Chapter 89 (2) The Slave Chief Dilemma
At this point, Huang Taiji has already regretted it, regretting that he wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and after watching the Ming Dynasty and the Xingtian Army fight to the death, he would then sit back and take the profits of the fisherman lightly in the pass, if he did not withdraw the troops according to the original plan last year, but tore his face with the Ming Dynasty at that time and led the troops into the customs, at this time, I am afraid that the land of Yanyun has already been controlled by him, and how can there be this dilemma that makes him unable to advance or retreat outside the Shanhaiguan Pass?
So Huang Taiji regretted it deeply, but there was no one to talk to, he could only think of it, and regretted the nosebleed, and now he saw that Shanhaiguan was in front of him, but he was in a hurry and couldn't enter the customs, originally he was still counting on Dolgon's personal character explosion this time, and he could defeat Shanhaiguan, taking advantage of the fact that the Dazhong army had not yet arrived in large numbers in Gyeonggi to capture Yanyun, but now it seems that the hope is getting slimmer and slimmer.
In the first two days, he received news from Dolgon that another group of the Great Chinese Army had arrived in the area of Shanhaiguan, which had strengthened the defenders of Shanhaiguan again, and he felt that something was wrong, so he ordered Dolgon to conquer Shanhaiguan immediately.
But Dolgon did a really good job, and the whole army was escorted up to fight, but the defenders of the Dazhong Army at Shanhaiguan beat them up again and retreated.
This time Dolgon's loss is so big, so that Huang Taiji has a little want to vomit blood, he finally put together the soldiers and horses of the Han Eight Banners in the past two years, this battle, the Han Army Flag inlaid with the yellow flag, the red flag, the blue flag three flags, it basically lost its combat effectiveness, and there are two Mongolian flags also suffered heavy losses, this is not counting, this battle down, the inlaid yellow flag Gushan Liu Zhiyuan was also killed, the blue flag Melle Zhangjing Li Shutai and the red flag Melle Zhangjing Ma Guanghui died on the spot in Xiluo City.
Although these are the Gushan and Meler Zhangjing of the Han Army Banner, their fate is not much value, but for their Qing army, the loss of one, two and three generals at once is undoubtedly something that has never happened since they established the state army, and it can be seen that Dolgon has also made a capital in this battle, but the result is so discouraged.
After Huang Taiji learned the news, he immediately summoned Dolgon, Duoduo, and Azig to the camp where he was guarded in front of him, and the head and face were scolded, and Dolgon and the three brothers didn't let a fart, and lowered their heads to let Huang Taiji scold enough, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
Anyway, their battle was a big defeat, but the strength of the two Manchu Army Banners controlled by the three brothers is still there, and the big deal is to be a man with his tail between his legs in the future and be more low-key, but he Huang Taiji changed generals at this time and killed them, or let Huang Taiji dare not do this.
scolded and scolded, Huang Taiji didn't really treat Dolgon and them as good, but just issued an order to exempt Dolgon and Duoduo from the position of prince, demoted the two of them to the county king, each fined 10,000 taels of silver, confiscated ten of their slaves, fined twenty horses, and ordered Zilharang to replace Dolgon, leading the blue flag and Luo Luohun's red flag inlaid with the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, the Gongshun King Kong Youde Han Army and other departments, reinforced to Shanhaiguan, supplemented by Dolgon and Duoduo, and continued to attack Shanhaiguan, The three banners of the Han army, which had been disabled, were withdrawn, and the soldiers were reorganized and replenished, so as to appease the families of those who died in battle and stabilize the morale of the army.
After Huang Taiji made this arrangement, the ministers were ordered to go down and start to dispatch troops to arrange for the continuation of the attack on Shanhaiguan, but Huang Taiji began to worry about Abatai and his son Haoge.
