Chapter 91: The Prelude to the Battle of Beijing

Balmy autumn day.

Cao Zongyu, Li Dingguo, and Zheng Chenggong each brought a lot of generals. Behind him there are more than a thousand elite soldiers to guard.

Looking at the city of Beijing from afar.

But I saw that Beijing was really a strong city in the world, and Fan Wencheng's defense was also very tight, and from anywhere, you could see the dense artillery and firecrackers on the city wall.

There are also various rolling stones and woods.

Cao Zongyu said: "It seems that there are more than 200 cannons in the city of Beijing, and there are more than 100,000 defenders in the city, and this city may be more difficult to conquer than Luoyang." ”

Li Dingguo said: "The siege battle is in a hurry. Since Beijing can't fall suddenly, let's put Beijing City first, sweep the surrounding cities, and then attack Beijing City. ”

Cao Zongyu listened to it and said, "What General Li said is exactly what I want, but I don't know what General Zheng wants?" ”

Zheng Chenggong arched his hand and said: "I have no opinion, listen to the general." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Since this is the case, I will not let it go." ”

Immediately, Cao Zongyu ordered Zheng Chenggong to sit in Tianjin, ensure that the logistics were transported from the sea, and ordered Li Dingguo to go north, seize the line of the Great Wall, capture all the peripheries of Beijing, and isolate Beijing.

On their side, after secretly arranging, someone flew to report and said: "The Qing army defeated General Ma Degong in Horqin, and General Ma Degong only returned to Shenyang with 3,000 cavalry. ”

"Prince Jieshu of Dongyuli, relentless pursuit, has arrived at the city of Shenyang, and the cities near Shenyang have turned their backs on the imperial court and taken refuge in Dongyu."

"What?" Cao Zongyu heard this, and immediately set his eyes on Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong's face was a little ugly, and he said: "It's my fault, I'm willing to take my headquarters to Liaodong to stabilize my footing." ”

In order to seize the credit for conquering the city of Beijing, Zheng Chenggong asked Ma Degong to take the rabble who had just surrendered to attack Horqin. It was meant to be an adventure.

Now that there is such an end, Zheng Chenggong is not unexpected.

However, the forces he brought from Korea were limited, and it would be much more difficult for him to attack Beijing if he did not disperse the forces of the eastern captives as much as possible.

It's just that now he has no interest in Beijing at all. In other words, Zheng Chenggong knew that even if he was interested in Beijing City, there was no way to capture Beijing City

Zhang Xuan's almost clear partiality disappointed Zheng Chenggong.

To be honest, in terms of Nengqu Nengshen, Zheng Chenggong is not as good as Li Dingguo. After all, Zheng Chenggong is Zheng Zhilong's son, from the very beginning, others can bend and stretch him, so why should he be inferior to others.

This grievance, Zheng Chenggong is not unbearable. But if you want him to have a good face, it's difficult.

So something went wrong here, and Zheng Chenggong simply withdrew from the attack on Beijing City and went back to Liaodong.

Cao Zongyu listened to Zheng Chenggong's words, and he also had some dissatisfaction in his heart

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Cao Zongyu, as a hardcore cronie, never dared to take it big in front of Zhang Xuan, but it didn't mean that Cao Zongyu had a temper. Cao Zongyu is a ruthless character who leads troops to attack Nanyang City in order to take revenge.

It's just that Cao Zongyu is polished by reality, and it seems that humans and animals are harmless, and his ruthlessness is hidden in his heart.

His face was impassive, but he was quite dissatisfied with Zheng Chenggong. He was not dissatisfied with Zheng Chenggong's ability, but dissatisfied with Zheng Chenggong's attitude.

Why did Your Majesty just take care of the overall situation, so he didn't wipe out your family of pirates, made an exception, and even married you as a son and daughter, and that's what you did.

It's what it looks like to be a courtier.

Especially with Li Dingguo on one side, there is a stark contrast.

I don't know if Li Dingguo was favored by Zhang Xuan's acquaintance, or if Li Dingguo had no ambition, in short, Li Dingguo didn't know that what Cao Zongyu did meant to be excluded.

But Li Dingguo didn't have any resentment, and agreed to come down.

Cao Zongyu thought so in his heart, but his face did not change at all, and said: "Since this is the case, it will trouble General Zheng." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Since this is the case, I will go." ”

I didn't say hello to anyone, and left with the headquarters guards.

