Wan Qian Zhifeng can bear the heavy responsibility of the 61st section (I)

On November 13 of the second year of Chongzhen, the Houjin army crossed Jizhou and entered the Gyeonggi Plain, all the way into a no-man's land. All the villages along the vast land from Jimun to Samhae are burning, and the smoke that rises into the sky during the day and the flames that reflect the night is red, announcing the coming of the catastrophe to the people of Gyeonggi. Fourteen days later, after the Jin army occupied Sanhe, they opened the gate to Jingshi.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan reported that he had just learned that the Houjin army had "sneaked" into Jixi, and justified his behavior of not intercepting and calling the police.

The exit of the first line of Jimen is about three miles wide, and the central flat passage suitable for war horses and carts to pass through is about one thousand meters wide from the foot of the West Mountain to the lake in the east, and the city wall of Jizhou County is facing this one-kilometer-wide exit. The distance between the two is no more than two miles, and if the Guanning Iron Cavalry moves outside the city to block the pass, it can stand an average of twenty people per meter.

Therefore, before Yuan Chonghuan's arrival, the 5,000 Zhending army commanded by Liu Ce had been blocking the main force of the Houjin army in Jidong. After all, Liu Ce commanded the troops to go out of the city for defense, and he could stand with an average of five people per meter, so Houjin never found the opportunity to "sneak over". Before Yuan Chonghuan arrived, Liu Ce had always been very confident in blocking Houjin's way to enter the army.

After the arrival of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, I don't know if they gave up the camps and fortifications of the Zhending Army outside the city, but even if they didn't dare to go out of the city to face the battle, they would definitely be able to see the Houjin army passing by two miles away from the city, after all, this is an army of tens of thousands instead of one or two thieves, and if there is no special reason, it is definitely impossible to explain why the Guanning Army did not light the beacon fire to alarm.

Yuan Chonghuan's confidants Cheng Zhiben and Zhou Wenyu. Cheng Zhiben said that the 20,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry had been confronting the Houjin army for five hours, so it was completely understandable that the Houjin army "sneaked" Jixi.

Zhou Wenyu also attached a straight version of the agenda, saying that Yuan Chonghuan bravely ordered 20,000 troops to go out of the city, just like Liu Ce's 5,000 Zhending army before him, intending to fight seriously and defend honestly, but unfortunately the Jin army used a similar trick. sent 200 cavalry to confront 20,000 Guanning iron cavalry.

According to Cheng Zhiben's statement, it was these 200 cavalry who confronted Yuan Chonghuan outside the city for five hours. Then after Yuan Chonghuan gave the order to open fire, the cavalry left. Zhou Wenyu also sighed with emotion that since the 200 cavalry retreated in front of the 20,000 Guanning iron cavalry, "none of the cavalry has returned to the day, making me want to fight but have no way to fight." ”

Probably because Yuan Chonghuan focused too much attention on this small group of Houjin soldiers, and tens of thousands of Houjin main forces took the opportunity to "sneak" past a few hundred meters away from Yuan Chonghuan and the 20,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. When Yuan Chonghuan, Zhou Wenyu, Cheng Zhiben and others wondered why the Houjin army did not "return", causing them to "want to fight but have no way to fight". Later, the Jin army had already begun to rape and plunder around the Three Rivers. It made a lot of fire. Zhou Wenyu explained to the imperial court that it was only at this time that Yuan Chonghuan "infiltrated Jixi with the slave brigade", and then "supervised the Liao soldiers to chase west".

Tens of thousands of enemy troops walked through a thousand meters away, whether Yuan Chonghuan and the 20,000 Guan Ning Iron Cavalry really didn't see it because of a major mistake, or managed not to see it for some reason, or they saw it but pretended not to see it, in short. Huang Taiji once again completed a military miracle, flying over the heavily fortified earth with horses, baggage, and a large number of small carts.

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November 15th, Jingshi

A eunuch rushed in and shouted: "Long live the lord, I have seen the beacon fire in the direction of Tongzhou!"

Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong, and Cao Huachun all changed their faces suddenly.

"Tongzhou, but there are no soldiers in Tongzhou. Chongzhen stared closely at the location of Tongzhou on the map, as if he wanted to see through the thick map. But that's all he can do is watch things happen. Because now Beijing's troops are already insufficient. Chongzhen has ordered martial law in Beijing, and now the 20,000 troops and 3,000 Jinyi guards of the three major battalions of the Beijing division have entered the city defense to defend it, but this long Beijing city wall, relying on more than 20,000 troops to defend is still a little too thin.

"Elder Sun Ge, what should I do now?" Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong helplessly, as if expecting the latter to conjure up 100,000 troops for him.

Sun Chengzong didn't have too much military talent, so he could only kneel down and kowtow and say: "Holy Lord, the old minister is willing to go to the city and defend the capital division of the handsome son and nephew!"

