Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

In July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, after the army of King Azig of Wuying County conquered Yanqing Prefecture, they quickly crossed Baoding and arrived in Anzhou.Later, they sent Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai and others to set up an ambush, beheaded the guards of the three camps in Zunhua, and captured Chao Pichang, the general soldier, completely annihilating the only mobile unit of the Ming army that dared to go out of the city to fight, and then started at the foot of the capital. Carnival.

Qing soldiers defeated the counties of Changping, Dingxing, Ansu, Baodi, Dong'an, Xiong, Shunyi, Rongcheng, and Wen'an.Every time they go to a county, they kill all the old and weak, and capture the strong and strong.Moreover, in this entrance battle, the Qing soldiers used the equipped artillery for the first time, so that the Ming Dynasty's city walls were useless and could not stop the Qing soldiers from attacking the city at all.

Facing the aggressive offensive of the Qing soldiers, the city of Beijing was also shocked three times a day.For this reason, the imperial court urgently issued two orders: one is to let the sick Minister of War Zhang Fengyi, together with Xuanda Governor Liang Tingdong lead the army to intercept;

And Henan's army that was originally prepared to be King Qin, including Wu Shigong's Runing Army, all canceled their original orders.Because the king of Tang violated the order to go out of the city, the imperial court was very worried about these Henan troops, so they would not be placed near Beijing city no matter what.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng led the generals Zu Kuan and Zu Dale to Beijing to serve the king.Lu Xiangsheng was replaced by Wang Jiazhen, the left servant of the Ministry of War, and the prime minister of the military affairs of Henan and Huguang provinces.And Miao Xuntu took over as governor of Huguang.

However, this time the Qing army's entry into the customs was entirely based on a quick battle. They entered the customs for more than two months, and on the first day of September, they took the captured human and animal supplies and calmly left the fortress through the cold mouth.

Both Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong were too timid to fight.Zhang Fengyi moved to Wuchong'an, obeyed Deng Linqi's strategy, defended himself, and did not leave after ten days.

On August 17th, the Qing soldiers returned to Xiong County and captured 820 people and animals.The number of gold and silver wealth.Moreover, the Qing army wrote the words "All officials are free of delivery" on the trees along the way, dressed in women's clothes, accompanied by a band, that is, riding in colorful clothes, playing music and returning home, just to humiliate the Ming Dynasty officials and officials who could not protect the people. army.

And because Kinki is so dilapidated, Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong are very worried.The two of them knew that death was inevitable, so they took rhubarb every day to seek death.Zhang Fengyi died on the first day of September, and Tingdong also died within a few days. [

It's really incomprehensible.Since they are not afraid of death and are about to commit suicide, why not fight vigorously?Even if he died in battle, it would be better than such a shameful death.

But this time the entrance battle, the only bright spot of the Ming army is not the civil servants, nor the generals.It was an eunuch not recorded in the history books.

An eunuch who supervised the army in Xuanda saw the return of the Qing army, and the people outside the city were howling in agony.Civil and military in the city fear the enemy and fight cowardly.He had the blood of a man and led hundreds of his own soldiers out of the city to fight, killing more than a dozen Qing soldiers and saving more than a hundred civilians.This situation is really shocking!

So when Lu Xiangsheng arrived in the capital, the Qing army had already retreated safely.But the Ming court no longer dared to let Xuanda's gap go, and they immediately appointed Lu Xiangsheng as the left servant of the Ministry of War.Governor Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi Military Affairs.

As for the entrance battle of the Qing army, we can see the following points:

The Qing army entered the pass when the Ming army was about to succeed in encircling and suppressing the peasant army.In the future, every time the Qing army entered the customs, it was during the low tide of the peasant army, as if the two protagonists were echoing each other from afar.obviously.What the Qing army did was premeditated.This is due to the intelligence sent back by the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants and a large number of spies sent to the mainland by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, the strategic focus of the Ming court has been vacillating, and it is simply being led by the nose by the peasant army and the Manchus.To be honest, the Ming Dynasty at this time can only have a strategic focus.Whether it is choosing to fight against the outside world or Anne, it is much better than this kind of headache to treat the head and feet to treat the feet.And now, after a long period of exhaustion and raids, the strength of the Ming Dynasty will become weaker and weaker.

What is even more tragic is that accidents occurred frequently in the Ming Dynasty, and any kind of chaos would emerge.Like the Tang Wang incident, without mentioning the original intention of Tang Wang, it is completely a shit stick, messing up the deployment of the Ming army near Nanyang.Moreover, without Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and Liao Army, the defense of this area of ​​the Ming Dynasty suddenly became empty.

Moreover, the Tang Wang incident also put Laohui Huima Shouying Department into Henan.Since Yu Zilian's troops and Runing's army were going to surround Nanyang Fucheng at that time, Lu Xiangsheng could only let Zuo Liangyu's troops follow and chase him. Zhang Xianzhong's department is an opportunity to take advantage of.

At this time, the most dazzling star of the Peasant Army is undoubtedly the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying.He led his troops across Nanyang Mansion, crossed Ruzhou, and rushed straight to Kaifeng with lightning speed.

So governor Li Xianfeng hurriedly led the main force of the Ming army back to Kaifeng; Zuo Liangyu followed closely; They also returned to Runing from Nanyang to prevent the Ma Shouying tribe in Kaifeng from going south and invading Runing and Guide.It can be said that the sudden action of Laohui Huima Shouying completely mobilized the main force of the Henan Neiming Army.

As soon as Wu Shigong led the army back to Ye County, he welcomed Zhang Zhiheng who had been waiting in Ye County for a long time.Wu Shigong thought something was wrong with his hometown.So he asked, "Why do you come here, sir?"

But Zhang Zhiheng immediately said alarmistly: "My lord! The disaster is imminent for you, don't you wake up?".

After Zhang Zhiheng joined the Runing Army, he was not in a hurry to offer advice, he was just observing carefully.That is to observe Wu Shigong's behavior in the world; and to observe the strength of the Runing Army.Although Zhang Zhiheng didn't know some hidden places, it didn't prevent this caring person from estimating the strength of the Runing Army.

So this time Zhang Zhiheng came to Wu Shigong alone to offer advice, which is a way to fight for the top.Of course, the ancient literati liked to frighten the lord with alarmist words before offering advice. [

Therefore, Wu Shigong was really taken aback by Zhang Zhiheng, and he quickly asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Zhiheng bowed his hands and saluted: "My lord, please turn your back to the left and right!"

Wu Shigong quickly brought Zhang Zhiheng into the big tent, and asked Tao Xin to lead his own soldiers to guard around the big tent.Then he asked: "Sir, if you have something to say, please tell me! I will listen carefully."

Zhang Zhiheng pondered for a while, then stroked his beard and said, "My lord! The words in the tent come out of my mouth and into the ears of the king, and must not be known to outsiders! Dare I ask my lord: Is the lord's ambition in wealth? Is it in the temple? Bell Ding?"

Wu Shigong was taken aback immediately. He frowned and said, "Sir, you have to be careful with your words! If this word is known to outsiders, it will definitely bring us two big troubles!" (to be continued...)