Chapter 372: The Great Western Army (2)
Ai Nengqi and Ye Chen are both veterans of the battlefield, the two of them killed decisively, transferred troops on the battlefield, and finally the Qing army was more skilled, taking advantage of the exhaustion of the Great Western Army, a wave of collapse of the Ainengqi department.
After the soldiers of the Great Western Army were defeated, they were scattered, but fortunately, Li Dingguo supported in time, led the troops to attack the abdomen of the Qing army from the west, and did not kill the abdomen of the Qing army, Duoduo personally led the Eight Banners to support, Li Dingguo did not enter the belly of the Qing army, but Ye Chen was forced to withdraw part of the army, Ai Nengqi could retreat calmly with the troops, and Li Dingguo also led his troops to retreat.
The Qing army was not able to pursue the Great Western Army, and Duoduo was not angry, and he saw the Great Western Army in today's battle, that is, a small number of elite soldiers with a group of miscellaneous soldiers, just like the Ming Army, they were all generals with their families, and after the family was finished, the remaining military households were a group of broken households, and a rush to kill could solve the battle.
Duoduo ordered the Qing army to advance towards Chenxi County, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated by the Qing army today, unwilling, that night, led the troops to launch a night attack, the Qing army was in strict formation, and the raiding troops of the Great Western Army were almost wiped out.
Zhang Xianzhong was forced to lead the troops to retreat, and at this time, the Ming army Zeng Ying, who was pursuing the Great Western Army in the rear, launched an offensive and fought a tragic battle with Sun Kewang, who had acceptable internal affairs and relatively ordinary military capabilities.
In the face of the sudden attack of the Ming army, Sun Kewang was in a hurry, barely stabilized the defensive line, and his troops were constantly encroached upon by the Ming army, at the same time in Chenxi County, the Qing army was killed from the city under the leadership of Aobai, and the Great Western Army outside the city was under the leadership of Liu Wenxiu and the Qing army was fighting, the Qing army was holding back a force and wanted to join the division with Duoduo, the Great Western Army did not let the Qing army break through, and the two armies were inevitably a bloody battle.
On this night, the Dashun army was attacked by the Ming army and the Qing army on two fronts, the main force of the Great Western Army was ten kilometers north of Chenxi County, and Duoduo led the main force of the Qing army to fight again, and was defeated, Zhang Xianzhong was forced to order the whole army to retreat, he chose to retreat to the north, the goal was Yuezhou, and wanted to lead the army to break through to the north of Huguang and join the Dashun army.
Hundreds of thousands of the Great Western Army went north, the Qing army pursued in the back, the Ming army also pursued in the back, the two armies pursued to Shangxi County, the Ming army and the Qing army suddenly found that the other party was also pursuing the Great Western Army, and both armies did not dare to take the lead in attacking, trying to avoid a fierce battle.
Zeng Ying and the Great Western Army are enemies of life and death, but they are also enemies with the Qing army, he only took a moment to think, and took the lead in attacking the Qing army, and the Qing army was beaten by the Ming army, beaten to the ground, and lost thousands of soldiers and horses and withdrew.
When Duoduo learned that his troops were attacked by the Ming army, despite the opposition of his subordinates, he unexpectedly ordered to stop the counterattack against the Ming army, but led the troops to attack the south, he wanted to attack the land of Bashu in one fell swoop, attack Guizhou and enter the Chengdu Plain, and capture Sichuan, the important grain production area of the Ming army.
The Qing army gave up the pursuit of the Dashun army and went south to attack Guizhou, so that Zeng Ying couldn't understand that the Qing army fought the Great Western Army, defeated the Great Western Army and attacked Guizhou, isn't this a two-front battle?
Zeng Ying, as a general of the Ming army, had the responsibility of defending the territory, and also led the troops to withdraw to Guizhou to defend the Qing army from entering Guizhou.
Zeng Ying became famous at a young age, and it was not ambiguous to fight the Great Western Army, and it was not ambiguous to fight the Qing Army, and on the way to lead the troops to retreat, Duoduo suddenly returned to the horse and pistol, killing the Ming army and defeating it, Zeng Ying's department was almost torn apart, and Zeng Ying only led hundreds of people to retreat.
