At Yaozhou Post, Dorgon had already arrived with his army, and together with Duduo, Yue Tuo, Haoge and other slave chiefs, they surrounded Yaozhou Post.
When the two armies joined forces, these slave chiefs were all beaming with joy, while the other captives cheered happily. It can be said that in this land of Liaodong, it is rare that Jianlu's cheers are so loud! In other words, Jianlu's morale has reached its highest level in recent years!
Dorgon looked at the Ming Emperor's flag flying in Yaozhou Post and sighed with relief: "This time, we finally caught a big fish. If we win this battle, our Qing Dynasty should be able to stand up!"
"Thanks to the regent's strategizing, we have such a good situation now!" Duduo heard this and praised it without any burden.
For him, if Dorgon is good, then he will be good too.
After Yue Tuo and Hao Ge heard what he said, if they had been in the past, they would have made a few sarcastic remarks and undermined it. However, at this time, they did not mean this. They both stared at the Ming army in Yaozhou Station with smiles. That look was like a hunter looking at his prey in a cage.
Dorgon looked at the reactions of the two of them and understood very well. As long as you lead the Qing Dynasty to win battles continuously, you can subdue them all. No matter what you want to do in the future, as long as you win enough battles and are big enough, no one can oppose you.
Thinking like this, he retracted his thoughts and turned to the several Qing princes around him and said: "I just saw that the fortifications to besiege Yaozhou Station are not enough. Don't be afraid of trouble, just like when you besieged Dalinghe City before, There must be walls and trenches all around Yaozhou Post. One circle is not enough, just two circles, always to ensure that no matter what method the Ming army uses, it will be in vain. Lest the Ming army jump over the wall in a hurry, and the Ming emperor breaks through and escapes!"
In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, Jianlu attacked and Zu Dashou defended Dalinghe City. At that time, although Huang Taiji had the conditions for a strong attack, he did not adopt this method, but used a siege method. They dug four trenches around the city and built a wall more than one foot high, surrounding Dalinghe City like an iron barrel. Finally, they forced Zu Dashou to surrender for the first time. He Kegang was also killed by Zu Dashou in this battle. Dashu killed.
Today's Yaozhouyi is not big. Although the Ming army expanded its defense line with sidecars and the like, no matter what, it could not be bigger than the original Daling River City. By using this move, not only was he familiar with the road, but Dorgon believed that it could deal with the very powerful Ming army and ensure that no one in Yaozhouyi's Ming army could even escape!
Hearing what he said, several other people nodded, this was the safest thing to do.
So, the job was immediately assigned.
Unmentioned, this kind of physical work was done by Han wrappers in the past. However, the Han people on the Qing side were plundered from the pass at the beginning of the twelfth year of Chongzhen and never replenished. Today's Han people are even more able to escape and die. Most of the remaining ones were taken away by Kong Youde and used to clear wasteland and farm for the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, this physical work is now done by Mongolians and people from other tribes. As for the Manchus, they were the most powerful in combat. Naturally, they were on guard against the Ming army in Yaozhouyi who saw that the situation was not good and jumped over the wall before the siege was completed.
However, Jianlu was obviously overly worried.
Emperor Chongzhen, surrounded by many generals and supervisors, was sitting on top of Yaozhou City, drinking tea and watching the Jianlu people busy outside the city, without the slightest hint of worry or fear. People who didn't know better thought he was a supervisor watching the prisoners working outside the city!
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen was not worried or afraid, but the formation of Jianlu made many generals feel uncertain. He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao, who were in Liaodong the year before, were the most worried.
After watching for a while, He Renlong tried to tell Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, are there reinforcements on the way?"
If reinforcements are coming, attacking from inside and outside is a good strategy to defeat Jianlu. This is He Renlong's idea.
However, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and shook his head and said: "There is no more food and grass supplies. I can't mobilize any more troops."
"..." When He Renlong heard this, he was immediately stunned. What should we do now?
Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao, thinking of the emperor's wisdom and martial prowess, quickly said: "Your Majesty, do you have other plans?"
"Yes!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said yes after hearing this.
