I saw the Han man with a flattering smile on his face, kneeling there to greet him and saying: "Last General Chai Shihua, I have met His Royal Highness Prince Zheng Heshuo of the Qing Dynasty, and His Royal Highness Prince Doro Wuying of the Qing Dynasty!"
Prince Zheng is naturally Jierhalang, while Prince Duoluowuying is Aixinjueluo Azige. He has not been named a prince, but is just a county prince. In the original history, it would not be until 1644, that is, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, or the first year of Shunzhi, that he would be named Prince Heshuoying.
Jierhalang waved his hand and asked Chai Shihua to stand up, and then asked with a kind face: "You know the situation in the pass best, do you have any advice to offer?"
He had always been cautious, but Huang Taiji followed his lead. However, in terms of dealing with people, he is a bit like Huang Taiji, very polite, and generally not happy. Unlike Azig who was standing next to him, his face was full of disgust, and you could tell what he thought of Chai Shihua.
Hearing Jierhalang's question, Chai Shihua just looked at him and quickly replied: "If the general knew that His Highness was going to lead the army, he would have contacted him early. In that way, he would be able to catch it by surprise. If the army is caught off guard, the Qin soldiers may be crippled..."
"If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have something to say, say it quickly!" When Azig heard this, he impatiently interrupted and lectured, "If it's if or not if, it's useless, just say it right now!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Upon hearing this, Chai Shihua turned to look at Azig, nodded repeatedly, and did not dare to disobey. When he spoke, he still turned to look at Jierhalang: "Now, Guan Ningming's army knows that His Highness is leading the army and is stationed in Guihua City, so they will be on guard and it will not be easy to fight."
Having said this, he glanced at Azig quickly, fearing that he would lecture him again, and immediately continued: "But it doesn't matter much. The general will lead the troops to fight the Ming army first, just like before, pretending that he can't defeat the Ming army." The army was defeated and retreated..."
"Are you still pretending?" When Azig heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt again, and said with disgust, "I can't even keep my position as the commander-in-chief. I borrow troops from everywhere, but I lose consecutive battles. I'm just an incompetent person!"
Jianlu was famous for his martial arts, and he relied on martial arts to establish himself. Of course, he looked down on generals who were often defeated. Azig was not a very smart person, or rather, he was a brainless person. He hated Chai Shihua, so he said it casually.
In the original history, Azig not only asked Dorgon to make him his uncle because of his lack of brains, but of course he was rejected by Dorgon. So, when Dorgon died, he wanted to imitate Dorgon, but was deposed and imprisoned until his death.
But no matter what, he is good at fighting. At least so far, he has won many battles. The Dongjiang Army in Pidao was destroyed by the Jianlu led by him. Therefore, he is qualified enough to despise Chai Shihua.
Chai Shihua didn't expect that Azig would not give him any face. Even if he was thick-skinned, Azig's words would make his face turn red and white. Fortunately, Jierharan saw this situation and waved his hand at Azig, not letting Azig say any more, otherwise, his poor self-esteem would have been severely trampled by Azig.
After calming down for a while, Chai Shihua continued to say to Jierhalang: "At that time, the general led the army and would kill everyone along the way. Then, His Highness led the army to lie in ambush without fear of leaks, and waited for the general to lead the army. When the Ming army came over, the ambush troops broke out, and the Ming army would never be able to stop the Qing army. In this way, once the Ming army is eliminated, the army led by His Highness can do whatever they want in the pass!"
"Haha, just this idea? I thought there was some big deal! It turns out it's nothing more than that!" Azig couldn't help but sneered after hearing this, "The Ming Kingdom can defeat you in a row. Based on your thoughts, don’t they know that they won’t be wary of our Qing army?”
When Chai Shihua heard this, his face suddenly turned ugly again. Although he felt that the Ming army might not be on guard, he could not refute Azig's words. What if the Ming army was on guard? He doesn't dare to issue a military order!
After Azig finished speaking, he glanced at him with disdain, then turned to Jilharang and said: "Let's do this. Under our banner, I will lead some troops, plus the Mongolian army to pretend to be our Qing army. Attack Datong of the Ming Dynasty to attract the attention of the Ming army. Then, you lead the main force of the Qing Dynasty to go quietly, and then follow this fool's method to ambush the Ming army. This should make the Ming army fooled."
