Fan Wencheng was carried to Huang Taiji by two white-armored soldiers... He ran all the way from the earthen wall outside Beijing to the Houjin Army camp in the north of Shunyi City. This distance was almost as long as a marathon. Got it!
When he arrived at Hou Jin's camp, this loyal slave of Hou Jin was so exhausted that he almost ran to death - this slave was really loyal to Hou Jin!
"Big, sweaty... The Southern Army's Beijing Camp in Beijing has sent out troops!" Fan Wencheng took a bowl of cold water from one of Huang Taiji's white-armored soldiers, took a big sip, and then said while panting , "There are at least one hundred thousand troops! Ahem, they are well-armed, well-organized, and have high morale... These slaves have seen it with their own eyes! Minions, minions..."
"How is it possible? How can the Beijing camp soldiers be so elite?"
Before Fan Wencheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by a dark-faced man in his forties wearing a blue cloth mask.
Fan Wencheng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Fushun, my concubine, what I said is true! I saw it with my own eyes under the earth wall in the north of Beijing..."
The prince-in-law of Fushun is Li Yongfang, now the number one traitor in the Jin Kingdom, Nurhaci’s grandson-in-law, Abatai’s old son-in-law (he is older than Abatai!), and he is also loyal to the Jin Kingdom. Minions.
He was a serious officer of the Ming Army. After joining the Jin Kingdom, he had already served as an imperial officer for Qianhu in Fushun. He knew all about the tricks played by the Ming army in Beijing to fool the emperor.
"You can tell it with your own eyes!" Li Yongfang said, "The soldiers in the capital camp of the Southern Dynasties were specifically designed to fool those foolish emperors and traitorous ministers... The emperors in the Southern Dynasties didn't understand, they just watched the fun and order. In fact, those soldiers in the capital camp There are marks on the soles of the soldiers' feet. If you stand on them, you will definitely be straight. But it's useless. You can't move. The formation will disperse as soon as it moves. Fan Wencheng, have you seen their formation move?"
Fan Wencheng thought for a while, and it seemed that he hadn't moved. When he saw the "Beijing Elite", they were already standing.
When he was about to answer the question, Dorgon suddenly said: "The current little emperor of the Southern Dynasties really knows how to fight. What he did in Haraqin is like an expert who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" well. .....”
yes! Nan Di is the best in the world in martial arts and in military skills. How can he fool a group of fake soldiers?
Huang Taiji's face became solemn, because he had already heard some fragmentary news that the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was killing people and setting fires on the territory of Harqin Mongolia - these news came from the north of the border wall!
It turned out that many Haraqin Mongolian leaders were driven out of their lives by Zhu Youjian. They also knew that Huang Taiji was inside the wall, so they climbed over the wall (because Zhao led the army to deploy troops to guard against blocking the Yiyuan entrance and Xifeng entrance. , in order to ensure the back road to Shanhaiguan, so the middle and western sections of the Jizhen border wall were basically undefended) and found the Houjin Army camp in Shunyi.
Huang Taiji panicked when he learned that Zhu Youjian had gone to the territory of Harqin Mongolia!
This Zhu Youjian left his hometown in Beijing alone and went to be a villain in the territory of Karaqin Mongolia. This only shows two problems. First, Zhu Youjian has absolute confidence in the defense of the Gyeonggi area! The second is that Zhu Youjian wants to take advantage of the opportunity of the strong men of the Karaqin Mongolia to join the expedition to clean up the tribes of the Karaqin Mongolia...either by expelling them, by killing them, or by recruiting them!
This was Sima Zhongda's clever trick to fight Zhuge!
Once these Mongolian tribes living at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain and Bashang Grassland were driven away or annexed by Zhu Youjian, it would be difficult for Dajin to attack the Jizhen Great Wall.
Because it was more than a thousand miles from Shenyang to the Jizhen border wall, Huang Taiji's army could not carry food for thousands of miles and had to rely on the Haraqin Mongols to provide supplies. Otherwise, if they stay outside the border wall for ten days and a half, they will run out of food... The battle at the entrance will have to be "Six Exits from Qishan".
However, Huang Taiji knew that the situation in Karaqin Mongolia was not right, and he was unwilling to withdraw his troops to rescue them. Because he knew that it was too late to withdraw his troops now... By the time his troops arrived, Zhu Youjian had already finished harming the Haraqin tribe east of the Xuanfu border wall. Not only would he not be able to get supplies when he led his troops there, , and they have to give out food for relief!
When the time comes, Zhu Youjian retreats to the border wall of Xuan Mansion, and waits for Huang Taiji to run out of food and retreat before going out to kill people and set fires. What can Huang Taiji do?
So Huang Taiji is really having a hard time now!
