Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 708 Transporting heroes is not free

Hou Jin's actions can be described as straightforward, from the launch of the attack to the sweeping of the military fortresses outside Jinzhou, it took only a few days.In just a few days, 10 to [-] officers and soldiers of the Guan Ning Army and civilian husbands and military households were captured and became slaves in clothes. The fortresses built by the Guan Ning Army at a cost of several [-] taels of silver and the fields reclaimed were all destroyed. Years of hard work and nothing.After clearing away all the possible places outside Jinzhou City and all the things that could be looted, the Hou Jin army swaggered back in front of Zu Dashou, without paying attention to the Guan Ning army at all.

The Guan Ning army stationed in Jinzhou City, Songshan, Xingshan and other important places watched the Houjin army retreat with countless spoils under their noses, and none of them moved like a mountain.For them, this is the correct way to open the game dungeon. Like Hou Jin who was trapped in the Shenyang area, unable to enter or retreat, this situation was very strange to them, and they were at a loss as to what to do.However, it was a wise choice for them not to pursue them, because Zhenghuang Qi, the most powerful Houjin, was ambushing on the Daling River, waiting for them to come and pursue them.

After the Jin army withdrew to Dalinghe City, Dorgon and Daishan went to the camp to meet Huang Taiji in person.

Now the fat old man is much thinner, Hou Jin's worsening situation made him restless, and even his hair turned gray a lot. When he saw Dorgon and Dai Shan come in, he smiled rarely, and asked, "So soon?" Just back? Did the trip to Jinzhou go well?"

Dorgon said respectfully: "King Hui Khan said, my younger brother led [-] armored soldiers to go straight to the city of Jinzhou and provoke him in every possible way, but Zu Dashou didn't dare to go out of the city to fight, and my younger brother had no choice but to withdraw first. Although the trip to Jinzhou went smoothly, it failed to deal a strong blow to Guan Ning's army. This is a dereliction of duty. Please punish the King Khan!"

He said he was asking Huang Taiji to punish him, but his face was full of complacency. It didn't look like he was pleading guilty?It is clearly an invitation for credit.

Huang Taiji was a little surprised: "Zu Dashou won't even leave Jinzhou City?"

Dai Shan said, "He refuses to take an inch of his life. No matter how much I wait to provoke him, it's useless."

Huang Taiji asked: "What about Wu Sangui? It is said that he personally led thousands of soldiers to the aid of Jinzhou. Although this man is young, he is quite brave. Zu Dashou dared not go out to fight. He must have shown something, right?"

Dorgon said: "I did see the Wu family's flag on the city wall, but Wu Sangui didn't show up either."

Huang Taiji was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Sure enough, it's still the Guanning Army, and it's really the Zu Dashou! With such rats sitting in western Liaoning, Shengjing should be as safe as Mount Tai!" What's going on around here?"

Jierhalang said, "There is no movement."

Huang Taiji frowned: "Didn't Yang Menglong arrive in Lushun a long time ago? This man is so belligerent. Knowing that our army is attacking Lushun, can he hold his breath?"

Ji Erhalang smiled wryly: "According to the military information sent by the fast horse from Yingkou, Yang Menglong is indifferent to the war in Jinzhou, and only cares about training the Dongjiang Army all day long!"

Huang Taiji was startled, and sat down slumped as if his heart had been pierced by a bullet. His face turned pale, and he murmured: "Drilling the Dongjiang Army...he personally drilled the Dongjiang Army..." He kept repeating these two sentences, The breathing became heavier and heavier, as if a noose was slowly tightened around his neck, making him unable to breathe.Dorgon and Daishan also stared at each other in horror, both of them looked horrified.

Yang Menglong personally drilled the Dongjiang Army!

