Chapter 42: The Defeat of Sarhu
The regulation and control of the army is actually shown in front of our eyes in a very simple and understandable way, and I understand that this is not the real situation, because in reality, the movement of the army is very slow and troublesome, and the current simple acceleration scene like the data flow is simply for me and Lu Worm to understand.
From the point of view of the establishment of the army, the Ming army has about 1120,000 numbers, the Qing army is only about 60,000, in the strategic terrain, there is a city, the name is Hetuala, it should be the main city of the Qing army, most of the Ming army moved to this city, but in the process of marching, there was an extremely strange scene.
As mentioned in the preface, this should have been a crushing war, who would have thought that in the process of the Ming army's march towards Hetuala, the troops were divided into four parts, the number of people was more or less, and the march from four directions was simply incredible, you must know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the army's combat effectiveness has no obvious advantage, in this case, winning by number is the right way, not to mention that even if there is a real strategic need to divide the troops, this number of troops is already the limit, how can it be possible to divide the troops into four ways.
Divide the troops into two ways, each way is at least the same as the number of the Qing army, even if the Qing army pours out, it is not capable of defeating the same number of troops in a short period of time, in the case of the stalemate between the two sides, the other army rushes to support, it will cause a fatal blow to the Qing army, but now the troops are divided into four roads, and the number is different, at least only about 20,000 all the way, isn't it a joke, the Qing army has excellent field combat capabilities, 60,000 cavalry are the majority, under a rush, how many of these 20,000 people can be left?
The battle situation is developing in the direction I am most worried about, the Qing army did not let go of the fatal shortcoming of the Ming army, they decisively abandoned the city and attacked, seized the gap that the complex terrain caused the Ming army to march at different speeds, and rushed towards the fastest Western Route Army, which had broken away from the other three routes.
The Ming Army's Western Route Army stood out and advanced to Salhu, they did not know that the Qing army had exhausted and came towards them, and actually divided 10,000 troops to attack Jilin Cliff, and the Qing army immediately made a decision, and divided 15,000 people to aid Jilin Cliff, leaving 45,000 people to directly attack the garrison of Salhu.
The West Route Army only had more than 30,000 people in total, and 10,000 troops were divided to attack Jilin Cliff, and the remaining 20,000 people were able to resist nearly 50,000 Northern Barbarian Iron Cavalry, so the battle ended in just two days, and the Salhu garrison and the Jilin Cliff Ming Army were defeated, and the whole army was annihilated.
After the Qing army defeated the West Route Army, it directly turned the front of the troops, pointing to the North Route Army, the North Route Army was even more unbearable, only less than 20,000 people, although the resistance was stubborn, but the outnumbered, did not escape the fate of defeat, most of the Ming army was killed, and the rest fled in the mountains and forests.
The battle is already ridiculous, the Ming army gathered 120,000 troops, the intention is to defeat the outnumbered with the many, who would have thought that under the stupidity of the commander, the side that is at a disadvantage in numbers has repeatedly surrounded and annihilated, and the Ming Dynasty generals have the ability to talk about troops on paper, which can be seen in general.
The Ming army of the four roads has broken two roads so far, the Qing army fought vigorously and resolutely, the east route army that went to the mountainous area was slow, and did not get the news of the defeat and retreat of the Ming army of the other two roads, and still marched towards Hetuala, and was ambushed and surrounded by the Qing army that had waved back, and the general trend of the Ming army had gone.
A reserve force left behind in Shenyang, in the case of the defeat of the three-way Ming army, did not respond to any of them, and the last Ming army got the news of the defeat of the three-way Ming army, chose to withdraw, and was attacked by a Qing army team in the process of withdrawal, the entire southern route army actually did not resist, but chose to flee, which made people stunned.
In such a battle, the Ming army was defeated, nearly half of the dead and wounded, and had no choice but to retreat to Shanhaiguan.
Lu Worm's eyes were a little obsessed, muttering how could this be, I faintly had some thoughts, but they were not clear and conclusive, and the two of them invariably remained silent, and continued to wait for the phantom array to change.
Lu Worm and I continue to maintain God's perspective, and several events are transformed in the scene, because the history of the Ming Dynasty is not far away, everyone knows in a little detail, and at this moment, it is not difficult to distinguish which historical events are compared with the picture.
Among them, the most important should be the death of Zhu Yijun of Mingshenzong, and his eldest son Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, this Zhu Changluo is also ridiculous, he is already weak, he is still greedy and lustful, and he does not hesitate to help each other with drugs, and his life is only one month away from his accession to the throne.
After the death of Zhu Changluo, his eldest son Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, this is the elder brother of the two brother emperors in the late Ming Dynasty, this emperor is also wonderful, later generations called him the carpentry emperor, it can be seen that it is absurd, but these are the things that historians are happy to discuss, and now the phantom array is just hurriedly brought over, as if explaining the background, there is no detail.
