Win the Ding 1617

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On the muddy official road on the bank of the Yellow River, there are cars and horses flying like shuttles, and the flow of people is like weaving.The Beijing camp with high morale and bright armor was divided into two parts, one part opened the way for the whole army in the front, and the other part served the whole army in the rear.The Ming army in the middle is composed of groups of Shaanxi soldiers with disheveled clothes and crooked armor. Like a flock of sheep that lost their head, walking aimlessly.

In the crowd, Sun Dushi, Sun Deaf, was riding on a red horse, watching the once mighty [-] army turned into a bereaved dog with dull eyes, and his own fate was also because of the fact that the army was defeated. After being determined, it is nothing more than the difference between three thousand six hundred dollars and one dollar.Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting felt sad, since sooner or later he would die, he might as well end it himself, so as not to see the jailer again.

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting reached out to touch the saber at his waist, but a hand rushed ahead of him and stopped him: "My lord, don't let yourself be overwhelmed for a while, a man can bend and stretch, besides, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs." .Stay useful, go to Shanxi with Biao Xia, and then let Xu Tu do it again and regroup the troops! As long as we return to the capital, our soldiers in the Beijing camp will naturally remember what your lord has done in Shaanxi and Henan If you talk about it in front of the Holy One, Liang Guogong will speak up for you. If the old man comes out to intercede for you, there will naturally be many people in the Chaozhong Palace. At that time, everyone will say something for you in front of the emperor. Good words, go back to Shaanxi and train your troops well, then it will not be too late to take revenge!"

The one who spoke was of course the General Tang of the Beijing Camp. They broke out from the time of coercing or guarding Sun Chuanting, and they were invincible all the way. Dozens of small groups of rebels chasing after the wind fought and ran away, and there were quite a lot of achievements along the way. After careful calculation, the more than [-] men and horses in the Beijing camp were already among the average level of the [-] troops under Sun Chuanting Champion position!

The stragglers of the Ming army who were scattered and dispersed by the rebels were brave.Seeing that there is an established Ming army here, it is natural that it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and they join the marching team one after another, and it will not take two days.The original team of 3000 people snowballed into nearly 1 people.

However, feeding these 1 people with food and grass is a very difficult task!The counties and towns along the way refused Sun Chuanting's defeated soldiers to enter the city, and even refused to provide Sun Chuanting with food and grass!It was the soldiers of the Beijing camp who took out the white silver dollars.You can only buy a little grain and grass.

"All the gentry should be killed! All the generals should be killed! There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Shaanxi, only the new army can be used, and only the Beijing camp can be used!"

After camping, Sun Chuanting wrote letters to his friends under a bean-sized oil lamp, and distributed the title book of Henan's defeat to the capital.

The battle situation is tragic, but it is reasonable.

He Guoying, He Guoxian and other He Renlong's nephews and nephews turned their backs in front of the battle, burned food and grass, and pushed cannons.Let the Ming army, which had no fighting spirit, completely collapse.Li Guo, Gu Ying, Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong and other generals who broke into the camp stormed from the north again, cutting the Ming army's battle line to pieces!Luo Rucai led tens of thousands of cavalry to press down from the east to the west, and Liu Zongmin led more than 1 elite troops to harass from the south, forcing the more than [-] soldiers of the Ming army in Shaanxi to have nowhere to go.

It was about to start a battle of trapped beasts, but someone suddenly discovered that the rebel team that was blocking Shiziping had opened an opening, and an escape route that was more than two miles wide was in front of them.As a result, the Ming army in the brigade discarded the weapons in their hands, crowded and trampled on each other and rushed away.Although those generals knew that it was a trap of encircling three and missing one, they were helpless.Surrounded by their respective servants, they rushed towards the road that seemed to be the escape route.

However, enclosing three and missing one, leaving no way out, and setting up pockets are also the conventional tactics of military strategists.The purpose is to prevent the besieged objects from finding that there is no hope of escape and fighting trapped animals.Fight to the death.In this way, it will cause huge casualties to the hunters.Not only the slaves in Liaodong understood this point, but also the "traitors" in Shaanxi.

