If the soldiers and horses from the entire western Liaoning region are surrendering, Huang Taiji may give in to the three points of courtesy, communicate with each other first, and then let Dorgon lead his army to respond after confirmation.
But this time it was just the Ningyuan garrison led by Wu Sangui, so there was no need to exchange letters. Ningyuan was not too close to Shenyang, and it would take nearly a month to send them several times.
In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, Huang Taiji decided to directly send Dorgon to lead his army to capture Ningyuan after replying to Wu Sangui and the Qing Dynasty's treatment.
Twenty thousand taels of silver and a bunch of items were exchanged for a Ningyuan City. There was no doubt that it was too good a deal for the Qing Dynasty.
Even if Wu Sangui, the newly crowned King of Yongshun, is rewarded with one hundred thousand taels, two hundred thousand taels, or even five hundred thousand taels of silver, it is still worth it.
As long as the Qing army is stationed in Ningyuan, it will split the Guan Ning Jin defense line into two. Let's see how the old man Wang Zai Jin and the devil boy will resist.
If Wang Zaijin dared to send troops to recapture Ningyuan, the Qing army would be able to wait for work and annihilate them in the wild between Guangning's former garrison and Ningyuan.
From the end of the year to the beginning of summer, the climate outside the pass is very suitable for the Qing Dynasty's royal division to carry out offensive operations.
Once Wu Sangui voluntarily surrenders and Wang's troops in Jin are annihilated, Zu Dashou, who is still living in Jinzhou City, will have no choice...
good!
Very good!
Very good!
Huang Taiji is really getting happier the more he thinks about it, this is the most comfortable time since his defeat in the capital!
The artillery foundry also refused to accept the divine grace, and has already cast sixty red cannons, one hundred and fifty Folang machines, and thousands of iron barrel cannons imitating the Ming Dynasty!
The iron barrel cannon has been tested, and its range and power have reached the level of Manming's original cannon, which means that the Qing Dynasty King's Division also has extremely strong firepower capabilities.
Huang Taiji has been looking forward to the scene of thousands of artillery fire for a long time. If Zu Dashou is stubborn in this siege of Jinzhou, he can have a taste of this!
Previously, most of the Han army's four banners suffered casualties, which was equivalent to being severely damaged by the dog barbarians. According to the previous process, it was not easy to replenish the soldiers.
However, after getting the training methods of Hao Qingbing, who had served in the Demon Boy Trilogy, the speed of training new soldiers became extremely alarming.
It only took two months for the initial results to be seen. The queue of recruits was already neat and orderly, with no appearance of unfamiliarity at all.
Except for the lack of actual combat experience and the courage to kill the enemy, in other aspects he is no worse than a veteran who has been in the army for one or two years.
After Huang Taiji realized the benefits of this method of military training, he ordered it to be extended to all infantry in the army. The cavalry and artillery did not need to do this for the time being.
The Han army benefited from this. It not only made up for the shortfall, but also expanded it to 30,000. Each banner was fully equipped with five Jia La, providing a total of 7,500 men.
In order to reduce attrition, each banner of the Han army only has one Jia La for cavalry, the remaining one Jia La is for chariots, and three Jia La are for infantry.
It is also equipped with ten Hongyi cannons, fifty Folang machines, two hundred iron barrel cannons, and no less than a thousand blunderbuss, with extremely fierce firepower.
The troops of King Sanshun also returned to their previous appearance, with the Tianyou Army numbering 15,000 and the Tianzhu Army numbering 10,000.
Huang Taiji believed that there was no need to dispatch the Eight Banners soldiers and Menggu cavalry. These 65,000 men and horses alone were enough to make Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City feel scared.
In this way, I can free up a large number of elite troops to deal with Mingming's reinforcements.
Hao Qingbing, who came to seek refuge, was promoted to Jia La E Zhen because of his skillful training and remarkable results. He received a reward of 500 taels of silver, silk cloth, tea, porcelain and other valuables, as well as a house and two beauties. , twenty servants.
Someone once tried to stop him, but was scolded by Huang Taiji. Anyone with Hao Qingbing's ability can contribute, and the salary will be high but not low!
