Although Gao Di wanted to insist on fighting side by side with Wu Sangui, the eunuch Gao Qiqian was moved by Li Jiantai's words. He felt that the decisive battle between the Shun and Qing armies was at Huolu, and the outcome was unknown. Rather than working for Huang Taiji in vain, it would be better to
Taking advantage of the chaos, he fled back to Beijing and seized power in the capital.
However, neither Li Jiantai, who secretly inclined to the side of the army, nor Gao Qiqian, who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to seize control of the capital, had no military power in their hands.
Seeing that Liu Zeqing had taken the lead in fleeing with his troops, the Qing army's northern front immediately began to collapse. Although Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army had more troops, even if Li Guo's newly arrived thousands of troops were added to the Shun army, they could not compare with Guan Ning.
The army was strong in strength, but now the Shun army launched a surprise attack from behind, and Liu Zeqing led Shandong Town to escape before the battle, which immediately dealt a devastating blow to the morale of Guan Ning's soldiers.
Gao Qiqian was afraid that he would be dragged down by Gao Di and die together in the chaos, so he persuaded him almost in tears:
"Gao Zhentai! We are loyal to the Holy Emperor and the imperial court, not to Wu Sangui, and we are not here to help the Eastern captives! Liu Zeqing is just a Shandong thief, should Zhentai want to sit back and watch Liu Zeqing seize the capital? Who can go back first today?
Whoever arrives in the capital can become the purple gold beam and white jade pillar of the Ming Dynasty. With such tremendous wealth and honor right in front of you, do you still want to sit back and watch?"
Gao Di was a man with no independent opinions. He was influenced by Gao Qiqian's tearful performance and actually restrained his troops and did not immediately fill the gap in the battle line. This scene fell in Li Jiantai's eyes and made him
I was both frightened and at the same time felt that something could be done.
Li Jiantai's hometown is in Quwo, Shanxi Province, which is currently under the control of the Shun Army. Through the channels of Chen Zilong and Zhang Jiayu, Li Jiantai already knows that his family property in Quwo has not been looted and confiscated by the Shun Army, and his family has also received great benefits.
Treat him kindly.
He had always guessed that Emperor Chongzhen might have suffered an accident long ago, so by betraying Qing Xiangshun, he was not only out of honor for Zuo Jin's righteousness, but also out of loyalty to avenge his father, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this section, seeing the chaos on the battlefield, the time was running out, and the fleeting opportunity, Li Jiantai immediately took off his court uniform, draped it on Gao Di, and shouted loudly to the soldiers:
"Donglu killed my king and father, which is really the great enemy of the country. Raise the troops at the high town to serve the king. All officers and men should not be reluctant to fight. Follow the town back to Yandu!"
Li Jiantai's words seemed like the earth was shattering, leaving Gaudi stunned. Before Gao Di could react, Li Jiantai had already drawn his sword and stabbed Gaudi's mount hard on the buttocks. Although he was a weakling,
The useless scholar actually managed to penetrate less than half an inch with this sword, and he was almost knocked to the ground because the war horse raised its hooves.
But finally Gao Di's horse was frightened by this and had already taken Gao Zhentai and ran towards the rear. The other Ding Jia soldiers had no idea what the fuss between Gao Di and Li Jiantai was, and they were all in shock and confusion.
In confusion.
Gao Qiqian, who cherished his life as much as gold, was the first to react. He also pulled out the Shang Fang sword, which had long been useless, and encouraged the guards at Shanhaiguan: "Follow Gao Zhentai and return to Yandu, King Qin, to save you!"
At this time, the Shanhaiguan guards were even more confused about the situation. Has Emperor Chongzhen been killed, or is Emperor Chongzhen still under house arrest in Beijing by the Eastern captives? So who is in the imperial tent of the Huangtaiji Army?
The situation suddenly fell into chaos, and Li Guo would never miss this rare opportunity. Although he could not figure out the sudden change in Guan Ning's army, he had already discovered the rout of Liu Zeqing's troops, and immediately took the lead.
Summoning all his strength, he quickly broke through the defense line of the defeated Shandong troops and penetrated directly into the central position of the Shanhaiguan customs troops.
Both Li Jiantai and Gao Qiqian knew that if they did not run away, they would be killed indiscriminately by the Dashun army, so they immediately slapped their horses and ran away. Li Jiantai did not forget to shout "The Qing army has been defeated" and "The Emperor" while running.
Rumors such as "Tai Chi suddenly killed the army" continued to create chaos on the Qing army's front.
