Chapter 642 Target! Dongjiabao!

Since it is an attack, the one who is dispatched is the infantry, and the cavalry is responsible for covering the cover.

In Haoge's hands, there were twenty-five Niulu Manchurian cavalry, a total force of 7,500, a total of 10,000 indigenous infantry, a 10,000 Han flag, and a 5,000 Korean minions. No matter from any perspective, such a force is definitely considered strong. It can be seen how much Huang Taiji cares for his son.

In addition to expanding the Yellow Banner's troops to twenty-five Niulus, and all of them were fully equipped with so many troops to Haoge, it was indeed unprecedented. In terms of the number of troops, the troops of Haoge occupied one-third of the total strength of the Jin army this time. Obviously, Huang Taiji had high hopes for his eldest son.

For a long time, turning the Great Jin Kingdom into Huang Taiji's own family was his usual goal. He was unwilling to share power with others, and he was even more unwilling to pass the Khan throne to his brothers. Especially the brother named Dorgon. He wanted to pass the Khan throne to his son. Among his sons, the best one was his eldest son Haoge.

Therefore, while Huang Taiji tried his best to weaken Dorgon's strength, he also tried his best to strengthen Haoge's strength. The original strength of the Yellow Banner was not very good. With Huang Taiji's efforts, he has now become the strongest banner besides the Zhenghuang Banner. As long as Haoge's military achievements are basically on par with Dorgon, he can rely on his own power to defeat Dorgon, and pass the Khan throne to Haoge a hundred years later.

The imperial seal has been obtained, and Huang Taiji's preparations for the emperor are also in full swing. If there is no accident, the task of becoming emperor will be completed this year. As long as the emperor is successful, the Great Jin Kingdom will be nominally on par with the Ming Kingdom. For the Ming Kingdom, the imperial seal may not be important. However, for the Great Jin Kingdom, the imperial seal is very important. Because the imperial seal can bring legitimate reasons to the establishment of the Great Jin Kingdom.

If it weren't for Zhang Zhun's appearance or the continuous harassment of the Hu Ben Army, Huang Taiji would have devoted himself to the preparations for the emperor. Huang Taiji, who is keen on learning Han culture, was already a little tired of the word "Khan". He even hoped that the people under him would call him "Emperor" or "Your Majesty" seriously in front of him, which would be the real Nine Five Lords.

Huang Taiji's hatred for Zhang Zhun and the Hu Ben Army was not only a loss of strength from the Great Jin Kingdom, but also the reason why Zhang Zhun disturbed his dream of becoming emperor. Yes, Zhang Zhun disturbed his dream of becoming emperor. It was like a child who was about to get a toy but found that he was slapped. Can he be happy?

Fortunately, Huang Taiji quickly reacted and decided to eliminate Zhang Zhun first. As long as this battle was won, the world would never dare to tease the Great Jin Kingdom again. Other officials of the Ming Kingdom were already afraid of him. Mongolia and North Korea had also surrendered. They had the power of victory to defeat Zhang Zhun and would naturally have no resistance to become emperor.

Zhang Zhun's reply also made Dorgon feel very angry. Zhang Zhun's reply had nothing to say, just returned his handwritten letter intact. However, there were yellow water stains on the letter paper. Huang Taiji didn't know what it was, and carefully studied it with Jirgalang, and finally concluded that it was: it was urine!

Excessive!

It's really too much!

Zhang Zhun actually urinated on his own handwritten letter and then returned it!

I have seen bullying people, but I have never seen bullying people like this! How could such rude things have happened throughout the ages? In Huang Taiji's opinion, Zhang Zhun is simply a gangster, a gangster, and a rogue, and he doesn't even understand the most basic etiquette! Sadness, it's really so sad. Even such a gangster, gangster, and rogue can become an opponent of the Great Jin Kingdom! Huang Taiji felt that he was going to be angry.

