Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Four Troops Confrontation
It’s fun to watch without ads!
September 22, the first year of Dahua (1640)
After testing each other for several rounds, Li Yan, the governor of Liaodong, and Huang Taiji, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, had roughly figured out each other's situation, and then both sides began to arrange their troops.{}{ .{ }{..}
Li Yan issued an order, Wu Sangui led 13,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, Zu Dashou led 10,000 Jinzhou, 7,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, and the Third Army led 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, a total of 49,000
The army marched toward Shengjing in a mighty manner.
Naturally, such a large-scale army marching towards Shengjing could not be hidden from the Manchu and Qing spies all over Liaodong. After receiving the news, Huang Taiji immediately summoned military attachés to discuss countermeasures.
In the Chongzheng Hall, Huang Taiji, who was dressed in a dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair with a majestic look. Today Huang Taiji was wearing an auspicious suit. The bright yellow satin was embroidered with the twelve chapters of the colorful cloud bat and golden dragon. The auspicious suit robe.
The whole body of the dragon robe is embroidered with nine golden dragons. The dragon is embroidered so that it is sitting upright and majestic, and the walking dragon is embroidered with great vitality, as if it is moving but not moving. The four dragons are embroidered on the most prominent parts of the dragon robe - the chest and back.
On both shoulders, four dragons line the hem of the front and back skirts, so that when viewed from the front and back, there are five dragons, which symbolizes the Nine-Five Supreme Being.
The clothes of emperors in the Qing Dynasty were basically divided into formal clothes, auspicious clothes, ordinary clothes, line clothes, rain clothes and casual clothes. Among them, Huang Taiji wore ordinary clothes on weekdays, and auspicious clothes were only worn on major festivals or important events.
Today, Huang Taiji wore a grand auspicious suit to go to court, which also represented the importance he attached to this meeting.
Today, almost all the military ministers have arrived, including the banner owners of the Eight Manchu Banners, the banner owners of the four banners of the Han Army, and the banner owners of the two Mongolian banners, as well as several academicians from Yuange. They met with Wu Sangui outside Jinzhou City.
After the battle, Hauge also stood under Huang Taiji with his head downcast.
All of them looked bad, including Duduo, the most carefree flag owner with a white flag.
Huang Taiji coughed twice and said angrily: "My lords, Dahua is so rampant that it ordered Li Yan, the Minister of War, to lead a mere 50,000 troops to march towards Shengjing. Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
Everyone looked at each other, but in the end no one said a word. This scene was in sharp contrast to the previous situation where they were excited when they heard about the southern invasion. Once upon a time, the top management of the Manchu Qing Dynasty became very excited when they heard about the southern invasion.
Their eyes shone brightly, and they saw the Central Plains as a fat sheep ready to be slaughtered. However, after being severely beaten by Pang Gang, they suddenly discovered that there was a ruthless man in the Central Plains. He used his numbers to
The corpses of thousands of people proved that there were ruthless people among the Han people. He was not merciless in killing the Manchus.
So the Manchu people were afraid, and now they felt a little frightened when they heard that they were going to fight against this ruthless man's subordinates.
Huang Taiji looked at the princes and ministers below him with dissatisfaction, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why, when I said that Dahua was coming, you all became timid? Duduo, you usually talk the most, why are you talking today?
Silent? And you, Dorgon. Don't you claim to be the wise general among our Manchus? Are you silent? And you, Abatai, you claim to be the bravest Batulu among the Manchus.
Why are you mute? And you..."
Whenever Huang Taiji called a person's name, that person lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. Even if Huang Taiji scolded him on the throne, everyone acted like an ostrich.
Finally, Huang Taiji turned to Hauge, who had been standing beside him with his head bowed today, and said, "And you, Hauge, did you leave your courage there after you went to Jinzhou?"
Since Hauge came back the day before yesterday, he has been looked down upon and ridiculed by many ministers including Dorgon, Duduo and many military ministers. After the defeat, Hauge could only endure his anger, which made him very angry these days.
Hauge changed his past arrogance. His face was bitter, he lowered his head and said softly: "Father, my son is guilty, you deal with him."
"Hmph. Is it useful to punish you?" Huang Taiji's face turned cold. Regarding Hauge's defeat this time, Huang Taiji really hated iron and steel. He originally wanted to give him a chance to show his face. Unexpectedly, it turned out that
He was slapped in the face by Wu Sangui.
If it had been a few years ago, Hauge would have at least been stripped of his title as a prince and demoted to a county king. However, there have been too many princes and ministers who have suffered at the hands of Pang Gang in recent years. If Dorgon and others demanded that Hauge be severely punished,
, then their old accounts must be settled, and the boss of the group should stop laughing at the second, so Dorgon and others could only let him go with a few sarcastic words.
Looking at the dejected Manchaowu, Huang Taiji secretly sighed. The current situation is so different from the atmosphere of Manchaowu a few years ago. At that time, when they heard that there was going to be a war, almost everyone would cheer and the tribesmen would cheer.
They happily sent their husbands, sons and fathers to the battlefield, because in their view, fighting meant having a steady stream of gold, silver, wealth, food and cloth brought home.
