Chapter 794: Maintaining Guangning is the most urgent task [Please give me a monthly vote!]

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Guangning City, western Liaoning.

The messy buildings and the streets filled with garbage were filled with bad smells. At first glance, it was a word: chaos. If Zhang Zhun was here, he would have the idea of ​​demolishing and rebuilding it. Guangning City occupied by the Tatars was much more chaotic than Jinzhou controlled by the Ming army. The only cleaner place was the nearest of the city lord's mansion.

The original Liaodong Metropolitan Commander's residence has been changed to the City Lord's Mansion. After the fall of Liaoyang, the top leaders of the Ming army in Liaodong commanded the war here. After the fall of Guangning City, the City Lord's Mansion naturally fell into the hands of the Tatars. The current Guangning City Lord is naturally the Tatars's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord's lord.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

In the past few days, terrible sounds have been heard, making the surrounding Tartars dare not get too close. They all knew that since they learned that Huang Taiji Nanluo's failure, their banner owner was in a very bad mood. Especially in the past two days, when they learned that Zhang Zhun led his army to appear on the Jinzhou front line, Tabai was in a bad mood and he knew to vent with a whip all day long. If he was accidentally beaten to death by the banner owner, he deserved it.

At this time, Tabai was walking around uneasy, as if he was a mad dog full of anger but could not get vented. He was holding a long horse whip in his hand. He didn't like it here, and he whipped it hard. When he saw that there was no like it, he whipped it hard. Finally, he didn't like it in all places, so he whipped his braids and whipped it everywhere.

As a result, almost everything in the house was broken by him. The huge stone pillars were covered with whip marks. Almost every day, Tabai had to break five or six horse whips. Fortunately, the Tabai had nothing else, but the number of horse whips was enough to let Tabai ruin it. The original city lord's mansion was gorgeous and magnificent. After being ruined by Tabai, it was like a garbage dump.

After venting hard, Tabai sat down, threw away the broken whip in his hand, and panted and played with the iron gut in his hand. This was learned from the Han people. It is said that it can make people feel calm. If you are angry, you just need to keep exercising your anger. However, when you arrive at Tabai, it is just the opposite. These two iron guts are purely for him to vent. When you are unhappy, you will smash the two iron guts randomly. If you hit someone's head, it will be unlucky for the other party.

To be fair, Tabai is not a clever general. Among Nurhaci's more than a dozen sons, he is the most unknown. Except for those dead brothers, he is recognized as the most mediocre. If you want to say that Beile is the most easily overlooked, it is probably him. Neither Huang Taiji nor Dorgon seemed to have much favorable impression of this elder brother.

Facing so many outstanding brothers, Tabai did not have any competitive spirit. He knew very well what he was from and his status in the Great Jin Kingdom. He knew that he could not fight, so he simply didn't fight anything and just torment the rest of you. However, because of his lack of fighting, Huang Taiji had some brotherly relationships and had never touched his position as the leader of the Red Flag.

Because of Tabai's mediocrity, Huang Taiji arranged him to Guangning City to confront the Ming army in Jinzhou. In Huang Taiji's view, the Ming army's offensive ability was too weak and there was no need to worry at all. It would be enough to send someone to sit in western Liaoning. If the Ming army on the front line of Jinzhou counterattack, it would just fall into Huang Taiji's trap. As long as the Ming army left the strong turtle shell, Huang Taiji could destroy them in the field.

In short, Tabai is such a bait character. The purpose is to make the Ming army in Jinzhou feel that it is possible for them to recover Dalinghe Fort or even Guangning City. The purpose is to lure the Ming army on the Jinzhou front to come out to move. If you put Dorgon on the Jinzhou front, it would be strange if the Ming army dared to come out.

In fact, on the Ming army, Tabai's evaluation was indeed a few levels lower than Huang Taiji, Jirgalang, Dorgon, Ajige and others. Basically, Tabai was regarded as a second-rate or even third-rate general of the Great Jin army. Therefore, the Ming army in Jinzhou mustered up the courage to launch several attacks on Daling River Fort. As a result, he fell into Huang Taiji's trap and was wiped out in the field.

Before, Tabai was not nervous at all in the face of the Ming army's attack. Because he knew very well that behind him, there was also the Zhenghong Banner led by Ajige. Ajige's ability was recognized by the Great Jin army. With Ajige in charge, no matter what Tabai did, Ajige could help him with the aftermath. No matter how powerful the Ming army was, could it be much more powerful Ajige?

But now, his bait was placed here, but the hunter Ajige, who was behind, disappeared. Ajige followed Huang Taiji to Northern Zhili, but the situation was not good. The news from the front line reported that the loss of the Great Jin army in Northern Zhili was very large, and it was so great that it endangered the survival of the Great Jin Kingdom.

