Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 623 Hunting the capital
"Will you hunt in the capital with me?"

"Haha, Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief."

"What kind of thing is he, and he is also worthy of hunting the capital with Zhenhui?"

Chongzhen saw Li Zicheng's edict to seek captives almost at the same time, and was also amused after reading it.

Going back three years, Chongzhen may still be interested in making false claims with Li Zicheng, but now the industrial development of Daming has begun to take shape, and the new army has also formed an army. For officers educated in military schools, is it still necessary to curry favor with hypocrites at this time?
Now even if the pseudo-shun and Jiannu are really tied together, they are not the opponents of Ming Dynasty.

What's more, there is a limit to seizing the country between Pseudo-Shun and Jiannu, and they cannot be combined at all.

At this time, Xu Yingwei, Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and other scholars had also finished reading the edict of asking for captives.

Li Zicheng's edict to seek captives was not long, and the words and sentences were extremely simple and easy to understand, so Xu Yingwei and the others quickly read it.

"Pseudo-shun actually sent troops?"

"Yes, this is really the sun coming out from the west."

"However, in my opinion, Pseudo-Shunding has no good intentions."

"It goes without saying. Pseudo Shunruo is really kind. As early as the beginning of our pledge to the Northern Expedition, we should have sent troops together. To send troops at this time is obviously trying to take advantage of the fire."

"It's not just as simple as taking advantage, Li Zicheng may have even greater ambitions."

"That's right, this thief must want to take advantage of our army and Jiannu's killing, and launch a surprise attack from behind, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

After a discussion among a dozen scholars, they made a rough guess about the intention of the pseudo-shun.

Jiang Tianyi finally concluded: "However, if the pseudo-shun's 25 horse-buoyed army really appeared outside Beijing, it would still be a bit tricky. You have to sleep with one eye open at night."

"Indeed." Zheng Sen also said, "The puppet Shun army has been severely weakened since the fiasco in Yiyishi. We played back and forth, which shows that we still have a certain combat effectiveness, and we must not underestimate it."

"No one underestimates the Puppet Shunjun, but there is no need to scare yourself."

Chongzhen said: "The so-called 25 horse-buoyed army sounds scary, but it is useless. If it is really just a competition of numbers, wouldn't Jiannu also have more than 50 practicing bravery and more than 20 Eight Banners troops? Our towns and cities in Ming Dynasty With the addition of new soldiers, the total number of troops is close to one million, but these troops can only scare people."

"What the Holy Majesty said is very true." Xu Yingwei said, "We have now entered the age of firearms. The number of troops is no longer the key factor to determine the outcome of the battlefield. Whether the armor is good or the sword is sharp is no longer an important factor. What matters is the number of firearms on both sides, and whether the armies of both sides have received good training, especially the training of line arrays. In these two aspects, my Ming army has a decisive advantage."

"So it is a good thing that the Puppet Shunjun Army came to Beijing."

Chongzhen smiled and said, "It saves us running twice."

"Ah..." The scholars present could not help but look at each other when they heard the words.

What does His Majesty mean by these words, do you want to solve Jiannu and Pseudo-Shun all at once?

Isn't this too reckless?Dealing with Jiannu's family is already quite difficult, plus the pseudo-shun's 25 horse-buoyed army, is it really possible?Don't steal a chicken or lose a handful of rice.

……

But as the old saying goes, plans don't change fast.

Just when Li Zicheng was ambitiously preparing to meet with Chongzhen in the capital to seal the world in the first battle, Sanggar, a direct descendant of the Jin family, made a fuss.

Before that, Sanggar had always been Dashun's puppet.

Whatever Dashun asked Sanggar to do, Sanggar had to do.

Dashun asked Sanggar to issue the Golden Arrow Order in the name of the co-lord of Mongolia, calling on all the Mongolian tribes to form a coalition army to protect the Yellow Sect, and Sanggar honestly issued the Golden Arrow Order.

But it was also this Golden Arrow Order that made Sanggar think unreasonably.

After the Golden Arrow Order was issued, not only the Tumed and Chahar Mongolian tribes responded one after another, but even the Khalkha and Oirat Mongolian tribes also gathered.

When Sanggar saw this posture, he was a little unhappy.

I thought to myself that Lao Tzu is a direct descendant of the dignified golden family, the co-lord of Mongolia, why should I be a puppet?
It is also a coincidence that Batur Huntaiji of the Junggar tribe sent his third brother Zhuot Babatur to rush to Hetao first with [-] camel cavalry. Sangar shared his ideas with Zhuote Babatur. Once said, the two hit it off.

Zhuote Babatur immediately found a slave who looked like Sanggar, and replaced Sanggar.

Sanggar fled to the south bank of Juyan Sea under the escort of [-] Junggar camel cavalry, and set up a Khan Court in a place called Yiji Nai. He immediately called himself Sanggar Khan and formally claimed himself as the Mongolian Great Khan.

After becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia, Sanggar Khan issued the Golden Arrow Order again.

After receiving the second golden arrow order, the Mongolian tribes of Khalkha thought it was profitable, and immediately sent four [-] cavalry to Juyanhai against the wind and snow.