It has to be said that Azig has two brushes when fighting.
Jierhalang listened, nodded and said: "Yes, this is a good idea! I will let the Urad tribe also harass the Yansui area of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, General Chai's entry will no longer attract any attention. With people’s attention, the Ming army is more likely to be fooled.”
One thing he didn't actually say was that the Qing Dynasty led the Mongolian tribes to attack the Ming border again. Even if it was just harassment, under normal circumstances, the Ming army must be defensive and would not attack rashly. However, Chai Shihua is a loser, just as Azig said, he has been defeated repeatedly. It is estimated that his opponent, his former deputy, has long despised him from the bottom of his heart and will not care. There is a big reason for this. Chai Shihua may be pursued.
In fact, Chai Shihua was not really so miserable. After he defected from the Ming Dynasty, his trusted army disappeared. It was only through borrowing troops from the west and the grasslands that we had the men and horses to attack the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, it is obvious that, first, he will not be comfortable commanding the borrowed soldiers and horses. Second, those borrowed soldiers and horses will definitely not work hard to help him fight, but come to the pass to reap benefits. Once someone dies or there is a tough battle, it would be strange if these borrowed soldiers don't run away!
This Chai Shihua didn't have the skills of the famous generals in ancient times. He couldn't integrate the borrowed troops and horses. If he really used them for his own use, he would naturally have no choice but to lose consecutive battles.
At this time, a strategy proposed by Chai Shihua took the lead and took shape after Azige and Jilhalang perfected it.
Afterwards, Chai Shihua immediately rushed back to the west, and Jierhalang also began to issue military orders and immediately began to mobilize troops and generals.
At this time, the grassland tribes all surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, so they naturally listened to Jierhalang's military orders. Although there are examples of the Tumut tribe being destroyed by the Ming army, this is just an example. For most Mongolian tribes, they felt that the Tumut tribe was stupid and they were all cavalry, but they were able to be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. This is not because the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, but because the Tumote Department was so stupid that this happened.
In addition, the battle situation in Liaodong has not yet spread to the grasslands. In the eyes of these Mongolian tribes, the Manchu and Qing armies are still invincible. They were a crushing force against the Ming army. Even when they went to the pass, they burned, killed, and looted under the eyes of the Ming emperor, but the Ming army was unable to do anything.
Under such circumstances, these Mongolian tribes naturally embraced the Qing Dynasty and obeyed the orders of the Qing army.
What they didn't know was that at this time, messengers from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were galloping on the grasslands of eastern Mongolia.
Horqin Grassland can be said to be very close to Liaodong, just out of Shengjing. Therefore, the Manchu messengers were the first to arrive.
After hearing the news, Zhai Sangbuhe, the chief of the Horqin tribe, immediately welcomed the messenger. Although his sister and two daughters were all married to Huang Taiji, they still remained respectful in terms of etiquette.
At this time, when he saw the Qing envoy coming so eagerly, he guessed that there must be something important. Although he couldn't think of anything important, it didn't affect his curiosity.
After listening to the messenger read Huang Taiji's imperial edict, Bu He couldn't help but be very surprised, a little unbelievable, and subconsciously confirmed: "What? The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty led the army to attack the hinterland of Liaodong? Is this... is this possible?"
"What's impossible!" After hearing this, the messenger immediately replied, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty only won one battle, but he became so arrogant that he thought that the Qing Dynasty was no match for the Ming Dynasty, and he overestimated his capabilities and wanted to attack What’s so strange about the hinterland of Liaodong? Now that the emperor is leading the army back to Liaodong, Baylor must not neglect it and immediately cooperate with the decree to keep the Ming Emperor in Liaodong! "
Upon hearing this, Bu He quickly agreed. Later, he inquired about the details of the war in Liaodong.
This time, Huang Taiji led the army to attack North Korea without notifying the tribes on the grassland, so Buhe did not know about it. After his careful questioning, he roughly understood the war situation in Liaodong and North Korea.
It was okay for Bu He not to know the details, but when he asked about the details, he was immediately shocked. He didn't expect that Qing Dynasty would have such a difficult day.
When did the Ming Dynasty become so powerful? Then the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was regarded as a fatuous and incompetent emperor in the past, wasn't he? Why did he personally lead the troops and actually defeated Prince Rui and wiped out his entire army? There were more than 10,000 Qing troops!