Of course, Huang Taiji would not have thought that his handwritten letter was completely caused by Zhang Zhun's child because of the disaster. However, is there any difference here? No. Zhang Zhun knew that Huang Taiji's handwritten letter had soaked in urine, but he also returned it, and it was almost the same as if he had urinated. Fortunately, Gao Hongtu and Zhang Shenyan didn't know, otherwise, they would have been stunned.

"rogue!"

"Russ!"

"Robber!"

Jirgalang, who has always been seldom angry, couldn't help but get angry.

Zhang Zhun's approach is really too unfair to take Jin Dynasty seriously, and even to treat Jin Dynasty people as humans! He has seen those who despise people, but has never seen those who despise people so much! They swear that once Zhang Zhun is caught, he must lick the urine on the letter paper!

According to Haoge's deployment, the first round of attack waves of the Great Jin army was a total of 3,000 indigenous infantry, 5,000 Han flags, and 5,000 servants. Under the cover of the red cannons, the Han flags and the Korean servants quickly stepped forward with various siege equipment and set up a ladder. The indigenous infantry followed closely behind and climbed up the ladder, trying to open the breakthrough as soon as possible. The other 7,000 indigenous infantry were used as reserves.

Once the vanguard successfully opened the breakthrough, these 7,000 indigenous infantry would swarm forward and join the battle for the breakthrough. These indigenous people from all the wild places were bloodthirsty guys. They would kill people wildly, plunder, and crazily destroy everything that blocked their eyes. As long as the breakthrough was opened, the demise of the Hu Ben Army would be a foregone conclusion.

In the history of the Great Jin Kingdom, it seems that the record of being counterattacked by the defenders before the city was broken. Every time the Tartars attacked the city, it ended suddenly when they opened the breakthrough. Because after the breakthrough was opened, there was no suspense in the subsequent battle. Even the original Shanhaiguan General Zhao Shujiao, who was so brave, was still powerless to turn the world back after the breakthrough was opened.

After the defeat of the Huangxian War, the senior officials of the Great Jin Kingdom once summarized the experience and lessons of the great defeat in Huangxian based on the information they received. The most critical one is that they were unable to quickly open the breakthrough. If they could not open the breakthrough, a large number of Great Jin army warriors were blocked under the city wall and were killed and injured by the Tiger Ben Army in vain. The longer the delay, the more casualties were.

At that time, Dorgon did not pay enough attention to Huang County, so he adopted the wrong team configuration, with attack troops in front and siege equipment behind. As a result, when the siege troops arrived under the city wall, the siege equipment had not yet come up and could only be killed in vain. If the siege equipment was ahead, first arrive under the city wall of Huang County, first set up the ladder, and the siege troops behind quickly followed, stepped on the ladder and climbed up desperately, I believe the defenders would not be able to stop it.

Because of this lesson, when Haoge arranged the attack team, he decisively arranged all the siege equipment in front. The Korean vassal army, as cannon fodder, would carry a large number of ladders and set them on the surrounding city walls of Dongjiabao. After the ladders were laid, the indigenous infantry behind would surge up wildly. The casualties caused by the Hu Ben Army's counterattack were mainly borne by the Korean vassal army and the Han army flag, and the casualties of the indigenous infantry should not be large.

Huang Taiji did not need to supplement the deployment of Haoge. The deployment of the Hu Ben Army was not very clever, so there was no need to worry about any traps or anything. However, unfortunately, the deployment of the Hu Ben Army had no flaws and could not find any loopholes to take advantage of. In general, this was a normal deployment. In other words, the attack of the Dajin Army could basically be just a normal attack, without the opportunity to take a wrong step.

"You cover from the left!"

Huang Taiji said to Zaisanbu and the order.

The more than 18,000 Mongolian cavalrymen who were killed in cavalry and shooting were all good at cavalry and shooting. They dispatched the entire army to contain other strongholds of the Hu Ben Army. The purpose of the Mongolian cavalry was not to attack a certain stronghold of the Hu Ben Army, but to restrain the reserve forces of the Hu Ben Army. In particular, they cut off the connection between the Hu Ben Army's central camp and Dongjiabao and isolated Dongjiabao.

