Chapter 57 Kong Youde desperately rushed to help, and the two traitors were both arrested

To say that this Kong Youde with the Zhenghong Banner of the Han Eight Banners is really not an ordinary person, he and Geng Zhongming of the Zhenghuang Banner were originally Mao Wenlong's subordinates, and later crossed the sea together to defect to the Manchu Dynasty. A very important reason for their surrender to the Manchus was that Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan.

This Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming followed Mao Wenlong to resist the Qing Dynasty and attacked Liaoyang and Shenyang, although their military discipline was not flattering, but they were killed, which really made it difficult for the heroes to calm down. But this shouldn't be a reason to be a traitor!

If you want to say that you can do the ultimate in being a traitor, it is Fan Wencheng, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi. They were stunned to help the Manchu Qing and beat down the entire Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, with tens of thousands of horses and horses in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how could they deal with a large country with a population of 200 million.

According to the original history, compared with Geng Zhongming, this Kong Youde's fate is really miserable. Kong Youde was later besieged by Li Dingguo in Guilin, committed suicide in defeat, and was crushed by Li Dingguo, leaving him dead without a place to be buried. It was too late for him to repent, and he said to his son, "Spare yourself and become a novice." Don't follow the example of your father's life as a thief, and the end will be today's ear. "A man is about to die, but his words are good. But his son was not spared.

If you want to talk about war, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde are both fierce generals, otherwise they would not have received special attention from the Manchus.

The East Road army was led by Huang Taiji's eldest son, Haoge, and they set out from Jizhou and headed north, aiming at Tianjin Wei. Hauge and Dolgon's fight for the throne, although he has fallen behind, but he is still not convinced, and he doesn't want to lose to Dolgon on the battlefield, so this way, Hauge is not looking down on the Han Eight Banner Army, he personally took the yellow flag, the yellow flag, and the blue flag soldiers, all the way to the front.

Along the way, they divided their troops and swept Wuqing, Ninghe and other places along the way, and the front army had arrived in front of Tianjin Wei, and they had to wait for the large group to come immediately, and then began to attack Tianjin Wei.

At this time, Kong Youde, who was behind the Han Eight Banners, first received an order from Dolgon to rush to Zhuozhou City for a battle. It is said that Kong Youde should discuss with Haoge before going to Zhuozhou City. But Kong Youde didn't look at the politeness he usually saw when he saw Haoge, but he didn't take him seriously at all in his heart. Kong Youde knew that sooner or later the power of the Manchu Qing would belong to Dolgon. Therefore, he ordered the signal corps to continue to move forward, informed Haug Dolgon's order, and he took the Han army to drop the baggage with the red flag, and quickly rushed to Zhuozhou City. He knew that this was the time to show loyalty, and that Haug would blame himself in the future, and there was nothing Dolgon could do to stand in his way.

Because they were traveling too fast along the way, the line was too long. However, Kong Youde, like all the generals of the Manchu Qing coalition, felt that no Ming army dared to provoke them. So they didn't have to worry about being attacked. But on this great plain, the 1st Division of the 4th Cavalry Army of Yaogang was just like the lions lying in ambush on the side of the road with their mouths wide open, and they were about to pounce on them and bite them fiercely.

The 1st Cavalry Division went south, and the 2nd Cavalry Division went north, and went out of the city on Jiang Pin's orders. Jiang Yan was a real professional soldier, and he knew that with the firearms of the kiln gang, leaving two divisions to guard Zhuozhou City was completely rich, and the cavalry could not play much role in the city. So he ordered two divisions to go out of the city, and the second cavalry division to the north and then turn back, to use the rapid maneuver and superior firepower of the cavalry to constantly harass the besieging opponents and provoke them. Only they are prone to make mistakes when provoked. After the 1st Cavalry Division went south, it had to be on guard to the east, because there were still many Manchu troops in the east. Jiang asked them to wait for an opportunity to harass and attack the enemy who came with reinforcements on the way.

A cavalry division moved too big a target, so after daybreak, the men and horses of the 1st Cavalry Division hid behind a mound overgrown with bushes. A lot of scouts were sent out to the east to reconnoiter the situation. It was also God who took special care of them, and the horses reported that there was a long, long line of cavalry coming along the road from east to west.

