The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 622
As soon as Lu Xiangsheng saw Yang Sichang, he asked the teacher who was guilty: "The public and others are firm in their words, but they don't hear about the alliance under the city. "Spring and Autumn" thinks it is a great shame and humiliation. Moreover, Lu received Shangfang sword, and Chang'an's tongue is like a sword. If you only follow the discussion, Yuan Chonghuan's disaster will come To. Even if you don’t fear disaster, don’t you want to wear a filial piety, you can’t transfer filial piety to loyalty, serve the country with your life, and lose both loyalty and filial piety, how can you stand in the world?”

What Lu probably meant was that even Chunqiu regarded the alliance under the city as a great shame, so you still have the face to negotiate peace with Jiannu?

And in this passage, it basically means that Yuan Chonghuan was also killed because he wanted to talk about peace with the later Jin Dynasty.

Later generations often debated whether Yuan Chonghuan had negotiated peace with Hou Jin in private, but judging from Lu Xiangsheng's words, it should be true.

Because throughout the dynasties, anyone who was forced to sign the alliance under the city was a great shame, such as Ding Yi's conquest of Japan and North Korea, that was not it.

Yang Sichang's face was red when he was scolded, his whole body trembled, and he said angrily: If you say so, the old man Shang Fangjian should be used by students first.

Lu Xiangsheng replied: "I can't go to the funeral, and I can't fight. Shang Fang's sword is still on my neck first. How can it be used on others?"It is not known to Lu that she would give up the war and make peace.

Yang Sichang vehemently denied it: he never spoke of it.

Lu Xiangsheng pressed on every step of the way: Zhou Yuanzhong went to Liaodong to talk about peace, and spent a few days in contact with each other. Although the matter was simple and high-spirited, it was done by this soldier (Shangshu of the Ministry of War). The whole country has heard of it. Who can hide it?
Yang Sichang was tongue-tied, and the two broke up unhappy.

The editor of the Imperial Academy, Yang Tinglin (named Boxiang, from Qingjiang, Nanzhili), impeached Yang Sichang because of the collapse of the Great Wall border pass: "Your Majesty has the ambition to attack, and the ministers have no talent for resisting insults. They do not care about it. They use the country as a play. ( Yang) Sichang and the governor of Jiliao Wu Aheng supported the same internally and externally, and their friends conspired to harm the country. They proposed a peace agreement with Gao Qiqian and Fang Yizao, but Wu Bei suddenly forgot... Governor Lu Xiangsheng blamed the ministers for harming the country, and his words were painful.... Instruct (Lu) Xiang to gather all the roads to help the teacher, take the opportunity to go to the enemy, and not to control it. This is an urgent task today." He also said: "All the achievements of the world do not come from wisdom, but from fools; the talents of fools do not Born out of ingenuity, but born out of learning. Your Majesty resolutely ruled the inside out, ruled the inside first and ruled the outside, and made all the ministers defend themselves with learning and defend the country with foolishness."

Yang Tinglin strongly demanded that Lu Xiangsheng lead the world's soldiers and horses to fight the Tartars to the death, and even alluded to the fact that people like Gao Qiqian are useless, they are simply trash, and will only hinder them.

On the eighth day of the first month of November, Chongzhen once again held an imperial meeting to discuss how to repel the invading enemy. Yang Tinglin, editor of the Imperial Academy, made more intense remarks: "The captives did not invade the fortress at the beginning, Gao Qiqian, and Fang Yizao said that he should pay the money. Yang Sichang also said that the money should be paid; Wu Aheng said that the money must be reliable, and Yang Sichang also said that the money must be reliable. The external and internal instigation, publicizing the weakness." The spearhead pointed at Yang Sichang, and unintentionally accused Chongzhen of reusing Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian meaning.

Chongzhen was very annoyed, so he replaced the eloquent Yang Tinglin as the head of the Ministry of War for painting praise, and went to Lu Xiangsheng's barracks to experience for himself whether the imperial court was "the main money" or "the main battle".

