Ming Zuo

Chapter 184
During the bloody battle between the Houying and Houjin soldiers, what were the other Ming troops doing?

After Yuan Chonghuan, the military and political affairs of Gyeonggi were mainly in charge of three people, namely Sun Chengzong, Hou Xun and Ma Shilong.

Among them, Sun Chengzong is the biggest.

He is the elder of Ge, Minister of the Ministry of War and a bachelor of Jianji Temple, and his qualifications are also the highest.

Sun Chengzong is in charge of the overall situation, and all the wars in Gyeonggi are under his command.

Hou Xun's performance in Jisi's change this time was too brilliant.

If it weren't for his reminder and taking the initiative to take responsibility, the grain and grass in Zhangjiawan had been taken back to Tongzhou City in advance, and the Ming Dynasty would have suffered even greater losses.The soldiers and horses of the kings from all walks of life could not even eat food when they arrived in Gyeonggi.

Therefore, Chongzhen appointed him as Minister of the Ministry of War, Deputy Censor of Youqian Capital, and Governor of Jizhen, and he was generally responsible for the logistics support of the entire Gyeonggi and the restoration of people's livelihood after the war.

The other is Ma Shilong.

This is a war general, the prime minister is a king of soldiers from all walks of life.To put it bluntly, it is the person in charge of the specific battle.

Shu Fu Sun Chengzong, Chief Minister Hou Xun and Prime Minister Ma Shilong, these are the troika of the Ming Army in Gyeonggi.

After Huang Taiji withdrew outside the customs, Sun Chengzong began to plan a counterattack.

Some people may think that Huang Taiji left in February, why did the Ming army drive away the remaining Houjin army in May?
An important reason is that the Ming army seems to have a large number of people, but the command is not smooth.

All of them are King Qin soldiers and horses from all over the world, and they are of different types.There are cavalry, infantry, musketry, and ethnic minority troops.

It is not easy to integrate these troops and establish a smooth command system.

Therefore, as of April, what the Ming army could do was to maintain the front line and integrate the army at the same time.

After April, the Ming army began to counterattack aggressively.

However, after Chongzhen's coquettish operations before, the generals from all walks of life did not have a strong will to fight, and they always fished in troubled waters.If there are many people on your side, you will show your strength; if the Houjin army is powerful, then be ready to run away at any time.

This is the reason why Sun Chengzong personally supervised the battle and failed to defeat Luanzhou several times.

It was not easy to defeat Luanzhou by relying on the superiority of numbers. After hearing that the Jin army had fled, the Ming army did not want to fight anymore.I just thought that Jin Jun would leave by himself after seeing him off, and everything would be fine.

Therefore, after entering Yongping, Sun Chengzong asked who was going to recover Qian'an, and the generals from all walks of life were all silent, so as not to carry the old grandson's anger.

Seeing that there was no solution, Hou Xun took the initiative and said, "Let the lower officials take over the matter of recovering Qian'an."

After that, regardless of whether the generals were willing or not, he ordered a few people, gathered [-] troops, and started to march to Qian'an.

Lao Sun was so touched that he kept saying good things about Hou Xun when he was in court.

Does Hou Xun have the courage to do things?

of course not.

During this period of time, he has never broken contact with Zuo Menggeng, knowing the whereabouts and plans of the rear camp.

Zuo Menggeng asked him to find a way to delay the Ming army's recovery of Qian'an and provide conditions for the rear camp to deal with the battlefield.

When he saw that no one was willing to take back Qian'an, Hou Xun took the initiative to take over the matter.

He was impassioned in front of Sun Chengzong, and as soon as he left Yongping, he told the generals from all walks of life that we are not in a hurry, just take our time.

The generals from all walks of life were overjoyed when they heard this, and praised him one after another.

So the Ming army stopped and stopped along the way, marching no more than thirty miles a day.From Yongping to Qian'an, I walked for two days.

In order to prevent the battle of Qingshuiguan from being discovered, Hou Xun even sent orders to Ma Shilong who was far away in Zunhua.

After Ma Shilong regained the Santun camp, he did not need to go east, but went northward to recover the passes such as Da'an Pass, Hongshan Pass, and Xifeng Pass, so as to prevent northern nomads from taking the opportunity to enter and plunder.

As soon as Ma Shilong heard it made sense, he led the army northward from Santunying, but did not come to Qian'an.

So Zuo Menggeng got about two days to clean up the battlefield.

Taking advantage of this time, the rear battalion forged a fake battlefield.

The wall of Qingshuiguan was bombarded by them with the artillery left behind by Houjin, causing many damages.Then, he deliberately created traces of cutting with knives and axes, as if a fierce battle had really taken place here.

Finally, human blood was sprinkled inside and outside the Guancheng to create a bloody atmosphere, and all kinds of weapons such as knives, guns, swords and halberds, as well as dead horses and damaged armor were also arranged.

Everything was so vivid that even Mao Yuanyi, who was used to the battlefield, didn't see any flaws.

In order to keep it secret, Zuo Menggeng ordered all the defenders of Qingshuiguan and the Houjin prisoners to be executed.

All the remains of the soldiers in the rear battalion were cremated, packed in jars, and transported back to Linqing.

