Chapter 458: The idle boy is not idle and fights everywhere

In mid-March of the 17th year of Chongzhen, more than 20,000 cars and nearly 180,000 infantry and cavalry were built. The commander Hou Xu Xun led a large army out of Tongguan to prepare for a decisive battle in the Shun Army. General Bai Guangen was the vanguard, General Xu Dingguo, He Renlong and General Hou Xu Xun were both in the central army, and General Gao Jie was the rear team, and they went in sequence.

Although the Henan Prefecture in western Henan was in the hands of the Shun Army, the Shun Army had no troops or city guards from Tongguan to Shanzhou and then to Luoyang, so the Ming Dynasty's official army marched without any disadvantages along the way and was invincible. The Supervisor Hou Xun was a Hanlin figure, and he sent his letters of reward from the brigade of commendation to the capital every day from the fast horse.

In April, the official army marched to Luoyang City. Niu Chenghu, the garrison of Henan Prefecture, who was hiding in the mountain village, led more than 10,000 militias to the meeting. He was immediately named deputy general and was vanguarded with Bai Guangen.

Until this time, the more than 100,000 soldiers from the Ming Dynasty had already entered Henan, and the Shun Army began to take action. The first battle was in Xin'an County, west of Luoyang City.

General Guoyi Liu Fangliang led 10,000 cavalrymen to appear in Xin'an County. Bai Guangen and Niu Chenghu led their troops to attack. The chariots they built earlier played a role at this time.

After the war started, the formation began. In front of the battlefield, the cavalry of the Shun Army rushed over and was stopped by the side van. The Ming army used bows and arrows and firearms behind the van. When attacking, everyone pushed the carts and slowly advanced. Liu Fangliang led the light cavalry.

At the beginning, I was a little underestimated by the enemy, thinking that as usual, as long as I spread the cavalry and rushed over, everything would be fine. Who would have thought that I would be beaten to pieces by a wooden cart?

When the Ming army lined up and moved forward, there were layered vans in front and both wings. For the Shun Army, it seemed like a hedgehog full of thorns and could not speak at all. Now that Dashun was first established, the official system was established, and generals and officials at all levels were thinking about making great contributions to promote.

Moreover, since the refugee army started its business, it was common for victory to fight against the Ming Dynasty's official army. Anyone who loses will be a great humiliation.

Liu Fangliang came this time and wanted to promote his name as General Guoyi. After all, there are levels of General Zheng and General Quan. Unexpectedly, he was frustrated. After returning, wouldn’t he be laughed at by his colleagues and be looked down upon by the prince of the Investiture? Liu Fangliang decided to try his luck when he was about to retreat.

This time, the Ming army still had no choice but to lose more, so they had to retreat in shame. Fortunately, the cavalry still had an advantage in speed. If they did not fight and flee, the Ming official army's chariot camp would not be able to catch up.

The victory of the first battle was a great thing for the Ming army. The general of the army happily celebrated the achievements of himself and his subordinates, and at the same time asked the generals to work together to strive for successive battles.

It is conceivable that this news of victory was a shot of a heart-warming shot for the lifeless Ming court. From Emperor Chongzhen to the ordinary officials below, they were all excited and extremely excited. They approved the requests of the governor Hou Xun one by one, and asked the Ming troops in the world to cooperate with the support.

For example, the officers and soldiers from Sichuan, the soldiers from the three sides of Shaanxi, and Zuo Liangyu's troops all went to Henan and Huguang to attack the bandits and horses to support the general army of Hou Xundi.

However, the fact is quite sad. The court's documents have already ordered the troops from all over the world. The border soldiers on the three sides of Shaanxi were constantly plundered and transferred by the court. Now there are no troops that can be taken advantage of. But even the only remaining troops still have to face the pressure from the tribes of the West Mongolian and cannot leave them lightly.

The general Zuo Liangyu, who suppressed the thief, ignored the imperial orders at all, but instead joined forces with the Hunan-Guangdong troops in southern Huguang to recapture the cities occupied by Zhang Xianzhong's so-called Western Army south of Wuchang one by one. Anyway, Zhang Xianzhong's main force was already in the Sichuan-Chu border area, which was very empty.

