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Chapter 202 What Are You Waiting For?

Daming, Chongzhen 12th year, spring.

On February [-]th, in the north of Wuqing, there was a place called Huanghuadian in Xianghe. Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Wang Pu, and Baoding's generals Liu Guangzuo and other generals ambush here.

Taking advantage of the Qing army's unpreparedness, they launched an ambush. In this battle, Datong's general soldier Wang Pu bravely took the lead and gained the most. Because of the Qing army's strength, Zhang Cheng could not be shaken by his current strength. At the same time, he also had a selfish desire to retain his strength.

On February [-]th, Zuo Guangxian, Wang Tingchen and other general soldiers attacked Yuetuo camp. Although they failed to break through, they also captured the heads of more than ten Qing troops.

On February [-]th, Sun Chuanting took advantage of Dorgon's army's long journey, the soldiers were exhausted, and the camp was newly established, and the troops were divided into five groups to attack Dorgon's camp at night.

Caught off guard, the Qing army was shocked, and Dorgon didn't know how many Ming troops participated in the night attack. He climbed up and looked far away, and saw fires everywhere, and there was a sound of killing around, and the camp several miles away was also flickering. , obviously flustered.

Zhang Cheng, Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong, Wang Pu and other generals all entered the camp of the Qing army, but the Qing army responded quickly, and Dorgon even moved the camp overnight. In this battle, hundreds of Qing army leaders were captured .

Although the Ming army won consecutive victories, they were all small victories. Although it did not benefit the overall situation, it inspired the morale of the Ming army from all walks of life, and the fear of the Qing army's captive cavalry was slightly calmed down.

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On February [-]th, the three commanders-in-chief of the Ming army, Inspector Liu Yuliang, Governor Sun Chuanting, and Xuanda Governor Chen Xinjia gathered in Jizhou to discuss how to intercept the Qing army so that they would not leave the customs and rescue the captive Ming people.

At this time, the vanguard of the Qing army had passed Jizhou, and its brigade was marching along the line of Tongzhou, Sanhe, and Yutian.

The Qing army moved slowly, and the army stretched back and forth for dozens of miles. The Ming army waited and watched one after another, not daring to attack.

During the meeting in Jizhou, Governor Sun Chuanting believed that the Qing army had already passed Jizhou, and if they continued to follow behind in pursuit, it would be difficult to win, so they could only watch the Qing army leave the pass.

Therefore, he suggested that all Ming troops rush north immediately, surpass the front of the Qing army, and rush to various passes, setting up ambushes in advance, first ambushing the forwards of the Qing army, and then relying on the various passes to hold their ground.

In this way, if the Qing army could not go out of the pass, its morale must be flustered. If there is a big loss, the people can also be destroyed by fire and water.

Helpless, Liu Yuliang, who supervised the army, disagreed. He insisted that he should not only block forward, but also chase after, so as to form a pincer attack.

After arguing for a whole day, in the end, Sun Chuanting led Qin soldiers, Guan Ning soldiers, and Chen Xinjia led Xuan soldiers to rush to the front of the Qing army, intercepting and ambush at various critical passes.

And Liu Yuliang led the Beijing army to chase the Qing army from behind, and when the Qing army was exhausted, they attacked the Qing army together.

When Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang, Chen Xinjia, etc. were discussing, a military horse under the command of the inspector Liu Yuliang faced the Qing army's captives across the river, and provoked the horse: "I will rape your wife and daughter. Haha..."

There was a burst of wild laughter in the captive cavalry team, and then hundreds of Ming women were dragged out, all dressed in brocade, with frightened faces on their faces. The captive cavalry pointed at these women and shouted: "This They are all wives and daughters of your generation, and they have already committed adultery at this time, what are you waiting for?"

As soon as the Qing army on the other side of the river finished speaking, dozens of horses rode up to the thin ice of the river, intending to float across the river. Thousands of soldiers and horses under Liu Yuliang's command collapsed immediately, and ran away like a lost soul. Many soldiers even fell off their horses in panic, were trampled by their own people and died.

This matter spread among the generals of Xuanda, Guanning, and Shaanxi towns for a while, and it became a big joke this time when they entered the guard!
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On the evening of February [-]th, Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers arrived in Zunhua, but they did not go into battle immediately. Instead, they stationed in Zunhua with Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong's elite cavalry, and dispatched other troops to Han'erzhuang and Xifeng. Passages such as Kou and Xiongwotou were stationed.

On February [-]th, the commanders-in-chief of Liaodong rushed to Santunying. They were stationed in the city, watching the movement of the Qing army and waiting for the military opportunity.

On the evening of February [-]th, Chen Xinjia led Xuan's army to Qian'an County. The army was divided into two groups, stationed inside and outside Qian'an City, and at the same time sentry and cavalry went out everywhere to investigate the movements of the Qing army.

On the same day, Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong vanguard and the general seal of the Liao vanguard, also led the army out of Shanhaiguan and temporarily stationed in Funing to observe the movement of the Qing army before deciding where to go.

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At this time, an imperial decree from Beijing was delivered to Jizhou. Emperor Chongzhen severely reprimanded Liu Yuliang, removed him from the position of chief assistant, cut off his official status, and ordered him to commit crimes and seek meritorious service. its punishment.

Since then, Liu Yuliang has been in panic, restless all day long, and wants to attack the Qing army and try to atone for his sins, but he is afraid of further defeats and aggravated crimes.

It turned out that Liu Yuliang retreated to Tianjin in the past, and in order to protect himself, he impeached Liu Guangzuo, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, for not walking forward and fearing slaves.

At this time, Xue Guoguan, the second assistant of the imperial court who lived in Beijing, was planning to replace Liu Yuliang as the first assistant, so he colluded with the cabinet minister Yang Sichang to frame Liu Yuliang, and the two of them immediately drafted an order based on Liu Yuliang's memorandum. Be an example.

But when the imperial decree was passed to the front of the army, Liu Guangzuo happened to participate in the battle in Wuqing. With the great victory of Wuqing, Liu Yuliang did not dare to kill Liu Guangzuo, the commander-in-chief, so he was imprisoned. Describe Liu Guangzuo's merits and ask for forgiveness.

Xue Guoguan, the second assistant, seized the opportunity and drafted a strict order to criticize the inconsistency of Liu Yuliang's performance.

Although Liu Yuliang defended himself many times, the cabinet still decided to dismiss him and stay idle. However, Chen Qixin and Shen Xun were dissatisfied with this, and they wrote a letter to impeach Liu Yuliang again, so they planned to dismiss Liu Yuliang.

The Emperor Chongzhen ordered Liu Yuliang to commit crimes to seek meritorious service, and the matter will be discussed again. Unfortunately, after the Qing army retreated and left the customs, Liu Yuliang was finally dismissed from office and dismissed from office, and he withdrew from the Ming court forever, without a bright future.

The chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty fell to such a state, is it not his own fault!

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When Dorgon found out that the Ming army and horses had rushed to various passes to deploy defenses in advance, he ordered the army to temporarily station at the Yutian line in Baodi.

Since then, for more than ten days, the Qing army has been wandering back and forth between Yutian, Fengrun, and Luanzhou, constantly testing the reality of the Ming army's various passes, and intending to lure the Ming army to attack, so as to find a gap to annihilate.

The armies of the two sides were in a stalemate. During this period, there were several large and small battles, with each other winning and losing. The Ming army did not follow Dorgon's wish. They still stationed the main force of cavalry in Jiancheng, and sent additional infantry to various passes to strictly guard against death.

(End of this chapter)