None of the high-ranking Tatars present had heard of this term, but since he was the chief adviser, everyone still had to listen. Otherwise, it would really be no joke to let the Ming army cross Shanhaiguan!
"Yes!" Fan Wencheng looked as if he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands. If Hong Chengchou could use the old, weak, women and children in Beijing to help the army escape, then his plan would definitely be effective.
"Mr. Fan, please tell me, what is the alternative?" Huang Taiji didn't understand what this meant. Could it be that he wanted us to collectively surrender and live like slaves in exchange for the mercy of the enemy? This can be considered.
Anyway, our ancestors used this method to get this piece of land to live in in the Ming Dynasty, but it should not be used now!
"Does your Majesty know what the greatest weakness of the Ming army is?" Fan Wencheng did not answer directly, but instead asked the people in the hall.
"Weaknesses?" The senior management were immediately confused. What weaknesses could those guys have? They are strong, well-equipped, and have high morale? These seem to be strengths!
"Soft-hearted! Their biggest weakness is that they are too soft-hearted!" Without expecting these masters to understand anything, Fan Wencheng gave the answer himself.
Soft-hearted? Everyone goes crazy when they hear these two words. Damn it, didn't you see how they dealt with us? The devil who wiped out tens of thousands of our troops without even blinking is actually a soft-hearted guy?
Then don’t we all become gods who can save all sentient beings?
"Your Majesty! Lords Baylor! Have you ever forgotten how we stopped their pursuit at the gates of Beijing?" Fan Wencheng reminded everyone kindly.
Under the city of Beijing? Didn't we run away after attacking the enemy army with the props originally used to show mercy? But the old and weak have been released, so where can we get so many people?
"Sir, you mean..." Dorgon reacted quickly and suddenly understood the mystery. Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of young and strong prisoners in Shanhaiguan who have not had time to transport them away. It is also possible to use them as amulets.
good!
"Yes!" Fan Wencheng nodded approvingly and said, "We will drive those Ming people to the top of the city and let them defend the city for us!"
"No! No way!" Dai Shan firmly disagreed. Those guys were already dishonest if they didn't have any weapons. If they were given weapons, they wouldn't be able to kill people like himself in a coordinated manner!
"Don't give them any weapons, just tie them to the top of the city!" Fan Wencheng knew what Daishan was worried about, and he wasn't that stupid; besides, a group of unarmed civilians could satisfy him more than a well-equipped army.
requirements.
If you don't give weapons? Can you still call it defending the city? Is it possible that this slave named Fan wants to use these people to consume the enemy's ammunition? I'm afraid it won't be very effective. Their kind of artillery can blow up a large area and can withstand it.
How long will you stay there? Many Qing generals who returned from the front think that this method is still not very safe!
"Good! Good idea!" Huang Taiji also figured out all the joints and shouted: "Don't they cherish the people? Didn't they give up the best pursuit opportunity in order not to hurt the innocent? Just use these Nanmanzi to defend the city.
, let’s see how they attack again!”
"Your Majesty is wise!" Fan Wencheng flattered loudly first, and then added: "Besides, there are millions of captured Han people outside the Pass in the Qing Dynasty. As long as they agree to a ceasefire, we can return them to them!" Then!
He glanced at Hong Chengchou secretly and said: "We can even agree to send back those surrendered generals they call traitors!"
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" No one paid attention to Hong Chengchou's pale old face. As long as we can save the lives of our Qing warriors, we can give them away! Without the threat of the Ming Dynasty, we can go to other places to capture slaves.
?As for these demoted generals, what do they mean? When the Qing Dynasty regains its strength and comes out of seclusion again, are we afraid that no one will come to join us?….
"In this case, everyone should prepare separately!" Thinking of the weakest link, Huang Taiji warned Daishan: "If the enemy attacks the pass, remember to hang a few more Han people on the city gate."
The Tatars dug pits to bury gunpowder at Shanhaiguan, but Zhu Youcong's army was stationed twenty miles away. It was not that he had received any news in advance this time, and the reason for stopping the advance was even slightly different from that of the Tatars.
It doesn't matter.
"Brother Cong, why did you stop now?" Seeing Shanhaiguan right in front of him, Chongzhen's heart was itching as if it were being scratched by thousands of ants.
"Waiting for someone!" Zhu Youcong stared at Chongzhen who was running around anxiously and Lu Xiangsheng who was scratching his head at the side, with a contented look on his face and playing with two glass balls brought from home. "Brother Chen is waiting for Yuan Chonghuan!"
"Waiting for Yuan Chonghuan?" Chongzhen wanted to stuff the two glass balls into Zhu Youcong's eye sockets. What happened to this guy? Not only did he give away nearly 100,000 prisoners, but he also wanted to give him another great achievement? What would Yuan Chonghuan do?
What's the benefit of having this little fat guy?
"To be precise, I was waiting for his group of prisoners!" Zhu Youcong was not so kind and specialized in making wedding dresses for others.
