For the Yuan Dynasty of the Dashun Army in northern Shaanxi, Jingxingguan was not a strange place. In the sixth year of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty, Li Zicheng led his troops to withdraw from Liaozhou and attacked Huguan in the south. The Ming army rescued them, and the uprising at that time
The army immediately divided into two. Li Zicheng and other seven troops led the army to the north to peep at Guguan, and the other group went south to attack Huaiqing and Weihui.
Around the fifth day of the first lunar month of that year, Li Zicheng and other seven rebel armies, totaling tens of thousands of troops, bypassed Guguan and reached Jinan, and then attacked Zhaozhou, Yuanshi, Ningjin, Jingxing, Lingshou, and Bingfeng.
It spread all over Jinan, causing shock in the capital. The Ming court had to urgently dispatch seven troops including Zhang Yingchang, Zuo Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng to encircle and suppress it.
In the sixth year of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty, the Jinan area where the predecessors of the Dashun Army were actively active was actually mainly the Zhending and Jingxingguan areas. For the veterans of the Shun Army, of course, this land that had been active was not
strangeness.
The terrain in the Jingxing area is high and flat on all sides, and the middle part is as low as a well, so it is called Jingxing. It has always been a shield for Jifu Youfan and arches Shenjing in the north, reaches Heshuo in the east, and is the only passage leading to the Qin, Jin, Bashu and Shu in the west. In a broad sense, Jingxing Pass refers to the pass starting from the west.
Niangzi Pass refers to the entire canyon passage to Tumen Pass in the east, and Jingxing Pass in a narrow sense refers to the largest pass in the middle.
Zhang Pizhu guarded Jingxingkou, and gathered the main force in the pass city of Jingxing County. He also strengthened the city defense at Tumen Pass in the east and was extra vigilant.
The Taihang Mountains meander from north to south, with almost no interruptions. After reaching Jingxingkou, the mountains become even higher. There, the Mianhe River, a tributary of the Hutuo River, flows out across the fault valley. The defile along the river is called "Jingxing", that is,
The fifth pass of Taihang. From Jingxing in the east, you can go directly to Zhending, an important town in Hebei Province, and enter the North China Plain; in the west, you can go up the Shanxi Plateau, connect to Taiyuan, and transfer to the Guanzhong area.
In a broad sense, Jingxing Pass refers to the entire territory of Jingxing. It includes Dongtumen Pass, which is the east entrance of Jingxing Pass, and Xigu Pass, which is the west entrance of Niangzi Pass. Zhang Piyu’s main defenders are
They gathered on the ancient road in Jingxing, that is, on the "Jingxing Road" recorded in history, "cars are not allowed to square track, and riders cannot be lined up".
Han Xin's battle to defeat Zhao took place with Tumen Pass as the center, extending from Jinjingxing Weishui in the west to Huolu County in the east, within a radius of about thirty miles.
At that time, Li Zuoche of the State of Zhao proposed to Chen Yu the strategy to control the Han army, which was to gather heavy troops at Tumen Pass, block the east entrance of Jingxingkou, and fortify the wall without fighting, and intercept it with a strange military route, so that Han Xin could be released.
Entering the old gate without leaving the unearthed gate is like throwing a tiger into a trap, so it will kill him.
However, Chen Yu was stubborn and did not fortify Tumen Pass, but instead stationed troops in the open fields in the northeast near Huolu County. As a result, Han Xin had the opportunity to use a strange plan to destroy Zhao in one battle.
Therefore, the entire Shun army is particularly wary of the Qing army's possible offensive against Jingxing Pass. If the Qing army really has a plan to block Jingxing Pass, then Tumen Pass will become the outpost and buffer of Jingxing, and will surely become the decisive factor for the Shun Army.
The key to the survival of the Eight Banners Army.
Huang Taiji personally led an army of hundreds of thousands to the west in a mighty manner. Along the way, he had no intention of hiding the secrets of the army's march, but instead used all his power to intimidate the Zhending defenders.
Chen Yongfu insisted on holding on and Huang Taiji could not see through the gap, so he stationed troops in Huolu County not far from Zhending City, and then used all his main forces to surround Zhending, making a plan that would never give up until Zhending could be defeated.
situation.
