"You just asked whether Songshan was easy to fight, but you should actually be asking whether Jinzhou was easy to win." Ma Ke smiled bitterly and sighed: "Do you know how long the battle lasted?"
Ji Jike thought for a while and then said: "The fighting should have lasted for three years. It is said that the siege of Jinzhou began in the thirteenth year and ended in the fifteenth year."
Ma Ke nodded: "Yes, it took the Tatars three years to capture Jinzhou, and they made many years of preparations before these three years, such as building Yizhou City, destroying the big and small Linghe City, etc. Now we want to take over Jinzhou."
Come back, how long do you think it will take?"
Ji Jike looked solemn and silent.
Chief Ma took a breath and pointed toward the northwest: "That's it, that's where Huang Taiji's camp was stationed back then!" While speaking, he sometimes opened and sometimes closed his eyes, and his breathing became rapid, as if he had returned to the place he was before.
On the fierce and tragic battlefield: "In the thirteenth year of the year, the Tatars besieged Jinzhou. In March of the fourteenth year, Hong Chengchou was ordered to go from the capital to the outside of the pass by the governor-general of military affairs. On July 26, he led eight of our troops to swear an oath in Ningyuan and set off for Jinzhou.
On the 18th, we arrived outside Jinzhou City and had a bloody battle with the Tatars at Rufeng Mountain, killing them to pieces. On August 21st, we were trapped in a ditch and failed to break out. Later, Wang Pu led his troops to escape, which caused panic and the morale of the army.
Unstable, Wang Pu and Wu Sangui fled into Xingshan, and Li Fuming and I entered Tashan. The remaining Hong Chengchou and others failed to break out and fell into Songshan. In the next few months, the Ming army was trapped in various forts and found it difficult to break out. On February 18, 15th, Songshan
The city fell. On March 8, Zu Dashou surrendered. On April 22, the Tatars bombarded Xingshan, and the defender Lu Pinqi surrendered without a fight. So far, the Songjin defense line was completely lost!"
Although three years had passed since the war, it was still vivid in Ma Ke's mind, and he could even remember some important dates clearly. At this time, he only saw him speaking slowly, while Ji Jike was speechless for a moment.
"Songjin's defeat, we are all guilty!" Ma Ke sighed, Ji Jike quickly said: "The last general once heard Lord Du Gong say that the Songjin defeat was not the responsibility of one person, there were many people involved.
If there are too many constraints, the morale of the army is not uniform... Of course, it is more likely that some treasonous thieves will surrender before the battle... The last general is not talking about General Zu, the Governor has always said that General Zu was forced to have no choice!"
Ma Ke smiled indifferently and sighed again: "Regardless of merit or demerit, the old friends who participated in the war... Hehe have changed their minds a long time ago! General Ji, do you know who was among the eight general soldiers at that time?"
"I know." Ji Jike nodded without saying anything one by one.
But Ma Ke couldn't help but said: "Wang Pu was beheaded by the court afterwards, Yang Guozhu died in the battle, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao were captured and killed by the Tatars, Bai Guangen later surrendered to the bandits and served as the governor's office during the Baoding War.
After being captured, he was beheaded. Of the eight generals, only Tang Tong, Wu Sangui and my general were left!"
"Some people died worthy of heaven and earth, some died and deserved it! And most of them deserved it!" Ji Jike gritted his teeth and said. Marco knew that the people he said deserved to die were those who surrendered.
The general couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "You know, who died the most is a pity."
"It's a pity for those who die loyally to the country, but the last general heard that the governor said that it is most pity for Cao to turn into a dragon!"
"Yes." Ma Ke nodded: "The Cao family is a family of generals, Cao Wenzhao is a famous general of the generation, Cao Bianjiao can also be the most powerful general in the world!" He said and looked at Ji Jike: "The governor's subordinates are like Tu Yuan, like you.
They are all first-rate generals, but in my opinion, Shang Xunna Cao has made many mistakes."
Ji Jike quickly bowed and said: "I dare not compare with the previous sages, not to mention that I am on par with General Cao. The last general is far behind even General Ma. I heard that the general has the second most beautiful name of Xiao Cao."
