On the road from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, many various forts were built. In addition to some existing forts, many were built during the Tianqi period.
In order to build these forts, the court spent a lot of money and food.
"Commander Zu, what happens next is up to you." Huang Taiji found Zu Dashou.
Zu Dashou took the order and said: "Don't worry, Great Khan, the general will lead his army to capture those few fortresses that are unwilling to cooperate."
Zu Dashou led Guan Ning's army to defect to Huang Taiji, but there were still some people who were unwilling to follow him to defect to Huang Taiji, especially in some forts. There were not many defenders inside, many of them were about a hundred or two or three hundred people. There are quite a lot of people.
Most of the generals in the forts are just generals or flag officers, and the generals in the forts with more people may be the generals.
Although Zu Dashou was powerful in Liaodong and controlled most of the troops of Guanning Army, there were still some people who were not under Zu Dashou's command, especially the many camps near Shanhaiguan. There were no Ming generals guarding these camps. How close is the relationship with Zu Dashou.
There are Yingbao who are willing to take refuge in Daikin, and naturally there are also Yingbao who are unwilling to take refuge in Daikin.
If Huang Taiji wanted to successfully capture Shanhaiguan, he would naturally have to eradicate these camps that were unwilling to submit one by one.
For this kind of Ming army camp that was unwilling to surrender, Huang Taiji left it all to Zu Dashou, who had just surrendered.
And Zu Dashou also needs to prove his loyalty to Huang Taiji after surrendering.
Although many of the forts were not big, they were originally used to defend against the army of slaves and bandits and to gather the people. Therefore, it would take some effort and some casualties to capture such forts.
For Huang Taiji, letting Zu Dashou attack these forts could not only clear the obstacles to seizing Shanhaiguan, but also preserve the strength of the Dajin Eight Banners soldiers.
In order to prevent Zu Dashou's Guan Ning army from becoming disloyal, Huang Taiji allowed them not to seal the sword every time they conquered a fort, and all the property and women in the fort would belong to them.
When the first resisting camp was breached, the morale of Guan Ning's army, stimulated by money and women, was high. In the end, the resistance outside Shanhaiguan was completely wiped out with only thousands of casualties.
Rivers of blood flowed from the breached forts, with discarded corpses everywhere, and some of the forts were even destroyed by fire.
After half a month, Huang Taiji led his army to appear in Bali Town.
From here in Bali Town, you can see Shanhaiguan on the opposite side.
"It's really magnificent!" Huang Taiji raised his head and looked at Shanhaiguan in the distance, feeling excited in his heart.
Such a daunting pass will soon belong to them, Dajin.
"Send the order and set up camp in Bali Town tonight." Huang Taiji gave the order.
As soon as the order was given, the army began to set up camp.
When Huang Taiji set out from Shengjing, he brought tens of thousands of troops and conquered Zu Dashou. Dai Jin's soldiers and horses directly numbered nearly one hundred thousand, and with the addition of civilians, the number was even greater.
With such a large army of men and horses, the daily expenses of eating people and chewing horses is very high.
If he hadn't received a lot of money, food and manpower along the way from Jinzhou, the army alone would have been able to defeat Huang Taiji.
Seeing a large amount of money and food being consumed in front of his eyes every day, Huang Taiji was very envious of the Tiger Flag.
The tiger-character banner's armies attacked Ming Dynasty, and they could arrange a force to hold off another army of Daijin on the Liaodong Peninsula. The amount of money and food they consumed was greater than that of the two armies of Daijin.
Even so, the tiger-shaped flag could still be supported, and his Dajin army was already stretched thin with only two armies. If it hadn't been for the supplement from Ning Jin, he would have doubted whether Dajin's army could have appeared so smoothly. Outside Shanhaiguan.
"Go and find Fan Wencheng." After returning to a temporarily arranged room, Huang Taiji asked someone to call Fan Wencheng.
There are almost no pure civil servants in Daijin. Fan Wencheng is also a master who can turn the sword. He followed Huang Taiji on several expeditions and even went to the battlefield to kill the enemy himself.
Of course, this is not because he wants to go to the battlefield, but because Han officials like him, who were not taken seriously at the beginning, would have been killed long ago if they could not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
"My servant is prostrating." As soon as Fan Wencheng arrived, he knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji raised his right hand to signal Fan Wencheng to stand up, and then said: "The army has arrived outside Shanhaiguan. Next, Mr. Fan needs you to go to Shanhaiguan and let Gao Di take the initiative to open the city gate and let the gold army enter Shanhaiguan."
"This slave will contact Gao Di and ask Gao Di to open the gate of Shanhaiguan." Fan Wencheng said.
Huang Taiji nodded and said, "Go ahead and capture Shanhaiguan. I will credit you with this achievement."
"I thank you in advance." Fan Wencheng kowtowed respectfully, then got up from the ground, bowed and walked out of the room.
After coming out of Huang Taiji, Fan Wencheng had people prepare horses and took a few Han soldiers from Bali Town to Shanhaiguan.
Not many people paid attention to Fan Wencheng's departure, but it was still noticed.
"Brother, our people saw Fan Wencheng leaving." Zu Dabi's rough voice sounded outside the tent, and then he entered the tent.
Huang Taiji and some Eight Banner nobles lived in a house in Bali Town. Some of the remaining private houses were also requisitioned by the Eight Banners soldiers. Zu Dashou and Guan Ningjun, however, could only camp outside Bali Town and lived in tents.
"I never thought that Gao Di would join Huang Taiji." After listening to Zu Dabi's words, Zu Dashou thought for a moment and guessed what Fan Wencheng had done.
If Gao Di had not defected to Huang Taiji, relying on the danger of Shanhaiguan and the garrison inside Shanhaiguan, it would be difficult to capture Daijin even with a hundred thousand troops.
Huang Taiji led the army to Bali Town, the place closest to Shanhaiguan, and he was obviously completely sure of taking Shanhaiguan.
Zu Dabi cursed disdainfully: "These civil servants are good at everything. They talk about benevolence, justice, morality, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. In the end, they did not surrender to Dajin like us."
"It's a pity that Tiger Flag, after so much effort, finally made a wedding dress for Dai Jin." Zu Dashou said regretfully.
Zu Dabi, who was standing aside, said: "Brother, now we are from Daijin. The better the situation in Daijin, the more beneficial it is to us. In my opinion, it will be Daijin and the tiger thieves who compete for the world from now on."
"Do you really think Daikin is good?" Zu Dashou asked Xiang Zu Dabi, while grabbing the thin braid on the back of his head and taking a look.
This thing seemed to him simply too ugly to be seen.
He was used to Ming Dynasty's clothes and clothes, but now the Jurchen's head was only ugly in his eyes.
Zu Dabi grinned and said, "I think Dajin is pretty good. It's much more comfortable than working for Ming Dynasty before."
When several resistance camps were massacred, he also participated in it and thoroughly enjoyed what it meant to have no scruples.
