Chapter 422: You can tell by one try. Mysterious gift

Unlike in the Liao Town, the military generals are landlords and soldiers are tenants. In other words, these Liao soldiers can barely rely on their own production to meet their needs, and the imperial court's military pay is just a supplement.

This situation determines that the warlordization tendency of the Liaodong military group is particularly serious. After the Songshan War, the generals of Liaozhen and Jizhen suffered heavy losses, and they changed from being in many directions to a military group of two people. Gao Di, who guarded Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui, who guarded Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan.

The general of Shanhaiguan, Gao Di, and the general of Ningyuan regiment training, Wu Sangui, were equal in official positions, but Wu Sangui had 80,000 soldiers and a large land for tenants. Gao Di's soldiers and horses were less than one-eighth of Wu Sangui's hands, so the level of the ranks were naturally divided.

The combat effectiveness of the Liao soldiers was somewhat stronger than that of the soldiers stationed in Northern Zhili, because they had been outside the pass for a long time and had some combat experience.

All the factors combined together made Wu Sangui become the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, except for Li Meng. If compared carefully with the rabble like Zuo Liangyu, he could even be said to be the strongest warlord of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the shameful defeat of Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang several times. The charges were enough to behead and confiscate the house. However, the court at most demoted Wu Xiang to a civilian. In less than a few years, it would have to be raised with a false official position. It is also because Wu Sangui had enough strength and the court still had to rely on it and could not do anything.

In the past failures of the Qing Dynasty's Tartar Wars, the governors and civil officials, the heroic and capable ministers were killed, and the nerds did not know how to command. As a result, the Ningyuan regiment general Wu Sangui became increasingly uncontrollable.

He had nearly 100,000 soldiers and serfs in his hands, and was still in the key to the transportation between the two countries. It was impossible to ask Wu Sangui to lead the Liao soldiers to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but he thought about relying on his strength to bet and speculate. This is what Wu Sangui was thinking about every day.

Wu Sangui is different from Zuo Liangyu. Although Zuo Liangyu has a noble status and domineering behavior, he has no foundation. Although his troops are numerous, he can obtain food and salary, and his garrison place, etc. are not much different from the thieves in the past. Wu Sangui is a general of Liaodong for generations.

These Liao Town generals occupied a large amount of land outside the pass. In this era, land was the most important capital and property. Liao Town generals could not give up such huge benefits unless someone offered a higher price.

At present, the Ming Dynasty court recognized the generals of Liaozhen, and now recognized Wu Sangui's various interests outside the pass, so Wu Sangui is still content with the status quo.

But the current situation is in turmoil. Wu Sangui is also planning for the future, but before November of the 15th year of Chongzhen, no matter how you look at it, the Qing Dynasty is worthy of surrendering.

In order not to fight on both sides, the Tartars even retreated twenty miles to the defense line arranged in Ningyuan, and reduced the harassment of the cavalry team Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan. In accordance with the previous rules, they sent envoys to promise Wu Sangui various high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and asked him to surrender.

Wu Sangui, the general general of Ningyuan regiment training, felt that the situation was still unclear. If he waited for him, he might get better conditions and promises.

But the Qing Dynasty's statement also received a kind response from him. When the Tartars were empty, they knew that the Tartars went to the pass to plunder and harass them. The Liaozhen soldiers did not take any action. Of course, they were afraid of being beaten for a long time. Perhaps the Liaozhen soldiers did not dare to do anything at all.

After the Qing Dynasty invaded the pass, the troops in Northern Zhili were almost stationed around the capital, and the Tatars' army advanced along the canal, which made the northern part of Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture very peaceful. After the Tartars, everything was as usual, and the news was very convenient.

In the battle in Hejian Prefecture, the Tartars' troops were wiped out. It took twenty days before the capital learned the news. But Shanhaiguan and Liaozhen learned earlier.

What the Tartars were inside the pass directly decided their next move. But the capital set up its own defenses as if it were a turtle shell. It could not enter outside and dared not come out inside. No one knew what changes were going on. Liao Town simply sent its own spies.

There were basically no ups and downs from Hejian Prefecture to Shanhaiguan. There were places like Northern Zhili, and the official roads were well connected. After the war, if there was no fast horse, the news would be known in about five days. However, the battle made the spies who had been following him unable to believe it.

After deliberately pretending to be a poor man who fled to the three guards in Tianjin, he followed the team of laborers to see the pile of Jingguan by the river, he dared to make a judgment that the nearly 40,000 troops of the Tartars were indeed wiped out.

When the spy returned to Shanhaiguan, the first thing he saw was Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan. When he heard the spy say that the 40,000 soldiers of the Qing Tartars were wiped out, Gao Di was stunned for a moment, then he stood up and shouted angrily:

"Damn it, I'm not going to kill me. Now I'll chop you up and feed you to the dog!!!"