On both sides of the impenetrable road crowded by tens of thousands of Ming troops eager to escape, white smoke kept rising and there were bursts of thunderbolt noises.The cannons deployed by Luo Hu on both sides of the road were no more than a few hundred steps away from the passage.They kept throwing shells at the fleeing Ming army.

There are also several teams of firecrackers, with hundreds of people in one team, under the protection of swordsmen, they rush forward from time to time, and quickly retreat after firing a volley. Create more and greater chaos.

The crowded and chaotic formation created a huge effect on Luo Hu's harassment tactics. (You can refer to the scene when tens of thousands of people swarmed out from the exit of the stadium after the game. If someone threw wine bottles at the crowd from the left and right sides above the exit at that time, you will know how much chaos it would cause!) Every time a shell fell, every volley of firecrackers caused a powerful psychological shock to the fleeing people.

"Everyone is from Shaanxi! Our own people don't beat our own family!"

The cavalry chasing from the two wings and the rear kept rushing back and forth around the tens of miles long Ming army column, shouting loudly to surrender.

"I won't fight anymore! I won't run away! I surrender!"

In the queue, some people ran out of the queue, yelling and cursing, out of the range of the bow and arrow, and sat down in the muddy water, waiting for the rebels to come.

There were countless people who continued to flee forward under the pressure of the crowd, and were squeezed into ditches and pushed off the cliff under the pursuit of the two wings and the rear cavalry.On the nearly [-]-mile journey from Wulichuan to Tongguan, there were many casualties.

Yes!The Ming army abandoned their weapons and surrendered more than tens of thousands, and abandoned armor, vehicles, mules, horses, equipment and artillery like mountains.The Ming army generals Niu Chenghu, Zheng Jiadong, Guan Fumin and others led the remnants to surrender to the rebels.

"This time, Chuanting ordered the troops to go out to suppress the bandits. At the beginning, the soldiers were full and Ma Teng was invincible. The soldiers all had the heart to serve the country... So Baofeng, the thief, was killed, Chen Kexin, the shepherd of the puppet state, etc., and Tang County was smashed. , broke it, killed all the families, and the thieves were full of tears. Moved to Jiaxian County, then captured the false Guoyi General Xie Junyou, killed the thieves sitting on the flag, and made a few catches. The thieves rushed to Xiangcheng, and the army marched towards Xiangcheng. The thieves Afraid of plotting to surrender, the trespasser said to the thieves: "Fearless! I killed the king and burned the tomb, and I committed a serious crime. I will fight to the death. If you can't win, kill me and surrender before it's too late." The rain was so muddy that the grain trucks couldn't move forward. The soldiers were hungry. They were attacked and destroyed, and the horses and mules were eaten. The rain continued for seven days and nights, and the rear army rushed to Ruzhou. There were so many thieves, and rumors arose everywhere. They had to return the army to welcome the grain. Leave Gao Jie as the rear refusal. The front army has already moved. The rear army is chaotic, and Gao Jie can't stop it. The bandits chased Nanyang, and the officers and soldiers fought back. There were five bandits in the army, and the hungry people were outside. The infantry, the horse army, and the third Xiaoqi, inside the entrance of the old camp. The battle broke through the three levels. The thief Xiaoqi fought to the death, and blocked the way of our army with all the firearms of Luohu's Zhenshan camp. Our division moved a little, and Gao Jie's subordinate He Renlong's relatives He Guoying The sage of He Guo shouted: "The teacher is defeated! Follow me as the thief!" He then concealed the killing. Burned the food and grass, looted the luggage, the road was blocked by carts, the horses were hanging on the balance, and they couldn't move forward. Covering the attack, the head and pockets of those who were in the middle were all smashed. Self-contained and empty, the officers and soldiers rushed four hundred miles one day and one night, as far as Mengjin. More than [-] people died, and hundreds of thousands of weapons and equipment were lost."

In the letters to his friends, Sun Chuanting described the process and reasons of the defeat in a true and false way, trying to cause a defeat in this battle.That is the impression that I am dead, not a crime of war.

