Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 489 Song Jin's Great Defeat
"It's over!"

In the dark night, the swaying flames were like stars, and panicked soldiers could be seen everywhere screaming and scrambling for the horse, even drawing their swords at each other. The soldiers who were pushed down in the crowd could still scream at first, but in a blink of an eye Hundreds of feet stepped on it, and then there was no life. A few hours ago, the Tashan Camp, a 13-strong army on the Nine Sides, left nothing but trampled corpses, cannons, firecrackers, knives and guns. It was thrown all over the place in a mess.

Standing at the top of Tashan City, looking at this scene with straight eyes, the veteran Hong Chengchou, who did not change his face even in the face of millions of peasant troops, was dizzy and staggered. The hero of the empire, the executioner of the peasant army, almost fell off the city wall and died.

"Supervisor, immediately send troops to intercept and kill Wang Pu who took the lead in escaping, there is still time!" On the other end, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of Lintao, shouted anxiously, but Hong Chengchou's eyes were dull and limp as if he had been hit by a demon. , was so anxious that Cao Bianjiao was sweating profusely, and he didn't care about his superiors, so he turned around and shouted for his own soldiers to go out, but at this time, a calm and dark Dahei mountain range suddenly lit up, and the heavy hooves shook the city wall They all seemed to vibrate.

They had stared at the Ming army for a long time, and rushed to Wangbaoshan overnight, and all the Qing troops in Qijiabao came out in ambush. Falling under the rain of arrows and being trampled by horseshoes, the tragedy of the Sarhu War was repeated after all. Even large groups of Ming soldiers who fled to the seaside in a panic had nowhere to go. They fled into the sea howling and drowned in the sea .

The tide is rushing, and the floating corpses are like seabirds.

This battle was really absurd to the extreme. The 13 troops marched thousands of miles to the vicinity of Jinzhou. A big decisive battle was not launched. .

He is really not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs, especially this pig teammate is still a leader.

Compared with the Ming army, the Qing army has Mongolia, more horses, extremely powerful mobility, and is familiar with the terrain. In terms of the quality of the source of troops, the Qing army is also better than the Ming army that has been in arrears of payment all the year round. Don’t look at the Qing army with only about [-] However, the overall combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Ming army, especially since it has already made a plan to besiege the city and fight for aid.

In view of this, the old-fashioned Hong Chengchou also knew that he could not be fooled. Originally, he planned to fight at every step. The 13 troops formed a regiment and wandered around the periphery of Jinzhou, constantly eating up the peripheral forces of the Qing army. As fierce as the Jurchen, it is also powerless, and the Ming Dynasty is a big country, but 13 people live in the fields, which is not a serious matter, but the total population of the Qing people is only more than 100 million, and it was not until the entire Liaodong was annexed that it expanded to more than 200 million. The employment of [-] middle-aged laborers was quite a blow to Hou Jin.

If there is such a stalemate for a year, the victory will belong to Daming!
But the problem came out that Chongzhen immediately entered the army, and the three-month order to relieve the siege of Jinzhou had already paid for more than four months, and Hong Chengchou had also achieved a lot of victories and forced him to send troops.

This time, Hong Chengchou's biggest mistake in tactics was to emphasize the front power over the rear defense. Almost all of his troops were on the front line, so that the defense of Xingcheng Bijia Mountain was weak, and Azig took advantage of the low tide to attack and took it down Most of the Ming army's food, but in fact this is Hong Chengchou's last resort.

The battle line was dragged too long, and defenses were needed everywhere. At the foot of Jinzhou City, the Ming army might not be able to defeat the Qing army, but instead made the battle more tragic and protracted. Hong Chengchou was also a gambler. He intends to control the entire war within three days. In three days, the whole army will crush the encirclement of the Qing army in one fell swoop, and then the army will return to Ningyuan. Regardless of whether the Qing army will come back again, that is the next time. It's a headache, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the court.

In fact, this strategy was also very successful. On July 26, the Ming army once reached the Rufeng Mountain area of ​​Jinzhou, and they could already see the south gate of Jinzhou. It only takes one more day to break through the Qing army's defense line and give Zu Dashou, who is trapped in the city. With some help, this strategic goal can be accomplished!However, the opponent I met this time was Huang Taiji.

An emperor who was bleeding from the nose and was able to run for five hundred miles and arrived at the front line in person, immediately noticed the weakness of Hong Chengchou's army, and immediately made a decisive decision to cut off his food supply. Panicked, coupled with the fact that Wang Pu, the general of Datong, took the lead in escaping tonight, the most elite 13 legion of Ming Dynasty was destroyed in one fell swoop.

What's more, misfortunes never come singly. At the beginning of August, the battle report arrived in the capital. On August [-], the southern governor wiped out Zhang Xianzhong's army of thieves, and also sent back the defeat report. It was also because of the urgent order received by Emperor Chongzhen Under the circumstance that the information was uncertain, Yang Sichang sent the main force to Dachang County, intending to encircle Zhang Xianzhong's army here, but he just stepped into an ambush.