Retreat to the junction of Guizhou and Huguang Tongren Mansion to defend against the Qing army's attack, Zeng Ying's main force was basically wiped out by the Qing army, tens of thousands of Qing troops invaded Tongren Mansion, Tongren Mansion Ming Army more guard troops, not at all Qing army opponents, was the Qing army even down several cities.
Zeng Ying was forced to continue to retreat, retreat to Dawan Mountain, gather the Ming army and the Qing army in Dawan Mountain to confront the Qing army, the Qing army fought in the mountains for the first time, was counterattacked by Zeng Ying, lost more than 4,000 people, temporarily gave up the attack on Dawan Mountain, and made every effort to attack the western area of Tongren Fu, opening the passage for the Qing army to attack Guizhou.
Zeng Ying was defeated, and Wang Yingxiong, the governor of Sichuan, urgently ordered Yang Zhan to reinforce Zeng Ying.
After Yang Zhan got the order, he led his troops to support Zeng Ying, Guizhou was mountainous, the Ming army's reinforcement speed was still on the way, the entire Tongren Mansion was captured by the Qing army, Zeng Ying retreated to Sizhou Mansion, and the Qing army also entered Sizhou Mansion, Zeng Ying did not want to retreat, and decided to fight to the death with the Qing army in Sizhou Mansion.
The Qing army did not enter the Sizhou Mansion troops, but it was effortless to fight Zeng Ying, Zeng Ying drew a knife and went to the battlefield, and the Qing army fought a bloody battle, and his subordinates were almost killed, Yang Zhan's reinforcements arrived, and the Qing army troops that invaded the Sizhou Mansion were defeated, and after Zeng Ying was rescued, he was grateful to Yang Zhan for saving his life.
Yang Zhan defeated the Qing army today, and was not afraid of the Qing army at all, and said to Zeng Ying: "You quickly return to Chongqing to recruit troops, and I will garrison the four state capitals." ”
Zeng Ying took the only few remaining subordinates, all the way back to Chongqing, Wang Yingxiong was not in Chongqing, he led the troops to recover Chengdu Mansion and other places abandoned by the Great Western Army, after Zeng Ying returned to Chongqing, Wang Yingxiong gave him 500 soldiers, so that he could regain his strength and resist the Qing army into Sichuan.
After the Qing army invaded Guizhou, Duoduo found that Guizhou was mountainous and could not be spread out in terms of troops, and the advantage of hundreds of thousands of troops was a disadvantage, not only needed food and grass, but also was not familiar with the terrain, Duoduo ordered to stop advancing, and the Qing army was also fighting fiercely for the next offensive.
Some generals thought that they should concentrate their forces to eliminate the Dashun army, and some generals were red and Haoge invaded Nanzhili, burning and plundering in the south of the Yangtze River, but the Qing army was fighting in the bitter cold land along the way, and they should attack Jiangxi and Liangguang from Huguang to eliminate the remnants of the Ming forces entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River.
Duoduo did not make a decision, he asked the capital city of Dolgon, a thousand kilometers away, for instructions, Dolgon ordered the post station to be 800 miles faster, and ordered Duoduo to go north to attack the Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army, and wipe out these two forces, and the world was decided.
As for the remnants of the Ming army in Jiangnan, it is completely a pile of waste, and one soldier and horse of Haoge is enough to destroy.
After receiving Dolgon's holy decree, Duoduo ordered Wu Sangui to garrison Huguang, and he led the main army north to Shaanxi.
At this time, the Great Western Army retreated to Shizhou, there were a large number of Tusi troops, after the Great Western Army entered their territory, there was a conflict with the Tusi troops, and so Zhang Xianzhong retreated to Wushan, Sichuan, hundreds of thousands of Great Western Army had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left, and most of the soldiers and civilians were scattered all over the way.
Wang Yingxiong had already led the troops to garrison Wushan, and resolutely did not let the Great Western Army go north from Wushan, Zhang Xianzhong had the Qing army behind him, and the Ming army in front.
