There is no eavesdropping system and all messages are delayed.
The news of the large-scale Jianlu invasion, in which the chief of the Jianlu slaves led the main force, appeared in Datong Mansion, reached the ears of Governor Xuanda, Governor Yansui, Governor of the Three Sides, and Governor of Ningxia. Naturally, this sudden The military information also spread to the military attachés at all levels under these frontier officials of the Ming Dynasty. Correspondingly, the Yansui area was also attacked and restrained by the Mongols.
Ningxia is still far away from Datong and Yansui. Therefore, Ningxia Commander-in-Chief Wang Shichong just heard the news and stepped up his guard.
In this large-scale invasion by Jianlu, perhaps not only Datong and Ningxia will be attacked.
As a result, he guessed right. His former general and his old rival in recent years, Chai Shihua, who had suffered repeated defeats, actually led his troops to attack again.
"What?" When Wang Shichong heard this, he couldn't help but said angrily, "Is he crazy? He actually kills people on sight. After all, he used to be the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty!"
Ye Bushuai confirmed the news again and said: "Commander, he came with ferocious force this time. Not only did he kill everyone on sight, he also burned, killed and looted, no less. People everywhere had no time to escape, and many died in his hands."
In the past, although Chai Shihua led troops to attack the Ming Dynasty many times, he mostly focused on looting property. Unexpectedly, this time, they would intensify their efforts and start burning, killing, and looting. They wanted to turn Ningxia into a white land!
As the commander-in-chief of Ningxia, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed. However, Wang Shichong was still very cautious. While reporting the situation to Ningxia Governor Lu Daqi, he asked Ye Bushou to further explore Chai Shihua's whereabouts and the size of his troops.
After a while, Lu Daqi's order also came through. As the governor of Ningxia, if Ningxia suffers heavy losses, he will definitely be held accountable. Therefore, he tasked Wang Shichong to repel Chai Shihua. Of course, it would be best to catch the traitor general once and for all.
Wang Shichong also obtained the specific strength and traces of Chai Shihua. He felt that although he had more troops than before, he could definitely win. Although he had considered whether there would be rebels, news came from Datong that the main force of the rebels was there. At other border crossings, the Mongolian tribes were just doing restraint and harassment.
Therefore, Wang Shichong took it for granted that Chai Shihua's invasion must have been under the orders of Jianlu and was also a diversionary attack. Similar things have actually happened before. After Jianlu suddenly arrived at Guihua City in the Hetao area, he had launched such wars several times.
At this time, he certainly did not expect that the main force of Jianlu would target his side.
In fact, not only him, but also the various governors and governors could not guess this. Even after Wu Sangui confirmed and sent the news, no one guessed that the main force of Jianlu was preparing to invade from Ningxia at the invitation of Chai Shihua.
Therefore, Wang Shichong had a psychological advantage against Chai Shihua. Of course he would not be afraid of him, nor could he tolerate his continued burning, killing and looting. He immediately led his troops to attack, vowing to destroy Chai Shihua's troops.
At the same time, in Guyuan, Shaanxi, in the Trilateral Governor's Mansion, Zheng Chongjian was also pondering the news sent by Wu Sangui, guessing where the slave chief Jierharang would be? However, based on the information he had at hand, there was no way to judge.
At this time, Ningxia Governor Lu Daqi came over with military intelligence from Ningxia.
After Zheng Chongjian found out, he became a little worried. Just because he couldn't guess where Jierhalang would be, he assumed that Jierhalang would appear wherever there was movement. With this assumption, he immediately discovered that Yansui was safe, but something might happen to Ningxia.
So, just in case, Zheng Chongjian immediately issued an order to notify the surrounding areas to strengthen vigilance. Then, he personally led the army to Ningxia to provide support. Even if there is no Ji'erhalang, after all, the traitor general Chai Shihua burned, killed and looted in his jurisdiction, so it was not in vain to go.
In this war, due to the uncertainty of the news, there was a great deal of chance in the war.
When Zheng Chongjian led the army on the way, just as Chai Shihua, the traitor general, expected, Wang Shichong fell into his treacherous plan.
In other words, in fact, it is actually a bit biased.
In the original plan, Chai Shihua wanted to fake defeat and escape, attracting Wang Shichong to pursue him into Jianlu's ambush circle. What I didn't expect was that he was still so inexperienced. Before he could fake defeat and escape, he was defeated by Wang Shichong, and he truly ran away.