Being jealous and wanting to frame someone is extremely stupid. Anyone who dares to sabotage military training will be severely punished!
The result is self-evident, everyone has completely given up the idea...
Hao Qingbing told Huang Taiji that formation training may seem simple and ridiculous, but in fact the training is based on the instinct of soldiers to follow orders and prohibitions.
If you don't even listen to the queue orders, how can you obey the orders of your superiors on the battlefield?
Huang Taiji deeply believed this and gave Hao Qingbing great power. All new soldiers and veterans who refused to obey, regardless of their position, would be subject to military law, ranging from being served with military sticks to being demoted to a military officer.
No one wanted to be a bastard, so they were naturally very well-behaved. Except for those guys who were really as stupid as pigs, they all mastered the basics of the formation within three days.
After two weeks, he was walking in style, and his military appearance and discipline were completely new. When Huang Taiji was ill, he did not forget to see him in front of the rear residence. He admired him and was very happy with his wise decision.
Thinking of using the military training method that the devil boy stole from the fairy world to help the Qing Dynasty master train into an elite force that could survive a hundred battles, in a sense, it also helped Huang Taiji forget the heartache of the previous defeat and achieve rapid recovery.
Because the number of bannermen was too small and extremely valuable, Huang Taiji planned that the Qing army would be dominated by the troops of the Han army and King Sanshun in the future.
The Han army expanded to 30,000 men under the Four Banners in the early stage, and will reach 60,000 men under the Eight Banners in the later stage!
With this military training method, the Han army will expand to 60,000 very quickly.
The ones who will charge forward will be the Han army and Menggu cavalry. The elite soldiers of the Eight Banners will only be responsible for annihilating the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty.
After adopting such a strategy, the casualties of the Eight Banners elite soldiers can be greatly reduced, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.
Sun Chengzong used the strategy of "Liao people guarding Liao soil" to deal with the Qing Dynasty!
The Qing Dynasty will also use the method of "Liao people fighting Han people" to deal with Man Ming!
The total number of Han people living outside the pass and those who have been looted currently exceeds one million. Even if one of ten people is drawn, more than 100,000 Han troops can be obtained!
It is enough to form soldiers and horses for sixteen banners, and it is mainly infantry, artillery, and chariot troops, and it will not consume many horses.
Huang Taiji did not believe that with more than 100,000 Han troops, plus more than 100,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners and Mongolian cavalry, they could not take the western Liaoning area.
As long as Shanhaiguan is captured, the capital will no longer be in danger, and the Qing army will not leave the city for three days!
Since the demon boy had reduced all the troops in Jifu to the capital, Huang Taiji decided to occupy all the other places in Jifu except the capital after taking Shanhaiguan!
At that time, the capital city will be reduced to an isolated city, and the strategy of besieging Jinzhou will be used to implement siege and reinforcements from the outside, and dig many trenches inside to cut off the connection between the city and the outside world!
The capital has a population of one million, and consumes a huge amount of food every day. It has been trapped for a year and a half. Otherwise, there is a shortage of food in the city, and the outside world cannot transport food into the city.
With a wide and deep trench blocking the way, it would be impossible for the demon boy to lead his troops to break out, and even the airship was helpless against this strategy!
Thinking about it, I had been too hasty before coming, eager to take over the capital, so I fell into the trap set by the devil boy in advance.
If he gives up the idea of achieving it overnight and continues to adopt the previous step-by-step strategy, Man Ming will become a trapped beast, with no way to do anything, and eventually die!
Wu Sangui was willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, perhaps because he saw that the Manming Dynasty was in decline and becoming increasingly decadent, while the Qing Dynasty was prospering and its future was unlimited.
After the Qing army occupied Ningyuan, it could threaten Shanhaiguan at any time to the south, and completely cut off the connection between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan to the north.
In this case, it was the devil boy's turn to get angry...
The loss of 50,000 troops must be avenged at the right time!
In the previous episode, the Ming Dynasty's men and horses were waiting for work, but this time it was just the opposite.
I, the King of the Qing Dynasty, will also use the strategy of retaliating against the enemy to deal with the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty!
