Daming wolf ride

On the 25th, the sky was fine, there was no snow, and the strong wind that had been blowing for several days finally stopped. The almanac said that it was appropriate to marry and move, and the last retreat of the Jinzhou Army in Shenyang finally began.

On the evening of the 24th, Cao Bianjiao sent someone to send an urgent report, and the sentry cavalry discovered that thousands of Tartar cavalry had crossed the Liao River and entered the area of ​​Changshan and Jingyuan Fort.

Dayong sent people to take a map to check, and found that Changshan and Jingyuan Fort were two military forts of the original Ming army in the upper reaches of the Liaohe River.

Dayong analyzed that the Jin army that appeared in the area of ​​Changshan and Jingyuan Fort was likely to be the forward troops sent by Mrs. Hong. In order to hurry, they did not come from the direction of Yizhou, but crossed Horqin Grassland and turned Montenegro directly. This will increase the burden of marching and increase the non-combat attrition of troops, but it can shorten the distance and achieve unexpected results.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After the Xiping Fort Golden Army attacked the Ming Army artillery, Cao Bianjiao shifted the center of gravity of the Wolf Cavalry to the direction of Xiping Fort, focusing on preventing the Jin Army who might reinforce Shenyang from Yizhou and Guangning. Only in this way will the Jin army unexpectedly appear in the direction of Changshan without any precautions.

According to the sentry cavalry, the Jin army has probably been here for a while, but for some unknown reason, they have been standing still.Because the Jin army's anti-reconnaissance ability is also quite strong, there are at least a hundred sentry cavalry haunting every day, so the rangers of the Ming army can't get close to reconnaissance, nor can they find out the origin and intention of this Jin army, so they can only return in a hurry.

Tieling and Kaiyuan on the upper reaches of the Liaohe River did not have the main force of the Eight Banners cavalry of the Jin Army. Stationed, without the cooperation of the Manchu Eight Banners or the Mongolian Eight Banners, the pure Han army banner would not have the courage to attack the Ming army, let alone the Ming army occupying Shenyang. Then the only remaining explanation is the main force of the Eight Banners led by Mrs. Hong.

Mang Gurtai once said that Hong Tai’s expedition to Mongolia this time was the same as last year’s attack on the Daling River. It was an all-powerful army. The small tribe that came to attach may have more than 8 soldiers.

The actions of a [-] army really affect the whole body. Food, supplies, logistics, etc. are enough to make any commander a headache. There is no commander in the world who can make a [-] army march for thousands of miles day and night. For long-distance marches, even forced marches for several days in a row will not work.If he did, it would only wear down his own army.

Dayong believed that if Mrs. Hong wanted to rush back to Shenyang in the shortest time, the only way he could do it was to leave the main force behind and select thousands of elite cavalry to march towards Shenyang. It can make 10 people grow wings.

This group of cavalry was probably led by Mrs. Hong himself, and Dayong finally decided that if it were him, he would have personally led the cavalry back, because the area that was occupied was the old nest of the Eight Banners, and it was the foundation of the Jinren.Once there is a loss, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Dayong's analysis was approved by the remaining generals, but Guo Cheng raised a question. If the Jinqi who appeared in Changshan and Jingping Fort were really led by Mrs. Hong, then this place is only two days away from Shenyang. It was a thousand miles away for rescue, and he should have come straight to Shenyang immediately. How could he stay in Changshan and Jingping Fort? This is unreasonable.

Dayong couldn't answer this question for a while, yes, if Mrs. Hong really led the rescue, it was still more than 100 miles away from Shenyang, why wouldn't he hurry up and stop instead.

All the generals were guessing Hong Tai's actions. Some said that the Eight Banners trekked thousands of miles, and the troops would not be able to bear it. Being able to run all the way to Changshan was considered a big deal, and they had no strength to move forward. The spirit will come to Shenyang with all its strength.

It is also said that Mrs. Hong was waiting for the main force behind Hou, or she had heard the news of Shenyang's fall, so she stopped.

Dayong's guess was another reason. The reason why the Jin army stayed in Changshan temporarily was probably because of the heavy snow that caused the Ming army a lot of trouble.

Hong Taiqianli led the army back to help, he could not know astronomy and geography, so the heavy snowfall near Shenyang was not at all what he expected. It is true that this heavy snow made the retreat of the Jinzhou Army difficult, but Why not slow down Jin Jun's actions.If there is no preparation for the cold in advance, the Jin army is also a human being, how can they march quickly in the temperature of more than minus 20 degrees, and then fight with the Ming army.