From the point of view of the situation, another group of the Dazhong Army has arrived at Shanhaiguan, so it shows that the strength of the Dazhong Army in the Guannai is gradually growing, due to the activities of the Dazhong Army in the Guannei, as the war unfolds, the original news sent out by the Guannai is getting less and less, and now they have been unable to grasp the situation in the Guannai in time, and it is not clear where the main force of the Dazhong Army is now, and when it may arrive in Beijing.
From the defeat of Dolgon, it can be seen that the large Chinese army is now gathering no less than forty or fifty thousand troops in the Shanhai Pass, and it shows that the large Chinese army is extremely good at fighting, for Dolgon's ability, he knows, Dolgon as the most beloved little son of the wild boar skin, Dolgon is not a waste, he fought with the army at a young age, many wise and at the same time there is no lack of bravery, can be described as a brave and resourceful person, these years have never made a mistake in doing things, many times led the army to attack the Ming meritorious service, but also in Chongde three years was appointed by the emperor Taiji " Ordered the general "and Yue Tuo to break through the pass on the left and right, defeat the Ming army in a row, and conquer dozens of Ming cities, if it were not for the Xingtian army, that time Dolgon led the troops into the pass, which can be described as a perfect work, so Dolgon's ability he is very clear.
But this Xingtian Army is like Dolgon's natural nemesis, Dolgon is such a capable person, if he does not meet the Xingtian Army in recent years, he will be invincible and invincible, but as long as he meets this Xingtian Army, he will be deflated, which shows that the current Dazhong Army is indeed not easy to deal with, originally he sent Abatai and Haoge to bypass the Shanhaiguan Pass, looking for another way to enter the customs from the west, wanting to use it as a surprise soldier to contain the Dazhong Army from behind, but now it seems that this move he walked out of is not necessarily a good move, Because he no longer knows where the main force of the Great Chinese Army in the Kannai is.
If the main force of the Dazhong Army led by Xiao Tianjian, the Emperor of Dazhong, has not yet arrived in the land of Yanyun at this time, then the men and horses of Abatai and Haoge will undoubtedly play the role of surprise soldiers, giving the Ming Army and the Dazhong Army in Guannei a surprise, and it is likely to turn the tide of the battle in Shanhaiguan, but if Xiao Tianjian has now led the troops to arrive near the Jingshi, then with the combat strength of the Dazhong Army, Abatai and Haoge will not only not be able to become strange soldiers, but may be victimized by them!
Huang Taiji actually got the news that Abatai and Haoge led the troops to break through the pass from the Yellow Cliff Pass at this time, and the two of them broke through the pass this time to enter the pass, several days later than he expected, the reason is very simple, that is, the two of them first tried to break through the pass at Xifeng Pass, but they were blocked by the guard Zhou Yuji to death, and failed to enter the pass at Xifeng Pass, and had to detour to the Yellow Cliff Pass to break through, so that a lot of precious time was delayed. Sometimes a quarter of an hour can decide the outcome of a big battle, but this time they went south, everything did not go well, and the delay was not half a day, and this delay was nearly two months.
With the current strength of their Great Qing Kingdom, one or two hundred thousand soldiers and horses, dragged for two months, for the huge consumption of their national strength, it is unimaginable, although they have accumulated some old bottoms over the years, but their foundation is not too thick, but in the past two months, most of their old bottom of the Great Qing Kingdom has been consumed, if they can't break through the pass in a short time, then they can pack up and go home to wash and sleep in this southward battle, Just relying on the loot and materials they have obtained from going south now, it is a drop in the bucket for the consumption of their army, and their Qing army has been fighting for so many years, and they are basically the winners of war dividends, and their actions are supported by obtaining war dividends, but this time they went south, let alone dividends, and now it seems that they are basically operating at an absolute loss.
Huang Taiji's worries kept him awake at night, but with the speed of communication in this era, he couldn't change anything at all, even if he wanted to send someone to inform Abatai and Hauge to make them abandon their actions and retreat to Guanwai, he couldn't do it for the time being, and under the premise that the enemy situation on the battlefield was unknown, he, the "wise" founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, couldn't make any wise choice.
