said that the process of this famous battle of Zhu Xianzhen in history was very simple, so simple that people couldn't help but want to shake their heads and smile bitterly.

In April of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng for the third time. In view of the first two attacks on Kaifeng, because the army and people in the city were united in the city, Li Zicheng's army suffered a lot, and even one of his eyes was blinded by the defenders. This time, Li Zicheng adopted a posture of encircling but not fighting, leaving only a small number of troops to monitor Kaifeng, and he himself led the main force to sweep the periphery of Kaifeng.

Kaifeng is important to Henan, to the Central Plains, and to this world, and Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew it, and hurriedly mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized at hand to reinforce Kaifeng. This reinforcement was led by Ding Qirui, the secretary of the military department, Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, as the deputy marshal, and Hu Dawei, Fang Guoan and others under his command were also experienced generals. It's a pity that these generals used to have great achievements when they were in Jiubian, but after several battles between Jiannu and Songjin, they all became bare-bones commanders.

Therefore, the heavy task of unlocking the siege of Feng fell on Zuo Liangyu.

The left department has been fighting with Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng in Huguang, and although they have suffered many defeats, the troops are still neat

。 Huguang is also a rich land, and there are many soldiers and horses.

The total number of the various armies has reached an astonishing 180,000, and on the surface it seems that Li Zicheng also has a long and short strength.

But Zuo Liangyu knows his own affairs best, he has a lot of soldiers and horses on hand, but they are all waste, and some of them have been broken by the thief army. In his opinion, this decisive battle with Li Zicheng is basically equivalent to sending him to death. Therefore, in this battle, I can only hold on and slowly fight with Li Zicheng. He said: "The thief is sharp, and he can't be attacked." ”

Supposedly, his decision was also right in a sense. After all, the morale of today's invading troops is high, and the officers and soldiers are unusable. But the problem is that the situation is different now than it was a few years ago.

Now Li Zicheng has occupied most of Henan, has a solid rear, and if he fights for consumption, the rear can send a steady stream of grain and soldiers to the front line, while the officers and troops cannot get any replenishment in the enemy-occupied areas.

But if it is a decisive battle, it is a dead word.

The general trend is no longer on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

Ding Qirui is a scholar, an old bureaucrat, and he doesn't understand military affairs at all. But Zuo Liangyu couldn't be restrained, and the generals of the Ming army didn't discuss any military action plans, and no one knew how to fight this battle.

The peasant army saw the mentality of the generals of the Ming army, and first launched an attack on Zuo Liangyu, which had the strongest troops and did not want to fight the most, and on 22 May, the peasant army launched an attack, hitting the key point with one blow and winning the first battle. When Zuo Liangyu heard that the peasant army was attacking and his subordinates were defeated, he panicked, ignored Ding Qirui's orders, and fled overnight. The peasant army had already dug a trench on his way to escape, and the soldiers of the left army fell into the trench one after another, and the corpses of the soldiers filled the trench, and Zuo Liangyu stepped over the trench from the corpses of these soldiers and escaped with his life.

Zuo Liangyu's army collapsed at the first touch, and the entire Ming army camp collapsed in an instant, with Ding Qirui, Yang Wenyue, Hu Dawei, Yang Dezheng and others rushing for their lives. Seeing the Ming army fleeing, the peasant army pursued them all the way and pursued them for more than 400 miles. The Ming army lost its armor and was embarrassed. It was Zuo Liangyu who escaped the fastest, he fled thousands of miles in one go, and fled back to Xiangyang, Hubei.

Ding Qirui was the most embarrassed, and lost all the Shang Fang swords, edicts and seals given by the emperor. Ding, Yang, Hu and others fled south to Runing, where Hu Dawei, the chief soldier of Shanxi, was killed in a cannon.

In this battle, the peasant army won a complete victory, recruiting 20,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry of the Ming army, and obtained a large number of booty such as baggage, grain and grass, and its strength increased greatly, and its prestige was greatly shocked

。

After the war, the peasant army returned to the division and surrounded Kaifeng.

