Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

In this expedition, Wu Shigong will lead two guilds of 500 riders in Feima Town and 500 people in two guilds of Huhou Town.In addition, there are a total of 500 people in the Personal Soldier Team, the Artillery Association, and the Engineering Corps directly under it.After uniting Li Lu's 500 cavalry, he will go to Guide first, and join Shumo's Guide Association with an infantry regiment and a cavalry battalion with a total of 300 troops to go out together.The total force reached [-].Among them, the cavalry will exceed [-] cavalry.Of course, there are [-] marines who don't know if they will come.

Seeing more than 400 horsemen of the Qing army in formation, Helich said to the five people behind him: "Children! Watch out! I will charge you later, and you will stop when I stop. Don't leave. Dispersed. Everyone raised their spirits, and their lives were lost.”

"There are tens of thousands of Han dogs on the opposite side! Uncle! Why don't we guard?" It was Helich's nephew Hutu who spoke.He saw that his army was only in the early [-]s, so he was always a little timid when he first entered the battlefield.

Helich glanced at the formation of the Ming army, and said nonchalantly: "There are always tens of thousands of people. But Han dogs are not as good as pigs and sheep, even if there are a hundred thousand, you are not afraid. You will know after one fight."

"That's it! That's it!" The morale of the other young people was high.They grew up listening to the stories told by the old people in the village. This time they have the opportunity to be the protagonist of the story, and they have been impatient for a long time.

"But Uncle He, we only have two horses, and the rest of us are running. Isn't this fast? The Mongols are too stingy!" said a young man.

"Don't forget! You are a coat! You are the same as a white pig! Do you still want a horse?" Helich scolded with a smile.

When passing through Mongolia, the Mongolian tribes collected [-] horses and handed them over to the Qing army, and each bannerman got at least one horse.However, the six of Helich and the others had one place for bannermen, so including the horse that Helich brought from home, there were two horses in total.And Helich gave the horse to Hutu for use.

This awakening made everyone laugh.One person said: "I knew it earlier. I brought the horse from the family."

Another person said: "Joke! You only have one in your family. If you dare to steal it, see if your father doesn't break your leg."

"It's better than you. You don't have any horses at home yet."

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Seeing that everyone started to "twitter" and chat, Helich got on the horse and shouted: "Okay! Everything is ready. I am about to charge. I will slow down the horse later, remember! Follow closely Me. As long as I rush over, there will be horses and armors."

The more than 400 cavalry of the Qing army lined up in three rows, and those in the front were all white armored soldiers of the Eight Banners.They still rode close to the formation of the Ming army, and then dismounted.Start with a group of ten people, one person leads a horse, and nine people shoot arrows.

Seeing the Qing army bending their bows, the bows, arrows, and firecrackers in front of the Ming army's formation all started shooting in a hurry, and a puff of smoke immediately rose.But there was loud thunder and little rain.The Ming army fired without waiting for the Qing army to come into range, and the white-armored soldiers were wearing heavy armor.Therefore, no casualties were caused to the Qing army.

And wait until the Qing army's arrows shot into the Ming army's array.The Ming army suddenly fell into chaos.The archers and musketeers in front fled backwards, making it impossible for the Ming army's spear array to be placed. Some soldiers even dropped their weapons and started to flee backwards.

Seeing that the formation of the Ming army had collapsed, those white-armored soldiers immediately got on their horses, formed a linear formation and began to charge.

Seeing the white armored soldiers in front of them mount their horses, they have not waited for them to charge.As soon as Helich raised his horse, he shouted: "Follow me!" In the main team of the Qing army in the rear, Helich was the first to charge.And when they saw someone charging, all the Qing troops rushed towards the Ming army screaming strangely.

But at this time.The six people following Helich hadn't turned the corner yet: Why is Uncle He charging now?Shouldn't we wait for the white armor soldiers in front to completely disrupt the formation of the Ming army before charging?

But these people quickly understood that when they saw the Qing army's charge, the Ming army exploded like a snowball hitting a rock. There was no one to resist, and everyone tried their best to escape. The army's charge was over as soon as it started.

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"Don't be fooled! What are you doing with three knives? Do you have three hands? Pick out the armor first, and then protect yourself." Hurley yelled, wearing a new cotton armor inlaid with iron pieces. .

Because it was Helich who charged first, in addition to being credited with great merit, he was also rewarded for picking the spoils first, so Helich took his own people and rummaged through the spoils.

Those people put on the new armor happily, but the white pig was standing there with his waist down. Helich stepped forward and kicked him, then picked up a cotton armor from the ground and threw it to the white pig, yelling at him. Said: "Are you a dead person? If you are told to change it, you should change it quickly! Don't dawdle. Change the knife in your hand quickly."

Of course Helich was anxious, the white pig was his slave, and if he died, the property loss would be huge.

After they finished changing their costumes, they laughed and looked at each other's outfits.Someone also said: "There is no fabric! I want to bring some back to my mother."

