Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 390

The Qing army went up to the castle several times, but they were all repulsed, and they dug tunnels, but were still unable to enter. In the end, Huang Taiji could only appease, but was still rejected. From the siege of February to mid-April, they were unable to attack, and had to retreat. .

Because of this, Jin Guofeng was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Ningyuan Regiment. In October, Hauge and Duoduo led their troops to attack Ningyuan again.At this time, Jin Guofeng was the commander-in-chief, with more than ten thousand soldiers under his command. As a result, the battalion was chaotic and it was difficult to give orders. But he watched the general from outside Xuanda fight alone, and saw him, his two sons and all his servants all died in battle.

Jin Guofeng is a rare hero, but his victory in Songshan and the death of Ning Yuan have explained too many problems.

Since Chongzhen, not only the Guanning Army in Liaodong has become a warlord, but also the Ming Army in other places. Zuo Liangyu and the four towns in Jiangbei have all been like this. This is the case with all the military leaders.

Jin Guofeng and Gao Doushu were able to win by defending the isolated city alone because it was a siege and they had no way out.

Later, Jin Guofeng died in Ningyuan because he wanted to go out to fight in the city, but no one in the Guan Ning Army agreed, let alone listen to him, a foreign general, so Jin Guofeng died.As soon as he died, Hong Chengchou was also frightened, and hurriedly recommended Wu Sangui to the imperial court as the new Ningyuan regiment training chief officer, hoping that the Liao general would lead the Liao soldiers to guard the Liao land and listen to his orders.

Who knew that Wu Sangui led the Guan Ning army in the end, but he was still cheated.

Gao Doushu was also in the same situation. He was the governor of Shaanxi sent by the emperor, but He Zhen, the admiral, completely ignored him. He even proclaimed himself the president. He Zhen didn't even listen to the emperor's words. How could he listen to the governor Gao Doushu.

The other military leaders are similar.

And He Zhen dared to disobey the imperial decree and disobey the governor because he had tens of thousands of people under him.

He Zhen didn't respect Gao Doushu's order, but met Meng Qiaofang, a cunning old traitor.

On the night when the soldiers were stationed outside Xi'an and were preparing to enter Xi'an the next morning, Meng Qiaofang's commander-in-chief Luo Dai, who had already secretly instigated a rebellion, kidnapped the commander-in-chief Guo Dengxian and the second general of the party, Meng'an, and finally forced them to defect and rebel again.

The three generals launched a mutiny in the middle of the night, set fire in all directions in the camp, lit gunpowder, and raided the governor's camp of He Zhen, Gao Doushu and Sun Shoufa, and raided the barracks of Wu Dading and Hu Xiangchen.

Seeing the fire in the Ming camp, Zhao Chengdong led the cavalry from Meng Qiaofang's battalion to go straight to the Ming camp, and the two generals Chen De and Sun Zhen also led the troops out.

He Zhen and others were killed by surprise, but at this time the three-way army was tens of thousands of people, there is still a chance, but Meng Qiaofang will not give him this chance.

The superintendent led by Zhao Chengdong and others was only the lead of the Qing army, and the real ultimate move was the Guan Ning army who followed closely.

That's right, Wu Sangui and Li Guohan have already arrived. Although only the cavalry vanguards arrived, there are still thousands of cavalry, all of which are composed of Guanning cavalry and Liaodong Han cavalry. This is the most elite cavalry force.

They rushed out suddenly, and He Zhen was powerless to recover.

The tens of thousands of horses in the three armies were trampled by thousands of cavalry horses from the Qing army, and the Ming army fled from all walks of life. At this time, the fatal danger of lack of unified command appeared. Withdrawal, whoever is in the back and whoever covers, etc., anyway, they run their own way, just run a little faster than the friendly army.

In the dark night, the twelve battalions of the three armies were in an extremely chaotic situation. They ran for their own way, some ran west, some ran north, some ran south, and some ran east.

Anyway, tens of thousands of troops fled.