The commander of the 1st Cavalry Division immediately called the three regiment commanders over. The map of the front was drawn on the ground, combat missions were assigned. The three regiment commanders, after listening to the task, clapped their hands with joy. After assigning the task, the division commander said: "Whether this battle can be fought well depends on whether everyone's level of concealment is good." ”

The head of the regiment said: "Don't worry! Teachers. The war horses used by our cavalry are all one out of a hundred miles and have undergone long-term training. Besides, our cavalry is not given for nothing, they know how to keep their horses silent. ”

"Alright! Let's talk about it on the battlefield. Hurry up! The division commander said.

Three cavalry regiments, divided into three sections, lay in ambush on the side of the road.

The road ahead was basically east-west, and the cavalry division was ambushed on the south side of the road.

Kong Youde led a large group of men and horses, and after a night of rapid marching, the horses and people were very tired. But Kong Youde just let the team rest for a while when it was in the sky, and then let everyone hurry again. The tired queue was long. Kong Youde led the team to the front, and he was also a little drowsy.

Suddenly, behind him remembered the fierce sound of gunfire and the sound of horses' hooves like the wind. He had never heard such gunshots, but he had heard them described by others.

Of the three regiments of the cavalry division, the first regiment was ambushed in the far west, and they were responsible for observing and waiting for the enemy's vanguard to pass before attacking, so as to cut off the enemy's ranks.

The commander of the first regiment saw that the enemy in front of him was almost over, and with a wave of his hand, several air-cooled heavy machine guns set up on the earthen hill opened fire. Hearing the gunshots, the cavalry of the kiln gang also opened fire together, and when the enemy was panicking, the cavalry rushed to the road with their war horses and faced off with the red banner cavalry. In peacetime, the cavalry of the Red Banner Han Army also made repeated achievements. Many of them were Mao Wenlong's original subordinates, and they surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, and it can be said that they have been in battle for a long time. But what's the use of this, in the face of the bullets fired by the kiln people, they were still beaten off their horses one by one. The saber in their hands is simply a ridiculous toy. It only took a few minutes, and on the section of the road that was ambushed by the Yaogang cavalry, there were no Red Banner soldiers sitting on horses. But what made Kong Youde feel terrified was that the people of Yaogang said that it was an ambush and plunder, but they fought calmly, and after the battle, they even caught the scattered war horses before retreating north. Kong Youde: Without them, no one dared to come to support. A soldier beside him asked him: "Lord Wang, when the people of Yaogang left, what did they do by cutting off the thighs of the dead horses on the ground and taking them away?" ”

The pro-soldiers called Kong Youde the prince because in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde was awarded the king of Gongshun by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Hearing this question, Kong Youde, who was smoking from his nostrils, waved his hand and whipped the fool with a horse whip, and said, "Fool, they are going back to eat horse meat!" "The people of Yaogang fought this battle, and they didn't forget to take some horse meat with them, and they didn't take the war seriously. This disregard for them made Kong Youde very angry.

The Yaogang cavalry walked away, and Kong Youde found that his long line had been ambushed for three sections. If you ask again, there are probably five or six thousand dead and wounded. This made Kong Youde, who rolled out of the pile of dead people, also feel a chill in his back. The kiln people are too powerful, I used to hear people say how powerful the kiln people are, and I still don't believe it, but today I can be regarded as knowledge. If it weren't for the Yaogang people who wanted to cut off their own team and let go of the troops in front, it would be difficult for them to escape this catastrophe. However, what he reported to Dorgon was that he had been attacked by the Kiln Gang people, and they had fled after the battle, and he himself had not sent men to catch up. He can't say that he didn't dare to support the cavalry when he watched the kiln people pack up their own cavalry.

Just after noon, when Kong Youde rushed to the outside of Zhuozhou City with his men and horses, Dolgon briefly asked about the situation and said to Kong Youde: "You can't rest now, you have to retreat immediately." Otherwise, you won't be able to leave. ”

"What? Retreat now. Kong Youde's head was big, "Regent, we walked for a day yesterday, and we received an order last night, and we didn't stop rushing here all night." Is there still a place to go? ”

"Obey the King!" Dolgon looked at Kong Youde and said, "I know the situation, you are so loyal and desperate to come, this king sees it. But now is not the time to talk about this, none of us can go without leaving. ”

Kong Youde held back tears and nodded, "Just have the word regent!" When the time comes, when Haugbel blames, the regent will bear more! ”

"Don't worry! There's me in him he can't do anything to you. "You have come by my command," said Dorgon, "and it is my fault that there is a mistake." Hurry up and organize the brothers to go! Otherwise, it's too late! ”

Jiang Jian saw from Zhuozhou City that Dolgon was about to retreat, so he first sent a telegram to Li Wei, and then to the two cavalry divisions outside the city.

