Chapter 261 Fan Wencheng
Fan Wencheng of the Later Jin Dynasty was sent by Huang Taiji to stay in Zunhua. In the eyes of others, it was an idle job, because when sitting in the back, he could only watch the soldiers in front of him plundering in a prosperous and prosperous place, and finally made a fortune, but here it was a cold bench. For this reason, the Eight Banners soldiers left behind were full of complaints.
But Fan Wencheng believed that this was Huang Taiji's absolute trust in him, so he worked diligently and performed his duties conscientiously.
As a truly visionary person, a scholar who is good at strategizing, he will never fight brute force with those barbarians. He hopes to do something about strategizing in the temple.
The Jurchens have taken since the seven major hatreds of Nurhaci started the army, but fortunately, they have not lost their nature, whether they are victorious or after failure. Therefore, they have reached the present moment with just a million mature Jurchens fighting against the old empire.
This time, he came to the capital city, with the purpose of showing off his military power to the Ming Dynasty, forcing the Ming Dynasty to sign an alliance under the city, allowing the Ming Dynasty to ced the east of Shanhaiguan, and the original Nuergandusi area to be given to the Later Jin Dynasty, and then the foundation for the establishment of the Qing Empire.
Cracking Beijing? Including Huang Taiji, there is no ambition. Beijing has too many populations and its various teams are too large. It is not enough to add up to the 100,000 cavalry that he really wants to attack Beijing. Even if he breaks through Beijing, Wang Jun from all over the Ming Dynasty flocks to him, and his group of people are surrounded in the capital, allowing others to catch turtles in a jar.
Even if you don’t attack Beijing, facing the strong city and the continuous fighting army, it will be a situation of catching turtles in a jar. Therefore, if you hold Zunhua tightly, this only retreat will become the top priority.
Therefore, Huang Taiji decided to leave five hundred armored soldiers and three hundred armored soldiers as guards of Zunhua, and arrange his important minister of the Jin Dynasty and his confidant to take charge here to ensure that there is no accident.
Five hundred armored soldiers are already an absolute strength for Dajin. Such soldiers must kill more than two enemies before they are selected. Three hundred armorless soldiers are also the real war soldiers of Dajin, and their combat power cannot be underestimated. These people can completely defeat the cowardly Han army, and their combat effectiveness can be defeated by 30,000 to 50,000 Ming troops, and then chase them all over the mountain.
After Fan Wencheng's inspection of Zunhua, guarding Zunhua became more at ease and felt regretful for the Ming Dynasty.
Zunhua is the gateway to the north of the capital, facing Outer Mongolia directly. After the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing, it reinforced the city many times. The city walls were tall and sturdy, with many forts on it. There were 200 cannons in total, and the ammunition, food and grass stored in the city were piled up like mountains. If there was a general who dared to fight here, not to mention that the Dajin broke the city in one day, even if it was a year or two, it would never be able to go down.
As a result, the generals and officials of the Ming Dynasty were all greedy and afraid of death, which was hopeless.
Now that they are guarding Zunhua, with their 800 warriors and this strong city, the enemy is ten times as big as them, and they will definitely make their heads bleed.
The Santunying in the east, Qian'an Yongping and Luanzhou, had long been taken over by Dajin, making it extremely safe.
Sitting in the yamen where Zunhua was originally guarding the garrison, facing Zalan'ezhenfeigutong, the commander of the Armored Army, Fan Wencheng drank tea and asked slowly: "Has the city been cleaned up?"
Fei Gutong despised this Han man in his heart. He betrayed his fellow tribes without bones, and at any time, he was despised.
But this guy was deeply trusted by the Khan, and he did not dare to show contempt, so he bowed and replied: "The city of Zunhua has been cleaned up."
Fan Wencheng shook his head gently: "No, yesterday when I patrol the city, I saw someone shaking in an alley. This is enough to show that it has not been cleaned up. General, you must know that Zunhua is crucial to us, and we have few people guarding here. Once the Ming army attacks the city outside and the remaining Han people respond, we will be in danger. Therefore, please lead the general to conduct another dragnet search of the entire Zunhua, and never allow a single person, even if the three-year-old child escapes the net."
