The Chuang army actively prepared to attack, and the huge army of 50,000 people was operating with extremely high efficiency. Although the Zuoying and the Qianying were two troops with historical origins and very different compositions of soldiers, they also had two statuses as barbarians.
coach, but unlike the Ming army, Liu Fangliang and Li Laiheng could quickly join hands and achieve a very tacit cooperation.
There are as many as 50,000 soldiers from Loess in northern Shaanxi, Zhongyuan Prefecture and County, and Hanchuan River. Although many of them do not know each other or are not familiar with each other, because everyone is under the banner of the Breakthrough Army, they are among them.
Naturally, there is an invisible sense of trust.
This is a characteristic that the Ming army does not have.
Since the end of Wanli, the Ming army's decades of defeats have eroded the morale and fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers. After Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, this impetuous and willful emperor killed governors and ministers one after another, completely destroying the relationship between the monarch and his ministers.
Mutual trust.
The consequences are not limited to the court. The result of the governor's inability to protect himself is that in order to win in the short term, they have to transfer the pressure to their subordinate generals.
As a result, the warriors were under increasing pressure, and suffered countless defeats in hasty and unprepared sorties.
Just like when Zuo Liangyu followed Yang Sichang's instructions and was defeated, but went out on his own and achieved a great victory at Manao Mountain, the mutual trust between the governor and the generals was also destroyed.
After that, there was a relationship of mutual trust between warriors. During the Battle of Songjin, Wu Sangui and Wang Pu abandoned other friendly troops and fled. During the Battle of Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu left the Qin army and Baoding soldiers in the counterattack of the Chuang army.
There was no trust between the emperor and his ministers, between the governors and the warriors, and finally among the generals themselves.
Even if the Chuang army had already reached Baigouhe and was only a short distance away from the capital, the first thing Wu Sangui considered was how to preserve his own strength and how to push others to take the lead.
The new Minister of Civil Affairs, Li Jiantai, who was ordered to supervise the division and coordinate the generals, was usually fond of military affairs and had a good reputation. However, in fact, he could not command any general in the coalition at all.
Needless to say, Doro Raoyubele Abatai, who belonged to the Qing army, did not send anyone to the Ming army camp at all. Instead, he built his own camp to isolate himself from the Ming army.
As for the several general officers in the Ming army, Wu Sangui had already adopted a wait-and-see attitude and was not willing to waste the capital he relied on for his livelihood. Shandong General Liu Zeqing had just escaped from Dongchang Prefecture, and his troops were still there.
In the midst of fear and fear, how could you have the strength to deal with the intruders?
Only two troops, Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief Gao Di and Qiantun Commander-in-Chief Li Fuming, were relatively obedient and had certain combat effectiveness.
Seeing the frequent movements of the intruders on the other side of the Baigou River, it was obvious that heavy troops had been mobilized to set up defenses along the river. Superintendent Li Jiantai felt deeply that he had missed the opportunity to fight, and said sadly:
"Can't you repay the kindness of your country if you deprive yourself of the country's wealth and wealth? The grain supply was cut off. In order to raise the wages of the Liao soldiers and the Eastern Army, the emperor ordered his relatives, eunuchs, and hundreds of officials to repay their services. However, the income was only 200,000 taels, and all was spent in the palace.
Only money can help the army. My emperor has worked so hard, how can you sit back and watch?"
Li Jiantai's words failed to move anyone in the tent. It was not until the frontline officers received the news that the intruders had sent thousands of elite cavalry across the river that Liu Zeqing said in a panic:
"The cavalry are sharp, they all wear hundreds of layers of cotton armor and iron helmets, and the horses are also equipped with many shields. They also have short-handed guns, which are a hundred times sharper than my three-eyed blunderbuss. They can fire several rounds at a gallop while the horses are galloping, and they can pierce the Yangtze River with a hundred steps."
The effect is that it can penetrate iron armor and it is not false."
Liu Zeqing's words made Li Jiantai even more panicked. He had no real military experience, and he had never led troops or been on the front line. He just imagined in his mind the majestic offensive of the invading army galloping and riding through the Yangtze with a hundred steps.
His eyes were black and he was about to faint.
Seeing Liu Zeqing's panic, Li Fuming reprimanded: "Thieves are just thieves after all, and their elite troops are limited. It is impossible to compare with Guan Ning's strong army. What's more, the Eastern Division is on my side, and the troops of the Eastern Division are stronger than the rest of the world, let alone Liu Zeqing."
The thieves are comparable, I really don’t know what General Liu has to fear?"
Liu Zeqing felt very unhappy when he was directly accused by Li Fuming, but he knew that Wu Sangui, Gao Di, and Li Fuming were all soldiers of the Liao Dynasty. As a Shandong native, he could not argue with them, so he had no choice but to say no more.
Wu Sangui looked at Li Fuming and encouraged: "The vanguard of the cavalry is coming to plunder the formation. Can Qiantun Town fight?"