Chongzhen was speechless, and then another eunuch ran in. shouted at the Son of Heaven: "Long live the Lord." Wechen has been to Zhang's hometown. ”

In the past two days, Chongzhen didn't like to see Zhang Heming very much, so he no longer recruited him into the palace. And Old Man Zhang himself seems to have felt this. The day before yesterday, he also wrote that he was sick, and Chongzhen allowed him not to go to court. But today's situation is so crisis, Chongzhen sent someone to announce Zhang Heming's audience, and the dead horse was treated as a live horse to see what Zhang Heming had in his hands.

"Long live the lord," the eunuch ran out of breath, but still said quickly without delay: "Zhang Lao has a leg attack, and he can't get out of bed, and it is said that he is struggling, so I'm afraid he won't be able to come." ”

"This guy ......" Chongzhen shouted half a sentence angrily, and his hand was raised high and almost slapped on the table, but he was just momentarily out of shape, and soon Chongzhen recovered, and he coughed a little embarrassed. The people around them lowered their heads and pretended not to hear. The emperor cleared his throat and said to the little eunuch gently: "Send a decree to send the imperial doctor to see Zhang Lao, and at the same time give Zhang Lao two ginseng, and give condolences on my behalf." ”

"Yes, long live the Lord. ”

As soon as this eunuch went down, another eunuch ran into the main hall: "Holy Lord, Jiliao Governor has a performance." ”

"Hurry up. Chongzhen asked Sun Chengzong to help him up and sit down, and on the other hand, he hurriedly took over Yuan Chonghuan's concerto, and opened it with trembling hands to look at it. After reading it, Chongzhen shouted angrily: "If you don't go ahead of the defense, you were captured and sneaked over, why was Inspector Yuan so careless?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly asked, "Holy Lord, where are the soldiers and horses of the Jiliao Governor now?"

"He is chasing the slaves day and night. Chongzhen put down Yuan Chonghuan's notebook. A little annoyed but also a little relieved, he said: "Although Inspector Jiliao has made mistakes, I believe that he will never be responsible for me, just reproach lightly when you reply to the letter, and I will allow him to make meritorious contributions." ”

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On the 16th, early in the morning, Shunyi.

"Qiyu Dashuai, Jiannu was found in the direction of Tongzhou. ”

Tanma's face was full of anxiety. The soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen and Datong were hurrying to King Qinwang in Beijing. They thought that the road should be full of Ming troops, but as a result, 3,000 soldiers and horses in Xuanzhen suddenly encountered the Houjin army during the march. More than a thousand people were lost at once.

Man Gui's face was at a loss after hearing this, and he muttered to himself in confusion: "The imperial court newspaper has not reported the loss of Jizhou, why did this inland become a beacon all of a sudden? And how can Tongzhou fall in a blink of an eye, there should be a heavy army guarding the Beijing Division." ”

Fifteen days later, after the Jin army broke through Tongzhou, in the afternoon it encountered two battalions of 3,000 Xuanfu soldiers from the front line of Yanqing, Changping, Huairou and Shunyi, who rushed to Qinwang, and the two armies immediately broke out a contact battle. Facing an enemy army with 12,000 armored soldiers, 3,000 Xuanfu soldiers fought fiercely with the Houjin army south of Shunyi for a day. Relying on the darkness to escape from the encirclement and return to Shunyi, the Xuanfu soldiers lost nearly half of their vitality on this day.

On the 16th, Man Gui led the Datong soldiers to Shunyi. At this time, the Houjin army divided its troops to pursue the Xuanfu soldiers, and now the Houjin wanted to seize Shunyi to cut off the reinforcement channel for the Ming army to go south. More than 1,700 Xuanfu soldiers resisted, and hurriedly sent people to the rear Datong soldiers for help.

"Marshal, how should our army respond?"

"Do you need to talk about that?" Man Gui clipped the horse's belly and shouted, "Sons." Kill slaves. ”

"Kill slaves!"

"Kill slaves!"

The four thousand pro-army soldiers in Mangui jumped on their horses and raised their swords, scrambling to follow Mangui to Shunyi to kill......

After these 4,000 troops joined, the Xuanda army totaled nearly 6,000 people, and they and the Houjin army had a series of fierce battles around Shunyi. Man Gui intended to break through the flank of the Houjin army and directly insert himself into the front of the Houjin army to block the route of the Houjin army to the Beijing division. And with such a force here, the Houjin army could not advance westward with peace of mind. Huang Taiji had to send reinforcements continuously and fight with the Xuanda army on the flank.

On the afternoon of the 16th,

"Dashuai, there are more and more slaves. ”

"Not bad. Man Gui nodded, fortunately, it was an internal battle, and the wounded soldiers of the Xuan army could be continuously sent to the local government for treatment, so Man Gui's burden at this time was not very heavy. It was only after a morning of fierce fighting that the Xuan army lost hundreds of sergeants.

