Chapter 257: Qi Family's Army
The geographical location of Santunying is very special, Santunying Town is located in the west of Qianxi County, west of Zunhua to Beijing, north of Kuancheng to Chengde, such a geographical location determines the important role of Santunying. However, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was just a small border city, but because of one person, it became an important border town, and this person was Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty.
Looking at the Santun camp in front of him, Huang Taiji frowned slightly, glanced at Chen Liangyu beside him, and asked in a deep voice: "This is the Santun camp, where Qi Jiguang guarded back then?" ”
Nodding slowly, Chen Liangyu said in a deep voice: "Yes, after Qi Jiguang, who frightened the Japanese invaders, came to Jizhen, the Wara, Tatar, and Duoyan tribes north of the Great Wall were extremely frightened. In order to give full play to the defensive role of the Great Wall, Qi Jiguang suggested to the Ming court that the city wall should be thickened and the hollow enemy platform should be created. The hollow enemy platform can not only garrison dozens of elite soldiers, but also store food and munitions, and at that time, more than 3,000 hollow enemy platforms were built on the Jimen front. Qi Jiguang took advantage of the Great Wall to defeat the leaders of the Duoyan tribe, Dong Fox and Changang, in the area of Qingshankou and Xifengkou many times, and captured Dong Fox's younger brother Chang Bald, forcing the Duoyan tribe to promise not to invade the Ming Dynasty again. It's just that so many years have passed, and most of the hollow enemy platforms of the year have been abandoned. ”
Chen Liangyu's tone was very flat, but Huang Taiji was quite emotional, if Qi Jiguang was still alive, he wouldn't dare to come here! Looking at Santun Camp carefully, Huang Taiji said appreciatively: "Qi Jiguang is worthy of being a generation of famous generals, and the position of Santun Camp is really well chosen." ”
Nodding slowly, Chen Liangyu said seriously: "Back to Lord Beile, Qi Jiguang has been stationed in the Santun camp in Jizhen for sixteen years, during this time, on the one hand, he trained soldiers to build the Great Wall, and on the other hand, he rebuilt and expanded the Santun camp city and town government, making the Santun camp a veritable military town. After the reconstruction, the city of Santun camp is three zhang high, the circumference is seven miles, there are five corner towers and nine enemy towers built on the city, two water passes are facing each other from east to west, there is a bell and drum tower in the center of the city, the town government is a small city in the city, a pair of stone lions guard in front of the house gate. Even if the Santun camp is broken, the town government inside is very difficult to fight. ”
Seeing that Chen Liangyu said seriously, Huang Taiji said with a smile: "What does Mr. know, just say it, I will write it down for you." ”
Bowing to Huang Taiji, Chen Liangyu said with a smile: "Lord Belle said that he was joking, since Chen has come to Dajin, he naturally knows everything and says everything. At that time, in the city of Santun camp, the houses of the government were arranged in an orderly manner, seventy-two alleys divided the city into many squares, the city river, the forage field, the martial arts hall and the parade field were all available, after the Santun camp city was repaired, Qi Jiguang repaired the culture and governed the military, and the border pass was safe from then on. If you are not familiar with the situation in the city, even if you rush into the Santun camp, you will definitely suffer a loss when you get inside. ”
Listening to Chen Liangyu's words, Huang Taiji's brows suddenly furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "If you say it, how can Santun Camp fight?" We only have 30,000 people, and we don't have a lot of time, so we can't afford to spend it here! After speaking, his eyes stared at Chen Liangyu tightly, his eyes full of doubt.
"Lord Belle, what Chen just said is the Santun camp where Qi Jiguang built the city back then, so many years have passed, and Qi Jiguang back then did not get any good results with the fall of Zhang Juzheng. The Santun camp he left behind naturally did not get the attention of the imperial court, and after so many years, many things in the Santun camp were deserted. However, the army stationed here back then was different, although it was somewhat deserted, but it was also limited. Chen Liangyu smiled indifferently and said with a calm face: "But I think Lord Belle must be interested here, just because the soldiers stationed here are very special." ”
Staring at Chen Liangyu tightly, Huang Taiji asked in a deep voice: "There are not many things that can interest Ben Baylor, why is Mr. Chen so sure?" ”
"Back then, Qi Jiguang's Qi family army was famous, and Qi Jiguang only brought 3,000 people to Jiliao and trained 30,000 Qi family troops. If it weren't for the suspicion of the imperial court, Qi Jiguang would actually be able to train more Qi family troops. Seeing that Huang Taiji lowered his head and thought, Chen Liangyu continued: "In the second year of Longqing, Dong Fox, the chief of the Duoyan Tribe, led 30,000 Mongolian iron cavalry into the Kou, Qi Jiguang resisted with a car camp, and he led 8,000 cavalry to raid Dong Fox's tooth tent, broke Duoyan's 30,000 iron cavalry, and captured Dong Fox's nephew Changang, Dong Fox only escaped with his body, forcing Dong Fox to detain and ask for guilt; In the third year of Wanli, Chang Bald led 50,000 Wuliang Ha Iron Cavalry into the Kou, and Qi Jiguang led the musket cavalry team to outflank him, defeating 50,000 Mongolian cavalry in one breath and capturing Chang Bald alive. ”
Sighing softly, Chen Liangyu said with a sigh: "Since the formation of the Qi family army in the 38th year of Jiajing to the departure of Qi Jiguang in the 11th year of Wanli, the total number of enemy troops defeated by the Qi family army has exceeded 150,000, which can be said to be an incomparably glorious record. But it's such a team, but it's not the royal family's reuse, which makes people embarrassed. ”
Glancing at Chen Liangyu, Huang Taiji asked in a deep voice, "You won't tell me that it is the Qi family army in the Santun camp, right?" ”
Without answering Huang Taiji's words, Chen Liangyu looked at the Santun camp and said to himself: "During the Wanli period, I conquered Korea three times, and fought with the Japanese for a long time, and the Qi family army was basically lost. However, Emperor Wanli did not have a good impression of Qi Jiguang, and the Qi family army was not rebuilt, and the remaining less than 10,000 people are now stationed in the Santun camp. ”
Hearing Chen Liangyu's words, Huang Taiji couldn't wait to kick him under the horse, he was going to die this time. If it weren't for Chen Liangyu's surrender, he might not even be able to defeat Zunhua, and the strategy of the surprise attack on Beijing City would be impossible to talk about. Yesterday, Huang Taiji had received news that Liaodong had sent 50,000 people out, although he didn't know where it was, but Huang Taiji believed that it must be coming for him.
