Jizhou.

Hong Chengchou said to several generals: "There are still more than 10,000 soldiers in the city, but there is not much food left. Originally, he wanted to take refuge in Li Chuang, so that he could send some food as soon as possible, but now it is obviously to no avail. Let's talk about it, how should this battle be fought? ”

In the past two years, Hong Chengchou has been in Tuntian, Jizhen, but the drought has been severe for two consecutive years.

And there are thieves all around, Hong Chengchou has to suppress the mob, and it is not easy to put out some food and be consumed.

Jiang Zhu, the deputy commander-in-chief who fled back from Liaodong, said: "I can only break through." After breaking through, you can go to Shanhaiguan and join forces with Li Chuang to attack Huang Taiji, and Li Chuang will have to give military rations at that time. Or, after breaking through, go directly south and go to Shandong to join forces with Zuo Liangyu. ”

Jiang Zhu never thought of defecting to Zhao Han, because he was born in Jiangmen, Hunan.

His family's land and property were all distributed by Zhao Han to military households. The men of his family were taken to the mines, and the daughters of the family were forced to remarry.

It can be said that Jiang Zhu and Zhao Han have an enmity against each other!

Wang Tingchen said: "I think we should hold on, and when the military rations are finished, I will eat them...... The longer we stay here, the better the chances of Li Chuang's side winning, maybe we can kill the old thief (Huang Taiji)!" ”

Hong Chengchou actually tends to stick to it.

The Manchu Qing sent troops in such a hurry that they didn't have time to pour out.

Huang Taiji only had 40,000 soldiers in his hands, Haoge and Dolgon each led 10,000, and the remaining Eight Banners troops were still assembled in Liaodong. Although Hong Chengchou did not know the specific number, judging from the speed of the Manchu Qing army, he could guess that the other party must have insufficient troops.

On the Jizhou side, more than 10,000 soldiers, if they work together, they can defend until the Manchu division runs out of food.

Li Zicheng's 80,000-strong army is very likely to defeat Huang Taiji!

Cao Bianjiao said: "If you hold for a long time, you will lose, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen will surrender in the wind, and there may be people in Jizhou City who want to surrender." Three days and five days can be kept, and after ten days and a half months, what if someone secretly communicates with the Tartar thief? ”

Although these words are ugly, they make sense.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have fought over the years, and many times they have an advantage, and some people flee for no reason, and some people surrender for some reason.

"It's because I didn't arrange it well, and I made a big mistake in employing people." Hong Chengchou must admit his mistake, because all the generals have resentment in their hearts.

Tang Tong was brought by Hong Chengchou from Xuanhua, and he thought that this person was trustworthy, so he arranged to defend the direction of Lengkou. Who knew that before an arrow was fired, he surrendered directly, and Hong Chengchou had the responsibility of knowing people and not knowing people.

Cao Bianjiao got up and pressed the knife: "The two Tartar thieves converge, and the strength is only 20,000. Together with Tang Tong and Bai Guangen, who surrendered, the number of troops was less than 30,000. Tang Tong and Bai Guangen are both incompetent, but attacking the camp of these two people at night will definitely cause their entire army to collapse. When the time comes, take the opportunity to kill the Tartars, and if the Tartars are in disorder, they will storm it, and if the Tartars are not in disorder, they will retreat to the city. Whether it's defending or leaving, let's win a battle first! ”

"Yes, let's win first." Wang Tingchen nodded in agreement.

Hong Chengchou asked, "Who is willing to lead troops to attack at night?" ”

Cao Bianjiao smiled: "Since it was my idea, I should go to the night attack." You can prepare that once the Tartar camp is in turmoil, the army in the city will come out to kill the thieves. ”

After discussing the details again, Hong Chengchou finalized the matter.

Cao Bianjiao immediately selected the best in the army, and after nightfall, he took more than 400 cavalry and more than 500 foot soldiers out of the city to attack the camp.

After many battles, Cao Bianjiao's Jiading cavalry is currently more than 400 left.

The night attack went very well.

Although Tang Tong actively contributed to the meritorious service, the troops under his command had no fighting spirit, and felt that with Qing soldiers in charge, the defenders did not dare to go out of the city to attack.

