Chapter eight hundred and eighty third Qing army dispatched
In the early morning of August 5th, Dazhongzhuang.
The weather was very bad, strong winds were blowing, and the sand and dust were blinding. Since the Qing army had been stationary these days, most of the officers and soldiers of the Dashun army who were monitoring here lost their vigilance.
And in this horrible weather, no one wanted to get up early. As long as a few unlucky soldiers came out of the camp to fetch water, they would curse and say some strange words.
"Erhu! Why are you so unlucky? Our team has been fetching water for two days in a row. If you want to throw dice today, I have to do it. If this continues, we will never have time to sleep in."
"Can you blame me?" The man named Erhu said angrily, "Didn't you say that people who don't gamble are lucky, so you asked me to play?"
"Okay! We are all brothers. What's the point of a few more attacks? You can't blame Er Hu. But Er Hu, on the way to the capital, our team of brothers is divided into young and old. How can you hide the money?
Why is it so good? There is no place to spend money. Do you want to buy a wife?"
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter. Unexpectedly, Erhu replied seriously: "Prince Chuang said: if we capture the capital, the world will be peaceful. I want to go home, buy some land, and build two houses."
, I will be able to plant my own land in the future. Also, Prince Chuang also said: I won’t pay for food for three years! These good days are just around the corner. I have to save some money."
"But Erhu! We are fellow villagers of Prince Chuang. Prince Chuang has become the emperor's grandfather. How can we be a small official for fellow villagers like us! You don't want to stay in the capital to enjoy the blessings, but you want to go back to your hometown in northern Shaanxi.
Farming is such a disadvantage!"
"Prince Chuang said: After defeating the Liao army this time, there will be no more battles to fight. I don't know how to be an official. If Prince Chuang wants me to sacrifice my life, there will be absolutely nothing to say. If there is peace, I want to go home.
And... I have been away from my hometown for more than eight years. I still have my mother and three younger siblings at home. I have to go back to support my mother in her old age. Oh—! I really miss them!"
As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent. These people all knew in their hearts: Erhu's mother and younger siblings were all in bad luck, and it would be difficult for them to survive so many years of natural disasters. But the situation of these people was also the same, who
What about those who don’t have any worries in their hometown?
"Stop talking about this. Let's sing a little song!"
"Okay! Let's sing the song "Sister Picking Flowers"."
"You know this song. It won't kill you."
While everyone was talking to each other, someone suddenly shouted: "Wait! Wait! Be quiet! Listen carefully. What do you hear?"
Everyone immediately fell silent. They all felt the earth trembling, and there seemed to be rolling muffled thunder in the distance.
One person said uncertainly: "Is the army dispatching?"
But this sentence suddenly reminded everyone. They immediately dropped the buckets in their hands and ran towards their camp. As they ran, they shouted: "The Tatars are coming! The Tatars are coming to steal."
It’s camp.”
After a while, a group of Qing cavalry emerged from the sand. They covered their faces with cloths, held swords and guns, and galloped towards the Dashun Army's camp.
On the night of the fourth day of August, when Huang Taiji learned that the Guan Ning Cavalry had all their heads shaved, he immediately ordered the entire army to move north immediately to reinforce the Guan Ning Cavalry fighting against the Dashun Army.
At the same time, Huang Taiji asked Abatai, who had rushed to meet up, to lead an army of 20,000. He escorted the property and people looted from the pass to Shanhaiguan to receive the Shanhaiguan city donated by Wu Sangui. In addition to occupying Shanhaiguan, this Qing army
It is also necessary to transport the seizures from this entrance back to Shengjing through Shanhaiguan.
Then, Huang Taiji asked Dorgon to lead a partial force of 20,000 troops to surprise the Dashun army stationed in Dazhongzhuang. He himself personally led the main force of more than 110,000 troops and marched to Yutian.
Due to the strong wind and sand that day, the Dashun army did not notice the Qing army's movements at all. It was not until Dorgon's tribe began to make a surprise attack on Dazhongzhuang that Tang Tong and Xie Junyou, who were leading the army here, suddenly woke up. They were in no hurry to take precautions.
The Shun army at Dazhongzhuang was in chaos.
Seeing that it was the Qing army that was attacking, Tang Tong did not offer any resistance at all. He took his own soldiers and direct troops and fled. Xie Junyou, who organized the troops to resist, died among the rebels.
What's even more ominous is that the defeated troops of Dashun Army blindly followed the direction of Tang Tong's escape, but Tang Tong did not escape in the direction of the main force of Dashun Army in Yutian, but fled westward to
In the direction of the capital, Li Zicheng failed to obtain the news of the Qing army's dispatch in time. And when the news of the annihilation of the Dazhongzhuang Shun army reached Li Zicheng, it was already too late.
When Tang Tong fled to Tongzhou, he led more than 10,000 remaining troops and surrendered to Zhou Yanru, the former chief assistant here.
What is very ridiculous is that in this melee, Tongzhou City, which has a very important strategic position, turned into a "safety island". None of the armies took the initiative to attack this important city that stored a large amount of grain and grass.
This is the reason why Zhou Yanru hunkered down in the city and never left the city to fight, posing no threat to other armies. But the more important thing is: whenever other troops arrive near Tongzhou City, they always have a more important goal.
So we can only put down Tongzhou City for the time being.
For example, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army could not attack Tongzhou City because they had the Runing Army outside the capital. When they later sent troops to the east, the main threat became the Guan Ning cavalry. Li Zicheng was afraid that Tongzhou City would be fortified.
The troops were weak and could not be captured quickly, for fear that they would consume too much under Tongzhou City and put the Dashun Army in a disadvantageous situation. Therefore, under such circumstances, Tongzhou City was spared first.
But what is the actual situation of Tongzhou City? The city is strong? That is indeed the case. But the military is powerful? Then save it!
Ever since he entered Tongzhou City, Zhou Yanru had been having banquets and had no interest in military affairs. When the news of the demise of the Ming Dynasty came, he even gave up on himself and lived in drunken dreams every day. Therefore, he ignored the retreat of the Beijing troops in the Tongzhou camp.
He didn't ask, and now that Tang Tong's remnant army was fleeing, he stood by and watched. He was not afraid that this was some sort of bait for Dashun's army, or a traitor. Anyway, he was living in Tongzhou City for a day.
At this time, the main force of the Dashun Army, who did not know the sudden change in Dazhongzhuang, was in high morale.
On the morning of August 5th, Li Zicheng and others waited patiently for Guan Ning's cavalry to leave the city to form their troops, and "generously" gave Wu Sangui and others a chance for a "fair decisive battle."
"Your Majesty! You will be the one to take command this time! The last general will be in the vanguard position!" Liu Zongmin joked, saying that he would give Li Zicheng this "completely certain" chance of victory. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature,