Shenyang is called "Moukedun" in Manchu and translated into Chinese as "Prosperous City". At this time, in the Manchu city of Shengjing, there was a dead silence in the Angbang Zhangjing Yamen.
Bachelor of Hongwen Academy, Minister of Industry Tartara Sunahai, Zhenghuang Banner Han Army Gushan Ezhen Li Sizhong and Zhaoling General Manager Zhong Nai stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and no one spoke. Shengjing Angbang Zhangjing Ye Keshu followed Ao Bainan After being transferred, the three of them became the highest-ranking officials in Shenyang City.
"Bachelor, General Manager, the Ming army has captured Liaoyang, crossed the Hun River northward, and is heading towards Shengjing. You two have to make up your mind whether to defend the city or to fight."
Li Sizhong couldn't bear it anymore and spoke first. Among the three, he had the largest number of troops, with 18,000 Han troops; Sunahai and Zhong Nai had 3,000 Manchu and Mongolian troops.
At this point in the war, most of the young men from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia have enlisted in the army, leaving only some immature children and frail old people. It is difficult to expand the army on a large scale, and they are increasingly relying on the Eight Banners and the Han Army. Li Sizhong's Ministry is under construction Zhou suffered heavy casualties along the Boluo River and came to Shengjing to rest and recuperate. There were many Eight Banners Han troops in Shengjing who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty very early. He recruited 6,000 new soldiers from them to make up for the battle losses. However, the combat power of these 10,000 people was Compared with the previous Ten Thousand Old Department, it is far behind.
Zhong Nai sighed: "You two can hold on to the city, but my duty is to die for the country outside the city."
He is the general manager of the Zhaoling Mausoleum and is responsible for guarding the royal mausoleum. The Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, and Empress Xiaoduanwen are buried in the Zhaoling Mausoleum. If the Ming army razed the late emperor's mausoleum, there would not be enough heads to chop them off.
Sunahai's face sank, "What did the manager say? The Ming army is approaching the city, and the fate of the three of us has already been connected. If the Ming army digs Zhaoling, do you think the emperor will only punish you?"
This is very reasonable. If the Ming army digs up the grave of Huang Taiji's father, Emperor Shunzhi will chop off the heads of his ministers. He will never chop off Zhong Nai alone.
Everyone's expressions couldn't help but change.
Li Sizhong said slowly: "The last general is willing to follow the bachelor out of the city to fight the Ming army for a decisive battle."
"I am willing to fight the Ming army to the bitter end," Sunahai roared.
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Chen Qice, the vanguard of the Ming army, took the lead, quickly captured Tieling, and headed for Shenyang.
He was originally the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Navy and was ordered to rush to Liaodong. On that day, Yang Huai defeated Hetuala. He appeared in time and made a great contribution. Although his five thousand troops were naval, they were also skilled in land warfare. The navy of this era A division is both a sailor and an infantryman.
After hearing that the Ming army had occupied Tieling, Sunahai did not panic and formed an array in the north of the city.
Chen Qice ran into Li Sizhong's military formation.
There are artillery behind Li Sizhong's formation. There are long spears and fire blunderbuss in front of the formation, and three layers of archers are lined up behind the blunderbuss. The artillery and blunderbuss are firing in unison, and arrows are like rain.
The defense was too tight, but Chen Qice came back. If he did this three times, he would attack three times in a row, but he could not break through.
Zhong Nai led 1,500 cavalry to attack Chen Qice's right side. The Ming army's Ruan Jin tribe arrived and fought with them.
When it gets dark, both sides call for gold and withdraw their troops.
The Qing army dug a trench and set up camp five miles away from the Ming army, using straw as a fence and coating it with mud.
The next day, the Ming army Chen Ze and Gu Zhong arrived, and the two sides fought hand to hand and fought again. The battle was extremely fierce. The infantry of the Ming army armed with rattan cards and waist knives fiercely attacked the clear formation. The winner was still undecided. But with Yang Huai and Tong Yangjia,
Arriving there, the Qing army gradually collapsed.
"Poof!"
Tan Bu's sword hit Zhong Nai's back. When he fell from his horse, Zhong Nai muttered to himself, "My slave is guilty and failed to guard Zhaoling."
"Drive~Drive~Drive~"
Sunahai galloped on his horse, and Ming general Tanbu was chasing after him. He laughed loudly while chasing, "Sunahai, if you don't surrender now, when will you wait?"
Sunahai said nothing and continued to run.
