Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 502 The Elegy of the Little Court of Zhangwu (Part )
The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng of the Qing Dynasty never took action easily, and she was always ready to catch her. Through a plate of Weiguo coins, Emperor Shunzhi easily realized the threat of Weiguo in the west and mobilized his troops. At first, the young emperor wanted to lead the army from Jierhalang, Prince Shuzheng. However, the empress dowager was afraid that Jierhalang was too prestigious and powerful. She excused his poor health and appointed Gushan Beizi Tunqi as the general of Pingxi. Tongfu Guogong and Gushan Ezhen Han Dai led the troops to Shaanxi.

The children of the Eight Banners suffered heavy losses in the uprising of the rebels such as Jiang Yu, Jin Shengheng, and Li Chengdong in the past two years, and were recuperating in Beijing and Mancheng in various places; the main force of the surrendered Han army was in the south to conquer Nanming, and they could not mobilize too many troops to fight against the Ming Dynasty. battle. This time their target was only the Changwu regime of the Ming Dynasty, a vassal state of Weiguo. Since Weiguo has always refused to admit the fact of supporting Zhangwu in resisting the Qing Dynasty, then Weiguo should have nothing to say when the Qing Dynasty conquered Zhangwu.

Emperor Shunzhi gave Tunqi 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers, and also sent General Li Gang of Xuanfu, General Yi Yonggui of Linqing, General Lu Guonan of Baoding, General Gao Di of Henan, and General Soldier of Hebei (referring to those who guarded Henan Province from the Yellow River onwards). Beisanfu area) Kong Xigui, guard Sun Sike and other troops allocated 45,000 green battalion troops to Tunqi, gathering an army of 50,000. He ordered the governor of Shaanxi, Meng Qiaofang, and the king of Pingxi, Wu Sangui, to return to Tunqi for control.

Aixinjueluo Tunqi, who is 37 years old this year, is the nephew of Jierhalang. He has participated in many battles before and after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. He is good at conquering and fighting. He once followed Hauge in the Western Expedition and defeated He Zhen and many others. He joined the rebel army and relieved the siege of Hanzhong. He was very familiar with the terrain of Shaanxi. After experiencing losses from war, disease and brutal internal purges, there were not many princes and princes left to found the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Among the remaining kings who have fought in the war, Prince Zheng Jierhalang is in a semi-recuperative state, Prince Mandahai of Xunda, Prince Duanzhong Shifuluo, and Prince Wakda of Duoluoqian County are seriously ill. The only ones who can be used are Dear Prince Nikan, the young emperor plans to use it in the south. Although there are still many famous generals who contributed to the founding of the country, as they grow older and are corroded by luxurious life, most of them have lost their heroic spirit. After picking and choosing, I had to choose Gushan Beizi Tunqi as the general of Pingxi.

Of course, it is only the eighth year of Shunzhi (1651), and the corruption of the Eight Banners disciples has just begun. Seven years later, this situation has become more serious, so much so that people at the time wrote poems and ridiculed: "Since the past, Zhanqiu and Buttermilk , Now I am sipping tea and burning incense. I am full of ambition towards the old man, and I am willing to sacrifice my life to join the battlefield." "I am guarding Yuguan in the east and crossing the river in the west. There are not as many people today as in the ancients. When the wind blows and the cattle and sheep see the grass, who can sing the song?" .

Tunqi's status in the royal family is not high, but after all, he has experienced hundreds of battles, and he is still unambiguous in fighting. After getting ready, we traveled day and night and quickly rushed to Shaanxi.

Today, the Qing army in Shaanxi is mainly divided into three parts: General Zhang Yong led more than 10,000 troops such as Tong Tou, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao and other generals to garrison in Longxi to guard against the Lintao Prefecture guards; Shaanxi Governor Meng Qiaofang led the Minister of Hubu Esai, Gansu Governor Zhang Wenheng, Gansu General Liu Liangchen, General Chen Wanlue, and Deputy General Ren Zhen led 10,000 troops to guard Liupan Mountain and confronted Zhu Shidong, King of Mingzhangwu; Pingxi King Wu Sangui, bodyguard Li Guohan, Minister of Civil Affairs Hamu, and Shaanxi Governor Huang Erxing led More than 30,000 soldiers faced off against the more than 10,000 troops from Qi Tingjian and Wang Yongzhen of Mizhibo in Xining of the David Kingdom at Huamachi in the rear of Ningxia. In addition, there are thousands of green battalion soldiers and horses under General Liu Fangming in Xi'an.

