Chapter 933 There Will Be No Conspiracy in Zhang Cheng?
Chapter 933 Where is Zhang Cheng? There is no conspiracy, right?
The Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion commanded by Kong Youde was specially established by the Qing Dynasty for the Battle of Jinzhou. Most of the firearms handled by the battalion were newly made by craftsmen brought by Kong Youde, and the training was also handled by Kong Youde, so the
The camp was under the general jurisdiction of Kong Youde.
Wuzhen Chaoha is actually a transliteration of Manchu, and its literal meaning actually means "heavy troops." The reason why Wuzhen Chaoha was first founded in the Later Jin Dynasty has a lot to do with the artillery of the Ming army.
During the Later Jin Dynasty, the old slave Nurhaci had organized the surrendered Han slaves into sixteen subordinate collars. However, at this time, these Han military subordinate collars were still affiliated with the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and their status was still the same as that of the slaves.
In the fourth year of Chongzhen's reign, Huang Taiji, the successor slave chief of the Later Jin Dynasty, in order to balance the military power of Zhu Beile, the leader of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, allocated a separate army named "Wuzhen Chaoha" camp based on the Han slaves who were skilled in firearms.
And he appointed Tong Yangxing as the camp of Angbang Zhangjing.
In the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign, Wuzhenchaoha Camp was divided into two banners, with Shi Tingzhu as the left wing and one banner, Gushan Ezhen, and Ma Guangyuan as the right wing, Gushan Ezhen. Tong Yangxing was still the leader of the camp.
Jing, commander of Wu Zhen Chao Ha camp.
In this way, it was not until the twelfth year of Chongzhen that it was divided into the current four banners, with Shi Tingzhu, Ma Guangyuan, Wang Shixuan and Bayan as the Gushan Ezhen of each banner.
Although Huang Taiji gradually expanded the Wuzhenchaoha camp to the four banners, and only appointed Gushan Ezhen without setting up a banner leader, his purpose was to put the Uzhenchaoha camp completely under his direct leadership and make them
Become an army that only takes orders from you.
However, his move caused dissatisfaction among many princes and princes of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. To this day, many soldiers in the banners of the Han army still belong to the princes and princes of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and are still their coats of arms.
In this regard, Huang Taiji did not dare to force himself. After all, the scope involved was too wide, and he could only solve the identity problem for the Han army flag soldiers bit by bit. This took time.
Originally, Huang Taiji was still counting on this Battle of Jinzhou. If the Ming army was defeated in this battle, he could use the power of this battle to change the status of the Han army's officers and soldiers in one fell swoop, making them free citizens of the Qing Dynasty.
This makes them more loyal to themselves.
However, his military strategy has been frustrated step by step. Now, even he himself does not know whether the next step of liberating the identity of the Han army flag officers and soldiers can be carried out as scheduled.
Of course, these are all things for later, and we will have to wait until the big war in front of us is over before we have time to study them.
Fortunately, there was such a big war. In the name of concentrating the army's combat power, Huang Taiji transferred soldiers from the four banners of the Han army who were good at handling guns and artillery, and then formed a new army based on the God's Blessing Army and the God's Blessing Army.
heavy firearms unit.
The muskets and artillery equipped by this army were all made under the personal supervision of the obedient Wang Kong Youde, especially the more than thirty red cannons known as the mighty generals, which are even more sharp.
The Wuzhen Chaoha battalion commanded by Kong Youde no longer had any contact with the Eight Banners of Manchuria and directly took orders from the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji. Even the selected sergeants were separated from their original masters.
At this time, Wang Shixuan, Shang Kexi and other Qing and Han generals were all gearing up. Looking at the Ming army forming formation on the bank of the Nerv River, preparing to advance north, Shen Zhixiang even smiled and said: "Damn, I can't wait for a long time. I want to
Let’s go on a killing spree!”
All the Han generals beside him laughed wildly at the same time, expressed their agreement one after another, and even talked about how they would kill Ming dogs to their heart's content later, without paying any attention to the Ming army in front of them, who were their former compatriots.
Only Liu Lin, the commander of the North Korean navy's third navy, had the same smile on his face, but he was very contemptuous of them in his heart. He secretly thought: "A bunch of dolphin-tailed slaves just took refuge with the new master, but they are worse than
The old days were even more cruel, and they were really a bunch of vulgar warriors who had no sense of propriety, justice, and integrity. It is really sad that the glorious Ming Dynasty could have such scum!"
Seeing these evil-looking traitors performing in front of her eyes, Liu Lin couldn't help but think of the surrendering gangs in the country, and secretly scolded them for forgetting their ancestors and abandoning the Ming Dynasty and defecting to the barbarian Tatars.
In this way, he couldn't help but become more determined that after returning to the country, he would further suppress the capitulationists and never allow these dirty villains to succeed in their plan to defect to the barbarians!