"But the enemy is outnumbered, and I can't stay in the wilderness for long. Man Gui commanded the Xuan army to fight and go, and walked side by side with Houjin in the direction of Tongzhou.

Man Gui took a big sip of water. Wipe off the water droplets on your beard. Then he drew his waist knife and shouted, "Kill the slave, kill the slave." Boys, we're going to squeeze through here!"

"Kill slaves, kill slaves!"

The Xuan army was tightly lined up in a dense battle formation, shouting and rushing forward, and the battle became even more intense.

The 9,000 Guanning iron cavalry commanded by Yuan Chonghuan arrived at Sanhe, and after hearing that the Xuan army and the Houjin army were fighting fiercely in the west, Yuan Chonghuan immediately commanded the army to continue westward towards Tongzhou. That night, the Guanning army was stationed fifteen miles away from Tongzhou. At dawn the next day, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly commanded the Guanning Iron Cavalry to cross the river from the south of Tongzhou, and as soon as he set foot on the land west of the river, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly supervised the army and went straight to Beijing.

At this time, Man Gui was still in the north of Tongzhou commanding thousands of other Xuan troops to fight fiercely with the main force of the Later Jin, and he took advantage of the weaknesses of the Later Jin Army to take into account all directions, and stubbornly carried out parallel movements with the Later Jin Army. Huang Taiji is now in a hostile territory, so he has to take care of the surroundings of the army, and he can't mobilize all his forces to capture Mangui for a while, so the pace of the Houjin army was slowed down by the Xuan army, and both of them moved side by side in the direction of the Ming Jingshi at a speed of about ten miles a day.

On the night of the 17th, Yuan Chonghuan led 9,000 Guanning iron cavalry to Guangqumen, outside the Beijing Division, and he immediately asked to enter the city overnight to rest. The emperor did not agree to Guan Ningtie's request to ride into the city, but he still greatly praised Yuan Chonghuan's speed again, and he ran one hundred and fifty miles in three days and three nights, galloping from Jimen to Beijing at an average speed of fifty miles a day.

In the early morning of the 18th, Emperor Chongzhen sent eunuchs to inspect the Guanning army, and then ordered the household department and the military department to discuss the issue of rewards. After the household department transported the military rations to Yuan Chonghuan's army, Emperor Chongzhen took out the internal currency and sent the celebrant eunuch Lu Zhi to award a thousand catties of green salt in front of the emperor, a hundred stones of rice, ten jars of wine, a hundred sheep, and ten thousand taels of silver to reward Yuan Chonghuan for the Guanning Iron Horse.

Yuan Chonghuan then proposed to enter the city for defense. Chongzhen comforted him with kind words, but still did not agree to this request.

At this time. Man Gui also commanded his 5,000-strong Xuan army to fight with the Houjin army. In the afternoon, after Huang Taiji concentrated his forces to scare away Mangui, he commanded the Chinese army to cross the river from Tongzhou and move closer to the Daming Jingshi. Man Gui then chased after him from behind, and the two armies fought again in the northeast of Tongzhou.

When the Guanning army was full of food and drink and shouted to enter the city, the Xuanda army was fighting fiercely with the Houjin army in Tongzhou. The Later Jin army fought all the way from Shunyi to Tongzhou, and the once rich Gyeonggi Plain is now full of smoking ruins. The bodies of innocent civilians can be found everywhere.

Seeing that there were more banners of the Jin army in front of him and behind him, Man Gui hurriedly led his own pro-army to retreat. It is said that the Houjin army should have been alone, but along the way, Man Gui did not see any friendly troops, and as a result, he himself became a lone army. Therefore, the Xuan army did not dare to entangle with the main force of the Houjin army, and Mangui has always pursued a hit-and-run strategy, coming and going in circles with the Houjin army. Because the opponent had to defend his land and the children he had captured, Mangui struggled. But he was still able to maneuver.

"Huo, Huo, good guy, I was almost caught by Jiannu just now. After retreating for several miles, Man Gui began to dismount and rest, and the main force of the Xuan army followed behind Man Gui's pro-army, providing them with cover and a place to hide. Man Gui hurriedly had lunch in the makeshift tent. Then he strode to a new war horse with a horse lance, and after jumping on the horse, he explained to the adjutant general the location of the next march, and the purpose was to maintain the situation that the Houjin army would not leave the ground.

"I still can't see the Qinwang Army, sons, let's go fight again. Man Gui shouted and set off again. He estimated that Qin Wangjun was still on the way, so he tried his best to buy time for Jingshi. To this day, Emperor Chongzhen is still letting Yuan Chonghuan unify the command of the Qin Wang army. And Man Gui did not know at all that until now, the Qin Wang army, which had been scattered everywhere, had still not received the order to assemble to Beijing.

