Zhuxian Town. If you have friends who are familiar with "The Complete Biography of Shuo Yue", you must be familiar with a story, that is "Eight Hammers Make Trouble in Zhuxian Town".
And Zhuxian Town is already the gateway to Kaifeng City, so Qin Hui used thirteen gold medals to recall the Yue Family Army, which was a pity.
But now is not the time for "Hundreds of Forums". But as an ancient battlefield, Zhuxian Town is undoubtedly a battleground for military strategists. Therefore, both the official army and the peasant army will never let go of this strategic point unless they no longer
I want to have a decisive battle.
Facing the powerful Li and Luo coalition forces, the generals of the Ming army were afraid to move forward. They had many conflicts before, and they were more concerned about guarding against their own friendly forces than against the peasant army. In addition, the commander Ding Qirui was incompetent in commanding, so
, although the concentration of troops this time has been unprecedented, it is completely scattered.
In desperation, Supervisor Ding Qirui formed a strange formation. So Ding Qirui began to argue with each other. He asked the officers and soldiers to stop arguing. Everyone lined up, divided the results, and moved forward together. There was no distinction between forwards.
No matter what defender, no one suffers anyway.
But in this way, the speed of the army's march can be imagined. Because no one is willing to advance rashly, they all keep an eye on the marching speed of the friendly army. They all want to take advantage of the friendly army to take a few steps back when the friendly army is not paying attention, so that the friendly army can take the lead.
They are fighting with the allied forces of Li and Luo. Therefore, the officers and soldiers are advancing almost at a snail's pace.
And how could the Li and Luo coalition forces let go of this good opportunity that came to their doorstep? They calmly deployed their troops to surround the imperial army, and then calmly organized the labor force. Then they calmly dug three wide areas around the imperial army.
A large trench about fifty feet long and three or four feet deep surrounded the 180,000 troops.
What is extremely ridiculous is that during the three days when the Li and Luo coalition dug trenches, all the officers and soldiers looked at the actions of the peasant army with amazement, but still no one was willing to take the lead and actively destroy the peasants.
The siege of the army. This rabbit will bite people when it is anxious, but these 180,000 officers and soldiers are not even as good as rabbits.
When this group of "rabbits" finally woke up, they immediately went crazy. Only then did they realize that they were surrounded; only then did they realize that they did not bring much food and grass; only then did they realize that almost everyone from the imperial court had gathered around them
The main force has no reinforcements to relieve the siege.
Supervisor Ding Qirui immediately sent dead soldiers to break through the siege and rush to Runing. He asked for help from the Runing Army, the only hope nearby. But before Wu Shigong and the others could figure out the situation, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Just like during the Battle of Songjin, when Wang Pu and Wu Sangui led their troops to flee first, the officers and soldiers from all walks of life no longer listened to the orders of the commander Ding Qirui, and all fled one after another.
The first was Zuo Liangyu. With his "rich experience" and his ruthlessness, he drove the cannon fodder in his army forward. He used the corpses of the cannon fodder to fill the trenches, and even took his 7,000 elite troops with him.
They rushed out from the weak point of the peasant army.
After that, other generals also collapsed without a fight. They followed Zuo Liangyu's example and treated the civilians and military households who had been recruited as cannon fodder, trampling on their corpses and rushing out, barely ensuring the safety of their own servants and elites.
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The supervisor Ding Qirui used an excuse to recover Zuo Liangyu and fled to Guangzhou and Gushi via Xuzhou. Yang Wenyue rushed back to Germany in a hurry. The peasant army won a complete victory. In this battle, Jiang Mingwu, the general of the Ming Dynasty, was captured and killed, and nearly ten soldiers were reduced.
Ten thousand people, seven thousand mules and horses, and countless weapons and armor were seized.
In this battle, it did not last more than ten days. The imperial army, which was finally assembled, disappeared. After the war, less than 50,000 officers and soldiers were gathered in various places to escape.
After Li and Luo's coalition forces obtained nearly 100,000 surrendered soldiers, they received a large number of veterans from the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the song: "Eat his mother, drink his mother, everyone opens the door to welcome King Chuang, and when King Chuang comes, he will not
The ballad of "Give me grain." was sung everywhere, and refugees and bandits from all walks of life once again threw themselves into the arms of the peasant army like moths to the flame. The total number of Li and Luo's coalition forces once again exceeded one million.
But this time, the million-strong army was not mainly composed of old, weak, women and children. With the participation of a large number of Ming army veterans and young adults, the combat strength of the Li and Luo coalition exceeded 500,000. And because of the large number of captured
In addition, their equipment is also quite sophisticated. In addition to artillery, archers and armored infantry, the number of cavalry that broke into the camp exceeded 30,000, and Luo Rucai's cavalry also exceeded 20,000. Suddenly, a great force was formed that shocked the world.
Powerful.
At this time, the Runing army was still digesting the results of this battle in stunned silence. The battle situation was completely beyond Wu Shigong's expectation. Not only did the Li and Luo coalition forces not lose strength, but they also became stronger and stronger. The combat effectiveness of the entire army was also improved.
A leap was made.
