If it were in the past, not many people would believe this news. Everyone will think that this is the Ming Dynasty or someone who spread the rumor. The Qing Dynasty had more than 10,000 troops. How could the Ming Dynasty be destroyed?
However, the elite of the Hussars Battalion, through the scouting wars in the past few months, including the last small-scale battle, and Prince Zheng retreated in defeat without daring to fight, and then personally admitted that the Ming army was elite and asked each tribe to recruit more elites. It happened, and many people became suspicious.
Could it be that the Qing army was really not invincible and that it was really defeated by the Ming army, and it was defeated so miserably. More than 10,000 Qing troops were wiped out. Isn’t there only more than 10,000 Qing troops in Guihua City? ?
Before hearing the news, people from various Mongolian tribes still had full confidence in the Qing army. I feel that with the Qing army as the main force, luring the Ming army deep into the grassland and then cutting off their food and grass before a decisive battle will definitely result in a win.
However, at this time, they had doubts!
Before such a decisive battle, there was a problem with the morale of the army. Some Mongolian tribal leaders could not sit still and ran to see Jierhalang, trying to get confirmation from him whether such a thing was happening.
When Jierhalang heard this, he immediately became angry. The war is about to start, why would something like this happen? He neither admitted nor denied, but sternly confessed that he should take care of the war at hand and maintain strict military discipline.
To this end, he also sent Qing soldiers to patrol various camps on the pretext of checking combat readiness.
However, the more than 10,000 rebel troops stationed in Guihua City were also affected. They all inquired about the situation in Liaodong, wanting to know if there was such a thing.
For them, Guihua City is not their place. They have been out for more than half a year and have long been homesick. Now that my hometown has suffered a defeat and more than 10,000 people died in the battle, will there be any relatives or friends of my own?
Jierhalang couldn't admit it at this time, otherwise it would have a huge impact on morale and be detrimental to the decisive battle at hand, so he suppressed it. The reason is of course sufficient: the forwards of the Ming Cavalry are expected to arrive at Guihua City tomorrow, and the war is about to begin, so they cannot be distracted.
Just like that, on the next day, the forwards of the Hussars Battalion appeared at the end of Guihua City's sight.
Ji'erhalang remained calm and pretended to be defensive, sending out cavalry to drive away and attack. However, the Ming army's forwards had no intention of fighting and retreated.
In this regard, Jierhalang asserted: "This is here to inquire about the news of Guihua City. Knowing that we are still there, the main force of the Ming army will arrive soon."
After hearing this, the leaders of the Jianlu and Mongolian tribes under him all held back their energy and were ready to lure the Ming army to go deeper.
However, what surprised them was that the Ming army's forward did not appear again. As a last resort, Jierhalang's scouting horse moved a little farther to detect the movements of the Chinese army. The results reported that the main force of the Ming army, that is, the chariot camp and infantry, did not move and were still about a hundred miles away from the border. The cavalry also withdrew and assumed a defensive posture.
At this moment, Jilharang was dumbfounded. If there was no fight, what would you be doing out of seclusion? After leaving the customs, but not moving forward, could it be that they went to the grassland to camp? Or was there something unexpected that caused the Ming army to stand still?
He didn't eavesdrop on the seeds and didn't know what the specific situation was on the Ming army's side. He had no choice but to send troops to harass and lure them.
Finally, the main force of the Ming army began to move again, which made Jierhalang heave a sigh of relief.
However, it only moved one day and then stopped again.
At this moment, Jierharang felt like he was going crazy. What did that dog emperor of the Ming Dynasty mean? Stopping and walking like this, doesn’t it consume food? According to the previous horse exploration report, it seems that the Ming army came out of customs with some food and supplies but did not have much. Isn't it afraid that they would run out, but they went back without fighting any battles?
Soon, his detective horse sent him the answer to this question.
"Your Highness, please tell me, there are Ming cavalry troops driving a large number of carriages and horses, carrying a lot of beef and mutton, and entering the Ming army camp. The smell of the meat can be smelled from a distance..."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the lobby was immediately dumbfounded.
