Hong Chengchou sent troops!
20,000 cavalrymen left Beining City, a fortress in the north of Daning Town, and marched northward along the Old Hamulin River. The target seemed to be Nalin City, the Houjin side's fortress on the front line of the Old Hamulin River.
This news is really incredible, because Huang Taiji's 70,000-strong army also marched openly. It is impossible for Hong Chengchou not to know. If he knew, he would be scared to death and hide in Beining City. At the same time, he would ask for help from Liaoxi and let Yuan Chonghuan come to save his life. ah!
How could he come out with 20,000 people by himself?
"Tan Tai, is this news true?" Huang Taiji thought about it and felt something was wrong, so he asked.
"It's unmistakable," Tan Tai said, "Zogar Bush Xianla Iang Bangobao went to see it in person... There are about 20,000 infantry and cavalry."
Translated into Chinese, Zuogar Bushxianla Yiangbang is the commander of the left wing of the forward battalion.
Nowadays, Hou Jin's forward camp, guard camp (Baya La camp), Xiaoqi camp (Aliha Chaoha camp), heavy military camp (Uzhenha Chaoha camp) and other departments are all standing armies.
Among them, the Hujun camp and Xiaoqi camp are commanded by the flag master of each banner or Gushan Ezhen, and they are standing armies belonging to each banner.
The forward battalion and the heavy barracks are directly under the Great Khan. In addition to the guard battalions and the Xiaoqi battalion of the two yellow flags, they are the other two elite troops directly under the Great Khan.
Among them, the heavy military battalion is the firearms corps, which is composed of elites selected from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the North Korea. Their main tasks are to attack fortresses or fight positional defense battles.
As for the forward battalion, it is composed of two people from each Niulu belonging to the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia (excluding the Mongolian Alliance Banner) (these two people are also Baya soldiers), with a total of more than 1,200 people. The most elite warrior. However, their mission is not to fight tough battles, but to serve as outposts and spy on the enemy.
There are only more than 1,200 elite forward battalions in the entire Kingdom of Jin. The enemy situation they have detected should theoretically be reliable...
Huang Taiji thought for a while, but still found it unbelievable.
Hong Chengchou is an old fox who is about to become a spirit. How can he do such a stupid thing? Use 20,000 soldiers to fight against the 70,000-strong army of the Jin Kingdom? Isn't this a suicide? How come this Hong Chengchou couldn't think of anything and had to die?
But the forward battalion is reliable, and Obai is even more reliable in his work. How could the intelligence they spied out be unreliable?
"Is it the infantry?" Huang Taiji thought for a while, "Not the camel soldiers?"
He has already cast a psychological shadow on the camel city of Concubine Wu Liangha... If 20,000 camel soldiers came, Huang Taiji was not sure whether he would dare to fight?
"They are not camel soldiers," Tan Tai said, "most of them are infantry, and there are only a few thousand cavalry."
"Let Ao Bai explore again..." Huang Taiji thought thoughtfully, "Let the flag master who is anxious to follow the army and Gu Shan'erzhen go to the imperial army to discuss it!"
"Hey!" Tan Tai walked a thousand miles and turned back to deliver the order.
Huang Taiji took another look at the splendid camp at the foot of the lantern festival, then sighed and turned around to get on a war horse brought by a white-armored soldier. After getting on the horse, he went straight to his imperial tent.
After returning to the imperial tent, Huang Taiji had dinner first... He was still losing weight, so he didn't eat much. Dinner was just a small bowl of rice, a small plate of barbecue, and a little horseradish. After finishing eating and drinking, Huang Taiji reviewed the memorials and military reports sent by Tang Ma Feiqi while waiting for his subordinates to come to the meeting.
The news in memorials and military newspapers was mixed.
The good news is that Dorgon's march into Huanghaidao and Ning'an Road in North Korea went smoothly.
The North Korean officials and soldiers on Hwanghae Road and Ning'an Road all fled, but there were also many people who stayed to welcome King Dajin!
Although the two groups of nobles who control North Korea are unlikely to take refuge in King Dajin. However, in order to limit the population of the Yangban nobles, the Lee Dynasty of Joseon promulgated the "Law for the Confinement of Sins" as early as the time of King Taejong Yi Bangyuan, and implemented the maternal method for determining the bloodline of Yangban children, thus creating a family that was suppressed by the Yangban nobles. Discrimination, and at the same time longing to become the "middle" class of the two classes of aristocrats.
