Chapter 43: Victory in the First Battle
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After Li Zicheng finished training the officers and men of the three armies outside the Yongding Gate, the entire Li Zicheng corps rose from camp and went straight to Shanhaiguan in the sound of cannons.
In fact, Li Zicheng did not lead an army of 500,000 to march together. Although Li Zicheng claims to have an army of 500,000, in fact, there are less than 100,000 elite soldiers who can really be called hundreds of battles: Li Zicheng has 20,000 pro-troops, Li Yan commands 20,000 iron cavalry, Liu Zongmin has 20,000 ironclad soldiers, these 60,000 elite soldiers are Li Zicheng's core combat power, plus He Shaoqi and He Jin each have 10,000 elites, these 80,000 people are the real Li Zicheng corps.
Most of the rest of the team are second-tier teams, and even some of them are just ordinary farmers who are attached to Li Zicheng's corps, and they will follow the charge with weapons in their hands to fight a good fight, and these people can't count on real battles.
Therefore, Li Zicheng went to Shanhaiguan this time, and did not take all 500,000 people with him, except for the most elite teams, the rest of the personnel were all handed over to Li Jiantai for reorganization, and those who could use it were stayed, and those who could not be used were placed elsewhere, which had nothing to do with Li Zicheng.
This time to Shanhaiguan, in addition to Li Zicheng's headquarters, Wang Jiayan, the right attendant of the military department, also brought 20,000 horses with him, one is to monitor Li Zicheng, after all, Li Zicheng has just surrendered, even though Wu Fan trusts Li Zicheng very much, Fan Jingwen and they have to make some precautions. Wang Jiayan's other task was to ensure that Li Zicheng could smoothly take over the defense of Shanhaiguan, and also bring back to Yanjing the elite soldiers of Liaodong who had been guarding Shanhaiguan by the way.
In this way, Wu Fan followed the army of 100,000 and marched towards Shanhaiguan leisurely. On the way, the commander of Jinyiwei led a large group of Jinyiwei to the army, but when Luo Yangwei knew that Wu Fan was also in the army, he was suddenly startled, and he crawled to Wu Fan to say goodbye.
When Li Zicheng forced the capital, Luo Yang's surname misjudged the situation in the world, thinking that the capital would not be able to be preserved no matter what, so he had been busy arranging a safe route for Chongzhen to retreat to "South" and "Beijing", and he didn't even rush back to the capital. As a result, I didn't expect the sudden change in the situation, and Li Zicheng, the first anti-thief of the Ming Dynasty, actually Hula Copy, accepted Zhao'an with all his subordinates, so that the surname Luo Yang not only did not get credit, but became a typical example of greed for life and fear of death.
Wu Fan didn't blame Luo Yang's surname, after all, Luo Yang's idea of arranging a retreat for Chongzhen was not unreasonable, if it wasn't for Wu Fan's cheating against the sky, maybe Wu Fan would really use the escape route arranged by Luo Yang's surname.
Wu Fan appeased the surname Luo Yang, explaining that the previous things were not to blame, during this time, Jinyiwei must find out Wu Sangui's whereabouts as soon as possible, and the grateful Luo Yang's surname cried bitterly in front of Wu Fan, and swore again and again that he would find Wu Sangui's traces within a month to repay the grace.
Ten days later, the army came to Liaodong.
Li Zicheng's work of taking over the defense of Liaodong went very smoothly, with Wang Jiayan as the town, all the departments in Liaodong did not make any resistance on the surface, and in private, Luo Yang's surname led Jinyiwei to threaten everywhere like a mad dog, so that the change of defense was completed without panic.
Wu Fan had nothing to do in the past few days, and took Su Zhenhai and Li Letong to take a good tour of the Shanhaiguan area, and in later generations, Wu Fan did not have the opportunity to come to Shanhaiguan, which is known as the world's first Xiongguan, to travel, and this time it was a good time.
Of course, at this time, Shanhaiguan was not like the later generations, and it was quite difficult to climb up, but with Wu Fan's physical fitness at this time, he climbed to the top of the mountain without panting in one breath, and the terrain was not difficult.
When Wu Fan was indulging in the magnificent scenery between the lofty mountains and mountains, he suddenly received an urgent report from Li Zicheng that there was an abnormal movement in the Manchu Qing Jier Haranglang Department outside the Guan, and it seemed that there was a tendency to attack Shanhaiguan with troops.
Wu Fan was suddenly taken aback by this news, his heart has always been bottomless, in his memory, Li Zicheng was once beaten by Dolgon's iron cavalry, and he was driven out by the pigtail army after being the emperor in the capital for a few days. If Li Zicheng played a historical show in Shanhaiguan and was defeated by the Qing soldiers, it would be considered that all Wu Fan's previous efforts would be in vain.
But Wu Fan also had to rely on Li Zicheng at this time, because the old department of Wu Sangui, who was originally stationed in Liaodong, had been under the leadership and supervision of Wang Jiayan, and the whole army was marching towards the capital. It also seems that Wu Fan doesn't trust Li Zicheng too much.
Wu Fan knew that he didn't know anything about military affairs, so he didn't give any instructions to Li Zicheng, that is, he told Li Zicheng that he would not interfere in the military affairs of Liaodong, and everything would be handled by Li Zicheng.
So, the general Li Yan raised his troops out of the customs, preparing to exchange with the Qing troops of Jierharang and test it.
Wu Fan's understanding of Li Yan all comes from the storytelling novel, knowing that this Li Yan is an all-round talent in literature and martial arts, Li Zicheng only began to mix up after getting Li Yan's refuge, but after entering the capital, Li Yan was suspicious of Li Zicheng and died tragically under a glass of poisoned wine.
