Chapter 993: Hauge's End
Hauge has his own advantages, brave in battle, no less than Dolgon, for the Qing Dynasty has also made great contributions, as for the scheming, Hauge does have shortcomings, the mind is biased towards simplicity, basically do not understand the mystery of the conspiracy, but it is precisely because of this, Hauge does things straightforwardly, does not hide his own feelings, does not know how to turn around, for example, after concurrently serving as the owner of the white flag, he did not take a gentle attitude to win the officers at all levels of the white flag, but spoke badly to each other, and punished the officers at all levels of the white flag. This led to the accusation of the officer with the white flag, and Hauge lost his position as the owner of the white flag.
Haoge doesn't understand the power scheme, and his father Huang Taiji is a heaven, an underground, which makes many people not understand, but Dai Shan and others know the reason, Haoge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, when he was born, Huang Taiji is the time to follow his father Nurhachi to struggle, there is no time to teach Haoge in person, Manchurian nobles are proud of bravery, under hearing and seeing, Haoge has also formed such an understanding, and when Huang Taiji ascended to the throne of Houjin Khan, he was busy consolidating power, in this process, Haoge's bravery won some opportunities for Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji did not have the opportunity to teach Haoge, and when Huang Taiji consolidated his power and created the Great Qing Dynasty, he had already lost the opportunity to teach Haoge in person.
In Huang Taiji's mind, Haoge was by no means the heir to the throne of the Great Qing Dynasty.
Because Huang Taiji knows very well that whether it is in terms of scheming or ability, Haoge has major flaws, and a general who does not understand scheming and can only rush and kill on the battlefield cannot manage the country of the Great Qing Dynasty.
Hauge is simple-minded, which is also reflected in this unauthorized return to Shenyang.
Dolgon had given the order on behalf of the court, and Hauge did not approve of Dorgon's order, and considered himself a prince and one of the auxiliary ministers. Therefore, he returned to Shenyang and Dolgon without authorization, but when he was in the formal theory, he couldn't say that he was ugly, which made other Manchurians look down on him even more.
But one thing Hauge did well was that he didn't have much selfishness.
The blue flag and the white flag under the command of Haoge are stationed in Liaoyang, Anshan, Haizhou, Yaozhou and Gaizhou, etc., if they are scheming people. will definitely let the white flag be stationed in a relatively dangerous place, but Hauge did not do this, he instead let the Zhenglan flag under his command be stationed in a dangerous place, and most of the sergeants with the white flag are stationed in Liaoyang.
Of course, Dolgon's efforts were made, and Hauge didn't want to get into the discussion of others, so he deployed exactly what Dolgon wanted.
When danger came, Hauge realized how important it was to scheming. He has to pay for his simplicity.
The officer with the white flag stationed in Liaoyang received an order from Dolgon, leaving a small number of people to garrison Liaoyang, and the rest all evacuated in the direction of Shenyang.
Simple-minded Hauge, when he came back from Shenyang. Just passing through Liaoyang, he agreed to the decision to evacuate most of the white flag sergeants to Shenyang. and authorized a first-class armor Lazhangjing with a white flag to take charge of this matter, and Hauge himself rushed directly to Haizhou, because the elite main force of the Zhenglan Banner under his command was all stationed in Haizhou.
By the time Haoge arrived in Haizhou, most of the white-flaged sergeants in Liaoyang had withdrawn to Shenyang.
This means: Hauge had to rely on the strength of the Blue Flag Sergeant to evacuate alone in the direction of Shenyang, and he could not get the assistance of the White Flag Sergeant.
What the consequences would be in such a situation, Hauge did not know at all.
After coming to Haizhou. Haoge knew that Gaizhou had fallen and Yaozhou was being attacked, and the blue flag sergeant stationed in Gaizhou directly asked Haoge for help, and at such a critical moment, Haoge fainted again, he hesitated whether to lead the army to aid Yaozhou and rescue the sergeants in Yaozhou City, but fortunately, the strategists and most of the officers under his command resolutely stopped it, and Haoge did not make this brain-dead decision.
However, at this time, Haizhou and Anshan and other places have become dangerous, and there are news everywhere that cannot be fully confirmed, some explain that the army has completely surrounded Liaoyang and other places, some explain that the army has set up an ambush between Haizhou and Anshan, and there are even rumors that the army will give up attacking Haizhou and other places and go straight to Shenyang.
Haoge couldn't distinguish the authenticity of the news, and was hesitant again, he considered whether to take the initiative to abandon Haizhou, lead the elite of Zhenglanqi to bypass Anshan, and rush directly to Liaoyang.
Hauge's indecision made his advisers and officers anxious.
By the time Hauge finally made the decision to abandon Haizhou and evacuate in the direction of Liaoyang, he had already lost the opportunity.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and many times time can decide the outcome and direction of the war, when Haoge made a decision, Yang He had already made peace with the army led by Ma Xianglin and Ding Baokun, and went straight between Liaoyang and Anshan, waiting for the Eight Banners Army led by Haoge.
