Chapter Fifty-Six: Li Wei's Army Stands by Jiang Zhu and Strikes Dolgon

The gunfire in the city of Zhuozhou did not stop until midnight. However, this was not the end of the battle, and a large number of Manchu and Mongol soldiers were hiding in the homes of the people in the city. Since it was too dark to search from house to house, the Kiln Gang soldiers occupied the main street and set up campfires along the road to guard the avenue. The Manchurian and Mongolian soldiers who were divided were all frightened birds, and they could not form a great resistance force.

Until dawn, the kiln soldiers ate some compressed biscuits and canned beef. began to clear the defenders in pieces. For a while, the sound of gunshots and the explosion of the hand ** rang out again.

Until noon, the gunfire gradually stopped, and the battle was over.

The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in the city together captured only more than 2,000 people, and more than 5,000 soldiers of the Han Eight Banners ran outside the city, killing more than 10,000 people and capturing more than 5,000 people.

According to the prisoners' confessions, Duoduo had more than 20,000 people in the Han Eight Banners, more than 10,000 in the Mongolian Eight Banners, and more than 10,000 in the Manchurian Eight Banners. Then it can be estimated that nearly 20,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry and more than 10,000 Han Eight Banners were killed in this battle.

Hearing this result, Jiang Jiao had tears in his eyes and was very excited. He is stationed in Datong all the year round, and there are many Mongolian cavalry like these jackals, and they are really worried every day, and they dare not relax for a moment. But today defeated them all in one day, it was like a dream. The iron-blooded general, who was accustomed to seeing life and death, couldn't help but cry.

It was the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Army who reminded Jiang Fei and said, "General, let's hurry up and report the results to our families." My family has been paying attention to our results. ”

Jiang Ji said: "Yes, yes! Hurry up and report the good news to the family. Organize the soldiers to transport the dead bodies out of the city as soon as possible, and set up a fire to refine them. It's hot, so many corpses are going to be bad. Also, get more lime and sprinkle more in the city. ”

"Don't worry! I've already arranged these things. The commander of the 4th Cavalry Corps said: "I told the scouts to rest and set off immediately." The Manchu army could not be given a respite. ”

Jiang Jian listened to the words of the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Army, and was very touched in his heart, thinking that the officers of the Yaogang Army were all incredible talents. I commanded a battle like this today, but I wouldn't be far away without it.

Zhang Zhimu from the kiln gang received the telegram sent back by Jiang Jian, and he was really emotional. Zhang Zhimu was not only happy that Jiang Zhi and them had achieved such results so quickly, but more importantly, he was excited about the fate of Jiang Jian. In the original history, Jiang Mosaic opened the door to offer the city when Li Zicheng hit Datong. Later, there was a surrender to the Manchu Qing, and finally a rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and died. At this time, he doesn't have those experiences now, and he is a hero who leads his troops to bravely annihilate the enemy.

In order not to give Dolgon a chance to understand the situation, the kiln gang people still did not broadcast the results of the battle this time. At this time, Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Liu Yun were on the train back to Yaogang. Everyone was overjoyed to receive the telegram that Jiang Ji had achieved such results so quickly. Chen Yufeng wanted to take wine to celebrate.

Ouyang He said: "Looking at the whole world, I think that the Manchu and Manchu cavalry are considered to have good combat ability. But in front of us, we can't get through a single round. Now our army is also a breeze to fight directly to the Manchu hometown. ”

Chen Yufeng took a sip and said, "This matter, let's listen to Zhimu!" I think he's right, we're not in a hurry, time is in our favor. We have thoroughly digested the Central Plains, and if we have Shanxi and Shaanxi, we will have almost unlimited war potential and unlimited soldiers. ”

Ouyang He nodded and said, "Yes!" We played with them slowly. Now no one can threaten us. In another year, we will take Jiangnan down. North, east, west, we'll go back and figure it out. ”

"I think Emperor Chongzhen should know that this time he is half a catty." Chen Yufeng said, "Most of the court officials we drove away stayed in the kiln for training, I don't know what the emperor will think?" Hehe! ”

"I don't think he thinks about it anymore. In fact, these remaining officials know about our affairs without training, and they have seen and seen it in the past few years. Hehe! It's also very easy to train. Ouyang He said with a smile.