Dolgon's retreat was also the first to take the lead, leaving behind to cover Geng Zhongming's Han Eight Banners and Yellow Banners. But Kong Youde's team really couldn't command, and many of them were paralyzed on the ground and fell asleep, kicking and kicking. The anxious Kong Youde whipped them with a whip and wept himself.

At this time, Geng Zhongming came over to persuade Kong Youde and said, "Brother, let's go!" Go as much as you can. ”

Kong Youde said: "If all the brothers had died in battle, I would not have been so sad. They were killed by the kiln gang people like this, and I am sorry for them! ”

"Someone! Hurry up and send King Gongshun away! Geng Zhongming knew he had to go.

Someone pulled a carriage, pushed and dragged Kong Youde into the carriage, and quickly whipped away. Kong Youde fell asleep in the carriage.

When Jiang Yan led people out of the city, he saw that there were many soldiers with the Han Eight Banners and the Red Flag outside the city, and he saw that this was a soldier who rushed to help, and he couldn't walk anymore. Jiang Ji asked people to collect all their weapons. Circle them in a camp and let them rest. At the same time, people boiled a lot of porridge, and if they could eat, let them drink some porridge.

Jiang Hui personally chased out with two cavalry divisions.

Not far after they chased out, they encountered the interception of the defensive line formed by more than 2,000 cavalry left by Geng Zhongming. Jiang Hui ordered a platoon of mortars to be fired, and while they were in a panic, the cavalry went directly over and drowned them. Two thousand cavalry there were opponents of the two Yaogang cavalry divisions. However, after chasing not far away, he was intercepted by more than 2,000 people. Jiang Jian understood that this was the time for the opponent to exchange their lives for a large group of men and horses to escape.

This time, Jiang ordered two divisions to bypass both sides of their interception position, leaving a cavalry regiment to clean up the dead cavalry.

Just as Jiang Zhuang commanded two divisions and continued the pursuit, there was a fierce burst of gunfire in front, followed by the rumbling sound of horses' hooves. Jiang Zhu judged that the 1st Cavalry Division or the 2nd Cavalry Division had intercepted the opponent. There was no time to contact with the radio, so Jiang Jian commanded the team to rush over.

In front was the 2nd Cavalry Division, which received an order from the Manchu army to retreat and let them pursue directly to the east, and immediately went into action. Jiang Jian's order to them was to pursue and harass their opponents, and not to fight them hard.

They pursued all the way east, and finally caught up with the team behind the broken yellow flag of the Han Eight Banners. Seeing the fleeing Zhenghuang Banner pulling a long line, they chased after it from the north of the Zhenghuang Banner, and then suddenly went south, cutting off half of the Zhenghuang Banner team.

The gunshots they heard were exactly what they shot. Jiang Jian and them rushed over, just in time to cooperate with them, and quickly cleaned up the intercepted team. Geng Zhongming in front wanted to turn back to rescue, but when he saw the Yaogang cavalry of the brigade catching up behind, they had no choice but to turn around and run away.

When Jiang Jian saw the commander of the Second Cavalry Division, he scolded, "You little rabbit!" Didn't I tell you not to fight hard, just attack and harass? You're greedy to take such a big bite today, if we don't catch up, you'll have to fight with them. ”

The division commander knew that he was a little greedy, but he still explained: "General Jiang, you are angry. I don't want to see them run away. So I want to eat more, and besides, even if they come back from the past, they won't take much advantage of it. ”

"If we are desperate around them, we will surround them under the city of Zhuozhou. You bastard, we are not in a hurry to exchange casualties for their lives. Even if we all let it go, we can't have casualties. Jiang Pai said, "Mr. Zhang said, now is not the time to destroy them all, just seriously injure them." Besides, there is Li Wei outside and they are blocking them, we must not fight with them. ”

The commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division did not dare to speak anymore. The soldiers came over and reported that more than 8,000 Zhenghuang Banner cavalry had been killed this time, and that more than 10,000 Zhenghuang Banner soldiers had been eliminated by the two Zhenghuang Banner cavalry who intercepted the Yaogang people behind the palace. Jiang Zhuang ordered to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible.

