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Chapter 228 Jing is the Chongzhen Operated by Sao

In the second year of Chongzhen, on October 26th, Huang Taiji personally commanded the army to divide into two groups, bypassing Mongolia, avoiding the defense area of ​​Shanhaiguan General Zhao Ledjiao, and attacking Longjingguan and Da'ankou, tearing a big hole from the northern defense line and going straight The capital attacked.

The capital was in an emergency. After hearing the news, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly dispatched soldiers and horses from all over the world to the capital to serve the king.

Two days later, Geng Ruqi, governor of Shanxi Province, led an army of [-] people and rushed to the capital city in a starry night. However, due to the haste, the army did not carry much food and weapons, so they reported to the Ministry of War. Therefore, the Ministry of War will provide food, grass and supplies on the second day, and at the same time determine the location of the garrison, so as to deal with the invading army.

As a result, on the second day, Geng Ruqi received an order from the Ministry of War to station him in Tongzhou. At the same time, he was informed that food and grass were being allocated.

On the fourth day, he was told to be stationed in Liangxiang, and the food and grass were being allocated, but Geng Ruqi's hungry soldiers quit. Isn't this mother playing with people?

Tongzhou is 75 kilometers away from Changping, and Changping is [-] kilometers away from Liangxiang. It doesn’t look very far away now, but in ancient times, when a large army marched, it was all on their legs, and they didn’t give them food. You are simply shameless up.

The soldiers were angry. On the fifth day, the army mutinied and began to plunder the place. There was nothing to do without looting. There was no food. Could it be that they starved to death? Or did they expect them to have lofty ideals? ?

Impossible, so Geng Ruqi's army mutinied. Hearing this, Chongzhen was furious, and scolded Geng Ruqi for his crime, which would never be forgiven. So this Ninth Five-Year Lord ordered his arrest without investigating the specific circumstances of the matter clearly. Geng Ruqi.

Geng Ruqi was really loyal. He didn't lead the army to rebel when he was arrested, but he obediently captured him. Maybe he still expected his majesty to be a wise king, but this Geng Ruqi was beheaded two years later.

I have to say how unfair it is, and this is only the first wave of soldiers and horses, and the following soldiers and horses, the Ministry of War also used similar methods to dispatch them. The reason is very simple. The first is that Emperor Chongzhen likes to command blindly, and the second is the Ministry of War I really can't get the food and grass for the King of Work, so I can only drag it.

The soldiers and horses went first before the food and grass were moved, and now the food and grass cannot be produced, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army has plummeted.

On October 29th, Huang Taiji successfully broke through the pass of the Great Wall and entered the Central Plains. On October [-]th, he arrived at Zunhua City. At this time, he was only three hundred miles away from the capital, and the huge empire was in a hurry.

Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, got the news that he was going from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, but on the way, he got the news that Huang Taiji had broken through the defense line of the Great Wall, so he urgently arranged for Zhao, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, to lead [-] light cavalry to Zunhua day and night to resist Huang Taiji. .

Huang Taiji wiped out four thousand soldiers and horses of Zhao Lediao near Zunhua with the advantage of a large army, and Zhao Lediao, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, died in battle.

In the early morning of the next day, Huang Taiji's army arrived at the foot of the city of Zunhua. Nei Ying opened the city gates in the dark. Huang Taiji's army entered the city. After hearing the news, the governor Wang Yuanya, who knew that he was powerless, committed suicide and died for his country. There are many problems, but there are no fewer people who are willing to die for him.

After all, although Qian Qianyi, who is too cold, is the representative of the Ming gentry class, but among these gentry classes, there are always a few who are different, and it is their presence that makes this period of history so turbulent.

When Li Chaosheng received the report from the spies, Huang Taiji's army had already left Zunhua City, and the soldiers were pointing directly at the Santun Camp. The senior officers under him are conducting simulated offensive and defensive battles on the sand table that Li Chaosheng bought with a lot of money.

Li Chaosheng looked at the sand table and frowned. At this time, Shi Xiaolei and Li Chaolong were conducting an attack and defense simulation. Li Chaolong played the role of the Ming Empire, and Shi Xiaolei represented the forces of the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, the two looked at the sand table, and Shi Xiaolei said: "Now Zunhua City has been taken down, the three camps are not enough, and there is no natural danger that can stop me for a long time. Next, I will go straight to Qian'an, so that I can threaten you Funing on the side and rear of Shanhaiguan holds back Yuan Chonghuan's troops and advances calmly."