If reinforcements come, we will gather together and annihilate them. If we don't come, we will be trapped in Jinzhou for a long time. It depends on how you deal with it!
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji changed his order and added 20,000 coats, and then went to Jinzhou together.
At the same time, he ordered to dig three trenches around the city, starting two miles outside Jinzhou City, spaced ten feet apart from each other.
Each trench was two feet long and one foot deep, making it impossible for the defenders in the city and the reinforcements to pass smoothly.
There are only narrow paths connecting the trenches. Even though Zu Dashou was extremely capable, he still had to be trapped alive in the city!
Just in case, Dorgon also suggested digging more horse pits outside the trench so that the Ming people and horses could also experience such suffering.
Huang Taiji readily agreed to this, and no matter what, he would make it difficult for Zu Dashou's troops to fly!
A large number of iron barrel cannons were deployed outside the horse pit, supplemented by large groups of cavalry patrolling day and night, so that the barbarians could not break out even to the death!
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji immediately asked the cannon foundry to make another 5,000 iron barrel cannons.
The crafting requirements for such a weapon are extremely simple and can be completed by a blacksmith, and the manufacturing speed is very fast.
Hundreds of doors can be built in one day. Five thousand doors may seem like a lot, but in fact it can be easily completed in half a month.
Huang Taiji wanted to deploy all five thousand iron barrel cannons outside Jinzhou City as a weapon to suppress Zu Dashou's troops from breaking out.
There is no need to fire every day. It is not too late to fire again only when an enemy attack is detected.
By doing this, you can save a lot of ammunition and avoid losing money quickly.
I'm afraid Zu Dashou never dreamed that our Qing Dynasty could send him five thousand cannons in a short period of time, right?
Ha ha ha ha……
If you don't come out lightly, I won't hit you either!
On the contrary, if you have thousands of troops and horses, facing several trenches and iron barrel artillery arrays, you will definitely be helpless.
After expending so much effort, the defenders in the city must be trapped alive. It is necessary to repeat the scene of siege of Daling River City!
In addition to Shanhaiguan, Guangning, Dalinghe, Jinzhou, and Ningyuan are the four most important military towns outside the Shanhaiguan.
Today, the two cities of Guangning and Dalinghe were occupied and then destroyed by the Qing army. Taking Ningyuan is just around the corner, but Jinzhou is still difficult to capture.
If three of the four cities are taken, the Jinzhou defenders will surrender within two years at most, and by then the troops of the Qing Dynasty's army will reach Shanhaiguan!
With a steady and steady strategy, it only takes two years to confront Wang Zaijin, an old man. It's not too late at all!
After the comparison, Huang Taiji felt much more comfortable.
Furthermore, after the surrender of generals and soldiers, the army of the King of Qin will become larger and more numerous, while the number of Ming troops will decrease rapidly.
In the future, the size of the Imperial Army of the Qing Dynasty, not including Baoyi Aha, will surely exceed 300,000!
I dare to ask the world, who can rival him? ? ?
"General Rong! Someone is coming over there!"
"Please come up!"
Wu Sangui was looking north of the city. Firstly, he was anxiously waiting for Huang Taiji's reply. Secondly, he was also a little uneasy about the uncertain future of himself and his soldiers.
When Hong Chengchou was the governor of the Liaoxi army, he promoted himself to the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, which was a favor to him.
I never expected that the situation would change so much after Wang Zaijin took office.
First, all the people in Ningyuan City were evacuated to Shanhaiguan in the name of people consuming too much food.
Then he ordered the size of Ningyuan's garrison to be reduced to 5,000, which was clearly an attempt to take action on himself.
Uncle Zu Dashou also wrote a letter about the situation there, and the Jinzhou garrison was asked to reduce it to 10,000.
Zu Dashou had no choice but to transfer some of the Menggu cavalry to Shanhaiguan, which was regarded as perfunctory by the king in Jin.
Wu Sangui did not have as many troops as his uncle, but he did not want to be at the mercy of Wang Zaijin.
Not only were not a single soldier mobilized, but even the people in the city did not move to Shanhaiguan on the pretext that it was difficult for the people to move to their homeland.
