The Battle of Shacheng, or the Second Battle of Shacheng, broke out very suddenly. As a city in the late Ming Dynasty controlled by the Mongolian Tumuts, the greatest role of this city was never in military affairs, but in trade.
Only a few dozen miles south of Shacheng is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. Within the side wall is Wanquan Youwei, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Governor and the general defense area of Xuanfu. However, the direct south of Shacheng is not allowed and it is inconvenient to enter the customs.
, the pass that can be entered is Zhangjiakou Fort in the southeast of Shacheng - yes, it is the location of Zhangjiakou in later generations. The two places are about a hundred miles apart.
There is actually a place called Xinghe south of Shacheng and closest to the border wall, but it is just an unsuspecting market. It is usually only used as the last stop before entering the customs, usually for the convenience of Mongolians who go to trade.
Arrange the cattle and sheep supplies brought.
It was Shacheng that really served as a transit point for customs entry. Because of this, a lot of materials were gathered in Shacheng before the war broke out, mostly horses, cattle, sheep, and unfinished products that the Tumuts planned to use to trade with the Ming people.
leather (the tanning process is not up to par) and other items, and even saddles, bows and arrows, etc.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty products brought back from Zhangjiakou are also indispensable, and there are all kinds of products. From the north to the south, there are almost all kinds of products from high-end to low-end. Of course, the famous goods are also indispensable: iron pots.
Before the war, Shacheng had never felt the threat of war at all. The people stationed here included the vast majority of Mongolians and a small number of Han people. The Hui people believed that the war was far away from Tumut's headquarters and that Chacha was nearly a thousand miles away.
Hal, some people in Zhangjiakou even heard that the Ming Army had already arrived at the Hulunbuir Prairie.
Judging from this situation, Tumut Headquarters is obviously sitting back and relax, and doing business happily is better than anything else.
The warning came at noon that day, when a group of Tumuts came galloping over on horseback, shouting that the enemy was attacking. The nominal guard of Shacheng, a captain from the West Post, heard the news and immediately took out his own weapon.
Big tent, call people over for questioning.
This Tumut tribe was stationed two hundred miles away in the northeast. They originally planned to take the exchanged goods back, but they didn't know that they didn't go far before they found a large group of cavalry ahead - there was something wrong here.
Their so-called "big stocks" at this time were actually not many, only more than 200 people, who were Chahar's sentries.
However, many of these Tumuts have also been recruited to fight. It can be seen at a glance that those sentinels are not Tumuts. They should be Chahar sentrys. According to experience, one team with two
The sentinels of more than a hundred people mean that there must be a large army behind them, at least ten thousand people. This is bad, it means that a large enemy army is invading.
Although nominally speaking, Tumote still recognizes that the Great Khan of the Chahar tribe is the Great Khan of all Mongolia. However, the current Tumote is very distorted. As the "Thirty Thousand Tumote Households", they are the Great Khan of Mongolia.
The subjects of the Ming Dynasty; as the "Ming Dynasty Jin Kingdom", they are also the subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
But names are names, and Tumut people are not fools. Who doesn’t know that Tumut is now more inclined to the Ming Dynasty? If you don’t see it, the Great Khan has already joined the Datong general of the Ming army to conquer the Outer Khalkha tribe.
? It’s self-evident who is the enemy and who is the friend.
So this group of Tumut people ran back in a panic and reported the situation to the Shacheng guard. In fact, as members of a small tribe, they didn't have to come back. However, their trip was divided into two groups. This group of people planned to
Those who took some of the goods back first, and then half of them stayed in Shacheng.
There was no choice at this point. We were of the same clan, so we couldn't just leave our family members to die without even saying hello, so we had to take the risk and come back to report the news. Of course, we wouldn't say this to the guard.
The guard's name is very Mongolian, even a bit bad. His name is Ba Du'er, and his maternal lineage even has some bloodline from a branch of the Golden Family. It's a pity that the Mongolian bloodline is only based on the father's line, otherwise his status may be able to reach a higher level.
After hearing about these situations, the general suddenly felt bad. When the Chahar people came to Tumut, there would definitely not be only a team of 10,000 people, because if there were too few people coming to Tumut, they would probably be beaten by meat buns.
There is no return.
Since there are more than 10,000 troops, it means that the Chahar people are invading in a large scale. This situation means that there are only two possibilities: one is that there is a loophole in the siege network of Chahar by the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces, and the other is that Chahar is
After the people suffered a defeat, they came to Tumut like headless flies.
Of course, he hopes to face the second possibility, but he also knows that this is probably just a wishful thinking, because according to the news he just received, the other party is still sending out sentries in an orderly manner - it is impossible for the defeated army to be beaten and scattered.
So particular.
The commander immediately took action, ordering the city gates to be closed, arranging troops and defense materials, and personally leading people to climb the tower to check the situation.
