Those who come to Tashan are all direct descendants of the ancestral family, so they don't have much scruples when speaking.
Zu Dashou first said: "Seeing the banner of our ancestral family, the Jianlu people will probably do the same as before, just besiege instead of attack. At most, they will prevent us from sending troops to harass their rear. Their purpose should be to go deep into the Ningjin line to rob food."
"Brother is right, don't look at the Buddha's face to look at the monk's face!" Zu Dacheng echoed, "And even if they really want to fight, they still have to see if they can capture Tashan. How many men and horses will they lose!"
If it were the past, this situation would have been the best. If you don’t fight, I won’t take the initiative to fight either. We both have a happy cooperation!
However, this time, Zu Dashou was obviously a little thoughtful. Just when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the lobby. When everyone heard the sound, they looked around, but it was Zu Dashou who was on duty at the top of the city. He came back with a look on his face. Still not pretty.
Just after crossing the threshold of the lobby, Zu Dabi shouted to the hall: "Brother, here are Hauge and Duoduo. As soon as Hauge arrived at the city, he shouted for us to surrender!"
With anger on his face, he loudly reported: "He also said that he is going to take control of Tashan. If we don't know what's going on, he will attack Tashan and massacre the city. If we know what's going on, he can make way for us to go back to Jinzhou!" "
"What?" When Zu Dashou heard this, he frowned and immediately confirmed unhappily, "He really said that?"
Zu Dacheng, who was standing next to him, became furious after hearing this. He immediately shouted: "Who is he? He has such a big tone. If you have the ability, stop talking nonsense and attack him to see?"
"This is a stupid pig, not as wise as his father!" Zu Dale also commented with dissatisfaction.
Zu Dabi didn't look at anyone else, but stared at Zu Dashou and said, "Can I still arrange it? His loud voice was heard by the whole city. If he wasn't far enough away, I would have shot him in the mouth with an arrow!" "
Zu Dashou heard this, thought about it for a while, and then asked: "How many people are coming?"
"At most fifty thousand!" Zu Dabi said without hesitation upon hearing this, "And the Mongolian Tatars and those Han troops account for the majority."
When Zu Dashou heard this, he had an idea in his mind. He looked at his brothers and said, "Since we have handed over the farm records and followed the governor's military order and came to Tashan, we will not fight against the imperial court. I really thought, If this is the case, I'm afraid it won't be able to restore the impression our ancestral family left on the governor and the emperor. Something must be done to change that bad impression..."
Having said this, he paused, looked a little more serious, and raised his voice: "Therefore, since Haug came to bully me like this, I decided to reverse the previous countermeasures, take Haug by surprise, and give Haug a hard blow. If we win the battle against him, we can report victory to the governor and the emperor and show our loyalty! What do you think?"
"I have no objection!" Upon hearing this, Zu Dabi was the first to respond loudly, "Hit him! He made him arrogant!"
Zu Dacheng also nodded and said: "I agree too, otherwise, it would feel like anyone in our ancestral family can bully us, hold your breath!"
However, Zu Dale frowned and reminded a little worriedly: "Brother, what about my nephew and the others?"
When Zu Dashou heard this, he immediately looked at him and replied without hesitation: "I thought it would be fine, and the more we prove our strength, the more the court and Jianlu will value us. We If we can’t take action against the imperial court, then let’s show our strength to Jianlu!”
"good!"
"I agree!"
"So much the better!"
"..."
These ancestral families quickly formed a consensus, and they were full of fighting spirit, and they were all holding back their anger.
So Zu Dashou immediately climbed to the top of the city to watch, and then planned countermeasures.
Hauge outside the city knew nothing about the changes in his ancestral family. After scolding the formation, he saw no response from the city and was still as shy as before, so he began to set up camp and prepare to siege the city and attack Tashan.
Duduo left some troops here. He took more than 10,000 troops and went deeper to see if there was any benefit to be gained. This was what Huang Taiji had explained in advance.
In the previous two days, from the time Haoge started preparing to attack the city, until the beginning of the siege, Zu Dashou focused on defense.
Hauge laughed loudly at this. You must know that Tashan is not as high as Jinzhou. The city wall is not high and tunnels can be dug. It may take only a few days to attack the city.
However, there is indeed no shortage of Jianlu who are experienced in war. Although Hauge is careless, they are all careful and vigilant.
