A group of Ming army surrendered generals in Shenyang City wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty again. Dayong did not know this because those people had not sent anyone to contact him, and he had not sent anyone to contact them.
In Dayong's view, Shenyang City is already in his pocket, and there is no need for these surrendered generals to be the icing on the cake. Having these people without these people is of little value to the Jinzhou Army. More of them will not be more, and less of them will be less. In this case , why bother to get involved in these hot potatoes. If you really accept them, I'm afraid the troubles will be no less than the Dengzhou rebels he recruited. Moreover, since the first battle of the Songshan Army in Dalinghe, Dayong has not had a good impression of Zu Dashou who refused to save him. , and even the generals under him have no good looks.
To put it bluntly, Dayong was deeply impressed and felt very guilty when the Japanese Emperor Dashou lent him Xia Desheng and Li Yizhong. The thought of these two men and the 500 warriors under them still makes Dayong heartbroken.
The battle outside Jinzhou City was really tragic. Xia and Li Erqi attacked to cover the heavy cavalry and resisted the Jin Eight Banners with their own flesh and blood. In the end, they both died for their country. As the saying goes, heroes cherish heroes, and Da Yong prides himself on being the most loyal man in the Ming Dynasty. , of course he respects these brave men who are as loyal as him.
After the war in Jinzhou, when Dayong learned how He Kegang died, he felt regretful and helpless. He had no ability to influence the war at that time, and he wanted to save him but failed to save him. He could only let the tragedy of history roll forward on its original wheel.
As for those generals who paid gold to follow their ancestors' birthdays, in addition to despising and hating them, Da Yong has another view. In order to support you, the Ming Dynasty did not hesitate to exhaust the treasury. It only hoped that you could defend the country outside the pass. In the end, you surrendered! Is this fucking worthy of the dynasty, worthy of the king, and worthy of the common people who have their blood drawn constantly for supporting you?
It is understandable that he would be captured after fighting to the death, but he chose to surrender when he still had the strength to fight. This is absolutely unacceptable to Dayong.
Surrender is addictive. Once you have done it once, you will definitely do it again. Why did Dayong insist on killing Zu Dashou? Was it just because he wanted to replace him as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong?
It is true that Dayong wanted to climb up and get rid of the obstacles that blocked him from climbing up, but the biggest reason why he killed Zu Dashou was because the man surrendered. He did not want to see a general who had surrendered to the Jin take charge of the pass again. , controlling the Ming Dynasty's Guanwai military town, because this means that this person will surrender again when he is besieged again, not to mention that this is a general who left all his nephews and brothers with the Jin people and returned alone. Damn it In his previous life, Zhang Yong was a "naked" official, an official who was so "naked" that he could no longer be "naked".[
Can such a "naked" general be trusted?
Dayong didn't believe it, so he killed Zu Dashou. Similarly, he didn't believe that hundreds of thousands of Han people in Shenyang City were demoted. No matter when or under what circumstances they surrendered, Dayong didn't believe them.
In this regard, Dayong did a bad job. His magnanimity was not as good as that of Mrs. Hong. However, if you want to surrender, no matter you are a high official or a small official, you will always be trusted to be entrusted with important tasks.
But Dayong always thought that these people were not trustworthy, and always wanted to kill them all to avoid future troubles. This approach was suspected of forcing those demoted officials to die in the arms of the Jurchens, so that they would be ruthless and fight to the death with the Ming army. , the ultimate consequences can only be borne by the Ming army itself.
The lack of attention to people's hearts has resulted in some adverse consequences for the Ming army. The Jinzhou Army in southern Liaoning implemented the "nine-grade traitor system" purge regulations and only allowed low-grade traitors to be demoted or demoted based on their merits.
However, for high-quality traitors, the door to repentance is blocked and they are not allowed to surrender anyway, so these people can only give up and follow the Jurchens to the end. In fact, the strength of these high-quality traitors
The energy and energy are much stronger than those of low-grade traitors.
Most of the rebellions that broke out across southern Liaoning were instigated by these high-quality traitors, and many of the teams fleeing north included these high-quality traitors and their families.
In fact, if Dayong adopts a relatively mild approach, adopts the same measures as Hong Tai to win over people's hearts, does not engage in any major purges, accepts the demotions of the Han people who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, and allows them to perform meritorious service for their crimes, the situation will definitely be stabilized faster.
This enables the Jinzhou Army to gain more local support, more population, more money and food, and can also reduce some of its own casualties and improve its attack on the Eight Banners.
It's a pity that Dayong didn't do this. He rudely took what he thought was the simplest and most effective way to kill. The word "kill" was probably determined by Dayong's background and limited experience in his previous life. After all, he was just a gambler who came from time-travel.
To be a disciple is not to be born with great talents and great strategies, and to be able to run the army from horse to horse and govern the people from horse to horse.
