After returning to the camp five miles away from the new city, Abatai had a headache. Although the Eight Banners Army was good at attacking cities, they were only targeting certain cities. There were countless cities in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and many cities had extremely strong defenses.

In the past, the Eight Banners Army could only rely on the blessings of its ancestors to conquer the city. Those cities were controlled by a group of useless Ming troops. At the beginning of the siege, they either abandoned the city and fled or surrendered.

Whenever the Ming army defended a city without fear of death, they would have a headache. Even if they captured it, they would suffer heavy losses. Therefore, Huang Taiji requested that the main purpose of entering the customs this time was to rob people, livestock, food and property, and to avoid the heavily defended city as much as possible.

This new city has the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty sitting in charge. He has a distinguished status, and the generals who defend the city will definitely defend it. In addition, without the cover of the shield car, the Qing soldiers will suffer heavy losses in the process of approaching the city wall.

Abatai has always been cautious. At this time, he remembered the words of that fat man Huang Taiji, and the idea of ​​retreating came to his mind.

At this time, Tan Ma reported back, and his consort Yanggu led an army of 10,000 to join forces.

In the afternoon of that day, the Qing army camp five miles away from the south gate of the new city was densely packed with Qing army tents, with various flags flying, and a huge gold-woven dragon banner was placed in front of the Chinese army tent.

In the spacious Chinese army tent, there were many Qing generals in gilded armor. Everyone had a shiny scalp on their foreheads and a slender money rat tail trailing behind their heads. They were all shaking their heads and talking.

They spoke Manchurian and discussed the military situation.

Since Yangu Li arrived, he strongly requested to continue the siege tomorrow, so Abatai had no choice but to hold a military meeting to discuss how to attack the city tomorrow.

Among the generals of the Qing army, Abatai sat at the top, Yanguli sat on the left side of the lower head, and other generals from Zhenglan Banner and Xiangbai Banner stood on both sides of the lower head.

Abatai saw everyone chatting there, so he said, "My consort proposed to continue attacking the new city tomorrow. What do you think?"

"Since our Qing troops entered the capital of the Ming Dynasty in July, they have been invincible. They conquered Changping and Liangxiang, entered Dingxing, went to Ansu, fought in Zhuozhou, attacked Gu'an, defeated Wen'an, defeated Baodi, and captured ten prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty.

Two, we killed the Ming Dynasty's garrison, hundreds of generals and more than a thousand generals, and captured hundreds of thousands of people and property. Such a great victory, why should we fear this small new city? It will be enough to annihilate it in one fell swoop with our troops tomorrow!"

The speaker was Abatai's second son Bo Hetuo. His words immediately caused the generals present to howl. He seemed to have forgotten that just today he was treated as a fool by the Ming army.

Abatai glared at his second son, Bo and Tuo were stunned for a moment, and stood aside without saying a word.

At this time, Yang Guli said: "Rao Yubeile, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty is in the new city. With such a good opportunity, our Qing soldiers will break into the city and kill him to frighten the Ming court!"

Abate said: "The new city is so close to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. If we want to attack the city on a large scale, how about the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sending troops for reinforcements? How about the general troops from all walks of life sending troops for reinforcements?"

Yangguli smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have spared Beile. King Wuying has made arrangements. We still have 70,000 troops, of which 10,000 are blocking reinforcements from all directions. Lord Beile and I will lead an army of 30,000 to attack the city. King Wuying

I personally led an army of 20,000 people to continue marching eastward and plundering various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and took advantage of the situation to open the road to Lenggu to leave the customs. We transported 10,000 troops to transport loot and drive the people of the Ming Dynasty out of the customs. I waited until we destroyed the city and killed the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

See you again as we return to the north and leave the customs."

Bo Hetuo asked: "Isn't it too little to only send 10,000 general soldiers to stop the Ming Dynasty?"

Yangguli smiled and said: "Beizi doesn't know that the generals of the Ming Dynasty will only send small groups of Ming troops to harass our army a few times. When our Qing soldiers take the initiative to attack, they will shrink like turtles."

No one dares to stand in the city. I have 10,000 Qing troops to block them in several directions, so there is no problem at all."