The Liu Tichun and Wang Guangtai armies who were stationed in Xianyang and Jingyang, when they heard that Xi'an was defeated and Wu Sangui and Li Guohan's elite troops had arrived, they all left their camps and went west one after another, without any intention of blocking them.

Thousands of cavalrymen of the Qing army chased and killed hundreds of miles, defeated one after another Ming army, beheaded and captured countless people.

In the end, the coalition forces fled all the way to Wu Gong, the border of Xi'an and Fengxiang, and barely stopped the rout, and gathered up the rout soldiers. Originally, it was said that there were more than 4 troops, but now there were only [-] to [-] troops left.

The [-]th battalion of the five armies, the dead and the surrendered, the fleeing and the fleeing, were in a panic.

I just wanted to take a breath and study to see what to do next.

As a result, Wu Sangui had already led the army and fought at the tail, and the two sides fought fiercely in the Haosi Bridge area. As a result, although Gao Doushu, He Zhen, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangtai, Hu Xiangchen, Wu Dading, etc. all called for a decisive battle before the battle.

As a result, after a fierce battle for a long time, it was still defeated after all.

Hu Xiangchen's right wing was the first to be defeated by Guan Ning's cavalry, and the admiral Hu Xiangchen's central army was defeated. Not only was the flag chopped off, but he himself was surrounded and captured alive.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Dading led his troops to retreat to the west,
He Zhen, Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, Liu Tichun, and Wang Guangxing also retreated in defeat, retreating to the Qinling Mountains in Fengxiang Mansion, and retreating in the direction of Guanzhong.

There were also many Guanzhong generals who were unwilling to retreat to Hanzhong and led the remnants of the defeated army back to their hometowns, but most of them were intercepted and encircled by troops sent by Wu Sangui, Li Guohan, He Luohui and Meng Qiaofang.

Li Guohan wiped out the Weibei Wang Xiucai Department, Ren Zhen defeated Wang Wenbing and Li Yao,
Wu Dading led his troops northward to flee to the area around Bin County, and Zhang Yingyuan, He Hongqi, and Liu Wenbing also scattered.

"At present, He Zhen, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangen and others are all starting to retreat to Hanzhong. Fengxiang Mansion has already planned to abandon it. Wu Dading and other generals will retreat to Pingliang, Qingyang and other places. Wu Sangui, Li Guohan and He Luo will pursue He Zhen and others to Hanzhong. go.

Shangshu Xingna led his army to Pingliang to pursue Wu Dading, Gushan Ezhen Dulei pursued into Qingyang, and Gushan Ezhen Bayan returned to encircle and suppress Yan'an in northern Shaanxi.
Hauge has crossed the Yellow River and is about to enter Xi'an. "

Zhu Yihai sighed.

The defeat is so complete.

Luo Dai, Guo Dengxian, Dang Meng'an, Kang Zhenbang and others defected in battle. The admiral Hu Xiangchen died in battle, and the commander-in-chief Li Yao died in battle. Wu Dading broke away from the main force and retreated to his headquarters in Pingliang and Guyuan alone.

He Zhen, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangtai, Gao Doushu, and Sun Shoufa retreated all the way to Hanzhong.

There are still about [-] of these generals, and their vitality is also seriously injured.

For example, Liu Tichun and Wang Guangtai originally led [-] soldiers from Yunyang into the pass, He Zhen even brought [-] troops, and Sun Shoufa fought against the Qing Dynasty together in the Qinling Mountains, and there were more than [-] troops.

Now there are only a few generals left, the defeated general Bing Wan, who wanted to come to Guanzhong to occupy a piece of land to develop Liu Tichun and Wang Guangtai, but he also lost his wife and lost his army.

Not to mention He Zhen.

"Imitate the will of Taoism." Zhu Yihai sighed.

Zhang Guowei also felt sad, "Please give orders, Your Majesty."

"It is decreed that Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, and He Zhen will all retreat to Hanzhong, Liu Tichun will retreat to Xixiang, Wang Guangtai will retreat to Xing'an, Wu Dading will retreat to Feng County, He Hongqi will retreat to Liangdang County of Gongchang Prefecture, and Liu Wenbing will retreat to Chengdu. County, Guo Junzhen was stationed in Wenxian County, Zhang Yingyuan retreated to Lixian County, and Jiang Denglei still retreated to Jiezhou.

