An army of more than 60,000 people consumes a lot of food and grass every day. In the past, they fought and looted at the same time, so they didn't have to worry about food and grass. But now they can't conquer the city, so they have no supplies. The food and grass they brought with the army are almost exhausted.
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There are also his own personal problems. He failed to capture the Ming Kingdom as he wished several times in a row, and the prestige accumulated at the beginning of the war has dropped a lot. This is most obvious from the other three Baylors. He can feel their uneasiness.
My heart is ready to move again.
If these people are not dealt with, their position will become unstable, and sooner or later the power in their hands will be taken away.
When the army left the Han dogs in the pass, it was clear that the terrain, city and other conditions were unknown. The Ming army fighting at home was more active than outside the pass. This can be seen from the Ming army's activities at night.
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There has been no large-scale counterattack by the Ming army for a long time. It is impossible to say that he was afraid of Dajin and did not dare to fight. After all, he was operating in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji was secretly worried that the counterattack would come later.
, it may become stronger, but even if I say I am afraid, I am not afraid.[
Moreover, some signs of unwillingness to fight a tough battle began to appear in the army, and they all thought of grabbing a handful and leaving. It was not strong before, but now that Shanhaiguan has not been captured and Funing has not been captured, the war-weariness has become stronger.
It's just that the habit of fighting for many years is engraved in my bones and I don't show it much. If I continue to lose the battle, it will be hard to say.
Huang Taiji got tired of thinking, so he took his personal guards out of the camp for a walk.
After turning around, they were transferred to the wounded barracks. Many of the wounded soldiers were missing arms and legs. When they saw the profuse sweating, they gathered around and cried. A few days ago, they were normal, but in the blink of an eye, they became disabled.
Feeling unable to overcome this obstacle, he strongly demanded that the Great Khan avenge them.
Huang Taiji felt heartbroken when he saw that most of these people belonged to those with yellow flags. Then when he understood it, he was frightened again.
These wounded soldiers who could cry were still in good condition, and at least they still had one life. There were many others who were shot in the torso, and even their limbs could not be amputated. They watched helplessly as they died wailing.
Huang Taiji said on the spot that he would avenge them, and then fled the wounded barracks in depression.
His bodyguard, the famous brave Aobai, relied on his favor with Huang Taiji and directly asked him for a battle: "Great Khan, my slave is now leading troops to attack the small town of Changli. Kill him without leaving a single piece of armor behind."
Huang Taiji was still walking. As soon as he heard what Obai said, he stood still, turned around and stared at Obai until he became frightened, and then said coldly: "You want to wipe out all my family assets."
Are you defeated? The arrows Changli uses now are all poisonous. If you hit them, you will die or be disabled, do you understand?"
"I know that I have sinned, and please be punished by my master." Obai knelt down on one knee to plead guilty.
"Forget it, you are loyal too. Get up and use your brain more next time." Huang Taiji still liked this loyal and brave personal guard very much.
After he finished speaking, he thought as he walked. When he returned to the Zhongjun tent, he had already made a plan and ordered a military meeting.
After all the personnel arrived, Huang Taiji started by saying: "The army is running out of food and grass, and there is no more food for the 60,000 troops."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sanbeile Manggurtai interjected nonchalantly: "It's enough to be transferred from Yongping."
Huang Taiji glanced at Mang Gurtai who interrupted him, cursed in his heart, and then said: "
I received reports that there were signs of mobilization of the Ming army, and I doubted whether the Mongolian tribes could hold off the Ming army on their own. In order to prevent any loss in Yongping, I decided to return to Yongping."
Oboi, who was guarding Huang Taiji, was very surprised. He had been following the Khan and no one reported the Ming army's movements to Huang Taiji.
As soon as everyone heard that the Ming army might take action, they all geared up to fight until every piece of the Ming army was left.
Daishan looked on with cold eyes, feeling that his brother was not telling the truth. Maybe he was afraid that he would not be able to conquer the small city of Changli and would look ugly.
Thinking of this, he said surreptitiously: "Does the Great Khan want to let Chang Li go like this, so that the blood of the Golden Warriors will be shed in vain?" [
Everyone in the big tent has a certain level of understanding of the overt and covert fights between the eight Baylors. Now they see that Dai Shan is tearing down Huang Taiji's stage. The timid ones hide away and don't speak, while the bold ones agree, lest the world is not in chaos.
