Chapter 674: Three Lights

Just when Dolgon was plotting to break the cauldron and sink the boat in the last fight, the snow was flying outside the pass, Wu Sangui in Ningyuan City expected that the Qing army was defeated and that the weather was no longer able to fight, and the monitoring was slightly loose, and sure enough, it was quickly reported that the Qing army went out of the city to the north, and the squad returned to the court.

Wu Sangui was overjoyed and withdrew his brigade to explore the horses, but he didn't know that the Qing army that went north just went around in a circle under the guise of sneaking back, and the spies did not carefully investigate in the wind and snow, so he didn't expect the Qing cavalry to take advantage of the wind and snow to cover up the west of the city.

Dolgon made a desperate bet and ordered Duoduo, Azig, Nikan, Wakda, and Aobai to lead 30,000 cavalry southward at a rapid pace, and ordered Abatai, Hauge, and Fan Wencheng to stay in Jinzhou just in case.

These 30,000 cavalry were drawn from the battalions of the Eight Banners, which was the last elite of Dolgon's last elite Qing Dynasty, and he wanted to take advantage of the thief army to force the Jingming court to be in chaos and the Gyeonggi was empty.

Although there was wind and snow blocking the road, it was also a good cover, Dolgon's cavalry rushed south through Chaoyang, Lingyuan, Pingquan, on the way, regardless of the city and the soldiers were not attacked, just hurry.

The officers and men in the soldiers trembled when they saw the situation, how dare they stop it, and they didn't even have time to send the information, so Dolgon's cavalry army galloped all the way to Chengde in just a few days, and the officers and soldiers could send the information to the capital in time when they had a short rest outside the city.

When Dolgon was resting, he originally went south from Chengde to enter the customs from the easternmost wall of Miyun according to the plan, and the Qing army walked from here several years ago, and it was most convenient to be familiar with the road at this time.

It's just that everyone discussed it and felt that the wall ridge was too steep and the Ming army sent heavy troops to defend because of the experience of the previous car, and the cavalry was less than the cavalry to attack the city, and it was afraid that it would be difficult to break for a while, and they had been discovered by the Ming army when they were resting, and the Ming court would send heavy troops to help.

As he expected, when Dolgon's army arrived at Gubeikou, the Ming army was shocked, and because of the incident, there were only more than 100 troops on the city, and the Qing army that looked at the mountains and fields was killed, and after a little resistance, they abandoned the pass and fled.

After breaking the pass, the Qing army started to kill, and the Ming army in Guancheng was not spared, and then Dolgon led the troops into the pass to rest for half a day, and then divided the troops to plunder, and the villages within a radius of dozens of miles were all ashes, the old, weak, sick and disabled were killed at will, and the young and strong and women were coerced to carry carts and goods.

Then the Qing army went south along the Chao River, burned and plundered in one day, captured nearly 1,000 young and strong women, hundreds of cattle, sheep and livestock, and camped in Niulangyu (now southeast of Miyun Reservoir) after dark, the Qing army began to carnival, locked men and livestock together and beat them violently for fun or lewd pleasure women to vent animal desires, for a time the whole camp was mixed with screams, wails, crying, laughter, and hysteria.

It is expected and slightly unexpected to enter the customs so easily, Dolgon's heart that has been hanging finally fell to the ground, once he enters the customs, who can stop his 30,000 iron horses, not to mention that the troops in the Gyeonggi area are empty, and the thief army in the south is already too busy to take care of itself, this is really a godsend, you fight yours, I rob mine.

Early the next morning, Dolgon led his troops south to arrive at the city of Miyun County, the defenders in the city fled early, the Qing army easily broke the city and burned and plundered, and then divided the troops into three ways to plunder in Miyun, Dolgon sat in the city and discussed with a group of subordinates where to go.

Since entering the customs, while the Qing army plundered on a large scale, Dolgon also sent nearly 100 spies to reconnoitre, and at this time, it was reported that there were only five or six thousand Ming troops out of the city in Changping in the west. More than 10,000 Ming troops were found in Pinggu in the east.

When the generals heard the news, they were dismissive, and Dolgon ordered Azig to lead 3,000 troops to meet the Changping reinforcements, and ordered Nikan and Wakda to lead 10,000 troops to intercept the Ming army on the eastern road, and robbed Pinggu by the way.

Nikan is the third son of Chu Ying, Wakda is the fourth son of Daishan, both of them are young and prime-aged generals who are good at fighting in the Qing army, after the defeat of Ningyuan, the heart has been holding back the fire, at this time the murderous heart is strong, and immediately led the troops to the order.