It was the first time for his subordinates to see Zhang Xianzhong so decadent, Li Dingguo took the lead in standing up and asking Zhang Xianzhong to fight, he was willing to be the vanguard and open up the northward passage for the army, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi also stood up and asked to be the vanguard and escort His Majesty to the north.
Zhang Xianzhong originally wanted to disperse the army, but seeing that Yizi had such courage, he decided to make Li Dingguo the vanguard in Bo once and break through the Ming army's defense line in Wushan
The Qing army attacked the Ming army.
Everyone was very curious about how Sun Kewang led the Qing army to attack the Ming army?
Sun Kewang and everyone said: "Our army went north to Shaanxi, all the way to fight for hundreds of miles, the Qing army followed behind, attacking the city, how can the Ming army endure it, we will camp under Wushan, the Qing army attacked our army, our army deceived the Qing army, the Ming army attacked our army, our army deceived the Ming army, let the Ming army, the Qing army thought that the opponent was the enemy. ”
This is a method, Zhang Xianzhong decided to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so according to Sun Kewang's intentions, he selected henchmen to go to Wushan and the Qing army camp respectively, and expressed his willingness to surrender to Wang Yingxiong and Duoduo, among which Wang Yingxiong expressed his willingness to expel Jiannu for the Ming Dynasty, and Duoduo was willing to be the vanguard of the Qing army, break through Wushan, capture Kuidong Mansion, and destroy the remnants of the Ming forces for the Qing army.
The envoys of the Great Western Army came to the camps of the Ming army and the Qing army respectively, and conveyed Zhang Xianzhong's intention to surrender to Wang Yingxiong and Duoduo.
Duoduo was very pleased that Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, but Wang Yingxiong did not trust Zhang Xianzhong, thinking that Zhang Xianzhong was a fraudulent surrender.
ordered Zhang Xianzhong's envoy to be beheaded, but it was a coincidence that Duoduo also persuaded Wang Yingxiong to surrender, Wang Yingxiong beheaded the envoy of the Great Western Army with his front foot, and another Qing army envoy, which needless to say, pushed out and cut it.
Wang Yingxiong cut down the envoy of the Qing army of the Great Western Army in one breath, Duoduo was furious, but believed that Zhang Xianzhong surrendered, and approached Wushan with his troops, Zhang Xianzhong's troops camped on the south side of Wuxia, Duoduo led 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers, 80,000 green battalion soldiers, the troops came to the south side of Wuxia, and saw tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army waiting to surrender.
Tens of thousands of Ming troops on the north side of Wuxia are also waiting in formation, Wang Yingxiong saw that the Great Western Army did not resist the Qing army, and suddenly remembered that the Great Western Army would be cornered, would it surrender to the Qing army, the Qing army was like a tiger with wings, where did the Ming still have a chance of winning?
Wang Yingxiong hurriedly asked people to go to the camp of the Great Western Army to persuade him to surrender, saying that the Great Western Army could surrender to the imperial court, Zhang Xianzhong's envoy was beheaded by Wang Yingxiong, and his belly was on fire, if it wasn't for Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and others persuaded him, he also beheaded Wang Yingxiong's envoy.
Sun Kewang asked Zhang Xianzhong to temporarily surrender to the Ming army, and after Wuxia, the whole army went north, chopped Wang Yingxiong, captured Kuizhou Mansion, and captured Chongqing Mansion to the west, and joined forces with the Dashun Army to the north.
Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were brothers in life and death in their early years, and later turned against each other and wanted to kill each other.
Seeing that Zhang Xianzhong did not respond for a long time, the envoy of the Ming army said: "Zhang Gong, Jiannu is close at hand, and I also ask you to cross the river quickly." ”
Zhang Xianzhong suddenly stood up and shouted with the envoy of the Ming army: "Go back, let Wang Yingxiong old boy see the demeanor of my Great Western Army." ”
After speaking, let his subordinates blow away the envoy of the Ming army and lead the troops to fight the Qing army, and the generals of the Great Western Army saw that their emperor refused to surrender, and also decided to die with His Majesty.
