128 Bad Retribution
Dolgon was worried, not that he would be defeated by this Ming army of more than 10,000 people, but that he was worried that the materials that had been looted with great difficulty would not be able to be sent away safely.
Now's plan is to resist this brave guard battalion more, so that the Jinan City side can complete the looting as soon as possible and withdraw as soon as possible to rest.
He was still a little worried, he didn't know if the Ming Kingdom was so big, would there be an army like the Yongwei Battalion that could fight from somewhere else?
In the original history, this time the Manchu army entered the customs, it was the first four times to enter the customs to go to the south, but also encountered the Yongwei battalion, plus looted enough materials, did not go south, but tested the reality of the Ming Dynasty, so that the fifth time the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it was even more unscrupulous, divided the troops and moved, depending on the Ming army in nothing, south, west, casual action, and even swaggered in the pass for a month before reluctantly leaving the customs.
At this time, as Dolgon feared, although he blocked the attack of the Yongwei battalion, the two sides temporarily confronted each other only more than ten miles away from Jinan City. This gave the local governments and counties of the Ming Kingdom an opportunity to see hope, so they were emboldened and sent people to help in the war.
The neighboring guard station, whether you can fight or not, hundreds of you, and thousands of me, all rushed to the Yongwei camp when they heard the wind.
Each time, when Dorgon saw a small force of Ming troops merging into the Brave Guard camp opposite, his heart became more worried. At this time, he finally realized the disadvantage of playing away, and he regretted that there was no one around him who was familiar with the situation in various parts of the Ming Kingdom to ask.
He made up his mind in his heart that after Jinan City was looted as soon as possible, he would no longer go to other places to loot, and converge with Yue Tuo and Du Du's troops to go out of the customs.
However, to Dorgon's surprise, the situation may be even worse than he imagined.
"Report to the master, there is a Ming army found near Texas in the north, judging from the banner, it is Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates."
"What?" When Dolgon heard this, he immediately stood up in surprise, and confirmed with an unusually grim face: "See clearly, it is indeed Lu Xiangsheng who is here?" ”
If you want to say that the person he fears the most, it is still Lu Xiangsheng. But he never thought that Lu Xiangsheng would chase after him so quickly!
"Back to the master, I didn't see Lu Xiangsheng's own banner, just the banner of the generals under his command. There are about a thousand more than a thousand rides. ”
When Dolgon heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't find that Lu Xiangsheng was good, and he didn't have enough troops, so it was okay.
But when he came back to his senses, he was worried again.
To the south of Jinan City, there are more than 10,000 Yongwei battalions, which can be fought, dragging down the only resting army of the Qing Dynasty, and more importantly, the Ming army is gathering more and more; At the same time, the Ming cavalry appeared in the north, which was also a very bad signal. And he was also worried that there would be more and more Ming troops in the north.
At this time, Dolgon suddenly had a feeling, like a lonely boat floating on the sea, a little like this.
He was a little scared, and if he stayed in Jinan City, he didn't know how the situation would develop. The most important thing is that after the looting of Jinan City, it is estimated that all those who participated in the looting have robbed a lot of land and property, and the will to fight will be worn out a lot, and there is no problem in dealing with ordinary Ming troops, but if you encounter a strong enemy and want to fight to the death, it will be a bit inappropriate.
Thinking so, Dolgon did not hesitate any longer, and immediately issued an order, regardless of whether the looting of Jinan City was over or not, he would immediately withdraw his troops. As for the rest of the city of Jinan, it was set on fire, and it was impossible to leave a complete city for the Ming Kingdom.
It is a bit regrettable that the number of people who can fight the Yongwei battalion is indeed too small, only more than 10,000, and not all of them are cavalry, and it is impossible to defeat them in the face of five or six times the Manchu army. I could only watch them burn down the city of Jinan, and then escort the looted people and materials back to the north.
Liu Yuanbin and Lu Jiude, who were following them, sent people to bypass the route of the Manchu army and report the news to the Beijing division.
At the end of January of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, when Dolgon led the army back to Hebei, a Ming army finally appeared on the outskirts of Beijing.
"Your Majesty, the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, has led the army to the outskirts of Beijing."
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed, and finally came to a fight that could be beaten.
Prior to this, he had already received an urgent report from Shanhaiguan, saying that Emperor Taiji of Jianyu had attacked the Ningjin line with Hongyi cannons, and he could not divide his troops to return to the Guannei.
No matter who you are, you know the importance of Shanhaiguan. If Shanhaiguan fell into the hands of the Manchus, the Manchus would not invade the customs once a year or several years, but would be able to invade the customs at any time. Therefore, if Guan Ningjun does not come back, there is no way to do it, including the current Emperor Chongzhen, and he has not studied it deeply. After all, it is impossible to deceive people about such a big thing.
However, in this way, there is one less strong army. Although the Qin soldiers had some problems, they had broken up halfway when they were transferred to Liaodong in the past, but when they suppressed the thieves in the Guannei over the years, their achievements were okay, especially Hong Chengchou's department and Sun Chuanting's department.
At this time, there are only these two armies that can be said to be relatively strong.
Of course, there is another one, which is Zuo Liangyu's department. However, Emperor Chongzhen heard of Zuo Liangyu's reputation in later generations, and it was not good. At this time, from the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen, he also knew that there were local governors who impeached Zuo Liangyu for being arrogant and arrogant, not listening to dispatches, and acting without authorization.
This happened in the tenth year of Chongzhen, when Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian, issued a letter three times asking Zuo Liangyu to enter the mountains to search for and suppress the thieves who had dispersed, Zuo Liangyu did not respond, but set up troops to abduct women in the local area. Including the Henan prison army urging him, he was unmoved. Even when Xichuan fell, the thieves attacked Liuhe in the east, captured Tianchang, and the soldiers occupied Guazhou and Yizhen in several ways, and laid down Xuyi, etc., Zuo Liangyu did not go to the rescue, and supported the army with self-respect.
At that time, Emperor Chongzhen was very helpless about this, he was anxious every day, and he had no ability to punish Zuo Liangyu, and was even forced to reinstate him as an official, so that he could contribute to the court and continue to crusade against thieves.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu was still suppressing the thieves in Shaanzhou and did not return to the Beijing Division. Maybe it's because there is retribution for doing too many evil things, the court can't help Zuo Liangyu, but his subordinates took advantage of the fact that he led his cronies to leave Xuzhou, the nest, not long ago, they launched a mutiny and destroyed him.
Emperor Chongzhen thought about these things, and did not hope that Zuo Liangyu would be able to return to the Manchu army, and even made up his mind that after he grasped the military power and straightened out the matter at hand, he had to make an example of those warlord leaders who supported the army and respected themselves and caused trouble to the place.
Zu Kuan is one, and Zuo Liangyu can't escape!
However, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen's mind had shifted to Hong Chengchou outside the city, thinking in his heart, where is Sun Chuanting going again?
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