It can be said that the city defense facilities in Shacheng at this time were pretty good, thanks to the Ming Dynasty's Grand Master Gao who had guarded the city here, and many of the city defenses were temporarily repaired by him at that time.
Although to Grand Master Gao it was just a semi-finished product that had been temporarily repaired, in the eyes of Ba Du'er, it was a big deal. The waterproof accuracy of this city was at least one of the top five in Tumote, and it was truly a fortified city.
If there were enough troops and supplies, Bao Du'er even thought that even if Tumen came in person, he wouldn't be able to do anything to him.
However, there is a saying that goes well, when you think things are going to be bad, things will only get worse. Not only did the enemy army really come to Tumen Khan in person, but the capital did not have "enough troops and supplies."
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To be precise, he only has about 500 people, and... all of them are cavalry. As for supplies, bows and arrows are sufficient, and food, including cattle and sheep, is more than enough.
But the problem is that after the city was handed over to Tumut, some rolling stones and wood gradually disappeared. As for the kerosene, gold juice and other materials commonly used by the Ming army, not a single bit was left. I don’t know if it was
It was taken away by the Ming army, or later abandoned by the Tumut people. And the Ming army's more deterrent and combat-effective city defense artillery... I thought too much, the Tumut didn't have any, and even if they did, it was useless.
Because since the decline of Mongolia, today's Mongolians simply don't know how to play this kind of thing.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In short, the Ming army's method of defending the city can only be used by the Ming army itself. When it was Tumut's turn, there were only one or two tenths of the strength left, except for the fortified city itself.
, so the bows and arrows of the Tumut people played some role.
When Jiuzi Baihan appeared in the field of vision, Du'er's heart suddenly tightened and he thought to himself: Tumen is really here!
However, although he was a little nervous inside, he was still a veteran on the battlefield and subconsciously observed the opponent's formation. Based on some observations, his high-spirited heart finally relaxed a little.
The opponent arrived in a hurry, and it seemed that they did not have any siege equipment. If there is any good news for Shacheng at this time, this is probably the biggest good news. After all, the Mongols know the Mongols, and the current Mongolia is not as good as
Two hundred years ago, the ability to siege cities had basically been reduced to zero.
The lack of siege equipment means that even if they face a solid city with the crudest defenses, it will be difficult for them to capture it quickly, because no matter how brave you are, you cannot hit the city gate on horseback, let alone expect the horse to jump over the city wall.
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Jiangdu'er decided to stick to it, and even planned to go to the direction of Jiu'e Baiji in person to cheer up and cheer up the warriors under his command.
The Chahar people put their main attack at the main gate, which was the south gate. Nine white banners quickly arrived and were set up outside the south gate.
Du'er immediately went to the south gate, quickly climbed up the city tower, and looked at Jiu Zhi Bai in front of him with a stern expression. He felt quite touched in his heart, but he quickly shook his head vigorously and put some things that he shouldn't have thought out of his mind.
Clear it out.
"Minhan's face is really sweating... what should we do now?" a subordinate of Badu'er asked cautiously.
Minhan Nayan means chief of thousands, but there is a customary deviation here. In fact, according to the Mongolian and Yuan military system, it should be called the chief of thousands of households, and "thousands of households" is actually a basic military policy set by Genghis Khan.
It is equivalent to a standard position that can independently command one side of the battle.
At that time, Genghis Khan divided the people of Mongolia into 95 thousand households, and then based on the principle of merit and reward, he enfeoffed them to the founding heroes and noble relatives, and appointed these heroes and noble relatives as the thousand households of Nayan (Nayan means official
, lord, meaning military lord), who exercise hereditary management over the people.
Genghis Khan issued an edict and said: "Thousands of those who have contributed to the founding of the country will be entrusted to officials of thousands of households." At that time, he entrusted a thousand households of Nayan with a total of 88 people, including 78 meritorious officials and 10 princes-in-law. Because there were 3
The prince-in-law had a total of 10,000 households, so the number of enfeoffed people was less than 95.
Although the thousand-household system is nominally based on thousand households, in fact the number of households is not exactly the same. Below a thousand households, it is divided into several hundred households, and below a hundred households, it is divided into ten households. This forms
A military and political organizational system with layers of subordinates, tight governance, and flexible command was established.
The Mongolian period was still in the historical stage where war of conquest was a profession. The Mongolians basically lived a military life. In the event of a war, those with fighting ability were signed into the army, and after the war they were scattered back to the grasslands to live as people. Therefore, thousands of
Although the household system is a system of joint military and civilian management, in terms of its main functions, it is obviously more inclined to a military management organizational form.
