Chapter 680: Where to Run
Soon after Yishuo Pingcheng was captured and slaughtered, Ma Zhenyang, a son of the Ma family who had left the city one step earlier, found his father Ma Kun and Datong Patrol Imperial Shi Ding Qirui in Yulin Weiyun Right Fort, which was more than 100 miles away to the west.
Ding Qirui couldn't believe his ears when he heard the news, but in the face of Ma Zhenyang's plea for help and help, he didn't dare to lead the army to the east to rescue.
Just kidding, Jianlu and the Mongolian army are known as 200,000, and they are pouring into the pass from killing Hukou, not to mention that Ding Qirui has no ability to turn the tide, even if he gives him another hundred guts, he doesn't dare to avenge the Ma family at this time!
In the face of the bitter pleading of Ma Kun Ma Zhenyang's father and son, Ding Qirui sent Ma Zhenyang back to the vicinity of Youwei to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, he collected the troops of the guard in the Yulinwei, Weiyuanwei, and Pingyuwei forts along the Datong West Road.
Two days later, Ma Zhenyang rushed back to Yunyoubao again over the mountains and mountains, and reported to Ding Qirui, Ma Kun and others about the tragic situation in Shuoping, as well as the situation of Jianlu and the Mongol army in Datong and the Datong Basin.
After finishing speaking, Ma Kun and Ma Zhenyang's father and son hugged their heads and cried, and the soldiers of the Ma family from Shuoping City, the right guard of Datong, were all facing the east, kneeling and crying.
Ding Qirui swore for a while that he would avenge the people of Datong's Right Guard, but he stopped Ma Kun and his son, who were about to go to the army of Jianyu Zheng Blue Banner desperately.
Fortunately, there is a Guanshui Mountain between the castle along the Datong West Road and the hinterland of Datong, and the Jianlu and the Mongol army are eager to attack Datong and Xuanfu in the east, so no one cares about them, so they are preserved on the west side of Guanshu Mountain.
Now that a month has passed, the troops that can be summoned by the border guards along the west road of Datong Town have also been gathered together, and in the face of the repeated requests for war from the Ma family's father and son and the Ma family's soldiers, Ding Qirui is also unable to drag it out.
And Ding Qirui also learned the news of Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition from the correspondence with Wang Jiazheng, the imperial history of the Shanxi town supervisor who was sitting on the front line of Ningwu Pass, which made him also restless.
As the patrol who supervises the defense of Datong West Road, whether it is killing Hukou or Datong right guard, it is his defense area!
He left on the front foot, and within a few days, Jianyu broke through the border from the killing of Hukou, how much responsibility did he, the patrol who led the defense of the battle, have a clear understanding in his heart!
Now that the emperor has come to Juyongguan to defend against the enemy, the troops of Datong Town, Xuanfu Town, and Shanxi Town are cowering, or they have merits and faults, and the emperor will soon be able to find out.
Therefore, in the past few days, Ding Qirui has sent several sentry spies in a row, and went east to Guanshuo Mountain to inquire about the news of the right guard, Pingyu and Shuozhou.
Therefore, Sun Chuanting and He Shiyu rushed out of Ningwu Pass with their cavalry and surrounded Shuozhou City, which entered Ding Qirui's ears.
Ding Qirui had heard of the strength of the Yansui army under Sun Chuanting, and the chances of winning with such an army were much higher.
Therefore, on the morning of November 24, Ding Qirui swore an oath to march eastward at Yunyoubao in Yulinwei, and rushed to Shuozhou with 1,500 Ma family children and soldiers in the Zhenshuo battalion led by Makun Ma Zhenyang and his son.
At noon, near the Acropolis of Pingyu, which had been burned and looted by Jianguo, he encountered the Mongolian cavalry of Wu Basheng's headquarters and the brigade of vehicles and horses such as Shengkou and other troops who were going north.
Ding Qirui hesitated and didn't dare to fight, but Ma Kun Ma Zhenyang father and son, but Chao Siwei wanted to wait for this day for a long time.
Seeing the men and horses of Wu Basheng's subordinates who were in a hurry to the north, they rushed out desperately and blocked the way of these people.
Fifteen hundred men, all dressed in linen and wearing filial piety, stopped at the entrance of the valley, faced the repeated onslaught of thousands of Mongol cavalry, although they suffered heavy casualties, but they fought to the death.
Immediately afterwards, Ding Qirui had no choice but to send orders to all the more than 5,000 soldiers of the three guards on Datong West Road who had been recruited with great difficulty.
In this way, in the early afternoon of the same day, Sun Chuanting's cavalry under He Shiyu defeated the cavalry after Mu Ketan's break, and once again caught up with the brigade led by Wu Basheng and Erke Chuhuer.
Seeing that it was difficult to pass through the valley at the eastern foot of Guanshui Mountain, Wu Basheng, Erke Chuhuer, and Muktan led their troops into the nearby Pingyu Acropolis.
After Sun Chuanting and Ding Qirui met, the two joined forces to surround the already dilapidated Acropolis of Pingyuwei.
In the evening of the same day, Li Banghua, the minister of military aircraft, took Wang Guoliang and led the army of Shanxi Town, and finally arrived near the Acropolis of Pingyuwei.
