Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Yan Jizu, governor of Shandong, was a gifted scholar in Fujian when he was young.This article briefly describes his life.As long as you know, he once wrote a letter expounding his views on the internal and external situation of the Ming Dynasty, which can be summed up in one sentence: To fight against the outside world, we must first settle down inside!Naturally, Yan Jizu and Yang Sichang were political allies.

When the Qing army continued to achieve results in Beizhili, Yang Sichang was also under constant attack and completely lost confidence.Years ago, due to successive military defeats, Yang Sichang had been demoted three ranks in a row, but he still served in the cabinet and the Ministry of War.

But at this time, Yang Sichang's command was already in a mess.It turned out that Yang Sichang focused Shandong's defense on Dezhou.There is nothing wrong with this choice.Because the army entered Shandong from North Zhili, the most likely marching route was to pass through Dezhou.

In fact, the marching routes of the ancient armies were basically fixed.Although the Qing army was dominated by cavalry and could gallop around in the Great North China Plain, once the army was assembled, it must move along the river.Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient for people and horses to fetch water.Therefore, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, led his army to move to Dezhou very obediently.At this time, Dezhou assembled 3000 troops from Yan Jizu's governor's standard battalion and [-] troops led by Shandong General Qiu Lei.

But following Yang Sichang's random command, Yan Jizu became dizzy.He was transferred three times within [-] days, and finally he was ordered to specialize in Dezhou, and then came back after a circle, which made the troops exhausted, and Jinan was quite empty because of this.To be honest, Yan Jizu was just too obedient.

Of course, Yan Jizu was not unaware of the danger in Shandong.In view of the small number of troops at the front and the long front line, he requested reinforcements several times.But Liu Zeqing went to Tongzhou King Qin, Ni Chong and all the generals could not stay.At this time, no one was willing to help.In this way, Jinan became an undefended city.

Under the command of Dorgon, the Qing army used a feint to transfer the Runing Army and the Runing Army first.Then, instead of taking the usual route, they unexpectedly crossed the river from Linqing to the south of Dezhou and Dongchang (now Liaocheng) into Shandong.Regarding this action of the Qing army, the imperial court was at a loss, so it could not make any corresponding mobilization.The generals of the Ming army stationed in various places only followed the orders of the Ministry of War to stick to their own defense areas and never took the initiative to go out for reinforcements.It is true that everyone sweeps the snow before their own door.Jinan City is such a tragedy.

On the first day of the first month of the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army launched an attack on Jinan, and it took only half a day to capture the largest metropolis in Central Shandong.Dozens of officials, including Shandong censor Song Xuezhu, Shandong chief envoy Zhang Bingwen, and several clan and county kings living in the city were killed after the city fell.De Wang Zhu Youshu was captured.As many as 13 residents were killed in the city, and the whole city was burned and looted.

When the news spread to the capital, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.Since Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, although military defeats have continued one after another, and many cities have been captured by the Qing army and peasant army, he has never lost a provincial city.A large number of pro-vassals were killed, and the prince was captured.It was unprecedented bad news in the Ming Dynasty. [

After hearing the news, Emperor Chongzhen turned pale with fright and couldn't believe it.But apart from issuing decrees to scold the ministers for their misconduct, and even arresting and punishing them, he can only go to the Taimiao to report the catastrophe to his ancestors, and pray to the ancestors and ancestors to bless this dilapidated empire.

As for the commanders-in-chief of the Ming army.They didn't dare to fight the Qing army head-on anymore, and Liu Yuliang, the assistant inspector, also moved to Sun Chuanting's army, hoping that the Qing army would return to the nest after they had plundered enough.It is also good for the Ming army to follow the Qing army to "recover lost ground".

In the capital, Yu Zilian was the only one who took the initiative to ask for a fight.He was also strictly ordered by the court to stay in the capital.Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers were terrified by the Qing army, and they refused to let this brave Ruzhou army leave the capital no matter what.

After the Qing army captured Jinan.Once again, the troops were divided, and the whole of Southwest Shandong was messed up.This time the Qing army even looted the population, and they were going to have a full meal again.But at this moment, an infectious disease stopped the atrocities of the Qing army.That infectious disease was the lovely-named smallpox.

At the beginning of the new year, Yue Tuo, the right-wing commander of the Qing army, contracted smallpox and died, and many other soldiers of the Qing army also died of smallpox due to unacceptable conditions.Dorgon also felt that he had already made enough money, so he didn't want to live in the Central Plains for a long time, and decided to withdraw his troops.

On the way back, the Qing army will rob people, capture undefended cities, and take all the looted people, livestock and property back outside the pass.

But everyone didn't know that on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, after the Runing Army in Baoding Prefecture learned that Jinan had fallen, more than [-] troops, led by Wu Shigong, quietly moved towards the southeast .

On the 12th of the first month of the 28th year of Chongzhen, Shaozhuang, Hejian Prefecture.

"There is no movement again!" Runing Army spy Zhang Ming said to himself.

Zhang Ming has been out to investigate for four days. Because he is about to encounter the Qing army, the Runing army has expanded the scope of the investigation to about 150 miles.However, during these days of investigation, the spies of the Runing Army still failed to detect any activities of the Qing Army.So Zhang Ming was going to turn around again, and if there was still no enemy, he was going back to the camp to report back.