But no matter what the reason is, the fact that Mrs. Hong has come back and is right under her nose is basically finalized. The most optimistic estimate is that there are only two days left. They will emerge from the ice and snow.

To withdraw, you must withdraw immediately, and you can't stay for a moment. If you stay for a moment, it will be more dangerous.

Dayong made a decisive decision. While ordering the generals to arrange personnel to leave the city immediately, he sent someone to order Cao Bianjiao to immediately lead his troops to withdraw from Xiping Fort and move towards the Hunhe River, and to respond to the main force's retreat at any time; Jiang Wanli, who arrived earlier, was ordered to immediately integrate and arrive one after another, and send all non-combatants to Gaizhou quickly, and the rest of the troops immediately set up defenses in Liaoyang.

In the direction of Gaizhou, the commander of the artillery battalion, Song Qing, had already organized a defense line. In addition to the three thousand households of the artillery battalion, there were also two thousand households from the right battalion of the infantry. The Ming army was young and strong, with a total of 18000 people.

The other two thousand households of the right battalion of the infantry army, led by battalion officer Li Dashan, were participating in the attack on Lushun. It will be impossible to organize troops to strengthen the Gaizhou defense line in half a meeting.

What Dayong is worried about now is that after the army leaves Shenyang, Mrs. Hong will chase after him like a wolf. He is not afraid that Mrs. Hong will attack like the battle of Jinzhou, so as long as he can safely withdraw to Liaoyang, Mrs. Hong is half sure that all The personnel were safely evacuated to Gaizhou.

The Gaizhou defense line has nearly [-] troops, plus the troops withdrawn from Shenyang and Liaoyang, Dayong is confident that Hong Tai's teeth will be broken, so that he can taste the bitter fruit of the Jinzhou battle again.

As long as you can get to Gaizhou, this battle of crossing the sea will be considered a complete success. As for Lushun, Dayong is not worried at all. Let alone the Jinzhou Army Infantry Right Battalion assists, even Huanglong, the general soldier of Pidao, has nearly ten thousand battles Soldiers, if such a strong force can't take down Lushun, which is defended by only a thousand men, then they should all wipe their necks.

When Dayong was completely at ease in the battle of Lushun, it was a different scene on Lushun's side-the defeat was a complete mess.

At the beginning of the attack on Lushun, Huanglong's troops went very smoothly, and they went to Lushun in the first battle, which caused the Jin army in the city to withdraw to Lushunkou.

After taking Lushun, the Pidao Ming army developed a sense of arrogance, thinking that the Jin army fleeing to Lushunkou was nothing to worry about, so they did not want the Jinzhou army to participate in the attack on Lushun, so as not to share the credit.Under the instigation of his generals, Huanglong rejected Jinzhou General Li Dashan's co-operation with his army and attacked Lushunkou from north to south. As a result, he underestimated the enemy and fell into ambush. Instead, he was defeated by the Lushunkou Golden Army and discarded a large number of artillery ordnance. Surround Lushun.

In an extremely critical situation, Huanglong expected that Lushun would be difficult to defend, but he did not want to lose face and ask for help from the Jinzhou Army, which he rejected. What's more, it was too late to ask for help. Looking at the overall situation, after being rejected by Huanglong, he led his troops back to Nanguan in anger. Huanglong asked for help at this time, but the distant water could not save the near fire!

Huanglong knew that the Jin army was about to break the city, so he sent his general Tan Yinghua across the sea to Dengzhou with the seal of the commander-in-chief, and wrote in his suicide note, "I didn't love the five-foot body when I was alive, but I only have a three-foot sword after death."

Before Tan left, he asked: If you encounter an enemy on the way, you should throw the seal into the sea.After the arrangement was completed, he killed himself on the 19th.

Li Weiluan, a brave general under Huanglong's men, knew that the destruction of Lushun City was inevitable, so he also raped his family members, and died in the bloody battle with Xiang Zuolin, Zhang Dalu and others.Pi Dao's deputy Shang Kejin and Guerrilla Shang Keyi were both killed in battle. They are the brothers of Shang Kexi, who is now a general of the Jinzhou Army.

On the day the city was broken, 5302 men, women, children, and children in Lushun were massacred by the Jin army who attacked the city again, and only 6 people escaped by pretending to be dead among the corpses.More than half of the 12000 Ming troops brought out by Huanglong from Pidao were killed or injured, and the remaining 3000 people fled to Nanguan under the leadership of the general Fan Dalong.