In fact, in order to support his smooth retreat, avoid unpleasant things on the road, and ensure that he can return to Shenyang smoothly, Huang Taiji quietly ordered to draw some troops from the rear of Liaodong to enter the Korqin grassland, and jointly kill sanbu and deploy defense together. Each Niulu was drawn from the red flag of Tabai, which made the troops around Guangning City even more empty.

On the Guangning front line, there are only twenty Niulu, about 4,000 people on the real Jin front. Niulu, which has been inlaid with red flags, has always been dissatisfied, with 250 people already considered. The others are all messy soldiers. Either, the Ming army that has been rebelled, with a sparse number of them, and there may be a few thousand people. Or, it is a North Korean minion army, sneaky and timid, with a number of more than two thousand people. Or, it is an indigenous person recruited from all over the north, with only less than one thousand people.

Originally, some Mongolian cavalry stationed in Guangning City with Tabai were two thousand-man teams. This was a very good force. However, just a month ago, these two Mongolian thousand-man teams received an order from Zaisanbuhe to return to the Korqin grassland quickly. As a result, the Mongolians retreated quickly. Tabai couldn't even stay. Without the assistance of these two Mongolian thousand-man teams, Tabai's troops were really stretched.

When Tabai learned that Zhang Zhun led the Hu Ben Army to Jinzhou, the first thing he thought of was to retreat to the garrison of Daling River Fort. He didn't want his troops to be eaten by Zhang Zhun in one bite. In Daling River Fort, there were five Niulu with red flags, a total of one thousand people. For various reasons, there were only about two hundred people with red flags. The five Niulu with red flags combined, which was more than 30% less than other flags.

There is no way, the Inlaid Red Flag was raised by the stepmother, and she was not favored by Huang Taiji. She usually died on her own. In this troublesome autumn, Huang Taiji did not draw more people from the Inlaid Red Flag, which was already very kind. There is a terrible news that the Inlaid Yellow Flag led by Haoge has been dispersed and is preparing to draw elite troops from other flags to supplement it.

How could a thousand-man red flags be used to defend Daling River Fort? If there were not enough reinforcements, once they were surrounded by the Hu Ben Army, they would be dead. Does Tabai have enough reinforcements? No. Since there is not, then retreat sooner. If it is eaten by Zhang Zhunka, it will be done.

Not having enough reinforcements is the most depressing thing for Tabai. The area he is in charge is very large, including the huge land of western Liaoning around Guangning City. Every place here may be attacked by the Hu Ben Army. Without enough reinforcements, he would not be able to defend western Liaoning. But does Tabai have enough reinforcements? There is no at all!

In fact, it is not just Tabai that has no reinforcements, but the entire Jin Kingdom has no reinforcements. The Jin army is not large in number and is usually measured and used repeatedly. This time, so many were killed in Northern Zhili, and the troops suffered very serious losses. The number of Jin troops is basically constant. Even if Huang Taiji has great skills, he cannot increase in the short term. Therefore, the more troops on the front line are lost, the more empty the troops on the rear.

The troops around Shenyang are now nervous. The Hu Ben Army is working hard to expel the Da Jin army in the North Korean territory, and the Da Jin army in the North Korean territory needs reinforcements. Around the Jin guards, the Hu Ben Army also shows signs of landing at any time. The Da Jin army stationed in Deliying City also needs reinforcements. Now, the Hu Ben Army has appeared in Jinzhou, and the Guangning City also needs reinforcements.

If Tabai was replaced by Daishan, he would definitely go crazy. The situation was too complicated. There were people from the Hu Ben Army everywhere, and there were places where the Hu Ben Army might launch an attack. No matter where you ignore it, it might cause fatal mistakes to the Great Jin Kingdom. However, the Great Jin Army's troops were only a little bit, where were they deployed?

All of this was because of Huang Taiji's Nanluo's failure. Despite Huang Taiji's news, Tabai learned from other channels that Huang Taiji's Nanluo had completely failed this time. Not only did he not plunder enough population and supplies, he also spent tens of thousands of people. Even if all the Manchus and Mongolians were added together, how many tens of thousands of people were there?

It's over, this time it's really over.

Tabai was very pessimistic and felt that the Great Jin Kingdom was really going to be over this time.

The Great Jin Dynasty originally relied on plunder for a living. Once this move was not effective, it would be miserable. The Great Jin Dynasty itself could not produce much material. Basic necessities such as grain, salt, tea, iron and other basic daily necessities were produced in the Great Jin Dynasty. Without external supplies, the Ming army would not need to fight, the Great Jin Dynasty itself would collapse.

The power of the Great Jin Kingdom was based on the weakness of the Ming Kingdom. More than 90% of the Great Jin Kingdom's supplies were stolen from the Ming Kingdom. For a long time, the Great Jin Kingdom regarded the Ming Kingdom as its own private land. As long as you are interested, you would grab it. Anyway, the area of ​​this private land is very large and the materials are very large. No matter how the Great Jin Kingdom grabs it, it will be endless.