However, at this time in the capital city, the feather book was like fire, and the envoys were running on the road.The inscriptions accusing him of Sun Chuanting flew into the Qianqing Palace like a snowflake.

"Sun Chuanting persecuted Guanzhong and searched fiercely. The elders of Sanqin. For the sake of the safety of the country and the country, they forbear. But in ten days, more than a hundred thousand troops will be buried! The ministers and others are all Qin people, please order to kill this beast to thank the Qin people, and to thank the world!"

Similar documents were carried in baskets by the young eunuchs into the East Nuan Pavilion in the Qianqing Palace for Chongzhen to watch.The officials, gentry, clan, generals and eunuchs in Shaanxi endured it for a long time, and finally waited until Sun Chuanting was defeated. Such an opportunity could kill Sun Chuanting with one blow, how could he let it go?

"Big Companion, where is Sun Chuanting at this time?" After a long time, Chongzhen on the throne asked Wang Dehua next to him in a dry voice.

"Sun Baigu was defeated in Wulichuan, and under the guard of the soldiers of the Beijing camp, he broke out of the siege, crossed from Shanxian County and retreated to Shanxi, and gathered scattered soldiers along the way. At present, there are more than [-] people in Shanxi. Because various states and counties refused to accept them. , and is currently in the area of ​​Pinglu, Yuncheng, Wenxi, and Xiaxian."

Wang Dehua felt an indescribable feeling in his heart at the moment.Sun Chuanting was defeated, and more than a hundred thousand people were wiped out in ashes in a blink of an eye. However, in the gloom, there was a bright color that was enough to make him feel relieved.That is the fighting power of the Beijing camp!

"This group of monkey cubs really have made some progress! Being able to retreat from the millions of thieves, not only the guards are well-supervised, but also many defeated soldiers have been gathered, which can be regarded as earning a lot of face for the emperor!"

As an armed force deeply influenced by eunuchs, General Tang Shenji gave the document to Shenjiying and Yumajian. Naturally, Wang Dehua saw it immediately. In this document, General Tang Shen boasted about his achievements.

"Surrounded by tens of thousands of elite thieves, the whole army retreated, and the wounded and dead were brought back one by one during the course of the movement. No horses and equipment were lost, and even the marching stove was not missing a piece. Break through the flow along the way The thieves fought against each other, and gained a lot of money, and gathered guards, and there were thousands of scattered soldiers along the way."

Jingying can still fight!Compared with the officers and soldiers from various places, these people are more likely to gain the trust and expectations of Chongzhen and the eunuchs.In the minds of eunuchs such as Chongzhen and Wang Dehua, as the news of Sun Chuanting's defeat and the details of the process continued to improve, the idea of ​​wanting to train the new army in their hands became more and more established.

"Companion, draw up a decree. Order people to pass the decree in the Beijing camp, and participate in the general Tang's meritorious service. He will be promoted to lieutenant general and rectify the soldiers and horses in Shanxi at this time."

"One more decree. The former supervisor, Sun Chuanting, has failed me. The defeat this time is an unforgivable crime. Let the deputy general Tang Suo take him to Beijing for investigation."

To be honest, Chongzhen still doesn't know the name of the general who performed well in the Henan battlefield. However, in the process of being promoted and seized this time, he has a sense of power in his hands again.Even if you are a master supervisor, as long as you get a decree from me and go to the army, you will be a prisoner!

"Big Companion, you and the eunuchs in charge of the Imperial Horse Supervisor called together the generals of the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion for a discussion. Hurry up and come up with a charter. I want to organize and train the new army of the Beijing Battalion!"

"Also, you select capable people to go to Shandong, and go to Jinan to meet that Mr. Li. Be sure to speak nicely. I want to train a new army, so I have to ask him to contribute people, materials and efforts. of!"

Wang Dehua's heart skipped a beat, "Your Majesty, we need Shandong to send some manpower to help with training in the Beijing camp. Naturally, Li Huayu will not shirk this matter. However, if he is asked to donate goods and repay money and food, this matter I'm afraid it will be difficult. It is said that he also spent a lot of money in Denglai, Shandong and other places. Developing water conservancy, relieving refugees, opening up wasteland, building ports, paving roads, and spending money everywhere. The slaves are worried..."

