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Chapter 304 The Battle of Daku Ridge

At Dakuling, dozens of miles east of Luoning County, Wu Sangui's [-] Qing troops encountered the [-] Ming troops led by Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong. In the battle of Dakuling, the Ming army was defeated by the Qing army.

The reason why this battle was lost so quickly, Zu Keyong should bear the main responsibility.Zu Keyong is rough by nature. If he divides his ability into ten points, he has eight points of bravery and only two points of scheming. This kind of person sometimes succeeds more than fail, because he only knows his own bravery, and often ignores the bravery of others. , To put it bluntly, he is full of arrogance and defiant.

Although he has a proud capital, he is invincible with a horse on his hips and a long-handled axe in his palm. He fought against the Tartars, fought against the bandits, then fought against the Ming army, and now he is fighting against the Qing army. He has always been rare. So far, there are only two people who have convinced him, that is, people who can defeat him.

One is Zu Dashou's younger brother, Zu Dashou. Don't look at the Guanning iron cavalry mainly from Zu Dashou's servants, don't look at the Liaodong ancestor's family to their generation. Zu Dashou is the boss and has the talent of a general. Among their ancestral family and even the entire Guanning iron cavalry, the most formidable one is not Zu Dashou, but this Zu Dayu, who is known as Zu Er Crazy, this is a character who is somewhat fiercer than Oboi.

The second is Zhu Yousong, the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Both of them defeated him one-on-one with their bravery. Zu Keyong only admired such a strong man.

However, Zu Ke was unconvinced, but there are people outside the people, and there is a sky outside the sky, but there is an objective existence. Whether it is the Qing army, the Ming army, or the Dashun, Daxi army, there are many people who are braver than Zuke. If the next one is ranked, apart from Zhu Yousong, Zu Dayan, and Aobai, I am afraid that Zu Keyong will not be ranked on the top of ten. This does not mean that Zu Keyong is arrogant and incompetent , but there are outstanding people in this magical land, and there has never been a lack of brave men, especially in the troubled times at the end of Ming Dynasty.

But speaking of the current battle, if Zu Keyong followed Zheng Hongkui's style of play, at least they would not lose so quickly.

The terrain of Dakuling is dangerous, and in the middle of the official road, there are two ridges that are wrong. According to Zheng Hongkui's deployment, the two generals will each divide 1 soldiers and horses to guard the two mountains. The road from the middle of the ridge passes Shibidengtian.

However, Zu Keyong did not agree, he did not advocate sticking to dangerous places, insisted on turning defense into offense, and took the initiative to attack and annihilate the enemy. To put it bluntly, he did not pay attention to Wu Sangui, the little nephew of the ancestor's family. To be more precise, Zu Ke Yong looks down on Wu Sangui.

The root cause lies in Wu Sangui's uncle, Zu Dashou. Even though Zu Keyong and Zu Dashou are both from Liaodong's ancestral family, even though they are both key generals in Guanning's cavalry, Zu Keyong and Zu Dashou's path is completely different. different.

The Battle of Songjin was a disgrace to the Ming army. Hong Chengchou was defeated, Jinzhou was trapped, and there was no reinforcements when the ammunition and food were exhausted. Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.But Zu Keyong refused to surrender. He hated these wild boar skins outside the pass the most, and would rather die in battle than bend his knees.Later, he served under Lu Xiangsheng's account with some Guanning iron cavalry. After Lu Xiangsheng's death, he became Zuo Liangyu's favorite general. Zuo Liangyu rebelled and he was still able to follow him. He surrendered to Zhu Yousong.

Probably in Zu Keyong's mind, he can surrender to bandits and traitors, but he must not surrender to Tartars. This is also considered a character.

Zu Dashou led the crowd to surrender to the Tartars. Zu Keyong has always regarded it as a shame for the tribe. Now Wu Sangui led the crowd to surrender to the Tartars and let the Qing army enter the customs. Zu Keyong gritted his teeth with hatred, wishing to smash this scum .

Therefore, Zheng Hongkui asked him to defend and fight against the danger, but he was unwilling in his heart. Later, Wu Sangui camped under his ridge to discuss how to capture Dakuling. The men and horses rushed down the mountain on the left without authorization, and fought with Wu Sangui's men and horses.

