Chapter 129: The overall situation of Shanxi is corrupted
"The overall situation in Shanxi is corrupt, cough cough... You are right, Laiheng. At times like this, you have to take more responsibility. We cannot tolerate another disastrous defeat."
Liu Fangliang started coughing again after only saying a few words. Li Laiheng was worried about his health and quickly asked Fang Yiren to arrange for a doctor to come over to see the situation. He was injured in the Battle of Baigou River and fell into the ice water. Although he was rescued in time,
He needed treatment, but it was inevitable that the root cause of the disease would be revealed. A general who was the best in the world was now showing signs of fatigue after just speaking a few words, which really made Li Laiheng feel deeply guilty.
"Master Liu... I will definitely stabilize the overall situation. Don't worry too much about this matter."
With Gu Junen coming to assist, everything about the army's evacuation from Baoding seemed to be in order. He and Fang Yiren were both experts at handling general affairs. Relatively speaking, Fang Yiren was more capable of handling documents, while Gu Junen acted vigorously and resolutely.
, very good at "ordering" others.
With the Zhang Secretary and the Marching Sima handling the general affairs, Li Laiheng could also concentrate all his energy on military affairs. Although the cadres of the Army Department suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Boye, only those who survived the test of this bloody battle were
He has rich battlefield experience and has broken away from the stage of purely civilian cadres.
While evacuating Baoding, Li Laiheng also summoned many soldiers to formulate the next line of defense plan for the invasion army. Because Shanxi's rapid defeat made Baoding particularly passive, everyone was short of time, so all plans and arrangements could only be kept as simple as possible.
Li Laiheng was also very concerned about how to relocate Baoding residents and officials, which added a lot of extra workload. Fang Yiren persuaded him that the situation was tense now and there was no need to pay attention to such details. As long as Baoding's public and private treasury was gathered together,
Just ship it all to Henan.
But Li Laiheng insisted on his opinion and demanded that the rebel army must send all the gentry and their families who showed their rebellion to the south to control them. As for ordinary people, according to their own wishes, those who were willing to evacuate Baoding with the rebel army, Li Laiheng must
Carefully arranged and preserved.
Li Laiheng's meaning was very clear and firm: "Our withdrawal from Baoding is only temporary. Everyone must believe in the Chuang Army. We will be back soon. Those who are willing to follow us now should focus on their preservation. We must prepare travel expenses for them.
Prepare the houses and land after going south... That's what I mean. The withdrawal of the Chuang army today does not mean that we will abandon the people of Beizhili. On the contrary, I want all those who are willing to walk on the same path as the Chuang army.
Do your best to preserve it.”
Fang Yiren shrugged: "I already understand the meaning of the Palace Master, and I will handle these matters... Shanxi's military has been ruined. Should we mobilize our troops and send troops to help defend the front line of Shimon Pass?"
"Forget it." Li Laiheng waved his hand and said, "Zhang Pizhu inquired about the military situation and said it was a rumor on the road. Not only has the pass to defeat the horse been lost, but now even the front line of securing the pass may not be left in the hands of the army... Alas! Tian Tian
It’s hard to escape the blame for showing off and ruining the overall situation.”
The defeat of Datong can be said to have been caused by the rebellion of a group of surrendered generals led by Datong's deputy general Liu Qian. The commander-in-chief Zhang Tianlin and the commander of the Chinese army Zhang Heilian had already fought bravely. Li Laiheng estimated that the Ming and Qing coalition forces except Sun Chuanting's 30,000 Qin soldiers
In addition to the army, Dorgon and Turg are united in one place, and the number of troops is likely to be more than 20,000.
How could Zhang Tianlin's 10,000 troops be a match for the enemy? What's more, after the rebellion of the Datong frontier army, the original Ming army that defected to the Ming and Qing coalition forces was estimated to have numbered between 10,000 and 20,000 people.
In such a comparison, the strength gap between the two sides is so great that Zhang Tianlin cannot recover it no matter how hard she fights.
Therefore, the defeat of Datong is already a situation that is difficult to reverse manually.
However, after the defeat of Datong, Tian Jianxiu still had 30,000 troops. Although compared with the Ming and Qing allied forces, his military strength was quite inferior, but as long as he held the cities in northern Shanxi and waited for Li Zicheng to lead the main force of the invasion army to return from Shaanxi, he would
It can change a very unfavorable situation.
