Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 36
But this is an opportunity.

The flicker just now not only made Li Yan limping, but also strengthened the image of a "knowledgeable soldier", so he just took this opportunity to propose the next plan with the group of honorable officials under him.

Chongzhen said while riding his horse slowly: "When it comes to using troops, there is a problem that we must consider."

Wang Jiayan said: "Is the Holy Majesty worried about the bandit garrison and Ming rebels on the road from the north to the south?"

"Yes." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Now that Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong have basically fallen, some thieves are marching towards the Huaihe River and Huaihe River. It is inevitable that we will encounter thieves from all over the country on our way south."

The expressions of Jin Xuan, Wu Linzheng and other officials Xungui immediately became serious. This is a very real problem.

Chongzhen said again: "Other rogues are fine. We may not be afraid of them, but the rogues of Liu Fangliang in Baoding and Yuan Zongdi in Henan not only have a large number of soldiers but also veterans who have experienced many battles. The number of cavalry There are not a few of them, if we meet on a narrow road, our army really doesn't have much chance of winning."

Wang Jiayan frowned and said, "However, Beizhi, Henan, and Shandong have a vast territory, and there are many routes to choose from. Our army may not meet these two thieves on a narrow road."

"No, the art of war predicts that the enemy will be lenient. We can't make such an optimistic assumption." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "What's more, in the past few decades, our Ming Dynasty has imposed three additional payments, which has demanded too much from the people of the world, so that The hearts of the people are almost lost, so the people along the way will not help each other, but will rush to leak our whereabouts to the thieves."

Wang Jiayan was speechless for a moment, because what Chongzhen said was objective facts.

Jin Xuan had already heard the implication, and said solemnly: "So the Holy One meant to divide the troops?"

"Yes, divide the troops." Chongzhen said directly to Wang Jiayan without the slightest concealment, "Wang Aiqing, you will lead [-] cavalry all the way south along the canal, with great fanfare as suspicious soldiers."

Wang Jiayan asked, "How about you, Your Majesty?"

Chongzhen said: "My relatives led a thousand barbarians to travel south by day and night by other roads!"

Well, to say that the division of troops is actually to survive by cutting off the tail is to sacrifice Wang Jiayan and another [-] cavalry in exchange for Chongzhen and [-] barbarians to arrive in Nanjing safely.

This was actually planned by Chongzhen long ago.

It's just that when he broke through Chaoyangmen, Chongzhen planned to use a cavalry of about [-] people as a false target, and he himself fled southward with about [-] servants Xingye.

Now the false target has become a cavalry of [-] men.

The accompanying servants also expanded to a thousand barbarians.

This undoubtedly greatly improved the success rate of fleeing south.

"This is the best policy!" Wang Jiayan agreed without thinking.

As the right servant of the Ministry of War, Wang Jiayan felt that it was his duty to cover the emperor's escape from Nanjing.

Chongzhen turned his gaze to Hu Xinshui again, and said: "Hu Qing, although Wang Qing knows about soldiers, he is a civil servant after all, so he still needs a general to assist him. I entrust you with this important task."

"The final general will obey the order." Hu Xinshui's face was bitter.

Do I dare to resist?A thousand barbarians have been abducted by you.

Not only did Hu Xinshui dare not resist the order, but he even had to help Wang Jiayan honestly, because his eldest son Hu Guozhu was also taken away by Chongzhen. If he dared to defect halfway, wouldn't he have harmed his son?

Chongzhen's eyes turned to Wu Linzheng and other officials, "Follow me."

"Lie down and wait for the order." Wu Linzheng and other officials respectfully responded and followed Chongzhen obediently.

It must be admitted that Chongzhen's game of tail-cutting for survival was really beautiful, and he directly played Liu Fangliang, the left battalion leader of the Dashun Army, and Yuan Zongdi, the right battalion leader.

……

Nine days later, the time came to April [-]th.

Four major events took place in China on this day.

The first major event was that Chongzhen took a thousand barbarians and marched more than a thousand miles in nine days, with an average of more than a hundred miles a day. He lost all his horses and finally entered Henan and went straight to Guide Mansion.

The second major event, Fengyang garrison eunuch Lu Jiude secretly connected Gao Jie, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, and then persuaded Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, who led the troops to protect Fu Wang Zhu Yousong to Jiangpu, and formally confronted Dong Dong led by Shi Kefa. The Lin Party had a showdown and demanded that Zhu Changhao, who was supported by the Donglin Party, be replaced and Zhu Yousong supervise the country.

The inertia of history is really huge, and Zhu Yousong still supervises the country.

The third major event, Gao Jie robbed all the way from Shanxi to Henan, and then all the way from Henan to Nanzhi, but he was still not satisfied, so he cast his greedy eyes on Yangzhou again, and he had surrounded Yangzhou with his army.

The fourth major event is also the major event with the greatest impact. Li Zicheng fled back to Beijing.

However, more than half of the 10 veterans who followed Li Zicheng to conquer Shanhaiguan lost more than half of them, and the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Ming Dynasty who accompanied Li Zicheng to the east were even scattered. The Dashun Army suffered a decisive military defeat.

This is not the worst, the worst thing is Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army and the [-] cavalry led by Jiannu and Shuoyu Prince Duoduo are like maggots with bones attached to their bones, biting the Dashun Army and chasing them to Xianghe, only a short distance from Beijing For more than a hundred miles, although the broken troops are relying on the canal to resist desperately, everyone knows that they will not last long.