At this time, 20,000 Beijing camp forbidden troops were nervously guarding the gates of the capital, and 2,000 soldiers and horses were placed at each gate of the nine gates of the Beijing Division. The brocade guards also wore armor. Patrol back and forth along the path of Kyoshi. Qianhu Zhang Gaosheng looked at the black Guanning army camp outside the city, and asked uneasily, "Brother Chen." Are these Liao soldiers reliable?"

Chen Ruike asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

"I heard that there has been a fierce battle in Tongzhou, why don't they just watch and don't go to help?"

"This is the Jingshi, and we don't have enough troops to defend the city. Chen Ruike didn't think too much about it. After the beacon fire came from Tongzhou, the emperor of Chongzhen ordered the inner library to be opened and recruited the people of Beijing to go to the city to assist in the defense, but Beijing is so big, tens of thousands of strong men spread on this wall like a drop of water on the desert, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye. A few days ago, someone recommended a hooligan leader to the Son of Heaven, and Chongzhen immediately summoned him to see His Majesty, and also gave him a guerrilla position, so that he could take his brother to participate in the defense of the city wall, which showed that the Ming Dynasty's troops were really embarrassed.

"Then why don't you let these Liao troops come in to help defend the city?" Zhang Gaosheng pointed to the troops under the city again, and thousands of Guan Ning troops have been clamoring to enter the city today: "Is it that the lords in the court think they are unreliable?"

"No, right? The border army is not allowed to enter Beijing, and can only shield the city gate outside the city, which is the rule set by Yu Shaobao, and the Jiajing Dynasty has always acted like this. "Back then, Yu Qian did not let the border army enter Beijing in order to prevent the border army from disturbing the people, and also to prevent the border army from fighting to the death. As long as the border army is encamped close to the city gate, not only will the city gate of Beijing be safe, but the enemy army will not be able to cut off the connection between the foreign army and the Beijing division, and they will always be able to get the supply and fire cover of the Beijing division.

Zhang Gaosheng pondered thoughtfully for a moment, and then asked Chen Ruike: "If it is Huang Shuai's soldiers, then the emperor will gladly let them into the city, and the people will welcome them, right?"

Chen Ruike laughed when he heard this, but his smile quickly became bitter: "If Huang Shuai is here, will he still be beaten to the capital by the northern captives?"

Saying that, Chen Ruike sneered again: "I don't know what the adults in the court think, let alone how this Jiliao Governor supervises, in five years, Pingliao is almost down in Jingshi City!"

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November 19,

Yuan Chonghuan built a temporary camp outside the Guangqu Gate. At the same time, another 5,000 Guanning iron cavalry arrived at Guangqumen, and Yuan Chonghuan's troops had reached 14,000. Chongzhen asked Yuan Chonghuan to defend the city gate there, but Yuan Chonghuan was very dissatisfied with this and asked to enter Beijing again, but Chongzhen politely refused again.

On the morning of the 19th, after the main force of Houjin crossed the river from Tongzhou, the advance was still thirty miles away from the Beijing division. Man Gui chased after the Houjin army and tried to cross the river after the Houjin army in pursuit. The Xuanda army and the Houjin army then engaged in fierce battles around various ferries near Tongzhou, and today the Houjin army still failed to reach the outside of the Beijing division.

November 20 of the second year of Chongzhen. Old dragon head.

The sentry yawned lazily, holding his gun in a stand-up stance.

At the junction of water and sky in the distance, a mast slowly emerged, followed by a second and a third.

Each of these three masts has a flag fluttering, in the middle of the high mast is a fiery red Daming Funing Town military flag, the edge of the flag is blank written on the "Funing Town Chief Military Officer" six big characters. On the slightly lower mast in front was also a military flag, painted with a pit viper rolling and moving in the moire. On the military flag of the last mast. It's a bent dolphin.

The battleship cut through the waves, creating two white water streaks on the mirror-like Bohai Sea. It was followed by one ship after another, all the way to the horizon.

"Dashuai, old dragon head!"

"Well, I saw that. Huang Shi held the binoculars and squinted at the earth that was gradually rising to the surface of the sea, and the beginning of the Great Wall was directly in front of the bow of his ship.

Yang Zhiyuan stood beside Huangshi. He redoubled for the last time: "Dashuai, we'll say we're lost then, right?"

"Yes, we said that we wanted to go to Tianjinwei, but we didn't know the direction at sea, so we ran to Shanhaiguan. Yellowstone put away his binoculars. It seems that we can land at Shanhaiguan before nightfall today. The army will be able to regain combat effectiveness after a maximum of two days of rest, after which it will be possible to begin operational planning.

The order received by Huangshi only called on the surrounding troops to enter the aid of Gyeonggi, and did not specify that the Qinwang army should go straight to the Beijing Division. Theoretically speaking, the order only required the Qinwang army to enter the battle against the invading army as soon as possible, but this kind of operation was generally aimed at defending Jingshi and the Son of Heaven, such as the battles of the Zhending army and the Xuanda army.

