The failure of Yuan Chonghuan's three attempts to intercept the Hou Jin army not only caused the Ming Dynasty army to be in an extremely passive situation in the battle with the Hou Jin army, but also had an extremely bad impact on Yuan Chonghuan himself.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had recalled Sun Chengzong, who was experienced in military affairs, to help deal with the current critical situation. Although Sun Chengzong had a favor with Yuan Chonghuan when he was in Liaodong at that time, he could be regarded as half of Yuan Chonghuan's teacher. However, Sun Chengzong
Still in front of Emperor Chongzhen, he pointed out various mistakes made by Yuan Chonghuan in these three interceptions.
And because the civilian officials of the Donglin Party used to praise Yuan Chonghuan's military talents so much, now Emperor Chongzhen still thinks that Yuan Chonghuan is an extremely excellent military commander.
But the current Emperor Chongzhen discovered that Yuan Chonghuan had made a lot of low-level military mistakes. Even ordinary people would wonder in this situation: "Could Yuan Chonghuan have colluded with Hou Jin and deliberately put the Hou Jin army free?"
Come here to the capital?" Such a question. Needless to say, Emperor Chongzhen, who was very suspicious.
Coupled with the fact that Yuan Chonghuan falsely conveyed the imperial edict to kill Mao Wenlong in the past few days and Yuan Chonghuan failed to contain the Hou Jin army in Liaodong, Emperor Chongzhen could not bear it anymore.
At this time, the troops of the Hou Jin Dynasty had already arrived at the foot of the capital, and were carrying out brutal acts of burning, killing, and looting in the surrounding areas of the capital. Moreover, because of Yuan Chonghuan's command error, in the capital at this time, apart from Yuan Chonghuan's troops, there were only Xuanzang troops.
A small number of troops were led by Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the government, and Mangui, the commander-in-chief of Datong.
On November 20, Hou Shilu and Man Gui led their troops to fight with the Hou Jin army outside Desheng Gate. The battle was very fierce. Hou Shilu's troops could not resist and were defeated first. Man Gui fought alone, outnumbered, and fought while fighting.
He left, and in the end there were only a hundred soldiers left by his side.
And even at this time, the Ming Dynasty's army was still engaged in heart-wrenching internal fighting. When the Manchu and Gui tribes, defeated by the main force of Houjin, moved closer to the defense line of the Liaodong Army led by Yuan Chonghuan, they were defeated by the Liaodong Army's archery troops.
During the attack, Man Gui hit an arrow and found that the arrow branch had the logo of Yuan Chonghuan's department.
Mangui could only retreat into the Guandi Temple with his defeated troops. Later, Emperor Chongzhen made an exception and allowed him to avoid the Deshengmen Urn City. This was also Emperor Chongzhen's affirmation of Mangui's heroic battle. Because the Ming Dynasty court had regulations,
King Qin's army was not allowed to enter the capital.
At the same time, the Liaodong army led by Yuan Chonghuan performed what the author believes to be the most wonderful swan song in Yuan Chonghuan's life outside Guangqumen.
At that time, Mang Gurtai led the Four Left Banners of Manchuria and 2,000 Mongolian soldiers to attack Yuan Chonghuan's army. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan, Jinzhou Commander Zu Dashou, and 9,000 Liaodong cavalry were stationed outside Shawo Gate.
In the Guangqumen battle, nine thousand Liaodong cavalry fought a bloody battle with tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops and Mongolian soldiers. From Si (Sizheng 10 o'clock) to Youzheng (Youzheng 18 o'clock), the fierce battle lasted for 8 hours and covered more than 10 miles.
In the fierce battle, Yuan Chonghuan was hit by several arrows, and his sides were like hedgehogs, which were impenetrable due to his heavy armor. Because Yuan Chonghuan took the lead and fought desperately, the Liaodong cavalry doubled their kills, and the Manggurtai army was defeated.
Yuan Chonghuan's generals attacked Liu Yingguo, Luo Jingrong, Qianzong Dou Jun, etc., and directly pursued the Jin army to the canal. The enemy troops rushed to cross, and the ice fell, and countless people were drowned. In this battle, Guan Ning's cavalry killed thousands of enemies.
The Qing army's powerful forces, Abate, Azige and Sigel, were all defeated. The Liaodong troops also suffered hundreds of casualties.
Then on November 27, Yuan Chonghuan appointed his local commander Ren Shouzhongce and 500 artillerymen to sneak to Haizi, a few miles away from Huang Taiji's military camp.
This victory not only proved that the Liaodong cavalry did have strong combat effectiveness, but also proved that as long as the main army of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the frontier army, dared to fight the Later Jin Army, the Later Jin Army was not invincible.
After seeing the Hou Jin army retreating, Emperor Chongzhen thought that the situation had calmed down, and his rough character suddenly emerged. He decided to immediately arrest Yuan Chonghuan for "colluding with Hou Jin".
On December 1, after completing the security work in the capital, Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan in the name of "discussing pay". At the same time, he secretly ordered Mangui, Heiyunlong, and Zu Dashou to attend the summons.
After the meeting, Emperor Chongzhen asked Yuan Chonghuan about killing Mao Wenlong, causing the enemy soldiers to invade the palace, and shooting Man Gui. Yuan Chonghuan remained silent. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be "thrown to your highness" and thrown into prison. He stood there.
