"Who is he that deserves to join me as a hunter for the capital?"
Chongzhen saw Li Zicheng's imperial edict almost at the same time, and he was very happy after reading it.
Going back three years, Chongzhen might still be interested in making peace with Li Zicheng, but now the industrial development of the Ming Dynasty has begun to take shape, the new army has also formed an army, and the Imperial College can send 6,000 well-educated soldiers to the new army every year.
For an officer educated in a military academy, is it still necessary to please the hypocrite at this time?
Now even if we really tie hypocrisy and Jiannu together, we are still no match for the Ming Dynasty.
What's more, there is a limit between hypocrisy and slavery and seizing the country, and they cannot be combined at all.
At this time, Xu Yingwei, Jiang Tianyi, Zheng Sen and other scholars had also finished reading the imperial edict.
Li Zicheng's imperial edict was not long, and the words and sentences were extremely simple and easy to understand, so Xu Yingwei and the others read it quickly.
"Hypocrite actually sent troops?"
"Yes, the sun is really rising in the west."
"However, in my opinion, hypocrites definitely have bad intentions."
"Needless to say, hypocrisy is really kind. We should have sent troops together as early as the beginning of the Northern Expedition. To send troops at this time is obviously to take advantage of the situation."
"It's not just as simple as reaping benefits, Li Zicheng may have even greater ambitions."
"Yes, this thief definitely wants to take advantage of our army and Jian Nu to kill both sides, and launch a surprise attack from behind. In this way, he can reap the benefits."
After a discussion among a dozen scholars, they roughly guessed the purpose of hypocrisy.
Jiang Tianyi finally concluded: "However, if the hypocritical 250,000-horse infantry army really appears outside Beijing, it will still be a bit tricky. You will have to keep one eye open at night."
"Indeed." Zheng Sen also said, "Since the disastrous defeat at Yi Yi Shi, the strength of the puppet army has been severely weakened. However, after several years of recuperation, it was able to regain its main force in Junzijin in Hetao with Dorgon personally commanding
The fight has been back and forth, which shows that it still has a certain degree of combat effectiveness, and we must not underestimate it."
"No one underestimates the pseudo-submissive army, but there is no need to scare yourself."
Chongzhen said: "The so-called 250,000 horse and infantry army sounds scary, but it is useless. If we really compare the numbers, wouldn't there be more than 500,000 slaves practicing bravery and more than 200,000 Eight Banners troops? Our towns in the Ming Dynasty
Together with the new troops and the new troops, the total number of troops is close to one million, but these troops can only scare people."
"What the Holy One said is absolutely true." Xu Yingwei said, "Now that we have entered the age of firearms, the number of troops is no longer the key factor that determines the outcome of the battlefield. Whether the armor is sophisticated or whether the weapons are sharp are no longer important factors, which really determine the outcome.
What matters is the number of firearms on both sides, and whether the armies of both sides have received good training, especially line formation training. In these two aspects, our Ming army has a decisive advantage."
"So it's a good thing that the puppet troops came to Beijing." Lion
Chongzhen smiled and said, "It saves us two trips."
"Ah..." The scholars present couldn't help but look at each other in confusion after hearing this.
Does the Holy Spirit mean by these words that he wants to deal with slavery and hypocrisy at once?
Isn't this too reckless? It is already quite difficult to deal with the Jiannu family, plus the hypocritical 250,000 horse and infantry army, is it really possible? Don't steal a chicken but lose a handful of rice.
…
However, as the old saying goes, plans never change fast.
Just when Li Zicheng was ambitiously preparing to join forces with Chongzhen in the capital to decide the outcome in a battle, Sanggar, a direct descendant of the Golden Family, caused trouble.
Before this, Sanggar had always been Dashun's puppet.
Whatever Dashun asked Sanggar to do, Sanggar had to do.
Dashun asked Sanggar to issue the Golden Arrow Order in the name of the Mongolian leader and called on the Mongolian tribes to form a coalition to protect the Yellow Sect. Sanggar issued the Golden Arrow Order honestly.
But it was this Golden Arrow Order that gave Sanggar the wrong idea.
After the Golden Arrow Order was issued, not only the Tumut but also the Chahar Mongolian tribes responded one after another, and even the Khalkha and Oirat Mongolian tribes also gathered.
When Sanggar saw this posture, he felt a little unhappy.
I thought to myself that I am a direct descendant of the dignified Golden Family and the co-owner of Mongolia. Why should I be a puppet? Lion
It was also a coincidence that Batur Hutaiji of the Junggar tribe sent his third brother Zhuote Babatur with three thousand camel cavalry to rush to Hetao first. Sanggar told Zhuote Babatur about his ideas.
As soon as they said it, the two parties hit it off immediately.
Zhuote Babatur immediately found a slave who looked like Sangar and replaced Sangar.
Under the escort of three thousand Dzungar camel cavalry, Sanggar fled to the south bank of the Juyan Sea and established a Khan Court in a place called Yijinai. He immediately called himself Sanggar Khan and officially regarded himself as the Great Khan of Mongolia.
After becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia, Sangar Khan once again issued the Golden Arrow Order.
