The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 243 Huang Taiji's Decision
In the first month of 1631, because of Huang Taiji's unconventional selection of talents, Han Chinese Wang Tianxiang and Jin Shichang finally built the first red cannon for Houjin after many experiments. Huang Taiji was very happy and ordered people to reward it heavily.

Later Jin cast the words "God Bless the Great General" on the body of the cannon, and engraved the names of craftsmen and supervisory officials. If the cannon production fails in the future, the person will be beheaded.

Later Jin did not have self-made firearms. Since then, they began to manufacture artillery in large quantities, and caught up with the Ming Dynasty in artillery technology.

Huang Taiji also attaches great importance to the South Pass of Lushun now. Since the cannon was cast, he began to send sentry cavalry to the South Pass to investigate.

During this period, I encountered the Ming army on the sentry post many times, and the Ming army almost ran away at the first sight, and did not fight against them.

In February, Houjin collected all the information.

The Ming army built the wall all the way from the South Pass to the west seashore, with a total length of more than ten miles, but there are rivers and mountains in the middle, and the real wall is about six or seven miles, and there are many places where the army cannot march.

The city wall is five meters high, and there is a fort in each mile. There are also cannons on the wall, and there are garrisons. At first glance, the Ming army has at least dozens of cannons.

Hou Jinbing climbed mountains and waded, looked at many places, and found six places where the army could march and attack.

The widest and most suitable for the army to fight is naturally the left front of the South Pass where Azig was defeated last time and fought with the Ming army.

Next, three miles west of Nanguankou, there is a main road. There used to be fields on both sides of the main road, but now they are barren and can be passed by large troops.

But at the end of the road, the Ming army directly blocked it with a city wall without a door. There was a military fort (bastion) on the left side of the road, and a fort on the right side.

After reading the message, Huang Taiji and Azig also gasped.

Ming general Ding Yi is really nothing, all the places where the army can pass are blocked, either they are extremely dangerous, or there are bastions and gun towers.

After the incident, Azig took Zaba and Li Soltai to all the places where they could attack.

When I came back, I felt that the South Gate was the best.

"Or the South Pass?" Huang Taiji looked at them very interestingly, did you want to stand up there the last time Dajin fell down there?
"Back to the big sweat." Li Suitai said: "We have all seen it on the spot, and there is really nothing we can do."

"That Ding Yi is too humble and shameless. Other places that can pass are either on high places, or the roads are relatively narrow, or they are close to the river, which is not conducive to large groups of soldiers and horses rushing up."

"They have a lot of artillery. If a small number of soldiers and horses charge forward in turn, there will be countless casualties."

Fan Wencheng couldn't believe it: "It is said that the city wall he built is six or seven miles long. Can't we attack such a long wall together?"

His idea is to attack directly from the city wall with all the troops, and the Ming army can defend it if it is six or seven miles long?
Azig shook his head: "The terrain on the west side of the South Pass is uneven, and he is building the city wall along the rugged place, and there are not many easy roads to walk."

"It's fine if you want to fight like this. In the early stage, you have to cut forests, level mountains, fill holes, and block rivers, otherwise it will be really difficult to go."

"It will take a long time to prepare, and soldiers and horses cannot be gathered together."

Think about it, his six or seven li long city walls are not connected together.

For example, there are three miles at the South Gate, but the river is on the east and the bastion is on the west.

There is a mountain after three miles, and it is impossible to climb up. The one that can climb is on the side of the Ming army. His city wall blocks the mountain pass at the foot of the mountain, and the Jin army can only stare blankly.

So Azig and the others saw that the most suitable place for most troops to fight at the same time was the South Pass.

If other places were changed half a year ago, the last time they fought with Ding Yi, they could still pass, but now that Ding Yi is given time, it is completely impassable.

For a while, Azig regretted it even more. If he hadn't attacked at the South Pass last year, Ding Yi's wall would have been demolished long ago.

