At the western foot of the Daxingan Mountains, on the banks of the Xilamulun River, the territory of the Keshiketeng tribe.
The various armies of Dao Qing Gulun's expedition gathered here, and the commander of the army was Prince Azige.
In the end, Huang Taiji was not carried away by his anger. First, he did not order an attack on Ningjin, and secondly, he did not raise troops to conquer Yang Qi personally.
Azig, the king of Wuying County, was only allowed to lead the troops, but the strength of the soldiers was not weak.
First there were the Eight Banners. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, one Mongolian Gushan Ezhen was added to each of the Eight Banners, that is, the Sixteenth Banner. All sixteen Gushan Ezhen were dispatched to participate in this battle.
The Manchu headquarters of these sixteen banners did not send many troops, but they were assigned Mongolian soldiers named New Chahar as subordinates under each banner. In fact, they were prisoners captured and collected during the pursuit of Lin Dan Khan.
In addition, there are two independent flags: Bagala's left and right wing forward flags, armored infantry Boqi Chaoha's flag, Han artillery Uzhenchaoha's flag, Harashen's remaining troops' flag, Wang Lama's flag,
The flag of East Tumut.
The Eastern Tumut Banner is the descendant of Anda Khan, Gumutaiji, who surrendered to Hou Jin earlier. His great-grandfather was the second generation Shunyi King Xinai Huang Taiji, and he is the same as the Tumut Shunyi King Ermubu in the west.
Brothers of the same generation.
Lama Wang is a Han Chinese, whose real name is Wang Sanji Bazang. In his early years, he was able to travel unimpeded among the Mongolian tribes and Houjin. He was once used by the Ming Dynasty and played a major role in intelligence and diplomacy.
It has been highly praised by Yan Mingtai, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan and others.
However, the attitude of the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty towards the monks was very complicated, which gave them less and less room for diplomatic maneuvers. Especially when the emperor disliked Lin Dan Khan and Tian Cong Khan so much that they no longer needed diplomacy. The Ming Dynasty simply refused to allow them to do so.
Entered.
Lama Wang became the spokesperson of the Later Jin Dynasty in preaching to Mongolia, and now he has also granted the title of Zasak.
This time the troops were dispatched, a total of twenty-three banners were divided, with a total strength of more than 20,000. They did not pay attention to the strength of the troops, but the characteristics of strong generals and elite troops were very obvious.
There are not many troops because of the geographical location of Ji Qing Gu Lun. At this time, it can be said that everyone in the world is an enemy.
To the northeast, their war to plunder the population of the Jurchen Warkha, Heizhen, and Sauron tribes in the East China Sea on the Ussuri River has never stopped.
Just before the troops were sent out, they had just plundered 2,800 men and women, 417 cattle and horses, and more than 5,000 furs of various kinds from the northeastern tribes.
There is the thawed Liao River in the west, and most of the people who invade the west will have their homes stolen; the Yalu River in the south has not yet thawed, and although North Korea is weak, there is a skin island next to it, so we must be careful to guard against it.
Huang Taiji was unable to mobilize the country's troops to launch the Western Expedition.
But 20,000 troops were sent to Monan, which can be said to be an all-out effort to fight.
During this expedition, Emperor Chongde's will was very clear. He restrained himself under pressure and was not controlled by frustrations and anger.
If he doesn't look for trouble with Yang Qi, and he doesn't look for the bad luck of Gao Qiqian, he will let Azig enter the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
One is to show off one's strength, and the other is to test the reality.
If the land of Gyeonggi is left with useless soldiers due to Liu Chengzong and the bandits, he can confidently clean up North Korea this year, teach them to change their brotherhood to filial piety, and recognize him as their father.
As for Yang Qi and Liu Chengzong who were farther away, Huang Taiji decided to suffer a loss in face first.
After North Korea is dealt with, Pi Dao can be removed, and then Guan Ning's arm can be cut short, leaving Ming Dynasty with no room to move in the direction of Liaodong and can only defend itself. At that time, it can send troops to Monan to compete with Liu Chengzong.
At this time, on the banks of the Xilamulun River, the Hou Jin army had just left the Greater Khingan Mountains.
