"What a pain! Huang Shilang! I have brought Tu Lai's head to pay homage to you. Your heroic spirit is not far away. Have a safe journey! The decisive battle between our Ming Dynasty and the Tatars is approaching! Then the soldiers will kill more Tatars to comfort them.
Dear loyal heroes!"
In the first seven days after Huang Daozhou was killed, the Zezhou Prefecture of Huaiqing Prefecture was successively captured by the Ming army, and the territory of Datong General Jiang Yu was completely connected with the Ming Dynasty's actual control area.
Zhu Shuren himself also went from Luoyang to Kaifeng to take charge and held a memorial ceremony in Kaifeng City. This was regarded as a formal war mobilization for the renewed war with the puppet Qing Dynasty and deepening the ideological work of hatred of the enemy.
There was no way, who allowed Jiang Yu's incident to cause the war to come too suddenly, the Ming army could only actually make a sneak attack first (but there was no evidence of deliberate sneak attack in name), and pocket the easy-to-obtain benefits first.
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Then we will carry out comprehensive mobilization, and slowly check for and fill in some of the tasks that were not done because the troops were sent out too hastily at the beginning.
This can be regarded as wanting fame, practical benefits, and morale.
Although Zhu Shuren is a prince, it is said that even if Huang Daozhou dies, he will not have to cry and sacrifice in person. And speaking of conscience, before this, apart from being morally kidnapped and having good personal ethics and integrity, Huang Daozhou had never done anything for the Ming Dynasty.
What a real thing, but it actually harmed the pragmatic Chen Xinjia back then.
But there is one thing to say, this is the last mission in his life, and it is indeed full of shining points. Faced with the sharp blade of the dog Tatar general, he is not afraid, and still scolds the Tatars, and finally becomes so angry that
The opponent's brain was congested and he committed a serious crime.
Originally, the army was raised because of Jiang Yu's incident, but there were still some problems with the morale and mobilization efficiency within the Ming Dynasty. In contrast, the Qing army on the opposite side was able to share the same hatred with the enemy immediately, and felt that they were protecting the country.
But regardless of the diplomatic wrangling at the beginning, when Tu Lai killed the Ming Dynasty envoy, no matter how much reason they had before, they now have no reason at all.
The banner troops under Haug's control may still be able to go all the way to the dark side, but the part left to him by Dorgon, the green battalion troops that have been transformed and incorporated by Haug, and even some of the Han army flags, are in panic.
With Zhu Shuren's viciousness and insidiousness, of course he would make full use of Huang Daozhou's death, not only to mobilize the Ming Dynasty itself, but also to launch an overwhelming propaganda war against the puppet Qing Dynasty.
Promoted: "The Ming Dynasty did not know that Jiang Quan was going to rebel, and did not encourage him to support him. Even at the moment when Jiang Quan rebelled, the Ming Dynasty still wanted to be merciful and tried to resolve the differences through diplomatic negotiations to avoid an armistice for only nine months.
Once again, wars and disasters broke out, and people were in ruins.
However, Hauge was aggressive and aggressive. Not only did he not show sympathy to the soldiers of the Eight Banners, but he also regarded the Han Green Camp as consumables. He thought that when he had to flee back to the outside of the pass, the land of Hebei would be completely white.
Destroy as much as possible, so as to delay the damage to the Ming Dynasty's national power, prevent the Ming Dynasty from continuing to pursue the victory after regaining Beijing, and go to the Northern Expedition to eradicate the pseudo-Qing Dynasty!
That's why Hauge didn't hesitate to kill the envoys to prevent both sides from fighting to the death, so that he could wipe out all the green camp troops as soon as possible and send them to fight a war of attrition against the Ming Dynasty! It's best for both sides to fight to the death of more people!
Because Hauge knew very well that the Green Camp worked for the Puppet Qing Dynasty and only existed when the Puppet Qing Dynasty could occupy the hometowns of these Han people who were forced to become thieves. These Han people had nowhere to go and could only work for the Tatars who ruled them!
