Judging from the current situation, Dorgon is quite passive. The internal and external difficulties are enough to make him overwhelmed. It is a great blessing to be able to block the Ming court's pressing step by step, but why would he want to turn against the guest and take the initiative?
Regarding the attack on Tashan Fort, all the generals had different opinions at first, some were opposed, some were supportive, and some were hesitant, but in the end they all came to a unified opinion, and from thinking it was nonsense to thinking it was very feasible.
The reasons are gradually becoming more and more abundant. First of all, they can move the internal contradictions outward. They need a victory to boost their morale and show it to the court in Shenyang. Secondly, once Tashan Fort is broken, the Ming court's front will be reduced to two hundred.
Ningyuan inside and outside is a very good thing for Jinzhou. At least until the spring of next year, Jinzhou will have no worries! It can breathe more.
And in the end, the sword was pointed at the great eunuch Chang Yu. The intelligence determined that he was in Tashan Fort. As long as Tashan Fort was broken, he could be captured or killed, and he would have no worries in the future!
So everyone unanimously decided to get started.
Immediately, Dorgon ordered his generals, with Azige as the commander-in-chief, Aobai as the vanguard general, and Hong Chengchou as his companion. They brought more than 8,000 infantry, cavalry, artillery and horses to attack Tashan Fort.
"Nothing happened?"
When Ji Jike and Ma Ke returned to Tashan Fort, Tu Yuan came to ask questions and learned that the Qing army could not retreat, which made him very surprised and quite disappointed. This must be too cowardly.
"Perhaps it's too cold, or we went too early and they didn't get up." Marco chuckled as he took off his armor. Tu Yuan actually believed it: "I should have known this, let's bring the cannon and shoot him
A piece of shit."
Li Muxian stroked his beard and smiled: "The governor's behavior is more and more unpredictable as time goes by. The Tatars just suffered a big loss yesterday, so I am being cautious today. Don't say that if you bring troops approaching, you are going to another city."
He didn't dare to urinate at the door, for fear of being a trick."
"I also thought that Tatars are really afraid of the cold and love to sleep." Tu Yuan touched his head and looked a little embarrassed. Everyone laughed, and Ma Ke picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "But to be honest, I just want a comfortable sleep in this cold day.
It is human nature, if he had not collected the corpses of his brothers, I would have wanted to stay in the house and be comfortable."
Li Muxian sighed: "Some people just like to suffer."
Everyone knew what he meant, and some shook their heads and smiled bitterly, or looked calm.
When no one spoke, Marco said again: "Then brothers..."
"I didn't go to the city or enter the house, but I did my duty," Li Muxian said calmly, and Tu Yuan curled his lips: "It's just for us to see if we don't get enough."
"Then what do you want?" Li Muxian glanced sideways at him. Tu Yuan stood up and walked to the door. He looked up at the sky, which was dark and cold.
"Whether it's for us to see or not, I want to see it."
Li Muchian frowned: "It's getting late, don't make a big fuss."
Tu Yuan turned around and smiled without saying a word, looking at Ma Ke.
Ma Ke lowered his head to drink tea. He knew that Chang Yu and his subordinates had a grudge against the two Zu brothers, or did not trust them, and always wanted to find trouble or test them. But based on his own observations in the past few months, everyone in the Zu family was in awe of Zu Dashou.
Youjia would be reprimanded or even punished if he acted out of line. He didn't know whether Zu Zerun and others were trustworthy, but he trusted Zu Dashou.
But in front of Chang Yu's men, he couldn't say anything, let alone guarantee anything.
So he didn't intend to participate and pretended not to see or hear.
Soon Zu Zerun and Zuk Kefa were called over. They were not idle since they were told to temporarily take over the military power early in the morning. Whether it was doing their job or showing off to others, there were too many things to do in the fort anyway.
Got busy.
"Today, I went to the foot of Songshan Mountain with General Ma to call for formation. The Tatars stood still as usual, as if they had a plot. Do you know the inside story?" Ji Jike went straight in. Although Zu Zerun and his brothers are temporarily taking over the military power in the fort, they can't control the East Factory.
They were on top of the guards, and they had no military positions, so in terms of official status, they were not as good as Ji Jike and others.
The two men shook their heads quickly: "We don't know what the Tatars have planned."
If you just wander around for a while and then come back, if you are prevaricating like this, it will not be a waste of time."
