readx; In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army of Zhenghongqi began to continue its westward advance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because there are still more than 100 miles away from Xuanfu, Dai Shan is not in a hurry to go, these two days of looting have made Zhenghongqi harvest a lot, of course he hopes to "make persistent efforts", try not to leave the red flag behind.

Therefore, the red flag is still to Niu Lu as a unit of separate actions, Dai Shanqin led ten Niu Lu in the center, the rest of the Niu Lu has a front and back, and the road to Huailai forward, encountered the village and looted. Everywhere they passed, there were really ten rooms and ten emptiness, and although the common people had already run away, as long as there were some things of value to the Qing soldiers left in the house, they were all looted and then set on fire. As far as the eye can see, between the undulating Yanshan mountain ranges, black smoke rises everywhere, which is ironclad evidence of the arson of the Qing army.

It was nearly noon, Daishan's Chinese army crossed the Yongding River, and crossed a mountain called Wolf Mountain, and the terrain in front suddenly opened up, and it turned out to be a valley surrounded by mountains. The area is about fifteen miles in circumference, and the terrain is gentle, which is conducive to cavalry marching.

Dai Shan is nearly fifty years old this year, and his physical strength is much worse than when he was young. I was tired and out of breath from walking the mountain road just now, but I suddenly entered the plain at this time, and my mood was greatly relaxed. He saw an earthen fort on the western edge of the plain from afar, so he asked Bao Chengxian, the Han general beside him, "What is there?" ”

This Bao Chengxian, like Li Yongfang and Tong Yangzhen, was once an officer of the Liaodong Border Army, and later surrendered to Jin, and became a traitor with all his heart. But slightly different from other Han generals, Bao Chengxian is also quite literate, especially familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers on the border of the Ming Dynasty, and allusions to the terroir, so he was included in the Han Army's Red Flag, and was very appreciated by the banner owner Dai Shan (the Han Army's Red Flag is also under the jurisdiction of the Red Flag in peacetime, and is only directly commanded by Huang Taiji in large-scale battles).

This time in the western expedition to Xuanfu, Dai Shan also took Bao Chengxian with him. Seeing Dai Shan asking, Bao Chengxian hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "Back to the master, this fort is called Tumu Fort." Don't look inconspicuous, it's very famous! Master, since the front army has passed, and it is now noon, you might as well rest in the fort, and the minions can tell you about the past of this civil fort. ”

Dai Shanzheng had this intention, so he led the army straight to Tumu Fort. More than ten miles of flat land is a distance for the cavalry, and the troops are already under the city in a moment. Of course, this has long been an empty city, and the former army of the Red Flag has already passed by and walked out of this small basin, so Dai Shan is also relieved to boldly ride into the city with Bao Chengxian and others.

The civil fort is about one mile wide from north to south, about two miles long from east to west, and the rammed earth city wall is about two zhang high, it is a typical military fortress in the north, and it is located in the main road as a whole, and the momentum is magnificent. However, due to disrepair, the city walls have collapsed in many places, and the city is full of broken walls.

The Ming army stationed here has long since disappeared, and the streets in the city are also very narrow, not allowing all the three thousand Chinese troops to enter the city.

Dai Shan walked around the city and couldn't help but be disappointed. There are no mansions of the wealthy that are common in ordinary prefectures and counties, only rows of low houses, apparently only for the garrison. It is obviously impossible to extract oil and water from here. Only a group of buildings in the center of the city looked quite magnificent, and Dai Shan went straight here, only to find that this was not a private house, but an ancestral hall. When I entered the main hall, there were only two rows of more than 20 clay sculptures, and there was nothing else.

At this time, Bao Chengxian introduced Dai Shan like a pug: "Master, this place is called Xianzhong Temple, which was built by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to commemorate more than 20 important ministers who were killed in the battle of Tumubao. ”

Dai Shan didn't know anything about the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he was quite interested, so he asked Bao Chengxian to talk about it in detail. Bao Chengxian said: "After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols were expelled to the outside of the country. However, from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to Chengzu Zhu Di, there have been repeated northern expeditions in the past few decades, all of which have been in vain. ”

Dai Shan nodded and said: "That's for sure, the Han people are blind and deaf when they go to the grassland, and the Mongols can't beat them and they can run, where can the Han people find them?" When the food ran out, the army would inevitably retreat, and at this time there was a danger of being wiped out by the Mongols. ”

Bao Chengxian smiled flatteringly: "In the master's words, he is much more clever than Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. After the death of these two people, the successor emperor had a weak personality, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army also declined rapidly. Only twenty years later, the Mongols had made a comeback, with one tribe known as the Warats being the most powerful, frequently invading south. At that time, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, he did not understand military affairs at all, and favored the eunuch Wang Zhen, under the bewitchment of Wang Zhen, he personally led three battalions of more than 200,000 troops to drive the expedition, and almost all the generals and important ministers of the Ming Dynasty accompanied the expedition.

"Master, this Wang Zhen is a eunuch, how can he know how to fight? He encouraged Yingzong to go on the expedition, purely for himself to play prestige, and all military and political affairs along the way were handled by Wang Zhen, and civil ministers and military generals were not allowed to participate. At that time, the commander of Warat also led the army to force Datong, and the Ming army drove to Datong. There were only 50,000 cavalry at first, and in order to paralyze the Ming army, they temporarily took the initiative to retreat.

Wang Zhenhao was overjoyed, and after arriving in Datong, he pursued him north. But he didn't know how to march and fight at all, and he didn't even bring enough military rations. The forward troops went deep alone and were completely annihilated first, Wang Zhen panicked again and immediately led the army back north.

Originally, it would be okay for the Ming army to return to Beijing, but Wang Zhen wanted to show his majesty in his hometown of Ulzhou, and ordered the army to go around to Ulzhou. Halfway through, he was afraid of trampling on the crops of Ulzhou, so he ordered the army to return the same way. After such repeated tossing, the Ming army was full of complaints and morale was low. also took advantage of this time to quickly catch up with the Ming army, and the 30,000 cavalry behind the Ming army were all wiped out.

"Wang Zhen led his army to flee in panic to Tumubao, which is where we are now. The master knows that this place is already very close to Juyong Pass, and after passing Juyong Pass, it is equivalent to returning to the Beijing Division, and the Ming Dynasty emperor and the three major battalions will be safe. But in order to wait for a thousand baggage trucks, Wang Zhen ordered the army to be stationed in place.

At this time, the first army had already caught up, and Wang Zhen divided 50,000 troops to block it, but he was ambushed and the whole army was annihilated. also took advantage of the victory to pursue first, and surrounded more than 100,000 Ming troops in this small basin. Lord Wang, please see, there is a river in the southeast of this basin, but it was occupied by the army led by the first, the Ming army was hungry and thirsty, and there was still no water source when digging the ground, so the army's heart was shaken. also lied to negotiate peace, Yingzong was gullible and ordered the army to move to the camp for water. He also took the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, the Ming army was defeated, tens of thousands of people were killed, dozens of Wenchen generals were killed, and even the Ming emperor was also taken prisoner, and the Han people called this incident 'Tumubao Change'. The master looked at these clay statues, which were the statues of the ministers who were killed. ”

Dai Shan laughed and said: "The Han people are so stupid, I am a hundred times better than Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty, how can I not enter the Central Plains." Hmph, Xianzhong Temple? The king wants to see how these clay tires show their loyalty, come on, and smash all the statues! ”

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