The cowardice of the Han people has been proven time and again through decades of wars, but I don’t know when the Qingzhou Army, represented by Pang Gang, taught the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty a good lesson. It turns out that the Han people killed
The Manchus were also merciless. From Beijing to Julu and then to North Korea, Pang Gang and his troops inflicted huge casualties on them.
A few years ago, the Manchu Qing Dynasty originally had at least nearly 200,000 troops in its heyday. However, after several consecutive years of attrition, the Manchu Qing army now only has a little over 100,000 troops. This also made the Manchu Qing Dynasty, from high-level officials to civilians,
Feeling the heavy pressure brought by the war, except for the Shangsan Banners who did not go on the expedition, almost every family in the remaining banners had relatives who died on the battlefield. For the first time, they knew that the war was not the wishful thinking in the past.
, the enemy's swords and guns can also bring death to you.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was too dull, Huang Taiji had no choice but to turn his attention to someone among the people standing at the end of the left corner. These people were Ning Wanwo, Fan Cheng, Kong Youde and other Han ministers.
Seeing Huang Taiji's eyes on him, Fan Cheng secretly complained in his heart. He and Hauge had already been criticized by everyone for sending troops to Jinzhou a few days ago. How could he have the nerve to speak out again now? However, the boss has orders, and he is.
No matter how unwilling you are, you have to fight it out.
Fan Cheng stood up bravely and said to Huang Taiji: "Your Majesty, this servant has something to say."
Seeing that Fan Cheng finally stood up, Huang Taiji said happily: "Okay, if Fan Aiqing has anything to say, please speak up."
After secretly glancing at the faces of the surrounding princes and ministers, Fan Chengcai boldly said: "Your Majesty, I think this time Dahua invades our Qing territory, it is not a question of whether to fight, but how to fight. Dahua invades our territory.
The sword of Hua is pointing at Shengjing. We, the Qing Dynasty, have no way out. We can only mobilize all our troops to fight the enemy to the death. Otherwise, how can we be worthy of the late emperor!"
Speaking of this, Fan Cheng's voice became louder and louder, and his originally bent waist straightened up. Abatai and others watching on the side frowned secretly, but Fan Cheng moved out the late Nurhaci this time.
But they couldn't even express their disapproval.
"Fan Aiqing is right!" Huang Taiji slapped the armrest vigorously, stood up and stepped off the dragon chair, came to the center of the ministers, looked around, glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, and then said: "Now I am big
The Qing Dynasty has reached its most critical juncture, and Dahua's purpose has become obvious. They are going to completely uproot us. Do you think we can agree to this, sirs?"
At this point, no matter what everyone thought in their hearts, they could only raise their hands and shout: "No, absolutely not!"
"Your Majesty, let's fight those Nikans!"
"Yes, our Qing Dynasty has never been beaten as far as Shengjing by adults since the founding of the country. As a descendant of Nurhachi, how have we ever experienced such shame and humiliation? Your Majesty, we will fight with them!"
Looking at the excited crowd, Huang Taiji nodded secretly, pressed his hands, and signaled everyone to quiet down. He said to everyone: "There is nothing to say this time. Since Dahua wants to fight, we will accompany you to the end. This time
To fight, I decided to take charge of the battle myself and fight to the death with Dahua."
"Long live, long live!"
"Fight to the death!"
The crowd's shouts seemed to break through the glazed tiles of Chongzheng Hall, but not everyone could know what was hidden behind these shouts.
Not long after the meeting, Huang Taiji and the ministers of military affairs made a decision. Due to the fierce attack of Dahua this time, the Manchu and Qing senior officials unanimously decided to send out all the Eight Banners, including the most powerful Shangsan Banner.
Finally, everyone counted and found that the Eight Banners sent a total of 100,000 troops this time, and there were also 40,000 troops from the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han. A total of 140,000 troops marched towards the Great Chinese Army led by Li Yan.
On the third day of October in the first year of Dahua, Li Yan set up camp under the Lion Rock outside Shengjing City, preparing to challenge Huang Taiji's 140,000 army. On the fourth day of October, Huang Taiji led the army to arrive thirty miles outside the Lion Rock.
After setting up camp, although the two armies were only thirty miles apart, what was surprising was that the commanders of both sides didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. They all ordered their men to slowly strengthen the camp and prepare defenses.
In the military tent of the Dahua Army camp, Li Yan was raising the tent. As a second-rank official of the imperial court and Minister of War, Li Yan was sitting majestically on a chair. Surrounded by dozens of generals, they were sitting respectfully according to their official positions.
On both sides, the generals of Liaodong led by Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou were sitting on the left, and the generals of the Third Army led by Li Yuan were sitting on the right. Both sides were looking respectfully at Li Yan in front, waiting for him to give orders.
Li Yan first turned to Li Yuan on the right and asked: "General Li, have the camp's defenses been completed?"
Li Yuan said respectfully: "We have prepared a report to the Superintendent. If the Tatars dare to come, I guarantee that they will never come back!"
After listening to the exchanges between the two sides, Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and others felt a strange feeling in their hearts. They clearly came to attack Shengjing. At this moment, instead of seeking a decisive battle with the opponent, they set up defenses. What on earth was going on?
What's going on?
For the latest and fastest chapters, please log in. Reading is a kind of enjoyment. It is recommended that you collect it.
Please download more full txt novels
{PiaoTian Literature www.PiaoTian.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our biggest motivation}