"Then give the money according to the price! I still have some money and food in my internal treasury now! If I don't need it now, when will I wait?" Chongzhen was also quite sure in his heart, and he had also calculated that the current trading ports in several ports The tariffs collected have an average of 30 to [-] silver dollars per month. In addition to some expenses for the court, all of them can be used for military training, buying military supplies from Nanzhong, and buying horses from Mongolia. It only takes more than half a year.A strong soldier is in hand again!

A Yellow River is a boundary between Yin and Yang.In the area controlled by the Ming army to the east and north of the Yellow River, the security was heavily guarded. The people from various states and counties were mobilized to defend the city. The tomb is rich and powerful.All kinds of fields have been added, and there have been many more silently.

In the area west and south of the Yellow River, the rebel army was full of joy.

Over the years, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Zuo Liangyu have been a sharp sword and a heavy hammer hanging over their heads.The imperial court used them to deal with Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others.Facing these few commanding generals that the imperial court relied heavily on, the rebel army from Li Zicheng down almost had psychological barriers, and the psychological shadow area was huge.

However, now it is different!

Gu Junen's strategy and tactics have completed two steps.And all have achieved the desired effect.In the south, Zuo Liangyu lingered in Jiujiang and Wuchang, nominally to prevent the rebels from continuing to flee eastward and harassing the capital Nanjing.In fact, if it weren't for the Nanyue Army navy stationed upstream on the Anqing River to block his way, I'm afraid he would have run to the river in Nanjing long ago.And the rebel army has begun to send officials in De'an, Chengtian, Jingzhou and other places.At the same time, according to the standards of the Wanli period, the tax-free land area of ​​the gentry was re-accounted, and a unified progressive system of money and grain was implemented. The more land, the more money and grain was collected. The tenants took back their land.The land of fish and rice on both sides of the Han River became the most reliable source of food and grass for the rebels.

In Henan, the tactic of luring the enemy deep has achieved shocking results. The more than [-] troops trained by Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi have become delicacies in the mouths of the rebels.And not far away, a more tempting delicacy is also at your fingertips.

"Tongguan!"

Almost all the generals from the Old Eighth Regiment who entered the camp, and those who had participated in the Tongguan Nanyuan War, reined in their horses and looked at the Twelve City in the distance, muttering to themselves.Even those brave and powerful like Liu Zongmin and Hao Yaoqi still had tears in their eyes.

"Damn! Tongguan, Nanyuan, how many good brothers have fallen here! Today, the big revenge is finally avenged!" Hao Yaoqi's words expressed the aspirations of the generals in the camp.

The destruction of Sun Chuanting's men and horses, for the rebels, the Tongguan in front of them is no longer an iron wall to stop them, but just a paper pass city, which can't stop their eager and joyful hearts eager to return home!

As long as they wanted to, they could kick off the Guancheng on their way back to their hometown at any time, appear on the Guanzhong Plain swaggeringly, and then go to the city of Xi'an with gongs and drums, and then return to northern Shaanxi.

"At that time, the Generalissimo will officially ascend the throne and become the emperor. We people, that is, the founding heroes of the country! Let's be like uncles and lords! Then go back to our hometown, build a house, buy land, and marry wives and aunts. , give birth to his baby!"

The few generals who broke into the camp were full of longing for a better life in the future. They waved their horsewhip vigorously on the hill and yelled and cursed triumphantly towards Tongguan, which was faintly visible.

Behind them, in the Wulichuan Basin, from Shiziping to Wulichuan, within a radius of tens of miles, there was a lot of people coming and going, and yesterday's battlefield was like a bustling market today.

The soldiers of the Ming army who had put down their weapons and armor were roughly divided into groups of one hundred people, wrapped in some clothes to keep out the cold and rain, and sat in the woods and fields waiting for the greetings of the soldiers of the rebel army.Farther away from them, dozens of carts were bringing in bowls and chopsticks, and hundreds of large and small pots and cooking carts were boiling water and cooking soup for them in full swing.

"The Generalissimo has an order! We are all from Shaanxi, and we are a family when we put down our knives and guns! Today, everyone has arrived at my camp, and there is nothing else to eat. Eat noodles! Eat steamed buns!" A small leader of the camp put his hands on his waist The precious sword proudly announced Li Zicheng's military order to the thousands of Ming army prisoners in front of him.

And some Ming soldiers who had already eaten and drank enough and warmed up a lot were vigorously cleaning the battlefield, collecting the weapons, guns, armor, supplies, vehicles, flags, tents, pots, stoves, mules and horses scattered within dozens of miles, and then sorted them into categories. of their respective concentrations.

Many people even chanted neatly and used thick cables to pull the heavy artillery out of the ditch.

"Brother Li, we made a lot of money this time!" Luo Rucai blinked her small eyes, looked triumphantly at the mountain of booty in front of her, and kept laughing as she twirled a bunch of beards.

It is indeed piled up.

Just for the captured knives and guns, the people who were in charge of managing the supplies in the rebel army carefully used wood to make shelves on the ground to prevent the knives and guns from rusting due to rain erosion.On each wooden frame, there are knives and guns of the same standard placed vertically and horizontally in an orderly manner.

"Put ten knives horizontally, and ten more vertically! This will save you trouble when you look back and count!" The officers of the rebel army yelled at the prisoners of the Ming army who were temporarily serving as coolies, and instructed them how to stack these knives and guns.

Luo Rucai, nicknamed Cao Cao, had fought for half his life, and had never seen so many swords and guns in such a space.A stack of swords and guns as tall as a person, with all kinds of swords and guns neatly stacked, can't be seen at a glance.

"Xiao Wu, have you counted the number of these captured trophies?" Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai were a little dazzled looking at the trophies that were all over their eyes, and they felt like bumpkins entering the city.

"Back to Generalissimo, General, and we are still counting. However, as of lunch, there are more than [-] spears, more than [-] knives of various colors, more than [-] bows, and a lot of arrows. All kinds of transportation vehicles There are more than five thousand, more than four thousand helmets of various colors, more than ten thousand pieces of cotton armor, more than seven thousand leather armor, and more than four thousand iron armor and Nanman armor."

"Where are the mules and horses and firearms? And all kinds of artillery?"

Luo Rucai interrupted the report of Wu Ruyi, Li Zicheng's chief of the Chinese army, and he found that among these figures, there were no figures he was eager to know.

"Firearms and horses and mules? General, the Zhenshan Camp and the Pao Battalion are responsible for collecting the firearms. I don't know about this at the moment. As for the mules and horses, none of the battalions have handed them over yet."

Among the ministries of the rebel army, few mules and horses were captured and handed over to them in full.Luo Rucai knew this very well, after all, his subordinates did the same thing.However, all the firearms of Sun Chuanting's 10,000+ troops were only allowed to be collected by the troops of Zhang Nai and Luo Hu.Your Li Zicheng's army wants to build a firearms battalion and an artillery battalion. Don't my Lao Luo's troops know the benefits of firearms?Thinking of Yuan Zongdi's ugly appearance in the Chengtian Fourth Mansion of De'an, Luo Rucai became furious. Originally, according to the agreement, dispatching officials was also an act of breaking the law, but Yuan Zongdi did it all at once. Send all the officials from the four prefectures!

Luo Rucai laughed twice, and rode away with his brigade guards.

"King Chuang, Sun Chuanting is doomed right now. Looking at the world, no one will be our opponent! Should we think about cutting off this tumor!?" Li Zicheng's central army commander, Gao Yigong, leaned into his ear , looking at the direction where Luo Rucai was going, asked her brother-in-law in a low voice.

"At this time, it is impossible. Many of his troops are still far away in Nanyang, and Lao Huihui and others have not yet met with us. If we do him at this time, his army will run away, and it will be cheap. Someone else!" Li Zicheng's eyes flashed a fleeting coldness. (~^~)