Huang Taiji sat on the royal chariot and was carried down the mountain by four strong Goshiha. The kings, Baylor, ministers and generals followed behind, making no sound all the way.
Today, only Shimen Mountain and Huangtu Ridge are still under the control of the Qing army. They worked hard to defend against the Ming army's attack. The entire Shimen Mountain is full of fortifications, and it has become a war fortress.
Looking around, there are banners all over the place, fights are passed down, people neigh and horses scream, and the dense military tents and villages seem to cover the entire mountain range.
Shimen Mountain looks like an ancient behemoth, coldly overlooking Jinzhou City to the north and the plains and rivers to the south. The Qing army is firmly entrenched in this important transportation area to Jinzhou. If Shimen Mountain is not captured, reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty will be hard to come by. It is difficult to enter the south of Jinzhou City.
The Qing army occupied Xiongshan and dug trenches and fortifications everywhere. Even in places where the rocks were hard and difficult to dig, they also transported rocks and stacked them to form strong walls. They added them with bows, arrows and cannons. If the Ming army attacked this mountain, they would be afraid. The head would be bruised and bloody, and the casualties would be heavy.
Huang Taiji was sitting on the royal chariot, his eyes were indifferent, seemingly without any human emotions. His eyes were constantly scanning the north and south of the mountain road of Shimen Mountain.
To the south is the key defensive fortress of the Qing army. To the north is the gentle hilly area under the ridge, where the troops surrounding Jin Dynasty were stationed, especially in places such as Shahegou, all the way to the Nerv River, to the Nerv River and the Xiaoling River. At the intersection, there are even more continuous military camp flags.
Soon, the Qing monarchs and ministers arrived at a plain area to the north of Shimen Mountain, where the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji's imperial camp was set up.
This imperial camp was built by Prince Zheng Jierharang who rushed to Jinzhou early. Although it occupies a large area, there are not many troops stationed in it and it is heavily guarded. Inside and outside the camp, there are Bagala warriors and Gebusixian warriors. .
The center of the imperial camp was surrounded by a circle of yellow curtains. From the outside, it was impossible to see what was going on inside. Every ten steps there was a soldier from the Gabushxian camp standing by. They were all extremely loyal and experienced in hundreds of battles. .
Inside the yellow curtain is the imperial palace of Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty. It is a square. The yellow curtain and a dragon flag more than ten feet high are flying in the wind and making a sound in the small square in front of the imperial tent.
There are rows of huanghuali tables and chairs in the imperial tent, and the floor is covered with thick fine wool carpets. Colorful tapestries symbolizing Manchu totems are hung on the walls, making it look magnificent.
Among the complicated tapestry, a map of Liaodong is very eye-catching and eye-catching. Although this map is still not as detailed as the Xuanbei Army and has the concept of contour lines brought by Zhang Cheng, it is quite realistic and not as detailed as the Ming Dynasty map. Like abstract art.
Here I have to praise the Qing Dynasty, a nation of fishermen and hunters, for being able to grow so strong despite the Ming Dynasty's repeated attacks despite the lack of weapons and resources, it has its merits.
However, there is an extra Zhang Cheng in the original historical track. Whether he is the Later Jin Dynasty or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, at least in this time and space that has begun to become chaotic, Zhang Cheng will not allow the Qing Dynasty to exist anymore.
There will be no more isolation!
There will be no more hundred years of humiliation!
Huang Taiji entered the royal tent and sat high on a wide chair inlaid with gems and gold. He was fat but had sharp eyes. He was firmly on the throne, like a god, looking down at the Qing Dynasty palaces on both sides below. The king's ministers and generals.
For this war, Huang Taiji recruited almost all the men over the age of fifteen under the Qing Dynasty to Jinzhou. Even if some of them had not arrived yet, they were on their way.
In Shengjing City, only a few Bakshis such as Sony stayed behind. The remaining ministers and generals from the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han banners and armies all followed Huang Taiji on the expedition to Jinzhou. It can be said that the Qing army came with overwhelming force.
