In this expedition, Wu Shigong will lead 6,500 cavalry from the two associations of Pegasus Town, and 6,500 people from the two associations of Tiger Roar Town. In addition, there were 4,500 pro-soldier corps, artillery associations, and engineer regiments directly under the company. After uniting Li Lu's 1,500 cavalry, he will first go to Guide and join Shumo's Guide Association, an infantry regiment and a cavalry battalion, totaling 1,500 men and horses, to go out together. The total strength reached 20,500 men. Of these, the cavalry will exceed nine thousand horsemen. Of course, there are also 1,300 marines who don't know if they will come.

Seeing the more than 400 cavalry of the Qing army in formation, Helichi said to the five people behind him: "Dolls! All look at the dots! Later, I will rush at you, and if I stop, you will stop, and don't get separated. All mentioned the spirit, and the loss of life was their own. ”

"There are tens of thousands of Han dogs on the other side! Uncle! We don't keep it? It was Khlicchi's nephew Hutu who spoke. He saw that his side was only in his early 2,000s, so he was always a little timid when he first went to the battlefield.

Helicchi glanced at the array of the Ming army, and said nonchalantly: "There are always tens of thousands." However, Han dogs are not as good as pigs and sheep, even if there are 100,000, they are not afraid. You'll know if you've hit it once. ”

"That's it! It is! "The morale of the other young people was high. They grew up listening to stories told by the old people in the village, and this time they had the opportunity to become the protagonists of the story, and they were already impatient.

"But Uncle He, we only have two horses, and the rest of us are running away, isn't this fast? The Mongols are too stingy! A young man said.

"Don't forget! You're the coating! Same as White Pig! Still want horses? Hurry scolded with a smile.

When passing through Mongolia, the Mongolian tribes gathered 5,000 horses and handed them over to the Qing army, and each bannerman was given at least one. However, the six of them only had a quota for the bannermen, so with the addition of the horse that Helicchi brought out of his home, there were only two in total. Heliche gave the horse to Hutu.

This awakening made everyone laugh. One said, "I already knew." So he brought the horses of the family. ”

Another said, "Joke! You only have one horse in your house, and if you dare to steal it, see if your father doesn't break your legs. ”

"It's better than you, you don't have a horse at home."

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Seeing that the crowd had started chatting, Helich got on his horse and called, "All right! All ready. It's about to rush. I'll hold the horse down later, remember! Follow me. As long as you rush over, you will have horses and armor. ”

The Qing army's more than 400 cavalry lined up in three rows, and the first in line were all white-armored soldiers of the Eight Banners. They still rode close to the Ming array, and then dismounted. Start in groups of ten, one leading a horse and nine shooting arrows.

Seeing the Qing army bending the bow, the bows and arrows and fire bolts in front of the Ming army's array hurriedly began to shoot, and a puff of smoke was immediately raised. But the thunder was loud and the rain was small. The Ming army did not wait for the Qing army to enter the firing range before shooting, and the white-armored soldiers were wearing heavy armor again. So there were no casualties to the Qing army.

And wait until the arrows of the Qing army are shot into the Ming army's array. The Ming army was in chaos. The archers and musketeers in front fled backwards, making it impossible for the Ming army's gun arrays to be placed, and some soldiers even threw down their weapons and began to flee backwards.

Seeing that the Ming army's formation had collapsed, those white-armored soldiers immediately mounted their horses, lined up in a linear formation and began to charge.

Seeing the white-armored soldiers in front of him on their horses, he didn't wait for them to charge. Helich picked up his horse and called, "Charge with me!" "In the main team of the Qing army in the rear, Helicchi was the first to charge. And when they saw someone charging, all the Qing troops rushed towards the Ming army with a strange scream.

But at this time. The six people who followed Helicchi had not yet turned a corner in their minds: Why did Uncle He charge now? Didn't you wait for the white-armored soldiers in front to completely disrupt the Ming army's formation before charging?

However, these people soon understood, and when they saw the charge of the Qing army, the Ming army suddenly exploded like a snowball hitting a stone, and no one resisted at all, all of them tried their best to flee back, and the battle ended from the beginning of the charge of the Qing army.

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"Don't be picky! What are you doing with three knives? Do you have three hands? Pick the armor first and protect yourself. Hurley shouted naked in his new, iron-studded cotton armor.

Because it was Helicchi who charged first, in addition to being credited with a great credit, he was also rewarded for selecting the loot first, so Helicchi took his own people and rummaged through the loot.

The men were all beaming with their new armor, but the white pig was bent down and motionless, and Helly Chi stepped forward to kick him, then picked up a piece of cotton armor from the ground and threw it to the white pig, and scolded, "Are you a dead man?" If you are told to change, you will change it quickly! Don't grind around. The knife in his hand should be changed quickly. ”

Of course, Helicchi was in a hurry, the white pig was his slave, and if he died, the property would be greatly damaged.

