Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 447
Since Nurhachi rebelled with the Thirteen Blessed Armors, the Eight Banners have had little defeat against the Ming army.

It is precisely because the Ming army has continued to send heads and equipment over the past ten years, coupled with the secret assistance of shameless profiteers like Shanxi merchants, that the Eight Banners are full of pride and confidence when facing the Ming army.

The development of history has its chance and necessity.

The fiasco of the Ming army was inextricably linked to the decay and decline of the Ming system. Many of the reasons were complicated, and the superposition of various factors led to the inevitable demise of the Ming Dynasty.

As for chance, such examples are too numerous to enumerate.

Among them, the most famous example is the princes of Fenghuo Opera.

King You of Zhou smiled for the sake of Bomei, and lit the beacon fire to play when he had nothing to do, which eventually led to the collapse of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Since ancient times, many great events have been caused by accidental small things.

Most of the time, History is like an unsmiling middle-aged man, giving people a very reliable feeling.But sometimes he is like an immature and naughty child, often a small unintentional action will cause tragic consequences and endings.

In the report, Sun Chuanting and the other three made a brief report on the war that had just ended recently.

After spending nearly two days filling and cleaning up the fortifications left by the Qing army, the Ming army led by the car battalion, followed by the Qin army and the Baigan soldiers continued to pursue the enemy northward, while the Qin army Zhang Yuan was left behind by Sun Chuanting. Next, take on the task of guarding the supply camp.

Sun Chuanting originally thought that the main force of the Qing army had gone far away, and the tens of thousands of troops assembled by Chen Qiyu were determined not to be able to stop the tens of thousands of troops returning to the Qing army from the north.

Unexpectedly, Chen Qiyu adopted the same strategy as the Qing army: digging trenches and building walls, and using fortifications that stretched for several miles to delay the pace of the Qing army's northward retreat.

Chen Qiyu left the Leisheng Department to defend the formation in the north to prevent the Qing army from attacking the rear. Then he personally commanded Wei Chuan and Zhang Xian's troops to launch a blocking battle against the Qing army retreating northward by relying on the fortifications.

After trying to make a forcible breakthrough to no avail, the Qing army drove away the coats and braved the bombardment of the Ming army's firecrackers and tiger squat guns, and began to fill in the trenches and push the walls, and gradually flattened the Ming army's fortifications under the circumstances of numerous casualties. .

Dorgon dispatched [-] Liangbaiqi soldiers into the forest on the east side in an attempt to bypass the Ming army's fortifications and attack the Ming army from the side.

At this time, the Leisheng Department, which was in charge of the defense of the rear, sent an alert. More than ten thousand Qing troops had moved south to the defense line for ten miles, ready to meet the main force of the Qing army on the south road. Danger of pinching.

After Hong Chengchou, who was stationed in Songshan, received a report from Lei Sheng before he went south, he detected that [-] Qing troops were heading south from under his nose. Seek to withdraw to Songjin line.

After discussing with Shen Shiyu, Hong Chengchou made the decision to lead the troops to attack the back of the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou, who had always been cautious, didn't want to take such a risky move, but under the current situation, he couldn't help but stand still.

Although according to the subordinates of the Ministry of War, his main responsibility is to defend the city, but seeing that the Qing army continues to move south all the way, and the situation is already developing in a direction that is extremely beneficial to the Ming army, it is time to take no action. Come on, then he will most likely be at the back when the meritorious service is presented in the future.

After careful analysis, Hong Chengchou decided to lead his troops out of the city to attack the Qing army.

After leaving Shen Shiyu behind to defend the city with 2000 people, Hong Chengchou led 6000 people out of Songshan City, gathered the Beijing camp soldiers and horses in several castles around Songshan, such as Daxing Fort, Weiyuan Fort, and Dingliao Fort, and followed the Qing army to the south. .

Hong Chengchou didn't dispatch the western Liaoning soldiers and horses in Jinzhou City, but sent people to convey the military information to Zu Dashou. As for how Zu Dashou would do it, that was his business.