Azige, the king of Wuying County, summoned twenty-three banners to Gushan Ezhen to convey the instructions of Emperor Chongde.
Before the expedition, Huang Taiji had given them many lectures, reminding them that after entering the border, they should attack the city if they could, and not attack if they couldn't. They should not be cautious from beginning to end, and should never forget military orders.
Azig was like a giant, wearing white armor. He held an edict and smiled at everyone: "In Shengjing, the emperor taught us many times that after we entered the border, the city that was dilapidated earlier should think about what we can do."
If you attack, then attack; if you can't attack, don't attack; don't be cautious and never forget military orders."
"I just came out and haven't gone too far. Brother Huang's edict came again. Let's see what he wants to remind us!"
After Azig said this, all the Gushan Ezhen in the Sixteen Banners laughed, but only the people in Wuzhen Chaoha Banner did not dare to laugh along with them.
Wu Zhenchaoha is the Han military flag, which was punished just before the expedition.
There was Liu Changsu under Kong Youde, the obedient king, who used to be called Liu Chengzu in the Ming Dynasty. He was from the Guan Ning Army. When he was training for the new army, he went to Shandong and served as the mate in charge of the ship under Kong Youde.
The Wuqiao mutiny was determined to follow the rebellion, but it was very unwilling to cross the sea and surrender the gold.
When he surrendered, he said he would go back to recruit his younger brother, but he failed to come out at the agreed time. As a result, many people who were kidnapped were taken back by the Ming army.
As soon as I surrendered, I couldn't care less about it, so I found an excuse to avoid the crime.
When Huang Taiji came to the throne, he was rewarded based on his merits. Thinking of this incident, he was demoted from Mele Zhangkyng, the deputy commander-in-chief, to Lazhangkyung, the third grade, a guerrilla general.
He was not convinced at first, so when his name was called when the money was rewarded, he remained silent.
The matter was reported to Huangtaijina by the civil servants, and King Sanshun quickly reported it and drew a clear line, saying that he had already been tied up by this kid, and he deliberately slowed down, which was not comparable to ordinary negligence, and he should be killed.
Afterwards, Huang Taiji said that King Sanshun was right and should be killed, but what he committed was not the crime of defecting. If he followed you and others back across the sea, he was considered a meritorious person and could be exempted from this crime.
Although Liu Changsu was absolved of his crime, the people in the Han army were very afraid. Who could bear the snitching from Han civilian officials?
The scariest thing is a fellow countryman betraying his fellow countrymen.
So even now, when others are relaxed, they don't dare to make mistakes for fear of being reported again. After all, the three dickheads on their heads will not speak to protect them.
He heard Azig holding the edict and reading: "Kuanwenren Shenghan ordered: When marching, no noise is allowed, and no one is allowed to leave the flags. If the packs are tilted, if they need to be sorted, the flags will be stopped to wait for sorting."
"After the troops enter the pass, if one or two soldiers leave the army to plunder and are killed, their wives and children will be arrested, and the generals in charge of them will also be guilty."
"Don't destroy temples, and don't kill passers-by rashly. Only those who resist will be killed, and those who obey will be raised. Don't take off the clothes of prisoners, and don't separate couples. Even those who cannot be captured are not allowed to take off their clothes or violate them.
Do not lust after women."
"Don't let the captives guard the horses. When you go to get food, if one or two people loot without authorization and are killed, the crime will be the same as leaving the team to loot."
"Also remember, don't eat food cooked by others, and don't drink wine from Han people. This is because during the last expedition, our troops overeating, and the food and wine were poisoned by Han people. Now those people have no medicine.
It can be saved."
"Camp at night, finish cooking before sunset, and pretend to be camping on the spot. After dusk, leave the cooking place and camp ten miles away."
"I am afraid that you will be lazy in this matter and think that the enemy troops cannot reach this point, so I will camp at the place where I dismounted my horse during the day. Do not take off my bow or undress my clothes at night, and my horse must have a saddle."
"When you enter Mingbian and capture something, immediately send one minister from each banner and one Niulujia soldier from each banner. Take the captured prisoners and return them immediately. Do not refuse to return the captured prisoners because they are few. No matter how small the captured prisoners are, how can the captured prisoners be less than one person?"
