Different from Wu Shigong's smooth weather in Henan, in the second year of Chongzhen, disasters still occurred in the Houjin area of Huangtaiji, resulting in a large food shortage in Houjin. In order to solve the problem of food shortage, the Houjin army must go
Robbery. There are three directions for robbery: North Korea, Chahar of Mongolia and the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.
Because disasters have also occurred in North Korea, and North Korea is not a grain-producing area, even looting cannot completely solve the food shortage problem of Hou Jin. Therefore, in addition to sending envoys to ask for more food from North Korea, Huang Taiji and other people in power of Hou Jin
If so, North Korea, a robbery target, was crossed off the list.
But regarding the remaining two targets, great differences arose between Huang Taiji and the Baylors of Houjin. Huang Taiji wanted to target the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, but the Baylors had different opinions.
Because, after all, **Hachi started from the Liaodong cavalry of Li Chengliang in the Ming Dynasty, and had a deep understanding and understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong cavalry at that time. Even though the Liaodong cavalry has declined now, the Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and a large army. If
After the army of the Later Jin Dynasty crossed the Great Wall, if they were entangled by the army of the Ming Dynasty, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty would be in danger of being annihilated.
After all, although there were almost no defeats in the battles between the Jin army and the Ming army in these years, in the eyes of these Baylors, the Ming Dynasty still looked like a huge tiger, which made those Baylors still feel a little scared. These Baylors
What I don’t know is that the Ming Dynasty at this time was nothing more than a paper tiger.
Although Huang Taiji had already grasped the power of Hou Jin at this time, the system of discussing government affairs among the four Baylors when Hou Jin was established has still not been abolished. Therefore, Huang Taiji was somewhat helpless against these Baylors who held objections. Both sides
The opinions were so deadlocked.
But by the end of June, the news of Yuan Chonghuan's execution of Mao Wenlong reached Shengjing. This news tilted the balance to Huang Taiji's side. So Huang Taiji issued a general mobilization order to assemble the Houjin army to make equipment, vehicles and boats, and prepare
After the autumn, they launched an attack on the interior of the Ming Dynasty.
As for Yuan Chonghuan's move to kill Mao Wenlong, Zu Dashou and other Liaodong army generals were very conflicted. On the one hand, they were a little gloating because they lost Mao Wenlong, their internal opponent. On the other hand, because they no longer had the restraint of Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army,
, they themselves had to face the attack of the Hou Jin army with strengthened troops, and they felt a little worried.
As for the movements of the Hou Jin army, although Yuan Chonghuan and the generals in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty could not send spies to conduct reconnaissance through no-man's land, they were not ignorant. Those who came from Mongolia tended to be in the Ming Dynasty.
The Mongols told Yuan Chonghuan and these Liaodong generals about the movements of the Hou Jin army.
Although he received the news a little late, Yuan Chonghuan still issued two memorials to give a timely warning and reminded Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers to strengthen the defenses at various passes of the Great Wall to prevent the Manchu-Mongolian coalition forces of the Later Jin Dynasty from entering the Great Wall.
Passed through the pass and invaded the interior of the Ming Dynasty.
After receiving the warning in Yuan Chonghuan's memorial, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers found it unbelievable. Didn't Yuan Chonghuan already boast about Haikou's "Pin Liao in five years"?
Furthermore, in order to strengthen Yuan Chonghuan's unity of power, Emperor Chongzhen acquiesced and supported Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong without permission. Moreover, in addition to the supplies and military pay promised to Yuan Chonghuan during the platform summons, Emperor Chongzhen also allocated additional funds to appease the Dongjiang Army.
Got a lot of money.
With the support of Emperor Chongzhen and the court, I don’t want you Yuan Chonghuan to destroy the army of the Later Jin Dynasty, but you Yuan Chonghuan contain the main force of the Army of the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong, so that the Army of the Later Jin Dynasty is unable to attack the Great Wall Pass to the interior of the Ming Dynasty. That should be
No problem anymore.
As a result, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers made a wrong judgment. They thought that Yuan Chonghuan's two warnings were because he wanted to scare the court to achieve the purpose of increasing Liaodong's supplies and military pay. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers
They all ignored Yuan Chonghuan's warning. And the chance for the court to respond promptly passed.
