Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 709 Luofengtai and the coming of the strong wind (Part )
"What's going on? I have repeatedly ordered all the alliances and flags to gather at the Keshiketeng Banner. The Zhelimu League and the Zhuosuotu League far away have all arrived. The Zhaowuda League is the closest. Why can't we gather all our troops yet? Horse?" Wu Keshan became anxious and shouted at Gonchuk, the leader of the Zhaowuda League. He was the eldest brother of the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng and the uncle of Emperor Shunzhi. He was quite prestigious among the Mongolian nobles. Seeing his anger, Gunchuk was so frightened that he did not dare to raise his head. He said quietly: "I have already informed Ban." Prince Di, Prince Mazike, and Gunbuyil have not arrived in Taiji for some unknown reason."

Bandi and Mazike are the two Doro princes of the Aohan tribe. One is in charge of the right wing banner of Aohan, and the other is in charge of the left wing banner of Aohan. At that time, the Aohan tribe and the Naiman tribe were both subordinates of Lin Dan Khan, and they were equally powerful. Bandi and Mazik were dissatisfied with Gunchuk of the Naiman tribe being the leader of the Zhaowuda League, and they had never been very willing to accept Gunchuk's control. The Left Wing Banner of Khalkha comes from the branch of the Zasak Tuhan Tribe of the Khalkha Mongols and the Tuohite Tribe. Gunbu Ilden is the third son of Shuolei Ubash, the Khalkha Mongolian God of War. During the Khalkha-Mongolian civil war, Great Khan Lianhua took advantage of the situation and defeated the Hetuohite tribe. He led his tribe to defect to the Manchus and was placed at the junction of the Zhaowuda League and the Zhelim League. After the Tengjisi Incident, the Qing court felt that the Mobei tribes were arrogant and unruly, and they were not at ease with the surrendered Mobei tribes, so the title they conferred on Gunbuyil was not high, but a first-class auspicious title. Gonbuyilden was naturally unhappy and deliberately delayed coming to meet him.

"This is unreasonable! What do they take the emperor's oracle for? Send my military orders, and they will not arrive for half a month, and military law will be engaged!" Wu Keshan was furious, and immediately ordered people to ride fast horses to deliver orders to the Aohan Department and the Left Wing Department of Khalkha. The military orders were overwhelming. After all, these two tribes were not far from the areas controlled by the Qing army. Although Bandi, Mazike, and Gonbuyilden were reluctant, they did not dare to disobey the Qing Dynasty. Came with three thousand soldiers and horses.

In this way, Wu Keshan gathered a coalition of 30,000 troops from various Monan Mongolian tribes in Keshiketeng Banner, sharpening their swords and preparing to attack Chahar. It was impossible for the Chahar House of Ten Thousand Households not to notice such a huge battle. Nagat, the head of Ten Thousand Households, and Tumian Abu Nai sent fast horses to the Lotus Khan for help.

After receiving the urgent letter from them, Suletan murmured in his heart, what if he leads the army to leave Datong to attack Taiyuan, and this group of enemy troops steals his retreat? But if we go north to defeat this group of enemies first, we will definitely waste time by going back and forth.

When we were in a dilemma, another piece of more unfavorable news came: the Qing government appointed Bahana, a bachelor of the Secretariat, as General Anbei, and Darhan, the commander of the capital, as deputy general Anbei. He led 20,000 Mongolian and Han Eight Banners troops to join them. The Monan Mongolian Xilin Gol League's five divisions and ten banners, with 10,000 troops and 30,000 combined troops, crossed the Xilin Gol grassland and attacked Guihua City. This group of Qing troops came with great force. In just one day, they defeated the defenders of Qianhu Mansion under Siziwang Banner and reached the gates of Guihua City. The fourth prince, Prince Jin Ergalang, who was guarding the city, kept sending messengers to ask for help from himself and Monan Wanhu Mansion, and urgent letters came one after another. Although most of the elite troops of the Sizi King Banner were wiped out by Sultan when they first entered Monan, when the Monan Wanhu Prefecture was established, Sultan ordered people to recruit a group of soldiers from the Sizi, Wulat, Maoming'an, and Khalkha Right Wings. Fifteen hundred warriors served as local defenders and stationed at Siziwang Banner in the north of Guihua, and built a military fort to help guard Guihua City. With 1,500 men and a military fortress to rely on, they were captured in just one day. The enemy's combat effectiveness was extraordinary.

"I don't understand something. It's clear that the Eight Banners force has been transferred to Yunnan and Guizhou. Where did Shunzhi'er get the 20,000 Banners? Did he ignore the safety of the capital and transfer all the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing?" Lotus Khan asked Hada with a frown. , Hu Lianqi, Bobei, and Harahuli people.

"Your Majesty, the capital is the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty. The puppet emperor Shunzhi would never dare to mobilize a large number of Eight Banners stationed in Beijing. The 20,000 Eight Banners are estimated to be mainly composed of the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Han Army," Hu Lianqi said.

Sultan nodded first, then shook his head, "Even if we include the Eight Banners Mongolian and Eight Banners Han troops, the number is limited. Moreover, the Eight Banners Mongolian and Eight Banners Han troops were also transferred to Yunnan and Guizhou in large numbers, and there are definitely no 20,000 troops."

"Could it be that the enemy is bluffing?" Bobe asked.