Jin Qiude's initial battle plan was to land at Dagukou, and then rush to Beijing as fast as possible to defend the Houjin army.

However, Huang Shi finally ordered the army to go straight to Shanhaiguan instead of Dagukou, and he planned to take the Fuping, Yongning, and Qian'an lines, and first close the Xifeng Pass. Yellowstone thinks once he finds his snake flag. The strategic goal of the Emperor Taiji will definitely immediately change to how to bring the troops out of the customs safely. Then, with the terrain around Jimen and the command level of the opponent, Huang Shi believed that Huang Taiji would still be able to take most of the army and spoils away.

Therefore, Huangshi is reluctant to take the road of Dagukou. He hoped to leave at least half of Huang Taiji's main force, as long as the Xifeng Pass was closed, then Huang Taiji could only choose to return to the division to fight, or turn to other directions to break through. It was of course difficult to break out in other directions, just as the German army at Stalingrad tried to break through to Siberia to Japan. Of course, with the Ming army's will to fight, Huang Shi admitted that Huang Taiji still had a great chance of successfully breaking through the siege.

But this success must be built without the Funing Army in close pursuit behind it. This time, Huang Taiji plundered Gyeonggi and marched in hostile land with so much baggage, Huangshi believed that the daily march speed of the main force of the Later Jin would not exceed twenty li. What's more, the arrival of the Funing army will also give the other Qinwang troops a stimulant, and they will definitely start to chase and intercept them enthusiastically. Therefore, Huang Shi felt that Huang Taiji might not be able to break through the edge in a few months, and in these months, they already didn't know how many times they had been caught up by the Funing army.

Looking at the continent that was getting closer and closer, Huang Shi sighed with confidence: "Okay, as long as the Xifeng Pass can be closed, then Jiannu will be in our bag." ”

"The slave chieftain may leave behind the Mongols and baggage, and rush all the way from Xuanda Town to kill the border wall and rush out. Jin Qiude added behind Huangshi's back. As chief of staff, he has not been idle these days, and has made various analyses of the war situation.

Huang Shi smiled and said, "Maybe, but then Jiannu will be finished." This time, they coaxed and dragged a large group of Mongols in. It's to prove that I'm vulnerable. They are just an alliance of bandits, not to mention that the slave chieftains left the Mongols and fled, but they can't grab anything to go back, and this bandit group has to break up. ”

"Your Excellency is right. ”

"I don't plan to go to Jingshi, because I'm worried that we will help Yuan Gouguan instead. Huang Shi knew that Chongzhen's trust in Yuan Chonghuan was irrational. In history, Yuan Chonghuan did such a bunch of things, and almost no one in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition said good things for him afterwards, and Sun Chengzong did not determine that Yuan Chonghuan was planning to commit treason. But also thinks Yuan is a super military idiot.

However, Chongzhen still trusted Yuan Chonghuan and exonerated Yuan Chonghuan in front of the courtiers several times. also openly announced that "Pingliao has to rely on Yuan Manzi". If the crime wasn't too conclusive, Chongzhen might have withstood the pressure and overturned the case for Yuan Chonghuan. Although Huang Shi didn't know what Yuan Chonghuan had fooled Chongzhen's child, he knew that even though there was a lot of unequivocal evidence of guilt, Chongzhen still lowered the punishment by one level, and finally pardoned Yuan Chonghuan's family.

"If I drive Jiannu away under the Jingshi City, I am sure that the emperor will continue to use Yuan Gouguan. Don't tell me anything, the emperor just likes him, trusts him, and wants to do everything possible to excuse him. "For Kim Qiu-deok and the General Staff about the permission of the meeting. Huang Shi didn't take it to heart at all, although Chongzhen was not a wise lord, his stubborn temper Huang Shi was still very clear.

What worries Huang Shi more is that the route he chose obviously didn't care much about the emperor's personal safety, and it looked like he was using the court and the emperor as bait. As a result, Jin Qiude and others complained about Yellowstone's choice, arguing that Yellowstone's plan was not a military mistake, but a political one.

"Great commander, out of the duty of the last general. I have to say it one last time. The rule of the Funing Army is to say whatever you want, but the order must be carried out to the letter, so for Jin Qiude, there is no contradiction between formulating a military plan according to Huangshi's idea and making a suggestion: "Marshal, in the future, your local political enemies will definitely try their best to attack you on this issue, no matter what." Even if the emperor doesn't say it, he has a pimple in his heart. ”

"I know, I'm well aware of this, but it's not my fault that Gyeonggi is like this, I have a clear conscience. Huang Shi knew that many people would be taken out of the customs this time, and the husband and wife would be separated from each other, and they would be enslaved from then on: "But if I know that I can save at least tens of thousands of lives, but I don't do it because of my personal honor and disgrace, then I will definitely have nightmares in the future." ”

In addition to the reasons for this. Huangshi also had military considerations: "If Jiannu is allowed to withdraw from the Guanwai safely." And if he brought back a lot of loot, the Xilu would probably be very red-eyed. "Huangshi does not intend to give Huang Taiji a chance to form a solid military alliance. If Huang Taiji succeeded in buying off the Mongols, then Houjin would no longer be a small rebellion that could be destroyed overnight.