Ten thousand? Even if ten thousand people enter our country, it is insignificant. These are not the goals of the war. We must bear in mind."
"If you violate this order, you will do the right thing."
After Azig finished reading the edict, he felt a little bored. He put the book away and muttered in a low voice: "It's these nagging things again."
Afterwards, he said to the group of Gushan Ezhen: "I have recorded everything Khan said. When we march this time, we will first attack Tumote, move the book to Datong, naturalize it, and send a group of troops.
Make an offensive and naturalize the trend in Monan."
"Then the army rushed into the Xuan Mansion and quickly plundered the cities from the capital of the Ming Dynasty."
"In order to prevent Yang Qi from Monan from sending troops, we will wait for an opportunity to leave the border and return to Shengjing in Zunhua, which is familiar to me, one month at the latest."
When Azig said this, everyone else nodded in agreement. Only Gulu Siqibu from the Harashen Banner showed no concern and asked: "Your Majesty, the Chahar Zongtu has repeatedly sent troops to invade our army. Do you just sit back and watch?"
Is it wreaking havoc outside Zhangjiakou?"
Azig immediately shook his head.
Before the evil Qing-Gulun army came, you, Tututaiji, wreaked havoc outside Zhangjiakou. Now that the evil Qing-Gulun army came, you, Tututaiji, were still wandering around outside Zhangjiakou. Is that ridiculous?
What's more, although they came to conquer the Ming Dynasty, they also needed to do business with the Ming Dynasty.
The key point here is that the Harashen tribe of Gulu Siqibu wanted to do business with the Ming Dynasty at Shahukou in Datong in the name of this tribe.
So he said: "Don't worry, if Natu dares to take a step forward, we will encircle and annihilate him and break Yang Qi's arm!"
But in his heart, Azig hoped that Qututaiji would know how to advance and retreat, and not come and cause trouble while he was leading the army.
After all, it was Huang Taiji's business to treat Gulu Siqibu affectionately, and he did not look down upon Harashen, who only had 800 soldiers.
For him, the most important thing this time was to make sure that the attack on the capital of the Ming Dynasty did not go wrong. After all, his good emperor brother had agreed on disciplines and stated rewards and punishments five times and laid a hundred minefields.
It sounds good to agree on discipline.
But as for their army, they are not allowed to kill pedestrians, strip people of their clothes, assault women, or leave the team to plunder. They can just grab something and send it back... Is it possible?
Azig didn't take these things seriously.
He felt that these were troubled times. God brought droughts and floods, and the nobles did not care about governance to survive. People could not live in peace and contentment. It was a troubled time of indiscriminate killing and massacre.
If you meet someone who doesn't obey you, you should be killed.
Those in Liaodong should be killed, the Jurchens in the East China Sea on the Tumen River and the Ussuli River, the savage Jurchens, the fish-skin Tatars, the deer Tatars should also be killed, the North Koreans should be killed, and the Ming Dynasty should also be killed.
Prevent them from resisting, prevent them from taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty, and prevent them from coming to kill me.
If we kill them all, the world will no longer belong to Manchuria.
This is not because there is something wrong with him, or because he deliberately wants to confront Huang Taiji, but because he has grown up in such an environment since he was a child. He is used to seeing Jurchens abuse and kill Liaodong Han people, and he is also used to seeing Liaodong Han people poisoning and killing Jurchens.
, more accustomed to the conflict between the two countries, with the dead filling the city and the fields.
To them, Huang Taiji, who is full of political influence, is the one who is wrong among them, and even Dorgon, who is imitating others, is also wrong.
So for Azig, these disciplines are just to scare him.
When he returns, there will be more than 20,000 people, all of whom are guilty. If Huang Taiji doesn't want to be punished, he will pretend that nothing happened; if he wants to scare them, he will list his crimes and then pardon them.
If you want to punish, just count the crimes one by one.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter who is responsible, even Azig can’t run away.
But regarding this matter, even though he already knew the outcome, Azige had no complaints against Huang Taiji.
Because he is born like this, and others are born like this, the nobles of the Eight Banners are robbing themselves and cutting themselves with swords every day.
