Chapter 272: Liaodong Upheaval

Just when Moli was attacking Li Zicheng's general Yuan Zongdi, the bigwigs of the Nanjing regime were secretly competing for territory and interests, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were intriguing and refusing to give in to each other, but no one thought of sending troops to avenge Emperor Chongzhen. Bayi [Net].

Only the Lu army under the command of Zhu Dadian finally knew that he wanted to avenge the Daxing Emperor, and after receiving the canonization in Nanjing, he returned to Jinan and actively trained his soldiers to prepare to fight against the Dashun army that was about to go south.

Beijing. Forbidden city.

Li Zicheng, who had just ascended the throne for less than seven days, was shocked when he received the news of Liu Zongmin's defeat at Shanhaiguan, and at the same time he was furious.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong is basically quite empty, except for the 5,000 people of Wu Sangui in Ningyuan, there are only more than 20,000 people of Jin Guoqi in Jinzhou, how could Liu Zongmin's 80,000 army be defeated?

It turned out that when Huang Taiji learned that Cao Wenzhao of Shanhaiguan and Zu Dacheng of Ningyuan, Liu Liangzuo of Jimen and Zuo Liangyu of Changping all led the army to aid the Beijing Division, Liaodong was empty, so he immediately decided to withdraw his troops from Datong and Xuanfu, detour to Kaipingwei, and attack Ningyuan and Jinzhou for a long time.

When the Houjin army raided Ningyuan, the news of the fall of Jingshi had reached Liaodong, and Wu Sangui was shocked when he learned that his uncle Zu Dacheng had died in battle and that Chongzhen had died in the capital, and he became at a loss.

At this time, the army of the Later Jin Emperor Taiji had already approached the city.

Wu Sangui led the army to defend the city, but only 5,000 people were facing hundreds of thousands of Houjin Iron Cavalry, so how many days could they hold out in the face of such a disparity in strength?

Wu Sangui only held out for one day, and because the enemy was outnumbered and suffered heavy casualties, he had to accept Huang Taiji's persuasion to surrender. In Wu Sangui's view, now that the Ming Dynasty is dead, the Beijing division has fallen into the hands of Li Zicheng, Cao Wenzhao, Zhu Dadian, Liu Liangzuo and others were defeated, and his uncle Zu Dacheng and Zu Dabi died in battle.

At this time, Huang Taiji recruited a lot of high-ranking officials, so Wu Sangui led nearly 4,000 subordinates to surrender to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji promised him a general military officer, and asked him to lead the troops as the lead, leading the Houjin army to enter the customs from Shanhaiguan and attack Li Zicheng's Dashun army.

Wu Sangui easily entered Shanhaiguan as a Ming army under the pretext of helping Shanhaiguan resist Liu Zongmin, and immediately controlled the defenders of Shanhaiguan and forced them to surrender to Houjin as well.

The defenders of Shanhaiguan had no choice but to surrender to Huang Taiji with Wu Sangui.

Half a day after the Houjin army entered Shanhaiguan, Liu Zongmin also led an army of 80,000 to arrive.

The Houjin army did not show up and hid within the wall. At first, Liu Zongmin thought that there were only 3,000 Ming troops left in Shanhaiguan, and he was unguarded, thinking that as soon as the army arrived, the Ming army would be so frightened that they would open the door and surrender. Along the way, aren't many state and county officers and soldiers like this?

Therefore, Liu Zongmin didn't even set up a formation, and only sent one of his generals to run to the foot of Shanhaiguan with tens of thousands of people to surrender loudly, with a contemptuous expression.

Liu Zongmin soon paid the price for his paralysis and arrogance.

The general who had surrendered was shot in the throat by Yue Tuo, who was hiding behind the battlements, and fell off his horse.

At the same time, the Shanhaiguan gate was opened, and countless Houjin Iron Horsemen rushed out with a roar, rushing towards the Dashun army under the pass with lightning speed.

The Dashun army was caught off guard, and they didn't even set up a formation at all, and they were rushed by the Houjin Iron Cavalry, with countless casualties, and the rest of the wolves rushed and wailed.

