Since Chen Xinjia established the national policy of uniting with the captives to suppress the bandits, although Sun Chuanting was quite dissatisfied with this, according to his original intention, as long as he negotiated peace with the Eastern captives and withdrew the Guanning army into the pass to suppress the bandits, it would be enough to reverse the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty.
The military situation has improved, and there is no need to develop into a joint battle with the Qing army, which has an irreconcilable blood feud.
But the Holy Will has been decided, and it can no longer be changed by Sun Chuanting, the local governor. Relying on the national policy of uniting the captives and pacifying the invaders, Chen Xinjia finally gained the power to control the government and the opposition, becoming the most powerful person with the most powerful power base since Chongzhen came to power.
A stable assistant minister, even when Yang Sichang's holy family was at its most prosperous, could not be compared with Chen Xinjia now.
Sun Chuanting was deeply worried about the series of changes that had taken place in the capital. It was just a military crisis to suppress the bandits, and all he could do was to fight for peace and rebellion first, and then try to return to the capital to tidy up the court for Emperor Chongzhen.
After joining forces to quell the invaders, the first thing the Ming court paid attention to was the two armies of Abate and Turg, which were already plundering the pass. Among these two armies, the first army of Abate and the army of Guanning merged, and their mission was
They went south to restore Jinan, but were fiercely blocked by Li Laiheng at Baigou River, and ultimately suffered a tragic defeat.
Another Qing army that was also plundering the pass, the Turg Army, joined Sun Chuanting's command in the west of Beijing.
Sun Chuanting also has a greater advantage over the generals of Guan Ning's army, that is, he is not just a one-man town, but a general minister of suppression who can control 30,000 Qin troops. Although the Qin army may not be stronger than Guan Ning's army, because
After the Battle of Xin'an, the generals of the Qin army, led by Gao Jie, all moved closer to Sun Chuanting in order to survive. Everyone fought for survival and to fight back to Shaanxi, but their combat effectiveness was higher than that of Guan Ning's army, whose generals were half-hearted.
In addition to the strong reinforcements from Turg, what gave Sun Chuanting even more confidence in victory was that not long after the national policy of uniting the captives and the pirates was decided, Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Qing Army, led another large army outside Xuanfu to fight with the Ming army.
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Sun Chuanting knew something about Dorgon. The last time the Qing army entered the pass to plunder in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting was ordered to pursue Dorgon's tribe. He knew that Dorgon was a famous general in the Qing army who was resourceful and powerful.
The reputation is far above that of Abate.
Although Sun Chuanting did not want the Qing army to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress the invasion, he did not want the Qing army to repeatedly send troops into the pass. However, the situation was stronger than the people. Moreover, in recent years, the Qing army destroyed the border wall and entered as easily as flipping the palm of his hand. Even if Sun Chuanting did not want to,
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Sun Chuanting's 30,000 Qin troops, plus the two reinforcements of Dorgon and Turge, can be called the real main force of the Ming army.
It was also Dorgon's strong entry into the pass from Xuanfu that gave Sun Chuanting the confidence to divide his troops into two groups, focusing on capturing Datong first, in order to turn defense into offense.
Sun Chuanting's main goal was to capture Datong, not only because Datong's strategic location was particularly important, but also because Li Zicheng's transfer of Jiang from the position of commander-in-chief of Datong caused concern and dissatisfaction among many Datong generals.
Many of these villains established contact with Sun Chuanting and informed Sun Chuanting of the inside story of the Chuang Army's strength in Shanxi.
Without Dorgon's strong support, even if Sun Chuanting obtained this information, there would be no use for it. But now that his military strength has greatly increased, he naturally has the confidence to fight against the enemy.
It's a pity that because of Li Laiheng's letter, Tian Jianxiu became extremely trusting of Jiang, and even transferred Jiang, who had been active in Datong since his dismissal, to Taiyuan, taking him with him at any time, and being extremely affectionate. As a result, Sun Chuanting lost his
The plan to regain Shanxi by the Ming and Qing coalition forces was forced to cast a shadow.