However, Tian Jian Xiu's plan didn't work out. He was bewitched by Jiang and believed what Jiang said to recruit the Datong border troops. Anyway, he cooperated with the plan to regain Datong.
He actually led 30,000 troops to leave the fortified city of Taiyuan and go north to the northern Shanxi area to fight against the Ming and Qing coalition forces. Jiang's purpose was very straightforward, because a letter from Li Laiheng had the opposite effect, and he was seen by Tian Jian
Xiu was overly favored by Tian Jianxiu and was taken by Tian Jianxiu's side every day, so that he lost a good opportunity to lead the border army in rebellion.
But Liu Qian was the deputy general of the old army promoted by Jiang. In his opinion, as long as he could incite Tian Jianxiu to go near Datong and reestablish contact with Liu Qian and other old troops, he could easily return to the camp of the Ming army and start over.
Raise your own Datong general soldiers.
It is a pity that Jiang Baimi, a capricious Ming general, was a typical domineering general in the Ming army who only valued his own interests. At this time, he also suffered the disadvantages of domineering warriors.
After Liu Qian succeeded in planning the Datong Rebellion, he was immediately regarded as the new leader by the Datong frontier troops. With his help, Sun Chuanting was able to annihilate Zhang Tianlin. Zhang Heilian, an army of ten thousand people, naturally reciprocated the favor and immediately showed his favor.
He was the newly appointed commander-in-chief of Datong, and he also hinted to Liu Qian that the imperial court was about to give him an official rank and title, and he would be granted the title of Hou Bo. He would even be able to conquer Datong in the future.
How could Liu Qian, who had received such great benefits, allow his old boss Jiang Zhi to come back and compete with him for the favor of the Ming and Qing courts?
After Jiang missed the opportunity to lead the Datong Rebellion immediately, his leadership position in the Datong frontier army was completely replaced by his deputy Liu Qian. Therefore, as soon as Liu Qian received the envoy and secret message from Jiang, he immediately
He ordered the envoy to be killed as a spy of the invading army, and the secret message was burned.
There is only one position in the world for the general of Datong, and Jiang himself showed up with military merits. Liu Qian got such a good opportunity, and immediately conspired with Sun Chuanting to ambush the invading army.
On Tian Jianxiu's side, he still trusted Jiang and fully hoped to rely on Jiang to convince the Datong frontier army anyway. For this reason, Tian Jianxiu was also good at making suggestions and privately made promises to Jiang and a large number of Jin army surrendered generals in the future after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
He had no idea that he had been regarded by Jiang as a military merit in exchange for his position as the general of Datong.
But Jiang himself didn’t know that, just like the mantis stalking the cicada or the oriole behind him, he regarded Tian Jianxiu as a military merit, but little did he know that Liu Qian also regarded him as a brand-new military merit!
The Battle of Yanmen Pass started when Tian Jianxiu and Jiang went their own way. The 30,000 elite soldiers of the invading army, plus the more than 1,000 people from Jiang's old army gathered in Taiyuan, were all unprepared.
Entered the preset position of the Ming and Qing coalition forces.
It was only at this time that Jiang felt that he had been betrayed by his old subordinate Liu Qian. According to their previous contacts, the Ming and Qing coalition forces should wait for Jiang to lead his old subordinates to assassinate Tian Jianxiu anyway, and then take advantage of the chaos of the leaderless army to launch a surprise attack.
But now Tian Jianxiu is still alive and well, and Jiang has not yet had a good chance to act alone, but the Ming and Qing coalition forces have launched a surprise attack on the Chu army.
Because Jiang informed Liu Qian and other old troops of the Chuang army's troop deployment, marching route, and food and baggage arrangements in advance. Sun Chuanting and Dorgon were able to calmly deploy their troops. They combined 30,000 Qin troops and more than 20,000 people.
The Eight Banners soldiers, as well as the nearly 20,000 Datong frontier troops who had recently surrendered, a total of about 70,000 troops, were all gathered together and concentrated on the battlefield near Yanmen Pass, giving Tian Jianxiu a fatal blow.
At this point in the overall situation, Tian Jianxiu was the most panicked, and Jiang was the most surprised and distressed. When he repeatedly betrayed the Chuang Army and Tian Jianxiu, and sent a large amount of military secrets to the Ming and Qing coalition camps, how could he expect
, in the eyes of his old subordinates, his head is just a shining military achievement!