Looking at the corpses all over the battlefield, Jiang Jian was a little excited. These fallen to the ground were Han Chinese, who died for the Manchus and Mongols. It's really not worth it, but it can't be done without killing them, they are already part of the Manchus.

At this time, the signal corps sent a telegram to Jiang Jiao. Jiang Jian saw that it was sent by the first division, and it turned out that the first division followed the cavalry team with the white flag.

Jiang ordered a telegram to be sent to the 1st Division, telling him that he was only allowed to harass and attack the enemy, and that he was not allowed to fight hard.

After the 1st Cavalry Division ambushed the Han Eight Banners with the Red Banner, they ran far away to find a place, buried the pot to cook horse meat, and ate something good. While resting here, he suddenly received a telegram from the Manchu brigade that they were about to retreat and asked them to follow the attack.

They immediately chased the whole team to the east, and on the way they crossed the team of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners of the Palace, and pursued them in parallel with their team, until they caught up with the White Banner Brigade led by Dolgon. So they immediately sent the situation to Jiang Ting. However, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division didn't expect Jiang Ji to give them the order not to attack desperately, which made him very dissatisfied when he was about to do a big job. However, looking at the enemy who was fleeing for their lives in a hurry, he definitely couldn't just let them go. Thinking of Jiang Ping's repeated reminders, the commander of the First Division turned the original idea of cutting off the enemy's waist to cutting off one of the enemy's tails.

The first division left one regiment to deal with the Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty that followed behind, and the other two regiments suddenly attacked the long cavalry team of the White Banner, and the entire rear tail was cut off. The white flag was Dolgon's housekeeping capital, and he was usually arrogant and ruthless, but he was suddenly hit by a sudden blow when he fled in a hurry, and the team was suddenly disrupted by the 1st Cavalry Division. The 1st Cavalry Division cut off the team of the positive white flag, so it rolled back and surrounded the rear of the brigade, and the cavalry of the positive white flag, which had no power to fight back at all, was quickly mixed together, and the kiln cavalry was knocked off the horse one by one with automatic rifles.

Dolgon, who was galloping with the men and horses in front, wanted to go back to the rescue, but Amin said, "Lord Regent, if you go back now, you won't be able to come back." ”

Dorgon had no choice but to flee eastward.

At this time, Hauge on the East Road also fled in the direction of the wall ridge and scolded Dorgon.

When they received the news that Dolgon had ordered him to drop everything and rush to Zhuozhou City to fight a decisive battle with the Yaogang people, Hauge began to curse Dolgon. When he heard that the Han army behind him was under the leadership of Kong Youde and had set off for Zhuozhou City, he was even more angry. He scolded: "Kong Youde, you dog minion." Now I give you face, you don't have to be ashamed, and I don't even give face. One day I'm going to let you know what happens if you offend me. ”

But scolding and scolding, he could not fail to carry out Dorgon's commands. Therefore, Haoge rectified the 10,000 cavalry of the 10,000 Zhenghuang Banner and the cavalry of the 10,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, and advanced to Zhuozhou City. But they were halfway through when they received an order from Dolgon, ordering them to retreat towards the Ridge of the Wall. Hauge knew that Dorgon had been defeated, otherwise he wouldn't have fled. Hauge scolded Dolgon again, the fortunes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are all ruined in the hands of you, a dog. But Hauge knew that it was useless to scold now, as long as he could escape back to Shengjing and Shenyang this time, he could use this opportunity to completely defeat Dolgon. Hauge also knew that if he didn't escape in time, he would probably not be able to go back. Because they are currently in the territory of the Ming Dynasty after all, the Ming army can't fight, but it's an expert in picking up cheap. They relied on the large number of people, and it was easy to drown them out when the generals were discouraged. Hauge still doesn't know how powerful the Kiln Gang people are, let alone that their deadly threat is the Kiln Gang people.