Liu Zongmin's army was originally extremely arrogant, thinking that even the Ming Jingshi had been captured, and all the state capitals were also looking down, so where would they care about the Shanhaiguan guarded by thousands of people.

But they never expected that the Houjin Tartars suddenly came out and killed them by surprise, and the army was in turmoil and was defeated one after another.

Most of the Dashun army was originally born from peasants, hungry people and thieves, and the military discipline was extremely poor, and in the face of the impact of the Houjin Iron Cavalry, it was impossible to organize an effective counterattack, and was soon killed everywhere, with casualties and wounds.

Liu Zongmin saw that the general situation had gone, and hurriedly ordered a retreat.

Later, the Jin army took advantage of the victory to pursue it in a big way, and pursued it for more than 30 miles, Liu Zongmin's 80,000 army, and only less than 10,000 people fled back to Yongping in embarrassment.

When Li Zicheng learned about it, he was furious and scolded Liu Zongmin for not doing enough and more than failing.

Gu Junen, Song Xiance and others persuaded Li Zicheng that he must personally lead the army to conquer Shanhaiguan, otherwise once the Houjin army broke through Yongping and drove straight in, the Beijing division would be in danger.

After Li Zicheng calmed down, he ordered an army of 200,000 troops, drove to Yongping.

Huang Taiji integrated the Ming army in Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan, mobilized troops and horses, and prepared to continue to pursue the defeated Dashun army.

At the same time, Huang Taiji sent Dolgon, Duoduo, Sakhalian and others to lead troops to surround Jinzhou and recruit Jin Guoqi.

Jin Guoqi was isolated, besides, the Jingshi had fallen, the emperor had hanged himself, Wu Sangui had also surrendered, and his subordinates had no intention of continuing to be loyal to the dead Ming Dynasty, so the Houjin army had not yet begun to attack the city, and Jin Guoqi also surrendered.

Dolgon was overjoyed to take Jinzhou without much effort, and then sent Sakhalian to lead 10,000 horses to Dalinghe City under the guidance of Luo Yunchen, Jin Guoqi's lieutenant, to prepare to take over Dalinghe City.

Now in charge of garrisoning Dalinghe City is Mo Li's old subordinate Liao Blood Wolf.

Dolgon was also careless, thinking that with Luo Yunchen and other Ming army generals going together, Dalinghe City would be as easy to get as Jinzhou.

However, there are always surprises in the world.

Liao Blood Wolf's subordinates saw a large group of golden soldiers coming from the direction of Jinzhou from a distance, and hurriedly went to report to Liao Blood Wolf. At the same time, the city gates were closed, as if facing a great enemy, and actively prepared for war.

Liao Blood Wolf was also taken aback and hurried to the city. Sure enough, the Jin soldiers had arrived less than ten miles below the city.

How did Jin Bing come from the direction of Jinzhou?

What's even more weird is that Jinzhou Deputy General Luo Yunchen and others and hundreds of Ming soldiers are also ahead!

Could it be that something has happened in Jinzhou?

When Liao Blood Wolf was in doubt, Luo Yunchen took the lead, went to the city, and said loudly: "General Liao, quickly open the city gate and welcome the Great Golden Dolgon Belle into the city!" ”

"General Luo, are you crazy!" Liao Blood Wolf said in surprise.

"I'm not crazy, General Jin has already surrendered to Dajin, why don't you open the city gate to welcome Dajin Belle!" Luo Yunchen said.

"Fart!" Liao Blood Wolf angrily reprimanded: "Jiannu Tartar is my mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty, how can you and I be the border guards of the Ming Dynasty, how can we ......?"

"Da Ming is gone!" Luo Yunchen's face twisted, and he said gloomily: "Do you know? Emperor...... The emperor has died! The capital has now been captured by the traitor Li Zicheng! ”

"What?!"

Liao Blood Wolf was taken aback again and almost fell from the top of the city. The defenders and soldiers at the head of the city were all shocked, the emperor is gone, and the Ming is gone?