And most people know what's wrong with them and that it's useless. Knowing and doing it are two different things.
Therefore, they must have a smart brain like Huang Taiji to work hard so that they can survive.
Anyway, if he is guilty, he will only be fined with money, horses, and mouth. At most, his rank will be reduced.
Azig didn't care much about those external things either.
He only cares about his own prestige, so it doesn't matter whether the soldiers of the Twenty-Three Banners violate military laws. The only way to win the battle is to go deep into the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
As for this battle, let’s not mention the matters within the border for the time being. Azig felt that there was no big problem in the border wall. Their army was small but elite enough. They ran around like bandits in time for the Ming army to reinforce Gyeonggi.
Before the troops are in place, just find a place to run out of the side wall.
It was troublesome not being able to go out. At that time, the Ming army had the strongest combat effectiveness, but after they looted, their fighting will was the lowest.
The biggest variable outside the border is Yang Qi in Guihua City.
However, Azig did not take Yang Qi seriously.
Before the expedition, he had a chat with his younger brother Dorgon and found out that he had failed to return last year. Firstly, Yang Qi was too cowardly and could not come out in the city. Secondly, Dorgon had targeted Mongolia for his invasion last year and had no idea.
Bring a cannon.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So although Azig did not plan to fight Yang Qi this year, he still brought twelve red barbarian cannons with him to prepare for the unexpected.
If necessary, Guihua City can also be attacked.
Moreover, according to Yang Qi's timid character, Azige sent Yang Qi a letter of challenge, saying that he would attack Guihua City in the near future, or he could be braver and lead his army to the north of Zhangjiakou to show off his strength.
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Azig believed that this letter of challenge should make Yang Qi calm down. He squatted in Guihua City and worked hard to build fortress towers, dig trenches, and build fortifications to prepare for the upcoming war.
After all, abandoning the ready-made fortifications and running over to fight with him in the wild, no matter how you look at it... it's somewhat heartless.
At the same time, the two banners of the forward battalion under his command had also marched westward, rushing westward along the border walls of the Ming Dynasty. They tested attacks on many border walls and piers along the way, and made a posture of marching westward, intending to attack Datong.
Then the army reorganized at the Xilamulun River and sent troops south.
Azige's real target is to divide his troops into three groups, from east to west, Xifengkou in the north of Yongping Prefecture, Luo Wenyu in the north of Zunhua, and Dushikou in Kaipingwei in the north of Yunzhou.
His goal is the land of Gyeonggi!
However, just when Azig's army was concentrating versus dispersing, dividing into three groups to attack the Ming Dynasty's border wall, he received the news he least wanted to see.
Gitu Taiji of the Monan Dudu Mansion came out from Jining, and with a courage unheard of in Chahar, with a superior force of 3,000 men and horses, he took the initiative to attack the left wing vanguard flag with more than 500 cavalry.
Although the forward battalion did not suffer much losses, they were Baya La under the direct control of Huang Taiji. They had the most elite soldiers and the best armor. They fought with Guitu Taiji, causing damage to each other, and then withdrew.
But Qututaiji would take the initiative to attack, which really shocked Azig.
The key is that after finishing the front foot on the west side, a reply will be sent to the back foot, and Guihua City will reply.
Guihua City actually replied!
The letter was very short and the Chinese characters could not be understood by Azig, so he found the real Buyandai with a red flag in Mongolia's Gushan Mountain.
Bashiku, the old rider of Buyendai, was proficient in multiple languages and was promoted to Qixinlang by Huang Taiji. Today, Xiaobo Shiku of the rider academy is also proficient in Chinese.
Boshiku is both a personal name and an official name. The local official under Niu Lu is in charge of food.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Boshiku was startled when he saw the letter. He looked at Azig, then at the letter, and then looked back at Buyandai, his commander-in-chief.
Buyendai was so angry that he kicked his ass: "Come on, tell me what is written in the letter and read it. If you don't recognize it, just say you don't recognize it!"
"In this letter, Nanikan calls you..."
"My lord, forgive me!" Xiao Boshiku swallowed his saliva, knelt down and kowtowed to Azig, and then he had the courage to say: "Nanikan asked you to wait, don't run away."