But if one day the Tatars retreat outside the customs, will these Han people who have lived in the customs for generations still follow the Tatars all the way to the grasslands and forests to serve the Tatars? No!
So it was because Hauge knew this that he wanted to kill all the non-direct Han soldiers who were destined not to escape with him before he fled Beijing!
Because he knows that even if he can't kill a few soldiers of the Ming Dynasty by doing this, as long as he kills a few more Green Camps themselves, he can prevent these Green Camps from being incorporated by the Ming Dynasty in the future and turn their guns to kill them, the real Tartars!"
The Ming army's desperate propaganda, once the puppet Qing Dynasty realizes it, they will definitely try their best to block it. It's unclear how effective it will be.
But these are of little cost to the Ming army. Of course, they must try their best to do it. Even if they can only defeat a few battalions of green soldiers before the decisive battle, after all, they are all to reduce the killings of the Han people in the civil war and unite the nation to fight against the outside world. Do not
Do not do good deeds even if they are small.
In order to strengthen the effect of the propaganda war, Zhu Shuren had to give Huang Daozhou a generous burial. This made it appear that the Ming Dynasty was a country of etiquette and was extremely indignant about the murder of the state envoy. It was because of this that he fought with the Qing barbarians to the death.
Zhu Shuren directly used the treatment that Emperor Chongzhen had when he set up an altar to personally worship Hong Chengchou (this treatment itself was no problem, it was already the highest courtesy. Chongzhen really thought that Hong Chengchou had died for his country at the time) and made great arrangements for Huang Daozhou in Kaifeng.
Finally, the people from the Ministry of Rites discussed the treatment. Huang Daozhou had been treated coldly for many years, and he had just been restored to the position of minister of the Ministry of Rites during this mission.
Now that he has been killed, he will be given the title of Minister of Rites, a posthumous title of marquis, and his descendants will be allowed to reduce the title of one rank (that is, his son will get a count). At the same time, he will be given long-term treatment according to the treatment of a marquis.
Distribute pension money and food.
The Huang family is also very satisfied with this result, because Huang Daozhou had already been killed by the Tatars at this time in history. Now it is Zhu Shuren's butterfly effect that has allowed him to live for two or three more years.
An old man who is sixty-five years old. According to the medical conditions of the Ming Dynasty, even if no one kills him, he will not live for a few years. Now he has given his descendants a marquis and a long-term pension of several thousand taels per year.
His children and grandchildren also made a fortune in silence.
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The Qing army on the opposite side had just mobilized its troops in the Hebei region seven days after the war resumed, and was heading southwest to reinforce and confront the Ming army.
The speed of dispatch and mobilization of the Qing army was not even as good as that of the Ming army. It seemed that they had misjudged the direction before the war and put all their main forces in the direction of Shandong——
Because at that time, the Qing army generally felt that the Ming Dynasty had naval advantages. Shandong was close to the sea, which made it easy to outflank the country on a large scale. If it advanced along the sea, the Ming Dynasty could also rely on waterways to transport supplies.
In addition to the confrontation line between the two forces, the western section was originally separated by the danger of the Yellow River, while there was no big river in the east, only land barriers such as Mount Tai and Mengshan Mountains. Therefore, until it was confirmed that Jiang Yu was gone, the Qing army's border defense focus was always on Shandong.
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Knowing that the situation was serious, Hauge could no longer sit in Beijing. He could only use pro-reunion troops to gather most of the Qing army's main force into one force to meet Zhu Shuren's Northern Expedition.
Because of these seven days of delay, by the time the Qing army arrived at the war zone, all the dangers in the Taihang Mountains had completely fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Hauge was not convinced at first, and tried to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army was not yet firmly established, and Jiang Yu's troops in central Shanxi had just taken over the defense, so he wanted to open Jingxingkou or Huguan, and then penetrate into the basins and valleys of Shanxi to defend themselves.