What's more, once Huangshi returns to the north to command the battle, the army's salaries and food will have to rely on the imperial court for supplies, and the imperial court will definitely not let the Huangshi family dominate, and will definitely arrange some friendly troops...... Most of the time it was Guan Ningjun who came to work with him.

"Well, let the Donglin Party be responsible for the logistics of the long-term, possibly a few years of conquest, and then fight side by side with the Liaoxi Army, and go deep into the desert to fight a long-term war with people like Hong Tai. "There is another greater concern that Huangshi is difficult to talk about, and that is Chongzhen, the king of Yao Shun, who sits on the throne of the empire, and his impatience and short-sightedness are also a huge threat to Huangshi.

Thinking of this bad card in his hand, even if Huangshi has 20,000 or 30,000 descendants, it is not a very safe job. He smiled bitterly: "This is really a comprehensive test, horses have stumbled, people have misses, if I am accidentally swept by Mrs. Hong again, I will have no way to live." ”

Jin Qiude saw that Huangshi had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him more.

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On the 20th, another 2,000 Guanning cavalry arrived at Guangqumen, and Yuan Chonghuan's troops outside Guangqumen reached 16,000. In the afternoon of the same day, the Jin army and the Xuan army tore together and came to the suburbs of the Ming Jingshi. After continuous fierce field battles from the 16th to the 20th, the Mangui and Xuan armies succeeded in holding back the Later Jin army, allowing them to advance only sixty miles in five days.

Subsequently, Man Gui commanded the Xuan army to disengage from the Houjin army, and ran to camp outside the Desheng Gate to prepare for rest. Chongzhen immediately ordered the door to open the door and let the Xuan army enter the urn city to rest. Today, it is getting late, and there is no need to bother building the camp by yourself, and the emperor also ordered to give a jade belt of the mangui python robe as a reward.

After hearing that thousands of Xuan troops had entered the city, Yuan Chonghuan entered the city again to meet Emperor Chongzhen, and insisted that he could be with the Gui Dynasty, at least let the Guan Ning army rest in the urn city. Chongzhen gave Yuan Chonghuan two silver and wine and food, and comforted him again. However, he still did not agree to the request to let Guan Ning's army enter the city.

After sending Yuan Chonghuan away, Chongzhen discussed the issue of the battlefield with Sun Chengzong. While the two were discussing, the eunuch reported that Zhang Heming asked to see him.

After Zhang Heming came in, Chongzhen asked with a pleasant smile: "Zhang Lao's legs are good?"

"Thank you for your concern. Zhang Heming was still recuperating at home today, but as soon as he heard that the vanguard of the Houjin Army had arrived at the foot of the Jingshi City, Lao Zhangtou hurried to face the saint, and after he stood up, he shouted anxiously: "Shengshang, quickly adjust Huangshi to enter the king of Jingqin." Speed up Huangshi into Beijing!"

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On the 21st, the main force of the Houjin army approached the city of Daming Jingshi, and Man Gui led the remaining 5,000 troops and horses out of the city and camped outside the Desheng Gate......

After Huang Shi arrived at Shanhaiguan, he immediately asked the defenders to make room for the Funing army, and fortunately, Huang Shi met an old acquaintance at Shanhaiguan - Yao Youxian.

This time, Yao Youxian's general soldiers did not follow the large army of Guanning into Beijing, but were sent to temporarily take charge of the defense of Shanhaiguan. Vice Admiral Jin Guan is now also working in Shanhaiguan. Since becoming a lieutenant general, Jin Guan has also looked younger and younger. With the help of these two men, Huangshi quickly settled his troops.

"Huang Shuai, Jiannu has crossed Qian'an and is approaching Yongping, one hundred and fifty miles away, they are going to cut off the back road of our Liaozhen. Yao and Xian's faces were full of anxiety, and fifty miles south from Yongping was Luanzhou. It is also the official supply road leading to Shanhaiguan in the Guannai.

However, Huang Shi was not very worried about this, because he felt that with the sea by sea, the Houjin army would not be able to cut off the supply of Liaozhen, and judging from the current situation, the Houjin army did not have such a great appetite and ability for the time being.

Yongping Mansion is the confluence of the Qinglong River and the Luan River, both of which lead to the Guanwai, of which the exit of the Luan River to the Guanwai is Xifengkou. As far as Huang Shi's personal opinion is concerned, the Later Jin Army's desire to obtain Yongping was mainly due to transportation considerations. After Mao Wenlong's death a few months ago, Huang Taiji ordered the Mongol tribes to rush to build ships, apparently with the intention of using the water power of these two rivers for a long time. Presumably, Huang Taiji expects that in the future, after the spring flowers bloom, he will be able to use the river of Yongping to transport things.

