At the entrance of the Qing army, the nine sides shook.

Today's governor of Xuanda is Chen Xinjia, not Lu Xiangsheng.

However, the ministers of the DPRK and China all recommended Lu Xiangsheng to lead the army.

Under Chongzhen's consideration, he still gave Lu Xiang a sword seal, so that he came to Beijing in the starry night, and the governor of the world was the king of soldiers and horses.

coincided with his father's funeral, Lu Xiangsheng did not want to accept the decree, but after receiving the holy decree, he begged to withdraw the edict, but Chongzhen naturally refused.

Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to take the sword seal, and then passed on the general soldiers of each town to discuss the matter of inviting him to join the guard.

After Lu Xiangsheng took office, he began to reform in a big way, and by the 11th year, he had opened 300,000 mu of military tun, accumulated more than 200,000 stone of millet, and 43,000 stone of Xigu.

Chongzhen personally invented the purpose to reward Lu Xiang's contribution to the government, and made the nine sides take Xuanfu and Datong as an example.

In addition to Tuntian, Lu Xiangsheng also rectified military affairs, punished a large number of inactive generals and officials, and killed Hukou and other horse markets to encircle the northern Mongolian tribes, and used them as a precursor to fight the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng served as the governor of Xuanda for nearly two years, and his prestige in the army was extremely high.

When the general soldiers of the three towns received Lu Xiangsheng's warrant, they did not dare to slack off, and galloped into Yanghe in the starry night and rushed to answer the order.

Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to divide his troops to guard the Quartet, and after agreeing on the grain and grass, he immediately led the soldiers and horses of the three towns non-stop, and galloped all the way to the Beijing Division.

On October 3, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Changping.

At the beginning of Changping County, with the increase of the imperial tomb, the number of soldiers guarding the tomb also increased day by day.

In the first year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty built Yong'an City in the east of Changping County, and set up Yong'an Camp.

Later, the guard of the mountain tomb was also moved into the castle.

During the Zhengde period, Changping was upgraded to a state and was under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu.

During the Jiajing period, the Ming court added Changping Town and Zhenbao Town in the northwest of Beijing.

Gonghua City was built in Changping Shahedian again, and the north and south of the city, east and west were two miles long, as the palace used to worship the mausoleum.

Gonghua City is located in the pass to rush, the south protects the Shenjing, the north guards the mausoleum, the east can cover the dense clouds, and the west can strangle the danger of mediocrity.

Zuo Liangyu and Tang Jiuzhou were both generals of Changping Town, and they were ordered to enter the pass and suppress them.

The main function of Changping Town is to guard Juyong Pass and the Emperor's Mausoleum.

Juyongguan is known as one of the "Nine Stops in the World", standing on the northernmost military capital of Taihang Eight Mountains, and for thousands of years, there have been countless wars here.

On June 27, the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army broke into the territory of the Great Wall in three ways, and moved troops to Shahe and Qinghe in Yanqingzhou, Gyeonggi, to attack Changping.

In July, due to the internal response of the Mongol soldiers of Duoyan, the Qing army broke through Yong'an City.

Wang Zhaokun, the head of the household department, and others died in battle.

Chao Pichang, the chief soldier, surrendered to the Qing soldiers, and became the first general soldier to surrender since the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Because of this, the guards of Nanshan Road and Changping Town in Xuanfu Town have also been greatly strengthened.

As a fortress to defend the Jingling Tomb, it is also the base camp of the Northern Qin King's Army.

Lu Xiangsheng led the soldiers and horses of the three towns into Changping, and joined the guards and horses from all over the country, and was also ordered to be dispatched by Lu Xiangsheng.

Officers and soldiers from Datong, Xuanfu, Shanxi and other towns gathered in Changping to defend the Beijing Division.

On October 4, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the supervisor Lu Xiangsheng to the platform to inquire about the strategy.

Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, Chen Xinjia and others are all in favor of peace, believing that if you go outside, you must first settle inside.

Luo Rucai, who was in the Yongning and Lu areas, and other leaders of the Nine Battalion Rebel Army, thought that Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led the army east out of Tongguan in order to suppress themselves.

The Ming army marched out of Tongguan in the east, which caused a great deterrent to the rogues in the pass.

Luo Rucai hurriedly pulled up the team and ran to Huguang Junzhou, asking for comfort from Li Jizheng, the governor and eunuch of Taihe Mountain.

After Li Jizheng sent a message to Xiong Wencan, he agreed to accept the appeasement.

Luo Rucai, together with the three battalions of Xiaoqin Wang Baigui and the entire 100,000 Heiyunxiang, were stationed in Fang County, and the other five battalions were placed in the Zhuxi and Baokang areas.

By this time, most of the turmoil in the country had been eliminated.

However, Yang Sichang believes that the current domestic situation is still unstable, although the domestic turmoil has temporarily subsided, but it has not been able to complete the work, and there is a danger of resurgence, and it is even more necessary to spend energy.

At present, the soldiers and horses concentrated in the Gyeonggi area are almost all the combatable troops in the north, and the Qing army is obviously prepared for a large southward march, and it is afraid that it will be difficult to succeed in a decisive battle with it.