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It's not surprising that Hauge thinks this way. The main reason is that he feels that the Ming Dynasty's ability to hold on to the fortress and survive in dangerous situations is already familiar to him. If the Ming Dynasty had prepared well and strictly repaired the fortress, the Qing army today would really have no solution and would not be able to attack the fortress at all.
Defeat the enemy.
But the problem was that at that time, he thought that the defenders, whether it was Jingxing Pass or Hu Pass, had not yet had time to form combat capabilities - the Ming Dynasty's troops came from the south and could march to Huaiqing and Luzhou in such a short time.
At most, it is absolutely impossible to march to Zezhou or even around Taiyuan.
Therefore, if Hauge wants to attack quickly, all he needs to deal with is Jiang Yu's soldiers. As for the level of weapons and equipment of Jiang Yu's soldiers, Hauge knows very well. They have neither heavy artillery nor firearms and ammunition.
If I can't defeat Ming Dynasty alone, why can't I defeat you Jiang Yu? So of course we must take advantage of the window period before Ming's defensive troops have arrived, and defeat Jiang Yu first at any cost! Otherwise, if we are delayed, we will never be able to defeat Jiang Yu again.
Opportunity.
Driven by this mentality, Hauge took the first step and did not begrudge the casualties of his soldiers, choosing to directly attack these two dangerous checkpoints in the Taihang Mountains.
In the storming operations at each checkpoint, the Qing army concentrated more than 30 heavy Hongyi cannons, as well as thousands of Manchu elites with double iron armor and cotton armor, and even temporarily equipped some Han army flag soldiers.
I was issued double iron-clad cotton armor——
This kind of treatment would have been absolutely unimaginable a few years ago. At that time, the Manchus would only select tall and strong soldiers from their own tribe to wear multiple layers of heavy armor to perform such tasks when they needed to temporarily attack fortresses.
Don't worry about giving Han soldiers the best weapon, Jiawei.
Now that he has been forced to come to this point, it can be seen that Hauge really has no choice. The Manchu troops are already stretched thin. If they continue to let go of blood, even the number of cavalry troops will not be enough. How can they not let go of the elite?
Bloodline control of infantry.
The Qing army began its attacks on Jingxing Pass and Hu Pass on September 22 and 24 respectively. The two offensives lasted for five days and three days respectively.
The bloody fighting hardly stopped for a moment, and they fought fiercely in the dark even at night, just to grab a time difference and kill Jiang Yu's guarding troops alone before the main force of the Ming army could maneuver into place.
The green soldiers under Jiang Yu also had to resist desperately. They all knew that they had betrayed the imperial court at least twice. If they did not work hard to protect themselves, there would be no place for them in the world, so they had to fight like a dog jumping over the wall.
Jiang Quan even carried out temporary conquests in the Shanxi prefectures within his jurisdiction. He scoured the ground for all the retired people who had been bandits or had served as officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty during the late emperor's time, and recruited strong men to drive them away.
Go to the front line, fight a war of attrition with his direct line troops, and let the direct line troops supervise the battle.
The general Hauge arranged to attack Jingxing Pass was Yi Bilong, and the general he arranged to attack Huguan was Ao Bai. Both of them risked their lives to urge the troops to come forward.
In the first two days, there were still many Manchus and Eight Banners who tried to fill the gap, but the casualties were too heavy. More than a thousand Manchus were killed in each level every day, and there were even more Han and Mongolian soldiers.
Of the more than a thousand Manchu dead, less than a third died on the spot. But the problem was that they were the siege party. Jiang Yu's Ming army controlled the battlefield, so except for the lightly wounded, they could drag their bodies with them.
Those who crawled back to escape, and other seriously wounded soldiers who lost the ability to move, would be retained by the Ming army.
And Jiang Yu was also jealous. Although his troops did not dare to open and close the door directly to cover up the enemy and clean the battlefield to injure the enemy, he did not hesitate to lose ammunition reserves. Once the wave of offensive was over, he would let the soldiers use strong weapons to attack the enemy.