Gao Di originally wanted to turn his horse around and run back to the army to take command, but as Li Jiantai and Gao Qiqian escaped, Li Guo's elite soldiers had already directly attacked the Shanhaiguan customs troops.
Li Guo rose up and cut down the flag with a slash. When Gao Di saw this, he knew that he had no way to save his life, so he did not dare to turn around and fight again, so he had to follow Li Jiantai and Gao Qiqian to flee together. The Shanhaiguan customs soldiers lost their commander and commander at the same time.
The morale of the Chinese army collapsed immediately, and the soldiers fled in all directions to fight for their own survival. The soldiers in the back camp of the Shun army advanced wildly and immediately captured a large area of the Qing army's positions. Wu Sangui was surrounded by enemies from both sides and almost perished.
in a dilemma.
Zhang Nai, who had been completely suppressed by Wu Sangui's troops, was beaming with joy at this time, and immediately launched a counterattack with Dang Shousu at the same time. The knights of Shunjun Suwei were extremely resilient. Although everyone was injured, this wave of attacks bucked the trend.
Wu Sangui was still caught off guard.
Not to mention that the Chu Chuang elite troops under Zhang Pixuan were more efficient than the Suwei cavalry in reorganizing their ranks and turning around to fight again.
Both the front and rear fronts of Guan Ning's army suffered a collapse. Wu Sangui's eyes were bloodshot and ferocious, and it seemed as if all the blood supply in his head had been lost in an instant, and everything in front of him was plunged into darkness.
He looked at the countless corpses in front of the battle. Those piled up in one place included those of bandits, those of the Qin army, and most of them were his colleagues from Guan Ning.
There is blood flowing everywhere on the ground, irrigating the grass and flowers used to harvest deer. Perhaps in the midsummer next year, the soil here will bloom with flowers like the ones Wu Sangui saw in Ningyuan when he was a child.
Almost all Guan Ning soldiers are from Liao people. They have defended the border for generations. The Hu and Han people have a deep concept of the enemy and ourselves, and most of them have hatred of country and family with the Eastern captives. However, the situation is stronger than the people. The hometown of Guan Ning soldiers, Guan Ning soldiers
Almost all of Ning Jun's relatives and old friends were lost by the Ming Dynasty to areas controlled by the Qing army.
As a result, in addition to the blood feud, they had a new relationship with the Donglu. Just like Wu Sangui, from top to bottom, there were countless relatives and friends of Guan Ning's army who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and were enjoying their time in the Qing army.
Prosperity and wealth, high official position and generous salary.
Guan Ningbing's hatred is as deep as the sea, and today they can only vent it against the bandits. Their history and hatred seem to have become a joke.
But Wu Sangui would never allow his own life to become a joke.
"If you don't die as a thief, you will die as a result of the law! Let's see who dares to escape from battle!"
Wu Sangui's lieutenant Yang Kun immediately brought a large number of servants, each holding a ghost-headed sword. The swords in the hands of these supervisors could cut their own people faster than the enemies. Not only ordinary soldiers who fled in front of the formation were killed.
They killed them all with one strike. Even the generals and officers with official status, who dared to turn their backs to the enemy, would be immediately hacked to death by the supervising team.
Relying on the power of the supervising team, Wu Sangui stabilized the morale of the army and barely maintained the battle line. He ordered all the Guan Ning soldiers to unite, and he led the Yi Ding cavalry forward, first repelling the counterattacking Shun army cavalry, and then
They also deployed a circular formation for defense and were careful to deal with Zhang Nai and Li Guo's front and rear attacks.
General Wu Guozhu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with awe: "How can the bandits be so strong? I thought the bandits on the Baigou River were just a few elites under Li Zicheng. I didn't expect that there were more than ten
Thousands of thieves, soldiers, and horses all have almost this level of combat power!"
Wu Sangui closed his eyes, looked up to the sky and shouted: "Huang Taiji!"
He finally said bitterly: "Huang Taiji has ambitions for the world, and he has reinforcements in his hands. He will not treat us as abandoned children! Although the thief Li Zicheng is rampant in the world, he is a thief after all. He can't give us any thought.
I want wealth and honor. Huang Taiji promised me to divide vassals and establish a government, even if we found a country, can the traitors give us these things? Besides, I am still loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and I will not surrender to the traitors even if I die.
We will not forget our old master and fight to the end, Huang Taiji will not just sit back and watch our Guan Ning army be destroyed!"