This time, Chai Shihua burned, killed and looted in the Ningxia area, causing heavy losses to Wang Shichong's rule. Therefore, Wang Shichong decided not to let Chai Shihua go. As a result, just like that, they entered Jierhalang's ambush. The Jianlu army had a total of 6,000 people, while Chai Shihua only had more than 3,000 people.
After Wang Shichong fell into Jianlu's ambush, there was no suspense in this battle.
A Jianlu took Wang Shichong's head and presented it to Jierhalang and said: "Your Highness, if this general refuses to surrender, the only choice is to chop off his head."
Chai Shihua who was standing next to him looked at Wang Shichong with eyes wide open in anger, but he laughed and said: "If you are stubborn and ineffective, you deserve to be killed!"
He had finally solved an old enemy, and he was happy in his heart, which naturally showed on his face.
However, Jierhalang admired Wang Shichong's willingness to die rather than surrender, and felt that this was what a military commander should be. He could use the clown around him, but that didn't mean he would appreciate such a person.
At this time, seeing Chai Shihua's happy look, he calmly ordered him: "Soldiers are valuable and quick. You should lead the way and quickly expand the results!"
Chai Shihua is naturally very familiar with Ningxia. Therefore, as soon as he heard this, he immediately smiled and agreed: "This damn thing is dead. There is no Ming army to maneuver in Ningxia. The Qing army can do whatever it wants. The last general is willing to be the vanguard of the Qing Dynasty!" "
Under his leadership, the Jianlu army took action quickly again. Their coach Jilharang breathed a sigh of relief. The previous several harassments of the Ming Dynasty's border gates, from Gyeonggi to Ningxia, failed to achieve substantial results. This time, it finally happened. In this way, we can also have an explanation for the emperor's instructions.
It can be said that Jierhalang and Azig followed Huang Taiji's order this time and led the army to Guihua City to open up a second battlefield against the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen asked Lu Xiangsheng to rebuild the Dongjiang Army, which was actually the same approach as Emperor Chongzhen's.
The reconstruction of the Dongjiang Army posed a threat to Liaodong's flanks and could restrain the main force of the rebels from making a large-scale detour through the Mongolian grassland to invade the pass as before.
Jirhalang and Azig arrived at Guihua City in Hetao and drove the tribes in the grasslands to harass the Ming Dynasty border gates, which also made the Ming Dynasty afraid to recruit elites from the border gates. In the past, there was no substantial war, so the containment effect was not ideal.
For this reason, Jierhalang has been thinking that he must give the Ming Kingdom a heavy blow. Only in this way can it attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty and attract the Ming Dynasty to invest its troops and materials at the long border to guard against his possible attacks. Only in this way can the containment effect on his side be shown.
Now that it is finally completed, the emperor will be happy if he knows it, right? Ji Erhalang thought so in his heart.
His guess was actually correct. At this time, Huang Taiji was already very dissatisfied with his painless restraint. Especially this time, being attacked by the Dongjiang Army and the army led by the Ming Emperor made Huang Taiji even more dissatisfied with Jierhalang.
At the same time, Huang Taiji was also a little scared. This time, fortunately, the Ming emperor had too few available troops. If he mobilized elite troops from various border areas, together with his 50,000 Royal Forest Army, not more than 100,000 troops, the Ming Kingdom would definitely capture many places this time, and even Liaoyang might not be protected.
Therefore, after Huang Taiji returned to Shengjing, he paid more attention to the containment effect of Jierhalang. After there was no news of Jierhalang's achievements for a long time, he became a little anxious, and immediately sent out the supervisory army to urge Jierhalang, asking him to take action immediately and attack the Ming Dynasty hard.
This messenger was none other than Ying Erdai who was sent back by Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, this Ying Erdai knew many tribal languages and was good at diplomacy. Jierhalang was in charge of the Mongolian tribes in Guihua City. It can be said that he used the prestige of Jianlu to suppress the Mongolian tribes to fight.
The war there was actually not a waste for the Jianlu, but for the Mongolian tribes, it would definitely consume their manpower and material resources. If the Mongolian tribes could obtain supplies from the war against the Ming Dynasty, then maybe they would always be willing to follow the Jianlu to attack the Ming Dynasty. However, if there is no success for a long time, or if the things they grab from the Ming Kingdom are far from enough to supplement their consumption, they will definitely be resistant to following Jianlu to attack the Ming Kingdom.
