The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 693

The place where Li Qingshan revolted was Shouzhang, which happened to belong to Dongchang Mansion that was not under Ding Yi's control.

After the uprising, Li Qingshan led his army to gallop across the Central Plains, resisting the officers and soldiers, intercepting water transportation, attacking state capitals, repeatedly capturing nearby counties and counties, and shaking Shandong.At the same time, he also controlled the eight gates of Anshan and Hanzhuang along the canal. All the passing government grain ships were required to pay three-tenths of the rice carried before they were released.The logistics supply of the rebel army was solved by intercepting water. This limited method of intercepting water is to imitate Song Jiang in the Water Margin to pave the way for future recruitment.

In the original history, Li Qingshan did not fight in the Denglai area, but mainly went to Henan and nearby Shandong.

This time Li Qingshan knew that the Denglai area was not easy to mess with, and there were Wang Weizhong's troops in the direction of Linqing, so he only went to the west of Henan and Shandong, and didn't even dare to go to the east.

Shouzhang County is in Dongchang Mansion, facing Henan in the west. The closest in Shandong is Wang Weiguo, the general soldier of Shandong stationed in Linqing, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Yanzhou.

The imperial court immediately sent Yanzhou General Soldier Liu Zeqing and Denglai General Soldier Ding Yi to counter the rebellion, while Shandong General Soldier Wang Weiguo did not mobilize.

Liu Zeqing received the order and immediately led the troops to suppress the rebellion.

Ding Yi was preparing to attack Huang Taiji at that time, and when he had time to suppress the rebellion, he ordered Wang Weiguo to send troops and told him to fight slowly.

Historically, Li Qingshan was not destroyed until the second year of the fight, but Ding Yi didn't want Wang Weiguo to go up and wipe him out.

After Li Qingshan's delay, Ding Yi sent troops two months late. In mid-August, the three armies set off at the same time.

Not to mention, thank you to Li Qingshan, because in June, the decisive battle between the Qing soldiers and Hong Chengchou had not yet been fully fought. Huang Taiji must know that Ding Yi attacked his ass, and he might withdraw his troops and give up the attack. Jinzhou.

Now because of Li Qingshan's matter, it has been delayed until August, even if he gets the news at this time, he is not willing to withdraw.
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In March of the 14th year of Chongzhen (1641), Wu Bashi, the guard of the East Gate of Jinzhou, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing soldiers took advantage of the situation and captured the outer city of Jinzhou. The moat was destroyed, the city wall was destroyed, and the Ming army's foreign aid and supplies were all cut off. In this rebellion, Zu Dashou discarded a batch of food, making the situation even more difficult.

In late April, Hong Chengchou’s troops finally came between Songshan and Xingshan. On April 25, Qing soldiers came to attack. Failed, almost defeated.

The Qing army was actually defeated. It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty still had some bright spots in the Battle of Songjin, winning battles.

Hong Chengchou listed Wu Sangui as the first meritorious service, saying: "Wu Sangui's heroism is unique and unique. In the past two years, he has used integrity and courage to inspire the Liao army, and his fighting spirit has doubled. This time he has won a lot of merit.

After the victory in the first battle, Hong Chengchou still did not dare to venture forward and stationed in Ningyuan to spy on the situation in Jinzhou.He also said to the imperial court: "The enemy is in front, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and it is difficult to save the siege. The dead will be buried, and the wounded will not rise. Within half a month, I will supervise the decisive battle again to relieve Jinzhou's emergency."

Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, said that the peasant army was raging everywhere on the grounds that the soldiers were overpaid, and advocated quick battles and quick decisions, urging Chengchou to march. Emperor Chongzhen really ordered Hong Chengchou to "advance the army at a certain time", and appointed Ma Shaoyu and Zhang Ruoqi as the staff of the Ministry of War The principal and staff doctor urged the decisive battle.

To urge him to a decisive battle, Chen Xinjia sent another 13 soldiers to Hong Chengchou. At this time, Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses had reached [-], the same as in history.

The Ming army has an advantage in numbers.Hong Chengchou was immediately placed on the oven.

"Chen Xinjia is so interesting, it is easy to enter the master of Yidu"

After being reprimanded by the emperor and replenished with troops, Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor, urged him to "raise his arms, support the soldiers, have the power of the governor, and command with all his heart", so the Ming army "but knew that Zhang The Ministry of War did not know that there was a Governor Hong, and the governors were helpless."

Thinking about it, there was a reason why Mao Wenlong refused to let Yuan Chonghuan send a supervisory army to Dongjiang Town.

As I said before, Chongzhen took back the supervisory troops of the towns in April last year, but this time when the Songjin Battle broke out, he sent the supervisory troops again. His words and deeds were completely different before and after. Maybe he felt that this time it was not a town, but several towns. , so you can send a supervisor.

Because there was a supervising army pressing on and rushing to command, Hong Chengchou was afraid he would get into trouble if he didn't make any moves, so he had to give up the original plan of fighting steadily and gradually advancing gradually.

On July 7, the Ming army advanced to the Rufeng Mountain area, and the decisive battle officially started.

As for the Qing soldiers, because Jierhalang lost a game first, Huang Taiji replaced Dorgon to command.

Hong Chengchou suddenly changed his tactics, which caught the Qing army on the opposite side by surprise.The reason why he dared to attack aggressively was not only the pressure from his superiors, but also because he was confident that he could completely suppress the opponent in terms of firepower.

At that time, the Ming army carried 3273 artillery pieces of various types.There are new Hongyi cannons and imitation Frang cannons.But most of them are earth-made general guns.

On the 29th, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief, was ordered to lead his troops to attack Xishimen. As a result, Yang Guozhu was killed by an arrow, and the Ming army replaced him with Li Fuming, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi.

