Although the town of Shanxi is a little farther away, there is no reason to postpone it until December. According to No. 476 of the "Ming File", the Ministry of War said on the 10th day of the first month of October that "Shanxi Xuanda reinforcements are about to arrive." and according to the "Later Inspector Chronicle". By the 27th of October, "the five cadres of Datong were killed in battle. . . Hou Shilu 5,000. Expensive people... Zhang Honggong has five thousand calamities of good township, and birds and beasts are scattered. ＂

It can be seen that the Shanxi soldiers and horses were defeated before the end of October. In addition, we can also refer to the draft of the "Ming File" No. 501 Military Department on the sixth day of December to instruct Hou Shilu to carry the crime of meritorious service, which also mentions that "Zhang Honggong has been reduced to the post of the crime", indicating that Zhang Honggong's military defeat must have happened in November.

So, why did the military department have to transfer the Shanxi soldiers to Tongzhou first, Changping tomorrow, and Liangxiang the day after tomorrow? And these three places are not far away, are the people in the military department sick in the brain?

It's really not, this is obviously related to Yuan Chonghuan's transfer of Jizhou's reinforcements back one by one.

Originally, according to the meaning of the Ministry of War, Man Gui, Hou Shilu, and You Shiwei were all transferred to Jizhou for defense, and Yuan Huan said that the Liao soldiers were enough to defend Jizhou, and let Hou Shilu go to Tongzhou for defense, which was about the tenth day of the tenth month or the tenth day (see Ming file number. Of course, later, because Tongzhou did not open the domain gate, Hou Shilu had to run to Shunyi and join forces with Mangui).

Then, since Hou Shilu guarded Tongzhou, Zhang Honggong didn't have to go anymore, so the Ministry of War temporarily decided to transfer the Shanxi soldiers to Changping. However, on the evening of the 12th, Yuan Chonghuan sent another Tang newspaper to Beijing.

The text of this Tang newspaper is missing, but the "Long Edition" records Emperor Chongzhen's reply to it, so it is easy to judge its content.

Obviously, Yuan Suhuan decided to send Liu Ce back to Miyun, You Shiwei back to Changping, and Man Gui back to Beijing. In this way, Changping is also guarded, and Zhang Honggong doesn't have to go! Therefore, the military department temporarily decided to transfer him to Liangxiang (and at the same time decided to send Mangui to Shunyi).

This is probably the matter of the thirteenth, on this day, Houjin's "sneaking through Jizhou" greatly disrupted the subordinates of the Ming army, making the entire north chaotic. Yuan Chonghuan did not dare to meet the enemy, and ran south around the circle to Hexi to "bypass the enemy".

And Man Gui and Hou Shilu inexplicably ran to Shunyi at the same time, and soon received instructions from the Ministry of War to go to Beijing to defend, and at the same time encountered a surprise attack of a branch of the Houjin Army, and the scene was chaotic! This led to Zhang Honggong's three days and three transfers, looting along the way, and finally breaking up the good township. That's probably how the whole process went.

You must know that Emperor Chongzhen trusted Yuan Chonghuan very much at that time. Emperor Chongzhen used Yuan Chonghuan as a savior! Of course, Yuan Chonghuan did make considerable contributions in the process of fighting against the Later Jin Army, but this cannot hide the essence of being just a traditional Chinese scholar.

That is, I think that if I have read through Confucianism, I will be able to do anything, and I will take everything for granted with my own ideas! At the same time, he was also deeply influenced by the traditional concept of merit among scholars. In other words, in order for him to be famous in history, he will do everything! I don't even care if I gamble with my life, or even with the fate of the country!

Therefore, when the military department faced Yuan Chonghuan, a popular man in front of the emperor, they simply chose to back down. In addition, the people in the military department are all civilian officials, and they have never commanded such a big battle, so they simply let it go to Yuan Chonghuan.

And maybe there may be people from the military department who are watching Yuan Chonghuan command indiscriminately, waiting for him to die. Therefore, there is no reason not to fail in the whole battle by letting a group of laymen command the army to fight?

This can be seen from the fact that Huang Taiji crossed Jizhou and hit Beijing directly. On the ninth day of November, Yuan Chonghuan led his troops to arrive in Shuntianfu, Jizhou, and entered Jizhou. Jizhou is the barrier between Zunhua and Tongzhou, about 140 miles away from Tongzhou in the eastern suburbs of Beijing.

On the tenth day of the first month of November, Yuan Chonghuan wrote to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Let's enter Jizhou and let the soldiers and horses rest a little. Carefully reconnoiter the terrain, and then pay strict attention to the movements of the Houjin army, and strive to intercept them. The Houjin army will definitely not be allowed to cross Jizhou. ”

As a result, Huang Taiji did not stay in Jizhou at all, and directly crossed Jizhou and went straight to Jingshi. This made Yuan Chonghuan's wishful thinking battle plan completely frustrated!

That's when the strangest thing happened. After Yuan Chonghuan failed to intercept Jizhou, he actually did not chase after him and threatened the flank of the Houjin army. Instead, Yuan Chonghuan turned south and disengaged from the Houjin army. He led his troops all the way to Hexiwu!

This is equivalent to letting Huang Taiji let go of his hands and feet, and he can choose combat targets at will! It's something that no general would do! You can't defeat the Houjin army, you can follow him and threaten him! And he ran away!

As for whether there was an idea of using the Hou Jin army to scare Emperor Chongzhen so that he could accept Yuan Chonghuan and the Hou Jin army's proposal for peace talks, it is unknown. It can be seen that it is not possible for scholars to lead troops!

Thinking of this, Liu Pei could only sigh. Then he began to turn according to the predetermined plan. As for those defeated soldiers, Liu Pei didn't want to take them in at all, so he sent them away directly.

Liu Pei directly reversed direction and turned from Fangshan to Gu'an. Then turn from Gu'an to the periphery of the Xianghe River, turn to Yutian, and go around in a circle from the south of Jingshi to Zunhua.

The reason why Liu Pei placed the direction of the battle here was mainly because he was small in number and could only operate on the flanks of the Houjin army. Another reason is that Liu Pei has an ambush fleet in the open sea, and if the war is unfavorable, he can directly withdraw to Luanzhou and Kaiping and go straight to the sea. You can get on the boat and evacuate.

Now that the plan was set, Liu Pei's team quickly moved, shook off the routs and victims along the way, and quickly approached Zunhua.

Liu Pei knew that Huang Taiji's army was raging around the capital at this time, and if he fought well in the Zunhua area, he might make Huang Taiji restrain himself. Moreover, Liu Pei knew that in this attack in history, Huang Taiji did not cross the area south of Beijing, so he narrowed the reconnaissance range of the cavalry and began to march quickly. Now he's in a race against time.

On this day, Liu Pei led his troops to approach Zunhua City. At this time, Liu Pei had already seen the walls of Zunhua City from a distance. He also used his binoculars to see the Houjin soldiers patrolling the wall.

Liu Pei knew that today was the day of the Battle of Beijing. Just today, Huang Taiji led the Baylors of the Houjin Army, commanded the Four Banners on the right wing of Manchuria and the Mongolian cavalry on the right flank, and launched a fierce attack on the troops of Mangui and Hou Shilu!

The Houjin army took the lead in artillery bombardment, and then the Mongolian cavalry and the Zhenghongqi attacked from the west, and the Zhenghuang Banner rushed from the flank to kill! Not long after he stood there, Hou Shiluhou's army was defeated, and only Man Gui fought with the Houjin army alone.

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