Shanhaiguan actually saw the beacon signal earlier than the capital.
As soon as they saw this beacon signal, it goes without saying that everyone here in Shanhaiguan knew that Jianlu was invading the capital again in a large scale. This was beyond doubt.
They were not worried about Jianlu attacking Shanhaiguan. After all, it was Jianlu's first time entering the pass, and he even thought about attacking Shanhaiguan from inside the pass. However, after his defeat, he never entertained such an idea again.
However, even so, they were still worried. There was no other reason than that if the rebels invaded the country, the imperial court would definitely mobilize the Guan Ning army to enter the country.
However, the current Guan Ning Army only has a small number of troops, and there are definitely a lot of Jian Lu troops entering the Pass. Not to mention the current situation, even when the Guan Ning Army was at its peak, they would not dare to fight to the death with Jian Lu.
Just when they were panicking, they saw the White Army Army immediately starting to assemble.
The imperial envoy Jie Xuelong also immediately took out the imperial edict brought by Qin Liangyu and mobilized Wu Sangui's cavalry troops to follow the Baigan Army into the pass for rescue.
But what a coincidence, Wu Sangui was sick!
In response to this situation, Jie Xuelong didn't waste much time, and asked Qin Liangyu to show off his equipment, and also ordered Wu Sangui to either lead the army into battle, or to surrender to the rebels. There was no third way.
Wu Sangui saw no possibility of escaping, and was even blinded by the equipment of the White Army. All the soldiers of the White Army were wearing stainless steel armor. What his father guessed turned out to be true!
After all, he is a person who has led troops in wars for many years, so he naturally knows how much the combat effectiveness of today's Baigan Army will be improved. He immediately thought that these new armors must be indispensable for the Jingying Camp and the Yongwei Camp, so he did not dare to shirk it anymore. Miraculously
After the local disease was cured, he immediately led the cavalry, traveling almost day and night, and rushed to Shanhaiguan.
At this time, Shanhaiguan sent Ye Bu to collect, and there was already a clear military intelligence return.
It is said that the Jianlu invaded by destroying the border wall at the entrance of Jialing. It is estimated that there were at least 80,000 men and horses, marching non-stop all the way west. For the time being, the goal of the Jianlu is unknown.
However, Qin Liangyu felt reassured when she heard this, because this was similar to what Emperor Chongzhen told her at the beginning.
Her mission is to follow and pursue him, and it only takes two to three days' journey.
So, Qin Liangyu confessed to Wu Sangui: "I have to tell you personally, what happens to you Wu Sangui in the future depends entirely on your performance this time. If you dare not pay attention to the king's affairs, your Wu family will definitely destroy your family before the end of the year! If you pay attention to the king's affairs,
The past has been revealed!"
Hearing this, Wu Sangui wanted to pretend to be stupid, saying that he didn't know what Qin Liangyu was talking about, but Qin Liangyu didn't want to talk to him, and immediately continued: "The mission of our army is to intercept the retreating Jianlu and block them in
Within the pass, our Baigan Army will be the main force to intercept, and your Guan Ning Cavalry will inform me of the military situation and provide support from the side."
Speaking of this, Qin Liangyu stared at Wu Sangui and shouted sternly: "Do you understand?"
Wu Sangui's ability to go to Shanhaiguan actually explained the situation.
Of course, the next battle will be a very important battle for the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it is still necessary to warn Wu Sangui to prevent him from doing bad things.
At this time, Wu Sangui heard many meanings from Qin Liangyu's words. To be honest, he was very surprised.
First, the current emperor should have long expected that Jianlu would enter the Pass, so he had already prepared for it.
Second, the current emperor has a very big appetite and actually wants to encircle and annihilate the Jianlu who invaded this time. Otherwise, the Baigan Army would not have been allowed to intercept the retreating Jianlu. From this, it can be seen that the current emperor’s main purpose for equipping the Baigan Army is
This is also the reason.
Third, in Qin Liangyu’s words, he directly said that he was the defeated Jianlu. If others do not understand military affairs, but Qin Liangyu has fought in battles all his life, it is impossible that he does not know how powerful Jianlu is, but he still said so. Obviously she also thinks that
, the imperial court can defeat the Jianlu who invaded this time.
Fourth, Wu Sangui deduced from the third point that the army that could defeat the Jianlu could not be any other army except the Jingying and Yongwei camps. And this was also consistent with his father’s battle against the Yongwei and Jingying camps.
Ying's speculation was confirmed.
Fifth, the current emperor seemed to know him well, which gave him a creepy feeling. When it came to the rumors about Emperor Taizu, Wu Sangui felt that he might not be able to hide anything from the current emperor.
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui was really frightened and did not dare to think too much. He quickly expressed to Qin Liangyu and Xie Xuelong that Wu Sangui must be dedicated to the king's affairs and would never dare to compromise.
In the original history, this time when the rebels invaded, the imperial court also sent a decree to Guan Ning's army, asking Guan Ning's army to fight.
Wu Sangui led his troops to fight when Jianlu had finished plundering and leaving the customs, but was defeated by Jianlu. Jianlu's battle results are recorded as follows: dozens of Ming soldiers were killed, three flags were won, 29 patrols, and more than 200 horses.
match.