Crossbows or muskets were fired at the enemy corpses clearly wearing double iron armor under the wall.
If the body does not move at all after a hit, the Ming army will not waste any more ammunition. But if the wounded person wakes up in pain again after a hit, with any turning or twitching of limbs, more shots will be fired until there is no movement.
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This level of cruelty made it impossible for Jiao Da to carry Jia Baoyu and his ancestors out of the pile of dead people.
The Qing army did not expect that Jiang Yu would be so willing to spend ammunition and arrows, and did not economize at all. They were beaten to the point of being frightened and demoralized.
Many senior generals are secretly thinking: This Jiang Quan must have obtained Nan Ming's promise to send him logistical supplies as soon as possible. The ammunition and arrows were lost, so he knew that his inventory only needed to be maintained for seven to eight days and at most ten days.
There is no need to save flowers.
Of course, the battle was so fierce that Jiang Yu's troops suffered heavy casualties. Even though he was on the defensive side and fought tooth and nail, his total casualties still amounted to about two-thirds of the Qing army.
It has to be said that his weapons and equipment were much worse than those of the Qing army, and his morale and elite level were also far inferior. That's why he was like this in the battle of guarding the gate.
The only good thing is that although the total number of casualties on Jiang Yu's side was quite large, the proportion of direct combat deaths was far lower than that of the Qing army. This was due to Jiang Yu's side controlling the battlefield. Most of the injured soldiers were on their own positions, so they could
Pull him back for treatment and recuperation.
In any case, on the two battlefields of Jingxingguan and Huguan, the casualties on both sides were soldiers who originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty, direct troops of the Ming Dynasty, those dignified divisions trained and refined by Zhu Shuren, there was no loss at all, purely
It seems that Jiang Yu and Hao Ge are both hurt.
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After Jiang Quan's fierce resistance in the first few days, Er Bilong and Obai also had to adjust their tactics. Starting from the third day of the storm, they gradually reduced the rate of replenishment of Manchu dead soldiers and relied mainly on traitor cannon fodder.
In this way, although consumables were used instead of consuming people, the morale of the consumables also plummeted. More than two to three thousand traitors were still killed and injured in each level every day, even if it could cause nearly a thousand casualties to the Jiang Yu tribe on the opposite side, for a long time
It seems that it is absolutely impossible to replace it.
At the same time, the propaganda of the Ming Dynasty also began to gradually penetrate and take effect. After the bloody battle for the rest of their lives, many green camp couldn't help but start spreading the Ming Dynasty's statement:
Hauge already knew that the Qing Dynasty could not hold the Central Plains. He just wanted to consume all the people who were destined to be unable to be taken away before leaving the Central Plains, so as not to leave "enemies" to the Ming Dynasty in the future!
The morale of the Green Camp was low, and they began to work more and more without exerting any effort. They just wanted to hide and make a living. They even occasionally were seized by the Man soldiers supervising the war and demanded marching laws. They even did not hesitate when the Man soldiers supervised the marching laws.
The Han soldiers in a small area resisted with force and fought in a group.
What's more, in the middle of the night, the green battalion soldiers assigned to the night siege mission directly turned against the battle and surrendered at the pass. Unfortunately, Jiang Yu's troops were also wary of fraud and did not dare to open the door.
We had no choice but to support them with firepower at the top of the city, allowing them to fight against the city wall and repel the Manchu war supervising troops that followed. They accepted the surrender letter and confirmed that the Manchus had retreated far away before they dared to open the door to respond.
The Manchus obviously would not retreat. The final result was that most of the former Green Camp traitors who defected before the battle were wasted in the chaotic hand-to-hand combat with the Manchus outside the city. Only a few were seriously injured or pretended to be dead.
After the troops retreated, they were discovered by the Ming army who were cleaning the battlefield and dragged back to the pass.
