King Gongshun, also known as Kong Youde, was originally the general of Dongjiang Town. After Mao Wenlong's death, he followed Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and became his subordinate to train the new army. He hired Fo Langji from Haojing'ao as an instructor and fully used firearms.
As a result, Kong Youde later rebelled and took this new firearms army, including the craftsmen who made firearms and artillery in the army, to surrender to the Jianlu.
There happened to be a lack of firearms troops on the Jianlu side, so Kong Youde happened to be delivered to the door. The slave chief Taiji was overjoyed and immediately named him the respectful king, and Geng Zhongming with him was the Huaishun king. From this, it can be seen that Kong Youde is definitely the king of Huaishun.
Timely rain at Huang Taiji!
Facts have also proved that since Kong Youde surrendered to Jianlu, the original shortcomings of Jianlu's attack on the city were immediately made up for.
In addition to the strong cities like Jinzhou that Jianlu could not capture, it was no longer a problem for smaller cities.
A simple example is that in the early years of Chongzhen, when the Jianlu invaders entered the pass, they were mostly helpless against the city. Only in Changli, which is at the county level, the soldiers and civilians resisted wholeheartedly, and Jianlu could not capture it no matter what.
Later, in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's invasion, Jianlu almost captured any city they attacked. A total of eighty-eight cities were conquered and six were forced to surrender.
It can be seen from this that after Kong Youde's firearms army was included in the Jianlu Army, how much impact it had on the pass!
At this time, Kong Youde also had a plan in mind and looked very confident.
Abata had no doubt about this and nodded immediately, confirming Kong Youde's words.
Then, he said to Turge: "You will lead 30,000 troops and 50,000 Mongolian tribes. From the Yanmen and Shicheng passes, you will divide your troops to attack Huangyakou Pass to intimidate Mingmiyun's general army. If they just fight, they will be defeated."
If you don't dare to go out to fight, you will go east and join forces with the people and horses led by this king to attack Jizhou."
"I will obey my orders!" Upon hearing this, Turg immediately responded loudly and confidently.
His full name is Niu Hulu Turge. He is a man with a white flag. He is the eighth son of Edu Yidu, the first of the five founding ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty. He has been fighting since the meeting of Wild Boar Pinuerhaci. Now he is not only a man with a white flag, but also a real person.
, he is also the Minister of the Interior. He is a first-class military general, assists in leading the bodyguards, and is responsible for commanding the bodyguards and troops to protect the emperor. His status is quite respected.
It can be said that his status was basically earned through his military exploits. In other words, he got it from the Ming army.
Therefore, Turg knew the situation of the Ming army best. He immediately agreed to the task assigned by Abatai without giving it a second thought.
Because he knew very well that after the Battle of Songjin, the Ming Dynasty had no fighting force!
This understanding was not limited to him alone, but almost everyone present thought so.
If the Ming Dynasty really still had an army capable of fighting, it would have been absolutely impossible not to send them out during the Battle of Songjin, which lasted for nearly half a year. Otherwise, a fool would have watched the 120,000-strong army be annihilated.
And indifferent.
The reason for this is that the Ming Dynasty has no other reinforcements to send.
Now that the Ming officers and soldiers in the pass can't even defeat a bandit, how can they shake the invincible Qing army?
Even though there are many people in the Ming Dynasty, only half a year has passed. If you want to say that the Ming Dynasty can rebuild a strong army, then unless there is help from gods, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible!
However, are there gods in this world? Even if there were, they would not interfere with the Ming Dynasty's business. Otherwise, they should have appeared long ago!
So, just like that, after a military meeting, the combat intention of entering the pass was divided into seven or eight.
Almost all the Jianlu and Mongolian Tatars were excitedly rolling down their sleeves, their eyes were shining, and they were gearing up, just waiting for the moment to enter the border!
Food, grass, supplies, livestock, women, etc. seemed to be at their fingertips, just waiting for them to take action.
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While they were confident, the other guy was just confused and couldn't figure it out.
This person is Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan.
In the original history, at this time, by spending money, he not only did not get convicted for escaping from battle, but was transferred to Shanhaiguan, a safer place, as a commander-in-chief.
However, in this dimension, due to the butterfly effect, Emperor Chongzhen investigated corruption and arrested the Minister of War, Chen Xinjia, and others. This also affected Wu Sangui, who still stayed in Ningyuan as the chief soldier.
Originally, he was very dissatisfied with the situation, and he heard that Emperor Chongzhen had made a lot of money. Therefore, he wanted to make a fuss, let the court know his weight, and knock out another sum of money.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen actually sent an imperial envoy to verify the situation. What was even more surprising was that the imperial envoy, Jie Xuelong, seemed to be a rigid fool. He really had to verify bit by bit and was extremely serious.
At first, Wu Sangui thought he wanted benefits, because he had heard and seen this kind of thing, and it was commonplace for the Ming Dynasty officialdom!