However, it sounds like Yao Youxian and Jin Guan's psychology can be exploited. Huang Shi generously patted their chests and promised, "It is said that I should go to the capital quickly, but my army has not yet arrived. So it doesn't matter if I leave a few days later. In this way, after a short rest, I will lead this battalion to relieve the siege of Yongping, and then wait for the opportunity to defeat Qian'an and cut off the idea of Jiannu advancing eastward. During this time, my follow-up troops should almost have rested, and I will rush to Beijing again. ”

Huang Shi's heroic behavior surprised Yao Youxian and Jin Guan, and they hesitated after a while before asking, "Won't this be a big problem for Huang Shuai?"

"Originally, I was going to Dagukou, Tianjin, but now I met you at Shanhaiguan, which can only be said to be providential. Besides, the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, since I have met Jiannu here, I can only defeat them first. Huang Shi then put forward some requests for grain and grass on the land, hoping that Yao Youxian and Jin Guan could do their best to help, and these two people naturally agreed.

At the same time, Huang Shi also asked them to keep their arrival as secret as possible, and Yao and Xian agreed, strictly ordering Shanhaiwei to tighten their vigilance and not allow idle people to haunt. Although it was only a matter of time before the news leaked out, Huang Shi still hoped that Huang Taiji would know as late as possible. After he arrived at Shanhaiguan yesterday, he did not even send a messenger to Beijing immediately, but delayed his departure until today under the pretext that it was getting late.

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On the twenty-second day of the second year of Chongzhen,

Today, Huang Taiji personally commanded the main force of 10,000 Houjin to attack the 5,000 Xuan army outside the Desheng Gate, and at the same time asked Mang Gurtai to lead the 2,000 troops to attack the 16,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry and 2,000 Beijing Battalions outside the Guangqu Gate.

Chongzhen's son of heaven paced back and forth in the inner hall, and from time to time eunuchs ran in to report the battle situation outside the city, and the more Chongzhen listened, the tighter his brows became. Sun Chengzong, Qian Longxi, Li Biao and others around him also looked serious, and they didn't dare to take a breath of the atmosphere.

Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, had already been imprisoned by the emperor because of the breakthrough of Jizhen, so now if there is any military issue, Chongzhen will directly ask Sun Chengzong and the cabinet for their opinions. According to the report of the civilian officials supervising the army on the Desheng Gate. Huang Taiji and Man Gui fought very fiercely, and the two armies once developed into a white-knuckle melee, so that the cannons deployed on the tower of Deshengmen were accidentally injured and entered the Xuanda army several times.

By the end of the afternoon, Mangui's Xuanda army had finally been defeated, and he slowly retreated to Guangqumen, hoping to be supported by the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Sun Chengzong hesitated and said, "Man Shuai did his best. ”

"I know!" Chongzhen let out an angry shout. He stopped and asked sharply, "Then what's going on with Guan Ningjun? What do you think?"

According to the report of the supervising army outside the Guangqu Gate, two days ago, when the Houjin army robbed the ordinary people in the suburbs of Beijing. Guan Ningjun also went to rob with him, and he had no intention of protecting the people of Gyeonggi at all. And today, Mang Gurtai led 2,000 cavalry to charge, and the Guanning iron cavalry scattered and fled, and many Guanning soldiers ran all the way to the Beijing moat, jumped into the river and went upstream to the city wall, so angry that the people of Beijing on the city wall smashed them with bricks and stones.

The troops stationed in the Beijing camp outside the Guangqu Gate also reported that the Guanning Iron Cavalry outside the Guangqu Gate was about to collapse at the slightest touch. It seems that they ran away without engaging the Houjin army at all, but the Jingying claimed to have taken the initiative to resist the Houjin army's offensive and repelled it.

The supervising civil officials between the Desheng Gate and the Guangqu Gate reported that when the Houjin army and the Xuanda army were fighting, the Guanning Iron Cavalry stood aside and watched.

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One after another, reports came one after another, and Emperor Chongzhen's face became more and more gloomy. Yuan Chonghuan once told the emperor when he played in Lantai that he was worried that there would be a "villain" behind him, so for a long time. Whether it was killing Mao Wenlong without permission, selling Houjin military rations, or breaking Jizhen, and arriving at the enemy's passage through Jimen, Emperor Chongzhen always forgave Yuan Chonghuan again and again.

Until Yuan Chonghuan rushed outside Beijing, in addition to not allowing Guan Ning's army to enter the city, Chongzhen's son of heaven still tried his best to appease and rewarded Yuan Chonghuan with gold coins and Chinese clothes, but now Chongzhen really couldn't sit still. He muttered to himself: "It's not like the entire Beijing Division, the civil and military, and the Zhongguan, all of them have to frame the Jiliao Governor, right?"

