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Chapter 201 Xuanzhen Zhang Cheng, you can train more elite soldiers
In the Forbidden City of Beijing, in the East Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was discussing with his cabinet minister Yang Sichang how to train more elite soldiers.

I only heard Yang Sichang continue to say: "Nowadays, our Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers are not many, but they are not skilled. Since the slaves entered the bandits, the officials and workers in the court have played more, please train more frontier soldiers.

The minister also thinks that the proposal of military training is feasible, and the border soldiers of each town can be transferred to practice. For example, the three towns of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi have a total of more than 17 soldiers. Practice thirty thousand.

With [-] in Huailai and [-] in Yanghe, such things can be used to ensure that Xuanda is not lost.The rest are trained as town supervisors, and they are divided into training below the governor. In the three towns of Xuanda alone, tens of thousands of elite soldiers can be obtained. "

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Yang Sichang's quick response, and he said: "Not only the three towns of Xuanda need to train soldiers, but border towns such as Liaodong, Jizhen, Yansui, Ningxia, and Guyuan also need to train more elite soldiers.

I will hand over the matter of military training to Yang Qing, and I will start it immediately after the slaves retire, especially Zhang Cheng in Xuanzhen, so that he can train more elite soldiers and don't have to stick to regulations. "

Yang Sichang quickly knelt down to thank the emperor, he was deeply grateful for the trust and love of the emperor.

However, Yang Sichang knew the truth of "sufficient food and then sufficient soldiers". If you want to train elite soldiers, you must first have enough food. If you want to be full, you need food and money. This will increase the tax amount and increase the burden on the people all over the world. , but Yang Sichang tactfully did not bring up this issue at this time.

Emperor Chongzhen then asked about how Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang, Chen Xinjia and other troops rescued Shandong.

Yang Sichang replied respectfully: "After Sun Chuanting and Chen Xinjia received the order, they have led the King's army to go to Shandong, and Liu Yuliang will also send troops from Tianjin to help Shandong."

Emperor Chongzhen heard that Liu Yuliang had not raised his troops yet, so he let out a cold "hum".

The two monarchs and ministers chatted about court affairs again, and Yang Sichang withdrew.

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After Sun Chuanting arrived in Dacheng County, he ordered the army to temporarily station in Dacheng, waiting for Liu Yuliang's arrival.

Ever since he led the troops into the guard, there have always been sergeants fleeing under the command of the generals. Although the generals suppressed them vigorously and even beheaded a group of fugitives, the morale of the army has just calmed down.

However, the generals of the towns were still afraid of the captive cavalry, and they were unwilling to fight against them. When Sun Chuanting led the army to Baoding, he found that the generals of the towns of Guanning and Xuanda were also generally afraid of the captive cavalry.

After setting up camp in Dacheng County, he reported to the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen about the battle with the cavalry. This situation was mentioned in the memorial, and he said it very directly:
"...The soldiers of the towns are afraid of the wind, and they will not be able to drive them to fight. Those who talk about war are either ignorant or deceitful..."

"...About the military situation in various places, the northern enemy has no color at all, and it can drive them to fight..."

Moreover, Sun Chuanting also believes that it is unrealistic to rely on numbers to defeat the Qing army:
"Even if there is an immediate increase of ten times, the reduction is still there. Those who say that the soldiers are widowed are just talking about it"

The memorial was submitted to the imperial court, and after reading it, Emperor Chongzhen also specially instructed the cabinet and the Ministry of War to ask Sun Chuanting not to go on a rampage and not to repeat the mistakes of the giant deer.

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On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Sun Chuanting couldn't wait for Liu Yuliang, so he led his troops south to Cangzhou, followed by Chen Xinjia's army.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, Liu Yuliang, the chief assistant of the cabinet who supervised the army, led the army to Dacheng. Hearing that Sun Chuanting and Chen Xinjia had entered Cangzhou, he hurriedly chased after him.

Because he felt that he was marching too slowly, he was afraid that Sun Chuanting and others would join him, so he went to the court to impeach Sun Chuanting, saying that he "dodged in vain, had no dispatch, and shouldered a heavy responsibility", and said that he had been urging Sun Chuanting to send troops, but Sun Chuanting was afraid of being strong , fear not to enter.

