Chapter 460: The Ming Army Comes to Help

Chongzhen immediately summoned Xie Baoqing, the secretary of the military department, and Lu Xiangsheng, who was still in Beijing, into the palace, and ordered Lu Xiangsheng to immediately lead the 60,000 Ming troops in Tongzhou and move to Huairou to stand by.

Huairou is more than 50 miles away from Changping, and the Ming army can be arranged here to deal with the changes in the situation after the war between the Tiance army and the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng participated in the development of muskets in the Beijing Division, but no progress has been made so far, and it is somewhat inexplicable to receive Chongzhen's order. After the 60,000 Ming army arrived in Beijing, according to the award process, it was long overdue to arrange for the important ministers of the court to read the emperor's will, but now they want to move to Huairou, but Chongzhen did not make it clear what the next step would be, and Lu Xiangsheng had to comply with the order.

The movements of the Ming army were all within the sight of the Tiance army, which further proved that there was a problem with the 20,000 "Ming army".

Twenty kilometers north of Changping, on the only way for the "Ming Army" to reach the Beijing Division, the Sixth Regiment and the two former Baoding Public Security Regiments were in full battle and blocked here.

The two cavalry scouts who went out to reconnoiter galloped back, until they ran in front of the commander of the "Ming Army", Zilharang, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said: "Report to the marshal, ten miles ahead, there are thousands of people from the Tiance Army blocking the way of our army. ”

"What?" Zilharang was shocked, since he entered the Great Wall pass, he has been worried, after all, this time the lone army went deep, and the risk was not small.

Belesto suggested: "Marshal, I'm afraid that our march this time has fallen into the trap of the Ming court, so let's withdraw our troops as soon as possible." ”

This plan to secretly cooperate with the Ming court to deal with the starting point city was not unopposed by many people within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who were most worried that it was a conspiracy of the Ming court to weaken the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Belesotto was also part of the opposition, but had to come because of the military order.

Zilharang's expression was uncertain, and he thought about what to do. If you retreat directly, I am afraid that if you go back, you will have to bear the responsibility of escaping, and if you continue to advance, you may be entangled by the Tiance army, and the army may be more than lucky.

Although there were only a few thousand days of troops, Zilharang knew that his 20,000 troops were probably not an opponent, and this was not an ordinary Ming army.

"Withdraw the troops, return to Juyong Pass the same way, and if the situation is not right, immediately occupy Juyong Pass to block the enemy." Zilharang finally made up his mind to withdraw his troops, and it was difficult for his 20,000 people not to show his feet, this was not as simple as a death squad of several hundred people. When the interruption is continuous, it will be chaotic, and it is taboo for the soldiers to go deep alone, in case the Ming court and the Tiance army merge, they will inevitably be wiped out.

"Handsome and wise!" Shuoto said and went down to give the order.

The Qing army's front team changed into a rear team and retreated to Juyong Pass, and the speed of the march was not fast, and the situation did not look like a retreat, but like a normal action that suddenly changed the march plan.

The drone has been hovering over the Qing army, and every move of the Qing army cannot escape the real-time monitoring of the Tiance army.

"It's really strange that this army will leave when it meets our army." Yang Yihui, the instructor of the third regiment, said.

Li Zixuan smiled and said, "No matter what weirdness he has, order all battalions to catch up and see how they react." ”

The Qing army did not retreat quickly, and the Tiance army was not in a hurry to pursue, but it was getting closer and closer.

"Dashuai, they're catching up!" Shuoto struck his horse and caught up with Zilharang.

Zilharang said decisively: "Order the Han Army Banner to intercept in batches, and the others to speed up their retreat." ”

The battle broke out suddenly, and the forward armored vehicles of the Tiance Army and the broken rear troops of the Qing Army exchanged fire as soon as they met each other. The reason why it is called a firefight is because this time the Qing army and the Han army flag were also equipped with a large number of firearms. The armored vehicles of the Tiance Army continued to approach, so that the Qing army no longer concealed, but raised their guns to aim at the armored vehicles and fired fiercely, and with the sound of guns, white fog filled for a while.

Buckshot hit the armored car "Bang Bang!" "Straight sound, this "Ming army" has already torn off its camouflage, then there is nothing to say, and the vehicle-mounted machine guns immediately began to strafe the Qing army.

"All of them!" Vehicle-mounted machine guns sprayed tongues of fire, and one Qing soldier after another was hit and knocked down.

"Commander, these people are Tartars!" A platoon commander kicked over a corpse of a Qing soldier and said to Li Zixuan, the Manchu Qing people shaved their hair, which is very easy to distinguish.

Li Zixuan glanced at it and said to instructor Yang Yihui: "Send a report to the commander and chief of staff, and report the situation here to us." ”

Wang Yue, who was about to take action against the city of Geransha in southern Taiwan, had temporarily canceled his plan and was always paying close attention to the progress of the emergency situation in Beijing. Unexpectedly, a Qing army of 20,000 people approached Changping unconsciously, which made him puzzled, so he ordered Li Zixuan to grasp the important people of the Qing army and figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

Between Changping and Juyong Pass, the Tiance army and the Qing army staged a pursuit battle. Most of the areas north of Changping were mountainous, which created conditions for the Qing army to block the Tiance army.

Although the progress of the Tiance army was not fast due to the terrain, the speed of the Qing army's rout was not slow, especially the armored vehicles.

The Qing army was discovered by the Tiance army, and the battle had begun, and it was soon fed back to Chongzhen by Jinyiwei. Chongzhen immediately ordered Lu Xiangsheng to command 60,000 Ming troops to go to Changping to assist the Tiance army in encircling and suppressing the Qing army.

Zilharang led the main force of this attack on the starting point city, with 5,000 people running in front with blue flags, followed by 5,000 Han army flags. Most of these Han military flags were infantry, and once the situation at Juyong Pass changed, these Han military flags would be used to seize the pass.

When they saw the banner of the Ming army and a large number of Ming troops also joined the siege, Belesotto said angrily: "I have fallen for the trick of the Ming dogs. ”

"Quick, send a Jiala to Juyong Pass and take the pass." Zilharang knows that now is not the time to complain, but to think about how to minimize losses.

Juyong Pass is the back road, they have just passed through Juyong Pass, and they are in the costume of the Ming army, so it is very likely to take it while they are unprepared.

One of the armored cavalry galloped away, and the rest of the Qing army ran lifelessly.

Hearing that the Qing army had actually entered the customs, Lu Xiangsheng urgently ordered the Ming army to act immediately, and the Ming army, under his command, went straight to the back of the Qing army from Xiaohuyu on Changping North Road, and happened to meet the main force of the retreating Qing army, and then started a fierce battle.

On one side of this side is a series of mountains, the terrain is narrow, and the Ming army has the advantage of strength but cannot be used. The Qing army was anxious to flee for their lives, and they did not love war, and after a short contact battle, they continued to move towards Juyong Pass.

The third regiment of the Tiance Army and the Baoding Army pursued the Qing army, successively annihilating six or seven thousand Qing troops and capturing more than 1,000 people.

"Keep your distance from the Ming army, since they are rushing to work, let them go." Li Zixuan ordered with a calm face.

The Ming army was numerous, but it was in a melee with the Qing army, and if the Tiance army hit the Qing army with firepower, it would inevitably injure the Ming army by mistake. Now that the Tiance army and the imperial court have just reconciled, it is inconvenient for Li Zixuan to disrupt Wang Yue's established strategy.