Dolgon entered the pass this time with cavalry, and the area around Gyeonggi is all plains suitable for field battles, he is confident that the Qing Dynasty iron cavalry is not the enemy of the Ming army, and any Ming army unit can be easily trampled into meat by him, not to mention that the army is mostly in the south at this time to suppress thieves, even in front of him he is not afraid, even if the little eunuch comes, he is not afraid, after all, the little eunuch in the battle of Ningyuan is using the terrain to play some tricks, if he is really upright and upright, he has full confidence to beat the little eunuch to death!

It's a pity that he didn't bring baggage, otherwise he would have taken advantage of the emptiness of Gyeonggi to directly attack the city, and maybe break the city in one fell swoop, and the Ming Dynasty's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains can be obtained......

Feeling regretful and unwilling, Dolgon knew that this trip was mainly plundering and had no ability to attack the city, especially the big city of the imperial capital, but he also had to slap the Ming court hard, and give the greatest humiliation to vent his anger in Ningyuan, he decided to go south tomorrow outside the imperial capital of Chen Bing, so that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could see his people being ravaged.

If he has the courage to send troops out of the city, he can take advantage of the situation to annihilate it, if he has no courage to send troops, I am afraid that even the people of the capital will scold him for being incompetent and cowardly, as the emperor loses the hearts of the people and is scolded by his own people, this is the biggest humiliation.

By the evening, the sleet was not heavy, but it was dripping, and Dolgon was deeply depressed, for he did not like the weather, and it was so muddy that it was not suitable to plunder or send troops into battle.

The information came one after another, Azig occupied Huairou County in the evening, divided his troops to plunder, and at the same time prepared to meet the Ming army from Changping, who knew that the spies came to report, the Ming army stopped dozens of miles away, Azig laughed wildly when he heard the news and scolded the Ming army one by one for their cowardice, he didn't dare to come, Ming'er let's fight over, by the way, even Changping was destroyed.

However, the men and horses of Nikan and Wakda of the Eastern Route Army were camped in an unnamed town at this time because of the long distance and the slower march along the way, and they were still forty or fifty miles away from Pinggu......

Dorgon, who couldn't sleep at night, sat alone in front of the window, the wine jug in his hand was empty, listening to the sound of rain outside, and suddenly with the force of his hand, the wine jug was pinched into a discus, and then smashed out of the window with a clang.

When the soldiers in the courtyard heard the news, they hurriedly arrived, and Dolgon's face turned pale: "Order all departments, from tomorrow onwards, the villages and towns will be burned down, the old, the weak, the sick and the mutilated will be killed!" ”

He wants to use the most cruel means to wash away the shame of Ning Yuan's fiasco, only by causing serious damage to the Ming Dynasty, can his position in the court be stable, and he will gain both fame and fortune in public and private!

And the little eunuch should be eating dog with Li Zicheng at this time, he should never have dreamed that he would take advantage of this moment to enter the customs, Dolgon really thought about it and became more relieved, and couldn't help laughing, it sounded particularly mad in the rainy night.

In the early hours of the morning, Chang Yu in the yamen of the East Factory tossed and turned, sitting alone in front of the window and staring at the map on the table countless times, he really did not expect to meet Dolgon again after less than a month, not excited, not excited, more accidents and a little flustered.

Although in the face of Emperor Chongzhen and the others Chang Yu's performance, it seemed that Zhizhu was in his hands, but in fact, he was at a loss and even panicked, he knew that this battle was far more difficult than Ning Yuan.

When he was in Ningyuan, he had Wu Sangui's elite soldiers to help, and he used the complex surrounding terrain to ambush and set up a trap to attract the unsuspecting Dolgon to catch him off guard, which can be said to be taking the lead step by step.

But right now, Dolgon caught him off guard, Gyeonggi defense is empty and warlike, and now he is completely passive, Chang Yu rubbed his head and sighed heavily, he knows how domineering the combat power of the Qing cavalry is, and he will be defeated in the current manpower battle, but he can't hide in the city and not watch their scourge everywhere, afraid of war, slack, not fighting, then he has become his most disgusting and hated person What is the difference between the incompetent and cowardly Ming army when the Qing army entered the customs before.

But how to fight, how to fight? The Qing army did not attack the city to plunder, the cavalry attacked and defended freely, coming and going like the wind, Gyeonggi is located in the North China Plain within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, and a careless will be played by him as a dog.

Tuk tuk, there was a knock on the door outside: "Overseer, there is something to discuss with the poor road" is Li Muxian.

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