"Woohoo hurt! Huang Shilang! Lone brought the head of Turai to pay tribute to you, your heroic spirit is not far away, go all the way! The decisive battle between my Ming and the Tartars is near! When the time comes, the soldiers will kill more Tartars and comfort you martyrs! ”

In the first seven days after Huang Daozhou was killed, Huaiqing Mansion and Zezhou Mansion were all taken by the Ming army one after another, and the territory of Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong, and the actual control area of Daming were also completely connected.

Zhu Shuren himself also went from Luoyang to Kaifeng to sit in the town, and set up sacrifices in Kaifeng City, which can be regarded as a resumption of war with the puppet Qing Dynasty, formal war mobilization, and deepening the ideological work of hatred of the enemy.

There is no way, who let Jiang Jiu's matter, let the war come too suddenly, the Ming army can only sneak attack first in fact (but nominally did not fall the handle of the deliberate sneak attack), and the part of the benefits that are easy to get in the hands of the first bag for safety,

Then, we will carry out a comprehensive mobilization, and slowly check and fill in the gaps in some of the work that was not done at the beginning because the troops were dispatched too hastily.

This can be regarded as not only fame, but also real profit, and morale.

Although Zhu Shuren is a prince, it is said that he does not need to cry and sacrifice in person when he dies in the Zodiac Zhou. And in good conscience, before that, in addition to having moral kidnapping and good personal morality and integrity, Huang Daozhou did not do anything practical for the Ming Dynasty, but also harmed the pragmatic Chen Xinjia back then.

But one thing to say, this last mission in his life was indeed full of flashes, in the face of the sharp blade of the dog Tartar general, he was not afraid, still angry at the Tartar, and finally provoked the other party's skull to be congested and committed a big crime.

Originally, because of Jiang Jiu's incident, there was still a little problem with the morale and mobilization efficiency within Daming. In contrast, the Qing army on the opposite side was able to share the same hatred for the enemy at the first time, thinking that they were defending the homeland and the country.

But no matter what the diplomatic bargaining was at the beginning, when Turai killed the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how much reason they had before, now they also have no reason.

The banner troops under Hauge's control may still be able to go all the way to the black, but the part of the green battalion troops that Dolgon left to him, which has been transformed and incorporated by Hauge, and even some of the Han army flags, are panicked.

With Zhu Shuren's viciousness and insidiousness, of course, he must make full use of the death of Huang Daozhou, not only to mobilize the Ming Dynasty himself, but also to carry out an overwhelming propaganda war against the puppet Qing side.

Propaganda "Da Ming originally didn't know that Jiang Huang wanted to be anyway, and he didn't encourage him to support him, even at the moment when Jiang Huang was anyway, Da Ming still thought of mercy, first tried to negotiate diplomacy to resolve differences, and avoided a truce for only nine months.

But Haoge was reckless, not only did he not sympathize with the soldiers of the Eight Banners, but also regarded the Han green camp as a waste, thinking that one day when he had to flee back to the Guanwai, the land of Hebei would be completely white, and the Han people would kill each other and destroy Hebei as much as possible, so as to delay the national strength of the Ming Dynasty and prevent the Ming Dynasty from continuing to pursue after the recovery of Beijing, and the Northern Expedition to the Guanwai, and uproot the pseudo-Qing Dynasty!

Therefore, Haoge did not hesitate to kill the envoys, so that the two sides would not die, so that he could send all the green battalion troops to fight a war of attrition with Daming as soon as possible! It's better for both sides to fight to the death!

Because Haoge knew very well that the Green Camp worked for the Puppet Qing, and only existed if the Puppet Qing could occupy the homeland of these Han people who were forced to obey the thieves. These Han Chinese have nowhere to go but to give their lives to the Tartars who rule them!

But if one day the Tartars retreat outside the Guan, will these Han people who have lived in the Guannei for generations still follow the Tartars all the way to the grasslands and forests to serve the Tartars? No, it won't!

Therefore, it is because Haoge knows this that he wants to fight to death all the non-descendant Han soldiers who are destined not to flee with him before he escapes from Beijing!

Because he knew that even if he couldn't kill a few Ming soldiers in this way, as long as he killed a few more of the green battalions themselves, he would be able to prevent these green battalions from being absorbed by the Ming Dynasty in the future, and turning their guns to kill them! ”

The Ming army is desperately propagandizing, and the puppet Qing side will definitely try to block it in various ways after realizing it, and it is not clear how effective it can be for a while.

But these are no cost to the Ming army, of course, we have to do our best, even if the green battalion soldiers who can only attack a few battalions before the follow-up decisive battle, after all, they are all about reducing the killing of the Han people in the civil war and uniting the nation to the outside world. Don't take the good for nothing.

