Chapter 470: The Battle of Jiangbei (1)
The garrison of the Qing army stationed in Datong Mansion was Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui and the Guanning army did not follow Jierharang to garrison outside the pass, but continued to fight in the pass.
He followed Azig to fight in Shanxi, Azig did not reuse Wu Sangui, but did not ignore Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses, and ordered Wu Sangui to garrison Datong Mansion in Shanxi to resist the counterattack of the Dashun army.
Wu Sangui's Guanning army is quite combative, in the battle of Shanhaiguan was defeated by the Dashun army, if it were not for Dolgon led the Eight Banners into the pass to help, Wu Sangui has been a pile of loess in the city.
Following Dolgon into the pass, Wu Sangui's advantages in the Guanning army began to appear, not only did he not know the land well, but also continued to recruit a large number of Ming troops in the name of avenging Chongzhen, and his strength increased greatly.
On the order of Azig, he led 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Datong Mansion, and the left and right battalions of the Dashun army attacked several times, but they were all defeated by Wu Sangui.
The Dashun army was invincible in several bloody battles, and Wu Sangui became more and more confident the more he fought, not only defeating the attack of the Dashun army, but also leading the Guanning army to attack the Dashun army camp.
Yuan Zongdi was defeated by the Qing army, and Yuan Zongdi was forced to retreat to the west with the remnants of the army, and Liu Fangliang was left in the entire Datong Mansion to support a soldier and horse.
The momentum of the counteroffensive of the Dashun army was curbed by the Qing army, Li Zicheng did not have many troops to mobilize, the middle battalion and the front battalion were still recovering, he had to mobilize troops from all over Shaanxi to assemble in Yan'an Prefecture, and personally commanded the army to support the Shanxi battlefield.
At this time, in the Shanxi battlefield, the Qing army divided the Ming army into two places, including Yicheng and Yuanqu, and the Dashun army nested in Ningwuguan.
Azig personally led a large army to attack Yicheng, and the Ming army and civilians in Yicheng were bombed by the Qing army all day long, and the Ming army continued to go out of the city at night to surrender.
The continuous bombardment of the Qing army made Zhu Youzhen almost collapse, and there was plenty of food and grass in the city, but the army's combat effectiveness was not strong, and he missed the days when he fought side by side with Ling Jingyang.
At that time, Ling Jingyang was in the front, and he could play with the conspiracy as much as he wanted in the back, but after squeezing out Ling Jingyang, there was no more general who could handle it.
In the face of the siege of the Qing army, Zhu Youzhen was not as willful as he was in the capital a few years ago, and hanged himself.
He also understood that only by saving his life could he have a chance to make a comeback, and he secretly ordered Wu Da to do a good job
Assemble a breakout force and prepare for a breakout.
Wu Dading had long been determined to survive with Yicheng, and was suddenly summoned by His Majesty, and he was also made to prepare for a breakthrough, and Wu Dading's hot heart was extinguished in an instant.
"Wu Dading, I will entrust my life to you."
Zhu Youzhen is very sincere, Wu Dading gritted his teeth, since His Majesty wants to live, there is no need for him to fight the Qing army here, Wu Dading summoned his henchmen to gather five thousand elites in the army in the name of selecting death squads, which is also the last elite in the city.
In order to survive, Zhu Youzhen also ruthlessly abandoned the military and civilians in the city, but this time he brought a hundred civil and military officials, as long as he found another stable place, he could rely on the civil and military officials to quickly restore the imperial court.
He especially resisted Bai Dun and took Ximen Zhu away, as long as Ximen Zhu was still alive, he and Ling Jingyang were not cut off.
Because the breakthrough was carried out in secret, only a very small number of people knew the news, Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Chengen to be in charge of military salaries, Li Jiantai to be in charge of grain and grass, and Wu Da was the vanguard.
The Qing army thought that there were tens of thousands of Ming troops in the city, as well as tens of thousands of civilians, and they would at least hold out until they ran out of ammunition and food before surrendering.
In order to break through Yicheng as soon as possible, Azig will launch a strong attack almost every day, and the Qing army's strong attack brought great casualties to the Ming army, and the Ming army almost exhausted its strength and reluctantly repelled the Qing army.
Seeing that the Ming army in the city still had the ability to resist, Azig avoided long nights and dreams, and adopted two means: military attack and persuasion to surrender, trying to open the gate of Yicheng and capture Emperor Chongzhen alive.
Azig is a famous general, but he also made mistakes, thinking that the Chongzhen court was defending a city and fighting hard with the Qing army, but who would have thought that the Ming army would choose to break through.
The Ming army broke through on a very ordinary day, with good weather, neither hunting nor rain, but on one night suddenly opened all the city gates.
In order to increase the success of the breakthrough, Zhu Youzhen ordered the breakout troops to the palace to protect him an hour before the breakout, and then forcibly ordered other Ming troops in the city to break through.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city broke through the siege, which made Azig a little confused, and his first thought was to capture Zhu Youzhen alive, rather than pursue the soldiers and civilians who broke through.
Shang Kexi reminded him that Zhu Youzhen might be in the breakout team, so he ordered Shang Kexi to pursue the Ming army, and he led the main force into the city and killed the palace.
Azig was very excited, he had not captured the Ming Emperor alive, even if this Ming was already a puppet, it would be priceless.
"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"
Thousands of Eight Banner soldiers flocked to the palace, and outside the palace, there was a Ming soldier and horse watching all this indifferently, Azig was also surprised, there was still a group of Ming soldiers guarding the palace, it seemed that Zhu Youzhen would definitely stay in the palace.
He rode a tall horse and came to the palace and, in a stiff language, demanded that the palace guards surrender.
Standing out of the guards, he looked at the group of intruders indifferently, and said in a loud voice: "Zhang Luofu, the helpless commander of the Ming Dynasty, is here today to fight to the death, protect my Ming Dynasty, and die for himself." ”
After speaking, Zhang Luofu led a thousand subordinates to attack the Qing army, how could Azig waste his troops here, and ordered the archers and musketeers to step forward and output fire towards the Ming army.
The Ming army that rushed to the front was killed and wounded by the Qing army, and the Ming army behind continued to charge, Azig saw that the Ming army was brave, and it also stimulated his desire to fight, and the big sword waved forward,
The Ming army was besieged by thousands of Qing troops, Zhang Luofu calmly responded to the battle, he led the remnants to return to Yicheng a month ago, Zhu Youzhen wanted to scold him for throwing away his troops and abandoning his armor, but he thought that it was the time to employ people, so he demoted Zhang Luofu to a general, and trained soldiers and horses in Yicheng.
Just last night, His Majesty summoned him and ordered him to be the vanguard and lead the army to break through the siege.
Zhang Luofu refused to be the vanguard and gave up the chance to survive to others, and he led his subordinates to garrison the palace to attract the attention of the Qing army.
Azig was really attracted by him, and ordered a heavy army to attack the palace, thinking that Zhu Youzhen was in the palace, so he ordered the troops to besiege the palace, and tried to chase and kill the Ming army and civilians outside the city.
Zhang Luofu saw the siege of the Qing army, his heart was ecstatic, his sacrifice, in exchange for His Majesty's escape, he became more and more courageous, and the generals also bravely followed him and the Qing army to fight to the death.
They fought hard to kill the enemy, and hundreds of Qing troops died under the sword, but the number of Ming troops was too small, Zhang Luofu decisively ordered to withdraw to the palace after losing most of his troops, and firmly attracted the Qing army to fight street battles in the palace.