"Not only are our officials much larger, but also much higher." Liu Yun interjected, "In particular, the high-level cadres who have worked in both Shanxi and Shaanxi are really different. Take over a place and you can see immediate results. ”

"yes!" Chen Yufeng agreed, "These experiences are not learned in books. If you train them in the academy in Yaogang, you can't do it without on-the-spot training. ”

"I think Zhimu's hand in setting the administrative level of cadres is really too clever." Ouyang He said, "It's like the military rank system in the army." The level can represent a person's qualifications, abilities and other aspects of comprehensive ability. Even if a high-level cadre takes up a low-level position, they will also think that it is a job need, not a demotion. This is very useful to ensure the motivation of the cadres. ”

"Huh! We don't have to worry about where we hit it. When we go back, let's calculate how many cadres we need to defeat Jiangnan. Chen Yufeng said.

"Uncle Shi chewed in his mouth and didn't swallow it yet, so he stared at the bowl." Liu Yun said with a smile.

Ouyang He said: "Liu Yun, what Mr. Chen said is what we should think. ”

Li Wei led the team to ambush in a small hill outside Juyong Pass. One of the problems they faced was that they did not know whether the officers and soldiers guarding the customs here had received instructions from the emperor and whether they could be allowed to enter the customs. If these officers and soldiers guarding the pass did not agree to their entry into the pass, Li Wei would have to decide whether to attack the Great Wall.

However, the scouts who had reconnoitred eastward along the Great Wall reported that after half a day's journey to the east, it was the place where the Manchus had broken through the wall and entered, and from there they had entered the Great Wall and gone straight to Miyun. That opening was just casually blocked by the officers and soldiers with some felled trees, and it could be easily cleared.

This made Li Wei breathe a sigh of relief. From there, you don't have to enter Juyong Pass, and you can go through the back road of the Manchu Dynasty.

However, it was not pleasant to be hidden here, and the brigade did not dare to open fire for fear of revealing the target. The officers and men began to sick to their stomachs after eating dry food and canned beef. Strange to say, in the past, if soldiers could eat canned beef, it would be like the New Year. But now people can't stand eating this stuff every day. When I see canned beef, I feel sick to my stomach. There was no way, Li Wei had to ask people to find a place where the smoke could be blown away and concentrate on cooking for everyone. Someone outside was sent to observe whether the fireworks could be found.

Li Wei and the others received the news that Jiang Jian had won a battle in Zhuozhou City, and their hearts were even more anxious and uncomfortable.

After breaking through the Qiangziling, the Manchu allied forces were unstoppable all the way. The Ming army retreated around the city of Beijing, not daring to move. The fears of the original breach of the Wall Ridge had long since been swept away, and the proud Dolgon led the central attack to the south this time. The route they took was the route taken by the Qing army when Chongzhen entered the customs in the fifteenth year, but what made Dolgon wonder was how the Han people were so powerful and recovered in such a short time. Not only is the population not decreasing, but there are also many good things. They quickly took Yongqing, leaving some people to enter the city to clear it, and they led a large group of men and horses straight to Bazhou, and it only took one day to defeat Bazhou. On their way from Yongqing to Bazhou, they received a report that they had spotted the cavalry of the Yaogang people. Because the Yaogang cavalry was on the periphery of Zhuozhou City, they intercepted many Manchu and Mongolian cavalry who had returned from plundering the city. But they couldn't wipe them all out, and the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, who did not dare to run to Zhuozhou City, ran in the direction of the men and horses led by Dolgon, and reported to them that they had been intercepted by the Yaogang cavalry.

Dolgon and his generals analyzed that it must be a small group of kiln men who came to harass them, and if their brigade came, they would not have done this to intercept the small group of people who went out. Therefore, they have been carried away by one victory after another, and they do not pay attention to this matter.

But when they had just entered Bazhou City with their troops, a bad news came, Zhuozhou City was captured by the Yaogang people. This was reported by the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han who had escaped from outside the city. They reported that the Yaogang people had entered the city from the east gate, and that fierce fighting was going on inside the city.

Hearing the news, Dorgon felt like a lightning strike, and Duoduo in Zhuozhou City was his own brother. In the struggle for power and power with various Shobele, it was his own right-hand arm.

