Chapter 49: Huang Taiji Offers a Plan
The camp of the Later Jin army, the tent of the old slaves.
More than 300 casualties, five or six hundred injured, and nearly a thousand war damages made the atmosphere in the tent very serious.
Of course, the Han army and the Mongols were the most killed and injured, and the real Later Jin army was only one or two hundred.
Among the generals present, Li Yongfang was the most nervous.
Sun Degong was his instigation, and his traitor was sent by him, but there was no movement. He had killed and injured so many people in vain. It is impossible to say that he has a great responsibility.
"The attack was setback, but I expected it."
The old slave thought with a calm face for a while, then looked up and said, "Our army is good at fighting in the field, and it is not bad for attacking the city. Xiping Fort has already seen the clues. Guangning City has many strong cannons, and this is only now that this problem has been fully revealed, but it is not a bad thing."
Although the Later Jin army captured the castles such as Fushun, Chenyang, and Liaoyang, Fushun surrendered, while Chenyang and Liaoyang were mainly rebellious by traitors, and there was no fierce siege in the city.
Although the attack on Xiping Fort brought considerable casualties to the Later Jin army, how could the troops and weapons defending the city be compared with Guangning City?
The old slave frowned and said in confusion: "But, Wang Huazhen knew about the military affairs and his defense was very well organized, which surprised me."
As he spoke, the old slave turned his attention to Li Yongfang, and the inquiry was obvious.
Li Yongfang hurriedly stood up and bowed to report: "Report to the information of the Khan, according to the information of the humble position, there are more than 10,000 reserve troops in Guangning City. In addition to the governor Wang Huazhen, there is also the prefect Gao Bangzuo; the highest military general is the general Jiang Chaodong..."
Da Beile Daishan looked at his niece-in-law Li Yongfang and asked, "The information is quite detailed, but who in the city knows that the soldiers are good at guarding? Wang Huazhen, Gao Bangzuo, or Jiang Chaodong?"
Li Yongfang did not answer clearly and said respectfully: "Wang Huazhen is not acquainted with military affairs and underestimated the enemy; Gao Bangzuo was once the deputy envoy of Tianjin military preparation and Jizhou military preparation; Jiang Chaodong, as a general, once fought with the Mongolian flower-fighting team."
The three Beile Mangourtai was already rough and reckless. He couldn't help but snorted when he heard this and said, "Big Beile asked you who knows the soldiers and guards in the city, just give me a correct word. I'll say so many things, will I wait to guess the riddle?"
The old slave glanced at Manguertai. The rough man quickly lowered his head and shut up, but his contempt for Li Yongfang was not reduced at all.
The Si Beile Huang Taiji had been concentrating on his mind. At this time, he raised his head and suggested to his father Khan: "Father Khan, the child felt that he could imitate the battle of Liaoyang, and set up Guangning without attacking, and attack the fortress west of Guangning. The Ming army's grain storage area was in the Right Guard. If he could capture it, it would be okay if Guangning did not go down."
Nurhaci pondered slightly and said, "This plan is very good. I will follow this tomorrow. Daishan and Amin led his troops westward and set off a flag. The king led his troops to surround the city under the city, and Mangguertai and Huang Taiji led his troops to hide in Xinli. If the Ming army leaves the city, they will chase and attack them."
"Yes, my child (humble duty) obeyed the order!" Everyone stood up and received the order, and went to command the action separately.
During the Battle of Liaoyang, Yuan Yingtai originally planned to strictly guard the city and defeat the Later Jin army with the strong city.
But Nurhaci was extremely cunning and divided his troops into two parts. One of the Later Jin troops ignored Liaoyang and ran around the city and flew towards Shanhaiguan. The other was hidden troops behind and waited for an opportunity to move.
Yuan Yingtai was afraid that Shanhaiguan would be in trouble, so he immediately became confused and hurriedly dispatched troops to pursue the Later Jin army. He ordered General Li Bingcheng and others to form three camps in the west of Liaoyang City to intercept them.