The other generals, although based on their trust in the emperor, had no other ideas. However, in this case, I am still a little curious after all. I wonder what method the emperor will come up with to defeat so many Jianlu?
Emperor Chongzhen looked at their expressions and understood what they were thinking. He thought that he was surrounded by his trusted generals, and he was not afraid of leaking secrets when he spoke out. He immediately smiled and said, "It's time to tell the ministers."
Upon hearing this, almost everyone, including the general soldiers, the surrounding supervisors, the imperial guards, etc., pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what ingenious ideas the emperor had in mind?
When Emperor Chongzhen arranged for Wu Sangui to carry out a rescue and troublemaking mission, he naturally wanted to reward him with a Class A eavesdropping seed. At this time, he had already learned about Wu Sangui's situation through eavesdropping seeds.
With everyone's expectations, they heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "I have sent Wu Sangui from the Beijing camp to lead a cavalry army of more than 3,500 people, and rush thousands of miles to attack the granaries built by the captives in the Liaohe Plain. They will join Kong Youde to capture Tieling and threaten Shenyang. If If my prediction is correct, I estimate that within a few days, Jianlu will receive an urgent report from Shenyang!"
At this point, regardless of the surprise of many generals, he pointed at the Jianlu outside the city and said: "If these Jianlu want to surround Yaozhou Post, they must first have enough food. Please wait and see , the number of captives was more than double that of our army, and this became their fatal weakness. Originally, the slave chief thought that Kong Youde would be able to support some of the food after the harvest, and the other food would be used for winter. However, now, It’s all gone…”
Only Emperor Lu Xiangsheng and Chongzhen knew that Kong Youde had returned to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when they heard that Kong Youde was an internal response, and that Jianlu had gathered so many troops in Yaozhou Station, one can imagine the emptiness in the hinterland of Liaodong. Suddenly, they were all Everyone was overjoyed. This is a desperate plan by the Emperor to drain the family from under the cauldron! Jianlu didn't know that he had been recruited, but he was still complacent. This leader's level of strategy was not at the same level, so how could he fight?
While they were thinking this, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Look again, among the Jianlu troops outside the city, the morale of the Mongols is obviously lower than that of the Jianlu. After the news from Shenyang comes, even the slave chiefs Grit your teeth and persist, but those Mongols must know that the Jianlu are about to be destroyed, and they will definitely not follow them to die. If there are only Jurchens left in the army outside the city, how many will there be?"
Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen looked around them again and said with a smile: "I have already paved the road ahead for you. I will not force Jianlu to be destroyed in this battle, but at least I want to see that Jianlu will be destroyed in this battle." Is it possible to spread the corpses of prisoners from Yaozhou Station all the way to Haizhou?"
At this time, the generals suddenly realized. It turns out that the emperor's intention in leading the army to withdraw to Yaozhou Station was that while waiting for the Jianlu troops to retreat, he could calmly cover up and kill the Jianlu infantry and stage the previous pursuit again!
This time, the emperor's strategy included internal support, regular troops, and unexpected troops, and advancement and retreat. He had already dug a big hole there waiting for Jianlu. It can be said that he was completely leading Jianlu by the nose! Putting himself in Jianlu's shoes, everyone around him found that they couldn't handle these series of tricks at all.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but be convinced by Emperor Chongzhen again! Because of this, each of them is looking forward to the moment when Jianlu despairs, coming soon.
Of course, at this time, Jianlu thought that their lives had reached their peak.
Originally, Yue Tuo, Haoge and Duoduo's men had already dug trenches and the like. This time, it was simpler and they just connected the previous trenches.
The Jianlu leader kept encouraging his men: "The more we dig, the less hope the Ming army will have to escape!"
"The more you dig deeper, the more Ming troops will be eliminated!"
"Dig one more ditch, and the Ming emperor will be the turtle in the urn!"
"..."
Listening to such a slogan, let alone say it, the motivation is indeed enough. At least at this time, Jianlu's morale was very high.
However, there are also concerns.
No, when several slave chiefs returned to the Chinese army's tent, Yue Tuo first said to Dorgon: "Our army is short of food and grass, and we need to allocate some!"