However, although Chongzhen was skeptical, he finally held back and did not have a seizure: "I want to follow the example of the sages, use people without suspicion, and use suspicious people without suspicion." ”

After Chongzhen had just suppressed his anger, Yuan Chonghuan's own report was sent to the Jingshi. In this recital, Yuan Chonghuan rarely mentioned the victory or defeat for the first time, but said that he asked to move the camp to a further place to camp.

"Long live the lord, the camp of the Guan Ning army outside the Guangqu Gate was burned by Jiannu. ”

After the whisper of the little eunuch beside him came into his ears, Chongzhen's hand holding the chapter couldn't help but tremble. His face was also blue and white. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin on the ground.

Cheng Zhiben and Zhou Wenyu both later wrote books to avenge Yuan Chonghuan's grievances.

Cheng Zhiben wrote a special book about the battle between Ningyuan and Ningjin, which the people of Beijing had not witnessed with their own eyes, but he only mentioned what happened outside the Guangqu Gate. As if it weren't worth mentioning at all.

Zhou Wenyu admitted that the Guanning Iron Cavalry ran out as soon as they came up, but Zhou Wenyu insisted that Yuan Chonghuan and him did not run, they fought hard with a hundred soldiers and horses, and in the end, more than 2,000 Jin soldiers retreated and were also repelled by them.

Zhou Wenyu also described vividly that Yuan Chonghuan was the first soldier, and his whole body was shot like a hedgehog by a bow and arrow, but fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan wore thick armor, so even the oily skin was not scratched. Zhou Wenyu also said that the steel knives of the Houjin soldiers almost slashed into Yuan Chonghuan's neck, but they were only desperately blocked by the guards...... Oh, it was when Yuan Inspector himself was shot like a hedgehog by a bow and arrow, and the mount under his crotch could still carry Yuan Chonghuan alive and shout a fierce battle, killing the Houjin army to a great defeat.

It's a pity that Zhou Wenyu's book hasn't been written at this moment, and the suspicious Emperor Chongzhen finally became suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan, he walked back and forth a few steps, feeling that he was about to lose his grip on the principle of employing people: "Well, it seems that it is best to supervise Xuanji Liao to enter the city, and I will personally ask to understand." ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen made up his mind, there was a report from the eunuch outside: "Du Du Mangui, ask to see Long Live Lord." ”

Soon Man Gui rushed in with blood all over his body, still holding five feather arrows in his hand. Man Gui didn't look at the cabinets on both sides and Sun Chengzong, and stabbed himself at Chongzhen's feet: "Your Majesty, Inspector Yuan is going to shoot Weichen to death!"

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Man Gui commanded the Xuanda army and the Houjin army to fight fiercely for a day, so they retreated to the direction of the Guanning army, not wanting the other party to be an overwhelming rain of arrows, killing many Xuanda soldiers, and Man Gui was also hit by five arrows. Man Gui's ground armor is obviously not as good as Yuan Chonghuan's ground armor, so although he is far from being shot into a big hedgehog, he has already opened a big blood hole on his body.

After Man Gui untied his armor and showed the wounds to the emperor and the ministers, Chongzhen was also completely dumbfounded, and he asked the ministers a little helplessly: "What do the ministers have?"

As soon as Man Gui heard this, he shouted again: "Your Majesty, Inspector Yuan is deliberately trying to shoot Wei Chen, he has already killed Mao Shuai and Zhao Shuai, and now it's my turn." ”

Sun Chengzong and several ministers were also dumbfounded at this time. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan has done too many shocking things, last time he was a good at killing the minister of the Qin Mission, a general of the first grade, this time he was accused of murder by the chief military officer in the palace, it is really unheard of: "Saint, the minister thinks, it is better to let the Jiliao Governor come and confront the Manshuai." ”

On November 23, Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan to confront Man Gui in front of the cabinet, Yuan Chonghuan could not answer, and the suspicious Emperor Chongzhen finally broke out, and asked the left and right Jinyi guards to send Yuan Chonghuan to prison. Although he also went to help, he also restrained the soldiers, sat back and watched Yin plunder, and it was difficult to hide the merits and crimes, so he was temporarily relieved to listen to the investigation!"

This passage of Emperor Chongzhen himself felt quite satisfied, which not only praised Yuan Chonghuan's merits, but also did not set him any trumped-up charges, and finally explained that this dismissal was temporary, and he would still be reinstated if the problem was clarified. However, less than an hour before Chongzhen felt good about himself, a lieutenant hurried to report:

"Long live the lord, as soon as Zu Dashou returned to the camp, he instigated the soldiers to mutiny, and the flag officer Zhou Wenyu hijacked the superintendent's sword and Yin Xin and fled, and now the Guan Ning army has gone out of the Beijing division!"

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