60,000 soldiers of the Great Western Army sorted out their armor and decided to die with the Qing army, Wang Yingxiong, who was on the other side of the river, looked at the Qing army that was approaching the Great Western Army, and his subordinates all showed a knowing smile, Wang Yingxiong understood that the tens of thousands of Great Western Army were definitely not the opponents of the Qing army, and at this time, let the Great Western Army be annihilated, the next step for the Qing army would be to attack the Ming army.
"The generals listened to the order, crossed the river, and came to the aid of the western thieves."
The general thought that he had heard it wrong, and no one went to transfer the troops, Wang Yingxiong suddenly became angry, and asked in a deep voice again: "Deaf?" ”
A general asked him carefully: "My lord, this western thief is about to be destroyed by Jiannu, and our army is sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, isn't it happy?" ”
Wang Yingxiong angrily reprimanded his subordinates.
"A group of pedantic people, the western thieves have been destroyed, and the next step for Jiannu is to cross the Wuxia Gorge, can our men and horses withstand the attack of Jiannu?"
The generals reported one after another and immediately rushed back to the barracks after a while. More than 100 Ming ships sailed out of the wharf, loaded with more than 20 Ming soldiers on board, and frantically sailed across the river.
The Great Western Army has launched a decisive battle with the Qing Army, the two armies broke out in an earth-shattering battle, the Great Western Army fought to the death, the Qing Army advanced for the total annihilation of the Great Western Army, the soldiers collided together, and the mixed human body was cut and let out a tragic wail.
The soldiers of the Great Western Army still fought to the death in the face of the Qing army's attack, Li Dingguo led the remnants of the Huben battalion of 2,000 soldiers, rushed forward to kill, Li Dingguo had a strange plan, wanted to raid the commander of the Qing army in the mix, kill the commander of the Qing army, and let the Qing army have no leader.
This part of the Great Western Army soldiers and horses did not kill the Qing Army, was blocked by a Eight Banners soldiers, the two armies fought on the spot, countless blood into the Yangtze River, Zhang Xianzhong was dressed in a python robe, holding an iron ring knife, personally went into battle to kill, each knife can cut the Qing soldiers back again and again, and other soldiers of the Great Western Army also followed their majesty, and the Qing army fought to the last drop of blood.
Duoduo, the commander of the Qing army, looked at the despair of the Great Western Army before he died, and smiled with Ye Chen: "The Great Western Army is not enough. ”
Both of them smiled, and suddenly, Ye Chen saw hundreds of boats densely packed in Wuxia, he thought he had seen it wrong, rubbed his eyes, and looked again.
It turned out to be hundreds of Ming ships landing on the south side, and after the ship docked, the Ming army on the boat jumped off the ship with weapons and frantically attacked the Qing army on the south side.
Duoduo also saw the Ming army coming to support, he hurriedly mobilized reserves to support, the soldiers of the Great Western Army fought on the front line, and saw the Ming army appear in the rear, they all thought that they were going to be attacked by the Ming army and the Qing army today, and died on the south bank of this Wuxia.
But the Ming army rushed to the Qing army, so that the soldiers of the Daxi Army, who had died of heart, burst out with an unprecedented fighting spirit, and tens of thousands of Daxi troops seemed to be collectively beaten with chicken blood, and rushed to the Qing army frantically, and the Qing army was actually pushed back by a wave.
Whether it was the Eight Banners or the Green Battalion, they could not stop the counterattack of the Great Western Army, and they were killed by the Great Western Army in batches.
The first wave of the Ming army crossed the river with only a few thousand people, and the ship immediately returned to the opposite bank after docking, and pulled up a group of Ming soldiers and transported them to the south side, the Ming army soldiers continued to reinforce, and the morale of the Ming army and the Daxi army exploded, rushing to the Qing army that fell into collapse, and the Qing army lost its vigor and had to retreat.
Duoduo is also worthy of a generation of famous generals, seeing that the army has faint signs of collapse, he decisively ordered the Eight Banners to withdraw from the battlefield, in his heart, the Eight Banners died one less one, and the Green Battalion soldiers died when they died, and they were not heartbroken at all.
The Eight Banners were the first to withdraw from the battlefield, and the Green Battalion had no backing, and were chased and beaten by the Great Western Army and the Ming Army, with countless casualties.
