Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 266 Unifying the army to lure Xining to surrender (Part )
Xining, known as Qingtang City, Xiping County and Shanzhou in ancient times, is the eastern gateway to the snow-covered plateau and is known as the "Key to the West Sea". This city originally meant "peace in the west". With the war going on, when will peace be achieved?
Xin Sizhong, the mighty general on the right side of Dashun Dynasty, nicknamed Tiger Flame Ban, and general Hu Xin, was riding on his horse, looking at the city wall from a distance. The construction of city walls in the Ming Dynasty focused on border defense but not on the interior. The height of the city walls in the interior was much lower than that in the border cities. Even Beijing was only 12 to 14 meters high. Ordinary prefectures and county towns were even shorter. Shanhaiguan was 14 meters high. This Xining city It is 16 meters high and towers into the clouds from a distance.

Even Xin Sizhong, who had experienced countless bloody battles and was accustomed to seeing majestic city walls, was amazed by the majesty of Xining City, "Unexpectedly, there is such a majestic city in the western border. It is not easy to evacuate!"

"Don't worry, Commander. Although the city of Xining is strong, it does not have regular officers and soldiers. The chieftains' soldiers and horses are poorly equipped and poorly trained. They are no match for our great army." A young general next to him said loudly, but it was Huang Cheng from Nianbo. . This time the invading army was able to capture Nianbosuo on the east side of Xining Guard, and this man was indispensable.

"General Huang, don't underestimate the enemy. Qi Tingjian, the commander of the Xining Guards, knows the art of war. General Huang suffered the loss of underestimating the enemy and was ambushed by local soldiers in Fuqiang Fort." Xin Sizhong sighed leisurely. This time he attacked Xining Guards, nominally to avenge He Jin, King of Zuojin, and his main purpose was to gain command of this army. As He Jin's old subordinate, most of the generals of He's army favored him as the leader, but there were also some generals who listened to Lanzhou's general Dang Shousu. Dang Shousu was from Li Zicheng's "Old Eighth Team". He was worshiped as a "mighty general" and granted the title of "Zaihou". He was older than him and had the secret support of Emperor Yongchang behind him. If you want to control the Western Expeditionary Army, you must make great achievements. So, he came with an army of 20,000 people.

History has actually changed. In another time and space, Tongguan had been lost. Li Zicheng was forced to abandon Xi'an, pass through Lantian and Shangzhou, take Wuguan, and retreat to Xiangyang. He "stated that he wanted to take Nanjing and advance by land and water." He also ordered Xin Sizhong and other border guards to withdraw to Wuchang. , plundered Huguangzhou County and robbed grain.

But in this time and space, because Emperor Qianyuan of Wei State valued trade, he kept the Silk Road open and conducted large arms transactions with the Chuang Army. The Chuang army purchased a large amount of weapons, war horses, grain, gunpowder, saltpeter, and medicinal materials from the Mongols, especially the import of grain, which greatly alleviated the food shortage in Shaanxi, so the Battle of Tongguan lasted for three more months.

Tongguan was finally lost!

The Qing army attacked Shaanxi in two groups. Azige led Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and other troops to march from Datong to Yulin, and then marched south from northern Shaanxi to Xi'an; Duduo led Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other troops to attack Tongguan from Huaiqing, Henan. After hearing the news, Li Zicheng led his army to reinforce Tongguan and formed a formation to fight. Liu Zongmin was unlucky in the first battle; Liu Fangliang also suffered setbacks in his second battle; Li Zicheng personally led his cavalry and infantry to resist the battle, but was defeated again; the Chu army attacked the Qing camp, but was defeated; then, the Qing army's red cannons were transported to Tongguan Pass, and the Chu army dug heavily The trenches were built and strong walls were built to block the Qing army; the Qing army first bombarded them with red cannons, then launched a massive attack, and successively broke into the Chu army's formation. The Chuang army still fought tenaciously and counterattacked with 300 cavalry. They also divided their forces and detoured back to the Qing army's formation to attack, but all failed.

Originally, Tongguan was only defended for thirteen days, but in this time and space, it was defended for more than three months. Many historical trajectories have changed. Also because they bought a large amount of ordnance from the Wei Kingdom and thought they had the Guards to rely on, the resistance of the Xining Chieftain Army was much stronger than in another time and space. The Xining Guards were originally put down quickly, but it took the Chuang Army several months to capture Zhuang Lang and Nianbo and reach the gates of Xining City.

However, what is coming will still come. Although it was a few months later than the original history, Li Zicheng, the great hero of the generation and the Yongchang Emperor of Dashun Kingdom, still collapsed. After he forced away the Southern Ming general Zuo Liangyu and occupied Wuchang, he planned to seize the southeast as a base to resist the Qing Dynasty. However, they were not fully prepared. The Qing army attacked suddenly by land and water. They had to abandon Wuchang in a hurry and march southeast. They were defeated in Yangxin, Hubei and Jiujiang, Jiangxi. Seeing that it was no longer possible to move eastward, they turned around and marched southwest, preparing to pass through Jiangxi and enter Hunan. When the army arrived at the foothills of Jiugong Mountain in Tongcheng, Hubei Province, the hero led more than 20 Qingqi to climb the mountain to explore the route. He was killed by local peasant armed forces. The army was filled with grief and anger, and bloodbathed Jiugong Mountain. The remaining troops declared Li Zicheng the late emperor, and his wife Gao was the queen mother. , elected Li Zicheng's third brother Li Zijing as leader, but the real power was in the hands of Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo.

"Report, General Ma has returned from Zhenhai Fort", Xin Sizhong and Huang Cheng were inspecting the Xining city wall, and their subordinates came to report."

"Let's go back to the camp." Xin Enzhong flicked his whip and returned to the military camp with Huang Cheng and others."

"Commander, the general was ordered to go to Zhenhai Fort to gather his old troops. When he marched into Huangzhong, he found that the Mongols had captured Huangzhong, and the Kumbum Monastery and the Li Jia'a family had been destroyed. The general was afraid that the Mongols would be suspicious and did not dare to continue going north, so he had to return ", Ma Anbang, the general of the Chuang Army, reported. He was originally a hero from Xining Zhenhai Fort, and was sent by Xin Sizhong to support the invading army. "Mongols? Which Mongolian tribe are they?" Xin Sizhong was surprised.

"It is the Qinghai Heshuote Tribe of the Wara Mongolia. The general found out through enquiry, the Heshuote Tribe has surrendered to the Huite Tribe and captured Huangzhong on the orders of the Huite Chief Suletan." Ma Anbang is a careful person, and he can find out the general's information. Very clear.

"Turk chief? Now that Suletan has proclaimed himself emperor and established a country, he can no longer be regarded as a native chief." Xin Sizhong's expression became solemn. "Can we find out how many guards are coming from the direction of Huangzhong?"

"There are only about 4,000 troops from the Heshuote tribe in Qinghai. I heard that the original target of the Guards was the Junggar tribe. On the way, monks from Kumbum Monastery and Guolong Temple tried to attack the Guards and were massacred in the temples. Now Nasuletan is in Datong reorganized his troops and prepared to go north to attack the Junggar people."

Hearing that the guard's saber was not pointed at him, Xin Sizhong breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said: "We still need to send someone to contact the guard in Huangzhong to avoid misunderstandings and trouble. Also, our army must capture Xining City as soon as possible , the long nights and many dreams!”

"Commander, when I was at Zhenhai Fort in the past, I often traveled to Qinghai to sell horses, and I had some friendship with Zhu Taiji of the Heshuo Special Department. I would like to be an envoy to contact the guards for our army to avoid misunderstandings." Ma Anbang generously requested the order. .

"It's really difficult for General Ma. He has just returned to camp and has to set off again." Xin Sizhong praised him a few words, wrote a letter of goodwill to Emperor Qianyuan, and ordered him to take it to Huangzhong and ask the Heshuote people to deliver it to the emperor.

Only after Ma Anbang arrived at the Heshuote military camp in Huangzhong did he learn that Dayan Eqil Khan had died, and that Hanak Tushetu, Bingtu Dalai Ubas, Maozilak and other Taijis had defected to the Huite tribe. . Hanak Tushetu and Bingtu Dalai Ubas, father and son, had some friendship with him. They immediately expressed their determination to forward Chuang Jun's letter of goodwill to His Majesty the Emperor, and also agreed to restrain their subordinates from each other to avoid disputes.

While you and I were fighting, the offensive and defensive battle in Xining began.

(End of this chapter)