According to the observation of the Tatar scouts, the Huben Army built a huge military camp in the field between Dongjiabao, Caojiabao and Liujiabao. The surrounding camps were full of deep trenches and strong fences, so the cavalry could not directly attack. Huang Taiji believed that in this central camp, there must be a reserve force of the Huben Army to reinforce Dongjiabao at any time. Of course, he could not allow Zhang Zhun's plan to be implemented smoothly.

Huang Taiji demanded that if the Hu Ben Army was huddled in the central camp and there was no movement, the Mongolian cavalry would not care. However, as long as the Hu Ben Army tried to leave the camp and set out to reinforce Dongjiabao, the Mongolian cavalry would rush forward and annihilate the Hu Ben Army on the spot. In the field, the Hu Ben Army was definitely not the opponent of the Mongolian cavalry.

"You cover from the right."

Huang Taiji then said to Hardanbatel.

It is not enough to dispatch the Mongolian cavalry of the Korqin tribe, and also to dispatch the Mongolian cavalry of the Halashen tribe. Huang Taiji wanted to put Mount Tai to the Hu Ben Army, and his critical momentum was pressed down on the morale of the Hu Ben Army. This time, the Jin army had a very strong force, so of course it had to be fully utilized. The Mongolian cavalry of the Halashen tribe was the same as the Korqin tribe. They were all monitoring other strongholds of the Hu Ben Army and were not allowed to reinforce Dongjiabao.

The three forts of the Hu Ben Army happened to form a font-shaped structure. The Hu Ben Army's Central Military Camp is between the three forts, and three forts can be reinforced at any time. Similarly, the Hu Ben Army of the San Forts can also reinforce the Central Camp at any time. Huang Taiji believes that as long as the Mongolian cavalry presses from both sides, it can put huge pressure on the Hu Ben Army and cut off the connection between the three forts and the Central Camp.

In other words, Huang Taiji wanted the follow-up troops of the Hu Ben Army and could no longer reinforce Dongjiabao. As long as the follow-up troops of the Hu Ben Army could not reinforce Dongjiabao, the defenders in the Dongjiabao would be finished. The small Dongjiabao would be at most three thousand defenders. Even if the Jin army used corpses to fill it, it would be enough to fill the city wall that was only three feet high.

"Sir, the Tartars are ready to attack the city."

The observation post of the Hu Ben Army soon discovered the movements of the Tartars and hurriedly reported to Zhang Zhun.

At this time, the bombardment of the Red Barbarian cannons by the Tartars seemed to be even more violent. From time to time, huge iron lumps fell in the Dongjiabao, making the surroundings bang bang. Some places were smashed beyond recognition and were seriously damaged. The power of the red-clothed cannon cannot be underestimated. There were a large amount of gravel, brick fragments, and other vague blood stains, which were all left by people who were killed and injured.

"I see."

Zhang Zhun said quietly.

He took a deep breath, then rubbed his hands hard, trying to calm his mood. Now he does not need passion, excitement, or blood boiling. All he needs is a calm heart, a cold heart, and a tough heart. No matter how the battle develops, he must grit his teeth and hold it back.

"Damn it! The Tartars' troops are really strong!"

Yang Zixuan said coldly.

"Um."

Zhang Zhun said indifferently.

The arrival of Huang Taiji did bring him great pressure. It is not a shame that this was the biggest test after the establishment of the Hu Ben Army. The powerful field ability and courage to fight wildly were important factors for their victory. Judging from the situation of the Tartars attacking the city, they did go one after another and were not afraid of death at all. With a normal mindset, it is difficult to understand the madness of the Tartars.

In the past, the only thing the Tartars lacked was powerful siege equipment. This made attacks a weak point for the Tartars. For this reason, they had to avoid the Liaodong defense line and go south on the Mongolian grasslands. But now, the Tartars, who already have red barbarian cannons, seem to have made up for this shortcoming. In addition to the Liaodong defense line with strict barriers, there are also strong cities like the capital, and other ordinary towns have no ability to block the Tartars' attacks.

