Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 136 The Battle of One Stone
Entering the customs this time is to enter the world. Dorgon adopted Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng's suggestion to strictly restrain military discipline, and did not commit any crimes.

The marching route adopted Hong Chengchou's opinion, and planned to break through the side walls from Jizhou and Miyun, so as to avoid Dunbing under the strong city of Shanhaiguan.

On April [-]th, after the Qing army arrived in Weng, they unexpectedly encountered Wu Sangui's envoy, Lieutenant General Yang Shen, and guerrilla Guo Yunlong, carrying a letter for help.

"I want to see, what kind of medicine is sold in this Wu Sangui gourd?"

Dorgon was burly, dressed in armor, and had an unshaven beard. When he smiled, the entire military tent seemed to shake.

Although Yang Kun and Guo Yunlong are worthy of support, they are still unavoidably afraid.

The rest of the Manchu generals were even more eyeing, murderous.

On the side, Hong Chengchou was wearing a long robe, standing sideways with a serious face.

"Sangui received the great kindness of the country, sympathized with the victims of the people, refused to guard the side gate, and wanted to ask the teacher to comfort people. The east of Naijing is small, and the army has not yet gathered, so weeping blood for help...

Then we will repay the Northern Dynasty with money and silk, and will split the ground with poison, and dare not break our promise. "

"Mr. Hong, take a look!"

Dorgon said in a low voice.

"Of order!" Hong Chengchou responded, picked up the letter to read it, and after a long time, he smiled and said:
"General Wu is willing to dedicate Shanhaiguan to resist the trespassers and avenge the king's murder."

Now, the generals who were full of army accounts began to discuss.

The discussion was very heated, but everyone's thoughts are still the same:

Who wants to detour when they can cross the Shanhaiguan Pass?
"Then fight!"

Dorgon sneered, his face full of excitement: "Tell your commander in chief, as long as you donate to Shanhaiguan, I will not only help him defeat Li Zicheng, but also make him a feudal lord, and I will follow him from generation to generation."

Therefore, Hong Chengchou, who was on the side, drafted a reply letter, and all the general meanings were contained in the letter.

After receiving the letter, Wu Sangui felt relieved.

On the morning of April [-], the Dashun Army marched from Beijing to Shanhaiguan.

Traveling to Sanhe County, I met an envoy sent by Wu Sangui, who lied that he was still willing to surrender and asked for a reprieve.

At this critical moment, Li Zicheng responded confidently.

From his point of view, the soldiers were on the border, and Wu Sangui's parents, wives and concubines were all in the army, so they would definitely surrender.

He chose to slow down and sent people to negotiate.

So, on the 21st, when Wu Sangui sent troops to fight, Li Zicheng realized it later, and became angry from embarrassment: "You dare to play me, you really deserve to die."

So, the army came out together, coercing Shanhaiguan.

That night, the Qing army assembled on the front line fifteen miles outside Shanhaiguan, and witnessed the two armies fighting.

At this time, the morale of the Shun army was high, and they were invincible in a hundred battles. They had a great psychological advantage over the Wu army in Shanhaiguan.

In addition, Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry was not good at defending the city, which caused a lot of losses to his own side, and his soldiers had no fighting spirit.

At this time, Wu Sangui was reluctant to lose his army and had no more cards to play, so he rode his horse all night and entered the Qing army camp.

He knelt down on both knees and said in a deep voice, "Wu Sangui is willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty."

"Get up quickly!"

With a smile on the corner of Dorgon's mouth, he was a little complacent, and said casually: "Serve Zongbing Wu with tea."

"You are the first to enter the customs this time!"

This remark made Wu Sangui even more helpless, bowed his head in response, and sat down with half of his buttocks: "Regent, if the Qing army does not want to help me defend the city, I also do not want to return to Shanhaiguan to supervise the battle."

"Presumably, after Li Zicheng captured Shanhaiguan, he must have taken Liaodong in one go and threatened the Qing Dynasty."

Hearing this, Dorgon's expression froze, and he frowned and said, "Mr. Wu, you're too capricious!"

"Sangui has no choice but to make this terrible plan."