After receiving the second golden arrow order, the Khalkha Mongolian tribes thought it would be profitable, so they immediately mobilized four 60,000 cavalry units and braved the wind and snow to come to Juyanhai.
It was only the second day of February, and the weather in the Mobei Grassland was still extremely cold.
However, in order to share the benefits, the Khalkha Mongols still took the trouble to come. Lion
But the most excited person is Batur Hutaiji of the Junggar tribe. As a descendant of the Choros family and a direct descendant of Dayuantian Shengye Xian, Batur Hutaiji dreams of restoring the glory of his ancestors.
This time, Zhuote Babatur snatched Sangar Khan to Juyanhai, which was a God-given opportunity.
Sangar is the biological brother of Lin Dan Khan, and is the true descendant of the Golden Family. If Sangar Khan can be welcomed to the Junggar tribe, Junggar can order all the Mongolian tribes in the name of the Mongol Khan. Although in reality
Other Mongolian tribes will not obey the imperial edict, but at least they can order all tribes in name.
This is actually the same routine as the Central Plains method of holding the emperor hostage to control the princes.
For this reason, Baturhun withdrew the Junggar cavalry from the Kazakh grasslands.
Then, Baturhun took all the cavalry that Junggar could muster, a total of 40,000 fine cavalry, and marched day and night against the wind and snow towards Juyanhai.
Ever since, the situation in the northwest suddenly became strange. Lion
Because no one is sure how Sanggar will treat Dashun after breaking away from Dashun's control.
Logically speaking, the previous cooperation between the two parties was quite pleasant, and there was no reason for Sanggar to turn against Dashun.
But there is never right or wrong in politics, only interests. If the Mongols need a suitable enemy, then Dashun is the closest to them, and Ming is too far away.
So after taking Taiyuan, Li Zicheng hesitated.
Li Guo and Li Yan's rear camp had even reached the Zijin Pass, and were recalled to Datong by Li Zicheng.
As the instigator, Gu Junen also felt helpless and helpless that he had shot himself in the foot, because at this time Li Zicheng had already issued an imperial edict in the name of Emperor Dashun.
Therefore, from a legal perspective, Dashun and Jiannu have a hostile relationship. Lion
Then the Mongolian coalition forces that raised troops to protect the Yellow Sect and help the Qing conquer the Ming Dynasty became Dashun's enemies.
Dashun cannot send a special envoy to tell the Mongolian coalition that the gentleman's agreement between us and Nanming is fake. Our real intention is to plot against the Ming army. Others may not believe it.
…
The Dashun Army encountered trouble here, and the Ming Army also encountered challenges.
The matter has to start seven days ago. After Hong Chengchou failed to attack the Chenguantun camp, he decisively changed his strategy. He no longer attempted to seize the Ming army's camp on the food road, nor did he try to dig trenches or build forts to counter-encircle the Ming army's camp.
Instead, the highly mobile Mongolian cavalry was used to directly launch unlimited attacks on the Ming army's baggage trains.
When encountering a baggage train with no infantry protection or only a small amount of infantry protection, hunt them directly.
If you encounter a baggage train protected by a large group of infantry, you will either call in more cavalry to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign, or launch endless harassment. In any case, you will not allow the Ming army to transfer military supplies to the front line. Lion
Within a few days, the transportation of military supplies from Dagukou to Chenguantun was directly cut off.
After the transportation of military supplies from Dagukou to Chenguantun stopped, the Mongolian cavalry did not give up. Instead, they made further progress and targeted the more than 900 miles of grain road between Dengzhou and Dagukou.
So now, dozens of fortresses between Dengzhou and Dagukou are already in turmoil.
Wang Jiayan said: "Your Majesty, this matter is still a bit troublesome. Although the Eight Banner Mongolians are not equipped with flintlocks and the weapons they use are only scimitars and horn bows, the mobility of the cavalry is far better than that of the infantry. Therefore, our baggage team and infantry
Just be very passive. If you fight, they won't fight you, but if you chase us, we can't catch you. If we accidentally turn around and bite you, to date, eight teams of laborers have been attacked, totaling more than a thousand people.
Civil servants were martyred."
"Is it troublesome?" Chongzhen turned his eyes to Jiang Tianyi, "I remember that the Staff Department did a war game, right?"
"Yes, the Staff Section has indeed conducted war games, and never again." Jiang Tianyi said, "Through the deduction, we know that we actually have ways to deal with the Mongolian cavalry's harassment."
Chongzhen said: "What can you tell Wang Butang?"
Jiang Tianyi said yes and then said: "The method is actually very simple, that is, use cavalry against cavalry."
"I'm afraid this will not be easy." Wang Jiayan questioned, "Although our Ming cavalry has the advantage of flintlocks, their riding skills may not be as good as the Mongolian cavalry, and the number of cavalry is only the Mongolian cavalry. I'm afraid it will be difficult."
Deal with it, right? After all, the Mongolian cavalry carries out scattered attacks in units of a thousand cavalry."
"Wang Butang worried too much, but he can still handle it."
"Because we, the Ming cavalry, don't have to look for the Mongolian cavalry at all."
Jiang Tianyi said with a smile: "As long as we guard our food routes, the Mongolian cavalry will come to our door. Wait for the Mongolian cavalry to come to our door, and then hunt and eliminate them one by one."
