Ming Zuo

Chapter 166 Two battlefields
In the history of the late Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhong was a rather interesting figure.

This person is the second son of Mengge Bulu from the Hada Department of Haixi Jurchen.

In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, Nurhaci destroyed the Hada tribe, and Wang Shizhong, who was only nine years old, was taken to Daming by his family.

For some reason, Emperor Wanli treated him very well and kept him in the palace.

After Nurhachi raised his troops, Wang Shizhong was reused.During the Battle of Salhu, he served as a lieutenant officer in Yang Gao's camp.

When Ye He's reinforcements of the Ming Army on the North Road were slow to join forces with Marin in time, Yang Gao once asked Wang Shizhong to go to Ye He with a red flag to urge him.

Later, when Sun Chengzong was in charge of Liaodong, Wang Shizhong began to be reused.Mainly responsible for contacting the Chahar Department and the remaining Haixi Jurchen Department to jointly fight against Hou Jin.

Because his niece is Sutai Dafujin, the wife of Lin Danhan.

At the same time, Wang Shizhong also took advantage of the sibling relationship between his brother-in-law Mang Guji and Mang Gurtai, and did a lot of things to sow discord.

The conflict between Mang Gurtai and Huang Taiji is not known whether he is responsible for it or not.

However, as the situation in Liaodong deteriorated day by day, Wang Shizhong also knew that revenge was hopeless, so he began to value gold and silver.As a result, because of corruption, he was given up as an official by Chongzhen.

So Wang Shizhong went south to seek refuge with Zuo Liangyu, and betrothed his daughter to Zuo Menggeng.

In the first year of Shunzhi, Wang Shizhong, who had surrendered first, made a bridge, allowing Zuo Menggeng to submit to the Qing Dynasty without any resistance, and even became Gushan Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army.

Since Wang Shizhong only has such a daughter, the person Zuo Menggeng will marry in the future should be the little girl in front of him.

I just didn't expect...

Is it possible to fight like this?

According to history books, Zuo Menggeng and his wife loved each other very deeply and had a harmonious relationship.

Seeing the little girl's force just now, Zuo Menggeng seemed to understand something.

"That bastard Batur, ran away as soon as Jiannu came. Fortunately, he dared to call himself Genghis Khan, which really embarrassed Temujin. I went to Chahar to question him, but he didn't dare to see me. Su Tai is also an uninitiated person who can only cry. Hmph, you men are all eggless."

Zuo Menggeng was helpless.

If you scold Lin Danhan, scold Lin Danhan, what does that have to do with us?

He quickly changed the subject.

"My father is Zuojia Liangyu, the former governor of Cheyouying in Liaodong. He once worked with the governor of the king. I don't know if my younger sister knew about it?"

The little girl nodded.

"Oh, Zuo Liangyu turned out to be your father. Your father is fine. Although he has no skills, he is not cowardly in war."

Zuo Menggeng almost fainted.

This girl's character is too aggressive, so what can I say.

If Zuo Liangyu knew that his daughter-in-law gave him such an evaluation, he wondered if he would be pissed off.

"My name is Zuo Menggeng, and my style name is Zhongheng. Haven't asked Shimei Zun's name?"

The little girl is worthy of being a Jurchen, she has a carefree personality, and she has no concept of ethics and defense at all.

"My name is Wang Siyi, the name given by Concubine Zheng Gui, is it alright?"

Well, your family is a dignitary, and you can't afford to mess with it.

Zuo Menggeng asked concerned: "What is Shimei's plan for the future?"

"My father is in the capital, I want to go back."

Zuo Menggeng hurriedly stopped him.

"Now the road to the capital is difficult, Tartar...Huang Taiji is in Tongzhou."

Although the rear battalion hid in the mountains, the information about the situation of the battle has never been interrupted.

Hearing that she could not return to the capital, Wang Siyi was very anxious.

"Oh, what's the matter? I still have something important to tell the court."

Zuo Menggeng was startled, and asked with concern: "Is it Lin Danhan who wants to join the bandits?"

At this time, Hou Jin was raging in Gyeonggi. If Lin Danhan also took the opportunity to enter, Daming would definitely be completely corrupted.

Wang Siyi has no intention of keeping it secret.

"It's not Chahar, it's Chahan. When I came back from the north, I saw Chahan's cavalry heading south. If they join Huang Taiji, Ming will lose the battle."

Zuo Menggeng smiled bitterly.

"Sister Shi doesn't know yet, right? Daming has already lost a big battle. Just outside Yongdingmen, General Mangui's [-] army was completely wiped out. Daming can't defeat it even if he intervenes in the Han."

The southward movement of Han and Mongolia is actually a signal, which means that the various ministries of Eastern Mongolia have completely convinced Huang Taiji.

Last year, when Huang Taiji met with the various ministries of Eastern Mongolia to discuss entering the customs together, the Cha Han tribe did not respond.

They thought it was an adventure, and they might all be lost in the pass, so they didn't participate.