Before Jiang surrendered to the Chuang Army, he was the commander-in-chief of Datong in the Ming Dynasty and had a high prestige. However, Li Zicheng replaced him with Zhang Tianlin and once revealed his intention to kill Jiang. These circumstances made Jiang, who had already surrendered to the Chuang Army, dismayed.
New ideas were generated.
He was at both ends between the Chuang army and the Ming army, secretly sending information about the Chuang army's troop deployment in Shanxi to the Xuanfu. However, recently, because Li Laiheng repeatedly persuaded Tian Jianxiu to kill Jiang, Tian Jianxiu rebelled.
He followed the path and took Jiang with him every day. As a result, he missed a good opportunity to encourage Datong to rebel against the army.
However, everyone in the Datong frontier army had doubts about the Chuang army, and Jiang was not the only one on both sides of the aisle. Jiang was taken to Taiyuan by Tian Jianxiu, and the remaining deputy general Liu Qian and others took action one after another.
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When these deputy generals and staff generals of the Datong frontier army learned that Sun Chuanting had joined forces with Dorgon, they were even more excited. They first secretly informed Sun Chuanting of the garrison information of Datong general Zhang Tianlin's troops, and then
When the coalition forces were pressing on the border, they created false news to trick Zhang Tianlin into voluntarily leaving the border to meet the enemy.
Zhang Tianlin is quite cautious. After he learned about the Ming army's sudden counterattack on Datong, although he was instigated by these surrendered generals and thought it was just an unsuccessful counterattack by the Ming army, he still sent the relevant news to Taiyuan and reminded Tian
Seeing that the military situation in Hideyobei was not very stable yet, he asked him to bring some reinforcements to strengthen Daibei's defense if he had spare strength.
Tian Jianxiu, of course, immediately informed Jiang, whom he trusted as a confidant, of this crucial military information. After Jiang learned about the relevant situation, he immediately volunteered to be a vanguard and lead an army.
Ma went to Datong to strengthen the defense force of the invaders.
Tian Jianxiu did not doubt his presence, and not only allowed Jiang to summon his old troops in Taiyuan, but also handed over some of the elite soldiers of the Breakthrough Army under his leadership to Jiang's command.
The development of all these situations made Jiang Da, who had two ambitions, excited. He already felt that the end of the Chuang Army was imminent, and his chance to jump back on the Ming Dynasty ship seemed not far away.
However, because Jiang tried to gather as many old troops as possible in Taiyuan, it was delayed for a few days. In just a few days, Zhang Tianlin had been bewitched and instigated by Liu Qian, the former Datong deputy general, and rashly came out to meet the enemy.
Sun Chuanting arranged a heavy ambush and was reinforced by Dorgon's Eight Banners cavalry. Zhang Tianlin unpreparedly rushed into the encirclement of the Ming and Qing coalition forces. Although she fought bravely and resisted fiercely, Lieutenant General Liu Qian and others soon rebelled.
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After the rebel generals cut down the banner of the Chuang army, they pointed out the location of Zhang Tianlin to the Donglu. Dorgon made a prompt decision and immediately selected a group of archers with superb archery skills and gunmen with superb marksmanship.
They broke into the formation of the invading army, focused their fire and shot, and killed Zhang Tianlin, the insurgent commander, first among the insurgents.
As soon as Zhang Tianlin died, the Datong Invading Army was surrounded and ambushed by the Ming and Qing coalition forces. They suffered heavy losses and almost no longer fought. Zhang Heilian, the captain of Zhang Tianlin's Chinese Army, led the remaining invading army and tried their best to break out of the encirclement.
Trying to return to Datong, relying on the city defense to wait for reinforcements.
But at this time, the Ming army's surrendered generals in Datong City also took action. They united with the unscrupulous judges and gentry in the city, and after massacring all the family members and other officials of the intruders, they closed the city gates, fired cannons and arrows from the top of the city, and were not allowed to open fire.
The black-faced troops retreated to Datong City.
Zhang Heilian had no choice but to turn around and fight desperately with the pursuing Ming and Qing coalition forces, and finally died unfortunately.