Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 111 [111] Wang Ziteng lied about military information
At this time, in the battlefield of the Chahar Ministry.

Huang Taiji led Zhenghuang Banner, Xianghuang Banner, Zhenglan Banner, Xianglan Banner and Zhenghong Banner, a total of [-] cavalry, to attack Lin Danhan.

Lin Dan Khan has [-] people under his command, and there are more than [-] cavalry who can go to battle to kill the enemy. The rest are old and weak, women and children.

Although he is also good at riding and shooting, there is a certain gap in weapons and equipment compared with Huang Taiji.

In addition to cavalry, Huang Taiji was also equipped with sixty artillery pieces.

Lin Danhan also has artillery, but only ten, and the firepower is far inferior to that of Huang Taiji.

The combat power of the cavalry of the two sides is not much different, but in the field mode at this time, the artillery is fired first, and then the cavalry charges.

As soon as the two sides fought, they bombarded each other with shells.

Lin Danhan naturally fell into a disadvantage.

After being suppressed by artillery fire, Lin Danhan's cavalry was also suppressed by Huang Taiji's army.

Seeing that they were about to lose, fortunately Wang Ziteng came with the [-] Beijing camp.

The [-] Beijing battalion is equipped with one hundred artillery pieces, which have an advantage in firepower.

But the Beijing camp has been stationed in Shenjing City all year round and has never fought a battle. Except for the artillery, there are only [-] cavalry, and the remaining [-] are infantry, and their combat effectiveness is very poor.

After Jingying joined the battlefield, it only deterred Huang Taiji's attack.

The two sides were on the endless grassland, twenty miles apart, each camped and faced each other far away.

When the two armies confronted each other, neither dared to take the lead in attacking.

Until Dorgon arrived with [-] cavalry.

Dorgon originally had [-] cavalry under his command. After encountering Jia Yuanchun's ambush last time, about [-] cavalry were killed.

Now there are only [-] left.

Huang Tai was very happy, now he has [-] cavalry under his command.

The next day, Huang Taiji ordered Dorgon to be the vanguard, and he personally led the army in the center, and ordered Duoduo to lead [-] troops to guard the camp.

The Eight Banners cavalry did not attack Wang Ziteng first, but rushed to Lin Danhan's camp first.

Lin Dan Khan hastily accepted the challenge, and only held on for less than half a stick of incense before collapsing across the board and fleeing backwards.

Wang Ziteng was timid and afraid of death, so he only allocated [-] cavalry to attack the flanks of the Eight Banners army, restraining the Eight Banners cavalry, and bought time for Lin Danhan to retreat.

But these [-] cavalry were quickly defeated by the Eight Banners cavalry.

Just when Lin Dan Khan was about to be defeated and captured, a Zhou army suddenly rushed over from behind a distant hillside.

The main general is Li Rusong.

Li Rusong led [-] Zhou army cavalry to attack the rear of the Eight Banners cavalry.

Force the Eight Banners cavalry to turn around and fight with it.

When Wang Ziteng saw the reinforcements coming, his courage rose sharply, and he ordered the remaining [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to come out and encircle the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry.

Relying on the advantage of numbers, Zhou Jun repelled the Jin Army's attack.

Huang Taiji was forced to retreat temporarily and returned to the camp.

The Zhou army gathered the defeated army. In this battle, his own side lost more than [-] people, while the Jin army only lost more than [-] people.

If the fight continues like this, the Zhou army will undoubtedly be defeated.

The Chahar Department is located in the grassland, with a flat plain and no danger to defend.

This kind of terrain is very suitable for the Eight Banners cavalry to take advantage of it.

Li Rusong suggested that Lin Danhan withdraw the army and the people into the nearby Yanmen Pass.

Lin Danhan took it very seriously, so he followed Li Rusong's suggestion, and while Huang Taiji was resting, he led his subordinates and the common people to retreat towards Yanmen Pass.

Li Rusong and Wang Ziteng led the guards.

Huang Taiji heard the news and sent troops to pursue him.

The two sides had a scuffle.

The Eight Banners army plundered hundreds of cattle and sheep and thousands of women, but did not pursue the victory.

