Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Song Xiance also knew that he shouldn't stir up trouble at this time, but as a military adviser, he had to say something, otherwise it would be his responsibility if something happened.

"Your Majesty, what if the Ming army in Hunan was not transferred, but took the opportunity to seize the city abandoned by the Qing?

Therefore, I thought it was better for us to keep some soldiers and horses to guard against the Ming army, so as not to be caught off guard. "

After hearing this, Li Zicheng hesitated.

Liu Zongmin said loudly: "Right now, our troops are only five to sixty thousand, and the elite soldiers are only more than ten thousand. If we still want to guard against the Ming army, how many soldiers and horses should we have?

It is necessary to fight out as soon as possible before the Ming army has time to react, and sweep all over the country again, so as to strengthen the army and relieve our difficulties! "

Liu Zongmin's words made most of the generals present nod in agreement.

Because this is what the Shun army used to do when they were bandits.

After being defeated by the official army, they went into the mountains and retreated. When the official army withdrew due to various reasons, they immediately came out to collect food, coerce refugees, recruit soldiers and horses, and quickly swept across the country and developed stronger.

One of the most classic times was when Li Zicheng went to Shangluo Mountain and swept Henan in the 12th year of Chongzhen.

That time laid the foundation of Dashun in one fell swoop.

Although the current situation is somewhat different from that of the past, it may not be impossible to replicate the success of that year.

However, Liu Zongmin's words made the few "civil officials" present frown.

Now that Li Zicheng has established a system and proclaimed himself emperor, how can he still do that kind of rogue practice?If you really do that, I am afraid that even a little bit of the hearts of the people at the bottom will be lost.

At that time, Dashun was completely hopeless.

But this is not easy to say. After all, Dashun started out as a bandit, and it has only been about a year since he became a "Dashun official army". Most adults still like the way of bandits.

Anyone who raises objections to this matter is undoubtedly against most of the generals of the Shun Army.

While Song Xiance and other "civil officials" were hesitating, Li Zicheng's one-eyed flashed a cold light, he thumped the table and said: "Ruhou is right, you must take the opportunity to fight out, so that you can quickly recover your strength.

If we were careful and missed the opportunity, and the Qing army and the Ming army continued to be locked up between the two prefectures in Hubei, we would have only a dead end when they were free. "

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng did not seek other opinions, and immediately discussed the specific matters of dispatching troops and horses with the generals on this strategy.

After all, there are only [-] to [-] Shun troops now, so careful planning is needed to occupy more territory as soon as possible and absorb more troops...

In the next few days, almost all the Shun troops who were originally trapped in the eastern part of De'an Mansion were mobilized, mainly divided into three groups of soldiers and horses, and moved in three directions: north, northwest, and west.

This time, Shun Jun was not polite to the gentry and landlords he met, and all of them broke down and ransacked their homes.

After the Qing army came, almost none of these gentry and landlords sided with Dashun, and they all surrendered to the Qing?

Therefore, the reasons for attacking the gentry and landlords are ready-made, and there is no need to find them.

What's more, after the previous war in Hubei, the common people either died or became refugees. Only those gentry landlords and prominent families who guarded themselves in stockades and Wubao still had some money and food.

Under such circumstances, the Shun army could barely guarantee logistics only by robbing them of their money and food.

However, after the actual dispatch of troops, some situations also exceeded the expectations of Dashun's senior management.

The Ming army in Hunan was also dispatched.

The Xilu Shun army split from De'an Mansion fought several battles with the Ming army in Hunan in Chengtian Mansion, but they were defeated without victory. Even important cities like Zhongxiang and Jingmen were seized by the Ming army.

On the contrary, after the Northern Route Army left the Three Passes of Yiyang (these three passes had been occupied by the Shun Army and were not captured by the Qing Army) and entered Henan, they found that the Qing Army in Xinyang Prefecture, Guangshan and other places had also All withdrawn!

Li Zicheng was originally among the troops in the northwest, and wanted to take back Xiangyang himself.

But after learning the latest news from the west and north troops, he immediately realized that the Ming army was indeed fighting for Hubei as Song Xiance said.

However, the scope of the withdrawal of the Qing army was larger than he expected, and it is very likely that all the territory south of the Yellow River will be given up!
Considering that the Ming army in Hunan is quite strong, and his current soldiers and horses can't beat it at all, Li Zicheng decisively changed his strategy and decided to use Henan as the main site to restore his strength.

In the 12th and 13th years of Chongzhen, he laid the foundation of Dashun in Henan, and he believes that this time it can also be done.

Therefore, Li Zicheng personally led more than a thousand old battalion elites to the North Route Army led by Liu Zongmin.

Unexpectedly, after Li Zicheng gathered the main force of the Northern Route Army and marched from Xinyang Prefecture to Luoshan County, he was ambushed by the Qing army near Zhongshanpu!

It turned out that part of the Qing army was plundering the southeast of Henan at this time—since the Qing court decided to give up the territory south of the Yellow River, it was natural to plunder money, food, and people when they retreated as they had entered the customs from Liaodong in the past.

