Chapter 692: Fight again
The descendants of Dolgon, Duoduo, Ukshan, Manzhu Xili, etc., did not break their bones.
When they retreated, they didn't need to rush at the end of the road, and when they crossed the boundary of Yingzhou, they simply stopped and intended to reorganize their troops and fight again.
At this time, the defeated Qing army gathered more and more, and Dolgon gathered more than 40,000 cavalry, and he thought of teaching the pursuers a lesson so that the "Red Banner Army" would be too deceitful.
Unexpectedly, when the deployment was carried out and a large number of scouts were sent to reconnoiter the location of the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army", it was found that the people had already collected their troops and were not chasing.
Dolgon, who wanted to concentrate his forces to win more beautiful battles with fewer victories and more or less save some face, was suddenly deflated and scolded Huang Han for being too tricky, and refused to even coerce Yu Wei to advance with great victory, and was as cautious as a girl!
No way, you can't fight the "Red Flag Army" to vent your anger with the Ming army stationed in Xuanda!
Who knew that Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda, was very realistic, and when he reported that the Qing army was coming to Xuanda, he ordered all the generals to hold on to the castle and do their best to obey the mandate of heaven, which directly led to the Qing army not being able to find an opponent.
How could Dolgon think of attacking Daming City at this time? Even if he wanted to, he was willing to do it without his spirit, and the Ming army did not dare to fight Dolgon, so he had no choice but to lead his men and horses to besiege the upper fort and prepare to get out.
There were only two or three thousand Ming troops guarding the upper fort, and the garrison staff general reported that tens of thousands of Qing troops intended to attack and fled overnight, and there was no need for offensive and defensive battles when Dolgon led his men and horses to leave the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it was easy to lose no horses.
On the day of leaving the customs, Dolgon met a messenger sent by Emperor Chongde, and learned that the starling was ill and his condition was not very good, and he could not march long distances for the time being, and needed to recuperate.
After the failure of the attack on Ningwu Pass, the men and horses led by Starling personally chose to take advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to detour through the Hetao area to get out of the pass, and have now arrived at Guihua City for repair.
Dorgon, who chose to avoid the war, was originally full of apprehension, fearing that he would be questioned by Chongde. Knowing that the men and horses led by the starling brother also suffered a big loss against the "Red Flag Army", the men and horses under Ning Wu Pass were only a partial division of the "Red Flag Army", and the men and horses were only a few thousand.
It seems that the battle of starlings is even worse! Dolgon was relieved at this moment, and he was relaxed when he led his men to the city of naturalization, and he prayed in his heart, longing for the shaman god to take the starling away.
The red guy was indeed very sick, and after fainting and falling off the horse that day, the nosebleed couldn't stop and flowed a big bowl.
In the case of excessive blood loss, the red gang was very weak, and after waking up, he had to ride a horse in the snow and ice, and his condition worsened.
Emperor Chongde, who was driving the expedition in person, had a fever all the way, was not clear-headed, and was groggy all day, unable to convey orders.
When the Manchu and Mongolian generals saw that their master seemed to be dying, they felt that the danger was approaching, and they refused to stay in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so the Qing army, which had no fighting spirit, chose to cross the frozen Yellow River and bypass the Hetao area to enter the Naturalization City.
Hong Chengchou personally came to Yansui Town to wait for the fighters, thinking of fighting an ambush to win military merits, and sent elite scouts to pay close attention to the Qing army retreating from Ningwu Pass.
It's a pity that the Qing army and horses are as high as tens of thousands, and Abatai is properly arranged, and the front army, the rear team, and the Chinese army are not something that the Ming army can eat.
Hong Chengchou knew that the more than 30,000 men and horses gathered by He Renlong, Wu Zimian, You Shiwei and other generals were not opponents at all, so he had to sit and watch the Qing army go north.
During this time, Wu Zimian said a lot of strange things, this kid fought side by side with Huang Han in Chongzhen for three years, and wanted to use his old face to go under Huang Han, who was already the Duke of Liao.