Who would have thought that when the Ming Dynasty was at its weakest point, a Hu Ben Army suddenly emerged? It was incredible! Tabai has been thinking about the origin of the Hu Ben Army and the route of the Hu Ben Army, but he still couldn't figure out any reason. Because he didn't understand, his awe of the Hu Ben Army became even deeper into his bones.

Yes, Tabai is indeed a little afraid of fighting with the Hu Ben Army at this moment. Think about it, even battlefield experts such as Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and Ajige failed without exception under Zhang Zhun's hands. The bravest Abatai even died because of this. Does Tabai have the ability to defeat Zhang Zhun? Tabai believes that he does not have such ability. Since he does not have the ability to defeat Zhang Zhun, then just hold his tail and let other capable people fight against Zhang Zhun. In other words, he doesn't want to guard Guangning City.

Before Zhang Zhun arrived in Jinzhou, Tabai took the initiative to write a letter asking Dai Shan to tell Huang Taiji that he would choose another talented person to guard Guangning City. He was willing to help his deputy. He even named him, hoping that Ajige, Yuetuo or Abatai would come to guard. Now, Abatai unfortunately died, so only Ajige or Yuetuo came.

What Tabai fears most is that the Han people go crazy. Once the Han people go crazy, all the nomadic peoples will tremble. No matter how powerful the Jin Kingdom is, it is not as powerful as the Mongol Empire in the past. You see, even such a powerful force as the Mongol Empire was driven to the northernmost point of the desert by the Han people, and almost even their roots were broken. It is conceivable how terrifying the power of the Han people will be when they go crazy.

In the past, seriously, it was not how Jin army was able to fight, but the Ming army was really bad. According to some old people, the Ming army was not like this decades ago. When Li Chengliang was still there, the Ming army was very capable of fighting. Nurhaci, their first rent, was respectful to Li Chengliang. Even after Li Chengliang died, the Ming army was still in North Korea and defeated the *** army that tried to invade North Korea.

Later, it was really within the Ming Dynasty that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was reduced rapidly, and finally to an incredible level. The Great Jin army just seized this opportunity. It can be said that this was a completely opportunity given to the Great Jin army by the old man. If the Ming army's combat effectiveness was not so bad, the rise of the Great Jin Kingdom would definitely not have been so rapid.

Now, a not-so-magnificent army suddenly came, and the Jin army immediately felt heavy pressure. The power of the Han people was still very terrible. In terms of population and other resources, the Jin and Ming countries were not of the same level at all. There were at least nine streets apart on both sides. Zhang Zhun, Zhang Zhun, the Hu Ben Army and the Hu Ben Army, which is really scary!

"Master Beile, Zu Dashou is here!"

Suddenly, someone came in carefully to report.

"Call him in!"

Tabai's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly.

"No! I'll go out to greet you!"

Suddenly realizing something, Tabai quickly changed his words and said.

At this time, Zu Dashou took the initiative to surrender to the Tartars, and Tabai certainly admired him very much. Now he is the time when he needs help from others the most. It is difficult for ordinary people to remember the icing on the cake, but it is definitely a timely help. In this regard, Tabai feels that the people of the Great Jin Kingdom are much more sincere than those of the Ming Kingdom.

Tabai walked to the door, Zu Dashou happened to come in, Tabai said first: "Zu Dashou, you are here at the right time! I'm still worried that you won't come back!"

Zu Dashou hurriedly saluted and said loudly: "Zu Dashou bowed to Mr. Beile."

Tabai held Zu Dashou's hand and said enthusiastically: "No gifts, come up! Sit! I heard that you are in Jinzhou and raised your troops to fight Zhang Zhun. I am really worried! You are weak and I am not capable of supporting you. I am so ashamed. Fortunately, you came out alive! Just live, just live! Your family is all very good, don't worry!"

When Huang Taiji brought Zu Dashou and others to worship the sky, Tabai and Zu Dashou had met. However, Tabai was above the sky and did not take Zu Dashou seriously at all. Later, Tabai guarded Guangning City and learned from Huang Taiji that Zu Dashou's true intention to escape, he was a little dissatisfied. How could he say that Tabai was not very fond of those who like to betray people. Even his motherland was betrayed, so he was a man? Of course it was different now. He urgently needed Zu Dashou's strength.

Tabai pulled Zu Dashou intimately and walked into the city lord's mansion. Regarding the surrounding rags, Tabai said helplessly: "I was in a bad mood, so I had to smash things and vent my anger."