He was very wary of the Liaoxi generals, and he knew that they were a group of guys who failed to accomplish anything but failed to succeed. If they ran away first at a critical moment, the morale of the rest of the Ming army could be imagined.

In order to prevent the Qing army from copying the rear, Hong Chengchou left a total of more than 9000 people from Weiyuan Fort and Dingliao Fort near Songshan City, and built a defense line to guard against the Qing army camp more than ten miles away. He personally led [-] people Attack the back of the Qing army.

Jierhalang immediately realized that the situation was very unfavorable to the Qing army after receiving the information sent back by Tan Ma, so he quickly dispatched 1 people to the south to respond, and the remaining [-] people stayed at the camp and continued to deter the Song Dynasty. Jin Ming Army.

The [-] reinforcements of the Qing army soon fought against the Qin army under Lei Sheng, and Chen Qiyu led the troops to the south to block the main force of the Qing army retreating north.

Hong Chengchou took the opportunity to order 9000 people to attack the Qing reinforcements from behind.

At this moment, under the onslaught of the Qing army, Zhang Xian and Wei Chuanbu were unable to persist despite the huge losses. In desperation, Chen Qiyu couldn't take care of the friendly troops coming from the north. He could only order three The Ming army fought and retreated towards the nearby Zhenshan Fort until they retreated into the fort.

When the [-] Qing troops who detoured through the mountains knew that there was still a Ming army ahead, they continued to sneak along the mountains under the leadership of Meile Zhangjing, and launched a surprise attack from the flanks on Hong Chengchou's troops who were retreating when they realized that something was wrong. .

Caught off guard, 1 Ming troops and more than [-] Qing troops were caught in a melee. Hong Chengchou was shot by the White Armored soldiers of the Qing army who spared no effort to charge his life, and fell off his horse. Seeing that the army's morale was going to be chaotic, a rout was about to happen. Fortunately, the vice president of the Beijing Camp Bing Zhu Ruan dispatched two hundred grenadiers to the front of the formation in time, and repelled the Qing army's attack after a heavy bombardment.Then Zhu Ruan commanded the remaining troops to retreat slowly. The Qing army, which suffered heavy losses under the attack of hundreds of thunderbolts, did not continue to pursue them. In Dingliao Fort.

Not long after this tragic blocking battle ended, Sun Chuanting led the main force of the Ming army to the battlefield, but the main force of the Qing army had already accelerated to return north, leaving only tens of thousands of wrapped clothes behind. Except for the iron coating, the rest became prisoners of the Ming army.

At that time, Sun Chuanting, Qin Liangyu, and Chen Qiyu gathered together to investigate the movement of the Qing army at Yebubufu before deciding on the next action strategy. As a result, in the evening, the three of them received an urgent report from Yebufu: The main force of the Qing army Having quickly passed outside Dingliao Fort, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, was seriously injured and unconscious!

The three of Sun Chuanting were shocked when they heard this, and after a brief discussion, they decided to leave Chen Qiyu to deal with the aftermath. Sun Chuanting and Qin Liangyu led the army northward overnight to prevent further accidents.

When passing by Dingliao Fort, Sun Chuanting and Qin Liangyu went to the city to visit Hong Chengchou and inquired about the course of the battle, and then wrote a brief summary of the entire blocking battle as a report, and asked Chen Qiyu to sign and approve it when sending it back, and then sent it to the capital on a fast horse .

After reading the report, Zhu Youjian fell into deep thought, and he didn't even notice that Wang Chengen quietly returned to his side.

Now that the battle outside the pass has progressed, the officers and troops with relatively small losses have gradually shifted from the defensive to the offensive. So what strategy should we adopt next?

After the news of the defeat of the Qing army came back to Shengjing, what method would Huang Taiji use to deal with this unfavorable situation?

When should the tens of thousands of cavalry under Xuanda Lu Xiangsheng's command, and Dengzhou Liu Guoneng and Zhang Wenyao's troops be dispatched to achieve better results?
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