Chapter 1425 Jia Heng: The Jurchens flourished vigorously but also died suddenly (please
Chapter 1425 Jia Heng: Jurchen’s rise is booming, but its demise is sudden... (Please vote for me!)
Shengjingcheng
The night is low and the twilight is deep. Lanterns have been hung on the city gate tower, emitting circles of orange light in the dark night.
The fighting during the day gradually subsided, and in the majestic Shengjing City, among the official offices with red lacquer and copper nails, Dorgon was sitting on a pearwood chair in the hall. His face was solemn, almost as if
Xuan Shui is general.
"You should have seen today's attack on the city." Dorgon paused slightly, nodded, and said, "The Han army's guns were fired wherever they pointed, and we were at a loss as to what to do."
"Our army is not good at defending the city, so it is better to use our own shortcomings to meet the enemy's strengths. We should go out of the city to fight in the field and defeat the Han navy, so that we can completely open up the situation." Hu Sai said with a solemn face and cupped his hands.
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Luck Dehun also agreed and said: "Instead of waiting for the main force of the Han army to arrive and complete the encirclement outside the city wall, it is better for our army to take the initiative and attack the Han army in front of us first."
It was not that Luck Dehun had never thought of using this method before, but because Jia Fang led the cavalry to gallop outside, and secondly, there were not many troops in Shengjing, so they were already stretched thin.
Dorgon pondered for a moment, and a hint of determination appeared on his calm and white face, saying: "Hu Sai, you led a group of soldiers and horses with a red flag, went out of the city overnight, and harassed the Han Army's navy's food route.
mistaken."
Hu Sai looked solemn and raised his hands.
In fact, it is somewhat too late to do these things at this time.
Because Xie Zaiyi has led 20,000 cavalry troops, the Han army has more cavalry. Before Dorgon returned, the Han navy had 60,000 people, and the Hebei frontier army had about 20,000 to 30,000 people, and all of them were
Cavalry.
At that time, although the odds of winning were still low, there was still a chance to fight, but the people guarding the city, such as Hu Sai and Shuo Sai, did not have such courage.
As a result, fighter planes are fleeting and the window period of two or three days quickly disappears.
After all, the original Shengjing City had experienced the successive destruction of Ningyuan, Jinzhou, Liaoyang, and Hetuala City, and it was already like a frightened bird, and it was in panic all day long.
No one could think of concentrating superior forces to deal with the weak Han army.
Shuosai looked solemn, raised his hands and said: "Fourteenth Uncle, today the Hongyi cannon was placed on the top of the city, but it was bombed by the Han army's artillery. Fourteenth Uncle, why don't you take the Hongyi cannon out of the city gate and fight with the Han army?"
The army fights to the death."
Dorgon's eyes were deep under his thick eyebrows. He shook his head slightly and said: "The red cannon is too heavy and heavy, making it inconvenient to move around. Besides, the enemy's cavalry is coming and going, so they will not just sit idly by."
There are some things that Dorgon has not thought about, but they are not operable at all. Pulling the Hongyi cannon out of the city and blasting the enemy's camp. As long as the Han cavalry invades and harasses, this whimsical idea will be difficult to achieve.
Finish.
If all of these can be used, then just use the red cannon to bombard the opponent's camp when the army is facing each other, and take advantage of the chaos to attack.
When Shuo Sai heard this, he was speechless for a moment.
Dorgon nodded and said: "In the past two days, let the soldiers and horses mobilize the princes and nobles in the city to defend the city together to prevent the Han army from attacking the city."
Several people present nodded in agreement.
However, a heavy and depressing emotion weighed on everyone's hearts, making them breathless.
While speaking, Dorgon left the study room and returned to the palace along the brightly lit corridor. Not long after walking, he raised his eyes and looked at Concubine Zhuang, who was accompanied by a group of palace maids and nuns.
Concubine Zhuang's flawless white face showed a look of concern, "Fourteenth brother, how was the battle to defend the city today?"
Dorgon said: "The Han army has been repulsed not long after they attacked the city. Our Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty killed countless enemies, but the city of Shengjing is as stable as a rock and as solid as gold."
Under Concubine Zhuang's slender eyebrows, her beautiful eyes flashed and she asked: "Fourteenth brother, is Duke Wei of the Han court here?"
Dorgon was silent for a moment and said: "I haven't come here yet, but it won't be long before I come back with a heavy army."
Under the curved eyebrows of Concubine Zhuang, there was an almost worried look in her eyes, and she said softly: "Once the Han court leads a heavy army, can the defenders be able to stop it?"
