The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 216 The Change of Wuyin
At the entrance of the Qing army, the nine sides shook.

Today's Xuanda governor is Chen Xinjia, not Lu Xiangsheng.

But all the ministers of the DPRK and China recommended Lu Xiangsheng to lead the army.

Under Chongzhen's balance, he still gave Lu Xiangsheng the sword seal, and ordered him to come to Beijing at night and starry night, and the governor of the world served the king's soldiers and horses.

At the time of his father's funeral, Lu Xiangsheng did not want to accept the edict, but after receiving the imperial edict, he begged to withdraw the edict, but Chongzhen naturally refused.

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to accept the sword seal, and then passed on to the commanders of the towns to discuss the matter of inviting them into the guard.

After Lu Xiangsheng took office, he began to make drastic reforms. By 11 years, he had opened up 30 mu of troops, accumulated more than [-] shi of millet, and rested [-] shi of grain, all while benefiting people.

Chongzhen personally invented the decree, rewarding Lu Xiang for his contribution to the government, and ordered the nine borders to follow Xuanfu and Datong as models.

In addition to farming, Lu Xiangsheng also rectified military affairs, punished a large number of inaction generals and officials, and killed horse markets in Hukou and other places to win over the northern Mongolian tribes and use them as precursors to fight against the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng has served as the governor of Xuanda for nearly two years, and he has a high prestige in the army.

The general soldiers of the three towns received Lu Xiang's promotion order, they did not dare to neglect, they galloped into Yanghe starry night, and rushed to answer the order.

Lu Xiangsheng was ordered in the face of danger, and divided his troops to guard the four directions. After discussing food and grass, he appointed guarding generals, and immediately led the soldiers and horses of the three towns to the capital without stopping.

On October [-], Lu Xiangsheng led the troops to Changping.

Changping was originally Changping County. With the increase of imperial tombs, the number of soldiers guarding the tombs also increased day by day.

In the first year of Jingtai, Daming built Yong'an City and set up Yong'an Camp in Bali east of Changping County.

Later, the guards guarding the hills were also moved into the city.

During the Zhengde period, Changping was upgraded to a prefecture, and it came under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu.

During the Jiajing period, the Ming court added Changping Town and Zhenbao Town in the northwest of Beijing.

Gonghua City was also built in Shahedian, Changping. The city is two miles long from north to south and from east to west. It is used as a palace for mausoleum sacrifices.

Gonghua City is located at the key point of the pass, the south guards the capital, the north guards the mausoleum, the east can cover the rush of dense clouds, and the west can suppress the danger of Juyong.

Both Zuo Liangyu and Tang Jiuzhou were generals in Changping Town, and they were ordered to enter the pass to suppress them.

The main function of Changping Town is to guard Juyongguan Pass and Emperor Tombs.

Known as one of the "Nine Fortresses in the World", Juyongguan stands on Xing, the northernmost military capital of Taihang Eight Xing. For thousands of years, countless wars have taken place here.

On June 27, the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army broke into the Great Wall in three ways, and moved troops to Shahe and Qinghe in Yanqing Prefecture, Gyeonggi Province, and invaded Changping.

In July, due to the internal response of Duoyan Mongolian soldiers, the Qing army broke through Yong'an City.

Wang Zhaokun, the patrol censor, Wang Yigui, the head of the household department, and others died in battle.

Chief soldier Chao Pichang surrendered to the Qing soldiers, and became the first general soldier to surrender since the war between Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Because of this, the guard forces of Nanshan Road in Xuanfu Town and Changping Town have also been greatly strengthened.

As an important place to defend the Jingling Mausoleum, it is also the base camp of the Northern Ground Army.

Lu Xiangsheng led the soldiers and horses of the three towns into Changping, and together with the guards and horses from various places, they were also ordered to be dispatched by Lu Xiangsheng.

