Chapter 60: Reunion
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Shanhaiguan north, above Jiaoshan Mountain.
Not long ago, an arrow book was shot in the city to remind him to pay attention to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then many gentry sent people to secretly visit Li Zicheng.
Although he did not fully believe it, Li Zicheng still strengthened his vigilance against the Manchus, and specially arranged for Liu Zongmin to lead 10,000 elite soldiers as a reserve to deal with possible troubles.
However, speaking from the heart, Li Zicheng was still suspicious of the Manchu generals.
But at this moment, a gust of wind blew violently, flying sand and rocks, obscuring the sky and the sun, and the figure of the opposite side could hardly be seen. The high place is even more unstable, and Li Zicheng can only lead people to avoid it temporarily.
When the wind subsided and he returned to Jiaoshan again, Li Zicheng's pupils suddenly constricted, and he was speechless in horror.
I don't know when, there were countless soldiers in white clothes and white flags on the battlefield, these people were extremely brave and invincible, and the Dashun army was completely unstoppable and was constantly slaughtered. The other party is like the most efficient killing machine, constantly devouring the lives of the Dashun army.
Seeing the most elite fighters being killed by the other party, Li Zicheng was about to crush his steel teeth.
"Your Majesty, these white-clothed people are not Guan Ningjun, they must be Manchu Tartars, so your Majesty should avoid them for the time being."
"No, Tartar don't want to scare me, let Liu Zongmin go up and stop them for me!"
Li Zicheng's order was conveyed, and Liu Zongmin led his men and horses and rushed towards the Manchu Qing. Liu Zongmin in the past can be called the first fierce general in the camp, but things will change.
At that time, Gu Zhenhua shot half of his ear with an arrow, Liu Zongmin was hateful and angry, and at the same time, he also had a strong sense of fear. After so many years of birth and death, I finally entered the capital, and before the good days began, I messed up my head, is it worth it!
In the past month, Liu Zongmin desperately tortured officials, squeezed money, and snatched Chen Yuanyuan to the house, after Li Zicheng ordered him to hand over Chen Yuanyuan. Liu Zongmin was not reconciled, and wantonly robbed the official eunuchs and nobles, enjoyed himself wantonly, and feasted and drank excessively every day.
In fact, Li Ziyuan wanted to let Liu Zongmin lead his troops to attack Wu Sangui, he was sitting in the capital, how did he know that this Liu Zongmin actually confronted him face to face: Why are you enjoying yourself in the capital, let me drink the northwest wind!
Forced into desperation, Li Zicheng drove the expedition himself. In just a few dozen days, Liu Zongmin doesn't look the same, but he has changed a person in his bones.
He led his men and horses and rushed towards the Qing soldiers, and faced a Manchu general who waved his machete and slashed at Liu Zongmin, who hurriedly parried. But the originally strong body had no strength, and the knife was not put out.
Liu Zong's sensitivity was not good, so he hurriedly dodged, but it was still a little late, and the other party slashed at his shoulder, and blood suddenly splattered out. The soldiers on the side desperately rescued, and finally Liu Zongmin saved his life, but his fighting spirit was also cut off. With his own soldiers, he took the initiative to retreat, and the Qing soldiers easily defeated Liu Zongmin, and the long snake formation of the Dashun army was cut off. The tide of the battle was abruptly reversed, and the Dashun army was already on the verge of collapse.
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"From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift. The defeat of the Dashun army is revealed, but I am afraid that it will be more difficult in the future, its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden! General Li, Benjue admires your talent, if you are willing to continue to cooperate, wouldn't it be a good thing for us to join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty? ”
"Gu Zhenhua, are you trying to convince me to surrender to Daming?"
Gu Zhenhua laughed: "From the moment the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, there was no Dashun and Ming Dynasty in this world, some were just Han people, we fought internally, outsiders took advantage, and stole rivers and mountains, isn't this lesson profound?" ”
Li Yan kept a calm face, said nothing, and was silent for half a minute before shaking his head: "Lord Gu, King Chuang treats me with the grace of knowledge, not to mention that Dashun has not yet reached the point where the flag is falling and the troops are scattered." Let's join forces to fight the enemy today, the past grievances will be written off, Li wants to take someone to save the king, Lord Gu, you can do it yourself! ”
After Li Yan finished speaking, he urged the horse to leave, Gu Zhenhua looked at their backs and shook his head.
Zongma returned to the military formation, waved his hand to everyone, and said loudly: "Brothers, our battle of Shanhaiguan is over, follow Benjue south, a good world, waiting for us!" ”
After Gu Zhenhua finished speaking, he galloped wildly, and the soldiers behind him followed closely. When they left the city, there were less than 3,000 men and horses, and there was a big battle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Gu Zhenhua and they lost more than 100 brothers, but when they retreated, many Dashun troops joined in, and the whole team exceeded 3,000 people.
There are also more than 10,000 war horses and more than 300 carriages, which is ten times larger than when he fled the capital, and the flame in Gu Zhenhua's heart is also burning. The most important thing now is to find a base area, properly reorganize the army, and digest all these things, and at that time, you will have the capital to deal with the Manchus.
Tartar, you wait, sooner or later you will come back!
Gu Zhenhua hurriedly went south, and the battle of Shanhaiguan also came to the last moment. Azig led the Zhengbai Banner to break through Liu Zongmin's defense line and cut the Dashun army into two sections.
The Qing soldiers were like chopping melons and vegetables, constantly crushing the Dashun army, and Li Zicheng couldn't hold it anymore, so he could only escape frantically under the protection of his relatives.