The Ming Dynasty cavalry drove a large number of carriages and horses, carrying a lot of beef and mutton?
How could there be so many horses in the Ming Dynasty, let alone beef and mutton? These things are most abundant only on the grassland...
When they thought of this, the leaders of the Mongolian tribes immediately panicked. They didn't care about Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty. They hurriedly asked about the Jianlu Tanma Lai. They wanted to know further information first.
When they heard that the cavalry seemed to be coming from the east, the leaders of the Urad Department breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the leaders of the Chahar tribe panicked. They even ignored the presence of Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty and ran out of the hall in a hurry. They called their personal guards and quickly sent people back to the tribe to take a look.
Azig was very angry that the leader of the Chahar tribe ignored him and Jilharang. However, before he had time to get angry, he heard Jilharang say to the leaders of the Chahar tribe who had returned to the lobby: "Everyone Don't panic, I think this is probably a conspiracy of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Just when he was sending troops outside the pass to prepare for the decisive battle, he used this trivial trick to disturb the morale of our troops! Don't be fooled! Besides, where your tribe is, Ming Dynasty How would the army know where it is? Right?"
After hearing this, these leaders of the Chahar tribe felt that it made sense. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that they were caring and causing chaos! After all, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is sitting here, and it is possible for him to mobilize all the provinces in the pass to put on such a play, isn't it?
Thinking this way, they felt a lot more at ease, but they still had to send people back to have a look, so that they felt at ease.
However, what they never expected was that in just half a day, another scout came to report that another Ming cavalry troop escorted a large number of carriages and horses and dragged countless beef and mutton into the carriage camp. The place where the emperor's chariot is located.
At this time, even with Jierhalang's guess, the leader of the Mongolian tribe still panicked.
Last time, they could still believe that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had used cunning tactics to collect them from various provinces in the pass, trying to confuse the morale of his own army. But, here comes another large number, what does that mean? Are there so many cattle, horses and sheep in the various provinces in the Ming Dynasty?
The leader of the Chahar Department hurriedly asked the Tanma about the specific details of the cattle, horses and sheep. The leaders of the Urad tribe on the side are a little better, and they have more of a theater mentality.
However, this time, the scout said he was coming from the west. Suddenly, the leaders of the Urad tribe panicked, but the Chahar tribe breathed a sigh of relief.
Jierhalang couldn't help it, and while he was puzzled, he brought out the same argument again, and added another sentence, before he came from the east, it was the provinces in the eastern part of Guan Nei that came together, but this time he came from the west, then It was put together from the western provinces. The reason is all the same. The war is about to disrupt their military morale and affect their morale.
Although it seemed to make sense, the Urad tribe finally sent people back to the tribe to check on the situation. Of course, because Chahar was in front, they were not so panicked that they were rude to the two princes of the Qing Dynasty.
Although Jierhalang comforted the leaders of the two tribes, he still had hidden worries in his heart.
Because the last route of escorting people and materials back to Liaodong was also far away from the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, it stands to reason that the Ming army would not be able to encounter it.
Although Chai Shihua took the blame for that incident, Jierhalang had a vague feeling that someone from the Mongolian tribe should have tipped off the Ming Dynasty.
So this time, although it stands to reason that the camps of the various Mongolian ministries should be difficult to find, it would be impossible for the Ming army to find them, right? But, what if, if someone in the Mongolian tribe informs, then the Ming army may know!
For example, the Chahar tribe is divided into many tribes. If one of the tribes eventually surrendered to the Ming Dynasty due to starvation, and then reported it, it seems possible!
Thinking of this, Jierhalang immediately remembered another thing, that is, the news from Liaodong inevitably spread. The Chahar tribe is located near the east side. Did some of the tribes lose their confidence in the Qing Dynasty, and instead wanted to embrace the Ming Dynasty, and finally reported and surrendered to the Ming army?
And now I think about it, there is another strange thing. Why did the news from Liaodong come just when the army was about to fight? Is this also a trick used by the Ming emperor to lower his own morale? Does this require the cooperation of the Mongols?
It can't be such a coincidence, right?
