At the beginning of spring, he gathered an army of more than 100,000 people from the Eight Banners to invade. Chang Yu led him to Ningyuan and beat him violently, injuring nearly half of his troops. Later, he dispatched more than 30,000 of the most elite cavalry to raid into the pass. In the end, only more than 10,000 people escaped.
Not all of these more than 10,000 elites belong to his three brothers, but there are also several other flags, but they are all held in his hands at this time. Even Hauge's most courageous general, Obai, has been under the control of Dole since he was injured. Gun was stuck, and in addition there were King Sanshun and others.
This time it suddenly became exciting. One side held great power in Shenyang and was fierce, while the other side was hiding in Jinzhou and holding soldiers and horses. This fight was extremely exciting.
When Dorgon led his troops to raid the Pass, Hauge excused himself from going and sat in Ningyuan with Abatai and Fan Wencheng. At that time, Hauge was also optimistic about Dorgon's entry into the Pass, thinking that he could offset it once he returned from the raid. Ning Yuan was defeated. It was still too difficult to get rid of him at that time, so they thought of sneaking back to Shenyang to make arrangements early. Fan Wencheng and Abate didn't take too much precautions and actually let him go back to Shenyang, because at that time, who I didn't expect Dorgon to suffer another big defeat. Otherwise, if Hauge was detained in Jinzhou at this time, the situation would not be as difficult as it is now.
Hauge has been making many arrangements in Shenyang these past two months. Hearing that Dorgon was defeated, he was both sad and happy, so he just waited for him to come back to fight. Who knew that Dorgon arrived in Jinzhou and said that the soldiers and horses were too tired and would return after a period of rest? .
Although the Qing court urged him to return to Beijing several times, he was always held back, and each family had no choice. He had all the elite soldiers and generals in his hands, and there was nothing they could do for him.
What made Hauge even more helpless was that Dorgon quickly found another excuse that was irrefutable!
The Ming army rebuilt Tashan Fort and was eyeing Jinzhou!
Therefore, Dorgon wanted to lead his army to personally guard Jinzhou to guard against the Ming army!
This reason is indeed irrefutable. Jinzhou is important to the Ming Dynasty, and it is also extremely important to the Tatars. For this Jinzhou city, from Nurhachi to Huang Taiji, up to now, three generations have been fighting for it, and they have sacrificed many lives to conquer the city. The gate of the Qing Dynasty cannot be easily recaptured by the Ming army again.
"Since we know that Dorgon is still in Jinzhou, why didn't he avenge his death? What does he want to do for Zu Dashou?" Zhu Cixiang was more surprised than he was confused.
"Because he just learned about it not long ago, and he can't conclude that Dorgon must be in Jinzhou City. After all, no one has seen it with his own eyes!" Chang Yu explained.
Since Zu Dashou was replaced by Chang Yu, he has started to rectify military affairs and prepare for the recovery of Jinzhou. The first step is to rebuild Tashan Fort.
Yuan Chonghuan built the Guan-Ning-Jin defense line after the Ningyuan War, which included Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, and Jinzhou. Guard posts were set up between the three cities. At that time, Zhao led the team to build several strongholds between Ningyuan and Jinzhou in the northern section. Mountain, Tashan, Xingshan, Songshan City. The Ming army relied on these defensive strongholds to defeat Huang Taiji in the Battle of Ningjin.
But after the Songjin War, these military fortresses were destroyed by the Tatars!
Zu Dashou will rebuild these strongholds and advance step by step.
Of course, he also knew that the Tatars would not make it easy for him, so while sending many overt and covert spies to detect the movements of the Jinzhou Tatars, he began to prepare for the construction of a fort.
Soon, news from the spies continued to come. For example, the Tatars also sent a large number of detective horses to spy on each other with the Ming army, and then discovered that several groups of soldiers and horses were heading north one after another. At that time, Zu Dashou guessed that Dorgon and others were returning to Shenyang in batches.
However, I slowly realized that something was wrong. After a while, the soldiers and horses returned one after another. Instead of coming empty-handed, they came with food and fodder.
If you want to bring food and grass from outside, it means that there are many soldiers and horses in the city. Could it be that... not only did you not leave, but you also planned to stay for a long time? Why did Dorgon keep so many soldiers and horses in Jinzhou? It was completely unnecessary to guard against him. At this time, he became a little suspicious.