"Whoosh", Tanbu started shooting arrows on his horse. He was born in the savage Jurchen Kurkha tribe and grew up on horseback. He started shooting arrows right away, and it was a trivial matter.
Hearing the sound of the bowstring, Sunahai leaned forward. The man was fine, but the horse was in trouble.
"咴聿聿!"
The war horse was struck by an arrow and fell to the ground, knocking Sunahai off his horse.
Tan Bu was so happy that he jumped on his horse and ran away with his sword.
"Whoosh", a cold arrow hit Tan Bu's throat, causing him to fall from his horse.
Sunahai took a look and saw that it was Niuluzhang Jinglenkar.
Lengkar protected Sunahai and fled back to Shenyang. After a while, Li Sizhong also fled back. There were less than nine thousand Qing troops who returned to the city. As a last resort, they had to recruit all the people in the city to defend them.
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After winning the battle, Yang Huai ordered to set up camp five miles north of the city.
Suddenly he reported to Ruan Jin and asked Gu Zhong to see him.
Both of them were once big and unscrupulous pirates. They had the word "thief" on their heads and their eyes glowed with thieves.
Gu Zhong was an upright person. When he saw Yang Huai, he shouted: "Commander, our army's pay and silver have been secured."
Yang Huai's troops were far away in Liaodong, and their military supplies mainly relied on North Korea. Although they conquered Nuergandusi and a large area of Liaodong, it was mostly a vast and sparsely populated land, and it was not possible to raise much supplies, and military pay and food were sometimes insufficient.
Hearing this, he was stunned, "Oh? Where do you get military pay?"
"Commander, I have found out clearly that the Zhaoling Mausoleum of Huang Taiji is in the north of Shenyang City. The Nalu chief has been arrogant all his life, and there must be a lot of gold, silver and jewelry buried with him after his death. If his tomb is dug, the wages and silver of the brothers will be lost."
Then you don’t have to worry."
"Excavation of the fake Qing Zhao Mausoleum?"
Yang Huai thought to himself that this was a good idea. He could quickly get a large amount of money to pay his subordinates and buy food from the surrounding tribes. However, digging people's graves would have a bad reputation.
He was a member of Zhu Hengjia's personal army, and he had learned the inconsistency, hypocrisy and cunning of Emperor Guangwu thoroughly. He immediately scolded Gu Zhong righteously: "What are you talking about! How could we go thousands of miles to Liaodong? Is it just for salary? Wouldn’t the mausoleum of the Yi people damage the reputation of the king?"
Gu Zhong was so drunk that he didn't dare to say anything, but Ruan Jin rolled his eyes and said proudly: "Commander, the excavation of the fake Qing Zhao Tomb is necessary for the sake of justice. It must be exhumed!"
Yang Huai was angry and funny, and thought to himself: If you want to make money, just say it directly, but you are talking about righteousness. I want to hear how you talk about it!
"Oh, can you tell me what kind of righteousness needs it?"
Ruan Jin said impassionedly: "Firstly, I, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, dared to rebel against the Ming Dynasty when I founded the slaves. After the death of the slave chief Taiji, he was buried with imperial rites. It is really treasonous and unethical. If you don't dig it out, you can't rectify people's hearts. Secondly, it's full of rebellion." They ruined my clothes, massacred my people, and enclosed the land for stockpiling. They did all kinds of evil. If they didn’t dig it out, the people would be indignant. Thirdly, if the tombs of slave chiefs were destroyed, the Shenyang defenders would definitely be frightened. This is called confusing the enemy’s heart.
Yang Huaaileng was stunned. He didn't expect that Ruan Jin could actually say this. "This matter must be decided after the commander and Tong Duxian discuss it. You should step back first."
Let’s enjoy the blessings together and suffer the hardships together. Yang Huai made up his mind to drag Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liaodong, to join him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said what he meant, Tong Yangjia laughed loudly, "Oh, Marshal, we want to go together."
"Oh, Du Xian also thinks this is feasible?"
"Commander, if you dig up the Zhao Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, the city of Shenyang will surrender without a fight!"
Yang Huai was dumbfounded, "Why did Governor Xian say this?"
Tong Yangjia stroked his beard and said proudly: "Failure to take good care of the late emperor's mausoleum is a crime of beheading. Once you dig up Huang Taiji's mausoleum, the false emperor will definitely chop off the heads of Sunahai and Li Sizhong. If they want to survive, , we can only submit to the Ming Dynasty."
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