Especially Wuchang City. Zuo Liangyu, the general who suppressed the thief, was very coveted. This territory was the richest part of the place he occupied, and he would definitely send troops to retake it.

In fact, Wuchang was indeed not within Zhang Xianzhong's key defense scope. Zuo Liangyu's troops easily captured. In April, Zuo Liangyu opened the General's Mansion in Wuchang again.

The Sichuan troops that the imperial court was trying to recruit were now gathering in fear around the Sichuan-Chu border area, guarding against Zhang Xianzhong's troops, where the main forces gathered here.

After a brief rest, the commander Hou Xun headed south from Luoyang City and rushed straight to Ruzhou. Although General Guoyi Liu Fangliang suffered a loss the last time, he still led a total of 30,000 cavalry infantry with Yuan Zongdi. The two sides started another war in Baisha Town between Luoyang City and Ruzhou City.

Although Yuan Zongdi, the two generals of Guoyi, transferred the cannons in the Shun Army this time, the Ming army also had artillery, and the artillery on both sides was of equal strength, with a range and power, and no one could do anything to anyone.

The chariot camps that lined up and guarded and lined up in front of the formation were still unable to do anything. This time, the Ming general He Renlong, who was most afraid of by the peasant army, personally led his own soldiers to attack the formation of the Shun Army, and Bai Guangen led his troops to cover the killing on the flanks. Although Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi led their direct troops to the Shun Army these two times.

But the second time was defeated even heavier than the first time, because the infantry who came here were killed by the cavalry led by He Renlong and Bai Guangen, and it was too late to escape and retreat, and the army was defeated.

This battle can barely be called shocking the world. According to the literati of the Ming court, the so-called "scholars and people, when they hear this good news, are all excited."

However, the record of killing 1,200 enemies and capturing more than 3,000 enemies can be said to be a rare victory in the Ming Dynasty's battle against the refugee army in the past decade. The results can also be compared with the battle commanded by Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others. It is called the "Baisha Victory".

In addition, Zuo Liangyu led his army into the empty Wuchang City, and the cities in Hunan were recaptured by the Ming army. The situation was extremely good for a moment, and the situation was about to be settled.

The commander Hou Xun was really proud. He thought that he had achieved such achievements in leading his army. The famous officials of the Ming Dynasty might not be the same. Maybe he was the so-called famous officials of the revival and would be famous in history and spread throughout the ages.

At this time, Hou Xun was still sober. Although the army was winning step by step, he still restricted the troops from acting slowly and could not leave the brigade without authorization. He was cautious here, but the fast horses who reported the merits were sent to the capital to memorially report the merits and ask for rewards. According to the news from the capital, it was said that Emperor Chongzhen smiled happily in the court for several consecutive days and had been preparing to issue an edict to add a title to the supervisor Hou Xun, which was nothing.

What is even more amazing is that Hou Xundi's son Hou Fangyu was appointed as the magistrate of Yixing, Changzhou Prefecture by Emperor Chongzhen, and also had the title of a scattered official. It is said that as soon as the term of office expires, he will be heading towards the provincial prefecture. The juren can become the magistrate, but that can only be those remote places.

Yixing, Changzhou Prefecture, is one of the richest places in the world. It is difficult to get a real shortage here, let alone places like Changzhou Prefecture and Jiangyin County above. Who would have thought that Hou Fangyu was a juren who was founded by his relationship with me? He was really treated like this, and his son was really the noble of his father.

In early March, Li Zicheng had already led a large army to Xiangcheng and Jia County, urging the soldiers to repair the city. In early April, two-thirds of Dashun's troops were already gathered in this area.

Compared with the successive victory of the Ming Dynasty's troops, the Duke of Qi seemed to be much more peaceful recently. In Lianghuai and Hejian Prefectures, there were often gentry officials crying, saying that it was Duke of Qi Li Meng who drove his subordinates to occupy the land of good people, and the people were living in poverty. But more gentry and officials were applauding, saying that since Duke of Qi guarded Xuzhou and Lianghuai, local thieves have become good people and hundreds of industries have flourished.

The Qi State's Public Security Bureau returned to the peace, but the imperial court did not do anything, especially in February of the 17th year of Chongzhen, where "bandits" harassed the Tuntianzhuang in Hejian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture.