In this battle, a total of [-] officers and soldiers were killed in the rear battalion.Among them are Li Xiangzhu, the vice brigade officer, three squadron officers, and three squadron officers.

In the end, there were [-] people who survived the injury.Those who will not be able to join the army in the future account for half of them.

This battle damage is definitely a traumatic injury.

However, the training value of this battle for the rear battalion is absolutely unprecedented.

It can be clearly felt that everyone in the back camp has an extra layer of toughness and murderous aura.

This kind of temperament is illusory, but it exists.

After such a transformation, the rear battalion will not be afraid of any enemy on any battlefield in the future.

Zuo Menggeng also ordered people to restrain the corpses of Hou Jinjun and pile them aside.

This can't be dealt with, we have to wait for the court's supervising army to see it.

These are real achievements.

Two days later, the original battlefield had changed drastically, with no traces of the original being visible at all.

With Zuo Menggeng's order, the rear battalion dismantled all the artillery pieces and packed them separately.Then they took some of the artillery left over from Houjin and Qingshuiguan as a facade, and asked the soldiers to put on the cotton armor of ordinary Ming army.

As for the extra number of people, they put on the clothes of ordinary people and temporarily pretended to be civilian husbands.

Then Zuo Menggeng ordered people to cut off the heads of Amin, Turge, Chakala, Bao Chengxian, Gao Hongzhong and others, and sent a report to Qian'an.

At noon that day, more than [-] Ming soldiers entered Qian'an County tremblingly.

Finding that there was no one there, the Ming soldiers from all walks of life immediately became active, clamoring and searching everywhere.

I don't know if they are searching for hidden Houjin spies, or if they are searching for something valuable.

Hou Xun had already been disappointed with the military discipline of the Ming army, he just sat quietly and didn't care about it.

"The restoration of Qian'an depends on the contributions of all of you. Report to the imperial court after the event, needless to say rewards."

All the generals quickly complimented him, saying that Hou Xun's contribution was the first.

After fighting for so long, they still feel most comfortable following Hou Xun.

This one never pushes them forward and is very comfortable.

"Since Qian'an has been restored, Qingshuiguan has to be taken back. Everyone, who will take over this important task?"

shuh...

Like a cold wind passing through, all the generals seemed to have turned into mud bodhisattvas.

Are you kidding me?
Isn't it good to guard Qian'an's solid city defense?

To Qingshuiguan?

Who knows if the Jurchens at Qingshui Pass have left?
If he didn't leave, wouldn't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

Just when no one wanted to move, several cavalry came from the north, covered in evil spirits, and the soldiers guarding the city were frightened and quickly closed the city gate.

These cavalry stopped outside the city, causing tension in the city.

Could it be that the Tartars are fighting back again?

It's not that they can't recognize the military uniforms of the Ming army, but that there is almost no difference between the military uniforms of the Ming army and the later Jin army.

The general is okay, but the soldiers below don't look at their hairstyles, so it's easy to confuse them.

Because many of Houjin's armors and battle jackets were captured from the Ming Dynasty.

Those knights didn't care about the tension on the city wall.One of them took a few steps forward and shouted loudly: "Quickly report to the Chief Political Officer that Linqing Xie Houying fought against Donglu at Qingshui Pass two days ago, and wiped out the enemy army. Ergo waits."

The city wall exploded in an instant, and everyone suspected that there was something wrong with their ears.

One of them leaned on the city wall and shouted: "Where did the liar come from? Could it be a Tartar spy? This kind of trick is also trying to deceive us?"

Pointing to the wooden box in his hand, the knight said: "Here are the heads of Amin, Turg and other enemy generals, you take them and present them to the Chief Political Officer, and you will know after you argue."

After finishing speaking, the man took several wooden boxes in his arms and came to the city alone.

The defenders in the city were even more arguing, seeing this as a faction, it doesn't look like a fake.

The basket was always confused, and after thinking about it, there were only a few boxes on the left and right, so I was not afraid of any ghosts, so I asked someone to put the basket down.

Not long after, several boxes were hoisted to the city.

Open the organs one by one in order to prevent them, and check them one by one.

As a result, each one contained a human head with a hideous face.

The most important thing is that these heads are all shaved and polished, except for a wisp of money rat tail on the back of the head.

Seeing this, he couldn't help believing it a little, and immediately asked someone to hold the wooden box, and rushed to report to Hou Xun and the generals.

Hou Xun and others were all astonished when they heard that the Hou Jin army was destroyed, even generals like Amin and Turge were beheaded.

After turning around those heads a few times, Hou Xun felt his heart was about to explode.

When the boy told him that he was going to fight at Qingshuiguan, he thought it was just an ordinary ambush.When the Tartars were in a hurry to get out of the customs, they killed a few people just to show off.

Who would have thought that more than [-] Tartars would be wiped out, and generals like Amin and Turg would be beheaded.

Especially Amin, this is the post-Golden Four Baylor!

Daming and Hou Jin have fought for so many years, and they have killed countless generals, and there are not even many participating generals.

Now there is a prince-level slave chief who confers the head.

what is this?
This is a great achievement!

Hou Xun understood that if this matter was true, that young man might become famous all over the world immediately.

(End of this chapter)