Ming Zuo

Chapter 163 Huang Taiji's Response
There are two main points in Zuo Menggeng's misjudgment of the battle situation.

The first point is that he overestimated Houjin's battlefield reaction speed.

He captured Zunhua on the second day of junior high school. He thought that according to the distance, the main force of gold would get the news after the fifth day of junior high school at the latest.

However, I don't know whether to be happy or ironic, the battlefield cover of the rear camp is very good.

As a result, the cities captured by Houjin around Zunhua did not react for a long time.

It wasn't until the fifth day of the lunar new year that Houjin Sanhe's general hadn't received the supplies from Zunhua, so he realized something was wrong.

He quickly dispatched scouts to investigate, only to find out that the King's Banner at the top of the city had changed, and Zunhua had lost it.

In this reconnaissance, three of the five scouts disappeared.

If the scouts in the rear battalion didn't have horses, all five of them would have to confess.

The back road was cut off, Sanhe defender turned pale with fright, and hurriedly sent a message to Liangxiang.In the end, when Huang Taiji received the report, it was already the seventh day of the junior high school.

The extra two days of delay almost caused Geng Ruqi, Geng Zhangguang, Zhang Honggong, Dang Huanchun and others to die for the country.

Zuo Menggeng's second misjudgment was that he didn't expect Huang Taiji's reaction.

Under the city of Liangxiang, in Hou Jinhan's tent, fierce generals gathered, but the atmosphere was oppressive.

When the military news came, everyone was unavoidably panicked.

The occupation of Zunhua means that there is no way back.

At the thought of being left behind in the pass, Hou Jin's senior management became very worried.

The [-]-year-old Huang Taiji has not yet secured his position.

At the beginning, Nurhachi formulated the strategy of the four major Baylors co-administering power, and thus shaped four strongmen.

Although the leadership of the four major Baylors has increased available talents for Hou Jin, Huang Taiji felt constrained everywhere when he first ascended the Khan position.

Among the four major baylors, only the big baylor Daishan supported him.

But Daishan's support is limited.

At the beginning, it was the two sons Yuetuo and Sahalian who persuaded Daishan to understand that it was not the best choice for him to ascend the throne, so he turned to support Huang Taiji.

Except for Daishan, the remaining two Baylors have nothing to say.

Amin is ambitious, and he is not Nurhachi's son, so he has been at odds with Huang Taiji.

Mang Gurtai was rebellious, and he didn't take him as a profuse sweat in his eyes.

In addition, in order to win support, the Eighth National Congress and Shuobei Le jointly discussed the state affairs system, so that Huang Taiji did not have much power in his hands.

After Yuan Chonghuan returned to Liaodong, he just shrank and built a city like a hedgehog, and there was no room for turning around after getting the gold.

As the situation became severe, the people below couldn't help criticizing him, the great Khan.

Huang Taiji knew that the only way to secure his position and hold the power was to lead everyone to an unprecedented victory.

Only by leading everyone to reap the benefits, then everyone will support him loyally.

For this reason, Huang Taiji painstakingly planned a military adventure, which is the change of himself.

The progress in the early stage was very smooth. With the cooperation of the traitor, Hou Jin's attack on the city was very smooth and the results were very rich.But after hitting the capital city, he encountered Yuan Chonghuan's tenacious resistance, and Hou Jin suffered heavy losses.

Although he defeated Mangui's army, Huang Taiji knew that if Yuan Chonghuan was not killed, Houjin would always be in crisis in Gyeonggi.

Huang Taiji's original idea was to temporarily abandon the capital, attack the surrounding areas, mobilize Yuan Chonghuan, and then destroy him in the field.

But as soon as he arrived in Liangxiang, he received good news.

Chongzhen sent Yuan Chonghuan to prison!
Could it be that the Ming emperor was also surnamed Aixinjueluo?

Originally learning that Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, Huang Taiji should immediately lead his army back and spy on the capital again.

But thinking about coming to Liangxiang anyway, I have come here, so I can't return empty-handed, right?In addition, after playing a few games under the capital city, they got nothing, and the military supplies are running out.

So Huang Taiji asked Mang Gurtai to lead Zhenglan Banner to attack the city.

At the beginning, everyone didn't take it seriously, thinking that a mere county town would go down in one go?

This is true in the original history.

It's a pity that there are now more than [-] Shanxi elite troops in the city.

The arrogant Mangurtai suffered a big loss, losing more than [-] horses, and even he himself was shot by an arrow so that he could hang himself.

This time, Hou Jinjun was also angered.

In the next few days, the Eight Banners took turns to fight, but after paying a painful price, they still couldn't do anything to Xiaoliangxiang.

Originally, Huang Taiji didn't want to fight until the seventh day.

After all, he brought the big guy here to rob, not to suffer.If you let the ministries lose too much, it will damage your prestige.

As a result, at this moment, the Zunhua battle report came, and the whole army was terrified.

"Hehe, when he came to the west, the Great Khan said that the way back would be safe. Looking at it now, this Ming Dynasty also has a master."

Mang Gurtai immediately sneered.

He will not let go of any opportunity to hit Huang Taiji.

The young Dodoben also planned to speak, but was stopped by his elder brother Dorgon, signaling him not to stand out.

Compared to the irritable Mang Gurtai, Dorgon is more like a poisonous snake in the dark.

