The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 68 Dorgon's Ambition
Liaoyang is more than 300 miles away from Datong City, 200 miles away from Yezhupo, and more than [-] miles away from Calabash Valley, which means that Calabash Valley is exactly the distance between Liaoyang and Datong City.

This city that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty was occupied by the Manchu Qing five years ago, and became the bridgehead for the confrontation between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and thus became the rallying point and starting point for this attack on Datong City.

Four days ago, the vanguard had already set off. On the one hand, he scouted battlefield intelligence, and on the other hand, he covered the battlefield, expelled the scouts from the Ming Dynasty, and covered the movement of the army.

Three days ago, the main force had also set off. The 5 real Manchurian army was mighty and mighty, covering the sky and covering the sun, starting from Liaoyang to Datong City, accompanied by [-] Han Eight Banners, [-] Mongolian Eight Banners, and of course Some of the servants who surrendered from the Ming Dynasty and have not been incorporated into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty for the time being have a total of [-] horses.

Although Tong Yangyang has a Han surname, he has never regarded himself as a Han.His father was originally the first general of the Ming Dynasty. He lost the battlefield and was captured by the Qing soldiers. Gu Shan Ezhen, who led the first generation of the Han army with a white flag.

After his father was wounded to death by a red-clothed cannon when he attacked Liaoyang five years ago, the Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, in order to show his father's merits, specially ordered him to continue to be the Gushan Ezhen with the white flag.

Therefore, Tong Yangxing was grateful to Shengen from the bottom of his heart, so he devoted himself to the Manchu and Qing courts, worked diligently, and won the trust of Huang Taiji.

The attack on Datong this time was an ambitious conquest that Huang Taiji had prepared for a long time, vowing to take the city of Datong in one fell swoop.

With Prince Rui Dorgon as his commander and Prince Su Hauge as his deputy, Huang Taiji led an army of [-] to march towards Datong.

In the past, it was not that the Manchu Qing had never fought Datong, but every time they lost troops and generals under the city of Datong, the casualties were heavy, and they all returned home in defeat.

In addition to the high walls of Datong City itself, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, the red cannons deployed by the Ming army at the top of the city were even more of a nightmare for the Qing army.

Datong City once made the nobles of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties look at the city with sighs, and even many people felt desperate for Datong City, thinking that my Daqing could only stop under Datong City forever.

But Huang Taiji did not give up. He was not a person who would easily admit defeat. He tried his best to instigate the rebellion against Kong Youde, the commander-in-chief of Daming Dengzhou, and obtained more than 20 red cannons and dozens of cannon-casting craftsmen from Kong Youde.

These cannons and craftsmen were regarded as treasures by Huang Taiji, and he gave many rewards to the craftsmen, and organized a large number of people to follow them to learn cannon-casting techniques.

Finally, after a few years, more than 30 red cannons were successfully imitated, which was almost a miracle for the Qing Dynasty, which had always been deficient in iron.

Coupled with the original more than 20 red-clothed cannons, these fifty red-clothed cannons became the confidence of Huang Taiji to win Datong City in one fell swoop this time.

In this attack on Datong City, a total of 2000 red-clothed cannons were used, and more than [-] civilians were conscripted to drag the cannons and transport grain and grass. Tong Yangyang himself escorted [-] troops from the headquarters.

The red-clothed cannons were very heavy. In order not to slow down the forward speed of the army, Dorgon did not allow the thirty red-clothed cannons to march with the main force.

Today, Dorgon is just 30 years old, and this year he was named a prince again, which is the time when he is full of ambition.And it's his first time as a coach, so it can be said that he is ambitious.

In Dorgon's view, the Ming army is no longer the original Ming army, and it is already declining, and it is on the verge of collapse.The Ming Dynasty had internal and external troubles, and most of these frontier troops were weak, old and young, cowardly and timid, and they were not at all able to compete with the Qing Dynasty, which was in full swing and the country was on the rise.

Dorgon even felt that as long as his [-] troops were under the Datong City, the defenders of Datong would collapse without a fight, and taking Datong City was just around the corner.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to use the cannons in red to take down Datong City at all. In this way, it would only appear that his fourth brother who was the emperor was far-sighted, and in the eyes of others, he would only be someone who took advantage of it. of incompetent people.