If Gao Di had such a big reaction, this spy could understand that unlike the soldiers and civilians in the pass, the soldiers and civilians in the Ji Liao area were as afraid of the Tartars as wolves and tigers, thinking that it was an invincible existence. Suddenly, forty thousand soldiers and horses were wiped out in Hejian Prefecture. Who could believe it?

But Hejian Mansion looked relaxed, and in fact he was very careful. It was difficult to get a certificate. The spy was also a bachelor. He gritted his teeth, took out a dagger, chopped off one of his little fingers, and said in enduring the pain:

"Even if Xiaodi has the courage to do so, he would not dare to tell such a lie to exterminate the clan. Master, Xiaodi's every sentence is true!!"

Seeing the spy so determined, Gao Di believed it three points, took a few steps back and sat on the chair, thinking hard about what kind of strong army in the pass could eat 40,000 troops in one bite? Could it be that the power of the country was so full of power? But after all, the Ming Dynasty's power was so full of power, how could it be possible to not transfer Liao troops into the pass without transferring Liao troops?

After thinking for a while, Gao Di felt dizzy, as if there was a giant in Hejian Mansion. Even if he took a look at it, he would be dizzy.

He still couldn't make the right decision, so he sent his trusted servants to investigate again. Everyone prepared enough horses and dry food to transfer, and kept going day and night, just to bring back credible news as soon as possible. At the same time, the spies who sent back the news were placed in prison and temporarily detained.

The news came back soon. After Shanhaiguan General Gao Dizhong rewarded the spies these two times, he hurriedly sent someone to inform the news to Ningyuan General Training General Wu Sangui.

It is conceivable that Wu Sangui's reaction was that his first thought was whether Gao Di had a conspiracy and wanted to take the opportunity to embezzle his territory, his troops, or something else.

After the news was confirmed, the Ningyuan regiment general Wu Sangui still couldn't believe it. Such a great victory must be reported to the court. As long as the court confirms it, the news will be almost true.

If there is a great victory, I am afraid that neither Gao Di nor Wu Sangui will believe it, because there are too many false acts. The two generals often report to the court, saying that they killed dozens of Tartars' heads in a certain place, which is all fooling people and things. But if it is annihilated, this false act is too difficult to do, and they must have won.

It is much easier to send troops to the capital to inquire about the news. Wu Xiang, the governor of the Central Army Mansion in the capital, will also provide a lot of convenience. The rumors of the capital. All signs of sending the convoy at the head fully prove that the complete annihilation of the Hejian Mansion is true.

The news that Shandong soldiers and horses had wiped out 40,000 Tartars were closely blocked by Gao Di and Wu Sangui, and all they knew were the most trusted people.

Even after asking about the battle through the capital's eyeliner, Wu Sangui and Gao Di racked their brains and couldn't figure out when such a strong army was released in the Ming Pass. Looking at Shandong, there was nothing to praise except in the middle of the north and south Zhili, why did such a strong army come out?

After thinking about it, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wu Sangui and his staff and advisers figured out the result: Perhaps it was not that the army in Shandong was strong, but that the Tartars were too weak. After all, there were only more than 8,000 real Tartars here, and the rest were either Mongolia or Han troops.

Someone said smartly: Perhaps the Tartars were also damaged after the Battle of Songshan. Besides, since the Tartars formed an army, they have never been defeated, and perhaps they are arrogant and lazy. They are no longer a strong army.

Since the Battle of Songshan, the Liaozhen troops led by Wu Sangui have not had any conflicts with the Tartars army for almost a year, and they are at peace with each other. It is really impossible to judge how powerful the Tartars army is. Since they are weaker, they may be able to take advantage of it.

The heads of nearly 40,000 people naturally cannot compare with each other. It is also a glorious thing to kill dozens or hundreds of people here and send the heads to the capital.

What's more, if you can defeat the Tartars to Liaodong, you will be able to occupy more fields here, and you can also gather more Han people from the Qing Dynasty, which will be beneficial and harmless.

At present, the most borders where the Liao troops stationed are the Wanghaitai and Shahe Fort in the northeast of Ningyuan, while the Tartars stationed are the Daxing Fort and Tianqiao lines, with the buffer zones of about fifty miles between the two sides.

The troops led by Daxing Fort was a ginseng leader with a blue flag, with four hundred people from the Eight Banners of the Jurchens, one thousand people from the Eight Banners of the Mongolians, and three hundred Han troops.

If it is stationed in other places, the proportion of the Han army may be higher, but this is a place where the Ming army confronts the Ming army, and the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers account for the majority.

On the 17th day of the first lunar month, Wu Sangui sent a guerrilla under his command to lead 5,000 people to attack Daxing Fort. These 5,000 soldiers and horses knew in advance that tens of thousands of Tartars were annihilated in Hejian Prefecture. The morale was high and they all came to the front line with confidence to win.