Li Mingyi was stationed in Xihe, Wang Yuan was stationed in Hui County, Ma De was stationed in Xigucheng..."

Zhang Guowei couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty wants to abandon Shaanxi and Gansu?"

"Those north of the Weihe River will not defend first. The defeated soldiers in Guanzhong will retreat to the Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Mansion to rest and reorganize. They must be fully reorganized. Guanzhong Longyou will be put down for the time being. If you don't reorganize the army first, it will be useless even if you stay in Guanlong. Finally They must have been encircled and wiped out by the Qing army, so it is better to retreat to Gongchang in Hanzhong to reorganize and rest."

Part of the defeated army was stationed in Hanzhong, and the other part was stationed in the south of Gongchang Mansion in the west of Hanzhong. The purpose was to guard Hanzhong, the gateway to Sichuan.

For example, Wu Dading is still thinking about withdrawing to Guyuan where he raised his troops. He used to be the deputy general of Guyuan here, and now he still wants to go back. How can he hold it?
Going to Guyuan alone is also difficult to defend.

As for big towns like Qinzhou, Ganzhou, and Ningxia, Zhu Yihai doesn't even expect to be able to defend them now. If 10 people are defeated for thousands of miles, if you retreat separately to the various places in Shanxi and Gansu, it won't kill you faster.

In the past, soldiers and horses from all over the country raised their flags and swept across Shaanxi and Gansu. Now the army has been defeated for thousands of miles. After all, it is still weak.

Zhu Yihai also didn't have any hope for the military leaders like He Zhen. Now he is firm in his determination to reorganize their troops thoroughly, and never allow warlords like He Zhen who don't obey their orders to appear again in the future.

"Where are the generals who were transferred to Hanzhong before?"

"Let them continue to go to Hanzhong quickly. When He Zhen arrives, they will reorganize together. Gongchang will form a town of [-] soldiers, Hanzhong will form a town of [-] soldiers, Yunyang will form another town of [-] soldiers, and then The governor, admiral, and governor each reorganized another [-] standard battalions.

First reorganize according to the [-] soldiers. The soldiers are good but not many, but they can obey orders and obey the deployment instead of acting indiscriminately.

The three prefectures of Yunyang and Gongchang in Hanzhong deployed 5000 people between Qin and Ba. If the reorganization can be completed and then rely on the Ming army in Badong and Chongqing, there is a lot to do.

Zhu Yihai got up and paced with his hands behind his back.

"We have to prepare for a worse situation, and we must have a plan first, so as not to be caught off guard."

Wang Zhiren asked, "Your Majesty is worried that He Zhen will not obey the order and reorganize?"

"It is very possible that He Zhen refuses to obey the order, and Ma Ke who stayed behind in Hanzhong may not be reliable. Luo Dai, Guo Dengxian, and Dang Meng'an in Hanzhong have all defected before the battle, so we need to make more preparations."

"Also, not only He Zhen, but also Zhang Xianzhong and Wu Sangui have to guard against it."

Now that He Zhen and others are newly defeated, if Ma Ke, who stayed in Hanzhong, falls to the Qing Dynasty, He Zhen and the others will not be able to go back, or if Zhang Xianzhong enters Hanzhong first, this is all possible.

"We need to know what to do if these situations arise."

"Xing Guogong Li Chixin, Xiangyang Hou Wang Guangen, and Shu Guogong Qin Liangyu are all rushing to Hanzhong. They should be able to enter Hanzhong first."

"It's best to be first, but just in case." Zhu Yihai frowned, "If, I mean, if Wu Sangui enters Hanzhong first, then Qin Liangyu, Li Chixin, Wang Guangen and others should not go to Hanzhong again, and they can send troops to garrison Xing'an.

If Zhang Xianzhong stepped into Hanzhong first, don't fight, and still send troops to Xing'an. "

"Your Majesty intends to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?" Wang Zhiren asked.

(End of this chapter)