Dorgon pretended to be relaxed and said: "The arrangements have been made before, so there should be no problems. If we deal with the soldiers and horses outside the city first, the rest of the war will be easy."
Concubine Zhuang gave a soft "hmm", suppressed the anxiety in her heart for the time being, and said softly: "Fourteenth brother, I made Tremella and lotus seed soup. Fourteenth brother, go over and drink some now."
Dorgon stared at Concubine Zhuang, but had no other thoughts in his mind, and said: "I have to have a good rest. I have to go to the city to defend the city tomorrow. The Han army will not give up on attacking the city."
After hearing this, Concubine Zhuang did not press too hard on Dorgon. She just nodded lightly and left immediately.
Dorgon followed him and walked quickly towards the palace without saying much else.
The pitch-black night behind him seemed to swallow up the entire Shengjing City like an abyss. Only a few lanterns swayed gently in the summer wind, emitting circles of orange light.
On the other side, the sky is filled with glowing sunset, twilight is falling, Fushun to the north of Shengjing City——
After the defeat of Niumao Village, Mandahai led 16,000 bannermen to abandon Niumao Village day and night. The Prince of Xun did not go directly to Hetuala City.
Instead, he headed south, intending to rush to the aid of Shengjing City.
But as soon as he arrived in Fushun, he heard the news that Jinzhou City had been captured by the Han army. After hearing the news, Mandahai hesitated for a while and did not go to Shengjing City.
"Your Majesty, the Prince Regent's flying pigeon is delivering a message." At this moment, a man named Ma Bian entered the hall and saluted the sad-looking Man Dahai.
Mandahai frowned and asked, "What is written in the Fei Ge Biography?"
Na Ma Bian cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Regent said that your Majesty should be allowed to harass the Han army's food routes to share the pressure on Shengjing City."
Under Mandahai's thick eyebrows, his tiger eyes appeared in thought, and he murmured: "Invasion of the grain road?"
This is a good strategy!
The Han army came with an overwhelming force this time. The logistics and military supplies were huge, and the food roads were long. If the Han army wanted to return to protect it, it would need a lot of troops. If it continued to harass, it could at least reduce the pressure on Shengjing.
Mandahai nodded and said, "Come here, let a few of you come over and I'll discuss it."
After a while, several burly and resolute-faced military generals came quickly, raised their hands in greeting and said, "I have met the prince at last."
"The regent ordered us to lead an army to attack the Han army's food road." Mandahai said softly, and ordered Ma Bian to get a map and put it on the table. At this moment, several Ma Bian brought an oil lamp.
, shine brightly.
Mandahai nodded and said: "After the Han army captured Jinzhou, they transported grain from Shanhaiguan to Qiantun, Gaotaibao, and then to Ningyuan City. From Tashan and Daxing Fort to Jinzhou, the grain road was long. The Han army
It is impossible to fully mobilize heavy troops to escort everything, and this is the opportunity I am waiting for."
As Mandahai talked, his mind suddenly became brighter and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
As the Han army attacked Jinzhou and rushed towards Shengjing again, fighter planes did appear.
In fact, if the strategists of later generations were to control the Jurchen side, they would abandon Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other big cities, hand them over to the Han army, then strengthen the walls and clear the country, lure the enemy to penetrate deeper, and then use their familiarity with the terrain of Liaodong to harass the Han army for a long time
The lack of food roads put the Han army into a desperate situation.
But this is undoubtedly the thinking of a grand strategist: "If you save the land and lose the people, you will lose both the people and the land; if you save the people and lose the land, you will lose both the people and the land."
Dorgon obviously did not have such courage. If Huang Taiji was here, he might be able to break out of the rut of defending the city.
Several generals also nodded and went down to prepare.
After everyone was about to leave, Mandahai looked out at the increasingly dark night and suddenly realized something.
We should not get into an offensive and defensive battle with the Han army, but should break it up into pieces and engage in a field battle with the Han army.
It can be said that the Jurchens had wrong ideas from the beginning of this war.
In other words, without the brutality and flexibility that Nurhaci had when he founded the country, the strategy and tactics have become rigid, falling into the trap of positional warfare with layers of defense.
This is the inevitable thinking inertia that a new regime has fallen into, that is, it has begun to pay attention to the responsibility of defending the territory.
Because the people under their rule looked up to them, after the Jurchens became a country, they began to pay attention to the territory under their rule.
Just like the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, when people and land were lost and people and land were restored, it demonstrated how to break out of the inertia of thinking from both positive and negative aspects.
