Chapter 67 Hong Chengchou's Plan
The Shun Army artillery battalion commanded by Zhao Peng was arranged in the lower reaches of Shihe River. It was obviously too late to transport a piece of stone before the Qing army entered Jiumenkou Pass. Zhao Peng was puzzled about whether Tang Tong, Jiang Xiang, Bai Guangen and others could block the Eight Banners Army.
Although there were more than 100,000 infantrymen in the Shun Army, Zhao Peng knew very well what the former Ming army had. To put it bluntly, the former Ming army was a group of vulnerable mobs. When they met the invincible Eight Banners heavenly soldiers, those who fled when they looked at the wind were the best brave, those who fled when they heard the wind were the best brave, and those who fled when they heard the wind were the best brave, and those who fled when they accidentally heard the mistake were the best brave.
Zhao Peng came up with an idea that was so unethical that the ancestral tomb was smoked: "King, let the Qin soldiers be the supervisor team and the old camp cavalry stand behind Tang Tong and the others. Those who retreat without fighting will be killed; those who retreat without permission will be killed; those who refuse to fight will be killed!"
Li Zicheng's one-eye light shines, twisted his beard and nodded slightly: "Okay, I am just thinking about it! Let Hao Yaoqi lead the Iron Armor Camp to rush to a stone!"
Then, Li Zicheng ordered Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Luo Hu and other generals to lead the old camp cavalry to rush to Yibishi.
Luo Hu is a powerful general who is not inferior to Hao Yaoqi. In the original time and space, because Li Zicheng rewarded Fei Zhen'e to Luo Hu, the drunk Luo Hu was assassinated by Fei Zhen'e on the wedding night. Now, because Zhao Peng took Fei Zhen'e, Luo Hu was still alive at this time.
The Shun army had 20,000 Qin soldiers and infantry soldiers and 30,000 old battalions rushed to a stone outside the Jiumenkou Pass.
Ten thousand Qing troops set out from Huanxiling and attacked at Jiumenkou Pass eight miles away. Along the way, the 100 thousand Qing troops were in a mighty manner, with 50,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry in front, and 30,000 Manchu and Mongolian heavy armored infantry following closely, and the last one was the 20,000 fire-armed heavy infantry of King Sanshun. The 50,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry were very fast and had reached outside Jiumenkou Pass. As long as Dorgon sent someone to inform the Guanning Army, the Guanning Army would open the Guancheng and let the Qing army enter the pass. The heavy armored infantry and fire-armed infantry behind would then enter the pass.
Just when Dorgon was about to send someone to contact the Guanning Army General Gao Di, a Qing army spy came to report: "Report to the master! The slaves found that the thieves in the pass suspended their attacks on Jiumen Pass! The thieves seemed to have abnormal movements!"
Hong Chengchou, who was behind, heard the spy's words, quickly stepped forward a few steps, arrived in front of Dorgon, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and beat him up: "Master, according to the spy's words, the thief seems to have seen my wishes. If the soldiers are strictly waiting for our army, I hope the master will immediately order the three armies to suspend entry into the pass! Sit and watch the changes!"
"Bah!" Ajige spitted thick phlegm on Hong Chengchou's face, "We are talking to our masters, why are you dog slaves? You still don't drag it down!"
Hong Chengchou wiped the phlegm from his face with his sleeves, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Master, I am really committed to the great cause of the Qing Dynasty for thousands of years! This decisive battle to enter the pass is the battle of the destiny of the Qing Dynasty. It must be successful in one fell swoop, and there must be no mistake!"
"Twelfth brother, you should not be rude to Mr. Hong!" Dorgon shouted Ajige, turned over and dismounted, walked to Hong Chengchou, helped him up with his own hands, and said kindly: "Mr. Hong, get up quickly, sir, sir, are reasonable! Those brothers of my king do not want to make progress and only know how to survive outside the pass. How can I know my ambition? If I cannot take the opportunity to enter the Central Plains, how can I last forever?"
"Master, I love my slaves so much, and I should repay my master with great kindness!" Hong Chengchou wiped his tears and said in his heart: Aren't the Han people in the pass all scolding me for being slaves for the Tartars? I will help our Qing Dynasty to seize the world and make all of you Han people become slaves of our Qing Dynasty! At that time, let's see who dares to scold me!