At this moment, Kong Youde suddenly raised the telescope in his hand again and looked at the river section on the north side of Nvhe Rufeng Mountain. For some reason, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Army in Jizhen and Shanhai Town seemed to be injected with chicken blood.
The river bank over there was already covered with soldiers of the Ming Army, flags were waving wildly, and the array continued to expand to the north. Kong Youde's doubts increased greatly: "Could it be that the Ming Army's main attack is not over there?"
At this time, Wang Shixuan, Shang Kexi and others also noticed the situation over there. At the same time, they forgot about the verbal dispute just now, and they all pointed at that side.
Then, they heard bursts of rapid horn blasts coming from the west direction of Jinzhou City, as well as the faint sound of hoofbeats that made the ground beneath their feet tremble slightly.
"What happened?"
While everyone was doubting, they all turned to look to the west of Jinzhou City, and saw waves of sentinel cavalry running back and forth on the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners elite cavalry positions over there, seeming to be conveying military orders back and forth.
These sentry riders all wore bright helmets with eagle feathers on the helmet tubes, and flying tiger and fox tail flags on their backs. They were strong and agile, and they were all elite warriors from the Xian Chao Ha Camp in Gebushe. They were all great warriors.
The retinue of His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
Although Huang Taiji's people had returned to Shengjing, they did not completely ignore the Battle of Jinzhou. They only took with them 500 Gebushexianchaoha soldiers to protect them, and most of the rest still stayed under Jinzhou City to serve.
As these Gebusixian sentry cavalry conveyed back and forth, they saw the rapid sound of conch shells coming one after another on the cavalry position of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia in the west of Jinzhou City, and then nearly one-third of their elite cavalry formed one military formation after another.
The departure of the military formation.
In the smoke and dust rising all over the sky, they could be seen rushing towards the Nvnu River section on the north side of Rufeng Mountain, rolling up smoke and dust along the way, which showed the urgency of the move.
Kong Youde turned his head and looked towards the direction due south where he was. The Ming army on the south bank of the daughter river was still unmoved. Although the flag was that of the more elite Ningyuan Wu Sangui's troops, there was no movement at all.
Formation on the banks of the river.
These Han army troops, including the Wuzhenchaoha Artillery Battalion commanded by Kong Youde, were actually designed to defend against the Ming army Wu Sangui's troops. After all, in the eyes of the princes of the Qing Dynasty, the Ningyuan Army was the strongest in Jiliao Town.
One must be guarded against.
Wang Shixuan, Shang Kexi and other Qing and Han generals all looked dumbfounded: "What's going on? Even the warriors of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia were dispatched, why are you here alone without any military orders?"
Just when everyone was in a state of turmoil and thinking wildly, they saw several Bagaras from the Manchurian Zhengbai banner flying towards them, conveying to them Prince Rui's military order, asking the Han army to set up a red flag and rush to the front as quickly as possible.
On the bank of the Nuer River, the soldiers and horses of the Shanhai Town of the Ming Army's Horse Division were blocked.
Wang Shixuan did not dare to delay here, and without even saying hello to everyone, he and Liu Zhiyuan hurriedly got out of Tucheng, and the whole army quickly headed towards Erherufeng Mountain.
Wang Shixuan had just left here for a moment when he saw Gebusxian Zhangjing Lausa and some cavalrymen from Gebusxian Chaoha camp rushing towards him.
He did not go to Tucheng, but shouted loudly outside the first trench: "Obey to the King, Prince Rui has ordered that the Wuzhenchaoha Artillery Battalion shall remain here, and the remaining Han armies, including the Tianzhu Army and the Tianyou Army, will be stationed here."
, and the Korean army, immediately moved to the banks of the Nuer River to prepare for the Ningyuan Army of the Ming Dynasty to cross the river!"
He quickly conveyed a series of military orders from Prince Rui, the commander-in-chief of the Jinzhou War in the Qing Dynasty.
According to the latest deployment of Prince Rui Dorgon, the troops and horses of the four banners of the Han army staying in Tucheng, as well as the troops and horses of the Tianzhu Army, Tianyou Army, and the Korean Army, all moved to the shore of the Daugher River to form defenses.
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Except for the Wuzhen Hachao Artillery Battalion under the direct command of Kong Youde, there were no other Han troops in Tucheng. The Korean troops were stationed for defense, and all the troops moved to the bank of the Nuer River.
After leaving a final sentence of "Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed!", Rausa hurriedly rode back to reply.
The Han generals in Tucheng did not dare to ask more about the reason. Although they held high positions in the Qing Dynasty, they were just in name only. In fact, few of the Manchu officials and generals really took them seriously.
Now, at the time when the military situation was urgent, they did not dare to ask more about the reason. After accepting the order in unison, they all left Tucheng to assemble their troops.