And in order to strengthen the effect of the propaganda war, Zhu Shuren must also give Huang Daozhou a generous burial. In this way, it seems that the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and it is extremely indignant that the envoy was killed.

Zhu Shuren directly used the treatment of Emperor Chongzhen who set up an altar to worship Hong Chengchou (this treatment itself is no problem, it is already the highest courtesy, Chongzhen really thought that Hong Chengchou was martyred), and gave Huang Daozhou a big deal in Kaifeng.

In the end, the people of the Ministry of Rites discussed the treatment, Huang Daozhou had been treated coldly for many years, and he had just been restored to the Ministry of Rites when he was on this mission.

Now that he has been killed, he will be given the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, posthumously awarded a marquis, and allowed his descendants to be subtracted by one rank (that is, his son gets an earl), and at the same time, he will always be given a long-term pension according to the treatment of a marquis.

The Huang family is also very satisfied with this result, because at this time in history, Huang Daozhou had already been killed by the Tartars, and now it is already Zhu Shuren's butterfly effect that allows him to live for two or three more years.

An old man who is sixty-five years old, according to the medical conditions of the Ming Dynasty, even if no one kills him, he will not have a few years to live. Now he has changed his children and grandchildren with a marquis and a long-term pension of thousands of taels a year, and his children and grandchildren have made a fortune.

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The Qing army on the opposite side, seven days after the resumption of fighting, had just mobilized the army in the Hebei region, and successively moved to the southwest to reinforce and fight the Ming army.

The dispatching and mobilization speed of the Qing army was even inferior to that of the Ming army, and at first glance, it was judged in the wrong direction before the war, and the main force was pressed in the direction of Shandong-

Because at that time, the Qing army generally felt that the Ming had the advantage of sailors, and Shandong was close to the sea, which was convenient for a wide range of roundabouts.

Coupled with the confrontation line between the two forces, the western section was originally separated by the danger of the Yellow River, while there was no big river in the east, only the land barriers of Mount Tai and Mengshan Mountain. So until it was confirmed that Jiang Jiu was anyway, the Qing army's border defense focus was always in the direction of Shandong.

Knowing that the situation was grim, Haoge could not sit in Beijing, so he could only pro-unify the army and gather most of the main forces of the Qing army into one force to meet Zhu Shuren's Northern Expedition division.

Because of the seven-day delay, when the Qing army arrived at the war zone, the dangers of Taihang Mountain had completely fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Haoge was not convinced at first, and tried to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army was not firmly footed and Jiang Jiu's troops in central Shanxi had just taken over the defense, so he wanted to open the Jingchengkou or Huguankou, and then infiltrate the basins and valleys of Shanxi, and defend the danger.

Haoge thinks so, and it is not surprising, mainly because he thinks: The Ming side is able to hold the fortress and the danger, he is already familiar with it, if the Ming Dynasty prepares and strictly repairs the fortress, the current Qing army is really incomprehensible, and it is impossible to overcome the enemy.

But the problem is that at that time, he thought that whether it was Jingcheng Pass or Huguan, the defenders should not have had time to form combat strength - the Ming Dynasty's troops came from the south, and in such a short time, they could march to Huaiqing and Luzhou at most, and it was absolutely impossible to march to Zezhou or even the surrounding areas of Taiyuan.

Therefore, if Haoge wants to attack quickly, all he needs to deal with is Jiang Hao's soldiers. And what level Jiang Hao's weapons and equipment are, Haoge knows too well, there is neither heavy artillery nor firearms and ammunition.

Can't beat Da Ming alone, can't he beat you Jiang Xuan? So of course, we must take advantage of the window period when the receiving troops of the Ming side have not yet arrived, and defeat Jiang Hao first at any cost! Otherwise, it will be dragged and there will be no more chance.

Driven by such a mentality, Haoge took the first step, and did not spare the casualties of the soldiers, and chose to directly attack the two checkpoints in the dangerous Taihang Mountain.

In the strong attack operations of each checkpoint, the Qing army concentrated more than 30 heavy Hongyi cannons, as well as thousands of double iron cotton armor full of elites, and even temporarily issued double iron cotton armor to some Han army flag soldiers-

This kind of treatment, if it was a few years ago, would have been absolutely unimaginable. At that time, the Manchus would only carry out multiple layers of heavy armor from their own people when they needed to attack the fortifications temporarily, and they would never worry about giving the Han soldiers the best weapons and stomachs.

Now that he has been forced to come to this point, it can also be seen that Hauge is really helpless, the source of the Manchurian army is already stretched, and if he lets the blood go, even the number of cavalry troops will not be enough, where can he not let go of the bloodline control of the elite infantry.

On September 22 and 24, the Qing army began to attack Jingcheng Pass and Huguan Pass, respectively, and the two offensives lasted for five days and three days respectively.

