Chen Cheng appointed Liu Xingzuo as the governor of Liaodong, led troops to monitor western Liaoning, and asked Lin Mengchu to take charge of Shenyang. He himself led 20,000 troops and chased Hong Tai to the Mongolian grasslands. The Mongolians in Horqin were afraid of the Jianzhou Jurchen With his reputation, he mobilized more than 30,000 people to fight the invading enemies.
But what kind of combat effectiveness can those Mongols have? After just one shell, the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops collapsed. They have heard the reputation of the Han army and understand the simplest truth. The Mongols cannot defeat Jianzhou The Jurchens and Jianzhou Jurchens were driven to the grasslands by the Han army again. It was clear at a glance which of them had higher combat effectiveness.
Therefore, the Mongols had no intention of fighting at all. They made a show, went through the motions, and then fled. Hong Tai still had four to five thousand men in his hands, but half of them were lost after the battle. Waiting for him to follow the Mongols When I fled further north, everything around me was different.
The Mongolians who were originally as submissive as Mianyang, now showed their sharp teeth towards them. Anyway, Mongolians are born in the year of wolf. When they see the strong, they will wag their tails and beg for mercy, and when they see the weak, they will pounce on and bite them. Hong Tai is such a lost dog. , is there any reason not to go up and give him a good beating?
Besides, the Han Kingdom said that whoever takes Hong Tai’s head will be heavily rewarded!
Although the Jianzhou Jurchens were brave and good at fighting, they fought for so long that their horses fell to death in large numbers, and the remaining horses were already very weak. How could they fight again? Therefore, they were attacked by the Mongols and the army was scattered. Hong Tai also died there. into the rebellious army.
After Chen Cheng took Hong Tai's head, he withdrew his troops and returned to Liaodong, taking with him two thousand Mongolian followers.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty had already learned about the great changes in Liaodong. When they heard that the Jurchens had knelt down, the court was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers and horses of Liao Town to go and recover the lost territory. People like Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang were afraid of Jiannu, but they were afraid of Jiannu. However, Liu Xingzuo, Kong Youde and others looked down upon him and rushed towards Liaodong with more than 30,000 troops and horses.
Liaoxi claims to have an army of 100,000, but in fact it can only fight 40,000. As soon as the army crossed the Sancha River, it was attacked by Liu Xingzuo's army. Although Liu Xingzuo only had more than 10,000 people, many of them were Dorgon and The two white flags and one thousand cavalrymen under Duduo suddenly appeared in front of the Liaoxi Army without even changing their uniforms.
Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others were all confused. Didn't they say that the slaves had already knelt down? Why did so many Tatars appear again? The soldiers below were in an uproar. Before they could fight, they had already lost their formation. .Everyone ran back as quickly as possible. No one wanted to fight the enemy.
Liu Xingzuo took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, killing and capturing nearly ten thousand people. However, because the Liaoxi Army ran too fast, it could not further expand the results. When Chen Cheng returned from Mongolia, it was already May, and he repaired for another month, adding With the help of soldiers, horses, food and fodder, the number of the army reached 60,000.
This 60,000-strong army included Han Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, and even Mongolians and Jurchens. It was simply a hodgepodge group. But for such a hodgepodge, morale was surprisingly strong. Chen Cheng appointed Liu Xingzuo as The deputy marshal commanded 30,000 people, and he took another 30,000 people with him.
The 60,000-strong army marched along the coastline towards Shanhaiguan. The cities and fortresses along the way were turned into ruins in front of the cannons. The cities and solid fortresses built in western Liaoning had no effect at all. Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang and others The people were more straightforward and surrendered immediately when they saw that they couldn't fight.
Chen Cheng surrendered and accepted the rebels, and the number of troops under his command swelled to 80,000. Then the army arrived at Shanhaiguan. As usual, artillery opened the way first. Under the bombardment of 280mm caliber cannons, the defenders at Shanhaiguan suffered heavy casualties and dispersed in a rush.
Zu Dashou led his troops to capture the city and gained the first victory.
At this time, Lin Mengchu had already led his people to accept the fields and people in western Liaoning. The generals in western Liaoning had lost their foothold and had no other choice but to fight to the death. Jiannu could kill people, and so could the Han army. However,
The Han army behaved fairly, with rewards for meritorious service and punishment for transgressions. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the surrendered Ming army was greatly improved out of thin air.
The number of people they claim to be does not count. The Han army will send people to check. If the difference is too far, the general will be beheaded and the army will be led by the deputy general. After beheading more than a dozen generals in succession, the Liaoxi Ming army was so honest that
Incredible.
Originally, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he heard that Jiannu had knelt down, but just like the previous times, good news was inevitably followed by bad news. The Han army that destroyed Jiannu did not stop, but directly attacked
Passing through the fortresses in western Liaoning, they headed straight for Beijing.
In shock, Emperor Chongzhen sent out a hundred thousand troops from the Beijing Camp to fight. However, the Jingying Camp was even more underpaid than the Liaoxi Army. The Liaoxi Army had 100,000 people on its books, but actually had 40,000. The Jingying Camp was on the books.