The aid officers and soldiers from Datong, Xuanfu, Shanxi and other towns gathered in Changping to defend the capital.

On October [-]th, Emperor Chongzhen summoned his supervisor Lu Xiangsheng on the platform to ask about the strategy.

Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, Chen Xinjia and others all advocated peace talks, believing that to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside.

Luo Rucai and other leaders of the Ninth Battalion Uprising Army in Yongning and Lushi areas thought that Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led the troops out of Tongguan to suppress themselves.

The Ming army marched out of Tongguan in a mighty manner, which caused a great deterrent to the rogues in the pass.

Luo Rucai hurriedly pulled up a team and ran to Junzhou, Huguang, and asked Li Jizheng, the admiral and eunuch of Taihe Mountain, for comfort.

After Li Jizheng sent a letter to Xiong Wencan, he agreed to accept the consolation.

Luo Rucai, the little Qin king Baigui, and the three battalions of [-] Heiyunxiang were stationed in Fangxian County, and the other five battalions were placed in Zhuxi and Baokang.

At this time, most of the rebellion in the country has been eliminated.

But Yang Sichang believed that the current domestic situation is still unstable. Although the domestic bandit chaos has temporarily subsided, it has not been fully successful. There is a danger of resurgence, and it will take effort.

At present, the soldiers and horses concentrated in the Gyeonggi area are almost all the battleable soldiers in the North. The Qing army's large-scale southward march was obviously well prepared, and it may be difficult to succeed in a decisive battle with it.

And once he puts all his eggs in one basket and fights decisively with him, he may be in danger of being overthrown after the defeat.

He said again: "To fight against the outside world, we must first settle down at home. Since ancient times, there has never been a person who can win the outside world without continuing internal strife."

But Lu Xiangsheng's answer was to insist on the main battle, and said in the memorial: "The minister wants to take the lead in the battle, not to take care of it!"

At that time, the Ming court did not say "harmony", but "fu". Although there is still a difference between the two,

Lu Xiangsheng's words shook Chongzhen's original idea of ​​temporarily stabilizing Jiannu and concentrating on quelling civil strife.

Chongzhen was silent for a long time, and finally replied: "The outer court has something to say, but I have not promised it."

October [-]th.

Chongzhen took [-] gold from internal funds to reward the army.

October [-]th.

At this time, Chongzhen, under the influence of Lu Xiangsheng, also made up his mind.

Lu Xiangsheng's last words still moved him.

"The enemy comes strong but can't be trapped, so that he will lose his will, and then he will be more and more light on China. The Song Dynasty can learn from it. Foolishness can only be resolved by a single battle."

The events of the former Song Dynasty were vividly remembered, and Chongzhen believed that what Lu Xiangsheng said was right.

Yang Sichang personally sent Lu Xiangsheng outside the camp. When he parted, he retreated to the left and right, and repeatedly warned Lu Xiangsheng not to fight against the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng returned to Changping and regained control of King Qin's army.

Chongzhen sent his ministers as envoys, and gave him a hundred royal horses, a thousand horses for his servants, and five hundred silver and iron whips.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said after receiving the gift: "The sage is a god. What's the point of those who talk and caress? Is the mediocre minister wronging the country so much?" Then he decided to discuss the war.

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From Tongguan to Beijing, there are thousands of miles away, not a short distance.

When he was a servant, Chen Wang didn't feel how hard and exhausting the journey was, because he was treated first-class regardless of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But now that Chen Wang is leading a battalion of soldiers and horses, the journey will not be easy.

As Qin Wangjun, it stands to reason that the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households and other ministries should arrange good people and prepare sufficient supplies in the counties along the way.

But in fact, after this journey, they got very little supplies, and even at the worst time, they couldn't even eat one meal a day.

Everything seems to have returned to that afternoon in the eighth year of Chongzhen.

On the official road, there are soldiers dressed in commoner clothes, wearing red hats, and carrying spears or firecrackers on their shoulders. All of them are silently walking forward along the official road.