The news of Huanglong's defeat and suicide was reported to the capital by Tan Yinghua. When the court heard the news, it was both shocked and angry.

The first assistant Wen Tiren and the military officer Xiong Mingyu entered the palace overnight. The young emperor was furious when he heard the news of Huanglong's defeat. After being furious, he asked why Huanglong attacked Lushun from Phi Island. Xiong Mingyu had already learned the reason from Tan Yinghua, so he went Tell Huanglong that he attacked Lushun at Shi Dayong's request.

Hearing that it was Shi Dayong again, Chongzhen was so angry that his face was livid. Earlier, he sent the eunuch Zhao Quan to Dengzhou to announce the decree, asking Shi Dayong to go to Beijing for an audience. They scolded Shi Dayong for being so bold and asked others to announce it again. As a result, Shi Dayong made a statement saying that he was ill and could not go to Beijing.

The land of Dengzhou has just been in chaos, there are many dead, and there is no one to bury countless corpses in the mountains. A sudden plague is not impossible. Therefore, Chongzhen no longer doubts the report of these two people, and no longer blames Shi Dayong. Instead, some officials were ordered to inspect the epidemic situation, Shi Dayong and other convict officers were also given imperial medicine, and the Tai Hospital was required to send personnel to Dengzhou to deal with the military situation.

Chongzhen has done all the thoughtful considerations, but now he heard that Shi Dayong was not infected with the disease, but instead led his troops across the sea to attack the Eastern Captives. The young emperor was naturally furious. He hated his subordinates to deceive him, even if they were serving the country You can't even sacrifice your life!

In anger, he wanted Wen Tiren to draw up an order, that's all. Shi Dayong took the post of Jinzhou general, and Xiong Mingyu sent another general to Dengzhou to accept the Jinzhou army, and asked Jin Yiwei to immediately send someone to escort Shi Dayong back to the capital for punishment. The prison immediately called back Zhao Quan, a bold eunuch, to execute him, but no one dared to carry out these orders.

Wen Tiren asked a question that made Chongzhen speechless, how could Shi Dayong be dismissed from office and how could he be arrested and returned to Beijing now that he was on the territory of Donglu in southern Liaoning?

Xiong Mingyu also said that regardless of whether Shi Dayong is domineering or not, he is indeed going to cross the sea to attack the Eastern Captives. It is reasonable to put aside his crime of resisting the order and wait until the end of the war to make a decision. His official is the next policy.Besides, the soldiers and horses under this man are elite soldiers who can compete with the Eastern captives. They have won several victories before and after. They can be described as arrogant soldiers. How can these arrogant soldiers subdue others? If the court really wants to stop Shi Dayong and ask him for his crimes , can these arrogant soldiers under him agree?

Wang Chengen on the side also reminded Chongzhen euphemistically that the court owed Shi Dayong and his arrogant soldiers.

Chongzhen fell silent after being told what they said, and only after a while did he say what to do.

After thinking about it for a while, Wen Tiren said that Shi Dayong's conquest of the North is a foregone conclusion, and he is also loyal, but after all, he resisted the order and sent troops privately. If you hold him back, just pretend that nothing happened, and let's see how his Northern Expedition ends.

If it is a big victory, the imperial court will naturally have to express it, and write a special letter. After all, this is the first major counterattack by the Ming army against the Eastern captives since the 46th year of Wanli.If you are defeated, you will be punished for several crimes, so that other generals will not follow suit.As for how to deal with it, it will naturally be up to the Son of Heaven.

Chongzhen nodded and said good.

Xiong Mingyu said again that Huanglong was defeated and committed suicide, most of the Ming army in Pidao lost half, and the people in Dongjiang town were fluctuating.

Chongzhen hurriedly asked Wen Tiren if there was a suitable candidate. Wen Tiren glanced at Xiong Mingyu and said that he was the candidate—Shandong Deputy General Shen Shikui.

Shen Shikui joined the army in Wanli for 22 years and served successively as imperial guards, guerrillas, and generals. Later, during the Tianqi period, he offended Wei Zhongxian and was dismissed. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he was re-appointed as a deputy general in Shandong. He once participated in the pacification of the Bailian Rebellion in Laizhou, and he can be regarded as a good general.

Chongzhen did not have a good candidate for a while, Xiong Mingyu did not dare to disobey Wen Tiren, and also said that Shen Shikui was the most suitable to be the general soldier of Pidao. .