During the period when the Jianlu were ravaging the Guanning front line, the military households in the Ningyuan Zhongyou Post west of Ningyuan City all evacuated to the Guangning Zhonghou Post while the Jianlu plundered food outside the city and returned.
, together with the military households in Guangning's central and rear posts, they withdrew to Guangning's front garrison.
In other words, today's Ningyuan City is considered an isolated city. The Ming army closest to Ningyuan is the Guangning Front Guards, defending Shanhaiguan.
In the original history, Jierhalang, Prince Heshuo Zheng who built the Han Dynasty, also attacked Ningyuan at this point in time.
Captured the city of Zhonghousuo, killed Ming guerrillas Wu Liangbi and Dusi Wangguo'an, captured Zhongqiansuo, and killed Ming generals Li Fuming and Yuan Shangren. Huang, the general of Zhongqiansuo, abandoned the city and fled, pursued and defeated him, and captured Zhongqiansuo.
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In Jinzhou City, Jianlu and Shuoying Prince Azig were discussing military affairs with Jierhalang.
"In the past two months, our food has been robbed, but Ming Gou has not responded at all. He will only cower in the city!" Azig said with a little disdain, "Ming Gou is still Ming Gou, there is no difference. Because
This shows that Turg and the others were suspected of exaggerating the Ming Dog when they entered the customs and were ambushed by the Ming Dog!"
Although from the information collected afterwards, many people stated that each of the troops had strong armor and sophisticated ordnance. However, some people honestly answered that they did not know. It was just that the main army was defeated and they fled with them.
It is not certain that every one of the Ming army had strong armor and sophisticated weapons.
The reason for such investigation results is that most of the Jianlu prisoners who fought the decisive battle with the main force of the Ming army were killed on the spot. Those who were not killed on the spot were either captured or killed in the subsequent pursuit.
In fact, many of those who were able to escape back to Liaodong were just prisoners of war in the army originally led by Turge. And they had indeed not experienced the decisive battle with the main force.
When Jianlu high-level officials summarized the results of the Battle of Jizhou after the war, most people believed that the main reason for the defeat was that they underestimated the enemy and fell into an ambush by the Ming army.
There must be some troops in the Ming army. For example, the Yongwei camp, which has always been regarded as the strong army of the Ming Dynasty, must have strong armor and sophisticated weapons. As for the Beijing camp, even if the Ming court reorganizes it, it is impossible to change it all at once.
It is impossible to build a strong army. As for all of them wearing strong armor and using sophisticated ordnance.
Regarding this point, Jianlu's senior officials repeatedly contacted Hong Chengchou to confirm.
Hong Chengchou's reply to Jianlu was: Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was indeed vast and rich, but the problem was that the court had no money! In fact, Jianlu also knew this.
The army can’t even pay out the military pay!
In this case, where did the Ming Dynasty court get the money to build strong armor and sophisticated ordnance? You know, these things are the most expensive!
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the strong armor. According to the strong degree described by those who escaped, the armor worn by the Ming army soldiers was not scale armor or mountain armor anyway, but it was even stronger than this.
Both types of armor need to be strong, so the cost will definitely not be expensive, at least a few hundred taels of silver, right?
With less armor like this, is it conceivable that the whole army should be equipped with it? Even if the Jianlu who fled back said this in unison, no one would really believe it!
Because this kind of logic doesn’t make sense at all!
Especially the senior officials of Jianlu, who have been fighting since childhood, are even more confident in military matters. They are not convinced no matter what, thinking that the Ming army of 780,000 to 80,000 people can actually win the Battle of Songjin.
In half a year, this will be achieved.
If the Ming court really had this ability, would the 120,000 court elites in the Battle of Songjin die in vain? Armed with these 120,000 court elites, if they could defeat the Qing Dynasty, why not use it?
At that time, Hong Chengchou was one of the most trusted ministers of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If he had something good, there was no reason why he wouldn't give it to him!
With all these factors in mind, Jianlu senior officials actually have too many questions about the Battle of Jizhou!
After almost a year of recuperation and a year of licking his wounds, Jianlu finally couldn't help it and finally started to act again.
Of course, this is also because Liaodong is barren, at least it is considered a barren land at this time. By harvest time, the weather is not so hot, and it is a suitable time for Jianlu to send troops, so they decided to send troops to test the strength of the Ming army.
No, Jianlu also sent Azig to Jinzhou to strengthen Jierhalang's strength. This was also for prevention. The Ming army did have some troops, and it was really a strong army!
But what made them regretful was that the Ming army would only huddle in the city, just like before, and did not dare to go out to fight in the field. As a result, Jianlu's side attacked hard, but had no opponent.
No large-scale prisoners could be captured to verify their confessions. The few Ming army prisoners could not tell anything about the powerful imperial army. This made the skeptics among the captives, such as Azig, even more suspicious.
I don’t believe what Turg and others said about the strength of the Ming army.