On the fifth day, when Jianlu was attacking the city with all his strength, the city gate suddenly opened wide. The generals of the ancestral family came out of the city with their elite servants, and Jianlu was caught off guard. Many of those who were attacking the city had no time to retreat, and some who were buried alive in the tunnels were buried alive.
The ancestor family's pounce, represented by Zu Dabi, looked like a crazy tiger. In fact, this Zu Dabi is known as the "Second Madman Zu" in the Zu family army. He usually looks like a steady person, but once he goes into battle and fights, he looks like a madman.
On the Manchu side, there was Muktan of the Dai Jia family with the title of Batulu. Seeing that Zu Dabi's army was very strong, he took advantage of his strength and immediately led the army to charge forward. However, he did not expect that he was killed by Zu Dabi in just one encounter. Killed with an axe.
Zu Dabi held his big ax in one hand and Muktan's head in the other, roaring: "Who dares to fight with a certain person?"
The roar was so loud that it sounded like madness, and it also frightened other Manchu soldiers to retreat and not dare to approach him.
Seeing this situation, Haug's face turned red with anger. He held the gun and wanted to rush over in person, but was helplessly held down by his bodyguards.
Seeing this, Zu Dashou on the top of the city couldn't help but be proud of his younger brother. He thought to himself, if he really wants to be a brave general, his family is not empty!
Seeing that the Jianlu army seemed to be attacking and rescuing thousands of people, he ordered Jin Jin to withdraw his troops. Apparently, he did so as soon as possible.
This time when they left the city, they lost at least a thousand troops. Compared with the past, this time it was much more calm. Even when the Jianlu army rushed forward again, the retreating army was able to cut off some heads and return to the city.
This is rare for Guan Ningjun. Until now, even the so-called great victory in Ningyuan had not included the heads of prisoners. But this time in Tashan, when Jianlu was unprepared, he suddenly went out to fight in the city. He was caught by surprise, but he got some gains. Including the head of Baturumuktan, there were more than two hundred people in total. A head.
After Zu Dabi and others returned to the city, Jianlu had no intention of attacking the city again and immediately began to count the number of people and discuss the military situation.
For Haug, he will definitely continue to attack the city because it is related to his face. However, all his men were against it.
The elite of the ancestral family are already famous, and they don't want to spend their lives here because of the bet between Hauge and Duoduo.
Of course, it would be different if Huang Taiji were here instead. As long as an order is given, these Jianlu will never disobey the order.
Hauge was very angry about this, and just when he was about to get angry, he heard that Duduo had returned with his army. Hearing the news, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, because based on this time point, maybe Duduo didn't reach Ningyuan at all, and returned so quickly?
"Where are the others?" Hauge was already in a bad mood and asked angrily, "Are they here to see my joke?"
"Go back to the master, it doesn't look like it. Withdrawing troops in a hurry, it seems that you have the intention to retreat." Tan Ma immediately reported, and he still had a discerning eye on this point.
Hearing what he said, Hauge couldn't help but be surprised again. Could it be that Duduo was defeated like him?
However, Guan Ning's most elite army is Zu Dashou's, and they are all here in Tashan. Will he lose the battle against other Ming armies? And he doesn't need to attack the city, so he can't even lose the field battle, right?
He was so curious that he even forgot that he had lost the battle and left the military camp to check on Duduo's situation.
Sure enough, just a moment after he left the military camp, he saw groups of Qing troops withdrawing. The banner of Duduo is among them.
When Hauge saw it, he didn't know why, but he was happy in his heart. He was ready to go up to him and ask Duduo first, so as not to let him know about the defeat of Tashan and be laughed at by him.
However, Duduo was not in the mood to make a bet with him at all. As soon as they met and they were still far away, Duduo turned serious and said first, "Withdraw the troops and return to Shengjing immediately."
"Ah, why?" Hauge didn't expect to be so direct and couldn't help but ask.
Duduo did not have any intention of quarreling with him or trying to tease him, but immediately replied: "We have captured some Ming dogs. It should be confirmed that all Shanxi merchants who often transported supplies and grain to Liaodong have been killed by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." The house was confiscated and executed..."