Dolgon ordered that all the Han generals who fled with them should be beheaded, on the grounds that there was a fierce battle going on in Zhuozhou City, but you brought people back with them, and the crime should not be forgiven.

According to Dolgon's analysis, Zhuozhou City was only a city gate that was breached, but there were still more than 10,000 elite Duoduo and more than 10,000 Mongolian soldiers in the city, and they would definitely be able to resist for a while. On his side, there were more than 10,000 Qing troops with white flags and blue flags, more than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, and more than 20,000 Han Eight Banners. If they could hold out for a while, the soldiers and horses he led would surround the Kiln Gang from the outside and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Dolgon was a little confused at this time, but Shubel Amin still had a clear mind, and he persuaded: "Regent, the situation is unknown now, we must be cautious in sending troops!" ”

"There is nothing unclear, Duoduo is leading our warriors in a bloody battle with the Yaogang people in Zhuozhou. If we don't help, the consequences will be very dangerous! Let's go! "Dorgon is in a hurry now.

Geng Zhongming, the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, also boldly stepped forward and said, "The regent should be calm! We all know that the army of Yaogang people is fighting with Li Zicheng in Henan, but why did they suddenly appear in Zhuozhou City. Even if they weren't in Henan, they were all staying in Shanxi, and when they heard the news of our entry into the customs, and then got the report of the Ming court, they would not have delayed for a moment and immediately set up troops to come, and they would not have arrived here so quickly. Could it be that they knew in advance that we were going to come in, and they knew our route of march, so they laid an ambush in advance? But if they could, they wouldn't have waited for us to sweep through the periphery of Beijing. So we still have to figure out the situation before making a decision! ”

Although this Geng Zhongming is the leader of the Han army, the reason why this Geng Zhongming can talk to Dolgon like this is because he is not an ordinary person on the Manchu side.

Geng Zhongming was born in 1604 in Gaizhouwei, Liaodong, and was originally a subordinate of Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty. After Mao Wenlong's death, Geng Zhongming was transferred to the command of Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Shandong. Later, he crossed the sea with Kong Youde and defected to the Manchu Dynasty. At that time, he was awarded the commander-in-chief by Huang Taiji. Later, it was awarded to the king of Huaishun. The Manchu Qing Dynasty fought against the Ming Dynasty and Korea, and Geng Zhongming followed the troops. According to the original history, Geng Zhongming was a great contributor to following Dolgon into Guandingding Beijing. Together with Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, they are known as the three feudatories of the early Qing Dynasty.

Although Geng Zhongming's words made sense, Dolgon's heart to save his brother was that he couldn't listen to these words anymore.

Dorgon said, "You may be right. But I know that if I don't go to Zhuozhou City now, our 20,000 Manmeng brothers will be finished. Let's not discuss this matter anymore. Immediately issued an order, informed Yongqing's army, and marched towards Zhuozhou together. ”

It was useless for everyone to persuade them, so they had to bazhou and abandoned the city before they had time to loot it, and the team went straight to Zhuozhou City.

Jiang Jian didn't expect Dolgon to come so soon. Hearing the news that the Manchu brigade came to support, Jiang Jian was overjoyed, and said I was about to find you, but you sent it to the door yourself. The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions were ordered to leave Zhuozhou City, one to the south and the other to the north. The 3rd Division was left to defend the city together with the cavalry division of the Datong Frontier Army.

After receiving the news that Zhuozhou had been breached, Dolgon drove troops to Zhuozhou to rush to the rescue. But when they arrived at Zhuozhou City, the fighting in Zhuozhou had already subsided. When they came to the outside of Zhuozhou, they saw smoke from the large pyre outside the city where the bodies were burned. The burnt smell is still pungent.

When Dolgon heard that the city was full of Mongol soldiers who had not escaped from the city, he knew in his heart that his brother Duoduo must be more than lucky. But the army had already arrived, and saw the city of Zhuozhou, which was closed at the gate. Dolgon said in his heart: "The soldiers of Yaogang are also afraid of our army. But why were they wiped out so quickly? ”

At this time, Jiang Jian in the city came to show weakness again. Niu Lu, a captive Qing soldier he sent, negotiated with Dolgon on the terms that as long as they withdrew with their troops, the Yaogang people would return Duoduo's body to them. Otherwise, they will feed the dogs with the head of Dord.

