The Ming army fought on both sides of the Yellow River, and Duoduo led the Southern Route Army to Huaiqing and Weihui, preparing to continue from Shaanzhou to Tongguan after eliminating the enemy in Huaiqing, and directly enter the pass from Tongguan.

Azig led the army to fight for a long time, but the Shun army in northern Shaanxi had to wait for him for a long time.

Because this British prince has always done what he wants, he did not go directly from northern Jin to northern Shaanxi, but made a detour on the grassland, and when he arrived in Ordos, he gathered the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, claiming that the army needed a lot of mules and horses, and then blackmailed the Mongolian tribes in Ordos and other places, got a large number of supplies and camels, and hunted and rode horses on the grassland, and after having fun for a while, Prince Ying returned to the road and went to northern Shaanxi.

Because of this incident, although Xi'an was later defeated, Dolgon mentioned the delay of Azig in his letters to Azig and Duoduo.

In his letter, he expressed his disappointment at the mention of Azig and placed more hopes on him.

For Azig, it is a strict warning, and if he commits it again, he will not be spared.

Of course, Azig Bing's surname is like that, after the defeat in Xiangyang Jingzhou, the news of Li Zicheng's death came, and after he beheaded Liu Zongmin and other generals, he thought that the south was too hot, and went back to Yanjing complacently.

After arriving in Yanjing, he was reprimanded and has been idle ever since.

At this time, the Qing army came out on both sides, and the movement was very great, and Duoduo did not live up to Dorgon's trust.

In November, the Dashun army won a great victory in Huaiqing, killing Jin Yuhe, the general of Huaiqing, and the deputy general Chang Ding and other generals were also killed in Baixiang Town. Zu Kefa, the chief officer of Wei Hui, was shocked when he heard the news, and rushed into the city to hide and hold on.

However, the Shun army's good fortune also ended here, in the middle of November, Duoduo arrived in the Huaiqing area, the main force of the Qing army arrived, the Shun army immediately suffered a heavy defeat, several battles, the Shun army of 100,000 people had the main force of 20,000 or 30,000 people, the result was not the enemy of the Qing army, to the end of November, the main force of the Qing army won consecutive battles, the Shun army in the Huaiqing area was either defeated and killed, or captured, or fled sporadically, 100,000 troops, less than half a month's effort was all wiped out.

Anyway, I don't know what Li Zicheng meant by arranging such a big battle?

If at the beginning of the Qing army's entry into Shanxi, the army in the Huaiqing area was gathered in northern Shanxi, and the line from Datong to Taiyuan was firmly guarded, relying on the mountains and the natural dangers of the city, I am afraid that Azig would not have to worry about this way.

Li Zicheng could lead all the main forces such as Gao Yigong and Li Guo to the Tongguan area, march again from Henan, and fight a decisive battle with the Qing army in the south.

In this way, the Qing army took care of one thing and the other, and it was difficult to arrange.

Because there are many mountains and many cities in the north of Jin, there are not enough troops, and the Ming generals who surrendered to the Shun army saw that the Shun army was strong, and they would not throw themselves into the Qing army so quickly.

The growth and decline of strength will not be so obvious, and many people at both ends of the first rat will be more cautious when standing in line.

As for Duoduo's tens of thousands of southern expeditionary troops, they were different from Azig, Azig received a large number of Ming troops such as Jiang Jian and Tang Tong and generals, as well as Wu Sangui's Guanning army, which was very strong.

Duoduo only had his own banner army, as well as Geng Jingzhong and Kong Youde, and the Han army was very weak.

The key is that in Hebei and Henan, the Ming army does not have strong soldiers and horses at all, and even if they want to collect the Luohan army, there is no place to start.

If Li Zicheng made a move in this regard and gathered the main force of two or three hundred thousand people, he might easily defeat Duoduo, so that the strategic aspect would threaten Yanjing again, and the situation would be alive.

Or simply withdraw the Henan soldiers and horses, stick to Tongguan, and lead the main force to fight in the north of Jin.

In short, in hindsight, after the Shun army withdrew from Yanjing, it may have failed several major battles because of a piece of stone and Beizhili, and the generals of Shaanxi nationality were unwilling to stay for a long time, and dropped the chain at the critical moment, and only wanted to return to their hometown.

When they arrived in northern Shaanxi, they found that the Qing army would not rest on their laurels, and they quickly chased and killed.

can only rely on the local area and entangle with the Qing army, but at the critical moment, a strong enemy was brought over in Henan.

In short, strategically it's a mess!

Of course, this was the view of later generations, and at that time, China really lacked real talent. Like the Three Kingdoms, those top figures who could understand the general trend of the world and make a correct judgment during the Han and Tang dynasties did not have a single one in the late Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chengzong, or Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting.

or Li Dingguo, Zheng Chenggong.

Or Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance.

In short, there is no character who can have a clear grasp of the overall situation at the big strategic level and do it step by step.

Comparing Li Zicheng with Ming Taizu, it is too far away!

Of course, this is the view of later generations, for the people in the bureau at that time, history is a fog, it is hidden behind layers of fog, so that people can't see clearly, can't figure it out, and don't know what the next step will be.

............ "General, the deputy division is here!" ”

The main force of the Chuang army has arrived at the line from Baishui to Fuping, and then not far to the north, crossing Luoshui, which is Luochuan in the northern Shaanxi Plain.

