The mountainous area where Jierhalang was located was particularly heavily guarded. Huang Taiji left many of the Zhenglan Banner's Bagala guards to Jierhalang as a final reserve force. Jierhalang
I had already seen the group of enemy cavalry emerging from the smoke and knew that this must be the main force of the bandits.
He was already burning with anxiety, but in front of Tang Tong and Tun Qi, he always looked calm and calm.
Tang Tong said in a panic: "Your Majesty, the bandits and soldiers are coming to kill us. We can't just sit back and wait to be killed!"
Ji'erharang remained silent, while Tunqi said: "The enemy came out from the south gate, maybe they want to break out and go south? When using troops, we must surround three and one is missing. If we tightly surround Shenzhou and not let it go, we will let the enemy go south."
The bandits in the city are fighting against the trapped beasts. If a gap is left in the south to allow the bandits to escape, I think they will not have the heart to fight for a long time. Moreover, these people's hasty escape will definitely not affect the overall situation of the Great Khan."
"Hmph. I have my own plan. I will follow the instructions of the Great Khan and hold the position. I cannot let any bandits leave Shenzhou."
Ji'erhalang finally snorted coldly. He is the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shuerhaqi. Unlike Huang Taiji and Dorgon who have the right to inherit the position of Great Khan, he has no chance of being the highest power in Manchuria. But it is also because of this.
Only Huang Taiji has such a high-level relationship and dares to let go and reuse Jierhalang. Even if Huang Taiji is really killed suddenly in front of the army, whoever inherits the Qing Dynasty in the future, whether it is Su Prince Haoge or Rui Prince Dorgon, they will not
He will feel in danger because of Jierhalang and will only reuse him.
Jierhalang knew that it was most important to act safely at this time. Before Huang Taiji mobilized his troops to Huolu, the only thing left behind was to surround Shenzhou and not let Li Laiheng's elite troops affect the overall situation of the decisive battle at Huolu.
Therefore, Jierhalang made up his mind that no matter how many troops and horses were expended, Li Laiheng would never be able to break the siege and leave.
He made up his mind that before the last Han soldiers were killed, the Qing army would block every road around Shenzhou!
"Tang Tong, how many Changping soldiers are there in the army?"
Before Huang Taiji left Shenzhou with the main elite of the Qing Dynasty, he had asked Hong Chengchou to inform Yu Jierhalang of the Ming army's organization, equipment, combat strength, and all the details. Prince Zhuang knew that the Changping soldiers were among these Ming Dynasty miscellaneous troops.
He believed that the number of Manchus was limited and could not be moved lightly. Naturally, he first thought of mobilizing the Changping soldiers to attack and counterattack the heavy cavalry charge of the Shun army.
Tang Tong said with a sullen face: "There are not many soldiers left. I'm afraid there are only a thousand or so people who can go into battle to resist, so it won't be of much use."
Tun Qi on the side sneered: "General Tang, what time is it now? I'm afraid there is no room to preserve our strength."
"Ha! Where did the remaining strength come from? There are only such people in the Changping town. How can I tell lies at this time?" Tang Tong said with his eyes widened, "The prince also knows that there are many soldiers left behind.
It’s been a long time since we paid, and if we can pay in advance, we might still be able to fight... Otherwise, we’ll just collapse in a flash!”
Ji'erharang glanced at Tang Tong. In his heart, he despised these Ming army warlords at both ends. However, he also knew that the real Manchu soldiers he had at hand were limited. He could only stabilize Tang Tong first and use these Ming troops.
Just make up the numbers.
Anyway, before all the Ming troops are defeated, he, Jierhalang, will definitely give it to Huang Taiji and the Qing Dynasty to defend this front.
"There is no problem with paying before the battle..."
Ji'erharang nodded slowly and said: "Your Majesty still has more than 200,000 taels of Eastern Division pay that Emperor Chongzhen handed over to us in the imperial camp. Your Majesty gave me full authority to distribute and use this money before leaving.
Now is the time to use the money urgently... Tunqi, you can bring all the money here, and we will give you a reward in front of the battle!"
"good……"
Tun Qi immediately led a group of tall Eight Banners soldiers into the imperial camp and moved out boxes of silver that the Beijing court had delivered to the Qing army.
The source of most of these silver taels came from the additional Liao taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty in order to eliminate the Qing army. However, now the Ming court ministers took the initiative to hand it over to the Qing army for use as food and salary.
The world is so unpredictable that even a heartless person like Tang Tong felt a pang in his heart when he saw Tun Qi moving out boxes of money called "Dongshi's rates" but actually "Liao's rates".
Muscle pain.
The Eight Banners soldiers lined up boxes of silver ingots in front of the army. The soldiers opened the boxes at the same time, and the silver ingots flashed. The colorful silver ingots were eye-catching, and the air was immediately filled with glory and wealth.
the smell.