When Dolgon heard that his brother Dordor had died, he wept bitterly, scolded the kiln people, vowed to fight the kiln people to the end, and resolutely refused to withdraw from the army. It's getting late today, and besides, an order has been issued to the army on the east side, informing them to go to Zhuozhou together and fight the Yaogang people to the end. Tomorrow their team arrives together, and the strength will be stronger. Let these kilnmen pay for their lives to Dordor and them. Dolgon secretly made up his mind to capture Zhuozhou City this time, and the people and soldiers in the city would be killed without leaving any of them.

Judging from the fact that the kiln people asked them to withdraw their troops, the strength of the kiln people will not be too much. It's getting late today, and tomorrow the siege begins.

Fortunately, the camp of the Han Eight Banners outside the east gate of Zhuozhou City had not yet had time to be demolished. Some of them lived in the original camp, and the others, fearing that the Yaogang people would escape, lived outside the other three city gates.

Of course, fearing a sneak attack by the Kiln Workers, Dorgon ordered the horses to be sent out from afar to keep guard. Dolgon's army was very tired from the rapid attack, and they knew that tomorrow would be a bloody battle, and they all rested early.

However, at midnight, there was a sudden explosion in the camp outside the east gate of Zhuozhou City, and then the mortar shells on the east wall of Zhuozhou City also fell in groups in this camp. The camp was suddenly on fire, the war horses in the camp were burned in a mess, and the soldiers were burned and cried for their fathers and mothers.

Dolgon and his generals had finished discussing tomorrow's affairs when they had just fallen asleep when they were awakened by the sound of explosions and cries. The soldiers came to report that there had been an explosion in the camp at the East Gate, and that they had been shelled, and that the soldiers living in the White Banner and the Eight Banners of Mongolia in the camp at the East Gate had suffered numerous casualties.

Dolgon gritted his teeth and ordered the battalions and horses living outside to rush to the rescue.

However, the cavalry who went out of the camp to rescue were suddenly attacked by the Yaogang cavalry, and the cavalry of the Yaogang people suddenly rushed close by taking advantage of the night, and the weapons in their hands were fired indiscriminately, and they cried and shouted for their mothers, and before they could react how to respond, they suddenly retreated and went away.

The soldiers in the surrounding camps were attacked as soon as they left the camp, and in the end, the soldiers of the various battalions had to hide in the camp and did not dare to come out. Dolgon was even more confused, not knowing how many people there were. If there are many of them, they should concentrate on fighting them, and they will not use this kind of harassment tactics, not much, they have defenders in the city, and there are many troops outside the city to harass them. However, although the Yaogang people carried out an attack outside the city, the damage to the soldiers of each battalion was not small, and they could kill hundreds of them every time they attacked and charged. Their firearms are so powerful that you can't even see where they are, and a bunch of bullets can kill several people.

Until dawn, Dolgon and the others found that the Yaogang people were no longer harassing, and a brief count showed that the total casualties of the Zhengbai Banner and the Mongol soldiers in the eastern camp were more than 3,000. This is the absolute workhorse in Dorgon's hands. At dawn, the kiln gang people hung out a human head on the east gate tower. Inform them that it was the head of Thobereth and tell them that if they did not withdraw from the army, they would take it and feed it to the dogs when it was dry.

Dolgon's anger was like thunder, and he ordered the meal to be opened quickly, and the siege began after breakfast.

Both Sobel Amin and Geng Zhongming advised Dolgon to wait, and the soldiers and horses of the eastern road arrived together to attack the city. But Dorgon, who had lost his mind, could no longer listen to the advice of others. Stick to the siege.

This time, Dolgon also wanted to use the advantage of artillery fire against the kiln people. But he didn't know that his little artillery fire was nothing compared to the kiln people.

Dolgon wanted to concentrate artillery fire on the east gate of Zhuozhou City. However, the kiln men had already seen their artillery's every move with binoculars on the city gate. As soon as they set up the cannons, the artillerymen of the kiln men spoke first. After a simple rifle, the shells quickly covered their artillery positions. Their artillery and artillery were blown up everywhere, and the ** box behind them was also on fire, causing a martyrdom.