As for the result, the "bandits" who came to harass the farm were all cut off their heads, which was still the same rule. The heads were hung on wooden stands on the roadside to shock the public.

Although there was news that Jiaozhou Camp found various signs of the officers and soldiers of Jizhen and Jingzhang in these bandits, there was no announcement after all.

What made some people who had a ghost in their hearts relieved was that Jiaozhou Camp did not take the next step of revenge, which made everyone feel relieved. Everyone had made up their minds. In the future, the local gentry spent money to ask themselves to take on fair activities, and they would never do it. The people who went there were all chopped off their heads by the Shandong soldiers.

Until now, there are 5,000 Shandong soldiers and horses in Yongping Prefecture, and there are no less than 5,000 guards in the village of the military farm. The more than 10,000 troops may not be enough to attack General Gao Di, but there is no more self-protection.

After all, Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, was a border guard at Jiuzhen. He didn't know much about the power of Shandong's troops. Since Zhang Kun led his troops to station in Zhongtunwei, he felt that a nail had been nailed to his flesh. If he didn't pull it out, he would not be able to feel comfortable no matter what.

However, after Zhang Kun left the Kaiping Zhongtun Guard, Hebei General Zhang Jiang personally took charge of the Kaiping Zhongtun Guard, and Deputy General Wang Tao was responsible for the Hejian Prefecture. The troops sent by Gao Di to harass him were defeated by Shandong troops.

What made Gao Di even more depressed was that it was originally just a military force from Shandong and a village guard team organized by local farmers to fight. After these harassment, the officers and soldiers from the place came back reported that they actually had Mongolian cavalry assisted.

General Gao Di was furious and thought to himself that I was spending money to hire Mongolian horse thieves on the grassland to enter the country to fight. Why are you Shandong hired these Tartars? This is still the rules.

However, these Mongolian cavalry that appeared in the Jiaozhou camp gave the general a great headache. The Hebei general Zhang Jiang was cautious in using his troops. After defeating, he would chase him for thirty miles at most. However, the pursuit and attack of these Mongolian cavalry never was restricted and often followed him all the time, like a hungry wolf tracking his prey.

Although everyone knows who did this at present, it still cannot be carried out on the surface. If you really break up and start a war, you will suffer a loss. Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, is not necessarily very strong in fighting. However, these Mongolian cavalrymen are the first-class players to follow, and they are extremely troublesome.

For this reason, Gao Di no longer dared to send troops to harass the Kaiping Zhongtun Guards, but at the end of March, he received news that made him feel relieved.

It is said that more than a thousand Mongolian horse bandits around the Kaiping Zhongtun Wei area had gone out of customs along the Xifengkou, but Gao Di did not organize a new attack. Because the Ningyuan regiment general Wu Sangui sent him several urgent reports, saying that the Qing general Duoduo had led his army to be stationed in the Zhonghou area of ​​Guangning.

This time the Tartars used more than 10,000 troops, but there was a saying, "If the Jurchens are ten thousand, they will be invincible." This time, it has exceeded 10,000. If the soldiers and horses in Jizhen and Liaozhen are not prepared for all, things will probably become big trouble.

The Shanhaiguan General Gao Di's wealth and property were all in Yongping Prefecture, and there was no place. He was just a warlord who led his army to wander, so he naturally refused to give up easily. When he heard Wu Sangui's request for help in such a panic, he also mobilized most of the troops and prepared to fight with all his might.

As for the Shandong soldiers and horses behind him, after dealing with them for several months, Gao Di quite believed in the character of these Shandong soldiers and horses. When he went to fight against the Tartars by himself, these Shandong soldiers would definitely not attack behind their backs.

There are many strange things this year. The Duodou tribe of the Qing Dynasty, which was stationed in the east of Guangning Zhonghousou, withdrew its encirclement after mid-March, leaving only the original troops stationed in the garrison.

Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan regiment training, dared not relax at all, for fear that this was the Tartars' trick to lure the enemy. If he really attacked, Wu Sangui knew that he would definitely not be able to fight against the attack of the Qing Tartar general Duoduo. But why did the opponent suddenly evacuate?

Does anyone hear that the meat is placed next to the mouth of the wolf and tiger. The wolf and tiger do not eat meat, but turn around and leave. But the Liao Town territory facing east of Shanhaiguan is still one of the best places in Liao Town. Why didn’t the Qing Dynasty attack? Leave at will.

