From Jingxingguan City to Huolu County, it is only a few dozen miles. From Huolu to Zhending City, it is only a few dozen miles.
In this area of less than a hundred miles, two armies of more than 100,000 people are approaching rapidly. It is precisely because of such a narrow range that Huang Taiji can rely on numbers before the main force of the Dashun army leaves Jingxing Pass.
The cavalry with overwhelming superiority completely blocked the transportation links between Jingxing and Zhending.
In the Qing army's siege camp under Zhending City, all the people and horses had left. Only a few troops were left guarding the two imperial tents to confuse the Zhending defenders.
However, Huang Taiji probably won't have much effect on this kind of confusion.
In the final analysis, it was because Zhending City lacked enough cavalry to serve as an assault force that they fundamentally lacked the ability to hinder the Qing army from withdrawing from the siege.
The hot wind blew, which cheered up the pale Huang Taiji's spirit. Several coated slaves knelt on the ground, let their masters step on their backs, and slowly mounted their horses. However, even so, given Huang Taiji's current physical condition
, just as he mounted the war horse, his body began to sway even as he leaned on it, which frightened the surrounding kings, Baylor, and the scholars in the inner courtyard.
"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled our mission. After the small victory over the Jingxing bandits, more troops have been added one after another. It is estimated that the main force of the bandit Li Zicheng has arrived."
King Zhishun Shang Kexi was ordered to lead his troops to attack Tumen Pass. Huang Taiji had already instructed him to withdraw his troops after making a little progress. As expected, the Shun army's reinforcements had almost arrived at the front line, and the Qing army stepped up preparations for the war.
Huang Taiji had already withdrawn about 100,000 soldiers and horses from Zhending City to the Huolu area in two separate operations. After confirming the military information brought back by Shang Kexi, Huang Taiji moved the last nearly 50,000 soldiers near Zhending.
The Ning soldiers and the Han army's flag soldiers and horses also withdrew.
The approximately 100,000 soldiers and horses that had been withdrawn to Huolu earlier constituted the entire elite of the Qing army. Two-thirds of the Eight Manchu Banners, two-thirds of the Eight Mongolian Banners, more than half of the Han Army Banners, and many Mongolian soldiers from outer vassals.
All the elite troops from the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty gathered here for rest and recuperation.
They were preparing their troops, resting their horses, and preparing their soldiers' ordnance and weapons. Although the Qing army was already in urgent need of food reserves, Huang Taiji knew that once this battle was won, the Qing army would immediately wipe out North China, and then the food problem would be solved.
The solution is to use the savings of the thieves to obtain food from the enemy.
As for if this battle is defeated... then the blood will flow to the oars, and there will probably be only one out of ten soldiers and horses, so there will be no need to worry about food problems.
Shang Kexi was originally a former member of the Dongjiang Army. He first surrendered to Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, and then followed Mao Wenlong to Pidao. But unlike Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, he always insisted on being loyal to the Ming Dynasty during the Pidao mutiny. He led his troops back to Pidao, suppressed the mutiny, and killed
Geng Zhongyu, Wang Yingyuan and other leaders once again supported Huang Long, who succeeded Dongjiang Commander-in-Chief, to come out to clean up the mess.
Dozens of members of his family died in the Liaodong War, and he originally harbored an unforgettable blood feud against the Manchus. After the Wuqiao Mutiny, Shang Kexi continued to cooperate with Jin Shenghuan, who was also serving in Dongjiang at that time, to pacify the Dongjiang Islands.
It wasn't until Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River, died that Shen Shikui, who had a personal grudge against Shang Kexi, took over as the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang River. Shen Shikui held a grudge against Shang Kexi and repeatedly looked for opportunities to persecute Shang Kexi. With no choice, Shang Kexi, who had a blood feud with the Manchus, finally left.
On the road of betraying the nation and the country, he sent people to Shengjing to contact Huang Taiji. Finally, on the first day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, he took advantage of the New Year's Day meeting to arrest the deputy generals Yu Liangtai and Qiu Zhentai, and then plundered Guanglu, Xiaochangshan and Shicheng.
, there were more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians on the five islands in the ocean, and finally, together with their generals, the military equipment of the five islands under their jurisdiction were cleared by sea.
Shang Kexi is very different from Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shen Zhixiang and others who are also Sanshun Wang and Yishun Gong. He originally had an insoluble hatred between the country and the Qing army, and he also paid a high price to become a leader of the Ming Dynasty.