Sitting on the throne of Qianqing Palace, Li Zicheng's eyes were a little blurred.

Do you regret it?Of course he regretted it, Li Zicheng almost regretted it.

If I had known that Jiannu would also send troops, I should have prepared more fully in the first place. Not to mention anything else, I should have at least brought Liu Fangliang's [-] elite soldiers with me, and Wu Sangui should not have been given such a long time to think about it. I arrived on the [-]th. On the day of Shanhaiguan, it should be wiped out with lightning speed.

If Wu Sangui is dealt with first, the Dashun Army can not only win three days of rest and wait for work to beat Jiannu, but also avoid the dilemma of one enemy and two, gaining a military advantage over Jiannu, and then even if they lose in the field, they can still You can fight a protracted war with the strong pass of Shanhaiguan.

It should be said that God still gave the Dashun Army a chance to win.

It's a pity that the Dashun Army failed to seize this precious opportunity, and it's too late to say anything now.

Thinking of the 6 old soldiers who were lost in the Shanhaiguan battlefield, Li Zicheng was heartbroken. These are all old soldiers who followed him all the way from Henan, and they are all elites!

Civil and military personnel such as Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing also lost the energy they had when they set off for the expedition.

Liu Zongmin even exposed his right shoulder, and the white cloth wrapped on it was oozing blood.

During the stone war seven days ago, Liu Zongmin was wounded by an arrow, and he didn't even have time to bandage it up all the way. It wasn't until this evening when he fled back to Beijing that he was finally properly bandaged.

This is roughly what Li Yan saw when he walked into Qianqing Palace.

"My lord..." Li Yan saluted, and was about to ask what was going on, when Li Zicheng glanced over with a complicated look, and Li Yan swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Li Yan couldn't help thinking of Tian Feng's story.

At the moment, I dare not ask about the battle of Shanhaiguan again.
In order not to cause Li Zicheng's misunderstanding, thinking that this is a joke of his.

Li Yan turned to report on the pursuit of Chongzhen: "My lord, my subordinates are incompetent, Chongzhen..."

However, Li Zicheng was no longer interested in asking about Chongzhen's news. He waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about Chongzhen. Now that you are back, Military Master You, let's discuss what to do next."

"May I ask my lord, how many troops are left in the retreat to Beijing?" Li Yan asked.

"More than [-]." Li Zicheng said, "There are more than [-] people on the east bank of the canal to stop the pursuers."

Song Xiance sighed and continued, "And they are all infantry. The cavalry has been exhausted in order to cover the main force and retreat."

Liu Zongmin said angrily: "If you want me to say that we still have [-] people, including [-] elite soldiers from Laogu, we can definitely fight Jiannu and Guanning Army with the strong city of Beijing."

"No, absolutely not." Song Xiance hastily dissuaded.

"Right now, people in Beijing are in turmoil, and all the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty have different ambitions. Once the news of our army's defeat at Shanhaiguan is spread secretly, the situation may become even more turbulent. Therefore, the city of Beijing cannot be defended!"

"It's not just in Beijing." Li Yan said, "The entire capital is reversed."

"The entire capital is reversed?" Li Zicheng asked, "What's going on?"

Li Yandao: "My subordinates have just returned from Daxing. They went to Daxing to suppress the rebellion of the puppet Ming army. As a result, as soon as the rebellion in Daxing was suppressed, the puppet Ming army in Changping, Zhuozhou, Shunyi, Wuqing and other places launched successively. The rebellion, now the entire Gyeonggi is full of flames, and it cannot be suppressed at all."

"These damned repeated villains." Li Zicheng said angrily.

After a pause, he sighed again and said, "It seems that Beijing really can't hold on anymore, let's abandon it."

"You can give up the city of Beijing, but what about the treasures in the treasury?" Liu Zongmin asked with a dark face, "Throw away too?"

There are more than [-] million taels of silver, as well as gold, jewelry, and a large number of rare antiques. Thousands of carts cannot be filled. It is a pity to throw away such a large amount of wealth and have to take it away.

"Of course you can't throw away treasures." Li Zicheng said sullenly.

Liu Zongmin breathed a sigh of relief, Li Yan opened his mouth to speak, but in the end he had nothing to say.

Because whenever he wants to persuade, Chongzhen's words will ring in his ears, Li Zicheng is not a big-hearted person, so you need to be cautious in what you say and do.

Song Xiance said: "In this case, we must leave an army behind to buy time."

Li Yanxin said, Seeing the tail-docking survival again, Chongzhen had just fled to Henan by virtue of the tail-docking survival, and the master also wanted to stage a tail-docking survival?However, this docking is not the other docking.

Chongzhen cut off his tail to survive in order to preserve the precious elite troops.

The master cut off his tail to survive, but he gave up the precious elite troops to keep the treasure.

Comparing the two, Li Yan couldn't help but feel first-class frustration in his heart.

"Just let Gu Kecheng stay behind." After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he said to Liu Zongmin, "Ru Hou, hurry up and pack your luggage, take everything you can take away in the car, and burn everything you can't take away. Leave it to Jian Nu."

"Okay, I guarantee that no one will stay." Liu Zongmin turned and left.

Li Zicheng turned his head and asked Li Yan: "Master You, are you ready for the enthronement ceremony?"

Li Yan hurriedly said: "Go back to the Lord, everything is ready."

"Okay." Li Zicheng nodded, "I will be crowned tomorrow."

At this time, Li Zicheng still wanted to be the emperor.

(End of this chapter)