In real history, after the First Battle of Zhu Xianzi Town, all Ming armies were afraid of Li Zicheng as a peasant army. Liu Zeqing and other troops in Shandong, who had also been ordered to aid Bian, were afraid of the war, found all kinds of excuses, and did not dare to take a single step.

Kaifeng has completely become an isolated city.

At this time, Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying fought fiercely with Liu Chao in Yongcheng, and the area around Yongcheng was full of soldiers, and the transportation was cut off. Coupled with the poor means of communication in the Ming Dynasty and the lack of access to the post road due to lack of funds, the news was obtained one step later than Nanjing.

……

"Big things go!" Ma Shiying didn't care about the demeanor of the Nanjing military department, and sat on the earthen fence with a depressed face.

As the sun set, the glow was like blood, and the tears in his eyes were red.

"Taichu, do you clearly tell the old man, did you think that you would bring troops to suppress Liu Chao before, and once the war is over, you will lead troops to rescue Kaifeng?"

Sun Yuan gritted his teeth and nodded: "Yes, Sun Yuan has thought about this." Helplessly, His Majesty seemed to have a prejudice against me, and I asked for three excerpts in a row to lead troops into Henan to participate in the war, but there was no news. Therefore, Sun Yuan had to make this decision...... As long as the soldiers and civilians of Kaifeng can be saved, even if the court investigates it in the future, it will not be able to control so much. It's a pity that the way was blocked by this eternal city. ”

Ma Shiying muttered: "You want to go to Henan, the old man can't see what he tastes." Today's saint is too suspicious to use people. If Your Majesty didn't doubt you back then, and let you preside over the military affairs of the north at the beginning, how could there be the defeat of Jinsong. In the eyes of others, the Son of Heaven employs people in a hurry, and once he wants to use you, he dares to promote you to a high position in an instant. But have you ever thought about it, Yuan Chonghuan, Yang Sichang, Hong Hengjiu and others promoted by His Majesty before, who are not from civilian backgrounds. As for the military attaché, there was not one. ”

Sun Yuan suddenly understood what he was going to say, and was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: When later generations were studying the history of the Ming Dynasty, they had a lot of praise for Emperor Chongzhen and a lot of sympathy for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and felt that the reason why he fell into such a fate was just luck. But now it seems that this Chongzhen Emperor actually has a big problem in employing people.

Ma Shiying: "I use people in the court, and its practicality is still the same as in the Song Dynasty, advocating literature and suppressing martial arts." But we, civil officials, have been going around the Four Books and Five Classics all our lives, but we don't know anything about military affairs. Let the civilian officials lead the troops, and it is strange that they can win. In the beginning, he was highly meritorious, but he was repeatedly treated unjustly......"

Sun Yuan interrupted him: "Governor Ma, this matter needs to be mentioned again."

。 ”

Ma Shiying sighed: "Yes, what's the point of talking about the gains and losses of the government now, suppressing military attaches is a national policy, who can shake it?" Just mention it, and the saliva of the speaker alone can drown you. In the beginning, your mind also understood. In fact, as long as Liu Chao is taken, there is no need for you to mention it, the old man will order the whole army to enter Henan, even if he throws this old life in Henan, he must repay the favor of his father. However, the old man really knows this Liu Chao too well. This person is very unwanted, and because of this, the old man can't help urging you to use troops as soon as possible, and don't let Liu Thief escape back to Yongcheng. It's a pity that it's still a step late......"

He was silent for a long time, and two tears fell into the loess under him, splashing two small dusts: "Now, the imperial army has been defeated, and there are no more usable soldiers in the country." Don't...... This Ming Dynasty, this world is really going to die? ”

Sun Yuan was surprised when he saw Ma Shiying who was crying, and thought: Okay, you Ma Shiying, aren't you a traitor, why are you like this today, you really look like a loyal minister who is loyal to the country, and people are so moved to see it. No, no, Ma Shiying is a traitor, that's just a record in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", to be honest, the credibility of this book doesn't seem to be too high. Moreover, judging from Lao Ma's deeds, when he was the first assistant in Nanming, he was just a party member who fought against differences, and rectified a few so-called righteous gentlemen and upright people. Hawkers, where is there anything that doesn't make people? Moreover, when the Qing army went south to extinguish the Ming Dynasty, Lao Ma did not surrender and become a traitor like Qian Qianyi and Ruan Dacheng, but resisted to the last moment and killed himself. But from this point of view, this person deserves the word hero.

