Li Zhi sent soldiers to the countryside to recruit strong people, and farmers were very enthusiastic about signing up. Li Zhi asked the soldiers to specifically select those farmers who were strong and tall, and recruited more than 60,000 people in five days. Basically, each of the six prefectural cities in Shandong
It can be equipped with more than 10,000 minzhuang.
In fact, the ability of armies using cold weapons to siege cities is very limited. For example, in the 11th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Qing Dynasty attacked Jinan. Nearly 100,000 Qing soldiers besieged Jinan City. However, there were only 500 old and weak rural soldiers in Jinan City and reinforcements from Laizhou.
700 soldiers. In this way, Jinan defended for more than two months.
The local army that the gentry could mobilize was far less effective than the Qing army, and its ability to attack difficult areas was even worse. Li Zhi sent 600 officers to six cities in Shandong to command battles and training, and assigned more than 10,000 people to each city to defend the city. Li Zhi
I believe we can defend the city for three months.
With the militiamen committed to guarding the city, Li Zhi could put some of his personnel and various archives in the six cities without having to transport them all to Tianjin.
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On August 25, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, led 70,000 Guanning troops through Shanhaiguan, the first pass in the world, and attacked Tianjin.
This time, the Donglin Party bosses personally ordered Hong Chengchou to lead an army to attack Li Zhi. Hong Chengchou had no choice but to go into battle and confront Li Zhi.
In Hong Chengchou's heart, he was unwilling to be Li Zhi's enemy.
This dispatch of troops was all the Donglin Party's idea, and the emperor was very reluctant, and even refused to go to court because of illness. Hong Chengchou felt that even if he killed Li Zhi, the emperor would not give him any reward.
What's more, the opponent is Li Zhi, who is a more formidable opponent than the Tatars. In the Battle of Jinzhou, Li Zhi used 15,000 troops to carry 50,000 Tatar cavalry undefeated. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division is still fresh in Hong Chengchou's memory.
.Now Li Zhi has at least 20,000 people, and it is said that there are 30,000 people. Hong Chengchou secretly thought that the 76,000 people he brought into the pass may not be able to defeat Li Zhi!
The emperor's banner for this crusade was to clean up the local order in Tianjin, which was very vague. If this battle was won, of course, Li Zhi's power in Tianjin could be removed and the authority of the governor and local officials of Tianjin could be restored.
.But if the battle is lost, will the emperor say that he misused his power to start a civil war?
If you lose this battle, will you lose your head?
Hong Chengchou was full of worries and led the army to stop and go. It took him fifteen days to walk from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan and finally entered the pass.
Behind Hong Chengchou were not only 76,000 troops, but also hundreds of thousands of people from western Liaoning.
Over the years, the people of western Liaoning have been guarding the Ningjin defense line with the Guan Ning army. They have hid in the city many times to defend the city, and they are mortal enemies of the Tatars. Now the Guan Ning army suddenly rose up and entered the pass to attack Li Zhi.
There is no one to protect these people in western Liaoning anymore.
When the Tatars occupy western Liaoning, will they give these people a good life? It would be miserable to be captured by the Tatars and become their slaves. If you can be tortured for ten years without dying, you are very lucky. There are so many people in Liaodong
The Han people were all killed by the Tatars in more than 20 years, so much so that the Tatars even entered the fortress to plunder manpower.
The common people in western Liaoning carried their belongings on their backs and dragged their children with them, crying as they followed Guan Ning's army into the pass. Behind Guan Ning's army were dragging hundreds of thousands of sad and painful people, and the whole army was extremely depressed.
Passing through Shanhaiguan, Hong Chengchou suddenly heard the sound of rolling hooves from behind. He turned around and saw three fast horses chasing him from behind. The three fast horses were the scouts of Zu Dashou, the vanguard commander. The scouts rushed to him.
In front of Zu Dashou, he got off his horse and knelt on the ground with one knee, his face already filled with tears.
"Commander, the Tatars have entered Jinzhou City."