Therefore, the current Runing Army must change its combat deployment. If the Runing Army immediately starts a decisive battle with the Li and Luo Allied Forces, it will instead become a situation where the Runing Army and the Peasant Army consume each other's strength. And the court will also take advantage of this.
It's a good opportunity to recuperate, and there's no telling who will be behind. When both the Runing Army and the Peasant Army are defeated, they will take over everything.
Just when Wu Shigong and others were distressed, several bad news spread to Runing one after another.
The spring of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign is almost over, but God has indeed shown no sign of special blessing. Severe spring drought has occurred in the Yellow River Basin and Jifu area, and the harvest is hopeless; the drought in the Jianghuai area is also spreading, and in some places
Because of the lack of water, it was impossible to transplant rice seedlings, so the paddy fields had to be converted into dry fields.
In order to maintain the stability of the area under its control, the Runing Army also took out stored grain and opened warehouses to release grain in the area under its control. Although the flow of personnel of the Runing Army was strictly controlled, it also had the weapon of food stamps to control grain.
However, after large-scale disaster relief, the Runing Army's food reserves also dropped to the level of the warning line.
At this time, people in the Central Plains and northwest regions who had been hungry for more than ten years participated in riots one after another. Even in South Zhili and Zhejiang, which had always been relatively stable, there were incidents of hungry people revolting. With the response of the hungry people, farmers from all walks of life
The army's offensive became more fierce.
Especially the lingering ghost of Zhang Xianzhong. He had been operating in the northern Anhui area with a small force, but after gathering a large number of hungry people, he suddenly became active. So Zhang Xianzhong's troops captured Shucheng in April and changed Shucheng to
In Desheng Prefecture, six ministers and other official positions were established. This was the first time a peasant army established local political power.
The activity of Zhang Xianzhong's troops suddenly made the Runing Army unable to calm down. The location of Shucheng is between Hexian and Lu'an, which is the back garden of the Runing Army. The Runing Army has already planned to control this area.
rights, and will serve as its main food supply area in the future.
So the Runing Army immediately changed its strategic focus. It first mobilized large forces to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's troops, which threatened the most. As for the Li and Luo coalition forces, they put on a defensive posture to prevent them from wreaking havoc into their control areas and drag them down.
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Let’s pause the war situation in the Central Plains for a moment and take a look at the actions of the two imperial courts, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
First, let’s take a look at the Manchu and Qing dynasties:
After winning the victory in the Songjin Battle, Huang Taiji felt like he had found a treasure for the captive Hong Chengchou. After Hong Chengchou was captured and brought to Shengjing, he was originally determined to die to repay the emperor's kindness, so he went on a hunger strike for several days.
The Manchu nobles and ministers who persuaded him to surrender were all scolded.
However, when Fan Wencheng, a bachelor of the Secretariat of the Qing Dynasty, came forward to persuade Hong Chengchou to surrender, Hong Chengchou still cursed, but Fan Wencheng only comforted him with kind words and talked with him about the past and the present.
After the conversation, Fan Wencheng reported to Huang Taiji: "Hong Chengchou will not die. When I was talking to him, dust from the beam occasionally fell on his clothes, and he immediately brushed the dust away. He even cherished his clothes, not to mention his life.
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So the greatly encouraged Huang Taiji immediately struck while the iron was hot. Huang Taiji not only sent people to persuade him to surrender, but also visited him personally and gave him his mink fur to wear. Hong Chengchou loved life and was deeply moved at the same time. Perhaps in Songshan
During the six months of siege, I deeply reflected and felt that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was a foregone conclusion, while the Qing Dynasty was exactly where it was destined to be.
Under such circumstances, Hong Chengchou finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Of course, there is also a theory that it was Huang Taiji's concubine Zhuang Fei who personally sent Hong Chengchou ginseng soup, which moved him. Although this statement made later screenwriters excited
, but this should be a legend. It is said that Huang Taiji is also a hero, and he would not be so despicable as to give his woman away.
But no matter what, Huang Taiji did cherish Hong Chengchou very much. After Hong Chengchou surrendered, he rewarded him with a large number of treasures and performed various songs and dances in the palace to celebrate him.
This excessive behavior even aroused the dissatisfaction of the Manchu generals. The Manchu generals thought that such preferential treatment for a prisoner of war was a bit too much.
So Huang Taiji asked them: "What are we doing in the wind and rain?"
Everyone said: "Of course I want to reach the Central Plains!"
So Huang Taiji explained: "For example, pedestrians, you are all blind, now you have a guide, how can I not be happy?"
Hong Chengchou was very familiar with the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and he also knew the deployment of officials and troops in various places. Moreover, he had been a top civil servant of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and his disciples, former officials and connections were also tangled in the web. He was very familiar with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty and the public.
All conditions.
Especially for the current Ming Dynasty, there are indeed too few commanders with strategy, courage, and prestige. The most important thing is prestige. Now only a handful of commanders like Hong Chengchou can command all the people with evil intentions.
The Ming Dynasty general.
The Ming Dynasty lost such a commander-in-chief, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties gained such an effective guide. After one and another decline, the strength of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was further extended.