So after Huang Taiji sent Zilharang to replace Dolgon and continue to send troops to attack Shanhaiguan, he decided to go to the Shanhaiguan area in person to meet this legendary terrible thief, and to see with his own eyes how capable this thief is, and how arrogant he can be.
On May 27, Huang Taiji finally led the two yellow flags, the Zhenghong Banner of Daishan, and the Han army of Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi, and also arrived outside the Shanhai Pass.
At this time, the 120,000 troops of the Jiannu army outside Shanhaiguan had all gathered, and the company camp alone was more than ten miles away, blocking the entire Shanhaiguan line.
But at this time, in Shanhaiguan, there was also an army of about 40,000 troops, led by Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, and the strength of the Dazhong army in Shanhaiguan, including the Ming army under the command of Wu Xiang, also reached 70,000 people, and the strength was not much weaker than the Jiannu army outside the pass.
And at this time, Huang Taiji just arrived at Shanhaiguan, and got a bad news, someone brought out a news from the pass, saying that the right wing army of Jiannu led by Abatai and Haoge was defeated in Tongzhou by the Dazhong Emperor Xiao Tianjian in one fell swoop ten days ago, and the two of them led more than 30,000 Jiannu troops in two days, almost all of the main force of the Dazhong Army were annihilated in the Tongzhou and Shunyi areas, almost no one escaped from the pass, only a small number of Mongolian cavalry, with a small force of rout, respectively from the border pass in the Miyun area, abandoned the war horse, Climbed out of the wall, fled back to the gate, at the same time the news is very clear, the right army was ordered to the general Abatai on the day of the war, was beheaded by the large Chinese army in the chaos of the army, the blue flag banner owner Hao Ge was intercepted by the large Chinese army in Shunyi, after the defeat of the nowhere to be found.
After Huang Taiji and the ministers of the Qing State under his command heard the news, they all seemed to have been struck by lightning, and even if they were dumbfounded, Huang Taiji even heard the news, and spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot, and almost fainted immediately.
What Huang Taiji was most worried about finally happened, the right-wing army he sent did not become a weight for them to win in the end, but became a feast for the Dazhong army, and it was all swallowed by the Dazhong army.
You must know that the defeat of Abatai this time, for their Qing Dynasty, what a heavy blow, so many years, their gang of wild boar skins, no one has died in the hands of the Ming army or the enemy, Abatai became the first person to die on the battlefield, and at the same time lost all the soldiers and horses of the entire Zhenglan Banner, and as the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, Haoge's life and death are also unknown at this time, there is no news that he escaped from the Guanwai, so it can basically be said that Haoge is also more auspicious.
In addition to the Zhenglan Banner, all the Red Flags of the Han Army, most of the Zhengbai Banners and the Mongolian Banner, as well as some Mongolian cavalry of the Mongolian Outer Domains and a large number of followers, in short, the losses were so great that Jiannu was shocked and shocked at the same time.
Although Dolgon was defeated very badly in Shanhaiguan, but most of the losses were Han troops and Mongols, and the loss of the two white flags of Dolgon and Duoduo was not very large, but Haoge's blue flag this time was the whole army in the pass, such a banner of soldiers and horses was eliminated by the enemy army, and it was the first time in the history of the Jiannu army, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the extreme for the Tartars who did not have many people.
At the same time, it is undoubtedly a huge blow to the psychology of the upper and lower people of the Jiannu army, originally they went south this time, and the goal they wanted to achieve, until now, in addition to taking the lonely Ningyuan outside the Shanhaiguan, annihilated some Ming troops, in addition, they can be said to have gained nothing, on the contrary, they have recently suffered defeats, first attacked Shanhaiguan Buke, lost many soldiers and horses, and now all of a sudden the entire right-wing army of thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses were killed by another pot, and the successive defeats killed a Rao Yu Baylor, lost a Wu prince, In addition, it also lost two Han army banners Gushan and four Han army banners Melle Zhangjing......