Therefore, unlike the Ming Dynasty where the government and the army were separated and the government was greater than the army, the guard general of Shacheng controlled thousands of households in the capital. He was not only the military commander of Shacheng, but also the political leader. Therefore, in addition to being like the guard general of a certain place in the Ming Dynasty, he
In addition to choosing "how to fight", you can also choose "whether to fight".
At this time, the situation is clear. The Chahar army outside the city can be seen with the naked eye. It is the Chahar Khan Court. There are only about 500 people in our own army. How can we hold it?
To be fair, Badu'er himself doesn't want to defend it. The power gap is really too great. He is not a Ming general, nor is his army an Ming army. Relying on a fortified city for defense is really not our strength, but going out of the city to fight in the field. Besides, the opponent is the largest army in Mongolia.
Khan, I did not receive an order from Taiji or even the Great Khan saying that I must stick to it, so...is it reasonable to obey the Mongolian Great Khan?
But he quickly threw away this idea and decided to defend the city. This was not because he suddenly realized his conscience and strengthened his determination to kill Han Naji Khan in retribution; nor was it because he had defeated the possessed spirit and suddenly felt that the advantage was in me. He
Just think clearly: the cost of betrayal is greater than the possible benefits.
Jiang Duer believes that the Ming-Mongolian coalition mobilized a total of 600,000 troops this time, and it is a real number rather than a claim. Such a large army can only be said to have combat power. The national power revealed behind it is enough to make people dare not
Fight against.
Based on his understanding of the Ming army over the years, if the current Ming army sends 200,000 troops to obtain naturalization, even if Han Naji Khan can get desperate support from tens of thousands of households in Ordos, he will be defeated in the end. As for where to go,
I don’t know. Anyway, I definitely won’t be able to gain a foothold in naturalization.
Together with Ordos, the paper strength of Tumut and Ordos should be slightly stronger than that of Chahar and Khalkha. Therefore, Du'er's thinking naturally fell into a kind of "since I can't do it, then you must not be able to do it either."
situation.
So obviously, despite the fact that the Tumen Khan's 60,000 troops are overwhelming the city, in fact, as long as the Ming and Mongolian coalition forces discover his whereabouts and come, the old man, the Great Khan, can only continue to run like a bereaved dog.
Simply put, there is no future in following him.
So what's the price of betrayal? That's huge.
He has a dignified Minhan Na Yan, who is also the head of a thousand households, but now he only has 500 soldiers. Is it because he really only has these few soldiers?
Of course not, that's because his troops were divided into three parts: one part was summoned by the Great Khan and took him to the Outer Khalkha; one part stayed in the Khan's Guihua City as a garrison to defend the Khan's tent; the remaining
He only took the weakest part with him because this place was too close to the border between Ming and Mongolia. If there were too many troops stationed there, it would easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings, which Tumut would never dare to try now.
The movement of Chahar's army outside the city was also a bit strange. They took on a very cold posture, but stopped and formed formation for a while, but never made any move to attack the city.
When Shacheng came to defend the city desperately as if facing a formidable enemy, Burihatu, who stood under the nine-pin white banner, sighed regretfully, shook his head and said: "I don't know who the defender of the city is.
I'm a bit brave, but it seems I can't trick you anymore. Dahan, do you want to follow the plan?"
Tumen also sighed and said helplessly: "My time is precious, how can I allow such short-sighted people to linger, and they will definitely burn down the sand city again, and let out a breath of bad breath for the past! It's okay now, now
This is not the time to argue with such unknown people...Buyan, go ahead and remember to fly Huang Taiji's flag to avoid any accidents."
"Yes, Khan." Buyantaiji didn't seem worried, but he still followed his instructions and asked the people around him to raise Huang Taiji's flag high, and followed him towards the city tower as if he was on a horse and riding the reins.
On the city tower, Wang Du'er watched the flag representing Huang Taiji of Mongolia getting closer and closer, but there were only two people around the knight who seemed to be Huang Taiji himself. He couldn't help but be a little surprised for a moment, and even a little inexplicably nervous.
Fortunately, Buyantaiji had rich combat experience and knew very well the range of bows and arrows on the tower. He halted at a distance that only Jebie's divine archer could reach but that was absolutely beyond the reach of ordinary archers.
The appointed next Great Khan of Mongolia took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "I am Buyan Huangtaiji of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. I am here under the order of the Great Khan. I order you to listen carefully: I will donate five hundred thousand dollars of military rations."
With ten large carts, three hundred sheep, and two carts of wine, the Great Khan exempted you from the crime of disrespect, and led his troops to naturalize and question Tumed Chechen Khan!
The soldiers upstairs should know that the war here has nothing to do with you. All merits and demerits will be explained to Bahan Naji by the Great Khan! If you do not obey the order of the Great Khan, I, Huang Taiji, swear by the supreme blood of the Golden Family.
, after conquering Shacheng—no chickens or dogs will be left behind!”
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