Not far north from Luochuan is Yan'an.

Cities such as Yan'an and Yulin are important towns in northern Shaanxi, and if you want to go south from northern Shaanxi to Guanzhong, Yan'an and Yulin are the places to fight.

Of course, it is also necessary to have a heavy garrison, and there is a threat to the southbound army. Historically, Azig was in a hurry after knowing that Duoduo had already entered Tongguan, and the army ignored the main forces of the invasion army such as Gao Yigong and Li Guo in Yulin and Yan'an City, and went directly south to Xi'an to compete with Duoduo.

And those who surrounded Yan'an were just Jiang Zhuang and other Ming army generals who surrendered their troops.

Later, Gao Yigong and Li Guo broke through successively, detoured to Gannan, went down to Hanzhong, and then went to Huguang through Sichuan, but at that time, Li Zicheng had already died in Jiugong Mountain.

This army joined the remnants of the main force of Li Zicheng's army before forming a loyal battalion.

The Loyal Battalion still has quite strong combat effectiveness, but after it has no backbone, it will be reduced to a supporting role.

At this time, the army still has spirit and high spirits, and the reason is very simple, although Li Zicheng was defeated all the way in Yanjing, the old camp is still there, and there are many generals, and King Chuang is even more oily and has not been broken.

Li Zicheng was already determined to have a powerful battle with the Qing army in northern Shaanxi, so he trained desperately during this time, and at the same time called people to enlist in northern Shaanxi and other places.

Although these people can only do some auxiliary work, in the Baishui area, the company camp is dozens of miles, and the number of soldiers and horses is claimed to be 500,000, but in fact there are 200,000 or 300,000.

Among them, there are about 100,000 elites, and they are not as good as second-line troops like Huaiqing, they are real first-line elites.

These soldiers were stationed along the way to Yanjing, and now they are all gathered up, and the tens of thousands of elite soldiers brought to Hebei by Liu Fangliang are all returned.

Coupled with the remaining soldiers and horses in the old battalion behind a stone, there are already many elite soldiers who can fight, with 60,000 or 70,000 infantry and more than 20,000 horse troops.

With such a force of soldiers and horses, Li Zicheng is confident that he will fight head-on with the Qing army!

And Luo Hu's department was originally an elite, and the strength was still intact after a stone battle, Li Zicheng also relied on this confidant and loved the general very much, this time he allocated a lot of elite soldiers in each battalion to Luo Hu, and allocated a large number of horses, and made up his mind that Luo Hu would train an elite cavalry of five or six thousand people, and when he fought a decisive battle with the Eight Banners, he would use this army to put it on the battlefield where the surname was decided!

Luo Hu is burdened with heavy responsibilities, but also trembling, dare not slack off, time slowly passed, he already has more than 17,000 horses and mules, just more than 10,000 war horses, almost every soldier has two horses, and there are auxiliary soldiers to help feed the horses, so the soldiers can free up their bodies to train the soldiers, although the time is not long, but the soldiers are strong and strong, the morale is high, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, they can also rush through.

The head of his battalion was originally born as a child soldier, and the soldiers have followed the team since they were children, and they are all from a bitter background, plus Luo Hu's military discipline is strict, military discipline has always been very good, and the average age of the whole army is about twenty.

The soldiers and horses gradually became stronger, but Luo Hu's mood did not become relaxed, the garrison here has been more than a month, seeing that Luoshui is in sight, the army does not know whether to go north or southeast, the soldiers below can ignore it, just care about staying up, practicing horsemanship, swordsmanship and archery, but he is now also a heavy general, every time he thinks about it, he feels very frightened and worried.

If he plays the strategy game of the afterlife, he knows where his worries are.

Everything in front of me is like being in a dark fog, I can't see it, I can't touch it. Where and when the enemy will come, everything is a mystery.

And whether the enemy is strong or not, how many infantry and how to configure, it is not very clear.

An excellent general is one who can keenly feel the wrong place, the weak place of his side, although Luo Hu cannot be compared with a real famous general, but it is obviously constantly improving.

Hearing that Li Yan was coming, Luo Hu's originally flat Tie Qing also showed a smile on his face.

In the entire camp, only the deputy military division can talk about the current predicament!

He looked at the soldiers and horses that were training in the valley, and gave an order to his deputy, telling the other party to watch the soldiers and horses training, and he took a small group of personal soldiers and galloped away in the direction where Li Yan came.

"Deputy Division!"

After running for only a few miles, I saw Li Yan, who was wearing a brocade robe, his hair was tied, and he only wore a sword at his waist, like a handsome son, was also galloping over on horseback.

Although Li Yan did not invite himself to go out and avoid a catastrophe, the generals from Shaanxi were too suspicious of him, so Li Yansuo did not bother to ask about the affairs of the military camp, and handed over his camp affairs to Li Yu and Li You and other brothers and nephews to take care of.

In this way, Tao Hui gradually dispelled the murderous intent that had been left in Li Zicheng's heart.

Only Luo Hu knew that the deputy military division in his thirties, who was in his thirties, sometimes got up in the middle of the night and danced his sword until dawn.

Both of them are the same, there is a difference in age, but there is a fire in their hearts, and they can't be extinguished until they are idle!

(To be continued)