Section 751 Hostage
After the Tatars occupied Beijing, the defense was not so lax, when the Qing troops entered the pass, there were enough 120,000 Manchurian warriors, 50,000 Mongol Eight Banners, and 50,000 Han Eight Banners to 220,000 people, these troops were the core of the Qing court, and loyalty was not a problem.
As for the surrendered Han army, if it is used to deal with the former Ming army, it will not be a problem under the power of the fox and the tiger.
But against any army with the participation of the Southeastern Army, there is no problem!
In the Southern Ming and Northern Expeditions, the army was extremely strong, and the method of exchanging one for one was adopted, and he was not afraid of sacrifice, which led to the Qing army general Duoduo actually avoiding the battle and confronting the Northern Expeditionary Army with the tactics of steady counterattack.
The Northern Expeditionary Army had the honor guard of the leader Yan Changwu, but Yan Changwu was not in the army, so it was better that Duoduo did not come to the decisive battle.
The two sides blindly piled up troops on the Jinan front, the Northern Expeditionary Army fought steadily, and Duoduo also continued to increase his troops, with 70,000 Manchurian Eight Banner Army, 30,000 Mongolian Eight Cavalry, and 30,000 Han Eight Banners, while the Xi'an Azig Group had 20,000 Manchurian Eight Banner Army, 10,000 Han Eight Banners, and 10,000 Han Army Banners and 10,000 Manchurian Eight Banners Army stationed in other places to control the rest of the territory, while leaving 20,000 Manchurian Eight Banner Army and 20,000 Mongolian Eight Cavalry Town Guarding Beijing Division, dealing with the 30,000 Southeast Army, had to fight.
This kind of deployment is not a problem to deal with any army in the former Ming Dynasty, whether it is the official army, the landlord army, or the peasant army, all of them will be killed!
However, as soon as the Southeast Army came, the Ming Dynasty official army and the peasant army were transformed, and the combat effectiveness was reborn and swished upward.
Among them, the remnants of the Dashun army, and the remnants of the army after Li Zicheng was hung up, the generals were Li Jin, Gao Yigong, Hao Shaoqi, Tian Hu, Zhang Neng, Dang Shousu, Yuan Zongdi, He Lan, Li Laiheng, Ta Tianbao, Ma, etc., loyal to Nanming, obeyed the leader's command, and established a "loyalty battalion".
What made the soldiers of the loyalty battalion feel at ease was that Nanming's military salaries, equipment, grain, and materials were continuously delivered to the loyalty battalion, which showed that the attitude of the imperial court was sincere!
Otherwise, there is no need to send real money, depending on a person's sincerity, it depends on whether he is willing to invest, and the leader is absolutely sincere.
The officers of the loyalty battalion were moved: You serve me as a soldier, and I should repay you with a soldier!
They advance north, attack north!
The loyal battalion should be the third army that can fight, the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty on combat effectiveness, the first hero is of course the southeast army, the second chair is for the Tartar soldiers to sit, the third position is the Ming Dynasty army before the loss is exhausted, the fourth hero is the Dashun army, after the Ming Dynasty army fell, the ranking of the loyal battalion rose one place, their generals are all old battles, and the official army, the landlord armed forces all day long!
The Southeastern Army sent a teaching regiment to them, armed them with spirit and equipment, and burst out with rapid combat effectiveness!
Originally, they had been active in the Hanshui Basin, and within a month, they swept through the Hanshui Basin.
Then attack the Yellow River Valley, conquer Pingdingshan, conquer Xuchang, open the seal, take Zhengzhou, occupy Luoyang and then open the seal, this time capture Kaifeng!
Tens of thousands of Manchurian Eight Banners died on the battlefield, and the Han Army fled in embarrassment!
The reason why the loyalty battalion has achieved amazing results is that without it, dare to fight!
The teaching regiment of the Southeast Army made it clear to them what it meant to "fight when the enemy encounters!" ”
Let them understand that "the enemy is iron, we are steel, as long as we are brave, there is no enemy tenacity!" ”
Tens of thousands of Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers were killed, and 30,000 soldiers of the loyal battalion fell.
However, the source of reserve soldiers of the Loyalty Battalion is unlimited, and they are now officers and soldiers, with a righteous name in hand!
Unbelief? There are seals, edicts and specially minted official silver sent by Nanming to testify.
In the past, the loyalty battalion was in a nest with the official army and the landlord army, but now, they can recruit any Ming people, because the loyalty battalion is sent by the imperial court, and the landlord forces that were originally hostile to them will no longer attack them, even if they do not unite with them.
Otherwise, attacking the official army will be settled by the imperial court.
And with the loyal battalion supplied by the imperial court, there was no need to rob the place, so they got the help of the vast number of Ming people, and the army fought more and more, and suddenly became an army of 100,000.