From this we can know that, let alone whether Jianlu exaggerated the results of the battle, this alone is enough to show that Guan Ning's army did not fight to the death, but just dealt with the situation.
Likewise, Emperor Chongzhen's reprimand to Wu Sangui came from Qin Liangyu based on the results informed by Liu Weichao.
In the end, Qin Liangyu, as the commander-in-chief, led 10,000 Baigan troops into the pass and launched a pursuit along the Great Wall against Jianlu. Wu Sangui led 3,000 Guanning cavalry troops as support and cover for the Baigan army, and also went out together.
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On the Jianlu side, Aixinjueluo Abatai led the main force and entered the pass at the entrance of Shajie Ridge.
Compared with the previous few times of entering the pass, except for the rapid fire burning on the Ming army's side, there were no other abnormalities.
At the same time, the captured soldiers of the Ming army were also tortured by Jianlu about the situation inside the pass.
The news received was similar to Jianlu's expectation. There seemed to be nothing special in the pass.
This is not because the Ming soldiers at the outpost are tough, but because they really only know what they know.
The communications of this period cannot be compared with those of later generations. The soldiers of the Ming army on the Great Wall and at the pass were active all day long, that is, within their own one-third of an acre. If the order had not been conveyed by the capital,
They can't possibly know anything more.
As for Emperor Chongzhen's layout this time, it was obviously impossible to inform these border soldiers.
In fact, only the two commander-in-chiefs in Jizhou knew about the Jianlu invasion. In fact, including the local state officials, they did not know about the Jianlu invasion. All they could know was that the court would verify it.
It's just city defense.
Therefore, after Abate received the news and verified it, he confidently and boldly ordered the entire army to rush westward immediately.
In fact, catching Ming soldiers and interrogating them was just for official business. No one in the Jianlu clan, including the Mongol Tatar accomplices, thought that the situation in the pass would change drastically.
In the Battle of Songjin, the 120,000 Ming army was wiped out. The commander-in-chief, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, surrendered, which also revealed the true and false situation in the pass.
At this time, Jianlu "knew" that the Ming army in Guan Nei no longer had the power to maneuver, and even the few remaining troops were restrained by the bandits and were making trouble in the Central Plains and the South.
Under such circumstances, in just over half a year, even if someone informed Jianlu that a strong Ming army was waiting for Jianlu to enter the pass, no one would believe it.
It was also because the Jianlu were very "aware" of the true and false status of the Ming army in Guan Nei, so they set the target of robbery in Lu. In this way, the Jianlu would not meet the bandits. If you make trouble for yourself, I will rob mine.
, it was only the Ming Dynasty court that was unlucky.
In this way, the Jianlu and the Mongolian Tatars rushed westward. Everyone was very excited, thinking of quickly taking away the Ming army in Jizhou, so that they could go deep into the pass to plunder with peace of mind.
During this process, there were also some Mongolian Tatars who wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty cities along the way, such as Qian'an.
However, what surprised them was that these cities were tightly guarded and had no intention of surrendering.
The Mongol Tatars had no choice but to let artillery from the Eight Banners of the Han army bombard the city, otherwise they could only stare blankly.
In this regard, Abatai's military order was passed down, which gave the Mongolian Tatars some hope. These border towns in the Ming Dynasty had already run out of money after repeated plunders. Instead of wasting their time here, it would be better to defeat Jizhou Ming Dynasty first.
Army, and then go to the rich places of the Ming Dynasty to plunder, that is the big head.
After hearing this, the Mongolian Tatars thought it made sense, so they ignored the towns along the way. Of course, there were those villages and the like, even if they were empty, they would still visit them to see if there was any rags they could pick up.
Go, there's another fire.
In short, after the Jianlu and Mongol Tatars passed away, everything was in ruins. It was worse than locusts, at least locusts would not burn down the house.
During this process, Jianlu did not discover anything unusual. At least Jianlu, who was behind the attack, was rewarded, saying that the cavalry of Guan Ning's army was hanging behind him.
Abatai and others ignored this. Since entering the customs several times, the Ming army has been hanging behind them. Don't do this too much. Basically, it is because of the pressure of their court that they can't work.
They were just trying their best, but they didn’t dare to fight against the Qing army!
Azig often mentioned in the past that when he led troops into the pass to plunder, before leaving, he put up a sign saying "Ming troops are free of charge" to the hanging Ming troops.
In this way, Abatai and his group marched westward in a hurry, just like destroying the dead. No Ming army dared to stop them, and they reached the gate of Jizhou City in one breath.
On the second day after arriving at Jizhou City, the West Route Army also entered the pass from Miyun and joined forces with the East Route Army. With an army of hundreds of thousands, Jizhou City was immediately surrounded and impenetrable.
Turge also reported to Abatai the situation along the way. The Ming army in the west did not dare to fight at all.
Nothing more to say, everything is as expected.
Therefore, Abatai immediately ordered Kong Youde's artillery troops to prepare. If Jizhou City does not surrender, the city will be destroyed and massacred!