In Tutuling, Dachang County, Sichuan governor Shao Jiechun's army, Zuo Liangyu's tribe, and Zhang Yiping, the sweeping king who took refuge in the imperial court, were attacked by Luo Rucai's elite troops. There are more than ten thousand officers and soldiers, and a big hole has been pierced into the originally meticulous encirclement net.

Moreover, Yang Sichang's weakness of not being good at handling the relationship between the chief and the general was exposed. Originally, he promised to add a general to level the bandit on top of the generals. This was promised to He Renlong who came from afar from Shaanxi, but Zuo Liangyu is strong. In the end, Yang Sichang gave Zuo Liangyu the seal of General Ping Zei again, and the resentful He Renlong hinted that the Shaanxi army was making money. A few days after Dachang's defeat, the tens of thousands of Shaanxi troops who came from Guanzhong returned home with money. , making Yang Sichang at a loss.

The two pieces of news were only a few days apart, and they were also placed on Song Qingshu's desk. Looking at the heavy pine brocade battle report, he was also silent. Although he knew that this battle was defeated in history, he had personally seen the elite frontier army. The army, and he has seen what kind of force a 13 army is, he is also unbelievable, how could it be possible to say that it was defeated, and it was defeated so badly?
"Big guy!"

At this time, the study door was suddenly pushed open, and Sun Chuanting, who was wearing a green military uniform and looked a bit like a general of the Nationalist Army of later generations, also hurried over.

"Let's join hands with Li Jiantai, the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wang Yaozhi, the censor of the right capital, and Ma, the governor of Fengyang, to impeach Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army. The imperial court has already given a reply! This is the imperial decree."

Seeing that although Sun Chuanting looked serious, he was not in a hurry to panic. It is estimated that Chongzhen did not have the courage to declare war on him at this time. Now the great warlords of the Ming Dynasty really have no one around Song Qingshu. , Sun Chuanting took it directly from the Xuanzhi eunuch.

After receiving Minghuang's imperial decree, he stretched out his hand and tore it away, skipping over the nonsense in front of him at a glance, seeing the useful part behind, Song Qingshu couldn't help but sneer, what is true love, Emperor Chongzhen is.

The best way now is to directly follow Song Qingshu's meaning and execute Gao Qiqian. Although the majesty of the court is lost, it can at least appease the begging army. A good army can be relied on, but in the imperial decree, there are still defenses against Gao Qiqian everywhere. For this great eunuch who served him from the bottom, the emperor actually interceded for him, killed the general without authorization, provoked a mutiny, and almost Digging up the imperial mausoleum, such a serious crime, is as simple as returning the capital to the capital.

However, the Emperor Chongzhen was considered sensible, so he barely added the position of General Ping Liao to Song Qingshu. Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng fought to death, and finally got a general Ping Thief. Now Song Qingshu is with him On an equal footing.

Along with General Pingliao, there are hundreds of taels of gold flowers and silver, some brocade, a python robe, pinching his nose, and Emperor Chongzhen also gave Shangfang sword. Even Sun Chuanting, who was still somewhat loyal to the Ming Dynasty, was a little resentful now that Song Qingshu's assassination was wiped out.

"Commander, according to the last general, we can't take over this general of Pingliao. The elite of the nine frontiers of the imperial court have been burned in the first battle of Songshan. Datong, Jizhen, and Xuanfu towns were all wiped out. Wu Sangui, the general of Shanhaiguan, only took a few people to escape After returning home, the imperial court has no soldiers to send, and at this time, the commander-in-chief, General Ping Liao, just wants us to beg the living army to go shopping with Jiannu, and fool us into being cannon fodder!"

"Last time when slaves were established and entered the customs, the frontier soldiers in Xuandaliao town had a lot of deductions from their military pay, but at least they distributed military rations. What about us? We didn't eat a single morsel of food from his emperor from the beginning to the end, and we never mentioned it this time. Military salary, Commander, at least you can say, just beat the eunuch who passed the decree away with a big stick!"

It's really called those who are close to Zhu Chi and those close to ink are black. At first, he was a little reluctant to join the group, but now Sun Chuanting is completely considering things from the perspective of a beggar army. Knocking his fingers on the table, he pondered for a while, but shook his head heavily.

"General Ping Liao, we still have to pick him up!"

"Commander, you can think about it! The two Huaihe and Liaodong are more than ten thousand miles apart. The last battle in Hebei cost millions of food and money. This time we will go north alone, and the imperial court will make trouble behind us. Maybe we will leave too. Hong Chengchou's old path may be wiped out by the whole army!"

"Liaodong has nothing to start with. The loss of Jinzhou is inevitable. Tashan, Xingshan, and Ningyuan have nothing to rely on. The beggar army relies on these tens of thousands of troops. Seeing the injustice of the court, there will be blame for the defeated soldiers, and there will be no soldiers. The defeated will be put to death, and the foundation will definitely be lost at that time, commander, think twice!"

Sun Chuanting immediately became anxious when he heard this, but Song Qingshu shook his head heavily again.

"There is no way to stand on the land of Liaodong, but Hong Chengchou must never let him join Jiannu. He alone is worth [-] troops!"

"Hong Chengchou will surrender!"

Sun Chuanting's eyes widened in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)