As the frontline fortress of the Ming army, Tashan Fort had to go to Xingshan and Songshan every day to collect intelligence and monitor the movements of the Qing army. This was what Tu Yuan said was three detectives a day, but it was not possible every time.
What can I do? It's so quiet and quiet now.
As soon as Zukofa and his brother heard Tu Yuan's words, they knew they were looking for trouble. Ji Jike and Ma Ke even snooped under his nose and found no useful information. You still complained that the spies were incompetent.
But even though he knew he was looking for trouble, he didn't dare to say anything. He only said that there was no movement from the Tatars today and that they would investigate later.
But Tu Yuan was obviously dissatisfied and asked to scratch his tongue.
Zu Kefa then sent someone to go, but Tu Yuan said: "You will personally lead the team there and be sure to catch him."
Well, they are waiting for me here. Zu Kefa and Zu Zerun looked at each other and understood. Without saying anything, they wanted to go together, but were stopped by Li Muchian: "There must be no generals in the city. Leave one person behind.
Go alone".
So Zu Kefa went, and there were twelve riders with him.
"The tongue is not easy to catch, and it has been difficult to catch it from the beginning. Whenever we encounter the enemy or ourselves, we are always deadly. And even if we catch it, we can hardly get any useful information, because the spy is only responsible for investigation, and he is just a spy, and does not belong to the center of power.
Some of our own secrets cannot be touched..." After Zu Kefa left, Zu Zerun stayed in the room to drink tea, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
Li Muxian, Tu Yuan and Ji Jike had expressionless expressions, but Ma Ke nodded in agreement. He had been in Ningyuan for several months and had stayed in Tashan Fort on and off for a long time. He had also personally led a team to conduct investigations and conducted investigations with the Tatars.
They had fought on horseback and captured each other's tongues, but they really couldn't ask for anything useful. Otherwise, after all this time, they still wouldn't know that it was Wu Bashi who was in Xingshan and Obai who was in Songshan. On the one hand, it was the other party.
In order to keep the secret secret, even the spies were transferred from Jinzhou. Secondly, the spies were only responsible for spying on intelligence and did not know their own affairs.
When Zu Zerun said this, he seemed to be stating a fact. In fact, he was not expressing his dissatisfaction with Li Muxian and the others. It was almost dark, and he asked them to risk going out to catch their tongues. Don't think that I don't know your thoughts.
"What do you mean, the tongue is useless, so there is no need to catch it? Or is it unnecessary to release the scouts every day?" Ji Jike snorted coldly, and Zu Zerun quickly said he didn't dare, just to express that if the tongue is caught, it might be necessary.
No useful news.
"Capturing tongues and whether you can get useful information are two different things. If it didn't work before, it doesn't mean it won't be useful this time. If it doesn't work this time, it doesn't mean it won't be useful in the future. You can't stop arresting just because it's useless, and you won't tell the scout.
It's necessary. We are on the front line and we need to keep track of the enemy's movements at all times. Brother Zu has been in the army for decades, so he doesn't understand this." Ji Jike's eyes were as bright as lightning, and Zu Zerun was stunned by his glare.
Feeling comfortable, he quickly stood up: "What the general said is absolutely true, humble position does not mean this, humble position is just..." I explained with my mouth, but I was feeling sad in my heart, I really over-interpret it, I didn't mean it at all,
You just said that I...
Marco also noticed it, so he came out to smooth things over: "This time I asked you to go out and catch the tongue. Actually, I don't expect to get any useful information. What kind of confidential information can I get from the tongue? This is to detect the enemy."
Is there any unusual movement in the army? Secondly, it is just a move to confuse the enemy." He said and looked at Li Muxian: "Taoist Master, is this the case?"
Li Muxian stroked his beard and smiled, picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "It's whatever the commander-in-chief says."
Zu Zerun can still understand the detection of enemy movements, but the move of confusing the enemy... thinking that the great eunuch uses troops in a sinister way, and it is difficult to distinguish between what is true and what is false. Could it be that he is trying to be mysterious again this time?
But I think it is so simple. If it is just to confuse the enemy, there is no need to let Zukefa personally lead the team out of the city. Maybe it is to kill two birds with one stone, both to confuse the enemy and to find trouble, but I also feel that it seems to be
It's not just that.
But he couldn't figure out the rest. The eunuch hadn't seen anyone since he showed up in the morning. Some said he was resting, and some said he was out. But what he was doing specifically, Zu Zerun didn't know.