In fact, it was Yang Sichang's attention that Yang Tinglin was transferred to Lu Xiangsheng's barracks, and he wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone. "Records of the Chongzhen Dynasty" makes it very clear: "(Yang) Tinglin's inscription on the painting is also because of his negligence and disobedience to his soldiers, and also because of Zhang Shen's regrets, so the comparison is a conspiracy. He really wants to use his hands to kill the enemy. .

But Yang Tinglin's fate was good, he left the camp before Lu Xiang's army left the army, and just escaped the catastrophe.

Later, news of Lu Xiangsheng's defeat came back, and Sichang first asked, "Is Yang Hanlin dead?" The newspaper reporter only knows how to praise the painting, but he doesn't know who the Hanlin is.Sichang asked again: "Is Yang Zan's painting dead?" The reporter replied that he was not in the camp because he had been sent first.Sichang is a long time for those who don't hesitate.Aww, when the state is in crisis, how should we panic and lose our minds? Stop thinking about personal enmity. Those who are not dead want to die, and those who are dead want to be blamed for their crimes. This is what ministers think. "

Thinking about the current enemy and the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty plotting against each other, it is no wonder that Ding Yi wanted to tell Wang Weizhong to be careful of the friendly army.

In this wonderful era at the end of Ming Dynasty, the Ming army really had to be careful with friendly troops, rather than Qing soldiers.

But at this time, Chongzhen's coquettish operation was not over yet. When he dispatched Yang Tinglin to Lu Xiangsheng's camp, he probably already thought that Lu Xiangsheng would be defeated and die.

Otherwise, how could he assign a person he hated so much to Lu Xiangsheng's camp?Could it be that Chongzhen felt that Lu Xiangsheng would definitely win the battle, and then make a great contribution to Yang Tinglin?

Since Chongzhen dispatched Yang Tinglin, it is estimated that he has given up on Lu Xiangsheng, and even wished that Lu Xiangsheng would be defeated and die.

So he came up with two new operations. One was to let Chen Xinjia go to Changping and divide Lu Xiangsheng with half of his troops, about 1.

At the same time, Liu Yuliang (named Jilong, nicknamed Pengxuan, from Mianzhu, Sichuan Province) who is the chief assistant of the cabinet is ignorant, but proficient in power. .

Chongzhen was having a headache, so he approved it immediately, and immediately dismissed Lu Xiang from his post to listen to the investigation, and Liu Yuliang would act as governor.

You said that Emperor Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng fought well, and almost succeeded in attacking the Qing soldiers at night. You dismissed Governor Lu Xiangsheng for no reason, divided his soldiers, and used a waste material, all kinds of magical operations.

Liu Yuliang was originally a gesture, and had no intention of commanding the war. When the emperor asked him to act as the governor, he was terrified.Yang Sichang hurriedly came forward to alleviate it: it is a taboo in ancient and modern times to change generals in the face of battle, so it might as well make Lu Xiangsheng take the blame and make meritorious service.

Chongzhen insisted on his own opinion: Lu Xiangsheng sat in Zhending (now Zhengding), and twelve or thirteen prefectures and counties were broken, how could they be reused?
Therefore, there is no reason to say that if you want to add a crime, there are [-] or [-] broken places in the prefecture and county.

Qing soldiers are raging everywhere because of your incompetence in Chongzhen and the incompetence of Ming Dynasty.

Although Yang Sichang was a bad guy, he knew in his heart who could fight and who couldn't, so he begged again and again, and Chongzhen reluctantly withdrew his order. However, he still deprived Lu Xiangsheng of the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and performed the post of governor as the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Lu Xiangsheng was inexplicably deprived of the Ministry of War Minister, and he was made to commit crimes and meritorious deeds.

He must have been unable to figure out where he was guilty?Is it a crime to fail a night attack?

After that, if the commander-in-chief dares to fight, it will be a crime if he loses?
Lu Xiangsheng was a little disheartened after being divided first and then punished.

At this time, his camp is also in trouble, because there is no food and salary, and Chongzhen has given up on him clearly, so there is still food and salary for him.