Facing Fan Wencheng, who still had a plain expression when he ordered the massacre of his tribe, was really impressed by his shamelessness.
Zunhua City is a military castle with a small area, but because it is the key roads inside and outside the pass, business is very prosperous, the city has 30,000 merchants and people. It took 30,000 to kill 800 people for ten days before they completely wiped out. But even so, this Han dog was still worried, and he was really cruel.
Fan Wencheng saw Fei Gutong flashing his contempt for himself on his face and smiled slightly: "You don't understand politics. Politics is actually ruthless. Once you have compassion for your enemy, you will be not far from being destroyed by your opponent."
Then we were too lazy to talk to this rude man again and said seriously to him: "According to the arrangement of the Khan, the spoils from the front line will arrive here tomorrow and then be transported out of the customs. We must be cautious. Don't think that there is no danger to a three-year-old child. Once he plays with fire and burns our soldiers to seize it with great effort, that is a huge matter, and that is an absolute blow to our plan to reserve materials."
As soon as he mentioned this, Fei Gutong couldn't help but slapped his thigh: "This Ming Dynasty is so damn rich. In this small Tonghua, there were no less than 500,000 taels of silver, jewelry, jade, grain, leather, cloth, and even piled up like mountains. Just these supplies are enough for me to eat and drink for a year and a half." The Niu Lue-e Masayoko immediately said excitedly what they saw and heard.
Faced with these earth-shaking buns who had never seen the world, Fan Wendou sneered slightly: "What's this place? It's just a deserted town in the north. In the south, a gentry and a great man took out 1.8 million silver was easy. A city with a population of millions is everywhere. The weather there is like spring all year round, the land there is flat and fertile, and the rivers there are clear and nourishing people. The output there is rich and exquisite, and the women there are so charming that they are unbearable to move. That is the real essence of the Ming Dynasty."
A group of savages stretched their necks and asked in disbelief: "Is there really such a place?"
Fan Wencheng laughed: "The old saying goes: "There is a saying that you have to ride a crane to Yangzhou. If you want to go to Yangzhou for fun, you don't have a hundred thousand silver dollars, you can't stand for half a day."
Such numbers and such scenes are something that these local buns can’t even imagine.
After being proud of his magnificent rivers and mountains, Fan Wencheng stood up: "As long as we achieve our goal this time, as long as we return to Liaodong and endure a few years of hard and cold rest, our great sweat will take you to such a world of glory and happiness. Generals, move, clean up Zunhua City and keep the spoils that we must be for years of cultivation."
All the Jiang Zuo stood up excitedly and agreed loudly.
The next morning, the bus horse outside the city entered the city: "The team transporting spoils in front has arrived, please arrange the transfer.
The spoils that came down in front need to be divided into Zunhua and the Mongolian departments involved, and then transported out of the Great Wall in different directions.
These looted items are complex and easy to cause chaos. There are too many treasures and materials, and the Mongolians are not a good-for-nothing fire. One uneven distribution of spoils is an internal strife. In this period, such things are constantly being staged in Zunhua. At this time, the Mongolian and the Jurchen Allied forces must not have internal strife. This is also one of the reasons why Huang Taiji left Fan Wencheng here. Those Jurchen generals and ministers really couldn't do this.
When I came to the city gate and looked south, I saw a convoy that was endless. The materials on it kept breaking the axle, and the ox and donkeys pulled were all sweating.
Fan Wendou was satisfied with these supplies. But he knew even more that this was not the beginning or the end. The biggest gain would be that his Khan and Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty signed the Underworld Alliance and according to the Underworld Alliance he had drafted for the Khan, these were just a drop in the bucket.
No, if we count the political gains, these will not even be a drop in the bucket.
Victory in politics is the greatest victory and gain.
Chapter completed!