Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

In the early morning of the fifth day of August, Dazhongzhuang.

The weather was very bad, the wind was blowing, and the dust was blinding the eyes.Since the Qing army has been standing still these days, most of the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were monitoring here lost their vigilance.

And in this damn weather, no one wants to get up early.As long as a few unlucky soldiers came out of the camp to fetch water cursing, they would say strange things as they walked.

"Erhu! Why are you so unlucky? Our team has been fetching water for two days in a row. If we still have to roll the dice today, I'll have to do it. If this continues, we won't have time to sleep in."

"Can you blame me?" The Erhu said in a low voice, "Didn't you say that the person who didn't gamble was lucky enough to let me play?"

"Okay! They're all my brothers, what's the point of fetching more water? You can't blame Erhu. But Erhu, on the way to the capital, there are many brothers in our team. You hide the money well." Why is it so good? There is no place to spend it, so do you want to buy a daughter-in-law?"

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.Unexpectedly, Erhu replied very seriously: "Prince Chuang said: the world will be peaceful if the capital is conquered. I want to go home and buy some land, build two houses, and then I can plant my own land. Also, Lord Chuang also said: Three years without paying food! This good day is just around the corner. I have to save some money."

"But Erhu! We are fellow villagers of Lord Chuang, and Lord Chuang has become the grandfather of the emperor. No matter what, we should be a small official for us fellow villagers! Instead of staying in the capital to enjoy the blessings, you should return to your hometown in northern Shaanxi to farm. , This is too much of a loss!"

"Prince Chuang said: If you defeat the Liao army this time, there will be no more battles to fight. I will not be an official. If Prince Chuang asks me to sacrifice my life, then there is absolutely nothing to say. If everything is peaceful, I want to go home. And... I have been away from my hometown for more than eight years. I still have my mother and three younger siblings at home. I have to go back to take care of my mother. Hey——! I miss them so much!"

As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.These people knew in their hearts: the two tigers' mothers and younger siblings were in danger, and it was difficult for them to survive so many years of natural disasters.But the situation of these people is the same, who doesn't have some people who are worried about in their hometown?

"Don't talk about that. Let's sing a little song!"

"Okay! Let's sing the song "Sister Picking Flowers"."

"You know this song. It won't kill you."

While everyone was talking to each other, someone suddenly shouted: "Wait! Wait! Be quiet! Listen carefully, what do you hear?"

Everyone fell silent immediately, they all felt the ground trembling, and there seemed to be the sound of rolling thunder in the distance.

One person said uncertainly: "Is the army dispatched?"

But this sentence reminded everyone all at once.They immediately dropped the buckets in their hands and ran towards their camp.While running, they shouted loudly: "The Tartars are coming! The Tartars are here to steal the camp."

After a while.A group of cavalry from the Qing army sprang out from the dust.They covered their faces with cloth, held knives and guns, and galloped towards the camp of the Dashun Army.

On the night of the fourth day of August, when Huang Taiji learned that Guan Ning's iron cavalry had shaved their hair, he immediately ordered the whole army to move north immediately.Reinforce the Guanning Cavalry fighting against the Dashun Army.

At the same time, Huang Taiji rushed to Abatai where they met.Leading [-].Escort the looted property and population from the pass to Shanhaiguan, and receive the Shanhaiguan city donated by Wu Sangui.In addition to occupying Shanhaiguan, this Qing army also had to pass through Shanhaiguan to transport the seized goods from this entry back to Shengjing.

Then, Huang Taiji asked Dorgon to lead a partial army of 11 to surprise the Dashun Army stationed in Dazhongzhuang.And himself.Then personally led the main force of more than [-] soldiers and horses, and rushed to Yutian.

Due to the strong wind and sand that day, the Dashun Army did not notice any changes in the Qing Army.Tang Tong and Xie Junyou, who were leading the army here, came to their senses only when Dorgon's troops began to surprise Dazhong Village.In a hurry.The Shun army in Dazhongzhuang was in chaos.

Seeing that it was the Qing army that was attacking, Tang Tong did not put up any resistance at all, and fled with his own soldiers and direct line soldiers.Xie Junyou, who organized troops to resist, died in the chaos.

What's even more ominous is that under blind obedience, the defeated soldiers of the Dashun Army all fled in the direction of Tang Tong's escape, but Tang Tong did not flee in the direction of the main force of the Yutian Dashun Army at all, but fled west to In the direction of the capital, Li Zicheng did not get the news of the Qing army's dispatch of troops in time.But when the news of the annihilation of Dazhong Zhuangshun's army reached Li Zicheng, it was too late.

When Tang Tong, who escaped, ran to Tongzhou, he led more than 1 remnants of the army and surrendered to Zhou Yanru, the former chief assistant here.

It is very ridiculous that in this scuffle, the strategically important Tongzhou City became a "safety island", and none of the armies took the initiative to attack this important city that stored a large amount of food and grass.

This has the reason why Zhou Yanru just hides in the city, never goes out to fight, and poses no threat to other troops.But the more important thing is: whenever other troops approach Tongzhou City, they always have a more important goal, so they can only put Tongzhou City down temporarily.

For example, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, because they had the Runing Army outside the capital, they could not let go to attack Tongzhou City.When troops were sent to the east later, the main threat became the Guanning Iron Cavalry.Li Zicheng was afraid that the city of Tongzhou would not be able to be captured quickly because of its strong military strength, and he was afraid that he would consume too much under the city of Tongzhou, which would put Dashun's army at a disadvantage.So under such circumstances, Tongzhou City was let go first.

But what is the actual Tongzhou City like?City strong?It is true.Can be military?Then save it!

Since entering Tongzhou City, Zhou Yanru has been drinking and feasting constantly, and has no intention of military affairs at all.After the news of the demise of the Ming Dynasty came, he gave up on himself even more, and was drunk and dreamed of death every day.Therefore, he did not care about the retreat of the Beijing camp troops in Tongzhou Daying, and now that Tang Tong's remnant army fled in, he also stood by and watched, not afraid at all that this was some kind of bait or traitor of the Dashun Army. One day at a time.

At this time, the main force of the Dashun Army who didn't know about the shocking change in Dazhongzhuang was that their morale was high.

On the morning of the [-]th day of August, Li Zicheng and the others patiently waited for Guan Ning's iron cavalry to go out of the city to form troops, and "magnanimously" gave Wu Sangui and the others a chance for a "fair decisive battle".

"Your Majesty! You are the one to lead this time! The last general needs a vanguard position!" Liu Zongmin jokingly said, wanting to give Li Zicheng the "full confidence" chance of winning this time. (To be continued..)