Tried again and again, Dorgon finally believed that Wu Sangui surrendered sincerely, and he was also afraid of having long nights and dreams, so he couldn't help saying: "Come and shave the head of Wu Zongbing."

Wu Sangui's eyes froze, his fists clenched and then loosened, and he had no choice but to give up struggling.

So, in less than a moment, he became a money rat with a bald forehead.

Dorgon was very satisfied with Wu Sangui, and couldn't help saying: "Your eldest son, Wu Yingxiong, hasn't married yet, and the age difference is similar to that of the late emperor's daughter, Princess Jianning. Why don't you get married?"

"Thank you Regent for your kindness, the general will be overjoyed at the end."

Wu Sangui was certain in his heart, and hurriedly bowed his hands.

"You Ming soldiers are similar to the military robes of the intruders. Once you fight, you are easy to accidentally injure yourself. Wear white cloth to distinguish it!"

Wu Sangui hurriedly responded, but was extremely astonished in his heart.

He was so familiar with the intruder.

Afterwards, Dorgon joined forces with King Azige of Shuoying County and Duoduo, King of Duoluo County, to lead a powerful force of [-] troops, and entered the pass from South Water Gate, North Water Gate, and Guanzhong Gate respectively.

It was still the original plan, a late attack, a surprise attack.

On the second day, the Shun army failed to win the pass due to a day and night of attacking fortifications, so they switched to field battles and invested all their troops from Jiaoshan to Bohai Sea, forming a long snake formation, forming a decisive battle posture.

Dorgon asked Wu Sangui to set off on the right wing and hold the line by himself.

Due to the Qing army's hold on the formation, Wu Sangui fought extremely fiercely, but the disadvantage of numbers gradually made him unable to support.

At this time, a strong wind rose and the sky was covered with dust.

The two sides fought hand-to-hand, Dashun Army surrounded Wu Sangui's troops regardless of casualties, and the bloody battle lasted until noon, both sides were exhausted and suffered heavy losses.

"It's at this time."

Seeing the situation, Dorgon hurriedly ordered Azige and Duoduo to lead [-] fine riders each, ride the wind and wave the white flag, and go straight to the Dashun army against the wind.

Thousands of horses are galloping, flying arrows are like locusts, and the strong wind gradually stops.

Seeing the sudden arrival of the Qing army, the exhausted Shun army was caught off guard, their positions gradually became chaotic, and they suffered heavy casualties.

The powerful cavalry of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were extremely capable, constantly impacting the formation of the Shun army, just like waves of waves, making the head and tail of the Shun army unable to look at each other and let it wash away.

Li Zicheng was dumbfounded that the cavalry who had once fought against the Ming army and relied on their superiority were crushed and hunted down.

This field battle lasted until the end of the Shenshi early (after 15:[-]).

Li Zicheng's Shun army was defeated and defeated. General Liu Zongmin was shot and wounded by an arrow. The Dashun army lost tens of thousands of people and suffered countless defeats.

Li Zicheng saw that the defeat had been decided, and urgently ordered the rest of his troops to fight and retreat in the direction of Yongping.

On the same day, Dorgon named Wu Sangui the king of Pingxi, ordered him to be the forerunner, and chased him all the way to the capital.

When the Qing army chased to Fanjiadian, Li Zicheng killed Wu Xiang to vent his anger, and hung his head on a high pole for public display.

After returning to the capital, he killed 38 members of the Wu family, both young and old.

They entered Beijing on March 42 and withdrew on April [-], a total of [-] days.

Before leaving, Li Zicheng set fire to the Forbidden City in Beijing, and withdrew from the north full of unwillingness.

……

At this time, in the city of Nanjing, Ma Shiying was still unaware of Ma Shiying's endorsement of King Fu, and was still eagerly looking forward to taking full power.

Even, Qian Qianyi rushed to Nanjing in person, and the boss ended up.

The public opinion in the Donglin Party was turbulent, with more support for King Lu, but less for King Gui and King Fu.

However, no matter how fiercely they quarreled, they didn't think about it, and went directly to Huai'an to welcome King Lu.

At this time, Ma Shiying came to Pukou with an army of [-], four generals, and honorable generals.

His Royal Highness Fu Wang is on it, waiting for the civil servants to welcome him.

(End of this chapter)