On the second day of September, Huang Taiji personally led the army to conquer the Ming Dynasty. Eleven days later, the Jin army arrived at the Liaohe River, and various Mongolian tribes came to meet along the way. On the 20th, they arrived at Qingcheng in Kalaqin.
But at this moment, Huang Taiji suddenly encountered pressure from the two great men, Beile Daishan and Mang Gurtai. The two went to Huang Taiji's residence and cited "far-distance attack with laborious troops", "shortage of food and fatigue of horses", "all the people"
"Outnumbered", "fear of no return", etc. At this time, the two Baylors were still afraid of the Ming Dynasty's military strength. However, Yue Tuo, Jier Harang and others firmly supported Huang Taiji's actions.
In the end, Huang Taiji made the decision to continue the march. This was a huge victory for Huang Taiji in military and political centralization. At this time, the number of the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces commanded by Huang Taiji had reached 100,000.
After the consensus was unified, Jierhalang and Yue Tuo led the four right-wing banners, while Abatai and Azig led the four left-wing banners, and quickly conquered Da'ankou and Longjing Pass. Huang Taiji subsequently captured Hongshankou City and stationed his division inside.
This year was the year of Jisi. The first attack by Huang Taiji's Houjin army on the interior of the Ming Dynasty was known as the Jisi Incident in history.
Due to the lack of defense of the Ming army, the Hou Jin army quickly arrived at Zunhua City, an important military town south of the Great Wall. Zunhua City is only more than 200 miles away from Beijing. On the first day of October, martial law was imposed in the capital, and Chongzhen ordered all troops to
Rush to Beijing to help the king.
After receiving the news that the Hou Jin army had invaded the interior of the Ming Dynasty from the Great Wall Pass, Yuan Chonghuan was shocked. He immediately led the main force of the Liaodong army and rushed to the capital to visit King Qin.
However, it can be seen from the previous battle examples commanded by Yuan Chonghuan that Yuan Chonghuan can only be called a defensive military commander. In offensive field battles, Yuan Chonghuan's commanding skills are completely useless.
Yuan Chonghuan did not assemble all the troops of the Liaodong army for a decisive battle with the Hou Jin army. Instead, in the process of King Qin, he used the most taboo tactics for military strategists. And the first victim was the Ping Liao general stationed in Shanhaiguan.
Zhao Shujiao.
In order to stop the Hou Jin army in Zunhua, Yuan Chonghuan ordered Zhao Lijiao, the commander-in-chief of Pingliao, to lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to rescue Zunhua. Zhao led his troops to rush for three days and nights, covering 350 miles, to reach the east of Zunhua.
Santun camp.
However, due to the chaos of the army, Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Third Tun Battalion, refused to allow entry into the city, so Zhao Ledjiao had no choice but to continue riding west toward Zunhua. On the fourth day of October, Zhao led Jiao and his reinforcements to the outside of Zunhua City.
At the foot of Zunhua City, Zhao Lijiao looked at the four left-wing Manchurian banners and Mongolian soldiers led by Houjinbeile Azig and other troops on the opposite side. His face was calm, but his eyes were filled with deep despair.
At this time, the captain of the soldiers beside Zhao Shujiao said to Zhao Shujiao: "Commander! The brothers have been rushing for three days, and many of the horses have died. Even the remaining horses basically have no horsepower. Big
Shuai, we'd better retreat first and join forces with Governor Yuan's army before we talk."
"Run? Where else can we run?" Zhao Shujiao had a wry smile on his face, "With this horsepower, where can we run? Let's fight! Let us, Liaodong, take our lives for whatever trouble we cause in Liaodong.
Go ahead." After saying this, Zhao Shujiao glanced at the captain of the soldiers.
The captain of the personal soldiers seemed to be unaware. He said with a "haha" smile: "Since the commander-in-chief said so, brothers will work hard! Anyway, the commander-in-chief usually allows us to enjoy the food and drink, and our lives are worth it."
Zhao Lianjiao took the lead and launched a charge with four thousand cavalry. In the end, he was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, and died fighting hard. The four thousand cavalry were also wiped out.
