Hong Tai was very kind to Zu Dashou's sons, and did not neglect them because of his father's death. After the Battle of Jinzhou, Hong Tai conferred the title of Zu Zerun's third grade son on the right to participate in politics in the Ministry of War, and was subordinate to Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army;
Zu Ze was assigned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to participate in politics, and was subordinated to the Han Army and Xianghuang Banner; Zu Zehong was assigned to the Ministry of Industry to participate in politics, and was subordinate to the Han Army and Xianghuang Banner.
Former Ming army generals such as Zu Dacheng, Zhang Cunren, Liu Tianlu, Han Daxun, Cao Gongcheng, Zu Dashou's adopted son Zu Kefa, adopted son Zu Keyuan, etc. also retained their original officers and carried them to the Han army flag. These measures quickly appeased the hearts of the surrendered generals.
This also prevented the subsequent carving up of the Liaodong Army from causing major fluctuations.
Hong Tai can rest assured about the generals left by Zu Dashou. Daishan will naturally not be wary and make the best use of them. Instead of letting Sun Degong and the others command these Liaodong troops, it is better to leave them to the Zu family. Da Jin treats you generously, and you will be great today.
When gold is in trouble, you should also do your best for gold.
The 3,000 Liaodong Army was divided into four battalions, with each battalion having 800 soldiers. In addition to Zu Dacheng and Zu Zerun, who each led a battalion, Liu Tianlu and Cao Gongcheng also led a separate battalion, guarding eight gates in the southeast and northwest. In addition,
, and two thousand assisting Aha are used as auxiliary troops.
Neither the Ming nor the Jin took seriously the power of the Aha to assist in the battle. In the past, when the Jin army went on an expedition, a bannerman usually had two to three Aha to assist him. However, when calculating the strength of the troops, these Aha were never used as combatants.
When counting soldiers, their casualties are not counted.
The purpose of assisting the battle aha is to reduce the burden on soldiers and transport baggage. Sometimes they are also responsible for guarding prisoners on the battlefield and cutting off the heads of enemy soldiers. If the war goes wrong, these aha will be used as cannon fodder.
This is similar to the Jinzhou Army's heavy cavalry equipped with 1,600 light cavalry auxiliaries. The sources of assistance for Aha are very complex. They are not just Han people, but also Mongolians, Koreans, Feiyala, and Baerhu (the so-called Jurchen)
Wait for other peoples to exist.
The Aha who assist in the battle can usually be used as unarmored bannermen after several battles. The unarmored soldiers of the Eight Banners can compete with the regular soldiers of the Ming army, so the Eight Banners soldiers are willing to bring more Aha when they go into battle, because this means
In the future, they can have more soldiers. As for the armored soldiers, they are the main force of each banner, and the banner owner's personal soldiers like Bai Yala are the best among the best, and will not be easily wasted unless they have to.
Now in Shenyang City, there are more than 400 soldiers from the Khan Palace and Daishan Zhenghong Banner, 1,200 armored soldiers, more than 2,000 unarmored bannermen, and more than 3,000 newly recruited Han troops, plus a similar number of assisting Aha (
Also known as soldiers), the total strength in terms of heads alone has exceeded that of the Ming army outside the city. Unfortunately, war is not determined by the number of people, not to mention that this small number of troops is still insufficient for guarding the big city of Shenyang.
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Sun Degong and Shi Tingzhu had 400 soldiers and servants under their command, and Daishan allocated another 100 armored flag soldiers. These 500 people not only monitored the Liaodong Army, but also served as a mobile force for the outer city. Of course, Daishan gave Sun Degong
The last sentence of the order is: "If you can't do anything, enter the inner city."
The time Sun Degong set for himself was two days. He only stayed in the outer city for two days. After two days, he immediately retreated into the inner city. He had already come to terms with Shi Tingzhu about this, but he had never come to terms with his ancestors because he had already made up his mind.
He left this group of people to hold off the Ming army for him, and he didn't bother to care whether they were dead or alive.
Sun Degong didn't have any psychological burden on betraying friendly forces. Besides, the Zu family's gang had done as much as him in this matter. He had to worry about whether the Zu family would run away before he could. What's more, he was The authentic Manchu Eight Banners are not the new Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty with their noble status.
After the Zu family led the Liaodong Army to the city, the Han officials from the Liubu Yamen and Hongwenyuan who lived in the outer city quit. They all ran to Daishan and cried, saying that the Zu family could not be trusted. They burst into tears with runny noses and tears. , saying that Shenyang is where the capital of the Jin Dynasty is located. Once it is lost, the country will be in danger, so the Han people must not be allowed to guard the outer city, and Manchu soldiers must be sent to guard it. Among them, the most popular saying is The ancestors of my family gave me a large sum of money when they were in dire straits, but today they may not really be willing to fight to the death for my large sum of money. They are repeating villains and must not be gullible.
Daishan didn't bother to pay attention to the cries of these Han officials, and asked someone to scold them, "If Zu's family can't be trusted, can you be trusted?" The implication is that you said that Zu's family is Han and may be unfaithful and unfaithful to Dai Jin. If you collude with the Ming army, then you guys are also Han people. Should I also worry about your collusion with the Ming army?
These words made all the Han officials speechless. After kowtowing, they realized that at this juncture of the Ming army's attack on the city, it seemed that their identity was also very embarrassing. If they say that the Zu family cannot be trusted and repeat villains, then they themselves What? I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty in the morning and an official of the Jin Dynasty in the evening. I will laugh at a hundred steps at fifty steps!
Sony believed that the Ming army had just arrived and had not yet established a stable foothold, and Mang Gurtai was slightly defeated. At this time, a brigade of elite soldiers should be sent out of the city to fight bravely and catch them off guard. Even if they were defeated, the Ming army would not be able to calmly attack Hun Henan. Otherwise, it will be a serious blow to the morale of the soldiers defending the city. At present, the people in the city are unstable, and a victory is really needed to cheer up people's morale and prove that the Eight Banners warriors can defend Shenyang and defeat the Ming army.
The prince-in-law Yang Guli also explained that there are not many soldiers and horses gathered outside the city now, and they can only handle less than 10,000, and they are mainly infantry. If we select elite troops to rush into the camp, there is a possibility of defeating the enemy in one fell swoop. If they let their soldiers and horses Once everyone is here, even if they want to go out and fight, it will be impossible.
Sony and Yangu Li represent the two yellow flag forces, and to some extent they can also be regarded as directly representing Hong Tai. Their ideas are naturally supported by the main battle generals, which makes Daishan a little shaken, but in the end they give up under the persuasion of the old governor Adun. He made plans to leave the city to attack the Ming army.
Adun believed that the reason why he could not go to war was that although the Ming army outside the city was not stable, it had the assistance of Mang Gurtai. Moreover, the Ming army came with the power to sweep through southern Liaoning, so its morale must be high, and the commander had once let the generals Shi Dayong, who has suffered a lot, has a combat effectiveness that is unmatched by other soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and cannot be underestimated. On the other hand, our army's morale is low and people's hearts are unstable, but the number of soldiers sent to the battle is less than 2,000. If they leave the city rashly, it would be fine if they win, but if they fail, the consequences will be disastrous. People are deeply separated from each other, and the Eight Banners soldiers are suppressing them right now. Jumped out.
Adun's words came to Dai Shanxin's eyes, so he determined to persevere and strictly ordered Sony and others not to follow the military orders and go to war arbitrarily.