The Tartar gang guarding at Daxing Fort saw a large number of Liaozhen Ming troops swarming in. He thought he had read it wrong, and then he excitedly summoned the troops after confirming it.

When the Ming army fought against the Tartars, it was often defeated and there was no time to kill. This was one of the most troublesome things for the Qing army in recent years. Without killing, the future of military merits would be much smaller, and it was even more boring to be stationed on the front line. Every time they led their troops into the territory of the Ming army.

The Liao soldiers were closed and the camps were strictly guarded. Or they fled in scattered places and no one came to fight. Some people had been stationed for three years, and even a single head was not cut off. So the best job for the Qing soldiers now was to conquer Mongolia and to conquer the Ming Dynasty. There were great battles and military achievements were achieved every time.

I don’t know what epilepsy the Ming army in Liao Town had today, and actually came to attack the city. In the eyes of the Qing soldiers in Daxing Fort, this was not the head of five thousand people, but it was clearly five thousand heads of all sizes, all of which were military achievements!

It turned out that when he heard the victory of annihilation of tens of thousands of Tartars in the pass, the Liao Town troops who came over thought that the Tartars would not dare to leave the city and could only defend themselves. When they saw the opponent swaying away from the fortress, everyone was in a sudden attack.

When the Qing army fought against the Liao army, it had not defended first for nearly decades, and this time was no exception. The Jurchens and Mongolia had more than 600 cavalrymen on their horses and drove them forward.

The morale of the Liao Town soldiers was high, but the other skills were not much higher. They were still the opponent's firearms roaring out of range. The momentum was huge, and the effect was almost no.

When the cavalry rushed to the front, only two or three Tartar cavalry were thrown off the horse because of their frightened horses. The biggest harm to the rest was that their throats were sore by the smoke from the firearm.

This has caused the army in Liao Town to riot. The soldiers holding firearms were crowded desperately towards the back, but the soldiers holding long and cold weapons were unwilling to move forward.

Within the effective range of bows and arrows, dismounting and shooting are also a common routine for the Tartars. More than 600 cavalrymen calmly dismounted and took their bows and arrows.

In the first round of arrow rain, the formation of five thousand soldiers changed from commotion to chaos. The leader of the blue flag who led the troops was still confused at this time, and the Ming army was still so idiot. But today they had the courage to take the initiative to attack. What conspiracies were there?

The archery achieved the effect, and six hundred cavalrymen boarded their horses and pulled out their weapons, rushed towards the line where the Ming army had begun to be chaotic. The infantrymen in the rear team also followed.

The chaos in the Liao army's positions quickly turned into collapse, pushing each other and killing each other. Everyone wanted to leave the Shura field sooner and escape sooner.

The Qing soldiers had already rushed into the formation and began to slash and kill, screaming and crying everywhere. The guerrilla leader was unlucky. He was originally a confidant of Wu Sangui, and he also learned that the Qing army had lost tens of thousands in Hejian Mansion, and his confidence surged.

In the past, this guerrilla was always arranged in the rear and wanted to run away first. However, today, due to the surge in confidence, he led his personal soldiers and soldiers to stay in the front, preparing to rush forward and lead the way once. He could also make some face in front of his own leader.

Standing in front. When the team was in chaos, he couldn't run away. Behind him was blocked by headless flies and he started running.

But the Qing cavalry behind him had already rushed to the front, and the guerrillas were quite bloody at the last moment, leading more than a hundred personal soldiers and servants under him to greet him.

This is the only scene that can be called a battle today, but the rebirth of these more than a hundred people did not drive the entire formation to share the same hatred of the enemy. The other soldiers in Liao Town took advantage of this opportunity to escape quickly. More than a hundred people were against more than a thousand people, and it was impossible for any miracle to happen.

The result of the battle came to Wu Sangui that night. He thought that the Tartars' soldiers were in a low morale, so he sent this army to test it. Even if he couldn't get any advantage, he would not suffer any major losses. Who would have thought that the defeat this time was still the same as before, or even worse.

Because when the troops encountered the Tartars, they would run away if they were wrong. Although the troops collapsed, they could run far away before the Tartars' real general attack, with ugly scenes, few casualties.

But this time, because I was a little sure of it in advance, I realized that the Qing Dynasty's soldiers were no longer as strong as before, and I was a little slower when I ran away, and some people even wanted to go forward to fight.

In this way, the casualties will naturally be severe...

Wu Sangui, the general general of the Ningyuan regiment training, was frightened. If the Tartars took advantage of the situation to launch an attack, they might have to barely maintain the situation in Diliao Town, and they would collapse completely.

However, Wu Sangui was extremely lucky this time, because the Qing army stationed in Daxing Fort had no extra power to launch an attack. Then Huang Taiji died suddenly in Shengjing, and the entire Qing Dynasty shrank martial law to prevent any unexpected events from happening.