And once you make a desperate bet on it, I am afraid that after defeat, there is a risk of overturning.

He said again: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside, and since ancient times, there has never been a person who can win outside the country without stopping internal strife." ”

But Lu Xiangsheng's answer was to insist on the main battle, and said: "The minister will fight the main battle, not the main caressing!" ”

At that time, the Ming court did not say "and", but called "fu", although there was still a difference between the two,

Lu Xiangsheng's words shook Chongzhen's original idea of wanting to temporarily stabilize the serf and concentrate on calming down the civil strife.

Chongzhen was silent for a long time, and finally replied: "There are words in the outer court, and I have not promised it." ”

October 5th.

Chongzhen took 40,000 gold to reward the army.

October 6th.

At this time, Chongzhen, under the influence of Lu Xiangsheng, also made up his mind.

Lu Xiangsheng's last words still moved him.

"The enemy is strong and cannot be trapped, so that the intention goes, and then China is becoming lighter, and the Song Dynasty can learn from it. Foolishness can only be decided by a battle. ”

The events of the former Song Dynasty are vivid, and Chongzhen determined that what Lu Xiangsheng said was right.

Yang Sichang personally sent Lu Xiangsheng to the outside of the camp, and when he parted, he retreated left and right, and repeatedly warned Lu Xiangsheng not to fight with the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng returned to Changping and regained control of King Qin's army.

Chongzhen sent his ministers as envoys, and gave him 100 royal horses, 1,000 servant horses, and 500 silver and iron whips.

Lu Xiangsheng was given a long sigh and said: "Holy Monarch Shenwu." What is the reason for those who talk about it? What is the reason why Yongchen misunderstands the country? So the decision was made.

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From Tongguan to Beijing, it is thousands of miles away, and it is not a short distance.

When he was a family member, Chen Wang didn't feel how hard and tired it was to travel, because no matter how much food, clothing, housing and transportation were first-class treatment.

But now that Chen Wang is leading a battalion of soldiers and horses, it will not be easy to come this way.

As the Qinwang Army, it stands to reason that the military department, the household department and other departments should arrange good people and prepare sufficient supplies and supplements in the prefectures and counties along the way.

But in reality, along the way, the supplies received were very small, and even at the worst time, they could not even eat a meal a day.

Everything seems to be back to that afternoon in the eighth year of Chongzhen.

On the official road, there were soldiers wearing cloth clothes, red hats on their heads, and spears or firecrackers on their shoulders, and all of them were silently burying their heads along the official road.

The atmosphere in the ranks was dull and terrible, their faces were full of exhaustion, and their uniforms were covered with wind and dust.

On October 22, under the leadership of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, the army swore to leave the customs, entered Shanxi, and rushed all the way to the north.

More than twenty days had passed, and there had been no enemy or change in the way, and most of the time was spent in a noisy and tedious march.

In this era, there were no cars, no trains and planes, and even if they were thousands of miles away, the only troops could rely on when they marched were only their legs.

Chen Wang held the reins of the whip and rode a red horse to follow Cao Wenzhao's side.

The sequence of marching was followed by the Hanzhong army led by Cao Wenzhao.

At the moment, there is no need to worry about the enemy's attack, the matter of ordinary marching can be completely handed over to middle and low-level officers, and Chen Wang is by Cao Wenzhao's side most of the time.

Following behind Cao Wenzhao, you can learn a lot, not only how to deal with people, but also military strategy and tactics.

Chen Wang originally felt that he already knew a lot, but after listening to Cao Wenzhao's explanation, he felt that he knew too little.

When to go to war, how to go to war, and how to dispatch troops are all a science.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, opportunities are fleeting, and many times, generals often do not have time to think.

It's about making quick judgments based on intuition and experience.

"Where is the front?"

Cao Wen Zhaole stopped the war horse under his seat, raised the whip in his hand, and asked.

"Return to the general, go ten miles further, and you will go out of the area of Xugou and enter Yuci."

Cao Dingjiao pulled the reins in his hand tightly, stopped the horse together, and replied.

"Xugou ......"

Cao Wenzhao frowned slightly, now that the ninth day of the first month of November was just about to cross Xugou, their march speed was much slower than expected.

In this way, it will be at least until the end of the month to arrive in Beijing.

"Xu Gou?"

Chen Wang looked at Cao Wenzhao, who was frowning and speechless, he knew that Cao Wenzhao should be thinking about the situation in the north and the imperial court.

The struggle between Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang is already on the table.

Between the two, Lu Xiangsheng is the main battle, and Yang Sichang is the main fight, which is already on the same page, and it is difficult to resolve the grudge between each other.

These days, the news from the battle situation of the Beijing division is not good.

The discord between the DPRK and China seems to be intensifying, Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian disagreed, and the two broke up and divided their troops.

On October 14, Lu Xiangsheng led a total of more than 20,000 soldiers on the three roads of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi in Gonghua City.

Then Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Shunyi and encountered the Qing army, winning first and then defeating.

As a result, Yang Sichang and Lu Xiangsheng were in conflict, and the court officials all knew the inside story.

