Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 65 Battle of Changli
At the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, with the arrival of reinforcements from all walks of life from the Ming Dynasty, the strategic situation of both the Ming and Jin Dynasties changed.

The Ming army, which had the right time, place and people, began to use its superior forces to counterattack the state capital occupied by Hou Jin. The results were remarkable, so Huang Taiji had no choice but to shrink his troops.

At the beginning of the first month of the first year, Emperor Chongzhen listened to Sun Chengzong's advice and appointed Ma Shilong as the minister of the Ministry of War. He was appointed governor of Jiliao and was in charge of all the troops and horses of King Qin in the pass.

After Ma Shilong took office, he immediately formulated a strategic policy. He personally led the Guan Nei Qin King to hoard the main force of troops in Zunhua. However, in fact, a short and capable partial division had already quietly emerged at dusk.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Ming army, led by the Tuanshan Camp of He Kegang's Ministry and the Shenshu Camp of Li Shunzu's Beijing Army, suddenly came to Luanzhou City and fought fiercely for two hours. Tai, regain Luanzhou.

Shi Xingzuo, the logistics general of Shenshu Camp, was the first to board Luanzhou City, and all three hundred of his troops were wiped out.

After that, Amin took action after hearing the news.

At first, Amin did not dare to ignore it because of Huang Taiji, but he did not want to lose too much of his main force of the Blue Banner, so he only planned to send more than a thousand cavalry.

But for some reason, Amin suddenly changed his mind and sent [-] cavalry and vests from the Xianglan Banner headquarters and [-] original Ming troops who surrendered in Yongping Prefecture, totaling [-] cavalry, to Luanhe.

In a bloody battle in Luanhe, no one expected that the final loser would be Amin.

More than [-] people from the Shenshu Camp, with the timely reinforcements from the Tuanshan Camp of He Kegang's Ministry, actually defeated the Houjin Cavalry that was ten times his own. Li Shunzu also became famous in this battle and was powerful in the capital.

Amin was furious. He was gathering the defeated troops in Yongping and did not dare to go out of the city to meet the attack.

In the direction of Shanhaiguan, the battle between Huang Taiji and Sun Chengzong is also going through its final moments.

After experiencing the failure of Yongdingmen, Huang Taiji was still unwilling to give up. After punishing some of the Eight Banners' nobles to establish their power, he decided to fight the main force of the Liao army under Sun Chengzong in Changli.

Sun Chengzong gathered the main force of the Liao army, including Zu Dashou, Zu Kefa, Wu Xiang and Mangui's troops, to hold on to Funing and form a rivalry with Gaodi's troops in Shanhaiguan.

Huang Taiji tried almost every method in the first half of the first month, but Sun Chengzong saw through them one by one.

The main force of the Eight Banners led by Huang Taiji first launched a strong attack on Funing for several days. However, Zu Dashou changed from his normal behavior and climbed to the city to raise his arms and shout. Everyone in his Liao army also shouted wildly for a fierce battle.

Huang Taiji had no loopholes to take advantage of, so he decided to leave the camp to confuse and personally attack Shanhaiguan.

It was a good idea, but it was also stupid.

Huang Taiji was stationed in front of Mashan Pass. Only then did he know why Sun Chengzong gathered the main force of the Liao army in Funing instead of going back to guard Shan Pass.

He just took a look at the hillside and gave the order to retreat.

Huang Taiji is not a fool. There are four cities in Shanhaiguan, each of which is a strong city with heavy artillery. The city is wide and the pool is deep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Shanhaiguan cannot be breached. A strong attack will only turn it into a flesh-and-blood millstone for the Hou Jin Army. Sun Chengzong, Zu Dashou and other Liao troops stationed in Funing are not Beijing troops who dare not fight.

Huang Taiji had no doubt that if he really attacked Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong would definitely come out and copy his retreat.

At that time, the main force of the Eight Banners will be in danger of being surrounded and killed under Shanhaiguan City.

The situation was as expected by Li Shunzu and He Kegang. After Huang Taiji led the army around Funing and Shanhaiguan for a few days, he found that there was no chance, so on one morning, he led the main force of the Eight Banners to attack Changli.

Changli is a small county town with a population of only a few 10 on weekdays. The population is not large and the economy is not prosperous, but it has become the focus of competition between the Ming and Jin armies.