In this battle, the Qing Dynasty came to fight with all its strength. Huang Taiji couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to bet on his national destiny in Jinzhou and defeat the main force of the Ming Dynasty in one battle, so that he could enter the capital of the Ming Dynasty in his lifetime and seize the splendid country of the Ming Dynasty. .
Huang Taiji didn’t know it, but Zhang Cheng knew it!
In Zhang Cheng's original normal time and space, the Qing Kingdom did finally seize the Ming Dynasty's splendid kingdom from the idiot Li Zicheng. However, the person who led the Qing Kingdom at that time was not him, but his younger brother Qing Guohe. Dorgon, Prince Shuorui.
But this time, I am afraid that Dorgon, a treacherous, insidious, cruel and violent butcher, will not have the chance to occupy the colorful world of the Ming Dynasty. There will no longer be a nationwide shaving, and there will be no Yangzhou Tenth Day and Jiading Three Massacres! ! !
After all, Zhang Cheng is no longer the little Qian Zongzong he was in the 11th year of Chongzhen. He is now a military commander with tens of thousands of elite soldiers and generals.
Although he is not strong enough to confront Huang Taiji alone on the land of Liaodong, Zhang Cheng believes that after this battle, when he returns to Xuanfu, if he can really take control of the town as he wishes, he will definitely clean up the military and run Xuanfu into a monolith. .
Even if he still cannot advance into Liaodong, defeat the Qing troops of Huang Taiji and Dorgon, and recapture Guangning, Liaoyang, and Shenyang, at least in Xuanfu he will no longer be afraid of the Qing army attacking, and he will definitely be able to defeat them!
At this moment, His Majesty Huang Taiji, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, looked serious in the imperial tent. The kings, Baylor, ministers and generals below were also arranged in the order of Manchu, Mongolian and Han, and stood solemnly one by one according to their status.
Although the Eight Banners of Manchuria say that all banners are equal, that is just a slogan to win over people.
In fact, the status of each flag is different, such as the straight yellow flag, the bordered yellow flag, the pure white flag, the pure blue flag, the bordered white flag, the pure red flag, the bordered red flag, and the bordered blue flag. This is the order of their status from high to low.
Because the Zhenghuang and Xianghuang flags were personally led by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, that is to say, the flag owners of these two flags were Huang Taiji himself, so they naturally had a respected status, while the owner of the Zhengbai flag was Prince Rui Dorgon. Nian was favored by Huang Taiji, and the Zhengbai flag also rose accordingly.
The flag owner of the Zhenglan Banner is Prince Su Hauge. He is Huang Taiji's eldest brother, and he has the support of the emperor. The Zhenglan Banner's strength has greatly increased in the hands of Hauge over the years, and it seems to have the momentum to surpass Dorgon. .
As for the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Banners, before the Mongolian and Han banners were established, they were the subordinates of Beile, the leader of the Eight Banners in Manchuria.
After the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Han Army Banner and the Eight Banners of Manchuria were separated, in order to reduce the rights of the original Eight Banners of Manchuria and further consolidate his position, Huang Taiji changed their status as slaves of the original owners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
From then on, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Army Banners only had Gushan Ezhen and no longer established flag masters. The Gushan Ezhen and Melezhang Kyoto of these banners were selected by Huang Taiji from among the young generals, and naturally they only took orders from Huang Taiji. .
However, although they no longer have any affiliation with the banner owners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Gushan Ezhen, their status is still lower than that of the banner owners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
At this time, in the imperial tent, there were the banner owners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria belonging to the Eight Banners system, as well as the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Army Banners Gushan Ezhen, as well as the Sanshun King and Yishun Gong of the Tianshu Army and the Tianshu Army, as well as the crown prince and generals of the Korean Kingdom. .
The Eight Banners of Manchuria include:
The leader of Zhenghuang Banner, Gushan Ezhen Ashan.
The owner of the banner with a yellow flag and the forehead of the solid mountain is really a picture of worshiping the sound.