The Qing court was shocked to find that the loyalty battalion had cut off the connection between Beijing and Xi'an, so that Azig in Sichuan was in danger of becoming a lone army, and at the same time, the situation in the middle reaches of the Yellow River was erosive, and the loyalty battalion was blooming in all directions.
In desperation, Duo Er Roll sent Abatai, who had been chatting in the capital, and asked him to lead 10,000 Manchurian Eight Banner Army and 20,000 Mongolian Eight Cavalry to meet Li Jin, and the two sides fought in Handan.
When Li Jin's main force retreated, and Abatai continued to fight with Li Jin, he suddenly got the major news of the fall of the Beijing Division, and in addition to being shocked, he handed over his troops to the deputy general to lead 10,000 Manchurian Eight Banners Army to aid the Beijing Division.
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The Abatai cavalry traveled for three days and returned to Beijing, where he was experienced in warfare, and first paraded the four gates of Beijing with rangers to cut off the traffic inside and outside the city.
As a result, he received a war letter from the Ming army, inviting him to fight a decisive battle between the two armies tomorrow.
Abatai approved the word "Ke" for the envoy to take back, and his lieutenant was Fukhachan, who thought that he should not be in a hurry to start a war with the Ming army, and that he should rest for a day or two before making plans.
"The Ming army waits for work and wants to take advantage of the unstable foothold of our army to make contributions, of course this king knows it!" Abatai said disapprerovingly: "It's not so easy for them to make money from this king!" The battle between our army and the army, if it is not conducive to leaving, the army will attack the Beijing division again, if there is a gap, our army will recapture the Beijing division, and the immortal merit will be! ”
Fukha Chan was also in a hurry, he had a family in the city, and wanted to overcome the Jingshi as soon as possible, and was persuaded by Abatai.
The next day, under the majestic city of Beijing, the Ming army sent 30,000, led by the general Mr. David, and fought with more than 10,000 Qing troops in Guang'anmen.
But the bloody battle did not break out, and the Qing army collapsed!
Because the shameless Southeast Army launched the women and children of the Eight Banners, after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, their families were sent to live in Beijing---- there were few people in the Eight Banners, and there was a place to accommodate them in Beijing.
Thanks to the Qing people for learning the Ming system and establishing the military department, the troops mobilized by the Qing army have perfect information, so that the families of Abatai's army were arrested, and they were immediately seen by the Qing army on the opposite side, and next to them there were fierce enemy soldiers standing beside them with snowy steel knives.
Although the officers next to him kept threatening with bullet pressure, the army was obviously uncontrollable at this time, and a terrible shout responded between heaven and earth.
"Amma...... That's my Amma......"
"E-niang...... Sister, brother ............"
The Qing army screamed miserably, and the situation was in chaos!
Looking at the scene in front of him, Mr. Red-haired Fan David smiled with satisfaction, showed a resolute look, and made a downward gesture towards the prison officers in the front row.
The officers gave the order, and the soldiers raised their butcher knives without hesitation.
Abatai's face is pale!
A wealthy middle-aged woman was singled out by the first one, and that was his great fortune!
There was no shouting that one, two, or three throws would not surrender, and after loudly reporting her identity in the direction of the Qing army, she was cut down with a knife!
Abatai's heart ached, his body shook on his horse, and he almost fell off his horse!
Abatai has a bad background, so he attaches great importance to his family and has a good relationship with Fujin, but he didn't expect the husband and wife to be separated in a blink of an eye!
"Ahh Fukhazen next to him covered his mouth because the second turn was his family.
The big knife is cut down, and the head falls to the ground!
Immediately afterwards, the Southeast Army pulled a group of bannermen out of the battle, and after revealing their identities, the broadsword was cut down, and the vicious and brutal posture showed that they didn't care whether the Qing army was willing to surrender or not.
In an instant, those people's heads were in different places, blood was flowing all over the ground, the executioner was waiting, the second group of family members and women and children were pulled out again, and after the loud soldier reported his identity, he vigorously pressed down the crying and struggling hostages, and the butcher knife in his hand was swung and dropped again.
Only then did the Southeast Army speak out: "Put down your weapons, those who surrender will not die, reunite their families, and exile them to Southeast Asia!" ”
"Otherwise, kill them all!" They are cold and authentic.
There was a group of surrendered bannermen who shouted in Manchurian: "Surrender, the Ming people do what they say!" ”
The Qing army can no longer hold on, speaking of which, the banner people are more affectionate, no matter who they are, they can't watch their relatives being slaughtered, and the other party gives a way out!
The Qing soldiers were in a crowd, and several officers who tried to block were chopped to pieces by these soldiers in an instant, and one after another soldiers ran out, laid down their weapons and rushed into the crowd, hugging their relatives and crying loudly.
The battle collapsed, and Abatai fled.
And the commander, Mr. David, did not feel the slightest guilt, and wrote in his later memoirs that he felt at the time the words of the leader: "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent!" ”