At this time, Dorgon did not care about anything, and ordered the soldiers to attack with the wagon. The brave Manchurian warriors and Mongol warriors, plus the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, lived up to Dolgon's expectations, and although many people were shot and killed by the Yaogang people in the first attack, the wagons they were pushing still knocked the east gate open. This greatly boosted the morale of the Manchu allied army, and they rushed into the city with a shout. But at this time, Geng Zhongming ran over to Dolgon and said, "Regent, it's not good. Just now, the soldiers who escaped from Zhuozhou City said that when we entered this east gate, there was an urn city inside. They rushed in, and there was more than luck. ”

Listening to Geng Zhongming's words, Dolgon suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, how could he attack the city without thinking about such a simple matter, he was in a mess. He knew he had lost. The cuts that are being done now are all directed by the kiln gang people. Whether it is to show weakness or to provoke oneself with Duoduo's head, it is an arrangement made by the kiln gang people in advance. An obvious sleeve has just gotten into it on its own. But now it's too late to understand.

The soldiers who rushed into the urn city immediately noticed that the situation was not good, but none of the soldiers who followed up did not want to stay in the hole of the city gate, and squeezed inside. Seeing that they couldn't squeeze out, the soldiers who entered the urn city had no choice but to rush to the inner city gate. However, Jiang Jiao on Weng City, when he saw that the enemy troops who came in were almost gone, immediately gave an order to throw firewood and grass into the urn city. The soldiers couldn't wait for a long time, and threw bundles of firewood and grass into the urn city. The soldiers inside the urn city noticed that it was not good and immediately rushed outside. However, several heavy machine guns opened fire on the gate tower. The metal barrage killed the soldiers who rushed to the city gate in front of the city gate, and soon, the corpses were piled up into a hill. At the same time, the soldiers of the kiln on the hum city threw torches into the urn city. Someone opened the safety of the fierce fire oil cannonball and threw it into the urn city with his hand. For a while, the inside of the urn city was formed, like purgatory.

Dolgon, who was fighting outside the city, saw the red light inside the city and knew that he had been deceived. He desperately commanded his soldiers to attack the city. Now the firepower of the soldiers guarding the kiln guard in the city has suddenly become fierce. Their attacking soldiers couldn't get close to the walls at all. It turned out that the people of Fangcai Yaogang deliberately did not fully exert their firepower, in order to lure them into the urn city. If the Yaogang people had used such fierce firepower as they were now, they would not have been able to storm the city gates. It seems that the strategy of the kiln gang people is one link after another.

At this time, Sobel Amin came and persuaded Dolgon, "Regent, we must not fight any more. Without artillery, we would not have been able to attack the city. If the kiln workers outside the city and the kiln people in the city cooperate with us, it will be dangerous to suffer from the enemy. ”

Geng Zhongming also came over and said: "Regent, our preparations for the siege of the city are not sufficient, and we have committed a taboo in the soldiers, let's take a step back and talk about it!" ”

Dolgon gritted his teeth and said, "From now on, there will be those who retreat to shake the hearts of the army." After waiting for the people from the east to come, they will attack the city together. ”

Dolgon knew in his heart that he couldn't fight like this now, but if he retreated now, he would have to retreat to Liaodong. It's hard to say whether there will be a chance to come back in the future. If you go back like this, the possibility of seizing power and ascending the throne will be even more slim. So he can't go back now. The only hope is that there are still tens of thousands of people on the east side, and when they arrive, the strength will be stronger, and maybe they can fight the Yaogang people.

But just after noon, another piece of news came that frightened Dolgon. Kong Youde, who was the most active in approaching them, led the Zhenghong Banner on the way to be plundered by the Yaogang cavalry, and the entire team was broken off by the waist, with five or six thousand dead and wounded.

To be able to kill and wound five or six thousand people in a single raid is simply terrifying. Plundering is a unique tactic of the Mongols, which is a tactic that takes advantage of the rapid mobility of cavalry and makes a sudden attack and hit-and-run. Now it is used by the kiln people. Besides, that Kong Youde is not an ordinary person, can he suffer such a big loss? It's unbelievable, how many people are there in the kiln, and what tactics are they? Dolgon didn't understand, but there was one thing Dolgon understood, and that was that if he didn't leave, he might not be able to leave.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".