Dodor led the remnants to retreat
Jingzhou Mansion, the Great Western Army went straight down the river and invaded Jingzhou Mansion, Duoduo was supported by Wu Sangui's Ministry in Jingzhou Mansion, and Wu Sangui collected tens of thousands of large and small forces in the Huguang area.
I heard that Duoduo fought with the Great Western Army in Wuxia and led his troops to Jingzhou Mansion to support Duoduo here, but he never thought that Duoduo was defeated and actually saved Duoduo.
The Great Western Army entered Jingzhou Mansion, and captured the western areas of Jingzhou Prefecture such as Badong, Xingshan, and Guizhou, and captured some areas of Jingzhou Prefecture, after the Great Western Army finally had a foothold, and after the Qing Army received reinforcements from Wu Sangui, it wanted to launch a counterattack, but was defeated by the Great Western Army with great morale, and the Qing Army was forced to withdraw to Jiangling to recuperate.
Duoduo was most afraid that the Ming army would also pursue the Qing army, but the Ming army did not go out of Sichuan to pursue the Qing army, Wang Yingxiong ordered the Ming army in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places to attack and occupy Sizhou Mansion, Tongren Mansion and other places by the Qing army, and drive out the Qing army in Guizhou.
In the first battle of Wuxia, the Qing army lost 6,000 Eight Banner soldiers, and the Green Battalion soldiers lost 40,000, and the Qing army was greatly injured.
He did not dare to go to war easily, but in the Huguang area, he cooperated with the governor of Huguang and other officials appointed by Dolgon to govern the Huguang area, digesting and absorbing the population and land of Huguang.
The Qing army was recuperating, the Great Western Army did not stop the pace of attack, Zhang Xianzhong ordered Li Dingguo to lead his troops to attack Yunyang Mansion, after Li Zicheng in Shaanxi Province got the Great Western Army to capture the western part of Jingzhou Mansion, Li Guo led the rear battalion, and cooperated with the Great Western Army to attack Yunxi County in the north of Yunyang Mansion, under the attack of the Great Shun Army and the Great Western Army, the Qing Army of Yunyang Mansion almost did not resist, so they gave up the defense and retreated to Xiangyang Mansion under the leadership of the defender.
The Qing army had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang Mansion, and Duoduo added tens of thousands of troops to Xiangyang Mansion, but the Great Western Army and the Dashun Army were not able to attack Xiangyang Mansion, and the Qing Army was also unable to counterattack Yunyang Mansion, so the two armies entered a silent battle.
Zhang Xianzhong led the troops into Zhushan County, south of Yunyang Prefecture, where the Great Western Imperial Court was restored, and the generals of the Great Western Army who had been previously were also gathered towards Zhushan, and in less than a month, the Great Western Army was restored to more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians.
During this period, Li Zicheng gave great assistance to the Great Western Army, sending 10,000 stone for grain and grass alone, and Zhu Youzhen, who was far away in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi, was full of depression after getting the Great Western Army to go out of Sichuan to resist the Qing Dynasty.
His health miraculously improved, he did not have many troops at hand, and he did not support the Great Western Army militarily, but he could give other support to the Great Western Army.
Zhu Youzhen asked Li Jiantai to send 50,000 stone grain and grass to the Dashun Army next door, and asked the Dashun Army to give more aid to the Daxi Army, not only that, because Pingyang Mansion to Yunyang Mansion had to cross Henan Mansion, and the whole Henan was still occupied by the Qing army, Zhu Youzhen issued an order to listen to Jingyang and He Zhen this time, and send troops to Henan Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion and other places.
Ling Jingyang and He Zhen not only scolded Jiang Jiu a few months ago because they did not attack Datong Mansion, but also felt depressed in their hearts, this time they had the opportunity to go south for revenge, and the two quickly gathered troops and horses to attack Henan.
Ling Jingyang ordered Li Rufeng's troops to stay in the base camp, and he led the Iron Fist Army, the left wing, and the right wing of the three troops to easily enter Henan Mansion, and everyone thought that the main force of the Qing army was in Huguang, and Henan was empty.