"General, our army has entered Pucheng, Shaanxi. Please tell me whether the next step is to join forces with King Pingxi or with Meng Duxian." Fu Guogong, Gushan'e Zhenai Xinwanluo Han Dai respectfully said to Tunqi asked for instructions. Han Dai is eight years older than Tunqi, and is Han Dai's uncle in terms of seniority. However, there are no fathers and sons in the army, so regardless of uncles and nephews, since Tunqi is the general of Pingxi, he has to listen to Tunqi.

"Let's go to Liupan Mountain. The puppet king Zhangwu is in Guyuan. Shoot the men first, shoot the horses, and capture the thieves first. Capture the king first. As long as Zhangwu is defeated, the situation in Shaanxi will be settled," Tun Qi said without hesitation.

"Hey", Han Dai loudly accepted the order, secretly admiring him. No wonder the empress dowager and the emperor made Tun Qi the general, they really have a long-term vision.

"Wu Sangui's troops are still stationed in Sanshan Fort?" Tun Qi suddenly frowned and asked. After the Battle of Meiyuan, Pingxi King Wu Sangui, who was well aware that "all birds are gone but good bows are hidden", did not take advantage of the victory to attack the remnants of the Yulin Army. Instead, he stationed troops at the Sanshan Fort at the junction of the Ningxia Guard and Yulin Town and stood still. At first, they used the excuse of insufficient troops, and after Hahamu, Huang Erxing and others led the troops to join together, they also used the excuse of insufficient military rations. He did not move until Qi Tingjian rushed to the Ningxia rearguard to recruit Wang Yongzhen and other remaining Yulin troops. He just kept asking for food and salary from the Qing court and expanding his power. As smart as he is, he naturally knows that once Ningxia is captured, he will be transferred to the south or other dangerous places. It is better to leave the enemy with a chance of survival and silently accumulate his own strength. Seeing that the Qing army did not come, Qi Tingjian, Wang Yongzhen, Liu Denggou, Xie Rude and others took the opportunity to recruit troops and expanded the number of defeated soldiers from 7,000 to more than 10,000.

"Yes, King Pingxi said he was worried about the intervention of the guards and did not dare to go deep alone." Han Dai suddenly sneered, "This dog slave clearly wants to preserve his strength. General, I am willing to lead a group of elite soldiers to Sanshan. If the dog slave dares to disobey, the general will whip him to death with a riding crop."

Tun Qi smiled and said: "No, before I went on the expedition, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor repeatedly told us that we Manchurians have few people. When fighting, we should let the Han army rush to the front, and the Eight Banners can supervise the battle from behind. This is called 'using the Han to control the Han'." Since the imperial court wants to use the Han army, it cannot easily offend the generals of the Han army. I heard that the empress dowager intends to choose a princess to marry Wu Sangui's eldest son Wu Yingxiong. Therefore, we must pay attention to some methods to deal with this King Pingxi."

"What does the general plan to do?"

"First give Wu Sangui a military order to capture the Ningxia rear guard within one month, otherwise military law will be imposed; then secretly order Li Guohan, Haha Mu, and Huang Erxing to urge Wu Sangui to march as soon as possible."

Liupan Mountain is located in the center of the triangle between Xi'an, Yinchuan and Lanzhou. Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty both visited this mountain. Genghis Khan, a generation of genius, even set up his military base camp in the mountain. Meng Ge and Kublai Khan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and Dali also set out from this mountain. , showing its military importance.

Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty, was good at using troops. After the defeat in the Battle of Guyuan, he immediately led his remaining troops to abandon Guyuan Prefecture and guard Liupan Mountain to prevent the Ming army from moving south. Originally, he only had 5,000 defeated soldiers left, and they could not stop the Ming army with high morale no matter what. At the critical moment, Zhang Wenheng, the governor of Gansu and Liu Liangchen, the commander-in-chief of Gansu, arrived with more than 5,000 reinforcements, appointed by the Qing government. Only then, despite the natural dangers, did they face off against the army of King Zhu Shizhong of Zhangwu. The confrontation lasted for more than a year.

The entire territory of Gansu was in the hands of the Wei State. In order to put pressure on Sultan, Dorgon deliberately appointed Zhang Wenheng as the governor of Gansu and Liu Liangchen as the commander-in-chief of Gansu. This created a lot of momentum, but in fact he had no intention of fighting. Now Tunqi's army is on the contrary, quietly coming to Liupan Mountain, without any momentum at all, but it is really here to fight.

(End of this chapter)