The leader of the Zhengbai Banner is Prince Rui Dorgon, and Gushan'e is really Biluzhumala.
The owner of the white flag is Duoluobele Duduo, and Gushan'e is really Turge.
The leader of the Zhenglan Banner is Prince Su Hauge, and Gushan'e is really Abatai.
The owner of the Xianglan Banner is Prince Zheng Jierhalang, and Gushan'er is really Dudu.
The owner of the Zhenghong Banner is Prince Li Daishan, and Gushan’s forehead is really a great support.
The owner of the red flag is Prince Li Daishan, and the forehead of the solid mountain is really full of the sea.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria are different from the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Army Banners. Each of their banners has a flag owner. Men, women, old and children under each banner are attached to the flag owner. The power of life and death is also in the hands of the flag owner. Even Emperor Huang Taiji only During war, only the strong men of each banner can be recruited to join the army, and they are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of each banner in peacetime.
Later, in order to further centralize power, Huang Taiji began to appoint Gushan Ezhen as the military and political officer of one of the Eight Banners in Manchuria, responsible for managing the household registration, production, education, training and other affairs of the entire banner.
Of course, although Gushan Ezhen has great power, after all, he is not the master of the soldiers and civilians of his banner, but is only the highest official in charge of all affairs of each banner. The real master of a banner and the supreme commander of the army of a banner is It’s Baelor, the banner lord.
One Gushan Ezhen, two Mele Zhangjing and other officers and generals set up by each banner are all ministers of the banner owner. Both parties have a master-servant relationship. The soldiers of each banner are also soldiers of the banner owner Beile. .
The power of using troops to fight is still in the hands of the emperor and the banner leader Baylor. However, these Gushan'e are really wandering officials, and their appointment power is decided by Huang Taiji, so now they only need to obey Huang Taiji's orders.
The Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Zhongzheng Yellow Banner and the Xianghuang Banner, were owned by the Qing emperor himself, so the banner owners of these two banners were Huang Taiji himself, so there were only Gushan Ezhen.
There is also Dai Shan. He was originally just the flag owner of the Zhenghong Banner. However, because Yue Tuo, the flag owner of the Xianghong Banner, was killed by Zhang Cheng when he invaded the Ming Dynasty in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Prince Li of the Xianghong Banner was appointed as Dai Shan. Temporary flag master.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia include:
The Zhenghuang flag on the forehead of the mountain is really Adai.
Placing a yellow flag on the top of the mountain is really a shame.
The red flag standing on the top of the mountain is really a picture of Enge.
Mounting a red flag on the forehead of a mountain is really a form of cloth.
The pure white flag on the forehead of the mountain is truly Yibai.
Mounted with a white flag, it is really Suna.
Zhenglan Banner's solid mountain forehead is really Wu Lai.
The blue flag that sticks to the mountain is really a piece of cloth.
Without exception, each of the Eight Mongolian Banners only has Gushan Ezhen, but does not have a flag owner.
Among the eight banners of Mongolia, only four of them, Adai, Engetu, Buyendai and Dalai, were Mongolians. The rest were all Manchus.
There are currently only four flags in the Han military flags, which are as follows:
Pure blue with yellow flags solidifying the mountain's forehead are really stone pillars.
The pure green with white flags solidifying the mountain forehead is really Ma Guangyuan.
Pure blue with red flags solidifying the mountain forehead is truly the king's choice.
The solid green flag on the mountain forehead is really Bayan.
In addition, the God-blessed army was really obedient to the king Kong Youde, Mele Zhangjing Huaishun was obedient to the king Geng Zhongming; the God-blessed army was really wise and obedient to the king Shang Kexi; and Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang and other Han generals also stood in the imperial tent, but the only one who was obedient to the king Kong Youde Because of his injury, he was given a seat by Huang Taiji.
Zu Zerun and Zu Kefa are also in the imperial tent. One of them is Zu Dashou's eldest son, and the other is Zu Dashou's adopted son.
