Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 274
Although Huang Taiji's position has been consolidated by doing this, he has not actually convinced the public because he is suppressing people with power. Therefore, Huang Taiji must do something to let everyone see that it is far more difficult for him to rule Houjin alone than four Individuals are better.

But at this time, although Hou Jin had achieved certain victories against the Ming Dynasty on the frontal battlefield, in fact, his living conditions had not improved much.

Because after Chongzhen robbed the Ming Dynasty for four years, he has been tossing with North Korea for the past two years, but North Korea is very poor. After all the tossing, he didn't get anything.

However, after the past two years, Jin was not at peace either. Either there was a disaster here, or there was a lack of harvest there. The Jurchens would not do anything other than hunting and robbery.

However, after Ning Yuan suffered a few big losses, Huang Taiji didn't dare to attack Daming from the front, so after much deliberation, he decided to take a detour.

The last time I entered the hinterland of Daming from Xifengkou, it was enough to enter once, and it was obviously impossible to go from there.

Daming is not brainless, how can he leave this gap and let Houjin come in and out at will?

A little further away is Zhangjiakou, which is managed by the Xuanfu. It is heavily guarded and it is not easy to get in. After much deliberation, Huang Taiji decided to attack Datong.

First of all, Datong is far away from Houjin's base camp. Da Ming would not have thought that he would take such a long way to attack Datong. In addition, Datong's defense is much worse than that of Xuanfu, and its troops are seriously insufficient. To miraculous effect.

In fact, Huang Taiji didn't make a special trip to attack Datong. At that time, Huang Taiji's target was actually the Mongolian tribes. Attacking Datong was just a way to take advantage of it. Huang Taiji did it not once or twice.

Huang Taiji's plan was pretty good, but he didn't expect that Daming still had Li Jing.

Although the information Li Jing got from the merchant population was not very accurate, Li Jing firmly believed in the news that Hou Jin was going to attack Datong and made preparations in advance.

After arriving in Datong, Cao Wenzhao began to deploy his defenses, and at the same time sent out all the scouts to investigate Houjin's movements.

Li Jing summarized the news from the scouts, and then analyzed and judged.

Through the information obtained by the scouts, Li Jing learned that Hou Jin had indeed arrived in the north of the Xuan Mansion at this time, but at this time he was using troops against the Chahar Department of Mongolia, and it seemed that he would not attack Daming for a while.

Li Jing shook his head. It seemed that Ma Wu had to shift his energy to Houjin. After all, businessmen were not professionals. They would only pass back the news they saw and heard, and would not analyze and judge based on the enemy's actions.

Although the military strength of Hou Jin was strong, it was still relatively isolated politically. Many tribes in North Korea and Mongolia are now allies of Ming Dynasty.

If the Later Jin wanted to take control of the Central Plains, he had to cut off the arm of Ming Dynasty first. Therefore, after nearly two years, Jin continued to use troops against North Korea, and finally conquered North Korea, and then turned west to deal with the Mongolian tribes.

After Jin takes care of North Korea and Mongolia, there will be no worries at that time, and then he can boldly take military action against Ming Dynasty.

The top decision makers of Ming Dynasty, including Zhu Youjian, were not ignorant of Hou Jin's intentions, but they were powerless at this time.

Daming's financial resources were exhausted, and he couldn't keep his own one-third of an acre of land. How could he have the spare energy to take care of his allies?I can only watch North Korea surrender and Houjin, and watch the Mongolian tribes be annihilated and annexed by Houjin.

Li Jing can help the few tribes in Mongolia who are close to the Ming Dynasty, but Li Jing has no such plan at all.

What Li Jing wanted was not an ally, but a subject.

Because the allies can bargain with Daming, or even threaten, but the subjects must obey.

There is a truth that Li Jing is very clear about. There is no eternal friendship in the world, only eternal interests. For his own benefit, what is it to betray an ally?If you want not to be betrayed, you have to fight hard.Sell ​​me for profit?Then let you and me taste the power of my fist.

Many of these Mongolian tribes are trying to take advantage of Daming, and very few of them really help Daming.

Li Jing felt that such an ally was useless at all, but a drag. Li Jing planned to integrate the various ministries of Mongolia and conquer them completely when the time was right.

Now that Huang Taiji is going to integrate the various ministries of Mongolia, Li Jing thinks this is a good thing. All the Mongols have taken refuge in Huang Taiji, which can save Li Jing a lot of energy. At that time, as long as Hou Jin is beaten down, Mongolia will naturally see Knowing who is the boss in the end, it is natural to submit obediently at that time.

It was based on this consideration that Li Jingcai sat on the mountain to watch the excitement, and watched Huang Taiji fight with the Mongols.

Huang Taiji is worthy of being a hero of a generation, and he unified the tribes in Monan, Mongolia in just one year.Since then, all the Mongolian Chahar tribes north of Xuanfu have been owned by Houjin.

Upon hearing the news, Cao Wenzhao hurriedly invited Li Jing to the General Military Mansion for discussion.

In the study room of the General Army Mansion in Datong, Cao Wenzhao poured a cup of tea for Li Jing, and then said: "Marshal, according to various sources, Chahar Lindan Khan fled to Qinghai, and the eastern captives have basically unified the tribes in Monan, Mongolia. Prepare class teacher."

