Huang Taiji was a little unsure whether the person under the banner of "Lu" was actually Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai. If it was really him, he dared to stay in Liaoyang and covet the results of the war. It was obviously an ambition.
Be brave.
But according to common sense, this force is obviously a cover force, and its purpose is probably to attract its own attention so that the large force can escape.
In this case, this small force will be in danger. It seems a bit incredible that Governor Denglai is in this team.
After much deliberation, Huang Taiji still couldn't tell, but he didn't panic. Since he couldn't tell, just pretend that Lu Xiangsheng existed in both Ming armies.
He thought that Duduo's troops were already heading to Liaoyang, and Azige's troops were chasing the fleeing Ming army. In terms of military strength, they should be enough to cope with it.
Moreover, he also explicitly ordered Mang Gurtai to set up defenses in the Dandong area. According to the direction of the fleeing Ming army, it was the Dandong area. In this way, even if they escaped Azig's pursuit, the Ming army would inevitably be
It will fall into Mang Gurtai's mouth.
When Huang Taiji thought of this, he felt relieved about this journey. However, because he thought of Mang Gurtai, he felt dissatisfied again.
I gave Mang Gurtai military orders from the beginning, asking him to set up defenses in the Dandong area. The purpose was to cover Daikin's rear and prevent the Denglai Ming army from having a chance to cause trouble. In the end, the Denglai Ming army secretly attacked Sheng.
Beijing. This shows that Mang Gurtai ignored his military orders and procrastinated, which led to the Denglai Ming army passing through the Dandong area first.
It seemed that he had not wronged him by shifting the responsibility for the fall of Shengjing to him. After he settled the matter this time, he must get rid of the disobedient Mang Gurtai.
Huang Taiji thought about it and felt that he had gone off topic, so he thought about the matter in front of him again.
The Denglai Ming army directly led by Lu Xiangsheng was stronger than Mao Wenlong in terms of morale, equipment, and combat power. In other words, Lu Xiangsheng's invasion of Dai Jin's rear was much more harmful than Mao Wenlong's.
This time he planned to keep Lu Xiangsheng in Liaodong no matter what, otherwise the guy would definitely come back to cause trouble next time he took action.
So, Huang Taiji made a decision. Anyway, he had enough troops in hand, so he decided to send some more troops to pursue the fleeing Ming army.
He immediately called Jirharang over, told him the situation, and then ordered him: "Early tomorrow morning, you will lead your own troops and the Mongolian Zhenghong and Zhenglan flags to pursue the fleeing Ming army. Notes
Stay a little longer and don’t worry about anything else. You must bring Lu Xiangsheng back to me. Either life or death!"
Jierhalang felt that Huang Taiji really valued Lu Xiangsheng very much, and even sent so many more troops to hunt down Lu Xiangsheng. Regarding this, although he felt that Huang Taiji was making a fuss out of a molehill and using a bull's-eye to kill a chicken, but Lu Xiangsheng was captured
People in Shengjing still have to kill this chicken.
Therefore, he assured Huang Taiji: "Don't worry, Great Khan, as long as Lu Xiangsheng is in that Ming army, he will definitely die."
At dawn the next day, Huang Taiji left Wu Chao Ha Zhen in Haizhou Guard together with the artillery and other bulky things.
After watching Jierhalang set off with more than 20,000 troops, Huang Taiji himself led the remaining army to Liaoyang.
But at noon, an urgent messenger with one man and two horses came rushing from the front of the army to the location of the Chinese army.
It was cloudy these two days and the weather was not very hot. Huang Taiji rode on horseback, so he saw the messenger immediately.
It was definitely not a good thing, Huang Taiji came to a conclusion in his mind. Even so, he could still keep his composure. In other words, he was numb, and not a single day went well these days.
Sure enough, after the messenger was inspected by Huang Taiji's personal guards, he came to him and reported in Qianzou: "Great Khan, Liaoyang battle report, please send reinforcements as soon as possible."
The guards on one side immediately took the battle report and presented it to him without Huang Taiji's instructions.
Huang Taiji frowned and wanted to send reinforcements himself. Could it be that Duduo was defeated?
He quickly opened the battle report and took a look, and sure enough, Duduo was defeated and fled into Liaoyang City. Azige actually turned to Liaoyang midway and defended the city with Duduo.
After Huang Taiji read the battle report, he suddenly burst out laughing. He laughed so much that the messenger thought that the Great Khan was stupid, or that the battle report he handed over had been tampered with by some victory report or something like that.
"Well, Lu Xiangsheng, I really underestimated you and dared to stay in Liaoyang." After Huang Taiji finished laughing, he said to himself.
No one dared to talk to him, waiting to see how Huang Taiji would deal with it.
"That strange firearms army belongs to a young man? He has a higher status than Lu Xiangsheng?" Huang Taiji immediately looked down at the messenger and asked.
Xin Xin nodded vigorously and replied to Huang Taiji: "According to the inference of the two Lords of Belle, this is indeed the case."
When Huang Taiji heard this, he stopped asking questions and started thinking about this matter.
This young man's status is higher than that of Governor Denglai. He should be a very important person. I seem to have never heard of such a person in the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that this young man's elders or backers are the real important people? Lu Xiangsheng
Is it because of that person that I treat this young man with great respect?
Huang Taiji thought about it and felt that this possibility was high. If he was a big man with a lot of people and ministers, how could he stay in the hinterland of Dajin with such a small number of soldiers?
Therefore, this young man must be the nephew of a big shot or someone with some other connection, who came here to gain military glory. He was young and arrogant, did not know the heights of the world, and did not know the true strength of the Jin Army, and he also dragged Lu Xiangsheng down.
It was really a God-given opportunity for Dajin to take advantage of it to deal with Lu Xiangsheng. At the same time, he could also take down the strange Ming army in one go and seize their firearms for Dajin to use or build them based on.
The Ming Dynasty really believed that it would not die unless it committed suicide, so it sent such a reckless young man to Liaodong, which ended up harming Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai.
"Come here." Huang Taiji immediately issued the order, and he secretly vowed to seize this opportunity given by God.
His bodyguard immediately stepped forward and responded: "Yes, Master."
"First, go quickly and send an order to Jierhalang so that he does not have to chase the fleeing Ming army and go around in circles to block the retreat of the Liaoyang Ming army."
"Second, send an order to Duduo and Azig to capture the Liaoyang Ming Army and not give them a chance to escape."
"Third, the army is marching at full speed. We must reach Liaoyang early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Master." Several personal guards agreed and then split up to take action.
Huang Taiji ignored the fact that he was too fat and marched at full speed with the army. He thought to himself, I have laid a dragnet to see where you will escape!