Yuan Chonghuan's confidant Zu Dashou, who was standing by, was frightened and trembled.
After the summons, Zu Dashou, who was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would settle a score with him, immediately led the Liaodong cavalry, the main force of the Ming army, back to Jinzhou without authorization. After receiving this information, the Hou Jin army who had reached Marco Polo Bridge actually killed them again.
.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Mangui as Prime Minister and led the Ming army to fight against the post-war Jin Dynasty.
On December 7, the two sides fought a bloody battle outside Yongding Gate. In this battle, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. Mangui and the general Sun Zushou were killed in the battle, and the other two generals Ma Dengyun and Hei Yunlong were captured.
.However, Hou Jin also suffered heavy casualties and had to withdraw from the battle. The capital was finally saved.
The famous general Man Gui also fell under the walls of Beijing. As a soldier, Man Gui was flawless. He never chose his opponents and fought very hard. When he saw the enemy, he always took the lead in charging.
Man Gui also has two characteristics in fighting: first, he basically wins every battle; second, he must be injured in every battle. However, this time, Man Gui never stood up after being injured. In order to defend the country
, he died on the battlefield and realized the value of a soldier.
Among the generals in Liaodong, compared to Zu Dashou, an official veteran, Man Gui and Zhao Lijiao were the most military-minded. Both of them dared to engage in field battles with the Jin army. But this time, the changes in Jisi changed the situation.
Among the Ming army at that time, the only two famous generals who dared to fight in the field with the Jin army were perished.
Although the Jin army left the capital, they still wreaked havoc in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, robbing all the people and property they could.
Emperor Chongzhen's edicts requesting King Qin from various places were rushed to various places after traveling eight hundred miles. When the local officials got the news, they immediately gathered their troops and headed to the capital to go to King Qin.
The governor's office of Henan also received the edict from King Qin on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month. The governor of Henan immediately convened all the main officials in Henan for discussion, and immediately made the decision to assemble the army from King Qin.
During the discussion, all officials immediately decided that the Henan governor and Henan military supervisor Xiao Eunuch would personally lead the governor's camp and a total of 4,300 soldiers gathered near Kaifeng City in four days to march directly from the frozen Yellow River.
Go up and cross the river. Enter Beizhili and go to King Qin. The chief envoy of Henan stays in Henan.
The mobilization orders for the garrisons in various places in Henan were also sent from the Henan Governor's Yamen to the Yamen of various prefectures and guards. On the ninth day of October, the Governor of Guide Prefecture and the Commander of Guide Guard Zhao Ming also received orders from the Governor of Henan and the Governor of Henan.
King Qin’s order jointly issued by the supervisory army.
Early in the morning on October 10th, Wu Shigong was happily teasing a few children in his inner house when he suddenly received a report from Chang Meng: Old man Zhao Ming sent someone to look for him.
Wu Shigong said to Chang Meng impatiently: "Go and ask what's going on. If it's still a waste of marrying a little wife and having children, just give him some money and send him away. I don't have the time to go see him."
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Wu Shigong thought in his heart: "Then Old Man Zhao has no end. Marrying a concubine every year has become a regular income-generating project for Old Man Zhao!"
Chang Meng saw that Wu Shigong was a little unhappy, and he lowered his voice in reporting: "Master, the soldier said he has official business to see you."
Wu Shigong followed Chang Meng to the hall outside. After seeing Wu Shigong come out, the soldier sent by Zhao Ming immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Shigong. While kowtowing, the soldier said: "Wu Qianhu is well! We Zhao Ming are doing well.
The commander asked the young man to come and report, so that Wu Qianhu can set off to Guide Fucheng to discuss military affairs."
"What kind of military affairs is this?" Wu Shigong's face was full of displeasure, and his voice became a little stern.
"It's nothing big... I don't even know what military affairs are."
After hearing the ambiguous words of the soldier, Wu Shigong immediately wanted to curse. This old man Zhao Ming must have eaten too much. In the final analysis, this Guidewei is a collective farm for farming. And now it is calm and peaceful near Guide Mansion.
, there is such a thing as military affairs. Then old man Zhao Ming must be too idle. He wants to shout at me and tease me!
But Wu Shigong thought about it again, and found something wrong. In the past, Zhao Ming's soldiers came to him, and although they saluted very respectfully, they never kowtowed and saluted like this soldier today. And this soldier was hesitant in speaking.
, there must be something hidden.
So Wu Shigong slammed the table and shouted loudly: "Speak quickly! Don't tell me that you don't know what military affairs are. Otherwise, I will let you have a taste of my power."
The soldier immediately became sad and knelt on the ground without daring to get up. He felt like he was constipated for a long time. Under Wu Shigong's repeated threats, he could only tell the truth: "Wu Qianhu, it is the Tatars who entered the pass and came to the capital."
The emperor's grandpa asked us to go to the capital to serve the king."
Wu Shigong felt dizzy after hearing what the soldier said. But Wu Shigong was still lucky. He had traveled to the Ming Dynasty for some time. He knew that the "Tatars" in the Ming Dynasty meant Mongols or Jurchens.
So, Wu Shigong calmed down and then asked: "Did the Mongols or the Jurchens enter the customs?"
Unexpectedly, the soldier replied: "Wu Qianhu, the Mongols and Jurchens are all here!"
As soon as this sentence was said, Wu Shigong was immediately confused.