At this moment, the white flag sergeants who retreated to Shenyang did not dare to turn back to attack the Ming army.
When Hauge led nearly 10,000 soldiers with blue flags to evacuate Haizhou and headed towards Anshan, the scouts finally sent accurate information, that is, in Anshan and Liaoyang and other places, the Ming army had appeared.
At this time, Haoge was very at a loss, he considered whether to let the army withdraw to Haizhou City, and then send scouts to Liaoyang and Shenyang to ask for help.
The strategists around Hauge had long lost confidence, but on the matter of whether to withdraw to Haizhou, the strategists resolutely objected, believing that the retreat of the army to Haizhou was a dead end.
This is also the truth, when Haoge left Haizhou, he looted the entire city, and even some of the Manchus did not let go, and in his army, there were a lot of Manchurians, with their families and mouths, and followed the army to Shenyang, at this time back to Haizhou, consumed grain and grass in vain, if the Ming army surrounded Haizhou, it would not take long for the army to be unable to support because of the lack of food and grass, and then the end of the annihilation of the whole army.
If you forcibly fight a bloody way out of Anshan, at least some of the sergeants can be saved.
Haoge finally accepted the persuasion of the strategists, did not decide to return to Haizhou, and still asked the army to go in the direction of Anshan, but the army must bypass Anshan and rush directly to Liaoyang.
At this time, Haoge issued an order to the Zhenglan Banner sergeants stationed in Anshan, asking them to abandon Anshan, make peace with the army, and evacuate all in the direction of Liaoyang.
One general is incompetent and tired to death of the three armies, Hauge and his Blue Banner sergeants, the end may not be as simple as exhaustion.
The scouts dispatched by Yang He reported in detail the movements in the direction of Haizhou.
Knowing that Haoge finally led the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner to evacuate Haizhou and march in the direction of Liaoyang, Yang He's face showed a comfortable smile, judging from the intelligence collected by the Investigation Bureau, the total number of soldiers under the Zhenglan Banner under Haoge is about 15,000 people, which belongs to the Eight Banners Army and is one of the main forces in the Eight Banners Army.
When Ma Xianglin led the army to capture the city of Gaizhou, he exterminated nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner, and the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner stationed in Yaozhou and Anshan and other places will have at least about 2,000 to 3,000 people, so the total number of the Zhenglan Banner soldiers who evacuated with Haoge should be about 10,000.
The total number of troops commanded by Yang He was close to 50,000.
The five-to-one situation, coupled with Yang He's possession of powerful artillery and firearms such as red-coated cannons, Franc machines, and Mauser guns, awaits Hauge with the fate of destruction.
Yang He did not directly attack Liaoyang or Anshan and other places, his goal was Haoge, and the soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner under Haoge, Yang He kept in mind the emperor's entrustment, and the battle was mainly to destroy the strength of the Eight Banners Army, and not to indulge in the battle of attacking the city and pulling out the village, so that the opportunity to destroy the Eight Banners Army would be lost.
In fact, Yang He could have directly taken Anshan and other cities a long time ago.
Yang He decided to set up an ambush about twenty miles away from Anshan and wait for the arrival of the army led by Hauge.
While carefully selecting the ambush location, Yang He ordered the scouts to conduct uninterrupted reconnaissance, to be sure to figure out the route of Hauge's march, as well as the speed of the march, and so on, and to report it at all times.
Exterminating Hauge and his Blue Banner sergeants is Yang He's main task, and he doesn't need to continue to report to the emperor.
Yang He also had some regrets, at the beginning he was more determined, and decided to let the army be stationed between Liaoyang and Shenyang, so that it would not only block the retreat of the Zhenglan Banner, but even block the white flag in Liaoyang, so the battle would definitely be fiercer, and even the Eight Banners Army stationed in Shenyang would come to help, but Yang He didn't care at all, he knew that if the Eight Banners Army stationed in Shenyang moved, the emperor would definitely have more powerful countermeasures.
It's a pity that the Eight Banners Army stationed in Liaoyang moved very quickly, and before Yang He and Ma Xianglin and Ding Baokun and others reconciled, they had already withdrawn to Shenyang, leaving only a small number of sergeants in Liaoyang.
In this case, of course, Yang He will not alarm the Eight Banners Army in Liaoyang City, and in terms of the solidity of the city, Liaoyang City is second only to Shenyang, this city is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, once Yang He attacks Liaoyang, it may make the battle in a stalemate state, and Haoge is likely to take advantage of this opportunity to lead the sergeants to break through the blockade and withdraw in the direction of Shenyang.
When the army led by Hauge approached Anshan, Yang He had made all the preparations, all the arrangements and deployments were completed, and then he waited for Hauge to enter the ambush circle.
Haoge, who is leading the army to evacuate quickly, is not particularly nervous, after all, he has never fought with the Ming army, and the Zhenglan Banner under his command has participated in countless battles, and has also entered the pass to loot, all of which have been victorious, so Haoge does not particularly care about the Ming army that may appear in front, if they meet, then the two sides will fight with their strength. (To be continued.) )