Dorgon was overly excited when he saw a general of the Ming army killed in battle, and ordered the Eight Banners army to launch a full-line charge.

According to his experience of many battles with the Ming army, the Ming army's field combat ability is very poor. They always hide behind the chariot formation and fight back with various weapons.But this time, the Qing army suffered a great loss. The Ming army had too many cannons. It was because Xu Fuzuo didn't bring Ding Yi's cannons, otherwise they would have suffered even more.

The Qing army was covered by a burst of artillery fire from the Ming army, causing heavy casualties. Dorgon had no choice but to order the troops to retreat 60 miles.

The Qing army was once again defeated by Hong Chengchou's men. At this time, after winning two games in a row, the Ming army generals began to drift a little bit.

Because the Ming army lacked large-scale field assault capabilities, or did not dare to take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, the Qing army was able to retreat calmly and once again camped firmly. Dorgon asked Huang Taiji for reinforcements.

Huang Taiji was so angry that his nose bleeds when he heard the news. "Going up in a hurry, the nosebleeds don't stop", he was furious, and led all the remaining troops to rush to Rufeng Mountain day and night.

In this way, the Qing army had a total of 9 old Manchu troops, [-] Eastern Mongolian troops headed by Horqin, and [-] Han troops, a total of [-] horses participated in the battle.

Compared with the Ming army, the number of Qing soldiers did not fall behind.In addition to a slightly smaller number of troops, it is much higher in terms of combat effectiveness and combat experience.

In order to compete with the Ming army in terms of firepower, the Qing army's Kong Youde's elite artillery, two thousand Lumi musketeers were all brought in. This is almost all the Qing army's firearms troops. After all, a large number of their craftsmen have been bombed by Ding Yi. If you die, it will become extremely difficult to make up for it in the future.

After Ding Yi's careful operation, the Qing army has focused on making blunderbuss in the past two years, and the artillery is relatively small. Although the number of artillery is far less than that of the Ming army, there are 26 Hongyi cannons, and a large number of civilians have been recruited to transport cannons and cannons. ammunition.

The Hongyi cannons of the Qing army are not only more in number than the Ming army, but also better in quality. The key is that the range is longer.

The reinforcements of the Qing army rushed to Rufeng Mountain, and Huang Taiji had a nosebleed while observing the defense of the Ming army.Finding that the Ming army's guards were insufficient, they ordered to camp between Songshan and Xingshan, and camped at Wangbaoshan, Zhuangzhentai, Zhaiershan, Changlingshan, Liuxitun, Xiangyintun, Huiyaoshan to Nanhaikou and other places.Every camp dug deep trenches, cut off the main traffic routes, and surrounded the entire Ming army.

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he saw the formation of the Eight Banners. He knew that he must break through the encirclement, otherwise he would only be trapped to death there.In view of the general characteristics of the Ming army's defensive strength and weak attack, he put the main offensive means on artillery.

On August 8, the Ming and Qing sides started an artillery battle.

Although the Ming army has more than 3000 artillery pieces, most of them have a short range, and only 6 Hongyi cannons really pose a long-range threat.

The situation in the Qing army was just the opposite. There were very few small artillery pieces, but there were 26 heavy Hongyi cannons.

When the artillery battle started, gunpowder smoke was everywhere on the artillery positions of the Ming army, which was deafening and the sound of the cannons rumbled, but thousands of shells fell in front of the Qing army camp, and only 6 shells could actually hit the Qing army camp.Coupled with the fact that the gunner has been out of battle for a long time, the calibration technique is very poor, and few rounds can hit the target.

Xu Fuzuo was at the scene at the time, and saw thousands of Ming army guns firing in unison, with a forceful momentum. In the end, only six rounds hit the Qing army camp, and he almost vomited blood.

Before the war, when Ding Yi asked him to send troops, he also asked Ding Yi if he wanted to bring cannons, and Ding Yi asked him back, you can figure it out yourself.

After much deliberation, Xu Fu decided not to bring it.

Because all the armies of the Ming army brought a lot of cannons, and he felt that it was difficult to run with them. That's right, Xu Fuzuo didn't intend to help the Ming army fight well.

He is now Ding Yi's person, so after careful consideration, Xu Fuzuo decided not to take him away.

Facts have proved that Xu Fuzuo had the foresight. When the Ming army came to a big battle, someone would run away. How could they run away with cannons?
Xu Fuzuo's choice was right, but this would harm the Ming army.

Although the momentum of the Qing army is not big, there are only 26 shells fired each time.But every cannonball can fly to the Ming army's position. There is a gap in technology, and the results are naturally different.

The Ming army was beaten to pieces, and two of our own Hongyi guns were also destroyed.

At this time, the Qing army took advantage of the fact that the Ming army was pinned down in Songshan, and Huang Taiji sent Azig to lead a surprise attack, captured the nearby Bijia Mountain, and seized the food and grass of the Ming army.

This is ridiculous. The Qing soldiers originally had little food and grass, but they suddenly took away the Ming army's food, and the Ming army had no food.

The food and grass fell, and the Ming army fell into panic. At this time, they only had three days of supplies left.

On the 21st, Hong Chengchou decided to organize a breakout and return to Ningyuan.

On the same day, in the tent of the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, the generals discussed the division of troops to break through. Wang Tingchen, the commander-in-chief, led the Ming army on the left to break through, and Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief, led the Ming army to break through from the right. Wait until around 7 o'clock in the evening, and head to Ningyuan together.

Upon hearing the news, the morale of the Ming army immediately became unstable.

Xu Fuzou shook his head when he heard this, and started to run away before playing a few rounds, luckily he didn't bring any guns.

(End of this chapter)