Huang Taiji brought the two of them with him this time, probably because he wanted to take advantage of their family relationship with Zu Dashou. He had been trying every means to recruit Zu Dashou. At this time, Jinzhou City was besieged with heavy troops and his son was used as bait. This was Kill two birds with one stone.
In the fourth year of his stay in Chongzhen, Zu Zerun surrendered to the Jin Dynasty with his father Zu Dashou in Dalinghe Fort. He was subordinated to Zhenghuang's banner. He was favored and won over by Huang Taiji, and was awarded the title of third-class viscount. He was appointed as the right-hand member of the Ministry of War to participate in politics.
Zukefa was also detained as a hostage in the Houjin army camp during the Battle of Daling River. In the end, he surrendered to Houjin and was awarded the title of first-class baronet. At this time, he was appointed as the right-hand member of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Not only that, in addition to the banner masters of the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han armies of the Qing Dynasty and Gushan Ezhen, there were also many princes from the court, Baylor, ministers, and generals who were good at conquering and fighting.
For example, Gong Adai and Xihan, the younger brothers of Gushan'e Zhenbaiyintu who were in Xianghuangqi, generals who assisted the country, and Zhang Cunren, Duan Xuekong, Sheng Zhong and others who participated in the political affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
There are also various Mongolian tribes in the outer vassals, such as Gushan'e Zhengumu in Dongtumote Right Banner, Gushan'e Zhenshanba in Dongtumote Left Banner, Inner and Outer Karaqin, Chahar, Horqin Left and Right Wing Zhongqi, Ao Prince Baylor of the Han and Alu banners, and even the Waizhasak Mongolian banners or tribes also sent some soldiers and horses to help in the battle.
Finally, the crown prince of North Korea, Li Xiang, Liu Lin, commander of the three naval forces, and two other ministers who accompanied the crown prince Li Xiang and were detained in the Qing Dynasty also stood aside.
In addition, Fenglin Prince Li Hao was also detained in Shengjing by the Qing Dynasty. Now Huang Taiji has brought him to the Songjin Front to watch him demonstrate the Qing Dynasty's illustrious martial arts.
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Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty sat on his throne, looking around the room with stern eyes at the kings Baylor and ministers standing in awe.
He fixed his gaze on the head of Prince Rui Dorgon, the commander-in-chief of the Jinzhou front line and the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, and said: "Prince Rui, you will take the lead in the siege of Jinzhou. How to arrange it, you can tell the ministers."
While Huang Taiji was talking, he suddenly coughed a few times. He said that he had suffered from epistaxis, rheumatism, hypertension and other diseases. Now that the whole country was mobilized, he was worried about the war on the front line. , riding fast all the way, even catching nosebleeds with a bowl.
After arriving at the Jinzhou front line, he didn't even bother to rest and immediately inspected the situation everywhere. This body was inevitably tortured and got worse.
Dorgon glanced at Huang Taiji worriedly, and responded with a respectful expression on his face: "I obey the order."
He then said: "Dear princes and ministers, in this battle to capture Jinzhou, including the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, the Han army, and the Tianyou and Tianyou armies, plus the Mongolian and Korean troops from the outer vassals, our Qing Kingdom dispatched a total of 170,000 horses. , there are 60,000 Aha miscellaneous servants inside, and the rest are soldiers with banners and armor, and bannermen without armor, the number of capable soldiers is 110,000."
"Now our warriors are besieging Jinzhou. They have set up eight large camps around the city and dug three long trenches. The troops and horses deployed are mainly the blue banner of Prince Anping, the red banner of Prince Heshuoli, and the red banner of Prince Heshuoli. There are some unarmored bannermen in the remaining flags.
There are 15,000 bannermen, 12,000 inner armor soldiers, and 20,000 Aha servants.
Although Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City claims to have more than 20,000 soldiers, they are mostly the original garrison guards of the forts. The only ones with fighting strength are thousands of servants under his command, 15,000 bannermen, and 20,000 ahhe. The siege by the servants is enough! "