Unsuspecting, Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry into the camp, and the foot soldiers set fire to the enemy camp.

Tang Tong woke up in the middle of the night and fled on horseback in fright.

"Father, save me...... Yes! ”

Tang Tong vaguely heard his son's screams, but he didn't care about it so much. When his son dies, he can be reborn, and when he dies, he has nothing, and he frantically rode his horse towards the Qing army camp.

Tang Tong and Bai Guangen's camps were serialized together, while the Qing army camp was separated by a long distance.

Bai Guangen's reaction was similar to Tang Tong's, and he rode on his war horse and fled in the direction of the Qing army's camp.

There were probably more than 2,000 defeated soldiers, and they fled to the Qing army camp. Dashing the outskirts of Dolgon's camp, Dolgon was so frightened that he ran in the direction of Haug and ordered his soldiers to blow trumpets and assemble.

Dolgon is very politically aggressive, but as for civil and military, let's be honest...... Enough to choke.

He was attacked by Cao Bianjiao at Xifengkou and was almost hacked to death on the spot. Now that it has become a frightened bird, it will not dare to gather troops on the spot when it comes to running in advance.

"Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet!"

"Woo woo~~~~"

The camp of the Qing army has been in chaos, Cao Bianjiao sounded the horn, according to the established plan, the army in the city should be killed together.

"Open the gates and send troops!" Hong Chengchou was overjoyed.

Jiang Zhu said: "Supervisor, the Tartar camp is probably not chaotic yet, you can wait for a while." ”

It's not really messy.

Dolgon's battalion, chaotic but not broken, was scattering into many groups.

Haoge's side had already completed the gathering of troops and was heading towards Cao Bianjiao.

Of course, if the defenders of Jizhou take the opportunity to kill, they also have a certain chance of winning.

But no one was willing to take the risk, so Jiang Zhu was not.

Wang Tingchen was originally ordering troops to fight, but his subordinates were trembling. The royal courtiers all rushed out of the city gate with their families, and his generals were still hesitating, so they let the lord run alone.

"Bastard!"

Wang Tingchen rode out on horseback for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and turned his head to see that he was suddenly blown up.

"The erector is not enough to plan, go back to Beijing to pick up the family first!" Wang Tingchen took 200 Ding to run south, neither supporting Cao Bianjiao, nor returning to the city to hold on.

Cao Bianjiao rushed to kill, beheading several Manchu nobles, the elite infantry he brought out were dead, and there were only more than 300 cavalry left under his command.

So far, the friendly forces have not come to support, and Cao Bianjiao already knows what is going on.

"Break south!"

The small group of Qing soldiers that had just gathered was quickly dispersed by Cao Bianjiao. Before Hauge and Dolgon led the troops to encircle, Cao Bianjiao rushed out of the enemy camp in a thrilling way, leaving only more than 160 horsemen around him.

Wang Tingchen heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and immediately ordered his family to stop their horses.

"Woooooo

The horn sounded, and Cao Bianjiao came over to meet.

"Why don't you come to help!" Cao Bianjiao asked angrily.

Wang Tingchen explained: "I am out of the city, and all the generals will not obey, how can I support you?" ”

Cao Bianjiao said depressedly: "What are you going to do next?" ”

Wang Tingchen said: "I want to go back to Beijing first, pick up my family, and then go to the south together." It's good to go to anyone, but you can't stay in the north anyway. Once Jizhou is lost, the Tartar thieves will plunder everywhere, and even attack Shanhaiguan from behind, Li Zicheng will definitely lose this battle! ”

"You can still go back to pick up your family, Lao Tzu can't go back to home!" Cao Bianjiao became more and more angry.

Wang Tingchen and his subordinates all belong to the 3,000 battalions of the Ming Jing soldiers.

During the Zhu Di period, this army was the strongest cavalry in the entire Ming Dynasty. Later, it was rotten, and when Wang Tingchen first led his troops, he saw the enemy fleeing when he heard all kinds of news.

Wang Tingchen had to learn from the border generals, relying on embezzlement of military salaries, equipping the cavalry under his command, and turning part of the 3,000 battalions of the Ming Dynasty into his own private family arm.