Hearing this, Li Chaolong looked at the sand table and said: "The mere Shanhaiguan is not important now. At this time, a strong man must cut his wrist and know how to let go. If I were Yuan Chonghuan, I would abandon Qian'an. I would rather you harm Qian'an, and you would also gallop in the starry night. Changli went to Luanzhou, went straight to Xianghe, and tried every means to block you at the city of Jizhou."

After hearing this, Shi Xiaolei said: "If you want to block Jizhou City, I will go around you. I will use my troops to go west, and go west of the river."

"Well, if you go this way, you will have to go around hundreds of miles at least, which will increase the logistical burden."

"Logistics, hehe, the people of Ming Dynasty are my logistics. If there is no food, we just grab it. Moreover, the Tartars have more cavalry, and their marching speed is far faster than yours. You can't stop them even if you want!"

When Shi Xiaolei said that, Li Chaolong was furious: "Are you a fucking human? How can you use ordinary people as rations!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Xiaolei said: "I'm a Tartar now, I'm not a human!"

After hearing this, everyone was silent, followed by a group of people looking at the sand table, silently thinking about how to deal with it, but they found sadly that there was no other way. It takes several times to fight the enemy, but now Da Ming is riddled with holes, and even with the same number of soldiers, he can't defend against it. Da Ming is really disappointing.

Li Chaosheng's officers are all downcast, the country is so weak, it is really indisputable.

Sure enough, the intelligence gathered in the next few days was basically the same as the simulation on the sand table. After Huang Taiji captured Zunhua, he captured the three camps in two days. Yuan Chonghuan was also anxious about the defensive Qian'an at this time, and directly ignored Funing not far from Qian'an, and led [-] Guanning iron cavalry into the pass and went straight to Jizhou City.

Yuan Chonghuan had three generals under his command, namely Zhao Liaojiao, Zu Dashou, and He Kegang, all of them were brought this time, in a desperate posture.

As for Wu Sangui and others whom we are more familiar with, they are still petty officials and follow these generals. Among them, Wu Sangui follows Zu Dashou, who is Wu Sangui's uncle.

Yuan Chonghuan put up a stance to fight with Huang Taiji, but Huang Taiji really took a detour and did not fight Yuan Chonghuan. As for the lengthening of the supply line, it doesn't matter, just rob the people, and the people of Ming Dynasty are not merciless in killing them, so the road can be described as dead. Across the fields, countless deaths.

It's nothing more than that when devils enter the village.

Yuan Chonghuan's plan to intercept Jizhou City failed. Yuan Chonghuan knew that he could not be led by the nose by Huang Taiji, so he sent troops directly to Hexiwu. When Yuan Chonghuan arrived at Hexiwu, Huang Taiji had already detoured to Tongzhou City.

But at this time, Daming still had some strength, and there were still some people who were good at fighting, such as Man Gui, the general soldier of Datong, and Hou Shilu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, and the King Qin's troops, who stopped the Qing soldiers first.

Set up an army formation outside the gate of BJ Desheng and start fighting.

In the second year of Chongzhen, on November [-]th, Huang Taiji personally led Daishan, Jierhalang, Yuetuo, Dudu and others to lead the Four Banners, and a group of Mongolian soldiers, launched a fierce attack on the troops of Manguihou Shilu .

Li Chaosheng got the news the next day, and the spies reported that the battle was very tragic. The battle started, and Hou Shilu's Xuanfu soldiers were defeated first. The Ming army on the city fired artillery to cooperate with the attack. As a result, the cannon directly bombarded the formation of the Datong army. Datong soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Soldiers rest.

Seeing this information, Shi Xiaolei and other generals stared wide-eyed. Their own cannons bombarded their own army. In order to prove this possibility, they also called Feng Tian, ​​the artillery chief in charge of the cannons, and asked about the accidental damage caused by such cannons. Is the probability high?
Feng Tian's eyes widened when he heard this, and he thought for a long time before saying, "On a normal battlefield, the enemy fights us in front, and the cannons are usually fired at the enemy's back. Boom, generally not so much as to hit one's own people.

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng came to the conclusion that the artillerymen who could do this were either stupid or bad.

Li Chaosheng continued to search for information. According to the information, on the same day, Huang Taiji also raided Guangqumen. Ge, Dorgon and others led the white armor guards, and two thousand Mongolian soldiers.

According to intelligence, in this battle, Yuan Chonghuan and others killed many people in the Ming army, and Yuan Chonghuan himself was shot with more than a dozen arrows, like a hedgehog, but because he was wearing heavy armor, he was only slightly injured.

Li Chaosheng looked at the information and sighed: "Yuan Chonghuan, are you loyal or traitor?"