The weather has been getting warmer in recent years. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, North Korea could have traffic north and south in mid-February, but the road was difficult to walk.

A good place like North Korea. Everyone knows that it is a comfortable job to come here to guard it. Dorgon sat in the position of the Regent. The two white flags were his direct descendants, and other flags also had personal relationships.

Naturally, it is impossible to let the weakest Zhenglan Banner Ginseng Corner Wen Lihan always stay in Seoul to enjoy his happiness. It is enough to make him feel comfortable for three or four years.

A leader from the Inlaid White Banner led the five hundred flags here to receive the visit. This time, the troops were placed in North Korea, because the princes of the Qing Dynasty, the princes and princes of the Qing Dynasty decided to put their main forces in the west of Liaozhen, that is, the Shanhaiguan area of ​​the western Liaoning Corridor.

I originally thought that the Ming Dynasty was a big tree that was already hollow, and it was already shaking under the constant internal erosion and external erosion. The Qing army could break and overturn it with just one force.

Who would have thought that Shandong's strong army suddenly appeared? Fortunately, Shandong was not the leader of the Ming Dynasty. The Duke of Qi, Li Meng, might want to usurp the throne, but it has not been successful yet. In other words, the Ming Dynasty is still fighting in internal battles. As long as it is still fighting in internal battles, there will be a chance in the Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not do it once again to destroy the Great Wall.

It would be fine if a weak country like North Korea is guarding 500 people. Even if there is a chaos, the army can rush over and pacify it without worrying about it.

Among the five hundred white flags, there are two hundred Han military flags and one hundred Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers. When they arrived at Kaicheng, they found something wrong.

It is said that North Korea, where the Qing Dynasty conquered, should have four-color flags and North Korea's own flags on the city walls. But now, whether it is the four-color flag or the North Korean flag, they are all invisible. On the top of the city, there is a big red-bottomed black-word flag with a letter of knowledge. The soldiers of the Han army flag who are familiar with the words, look at the black characters, and it is vaguely the word Li.

The royal family of North Korea is also surnamed Li. Could it be that they have changed their royal flags and wanted breakfast? The new white flag ginseng collar does not believe that the hundreds of flag genus in Wenlihan will be assassinated by these Koreans.

The gate of Kaicheng was still wide open. People in and out saw hundreds of Tartars outside and ran back to the city in panic. The white flag leader saw such panic and became more and more aware that something was wrong in the city. He immediately ordered his soldiers to take their weapons and prepare to start a war to attack the city.

In a small city like Kaicheng, although there are only 500 people in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty still dares to attack the city and start a war. To deal with weak people like North Korea, the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners, even the Mongolian Eight Banners and Han military flags have enough confidence.

According to the idea of ​​this white-flag official, the upper and lower people in the city saw the warriors of the Eight Banners coming, and their reactions must be to close the city gate and defend the dead, or lead the crowd to surrender and apologize.

The Qing army approached Kaicheng fearlessly, but the city gate was never closed, but a force was drawn from it. The formation was still neat, but the armor was not the North Korean army, nor did it look like the Ming army. Could it be that it was from Japan? These Eight Banners soldiers knew that there was a Japanese country on the other side of North Korea.

However, these people actually dared to go out of the city to fight, which really made these soldiers with white flags burst into laughter. The so-called ignorance of life and death refers to the people in front of them.

Soon both sides formed a formation. The officer with the white flag inlaid promised to his subordinates that if he defeated the troops in front of him, he could do whatever he wanted in the city. Three days in total, this was the promise of the soldiers below to massacre the city. The massacre was the most exciting promise to the soldiers' morale.

The morale of these white-flag soldiers was high, but the facts soon told them who was not aware of life or death. After the unscrupulous white-flag soldiers approached, the two small cannons on the top of the city fired first.

Then the soldiers of Jiaozhou camp who were out of the city lined up to fire the muskets. After the three-wheeled muskets were fired, the soldiers holding spears rushed up.

A few Tartar soldiers who had time to shoot arrows shot on the other side's armor and bounced away. Then they were rushed towards them and stabbed them randomly.