Li Jing took a sip from his teacup, then stroked the teacup and said with a smile: "With Donglu's character, he beat our house. If you don't snatch it, you won't be Donglu. Brother Cao, we waited for more than half a year. When this battle is over, you must fight this battle for me.”

Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists together and said, "Don't worry, Commander. In the past six months, Mr. Cao has been working hard and recharging his energy. If he fails to win this battle, he will be sorry for the money spent by the Commander."

Li Jing waved his hands and said: "Don't take it lightly. This battle is easy to fight, and it is not easy to fight. The key is to see how you fight."

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao was looking straight at him, Li Jing smiled and said, "Brother Cao, the Donglu is different from the rogues. The rogues are mostly old, weak, women and children, and move slowly. The Donglu Most of them are cavalry, and they move quickly. Because of this, sometimes we clearly have the advantage on the battlefield, but we can't always catch the eastern captives.

Sun Tzu said: Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.First of all, we have to understand our own strengths and weaknesses. Our strength is that our weapons are sharp, and our weakness is that our actions are not as fast as Donglu.

Then let's make use of our strengths and overcome Donglu's weaknesses.

During this period of time, I carefully checked the terrain of Datong. There are several directions for Donglu to attack Datong and Xuanfu.

Among them, Shangfangbao and Deshengbao are the gateways of Xuanfu and Datong. If these two places are lost, the eastern captives can go straight into the hinterland of Xuanda.

This time Huang Taiji brought [-] soldiers and horses. As long as this guy is not stupid, he will definitely not gather together, and will definitely divide his troops to attack.Although we can't control the Xuanfu, you have to inform the Xuanfu, don't let us defeat Donglu, but they put Donglu into the territory. "

Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists together: "I'll send someone to notify the Xuanfu immediately."

Li Jingjing nodded and said: "I know that you have deployed heavy troops in Desheng Fort, but our troops are not suitable for defense. We still have to find a way to face the enemy head-on, but the battlefield must be chosen well, not in a place that is too flat. So that Donglu can escape calmly if he loses. I wonder if I can find a way to lure Donglu to the vicinity of Guantun Fort east of Desheng Fort. The terrain there is not conducive to cavalry combat. It’s not a problem to kill thousands of him.”

Cao Wenzhao nodded when he heard this. Naturally, he knew better than Li Jing the terrain around Datong. The Guantun Fort area was indeed not suitable for cavalry combat. If Donglu was led there, Donglu's cavalry advantage would be completely lost.

After pondering for a while, Cao Wenzhao suddenly smiled and said: "Commander, Cao has not fought Donglu once or twice. It is not difficult to lure Donglu to Guantunbao. Donglu has always looked down on us and thinks that we I will only refuse to defend the city and dare not fight with them in the field. If I lead the Guanning iron cavalry to fight against Donglu, Donglu will be happy to see him. Then I will lead my troops to feign defeat and flee to Guantunbao. Come after me. Then we'll..."

Speaking of this, Cao Wenzhao opened his hands and made a gesture of closing them.

Li Jingwen nodded slightly, thought for a while and said: "Don't go there yourself to lure the enemy by deceitful defeat, send a competent person to do it, you lead the troops to set up an ambush in the Guantun Fort, you must personally command this battle. "

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said: "Marshal, you should personally command this battle, I will help you."

Li Jing shook his head: "Let me command you if I say, leave me [-] infantry, and I'll help you defend Desheng Fort. The soldiers from the East are several times that of ours, so we have to prevent them from splitting up and attacking Desheng Fort while chasing you. "

Hearing Li Jing's unquestionable tone, Cao Wenzhao nodded silently.

Desheng Fort is not an isolated castle, but a defense system composed of five castles.

These five castles are: Desheng Fort, Deshengkou Fort, Zhenqiang Fort, Four Castles, and Xunhe Fort.

Among them, Deshengkou Fort is in the north of Desheng Fort, built on the Great Wall, and to the north is the horse market. Li Jing bought some horses from the horse market here the year before last.

Zhenqiang Fort is located two miles northeast of Desheng Fort, Juyinma River in the east, and within the Great Wall.

The four castles are located between Deshengkou Fort and Desheng Fort, and the River Xun Fort is on the west bank of the Yinma River.

The five victorious forts are the horns of each other and support each other. Once one is broken, the other four will be threatened.

The original garrison in Datong was less than 2 people, and then Jin dispatched 8 people.If it is an elite army, it is still possible to defend against the city, but there are less than 5000 elite troops in Datong's [-] soldiers, and these [-] people are still stationed in Datong City.

The remaining cadres of soldiers were divided into various places, and the five victorious forts added up to less than 3000.

If Li Jing hadn't led the troops here, it would have been almost impossible to defend the five castles with the original garrison.

Li Jing took the initiative to ask Cao Wenzhao to defend the city, so Cao Wenzhao was relieved, but Cao Wenzhao knew Li Jing quite well, and Li Jing's character actually wanted to reject the city and guard the city, that was because he had other ideas.

After pondering for a while, Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists and asked, "Commander, please let me know how far this battle will go, so that Cao can know what's going on, and won't miss the important event of the commander."

(End of this chapter)