The Qing troops boarded the castle several times, but were repulsed. They dug tunnels but were still unable to advance. In the end, Huang Taiji had no choice but to appease the castle, but was still refused. From February to mid-April, the siege of the city was unable to be conquered. It was a dilemma, so they had to retreat.
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As a result, Jin Guofeng was promoted to the chief military officer of the Ningyuan Regiment. In October, Haoge and Duduo led their troops to attack Ningyuan again. At this time, Jin Guofeng was the chief military officer and had more than 10,000 soldiers under his command. As a result, the camp was in disarray and it was difficult to give orders, and he was unable to command.
He mobilized troops and horses in the middle of the city, and finally he took his nephew and servants out of the city to fight. However, there were ten thousand people in Guan Ning's army in the city, but they watched the foreign general from Xuanda fight alone, and saw that he, his two sons, and all the servants were all killed in the battle.
Jin Guofeng is a rare warrior, but his victory at Songshan and the death of Ning Yuan revealed too many problems.
Since Chongzhen, not only the Guanning Army in Liaodong has become a warlord, but also the Ming Army in other places, including Zuo Liangyu, the four towns in Jiangbei, and even He Tengjiao in Huguang, Ding Kuichu in Guangxi, and the large and small under their command.
All the military leaders are like this.
Jin Guofeng and Gao Doushu were able to win by defending the isolated city because it was a siege and they had no way out.
Later, Jin Guofeng died in Ningyuan because he wanted to go out to fight. No one in the Guan Ning Army was willing to agree, let alone listen to his words as a foreign general, so Jin Guofeng died. As soon as he died, Hong Chengchou was also afraid, and hurried to the
The imperial court recommended Wu Sangui as the new chief military officer of the Ningyuan regiment, hoping that the Liao generals who would lead the Liao soldiers to guard Liao soil would listen to his orders.
Who knew that Wu Sangui would lead Guan Ning's army in the end, but he would be tricked anyway.
Gao Doushu was in a similar situation. He was the governor of Shaanxi appointed by the emperor, but the admiral He Zhen completely ignored him. He even claimed to be the president. He Zhen didn't even listen to the emperor's words. How could he listen to the governor Gao Doushu.
The other military leaders are similar.
But He Zhen dared to disobey the imperial edict and obey the governor because he had tens of thousands of troops under his command.
He Zhen did not respect Gao Doushu's orders, but met Meng Qiaofang, a cunning old traitor.
On the night when the troops were stationed outside the city of Xi'an and prepared to enter Xi'an early the next morning, Meng Qiaofang had already secretly instigated the rebellion of the commander-in-chief Luo Dai. He kidnapped the commander-in-chief Guo Dengxian and the second general Meng An of the party, and finally forced them to switch sides and rebel again.
The third general soldier launched a mutiny in the middle of the night, set fires everywhere in the camp, ignited gunpowder, and raided the camps of governors He Zhen, Gao Doushu, and Sun Shoufa, and also raided the camps of generals Wu Dading and Hu Xiangchen.
Seeing the fire in Ming camp, Zhao Chengdong led the cavalry of Meng Qiaofangbiao camp and went straight to Ming camp. Generals Chen De and Sun Zhen also followed and led the troops to fight out.
He Zhen and others were caught off guard, but with tens of thousands of people from the three armies here, there was still a chance. Unfortunately, Meng Qiaofang would not give him this chance.
The Du Biao army led by Zhao Chengdong and others was only the first of the Qing army, and the real killer move was the Guan Ning army that followed closely behind.
That's right, Wu Sangui and Li Guohan had actually arrived a long time ago. Although they were only the vanguard of the cavalry, there were also thousands of elite cavalry, all composed of Guan Ning cavalry and Liaodong Han Army cavalry. These were the most elite.
force.
They suddenly came out, and He Zhen and others were helpless.
The tens of thousands of troops in the three armies were trampled by thousands of Qing cavalry. All the Ming troops fled one after another. At this time, the fatal danger of lack of unified command appeared. No one cared about the situation at all, and no one discussed where to go.
Withdraw, whoever takes the rear will cover, etc. Anyway, everyone is running on their own, just run faster than the friendly forces.
