Chapter 319: Rolling Torrent
One shelling was enough, and it was enough for Zilharang to turn around and run.
The collapse of tens of thousands of people was not defeated by Zhou Huchen's straggler line, nor was it routed by artillery, but the morale of the army, and the sound of artillery was just a signal of the collapse of the enemy's army.
The scene of the explosion was very amazing, Zhou Huchen held the clairvoyant mirror and couldn't help it: "Jiannu has already acted, it is estimated that Jiannu in the northern capital is already on the way to escape, chase it with all your might!" ”
This was said to Huang Degong, because Huang Degong's army was behind, and he still had thousands of cavalry.
"Then chase it! It's too hard to beat! Just a shot! Huang Degong didn't expect it to be so easy, how could the always strong Jiannu be like this?
The first line of the northern capital.
Dolgon was indeed on the run, the day before Zilharang had engaged the Zhou-Huang coalition, and with him many high-ranking Manchu officials and family members, including the emperor and his two aunts, nephews and sisters-in-law, as well as those of the former Ming high-ranking officials.
Zilharang, Azig, and Dorgon had effectively agreed that Zilharang was responsible for blocking the speed of the Zhou and Huang coalition forces on the front, while Azig was to deal with Wang Deyong on the western front. In fact, most of the soldiers and cavalry of the Eight Banners had gathered together to wait in the north of Beijing, and their task was to escort the Manchu royal nobles straight to Gubeikou in the north and escape outside the pass.
The Gubeikou Great Wall is the most complete Great Wall system in the history of the Great Wall of China, consisting of the Great Wall of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, which includes four sections: Wohu Mountain, Panlong Mountain, Jinshanling and Simatai. Gubeikou is the most important fortress of the Great Wall between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan, and it is also the throat of the Liaodong Plain and Mongolia leading to the Central Plains, and it is a place where soldiers have always competed, especially in the Liao, Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties, the wars for Gubeikou have never stopped, therefore, the role of the Great Wall of Gubeikou is particularly important.
The escape of the Manchu dignitaries undoubtedly used a trick, because Dolgon was sneaking out of the city before dawn. They did not lead and inform the ordinary flag men who came from outside the gates. A few hours after Dolgon had escaped from Beijing, it was close to noon that all the bannermen from outside the border had been notified; The Great Qing Kingdom was about to evacuate Yanjing and return to Guanwai, and everyone hurriedly ran in the direction of Gubeikou.
Dolgon's method of escaping without telling the story saved the city of Beijing, and also saved the countless Han people in the city, as for the fate of the ordinary banner people, Dolgon couldn't take care of it, just tried his best.
When all the bannermen got the news and hurriedly moved, the entire city of Beijing immediately fell into boundless chaos.
Not only do you want to go, but you want to take your property with you. The slaves also wanted to take it away, and even some ignorant and illiterate bannermen wanted to take the title deed away.
After the Qing army moved its capital to Beijing, it can be said that it was heavily guarded in the northern capital, and it was stipulated that the soldiers and civilians of Beijing should live in separate cities. The soldiers of the Eight Banners lived in the inner city, and the Han people lived in the outer city. In order to control Hermes-Epitek, nearly 2,000 wooden fences were set up in the streets and alleys, and patrols patrolled back and forth. The east, west, south, north, and middle of the outer city, as well as the jurisdiction of the imperial history of the five cities.
During and after the establishment of the capital, the Qing court took many important measures to encompass it. To a certain extent, they consolidated their position after entering the Central Plains, and these measures were mainly to encircle the Han scholars and the landlord class, and at the same time, they also mourned for Emperor Chongzhen and protected the Ming Tomb. Give the Ming King and his relatives a superficial courtesy. At the same time, it also gave preferential treatment and reused to the Ming Dynasty, such as appointing Hong Chengchou as a university scholar, and promoting Chen Mingxia to the official department of the former Ming Dynasty. An effective means of appeasing the scholars and gentry was an effective one, and in fact the Qing court had already achieved effective control over the northern capital and nearby areas after the Ming court lost the north.