Zhu Youcong of later generations had never been here, and he estimated that the defense capabilities of Shanhaiguan were seriously insufficient. I also saw it through the telescope just now. Although the wall was a little inferior to his face, it was really not as thick as usual.
Not to mention that the ammunition is not very sufficient now, even if the Tatars stay in the pass and don't move, and let them bombard with all their strength, they don't know how long or how long they will fight. Besides, unless they kill all the prisoners,
Otherwise, they would also have to consume food. Based on the principle of conservation and waste reuse, Zhu Youcong thought of the Tatar siege methods in history and decided to learn with an open mind.
"Jiandou, how much price do you think our army will have to pay to capture Shanhaiguan?" Anyway, there is nothing to do now, and the troops should rest and recuperate. In his spare time, Zhu Youcong decided to teach the two people in front of him a lesson. After all,
One of them is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the other will be the general who controls one side alone.
"This..." After a rough estimate, Lu Xiangsheng said cautiously: "In General Jumo's opinion, the ammunition consumption will be more than 80%, and the entire army can no longer guarantee that there will be no casualties."
No one has heard of a war without casualties before, but this army really made this history. From the time it started raising troops in Luoyang to the end when it chased the Tatars and fled into Shanhaiguan, among 50,000 people,
Just a few unlucky guys accidentally sprained their feet on the road. Lu Xiangsheng also hopes to maintain this record for a while longer.
"So if our army wants to capture Shanhaiguan at the minimum cost, it depends on these prisoners!" Chongzhen was very kind. Looking at Zhu Youcong's sinister smile, he couldn't help but shudder. Lu Xiangsheng next to him also felt inexplicable.
Ground fear.
Three days later, Yuan Chonghuan finally arrived with his troops escorting the prisoners of war. Before everyone could rest, an order came out from the Chinese army's tent, asking them to strictly screen all the prisoners and hand over all the Ming people among them to Gao Doushu for custody.
, and then escort him back after this battle.
For those fearful foreigners, the benevolent general Zhenguo also made arrangements. He did not kill or humiliate them, and also arranged for them to have a full meal. Finally, he told them that as long as they were willing, they could enjoy the same treatment as the captives of the Ming Dynasty.
Waiting to be sent to various places to do hard labor for a hundred years, which is euphemistically called "reform through labor"!
As soon as the news came out, the entire prisoner-of-war camp was in an uproar. If they were willing, why wouldn't they be willing? Many of them were kidnapped by the Tatars to be cannon fodder, and they used to be honest men;
I thought that the Ming Dynasty would use their heads to build a temple in Beijing, but I didn’t expect that it would be like this. Isn’t it just to use their strength? The difference from the past is that people have to monitor their labor. This is okay, as long as they are alive.
Just stay there….
Of course, everyone still criticizes this sentence. After a hundred years, who can survive for that long under high-intensity labor? However, General Zhenguo obviously thought of it. The order also mentioned that as long as he can survive in the Ming Dynasty,
If you place a package at the Shanhaiguan city gate under cover of artillery fire, your sentence will be reduced by ten years.
In normal times, many prisoners would rather work for a hundred more years than take this job. However, there are exceptions to everything, right? These people have enjoyed the baptism of artillery fire from the Ming army. Who doesn’t know that as long as this powerful army
As soon as the army opened fire, the Tatars didn't even dare to raise their heads? Don't worry, the Tatars now have a strong city to defend. Just be careful not to let stray arrows hit you when you run. If you are lucky, put four or five packs.
Can't he survive until the day he is released from prison?
After thinking about this, many prisoners almost knelt down and kowtowed to the kind-hearted Ming Dynasty general. It was originally expected to recruit a transport force of 3,000 people, but in the end, 80,000 people signed up; the remaining 10,000 people
Most of them were injured and failed to pass the pre-selection. Yuan Chonghuan, who was ordered to carry out the recruitment work, had never seen the power of Zhu Youcong's army. He just felt strange, how could these people be so active in even sending death? Send things under the enemy's city wall.
Is there anything better? Is this the Tatars' servant army, or is it an undercover agent sent by our Ming Dynasty?
In the next few days, the Tatars were in bad luck. The Ming army carried out the old-fashioned artillery brought by Guan Ning's army without any incident, and fired several shots at the Shanhaiguan city wall. However, the Tatars were also unlucky.
What is gratifying is that the shouts in the prisoner camps of the Ming Dynasty were loud. It must be that our servant army did not forget our kindness and launched a riot, which made the enemy dare not attack easily!
"Brother Cong, are these two Tatars really so cheap?" Chongzhen didn't have a good impression of these people and wanted to kill them all.
"Yes! This is my brother's decision!" Zhu Youcong looked benevolent and righteous. He suddenly blinked and whispered in Chongzhen's ear: "But you are the emperor, let people think of a way to increase their sentences.
Isn't it a difficult thing?" Of course, Zhu Youcong would not let go of these guys whose hands were stained with the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty. They were destined to stay in the labor camp for the rest of their lives and contribute to the development of the Ming Dynasty.