"Commander! Jinzhou, which we have defended for seventeen years, is no longer ours!"
Zu Dashou suddenly turned his head and looked north, his face became ferocious. He has been stationed in Jinzhou since the first year of Chongzhen, which has been seventeen years ago. This city is his entire career and a carefully constructed nest.
. Unexpectedly, he would lose this nest in one day and become a homeless man.
However, since he had defected to the Guan Ning Army of the Donglin Party, he had no choice but to obey the Donglin Party. In these years, it was the Donglin Party that repeatedly emphasized the importance of the Ningjin Defense Line, thus preserving the food and salary of the Guan Ning Army. Without the Donglin Party,
I am afraid that Guan Ning's army has been dismissed by the emperor a long time ago. Therefore, the Donglin Party asked Guan Ning's army to enter the pass to fight. Even though Guan Ning's army was unwilling to do so, it still had no choice but to go ahead.
Otherwise, Guan Ning's army will definitely not escape the fate of being abolished.
In the past, Guan Ning's army still had the option of surrendering to the Manchu Qing. But after the Battle of Jinzhou, the Manchu Qing Dynasty declined greatly, and it would not be possible for Guan Ning's army to take refuge in the Central Plains. If Guan Ning's army surrendered to the Manchu Qing,
They will become a slave army under the Qing Dynasty, and they may not even have enough to eat.
It feels like you have taken refuge with a gangster boss and have risen to prominence, but all your leverage is in the hands of the gangster boss. Suddenly one day your boss asks you to die.
Wu Sangui rode his horse to Zu Dashou and said loudly: "Uncle, don't be anxious. When we defeat Li Zhi and occupy the prosperous Tianjin and Shandong, good days will naturally be waiting for us!"
Zu Dashou looked up at his nephew and sighed. For a moment, he no longer had the heroic spirit of the past.
Hong Chengchou looked at Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui and was silent, but then he saw three cavalry scouts galloping over from the southwest.
"Supervisor! Li Zhi's 30,000 troops have left Tianjin and are attacking us."
Li Zhi attacked and thirty thousand people came?
Forget it, just have a big battle to decide the winner.
Hong Chengchou suddenly felt that the fame and fortune he had enjoyed for so many years was enough.
"Attack the entire army!"
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Twenty miles north of Luanzhou City, 30,000 Huben troops and 70,000 Guan Ning troops encountered each other. Both sides set up their own battle formations, with flags flying on both sides.
The Huben Division set up six small circle formations this time. Lei San, the company commander of the Polu Regiment, was the newly promoted company commander. His third company was placed in front of the army this time. The third company from the left
To the east of the formation, there were 70,000 Guan Ning troops facing him.
In front of Lei San, the troops of Guan Ning's army spread out for more than ten miles. The Ming army was still red. When Lei San looked up, he only saw red Ming army uniforms and red flags, like a sea of red.
But Lei San was not afraid at all. Lei San was a veteran, and he knew the combat effectiveness of the Tiger and Ben Army. The other Ming troops were just like chickens and dogs in front of the Tiger and Ben Army.
Lei San walked to the front of his company and glanced at the faces of the soldiers. Lei San's soldiers knew that Lei San was about to lecture and stood up straight.
Lei San shouted: "In the past, when there was no Duke of Jin in Tianjin, did you have enough to eat and warm clothes?"
Lei San's one hundred and twenty soldiers roared and replied:
“Not enough to eat!”
"You can't dress warmly!"
"Who gave you a good life, so that you have meat to eat, a house to live in, and money to marry a wife?"
"It's Duke Jin!"
Lei San shouted: "Now, in order to continue to evade taxes and continue to drink the blood of the people, the gentry are sending troops to attack the Duke of Jin! They would rather give the four hundred miles of western Liaoning territory to the Tatars than prevent the Duke of Jin from equalizing the land."
Taxes! They would rather let foreigners dominate the land of the Han people than give up the right to evade taxes."
"What do you think we should do?"
One hundred and twenty soldiers of the Tiger Army shouted: "Kill!"