Later, Wang Zaijin asked the Ningyuan garrison to attack and intercept the Qing army that had retreated from the capital. Wu Sangui also replied that traces were found outside Ningyuan City, and it was temporarily difficult to support them in order to avoid being ambushed.
Heeding the seal but not the tune is tantamount to intensifying the conflict between the two parties.
On the one hand, Wang Zaijin cut off the supply of money and food to the Ningyuan garrison, and on the other hand, he reported to the court and demanded that Wu Sangui be severely punished.
The prince didn't care, he just said that Ningyuan's garrison had worked hard and made great achievements, and if they couldn't bear to continue guarding the border, they would all be transferred to the pass.
This was to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so Wu Sangui couldn't agree to it anymore. He listed many excuses and declined the prince's request.
Wu Sangui was very clear about the consequences of resisting and disrespecting the imperial decree, so he quickly found a way out, which was to contact the Qing Dynasty.
As long as Huang Taiji is willing to make himself a king with a different surname and receive the same treatment as King Sanshun, Wu Sangui can consider dedicating the city to the Qing Dynasty!
In fact, without the money and food supply from Shanhaiguan, the Ningyuan garrison would have to surrender for at most one year.
If he surrenders at this time, the chance encounter with Emperor Taiji's defeat in the capital will be a timely help, so the price can naturally be higher!
At the same time, Wu Sangui also tested Shanhaiguan's attitude towards him.
Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, was helpless. Gao Qiqian, the eunuch and eunuch of the two towns of Guan and Ning, was also beheaded by the prince.
In view of the fact that Wang Zaijin has the support of the crown prince and now takes over the power, his own hope becomes increasingly slim.
It seems that there is no other way but to surrender to the Qing Dynasty...
But my father is still in the capital. If I surrender to the Qing Dynasty, wouldn't it mean that my father will die?
This is extremely unfilial and will be ridiculed by others. This is also one of Wu Sangui's many concerns.
But he had offended Wang Zaijin, and the prince wanted to use the strategy of driving the tiger away from the mountain to murder him.
Even if his father's side was very dangerous, Wu Sangui would still take the risk. If he didn't leave, he would never be able to leave again!
While he was waiting for good news from the men sent to the capital to rescue his father, he was waiting for Huang Taiji to respond to him.
"Chang Bo! I am Ya Qin, the minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty! I am so lucky to meet you today! When I was in Shenyang, I heard about the reputation of the eldest uncle. Now that I see him, he is indeed majestic and well-deserved!"
On this mission to Ningyuan, the chief envoy was Ya Qin, the Minister of Rites, and the deputy envoy was Zhang Cunren, the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The former belonged to the Zhenglan Banner, was proficient in Ming language, and had no obstacles in communication, while the latter was a surrendered general who had worked conscientiously since his return.
The two of them went on an envoy together, and Huang Taiji felt more at ease.
There are not many soldiers and horses with him, just a single Eight Banners soldier.
"What the hell! How can a defeated general speak bravely? These words are really embarrassing! Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"
As soon as he heard the other person's name, Wu Sangui realized that this person was not a Han, but a bannerman, but he spoke Mingyu very well. At first glance, there was no accent at all, and he was no different from the Han people outside the country.
However, since he seemed so familiar when he came up, calling him by his name, and being polite to me, he must not be a kind person, otherwise he would not be contacted by Huang Taiji, so he should be careful in dealing with it.
"Uncle, please come and be well! I'm Zhang Cunren, it's great to see uncle here!"
Even Ya Qin was so polite, so Zhang Cunren naturally had to pretend. If he could really convince Wu Sangui to fulfill his promise and allow the Qing soldiers to enter the city, it would be a great achievement to go back.
"I already know the purpose of your visit, so you might as well say it bluntly so that I can think about it for a while!"
Wu Sangui didn't want to beat around the bush and waste time with these two people. It would be best to hear Huang Taiji's counter-offer directly.
"Okay, okay! Uncle Chang is so cheerful, which suits me very well!"
Yaqin agreed wholeheartedly, but he was afraid that this guy would let him go for a few days, and then negotiate the terms and show straight to the point that the other party really planned to surrender.