For this reason, I just gave money, but unexpectedly, I didn’t get enough oil and salt, so I went my own way.
Under this situation, Wu Sangui tolerated it for a while and got angry. He immediately sent a letter to his father, wanting to deal with this Jie Xuelong.
But in the end, his father didn't let him take action, saying that there were changes in the court and he should be cautious.
His uncle Zu Dashou has been captured and taken to the Jianlu side. Guan Ningjun is his leader. He has no one to negotiate with, so he can only listen to his father.
For this reason, Wu Sangui continued to endure it for a while.
However, he discovered that Jie Xuelong had actually started to inspect the guard farmland, which made him uneasy again.
Because almost all the guard posts from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou were controlled by the Guan Ning Army, which was the sphere of influence of the Zu and Wu families. The good farmland had long been divided up by them.
However, Wu Sangui remembered his father's explanation, so he didn't dare to take action first. He just wrote a letter asking for his father's opinion.
Unexpectedly, before his father's reply came, the Baigan Army came.
The imperial court sent the newly named loyal lord Qin Liangyu to lead 10,000 white-armed troops into Shanhaiguan. This was something he could not refuse, after all, he was still in Ningyuan City.
Even if he is in Shanhaiguan and Xie Xuelong is there, unless Wu Sangui rebels and commits a mutiny, there is no reason not to allow the Baigan Army who came with the order to enter the city.
What made Wu Sangui a little panicked was that according to the order, the Baigan Army was informed by Jie Xuelong that the morale of the Guan Ning Army was unstable.
What made him even more dumbfounded was that his father's urgent letter was delivered to him almost as quickly as Bai Ganjun did.
In this letter, his father reprimanded him, thinking that because his wings were stiff, he could not listen to his father's words. He told him not to make small moves and wait until he observed the situation in the court before speaking. Why didn't he listen?
Wu Sangui felt very wronged about this, even more wronged than Dou E. He had done nothing, and Jie Xuelong was also cheerful and harmless, so how could he be so wronged?
Wu Xiang told Wu Sangui about the situation in the letter, saying that he was 90% certain that the military situation in the palace had undergone huge changes. It should be that a large number of stainless steel armors were built and equipped with white pole troops.
There was a rumor that Ma Xianglin's army was able to win great battles before, and it was said that it was rewarded by the emperor with five or six thousand pieces of armor; but this time, when the Baigan Army was resting in the capital, the carriages at the Battle Bureau were
There are also long queues of vehicles, transporting things to the Baigan Army.
Wu Xiang suspected that the thing in the car might be the legendary stainless steel armor again.
However, Wu Xiang himself was a little confused about receiving such news.
First of all, even if the emperor got so much money and food from ransacking his house, replacing it with stainless steel armor would not be achieved overnight. And according to the information obtained, if they were all armor, the Baigan Army would have received tens of thousands in one go.
Secondary steel armor, to be honest, Wu Xiang thought this was impossible.
Another reason is that after all, the Baigan Army is an army of chieftains. The current chieftain, whether it is Qin Liangyu or Ma Xianglin, is indeed loyal to the imperial court, but who knows whether the subsequent chieftains will turn against the imperial court.
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Once they become enemies of the imperial court, the chieftain army with tens of thousands of pairs of fine steel armors will become extremely terrifying!
Wu Xiang did not believe that the current emperor would be a fool and would not consider such consequences. How dare he really give the chieftain so much fine steel armor?
Unless there is a possibility that the chieftain army has so much armor, the imperial court is still confident that it can defeat the chieftain army if it becomes an enemy.
Then it may be that the army on the imperial court's side has a pair of fine steel armors, and the number is far greater than that of the white pole army!
Wu Xiang was dumbfounded when he thought of this. This is absolutely impossible!
In his letter to Wu Sangui, he also told Wu Sangui about this inconsistent matter.
In short, Wu Xiang still can’t see clearly what the emperor is doing and what he wants to do?
Therefore, he repeatedly warned Wu Sangui not to engage in petty tricks!
As for farming, you can give it up when necessary. As long as you have military power and understand the situation, you can still have money and power!
If there is a conflict with the court without knowing the situation clearly, the only one who will suffer is the Wu family.
Today's emperor is no different than before. He likes to confiscate his family. Once he is found guilty, he will no longer just punish the person involved, but the one who confiscates his family. The whole family will fall because of this!
From the letter, Wu Sangui saw his father's confusion and worry. In desperation, he finally decided to follow his father's instructions.
At the same time, on the capital side, various places in the south of the Yangtze River, including Yingtian Mansion, all sent memorials asking for help because they were threatened by bandits.
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen was still the same as before, shouting for them to "hold it, hold it" while setting up the Beijing Camp and the Yongwei Camp every two days.
It can be seen that Emperor Chongzhen is indeed very anxious. He is staring at Yongwei Camp and Jingying Camp. What else can he say?
If possible, Emperor Chongzhen would definitely send troops south.
Of course they didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen's purpose was actually not what they thought.