Thinking like this, Jierhalang felt that the battle in front of him would be far more difficult than he imagined. The Ming Emperor lived up to his reputation and was a very cunning and difficult opponent. There hasn't even been a fight yet, but all kinds of methods have been used!
Just as he was thinking this, before the military meeting was over, there were rapid footsteps outside. After a while, they knew that there was another spy horse reporting back.
This time, even Tan Ma looked panicked and reported to Jierhalang: "Your Highness, there are Ming cavalry escorting many cattle, horses and sheep to the carriage camp where the Emperor of Ming is."
Upon hearing this, the leaders of the Urad and Chahar tribes immediately reacted like cats that were frightened and their hair exploded. They shouted and asked one by one: "Is it coming from that direction?" West?"
The Urad tribe asked exactly the opposite: "It must be coming from the east, right?"
At this time, they were not idiots. They no longer believed Jierhalang's guess. Instead, they were certain that a Mongolian tribe was definitely robbed by the Ming army, and it was definitely not a small tribe!
The Tanma looked around at the Mongolian tribe leaders who were surrounding them, and finally said with a little sympathy: "There are them on both sides of the east and west. The beef and mutton put together is probably enough to support the Ming army for a month."
As soon as these words were spoken, the leader of the Mongolian tribe, who had a lower psychological endurance, could no longer stand and fell to the ground, as if he was a walking corpse.
Even those with stronger psychological endurance cannot accept this reality. So much beef and mutton, it means that the Ming army must have secretly attacked various camps of the Urad tribe and Chahar tribe to get this harvest.
Thinking that the clan would rather starve to death than kill those cattle and sheep, the result was good, but it gave the Ming army an advantage!
He thought that if he didn't listen to the orders of the Qing Dynasty and didn't draw elites from his clan, even if his own clan's army was desperately protecting him, the Ming army wouldn't be able to succeed. I thought that if I didn't participate in this war, at least I could live a busy life...
Thinking about it later, all the leaders of these Mongolian tribes felt regretful.
There was a leader in the Chahar tribe. He gave Jierhalang, Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, a sharp look, then without saying a word, he turned around and walked out of the lobby, and left in a hurry.
Some people took the lead, but others were also worried about their own tribes, always imagining that their tribes would be fine. So, like the first person, they all looked at Jierhalang and others coldly. Some even turned around and left the lobby without even looking at them.
In the end, only the leader of the Jianlu headquarters was left in the lobby.
"They are so lawless that they despise me and the Qing Dynasty!" Azig was the first to come to his senses and immediately slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted, "What are they going to do?"
After hearing this, Ying Erdai replied for the Mongolian leaders: "I guess he wants to lead his troops back to check the situation of their respective tribes."
"Then should we fight this battle or not?" Azig was furious after hearing this and shouted loudly, as if Ying Erdai was one of those Mongolian leaders and wanted to vent his anger on him.
After he finished speaking, he came back to his senses, immediately turned to look at Jierhalang, and shouted loudly: "You still don't care about this matter, are you just going to let them go?"
After hearing this, Jierhalang sighed and said: "At this time, can we still force them to stay? Believe it or not, if I order this, they will fight our Qing Dynasty to death, and even stab us in the back. .What may happen to their tribe, how can they still stay!"
Hearing this, Azig, who was in anger, immediately withered as if he had been poured cold water on him. Of course he can also understand that if you keep someone at this time, you will become an enemy!
He raised his head, looked at Jierhalang and asked, "What about the next war?"
Jierhalang couldn't help but sigh again after hearing this. This is the case with the Mongolian tribes, and the same is true with the Qing army. They are all eager to return home and have no intention of fighting here! Now that the Mongolian tribes are gone, the possibility of them coming back is very slim.
Thinking of this, he said to Azig: "In this battle, the Qing army alone has no chance of winning. Morale, troop strength, food and grass, none of them have an advantage. Pack up and return to Liaodong tomorrow. I will The king will go and apologize to His Majesty!"
Although I am not willing to do so, it can only be this way.
Little did he know that Emperor Chongzhen, who had been checking the eavesdropping seeds, suddenly became excited after seeing what he said.