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On the other side, the night was falling, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. On the land of Liaodong, the hot summer wind was gently blowing the branches and leaves of the treetops. Among the Han army camps——
At this moment, the pine oil torches in all directions were "cracking" and burning. Teams of soldiers wearing armor were walking back and forth around the barracks. Their weapons and armor leaves were making a "cracking" collision sound, just under the bright lights.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, two figures were reflected on the tent.
Jia Heng and Chen Xiao had just had dinner and were playing chess across a chess field.
Chen Xiao picked up a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard, saying softly: "Not far ahead is Shengjing."
Jia Heng nodded, moved his eyes slightly, looked into the distance, and said: "After many years, our Han Jingying soldiers and horses finally arrived under Shengjing City again."
Chen Xiao rolled his eyes at the young man in the python suit, his clear eyes were charming, and said: "The Beijing Camp has already arrived at Shengjing City."
Jia Heng frowned, seemingly smiling to himself, and said, "That's what I said."
Chen Xiao frowned and said softly: "You said this Jurchen is just sitting back and waiting to die?"
"Probably not." Jia Heng put down the tea cup and murmured: "The Jurchens will probably come up with some tricks."
Chen Xiao also frowned and thought deeply, murmuring: "For example..."
"For example, the Jurchens will attack the grain roads secretly." When Jia Heng mentioned this, he felt a little more certain in his heart and said: "Our army is attacking Liaodong, and the grain roads are quite long, and these are given to the Jurchens.
Opportunities to harass along the way.”
Chen Xiao seemed to have a thoughtful look on his face and said: "The Jurchens will most likely send cavalry to attack the grain road. We have hundreds of thousands of troops. This grain road is long and it is very difficult to protect it."
After thinking about it, Chen Xiao frowned, looked calmly, and asked: "Then how do you think we should deal with it?"
Jia Heng said: "The key to sending cavalry to escort along the road is how to find traces of the Jurchen cavalry. No matter what, there will definitely be some impact."
Chen Xiao picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and said, "I'll leave these to the cavalry general in the capital. But now that the army is marching so smoothly, it's a bit dreamy."
Jia Heng nodded and said with emotion: "A few years have passed in a flash, and the Jurchens have flourished and died suddenly."
In fact, the Jurchens' current situation of disintegration was not caused by these few battles at all, but by Jia Heng's efforts to correct the Han Dynasty's deviations bit by bit since his 14th year in Chongping, first eliminating internal worries and then dealing with external ones.
As the saying goes, if you accumulate more and gain less, you will not be able to give away your efforts.
In the early stage, from the contest between Jiaheng and Duoduo in the south of the Yangtze River, to the defeat of Yue Tuo in the northwest, to the successive defeats of Azige and Obai in the Japanese and Korean states.
The Jurchens' national power did not collapse all at once, but was cut off with a knife. In the end, the whole country's troops went northward, with the force of thunder, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, it was completely difficult for the Jurchens to resist.
Many things in the world are not achieved overnight in the eyes of outsiders, but more difficult and then easier after long-term persistence.
However, Shengjing City should not be that easy to break, this is the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
If you don't want to cause major casualties or even overturn the situation, you need to act like a veteran chess player, completely blocking all the Jurchens' escape routes and annihilating them step by step.
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The next day, the sky was bright, it was already dawn in summer, the morning light was slightly dew, and the Liao army from Beijing camp quickly set off. Hundreds of thousands of troops waved black and red flags and headed straight for Shengjing City.
At this moment, Shengjing City also ushered in another attack by the Han army on a new day.
"Dong dong..."
War drums rumbled, swords and guns were like a forest, and horse hooves thundered. A large number of Beijing camp generals, armed with weapons, came to besiege Shengjing City in a mighty manner.
This time, the Jiangnan Navy and the Hebei Frontier Army were still the main force in the siege. Xie Zaiyi led a group of cavalry to patrol around Shengjing City, beware of the soldiers and horses in Shengjing City, and come out from Shengjing City to harass the Han army's artillery.
Team.
As the saying goes, worries are mutual.
The artillery of the Han army was also worried that the Jurchen cavalry would destroy Shengjing.
Accompanied by the sound of cannons and cannons, a large number of Han troops wearing red mandarin duck jackets surged towards the city wall like a tide, accompanied by shouts of killing one after another.
A large number of Han troops carried wooden ladders and gleaming wild goose feather knives in their hands, climbing up the city wall.
At this moment, the Jurchen soldiers also threw rolling logs and rocks down from the top of the city, hitting the Han troops who were climbing up the ladders.
In a government hall, a group of snow-white bannermen with two white flags and bronze armor were standing with swords in their hands, looking alert.