Naturally, he didn't care about launching a retaliatory attack on the newly defeated Liao Town soldiers. This made Wu Sangui take a breath. This stupid battle made Wu Sangui understand a truth.

The Shandong soldiers and horses of Hejian Prefecture wiped out all the 37,000 Qing army. This shocking and incredible victory was not because the Tartars' soldiers and horses became weaker, but because the Shandong soldiers and horses were particularly strong.

Since Wu Sangui, the general general of Ningyuan regiment training, realized that he had the strength to speculate and place bets, he had been thinking about what forces he and his subordinates were going to to conquer the current forces or gain greater benefits. People like him had no right to their country in their minds.

Before this battle, Wu Sangui had been swaying between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Tartars. He even considered the increasingly turbulent refugees and Cao Cao's side in Huguang, Henan.

In the first month of the 16th year of Chongzhen, the military leaders of Liao Town finally understood who was the strongest territorial force. Liao Town, which was on the front line of fighting against the Qing Dynasty, could realize more deeply how powerful the Shandong army that wiped out tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers was than the others in the Ming Dynasty.

The local generals who are in real power will directly contact Li Meng from Shandong. After all, there will be various inconveniences. Now the capital is in chaos, and Wu Xiang, the governor of the Central Military Office, comes forward, but it is not so noticeable.

Of course, the envoy sent by Wu Xiang was Wu Sangui's confidant general in Liao Town. If he had different names, he could get away with it...

In a sense, even if Wu Xiang, the governor of the Central Army Prefecture, sent someone to visit, it is an extraordinary exception for Shandong.

After the great victory, except for the local officials in Shandong, most of the other people came here were local gentry and clans. These people might be behind a big boss in the court. Perhaps they were civil officials and generals from other provinces and regions, but the names of visits were all made by private contact between the people.

Only when Wu Xiang uses land in the official name, perhaps he feels that this can sincerely express his respect for General Li Meng, Zhendong.

It was different from what Li Meng thought. He thought that the envoy sent by the Wu family might have to show off his identity and use his strength in Liao Town to make a fuss. Unexpectedly, the envoy was very respectful and docile. The team could not be considered small, with about a hundred people and more than a dozen big cars. He spent money to find an inn in Jinan City. During the days of waiting, he would come to the door politely to ask when he could meet the Grand Marshal.

However, I came to the place where I was a nephew of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's cousin. If it were Wu Muhuan, I had no military position and opened a large warehouse in Liao Town. I just made a fortune by relying on the power of my relatives.

For such a role, Li Meng went out to meet him, because he had lost his identity. After Wu Muhuan waited for three days, Yuan Wenhong, the chief clerk of Jiaozhou Camp, came forward to receive him.

If a person who does not understand the rules seems to be a rude person and a small landlord will come here without showing up, it is a rude and despised act.

But for those who know Jiaozhou Camp, the chief clerk Yuan Wenhong came forward. This is already a great face. Although the chief clerk's official position is not high, he is a confidential scholar around General Li Meng of Zhendong. He is a top-notch inner circle figure. When he sees the chief clerk, what he says will definitely be conveyed to General Li Meng of Zhendong.

However, those who can know these are people with status in Shandong, and those with sufficient status must be known.

From Wu Muhuan's performance, we can see that either he had done enough intelligence before coming, or he was ordered by his master to be extremely humble. Judging from Yuan Wenhong's observation, the latter should be more.

Wu Muhuan also had a fifth-rank military general with a title, but after Yuan Wenhong entered the house, Wu Muhuan actually knelt down with a big gift and greeted him respectfully. This shocked the chief clerk Yuan Wenhong and hurried forward to help him up, thinking that this was too unruly.

"Mr. Yuan, my old man and my general sent villains to pay their respects to the general, and wished the general a great victory and mighty man and a great man in the future!"

"Your kindness, Yuan will convey it to my coach, please rest assured!"

The warriors can most clearly recognize the gap in strength. The person sent by Wu Sangui is completely humble and respectful, and treats his family as subordinates everywhere, but there is no situation where he is very self-supporting.

This is the shock and awe brought by the Jiaozhou Camp's extremely strong strength after the great victory. Yuan Wenhong sighed in his heart, but he still responded politely.

The first time the two sides contacted each other was just to express respect and favor. Many words would not go deep into the details, not to mention that neither party was the head of the party, and meeting at this time was just to be polite to each other.

After saying a few words and leaving the gift, Wu Muhuan should say goodbye and leave, but Wu Muhuan, who has always been aware of advancing and retreating, has never said goodbye, and hesitantly said:

"Mr. Yuan, for the first time we came, our Wu family did not dare to neglect it. We specially prepared a heavy gift, but... it would be better for the Grand Marshal to accept this heavy gift himself..."
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