The Qing army in Henan Mansion is not a reckless man, but ordered the Qing army to concentrate in Luoyang, in Luoyang to resist the Ming army attack, Ling Jingyang led the army to Luoyang City, the Qing army flag on the city wall is crowded, there seem to be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, Ling Jingyang did not dare to attack, at this time, He Zhen led the troops to support.
He originally wanted to attack Huaiqing Mansion, but later felt that Zhu Youzhen was behind, and it was better to be united with Ling Jingyang's soldiers, but the Qing army in Luoyang City was strong, and the two encountered a nail under Luoyang City, and they didn't know how to capture Luoyang City.
The Qing army also prayed that Duoduo could be reinforced, the food and grass in the city were insufficient, and at most they held on for ten days, and after ten days, the reinforcements and the grain and grass were not enough, and people in the city would eat people.
Ling Jingyang suddenly thought that the Qing army was defending Luoyang City, there must be a lot of Qing soldiers in the city, and the grain and grass might not be enough, so he only needed to defeat the Qing army reinforcements and cut off the grain and grass, wouldn't Luoyang City surrender without a fight?
He Zhen also agreed with this plan very much, and the two decided that one person would continue to besiege Luoyang City, and the other would go outside the city to eliminate the Qing army's grain team, but the two of them only had more than 10,000 people in the whole army, and the Qing army in Luoyang City also had more than 10,000 people.
If the Qing army in the city rushed out of the city for a decisive battle, the two armies were not sure of victory, and the two fell into a shortage of troops.
The next morning, there is another Ming army arrived in Luoyang, this force is Mei Shifeng's department, five days ago, Zhu Youzhen received Jiang Huang in Yicheng to send a fold, because the Qing army was defeated in Wushan, Jiang Gang had the idea of returning to the imperial court, he was willing to attack Datong Mansion for the imperial court, in order to show a break with the Qing army, Jiang Gang ordered to be stationed in Taiyuan Mansion, Lu'an Prefecture, Liaozhou and Pingyang Province border line troops withdrew.
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Jiang Huang's move greatly liberated Zhu Youzhen's soldiers and horses, Zhu Youzhen didn't have to worry about Jiang Huang going south to attack Pingyang Mansion, so that Mei Shifeng's troops attacked Henan, Mei Shifeng's troops more than 30,000 people, from Pingyang Mansion to Huaiqing Mansion, the Qing army here surrendered.
After Mei Shifeng received the Qing army to concentrate his forces in Luoyang, he led the army to reinforcements.
The Qing army in Luoyang City saw that the Ming army had reinforcements, and the city was suddenly divided, some of the men and horses wanted to open the door and surrender, and the other part insisted on stationing until the Qing army reinforcements were reinforced.
On the night of the same day, a fierce battle broke out in the city of Luoyang, the head of the Ming army and the troops loyal to the Qing army fought in the city, after dawn the next day, the city gate was opened from the inside, Ling Jingyang did not rush into the city, but waited, and also prevented Mei Shifeng, He Zhen two troops and horses into the city.
At noon that day, the gates were closed again.
The troops loyal to the Qing army in the city fought fiercely last night, killing the troops who wanted to surrender to the Ming army, and opened the city gate in the morning in an attempt to lure the Ming army into the city, and came to a closed gate to beat dogs, so as to achieve the goal of eliminating part of the living force of the Ming army.
Seeing that the Ming army did not enter the city, and the Qing army in the city continued to defend to the death, He Zhen and Mei Shifeng gave Ling Jingyang a thumbs up and asked Ling Jingyang how he thought there was fraud in the city?
"Which one do we often like to use this trick, but we can't see others use this trick and be stupid to go inside, right?"
He Zhen and Mei Shifeng nodded, Ling Jingyang thought that the troops were enough to start the siege, but before the siege, Mei Shifeng suddenly said to the two: "Two, isn't this Luoyang a little chicken?" ”
Ling Jingyang thinks about it, Mei Shifeng has some truth, there are more than 10,000 Qing troops in Luoyang City, and after the fire last night, there are not many people left, even if the Qing army in Luoyang City is allowed to attack other states and counties now, it can't make waves, why not attack other places?