Zhang Zhun had nothing to adjust for the deployment of the Hu Ben Army. The formation of the Iron Triangle has been formed, and what remains is to rely on the courage and determination of the vast number of soldiers. Zhang Zhun needs a cold heart, from the perspective of casualties. No matter how many people are sacrificed, he must consume Huang Taiji's vitality as much as possible here. Fighting for personnel consumption is the greatest advantage of Ming Dynasty.

The deployment of the Hu Ben Army is as follows:

The Dongjiabao, which is the most prominent position, was personally stationed by Zhang Zhun, attracting the Tartars to attack desperately. The person in charge of the defense of Dongjiabao was the Dingzi Battalion led by Yang Zixuan, with all the combat power of the artillery battalion. The one who fought in concert was part of the Cangzhou Volunteers. The total force of the total force was about 2,500.

Caojia Fort to the north is defended by the Kengzi Battalion led by Yang Qianqiang, and the total force of the Cangzhou Volunteers was about 1,800. Liujia Fort to the south is defended by the Jiezi Battalion led by Yang Hongwen, and the total force of the Cangzhou Volunteers was also about 1,800.

As for the Central Military Camp between the Three Forts, the Ningzi Camp led by Zou Mingjia was in charge. In addition, the Chuangzi Camp led by Yang Zhiyuan was also the General Reserve Team. The Tiger Cavalry Camp and Leopard Cavalry Camp of the Hu Ben Army cavalry were also active in the Central Camp. It can be said that the Central Military Camp has the strongest troops.

This arrangement is like a "y" shape, with Dongjiabao at the bottom, Caojiabao at the top left, Liujiabao at the top right, and the middle intersection is the central camp of the Hu Ben Army. No matter which direction the Tatars attack, they will be subject to certain restrictions. It is a bit difficult to completely cut off the direct connection between the four strongholds.

From the perspective of the Tartars, of course, it is most suitable to attack Dongjiabao. It can deploy the most troops and will not be easily attacked from other directions. As long as the Dongjiabao is destroyed, kill or capture Zhang Zhun alive, the Tartars' purpose will be basically achieved.

In fact, Hauge's offensive plan is not much different from Ajig. It's just that Ajig has no infantry, no servants, no red cannons, and no other troops to assist in the battle, so it is impossible to organize a perfect attack. And Hauge has everything that Ajig does not have, so when organizing an attack, he can naturally do it perfectly.

"The first one to rush into Dongjiabao will reward 3,000 taels of silver, 30 cattle, 30 horses, and 30 women. We will be promoted to the next level! We will reward Batulu! I personally give wine!"

"I beat Zhang Zhun to death and rewarded 5,000 taels of silver, fifty cows, fifty horses, fifty women! Promote two levels! Reward Batulu! The Khan personally gave him wine!"

"If Zhang Zhun was captured alive, he would reward 10,000 taels of silver, 100 cattle, 100 horses, and 100 women! Promote three levels! Reward Batulu! The Khan personally gave him wine!"

Haoge made no hesitation to Zhang Zhun and announced loudly.

In fact, as long as Zhang Zhun is killed or captured alive, there will be no suspense in the next Khan position. In this context, how could Haoge be stingy with the wealth in his hands? Dongjiabao in front of him is the last obstacle to his Khan position.

"Hoshuo Beile, why don't we have the share of the Mongolian warriors?

"We are also good at siege!"

Hardanbatel shouted in dissatisfaction.

This is a bit of grievance while also giving a little attentive taste.

This can be seen from the name of Hadanbatel. Heshuobeile means prince in Manchu. At present, there are only a few princes of the Great Jin Kingdom, all of whom are the sons of Nurhaci. It is difficult for others to become Heshuobeile. Even Haoge, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, has not been completely confirmed.
Chapter completed!