Although there are still a few days until the beginning of winter, the weather outside the pass has already become cold, and even the snow has fallen several times. The soldiers' military uniforms have also been changed into winter clothes. But at this time, more than sixty people in the snow beside the road All the clothes on the soldier's body had been stripped off.
Ji Jike was ordered to lead a hundred cavalry to the scene to check. Except for corpses and more than ten burned vehicles, there was nothing else. The Tatars not only took away the clothes of the Ming army, but also took away their weapons.
What does this mean?
This shows that the Tatars are extremely short of supplies.
Ji Jike rode up to the high ground beside the road and looked around where he could see the white snow and black rocks. There were no traces of humans or animals in the dead trees and mixed forests.
There were more than a hundred people in the supply team, and it was said that the Tatars who attacked them only had more than thirty riders. After a fierce battle, the Ming army was defeated. Except for the more than thirty riders who escaped, the rest were all killed!
What does this mean?
This shows that the attacking Tatars have amazing combat power. Although the food supply truck is a logistics force and lacks combat power, the escort team is also a regular combat force. However, it is indeed a decisive battle against this sneak attack by the Tatars. Of course, among them There are also some factors related to the right time, place and people, but one thing gives the Ming army no excuse, that is, this ambush was in broad daylight, not a night sneak attack!
Bypassing Tashan Fort and going deep behind enemy lines, I will ambush you in broad daylight in front of Ningyuan City and ask you if your face hurts!
It hurt, and everyone in Ning Yuan's army felt their faces burning. The crowd was so excited that they wanted to repay the debt with blood, and wanted to kill him at the gate of Jinzhou City...
At this time someone stood up and I went.
It was no one else but Chang Yu, the governor of the Ming Dynasty East Police Factory.
No one would fight for him, and no one would dare to fight for him.
So Chang Yu led two battalions there, and Ma Ke brought fifty personal soldiers to assist.
The sky is blue and the fields are vast
Zu Dashou stood on the sentry tower of Tashan Fort and looked into the distance. The north wind blew into his eyes, and everything was desolate. There was no grass, no cattle or sheep. In this season of bitter cold in the north, not even crops could be seen. There were scattered villages in the distance. There were only a few households. Moreover, there were originally a lot of people in Tashan, Xingshan, Songshan and other places. However, after the Songjin Battle, the three forts were destroyed and the people fled to death. The rest were also forcibly moved to Jinzhou by the Qing army. Shortly after, the three forts were destroyed. It became sparsely populated in just two or three years.
Recently, there have been constant conflicts around Tashan. Although the people nearby are frightened and uneasy, they have nowhere to go. Fortunately, the conflict between the two armies has not affected the people. Many people who see this place will wonder, will the Qing army disturb the people with their urine?
It is true that the Qing army showed no mercy to the people of the Ming Dynasty in all kinds of burning, killing and looting in the past years. However, in recent years, the Qing government has already begun the policy of appeasing the people and prohibits harassment in the areas under its actual control. To put it bluntly, that is They believe that these people are already their subjects.
When rebuilding Tashan Fort, the Ming army recruited surrounding people as workers. After it was built, there were constant conflicts with the Qing army. The Ming army advised the surrounding people to take refuge in the fort. However, firstly, the space in the fort was not large and could not accommodate many people. Secondly, the common people If you want to farm, you are afraid of being retaliated by the Qing army again. Anyway, most people refused to enter the fort, and the ensuing conflict between the two armies did not affect the people too much. Perhaps Dorgon also knew at this time that he could not Lost the support of the people.
Zu Dashou also knew that the logistics supplies were ambushed by the Tatars, but compared to the indignation of the troops and subordinates at the rear, he seemed much more indifferent. For a veteran of the battlefield like him, he had never experienced any big winds and waves. The two armies faced off against each other to sneak attack and ambush each other. It's the most normal thing. When everyone wins or loses and everyone is careless, this kind of thing is nothing to worry about.
What worried him the most was that Dorgon, who was hiding in Jinzhou City in the face of his increasing pressure, had also begun to counterattack and rebuild Xingshan and Songshan Fort!