After hearing this, no matter how stupid Hauge was, no matter how much he looked down on Han Dog, he immediately understood how much impact the disappearance of those Shanxi merchants would have on the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, he immediately stopped thinking about his dirty thoughts with Duoduo, and immediately nodded and said: "This matter must be reported to my father immediately."
"Also, it is said that the bandits in the pass were also exterminated by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty." When Duduo said this, there was a look of surprise on his face. He never expected that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would be so... Can fight?
Huang Taiji also blocked the news about the annihilation of the Tumote tribe in Hetao. If it spread, he was afraid that other Mongolian tribes would be affected. It will have a bad impact on his stable rule in Liaodong, especially those Han people.
Therefore, neither Duduo nor Hauge knew that the Tumut Ministry had been removed. However, the two of them didn't think much about it, so the information from the interrogation had already spread throughout the army.
Ordinary Manchu soldiers did not know the significance of the eight Shanxi merchants to the Manchus, so they did not pay much attention to them.
On the contrary, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in their opinion, was just a cowardly dog emperor hiding in the imperial city. How could he go on a personal expedition and wipe out all the thieves?
This topic is discussed enthusiastically in the military.
In the eyes of most Manchu and Qing soldiers, this should be the credit of those Ming officials and generals, while the Ming emperor did nothing and just enjoyed the results.
One day later, the Manchu and Qing troops came and left even faster, and they withdrew immediately.
This situation surprised Zu Dashou and others. According to past experience, Jianlu would definitely have to show off his power for about a month before withdrawing when there was no benefit left. This time, he left so quickly?
After Ye Bushou followed Jianlu's army and confirmed that Jianlu had withdrawn, Zu Dashou felt relieved.
As a result, everyone in Tashan City was beaming with joy. This time, it felt like these Jianlu were running over in a hurry, giving them a credit for their achievements, and then hurried away again.
"Didn't you say that Jianlu was cruel and powerful? Why don't I feel this way?"
"Haha, that was before. This time, it's really strange. Have these Jianlu changed their temperaments?"
"Yes, if it had been before, they would have fought tooth and nail to get the body back, but this time, they lost hundreds of heads, but they didn't even fart, so they left in such a dejected manner?"
"You don't know, when Jianlu first appeared outside the city, I was so nervous. Tashan is not Jinzhou. If Jianlu had been cruel, who knows what would have happened? Thinking about it now, I was really scared, haha! "
"..."
For ordinary soldiers, they don't know any more information. They only see the war that just happened based on their understanding.
One thing is very obvious. The fear of Jianlu that was originally rooted in their hearts is quietly fading away.
Of course, this must be a process. It is impossible to be completely free from fear of rebels just because of such a war. If Jianlu wins the war one after another in the future, the fear of Jianlu may return.
As for what the future holds, they can't know now.
Zu Dashou and others were also happy, and Zu Dacheng even shouted, hurry up and report the victory to the governor and the emperor, what a great victory! They got more than two hundred heads, something they had never seen before: "Brother, we killed five thousand enemies this time. The captives suffered heavy losses and retreated in embarrassment. How about this? Or kill six thousand five thousand, let's round up the number. Something is wrong..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zu Dashou. The smile disappeared from Zu Dashou's face and he said seriously: "No, you can't lie and exaggerate. Otherwise, once the governor and the emperor know about it, it will have an impact on our impression. Just report it truthfully."
Having said this, he sighed and said: "If this battle had happened before the Battle of Tianjin, it might have been a great victory. But with the Battle of Tianjin ahead of us, can it still be considered a great victory for us?"
In that battle, nearly 30,000 Jianlu vanguards were killed and injured, and a total of about 200,000 people and livestock that had been plundered by Jianlu were recovered. How could it be compared to this small siege in front of us.
After hearing his words, the high mood of the Zu family suddenly fell down. Among them, Zu Dacheng said in a low voice: "It's really disappointing!"
A few days later, a piece of good news was placed in front of Sun Chuanting. Listening to Liaodong Governor Fang Yizao repeatedly talking about the great victory, he just smiled faintly.
Whether it was a great victory or not, this victory could be regarded as one of his achievements after becoming the governor of Jiliao. No matter what, it was finally a good thing.
Therefore, he also wrote a memorial and sent it to the capital together with this victory report.
At this time, in the capital, there was still a heated discussion about several things that happened in October.
