East Factory Governor

Chapter 587
The Tazi soldiers who appeared at this time were naturally the [-] troops brought by Haoge and Azige from Zunhua.

They had arrived last night and had been lying in ambush at the foot of Jingzhong Mountain.There was no ambush at the foot of the mountain, so they ambush in several woods farther away.

This is Fan Wencheng's strategy of "striking from the east to attack the west".

Zunhua City could not be attacked for a long time, and the food and grass of the Jin army were also in crisis. Therefore, on the one hand, Huang Taiji sent 2 people to Qian'an and other places to search for food and grass, and on the other hand, he coveted the Santun camp—because According to intelligence, there are several large granaries in Santunying, and half of the Ming army's rations in Jizhen are in Santunying.

However, Santunying is a fortified city, and there is a general Zu Dashou defending it. If there is a hard attack, the price will be heavy, and it may not even be possible to attack.Huang Taiji had exhausted all he had in this Southern Expedition, and he would feel heartache every time a soldier died, so he didn't dare to move if he was not fully sure.

Just when he was in a state of desperation and hesitation, Mr. Fan Wencheng offered him another plan.This Han, who was determined to be loyal to Huang Taiji, couldn't wait to show his great talent again.

The [-] elite soldiers who came quietly from Zunhua at night played a decisive role in the battle of Santunying!

The quality of Ma Shilong's soldiers is actually quite good, which depends on Ma Shilong's usual training.After being ambushed, they did not disperse or surrender like ordinary guards, but put up a tenacious and organized resistance.

There were not many Tazi soldiers ambushing at the foot of the mountain and in the grass on the side of the road (because there are few places to ambush, and the city of Santunying is relatively flat), only about 5000 people.Therefore, at the beginning, Ma Shilong also tried to command the army to surround them.

But soon he saw something was wrong.Because in the woods two or three miles away, a large number of Tartar soldiers rushed over continuously.Moreover, they do not go straight in a straight line, but outflank them in an arc.

At the same time, there were nearly [-] cavalry galloping towards them!This is a cavalry regiment composed of two thousand Mongolian cavalry and one thousand Tartar cavalry!

Among the Ming army, even the Guan Ning army was no match for the Hou Jin army under field conditions.Although Ma Shilong's soldiers are not bad, they are obviously not as good as Guan Ning's army, let alone the opponent of Hou Jin's army.

He can only immediately lead troops to break through.But the Tartar soldiers are everywhere, how difficult it is to break through!

In the camp of Santun.

After Zu Dashou received the news that Ma Shilong's tribe had been ambushed, he was shocked!At this moment, Santunying was besieged on all sides, and he dared not open the city gate to rescue him.Moreover, the reality is that even if he sends troops to rescue, he can only go and never return.

Zu Dashou decided not to save him.And what he is concerned about now is not whether Ma Shilong can break through, but whether the Santun camp can be held.

The remaining [-] Ma Shilong troops on Jingzhong Mountain were divided into two factions after seeing the general army being ambushed.

One faction believes that there are too many Tazi soldiers, and it would be a death for everyone to save them, so it is better to stick to the top of the mountain and wait and see what happens!The other faction thinks, how can everyone just sit idly by when Ma Zongbing is in trouble?Regardless of whether Ma Zongbing can be rescued or not, as his subordinate, he must not stand idly by at this time!
These generals quarreled fiercely in the room for half an hour, but no one was able to convince the other.

As a result, of course, none of them needed to convince anyone.

Because after half an hour passed, the Ming army had been completely defeated!
Of the 5000 troops, more than 5000 died in battle, more than 7000 surrendered, and many fled and disappeared.

The general Ma Shilong was captured, and the deputy general Wang Shouan escaped by chance, but there were only 80 or [-] people left around him. They dared not go to Santun camp or return to Jingzhong Mountain, so they had to run eastward.

Then the Jin army only suffered more than [-] casualties.

Hauge scored a big win.This is another big victory he has won in Santunying since he chased and killed Zhu Guoyan, the former commander-in-chief of Santunying last time.

He said to Azig vigorously, "Azigbeile, do you think it's possible to go to the Santun camp before it gets dark today?"

Azige chuckled, and said, "Zu Dashou is a mighty general of the Guanning Army. I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with. However, no matter how strong a fox is, it can't beat an eagle. I believe there are young people like you and Dorgon." With talented people here, Santunying will definitely be taken down soon."

Although Azig is only 25 years old, his speech is old-fashioned.

Hauge snorted coldly, "Dorgon? Humph! Without him, I would still win Santunying!"

After the ambush ended, Hauge ordered four thousand cavalry to stay and cruise to deter the remaining Ming troops on Jingzhong Mountain.And he took the remaining [-] or so troops and rushed to Santunying.

After Zu Dashou received the news that Ma Shilong's army had been defeated, he didn't say a word for a long time, his face uncertain.

Zu Dashou in history was a person with a very complicated personality.

During the Ningyuan War in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he was willing to abandon his old nest Juehua Island and ran to the most dangerous Ningyuan to defend the city. In the next year or two, he made great efforts to repel the attacks of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, including his risking his life to lead Four thousand elite soldiers detoured behind the enemy's rear to start a field battle.He also led troops to fight fiercely with Houjin outside Guangqumen in the Jisi Incident. It should be known that in such fierce battles, the general camp had no protection, so the probability of death was very high, but he did not flinch, enough It proves that he should not be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

But on the other hand, during the four-year battle of Dalinghe in Chongzhen, he showed a disgusting side.When Dalinghe City was besieged for three months and ran out of ammunition and food, he killed General He Kegang who refused to surrender, and then surrendered in Kaesong.What is even more incomprehensible is that after surrendering and being treated with the highest courtesy by Huang Taiji, he lied to Huang Taiji that he could lead troops to Jinzhou City as internal support, and thus came to Jinzhou.

After arriving in Jinzhou, this guy immediately turned his face, and immediately organized Jinzhou's army and civilians to deploy defenses to resist the Qing army.But at this time, his son Zu Kefa and others were still mortgaged in Huang Taiji's hands, so he didn't even care about it!
During this period, he rejected Huang Taiji's persuasion to surrender many times, and his determination to resist was very firm.

However, in the 15th year of Chongzhen, when Zu Dashou was trapped in Jinzhou and ran out of ammunition and food, he finally opened the city gate again and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.Moreover, he later wrote a letter to Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan asking him to descend to the Qing Dynasty, but Wu Sangui refused.

On the whole, Zu Dashou may not be a hardcore traitor, but at least he is a utilitarian.When he is not in a desperate situation, he will never surrender, and he is worthy of the title of "General".But when he is in a desperate situation, he will judge the situation and will never do something like "martyrdom with death".

But now, more than 4 Tartar elite soldiers stormed the city, the three camps were in jeopardy, Ma Shilong's reinforcements were defeated, and Yuan Chonghuan's army could not quench his thirst.Moreover, because Santunying had fallen into the hands of Jiannu, Jiannu knew exactly where the secret road in the city led, so the escape route through the secret road had also been blocked.

He seems to have reached a corner.

(End of this chapter)