The aura of a time traveler does not allow an ordinary person to quickly grow into a proud man of heaven that cannot be achieved. If a time traveler wants to achieve their goals, they also have to make the same efforts and sacrifices as other people of this era, and more often than not.
To endure numerous failures.
A time traveler who has never experienced failure is definitely not a human being. He is an existence close to a demon. Dayong is not a demon, so he failed many times, but the failures made him grow up slowly. Perhaps, now
Dayong is still a slightly immature guy who only knows how to act recklessly, but he has to admit that he is growing up.
On the evening of the 16th, Dong Zhong and Shen Yi led two artillery units, Qianhu, to finally arrive at the south bank of the Hun River. Along the way, they were attacked by a group of Jin soldiers with less than a hundred people. Fortunately, most of these Jin soldiers were young men who had never been on the battlefield.
, so it did not cause many casualties to the artillery. Instead, the gunners commanded by Shen Yi killed dozens of people. Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining Jin soldiers retreated towards the Liaohe River.
Shen Yi tortured a Jin soldier who looked to be only 12 or 13 years old. The boy soldier told Shen Yi that they were an eight-banner garrison near Xipingbao, affiliated with the Xianghong Banner, because the banner owner had mobilized the young men in the banner to go to Mongolia.
Those left behind were mostly old people and children, so after receiving the order from Shenyang Dabeile to mobilize troops, Zhuangda who stayed behind organized them and prepared to rush to Shenyang for reinforcements. However, the road got sidetracked, and they met the soldiers who were heading towards Shenyang.
The Jinzhou Army. That Zhuangda had fought with the Ming Army several times and knew that the Ming Army could not be beaten, so he thought that these Ming Army could not help but fight, so he led them into the formation to disperse the Ming Army escorting the artillery, and then escorted them
The prisoners transported the cannon to Shenyang. Unexpectedly, they encountered a fork in the road. Before they could rush forward, dozens of people were killed by Jinzhou Army's muskets and artillery. These soldiers who had never been on the battlefield were frightened.
They were all pissed, and the strong man was also stunned. It took him a long time to react, and he quickly led the remaining infant soldiers to the west, ignoring the wounded but not dead infant soldiers on the ground.
Before arriving in Shenyang, he had already accomplished a feat, beheading someone for more than 40 levels, which made Dong Zhong and Shen Yi grin from ear to ear.
After Dayong learned about this situation, he was shocked that the Jin army even sent out twelve or thirteen-year-old children. Apart from being shocked, he was also very happy. These banner children are the main source of troops for the Eight Banners. If they can kill more banners, I'm afraid Mrs. Hong will feel distressed when she sleeps with her child.[
The Xiping Fort where these Wa'er soldiers are located is the only way for the Jin troops from Guangning and Yizhou to go north to reinforce Shenyang. Dong Zhong and the others only encountered the Wa'er soldiers near Xiping Fort, but the Jin soldiers from Guangning and Yizhou could not Not a child, Mrs. Hong could not be stupid enough to take away all the Jin soldiers who shocked Ning Jinming's army in order to conquer Mongolia, so the Jin army coming to the rescue from Guangning and Yizhou was definitely a force that should not be underestimated.
The city was about to be attacked tomorrow, and Dayong did not dare to be careless. He quickly sent a messenger to order Cao Bianjiao's cavalry to immediately expand the search and warning range to the Liaohe River line, focusing on the direction of Xipingbao. It was necessary to ensure that the Jin army heading north towards Xipingbao for reinforcements was blocked. , even if they cannot be defeated, they cannot be allowed to easily advance to Shenyang.
Cao Bianjiao has 800 wolf-riding heavy armored cavalry and 1,600 auxiliary light cavalry. He can also call on Peng Dachui's light cavalry at any time. He is a brave general who is more courageous than anyone else, so Dayong is not worried that Cao Bianjiao will not be able to cope with the reinforcements of the Jin army. .Unless Hong Tai’s main force returns to the army, with Xiao Cao here, Dayong can be at ease and worried.
After a night's rest, in the early morning of the 17th, Dayong ordered all armies to cross the river and attack the city.
The banner soldiers under Mang Gurtai first crossed the river and arrived at the South Gate of Shenyang. The infantry left battalion then crossed the river and set up a formation on the left side of the banner soldiers. After the banner soldiers and the infantry left battalion set up their formation, the artillery troops crossed over. Hunhe Dayong personally led the personal battalion to protect the right wing of the artillery.
In view of the insufficient strength of the Shenyang City defenders, Dayong's main attack direction was the south gate.
Just after Chen hour, the sound of cannon sounded.
Two artillery corps with 80 Western light cannons and 60 small bronze cannons made by the Ministry of Industry continuously bombarded the South Gate.