Li Fuming was a relatively upright figure in Guan Ning's army. He was not as narrow-minded as Wu Sangui, and his military strength was stronger than that of the Shanhaiguan general. He directly patted his chest and assured:
"I'll set off now! I'll cut off more than a dozen heads and come back! What do you have to be afraid of? You just let the intruders scare you!"
With a stupid young man like Li Fuming taking the initiative, Wu Sangui and Gao Di naturally agreed with both hands. Liu Zeqing also felt that it was only fair that Li Fuming, who was so rude, should suffer some losses.
However, Wu Sangui also said to Li Jiantai: "When will the Eastern Division attack? This battle will depend on the strength of the Eastern Division, and the Supervisor will have to urge him one or two times."
Li Jiantai said helplessly: "The emperor has sent Gao Qi to sneak to the Eastern Division camp to contact him, but the Eastern Division claimed that because the court did not allow him to collect grain, the food and salary were insufficient and he could not leave lightly."
When Wu Sangui heard Gao Qiqian's name, he snorted coldly. The generals looked down on the eunuchs who were supervising the army. What's more, Gao Qiqian also had bad records. Back then, he used heavy troops to wait and watch, causing Lu Xiangsheng to die in a bitter battle.
In fact, Wu Sangui himself had done something like abandoning friendly troops and running away, but he felt that the situation in the Battle of Songjin was different from the situation in the Battle of Julu where Lu Xiangsheng died. At the end of the Battle of Songjin, the Ming army was exhausted, so he took the lead in breaking through.
, but also to save some strength and a few seeds for the Ming army!
How can it be compared with Gao Qiqi.
"Thieves rampaged through Chu and Henan, and in a few months they captured all the land of the Three Jin Dynasties. After all, they are a powerful enemy. If the Eastern Army does not come out, we will have no choice but to not move lightly."
Wu Sangui made it clear that even if the Qing army did not help the vanguard of the Ming army to clear the way like the legendary peace treaty, he would never spend any money to fight against the intruders.
Li Jiantai was just a nameless tablet with no real power. He could only smile bitterly and said: "I will try my best to urge the general."
"With the words of the Governor here, I feel relieved. In short, this battle must rely on the strength of the Eastern Division. Otherwise, wouldn't the Eastern Division's salary be wasted in vain?"
Seeing Wu Sangui fooling Li Jiantai in this way, Liu Zeqing had no hope for the future of the Ming army. He sneered secretly in his heart and felt that it was necessary to find a way out for himself.
Gao Di was silent. He clearly saw Wu Sangui's selfishness, Li Jiantai's incompetence, Liu Zeqing's cowardice, and Li Fuming's uprightness and lack of strategy.
However, Gao Di knew that the military capital at hand was the weakest among the towns. The quantity and quality of Shanhaiguan soldiers were not as good as Wu Sangui's Ningyuan town. Moreover, when he led his troops to leave Shanhaiguan, most of them were because of Shanhaiguan's critical location.
Guan Bing did not join the expedition with him. With Gao Di's strength, he could only sit back and watch the generals scheming and doing nothing.
Li Fuming was the only one with an upright temperament. He despised the fighting ability of the bandits and even more despised Liu Zeqing's cowardice and incompetence. Once the decision was made, he immediately went to the camp to mobilize troops and prepare to attack the invading cavalry across the river.
The Guan Ning Army was indeed a rare and powerful force among the Ming army, and its combat power was even higher than the Qin soldiers who often fought against the Chuang Army. Although a considerable part of Li Fuming's troops came from Shanxi Town, there were also a few troops in Liao Town.
The war horses and firearms are all excellent and abundant, and the training level of the soldiers is also higher than that of the Qin army.
Because of Li Fuming's rough and fierce style, this powerful unit also completed combat readiness in a short period of time. In the Ming army camp on the north bank of the Baigou River, the sound of conch whistles broke through the air, swords and guns were unsheathed, and blunderbuss were fired.
With the artillery in place, Guan Ning has a clear battle, not only superior to Liu Fangliang's left camp, but not even inferior to Li Laiheng's Huguang army.
"A thief is a thief after all, how can you take my blow? Come on, let me kill the thief!"
Li Fuming gave an order, and the Guan Ning soldiers in Qiantun Town were like a whirlwind, sweeping across the white land on the north bank of the Baigou River.
A small group of Qing cavalry wearing cloth-faced armor watched the Ming army attack from the hill, then rode back to the temporary camp of Abatai to report the military situation to Dororo Yubeile.
When the military information arrived, Abatai was leading a group of Eight Banners nobles to warm themselves by a fire in front of the tent. In his hand, a goose shot down by Qing soldiers while hunting was skewered on a wooden stick. The fire was blazing, and the half-cooked goose was reflected in a picture.
A layer of eye-catching light brown oily sheen.
Tanqi dismounted and reported to Abata: "The people of the Ming Dynasty have started a war."
The wild goose was not yet fully cooked, but Abatai didn't care much about it. He took a bite very casually and said with a glossy mouth: "Are the bandits on the other side of the river the bandits in Dangshan?"
"It should be."
"Humph!" Abata threw the half-cooked goose with only one bite into the fire and snorted coldly, "Turn up the cannon!"