Sultan shook his head again, "That's not right. If it's a bluff, how can you explain that they captured the military fortress built by our army and stationed with 1,500 people in one day?"

"Great Khan, I heard that the Manchu nobles, like our Mongolian nobles, like to keep slaves. Each family has a large number of slaves with children. Many of these people fought in the customs when they entered the customs, and they were quite fierce. Could it be that the pseudo-emperor took the nobles' families into their own hands? Have all the slaves been conscripted into the army?" Hada, the head of the Wuyi Guards, suddenly said. As expected of someone who came from an intelligence background, he actually analyzed the matter to a very close degree.

Of the 28,000 bannermen under Bahana, 15,000 were composed of domestic slaves of the Manchu nobles. There were only 5,000 real Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners soldiers, organized into three Jia La, 4,500 people, and another 5,000. One hundred people served as officers to command the domestic slaves. At this time, the Qing army had only entered the customs for more than ten years. Many of the domestic slaves had been on the battlefield, and some had even served as their master's personal soldiers. Although the army was hastily assembled, their combat effectiveness was not weak. However, these people are not easy to deal with. They are very arrogant and domineering with the support of their respective masters. Although Bahana was highly respected, he chopped off several heads in succession to calm the group. In order to improve the morale of this group of people, Bahana, who is good at leading troops, also fabricated the lie that Lotus Khan of Weiguo had hidden five million taels of silver and a large amount of treasures in Guihua City, which stimulated them to try and wanted to fly there immediately. Guihua City has a special robbery. Suletan's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Well, that's 80% true. In this way, this Qing army is Shunzhi's last mobile force. As long as they are eliminated, he will no longer be able to mobilize many troops to counterattack! "

"My slave thinks so too," Hada responded.

"Who is Bahana, the Anbei general of the Qing army?" Sultan changed the subject again.

Hada thought for a while and said: "Return to the Great Khan, this Bahana is the descendant of Suo Chang'a, the third brother of Jingzu Juechang'an of the Aisin Gioro family. This man joined the army when he was young, followed Huang Taiji in all directions, and participated in the customs , the crusade against Zhang Xianzhong, the suppression of the Jiangwan Rebellion and many other wars were quite remarkable. However, because of their attachment to Dorgon, the pseudo-emperor Shunzhi put him aside after taking office. The slaves once wanted to use the contradiction between him and the pseudo-emperor to surrender to him, and they almost After some testing, I found that this person was very loyal to the Qing court and did not dare to implement it."

"Well," Suletan stroked his beard with satisfaction, and then asked, "Where is Anbei's deputy general Darhan?"

"Thanks to the Great Khan, Darhan is the nephew of Shi Tingzhu, a veteran Manchu general. Shi is originally a Manchu, and his Manchu surname is Guarjia. Shi Tingzhu served as a garrison in Guangning in the Ming Dynasty. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he made many military exploits and served as a man with a red flag. The army is strong in the mountains and Ezhen. Darhan followed his uncle in the war at a young age, and he is quite capable of fighting." He is worthy of being the head of ten thousand households in the Wuyi Guard, and he is very familiar with generals with combat experience in the Qing army.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Suletan was very satisfied, praised him, and finally made up his mind, "Guihua City is the foundation of our army. It has a large amount of military supplies and equipment, and it must not fall into the hands of the Qing army. I mean First clear the siege of naturalization, and then go south to Taiyuan."

"The Great Khan's Holy Ming", "Your Majesty's Holy Ming"... everyone chanted in unison. Over the years, they have followed the Lotus Khan to win one victory after another, and they have long regarded him as the God of War in Oirat.
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"Military report! Weiyuan Route Commander of the Qing Army, David Fan, harassed Hukou and was defeated by His Highness the King of Liao at Shuanggou Dun. His Highness the King of Liao took advantage of the victory to attack and even defeated Weiyuan and Pinglu Guards. David Fan could not survive. Flee to Pianguan." Just when Sultan was about to lead his army back to support Guihua City, he received another military report.

"How wonderful! I only gave the King of Liao 8,000 troops. Unexpectedly, he not only captured the tiger's mouth, but also captured Weiyuan and Pinglu. In this way, our army's situation in Datong will become more proactive! "Sultan was overjoyed. This incident reminded him that even though the Qing army in Shanxi seemed to be large in number and scattered in various places, not to mention that Hong Chengchou had transferred a large number of elites from the Shanxi Green Camp, why not send a partial division to attack Taiyuan while returning to support Guihua City? Success is the best, and failure will not affect the overall situation.

Thinking of this, he suddenly became enlightened and ordered Liao King Sumur to leave more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard the two guards of Shahukou, Weiyuan and Pinglu, and led his 4,000 soldiers and horses to go south to attack Taiyuan. Suddenly he felt that Taiyuan's strong city, 4,000 people Too few, and 4,000 soldiers and horses from General Talbahatai's Guards, 3,000 surrendered troops under Datong Counselor Zheng Guoyin, Zhumalu Counselor Li Yingming, and Shanyin garrison Sun Zongkai were allotted to Sumur's command. Most of the subordinates of Zheng Guoyin, Li Yingming, and Sun Zongkai were composed of surrendered and captured Qing troops. Their combat effectiveness was average, and they could be used to prop up their appearance. Then, he ordered Qianhu Elinqin Batur to lead 6,000 elite troops to garrison Datong Town, while he personally led 60,000 troops to return to Guihua City to aid.

(End of this chapter)