Tashan, Xingshan, and Songshan, these three military fortresses once belonged to Jinzhou's defense system and were the backbone of Jinzhou's rear. But at this time, the Tatars turned them into frontal fortresses. It can only be said that in the thirty years of Hedong, the three The past ten years in Hexi have been both emotional and lamentable.
As for the person involved, Zu Dashou's inner feelings are unknown to outsiders, but they can also feel it to some extent.
He was the one who defended Jinzhou at first, but now he became the attacker.
The Three Forts of Tashan were originally the backbone, but now they have become the front fortress.
Jinzhou has never been a single fortification. It has a mature and complete defense system. In addition to the inner and outer city itself, there are also large and small fortifications on its periphery to resist foreign enemies.
For example, back then there were the Three Forts of Tashan and the Big and Small Linghe City in front. I think it took a lot of effort for the Tatars to attack Jinzhou. They started attacking before Huang Taiji was alive, but they failed several times. Back then, even a Songshan City could bring them trouble, so they had to slowly try to take advantage of it.
First of all, the first step is to demolish the city. Zu Dashou built the small and large Linghe City, and he sent troops to demolish it. If you build it, you can demolish it, so that your fortification cannot be completed. The two sides fought several battles for this. At the same time, the Qing government They sent troops to Yizhou, ninety miles north of Jinzhou, to build a city and open up wasteland there, set up a production and construction corps, and turned it into a frontline headquarters and food and grass supply area, and began a long-term siege of Jinzhou.
Therefore, when the Qing army captured Jinzhou, it was a long-term battle step by step. Now, if Zu Dashou wants to regain Jinzhou, he cannot succeed at once. He must go forward step by step. He must first rebuild Tashan Fort and gain a firm foothold. .
This method is not new. It was used by Yuan Chonghuan in his early years. The famous Guan Ning Jin defense line is this routine.
According to Yuan Chonghuan: In a field battle, the only way to win a war is to fortify the city and use cannon.
The translation is: The soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty were good at field battles, and the Ming army was no match. They could only build fortified cities and cooperate with artillery defense.
Therefore, the Guanningjin Defense Line is actually a kind of fortress doctrine. It slowly builds a fortress forward, step by step, advances step by step, and regains lost ground. During this period, it is more powerful when it is combined with elements such as military training and field farming.
Although the Later Jin army was good at field battles, it was not capable of attacking fortresses. Facing the fortified city artillery of the Ming army, they could only look at the city and sigh. Nurhachi could not attack the fortified city, so he could only change the direction of attack and attack the nearby Mongolian tribes.
Although Sun Chengzong only served in the Liaodong economic and strategic position for four years, the Guanningjin defense line he left behind became a lingering nightmare for the Manchus for more than ten years.
But something is different from previous years. At that time, the Tatar artillery was not good, but now the Tatar artillery is no different from the Ming court, so just building a city is no longer enough.
Zu Dashou also knew this, but it was not this that made him feel heavy, but Dorgon suddenly disrupted his plan and rhythm. According to Zu Dashou's idea, he should build Tashan first, and then build Xingshan after gaining a firm foothold. , then Songshan, marching step by step to Jinzhou City, but unexpectedly, Dorgon seemed to see through his plan, rushed to repair Songshan and garrisoned troops, and then extended his tentacles to Xingshan, and blocked the construction of Xingshan in order to prevent the Ming army from attacking. Fortress, they kept sending troops to harass Tashan.
Obviously, Dorgon wanted to consume the Ming army's energy between these three forts, making it impossible for them to advance in a short period of time, so that they could take a breather.
They are all experienced veterans, and they can tell whether someone is shitting or farting when they frown.
This battle is indeed difficult to fight.
Zu Dashou's original plan was to arrive outside the city of Jinzhou before next spring, and then directly attack Jinzhou. This would at least make the Tatars worried that they would not be able to survive the winter, and would be unable to do anything else.
But at this moment, it seemed that Dorgon had seen through his thoughts and was the first to mend the hole.