There are 120,000 on it, but in fact there is not even 10,000. Every time there is a review, people are hired in Beijing to top up the number.
This time out of the city, the hired people had quit working before they had gone thirty miles. One hundred and fifty cents a day was not enough to work hard. Once these hired people ran away, there would be no one hundred thousand army left.
Several people and others also ran back to Beijing.
The 100,000-strong army was separated before they saw the thieves. This magical operation almost made Emperor Chongzhen angry to death. But after he was angry for a few days, he began to worry again. Those Han troops were really brave. After breaking through Shanhaiguan, they had already attacked
The city of Beijing is coming to kill us, what should we do?
Some of the ministers suggested moving south, and some suggested summoning the soldiers and horses from all over the world again. Emperor Chongzhen himself wanted to run away, but he couldn't make the decision. Instead, he hinted to the people below to come forward and take the blame. But this was all
It has been three years since Chongzhen, and everyone has clearly seen Zhu Youjian's true nature, so they all acted like quails, and no one wanted to stand up and share the king's worries.
While the emperor and ministers were fighting each other, the Han army had already reached the gates of Beijing. This was already the second time. Last year, Jian Nu came to burn and kill them once, and this time the Han army came to kill them again.
The soldiers of King Qin from last time just returned, and some of them have not returned to their hometowns yet.
Moreover, many of the troops who came to King Qin last year turned into bandits because they had no food to eat, and some even joined the rebel army. Li Zicheng and Li Guo's uncles and nephews in Shaanxi changed from officers and soldiers to peasant soldiers.
Joined the team of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang.
This time, not many soldiers and horses can come to King Qin. Even if they can come, it will be of no use.
The city wall of Beijing is very strong. After all, it has been the capital of the empire for hundreds of years, but the garrison is very bad. The Beijing camp, which is said to have an army of 120,000, has collapsed before even seeing the enemy. This kind of funny thing is really frustrating.
People cannot have confidence.
After the city gate was blasted open, Emperor Chongzhen had his people ring the big bell and called on ministers to come and escort him. A lot of people came, but they were all middle and low-level officials, powerful figures and big shots in the court.
They all hid at home and pretended to be dead. In fact, this thing was not unique to the Ming Dynasty, it was similar in all dynasties.
The people in the first three rows are all sanctimonious and talk about benevolence and morality, but they are actually men who steal and steal women and prostitute women. Occasionally, one or two of these people can be considered capable, but it would not be a pity to kill most of them.
There were many problems in the late Ming Dynasty. The first one was that there were too many people with the surname Zhu. The vassal kings from various places occupied a large amount of land, received a lot of salary every year, and sucked the blood of the country, but there was no
contribute.
The lower limit of bureaucrats is getting lower and lower, and the unspoken rules have become explicit rules. Things cannot be done without money. The military salary of six million taels in western Liaoning every year is divided up by officials at all levels, and it falls to
I don’t know if the Liaoxi Army has two million taels.
But the most important thing is that the current emperor does not know how to govern the country at all. He does not understand politics, military affairs, or economics. As soon as he came to power, he kicked the shabby house. Originally, the Ming Dynasty was a shabby house.
The house also had a door panel that could keep out wind and rain. After Zhu Youjian came to the throne, he not only tore down the door, but also pierced the roof. Thanks to Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and Lu Xiangsheng, it could still last for so long.
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After these people either died in battle or surrendered to the enemy, this shabby house in the Ming Dynasty collapsed.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty was not in the same embarrassing situation that it would be more than ten years later, but Emperor Chongzhen also had no way out. After waiting in the main hall for a long time, no ministers came to rescue him. The desperate Zhu Youjian still had to go
In order to save some face, he did not follow the example of some subjugated kings and surrender openly. Instead, he took a eunuch to Meishan, found a crooked-neck tree and hanged himself.
After taking Beijing, the world was shaken. The emperor died and there was no heir. The vassal kings in the south all claimed to be the emperor or the governor, and started all kinds of magical performances. But these have nothing to do with Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu.
.Squad leader Lin no longer wants to stay in this messy world, while Chen Cheng is doing everything he can.
After defeating several Ming troops who came to rescue him, Chen Cheng gradually handed over military power and government affairs to Liu Xingzuo. The latter was very uneasy about this. He had too many troops and horses, which made it difficult to look at it.
Not a normal thing.
"Is our existence normal?" Chen Cheng said to Liu Xingzuo: "We will stay for another half a year at most and leave. The future affairs will depend on you."
"Where is the king going?"
"Go home, where else can you go?"
"But......."
"There's nothing wrong with it. We have discussed it and the decision is yours. You are the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and your surname is Liu. Although you are actually very bad, you are still better than Emperor Jiannu and Chongzhen. Of course, if you
No, if someone else’s car overturns you, that’s okay.”
"ah?"
Half a year later, the situation in the north gradually stabilized. The property of so many officials in the capital was confiscated and so much land was confiscated, allowing the Han Dynasty to bribe most of the lower class people. Although there were still some turmoils during the period, under Chen Cheng
By personally leading the troops to attack, the slight turmoil was quickly suppressed.
