one day. As for the other more than 1,000 people, they might have gotten lost, or they might have gone back to their hometown.
In short, there was no decent battle in this pursuit, just like an armed march, it was very easy.
More than 5,000 people fled in one day. When Huang Taiji received the news, he didn't even have the energy to get angry. It was too late to escape. Who was in the mood to care about the life and death of the Mongols?
But when Huang Taiji learned that so many Mongolian cavalry had surrendered to Cheng Shijie, he felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet and straight up to Tianling Gai, making his whole body feel chilly!
Huang Taiji had long expected that this disastrous defeat would trigger a series of chain reactions. Many tribes that were originally frightened by Dai Jin's force and had to take refuge in Dai Jin were likely to desert, but he never dreamed that this chain reaction would It came so violently that five thousand people were lost in just one day, which is equivalent to losing one-tenth of their soldiers in a single battle. What does this mean?
This means that the hegemony that Daikin had finally established with countless victories and countless massacres has been shaken. They have lost the intangible but intangible but important thing that Nurhachi left for them: "The Jurchens are not worth ten thousand, and if they are full, they cannot fight." The most prized possession.
Dajin, in Liaodong, North Korea, and Mongolia, was no longer an invincible and terrifying existence, and those who were on the fence began to fall back to the Ming Dynasty again!
"King Khan, the Guangning Guards have arrived!"
Daishan said: "King Khan, let's go to the city first. After driving for several days, everyone is exhausted. Going to the city to have a rest, eat a hot meal and take a bath can improve morale a little. First stabilize the position, and then Find a way to deal with the Ming army that bites behind us!"
Huang Taiji had no objection. He had experienced hundreds of battles. How could he not see that something was wrong with the current state of Dajin's army?
More and more Mongolian cavalry are escaping, and even Sauron's dead soldiers have begun to desert. If they don't go to the city to take a rest, it won't be long before these 50,000 to 60,000 troops who survived the bloody battle at Bali Bay It’s time to run away!
Huang Taiji waved his hand and said loudly: "Enter the city, enter the city!"
The Dajin army, already exhausted physically and mentally, cheered and filed into the city. After traveling for several days, they were almost exhausted. It would be better to go to the city to rest for a few days, even if they had no house to live in and could only sleep on the street, than to travel day and night like now.
Unfortunately, the wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
Just when they were preparing to enter Guangning City, the Ning Navy Cavalry and Guan Ning Army Cavalry, which had been chasing for three days, also caught up.
"What should we do now?"
Zu Dabi has not yet made up his mind. After all, there are too many slave slaves. They are only one-eighth of the opponent's. In addition, there are still new slave slaves in Guangning City. If the slave slaves counterattack, they will suffer a loss. .
Zhao Wencai smiled bitterly and said: "What a pity!"
"General Zhao!"
The Red Lady rode a war horse to Zhao Wencai's side. Qiao Siniang, who was disguised as a man, looked back at the Red Lady, and her eyes fell on the Red Lady's Adam's apple.
Sure enough, the red lady has no Adam's apple.
Of course, Qiao Siniang found out that the red lady was just like her, pretending to be a man, which didn't bother her.
"whats the matter?"
"I have captured a group of Han artillerymen with two small cannons. How about we fire a few shots at Guangning City?"
Zhao Wencai's eyes lit up: "Okay, let them fire!"
When Zhao Wencai thought about it, whether he could achieve results was another matter. Anyway, the pursuit could only come to an end.
As the two Franco machine guns were pushed up, the remaining eight shells were also placed.
"Boom boom..."
With the sound of two cannons, the shocked Han artillerymen were unable to fire artillery well, and the shells did not know where they flew.
However, when these Jiannu slaves who were frightened into fear heard the sound of cannons, they immediately thought of seeing the Ming army's cannons washing the ground on the battlefield outside Baliwan City.
"Run quickly, the Ming army is catching up!"
It was really a response. With this howl, the originally orderly city gate suddenly became chaotic. Thousands of people blasted the entire camp. People in the city ran out desperately, and people outside the city tried their best to run out. Squeezing in, trampling on each other, countless people were squeezed down and trampled into a ball of meat!
(End of chapter)