Huang Taiji's wisdom as a top politician was revealed in the subsequent process.

After capturing Zunhua, Huang Taiji gave most of what he captured to the Mongols, and then let some of them go back with the spoils.

At that time, many subordinates were very puzzled.

One is to complain that Huang Taiji gave all the spoils to the Mongols, and the other is that they are fighting, so why did they let the Mongols go back?

But those Mongols who returned with a full load made the various tribes that did not participate in it extremely jealous, so it was only at this time that the Han tribe went south.

This time, the Chahan tribe sent [-] cavalry to the south to participate in the robbery.

In fact, it has little impact on the battle situation.But for these Mongols standing in line, it is really helpless.

Zuo Menggeng had heard about this incident and didn't think there was any chance, but the scout sent a brand new battle report.

"Qianzuo, Liu Zhilun, the right servant of the Ministry of War, led a cobbled-up army, saying that he was going to rescue Yongping and Luanzhou. But he went to Jizhou on the way, and now he is rushing to Zunhua."

Zuo Menggeng shuddered and immediately pulled over the map.

The scout reported on other things.

"Huang Taiji has already abandoned Tongzhou and led his army to follow behind. It is estimated that a war will break out between the two sides."

Others also commented on the situation.

"Liu Zhilun is crazy, such an army dares to show off."

"Liu Zhilun will surely lose."

What Zuo Menggeng thought was different from everyone else.

"Liu Zhilun is doomed, but we can use him to do something."

As he spoke, his hand touched the front line of the Great Wall.

"How about we set up an ambush and eat the Cha Han Department?"

Hearing that there was going to be a war, all the officers cheered up.

After thinking about it, Huang Zongxi felt that this plan was good.

"The Chahan tribe saw that other Mongolian tribes had gained a lot, so they rushed to take advantage of it. They didn't even know where our tribe was. This was our opportunity."

Liu Yiyuan asked Wang Siyi: "Miss Wang, I don't know which way the Han tribe will go?"

Wang Siyi pouted.

"Where else can I go? Of course Hongshan Pass."

Everyone quickly found the location of Hongshan Pass on the map, and the battle plan quickly surfaced.

Zuo Yong pointed at a section on the map, and said: "This road starts from Wengjiagou and ends at Miaowagou. The terrain is gradually tightened, and it is not easy for cavalry to deploy. If we set up an ambush here, no one from the Chahan tribe will be able to escape." Lose."

Zuo Menggeng also agreed with this idea.

"That's it, Zuo Yong, your fourth brigade is in charge of docking the tail. When the Han tribe passes Nanchengzi, you will be on the road to intercept it. Zuo Rong, your first brigade will deploy defenses along the narrow mountain pass on the south side of Miaowagou. If Someone ran away from you, and I can only ask you."

Zuo Rong was calm.

"Not one will escape."

Zuo Menggeng knew his temperament, so he entrusted him with the blocking task.

"The second brigade and the cavalry brigade are deployed on the side of Dahuayu, and the third brigade and the artillery brigade are deployed on the east side of the official road. Note that the Han troops should have no armor, so the battle begins, directly from all directions to the middle Just squeeze it."

Li Xiangzhu was very confused about his deployment.

"Qianzuo, shouldn't our artillery brigade be deployed at the rear?"

Zuo Menggeng shook his head, and also said the follow-up speculation.

"As long as we attack the Han troops, Huang Taiji will come to us no matter what. There is nothing to say at that time, we can only hang around with him in the ravine. If we still have artillery, it will slow down our marching speed. I If you don’t want to deal with cavalry like the Han tribe, you don’t need cannons at all, so just hide the cannons. After the fight is over, let’s just run away.”

As soon as he said that, everyone understood.

If Huang Taiji could turn a blind eye after stealing the city of Zunhua, and if he killed the Chahan Department, Huang Taiji would have to attack the rear battalion even if he wanted to explain to the various departments.

The Houying didn't have the capital to confront Houjin's tens of thousands of troops head-on, running away was a must.

Since it is a road, it is best to take a light car and keep it simple.Especially in the Yanshan Mountains, the soles of the feet are more effective than fast horses.

In order not to let the artillery slow down the marching speed, it is necessary to hide it in advance.

After Huang Taiji gave up, Houying would just come back.

"I agree."

As the deputy, Liu Yiyuan was the first to express his support for Zuo Menggeng's plan.

"I agree."

Military officer Huang Zongxi also had no objection.

"It's enough to kill the enemy."

Li Xiangzhu didn't object either.

The artillery brigade also has muskets, which is the main reason Zuo Menggeng deployed them to fight.

Seeing that the opinions were unified, Zuo Menggeng immediately made a decision.

"That's it. All the ministries will prepare immediately when they go back. The reconnaissance brigade always pays attention to the situation on the battlefield, and don't miss anything."

With his order, the rear camp, which had been at ease for many days, quickly entered the state.All the ministries packed up their things one after another and began to rush to the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)