Ming Empire

Chapter 109 The Plan to Build a Slave

The army led by Duoduo arrived at the city of Datong one day later than Cao Yue expected.

According to the earlier marching speed of the army of founding slaves, they could have arrived at the city of Datong two days earlier, but after they almost reached the front line of the Great Wall, Duoduo's troops were harassed by unknown people again and again, and they paid a relatively high price , which also delayed the trip.

Duoduo knew that after Cao Yue detected the whereabouts of the Qing army, he sent elite troops to harass him along the way in order to slow down the attack speed of the Qing army and cause trouble for him.

This time the Qing army originally wanted to catch Cao Yue by surprise, but it seemed that they were about to miscalculate again.

Doduo had no choice but to report this situation to Dorgon in the rear of the palace, and strictly ordered all the generals under his command to strengthen their guard so that the Ming army would not be able to take advantage of it.However, even if the generals under his command strengthened their guard, they were still attacked by the Ming army from time to time, and they paid a high price, and their speed was greatly delayed.

Duoduo knew that the experience of the Qing army's Southern Expedition this time was somewhat similar to that of the previous one. It was impossible to reach the city of Datong without anyone noticing it, and it was impossible to catch the defenders of Datong by surprise.

Duoduo told Dorgon in detail about the situation of the last southern expedition, including the situation encountered along the way, as well as the situation in the Datong area, including a large number of people being relocated to the city, the army could not find civilians, and food could not be collected, etc. It's all said and done.Now that the Ming army has discovered their whereabouts this time, the same situation will definitely happen. Fortunately, this time is spring, so the war horses don't have to worry about fodder, and the army has brought enough food.

In the end, the vanguard led by Duoduo arrived at the city of Datong "safely".

The special training troops sent by Cao Yue paid a certain amount of losses, but they caused a lot of damage to Jiannu, and more importantly, they delayed their schedule.When Duoduo led the army to the city of Datong, Sun Chuanting and Cao Yue had already made the necessary preparations for the war, and the Datong army lined up neatly guarding the city, waiting for Jiannu's siege.

Duoduo was quite strategic. He knew that the defenders of Datong were ready for the battle, so he was not in a hurry to attack the city. Instead, after arriving in Datong, he took the time to prepare for the attack and bluffed, trying to gain momentum. Overwhelm the Datong defenders.

Five miles away from Datong City, a large area of ​​tents was set up, and a large number of forests around Datong were also cut down, and were used by Jiannu to make ladders and other things for attacking the city.To test the siege and test the depth of Datong is what Duoduo must do. After making preliminary preparations, he also gave the order to siege the city.At this time, Azig's follow-up army was still about half a day away from Datong, and the army led by Dorgon was still about a day away from Datong.

Duoduo did not hand over the task of attacking the city for the first time to the Han army led by Geng Zhongming.

After Geng Zhongming went south with Duoduo last time and almost wiped out his entire army, Dorgon did not execute him, but gave him a chance to make amends, and then sent 1 newly recruited Han soldiers to the army. He directs.

In addition to the original troops, Geng Zhongming still has 2 people under his command. Of course, he really wanted to atone for his crimes in order to gain the approval of his master Dorgon. Dodo rejected it.

Duoduo is aware of the combat power of the more than ten thousand Han army under Geng Zhongming's command. These troops that have just been recruited and most of them are composed of troops who returned from the former Daming army are completely a group of mobs. Arrows and gunpowder were used, but the combat effectiveness of the defenders and the strength of the defense could not be tested. Therefore, Duoduo decisively used the Mongolian Eight Banners as the first attacking force.

The Mongolian Eight Banners under the command of Duduo were led by Chahan of the Korbi tribe.

The Horqin tribe was the first of all Mongolian tribes to form an alliance with Jiannu. Many imperial concubines in the Manchu and Qing royal families were from Hormi, including Empress Zhezhe, Concubine Zhuang Bumbutai and several other concubines Namuzhong, Hailan Zhu and others, it can be said that the women of Keermi filled the imperial palace of the Manchu slaves.After Huang Taiji conquered Mongolia, all the Mongolian tribes were suppressed by Jiading, and only the strength of the Horqin tribe was strengthened.

Now that Huang Taiji is dead, apart from Dorgon, Empress Dowager Zhezhe and Emperor Fulin's mother Bumbutai have the greatest influence on the Manchu government. To maintain the strength of one's natal tribe. **The women married by Ha Chi's second son Daishan and fifth son Mang Gurtai also came from Keermi, so Keermi's status in the Manchu Dynasty is getting higher and higher.

Today's Horqin tribe consists of four tribes, the long branch is led by Ukeshan, Prince of Horqin, the leader of the second branch is Chahan, the third is Sonamu, and the fourth is Manzhu Xili.It may be due to nature. Compared with the Jurchens, the Mongols are inferior in strategy. This should be an important reason why the Mongols, who accounted for a large number of people, were finally conquered by the Jurchens.Although the women of Kermi are all intelligent and beautiful, the IQ of the men seems to be inferior to other tribesmen.

There are very important reasons why Dorgon assigned Chahan to Duduo's forward army, and Duduo ordered his troops to attack Datong first.

Chahan is reckless, irritable, and belligerent by nature.Duoduo ordered his troops to attack the city first, making it clear that Chahan and his [-] Mongolian cavalry would die under the city of Datong.

Dorgon and Duoduo hoped that the destruction of the Chahan tribe would arouse the hatred of the entire Horqin tribe against the Datong Army of the Ming Dynasty, so that they would never have a chance to unite again.Because before that, the Korbi tribe was also a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the leaders of the Korbi tribe had accepted the canonization of the great court. Although the Mongolian tribes have been conquered by the Jurchen, no one can guarantee that in the future, the Mongolian tribes, including Will the most powerful Kormi tribe become the Jurchen's enemy?This move can not only arouse the hatred of the Kormi people towards Ming Dynasty, but also make the Mongols fill the Jurchens with cannon fodder.

But Chahan and the [-] people under his command couldn't understand these things at all, and they were complacent that Duoduo entrusted them with the task of the first battle.Although the four Mongolian tribes and the other three tribes followed suit, whoever made the first attack showed that this tribe was more recognized by Dorgon. As long as they made military exploits, their status would be higher in the future.

The Mongols did not experience the last defeat in Datong. They did not know the strength of the Ming army's firearms, and thought that the Han army's combat effectiveness was too poor, so they ended up in a disastrous defeat.In the last battle of Songshan, although the Mongols were also hit, they did not think that the Ming army was very powerful. The subsequent defeat of the Ming army made them forget the tragedy when they attacked Ru*feng Mountain.

After accepting the task assigned by Duoduo, Chahan was very excited and issued a military order to Duduo, expressing that he would definitely attack the city of Datong and wipe out all the Ming troops who dared to arrive.

While Dodo gloated in his heart, he also politely wished Chahan a victory. As long as Chahan led his troops to attack the city of Datong, he personally asked Dorgon for credit.

With Duduo's words, Chahan and the [-] people under his command became even more excited like chicken blood, wishing to attack the city at night.

(End of this chapter)