Volume 1 Chapter 43: Shanhaiguan (5)

But in the next second, he remembered, wasn't this the group of cavalry he had suddenly promoted?

At that time, there was a lack of cavalry in the army, so they used the general department and the general post to win the hearts of the people, and after winning Ling Jingyang, they let them use the Yongping Mansion outpost, which was done at that time to save grain and grass.

Because a small part of the grain and grass escorted by Bai Minghe was burned by the militia in Baoding Mansion, Bai Minghe didn't want to take a group of cavalry to eat and drink, although this group of cavalry did not have much rations, but the war horse forage was consumed quickly.

So he let this group of cavalry go to Yongping Mansion, nominally to fight an outpost, that is, to save forage, and another point is to let them rush to the front line as soon as possible to provide valuable mobile forces for the front line.

Seeing Ling Jingyang here, Bai Minghe was very surprised, Ling Jingyang is a small department general, how could he be here, could it be that he is a meticulous work?

"Back to the general, he was appointed by me to go to Yongping Mansion on the order of the last general."

Only then did Li Zicheng believe that Ling Jingyang was the cavalry of the Dashun army, but he did not believe that the main force of the Qing army entered the pass, nor did he believe that Wu Sangui would surrender to his mortal enemy Jiannu.

As everyone knows, Wu Sangui failed in the battle with the Qing army not long ago, was demoted by three ranks, and became a regimental training commander from a general soldier, which is equivalent to changing from a regular army commander to a reserve commander.

Although Li Zicheng didn't care about Guanwai, he also knew this, and he and Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and other generals said: "The middle battalion temporarily stopped advancing, and the rear battalion quickly followed. ”

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin immediately went to carry out the military order, and he Li Zicheng asked the guards to open the map of Shanhaiguan, and looked at the topographic map of Shanhaiguan again, and ordered Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, nearly 20,000 people, to go to a stone to camp in a village.

Li Zicheng and Bai Minghe said: "Your ministry also went to support Tang Tong. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Zicheng felt that Bai Minghe's army was a bit of a force to support, and asked the entire right battalion to support a stone.

At this time, it was getting late, Li Zicheng didn't know what was going on at Shanhaiguan, he didn't know whether Wu Sangui really surrendered to the Qing army, or whether he surrendered by despicable means, luring the main force of the Dashun army to Shanhaiguan and joining forces with the Qing army to annihilate the Dashun army.

Li Zicheng and the minister said: "Which troops have arrived in the Dashun army?"

The military department Shangshu replied to him: "Your Majesty, the Eastern Route Army has arrived, and the middle camp is in the prominent part of the powerful general Zhang Ding. ”

Li Zicheng asked his generals to rush to Zhang Ding's army, and ordered Zhang Ding not to provoke trouble easily, but he still forced Wu Sangui to surrender.

Zhang Ding was watching at Shanhaiguan at this time, the Qing army was on the north side of Shanhaiguan, Zhang Ding didn't know that the Qing army was so close to Shanhaiguan, and the attitude of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan was ambiguous, Zhang Ding couldn't be sure whether they really surrendered.

He and his subordinate general Xin Sizhong ordered that all units should be on high alert and not to clash with the Guanning army, but not to retreat and wait for the arrival of the main force led by His Majesty.

Xin Sizhong led the troops to Luocheng and Yicheng, which were horns of each other, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if they wanted to capture Shanhaiguan, they must be attacked with heavy troops.

Wu Sangui did not move in the pass, and gathered 50,000 Ming troops in the pass at this time, because the main force of the Qing army led by Dolgon was on the side, and Wu Sangui had the confidence to fight with the Dashun army to the end.

But he also had no backbone, and the decisive battle with Li Zicheng was not to avenge the Ming Dynasty, but to make a move to lure wolves into the house and betray the country for himself.

He is walking towards the pillar of historical shame step by step, and some subordinates feel that it is inappropriate to surrender Jiannu, but they dare not speak out under the pressure of Wu Sangui and the surrender faction.

