Wang Zhaolin's words made everyone in the hall nod their heads, for no reason, without any benefit, just go and pull you Li Zicheng, it's really not cost-effective. It's not profitable, why do you try your best to help people, not to mention that the relationship between our two families is really not good. At most, it's the phrase "lips die and teeth are cold", I don't want you to die so quickly.

Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a moment and said: "Wang Qingjia's words are not wrong, in troubled times, whoever has a hard fist will say it, bullshit promises, I am not rare." It is certain to send troops, and when Li Chuang and the officers and soldiers are both defeated, it is inevitable that we will make another move, and this matter is decided. It's just that this march route, how do you think you should go? It is to enter Huguang in the east first, and go to Henan in the north; Or do you want to go north to Shaanxi first, and take Tongguan to enter Henan? ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhaolin immediately responded: "The minister thinks that it is natural to enter Shaanxi in the north, seize Tongguan and then enter Henan." ”

"That's not right."

As soon as Wang Zhaolin's words were settled, Ma Yuanli, the governor of the left army, objected, "Your Majesty, the official army has occupied Hanzhong, to prevent our army from going north, I heard that there are tens of thousands of defenders there, all of them are elites transferred from Xuanfu, our army and they are fiercely fighting, the damage will definitely not be small, even if you win, you have to attack and attack Tongguan." Although Tongguan has changed hands several times, this time, the imperial court has sent elite soldiers and good generals to block the way for our army to rush to Henan. Tongguan is difficult to overcome, unless we continue to go north to Shanxi, and then go south to Henan. But if that is the case, I am afraid that the imperial court will mobilize the defenders of Datong to intercept and delay the time for our army to move south. Therefore, the minister thought that it was better to go east to Huguang and then north to Henan. In this way, we will have plenty of time to adapt to the situation. ”

"Makes sense." Zhang Xianzhong nodded and said: "It is unlikely that Hanzhong will be captured and Tongguan will be released." Continuing to go north, it is too time-consuming, so according to what Yuan Li said, stand by and move, seize the opportunity, go east to Huguang and then go north to Henan. ”

"Father, the child thinks this is not appropriate, there must be an army of Huguang General Xing Ying in Xiangyang, this person can attack and defend well, he has not taken advantage of him several times back then, at this juncture, we want to pass through his territory, it is not easy. He will definitely try his best to block it. So the child thought, we had better pull out Hanzhong first, and then whether it is going north or east, it will be extremely flexible. "The one who spoke this time was Zhang Xianzhong's righteous son Liu Wenxiu.

Don't look at Liu Wenxiu's youth, but he is good at commanding troops to fight, and he is brave and unmatched, Zhang Xianzhong also likes this righteous son very much. Now listening to his words, Zhang Xianzhong thought about it again, thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded and said: "Wenxiu's words are very reasonable, if we can take Hanzhong first, whether we go north or go east, we will not be restricted by the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong." Good! Speaking of this, Zhang Xianzhong's voice was raised suddenly, and he said loudly: "I don't know which general is willing to lead the army as the vanguard and attack Hanzhong?" ”

"I want to go!" At this time, Wang Dingguo, the former military governor, stood up and said loudly.

"The child wants to go!" "The child wants to go!" ……

After Wang Dingguo stood up, Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang also followed and said loudly.

Zhang Xianzhong was even happier when he saw his generals scrambling, and said: "In this way, Wang Dingguo will be the vanguard in this battle, and 20,000 troops will go first. Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang were the left and right armies, each leading 10,000 troops, and then set off. Wang Shangli is the chief general of the Chinese army, commanding 30,000 troops, and this battle is commanded by you. Li Dingguo unified the rear army, led 10,000 soldiers, and was responsible for pressing grain and transporting grass! ”

"Obey orders!" "The child obeys!" ……

Zhang Xianzhong's troops are not ordinary troops, they can be said to be elite, especially his four major guard camps -- "Huwei, Baotao, Longxiang, and Yingyang" -- are the elite of the elite. After being proclaimed emperor, the government decree was strict, in addition to reducing the people's taxes for three years, it also explicitly ordered the army to set three prohibitions, not to "recruit soldiers without authorization", not to "accept the words of the people without authorization", and not to "take local women as wives without authorization", violating the law.

Therefore, his troops are more loved by the local people, because the military discipline is strict, and the troops certainly have combat effectiveness.

At that time, the Qing army attacked Sichuan, and Zhang Xianzhong's military and civilians in Sichuan joined forces to resist the Qing Dynasty, even after Zhang Xianzhong's death, it took the Qing army thirteen years to pacify Sichuan. It is conceivable how many people will die in the years of war. History is written by the victors, and it should be understandable that the Qing Dynasty put the basin on Zhang Xianzhong's head and established its own glorious image.

The military order ordered, Zhang Xianzhong's generals, ordered the troops on the same day, and 80,000 horses set off one after another and went straight to Hanzhong.

Liaodong.

After Dolgon led his army to conquer Chahar, the Jurchens won a great victory and wanted to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, but they were refused. Huang Taiji was very angry in his heart, and decided to give Da Ming some more color, so he planned to conquer Korea.