Hearing this, all the generals in the tent laughed one after another, and they all felt that Yanguli's description was appropriate.

Abatai, who was sitting in the main seat, considered himself senior, so naturally he couldn't be as happy as others. He stroked his beard, nodded slowly, looked at Yanguli and said: "Sir, this strategy of dividing the troops is

Make your plan!"

Yangu Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Rao Yubeile is wise!"

Since Yangguli was crippled by a mysterious Ming army in the Battle of Liangxiang, he tried every means to finally find out the number of the Ming army. When he knew that the leader was actually a young boy, he almost vomited blood in anger and vowed to fight

Kill with your own hands this prince of the Ming Dynasty who does not know the heights of heaven and earth.

However, after that battle, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty actually hid in Beijing City and never came out again. This made Yang Guli furious. If Huang Taiji had not strictly ordered not to attack Beijing City, he would have led the army to attack the city.

This time he heard that the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty had finally left Beijing and was going on an expedition on behalf of the Emperor. Yangguli was so excited that he quickly asked for orders from his coach Azig and proposed this plan.

Abatai sneered in his heart, how could that idiot Azig come up with such a plan? He continued: "Since Prince Wuying has made a decision, let's discuss how to attack the city!"

Bo He said: "According to our detailed reports from the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, more than three months ago the prince of the Ming Dynasty was ordered to appease the refugees in Beijing and built this city here. The soldiers recruited in the city were all refugees.

After the election, the Yongwei Battalion under the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty is still stationed."

An Eight Banner Mongolian banner leader said: "To build this city in such a short period of time, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty is quite capable. Since most of the soldiers in the city are new recruits, there is nothing to worry about!"

Yang Guli said in surprise: "Beizi, did you explain that the Crown Prince's brave guard camp is also in the city?"

The Yongwei camp used 5,000 troops to beat him, breaking tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Eight Banners, causing fractures and severe injuries to his vitality, which left him heartbroken.

Bo Heduo smiled and said: "Yes, what happened to my consort?"

There was silence in the hall. Many people knew that Yangguli was beaten by a Beijing army in Liangxiang and was basically wiped out. If he hadn't made atonement for his sins with several consecutive victories, he would have been chopped down by Azig on the spot.

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In the silence, Yangguli's face darkened when he saw the contemptuous looks on everyone's faces. He suddenly stood up and said to Abatai: "Rao Yubeile, the weapons of the Yongwei camp are sharp, the infantry are so brave, and even the cavalry are brave.

If you dare to fight, if you dare to show off with our cavalry in a dignified manner, the general will think that you must take it very seriously!"

He said sternly: "The general believes that the Yongwei camp must be eliminated, otherwise our army will return from the north. They are watching and following step by step. When they rise up to strike, our Qing warriors may be unable to transport the loot they have plundered."

close."

Abatai has been paying attention to the intelligence about the Yongwei camp, and did not underestimate Yangguli's words. He nodded and said: "What my consort said is extremely reasonable. If this is the case, then we will kill him completely to prevent accidents!"

Let's get down to the main topic. Everyone is discussing how to break the city at the minimum cost.

The Mongolian generals of the Eight Banners and several Han army commanders kept silent. As cannon fodder for the Jiannu slaves, they could not intervene in such important strategic and tactical matters. No matter what was discussed, they would always be the vanguard cannon fodder.

In the end, Yangu Li's tactics made the whole tent burst into applause, including several generals of the Mongolian and Han armies. Everyone looked happy.

It turned out that on the way to rendezvous with the troops, Yang Guli discovered a large shack area around him, in which there were about 10,000 Ming people living.

Yang Guli proposed to use these Ming people to clear the way in front. These Ming people could not only dig soil to fill the moat, but also cover the Qing troops attacking the city.

This method is not original to Yang Guli. It is a tactic often used by the Qing army in the past. Once they encounter entangled Ming army troops or a fortified city, the Qing army will probably drive the people to cover in front of the army.

Many officials who defended the city were afraid that they would be impeached if they accidentally injured civilians and that their reputation would be damaged, so they became timid, and the morale of the soldiers below was easily affected.
Chapter completed!