In this way, the combat effectiveness has increased greatly.

Wang Tingchen himself, as well as the relatives of his subordinates, are all inside and outside Beijing at this moment.

They were so anxious that they didn't want to stay in Jizhen for a long time.

Hundreds of cavalry ran south for a while, and soon headed west towards the capital.

Run until dawn and stop to rest.

Cao Bianjiao asked, "Who will you vote for in the south?" ”

Wang Tingchen said: "We all have enmity with the thieves, do you dare to take refuge in Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong?" ”

Cao Bianjiao said: "Zuo Liangyu can't vote, if he encounters danger, he may sell us when he will sell us." ”

Wang Tingchen said with a smile: "Then go through Shandong and go to Jiangxi Zhao thief!" ”

……

Jizhou City.

Hong Chengchou was furious and reprimanded the generals who did not dare to fight.

What else could he do but be incompetent and furious?

The next day, Jiang Zhu opened the door and surrendered, and the rest of the generals also surrendered.

Jiang Zhu had no psychological burden, he was ruined by Zhao Han, and he only occupied a lot of tuntian in Jizhen. This is where his only remaining family business is, and he can save it by surrendering to the Manchus, save his life, keep his family business, and keep his troops!

Hong Chengchou was arrested by Haoge, did not commit suicide, did not surrender, and did not go on a hunger strike.

Hauge and Dolgon entered the city to rob, and captured the nearby people as people's husbands, all the way to the direction of Shanhaiguan to plunder.

The defenders of Shanhaiguan were taken away by Li Zicheng, and only Ma Ke was left with 5,000 troops to garrison.

While guarding the city, Ma Ke sent someone to report to Li Zicheng.

Yong'an Fort.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the Tartar thieves are storming Shanhaiguan in the pass!"

"Intensify your onslaught!"

A few days ago, Li Zicheng had received news that two Manchu divisions had crossed the Great Wall to attack Jizhen.

Li Zicheng felt that Hong Chengchou was a capable player, and it should not be a problem to defend for two or three months.

Who knew that in less than half a month, the Jizhou army had already been destroyed!

Li Zicheng did not dare to divide his troops to go back to defend Shanhaiguan, and could only believe that Ma Ke could defend it. He has been attacking Fort Yong'an for 46 days, and today he must go all out.

Tens of thousands of soldiers took turns to attack the city, and rushed forward at the cost of life and death.

The Qing army's hot oil, gold juice, and rolling wood have long been exhausted, artillery and guns are constantly fired, and the walls of Yong'an Fort have also collapsed in two places.

But I just can't get in!

The Dashun army attacked frantically, and the Manchu army sacrificed their lives to defend, and the intensity of the war far exceeded that of the southern battles.

In this day alone, the total casualties on both sides exceeded 8,000.

Huang Taiji's heart was dripping blood, and more than 600 Manchurian banner soldiers died today. On several occasions, Wu Sangui's generals couldn't stand it, and they all let the Manchurian heavy armored infantry go up and carry it hard.

"Withdraw!"

At night, Li Zicheng's entire army retreated, and there was no point in fighting any further, and it was more advantageous to return to Shanhaiguan to defend.

When Huang Taiji heard the news, he immediately sent cavalry to chase after him.

However, the elite of Dashun did not leave any flaws, even if the army was withdrawn, it was in good order, and the Ming official army would have withdrawn to the halfway route.

The tide of war has changed again.

Li Zicheng and Ma Ke were trapped in Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji led his troops to Shanhaiguan, and Haoge and Dolgon led his troops to block Shanhaiguan.

(PS: Regarding the military discipline of Li Zicheng's Dashun army, it can be divided into two stages.) When Beijing was first occupied, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and the people of the capital were very willing to marry their daughters to Dashun soldiers, and they were proud of it. After the defeat of Yishi, the military discipline of the Dashun army deteriorated rapidly, and they robbed and even raped women on the way to retreat. Yang Shicong's record should be the most credible, his wife, second concubine, and daughter committed suicide, and had a deep hatred for Li Zicheng, but also said that before Li Zicheng's defeat, military discipline was unbelievably good. ）