"I have three days left over there, but now they are all digging trenches. It is estimated that they can only last one day!" Hauge immediately shouted after hearing this.
After hearing this, Duduo simply said: "I can still support it for four days!"
Among the three, he was the only one who lost the infantry, so he had the least mouth to eat and had a little more food left.
Dorgon frowned immediately after hearing this. But before he could speak, Yue Tuo added: "It's autumn now. If we don't feed them with refined grains, the war horses will probably lose a lot!"
When Dorgon heard this, his head hurt again. However, it was a great opportunity now and he must not give up halfway. Therefore, he immediately replied: "I have brought some. After dividing one point, it should be able to last for ten days. As for horse materials, this battle should not take too much." There are too many war horses. If it doesn’t work, let’s concentrate them on the elite cavalry. If we kill the other war horses, we can also make a meal of meat for the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.”
The food and grass they brought cannot even last for ten days. This is an absolute disaster for a large army. It was not expected that the war horses could be saved. After all, the cost of raising horses is too high.
"Ten days, I'm afraid that's not enough, right?" Yue Tuo said seriously after a moment of silence, "Don't let the Ming army's food and grass be exhausted by then, and our soldiers will start to starve!"
When Hauge heard this, he opened his mouth and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "Haha, if you really want to do this, you will be laughed at by Ming Gou!"
Dorgon looked at the two of them, stretched out his hand to signal them not to worry, and said to them: "Ajige has arrived in Haizhou, and he can also bring some food. In addition, I have already told you that Prince Gongshun After the harvest over there, immediately transport the grain. If there is not enough food, let him transport it again. No matter what, we must persist until the end of this war!"
The Liaohe Plain was the granary of the Qing Dynasty. At least half of the Qing Dynasty's grain would be produced there. Several people present knew this.
Therefore, after Dorgon finished speaking, Yue Tuo immediately said: "It must have been collected by this time, and it will take time to transport it here. We should send someone to urge it!"
After hearing this, Dorgon nodded and said, "Of course, I will send someone to urge you immediately!"
After finishing speaking, he immediately sent a messenger.
After finishing this matter, Duduo said: "After the fortifications surrounding the Ming army are completed, we can reduce the food supply of some soldiers, so that we can last for a few more days!"
This can be regarded as a way. Dorgon nodded and said: "As soon as the siege is over, I will patrol the soldiers. Some soldiers who are not suitable for fighting will be sent back first, leaving only the elite soldiers who are enough to deal with the Ming army. Yes. In this way, we can also save some food."
After saying this, he suddenly raised his voice and said with a smile: "No matter what, we, the Qing Dynasty, must work together and work together to win this war and win the future of the Qing Dynasty!"
After hearing this, thinking that the current situation was very favorable, the several slave chiefs felt a lot more relaxed together.
As a result, they discussed the details of this war. For example, when would the Ming army break through? Is it waiting for night or when? Where are there defense loopholes, where should we strengthen defense, etc.
However, Jianlu's efforts were obviously in vain. The strengthening of defenses at night resulted in nothing happening overnight, and the Ming army showed no signs of breaking out.
This made Dorgon feel a little worried, because this situation was really a bit abnormal.
After confirming that the Tanma had dispersed a hundred miles away and that no Ming reinforcements had arrived, Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the Ming army in the direction of Yaozhouyi, he couldn't help but think of the most humiliating battle in his life: the Battle of Tashan.
In that battle, he was surrounded by troops led by the Ming Emperor. At that time, his idea was to break out of the encirclement as soon as possible, but he was ambushed by the Ming army.
Before, he thought there was a traitor. However, no matter what, the traitor could not be found. He was wondering if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had just counted him out.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty should also be deeply impressed by the Battle of Tashan. He probably thought that if he broke out immediately, he would be prepared to prevent him from breaking through. Therefore, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty first stood still and pretended that he would not break through. After his own defense relaxed, he suddenly started to break out?
Dorgon thought so and felt it was possible.
However, for some reason, he always felt a little uneasy when facing the Ming emperor in Yaozhou Station.
Before he could figure out what was uneasy, he heard some movement.
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