Even the Tartar officers were wearing cotton armor on the ground, they could not resist the spears that had enough power. Even if they could not be stabbed to death, they would also have the slashing and slashing of the axe and gun.

The battle went on very briefly, and the five hundred soldiers in the white flag, who were so shocked that they were so shocked that they were defeated, so they simply rode their horses and ran towards the north.

The sudden battle and sudden defeat made these Tartar soldiers unable to understand. Although the other party did not pursue, they still fled northwards and fled to the Xinchuan area of ​​North Korea.

The Qing Tartars had many troops stationed in northern Korea, and the deputy commander-in-chief, who was led, heard the report of these defeated soldiers.   It was so shocking that the North Korean region was under the control of the Qing Dynasty before the New Year, and the deputy commander even passed letters to Wen Lihan.   How come it is said that something has happened in Kaicheng?

If we follow the previous practices and hear this news, the deputy governor would lead his troops south to Seoul and completely wipe out these lawless traitors.

But when he heard the words of this white flag ginseng leader, the deputy governor knew more, such as the banner of Han soldiers and combat power in Hejian Mansion. When he heard the big banner with red and black letters, the word "Li" was written on it. After he realized that he was shocked and could no longer speak.

North Korea and Shandong in the Ming Dynasty are separated by the sea. How could these Shandong soldiers appear on North Korea? They cannot act rashly. That is a powerful army that even Doro Raoyu Beile Abatai defeated.

Now at the junction of winter and spring, North Korea's north-south transportation has been restored. At least there must be more certain news before it can be reported to Shengjing.

The Tartar soldiers guarding the pass every day at the key roads and captured several North Korean civilians from the north without any torture or inquiries. These timid North Korean civilians quickly said everything.

Seoul was taken down by the army from the Ming Dynasty last year. It is said that a total of tens of thousands of people came. If there were tens of thousands of troops from Shandong, then North Korea would be a disaster. North Korea doesn’t matter. The Qing Dynasty, which borders the right wing and North Korea, is even more disaster-making. Since Mao Wenlong’s Dongjiang Town was wiped out, the Qing Dynasty has only maintained a garrison of about 5,000 people in Yizhou and Phoenix City at most, including more than 2,000 people stationed in North Korea.

Tens of thousands of people came at once. North Korea was in crisis, Liaodong was in crisis, Shengjing was in crisis, and Shengjing was in crisis. We must notify Shengjing as soon as possible. This is the conclusion that the vice-president immediately came to.

Regent Dorgon planned to be very good. In the winter and spring, he took down all the territory outside the Ming Dynasty in Shanhaiguan, which was equivalent to turning all the land outside the pass into the territory of the Qing Dynasty. This was a great achievement that Nurhaci and Huang Taiji had not achieved. Fan Wencheng, a great scholar of the Neiwen Academy, had already asked someone to suggest that whether it was in accordance with the rules of the Qing Dynasty or the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the Regent had such great achievements and great achievements, and all his great achievements should be at a higher level, and it was not impossible for him to ascend to the throne by Zen.

So this time Dorgon asked Ajige to lead the troops of Zhengbai Banner to suppress the situation in Shengjing, and sent Duoduo to lead most of the forces of the Inlaid White Banner to western Liaoning.

In mid-February of the 17th year of Chongzhen, he was preparing to write a letter to the Ningyuan regiment general Wu Sangui, promising that if he was willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, not only would the territory and population be retained at this time, but his status would be much higher than that of the Ming Dynasty. Didn’t you see that Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong were already kings?

But while all this was still in preparation, an urgent report from the Liaodong Dingliao Left Guard, which is Phoenix City, came. The Ming army had already landed in North Korea and occupied Seoul, and it was suspected that it was Shandong army with a scale of 10,000 people.

Shengjing, who received this news, was already in a panic. Dorgon originally wanted to mobilize the troops of the two red flags to North Korea, but Prince Heli Daishan stayed in his door at this time. He had delayed all his requests for Dorgon, and the two yellow flags led by Prince Su Haoge and the capital Oboi. They also ignored them.

Prince Zheng Jirhalang, who had the blue flag, led his troops to capture the Jurchens in the old forest. The only troops that could move were the white flag troops led by Duoduo.
To be continued...