Therefore, if you want to prove your ability, you have to win Datong City without relying on the red cannon.Think about the Datong City that my uncles and brothers who have been coaxing all the time failed to win, but I won it in the hands of Dorgon. Isn't this enough to prove my ability?

Because of this, Dorgon threw the cannon in red to Tong Yangxing who was transporting the supplies and grass, and he took the main force with only three days of dry food and took a step ahead.

Naturally, Tong Yangxing didn't dare to offend Dorgon. He was just a high-ranking slave of the Qing dynasty, but he was a serious nobleman of the Qing Dynasty, the son of the former emperor Nurhachi, and the younger brother of the current emperor. I can't afford to be offended.

Therefore, even if you were reluctant in your heart, you had to bite the bullet, so you had to endure the boiling public grievances, and recruited two thousand civilians in Liaoyang City to transport these big guys.

Although it is more than 300 miles from Liaoyang to Datong, Tong Yangyang did not dare to be sloppy. He felt that his five thousand soldiers were not enough, so he sent people to recruit some bandits nearby, including Haidong from Hulugu. Qing was the largest group of people, so he gathered more than 2000 people, so he felt relieved.

Because of the drag of the red cannons, the baggage train did not move fast.Tong Yangxing was riding on the horse, looking back at the speed of the rear team from time to time, and constantly sending people to urge him.

Fortunately, the coach Dorgon did not send flying cavalry back to urge, it seems that the battle ahead should be smooth.

"Let the back hurry up, and we will rest after passing through the wild boar slope." Tong Yangxing ordered, and several messengers next to him rushed to send orders to the back.

Suddenly, there were bursts of horseshoes sounding like a torrential rain in the distance, rushing towards this side from far to near.

"Array!" Tong Yangxing said in a deep voice with a wave of his hand, his face watery.

The 5000 men and horses behind them immediately mobilized, 2000 men protected the luggage and the red cannons, and 3000 men quickly formed a charging formation.

At the same time, the desolate horn sounded, which was an order to prepare to attack.

Soon, the unknown knights on the opposite side stopped in their tracks, almost instantly, and there was no extra noise. They were obviously a group of well-trained and well-riding men and horses.

"Is Gu Shan Ezhen Master Tong in front of you? We are from Hulugu Haidongqing, and we came to meet in the name of Master Tong."

A person in the opposite horse team suddenly shouted, the voice came through a thin layer of mist, and Tong Yangxing could hear it clearly.

"Go and have a look." Tong Yangxing said to a skinny guy who was following behind him, this guy was the envoy of Tartars who came to Calabash Valley to show off his might.

"Hey!" The man hurriedly agreed, rode out, and ran towards the opposite horse team.

Not long after, he brought back a young man with a beautiful face and a smile on his face: "My lord, this is the bald wolf who is the second head of the Hulu Valley that my servant told you about. Because Hai Dongqing's horse stumbled and injured his horse, so this time it is He led the team here. Kid, hurry up and meet Master Tong."

Jiang Chuan glanced at the skinny Tartar general in front of him, and knew that this was Tong Yangxing, who recognized the thief as his father. Although he felt contemptuous and wished he could chop this shriveled boy with a knife, he also knew that he should not be impulsive at this moment, so he had to endure his nausea and stand up and get off the horse list. He knelt down and respectfully said, "The bald wolf sees Lord Tong."

Tong Yangxing was obviously not very interested in a bandit horse thief, he waved his hand and said, "How many people did you bring?"

"Returning to my lord, there are seven hundred riders in total, all of whom are good players in our village."

"Okay, follow my lord and work hard, and I will give you a good future in the future. If you can be included in the flag, it will be the glory of your ancestors. Go and take your people behind to protect the food and supplies."

Tong Yangxing dismissed the visitor with a few words of encouragement.

The team also lifted the alert and began to move on.

The second leader "Bald Wolf" looked at the slowly advancing team, sneered, turned and returned to his own team, and led the people to rush towards the back silently.

　The third watch arrives, good night everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)