Therefore, Huang Taiji's intention of sending Ying Erdai over was obvious. It is to ask Ying Erdai to coordinate the various tribes and make them as obedient as possible. Otherwise, if the Mongolian tribe quits, Jilharang's more than 10,000 troops alone will not be able to effectively contain the Ming Dynasty's long border.
So Ying'erdai took his cronies, two of whom were captured by the Ming Dynasty with him and eventually released, including Xilinjueluo, and they rushed to the Hetao area. .
After finishing this matter, Huang Taiji began to have headaches again about the problems left over from the previous battle.
First of all, how should this damn thing Dorgon be punished?
Previously, when Dorgon came back, the people in Shengjing knew that his men had died in a battle. Many family members of soldiers knew that their relatives had died in the battle, and they were sad and wanted Dorgon to give an explanation. After a riot broke out due to the large number of people, several people with relatively high backgrounds took the lead and began to smash the door of Dorgon's house, forcing Dorgon to come out and demand an explanation.
Unexpectedly, Duduo led his troops back to Shengjing first, and directly arrested and killed the leaders. The charge was that they tried to rebel. His strength immediately scared off others.
Dorgon then went to the Zongren Mansion by himself and waited for Huang Taiji to deal with him after he returned.
Huang Taiji was so angry that he had already thought about killing the damn Dorgon. If Dorgon could hold on to Tashan, he did not believe that the Ming emperor could capture Tashan so quickly, and the following things would not have happened. He, Huang Taiji, could also realize this strategic layout, defeat Pyongyang, and eliminate the Dongjiang Army, which was a serious enemy.
However, after Huang Taiji returned to Shengjing, he went to the Zongren Mansion. After talking with Dorgon, he discovered that Dorgon's decision at that time was not necessarily wrong. It was just that his plan was known to the Ming Emperor in advance, which ultimately led to Dorgon's defeat.
Huang Taiji still remembered very clearly that at that time Dorgon knelt on the ground and said to him very sincerely: "Your Majesty, our Qing Dynasty has won many battles in the past. When the situation was good, it didn't matter if other tribes took refuge in our Qing Dynasty. Problem. But as soon as there is any bad sign, many people still regard the Qing Dynasty as a barbarian from the bottom of their hearts and are unwilling to be used by me. They secretly inform the Ming Dynasty, without the knowledge of the Qing Dynasty, something like Things like Tashan's secrets being leaked and leading to defeat will still happen. My brother is incompetent and is willing to die to take the blame. However, before he dies, please keep your Majesty vigilant. If you are not of my race, your heart must be different! "
It was because of Dorgon's words that Huang Taiji gave up the idea of executing him and just continued to imprison him in the Zongren Mansion. After all, no matter how guilty Dorgon is, he is one of our own.
Back at the palace, Huang Taiji was also in a dilemma.
In the past, he actually had a desire to be on guard against other people, but he would not show it. He even behaved differently from Xianhan. He often made others think that he was open-minded, regardless of his origin, and only valued talent. Therefore, the leaders of various clans would hold important positions in the Qing Dynasty, and even several Ming generals who had originally joined the Dongjiang Army could be crowned kings with different surnames.
However, at this time, Huang Taiji had other ideas. He had to admit that what Dorgon said made sense. This kind of internal traitor is the most deadly existence. When the Qing Dynasty rose, many wars were won because of internal traitors. It was also because of this that one of the many tribes in the Jurchen District of Jianzhou and Liaodong became stronger and stronger, and eventually ruled the entire Liaodong.
So, in the Qing Dynasty, who were spies or people who might become spies? Huang Taiji thought about this problem and couldn't help but fall into deep contemplation.
At this moment, his third daughter was playing in the imperial garden with her son in her arms, making a lot of noise. The maids were teasing the child, shouting flatteringly from time to time, which made Huang Taiji come back to his senses and immediately think of Wu Zhong, who was responsible for the defeat. Suddenly, he became furious.
That Wu Zhong had deeply deceived his feelings and played a cruel trick on him. However, he also announced to the public that the child was Wu Zhong's and gave him various preferential treatment. When he thought of this, he felt tight in his chest and had to let it out.