Of course, Zu Dashou could understand Tabai's mood. Zhang Zhun led his army to Jinzhou, which was under great pressure to all the senior leaders of the Great Jin Kingdom and all those close to the senior leaders of the Great Jin Kingdom. Tabai could not bear such pressure, and was not surprised at all. He nodded quietly and said, "Yes, the situation is not very good."

"What's the situation in Jinzhou?"

After the two sat down, Tabai couldn't wait to ask.

"Oh, it's not very good. Zhang Zhun has arrived in Jinzhou."

Zu Dashou said bitterly.

"I know that Zhang Zhun has arrived in Jinzhou. I just want to know what Zhang Zhun wants to do next? Will he attack Guangning City soon?"

Tabai asked with concern.

"Zhang Zhun is indeed going to attack Guangning."

Zu Dashou said bitterly.

"oh……"

Tabai's response was a little stiff.

If Zhang Zhun wants to attack Guangning, he is coming directly at him. If Ajige or Yuetuo have not come to replace him when Zhang Zhun launches an attack, he will face Zhang Zhun's attack directly. To be honest, this is indeed a bit stressful! Tabai has never been very confident about his military command ability.

In fact, Tabai himself knew that after Zhang Zhun took over Liaodong, the first major strategic action would inevitably be to attack Guangning City. Guangning City was a real military fortress, communicating the connection between the Ming Dynasty, the Great Jin Kingdom and the Mongolian grasslands. Once the Great Jin army lost Guangning, the entire western Liaoning would be controlled by the Hu Ben Army. Without the barriers of western Liaoning, Shenyang and Liaoyang would be like unclothed girls, completely exposed to the Hu Ben Army. Therefore, defending Guangning is an urgent task.

Tabai believed that Huang Taiji must have thought so too. Huang Taiji would definitely not want Guangning City to fall into the hands of the Hu Ben Army. He should urge Yuetuo or Ajige to arrive quickly and take over the military affairs. Because the journey was long and his morale was low, Huang Taiji had not returned to Shenyang yet. However, Tabai's request for help had been sent to Daishan. However, Daishan could not draw more troops to Tabai, and he could not help. If Guangning City wanted to get assistance, he had to wait for Huang Taiji to come back.

Zu Dashou hesitated and said, "Don't worry, we have two months to prepare."

Tabai asked with some concern: "It's really two months left?"

Zu Dashou nodded and said in an orderly manner: "The forces of the Hu Ben Army are actually limited. At present, the Hu Ben Army has not many troops in Jinzhou. Look, the Hu Ben Army has to face so many battlefields along the coast of Southern Zhili, Henan, Northern Zhili, North Korea, and Liaodong. Zhang Zhun needs to digest some of the Liaodong Army into the Hu Ben Army. This process will take at least two months. I got Zhang Zhun's action plan to recover Guangning before the end of this year. I estimate that the battle will happen after October."

Tabai smiled bitterly for a moment and said sourly: "It seems that the longer the time, the worse we will be. If you really want to fight, I would rather Hu Ben Army come early. Oh, drag it down and torture people to death."

Zu Dashou sighed slightly and said with a sour voice: "Yes! If the war continues, the situation will be very unfavorable to us."

The biggest difference between the Great Jin Army and the Hu Ben Army is that the two armies have different foundations. Over time, Zhang Zhun can digest the Liaodong Army's troops, create more weapons, and accumulate more power. The population and materials of the Han people are almost endless. The key is whether they can be converted into combat power. The Ming court performed too poorly in this regard, so they were defeated by the Great Jin Army. However, the Hu Ben Army was completely different. The transformation ability of the Hu Ben Army is very strong. A large number of population and materials are rapidly becoming combat power.

On the contrary, in the Great Jin Dynasty, due to the failure of Nanluo, personnel and materials suffered great losses. Some of the materials saved by the Great Jin Dynasty could not survive this year. The worst thing is that the lost population was impossible to replenish. Without population, there would be no soldiers. Without soldiers, how can we fight?

Even if Zhang Zhun did not launch an attack this year, but waited until next spring to start attacking, the strength of the Great Jin army would be even worse. It is conceivable that it would be difficult for the Great Jin Kingdom to survive this winter. After the torture of the cold winter, the strength of the Great Jin Kingdom would be even weaker.

Zhang Zhun's move was indeed very fatal. From the beginning, the Hu Ben Army did not compete with the Da Jin Army for territory, but devoted himself to destroying the Da Jin Army's vitality. This was a catastrophe for the Da Jin Kingdom, which had a small population.

What's even more terrible is that in the face of the strategy of the Hu Ben Army, the Great Jin Kingdom did not even have any counterattack measures. The increase in population is not a matter of overnight. Zhang Zhun's strategy is indeed impeccable.

"Fate!"

Tabai sighed helplessly.

"Yes, it's all fate."

Zu Dashou also said with some emotion.

Then, the two of them were speechless, as if they were condensed statues.
Chapter completed!