With the current equipment and financial resources of the Dongjiang Army, under Yang Menglong's training, it will soon become a powerful force like the Denglai New Army. From then on, Jin will have another formidable enemy!The most frightening thing is that the hatred of the Han people in Eastern Liaodong towards Hou Jin is deep in their bones. Once the Dongjiang Army has formed a fighting force as strong as the Denglai New Army, will they still hide in Lushun honestly like before?I'm afraid that the entire Liaodong Peninsula will never have peace!
Every time a new army is formed, the balance of war will be tilted towards the Ming court.The Ming court will become stronger with more and more wars, and the capital of later gold will become less and less.From North Korea to Lushun to the Ningjin defense line, and then to Xuanfu and Datong, a net invisible to the naked eye is gradually tightening, strangling the vitality of Houjin.The most frightening thing in this net is not the Xiongguan fortresses, but the fierce and sharp new army of Ming Dynasty!
Dorgon gritted his teeth and said loudly: "King Khan, you must not let the surnamed Yang train with peace of mind! I am willing to lead the main force of the two white banners to Liaodong to find fighters. Even if they can't destroy the Ming army gathered in Fuzhou, they can at least delay them." train!"

Jierhalang said: "Slaves are willing to go too!"

Huang Taiji shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Forget it, it's freezing cold, so it's really inappropriate to go on an expedition to Lushun. Let's go back to Shengjing first. After returning to Shengjing, we will distribute the grain and cotton cloth we seized, so that we can go back to Shengjing." Have a good year everyone, recharge your batteries and make plans for next year!"

Dorgon was in a hurry: "King Khan, this opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again!"

Huang Taiji sighed: "I don't think you can find any flaws from Yang Menglong to defeat the enemy... Besides, the biggest threat to Dajin right now is not the Lushun Dongjiang Army, but the Tianxiong Army that has annexed the entire Mongolia. Try to stop the expansion of Tianxiong Army in Mongolia, otherwise Daikin will lose the whole Mongolia!"

Dorgon closed his eyes in pain, his fists hidden in his sleeves were already clenched to the point where his veins were exposed.

Houjin has never been so passive before!

For the entire past year, Houjin had been in a state of confusion. The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Lushun was like a fierce uppercut that made stars appear in their eyes and the world was spinning.When they finally struggled to get out of this extremely heavy blow, staring at the Ming army's defense line with wolf-like eyes, looking for opportunities for revenge, news came that the Tianxiong army had expanded to Mongolia and defeated the Mongolian coalition. Bad news, and then...then they're in a state of confusion again.The intention of the Tianxiong Army to advance into Mongolia could not be more obvious. Yes, it is to cut off the branches on the towering tree of Hou Jin and shake the foundation of Hou Jin. Once they succeed, the consequences will be disastrous!At that time, Abatai, Dorgon and others roared to lead their troops to move westward and go to Mongolia to fight back the Ming army. However, the smuggling channel was blocked by the Tianxiong army for a long time and they missed the opportunity. At that time, even the city of Shenyang was suffering from famine. , mobilizing tens of thousands of troops to conquer Mongolia at this time is definitely not a wise choice!

Now that Jinzhou was blitzed, Houjin finally got rid of the endless blows and got a little compensation from Guan Ningjun.However, the best opportunity has already been missed. The extremely bad weather doomed Houjin to be unable to expand the results of the war.On the surface, Houjin is still invincible, but in fact, he is already in danger, walking on thin ice, and if he is not careful, he will fall to pieces!

There were only three new armies in Ming Dynasty, the largest Tianxiong army was only 4 to 4000, the Heluo army was [-], and the Denglai army was less than [-]. It's so embarrassing!The most terrible thing is that it is said that the Sichuan Baigan soldiers are also preparing and training the new army with the help of the Heluo New Army. The Tianxiong Army is vigorously recruiting Mongolian youths to organize and train the new attached army. Now Yang Menglong is personally training the Dongjiang Army. It is foreseeable that Next year, Houjin's life will only be more difficult!

After thinking through this layer, the joy of victory has long since disappeared, leaving only endless fear and confusion.