Lu Xiangsheng reprimanded Yang Sichang for frustrating his teacher and raising Kou, and Yang Sichang scolded Lu Xiangsheng for underestimating the enemy.

On October 25, the Qing army began to attack the city of Beijing, Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to resist the battle, and after nearly ten days of fierce fighting, the Qing army retreated after being frustrated.

The Qing army circled Beijing to Zhuozhou, divided its army into eight, and invaded along the Taihang Mountains and canals, along the west of Beijing to Shanxi.

According to the latest report, the main force of the Qing army has arrived in Liangxiang and Zhuozhou, and then went south in three ways, one route is Laishui to attack Yizhou, one route is Xincheng to attack Xiongxian County, and one route is Dingxing to attack Ansu.

Even trapped Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, surrounded Gaoyang, Fucheng, Weixian and other cities in the north, and rubbed all over Gyeonggi.

However, these are the reasons why Chen Wang did not repeat the name of Xugou.

The biggest reason why the place name Xugou is recited is because Chen Wang saw in the book that when they arrived at Xugou, they were going east......

The sound of horses' hooves interrupted their thoughts and conversations, and a dusty rider had galloped in from afar, bringing news from the north.

"Jiannu turned south to attack Zhending and Baoding...... Take the road to the well, rush to help! ”

The military order was issued by Sun Chuanting himself, more precisely, the urgent order of the Ministry of War, the Qing army went south to Zhending and Baoding, threatened Zhending Mansion, and ordered it to rush to help.

Chen Wang's expression was slightly condensed, he remembered that when Sun Chuanting led the army to King Qin, the first battle was in Zhending.

It takes nearly ten days to go from Xugou to Zhending.

In other words, ten days later, he will lead the army for the first time to face the Qing army that is marching south.

After the military order was delivered, Cao Wenzhao respectfully accepted the military order.

Sun Chuanting led the army first, and Hong Chengchou's main force pressed behind.

The first battle was extremely important, and Sun Chuanting was very aware of the combat strength of the Qing army, so when he was marching, Shangshu advocated that when encountering the Qing army, he should not fight in waves, but should be strictly defended and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

Hong Chengchou also agreed with Sun Chuanting's opinion, and after discussion, the vanguard unit selected a total of five battalions.

Cao Bianjiao led the elite cavalry as the forerunner, He Renlong led the Yansui soldiers and then followed, Sun Chuanting was the leader of the standard camp in the center, and Cao Wenzhao led the soldiers of the town behind the palace.

Chen Wang was also selected into the fifth battalion, and together with He Renlong, he served as Cao Bianjiao's response.

Zuo Guangxian and Zu Dabi followed Hong Chengchou with Guyuan soldiers and Ningxia soldiers respectively, thinking that they were stamina.

"The Jiannu armor soldiers are fierce, and they can't be wasted in battle, so you must be cautious in the front."

After Cao Wenzhao put away the military order in his hand, he turned around and gave another order, and then rode away.

If we are really in a hurry, we will march to the east, and there will be a lot of preparation work to be done, so we will naturally need to race against time.

Chen Wang also reined in and returned to the camp, constantly issuing military orders and adjusting the marching speed of the army.

is really set for a battle, and Chen Wang knows very well what the result will be.

The Ming army was the victorious side and lifted the siege of Zhending.

Chen Wang knows very well what will happen if he continues to follow the original historical process.

He knows exactly what kind of impact the Wuyin Revolution has caused, and even the war losses and gains of the Ming and Qing dynasties are also clear to him.

But at present, history is almost unrecognizable, and it is destined to be completely different from history.

Although the general situation has not changed, the subtle changes have already taken place.

In history, when Lu Xiangsheng pursued southward, he handed over many of the soldiers and horses under his command to Chen Xinjia to protect the Changping Imperial Mausoleum.

Later, Wang Pu, who was the commander-in-chief of Datong at that time, returned to Datong on the grounds that Datong had police, and when he went to Julu, Lu Xiangsheng's actual strength was only more than 7,000 people.

But now, the general army of Datong is not the Wang Pu who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough defeats, and wants to retreat when he encounters a strong enemy, but has become Du Wenhuan.

When Du Wenhuan was in Wanli, he had repeatedly defeated the Mongolian tribes, and when he was in Chongzhen, Du Wenhuan presided over the attack as a commander, and Cao Wenzhao was only his subordinate at that time.

First defeated the main force of Liukou in Fugu, then defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Qingjian, and then defeated Shen Yiyuan.

The reason why he was finally imprisoned was not because of the defeat and futility, but because his subordinates killed good people and risked their merits, and were impeached by Wu Fu and Zhang Chengzhao in the matter, so they were imprisoned and seized of office.

Du Wenhuan has many shortcomings, but no one has said that he is not good at fighting and training.

If Du Wenhuan hadn't fled, like Wang Pu, the army that followed Lu Xiangsheng to stay in Julu would have exceeded 10,000 people.

And now Sun Chuanting does not have many available soldiers as in history, and Cao Wenzhao, who is the anchor of the sea god needle of the army in the Guannai, is in the army at this time.

(End of chapter)