Cao Zongyu looked at the back of Zheng Chenggong leaving, and said to Li Dingguo: "General Li, I am going to sweep up and down the Great Wall, the cavalry is the most important, and all the cavalry in my general will be handed over to you." ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he was slightly surprised, and said, "Thank you, General." ”

Cao Zongyu said: "General Li, don't be too happy, you have to leave someone behind." ”

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "Where is the general, from Li to the bottom, all of them are people from the imperial court, whoever the general wants to keep, he can stay, can I still not agree?" ”

Cao Zongyu said: "Okay, then please leave General He Hutou behind." Today's attack on the city of Beijing, firearms first. The best use of firearms in the army today is General He Hutou. ”

Cao Zongyu wanted to keep He Hutou, but he also suffered a loss in the battle against Luoyang City.

Cao Zongyu fought very hard under Luoyang City, and afterwards he concluded that the biggest problem was that the power of firearms was not brought into play.

In other words, although Cao Zongyu has a large number of firearms, what really determines the victory or defeat of each other is the white blade.

It's not that white-knuckle joints are bad.

However, he did not give full play to the advantages of firearms, so that many soldiers below died in vain, and Cao Zongyu inevitably had some resentment.

As for He Hutou, he is the most proficient in using firearms in the army, and it is not a flattery. With Cao Zongyu's status, even though He Hutou has a good relationship with Luo Yujiao. You don't have to pat him on the back.

However, the first firecracker in the Xia army was established by He Hutou.

In Chóng Qìng, He Hutou sat on a cold bench for several years. Putting all your mind on firearms is true for the use of artillery guns

There is something unique.

Zhang Xuan also often wrote letters to He Hutou and gave him some advice.

Of course, all Zhang Xuan can point out are some concepts.

How to implement it is up to He Hutou to figure it out by himself.

After Cao Zongyu arranged these.

Li Dingguo led a large group of cavalry, with nearly 100,000 cavalry, to bypass the north of Beijing and take over the line of the Great Wall.

The Qing army had no intention of staying behind on the Great Wall. Therefore, Li Dingguo's northward march was like an armed march. It's just that it's not all too peaceful.

For example, under the city of Datong.

The Qing army does not seem to have any intention of abandoning Datong City.

There were many men and horses around Datong, most of whom were Mongolian cavalry. Li Dingguo tried it, but the cavalry in his hands was not enough, and he was led by the Mongols, which made people feel constrained.

I immediately inquired.

I finally found out what the Qing court was doing on the grassland.

As soon as Nikan arrived in Monan, he went on a killing spree, almost suspecting that whoever was unstable would kill whoever was the whole family, especially the golden family, which was almost killed.

Shunzhi came to the grassland and immediately stopped Nikan's killing.

Hypocritically let Nikan think about it behind closed doors, and then kneaded these leaderless Mongolian cavalry together, and let the Manchus marry I don't know how many Mongols Fujin in one go.

To be honest, although there are some Mongolian upper classes who are mostly sinicized and not much different from the Han people, there are quite a few Mongolian nobles who are actually not so open.

And the Manchurians have been in the world of flowers in Beijing for several years, where can they see those Mongolian women who are full of strange smells.

But what can be done?

There is no way.

In just one month, Nikan sang white-faced, Shunzhi sang red-faced, and the Empress Dowager Bumu Butai bridged the relationship from the middle. This united Monan Mongolia behind the Aixin Jueluo family.

And the political structure of the Qing court has officially changed from the Eight Banners to the Manchurian and Mongolian family.

Shunzhi also became the emperor on one side and the khan on the other, and named Bumu Butai's elder brother, Wu Keshan, as the king, and was listed as one of the auxiliary princes.

After such a thunderous method was sorted out inside and outside, there was a big victory for Jieshu in Horqin.

This victory was not so much a manifestation of Jieshu's commanding talents, but rather a desire of some Mongols to prove their strength in the new political system.

Especially the Horqin Division, they have already found that in the eyes of the Southern Dynasty, they are already the iron rod of the Eastern Captives, and they can't get off the ship.

The appearance of the Ma Degong Department proves this point.

Therefore, in this battle, the Horqin Department was deadly. This is a brilliant victory.

Of course, too many troops in Ma Degong's department are also a problem.

In any case, after this battle, control of the Outer Northeast was once again returned to the hands of the Qing court, and Jieshu was even preparing to recapture Liaodong.