Until the spy who captured a Tatar a few days ago leaked the truth, saying that the prince was in Jinzhou and had not left at all. When I asked him which prince, the Tatar was also stubborn and refused to say anything about beating him to death. In the end, he was really beaten to death. .
But it was not important not to say it at this time. Zu Dashou soon figured it out. Although he was not 100% sure that Dorgon was in Jinzhou City, he was almost inseparable.
Then, Zu Dashou began to mobilize labor to build the military fort, but as expected, he was harassed by the Tatars. Of course, Zu Dashou was not a vegetarian, so he specially arranged a cavalry to be responsible for fighting.
There have been seventeen battles this month, and each time the scale is small, no more than a hundred cavalry, but the harassment is constant, almost every day, sometimes several times a day.
However, Zu Dashou enjoyed this process very much.
Because only in this way can he arouse the long-dormant passion and murderous intention in his heart.
Dorgon's troops were defeated one after another this time and suffered heavy losses. Although he held his soldiers and horses in his hands to confront the Shenyang side, he was obviously at a disadvantage. If the identity of the Ming prince was detected at this time, and he assassinated or robbed him, it would undoubtedly offset a lot of losses. Part of the pressure.
Ningyuan City is not big, square and square.
The Zhu brothers and sisters walked through the streets and covered almost every inch of Ningyuan City. Even though the snow melted and the mud became muddy, the two of them just frowned.
We walked around the city and then went up to the city. The city was a military-controlled area and ordinary people couldn't get up there, but it was easy for them.
There is a strong wind above the city. You can see the sea to the east, the river to the south, and the mountains to the northwest. There are also people working in the fields outside the city. Zhu Cixiang pointed to the sea to the east: "over the sea" and pointed to the mountains to the north: "over the mountains, They were all once the land of our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuluo gave him a gentle tug: "I will take it back."
Zhu Cixiang took a deep breath and asked the person next to him what the name of the mountain was.
A guard who had been here with Chang Yu said: "Shou Mountain, there is a beacon tower on the mountain. On a clear day, you can see for dozens of miles..."
"Are you looking forward to the Tashan Castle?" Zhu Cixiang asked quickly, and the guard raised his eyebrows: "Maybe, I can't see clearly even if I'm not far away..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Cixi hurriedly said: "Let's go up high and look into the distance." He was eager to see where the Ming Dynasty had lost and where Wang Shi was about to settle in the north.
However, Wang Zhengnan objected: "My eldest son, the governor has an order not to leave the city."
"This..." Zhu Cixiang looked at the beacon tower on the top of Shou Mountain and felt itchy in his heart: "Nothing will happen."
"My eldest son, this is a border town. Even the governor is cautious when leaving the city." A guard next to him urged him forward. Zhu Ayao also gave him a gentle tug. Zhu Cihong nodded: "Let's go, then we will go with Chang Yu." ".
As soon as they got to the top of the city, they saw a group of cavalry running not far away. The first two people were Chang Yu and Zu Dashou. Seeing that they were about to leave the city, Zhu Cixiang shouted: "Eunuch Chang is going out of the city, take me with you." Bar".
Zu Dashou looked at Chang Yu with a smile on his lips. Chang Yu said expressionlessly, "Our family is going to Tashan Fort. The windy road is long and difficult to travel, so the eldest son should go around the city first."
"Ah, we are going to Tashan Fort. I was about to go, please take me with you." Zhu Cixiang was overjoyed and said quickly, looking at Chang Yu with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
But Chang Yu did not intend to take him with him because it was too dangerous: "There is still a war there, the eldest son must not be involved in danger!" He said firmly.
Zhu Cihong was familiar with Chang Yu. Seeing him like this, he knew there was no room for negotiation. He sighed and said, "Well, I want to go to the top of the mountain." He pointed to the first mountain in the north of the city.
Chang Yu glanced towards the top of the mountain and said to Kuang Ren behind him: "Take the ancestral general's military talisman and go to the camp to mobilize a troop of soldiers and horses to accompany the eldest son on the mountain."
Zu Dashou didn't say anything. He took the military talisman from his waist and threw it to Kuang Ren, and then left the city with Chang Yu.