Dorgon wore a jade crown and a python robe with a purple jade ribbon. He sat on a pearwood chair in the hall. Compared with the panic in the past few days, Shengjing City at this moment seemed to be accustomed to the daily sound of cannons.
rumble.
Anyway, the Han army cannot attack the city for the time being.
Dorgon put down the tea cup on the lacquered wood table beside him, calmed down his thoughts, turned to look at Su Hongzu, an aide on the side, and said: "Have the servants of each family in the city climbed to the top of the city to help defend the city?"
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Su Hongzu said: "My lord, all the gentry and gentry in the city understand justice and are willing to mobilize their servants and servants to the city to help defend it."
Dorgon nodded and asked: "Now there are many soldiers in the city and the war is fierce. I intend to pay a large sum of money to pay for the casualties and generals. How much money does the Ministry of Household Affairs have?"
When mentioning the national fund reserves, Su Hongzu paused slightly and said in a low voice: "In the past two years, our Qing Dynasty has been in Japan and North Korea has used troops many times. The national funds have been consumed in huge amounts, and we cannot make ends meet."
Some things are also relative. The Han army raised troops on a large scale and consumed an unknown amount of national funds. The Jurchens were not much better.
Compared with the Han Dynasty, which still had taxes from various provinces and tax blood packs to replenish after the implementation of the New Deal, the Qing Dynasty had a serious shortage of supplies.
Dorgon was silent for a moment and said: "If you persist for a while, we will see a turn for the better in the winter months."
Su Hongzu said: "It's not a big problem to survive until the end of the year, but the prince should make more preparations."
Dorgon said: "Let the city raise more grain."
Su Hongzu responded, but the gloom in his heart became thicker and thicker.
The ship of the Qing Dynasty was about to sink. The most embarrassing thing was these former Han officials, who were all worried that the Han court would launch an army to investigate.
During this period, various rumors arose in Shengjing City, and some Han ministers had their thoughts moved.
And Jia Heng's treatment of Hanchen in Jinzhou City was also shaken by the spread of secret spies hidden in Shengjing City, which shook the hearts of Hanchen.
When Su Hongzu left, Dorgon looked solemn and let out a long sigh.
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In a private house three miles away from Prince Rui's residence, there is a painted paulownia plaque hanging on the lintel, with "Sun Mansion" written on it.
This is Sun Shaozu's residence in Shengjing City.
Sun Shaozu came in from the outside, with a look of exhaustion on his majestic face covered with beards. He sat on the pear wood chair, picked up the tea cup with a "click" sound, and took a sip.
In the past few days, Sun Shaozu, as a Han general, was also sent to the city by Dorgon to help defend the city.
At this moment, the hanging bead curtain could be seen making a "clatter" sound. After a while, the fragrance of orchids and musk deer gently floated, and a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes, dignified and bright, walked quickly into the hall.
This person is none other than Qiao Die, the eldest lady of the Qiao family.
"Master." The beauty called softly. As she spoke, she quickly came closer and said, "In the past few days, people say that Shengjing City is going to be destroyed."
Sun Shaozu nodded and said: "Shengjing City is impregnable, don't pay attention to it."
As he spoke, he patted his shoulder and said, "My arm is very sore right now. Please help me squeeze my shoulder."
While talking, he came behind Sun Shaozu, stretched out his little hand and gently pressed Sun Shaozu's shoulder, and said: "Sir, Mr. Ma's wife said that this city is going to be destroyed. Are we, the family members of the surrendered general, going to be...
The court is asking for guilt?"
It is said that in the circle of Han generals in Shengjing City, there were also wives who walked around among each other.
Sun Shaozu said: "Didn't Jinzhou say that many Han generals were pardoned? Obviously the Han court did this to show us in Shengjing."
Hearing this, Qiao Die's eyes lit up inexplicably, and she said with a touch of softness in her charming voice: "Then what the master means."
Sun Shaozu's face paused slightly, and he lowered his voice and said: "We generals don't need to worry, we are just having to make ends meet."
Of course, after returning to the imperial court in the future, it will be another matter to settle accounts after the fall, but his Sun Shaozu is different. He is an unsung hero who goes deep into the enemy's country and conveys the enemy's information!
If you don’t expect to be the Marquis of Zhongshan, you should be granted the title of Uncle Zhongshan, right?
Qiao Die said softly: "Master, these days, there are no swords and guns on the battlefield, so you should be careful."
Sun Shaozu said: "I have to defend the city these days, so I have to be careful. The Han people's cannonballs don't recognize people."
At this moment, it was not only Sun Shaozu who was discussing the current situation of Shengjing City.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Daqing is a pill.
After all, the Han army had reached Shengjing City, while the Qing Dynasty had lost several battles in a row.