The withdrawal of the intruders from Baoding has become a foregone conclusion.
The soldiers are transporting the city's artillery, military supplies, and armor to the south. Now they are sent to Zhending, Zhangde and other places first. The details will depend on the specific changes in the battle situation on the front line. If the situation in Jifu is unfavorable, Li Laiheng's bottom line is
First retreat to the Huaiqing, Weihui, and Dezhou lines.
In fact, judging from the current situation, if the Qing army has really entered the pass with a main force of 100,000, Li Laiheng has less than 50,000 troops left in Baoding. After losing the barrier of Daibei's flank, it is absolutely impossible to hold the North China Salient.
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He is still planning to take it one step at a time, hoping to quickly grasp the specific situation in Shanxi after the Datong Incident. In addition, when Li Zicheng will be able to completely pacify the northwest, and when he will be able to send troops to the east as soon as possible, will also affect
A major factor in Li Laiheng's decision.
Liu Fangliang has mostly recovered from his injuries. Unfortunately, the Zuoying coach just woke up from a coma when he heard the news that Datong had fallen and General Zhang Tianlin had died in battle. After that, more bad news followed, not just
Liu Fangliang, who was injured, was greatly affected. People like Fang Yiren, Chen Yongfu, Hao Yaoqi, Ma Shiyao and Liu Rukui also felt discouraged.
Their bloody battle at Baigou River originally thought they had laid the foundation for the army to unify the country, but they did not expect that what happened in Shanxi would make the generals' hard work go to waste.
The ancient and towering city wall of Beijing City, which was already so close before our eyes, seemed to be covered up by the fog again, and was getting further and further away, which made the soldiers of the invading army feel deeply disappointed.
Gu Junen also arrived at Baoding City the next day, and he also received the news of Shanxi's defeat. It's not that the Chuang Army has suffered tragic defeats since it started, but since Li Laiheng defected to the Chuang camp, it has ushered in great development since the Chuang army entered Henan.
Since then, it is indeed the first time that we have suffered such a major failure.
Even the veterans of the Chuang Army who had experienced the latent period of Shangluo felt depressed. What's more, the newcomers who had only seen the rebels' consecutive victories since joining the Chuang Army had never been tested by endless defeats.
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Ma Bao sighed sadly: "Tian Jianxiu doesn't know how to employ people, and the future of the army is very unclear..."
Everyone now knows the changes in the situation in Shanxi after the defeat of Datong. Sun Chuanting and Dorgon, with the internal support of the Datong frontier generals, sent reinforcements from Zhang Tianlin's direct line and Tian Jianxiu to Datong, totaling 10,000 people.
wipe out.
After the Northern Expedition, the Chuang Army gradually changed the previous rough and direct torture system. Under Niu Jinxing's planning, a more tolerant nine-level salary system was established, leaving a way for local officials and gentry to survive and giving them leeway.
A chance to turn over a new leaf and start a new life.
But when the military defeat befell the Datong intruders, these officials and gentry, who had been treated with kindness but not completely eliminated by force, immediately took action.
Not only in Datong City, but also in Daizhou, Fanzhi, Naoxian, Wutai, Jingle, Dingxiang and other prefectures and counties, they organized servants and servants, collaborated with the government and the army to surrender, and started rebellions one after another.
The civil servants Li Zicheng set up in various prefectures and counties in Shanxi lacked the due vigilance. Not only did they not take strict precautions against these local officials and gentry, they instead regarded these people as guests. As a result, most of them were unprepared.
, was killed by servants organized by local officials and gentry, and his blood flowed all over the government office. In a sense, we can say that at this moment, the Homecoming Corps returned.
Compared with the civilian officials who joined the invasion army after the Northern Expedition and were seriously lacking in vigilance, the garrisons deployed by Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu in various local prefectures and counties performed much better.
Although most of the local officials were beheaded and attacked by the gentry, the Chuang army was in a leaderless and chaotic situation in the local political power.
However, the grassroots garrison of the Chuang Army had nearly a year of experience in grassroots political governance in Henan. After losing the assistance of civilian officials, they did not immediately fall into a passive situation with black eyes, but took active action to initiate
The rebellious gentry group launched a very effective counterattack.
In Baodezhou, Kelanzhou, Yongningzhou, Hequ County, Xingxian, Lanxian, Linxian and other places, the Chuang army garrisons carried out effective suppression activities against the rebellious gentry.
In this world, although there was the defeat of Datong, this defeat cannot be compared with the defeat of Shanhaiguan in later history. Although the Chuang army lost nearly 10,000 elite soldiers when it became an established army, compared with the 200,000 troops of the Chuang army at this time,
His body size is far from reaching the point of breaking his muscles and bones.
Many gentry who were momentarily bewitched and incited by Sun Chuanting did not put all their chips on the side of rebellion. When the local garrison began to suppress the rebellion and launched a small-scale counterattack against the Ming and Qing coalition forces that had infiltrated into the counties in northern Shanxi, there were also many
The gentry on both sides of the border provided intelligence and food to the intruders, and assisted them in suppressing the gentry groups who had enmity against them.
It seems that the enemy is not monolithic, and the gentry group is not completely incompatible with the intruders at this time.
If Tian Jianxiu can take advantage of this opportunity that is beneficial to the Chuang Army and rebuild a new line of defense in northern Shanxi, then the overall situation of the Chuang Army will not be ruined to the point where Li Laiheng is forced to evacuate Baoding.
"Tami Hideichi is a fool, how can he take on the important responsibility of the central camp coach? If General Liu was in Taiyuan, he might have ruined the situation to such an extent!"
The more Li Laiheng thought about it, the angrier he became. Not only him, but also Liu Fangliang and Hao Yaoqi, old men who broke into the army, showed obvious dissatisfaction with Tian Jianxiu's response.
Especially Liu Fangliang. Although among the most senior and senior generals in the Chuang Army, he has always been on good terms with Li Guo and his friendship with Tian Jianxiu is relatively ordinary. But after all, the two of them have been friends for more than ten years.
, Liu Fangliang couldn’t help but shook his head and said:
"The allied forces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties attacked Shanxi with their main force. The enemy was powerful, and it was difficult to avoid the defeat of our troops. However, Yufeng could not organize any effective resistance, and actually allowed the enemy to plunder the entire northern Shanxi so easily. This
...It’s only been a few days!”
Gu Junen sneered and said: "Your Majesty, I have already said that with people like Niu Jinxing and Tian Jianxiu on the side of King Li Chuang, things will not get better. Looking at the situation today, Shanxi will be defeated.
, but the defeat was so quick, so tragic, and made us so passive after winning the battle, Tian Jianxiu cannot absolve himself of the blame."
"So straightforward, no need to say more! Now is the time to work together, not to settle old scores. Everyone...the current situation, before His Highness returns eastward, the overall situation requires us, the front camp and the left camp, to assume greater responsibilities
Come."
Li Laiheng somewhat agreed with Gu Junen's words, but he also knew the priorities. The deterioration of the situation in Shanxi affected the overall situation of the army. Now was definitely not the time to take the opportunity to attack Niu Jinxing and Tian Jianxiu's party.
He said warmly to Liu Fangliang: "Master, your injuries are not fully healed yet. Now we are in a hurry to evacuate Baoding and return the entire front line to southern Hebei. We will inevitably have to travel a lot and have to work hard on you."