After everyone finished changing their costumes, they laughed at each other and looked at the costumes of their companions. Someone also said, "It's just that there's no cloth!" I'd like to bring some back to my mother. ”

Helicchi immediately laughed and scolded: "It's good to be able to find some weapons and armor on the poor soldier, and you still want fabrics?" It's that their riders run fast and don't get a horse. But it's nothing, soon you will all be unable to carry it, the place of the Han dog is too rich. Needless to say, we must first get livestock, preferably cattle, mules and donkeys, otherwise we will not be able to carry so many things. ”

"Uncle He! So what should a Han woman do? ”

"You kid wants this kind of good thing! Tell you ......! ”

Looking at Helichi from afar and chatting, the white pig looked at the knife in his hand, and then at the cotton armor he had just put on. There was a big hole in the abdomen of the cotton armor, and blood was oozing all around the hole, and I don't know which dead Ming soldier took the ...... from.

After the left and right flanks of the Qing army converged in Tongzhou, they immediately divided their troops into eight routes, ranging from 4,000 to 6,000 Qing troops on each road. They wandered around, swept everything, and this huge momentum made the Ming army feel that they had indeed entered the pass with 100,000 Qing troops. Seeing that the Ming army was afraid of fighting and avoiding, the courage of the Qing army became more and more great, so the Qing soldiers were divided into three or four teams again, making Beizhili and Shanxi everywhere wolf smoke and beacon fire. At this time, the only two people in the Ming Dynasty who could fight were Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qi Qian.

Let's take a look at the unanimous view of the government and the opposition Haode Lu Xiangsheng! In the face of the Qing army, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to fight rashly, so he used the trick of surprise attack, gathered 20,000 Ming troops, including the Tianxiong army, and attacked a Qing army camp of more than 3,000 people.

But the Qing army had already prepared and effortlessly repelled the sneak attack of Lu Xiangsheng. If it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng's retreat, maybe the Qing army would have launched a large-scale counterattack and completely defeated Lu Xiangsheng's troops.

Let's take a look at the eunuch boss Gao Qiqian, who is despised by the world! Gao Qiqian had a dignified battle with the Qing army. He led his 27,000 troops to try to block the 2,000 Qing troops in the area of Lugou Bridge to move south, that is, he encountered the Qing army of Helicchi. But the result was the same, the same fiasco.

You must know that Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Army and Gao Qiqian's Guanning Army were relatively effective in the Ming army, and both had experience in fighting against the Qing army. In fact, the key point is that the Ming army does not have a heart to fight.

After some integration after entering the customs, the Qing army gradually integrated the Baoyi, the Han army and the Mongolian herdsmen, and made them more and more disciplined, and completely kneaded them into an army.

Of course, this was under the guarantee of the brutal military law of the Qing army. Until now, more soldiers of the Qing army have died in the ghost head knife of the Qing army's law enforcement team than in the battle with the Ming army.

After defeating Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian, the Qing army began to move freely. Throughout November, there seemed to be Qing troops everywhere on the North China Plain. Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, Bazhou, Wen'an and other prefectures and counties in Shuntianfu fell one after another; Laishui, Dingxing, Xincheng and other counties in the north of Baoding Province were also breached.

On the west side of the canal, Fucheng and Gucheng in Hejian Prefecture, Hengshui, Wuyi, Zaoqiang and other counties in Zhending Prefecture were once captured by the Qing army, and Dezhou, an important town on the canal, reported an emergency. Even the counties of Jize and Wei in Gwangpyeong, at the southern tip of Gyeonggi, were lost at this time. The Qing army fought separately in a vast area with a radius of six or seven hundred miles, and the Ming troops from all walks of life were completely unable to grasp the essentials.

At this time, another bad news reached the imperial court, in early November, Gaoyang County in the southeast of Baoding was besieged, and Sun Chengzong, a former superintendent of the city, organized the people in the city to defend the city, and held out for three days, and finally the city fell and was captured

When Dolgon heard that Sun Chengzong had been caught, he was very happy and came to persuade him to surrender in person, but Sun Chengzong sternly refused! The Qing soldiers were helpless, and in view of their respect, they promised that Sun Chengzong could commit suicide. Zuihou, Sun Chengzong sat on a chair and ordered two Qing soldiers to strangle themselves with white silk. His whole family was also loyal in this battle, and the Sun Cheng clan was wiped out.

In the original history, if one Ming minister who caused the most trouble to the Manchus was selected, Sun Chengzong would definitely be at the top of the list.

The Ningjin defense line he presided over the construction of, although it was buried by the later losers, so that it changed from Ningjin to Guanning, and Zuihou retreated to only Shanhaiguan. But in the following decades, it was not until the great traitor Wu Shigong opened the Shanhai Pass that the Qing army successfully entered the customs from this avenue, and Sun Chengzong's achievements here are also indispensable.

Sun Chengzong's whole life presided over the use of soldiers against the Qing Dynasty, and he made quite achievements, but Zuihou died at the hands of the Qing soldiers in his hometown, he must not be blind to death! (To be continued......)