Tucheng, which was crowded with people just now and had constant verbal disputes, now only the respectful king Kong Youde and Xushun Duke Shen Zhixiang were left standing there dumbly.
As Han generals who were both born in Dongjiang Town of the Ming Dynasty, Kong Youde, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi and Shen Zhixiang had no choice but to stick together tightly. After all, they had no foundation in the Qing Dynasty.
Moreover, when they served under Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, they also regarded the Qing army as their mortal enemy. Their hands were not stained with the blood and lives of hundreds or thousands of Qing soldiers.
Among the officials and generals at all levels in the Qing Dynasty, especially among the middle and lower-level generals of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, some of their relatives may have perished under their swords, or perhaps under the swords of their subordinates.
Although it was inevitable that they belonged to different camps and were enemies of each other at the time, there were always those stubborn people who couldn't get out of this grind, and there was no telling when they might find an excuse to kill them.
Could it be that Huang Taiji really wanted to kill those fierce generals of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in order to avenge them?
Even though Kong Youde had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty for nearly ten years and had become a respectful king of the Qing Dynasty, he still could not be taken seriously by the Manchu princes, Baylor, officials and generals in the Qing court.
In fact, not to mention these Ming generals who surrendered later, even Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwu and others who surrendered early had already become Huang Taiji's close ministers, so what?
They were not always humiliated by the princes, Baylors, officers and generals of the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that their hands were not stained with the blood and lives of the Manchu soldiers.
Moreover, there were some secret battles among the surrendered Han officials and generals within the Qing Dynasty. After all, the most important thing in the Qing Dynasty was military merit. However, military merit could not be obtained with words. It had to be led by oneself to lead the soldiers under his command with blood.
Fight for life.
Therefore, in the eyes of these Han generals, what they competed for was not only their status in the minds of the Qing monarchs and ministers, but also the number, quality and inferiority of their soldiers, as well as their assigned land, weapons, etc., because these were all
It is an important factor in determining the quality and morale of your soldiers.
The fight between them is not all about face, most of them are about survival and a better life!
Most of the people in the Qing Dynasty, from Emperor Huang Taiji down, were happy to see healthy competition between them. After all, they didn't want to raise a bunch of losers.
Whichever one is more outstanding and more loyal to the Qing Dynasty will be more useful. It is also the talent they want to retain first, and will definitely receive more high-quality resource allocation.
Therefore, regardless of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexiang, Shen Zhixiang and the others, they had many disputes over interests when they were in Dongjiang Town, but now they can only be tied together and work together for their own living space.
Looking at the bottom of Tucheng, King Zhishun Shang Kexi's Tianzhu Army took the lead. Their team left Tucheng with banners and marched neatly to the bank of the Nuer River in the south.
Kong Youde watched for a while, and then he said leisurely to Shen Zhixiang beside him: "I have never seen the Xuanfu military flag. I wonder where Zhang Cheng is hiding. Is there any conspiracy?"
Regarding the battle at Shimen Mountain that day, Kong Youde still felt terrified in his heart when he thought about it.
Although Yang Guozhu, the Xuanfu commander-in-chief who wounded him originally, was killed on the spot by Qing warriors on the same day, the heroic performance left by the Xuanfu army to him is still very profound.
Later, under the leadership of Zhang Cheng, the Xuanfu army made many achievements. Even Prince Duduo of Yu, who was famous for his bravery and good fighting skills, died in front of the Xuanfu army.
Not only the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia attach great importance to Zhang Cheng and the Xuanfu Army, but also their group of generals also attach great importance to Zhang Cheng and the Xuanfu Army, and are even very afraid of them.
Kong Youde even asked himself in private: "I never thought that the Ming Dynasty had more powerful military horses than the Liaodong cavalry? Alas, I don't know if I am right or wrong in defecting to the Qing Dynasty!"
However, he kept this question in his heart, and even his comrades Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, who had caused trouble in Shandong and finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, did not dare to tell him this question.
In fact, even among Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Shen Zhixiang, there is no complete trust in the relationship between them. It's just that the current situation is such that they have to stick together, and they are just using each other.
Shen Zhixiang also felt a little afraid of Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu army. After hearing Kong Youde's words, he looked at the banner of Ningyuan Army on the other side of the Nuer River.
After a moment, he said: "The matter has come to this, I have no way out, there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, so I have no choice but to close my eyes and jump in!"
Shen Zhixiang's words exactly represent the aspirations of most Qing military generals.
Although they all swore not to take Zhang Cheng, the Xuanfu Army, etc. seriously on weekdays, if they were really going to fight against them, they would still be very panicked in their hearts!
However, at this moment, Prince Guorui of the Qing Dynasty issued another military order. How could they dare to disobey it?
Even though I was upset in my heart, I had to bite the bullet and push on. It was nothing more than "life and death are destiny, wealth is in heaven"!