In the dark night, there was an extremely chaotic situation in the twelve camps of the three armies. They all ran away, some running to the west, some running to the north, some running to the south, and some running to the east.
Anyway, tens of thousands of troops fled.
When Liu Tichun and Wang Guangtai's troops stationed in Xianyang and Jingyang heard about the great defeat in Xi'an and the arrival of Wu Sangui and Li Guohan's elite troops, they also broke camp and headed west without any intention of blocking the attack.
Thousands of Qing cavalrymen pursued hundreds of miles, defeating one Ming army after another, beheading them and taking countless prisoners.
In the end, the coalition forces fled all the way to Xi'an, and the martial arts forces on the border between Fengxiang and Fengxiang managed to stop their retreat and gather up their defeated troops. They originally claimed to have an army of more than 100,000, but now only 30,000 to 40,000 were left.
The twenty battalions of the Fifth Army were in a state of panic.
I just want to take a breath and study what to do next.
As a result, Wu Sangui had already led the troops and attacked them one after another, and the two sides fought fiercely in the area of Haosi Bridge. As a result, even before the battle, Gao Doushu, He Zhen, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangtai, Hu Xiangchen, Wu Dading and others also shouted for a fight to the death.
As a result, they fought fiercely for a long time and were finally defeated.
Hu Xiangchen's right wing was the first to be defeated by Guan Ning's cavalry. Admiral Hu Xiangchen's central army was routed. Not only was the flag cut off, he himself was surrounded and captured alive.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Ding led his troops to collapse to the west.
The tribes of He Zhen, Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, Liu Tichun, and Wang Guangxing were also defeated and fled, retreating to the Qinling Mountains in Fengxiang Prefecture and in the direction of Guanzhong.
There were also many Guanzhong generals who were unwilling to retreat to Hanzhong and led the remnants of their defeated armies back to their hometowns. However, most of them were intercepted and encircled by troops sent by Wu Sangui, Li Guohan, He Luohui and Meng Qiaofang.
Li Guohan annihilated Wang Xiucai's tribe in Weibei, Ren Zhen defeated Wang Wenbing and Li Yao,
Wu Dading led his troops to flee north to Bin County, and generals Zhang Yingyuan, He Hongqi and Liu Wenbing were also scattered.
"Now He Zhen, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangen and others are beginning to retreat to Hanzhong. Fengxiang Mansion has already planned to abandon the defense. Wu Dading and other generals will retreat to Pingliang, Qingyang and other places. Wu Sangui, Li Guohan, He Luo will pursue He Zhen and others to Hanzhong.
go.
Shangshu Xingna led his army to pursue Wu Dading in Pingliang, Gushan'er Zhendu Lei pursued into Qingyang, and Gushan'er Zhenbayan returned to Yan'an in northern Shaanxi to encircle and suppress them.
Hauge has crossed the Yellow River and is about to enter Xi'an."
Zhu Yihai sighed.
The defeat was so complete.
Luo Dai, Guo Dengxian, Dang Meng'an, Kang Zhenbang and others defected before the battle. Admiral Hu Xiangchen died in the battle, and the commander-in-chief Li Yao died in the battle. Wu Dading left the main force and retreated alone to his base camp in Pingliang Guyuan area.
He Zhen, Liu Tichun, Wang Guangtai, Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa and others retreated all the way to Hanzhong.
There are about 20,000 of these generals now, and their vitality is also severely damaged.
For example, Liu Tichun and Wang Guangtai each led 5,000 troops from Yunyang into Guanzhong, He Zhen brought 20,000 troops, and Sun Shoufa fought against the Qing Dynasty together in Qinling Mountains, with more than 10,000 troops.
Now among the generals, only Bing Wan, the defeated general, was left. Liu Tichun and Wang Guangtai originally wanted to come to Guanzhong to occupy territory for development, but they lost both their wives and their troops.
Not to mention He Zhen.
"Imagine the will of the Tao." Zhu Yihai sighed.
Zhang Guowei also felt sad, "Please give me your Majesty's instructions."
"It is decreed that Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, and He Zhen jointly retreat to Hanzhong, Liu Tichun retreats to Xixiang, Wang Guangtai retreats to Xing'an, Wu Dading retreats to Feng County, He Hongqi retreats to Liangdang County, Gongchang Prefecture, and Liu Wenbing retreats to Cheng
County, Guo Junzhen was stationed in Wen County, Zhang Yingyuan retreated to Li County, and Jiang Dennglei still returned to Jiezhou.