Fortunately, Sun Chuanting made his own defense in court, and Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia and others gave strong evidence, so Emperor Chongzhen did not believe it.

On the same day, the imperial decree was sent to Xingji County, and Sun Chuanting was appointed Governor of Baoding, responsible for various military affairs in Baoding, Shandong, Hebei and other places.

On the 21st of the first lunar month, Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang, and Chen Xinjia finally joined forces in Cangzhou, but all the generals were afraid of the Qing army's cavalry and were unwilling to move on. The army camped from Cangzhou to Yanshan County and Banbidian.

The army of more than [-] horses chose a suitable place to set up camp. The camp was dozens of miles away, and the sight was extremely shocking. It had not been such a spectacular scene in the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

Sun Chuanting's troops were relatively forward, grouped together in the north of Yanshan County, and Chen Xinjia's troops were all gathered in the field east of Banbidian. Only Liu Yuliang dared not move forward, and the leader camped in the south of Cangzhou City.

Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang, Chen Xinjia and the commanders-in-chief of the various towns discussed for days, but did not discuss a specific plan to enter Shandong, and the army stagnated like this.

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Sun Chuanting's army was stationed in Cangzhou and Yanshan for several days. During this period, the Qing army retreated from Shandong through ambushes and night attacks, with occasional small victories.

He knows that the generals in all towns are average, and they are afraid of the captive cavalry. Now, he can only use the madness of the slaves to rely on ambushes and night raids to accumulate small victories, so as to boost the morale of the soldiers in the towns. .

After a series of small victories, more than [-] heads of the Qing army were accumulated. The soldiers in each town were less afraid of the Tartars, and then they received a military report that the Qing army brigade was about to return from the northeast of Shantung.

On the 28th of the first lunar month, a group of more than 100 Qing army captives returned from Shandong to the north. There were tens of thousands of captive Shandong people, and more than [-] carts were escorted by the Qing army to leave Shandong.

Sun Chuanting had a premonition that the Qing army's looting in Shandong was coming to an end and was about to return north. He advocated setting up an ambush along the way, but Liu Yuliang proposed that most of the Qing army should go north again and should return to protect Gyeonggi. military power.

Everyone had different opinions and could not reach an agreement. During this period, Sun Chuanting and Chen Xinjia jointly ambushed the Qing army for a while, but they did not gain much. The army had to follow the Qing army and look for opportunities to fight again.

On the 29th day of the first lunar month, Sun Chuanting sent General Yang Guozhu, He Renlong, guerrilla Zhang Cheng and other generals to attack the Qing army at night in Dacheng, beheading 57 ranks.

On the first day of February, when it was reported that the front of the Qing army was going to Tongzhou, Sun Chuanting wanted to keep fire soldiers to set up defenses along the way to hinder the Qing army, and first dispatched elite cavalry to block and set up an ambush before the Qing army, but Inspector Liu Yuliang was Not following, Sun Chuanting and Chen Xinjia joined forces to go.

On the second day of February, they finally launched an ambush against the Qing army in Xin'an Town, Yongqing County. Zhang Cheng and Cao Bianjiao once rushed into the Qing army formation, but the Qing army stationed in Tongzhou came to respond. Zhang Cheng and others Had no choice but to retreat.

After the war, Liu Yuliang's army and horses retreated to Tianjin again, hiding in the city, not daring to leave lightly, so Sun Chuanting and Chen Xinjia had to lead their troops to Wuqing County to garrison.

On the fifth day of February, Abatai led the Qing army of 2 horses, escorted tens of thousands of people from Shandong and more than a hundred carts of property, and arrived in Tongzhou safely, even more so that the Ming army was unable to attack.

On February [-]th, General Yang Wu of the Qing Army Yuetuo led Du Du and other Qing generals, leading most of the Qing army to escort more than [-] Shandong people and hundreds of carts of goods, withdrew from Shandong and camped in Xianghe.

On February [-]th, Generals Dorgon and Hauge were ordered to withdraw all the troops from Shandong, escorted the captured Ming people and looted goods, and returned to Bei'an camp in Hu County.

(End of this chapter)