Loyal ministers and righteous men.
For ten years, he dined and drank on Pidao, leading his troops in bloody battles. However, when the superiors threatened and Shang Kexi's personal life was threatened, the system of the Ming Dynasty did not leave a way for him to survive.
The only choice he had was to die at the hands of his superiors as a traitor, or to betray his country and defect to the Eastern Han Dynasty, thus becoming a despicable traitor.
King Zhishun Shang Kexi is now kneeling in front of Huang Taiji's horse. There is no trace of the heroic spirit of the Dongjiang Army deputy general on his body. Shang Kexi's scalp has been shaved so cleanly that there is not even a trace of green hair.
He could no longer see his roots. He carefully knelt in front of Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji asked him to induce the bandits to misjudge the battle situation at the cost of the lives of his soldiers. He also obeyed the order, without even a trace of emotion in his own heart.
A little bit of conflict.
What a good dog.
Huang Taiji thought so.
Shang Kexi knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, there are about one hundred thousand soldiers of the bandits. After leaving Jingxing Road, they went straight to the direction of Zhending. They will capture the deer soon. I hope your Majesty will be extremely careful. That's right.
The current thieves, horses, and weapons are very powerful and cannot be regarded by the ordinary Ming army. This battle is the decisive battle for our country to conquer the Central Plains. The victory or defeat of the world depends on it. Your Majesty, be careful!"
Huang Taiji nodded, and his fragile body simply nodded his head, as if he had exhausted most of his strength. The coated slaves standing on both sides were extremely anxious, for fear that their master would not be able to hold on and fall off his horse.
However, Huang Taiji finally grabbed the reins with one hand and pressed the saddle with the other hand to support his body. To Fan Wencheng on the side, Hong Chengchou smiled and said:
"Xueshi Hong often said that there are millions of bandits, all formed by ants. They are like a shabby house with a weak foundation. As long as you rush up and kick the door, it will fall apart. Today, the bandits are...
Hundreds of thousands of people are coming from the east, does Master Hong think our country can defeat the thieves?"
Hong Chengchou knew that his previous judgments about the intruders were all deviated from the facts and caused huge misunderstandings, which resulted in the Qing army's tragic defeats at Dangshan and Baigouhe. Now Hong Chengchou has understood something more or less, that is, after several years of development
From now on, both the troop strength and the specific combat organization methods of the intruders have undergone great changes from what they knew in the past.
He did not dare to continue searching for swords. Faced with Huang Taiji's question, he replied awkwardly: "This is because the ministers do not understand it well enough, which has delayed the military plan. Your Majesty's holy literature and martial arts have already anticipated the enemy's opportunity, and now all the besieging soldiers have withdrawn."
Harvest Deer has an army of 140,000 to 50,000 soldiers. Compared with the 100,000 soldiers who invaded and rebelled, they are much stronger. Naturally, they will be able to defeat the thieves."
After Huang Taiji laughed several times, he couldn't help but coughed violently for a while. The coated servants hurriedly handed over the ginseng soup. Tian Conghan took a few sips on the horse and then slowly calmed down.
Among the kings of the Qing Dynasty, except Jierharang who was left in Shenzhou to monitor Li Laiheng, Dorgon who was left in Datong for other purposes, and Daishan who was left in Beijing to control the capital, the rest of them all gathered in the army.
In the middle, the troops were stationed and the deer was captured.
King Kong Youde, King Kong Youde, King Zhishun and King Zhishun, King Geng Zhongming and Duke Xushun, Shen Zhixiang, all gathered here.
Finally, there are the Ming generals such as Wu Sangui, Liu Zeqing, and Gao Di. After assassinating Sun Chuanting, Gao Jie, and Li Chengdong, they stationed troops of the Qin army. Their strength increased a lot, and they became the backbone of the Qing army on the Huolu battlefield.
Tang Tongze was severely reprimanded by Huang Taiji because of the previous defeat at Nirvana, and he and Tunqi were both left in Shenzhou to monitor Li Laiheng.
Prince Duduo of Yu, who led the forward troops of the Qing army Gebusixianchaoha, galloped into the central army. When he saw that Huang Taiji's condition was seriously deteriorating again, he thought of his man who was deliberately arranged by Huang Taiji to Datong.
The compatriot Prince Rui Dorgon's heart is constantly filled with ripples.
But in the end, all the thoughts turned into a sentence from Prince Duduo of Yu: