Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 740: Entering Ningxia and Shaanxi is easy first and then difficult (Part )
Tuoli, the general who conquered the north in his sixtieth year, was a veteran of the era of Nomdale, the father of the Lotus Great Khan, and served as Kutuzinar of Nomdale (in charge of the camp establishment of the Ulus leader). During this expedition, the Great Khan ordered him to lead one hundred thousand troops from Lintao to capture Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Shanxi. With rich combat experience, he slightly modified the basic strategy. He led 70,000 troops from Lintao Prefecture to Zhi Didao, attacked Gongchang Prefecture, and launched a large-scale eastward expedition. He secretly ordered Ala, the head of ten thousand households and the governor of Gansu Province. Tancang and Gansu Admiral Sabir led 30,000 cavalry from Didao to the north to capture Jinglu Guards, Ningxia Sanwei, Qingyang Prefecture, and Pingliang Prefecture. It was agreed that the two armies would meet in Qinzhou, Gongchang Prefecture.

The Wei army invaded Shaanxi at this time, and the timing was excellent. At that time, Meng Qiaofang, the governor of the three borders of Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty, was good at training troops. He trained tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers and horses in Shaanxi, especially Hexi. But now Meng Qiaofang has died of illness; several tiger generals Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, Liu Fangming and others in the Hexi Green Camp were taken to Guizhou by Hong Chengchou; Wu Sangui, Li Guohan and others took a considerable number of elite soldiers and generals with them when they went south to Sichuan. The remaining good generals were dying, getting sick, and were unlucky like Ren Zhen, who was also moved to Liaoyang for crimes. Today, there are not many elite soldiers and generals left in Shaanxi. Although Prince Jian Jidu moved to Xi'an with 5,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners troops who had returned from Fujian to conquer Zheng Chenggong, they were only 5,000 strong; the new Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Li Guoying, re-recruited 55,000 in Shaanxi on the order of Emperor Shunzhi. The soldiers of Qianlu Camp were newly formed and lacked training, so the guards came over.

Tuoli's tactics were very successful. He attacked Gongchang from Lintao to the east with great fanfare. As expected, he tricked the elite army into transferring the few remaining elite troops to the Longxi and Zhangxian areas of Gongchang Prefecture. The Jinglu Guards and the Three Ningxia Guards were empty. This created conditions for our own cavalry to attack Jinglu, Ningxia, Qingyang, and Pingliang. This roundabout tactic gave full play to the advantages of the Guards' cavalry, and was beyond the expectations of the Qing army.
-
Alatancang and Sabir fought smoothly along the way and encountered little fierce resistance.

Attack the Jinglu Guards first. The captain Li Qipeng and the guard Li Qiluan who guard the Jinglu Guards are members of the generals of the Li family in Wuwei (Liangzhou). His father Li Weixin served as the general soldier of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty. Now the entire Liangzhou Guards have fallen into the Great Ming Dynasty. In the hands of Wei Guo, the generals of the Li family were unwilling to surrender. The main reason is that they were successful in the Qing Dynasty. Li Qipeng's eldest brother Li Qifeng held the high position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at this time. His second brother Li Qihuang, third brother Li Qihong, fourth brother Li Qikun, seventh brother Li Qiming, eighth brother Li Qiqi, and ninth brother Li Qiluan All were officials in the Qing Dynasty. Because the old Li family produced talented people, Emperor Shunzhi also gave the Li family a special plaque "Two Rivers Rich House". The emperor's kindness was so great that he naturally had to die for the Qing Dynasty. Er Li, under the orders of Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, organized and trained four thousand new soldiers in the Jinglu Guard, but the only ones in the Jinglu Guard who could really fight were Li's previous thousand veterans of the Hexi Green Camp. How to defeat thirty thousand tigers and wolves of the Guards? In just one day, the guards broke through the Jinglu Guards and killed two Li.

The proud Alatancang ordered Er Li's head to be cut off and sent to Ningxia Zhongwei and Pingliang Mansion, hoping to win without a fight. With some results, Xiao Mingzuo, the deputy general of Qinghe Prefecture, surrendered Ganyanchi Fort and Daluchi Fort. His headquarters in Lintao Prefecture, Hezhou, was occupied by the Kingdom of David, and he could only lead 600 soldiers to garrison these two military forts. The dignified deputy general could only manage 600 soldiers and horses, so he naturally felt unhappy. Fortunately, Li Guo, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, ordered him to train new soldiers on the spot to prepare for war, so he recruited more than a thousand people, increasing the number of soldiers and horses under his command to 2,000. As soon as the newly formed battalion was formed, it received news that the guards had captured Jinglu Acropolis and killed Er Li. Seeing the arrogant look of the guard envoy and the bloody heads of brothers Li Qipeng and Li Qiluan, Xiao Mingzuo surrendered without saying a word. The combat power of the army in his hands is not as good as that of Er Li, and the two Li are no match. How can he withstand it? He still has to adapt to the wind and save his life. His surrender was equivalent to opening the southern gate to Ningxia Zhongwei.

Hearing that a deputy general was coming, Alatancang was very happy and received him personally. Most of the governors of the provinces of the Davidic Kingdom were civil servants. Alatancang was different. As the playmate of the Great Khan of Lotus when he was a boy, he was highly trusted. The Great Khan felt that the position of governor was low and he felt sorry for the old man who had followed him for so many years. Brother, in addition to letting him take on the actual position of a second-grade governor, he was also given the fictitious position of a first-grade head of ten thousand households. He was also given a title of second-class Marquis of Kuqa. This time he was ordered to go on an expedition, which included allowing him to perform some military exploits, so that he could The title has another thought.

"The general will finally meet the commander-in-chief." He greeted Xiao Mingzuo obediently as soon as he saw him.

Alatancang was very satisfied with his attitude, asked him to sit down and drink tea, and asked politely: "Vice General Xiao has lived in Shaanxi for a long time, and he should be clear about the military deployment of the puppet Qing Dynasty. Now our army has captured the Jinglu Guards and is heading north. We can invade Ningxia and take Pingliang Mansion to the east. Where do you think I should attack first?"

When the new master asked the question, Xiao Mingzuo did not dare to be negligent. He sat up straight and respectfully and answered: "The Puppet Qing Dynasty always thought that Ningxia was a place outside the Great Wall and did not pay much attention to it. Among the three guards in Ningxia, there were only Huamachi Deputy General Li Zhengfang and Shaanxi Inspector General. More than 7,000 soldiers and horses under Chen Zida, deputy envoy of the Department and deputy inspector of Ningxia Road, were stationed. Among them, only 3,000 green battalions under Li Zhengfang were considered elite. This was not the case in Pingliang Prefecture. In order to prevent the Gui army from attacking, the Qing army stationed Liangzhou Town in Pingliang. The 4,000 soldiers of General Bike's Zhenbiao, the 1,500 soldiers of Guyuan guerrilla Wang Xuanhan's battalion, the 1,000 soldiers of Guyuan Town Biao Si Wanwenyuan's soldiers, as well as the county guards and flood soldiers, the total force exceeds 10,000. Nabi Ke is the Zhenghuang Banner of Manchuria, Wang Xuan is the Xianghuang Banner of the Han Army, and Wan Wenyuan is the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army. These three are all bannermen, very loyal to the Puppet Qing Dynasty, and their troops are more powerful than Ningxia. Wei Jiang thought that he should first If it's easy and difficult later, attack Ningxia first."

"Easy first and then difficult? Well, that makes sense." Alatancang nodded in agreement.

As if to confirm his words, Biko, the commander-in-chief of Qingliang Prefecture, killed the envoy of the guards who persuaded them to surrender, and also claimed to avenge Er Li who was killed in the Jinglu Guards. People always dare to be arrogant because they have some strength. When Alatancang saw this, he was not in a hurry to beat him. Instead, he picked the weakling first and ordered the Gansu Admiral Sabir to pretend to attack Pingliang Mansion, and led the main force north to attack. The central defender of Ningxia ordered Xiao Mingzuo, who was familiar with the local terrain, to lead the way with two thousand surrender troops.

Everything went as expected. The Guards defeated Yongkang and Xuanhe Forts, crossed the Yellow River, captured Ningxia Zhongwei City, Zhenlu Fort and Shengjin Pass, taking the entire Ningxia Zhongwei into their hands; then, they crossed Going north in the Alxa Desert, crossing the Helan Mountains, suddenly appearing in the vanguard of Ningxia, and fighting all the way to Ningxia Town (Yinchuan). Chen Zida, deputy envoy of the Qing Dynasty Shaanxi Prosecution Department and deputy inspector of Ningxia Road, saw that the situation was over and was afraid of harming his family, so he simply hanged himself with a rope. As soon as he died, his subordinates opened the gate of Ningxia Town in order to survive. When Li Yuanhao founded the Daxia Kingdom (historically known as Xixia), this was once the capital of the Daxia Kingdom, Xingqing Mansion. Alatancang was overjoyed that such an important town actually fell without a fight. He praised Xiao Mingzuo profusely, appointed him an official and made a wish, and ordered him to continue leading the way, cross the Yellow River, and capture the Ningxia rear guard. Huamachi, where Ningxia's guard city is located, is a large salt pond. Because of the salt, it is a sacred place in Ningxia. Li Zhengfang, deputy general of Qinghuamachi, was reluctant to give up this treasured land and gathered 3,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters and more than 1,000 local flood troops. The land held the city and resisted stubbornly. The rumbling cannons continued for three days. On the fourth day, the fishing rod and fishing flag of the Davidic Kingdom was planted on the top of Huamachi City. The warrior of the Guards and the deputy chief of the Qianhu household, Geer, climbed up to the top of the city and cut it with one knife. It fell on Li Zhengfang's head.

(End of this chapter)