The decisive battle began in the morning and ended at almost sunset, and the remnants of the sun were like blood, and under the light of the setting sun, Shanhaiguan was shrouded in blood.
In a battle of life and death, of the 100,000 elites of the Dashun army, more than 40,000 were slashed and killed, and 30,000 or 40,000 people fled, and Li Zicheng's elite was almost lost at once!
As the victorious side, the Guan Ning army and the Qing army were not comfortable, before the war, Wu Sangui had more than 50,000 people, and more than 20,000 were cut down in the battle, Gu Zhenhua took away more than 2,000 people, and those who surrendered to Li Zicheng, and in the final count, Wu Sangui had less than 20,000 men and horses. Moreover, cousin Wu Sanrong, Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan and others died again, and the combat effectiveness of the Guanning army was reduced by more than sixty percent!
The Manchu Qing Dynasty was also uncomfortable, because of Gu Zhenhua's warning, the Dashun army was also prepared, plus Gu Zhenhua and Li Yan joined forces to kill about 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers, and the Manchu Qing killed and wounded more than 3,000 people in this battle.
Far more than the loss of previous entry into the customs, and given the population base of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this loss was even more fatal. In fact, don't look at the fact that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has often won battles in these years, but their core combat power has not increased much, and even decreased.
The reason is also very simple, there may not be many combat casualties, but non-combat attrition is also very fatal, especially in perennial combat, and the birth population is not large. If it weren't for the support of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's troops would have been greatly reduced.
Therefore, when Dorgon heard the report, his eyebrows immediately stood up, and he called Duoduo and Azig over, and scolded them for their bloody heads, especially Duoduo, who was beaten in both mouths and loosened their back molars.
"Regent, please calm your anger, the minister thinks that after the battle of Shanhaiguan, the elite of the thieves will be lost, and there will be no such cruel battles in the future. And you can let Wu Sangui act as a leader and act as a pawn for the Qing Dynasty! Fan Wencheng persuaded bitterly.
Dolgon finally suppressed his anger, and said angrily: "Call Wu Sangui, the soul of the Qing Dynasty, to help him fight, shouldn't he be rewarded, let him prepare food, cattle and sheep, reorganize the army, and pursue Li Zicheng as much as possible." ”
Fan Wencheng's face was embarrassed: "Regent, I'm afraid it won't happen, all the granaries in Shanhaiguan have been burned, and Wu Sangui can't get any grain, I'm afraid I have to transfer some from outside the customs." ”
"What?" Dolgon suddenly burst into a rage: "Wu Sangui, is he a rice bucket, how can he not see the grain?" ”
"Lord Qiyu, I heard that there is a man named Gu Zhenhua, who escaped from the capital and went to Shanhaiguan again. As a result, at the beginning of the war, he led the people to rebel against Wu Sangui, not only taking away thousands of men and horses, but also burning down the warehouses in the city. ”
"Prince?" Dolgon almost stared at the bloodballs of his eyes, and scolded: "Wu Sangui, this idiot, this king asked him to kill the crown prince, and he actually made such a thing." Master Fan, you immediately let Wu Sangui lead people to chase down this guy named Gu Zhenhua, and be sure to get his head back. ”
"Brother Wang, give me a chance too, the younger brother wants to atone for his sins!" Duoduo also spoke at this time, he also hated Gu Zhenhua to the core, and blew them up with explosives twice in a row, losing all his face, if he didn't kill him, it would be really difficult to understand the hatred in his heart.
Dolgon looked at him, frowned and said: "Shanhaiguan has been decided, there are many things, and if you want to assist this king, send two thousand warriors to follow Wu Sangui together, it is enough to clean up this Gu Zhenhua!" ”
Dolgon gave an order, and Wu Sangui took his deputy general Yang Kun and two thousand Eight Banner soldiers to quickly leave Shanhaiguan and chase after Gu Zhenhua.
Gu Zhenhua didn't know that the danger was approaching at all, he led the army to leave Shanhaiguan, and he traveled for more than a hundred miles in the starry night before finally taking a breath.
"Sir, where do you think we should go!"
"Tianjin." Gu Zhenhua said without hesitation: "At the beginning, I only had a few hundred people, and I was not sure to take Tianjin, but now I have thousands of soldiers, and Tianjin is not a problem." Li Zicheng returned to the capital, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in Shanhaiguan, and when we arrived in Tianjin, we could be regarded as standing on our feet! ”
Just as Gu Zhenhua was speaking, suddenly a horse ran over in a panic, and when he arrived in front of Gu Zhenhua, he hurriedly dismounted and said, "Lord Gu, a group of people came in front, saying that they were looking for you!" ”
When Gu Zhenhua heard this, he suddenly stood up: "Who did they say?" ”
"I didn't say it, they said that the lord saw it, and he knew it."
Gu Zhenhua's eyes lit up, he didn't say a word, turned over on the war horse, and rushed out as soon as he slipped away.
"Sir, wait for us, be careful of deception." Yue Poyu also hurriedly followed with his relatives.
Gu Zhenhua ran all the way out for about five miles, and saw hundreds of people in front of him, looking over here. Seeing Gu Zhenhua running from afar, a few war horses suddenly ran out of the crowd and rushed over to meet Gu Zhenhua.
"Fourth, my brother wants to kill you!"
"Sir, I can be regarded as seeing you!"
Sun Cheng, 6 Yong, Xue Biao, Xie Bin and others greeted them with smiles.