It didn't take much effort for the 1st Cavalry Division to wipe out the 5,000 white flag cavalry that had stopped. Before they had time to clean up the battlefield, the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Eight Banners behind them rushed over under the leadership of Geng Zhongming. They are going to run for their lives. But it was a cavalry regiment that stopped them, and the light and heavy machine guns they set up mercilessly knocked down their men and horses. Seeing that the soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner and the Han Banner who couldn't rush over, they suddenly separated and ran away from the north and south. Most of the people in the 1st Cavalry Division were cleaning the battlefield, and they didn't care about the Han banner soldiers who ran away. But they stopped one of their wagons head-on. In addition to pulling the baggage, there was also a carriage that pulled the sleepy Kong Youde. The soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division found it strange when they found a person specially pulling a person on a carriage. After asking the coachman who was driving the car, I learned that this was Kong Youde, the obedient king of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This Kong Youde was pulled out of the car by the kiln soldiers only to find out that the big thing was not good, and at this time Kong Youde was also sober. The arrogant Prince Kong Youde took out a jade pendant from his body and handed it to the kiln soldiers, begging the kiln soldiers to let him go. But the soldiers gathered around him and laughed, and no one paid any attention to him. The commander of the cavalry division came over and said, "Hurry up and tie him up, don't let him escape." "The cavalry division commander knew that Kong Youde was a serious offender in the imperial court, and he was indispensable for all the Manchu Qing Dynasty entry and looting. He also had him in the attack on North Korea.

At this time, the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield found that a war horse was pressing a man's leg. Looking at the clothing and armor again, they could see that the man whose right leg was pressed by the horse must not be an ordinary person. The soldiers pulled him up and asked the captured Zhenghuang Banner soldiers, only to know that the person who had his right leg crushed by the war horse was Geng Zhongming.

The commander of the 1st Cavalry Division heard that he had captured two Han princes from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in this battle, and knew that he had made a great contribution this time. immediately sent a telegram to Jiang Pai in the back, and Jiang Pai heard the news, and suddenly he couldn't believe it. He didn't dare to send a telegram to Yaogang immediately, but hurried over with his men and horses, and saw these two guys with his own eyes, so he sent a telegram to Yaogang.

Zhang Zhimu and Yan Boju were inside the command center, looking at the map and studying Jiang Jian and Li Wei's progress. The Acting King and the King of Zhou came to the command center. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly invited the two princes to the command hall.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't ask, the two princes are concerned about the war ahead." Let's sit in this command hall! ”

The king said, "Yes! I really can't sit still. I discussed it with Zhou Wangyi, and I don't bother you anymore. We can't stand it anymore. ”

"Oops! Don't talk about anything that doesn't bother you. Zhang Zhimu said, "The two princes can come over at any time if they want to." We have a lot of people here, so we can join in the fun if we have nothing to do. ”

Zhang Zhimu reported the current battle situation in Beizhili (Zhongshu Province) to the two princes in combination with the map.

At this time, the battle on Ningde's side also began. The Mongols began their attacks on Jiayuguan and Xining. While everyone was studying the battle situation in front of a large map of the west, the staff officer sent a telegram.

Zhang Zhimu took the telegram and looked at it, and shouted happily: "General Jiang Jian has made a great contribution!" They captured Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde alive! Zhang Zhimu knew that this was a famous traitor.

"What?" The acting king asked, came over and took the telegram from Zhang Zhimu's hand, glanced at it, and said, "Oh my God! These two brutes finally have today. They are more hateful than the Manchus, and they should have been scraped by all thousands. After speaking, he said to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhang Dongjia, don't let them go!" ”

"Zhang Dongjia, I have a suggestion," said King Zhou, "we should send a favor to the emperor, and send Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde to the imperial court." ”

After listening to this, Zhang Zhimu nodded and said, "Good idea!" We don't have to bother to get them back. ”

The acting king sighed and said, "Speaking of this, there is also a reason for it. If Yuan Chonghuan hadn't killed Mao Wenlong, they wouldn't have been able to vote for the Manchus. But then again. They voted for the Manchus, and they shouldn't have come back to harm us Han people. Even the Han people who caused the Han people to harm the Han people were no worse than the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Sin deserves death! ”

Zhang Zhimu ordered: "Send a telegram to General Jiang Jian immediately to congratulate them on their achievements." At the same time admonish them. Don't let Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde escape. ”

Li Wei, who was outside the Great Wall, received a telegram from Jiang Pai and knew that the Manchu allied forces had begun to retreat. Li Wei let out a sigh of relief and said, "Brothers, it's our turn. Let's go! ”

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