What exactly happened here?Why did the situation of the invincible Eight Banners of Manchuria suddenly become so difficult?Why did the Ming army, which was retreating at the last glance, become so difficult to deal with, and even had the ability to put Houjin to death?
don't understand don't understand don't understand...

With fear and confusion about the future, the Hou Jin army broke out of camp and left Dalinghe City, returning to Shenyang in a mighty manner.Ordinary soldiers were still intoxicated in the joy of being invincible, boasting of their bravery on horseback and laughing at the cowardice of the Ming army, but the hearts of Huang Taiji, Dorgon and others were clouded.

Hou Jin withdrew so simply, which greatly exceeded Guan Ning's expectations.However, this also provided them with better materials. With their collective efforts and ingenious writing, a good report with vivid words that would fly off the paper was freshly released: Under the personal command of the slave chief Hong Tai, he came all the way along the Daling River to kill and loot. Wherever he went, the army camped and burned them, the old and the weak slaughtered them, and slaughtered countless soldiers and civilians. The killings were indescribable.I, the soldiers of Jinzhou, were not afraid of the strong enemy, and resolutely went out of the city to form a formation to fight to the death with Jiannu. The cannons were fired in unison, and the cavalry charged across the battlefield. Master Zu took the lead and took the lead. The arrows on his armor were like hedgehogs, and he was covered in blood. He was so arrogant that he shouted for a fierce battle and killed him himself. Encouraged by more than ten enemy generals, the soldiers of Jinzhou fought to the death without retreating. In the end, the slave chieftains fled. The enemy's corpses were over ten thousand, and they were defeated. Our army then covered and killed them for more than [-] miles, lost all their land, and returned...

Look, how vividly it was made up, even the person who made it up almost believed it was true.This good news was sent to Beijing together with the more than 600 heads at the fastest speed. The next thing everyone has to do is to wait happily for the imperial court's reward. After such a big victory, the imperial court will have to get some 10 taels Come out with silver, do you mean something?People with connections stepped up to clear their joints, intending to take advantage of the wind to improve themselves to a higher level, a level and a half.Even Wu Sangui, who only had a face-to-face meeting with Hou Jin across the city wall, was also honored. In the victory report, Zu Dashou attributed half of the first rank to him. It can also let the court see that Guan Ningjun still has such a young general.

Doesn't everyone look a little happy?
The only one who is not happy is Zu Kuan.Zu Dashou divided up the heads he finally won, and he didn't say anything, just watched the generals of the Guan Ning army blushing for the hundreds of heads, and a group of literati got together to explain their words Discretionary sentences concocted a great victory that did not exist.He was very enthusiastic about all this before, he was familiar with the road, and he never tired of it, but now he has nothing but nausea.

We clearly have the ability to compete with Jiannu, and even beat them head-on, leaving their corpses scattered all over the field, and using a mountain of heads to prove our strength, why do we make a big fuss about hundreds of heads in the district? A ridiculous lie that wiped out more than ten thousand enemies?Could bragging be able to blow Hou Jin to death! ?If I had known this before, I should have entered the customs with the second and third masters and joined the Tianxiong army!After joining the Tianxiong Army, it is certainly not as good as being in charge of a thousand cavalry alone in Jinzhou, but a group of the best soldiers can cross the Great Wall together, beat the Mongolian Tartars, and open up territories in Hetao Pingyuan. This is the real name that will last forever Isn't his achievement a thousand times better than wasting time in Jinzhou City, watching Jiannu show off his power in front of him!

He was gloomy in his heart, but he couldn't tell others, because after Hou Jin withdrew, he was promoted by half a rank. Although he was a senior official, he lost the power to command the Lancers.The Battle of Shizipo made Zu Dashou realize the strength of this cavalry, and such elites naturally had to be in the hands of his own family.As a result, Zu Kuan was promoted by half a rank, Zu Dacheng was demoted by a rank, and became the commander of the Lancers. In other words, Zu Kuan was emptied.

(End of this chapter)