Dorgon pulled Hong Chengchou to a big rock on the side of the road and sat down: "Mr. Hong, since the thief knows my intention, what good advice do you have?"
Hong Chengchou said: "Stop entering the pass and wait and see if the thief does not change; if the thief does not change, I will not change; if the thief changes, I will change!"
"I hope the sir will tell you in detail, I wish to listen carefully!"
Hong Chengchou sent someone to get the map. He popped the map and spread it on the ground, pointed to the map and said to Dorgon: "Master, the main force of the thief was originally attacked by Xiluo City, and the area of Jiumenkou Pass was a bandit infantry. Now the bandit army has changed, so we will suspend the attack on Jiumenkou Pass. Our army should send spies to explore again. If we find out that the bandits will launch a large army to the Jiumenkou Pass, I should make it easy to avoid its attack. Since Xiluo City entered, the bandit army will attack it sideways."
Duoduo next to him said angrily: "You dog slave, my brother said he would enter the pass from Xiluo City in the morning, but you said he would enter the pass from Jiumen. After hearing what I heard about you, he wanted to enter the pass from Jiumen, and you said he wanted to enter the pass from Xiluo City! Dog slave, are you playing tricks on us? It's fun to make us run back and forth?"
"Fifteenth brother, don't be rude!" Dorgon turned around and stopped his younger brother, then turned to Hong Chengchou and said, "Mr. Hong, don't worry too much. The fifteenth brother is young and energetic, and does not know how to respect Mr. Hun, and I will apologize for me."
Hong Chengchou knelt down quickly: "Master, no one can apologize to the slave?"
"Fifteenth brother, I'll order the three armies to watch the changes. Many spies will climb the city to explore the military situation of the bandit army!" Dorgon turned his head and said to Duoduo.
Duoduo retreated, but he muttered in his heart: These Han dogs are so colorful. In my opinion, the mighty heavenly soldiers of the Eight Banners will kill the generals. How can the Han dogs and other native chickens and tiled dogs resist it?
But Duoduo did not think that the Shun army they were about to face was not the vulnerable Ming army. The elite army of 100,000 Eight Banners could be killed in. Although they could defeat the Shun army, they would also suffer considerable losses themselves. The Manchus had too few populations and could not afford to bear great losses at all. What Dorgon wanted was to seek the world, not to capture Shanhaiguan. If the Eight Banners of Manchus suffered great losses, how could he control the Han and Mongols after seizing the world in the future? At that time, the Han and Mongols could rebel, can the few people of the Manchus be controlled by the few people? Therefore, the vitality of the Eight Banners of Manchus must be preserved in order to use the Han people to defeat the vanguards to defeat the Han people.
The Shun Army suspended its attacks on Jiumenkou Pass and Xiluo City, and was waiting for the Qing army to enter the pass. However, from morning to afternoon, there was no sign of the Qing army.
Li Zicheng called Zhao Peng: "General Zhao, is the military information obtained by Ru Jinyiwei wrong?"
Zhao Peng replied: "King, our military situation was sacrificed by more than ten brothers. It was finally discovered. How could it be wrong?"
"Since it's true, why haven't Jiannu seen him invaded?" Li Zicheng's face became ugly, "If it's a missed opportunity, what is the crime of General Zhao?"
Seeing that Li Zicheng's face changed, Zhao Peng thought hard: Where is the problem? Isn't Jiannu going to invade from the Nine Gate? Why hasn't it appeared yet? What's going on? Suddenly he thought of a key figure, Hong Chengchou, yes, it must be him! So he quickly saluted Li Zicheng: "Go back to the king, the captain sent troops to Shanhaiguan, and the strategist around him is Hong Chengchou, the dog thief!"
"Hong Chengchou?" Li Zicheng's face changed drastically. You should know that the old dog Hong Chengchou put too much psychological pressure on the peasant army. Before, Li Zicheng and others met Hong Chengchou, they had never won a single battle. Since Hong Chengchou was here, it is estimated that the Qing army would use static and watch its own changes. However, Guancheng is currently in the hands of the Guanning Army. If the Qing army and Wu Sangui have joined forces, as long as the Qing army spies climbed the city tower, their every move was under the eyes of the Qing army, but they could not see the Qing army movements on the other side of the city wall. It was so passive.
Chapter completed!