Because Chen Liangyu said that there is grain and grass here, Huang Taiji just wants to make a fortune here, if the Santun camp is garrisoned by the Qi family's army, then it will be a fart!
As if sensing that something was wrong with Huang Taiji, Chen Liangyu smiled indifferently and said in a flat tone: "There are two elite troops in the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty, but they are not taken seriously, one of them is in Liaodong, which is the Sichuan army led by the chief soldier Chen Ce. The other is the Qi family army in Santun Camp, and the leader of this Qi family army is Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin. However, the imperial court has issued an order to rehabilitate Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang, although the Qi family army has not yet been reused, but Chen seems that this day may not be far away. ”
When Chen Liangyu said this, Huang Taiji was stunned, and he finally understood why Chen Liangyu wanted to bring himself here. Now the Qi family army is still alive here, there are only 10,000 people, but when the Ming Dynasty reattaches importance to the Qi family army, it will be too late. At that time, it was not his own people who attacked the Qi family's army, but the Qi family's army in turn attacked themselves.
Looking back at the soldiers behind him, Huang Taiji's heart became more and more determined, even if all these people can't go back, you have to take down the Santun camp and wipe out the Qi family's army. This is more practical than going around the city of Beijing, and I can't go to Beijing now, so it's worth it to defeat a tiger of the Ming Dynasty here.
Seeing that the camp behind him was almost ready, Huang Taiji waved his hand lightly and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the camp, let's study it!" ”
Looking at the departing Huang Taiji, Qi Jin's brows were furrowed very tightly, although Qi Jin was Qi Jiguang's nephew, he was already middle-aged. Qi Jiguang has a son, but Qi Jiajun did not hand it over to Qi Jiguang's son, because Qi Jin is very good.
When he was a teenager, Qi Jin followed Qi Jiguang's side, from fighting the Japanese to later fighting the Mongolian Tatars, Qi Jin has always been there. has been by Qi Jiguang's side for many years, Qi Jin can be described as the true biography of Qi Jiguang, and he knows everything about Qi Jiajun very well.
However, what is different from Qi Jiguang is Qi Jin's character, Qi Jiguang has righteousness in his chest and does not hesitate to defile himself for the sake of righteousness. As long as it is for the ideals in his chest and the ambitions in his heart, Qi Jiguang can endure what ordinary people can't bear. So back then, Qi Jiguang did a lot of things that others didn't understand, making people think that he was a rough man, a person who was not above board. Of course, many of these are planted by the Donglin Party, after all, these people have the right to speak, and Qi Jiguang has no right to speak.
Qi Jin is different from Qi Jiguang, and they both have a series of ambitions, but Qi Jin's personality is not like Qi Jiguang. On the contrary, it is very similar to the famous general Yu Dayou of the year, the same uprightness, the same jealousy and hatred, and the same fear of the powerful.
Yu Dayou served in the three dynasties of the Ming Dynasty and had a bumpy life. In his forty-seven years of career, he was "sometimes reused and famous; Sometimes he was degraded and reprimanded and became a prisoner", four were generals, six were general soldiers, and tired officials were governors. Yu Dayou is different from Qi Jiguang, so his official road and military department are smooth, and Qi Jiguang is attached to Zhang Juzheng. However, Zhang Juzheng later fell, and Qi Jiguang was also implicated.
Although Qi Jin, as the chief soldier of Jizhou, was stationed in Santun Camp with the Qi family's army, he had suffered countless cold rains over the years. If it weren't for his uncle's hard work and for the Qi family's army, Qi Jin would have resigned and returned to his hometown a long time ago.
When the Jiannu soldiers were trapped in Zunhua, Qi Jin also wanted to go to the rescue, but his strength was not good. Now there are only 8,000 Qi family troops in the Santun camp, don't say that they are out of the city, it is difficult to say whether they can hold the Santun camp.
"General, are we like the court asking for help?" A general standing behind Qi Jin frowned and said, although the Qi family army is good at fighting, but in the past few years, the food and salary have been insufficient, and the equipment court has been deducted, and the Qi family army is no longer the well-equipped Qi family army of the past.
Shaking his head gently, Qi Jin said in a deep voice: "The fact that the house slaves can come here means that Zunhua has been lost, and it is useless for us to send someone to ask for help." If the imperial court sends troops, we don't need to ask for it, and if we don't send troops, it's useless for us to ask for it. ”
"Yes, General!" The general bowed and respectfully retreated. Among the Qi family's army, Qi Jin's words were more effective than the Holy Decree of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.