This is all because of the geographical location of Changli, which is very special to the current situation of Ming and Jin competing for Gyeonggi.

The Hou Jin Dynasty occupied the four cities of Yongping, Qian'an, Luanzhou and Zunhua. Since Funing and Shanhaiguan could not be captured for a long time, they could retreat to the second best and capture Changli. This meant that Sun Chengzong had the main force of the Liao army in Funing and Shanhaiguan. , contact will be completely severed with the capital.

Attacking Changli was Huang Taiji's most vicious and far-sighted move.

In any case, the Hou Jin Army will now take the initiative. Whether they force Sun Chengzong to leave the city or continue to march westward after capturing Changli and attack Henan, they will be unfavorable.

Huang Taiji's strategic intentions were quickly known to Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong was not a person who was afraid of trouble. He worked hard to manage the defense lines of Funing and Shanhaiguan in order to drag Huang Taiji to fight in one place, and then arrange reinforcements to eliminate him.What's more, in addition to the historical Zu Dashou Headquarters, he also has another trump card in his hand, namely Mangui Headquarters.

Therefore, at the end of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong personally went out to Funing and led the main forces of Zu Dashou and Mangui to fight against the main force of Huang Taiji's Eight Banners in Changli.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

On Changli City, Changli Guard General and Yongping Counselor Fan Kui'en pressed his rough hands on the city wall, watching the Eight Banners Army suddenly appear below the city, covering the mountains and plains, with cold sweat on his forehead.

As a military general, he naturally understood that his actions at this time were related to the life and death of thousands of soldiers in the city, as well as the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Changli.

So, Fan Kuin drew out his saber with a loud noise, turned around and roared: "Send my order, prepare the whole army for war, even if you die, you will die with me on the top of the city!"

"I will live and die with Chang Li!"

Thousands of Beijing soldiers in the city were shouting loudly and running nervously to prepare for battle.

The war drums were beating in unison on the city, and even some common people spontaneously came to the city to help in the battle.

In the wilderness outside Changli City, the eight-color bright flag was wildly swayed by the Jurchen armored soldiers standing on the shield chariot, hunting in the wind, and the shrill horn sound penetrated the sky.

"Woooooo-"

Accompanied by the sound of horns, the entire Eight Banners army, under the cover of shield vehicles, pushed the ladder, sweeping in like a colorful wave sweeping over the plains.

In the sky, strong winds rolled up dark clouds.

The Eight Banners' armies gathered from all over the city, getting closer and closer, and a tense atmosphere filled the city.

"Bang bang bang-"

The next moment, dozens of bronze and iron cannons at the top of the city began to spit out tongues of fire.

You don't even need to aim too much. The projectiles shot out quickly face the turbulent sea of ​​people of the Hou Jin Army. Whenever they land, a bloody mist will suddenly burst out, and countless Hou Jin soldiers will fly everywhere.

"Take the ladder!"

Amidst the roars of each Niulu, a simple ladder was set up above the moat. The Hou Jin army pushing the shield cart continued to advance without stopping, and soon arrived at the city.

The Ming army at the top of the city also began to throw down various rolling logs and hot oil, nervously guarding the city.

On the hillside in the distance, a group of generals wearing various armors stood on horseback. The leader, Huang Taiji, only saw the cold and stern eyes through the gap in his helmet.

Under his feet, even though thousands of Beijing troops fought bloody battles in the city, the gap in strength between the two sides was still too great. In less than half an hour, the banner of Hou Jin had gradually been raised throughout Changli.

"Thank you, Great Khan, Changli Guardsman Fan Kuin was killed by our Zhenglan Banner warrior Chaha Lie!"

"Report! Chaha Lie, the warrior of the Zhenglan Banner, is the first to reach the top of Changli City!"

Huang Taiji's eyes did not change at all. He gave a faint hum and turned to look behind him.

Although there was no news from the Sentinel Cavalry yet, he knew clearly that in that direction, Sun Chengzong's army was heading straight for Changli, and the next battle was the top priority.

Sure enough, not long after, when Changli was completely captured, a fast horse galloped back from the east.

"In response to the Great Khan, Sun Chengzong's relatives came out of Funing and led six generals including Zu Dashou, Zu Kefa, Man Gui, and Wu Xiang. The so-called 15 Liao army came straight to our Changli!"

(End of this chapter)