In the whole of Henan, in the past few years of natural disasters and wars, most of the places have been destroyed, and the situation in the southeast of Henan is better.

Therefore, the Qing court ordered Azig to lead the main force back to aid Gyeonggi, and at the same time ordered the king of Shuncheng County, Leke Dehun, to lead thousands of Eight Banner soldiers and tens of thousands of green camps to plunder southeast Henan.

Looting money, food, and people (usually young and strong) takes time, and it also takes time to transport the looted proceeds away.

Therefore, although the Qing army decided to abandon Henan, the Qing army of Luck Dehun actually needed to linger in the southeast of Henan for a while.

Luck Dehun learned through his scouts that a large group of Shun troops had entered Xinyang Prefecture. He was worried that the Shun troops would interfere with the looting and even be dragged in the southeast of Henan, so he decided to launch an ambush to wipe out this Shun army.

So there was the Battle of Zhongshanpu.

In this battle, Lu Kede mobilized more than 2000 Eight Banners Army, mainly Manchu and Han, and more than 8000 Green Battalion soldiers.

The Shun army led by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin had nearly 2 people, including more than 1 elite soldiers, more than [-] soldiers who dared to fight, and six to seven thousand miscellaneous soldiers who acted as civilian husbands.

Probably because the Qing army even gave up the city of Xinyang Prefecture. Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and Tan Ma, who were in charge of exploring the road, did not expect to encounter an ambush by the Qing army, so they were caught off guard.

In this battle, Shun Jun was beaten badly.

Liu Zongmin was severely injured on the spot, and was captured after falling into a coma.

The rest of the Shun army were either killed on the spot by the Qing army, or were defeated and fled in all directions.

Normally speaking, through an ambush battle, the Shun army was frightened, and he dared not come to the southeast of Henan again. Luck Dehun's goal was achieved, and it should be easy to withdraw his troops.

But he didn't expect to see Li Zicheng's two banners of "Chuang" and "Li", and his subordinate Ba Yalazhang Jingaobo even recognized Li Zicheng.

"Li Zicheng! That one-eyed man is Li Zicheng!" Aobai shouted excitedly, pointing at a group of Shun troops who had fled from the battlefield.

Lu Kede looked around and saw a middle-aged man running ahead on a bay red horse with one eye, long beard, and wearing a felt hat. He was Li Zicheng who he had seen several times on the battlefield!
"My lord! If you can capture Li Zicheng, it will definitely be a great achievement! You can't let him escape!" Oboi shouted excitedly, wanting to go after him directly.

It's just that the Eight Banners Army has strict military discipline, and without Luc Dehun's order, he is not easy to mess around.

Luck Dehun also wanted this credit, and said excitedly: "It is true that he cannot be allowed to escape. You must lead someone to chase him quickly, and you must capture him alive!"

"Whoo!"

Obai responded.

Time was running out, so he only ordered one bullhorn of soldiers and horses, but most of them were armored soldiers, and there were dozens of red armored soldiers, even seven or eight Bala (white armored) soldiers.

They are one person and two horses, because most of them wear double armor instead of triple armor, so they don't run fast.

But Li Zicheng escaped equally unhappily.

Due to the haste of defeat, he only had dozens of horsemen around him, and few of the remaining hundreds of old battalion soldiers got their horses, so they all relied on walking.

If he escaped with only a few dozen horsemen, he would definitely be able to escape, but Li Zicheng was reluctant to leave these hundreds of powerful soldiers behind.

Because now such an old battalion's strong soldiers can't make up three thousand in the entire Dashun army, and there are only a thousand or so left around him that he brought into the North Route Army.

After being ambushed by the Qing army, more than half of the thousands of powerful soldiers had been lost. If these hundreds were gone, his direct power in the army would be weakened by more than half.

Therefore, Li Zicheng led this group of defeated soldiers to retreat and fight.

However, how can such a group of defeated soldiers be the elite opponents of the Eight Banners led by Oboi?Along the way, the two sides fought several times, and the soldiers of the Shun army continued to reduce their numbers, while the elite of the Eight Banners suffered only a handful of casualties.

In this way, when Li Zicheng retreated to the foot of Zhenlei Mountain, there were only a dozen or so cavalry around him, and only two hundred soldiers from the old battalion, almost everyone was injured.

To make matters worse, even Li Zicheng was hit by an arrow and injured his right shoulder. Although the injury was not serious, it was not serious. It was difficult for his right hand to hold a knife or hold the reins.

Seeing that the Qing army was about to encircle them again, the guard Hu Er persuaded: "Your Majesty, now we can only have a chance of survival if we enter the mountains!"

Li Zicheng did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to abandon his horses and enter the mountain, and let some old battalion soldiers chase the Qing army slowly according to the terrain at the foot of the mountain.

During his military career for more than ten years, Li Zicheng escaped many times, many of which he survived by fleeing into the mountains.

This time, he believed that he could still live!