The atmosphere in the team was terribly dull, exhaustion was written all over their faces, and the military uniforms on their bodies were covered with dust.

On October 22, under the leadership of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, all the troops swore to leave the customs, entered Shanxi, and rushed all the way to the north.

In a blink of an eye, more than [-] days have passed. There are no enemies and no accidents along the way. Most of the time is spent in the noisy and boring march.

In this era, there are no cars, let alone trains and planes. Even if they are thousands of miles away, the only thing they can rely on when marching is their legs.

Holding the whip and the reins, Chen Wang followed Cao Wenzhao on his bay red horse.

The sequence of marching was that the Hanzhong army led by him followed closely behind the town soldiers led by Cao Wenzhao.

Right now, there is no need to worry about the enemy's attack. The general march can be left to the middle and low-ranking officers. Chen Wang spends most of the time by Cao Wenzhao's side.

You can learn a lot from Cao Wenzhao, not only how to deal with people, but also military strategy and tactics.

Chen Wang originally thought that he knew a lot, but after listening to Cao Wenzhao's explanation, he felt that he knew too little.

When to fight, how to fight, and dispatching troops are all a science.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and opportunities are fleeting. In many cases, generals often have no time to think.

Instead, rely on intuition and experience to make quick judgments.

"Where is the front?"

Cao Wenzhao stopped the horses sitting under him, raised the whip in his hand, and asked.

"Report to the general, after ten miles, you will leave the area of ​​Xugou and enter Yuci."

Cao Dingjiao held the rein tightly, stopped his horse together, and replied.

"Xugou..."

Cao Wenzhao frowned slightly. Now that they were just passing Xugou on the ninth day of November, their marching speed was much slower than expected.

Calculated in this way, it will take at least the end of the month to arrive at the capital.

"Xugou?"

Chen Wang looked at the frowning and speechless Cao Wenzhao. He knew that Cao Wenzhao was thinking about the situation in the Northland and the court.

The struggle between Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang was already on the table.

Between the two, Lu Xiangsheng led the battle, and Yang Sichang led the caress. The situation was already in turmoil, and it was difficult to resolve the enmity between them.

The news from the battle situation in the capital these days is not good.

The rift between the court and China seems to be intensifying. Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian have disagreements, and the two split up.

On October [-]th, Lu Xiangsheng led a total of more than [-] soldiers from Xuan, Da, and Shanxi in Gonghua City to set off.

Then Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Shunyi and encountered the Qing army, winning first and then losing.

As a result, Yang Sichang had another conflict with Lu Xiangsheng, and all court officials knew the inside story.

Lu Xiangsheng reprimanded Yang Sichang for supporting the bandits, while Yang Sichang scolded Lu Xiangsheng for underestimating the enemy.

On October 25, the Qing army began to attack Beijing. Lu Xiangsheng led the troops to resist the battle. After nearly ten days of fierce fighting, the Qing army retreated after being frustrated.

The Qing army circled Beijing to Zhuozhou, divided its army into eighth, and invaded along the Taihang Mountains, the canal, and west of Beijing to Shanxi.

According to the latest report, the main force of the Qing army has arrived in Liangxiang and Zhuozhou, and then went south in three routes, one route to Laishui to attack Yizhou, the other route to Xincheng to attack Xiong County, and the other route to Dingxing to attack Ansu.

Continuing to sink into Liangxiang and Zhuozhou, besieging Gaoyang, Fucheng, Weixian and other northern Zhili cities, all over Gyeonggi.

But these were the reasons why Chen Wang couldn't repeat the place name Xugou.

The reason why the name of Xugou is the biggest reason is because Chen Wang read in the book that when they arrived in Xugou, they were going east...

The rapid sound of horseshoes interrupted everyone's thoughts and conversations, and a travel-worn horseman galloped from afar, bringing news from the north.

"Jiannu turned south to attack Zhending and Baoding... via Jingxing, rush to help!"

The military order was issued by Sun Chuanting himself, more precisely, it was an urgent order from the Ministry of War. The Qing army went south to Zhending and Baoding, threatened Zhending Mansion, and ordered them to rush to help.

Chen Wang's expression was slightly condensed. He remembered that when Sun Chuanting led the army to King Qin, the first battle was Zhending.

It will take nearly ten days to travel from Xugou to Zhending by Jingxing.

In other words, ten days later, he will lead the army to face the Qing army that is marching southward for the first time.

After the military order was delivered, Cao Wenzhao respectfully accepted the military order.

Sun Chuanting led the army first, and Hong Chengchou's main force was behind.

The first battle was extremely important, and Sun Chuanting was well aware of the strength of the Qing army. Therefore, when marching, Shangshu advocated that the encounter with the Qing army must not be a waste of time, but should be strictly defended and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

And Hong Chengchou also agreed with Sun Chuanting's opinion. After discussion, the vanguard troops selected a total of five battalions.

Cao Bianjiao led the fine cavalry as the vanguard, He Renlong led the Yansui soldiers in the rear, Sun Chuanting led the superintendent Biaoying in the middle, and Cao Wenzhao led the town's soldiers in the rear.

Chen Wang was also selected into the Fifth Battalion, together with He Renlong as Cao Bianjiao's support.

Zuo Guangxian and Zu Dabi followed Hong Chengchou with Guyuan soldiers and Ningxia soldiers respectively, thinking that they would have stamina.

"Jiannu Jiabing is fierce, and it is not easy to fight easily. You must be careful in front."

After Cao Wenzhao put away the military order in his hand, he turned around and gave another order, then rode away.

It is really urgent, marching eastward in a hurry, there is a lot of preparation work to be done, naturally need to race against time.

Chen Wang also reined in his horse and returned to the camp, and continued to issue military orders to adjust the marching speed of the army.

It was a real battle, and Chen Wang knew very well what the outcome would be.

The Ming army was the victor and lifted the siege of Zhending.

Chen Wang is very clear about what will happen next if the original historical process continues.

No matter how clear the impact of the Wuyin Change was, he was even clear about the losses and gains of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

But the current history is almost beyond recognition, and it is destined to be completely different from history.

Although it has not changed in general, many subtle changes have taken place.

In history, when Lu Xiangsheng went south to pursue him, he handed over many soldiers and horses under his command to Chen Xinjia to guard the Changping Imperial Mausoleum.

Then Wang Pu, who was then the commander-in-chief of Datong at the time, returned to Datong on the grounds that Datong had police. When he went to Julu, Lu Xiangsheng actually had no more than [-] troops.

But now, the chief soldier of Datong is not the Wang Pu who is not successful enough to fail, and wants to retreat when he encounters a strong enemy, but has become Du Wenhuan.

When Du Wenhuan was in Wanli, he had repeatedly defeated the Mongolian tribes. During Chongzhen, Du Wenhuan presided over the campaign as an admiral, and Cao Wenzhao was only his subordinate at that time.

First defeat the main force of the bandits in Fugu, then defeat Zhang Xianzhong in Qingjian, and then defeat Shen Yiyuan.

The reason why he was imprisoned in the end was not because he was defeated and failed, but because his subordinates killed good men and took meritorious deeds. They were impeached by the censor Wu Zhen and Zhang Chengzhao in the matter, and they were sent to prison and dismissed from office.

Du Wenhuan has many shortcomings, but no one has said that he is not good at fighting and training.

If Du Wenhuan hadn't escaped with an excuse like Wang Pu, then the army following Lu Xiangsheng in Julu would exceed [-] people.

But now Sun Chuanting does not have many available soldiers as in history, and Cao Wenzhao, who is the god of the sea in the pass, is in the army at this time.

(End of this chapter)