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Chapter 257 The Alternative Tongguan Battle

Zhu Yousong's two armies captured most of Shandong and Henan in just one month, directly threatening the Manchu capital Beijing and the battle of Tongguan. Prince Rui Dorgon was shocked when he heard the news.

Dorgon obviously realized that he had misjudged the situation at that time by using troops before. He believed that the Ming Dynasty existed in name only, and only focused on defeating Li Zicheng's Dashun Army. He dismissed the lingering Nanming regime and once slandered them as false emperors.

Unexpectedly, this Zhu Yousong is no longer Zhu Yousong, and the current Nanming is not the same as the Nanming in history. These fatal problems such as internal party disputes, Donglin chaos, and the self-respect of the four towns have been properly resolved. solved.Zhu Yousong seized the opportunity to send troops decisively, regained the lost ground, and became a blockbuster.

Dorgon couldn't sit still in Beijing, and immediately asked Duoduo to return to the east to fight against Zhu Yousong's troops.

After Duo Duo, Prince of Yu got the order, he led Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other Ming Dynasty generals to surrender. A total of [-] troops from the Eight Banners went out of Hulao Pass, and soldiers from Longmen, Nanyang and Huaiqing were divided into three groups to fight in the direction of Guide.

Dorgon knew that Duduo was used to fighting, but he was still worried. He gave half of the forty red cannons that were intended to be transported to the Tongguan battlefield to Duduo, and asked him to take Henan and Shandong, and then went south to pacify Jiangnan. .After the battle at Tongguan here, Azig's troops will go south from the land of Qin and Jin, and the two armies can make Nanming feel uncomfortable.

However, Duoduo’s withdrawal took away [-] elite soldiers. Although they were miscellaneous Eight Banners, their combat effectiveness was very strong. It is estimated that only the three major armies in the late Ming Dynasty could compete with one of them. The [-] cannons in red, which undoubtedly relieved the pressure on Li Zicheng in the Tongguan battle, and objectively helped the Dashun Army a lot.

In history, Li Zicheng fought against the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in Tongguan. The Qing army attacked Tongguan in two ways. On the one hand, Prince Azig led Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Obai and other 10 people from Yulin, Shaanxi to the south, and attacked Tongguan from the north. The army of the first line was Prince Yu Duoduo led Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other 18 elites from Qinyang and Mengxian to the west. The Qing army transported the cannon in red to break through Tongguan. Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated to Shaanxi, and then went south to Wuhan, where he died in Jiugong Mountain, Hubei.

But in the current Tongguan battle, the strength of the Qing army has been reduced by 8 horses and [-] red cannons. Both the strength and firepower have been halved. This is not the original direction of history, it was just reversed, and Li Zicheng won and Azige lost.

It's not that Azige is incompetent, nor is it that Wu Sangui and Aobai are not powerful enough. It can only be said that this outstanding peasant uprising leader is good at using troops. Li Zichang, who suffered defeats along the way, has learned a lesson. , charge into battle, and when the strength of the two sides is equal, his Dashun army is by no means an opponent of the Manchu Eight Banners. This is the truth that has been verified many times.

Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to guard the dangerous city and not to fight, so as to wear down the enemy's spirit.Just like when Li Shimin fought against Xue's father and son in Qianshuiyuan back then, he built a strong wall to kill the enemy, came out with the camera, and won the first battle.

Tongguan Fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can be said that one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. Without Duoduo's 8 horses and half of the heavy artillery firepower, the Manchu and Qing Eight Banners could not attack this dangerous pass for a long time.

In the middle of the first month of the second year of Shunzhi, that is, when Li Zicheng was defeated in Tongguan in history, Li Zicheng saw that the enemy's vigor was exhausted and his spirit was paralyzed. , Suddenly organized a counterattack.

It was late at night, the cold wind was howling, and the night was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.Suddenly the gate of Tongguan opened wide, and Li Zicheng led his generals Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang, Gao Yigong, Gao Guiying and other tens of thousands of troops to rush out of Tongguan like a flood, killing the Tartars. camp.

The camp was full of flames and shouts of killing. Azig woke up from his dream. After the soldiers helped him put on his horse, Li Zicheng, who was carrying a big knife, rushed over on his flying horse. Azig didn't pay attention to Li Zicheng. Here, in the battle of destroying horses, Chuang Wang Dao is well-deserved of its reputation, only three hits, the arrogant British Prince Azig couldn't stand the defeat and fled.

Li Zicheng swung a big sword and chased after him. His wife Gao Guiying was also a heroine who was used to fighting. She led Huiying, Huimei and other female battalion soldiers and child soldiers to follow Chuangwang, like a tiger down the mountain.

Seeing that Azige was about to be chased by Li Zicheng and beheaded by his horse, a group of troops rushed in diagonally, led by two generals, one was Wu Sangui and the other was Oboi. Wu Sangui stopped Li Zicheng and started fighting. Obai, the number one warrior, escaped with Azig protected.

Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng are deadly enemies. Originally, he planned to surrender to Li Zicheng, but Li Zicheng's subordinates robbed his woman Chen Yuanyuan and killed more than 30 members of his family. Enemies were extremely jealous when they met. Wu Sangui danced his sword like a cloud They also chopped at Li Zicheng.

Although Li Zicheng is brave, who can compare him to? Wu Sangui's martial arts is not a vegetarian, and he has won the true biography of his uncle Zu Dashou.

At this time, Mrs. Gao Guiying arrived with female battalion soldiers and child soldiers, and together they killed Wu Sangui.

Li Zicheng continued to chase and chased for more than [-] miles in one breath, before he took in the army.

Azig's 100 troops suffered heavy losses. Even Li Zicheng's 10 red-clothed cannons were fired, and they were defeated for more than 3 miles. More than [-] people were placed.

Azige was unconvinced and had never been defeated in his life. He and Wu Sangui and Aobai reorganized their troops and planned to fight Tongguan again. But at this time, the regent Dorgon ordered him to lead his troops to withdraw from Shaanxi, shrink their troops, and defend the Luliang Mountain area. , No order to go west.

Because Dorgon adjusted his strategic deployment, although Daming is still half of the country, he is still his main opponent. Therefore, he decided to defend Li Zicheng on the western front and focus on going south, first to wipe out the remaining forces of Daming.

Li Zicheng did not go east after the victory at Tongguan, because he was defeated all the way, so he moved back to this round. Due to factors such as casualties and escapes, the reduction in personnel was severe. General Liu Zongmin was injured again. Therefore, he ordered general Liu Fangliang to lead 6 troops to defend Tongguan, and Li Zicheng took the remaining [-] troops back to Shaanxi to survive.

Now Prince Yu Duoduo is leading an army of 40 troops to fight against Chen Qianfu in Huaiqing, Nanyang and other places in Henan Province. Suddenly it was reported that Zuo Liangyu died suddenly, and his son Zuo Menggeng was willing to lead an army of more than [-] troops to surrender. After his elder brother Dorgon, he immediately sent Gushan Beizi Boluo and Nikan to take [-] Qing troops from Nanyang to Jiujiang to supervise the division and cooperate with Zuo Menggeng to attack Zhu Yousong in Hukou.

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