After such an incident, Jiang Guan's side also slightly adjusted their tactics. From now on, they would no longer replenish the wounded soldiers on the wall at the corpses of Han soldiers who were obviously Han soldiers below. Instead, they would take advantage of the opportunity and carefully search for the wounded.
Disarm the wounded and drag them back, and then slowly screen them. This can further undermine the morale of the attacking side.
The main force of the Qing army under Hauge's counterattack against the dangerous passes in the Taihang Mountains lasted for about seven or eight days. As the window period gradually passed, the main force of the Ming army gradually moved into place and took over Jiang Yu's defense area.
After that, the Qing army's hope of attacking the breach was completely extinguished.
To be honest, Hauge's quick reaction to maintain the pressure also helped the Ming army to defend Jiang Yu's territory as soon as possible - when the flag was just pulled, Jiang Yu was still thinking about how quickly the road was opened.
I wonder if it is possible to remain the Tu Tu Emperor in the central and northern parts of Shanxi for a few more years in the future, so that he can maintain the situation in Shanxi with his own troops.
After being depleted by Haoge at all costs, Jiang Yu managed to hold on, but his vitality was severely damaged. The Green Camp, his direct descendant, also suffered more than 10,000 casualties in total. In addition, the inventory of ammunition and arrows was also consumed.
After more than half of the battle, Jiang Yu's strength dropped sharply, and he could only completely invite the main force of the Ming army from the south to come in to take over the defense and fight side by side.
Naturally, the reinforcements of the Ming army were divided into two groups, starting from Luoyang and Kaifeng. They crossed the Yellow River north and directly controlled Luzhou and Zezhou.
The other route started from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and Wu Sangui's old Guanning Army went upstream along the Fen River to help Jiang Quan defend Taiyuan, Datong, Yangquan and other places.
The official troops of the Ming Army took over the defense of Luzhou on September 27th and the defense of Zezhou on the 29th. Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army arrived in Taiyuan on the third day of October. Jiang Gu himself also briefly set up a base in Taiyuan City on the same day.
They held a banquet for the laborers and received Wu Sangui.
These two men had served as Ming side generals, and later as traitors to varying degrees, and in the end they had turned against each other one after another. Because the timing was different anyway, they had to fight each other several times. The veteran generals met face to face again after many years.
I was also very embarrassed and emotional.
Jiang Quan: "Brother Chang Bo... I am a foolish brother who doesn't understand the truth and is a step late. I am ashamed and ashamed. You and I have been fighting each other for the past two years, and we have suffered many injuries. I hope we can ignore the past grudges."
Wu Sangui also smiled bitterly: "Well, let's not blame each other. We are all ashamed. When the late emperor died for his country, I turned the switch on and off earlier than you. Later, Dorgon forced me to go west with Hauge, and I was the one who made the forced landing. We are considered
The sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the sooner you surrender, the better. No one should take fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps."
He made a one-step move early when he made a clear call, and now it turns out he made a move early when he came back. It can only be said to be a half-measure.
As the Ming army fully mobilized and fully defended the dangers of the Taihang Mountains, the Qing army on the opposite side knew that the situation was over and completely gave up the initiative to attack the fortress. They could only gather their forces and take a step back temporarily.
After Hauge fully understood the situation, he became more and more depressed. He knew that the next step was probably to have a decisive field battle with the counterattacking Ming army on the Hebei Plain, which would directly stake the fate of the entire Qing Dynasty——
The Ming army fully grasped the advantages of the Taihang Mountains, and could advance, attack, retreat or defend.
The Qing army had no danger to defend in the hinterland of the Hebei Plain, so the Qing army could not expect to defend every stronghold and let the Ming army attack the city. The Ming army could completely bypass it or encircle it for a long time.
Therefore, since ancient times, all battles over the Hebei Great Plains have been determined by one battle. The winner can win everything, and the loser will lose one or two provinces in one go.
At most, the last step is to retreat to the remaining mountains of Yanshan, and we can still fight a defensive battle relying on the city of Beijing. Before defending Beijing, the ownership of Hebei is just a matter of field battle.