Chapter 506: Making an attack in the east and attacking in the west
At that moment Li? said with a grimace: "Prince Ding, isn't this not good?"
"I know it's not good to do this, but there's really nothing I can do about it." Zhu Cijiong continued to make a fool of himself.
Seeing that the heat was almost over, Xu Yingwei sang a red face at the right time: "Master Linping, I have an idea. Why not let 5,000 Korean troops stay in Shengjing to help us defend the city, so that King Ding and his three
Qian Jingrui can escort you back to Pyongyang to bring order to the chaos."
"Yes, we can let the North Korean troops stay to help defend the city."
Li Hu agreed immediately, because in his eyes, the combat effectiveness of the Korean army was completely different from that of the Ming army. Just now, Li Hu saw the scene where the Ming army easily defeated the Jiannu defenders.
The Korean army absolutely does not have this ability, so he hopes to be protected by the Ming army.
"Okay." Zhu Cijiong reluctantly agreed.
Li He breathed a sigh of relief, now the crown prince's position was secure.
At that moment, Li? asked Zhu Cijiong again: "Prince Ding, when will we leave for Seoul?"
Zhu Cijiong said: "You can go here at any time, but you need to arrange the Korean army there. Otherwise, the Korean army's morale will be unstable, which will affect Shengjing's defensive operations."
Li? hurriedly said: "I will make arrangements now."
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A few days later, the time came to early October in the 20th year of Chongzhen (1647).
The first snow of this winter has fallen in Gyeonggi Province, which is more than a foot thick. All buildings and fields inside and outside the capital are covered in silver.
"Urgent report from Liaodong!"
"Urgent report from Liaodong!"
"Urgent report from Liaodong!"
Accompanied by a long and shrill howl and the rapid sound of horse hooves, a messenger on horseback galloped toward Chaoyang Gate. When the Eight Banners and Han troops guarding Chaoyang Gate saw this, they quickly got out of the way.
The messenger rushed through the city gate like a whirlwind and onto Chaoyangmen Street.
Fortunately, it's freezing cold now, so there aren't many pedestrians on the street.
Otherwise, he would have to hit pedestrians at such a fast speed.
After the messenger entered Chaoyang Gate, he did not continue to the imperial city, but turned to the south to Prince Rui's Mansion.
When Kankan arrived at the gate of Prince Rui's Mansion, the messenger's horse fell to the ground with a hiss, and the exhausted messenger also fell heavily from the horse.
"Urgent report from Liaodong!"
"Shengjing, Shengjing has been lost."
The messenger struggled to sit up and took off his bundle.
However, before he finished speaking, his eyes went dark and he fainted.
When Cao Eryu came back from going out for business, upon seeing this, he immediately ordered the prince's baggage to carry the messenger down and told him to feed him ginger soup. He himself went straight to Dongnuan Pavilion with the express delivery.
At this time, in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the palace, Dorgon was summoning Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and others to discuss matters.
"Everyone." Dorgon's eyes passed over Hong Chengchou's face and he said in a deep voice, "Shanxi merchants have inquired about the news about canal transportation. In the past six months, the Ming court has not transported large-scale supplies to Huai'an through the canal.
Or Xuzhou, so sending an additional 200,000 troops to Xuzhou is indeed a bluff."
Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and thought it was true.
Dorgon added: "There is also another news."
Hong Chengchou and others all looked over.
After a short pause, Dorgon continued: "The 20,000 Ming troops who came to Dagukou were led by Chongzhen himself. If there are no accidents along the way, Chongzhen should have almost reached the sea outside Dagukou by now!"
"Is this happening?" The expressions of Hong Chengchou and others changed drastically. They really didn't expect this.
After a while, Fan Wencheng said excitedly: "Master, this is a good opportunity."
"That's right." Ning Wanwo also said, "If we can kill Chongzhen in formation, Nanming will have nothing to worry about."
However, Hong Chengchou still had some doubts: "Master, is this news reliable? Is it really Chongzhen who led the army?"
Hou Fangyu, who was at the bottom, said quietly: "I remember that at the critical moment of the Xuzhou War, Chongzhen once personally led the soldiers' camp to rescue Yunlong Mountain. From this, it seems that this dog emperor still likes to take risks, so he personally led the troops to rescue this time.
Dagukou is not impossible."
After a pause, Hou Fangyu continued: "It is already the first day of October, and the sea surface of the North Sea has begun to freeze. In about half a month at most, the sea surface will freeze. If Chongzhen really comes to Dagukou, by April next year the sea surface will freeze
Before the freeze is thawed, he will not be able to leave Dagokou, which means that our Qing soldiers will have five months!"
Upon hearing this, Dorgon slapped the dragon gum and shouted: "I have made up my mind, and I will send troops to Dagu immediately..."
However, before the last word "口" was spoken, Cao Eryu hurriedly walked into Dongnuan Pavilion.
"Master, something has happened." Cao Eryu gasped before he could kneel down and strike, "Shengjing has been lost!"
"What?" When Dorgon heard this, he felt a buzz in his head. Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, I, and Hou Fangyu, the four hard-core traitors, also looked at each other in confusion.
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Shengjing fell? How is this possible?!
The Dongnuan Pavilion instantly became silent, and you could hear a needle drop.
Cao Eryu took a breath and carefully handed the Tang newspaper to Dorgon.