After wiping out the four thousand cavalry led by Zhao, the troops of the Later Jin Dynasty attacked Zunhua City that day. The troops of the Later Jin Dynasty first persuaded them to surrender, but after being refused, they attacked the city from all sides. The governor Wang Yuanya held on to the city and resisted tenaciously.
The next day, in the city of Zunhua, Hou Jin's Nei Ying who was ambushing in the city set fire to it, causing chaos in the city. The army of the Hou Jin Dynasty took advantage of the chaos to attack, and the city fell. The governor Wang Yuanya walked into the government office and hanged himself to death. The officers and soldiers in the city,
All those who resisted were massacred.
Then, the Hou Jin Army attacked the Santun Camp east of Zunhua, and the deputy commander-in-chief Zhu Laipong absconded. The commander-in-chief Zhu Guoyan posted the names of the escaped generals on the street, and then hanged himself with his wife Zhang. On the seventh day of the lunar month,
The Jin army defeated the Santun camp. The Ming Dynasty lost the opportunity to block the Jin army in Zunhua.
The fall of Zunhua City was reported to the Ming court, causing great shock to the people and panic among the government and the public. At that time, "in Ji Dongzhou County, the wind and cranes were frightened, and people had no solid ambition." Huang Taiji ordered 800 troops to stay in Zunhua, and personally
After the unification, the Jin army then went south, marched towards Beijing, and approached Jizhou.
At this time, Yuan Chonghuan personally led 9,000 soldiers and horses, turned southward, and implemented his second step: to block Hou Jin's army in Jizhou.
But at this time, Yuan Chonghuan once again made a mistake in dividing his troops. He deployed: former commander-in-chief Zhu Mei, deputy commander-in-chief Xu Fuzuo to guard Shanhaiguan; general Yang Chun to guard Yongping, guerrilla Manku to guard Qian'an, and commander-in-chief Liu Zhenhua to guard Jianchang.
, participating general Zou Zongwu guarded Fengrun, guerrilla Cai Yu guarded Yutian, Changping general You Shiwei returned to the original place to garrison, and Xuanfu Hou Shilu guarded Sanhe.
Yuan Chonghuan himself led Baoding General Cao Leiming, Liaodong General Zu Dashou and deputy general He Kegang to station in Jizhou and intercept them in the middle. On the tenth day of October, Yuan Chonghuan's army entered Jizhou. Jizhou is the barrier between Zunhua and Tongzhou.
, about 140 miles away from Tongzhou, the eastern suburbs of Beijing.
Yuan Chonghuan wanted to rely on Jizhou's strong city and take advantage of his defensive skills to stop the Hou Jin army. He also promised Emperor Chongzhen: "The enemy will not be allowed to cross Jixi!" But he didn't know why.
However, Yuan Chonghuan did not arrange any troops for defense at the naturally dangerous Jimen Pass. It can be seen from this that Yuan Chonghuan is not a qualified commander even for defense.
However, for a man like Yuan Chonghuan, who is the best in the world, he must have thought that Huang Taiji's IQ must be lower than him, so he would definitely attack the well-defended Jizhou City.
But facts have proved that Huang Taiji's IQ is much higher than Yuan Chonghuan, and his Hou Jin army did not pay attention to the tightly defended Jizhou City. The Hou Jin army bypassed Jizhou City and directly passed through the natural danger Jimen Pass and headed towards
Jingdong encompasses Yutian, Sanhe, Xianghe, Shunyi and other counties.
After hearing that the Hou Jin army had bypassed Jizhou City, Yuan Chonghuan quickly moved his army to Tongzhou, hoping to intercept the Hou Jin army in Tongzhou City. Tongzhou was only 40 miles away from the capital.
On the first day of November, Yuan Chonghuan's army arrived at Hexiwu. Hexiwu was between Tianjin and Beijing, about 120 miles away from Beijing. At this time, Huang Taiji's army had already approached Tongzhou. He guessed Yuan Chonghuan's military intentions and did not intend to follow him in Tongzhou.
Yuan Chonghuan decided to fight decisively, but instead took the route of Shunyi and Sanhe, bypassing Tongzhou and heading straight to Beijing. In this way, Yuan Chonghuan's military intention of intercepting Tongzhou City failed again.