At this time, he wanted to find a place with food to guard. At this time, the Manchu and Qing troops marched southward in three routes: one route attacked Yizhou (now Yi County) via Laishui, the other route routed Xincheng to attack Xiong County, and the route routed Dingxing to attack Ansu (now Xushui District).

In November, Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Baoding from Zhuozhou (today's Zhuozhou City). He ordered the generals to attack in different ways, and sent Zanhua Yang Tinglin to Zhending with his own letter, asking Gao Qiqian to support him. Ask for food.

Of course Zhang Qiping said there was no food, and he didn't want Lu Xiangsheng to stay in Baoding.

Not long after, Chongzhen also sent someone to severely condemn him, saying: "The words of daring to fight the day before yesterday are just to deceive the public!"

Chongzhen only dared to bully a gentleman like Lu Xiangsheng, dare he say this to Zu Dashou and Ding Yi?

Replaced by Zu Dashou and Ding Yi, immediately took the soldiers back to their hometown, and ignored you.

An honest gentleman like Lu Xiangsheng is the most unbearable. Hearing this, he has to put all his eggs in one basket. The emperor said so, and the minister can only do his best.

Moreover, he has no food at this time, so Lu Xiangsheng has no choice but to lead his troops out to find the Qing soldiers and fight to the death.

Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong who accompanied him, saw that Lu Xiangsheng was stupid, and I couldn't follow suit. Moreover, it was a good excuse to say that there were Qing soldiers in the direction of Datong at this time, and he ran away with soldiers and horses on the way. Now, Lu Xiangsheng has five thousand soldiers left.

Wang Puzhen and Wu Sangui are both well-known trots in history, and they ran first when the friendly army hit them. I don't know how many times.

This time, he started a sprint before he even hit it, and disappeared instantly.

In this way, Lu Xiangsheng was completely isolated and helpless. He walked out of his tent and paid homage to the capital to the north. He swore an oath to the five thousand soldiers under his command: I share the grace of the country with your generation.He also tearfully said to the fathers and villagers who came to see him off: I have fought hundreds of times with the bandits, and I have never lost.

The crowd cried and thundered, and each took out a bucket of food to comfort the army.

After receiving the temporary support of Lu Xiangsheng for a batch of grain from the common people, on December 12, in January of the 1639th year of Chongzhen in the Gregorian calendar (1), Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Jiazhuang, Julu County.

When they arrived at Jiazhuang, their entire army had been out of food for seven days, and they all relied on voluntary donations from the people mixed with ice and snow for food, but no one rebelled.The eunuch Gao Qiqian commanded tens of thousands of troops in Jize, less than fifty miles away from Jiazhuang. Lu Xiangsheng sent Yang Tinglin to ask for help, but Gao Qiqian ignored him.

Gao Qiqian not only did not support, but moved towards Linqing, farther away from Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng was directly surrounded by Qing soldiers in Julu. Afterwards, some people in the Ming Dynasty said that it was an encounter. In fact, it was obvious that the Qing soldiers had laid an ambush long ago.

On December 12, a contact battle broke out between the two sides. On the 11th, Lu Xiangsheng's camp was surrounded, and the battle began at Chenshi (12-7 o'clock).

Dorgon "led half of the Manchu and Mongolian officers and soldiers to attack the enemy army, ordered Bayala and Mongolian soldiers from the Outer Domain to encircle the enemy army, and ordered the Han army and the two kings who came to surrender (Kong Youde, King Gongshun, and Geng Zhongming, King Huaishun) to fire artillery. The Four Banners of Manchuria and the Four Banners of Mongolia fight on horseback."

Didn't the Qing army divide its troops to loot everywhere?Why is the whole army concentrated all of a sudden?Because if it was an encounter, it would be impossible for the Qing army to gather so many organized troops overnight, and the artillery team was nearby.In this battle, all the organic units of the Qing army participated. The Four Banners of Manchuria, the Four Banners of Mongolia, the Banner of the Han Army, the Second King of Laijiang, and the Outer Fan Mongolia all performed their duties. The actions were fast and effective. Unified command, so the Battle of Julu was a premeditated ambush.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng's troops of the Ming army were basically dragged into a tired army, and the supply of food and grass could not keep up.