Dorgon quickly read the Tang newspaper, and then silently handed it to Hong Chengchou who was nearest him. Fan Wencheng and other die-hard traitors quickly came over to join him.
After reading the newspaper, several traitors took a deep breath subconsciously.
Good guy, the Daqingtang report was not sent by Shengjing General Ye Keshu, but by the Horqin Mongolian Left Front Banner Zhasak Esen County King. What does this mean?
This means that the 5,000 Qing soldiers and 5,000 Korean troops who stayed in Shengjing have been completely wiped out!
This was something Hong Chengchou and the others had never expected, and at the same time, they also found it a bit incredible.
According to intelligence, there are only 10,000 Ming troops in the Gaizhou Guards. Excluding the troops left behind in Gaizhou, the Ming army can only invest 5,000 troops in fighting in Shengjing. Moreover, the Liaodong Ming army does not carry many red cannons, and
Shengjing has solid city defenses. Even if the moat is frozen, it is impossible for the Ming army to break through Shengjing so quickly, right?
It’s really strange, how did the Ming army conquer Shengjing City in a short period of time?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Could it be that Shengjing was attacked by a sneak attack? The Qing soldiers were killed by surprise?
But here comes the question, how did the Ming army reach Shengjing without anyone noticing?
You must know that Shengjing City is located in the center of the Liaohe Plain, surrounded by endless great plains, and the great plains are full of Qing Dynasty night warriors. How did the Ming army march invisibly?
Hong Chengchou and the others really couldn't figure it out even if they tried to rack their brains.
After a long while, Dorgon said quietly: "Everyone, please tell me."
Hong Chengchou frowned and remained silent, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I were also silent. Seeing this, Hou Fangyu said decisively: "Master, the loss of Shengjing will affect the overall situation, and it must be recaptured as soon as possible."
Fan Wencheng also sighed softly and said: "I second my opinion, the loss of Shengjing has too much to do with it."
"Yes." Ning Wanwo also said, "Shengjing is not only the location of Taizu Taizong's mausoleum, but also used to be our old capital of the Qing Dynasty. What's especially important is that once Shengjing is lost, the entire Liaodong will no longer be ours."
It was owned by the Qing Dynasty, and Liaodong was the only land passage connecting North Korea. Once North Korea learned of this news, it would definitely defect from the Qing Dynasty and return to the Southern Ming Dynasty. In this way, the Ming army in Liaodong could continuously obtain supplies from North Korea.
Liaodong will no longer belong to our Qing Dynasty."
At this time, Hong Chengchou sighed: "Master, I'm afraid these are not the worst things."
Dorgon's face became more and more embarrassed: "Hengjiu, do you mean the Ten Banners of Horqin Mongolia?"
"Yes." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "The Ten Mongolian Banners of Horqin are very close to Shengjing City. The Ming army sent troops from Shengjing and could attack the right-wing front banner and the left-wing front banner within three days. It could attack the left-wing front banner within ten days.
As for the farthest right-wing Zhalaite Banner and the left-wing Orros Banner, the Qing Dynasty had no time to rescue them."
Hearing this, Fan Wen, Cheng Ning and I both looked at each other in shock.
The Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners were the true iron-clad allies of the Qing Dynasty.
Once Horqin Mongolia was severely damaged or even fell to the Ming Dynasty, the result would be disastrous.
Only Hou Fangyu frowned and retorted: "The Ming army only has 10,000 troops in Liaodong. If you take away the defenders of Gaizhou and the troops left in Shengjing, how many troops can be allocated to attack the Horqin Mongolian banners? Two thousand
Or three thousand? And most of them are infantry, how much of a threat can they pose?"
"That's exactly the problem." Hong Chengchou sighed softly and said to Dorgon, "Master, maybe we have fallen into Chongzhen's trick and are attacking in the east and in the west."
"A plan to attack the east and attack the west? What do you mean?"
Dorgon's expression changed drastically, and he seemed a little unwilling to believe it.
Hong Chengchou said with a wry smile: "The Luo brothers sent a secret letter saying that Chongzhen will send 20,000 more troops to Dagukou, and the slaves also judge that Chongzhen will send more troops to Dagukou."
"Because the threat at Dagukou is too great, it is like a sharp knife in the throat to me, the Qing Dynasty."
"The Ming army stationed heavy troops at Dagukou, which forced the Qing Dynasty to continuously invest heavy troops, thereby continuously consuming the Qing Dynasty's food, wages and military equipment."
After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "Comparatively speaking, the Gaizhou Guard is not that important. At most, it only cuts off the Liaoxi Corridor, and the impact is not big."
"Is there something wrong here?" Hou Fangyu frowned.
Hong Chengchou said: "If the Ming army can only attack one or two points, this judgment is correct, but if the Ming army has the ability to attack one side, it is completely wrong."
"One face?" Hou Fangyu lost his voice, "For example, Liaodong?"
"Yes, let's take Liaodong for example." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "If the Ming army has the ability to capture Liaodong, it can also force the Qing Dynasty to continue to invest heavy troops, and it can also continuously consume the Qing Dynasty's food, wages and weapons, because the Qing Dynasty
We cannot afford the consequences of losing Liaodong as a whole and must take it back at all costs."
After a pause, he continued: "The loss of Shengjing this time is enough to prove that the Ming army is really capable of seizing the entire Liaodong, so if nothing unexpected happens, Chongzhen's 20,000 soldiers must have gone to Liaodong."