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Huang Taiji replied calmly: "Well said, of course the blood of the brave warriors of Dajin cannot be shed in vain. But the Ming army is so powerful that I don't trust others, so I can only go there in person. Little Changli
Let’s leave the county seat to Da Baylor.”
Daishan was startled. He didn't expect that Huang Taiji had done a trick and gave him the responsibility of attacking Changli.
When Huang Taiji saw that Dai Shan didn't answer, he added softly: "Is it possible that Da Beile is afraid of this little Chang Li and has worries in his heart, so he doesn't dare to agree?"
When Daishan heard this, his face turned red and he stood up and said: "Even though you are sweating profusely, you cannot humiliate me like this. I, Daishan, will lead the army with an order. If we cannot defeat Changli, we will never return."
"Okay, it's settled." Huang Taiji quickly added.
Daishan regretted his words as soon as he said them. Now Huang Taiji immediately said it to death, so he had no choice but to say: "It's a deal."
He thought to himself that it would only take some time at most, and since it was not a fortified city like Jinzhou, it shouldn't be difficult to defeat.
Huang Taiji didn't want to cause trouble, so he immediately announced the end of the meeting and everyone went back to prepare for class tomorrow.
So, everyone stood up and left one after another. Among them, Duduo whispered to his brother Dorgon as he walked: "You haven't won a battle, yet you dare to talk about your teacher!"
Dorgon smiled and signaled him not to speak and to go back and prepare.
After Daishan returned to the camp, he felt that Jierhalang had not been defeated after two or three days of fighting, so Changli still had some skills.
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, so he took his personal guards to see the defense of the city wall.
A group of people rode their horses to a place a stone's throw away from Changli City and stopped to observe.
Daishan looked at it for a long time and found nothing special except for the covered wooden rafts.
At this time, Zuo Yingxuan, the magistrate of Changli County, happened to be inspecting the city wall. When he heard that Jianlu was coming to inspect the city, he went to the direction of Jianlu to check the enemy's situation.
Daishan watched for a long time, and gradually came up with an idea, and then asked his personal guards to go to the city to provoke.
Several guards immediately rode forward and galloped to the city wall, shouting at the country soldiers on the wall as they ran.
The rural soldiers on the top of the city saw through the wooden rafts how arrogant the Jianlu were below, and they were very angry and asked the leaders to fight. The leaders came to Zuo Yingxuan to ask for a fight.
Zuo Yingxuan didn't show any anger at all, and only said: "Whoever can shoot at these Jianlu on horseback should do it well, otherwise don't waste the arrows."
Then he ignored them and stared at the Jianlu leader in the distance. This was the key point.
Seeing that the Ming army at the top of the city was calm, Dai Shan was a little helpless. The idea he had just thought of to lure the Ming army to take the initiative to move the rafts and attack was shattered.[
The only way now is to destroy these platoons first. How to destroy them? What should I do if there are no trebuchets or artillery?
It was already getting late and the light had dimmed. Daishan's personal guards took out a few torches to illuminate his surroundings.
Just when Dai Shan was thinking hard, the light from the torch suddenly shone into his eyes. Dai Shan's heart moved. Fire can defeat wood. If he uses rockets to burn the wooden rafts at the top of the city, wouldn't it also be possible to destroy them?
As long as you unexpectedly fire rockets and burn them, the Ming army will have no time to save them. Even if the fire is half extinguished, it will be much easier for you to send elite troops to attack the city.
Daishan laughed loudly when he thought of this. He laughed at his own cleverness and at himself for defeating Huang Taiji's evil tricks. The louder his laughter got, the louder it spread.
After laughing heartily, he took his guards back to the camp and prepared to go.
Zuo Yingxuan, who was on the city wall, had been staring at the Jianlu leader. Suddenly he saw the Jianlu leader laughing wildly and running away. He was shocked. Did the Jianlu leader suddenly think of a way to attack the city?
It must not be using weapons such as artillery trebuchets, otherwise there would be no need to observe for a long time before leaving with laughter. It must be related to what he observed, but what could it be?