Pity. Everything that the Great Qing Kingdom did was destroyed in the hands of Zhou Huchen's Northern Expedition, and the chaos began
Mess is just one word.
And this kind of chaos is undoubtedly Dorgon's opportunity, and boundless chaos is the most haode cover. These ordinary flag men who fled behind them are actually a kind of cannon fodder.
Just an hour later, there was a torrent of people in the northeast of the northern capital, and countless bannermen rode horses, mules, donkeys, and even pushed chicken carts with their possessions and families all the way north.
The escape of the banner people made the Han people in the northern capital finally react, the hatred has been waiting for too long, there are no weapons, kitchen knives, axes, no these sharp weapons and sticks, the hatred of the nation and the patience of long-term oppression broke out in an instant. The Han people of the Northern Capital were dozens of times that of the banner people, and when these people who could hold the "weapon" began to catch up, a greater torrent appeared
The timing was very good, and just as the Zhou and Huang armies were dealing with the crumbling cannon fodder, Zilharang's cavalry began to go west around the city of Beijing.
Azig and Aobai were rumored to be in Changping against Wang De, who paid Juyongguan, but in fact, the two left Li Shutai and Wu Sangui two cannon fodder, and they had already led the Eight Banners soldiers of their lineage in Shunyi to start to meet Dolgon.
And on the front line of Baoding, it is no longer Baoding, and He Tengjiao's army has entered Fangshan in Shuntianfu.
Li Shutai has always been a good fighter and brave person, has repeatedly broken the Ming army and Li Zicheng army, this Manchu and Han mixed race or some inherited the fierceness of the Manchus, he finally bravely and the Ming army had a "contact war".
The so-called contact battle is a close contact with the artillery, when Li Shutai led his cavalry into the artillery range, the gunners in He Tengjiao's army were unceremoniously a crazy shelling. Brave people will do brave things, leaving more than 100 cavalry corpses, Li Shutai turned around and ran bravely to the north without hesitation.
The big traitor Wu Sangui has been watching the play, Li Shuitai's drama is actually a pediatric for him, and Li Shuitai's escape is expected by him. Since Li Shutai began to escape, Wu Sangui naturally would not be polite, and he directly commanded all his subordinates to start evacuating. Wu Sangui's subordinates still have some strength, and there are more than 20,000 people, but it is a pity that there are too many infantry and too few cavalry of more than 20,000 people, and Wu Sangui, who has always preserved his strength, does not dare to throw down these liliang of Zuihou, so he can't run fast.
If you can't run fast, you can run faster than He Tengjiao, who is like a turtle, and Wu Sangui is temporarily safe after withdrawing from the battlefield.
And Wang Deyong, who had a large army out of Yongguan, still had a battle in Changping Prefecture.
Because he was afraid of being overtaken, Dolgon arranged for the defense of Changping to be in charge of Changping's defense by Jianzhou Jialazhangjing Chen Tai.
Chen Tai, Niu Hulu, a man with a yellow flag, his ancestors followed Nurhachi to fight everywhere, and Chen Tai himself can be regarded as a fierce general with outstanding achievements. The battle of Songjin once had his shadow, Tiancong entered the pass in three years and arrived at the Jingshi Desheng Gate with his shadow, the battle of Dalinghe also had his shadow, the conquest of Korea and Mongolia also had his shadow, and the battle of Tongguan broke Li Zicheng left his brave figure.
This is an absolutely trusted general, and the fact that such a general is placed in Changping undoubtedly makes Dolgon very relieved.
Jialazhangjing Chen Tai led 2,000 cavalry, including 1,000 cavalry soldiers of the Eight Banners, 500 cavalry cavalry of the Korbi Mongol cavalry, and more than 25,000 foot soldiers, of course, these foot soldiers were all newly attached to the Han army. These newly attached Han troops were destined to still be cannon fodder, and the 2,000 cavalry led by Chen Tai could also become cannon fodder, because the task given to him by Dolgon was to block the Ming army on the front line of Changping for one day. (To be continued......)