Why didn't the Qing soldiers choose to go high and dive first?The first is that there are more soldiers at the top, and there are fewer soldiers at Lu; second, if you attack the high first, Lu will definitely save it, so it may be a rout battle.

The battle plan of the Qing army had been drawn up long ago. The whole army was waiting for work at leisure. They wanted to eat Lu Xiangsheng with superior forces.

Because it was "leading half of the Manchu and Mongolian officers and soldiers to attack the enemy", this shows that half of the Qing army did not move, and it may be preventing high-rise reinforcements.

But if they understood the virtues of the friendly forces of the Ming army, I am afraid that half of the soldiers and horses would not be left to attack.

Lu Xiangsheng was besieged, so he could only fight to the death with the Qing army. He left the stronghold and fought the Qing army at Haoshui Bridge.According to historical records, "Three rounds of riding tens of thousands of rings. Elephants raised their troops to fight fiercely, and their voices moved the sky. From the beginning of the morning to the end of the day, the guns were exhausted. Fighting hard, all the rear cavalry advanced, killing dozens of people with their hands, and the body Hit with four arrows and three blades, and then he fell. Yang Lukai, the head shepherd, was afraid that the crowd would mutilate his corpse, so he fell on top of him, carrying 24 arrows on his back to die."

The general Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu led a few people to break through and escape, and almost the whole army was wiped out.Liu Yuliang had just arrived in Baoding, and when he heard the news of Lu Xiangsheng's death, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly fled to Jinzhou (now Jinzhou City) to take refuge.

After the war, Yang Tinglin and his subordinates found Lu Xiangsheng's body on the battlefield, wearing sackcloth and a white net (in obedience to his father's funeral).When the people of the three counties heard it, they wept bitterly, and the sound shook the world.

Entering 1639, after Sun Chengzong, another star of Ming Dynasty fell.

Where is Ding Yi's department at this time?
Ding Yi's 5000 people set off from Huang County in mid-November, first went to Laizhou, and then asked for food.

Ding Yi's entire army brought 25 days of food and grass, but he didn't know how long the battle would last. He vaguely remembered that Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be out of food in history.

It's a bit funny to think about it. Lu Xiangsheng is fighting at home, with Shunde Mansion to the west, Guangping Mansion and Daming Mansion to the south. There are only 5000 soldiers and horses but they have been out of food for seven days. It is ironic that there is no shortage of food, but it is full of food and grass.

And as Ding Yi thought, the Qing soldiers ambushed Lu Xiangsheng who was playing at home in the away game.

Ding Yi must not make such a mistake. If he only takes his own food, he will run out of food in a short time. What should he do if he can't get food?Also learn to rob?
Even though Emperor Chongzhen also agreed to give him food in advance, so he went all the way like a beggar.

Therefore, every time he went to a city, he asked for food first, and then acted when there was food.

Laizhou gave three days of grain, about three hundred shi.

Ding Yi moved forward three days to the vicinity of Qingzhou.

At this time, Wang Weizhong of Qingzhou was no longer there, and Ding Yi continued to ask for food.

The prefect of Qingzhou said that you have too many people, and I only have a hundred stones.

Ding Yi said that I will not leave, I can either live here or go back to Dengzhou, the emperor asked, I have no food and cannot send troops, will you resist this crime?
The prefect of Qingzhou had no choice but to mobilize the gentry in the city to donate food. Of course, the gentry were unwilling, but at this time the Qing soldiers had already arrived in Shandong, and the prefect of Qingzhou even coaxed and lied. Fighting the Qing soldiers, when the Qing soldiers attacked, everyone would be in danger, so the Qingzhou gentry reluctantly donated [-] shi, and there was a King Heng in Qingzhou who also donated [-] shi.

Fifteen hundred shi is enough to feed Ding Yi's 5000 people for about fifteen days. This time Ding Yi continued to go to Jinan. He was all cavalry. So they walked slowly, because they had a lot of horses and mules. After two days of departure from Qingzhou, the sentry said that they had encountered Wang Weizhong's infantry.

(End of this chapter)