Helich immediately scolded with a smile: "It's good enough to find some weapons and armor on the poor soldiers, but you still want cloth? It's just that their horsemen ran fast and didn't get the horses. But it's nothing, and soon you will all carry It doesn’t move, the place of Hangou is too rich. Needless to say, we must first get livestock, preferably cattle, mules and donkeys are also suitable, otherwise, there is no way to carry so many things.”

"Uncle He! What should the Han woman do?"

"You kid thinks of such a good thing! Tell you...!"

Watching Helich and the others chatting from a distance, the white pig looked at the knife in his hand, and then at the cotton armor he had just put on.There was a big hole in the abdomen of the cotton armor, and the surroundings of the hole were filled with blood, and it was unknown which dead Ming army it was ripped off...

After the left and right wings of the Qing army converged in Tongzhou, they immediately divided their troops into eight groups, each of which ranged from [-] to [-] Qing troops.They wandered around and swept everything, and this huge momentum made the Ming army feel that a hundred thousand Qing troops had indeed entered the customs.Seeing that the Ming army was afraid of fighting and avoiding the battle, the Qing army became more courageous, so each Qing army was divided into three or four teams again, causing the northern Zhili and Shanxi to be full of smoke and flames.At this time, the only two capable troops in the Ming Dynasty were Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian.

Let's take a look at Lu Xiangsheng, who is unanimously favored by the ruling and opposition parties!Facing the Qing army, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to fight rashly, so he used the trick of surprise attack, gathered 3000 Ming troops including the Tianxiong army, and attacked a Qing army camp with more than [-] people.

But the Qing army had been prepared for a long time and easily repelled Lu Xiangsheng's sneak attack.If it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng's retreat to be considered methodical, maybe the Qing army would launch a massive counterattack and completely defeat Lu Xiangsheng's troops.

Look at the eunuch coach Gao Qiqian who is despised by the world!Gao Qiqian had an upright battle with the Qing army.He led 7000 troops in an attempt to prevent the [-] Qing troops from going south in the area of ​​Marco Polo Bridge, and he met Helich, the Qing army.But the result is the same, the same fiasco.

You must know that Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Army and Gao Qiqian's Guanning Army are relatively effective in the Ming army, and both have experience in fighting against the Qing army. The enemy troops they encountered were independent detachments and their numbers were not too large There are too many, and the failure to win against the enemy with all their strength is really the result of the far difference in the fighting qualities of the two armies.In fact, the key point is that the Ming army did not have a heart to fight.

After some integration after entering the customs, the Qing army gradually integrated the Baoyi, Han army, and Mongolian herdsmen together, and made them more and more disciplined, completely kneading them into an army.

Of course, this was guaranteed by the brutal military law of the Qing army.Until now, more soldiers of the Qing army died in the ghost sword of the Qing army's law enforcement team than the soldiers who died in battle with the Ming army.

After defeating Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian, the Qing army began to move freely.Throughout November, Qing soldiers seemed to be active everywhere in the North China Plain.Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, Bazhou, Wen'an and other prefectures and counties in Shuntian Prefecture fell one after another; Laishui, Dingxing, Xincheng and other counties in the northern part of Baoding Prefecture were also captured.

On the west side of the canal, Fucheng and Gucheng in Hejian Prefecture, Hengshui, Wuyi, Zaoqiang and other counties in Zhending Prefecture were all captured by the Qing army for a time, and Dezhou, an important town on the canal, reported emergency.Even Jize and Wei County in Guangping Prefecture at the southern end of Gyeonggi Province fell at this time.The Qing army fought separately in a vast area with a radius of six to seven hundred miles, and it was completely pointless for the Ming army to block the east and the west.

At this time, another bad news spread to the imperial court. In the first ten days of November, Gaoyang County in the southeast of Baoding was besieged. captured

When Dorgon heard that Sun Chengzong had been captured, he was very happy and came to persuade him to surrender, but Sun Chengzong sternly refused!The Qing soldiers were helpless, and in view of their respect, promised Sun Chengzong that he could commit suicide.Finally, Sun Chengzong sat on a chair and ordered two Qing soldiers to strangle him to death with white silk.His whole family was also loyal in this battle, and Sun Cheng's clan was destroyed.

In the original history, if you choose a minister of the Ming Dynasty who caused the most troubles to the Manchu Qing, Sun Chengzong must be ranked first.

He presided over the construction of the Ningjin defense line, although it was ruined by the prodigal sons of the later, so that it changed from Ningjin to Guanning, and finally retreated to Shanhaiguan.But in the following decades, it was not until the traitor Wu Shigong opened Shanhaiguan that the Qing army entered the pass smoothly through this road, and Sun Chengzong's achievements here are also indispensable.

Sun Chengzong presided over the use of troops against the Qing all his life, and made a lot of achievements, but in the end he died at the hands of the Qing soldiers in his hometown. He must die with regret! (To be continued..)