The bloody battle hardly stopped for a moment, and even the night was in the dark, just to grab a time difference, to kill Jiang Jiu's guard troops alone before the main force of the Ming army was in place.

Jiang Xuan's green battalion soldiers also had to resist desperately, they all knew that they had betrayed the court at least twice, and if they didn't work hard to protect themselves, there would be no place for them in the world, so they had to resist like a dog jumping over the wall.

Jiang Hao even temporarily forcibly recruited the Shanxi prefecture capitals in his jurisdiction, and searched out all the retired people who had been thieves or served as Ming officials and soldiers in the first emperor, and drove Zhuang Ding to the front line, and mixed with his descendants to fight a war of attrition, so that the descendants could supervise the war.

The generals arranged by Haoge in Jingcheng Pass are Curb Bilong, and the generals who are arranged in Huguan are Aobai. Both of them were desperate urging troops to step forward.

In the first two days, there were still many Manchurian disciples who went up to fill their lives, but the casualties were too tragic, and more than 1,000 Manchus were killed every day in each pass, and there were more Han and Mongolian soldiers.

Among the more than 1,000 people who died, less than a third died on the spot, but the problem is that they are the besieging side, and Jiang Jiu's Ming army controls the battlefield, so except for the lightly wounded who can crawl back with their wrecked bodies to escape, the other seriously wounded who are incapacitated will be retained by the Ming army.

And Jiang Huang was also red-eyed, although his troops did not dare to directly open and close the door to cover up and kill, clean the battlefield and make up for the enemy. But he also did not hesitate to lose his ammunition reserves, and once a wave of offensive was over, he would have his soldiers use crossbows or muskets to shoot at the corpses of the enemies under the walls, who were obviously wearing double iron armor.

If the corpse does not move after a shot, the Ming army will not waste any more ammunition, and if the wounded wake up again after the hit, there is any flipping or twitching of the hands and feet, it will attract more refill until the shot is silent.

This level of fierceness is that it is impossible for Jiao Da to carry Jia Baoyu and his ancestors out of the pile of dead.

The Qing army didn't expect Jiang Jiu to be so willing to spend ammunition and arrows, and he didn't save at all, and he was also beaten to the cold, and his morale was wild.

Many high-ranking generals secretly thought in their hearts: This Jiang Hao must have gotten Nanming's promise to send him logistical supplies as soon as possible, and the ammunition and arrows were lost, so he knew that his inventory only needed to hold on for seven or eight days or ten days at most, and there was no need to save flowers.

Of course, the battle was so fierce, Jiang Jiu's troops suffered a lot of casualties, even if he was on the side guarding the pass and fought desperately, but his total casualties still reached about two-thirds of the Qing army.

I have to say that his weapons and equipment are really much worse than those of the Qing army, and his morale and elite level are far inferior, so he still fought like this in the battle of guarding the pass.

The only fortunate thing is that although the total number of casualties on Jiang Jiu's side is quite large, the proportion of casualties in direct battle is far lower than that of the Qing army, which is still due to Jiang Huang's side controlling the battlefield, and most of the wounded soldiers are on their own positions, which can be pulled back for treatment and recuperation.

In any case, on the two battlefields of Jingcheng Pass and Huguan, the dead and wounded on both sides were the soldiers who originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, and those dignified divisions who had been trained and refined by Zhu Shuren, there was no loss at all, purely looking at Jiang Jiu and Haoge both defeated.

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After Jiang Jiu's fierce resistance in the first few days, Kubilong and Ao Bai also had to adjust their tactics, and from the third day of the strong attack, they gradually reduced the speed of filling the lives of the full dead, and instead mainly relied on traitor cannon fodder.

In this way, although consumables are used to replace consumers, the morale of consumables is also plummeting. There are still more than two or three thousand traitors killed and injured in each level every day, even if they can cause nearly 1,000 casualties to Jiang Jiu's department on the opposite side, they will definitely not be able to replace them in the long run.

At the same time, the propaganda of the Ming side also began to gradually infiltrate and take effect, and many green battalions couldn't help but start spreading the Ming side after the bloody battle:

Haoge already knew that the Qing Dynasty couldn't hold the Central Plains, and he just wanted to consume all the people who were destined to be unable to take him away before leaving the Central Plains, so as not to leave the "capital enemy" to the Ming Dynasty in the future!

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The morale of the green battalion was low, and they began to work more and more, only thinking about being lazy and stealing their lives, and even occasionally were caught by the Manchu soldiers who supervised the war to ask for the marching method, and even when the Manchurian soldiers supervised the marching method, it aroused the Han soldiers in a small area to resist and fight together.