It was only the second day of February at this time, and the weather in the Mobei Grassland was still extremely cold.

But Khalkha Mongolia came here tirelessly in order to share the benefits.

But the one who is most excited is Batur Huntaiji from the Junggar tribe. As the descendant of the Chuoros family and the direct descendant of Da Yuantian Shenghan Yexian, Batur Hun dreams of restoring the glory of his ancestors.

This time Zhuote Babatur snatched Sanggar Khan to Juyanhai, which was a godsend opportunity.

Sanggar is the younger brother of Lindan Khan's compatriots, and he is the true descendant of the Jin family. If Sanggar Khan can be welcomed to the Junggar tribe, Junggar can order all the Mongolian tribes in the name of the Mongolian Khan. Other Mongolian tribes in the world will not obey orders, but at least in name they can order all tribes.

This is actually a routine with the Central Plains' holding the emperor to order the princes.

Because of this, Baturhui withdrew the Junggar cavalry from the Kazakh grassland.

Then, Baturhui brought all the cavalry that Junggar could mobilize, a total of [-] elite cavalry, and they also came to Juyanhai day and night against the wind and snow.

As a result, the situation in the Northwest suddenly became treacherous.

Because after breaking away from Dashun's control, no one knew how Sanggar would treat Dashun.

It stands to reason that the cooperation between the two parties was quite pleasant before, and Sanggar had no reason to turn against Dashun.

But politics has never been right or wrong, only interests. If the Mongols need a suitable enemy, then Dashun is the closest to them, and Daming is too far away.

So after taking Taiyuan, Li Zicheng hesitated.

Li Guo and Li Yan's rear battalion had even reached the Bauhinia Pass, and was recalled to Datong by Li Zicheng.

Gu Junen, who was the instigator, also felt helpless and helpless, because Li Zicheng had already issued an edict in the name of Emperor Dashun at this time.

So from a legal point of view, Dashun and Jiannu are in a hostile relationship.

Then the Mongolian Allied Forces, which defended the Yellow Sect and helped the Qing Dynasty defeat the Ming Dynasty, became the enemy of Dashun.

Dashun can't send a special envoy to tell the Mongolian coalition army that the gentleman's agreement between us and Nanming is fake, and our real intention is to plot against the Ming army, and others may not believe it.

……

The Dashun army encountered troubles, and the Ming army also encountered challenges.

The matter has to start seven days ago. After Hong Chengchou failed to attack the Chenguantun camp, he decisively changed his strategy. He no longer tried to seize the camp on the Ming army's grain road, nor did he try to dig trenches or build camps to encircle the Ming army's camp. Instead, the highly mobile Mongolian cavalry was used to directly launch unlimited raids on the Ming army's supply team.

When encountering a supply team with no infantry protection or only a small amount of infantry protection, they will hunt directly.

If you encounter a supply team protected by a large infantry, you will either call in more cavalry to launch an encirclement or suppression, or launch endless raids. Anyway, the Ming army will not be allowed to transfer military supplies to the front line.

After a few days, the transfer of military supplies from Dagukou to Chenguantun was directly cut off.

After the transfer of military supplies between Dagukou and Chenguantun stopped, the Mongolian cavalry did not stop. Instead, they took an inch and aimed at the more than 900-mile grain road between Dengzhou and Dagukou.

So now, dozens of camps between Dengzhou and Dagukou are already in panic.

Wang Jiayan said: "My lord, this matter is still a bit troublesome. Although the Eight Banners Mongolia does not have flintlock guns, the weapons they use are still scimitars and horn bows, but the mobility of cavalry is far better than that of infantry. They are very passive, if you fight, they won’t fight you, but if you chase after us, we can’t catch up, and accidentally turn around and bite you. Up to now, eight military teams have been attacked, totaling more than [-] soldiers. The civilian husband was martyred."

"Is it troublesome?" Chongzhen turned his gaze to Jiang Tianyi, "I remember that the General Staff Division did war games, right?"

"Yes, the Staff Section has indeed done a war game, and it won't be the next time." Jiang Tianyi said, "Through the game, we know that we actually have a way to deal with the Mongolian cavalry's harassment."

Chongzhen said: "You tell Wang Butang, what can you do?"

Jiang Tian replied yes, and said: "The method is actually very simple, that is, use cavalry against cavalry."

"I'm afraid this will not be easy." Wang Jiayan questioned, "Although my Ming cavalry has the advantage of flintlock guns, their riding skills may not be as good as the Mongolian cavalry, and the number of cavalry is only the Mongolian cavalry on Wuyi. Should we deal with it? After all, the Mongolian cavalry conducts scattered raids in units of thousands of cavalry."

"Wang Butang worried too much, but he can handle it."

"Because my Ming cavalry doesn't have to look for Mongolian cavalry at all."

Jiang Tian said with a smile: "As long as we need to guard our own food roads, the Mongolian cavalry will send them to the door by themselves, and wait for the Mongolian cavalry to come to the door, and then hunt and eliminate them one by one."

(End of this chapter)