It's a pity that when he mobilized troops and horses to prepare to attack North Korea, he unexpectedly found that dozens of warships were lined up on the Yalu River, shuttling back and forth. The Eight Banners Army is good at riding and shooting, but it can't fly past the future on horseback, and no matter how accurate the archery is, it is impossible to shoot to the warships on the river, let alone be more powerful than artillery.

Mao Wenlong's sailor was not weak in combat effectiveness, and later Mao Youjian became the chief soldier of the Tianjin Navy, and the two sides communicated with each other, so that Mao Wenlong's sailor was even stronger. Just with the Jurchen's broken ship, how can it be compared with Mao Wenlong's warship, if you dare to go into the water, a few cannons will go down, and you will be able to blow it away, Huang Taiji can't see it, so he can only dispel the idea of conquering Korea. I hate Mao Wenlong even more in my heart.

North Korea can't fight, it has to do something else, although now plundered a lot of Han people to be slaves and give them farming, but there is a great drought in the north, and the same is true outside the Guan, even if there is no harassment of the rogues, but the grain harvested in a year is not much, and it is not enough for so many people to eat.

So, Huang Taiji planned, if it doesn't work, let's go into the customs and grab a handful again. Now, Yuan Chonghuan is sitting at Shanhaiguan, no matter how you toss, I just won't come out, relying on the Ningjin defense line, and strictly guarding it. Anyway, the holy decree also said, if you don't ask for merit, you just ask you to defend the Shanhai Pass, and don't ask the Jurchens to come in.

Let Yuan Chonghuan Pingliao for five years, it is really difficult to do it, how can you have this ability, but you can guard Shanhaiguan, there is no problem, the court will not pursue the bragging of the emperor, then I will guard it in peace and be my Taiping Governor.

Huang Taiji's tentative attack twice, but he didn't take advantage, so he could only endure it. But year after year, relying on self-reliance, the Jurchens really couldn't stand it, and they had to continue to rob.

It was also at this time that the fine work in the pass sent a message, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were proclaimed emperors, and Yue Su, the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, led the army south to fight to the death with the Liukou.

After hearing this news, Huang Taiji thought that this was a good opportunity, and he should seize the opportunity to go to the Central Plains to loot, and maybe he could make the Ming Dynasty even more chaotic. However, the news said that Daming did not transfer the soldiers and horses of Shanhaiguan, but only the people of Xuanfu.

In that case, let's stop harassing Shanhaiguan and leave from Xuanfu.

Huang Taiji summoned all the generals, ordered the soldiers and horses, and decided to enter the customs again to rob. The soldiers and horses were ready, and one of them ran to Huang Taiji and took the initiative to ask for help, wanting to go with him. This person is none other than Tian Shenglan, one of the Jin merchants, Tian Gang.

Tian's family was killed, and only Tian Gang escaped and took refuge in Liaodong. Huang Taiji treated him well, and gave him a house, a slave, and silver, so that he could live a happy life. But Tian Gang has always been full of hatred in his heart, and he always wants to avenge the whole family, and this time he heard that Huang Taiji was going to send troops into the customs, and immediately responded.

Seeing that he was so active, how could Huang Taiji not bring it, and rewarded him with an official position in Gushan Ezhen and served in the Han Army Banner.

Now the Jurchens created the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Meng, but because they did not have enough equipment, the strength of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Mongols did not reach 60,000, and the total number of troops was nearly 70,000. Who said that the Jurchens did not know iron smelting technology.

This time, Huang Taiji led many elite generals, leaving only Daishan, Zilharang, and Haoge at home, and the other Baylors, Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig, and Mang Gurtai all brought them, and Yue Tuo, Sony, Tong Tulai and other fierce generals all followed. The Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners mobilized a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses, and then summoned the Mongolian ministries to send troops to converge, bringing the total number to 160,000.

The soldiers and horses of Xuanfu were transferred, so they naturally wanted to fight Xuanfu, and Zhangjiakou bore the brunt of it.

Huang Taiji used the old routine of entering the customs from Datong back then, sent Duoduo as the front, and led the white flag to raid Zhangjiakou.

Zhangjiakou is the place designated by the imperial court to trade with Mongolia, and there is a horse market outside the city, as long as the Jurchen cavalry comes quickly, they will be able to catch a surprise in the city, and it is not difficult to rush into the city.

But the unfortunate thing, when Wu Sinan was the governor of Xuanfu, he set up a large camp outside the city, and the camp was full of ditches and traps, although it was used to capture the Jin merchants, but it has not been filled in so far, and it is still used, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city and the caravans are also used to it.

They are used to it, but the Jurchen cavalry is not used to it. Duoduo led the army to kill with lightning speed, although there were scouts patrolling outside Zhangjiakou, but when they saw it, it was too late. The detectives warned that the merchants of the horse market were fleeing towards the city, and they were also familiar with the road, and they could bypass the trenches by themselves without the need for officers and soldiers to lead the way. The city wanted to close the gate, but it was too late, and the merchants blocked the city gate and squeezed in desperately.

At this time, when Duoduo's cavalry arrived, he was very happy to see a large number of people gathered at the city gate, and planned to kill him directly while the city gate was not closed. So, an order was given, "Give me a rush!" ”

The Tartar soldiers have already been working hard, and it is estimated that if Duoduo does not give the order, they can also rush forward, which is a godsend. The soldiers drew their sabers, slammed their feet into their horses' bellies, and howled towards the city gates.

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