No, just listen to him saying to Jierhalang again: "Ningyuan City is difficult to defeat, but there are a few small guard cities. It is no problem to defeat them. They are robbing food, and the city estimates
There is also a lot of hoarding. How about taking over those few guard cities?"
Ningyuan City was a key city in the Ming Dynasty. It was tall and solid and was indeed difficult to conquer. If we really wanted to attack Ningyuan, we would probably have to prepare for a siege just like we did when we attacked Jinzhou.
Azige is not stupid, he knows that they are not suitable to attack Ningyuan at this time.
After hearing what he said, Jierhalang thought for a moment and said: "There has been no movement over there in the Ming Dynasty. It is very likely that the army from the Jizhou battle was transferred to quell the rebellion in the pass! But it stands to reason.
It’s been so long, so it’s time to adjust it back, but why is there no movement?”
Seeing that Jierharang didn't answer his words, Azig was a little unhappy, so he said directly: "Why else? It must be that the thieves are very powerful, and Ming Gou is too busy! In fact, it can also be done from this point of view
Definitely, the Ming Dynasty definitely did not have many strong armies, and probably only the Yongwei Camp can be said to be a strong army!"
Jirhalang was noncommittal and was still thinking. Just when Azig was getting a little impatient, he saw Jirhalang looking at him and said to him: "Suppress the remaining garrison cities.
Directly threatening Shanhaiguan is also a good idea. First, it can snatch away the population and supplies in these cities. Second, Ningyuan City will be completely isolated. Once the food in Ningyuan City is exhausted, the only option is to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.
This is the way!”
After a pause, he added: "And an attack of this level will definitely hurt the Ming Dynasty. If there is a strong army, they will be transferred to Shanhaiguan anyway. Otherwise, once Shanhaiguan is compromised, it is clear that
The imperial court will never allow this!"
"Yes, that's what I mean too!" When Azig heard this, he immediately said with a smile, "I want to see how strong the Ming Dynasty's powerful army is!"
The most famous generals of the Ming army, such as Cao Bianjiao and others, were all killed in the Battle of Songjin. According to Hong Chengchou, the 120,000 Ming army participating in the Battle of Songjin was already what the Ming Dynasty could mobilize.
The best army. How strong the remaining Ming army can be, at least for Azig, has always been a question mark.
After listening to what he said, he curled his lips slightly, showing a trace of disdain, and then said: "After weighing the weight of the Ming Dynasty's powerful army, I asked your Majesty to fight. I will lead the troops into the pass next year. I don't believe it. Ming Dog will still
Can it change the world?"
He had already led troops into the pass to plunder once before, so he had seen the cowardice of the Ming army in the pass. No matter how many troops they assembled, they would only follow the Qing army and did not dare to fight at all.
When Azigh came out of the customs with a lot of plunder, he even wrote a sign to the Ming army, which read: All troops are free of charge!
It was a severe humiliation to the Ming army!
Jierhalang listened without comment. After a while, he said to Azig: "Let's first weigh the strength of the Ming Dynasty's strong army before talking!"
In his heart, he was vaguely worried. After all, so many people died in the Battle of Jizhou. It can be said that the Qing Dynasty suffered an unprecedented defeat, even if many of the troops were not strong in combat and could only fight
The Mongols who fought with the wind, but the Qing Dynasty also had tens of thousands of elites!
Different from the Battle of Jizhou, this time the temptation must be cautious, and there will be no ambush by the Ming army. In this battle, as long as the strong army of the Ming Dynasty dares to fight, the real weight will definitely be weighed.
With this thought in his mind, Jilharang reminded Azig again: "Since you have decided to pull out those guard posts, bring a few more red cannons over there. In this way, if you want to take down that small town,
No more talk."
When I went to the pass before, I definitely couldn't bring heavy artillery. But now, there is no problem in bringing several red cannons from Jinzhou.
After hearing this, Azig nodded immediately and said: "Don't worry, this small town is not easy to capture!"
"Attention, if the powerful army of the Ming Dynasty really appears, don't go head-to-head. If you can fight, fight, and if you can't fight, withdraw." After hearing this, Jierhalang warned again, "Remember, contact us as soon as possible!
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Azig was a little disapproving, but on the surface, he still nodded and said: "Of course I know this!"
Afterwards, they discussed for a while before convening a military meeting, and ordered Turge, Kong Youde and others to lead 20,000 cavalry troops to the expedition.
We brought Turg with us because Turg participated in the Battle of Jizhou. With him here, he can at least remind us.
With Kong Youde, it was mainly the Han troops who were able to control the artillery and bombard the Ming army's garrison city.
Most of the army is cavalry, which means they have strong mobile combat capabilities, can attack and retreat, and will not suffer big losses when the situation is unfavorable! After all, the Qing Dynasty has already suffered a major loss. If there is another major loss, it will be
The vitality is greatly damaged!
Just like that, at least for Azig, it was a confident departure.