Huolu County was originally named Luquan County. During the Anshi Rebellion, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty changed the name from Luquan to Huolu County in order to "capture Anlu Mountain". The Huolu battlefield is quite close to Tumen Pass, and Zhang Pilu was very concerned about the nearby area.
The more than 100,000 Qing troops standing close by certainly had a dangerous premonition of an approaching heavy rain.
He repeatedly sent detective cavalry to the direction of Zhending to inquire about the military situation, but they were all expelled and strangled by the Qing army, which had an absolute advantage in military strength. The Qing army used hundreds of thousands of troops to completely block all traffic information along the way from Jingxing to Zhending. The real
This is achieved by isolating China and foreign countries.
Until today, a remnant of the loyal army finally broke through from the east and reached Jingxing.
Zhang Pizhu was worried at first that this was a disguised Qing army, but when he saw that there were some familiar faces among the remnants of the Qing army, he immediately ordered the door to be opened and the remnants to be allowed into Guancheng.
"Zhang Shuai!"
Zhang Pizhen is now one of the generals in Chu Chuangzhong, second only to Guo Junzhen, and his power is growing day by day. He no longer looks like a young and frivolous man like in the past.
He waved his hand and ordered the remnant soldiers who had broken out from the Zhending direction to truthfully report the specific situation of the Qing army's current siege on Zhending, as well as Huang Taiji's movements.
"Zhang Shuai... there are too many people in the Qing army! There are huge crowds of people, and what is even more terrifying is the large number of Donglu cavalry, which is almost full of roads. Following Gu Sima's order, we broke out to the west to contact the direction of Jingxing, but we were attacked in the Huolu area.
The attack by Donglu Huqi caused too many casualties among the brothers... Only a few of us managed to rush out, but now the Qing army has strengthened the blockade and alert in the east. If they want to fight back to Zhending in the east, they will
It’s really impossible.”
It seems that the situation is actually worse than Zhang Pizhu expected. Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang took away so many cavalry that Gu Junen and Chen Yongfu were unable to establish intelligence contact with Jing Xing at all.
The Qing army used an unprecedentedly strict deployment to completely blockade the surrounding areas of Zhending. The range of activities of the Qing troops even reached as far as the Tumenguan line. Pingshan and Lingshou fell under the control of Huang Taiji.
This greatly affected the eyes and ears of the Shun army, and a layer of fog gradually enveloped the sky above the Huolu battlefield.
Another important news brought by the remnant soldiers was that the Qing army had deployed a siege against Zhending, and Huang Taiji was desperate and would not give up until Zhending was broken. He actually killed hundreds of thousands of his troops.
The vast majority of the troops were thrown into Zhending City.
Although Zhang Pili was young, he could be regarded as a veteran in Chu Chuang. But hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses besieged a city. Such an offensive was still shocking.
Although Zhending City is an important town in Hebei, can it hold on until Li Zicheng's reinforcements arrive?
"What is the current situation in Zhending City? Before you left Zhending, how was the defense, morale, and morale of the defenders in the city? What did Gu Haozhi and General Wen Shuibo and Chen say?"
"General Chen insisted on guarding the city wall. After Gu Sima listened to his advice, he made every effort to strengthen the city defense. Although the Qing army attacked with more than 100,000 troops, the morale of the soldiers and people in the city was still very high before we left... Zhang Shuai, Yongchang
When will the emperor's troops arrive? Although Zhending is as solid as a rock, if hundreds of thousands of Qing troops continue to fight, they will be broken sooner or later!"
After Zhang Pizhen confirmed the situation of Zhending, he was not only confident that Gu Junen and Chen Yongfu could hold on to Zhending, but he was also worried about the situation that Li Zicheng had not yet arrived in Hebei.
He was worried about this, so he sent dozens of messengers to Niangziguan to bring news of Zhending being besieged and urge Li Zicheng to advance as soon as possible.
"The Donglu besieged Zhending with such great fanfare, and they are bound to win. Where is your Majesty now? Taiyuan is not far from Jingxing. If we march in a hurry, starting early in the morning and arriving late at night, I guess our soldiers will arrive soon!"