He often boasted to other commanders and subordinate generals such as staff generals and guerrilla commanders about how he had completed the attack with the conscripted generals six years ago under the eyes of a strong enemy, and captured a large amount of real money, silver, and grain.
Ironically, Hong Chengchou, the general system of the trilateral system, has a very large spectrum, has a low eye, and has tens of thousands of elite border troops under his hands, and he does not dare to fight, so he can only choose to shrink and defend.
Wu Zimian also talked about all the days of King Mingjun at that time, but he and Ma Jingluo, who had died of illness the year before last, lived a nourishing life, and blew Huang Han's ability to make money and food to the sky.
Listening to Wu Zimian's story of following the general of the conquest to be able to have enough food and clothing, too many hungry and full of food and clothing of the generals of the Ming army, and seeing the "Red Banner Army" fighting and winning successes, these people are even more reluctant to follow Hong Chengchou, and they are all planning to follow the general of the conquest.
Hong Chengchou also realized that the lack of decent records caused those martial artists to become more and more disrespectful, and he knew that if he didn't win a few more battles, he might not be able to command these arrogant generals in the future.
He got a report that Jiannu and the rear team had not left the customs, and he also learned that Liu Zhilun, the secretary of the military department, Lu Xiangsheng, the general commander of the five provinces, and the men and horses of Fang Zhenghua, the commander of the Beijing camp, had taken aim at those Qing troops.
The great opportunity is really rare, no matter what the effect of Liu Zhilun, Lu Xiangsheng, and Fang Zhenghua's attack is, this Biaoqing army will incur losses, and then after a thousand miles of marching to the boundary of Yansui Town, it should be exhausted.
Hong Chengchou was ruthless this time, no matter how many Qing troops were left at that time, he had to concentrate his forces to pounce on it and tear off a piece of meat, so he strengthened the investigation and actively deployed.
The march speed of the rear team of the Qing army was slow, and there were many troops, the Han army had 15,000 cavalry, about 1,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners who supervised the battle, more than 3,000 Tartar light cavalry, plus 10,000 bannermen and clothed minions with weapons and a certain combat effectiveness.
However, due to the need to meet the requirements of the main cavalry, there were not many war horses here, and the spare horses of the Han army, the children of the Eight Banners, and the Mongolian cavalry were all taken away by the main force.
Even the bannermen and clothed minions, who originally owned at least one horse, now have at most donkeys and mules to ride, and some simply ride on ox carts.
Veteran Meler Ezhen Dong E Duojili is the main general of the rear team, and Fan Wencheng is in charge of scheduling.
Duo Jili is the second son of He Heli, one of the five ministers of the Later Jin family, who followed his father to fight at the age of thirteen and has been in the military for more than 30 years.
Chongde took a fancy to him because he used to be more steady, so he appointed him to manage the rear team of men and materials.
When Duojili led his men and horses to cross the Yellow River to the north, Ilgen Jueluo Ahsan led 2,000 men and horses to gallop in both horses.
Abatai actually has the ability to command, the main force of the Qing army was deflated under the Ningwu Pass and prepared to make a detour out of the pass, Abatai did not forget the men and horses and materials of the rear team, and sent Ah Shan to lead hundreds of Eight Banner disciples and more than 1,000 Mongolian cavalry to gather 2,000 men and horses to meet them.
Emperor Chongde fainted under Ningwu Pass due to the annihilation of Yanguli's entire army, and the nosebleed could not be stopped, and his physical condition is not optimistic.
Such news would be a heavy blow to morale, and Abatai was strictly ordered to keep it secret, telling Ahsan to only inform a few major generals of the rear team.
Fan Wencheng and Duo Jili and other generals were shocked when they learned of their master's situation, and they gave orders to everyone to speed up, and as long as they found anyone slow, they immediately lashed them, and did not hesitate to kill them on the spot.