Perhaps, it was my Sun Yuan who had a preconceived idea and misunderstood him?

Whatever, historical materials belong to historical materials, my Sun Yuan killed so many Jiannu before. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty and unified China in the future, they wrote the "History of the Ming Dynasty", I am afraid that they will not say good things about Lao Tzu.

Thinking of this, Sun Yuan suddenly became enlightened.

He knelt on the earthen fence, bowed deeply to Ma Shiying, and said sincerely: "Governor, Sun Yuan was young and arrogant, and he didn't listen to the words of the waiter, so that he escaped from Liu Chao and turned this battle into a sandwich meal. Sun Yuan regretted it, if he had immediately raised troops to pursue him in the battle of defeating Liu Chao, instead of withdrawing the troops to rest and recuperate, maybe we would have cut off the head of Liu Thief and were leading his troops in Kaifeng Yu Thief Battle! The responsibility for this battle lies with me, and I ask the governor to punish him. ”

Ma Shiying grabbed Sun Yuan, patted the back of his hand, and sighed: "It's pointless to say whose responsibility is now, but it's not the worst yet." Now, the most important thing is to take Yongcheng as soon as possible. Although the Ming army in Zhuxian Town has been defeated, Kaifeng still exists, and the soldiers and civilians of Bianliang are still looking forward to reinforcements! ”

Sun Yuan shook his spirits: "What the governor said is, what is the result of the defeat of Zhu Xianzhen, as long as Kaifeng is still there, there is still hope for the Central Plains of my Ming Dynasty."

。 ”

At this time, a few fast horses came galloping in the distance, led by Tang Wenxing, the commander of the cavalry army.

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Sun Yuan had a bad premonition.

As if he had a heart, Ma Shiying also stood up with him.

"What's the matter?" Sun Yuan asked loudly.

Tang Wenxing didn't answer, pursed his lips and ran to Changwei, ran up quickly, and then said awe-inspiringly: "General Yu, Governor Yuma, according to the report from the scouts in the army, Liu Chao's reinforcements have arrived, and they have already passed the Guide Mansion, and they will arrive in Yongcheng in a few days." ”

This kind of long-term siege is very time-consuming, but as long as Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying have enough patience, they can also consume Liu Chao in the city to death.

But at this time, bad news came, and Liu Chao's reinforcements finally arrived.

It is said that Li Zicheng's troops came, which were divided into three routes, one led by Liu Zongmin, and the commander of the other road was Li Zicheng's brother-in-law Gao Yigong.

As for the third road, it is the small Yuan camp that has been very active in Henan in the past year, and the leader is Yuan Shizhong.

Among these three people, Liu Zongmin has more than 10,000 troops, of which about 3,000 are capable of fighting, which is the elite of a hundred battles in the army.

And Xiao Yuanying is the head snake of Henan, after the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the scale has expanded to between 50,000 and 60,000.

As for the first year of high school, there are the least number of people, only more than 2,000, because he and Li Zicheng are relatives. Therefore, in this battle to rescue Yongcheng, he commanded in the center.

The three people, together with more than 70,000 people, pounced viciously at Sun Yuan and Ma Shiying.

"These three-way thief army has just won a hearty victory in Zhuxian Town, and now their morale is strong." Sun Yuan touched the short beard on his lips, and felt bitter in his heart: "And our army can only fight with 3,000 men and horses on hand, and the Lufeng army has been crippled in the cruel battle of these dozen or so people, as for the Nanjing army, those young masters can't count on it at all." The 3,000 Ningxiang army against the 70,000 thief army, what are you kidding, are you going to open the hell mode for me?

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