As for the name of Zilharang, Wu Fan had only heard it twice in the TV series, and he had the impression that Jierharang seemed to be a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, as for how powerful it was, it was not very clear, after searching with his mobile phone, Wu Fan knew that this Jierharang was the nephew of **Hachi, who was very sleek in dealing with people, and was deeply loved by **Hachi, and had a good relationship with Huang Taiji and Dolgon, and at the same time, Jierharang could be regarded as one of the famous generals in the early Qing Dynasty, and he was extremely brave on the battlefield, known as invincible.
Wu Fan personally ran to the top of the Shanhaiguan City Tower to watch Li Yan vs. Jierharang, because he was nervous, Wu Fan reached into his arms with one hand and clutched his mobile phone. If Li Yan is defeated, Wu Fan is ready to grit his teeth and spend a few more years of life to revise this Jierharang, so that Jierharang can really break through the Shanhaiguan, and Wu Fan can't cry at that time.
The drums of war sounded, flags were waved outside Shanhaiguan, and the shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and it was obvious that the battle had begun. Wu Fan stretched his neck and looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't see anything, Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Su Zhenhai and others around him had calm faces, and they were all happy and angry, so that Wu Fan couldn't judge the situation of the battle through the reactions of others, which made Wu Fan feel very dull.
Out of boredom, Wu Fan inadvertently turned his head and saw Li Letong looking at the battle in the distance, his eyebrows fluttering, he seemed to be very excited, and couldn't help asking: "Letong, is it General Li Yan who has the upper hand, I see that you are so happy, is it that our army is about to win?" ”
When Li Letong heard Wu Fan's inquiry, he turned his head to look at Wu Fan and said with a humble smile: "Your Majesty, I don't know who wins or loses, I am happy as long as I see a war, and if I can personally rush up and cut down ten or eight of him at this time, I will be even happier." ”
Wu Fan was suddenly a little angry, and he was even more depressed when he thought that he actually asked a fool about the direction of the war, so he said hello to Li Zicheng, and left the city tower straight away, and went to the side to rest.
When Wu Fan drank the seventeenth bowl of tea, he saw Li Zicheng leading Song Xiance and others to the lounge with a smile on their faces. As soon as Li Zicheng came in, he immediately clenched his fists and said to Wu Fan: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, General Li Yan has successfully defeated the Manchu thieves and has led his troops to pursue." General Liu Zongmin, as a side response, has also waved his army north, this time the Manchu thieves suffered a big loss, and they dare not peep into our Ming border again in a short time. ”
Wu Fan suddenly jumped up from the chair, grabbed Li Zicheng's arm and asked, "You mean Li Yan won?" So easy did we win? ”
Song Xiance said with a smile on the side: "Your Majesty, General Li Yan is good at fighting and surprising, just now Jierharang was obviously a little underestimated by the enemy, and General Li Yan sent someone to copy his flank, Jierharang's vanguard was almost completely annihilated, and if Jierharang does not retreat, I am afraid that when General Liu Zongmin completes the roundabout deployment, he Jierharang will not think about going back." ”
Wu Fan was immediately overjoyed, this Li Yan was really bullish, and he actually gave Ji'er Harang a dull stick so quietly. Although Wu Fan hardly knew much about military affairs, he also knew that Li Yan's victory and the first battle was so beautiful, which greatly boosted the morale of Li Zicheng's corps who were stationed at Shanhaiguan for the first time, and greatly helped Li Zicheng to defend Liaodong and deter the Manchu pigtails on the pass.
In the next three days, the good news was frequent, Li Yan actually drove Ji'er Harang out of the land of nearly a hundred miles in one go, and had already pressed the front line of Ningyuan, and the Ming defense line, which had been shrinking since Chongzhen's seven years, was forcibly promoted a hundred miles away, not to mention that Wu Fan felt extremely excited, and the people of Liaodong were also overjoyed to learn of Wang Shi's prestige, and Wu Sangui's name was quickly forgotten.
The good news was sent to the capital, which also made the capital cheerful, Li Zicheng's name as the world's first handsome man was noisy, and Li Zicheng's name once again caused a sensation in the north and south of the country. In the minds of those who know that Wu Fan has personally conquered Shanhaiguan, the image of Wu Fan's generation of saints is even more brilliant, if it weren't for Wu Fan's wisdom and determination, how could the emperor be able to achieve such a great victory as soon as he arrived at Shanhaiguan?
Witnessing the strength of Li Zicheng's elite soldiers, Wu Fan suddenly relieved his heart, and at this point Wu Fan no longer considered the threat of the Manchu Qing outside the Guan. Li Yan and others were so powerful on the battlefield, and Dolgon was played by Wu Fan as Adou, and it was impossible for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rise again.
After putting the Manchu Qing aside, Wu Fan began to think about the task of killing Wu Sangui again, after this period of delay, there were only less than 50 days left before the completion of the task, and until now, Wu Fan could not even grasp the exact trace of Wu Sangui, which made Wu Fan a little impatient in his heart.
Could it be that Wu Sangui had really fled to Shengjing at this time? If this is not the case, why is Jin Yiwei, surnamed Luo Yang, about to open and check every ant nest from the capital to Shanhaiguan, why hasn't Wu Sangui been found? The more Wu Fan thought about it, the more uneasy he became, Wu Sangui knew too much about the Shanhaiguan area, once the Manchu Qing sent Wu Sangui to the front line, plus those cattle in the Qing army, Li Yan really had to make a mistake.
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