He knew how powerful his fourth brother was.

If you don't want to be killed by this fourth brother, the best way is to endure.

Anyway, he is still young, and he will have many opportunities in the future.

Hauge's eyes were burning, but what he said made everyone laugh.

"Hmph, so what if Zunhua is lost? Just grab it back. Father Khan, please give me five thousand soldiers and horses. Within five days, Zunhua will definitely be captured."

Huang Taiji was very dissatisfied with this son, but on the surface he remained calm.

It was clearly a big crisis, but Huang Taiji remained calm.

In addition to being accustomed to storms and having a firm mind, another factor that makes him calm and calm is that he has a clear understanding of the strength of both the enemy and us.

Zunhua is not important.

The important thing is that this is the main way back.Once the Ming army dispatched soldiers, Houjin would easily have no way out.

The unimportant reason is that if Hou Jin wants to leave the customs, he may not necessarily need to go to Zunhua.

Gyeonggi is flat, so there are naturally many roads.

No matter how many Ming troops there were, there was a limit.In addition, Hou Jin is a cavalry soldier, so he can change the road and march while looting.

The Ming army can't have tens of thousands of people stationed in every place for defense, can it?
What surprised Huang Taiji was, who actually attacked Zunhua without anyone noticing it?

He has deployed countless eyes and ears in Gyeonggi, and even the Ming army is cheating.

This general of the Ming army aroused Huang Taiji's interest.

After all, it is almost impossible to lead an army of nearly ten thousand to hide from Houjin's eyes and ears.

Yes, Huang Taiji also made a mistake in his judgment.

He estimated based on the combat effectiveness of the general Ming army, and the number of Ming troops who captured Zunhua must be at least tens of thousands to break through the city.

However, this matter is not important. The most urgent thing is that the supply of food and grass for the Hou Jin army has bottomed out.Not to mention marching more than [-] miles to get back to Zunhua, maybe I will starve tomorrow morning.

At the critical moment, Huang Taiji once again displayed his super high military talent.

"Order the army to stop the siege without unnecessary losses."

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In today's Houjin, each banner is almost equivalent to the private property of the banner owner, and no one wants to lose too much.

After issuing the truce order, Huang Taiji immediately began to deploy the next step.

"Daishan, Manggurtai, Yuetuo, Haoge, Kurchan, and Baigeyi, you lead the four left-wing banners and go south with the Mongolian troops to Fangshan, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, Yongqing, Bazhou, Dong'an, Raiders in the Wuqing area. The second is to break the city, and the first is to win."

The meaning of this is very clear, let half of the Hou Jin army find a place to feed on the enemy.

At this time, most of the Ming army was near the capital, and the rest of the place was empty, so it was not difficult to loot supplies.

With just one order, all the ministries were overjoyed.

At this time, although Hou Jin had broken many cities in Gyeonggi, most of them were bullying the local lack of defense forces, or they used traitors to support them.

The only real tough battle to siege the city was this time in Liangxiang.

Huang Taiji divided the army into two groups, the left wing went south, and he personally led the right wing to go north, sweeping Baiyangkou, Huailai, Yanqing, Baoan, Chang'an, Wanquandusi and other places.

Most of the poor soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town were transferred to rescue the capital, and the local area was extremely empty.

The Houjin army entered more than [-] cities in succession as if they had entered an uninhabited land, making up for all the losses in Liangxiang and Zunhua.

Huang Taiji's battle plan changed, but made an old acquaintance of Zuo Menggeng miserable.

That is Zhang Zongheng, governor of Datong.

This uncle of Zhang Haogu, like all the governors who were depressed during the Jisi Incident, also had a very difficult life.

Originally, Zhang Zongheng, like Geng Ruqi, also received the imperial edict of King Qin.Not daring to be negligent, he quickly summoned the army and rushed to Gyeonggi.

But as soon as he arrived, before his butt was warm, he received an order to hand over the army he brought to Man Gui.

As for him...

Where did it come from and where did it go back.

After all, Datong is a border town, and Man Gui, the chief soldier of Datong, has already left.If he, the governor, is not in office, if the Chahar Department breaks through and enters, Shanxi will also be corrupted.

After Zhang Zongheng returned to his post, he thought that he only needed to watch over the Chahar Department outside the pass.Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji led an army of tens of thousands to sweep the Xuanfu, and was about to hit Datong.

Zhang Zongheng was about to cry.

He's out of arms now.

It was not easy to guard against the Chahar troops. If Huang Taiji attacked Datong, he would have no choice but to find a rope and hang himself.

In desperation, he quickly asked the court for help, and at the same time organized all the old, weak, sick and disabled, ready to do their best and obey the destiny.

Zuo Menggeng didn't know about Zhang Zongheng's crisis.

Even if he knew, there was nothing he could do. Zunhua and Datong were so far apart that he couldn't fly there.

However, he did not stay in Zunhua, but retreated to the Niujiao Mountain area in the northeast of Zunhua with the captured things and hid.

He felt that for a long time to come, the war would have nothing to do with him.

But unexpectedly, the matter took the initiative to find him.

　What kind of valuables are LPL coaches?

　　How did you win the fourth game? EDG forgot?

　　The fifth game followed the loser's BP, which is far from the big picture!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)