The atmosphere in Shanhaiguan is very murderous, the Qing army outside the customs is sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, and the Dashun army in the customs is on the way, and a big war is about to break out.

As early as dawn on the 20th, Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army to the area of 15 kilometers north of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui's envoys came to the Qing army camp one after another, asking Dolgon to enter the customs as soon as possible.

Although Dolgon listened to Hong Chengchou's suggestion, did his best to fight for the world with the main force of the Eight Banners, he did not know the reality of the pass, and was afraid that Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng would join forces to lure him into the pass and destroy the main force of the Eight Banners in one fell swoop.

He was still waiting for the decisive battle between the Dashun army and the Guanning army, as well as the complete surrender of Wu Sangui, and the troops from all walks of life who had entered the customs had also reported to him the information they had gathered.

From the intelligence, he learned about the strength of the Dashun army, the size and equipment, and most of the troops brought him the information he wanted.

But there was also a unit that reported to him that the main force was defeated by the Dashun army, and the commander of the army, Ganda, was killed in battle.

"Where was Ganda defeated?"

The Eight Banners who retreated from the Santun camp replied to him that they were lured into the city by the Dashun army in the Santun camp, and the troops entering the city were all wiped out.

Dolgon couldn't help but order once again that all departments should be on alert and ready to enter or retreat at any time.

The Qing army gradually revealed the saber that emitted cold light, waiting for the decisive battle between the Dashun army and the Ming army, both sides were exhausted, and they killed the Dashun army in one fell swoop.

Dolgon was ambitious, but Li Zicheng thought that he and the Qing army had never had any hatred or hatred, and many times reached some kind of tacit understanding with the Qing army, so that the Ming army would lose sight of one and the other, and fell into a two-front battle.

Although Ling Jingyang told him that the Qing army had entered the customs, Li Zicheng rested for a period of time, and discussed with other generals of the Dashun army, most of the generals were still immersed in the joy of extinguishing the Ming, and as soon as the army arrived at Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui would look at the wind and surrender like the rest of the Ming army, as for the Qing army, it was far outside the pass, even if it was a soldier and a fast soldier, it would also travel a long distance, and the combat effectiveness would plummet, Li Zicheng finally ordered all the troops to continue to set off and rush to Shanhaiguan.

As for Ling Jingyang's ability to rush from the Santun camp to the front line, Li Zicheng appreciated it very much, did not treat Ling Jingyang badly, and specially transferred 500 infantry from the Chinese army to him to supplement his troops, and 1,200 silver as a reward.

Then he asked Ling Jingyang to go to a piece of stone to support Tang Tong, Ling Jingyang was speechless, and under the gaze of Li Zicheng and other generals, he was forced to rush to a piece of stone with his subordinates.

Ling Jingyang did not leave Zhu Youzhen behind, Zhu Youzhen and the rear battalion troops had arrived near the Chinese army, Ling Jingyang asked Li Rufeng to go to the rear camp to bring Zhu Youzhen and other soldiers, and go to a stone together to support Tang Tong and Bai Guangen.

Zhu Youzhen was mixed in the cavalry team, and he saw a group of well-armored generals from afar, and the stars held the moon and surrounded a person, this person needless to say, was Li Zicheng, a tomb digger of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen has never been sincerely supported by so many generals, he hates Li Zicheng, and he also envies Li Zicheng, there can be a group of fierce generals who fight the world for him.

He thought that he would get close to Li Zicheng with the rear camp troops, and maybe there was a chance to sneak attack Li Zicheng with a bird gun, but seeing that he was getting closer and closer, there was a chance to assassinate Li Zicheng with a bird gun, and he was sure that he would be killed with one blow, but Li Rufeng rode over and said to the cavalry at the rear camp headquarters: "My lord has an order, come with me, and we will go to support General Tang Army." ”