Huang Taiji thought for a while and suddenly asked: "Were all the capital camps in the Southern Dynasties infantry?"
"Most of them are infantry," Fan Wencheng said, "I haven't seen many cavalry troops."
Li Yongfang also said: "There are thirty-five thousand horses in the Southern Dynasty's capital camp, but in fact, the most that can be used is ten thousand, which can barely form a few thousand cavalry."
"Then don't be afraid..." Huang Taiji took a breath, "We have a large team of horses. We can leave at any time. They can't stop us, but we can wait a little longer."
If you wait any longer, you won’t be able to wait for the good news!
What we were waiting for was the news that the Ming Dynasty’s soldiers from the Beijing camp and Jiliao soldiers were approaching step by step at a speed of six or seven miles a day!
Traveling six or seven miles a day...it's really not much faster than a snail! These two soldiers advanced so slowly, it was clear that they were afraid of the enemy and war, and were afraid of the Houjin Eight Banners soldiers.
But Huang Taiji was not happy at all after receiving the news.
Because the Eight Banners soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty can indeed fight, even if the Jingying soldiers and Jiliao soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are really elite, they cannot easily win in field battles.
Therefore, fighting based on the city and the camp is still the best way.
On September 19th, the impatient Huang Taiji, who was waiting in the Shunyi camp, personally led Dorgon, Duoduo, Fan Wencheng, Li Yongfang and others, escorted by a group of white-armored soldiers. Go to the vicinity of Beiyuan and watch the advancing troops of the Beijing camp across the Wenyu River.
At first glance, Huang Taiji became even more panicked!
"Isn't this too solemn?" Huang Taiji stood at the second-floor window of a big house next to Wenyu River, holding up a telescope and watching for a while. Huang Taiji's eyebrows were almost twisted into balls.
Because he discovered that the Beijing camp did not march in columns, but arranged square formations one after another, alternately covering the advancing troops. It was simply impeccable!
"Have you tried it?" Huang Taiji asked.
"Great Khan," white-armored soldiers with yellow flags stood guard, and a bearded man named Aobai stood beside Huang Taiji and took the question, "I have led people to test it a few times... but Nan The soldiers marched pushing sidecars, and the cars were equipped with anti-carrying guns. Once the slaves approached, they would rely on the sidecars and set up anti-carrying guns."
"Do they have firearms?" Huang Taiji asked again.
"We don't have many firearms," Obai frowned, "and we don't shoot arrows randomly. Every time the slaves get closer, archers who are good at shooting will come out to shoot with us. Their bows are good and their armor is strong. , we can’t take any advantage.”
In fact, most of the soldiers in the Beijing camp cannot shoot arrows, otherwise they would not be equipped with so many spears - these people hold spears not because they have the courage to fight, but because they don't have firearms (they were left by Wang Zaijin to guard Beijing), and they don't know how to shoot arrows. He doesn't know how to use a javelin, so he can only stab people with a spear. However, there are still a small number of sharpshooters in the Beijing Camp Army. Some are officers with military qualifications and some are instructors of the Xungui family. Each of the 36 battalions of the Beijing Camp has ten or eight people who can shoot arrows.
Huang Taiji frowned and said nothing, and the people around him didn't speak. Even Li Yongfang, who had previously looked down on the soldiers from the Beijing camp, was speechless.
These soldiers from the Beijing camp were able to shoot at each other with the white-armored soldiers, so they were obviously quite real! Moreover, they have put up a turtle-armored formation that is moving step by step, which is really difficult to deal with!
"Khan," Dorgon said, "We can't go head-to-head with them! Otherwise, even if we win, there will be a lot of casualties... It's not worth it!"
Huang Taiji glanced at him: "Old Fourteen, you have always been resourceful. What do you think you can do?"
"Great Khan," Dorgon said, "Now the Southern Army's Jingying Camp and Liao Army are like iron turtles... We have to find a way to mobilize them and make them anxious, so that the flaws will be exposed! "
Huang Taiji frowned and said: "Then where should we fight so they will be anxious?"
Dorgon said: "How about...attacking Beijing?"
Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng, who shook his head: "No, no, Beijing's moat is ten feet long... How can we survive without freezing?"
"Get through Tongzhou?"
"No, Tongzhou has Shuntian Governor Gao Hongtu in charge, and the city defense is about the same as that of Zunhua."
Another tough one! Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said, "Fan Wencheng, tell me...where is the quieter place around Beijing?"
"Let's attack Changping!" Fan Wencheng said, "Changping has the imperial mausoleum of Tianshou Mountain... The imperial mausoleum covers a large area and is not inside Changping Castle. The southern soldiers cannot defend it."
"Fight Changping..." Huang Taiji nodded, "Okay, let's fight Changping!"