Li Mingyi is stationed in Xihe, Wang Yuan is stationed in Huixian, and Ma De is stationed in Xigucheng..."
Zhang Guowei couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty wants to abandon Shaanxi and Gansu?"
"Those north of the Wei River will not defend first. The defeated troops in Guanzhong will first retreat to Hanzhong Prefecture and Gongchang Second Prefecture to rest and reorganize. They must be fully reorganized. Guanzhong Longyou will be put down for the time being. If the army is not reorganized first, even staying in Guanlong will be useless. Finally,
They will inevitably be encircled and annihilated by the Qing army in the south, so it is better to retreat to Gongchang in Hanzhong to reorganize and rest."
One part of the defeated army was stationed in Hanzhong, and the other was stationed in the west of Hanzhong and south of Gongchang Mansion. Their purpose was to guard Hanzhong, the gateway to Sichuan. As for other places, they could not take care of them for the time being and they would definitely not be able to hold them.
For example, Wu Dading still wanted to withdraw from Guyuan where he raised his troops. He once served as Lieutenant General of Guyuan here, and now he wants to go back. How could he possibly hold it?
Even if we go to Guyuan, we can't defend it alone.
As for big towns like Qinzhou, Ganzhou, and Ningxia, Zhu Yihai doesn't even expect to be able to defend them now. One hundred thousand men and horses have been defeated thousands of miles away. If you retreat to various places in Shaanxi and Gansu separately, you will die faster.
In the past, soldiers and horses from all over the country raised flags and swept across Shaanxi and Gansu. Now the troops are routed thousands of miles away. In the final analysis, they are still weak.
Zhu Yihai also has no hope at all for military leaders like He Zhen. He is now firmly determined to completely reorganize their troops and will never allow warlords like He Zhen who do not obey orders to appear again in the future.
"Where are the generals who were transferred to Hanzhong before?"
"Let them continue to go to Hanzhong. He Zhen will be waiting by then, and they will be reorganized together. Gongchang will form a town of 5,000 soldiers, Hanzhong will form a town of 5,000 soldiers, Yunyang will form another town of 5,000 soldiers, and then
The governor, admiral, and governor each organized another three thousand battalions.
First, organize according to the 24,000. The quality of the soldiers is not too many, but the ability to obey orders and obey the deployment, rather than act randomly.
The three prefectures of Hanzhong, Yunyang and Gongchang deployed 15,000 men between Qin and Ba. If they can complete their reorganization, and then rely on Badong and Chongqing's Ming army, they will have great potential.
Zhu Yihai stood up and walked around with his hands behind his back.
"You have to be prepared for a worse situation, and you have to have a plan in advance to avoid being caught off guard."
Wang Zhiren asked, "Your Majesty is worried that He Zhen will not obey the order of reorganization?"
"It is very possible that He Zhen will not obey the order, and Ma Ke who is left behind in Hanzhong may not be reliable. Luo Dai, Guo Dengxian, and Dang Meng An in Hanzhong have all defected before the battle, so we have to make more preparations."
"Also, not only He Zhen, Zhang Xianzhong and Wu Sangui are even more defensive."
Now that He Zhen and others have been defeated, if Ma Ke, who stayed in Hanzhong, surrenders to the Qing Dynasty, He Zhen and the others will not be able to go back, or if Zhang Xianzhong enters Hanzhong first, this is possible.
"If these situations arise, we need to know what to do."
"Li Chixin, Duke of Xingguo, Wang Guangen, Marquis of Xiangyang, and Qin Liangyu, Duke of Shu, are all rushing to Hanzhong. They should be able to enter Hanzhong first."
"Of course it's best to enter first, but just in case." Zhu Yihai frowned, "If, I mean, if Wu Sangui enters Hanzhong first, then let Qin Liangyu, Li Chixin, Wang Guangen, etc. stop going to Hanzhong and send troops to garrison Xing'an.
If Zhang Xianzhong enters Hanzhong first, don't fight and still send troops to Xing'an."
"Your Majesty, do you intend to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?" Wang Zhiren asked.