You say he is loyal, he cultivated his cronies in Liaodong, he also had correspondence with the Qing Dynasty, and even killed the general Mao Wenlong, you say he is a traitor, but he was able to save BJ in the starry night and almost died here, what a strange thing man.

On a moonlit night, outside the capital, outside the Guangqu Gate, a young general in white robes and a helmet was patrolling the barracks. Although his face was tired, his eyes were piercing. His name was Wu Sangui, and his name was Changbo. This time, he came to the capital to rescue the emperor with his uncle Zu Dashou, and by the way, he had a good background so that he could take over the family army in the future.

However, coming to BJ this time broke his heart. He came to BJ with passion in his arms. Yesterday he fought against the Four Banners of Tartars outside Guangqumen. Before the battle, he beheaded six enemies. Lord Superintendent defeated the Qing soldiers and won two victories in Guangqumen and Zuoanmen, which is a great achievement.

But what awaited them was not flowers and applause, but insults and bricks. People in the city called themselves and others as spies, traitors, and traitors, but they didn't. He called in from Ce's jurisdiction, and his group got the news and ran to the rescue in a hurry. How could they become spies?
Why did you become a traitor? Now many people in the city say that the Tartars were let in by the Master Supervisor, but we really didn't have them. When did loyal ministers end up like this?

At this time, Wu Sangui, who was less than twenty, didn't understand very much. His blood was poured with cold water, and his heart went cold.

Wu Sangui inspected around, came to the camp of his uncle Zu Dashou, and reported the situation. Zu Dashou saw that Wu Sangui was not in good condition, and knew that the young nephew was traumatized, so he comforted him: "Elder Uncle, don't be discouraged. The emperor has already told the emperor, requesting that we go to the city to rest and supplement our food and wages by the way, our plight will soon be over."

Hearing this, Wu Sangui glanced at Zu Dashou and said, "Uncle, don't lie to me, the supervisor has already submitted three papers, and every time he was approved, the food and salary were not supplemented, and the one who scolded us is Spy, uncle, I don’t understand why such a majesty deserves our allegiance.”

"Uncle, shut up, how can you say such a rebellious thing, fortunately there is no one here, so don't say it in the future."

Zu Dashou scolded, Wu Sangui was not convinced, but could only retreat resentfully.

The Qing army attacked the city for a long time, and there were already signs of retreating. Before leaving, Huang Taiji gave Chongzhen a big gift. A eunuch Yang who was captured before, accidentally heard Huang Taiji tell someone that Yuan Chonghuan had a secret agreement with him. Then this eunuch Yang suddenly possessed Dongfang Bubai, and even rushed out of the prisoner camp of the Manchu Qing, and ran back to the capital.

Tell our suspicious Majesty Chongzhen about the matter, His Majesty Chongzhen listens well, Yuan Chonghuan is "cooperating with the enemy", so the more I think about Yuan Chonghuan's behavior, the more suspicious he is. Why do you always ask to bring troops into the inner city to rest?
Are you going to cooperate with the inside and outside? Fortunately, my wit didn't let them capitalize, otherwise my head might not be there, Yuan Chonghuan, traitor! !
Emperor Chongzhen was furious, so he came up with the idea of ​​getting rid of Yuan Chonghuan. In early December, Chongzhen replied to Yuan Chonghuan's request for military pay, but the exact amount needed to be discussed carefully, so Chongzhen asked Yuan Chonghuan to go to the city to discuss the salary.

After Yuan Chonghuan got the news, he did not suspect him, and brought Zu Dashou to the capital, but at this time the gate of the capital was closed tightly, and a hanging frame was lowered from the city wall, and the two were hoisted to the top of the city. , I saw Emperor Chongzhen sitting on a chair with a serious face.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't let Yuan Chonghuan tell the truth, and directly let the Jinyiwei who had ambushed take off Yuan Chonghuan's court clothes, tied them up and put on torture tools, and escorted him to the Jinyiwei prison.

Seeing this set of six operations, Zu Dashou on the side was stunned, but Chongzhen didn't make it difficult for him, mainly because he was afraid that if one of them didn't go back, the Liaodong cavalry would mutiny, and one person would need to go back to preside over the work.

As a result, after Zu Dashou was sent back, he was so frightened that he ran back to Jinzhou overnight with 5000 people. Let's play with eggs, it's too scary for his mother, so let's go back to his hometown and hide.

In this way, Zu Dashou ran away, Yuan Chonghuan was sent to prison, and the most capable troops of Ming Dynasty at this time lost their backbone and collapsed.

When Li Chaosheng got the news, he was inspecting the reservoir dam in Lantian County.

(End of this chapter)