The two white flags led by Dorgon, Azig, and Duduo were very familiar with this matter in North Korea because they had ruled Ping An Road, so they adopted a policy of attracting Chinese people and attracted a large number of Chinese people into Eight Banners North Korea.
Now these good slaves of the Eight Banners of Korea, together with the elite troops of the Two White Banners, invaded Huanghai Road and Ning'an Road in large numbers. Not only were they invincible, but they also quickly established local political power on the two territories.
The bad news came from Wu Keshan, leader of the Zhaowuda League. Zhu Youjian and Concubine Wu Liangha had led an army of 20,000 (of which 10,000 were Concubine Wu Liangha's camel soldiers) to the banks of the Onan River. Tushetu Khan, Zasak Tuhan, and Chechen Khan of Northern Mongolia, Prince Chahar, Prince Dorote, Prince Alacchot, Prince of Ordos, and Prince Tumut of Monan Mongolia (ran to Qinghai ), and Taiji of the Ujimqin tribe, one of the eight Chahar tribes who left early because of disagreements with Lindan Batur, each led thousands of Mongolian cavalry to the Onan River.
In addition, some nomadic central tribes in Mongolia in Mobei and South Mongolia also sent people to the Onan River to participate in the Kuritai Conference.
According to Wu Keshan's report, the total number of Ming and Mongolian troops gathered on the banks of the Onan River should be around 80,000!
If these 80,000 troops advance into the host Mongolia, Wu Keshan's Horqin Banners will be in dire straits... However, Huang Taiji cannot take his 70,000 troops to the Horqin Grassland now.
Because the Ming-Mongolian coalition forces now gathered in the Onan River Basin
In addition to the bad news from Mongolia and the good news from North Korea, there is the "care" of a filial son from Yiju. Now Hauge led 10,000 people to bluff in Yizhou, but he did not scare Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, and certainly did not lure them out.
Therefore, the Yiju-Jinju area is very stable. Hauge, who has nothing to do, sends Huang Taiji a personal letter of greetings and greetings every now and then... It's annoying to read too many!
When Huang Taiji crumpled up a "flattering letter" from his son and threw it aside, Dabeile Daishan had already arrived outside the imperial tent and announced his name loudly. Huang Taiji hurriedly invited him in. While the two brothers were chatting, Yue Tuo, Jier Harang, Dege Lei and other eight-level Beile Ye and Gu Shan Ezhen from each banner arrived one after another.
When Huang Taiji saw that the people had almost arrived, he coughed and announced the start of the military meeting.
"Great Khan, my slave has just received his reward," Zuogar Bushxianla Ion Bangobaobai was the first to speak, "About 20,000 Southern Army infantry and cavalry descended to the village south of Nalin City along the Laoha River. We only have one day’s journey left!”
"Are there any other Ming troops nearby?" Huang Taiji asked.
"There is no reward..." Obai said, "But there should be some!"
Huang Taiji looked at Daishan again, and Dabeile smiled and said: "Our forward battalion has not found it, which means they are either still far away, or they are lurking somewhere... But the old Ha in Lincheng area There are grasslands on both sides of the river, and there is a Yuanbao Mountain where we can ambush troops."
Obei said: "I have sent people to search Yuanbao Mountain, but there is no ambush."
Daishan thought for a while, "Then it's far away... I guess it will take a day or two to get here, right?"
Huang Taiji always felt that something was wrong, and glanced at the big tent: "Everyone, do you want to fight?"
"Fight!" Jirharang, whose brother was surrounded, was the first to express his stance. "What if we don't fight? You can't hide from Hong Chengchou's 20,000 people, right? If you don't even touch Hong Chengchou's February people, how can Yuan Chonghuan send troops? ?”
"I also agree to fight!" Yue Tuo said, "We have fought against Hong Chengchou many times, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Dege Lei, who replaced Mang Gurtai and commanded the Zhenglan Banner, also agreed to a battle. He said: "70,000 against 20,000, a sure win! Even if the enemy has back-ups, he won't have time to use them!"
Huang Taiji looked at Daishan again, and Daishan smiled: "Great Khan, Lao Shi is right...Hong Chengchou made a miscalculation! His 20,000 people cannot defend against our 70,000 strong attack. He has reinforcements." Even better! Let’s fight all the way! This is the situation in Saarhu. You can come in any way, but I will only go all the way!"
Huang Taiji finally laughed: "Yes, you can come in any way, I will only go all the way!"