With the arrival of the army led by Li Banghua and Wang Guoliang, more than 27,000 Ming troops gathered around the Pingyu Acropolis, and finally had an overwhelming numerical advantage in front of the Jianyu and Mongolia led by Wu Basheng, Mu Ketan and others.
Because of this, the morale of the Ming soldiers suddenly rose.
The next morning, that is, on the morning of November 25, the second year of Chongzhen, the wind that had been blowing all night stopped, but the weather was still cold.
Lu Yuanding, who made contributions to the suppression of bandits in Shennanyu and succeeded Li Bei as the general of the mine battalion, lined up the thirty Chongzhen one-type smoothbore mother guns, that is, the improved Franc machine guns, which were carried by the army, and aimed at the already crumbling city wall of the Pingyu Acropolis.
Ma Kun Ma Zhenyang father and son led the few remaining Zhenshuo camp Ma family soldiers to rush in again, followed by Sun Chuanting, He Shiyu, Liu Honglie led the Yansui Town cavalry to rush in, and then the tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Shanxi Town army under Wang Guoliang.
The fierce battle in the Pingyu Acropolis lasted from morning to noon, and more than 1,000 Jurchen pigtailed soldiers trapped in the city were all killed, and as many as 6,000 Mongolian cavalry were killed or surrendered, Muktan and Wu Basheng were killed in battle, and the former Chahar Akhtumen Gushan Wanhu Erke Chuhuer led the rest of the Mongol cavalry of Monan to surrender.
In addition, more than 8,600 young and strong men of the Han people captured and taken away by the Jianlu and Mongolian cavalry became one of Sun Chuanting's trophies in this battle.
And Ning Wanme, the big traitor who has been following Mu Ketan and Wu Ba Sheng's army since entering the customs, was also pulled out of those Han people by the overjoyed Wang Guoliang faction because of Erke Chuhuer's surrender and timely denunciation, and escorted to Li Banghua, the minister of military aircraft.
Others may not know about the traitors such as Li Yongfang, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, Sun Degong, Bao Chengxian and other traitors for the time being, but Wang Guoliang, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, who has been following Li Banghua, the Minister of Military Aircraft, knows.
These people are on the emperor's blacklist!
Catching this Ning Wan me may be more than personally cutting off Mu Ketan's head, which can make the emperor remember his own merits!
Ning Wan's status next to Huang Taiji was not as good as Fan Wencheng, and even inferior to Fan Wencheng's brother Fan Wenhuan, so he was left in Shuozhou City to help Wu Basheng and Mu Ketan and others deal with the affairs of the Han people, and he was not really valued by Wu Basheng and Mu Ketan Zhongjianzhou old women at all.
Since I cut off contact with Datong and Xuanfu, Ning Wan and I realized the danger, and suggested that Mu Ketan lead the army north, or at least let Erke Chuhuer lead some Mongolian cavalry first, and send the gains since entering the customs and the large number of people and livestock captured to kill Hukou, and if there is any risk in the future, you can also travel north.
But Ning finished my suggestion, in exchange for just the cynicism and shame of Mu Ketan and other Jurchen generals about him, a Han talent.
After evacuating Shuozhou City, Ning Wan repeatedly begged Wu Basheng to throw away all the burdens and lead the cavalry to advance lightly, but Wu Basheng refused.
Ning Wan, who had already realized the danger, quietly changed out of the clothes of the Jurchens, got a set of clothes and hats of the Han people, and mixed in the ranks of the Han people, wanting to escape.
It's a pity that Erke Chuhuer, who was extremely impressed by this dog-headed military advisor who was dressed as a lama at the beginning, betrayed Ning Wan me as soon as he led his troops to surrender.
Then, this big traitor who disguised himself as a Han people and hid in the crowd was found out by Wang Guoliang, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, who was overjoyed and came to capture him.
Because Ning Wan, who used to dress as a lama, has no hair, it is still very easy to distinguish in this cold season, although this can be disguised by wearing a hat and a turban.
It's just a matter of asking everyone to take off their hats or headscarves.
That's what Wang Guoliang did.
Next, after an order was given, Ning Wan, the only one who didn't dare to take off his hat, was quickly brought to Wang Guoliang and Erke Chuhuer.
Li Banghua did not immediately execute Ning Wanmei, but imprisoned him first.
Li Banghua, who is in a high position, not only knows the danger of people like Ning Wan, but also knows that His Majesty the Emperor is now tracking down and arresting the captured Jin merchants, and this Ning Wan I is undoubtedly a good clue, handing him over to Jinyiwei alive is much more useful than a simple head.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Banghua asked Wang Guoliang to send a team of men and horses to escort Ning Wan and me south to Ningwu Pass, and rushed to Taiyuan to find Jinyi Weibei Town to appease Wang Guoxing.
At the same time, Li Banghua took the 4,000 Yansui cavalry under Sun Chuanting and He Shiyu as the vanguard, and led more than 20,000 troops with Ding Qirui, Wang Guoliang, and the newly surrendered Erke Chuhuer and others, and drove all the way to the north with everything captured and received from Jianyu.