Thinking like this, on the surface, the Horqin people immediately responded to Huang Taiji's order and dispatched their troops. However, in fact, he secretly called his son Wu Keshan and told him to take it easy when he went to the pass, and never go to Hun to fight with the Ming army.
As the saying goes, if a man does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, even though Bu He married his sister and two daughters to Huang Taiji. But in his heart, of course, the Horqin clan ranked most important.
In fact, in the past, the Horqin tribe and the Jianzhou Jurchens also had enmity. The two sides fought many wars, but in the end the Horqin tribe was taught a lesson by the wild boar skin and had to surrender. In order to show his loyalty, Bu He sold his sister. Feeling that this was not enough, he sold his youngest daughter and gave them all to Huang Taiji.
Later, Huang Taiji became the Great Khan of the Jin Dynasty, and showed his wise and martial side. Dajin became more and more prosperous in his hands, and he learned from his daughter and sister that Huang Taiji had the real ambition to become emperor. Later, Bu He simply married his favorite eldest daughter to Huang Taiji. At this time, all he had to do was marry himself to Huang Taiji and embrace Huang Taiji's lap.
It can be seen from this incident that the reason why all the Mongolian tribes on the grassland surrendered to the Manchus was because the Manchus became more and more powerful, which made them feel that if they followed the Manchus, at least they would not be beaten, and sometimes they could also reap benefits. . For example, every time the Manchus entered the customs, these Mongolian tribes actually followed them. In the original history, they followed the Manchu and Qing armies and often burned, killed and looted in the Daming Pass.
Wu Keshan will take over his father's position and become the leader of the Horqin tribe in the future. Naturally, the Horqin tribe is also the top priority. Even if Bu He doesn't say anything, he will act cautiously after knowing the situation in Liaodong.
Therefore, after the Horqin army set off, they did not behave as hard as they did in front of the messenger.
Not only the Horqin tribe, but also the tribes in the eastern Mongolian grasslands who had received the urgent orders from Huang Taiji. After understanding the situation in Liaodong, they were all shocked. At the same time, like the Horqin tribe, they only thundered but did not rain. On the surface, they were actively working for their lives. , actually look at the food and eat according to your ability.
But before these Mongolian tribesmen could enter the border, Huang Taiji's urgent messenger came again. He told them that the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had returned to Liaodong, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had fled back to the pass after hearing the news.
In this way, this matter is settled.
However, the news about this Liaodong War slowly spread in the grasslands of eastern Mongolia.
Although they believed that the Ming Emperor would definitely run away after knowing that the Qing Emperor returned with his troops. However, they were still very surprised by the previous war. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was able to destroy Dorgon's more than 10,000 Qing troops in one battle. This really surprised them.
They had been dealing with Jianlu for a long time, and naturally knew that Dorgon was not an incompetent person. He was secretly the most astute Qing prince below Huang Taiji. I don’t know how he made such a mistake and lost such a big battle because of his misstep.
While discussing this matter, another thing about the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was brought up again, that is, the Tumut tribe in Hetao was destroyed by the army led by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
When they heard about this in the past, they, like the Mongolian tribes in the west, thought that it was something wrong with the Tumut tribe themselves that would lead to the annihilation of the entire army. However, now that Dorgon's more than 10,000 troops were added, they were surprised.
It's okay to be stupid once, but how is it possible to be stupid twice? It's impossible. When the Tumut tribe and Dorgon encountered the Ming Emperor leading the army, they would automatically act stupid, right?
Then the only explanation is that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not as incompetent as the legend said! But there were treacherous ministers in the court of the Ming Dynasty, so in the past, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty behaved a bit feeble and incompetent. Now that he doesn't trust his ministers and leads the troops to fight in person, he can see how powerful he is.
Once they came to this conclusion, these eastern Mongolian tribes couldn't help but feel a faint pain in their balls. You know, the Ming Dynasty has been at odds with the grassland tribes since its founding. It has been nearly three hundred years since the Ming Dynasty suppressed the grassland tribes. If the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really a master capable of fighting, then their life would definitely be miserable in the future.
Thinking like this, they had no other choice but to secretly pray to the Changsheng Heaven. The Ming Dynasty was just returning to the light!
At the same time, Wu Sangui's troops, who were ordered to return to Liaodong, walked along the Great Wall Pass and arrived at Datong.