Ma Ke laughed loudly: "Don't be humble, and I am not ashamed of being second, but in fact, Cao Bianjiao is extremely brave, can you hear his bravery?"
Ji Jike shook his head lightly: "I have often heard of his bravery, but I don't know the details. Please ask the general to tell me."
Ma Ke's eyes fell on the original place again: "I just told you that that is where Huang Taiji's Chinese army camp is, and it is also the most heavily protected place. It is protected by his most elite army. But you know, Huang Taiji was
Almost died there!"
Oh, Ji Jike was immediately interested, and Ma Ke continued: "At that time, Songshan was besieged for a long time, and the soldiers failed to break through the siege several times, and the morale of the army was weakened. In fact, it was not only the soldiers who knew that they could not break out, but also Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao.
Knowing that it would be difficult to break out, almost everyone gave up on trying to break out and resigned themselves to fate."
But Cao Bianjiao was not convinced!
He led his elite troops out of the city to break out of the encirclement. At that time, everyone thought that he was going to break out of the encirclement. However, he went to the real yellow flag tent, which was where Huang Taiji's Chinese army camp was! At that time, he already knew that there was no hope of breaking out of the encirclement.
, he wanted to kill Huang Taiji with the determination to die. As you know, he only led a few hundred soldiers at that time, but he was invincible and fought to the front of the Tatar Central Army camp. At that time, the Tatar left leader Zhang Guli led his troops to stop him.
First he died under the sword of Cao Bianjiao, and then the Tatars' Zhenghuang Banner's Chinese army tried to block the attack, but all of them were killed by the sword. His troops rushed left and right as if they were in an uninhabited country. The Tatars' prince-in-law Dorji led his troops forward
They blocked the attack and were killed. The internal ministers Bu Yan and Ta Zhan led their troops to fight, but were defeated again. They went directly to Huang Taiji's tent. Huang Taiji's personal guards acted as the last line of defense to stop them and stabbed Cao Bianjiao, but
At this time, his troops were red-eyed, and they still went forward bravely and unstoppably to kill all these personal guards. Huang Taiji's subordinates, Gushan Ezhenturge, who was famous for his courage, his younger brother Yin Erden, and the internal minister Xihan, stopped him.
Bilong and other Tatar generals saw that they could not resist with courage. In desperation, they occupied the camp gate and fired arrows desperately, injuring Cao Bianjiao. At this time, the surrounding Qing troops reacted in confusion and gathered towards the Chinese army from all directions. By this time, they had lost blood.
Cao Bianjiao was so overwhelmed that he almost fainted. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking into the inner camp of the Tatars, he retreated to Songshan Mountain.
"Courage, you are truly brave and unparalleled among the three armies!" Ji Ji couldn't help but cheer. They say that a general can kill the opponent's commander with ease among thousands of troops, but he hears more and sees less. The closest thing is
There are only characters like Tu Yuan and Chang Yu, but compared to Cao's unnatural act of turning into a dragon, there is indeed a gap!
Seeing the admiration on his face, Ma Ke added: "At that time, Huang Taiji was so scared that he almost wet his pants. Afterwards, he was so angry that he reorganized his imperial army and even punished some people. For example, the prince-in-law Dorji was demoted.
There are still people who have been convicted and imprisoned."
Although he was talking about other people's heroic deeds, Ma Ke talked about it with great interest, and his eyebrows were no longer as solemn as before. Ji Jike had a look of admiration on his face: "I will admire General Cao's bravery very much, but
I even admire his ability to unite the morale of the army. Under such circumstances, his subordinates can work together and move forward bravely. It is really respectable, admirable and formidable! The Governor said that among the many reasons for Songjin's tragic defeat, the generals were not in harmony and the soldiers were not in harmony.
Qi was one of them. It is said that at that time, the army was demoralized and had no intention to fight."
Ma Ke looked ashamed at first, shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's hard to explain in words!"
After a long while, Ma Ke said again: "Everyone knows that the death of Cao Bianjiao is the most unfortunate. Do you know who deserves the most death?"