In the middle of the night, the green battalion soldiers who were assigned the night siege mission directly surrendered at the pass, but unfortunately Jiang Jiu's troops were also on guard against fraud and did not dare to open the door.

I had to support them with fire at the head of the city, let them fight against the city wall, repel the Manchu troops who came after, and accept the letter of surrender, confirm that the Manchus retreated, and only then did they dare to open the door to respond.

The Manchus obviously will not retreat for a long time, and the final result is that the vast majority of traitors in front of the Green Battalion who defected were consumed in vain in the chaotic hand-to-hand combat with the Manchus under the city, and only a few were seriously injured or pretended to be wounded and pretended to be dead, and they survived until the troops retreated, were discovered by the Ming army cleaning the battlefield, and dragged back to the pass.

After such an incident, Jiang Hao's side also adjusted its tactical deployment slightly, and no longer replenished the corpses and wounded soldiers below on the wall, but would take advantage of the right time to carefully rummage through the wounded, disarm the wounded and drag them back, and then slowly screen them. This will further demoralize the attacker.

The main force of the Qing army under the command of Hao Ge counterattacked the dangerous passes of Taihang Mountain, and finally lasted about seven or eight days. As the window period gradually passed, the main force of the Ming army had gradually moved in place, and after taking over Jiang Huang's defense area, the hope of the Qing army to attack the fortified position was completely extinguished.

Speaking of conscience, Haoge's quick response and maintaining pressure also helped the Ming army to take over Jiang Jiu's territory as soon as possible - when he first pulled the flag, seeing how quickly the road was opened, Jiang Hao was still wondering in his heart whether it would be possible to be the emperor of the soil in the north-central region of Shanxi for a few more years in the future, and he would be able to maintain the situation in Shanxi by relying on his own troops.

After being consumed by Haoge at the expense of blood, although Jiang Hao barely held on, he was also greatly injured, and the green battalion of his descendants anyway also accumulated more than 10,000 casualties. In addition, most of the ammunition and arrow stocks were also consumed, and Jiang Jiu's strength plummeted, so he could only completely invite the main force of the Ming army in the south to enter the defense and fight side by side.

The reinforcements of the Ming army were naturally divided into two routes, all the way from Luoyang and Kaifeng, and directly controlled Luzhou and Zezhou after crossing the Yellow River in the north.

On the other hand, starting from Xi'an in Shaanxi, Wu Sangui's old Guanning Army went upriver along the Fenshui River to help Jiang Jiu defend Taiyuan, Datong, Yangquan and other places.

The regular troops of the Ming army took over the defense of Luzhou on September 27 and the defense of Zezhou on September 29. Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army arrived in Taiyuan on the third day of October, and Jiang Huang himself personally set up a reception banquet in Taiyuan City on the same day to receive Wu Sangui.

These two have been Ming border generals, and later have been traitors to varying degrees, and finally they have been anyway, and because of the different times anyway, the veterans who have had to fight each other several times are also very embarrassed and emotional.

Jiang Xuan: "Eldest uncle...... The foolish brother doesn't know the truth, he is one step late, and he is ashamed. In the past two years, you and I have fought each other, and there have been many injuries, and I hope to ignore the past suspicions. ”

Wu Sangui also smiled bitterly: "That's it, let's not talk about anyone, I'm ashamed." When the first emperor was martyred, I switched it off earlier than you, and then Dolgon forced me to go on a campaign with Haute Gexi, and it was you who I forced to land. Let's be considered to be early and early anyway, late and late anyway, no one should laugh at fifty steps and a hundred steps. ”

At the beginning, he threw one step early, and now he has come back to cast one step earlier, which can only be said to be half a catty.

With the Ming army completely maneuvering in place and completely supplementing the dangers of Taihang Mountain, the Qing army on the opposite side knew that the general trend had gone, so they completely gave up the initiative to attack the fortification, and could only gather troops and take a step back temporarily.

After Hauge understood the situation thoroughly, it became more and more heavy, and he knew that the next step was estimated to be on the Great Plain of Hebei, with the Ming army that counterattacked, and had a field decisive battle that directly gambled on the national fortunes of the entire Qing Dynasty-

The Ming army completely grasped the advantages of Taihang Mountain, and it could be attacked and retreated.

The Qing army has no danger to defend in the hinterland of the Great Plain of Hebei, so it is impossible for the Qing army to expect to defend one stronghold after another, let the Ming army attack the city, and the Ming army can completely bypass it, or encircle it for a long time.

Therefore, since ancient times, all the battles for the Hebei Great Plain region are decided by one battle, and those who win can win all, and those who lose will also lose the territory of one or two provinces in one go.

At most, the last step is to retreat to the remnants of Yanshan, relying on Beijing City, and you can still fight a battle to defend the city. Before defending Beijing, the ownership of Hebei was only a matter of field warfare.