Li Sutai said again: "Our soldiers and horses climbed to a high mountain, looked across, and vaguely saw countless people working behind the city wall of the Ming army."

"Because it's too far away and covered by mountains and forests, I can't see what the Ming army is doing, but if Ding Yi continues to do this, it will really be as solid as gold in the future."

Everyone looked at each other.

This Ming general, Ding Yi, is very good at defending, he is the top defender of the city, and he is very insidious.

Let him continue to toss like this, and Lushun will never be able to win in the future.

Azig even doubted that if you asked Ding Yi to guard a mountain, he could hollow out a mountain, believe it or not.

After hearing this, Huang Taiji thought carefully for a while, and finally said: "This place in Lushun can only go to the hinterland of Dengzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and it is my Dajin territory."

"It is really important to be able to attack Phi Island in the east."

"In the future, my Dajin will have a naval division, able to attack in advance and defend in retreat, and can wipe out all the troops of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong. This is absolutely not allowed to be occupied by Ming general Ding Yi."

Everyone nodded, feeling that Ding Yi was a threat.

The last time Dajin entered the customs, Ding Yi claimed that Jinzhou would be taken down by fire and robbery. Next time he enters the customs, it is possible for him to attack Fuzhou and Gaizhou again.

It is simply a thorn in Hou Jin's side, a thorn in his flesh, and must be pulled out.

Huang Taiji patted the table for the last time: "That's it, we Dajin, if we fall down, we will stand up from there."

"I didn't enter from the South Pass last time, so I have to enter from the South Pass."

"The Khan is wise." All the generals kowtowed in unison.

As long as Huang Taiji made the decision to kill Ding Yi, no matter how many holes Ding Yi dug, it would be useless.

Then Huang Taiji summoned Baylor, the banner owners of the Eight Banners, and the Han and Mongolian ministers and generals to discuss the matter of attacking the South Pass.

Finally, it was agreed that [-] troops would be sent in May, divided into three groups, [-] to attack the South Pass, and the other [-] to be divided into two groups, one to attack another bastion, and the other to find other places that could be attacked.

The South Gate is the main attack, and the other two are to disperse Ding Yi's troops.

After all, they believe that Ding Yi's soldiers and horses are definitely not as rich as Da Jin's.

They are divided into three sections, which can effectively disperse Ding Yi's troops.

At the same time, Tong Yangxing was ordered to cast more than [-] Hongyi cannons in mid-May.

At that time, with more than 20 Hongyi cannons, they bombarded the South Pass to death.

While Ding Yi was discussing attacking Fuzhou in Lushun, he never expected that Huang Taiji was also planning to preemptively attack the South Pass.

But because the cavalry he sent to train outside often met Houjin soldiers, Ding Yi also knew that Houjin was paying attention to this side during this time.

He stepped up the patrol on the front line of the South Pass, and a large number of soldiers and horses also gathered here.

Of course, he hoped that the delay would be as late as possible. The longer the time, the more guns he had and the more soldiers he would have.

In mid-May, Dajin cast nineteen cannons, plus one in the first month, and now Houjin has twenty Hongyi cannons.

After trying the cannon, Huang Taiji was full of energy and began to dispatch troops.

On the 20th, 21 Mongolian cavalry were recruited, and 22 Han troops were assembled on the 40st. After counting troops on the 3nd, 29 soldiers from the Golden Eight Banners were recruited, with a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses. Because the Mongolian cavalry came slowly, they probably had to wait until the [-]th. Only then can we join forces in one place.

Just when Huang Taiji was about to send troops in one fell swoop to break Lushun.

Suddenly heard a bad news.

On the side of Sun Chengzong of the Ming Dynasty, the Daling River was about to be built.

Damn, after hearing the news at the scene, the ministers of Houjin Gebeile cursed one after another.

Huang Taiji also had black lines on his face.

(End of this chapter)