Seeing that the Ming army was trapped and left the city, Nurhaci rushed his troops to turn around and attack, first defeating the Ming army's pursuers, and then attacked the three major camps outside the Ming army with the rear army.
Although the three major camps of the Ming army fought hard, they had no barriers to rely on. They were eventually defeated and their soldiers scattered everywhere.
Later, the Later Jin army attacked the city in large numbers, and Yuan Yingtai was in charge of the army to defend the city, but the morale of the army was already in chaos and the troops were insufficient to defend the city. Finally, the Later Jin army captured the city and Liaoyang was captured.
Huang Taiji's suggestion was to use the same trick again, lure the Ming army in Guangning out of the city, defeat the Ming army in the field, weaken the Guangning defenders, and make the defenders shake and panic.
If the Ming army in Guangning is unmoved, then attack the Youtunwei and seize the heavy land of Guangning's grain. As long as you can loot and sweep the surrounding area, an isolated city in Guangning will not have much to do with it even if you can't defeat it.
This strategy is comprehensive and meticulous. Whether the Guangning defenders remain unmoved or were trapped and left the city, the Later Jin army could achieve their goals, but they were just the result of the battle.
For Nurhaci and the Later Jin army, Guangning City was not a key point. Defeating the Ming army and looting food and supplies was the main goal.
At that time, there was no word "economic crisis", but the Later Jin Dynasty was in a corner and the materials could be produced were very limited. To win over the Mongolian tribes, they had to plunder the Ming Dynasty to overcome the difficulties.
Even so, the Later Jin Dynasty in history has fallen into famine several times. It was only because of the stupidity of the Ming generals in Liaodong that he finally survived.
The night was not calm, and the Later Jin army was busy and arranged the arrangements outside the city, and the defenders in the city were also on high alert, both guarding against the enemy’s night attacks, and continued to set up additional street fighting fortifications in case of a death-torn battle after the city was broken.
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Before dawn, the horizon was a little white.
The palace servants in the Forbidden City have begun to clean up, but no one dares to make loud noises outside Kunning Palace.
However, Zhu Youxiao, who is used to going to bed late and getting up late, was still gently awakened by the person next to him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, aren't you going to the morning court today?" Zhang Yan didn't understand the habits of her new husband, and thought that "the king did not go to the morning court" seemed to be a sign of stupidity and negligence, and she also had her own responsibilities.
Zhu Youxiao barely opened his sleepy eyes and saw clearly that it was the queen, so he pressed his breath. Since he got angry, no one dared to wake him up so early.
"If you don't go to morning court, sleep for a while." Zhu Youxiao reached out to hug Zhang Yan's soft body and muttered: "Don't ask me to get up early in the future."
Zhang Yan opened her mouth and finally stopped insisting. She slowly closed her eyes in the arms of the young emperor. But her eyelids were trembling slightly, and she seemed to be not asleep.
Last night's romance was the first time to Zhang Yan, and Zhu Youxiao was already familiar with it. The girl's expression of being ashamed and enduring to the pain made Zhu Youxiao unable to stop and was full of conquest.
The work and rest habits have been set, and Zhu Youxiao was really tired after repeated conquests. He was unwilling to go to the morning court, so the emperor had a wedding, and how many days of marriage leave?
Well, it feels really comfortable to hold Zhang Yan, it is fragrant and soft...
The young emperor fell asleep soon after, his breathing was even, his expression was peaceful, and he seemed to have a smile that seemed to be there and not.
Zhang Yan secretly opened her eyes and looked at her husband carefully in the brighter and brighter morning light through the window.
Because of her father's anger, she felt panic and uneasy, and she was afraid that she would be disliked by the young emperor.
Fortunately, my husband seemed to have forgiven his father's fault and was quite enthusiastic about himself last night.
Chapter completed!