As soon as the scene of Ming Xizong's accession to the throne and proclamation of the emperor passed, Lu Worm and I saw a flower in front of our eyes, and the two of us returned to the perspective of ordinary people, standing in a hall, with a high-ranking official sitting at the head, who was speaking, "This official intends to attack Guangning, I don't know if you have any suggestions?"
As soon as he asked, a civil official on the left hand side gave a salute and said, "My lord, according to a certain view, this method is not advisable, the land of the lonely city of Guangning, even if it is taken down, there is no danger to defend, but it makes our army lose and lose generals, and it is exhaustive. ”
The high-ranking official frowned and pondered for a while, and then said, "Your Excellency Governor is reasonable, and in this case, we should build another heavy pass in Balipu outside the Guan, and form a corner to defend against foreign enemies." ”
He said this, the governor just now is no opinion, but there is a member of the hall who will come out, shouting no, I and Lu Worm looked at him, he hugged his fists, and said loudly, "This plan is very inappropriate, we garrison the border pass, how can there be a reason to retreat without a fight, even if the battle is defeated, we should stick to the pass, there is an old pass in Balipu, several raids, it has been dilapidated, this place can not be used as a foothold, retreat is lonely outside the pass, what is the use of building a new city?"
The two argued, but did not come to any conclusion, and the military general said that he would go to the court, and the council broke up unhappily.
In front of my eyes, light and dark alternate, still here, in addition to the original high-ranking official, there is another general, the two are talking about the previous dispute, listening to the two of them, the new general seems to be surnamed Sun, and the high-ranking official is surnamed Wang, in charge of the post of Liaodong Economic Strategy.
General Sun asked the king Jingluo, "Do you want to build a heavy building about Balipu again, and when the city is completed, that is, 40,000 people will move the old city to defend it?"
The meaning is also clear, you want to build a new city in Bali, you can, but after the city is built, do you want to transfer the 40,000 people in the old city to garrison?
Wang Jingluo said no, I am ready to recruit another 40,000 troops to garrison.
General Sun asked again, then in this way, there are 80,000 soldiers in Balipu, but a piece of stone northwest will not send troops to garrison? You build a heavy pass in Balipu, behind the new city is the old city, the ** buried in front of the old city, do you want to use it to deal with the enemy or your own people, if the new city can be defended, what do you want the old city to do, if the new city can't hold it, 40,000 defeated soldiers come down, do you want to open and let them in, or do you want to retreat and let them surrender to the enemy? Once the defeated army defects, the armament in front of the city has become a weapon for our army to kill each other, and the enemy drives these 40,000 people under the old city.
I was shocked when I heard this, the general asked a sharp question, and every word pointed to the weakest point of this plan, the king thought for a while, and said, Then we can build three walled cities on the mountain to contain the defeated army.
As soon as he said this, General Sun was furious and shouted, the soldiers have not started to fight, you will first repair the walled city that houses the defeated soldiers, you are teaching the soldiers to collapse without a fight, so that it is convenient to escape, and the fleeing soldiers can retreat, and the pursuing enemy will not enter, you are dignified Liaodong strategy, do not want to regain the lost territory, but in this retreat, all the defense lines outside the pass are evacuated, it seems that you have built two cities to appease the hearts of the defenders, in fact, you are putting the defenders of the two cities in the place of death, you are only good at fighting in the court, let you defend Liaodong, I am afraid that Liaodong will never have peace!
The words are really fierce, but the truth is also full, history always says how unbearable the defeated side is, but according to this, there is no shortage of people of insight and good fighting troops at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
The scene began to change again, Lu Worm and I quietly watched the historical process like watching a movie, one after another outstanding and insightful generals and strategists appeared on the stage, one after another failed battles came to an end, I understood the meaning of the phantom array, it showed the two of us to see, it is the unwillingness and helplessness of the country at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
The picture has come to an end, Wu Sangui dedicated the Qing army, and Li Zicheng had already attacked Beijing earlier, announcing the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining Qing army crusaded against Li Zicheng, which was simply the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.
It's ridiculous to break into the king Li Zicheng, and he still thinks how great he is, but I don't know that if it weren't for the defense of the northern country, how would he be afraid of him with the power of the Ming Dynasty, a small peasant king, the Ming Dynasty went to the northeast with the power of the whole country to defend against foreign enemies, but he made a mess in the interior, did he win? No, he destroyed not only the Ming Dynasty, but the Han family!
I thought of this, the picture is a change, I and Lu Worm are in a magnificent hall, and the clothes on my body have also changed back to the appearance before entering the phantom array, I looked up, on the steps in front of me, an emperor in a dragon robe is sitting on the dragon chair, next to a eunuch in a red robe, the emperor looked at me directly, and said, "Do you really think so?"
My scalp was numb for a while, firstly, I was shocked that this phantom array could still spy on people's minds, and secondly, I thought that I should have triggered the conditions set by the phantom array, for fear that I would never be able to get out of this array.
After waiting for a long time, I heard a sigh from above, and then a force supported me and Lu Worm to stand up, and Lu Worm and I looked at His Majesty the Emperor in disbelief, His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand and said, "Get up, how many years have the rivers and mountains been dead, don't do this." ”