In July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, after the army of Azig, the king of Wuying County, conquered Yanqing Prefecture, they quickly crossed Baoding and arrived in Anzhou. After that, he sent Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai and others to set up an ambush, beheaded the guards of the Santun battalion of Zunhua, captured the general soldier Chao Pichang, and completely annihilated the only mobile force of the Ming army that dared to go out of the city to fight, and then began to carnival at the foot of the capital.

Qing soldiers were in Changping, Dingxing, Ansu, Baodi, Dong'an, Xiong, Shunyi, Rongcheng and Wen'an counties. In every county, the old and weak are killed and the strong are captured. Moreover, in this battle of the entrance, the Qing soldiers also used equipped artillery for the first time, so that the city wall of the Ming Dynasty was useless, and it was completely unable to stop the Qing soldiers from attacking the city.

In the face of the aggressive offensive of the Qing soldiers, the city of Beijing was also shocked three times a day. For this reason, the imperial court urgently issued two orders: one was to let Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department who was sick, and Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, lead the army to intercept it; The other is to let Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng take the elite soldiers to the north to King Qin.

And Henan's army, which was originally preparing for King Qin, including Wu Shigong's Runing army, all canceled the original order. Because the Tang King went out of the city to violate the order, the imperial court was very uneasy about these Henan troops, so they would not be put near the city of Beijing.

So, Lu Xiangsheng sent an edict to lead the general soldiers Zu Kuan, Zu Dale and others to Beijing Qinwang. Wang Jiazhen, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, succeeded Lu Xiangsheng and premiered the military affairs of Henan and Huguang provinces. And Miao Yantu took over as the governor of Huguang.

However, this time, the Qing army entered the customs completely by means of a quick battle, and they entered the customs for more than two months, and on the first day of the first month of September, they calmly went out of the jam through the cold mouth with the people and animal materials they had captured.

Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong were both timid and did not dare to fight. Zhang Fengyitun moved to Wuchong'an, listened to Deng Linqi's strategy, fortified himself, and did not come out after ten years.

On August 19, the Qing troops returned to Xiongxian and captured 179,820 men and animals. There is countless gold and silver wealth. Moreover, the Qing army wrote on the trees along the way, wearing women's clothes, accompanied by a band, that is, riding in glamorous clothes, and playing music to return to the country, which was to humiliate the Ming Dynasty officials and troops who could not protect the people.

And because of the dilapidation of, Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong were very worried. The two of them knew that the death penalty was inevitable, so they took rhubarb every day to pray for death. On the first day of September, Zhang Fengyi died, and Ting Dong died a few days later.

It's hard to understand. Since they are not afraid of death and are going to commit suicide, why don't they fight vigorously? Even if you die on the battlefield, it's better than such a shameful death.

And this time in the battle of the entrance, the only bright spot of the Ming army was not civilian officials, nor military generals. Rather, he was a eunuch who was not recorded in the history books.

When a eunuch in Xuanda saw the return of the Qing army, the people outside the city howled bitterly. The civil and military forces in the city are afraid of the enemy. He had the blood of a man, and led hundreds of his own soldiers out of the city to fight, killing more than a dozen Qing soldiers and rescuing more than 100 people. This situation is really speechless!

So by the time Lu Xiangsheng arrived in the capital, the Qing army had already retreated safely. And the Ming Dynasty court no longer dared to let go of the gap in Xuanda, and they immediately appointed Lu Xiangsheng to the left squire of the army. Governor Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi military affairs.

And in this battle of the entrance of the Qing army, we can see the following points:

The Qing army entered the customs when the Ming army was about to encircle and suppress the peasant army. In the future, every time the Qing army entered the customs, it was during the low ebb period of the peasant army, as if the two protagonists were echoing each other from afar. Obviously. What the Qing army did was premeditated. This was due to the information sent back by a large number of spies sent to the interior by the eight families of the Jin Shang Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, the strategic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty court has been wavering, and it is simply led by the nose by the peasant army and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. To be honest, the Ming Dynasty at this time could only have a strategic focus. Whether it is choosing to go outside or inside, it is much better than such a headache doctor and foot pain doctor. And now, after a long period of fatigue, the strength of the Ming Dynasty will also become weaker and weaker.

What's even more sad is that accidents in the Ming Dynasty were frequent, and any kind of chaos would pop up. Like the Tang King incident, not mentioning the original intention of the Tang King, it was completely a-stirring stick, which made the deployment of the Ming army near Nanyang a mess. Moreover, after the lack of Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and Liao Army, the defense of this area of the Ming Dynasty suddenly became empty.

Moreover, the Tang King incident also put all the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying Department into Henan. Because Yu Zilian's troops and Runing's army were going to surround Nanyang Mansion at that time, Lu Xiangsheng could only let Zuo Liangyu's troops follow and pursue, which made the new Huguang governor Wang Jiazhen suddenly become a bare-bones commander, and also gave Zhang Xianzhong's troops, who had surrendered near Xiangyang, an opportunity.

At this time, the most dazzling star of the peasant army was undoubtedly Lao Hui Ma Shouying. He led his troops across Nanyang Mansion, crossed Ruzhou, and rushed straight to Kaifeng with lightning speed.

So the governor Li Xianfeng hurriedly led the main force of the Ming army back to Kaifeng; Zuo Liangyu also followed; After Yu Zilian solved the Tang Dynasty, he immediately returned to Ruzhou with the Ruzhou army, first of all, to protect his hometown; And Wu Shigong also returned to Runing from Nanyang to prevent Ma Shouying's troops in Kaifeng from going south and invading Runing and Guide. It can be said that Lao Hui Hui Ma Shouying's sudden action completely mobilized the main force of the Ming army in Henan.

As soon as Wu Shigong led the army back to Ye County, he ushered in Zhang Zhiheng, who had been waiting in Ye County for a long time. Wu Shigong thought that something was going on in his hometown. So he asked, "Why is the gentleman here?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng immediately said alarmist: "My lord! Haven't you woken up yet? ”

After Zhang Zhiheng joined the Runing Army, he was not in a hurry to offer advice, he was just observing carefully. That is, observing Wu Shigong's conduct in the world; He also observed the strength of the Runing army. Although Zhang Zhiheng didn't know some hidden places, it didn't prevent this interested person from estimating the strength of the Runing Army.

So this time Zhang Zhiheng came to Wu Shigong alone to offer advice, which is a way to fight for the top. Of course, the ancient literati liked to scare the lord with alarmist words before offering their plans.

Therefore, Wu Shigong was indeed taken aback by Zhang Zhiheng, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the disaster?" ”

Zhang Zhiheng bowed and said, "Please retreat!" ”

Wu Shigong hurriedly brought Zhang Zhiheng into the big tent, and asked Tao Xin to take his own soldiers to guard around the big tent. After that, he asked, "Sir, please have something to say!" Listen to me in the next wash. ”

Zhang Zhiheng pondered for a while, stroked his beard and said, "My lord! The words in the account, out of my mouth, into the ears of the king, shall not be known to outsiders! Dare to ask an adult: The ambition of an adult lies in wealth? Temples? Zhong Dinghu? ”

Wu Shigong was immediately taken aback again, he frowned and said, "Sir, you have to be cautious!" If this is known to outsiders, it will bring us two big trouble! (To be continued......)