Ji'erharang didn't speak Chinese, so he smiled faintly and asked Tang Tong to tell the Ming soldiers. As long as the front line was held in this battle and the heavy cavalry of the Shun army was not allowed to break through the formation, then everyone would be successful after the war, regardless of their specific achievements.
A reward of two taels of silver will be given. If one of the obedient soldiers is injured during the battle, a reward of four taels of silver will be given. If one of the obedient soldiers is killed, a reward of ten taels of silver will be given, regardless of the camp.
As long as the soldiers of the guards dare to join the vanguard and take the initiative to attack and counterattack with Tang Tong and Tun Qi, they will be rewarded with five taels of silver before they go out.
The Ming army generally gave the combat troops, that is, the soldiers who actually went to battle to kill the enemy, twenty taels of military pay per year; the Qing army divided the combat troops into garrison soldiers, combat soldiers and horse soldiers. The garrison troops were twelve taels per year, and the fighting soldiers were
Eighteen taels per year, and twenty-four taels per year for horse soldiers.
It seems that the gap is not too big. The problem is that the Ming Dynasty does not pay on time. The Qing army does not necessarily pay on time. There are also many cases of Green Camp arrears of pay, but after all, there are not as many as in the Ming Dynasty. In military pay
The protection is much stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty.
What's more, the Qing Dynasty has just entered the customs and has not yet established a large-scale green battalion army. Their salary supply is also subsidized by the Eastern Division's salary. Of course, in terms of timely payment of salary, it is of course far superior to the Ming army.
Among the Ming army, even a few years ago when the Ming Dynasty's financial situation was better than it is now, the soldiers and horses led by upright officials like Lu Xiangsheng were already naked and had enough food every day. Hu Fengshuoxue,
It was bone-chilling, but it was rare for ordinary soldiers guarding the border to have a warm winter coat to cover their bodies.
Even if the soldiers led by honest officials are like this, the soldiers led by corrupt officials will have to sell their sons and daughters. If soldiers can't even eat, why fight?
Therefore, the treatment offered by Jierhalang to the miscellaneous troops of the Ming Army was already considered very generous.
If this battle can be won, it means that the besieging army successfully repulsed the breakout army. It is expected that at least thousands of thieves and horses can be killed. Calculated in this way, in the end, it will be averaged out to each soldier, and it is estimated that each person will get four to five taels.
Money should not be a problem.
In addition, although the Qing army defeated the rebels at Dangshan and Baigouhe, the number of Manchu soldiers participating in these two battles was not large. In the eyes of the Ming army, the Manchu soldiers were still as terrifying as beasts. Everyone
They all believed that as long as the Manchu soldiers participated in the war, the final result would be victory.
As long as there is a Manchu Taijun behind them, even these weak troops in the Ming army will gain a lot of confidence in victory out of thin air, and their morale will be higher. After all, in their view, even if the first battle is unfavorable, as long as they invite the Manchu Taijun to come, they will win.
They can definitely still defeat their enemies.
As the saying goes, the Han soldiers are like clouds, just like a brigade of Manchu banners. With these Manchu princes as supervising troops to hold the battle, Tang Tong's motley soldiers are no longer so afraid of rogue troops.
Coupled with the silver reward given by Jierhalang, there were an endless number of people who came to fight, and Tang Tong quickly gathered a counterattack force of nearly ten thousand people.
In order to boost the morale of these miscellaneous Han soldiers, Jierhalang transferred a group of elite soldiers from his Zhenglan Banner Guards to Tun Qi for use to cooperate with Tang Tong's operations.
Prince Zhuang was afraid that there were not enough real Manchus to mobilize the Han soldiers' fighting courage, so he also transferred all Nikan's bodyguards - after Nikan was assassinated by Hao Yaoqi, he was seriously injured and could not participate in the battle of harvesting deer.
, Huang Taiji also stayed at the foot of Shenzhou City. There were more than a hundred guards around him, and they all participated in the battle at this time.
Tang Tong and Tun Qi immediately led the attack. There were about seven or eight hundred Manchu princes, plus nearly ten thousand Han soldiers, encouraged by the reward of silver, the momentum was quite impressive.
Jirhalang stroked his beard, stood on the hill, squinted his eyes, and carefully observed the changes in the battle situation:
The heavy cavalry of the Shun army was divided into three groups, and they seemed to be heading straight towards the central formation of the Qing army besieging the city. However, their fronts were constantly changing and adjusting, and Jierhalang could not accurately judge the direction of the bandits.
The real target. The Qing army's counterattack troops and horses jumped out from the central army's formation, formed two formations like arrows, jumped out of the battle line, and blocked the front of the heavy cavalry of the shun army.
Two arrows shot straight into the bandit army. The Qing army and the bandit soldiers fired arrows and bullets at the same time. White smoke filled the battlefield in an instant, making Jierhalang unable to see the specific situation on the battlefield.
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King Zhuang was even more worried about the battlefield of Huolu. Can Huang Taiji severely damage Li Zicheng's main force? That is the winner that determines the ownership of the world!