At this moment, Zhang Ming saw a black spot in the distance, obviously, it was also a spy.Zhang Ming smiled and said to himself: "Which battalion are you guys from?" Then he picked up his horse and trotted towards the cavalryman.

The reconnaissance of going out alone is quite boring, and the most lonely thing is that there is no companion to talk to.So if they meet their companions in the wild, the spies of the Runing Army will usually meet and chat.

The spy on the opposite side probably had the same idea as Zhang Ming, and he also trotted towards Zhang Ming on his horse.

The spies of the cavalry are all wearing narrow-sleeved arrow jackets, and immediately carry the necessary supplies and weapons. In order not to attract attention, the clothes worn by the spies outside are not military uniforms.Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe without getting close.

It wasn't until the distance got closer that Zhang Ming almost didn't shout out immediately that the person opposite turned out to be a spy from the Qing army.The Qing army spies on the opposite side were also shocked. [

If it was the other cavalry of the Ming army, the first thing to do at this time was to turn around and run wildly, and the euphemistic name was: since the enemy has been discovered, the news must be passed back to the camp.

But the spies of the Ruzhou Army are different.They also know how to run when they see that there are many people on the other side.If you see that the other party is also a person, the first task is to strangle.And the Qing army spy was also used to being arrogant along the way, of course he would not run away, so after the initial surprise, the two sides urged their horses forward without hesitation.

The Qing army spy pulled the bow on his back a few times, finally tore it off, and then immediately prepared to draw the bow and set the arrow.But Zhang Ming estimated the distance, and felt that there might not be enough time to reload the gun, so he simply increased his horse speed, holding a riding spear, and rushed towards the Qing army spies at full speed.

Seeing that the opponent had already bowed his bow, Zhang Ming's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.The reputation of the Tartars riding and arching double was so great that Zhang Ming felt that he was in danger.

At this time, Zhang Ming's mind was blank, and the company commander and captain's words kept echoing in his ears:

"Facing the enemy and shooting, don't deform your movements. Stare at the enemy's eyes and just rush over."

So Zhang Ming lowered his body as low as possible, with his left arm protecting his front, and his right hand holding a riding spear, staring closely at the chest of the Qing army spy.

The movement of the Qing army spy was really fast. He had already drawn his bow and nocked his arrow. In order to ensure the accuracy of the archery, he had to get as close as possible to within forty steps.The Qing army spies held the big bow with their arms half open, tightened their legs, clamped the horse's belly, and let the horse move forward by itself. The horse control skills of these Qing army spies were indeed top-notch.

"Whoosh!" The arrow flew towards Zhang Ming quickly, but Zhang Ming did not back down and kept his movements unchanged.Only a sound of "clang" was heard, and the arrow hit Zhang Ming's left arm, and then he was fired.

The left arm of the armor of the Runing Army cavalry has a small round shield. It is also a coincidence that the arrows of the Qing army spies shot on the small round shield.The Qing army spy cursed in a low voice, and at the same time threw the bow directly to the ground, then pulled out a long knife by his side, and rushed towards this side.

After narrowly escaping from the dead, Zhang Ming wanted to laugh out loud. At such a close distance, the Qing army spies didn't have time to wield this long knife.Besides, no matter how long a knife is, is it better than riding a spear?By the time he stabbed the Qing army spy with his spear, he might not have raised his knife yet.

That is to say, in an instant, the two riders will cross each other.Seeing that he couldn't escape Zhang Ming's cavalry spear, the Qing army spies wanted to do a backflip to escape the cavalry spear's assassination first.

But how could Zhang Ming let go of such a good chance to kill?As soon as the Qing army spy fell back, Zhang Ming stabbed the spear into the Qing army spy's lower abdomen.This is where the spear-mounted assassination site trained by the Runing Army is to prevent the enemy from jumping back and dodging.Besides, in case someone hides, such a top-down assassination can still hurt the horse, and the enemy's horse will be disabled no matter what.

Zhang Ming only felt his hand vibrate, knowing that he had hit the target, he quickly let go of the spear to prevent the recoil from dismounting him.Then the two riders passed by each other, and Zhang Ming, who was nervous, didn't hear the screams of the Qing army spies.

As soon as the horses crossed, Zhang Ming quickly reined in the horse to turn around, then skillfully drew out the saber behind him, and rushed towards the Qing army spy.

But after running a few steps, Zhang Ming saw that the Qing army spy had been pierced by his own spear in the abdomen, and fell to the ground struggling.So Zhang Ming jumped off the horse, approached the Qing army spy carefully, and swung his knife to kill the Qing army spy.

It wasn't until he put the head of the Qing army spy on the empty horse that Zhang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.At this time, he realized that his underwear was completely soaked.Being blown by the cold wind, Zhang Ming felt comfortable all over. With this tartar's head, it's time to jump to Xiaolongmen this time!If you're lucky, even Dalongmen is possible!

Unbeknownst to Zhang Ming, this encounter between him and the spies of the Qing army was the first battle between the Runing army and the Qing army.The battle between the rivers broke out at this moment. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)