Zheng Hongkui stomped his feet anxiously after getting the report on the mountain on the right, complaining in his heart that Zu Keyong was too aggressive by nature, outnumbered, how could he act on his own initiative and show off his momentary bravery?His Majesty asked us to guard the rear, as long as we can stop this Qing army and ensure that His Majesty's rear is safe, after His Majesty has dealt with Oboi and taken Luoyang, we will deal with Wu Sangui, but now this sloppy guy has completely disrupted his plan deploy.

Zheng Hongkui was so angry that he thought to himself, just kill the reckless man who only knows how to kill happily. This time I have made you addicted, and I will deal with you later. Can't walk around!
Zheng Hongkui was very angry and decided to ignore him, and 5000 troops stood still on the mountain on the right.

As soon as Zu Keyong's 5000 troops rushed down, Wu Sangui was overjoyed. He was worried that he would not be able to fight this battle. The way to discuss with his subordinates was to try to lure the Ming troops from the two mountains to fight, but if they If they don't come down and defend against danger, they really have no idea how to lure the enemy down the ridge, they haven't figured out a countermeasure yet, Zu Keyong leads his men and kills them down, can Wu Sangui be unhappy? Give him a pillow.

Zu Keyong took the lead, and waved the long-handled axe into Wu Sangui's camp, intending to break up Wu Sangui's 2 horses in one go, and it would be fun to kill Wu Sangui.

However, Zu Keyong completely miscalculated the enemy's situation. Although Wu Sangui's 2 troops were not Tartars, the large army was adapted from the Ming Dynasty's army, but there was an ace division, about 2000 troops, whose combat effectiveness was better than that of the Tartars. , because they are from Guanning cavalry.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen was caught by Huang Taiji's countermeasures and executed Yuan Chonghuan Lingchi. Guanning's iron cavalry without a leader was roughly divided into three parts, one part followed Zu Dashou after the Songjin Battle, and one part was cheaper than Wu Sangui. This part also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Wu Sangui, and some did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, followed Lu Xiangsheng and others to continue to serve the Ming Dynasty, such as Zu Keyong was one of them.

At the beginning, Zu Keyong fought happily in Wu Sangui's camp, rampaging, unimpeded, as if he had entered the land of no one, but soon when he met this team, Zu Keyong's troops became the last of their strength.At this time, Zu Keyong himself also met a strong general, not Wu Sangui, but Ma Bao, Wu Sangui's general. Ma Bao, who just turned 20 years old, is vigorous and bloody, and he won the three armies with a single-edged halberd. Zu Keyong couldn't beat Ma Bao.

Moreover, at this time, Zu Keyong saw that the 5000 men and horses he brought were too heavy casualties, so he had no choice but to flee, but on the way to defeat, he encountered a Qing army and stopped his return. The leader was Wu Yingguang. He is Wu Sangui's nephew, and a general with high martial arts skills. Zu Keyong couldn't even deal with Ma Bao.

"Damn it! You deserve it!" Zheng Hongkui was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother and didn't want to control him at all, but Zheng Hongkui knew that if he didn't save Zu Keyong, the whole army would be wiped out. Zhu Yousong blamed him. Of course, Ke Yong's immediate superior cannot get rid of the responsibility. If he refuses to save him, the guilt will be even greater.

Therefore, Zheng Hongkui had to lead his troops down the mountain to meet Zu Keyong. Zheng Hongkui led five thousand soldiers to fight hard and finally rescued Zu Keyong from the encirclement. Brave and brave, Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong couldn't stand it, so they had to join forces and lose.

But Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong wanted to go back to the mountains on both sides to defend against danger, and it was impossible to stop the Qing army, because Wu Sangui had already taken the opportunity to occupy the two mountains.

Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong knew that the defeat was settled and there was no place to stand, so they had to continue to lose. Wu Sangui led people to chase after him. The Ming army was defeated for a while, and Wu Sangui chased for a while. Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong felt that a catastrophe was imminent, but they were stunned after hearing the order, and then the two generals had to follow the order.

(End of this chapter)