Lin Dan Khan had a large number of subordinates and people, and they were guarded by the Zhou army. The Jin army could not kill them all, so they had to withdraw their troops.

After six days of trekking, Lin Dan Khan and Zhou Jun finally withdrew into Yanmen Pass.

Li Rusong completed the mission and led his army back to Jimen.

Wang Ziteng felt a little uncomfortable.

I was ordered to support Lin Danhan, but unexpectedly, I was defeated by the Jin army and fled.

How can I explain this to Emperor Chongrui?

If Emperor Chongrui blamed him, he was afraid that not only his official position would be lost, but also the entire royal family would suffer.

After hesitating for half a day, Wang Ziteng found Lin Danhan. The two conspired for two hours, and Lin Danhan agreed to help Wang Ziteng cover up.

Wang Ziteng wrote a good report, falsely claiming that he rescued Lin Danhan, and together with him, defeated Huang Taiji.

This is a false report on the military situation. If it is discovered, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor.

But Wang Ziteng still took risks in order to preserve his glory and wealth.

On the other side, Emperor Chongrui first received the battle report sent by Jia Yuanchun.

When he learned that Jia Yuanchun actually took command in person and beat off Dorgon's army, he was pleasantly surprised.

Emperor Chongrui originally wanted to rely on Qi Jiguang to take command, but he did not expect that Qi Jiguang was seriously ill and could only stay in bed to recuperate, unable to preside over the overall situation.

In addition, Feng Tang, the general of Shenwu, was confused, and there was no coach in Shanhaiguan.

What Emperor Chongrui didn't expect was that Wen Tiren, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of the army supervisor, did not go into battle in person, but instead sent Jia Yuanchun in command, and even won the battle.

Although Dorgon was not beaten away by Jia Yuanchun's army, but retreated on his own initiative, but Jia Yuanchun, a woman, can force the Eight Banners to withdraw, which is actually a victory!

Emperor Chongrui was delighted. Previously, Jia Chen served as imperial envoy and successfully rectified the officialdom in Yangzhou, eliminated the eight major salt merchants who did evil, and defeated the Japanese pirates who invaded Yangzhou, making great contributions.

This time, Jia Yuanchun miraculously made military exploits again.

It seems that the Jia family is not all idiots, at least Jia Chen and Jia Yuanchun are rare talents!
Overjoyed, Emperor Chongrui canonized Jia Yuanchun as Shangshu of Fengzao Palace, and sent Li Rubai, the second son of the famous general Li Chengliang, to Shanhaiguan to replace Jia Yuanchun in command.

Emperor Chongrui ordered Jia Yuanchun, Feng Tang and Qi Jiguang to return to the court.
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At the same time, Jia Chen helped Xiling leader Chen Zhuo find five large tombs.

A total of five thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand taels of silver, ten gold pots, twenty silver pots, five gold incense burners, ten silver incense burners, ten agate bracelets, ten jade ruyis, and many pearls and emeralds were distributed. jewelry.

Although Lin Daiyu was born in a family of the Hou family and was well-informed, she had never seen so many valuables.

Chen Zhuo held a banquet in honor of Jia Chen.

During this trip to Luoyang, the Xiling faction gained a lot, and it was all thanks to Jia Chen.

Without Jia Chen's assistance, the Xiling faction could only find one or two ancient tombs at the same time, or maybe none of them, but Jia Chen helped them find five ancient tombs.

Jia Chen got so much gold and silver treasures with only [-]% of the share, which shows how rich the Xiling warriors have gained.

Chen Zhuo invited Jia Chen to sit as the guest of honor, and was the first to toast to Jia Chen.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, someone came to deliver a letter to Jia Chen, saying that it was sent by Jia Mu who lives in Luoyang.

Jia Chen opened it and was shocked.

It turned out that the letter said that Jia Yuanchun served as the deputy supervisor of the army and went to Shanhaiguan.

Since this letter was sent from Shenjing City more than ten days ago, Jia's mother, Jia Chen and others did not know that Jia Yuanchun had already taken command to repel Dorgon.

When Lin Daiyu learned of this, she was very worried about Jia Yuanchun's safety.

(End of this chapter)