The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 199 Don't even want a decisive battle

Although Qian Qianyi's performance made Dole Gun very disappointed, but after all, he could use it to damage the morale of the Ming Dynasty. a strategist.

But that treatment is completely incomparable to that of Hong Chengchou, obviously weak bones are looked down upon no matter where they are.

The main reason why Qian Qianyi refused to surrender was that the current situation is very different from the history. In history, the Ming Dynasty was almost exhausted, but now it is flourishing. In addition, Zhu Cihong's attitude towards traitors is very hateful and vicious. , That's why Qian Qianyi didn't dare to surrender.

Afraid of hurting his family and family, and even more afraid of being erected as a monument by Zhu Cihong, his reputation will be stigmatized for thousands of years, and he didn't abandon all those worries until he faced the threat of death.

It can be seen that his essence is a selfish, selfish, greedy and fearful villain. For his own life, he can't control any relatives and clansmen.

Looking at the eloquent article with hundreds of words, Duo Ergun was very satisfied, and while ordering the elaboration to spread wantonly in the Ming Dynasty, he began to set up a camp.

30 horse infantry plus 40 Korean servants, a total of [-] people, with countless horses, mules, horses and vehicles, crossed the Liaohe River, and then marched westward in a mighty manner.

Where tens of 10 horses and horses went, the sky was filled with darkness, and it was true that throwing whips could break the river, and arrows could cover the sun and the moon.

Such a large horse infantry is indeed far more powerful than the Turks and Huns back then.

But the strength of the Ming army is not inferior to that of the Tang army and the Han army back then, and in some respects it is even worse.

As soon as the Jiannu army moved, three days later, Zhu Cihong, who was far away in the Xuanfu, received the news, and immediately ordered the army to leave the customs, first the cavalry, then the infantry, and finally the heavy soldiers, chariot soldiers and firearms soldiers.

In addition to the young and strong, it also reached more than 30 people, and they left Zhangjiakou in a mighty manner and headed north.

However, apart from the cavalry battalion, the two towns of Wu Sanfu and Liu Fangliang still remained in Xuanfu Datong, and the chariots continued to be built.

Even the [-] cavalry of Tumed's troops remained in the northern part of Datong on standby for the time being, and did not meet with the Ming army eastward.

Because Zhu Cihong didn't intend to fight Jiannu at all, so he didn't need so many troops at all.

The central army, the left army, the right army plus 2 Imperial Forest Army, a total of 20 horses, are more than sufficient for defense, and there is no need to pull all the troops to the grassland.

After leaving the Great Wall, the army only walked northwest for three days, and then set up three camps from north to south relying on the river. Each camp was twenty miles apart, and each of the three armies defended one.

The southernmost camp is only forty miles away from Zhangjiakou.

After the three camps were fortified, it took another ten days before the Jiannu army arrived. Dorgon was also extremely cautious, and the army stopped a hundred miles away and began to set up camp.

Obviously, Dorgon suffered a loss in Tongzhou last time, and Dorgon had learned his lesson, so he no longer gave the Ming army a chance to go straight to the camp.

"Report, Your Majesty, empress, Jianu has sent a letter of war!"

Zhu Cihong took the letter of war, and with a chuckle, he handed the letter of war to Hong Niangzi, looked at the generals and said, "Three days after Dorgon invited me and the imperial concubine, the two armies will face off at the foot of Mount Meng in the north."

"Your Majesty, Jiannu is too shameless. He simply treats our army as fools. The terrain near Mengshan is undulating, but gentle, which is extremely conducive to cavalry charging, but not conducive to infantry formation. I don't need to pay attention to it in my opinion."

"That's right, even if we want to fight decisively, we have to change places."

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, all the generals cursed angrily.

At this time, the red lady just finished reading the letter of war, and handed it to the Duke of England. She looked at Zhu Cihong and said, "Your Majesty, from the point of view of my concubine, Dorgon obviously didn't want a real decisive battle, so he deliberately chose a It’s a bad place, but as the saying goes, if you lose, you don’t lose, so let’s give them a letter of war, and choose a location by the river forty miles to the south, where the water is too deep for war horses to get through.”

"Well, so be it." Zhu Cihong nodded, and then ordered someone to draft a letter of war, and handed it to the envoy who established slaves.

As a result, after seeing it, Dorgon and all the Tartars were equally angry and cursed, because Jiannu was also very familiar with the terrain in this area.

Knowing where the Ming army picked, the river was so deep that it almost covered the thighs of the horses, which seriously affected the cavalry's detour, but the opponent could fight with their backs to the river. Even if Dorgon was killed, the army would not be brought there. Go to the decisive battle.

As a result, the two sides sent envoys to each other. You came and I went back and forth for more than half a month, but they couldn't decide on the place for the final battle. Both sides disagreed with each other's choice of the final battle place.

In fact, if the two sides want a decisive battle, there is no need to choose another place. The two armies only need to advance [-] li each. Both sides tacitly did not mention it.

Obviously they didn't want to fight, but they didn't want to lose their momentum, so they tacitly made things difficult for each other and gave each other a reason not to fight.

After all, if Dorgon gave Zhu Cihong a formal letter of war, it would be related to the dignity of Ming Dynasty and the morale of the soldiers of the three armies. Even if he didn't want to fight again, Zhu Cihong would choose to fight Jiannu and lose both.

Dorgon knew this exactly, so he didn't dare to really fight against the Ming army, because once the Ming army really came to fight, if they didn't fight at that time, it would cause little embarrassment and great damage to morale. The Mongolian tribes attached to the Qing Dynasty.

But if there really was a battle with the Ming army like the Battle of Tongzhou, no one could predict what the outcome would be and how many people would die. Dorgon was unwilling and unable to fight such a tough battle.

Because the infantry and the Eight Banners soldiers died one less than the other, once the Mongolian cavalry died too much, they would be even more alienated, or they might turn against each other directly.

Therefore, Dorgon's plan is to attract the Ming army to the depths of the grassland, preferably to the Horqin grassland.

But Zhu Cihong is the emperor of Ming Dynasty, not the Emperor of God of War, so naturally he would not do such stupid things.

Not to mention that the number of chariots has not been built enough, even if the number is enough, he will not go on an expedition now.

Even if there is a [-]% chance of winning and only [-]% failure, Zhu Cihong will not fight, because there is no need to take risks.

For the time being, all he had to do was confront Jiannu. When Jiannu ran out of food and grass and retreated automatically, he could easily destroy the two anti-kings with his backhand, and then it would not be too late to concentrate on the expedition.

At that time, even if the entire army of hundreds of thousands were wiped out and buried in the grassland, it didn't matter, as long as he, the emperor, fled back to Daming.

If it fails once, it will be twice, and if it fails twice, it will be three times. There is always one time that can wipe out the Jiannu and Mongols.

Of course, if Dorgon was unwilling to retreat and took the initiative to attack his camp, he would agree with it and warmly welcome it.

Seeing that it was already July, Dorgon moved the camp a few times during this period, making a posture of marching, and then pretending to retreat, but the Ming army never responded at all, whether it was Dorgon, It was still Hong Chengchou, with an extremely serious expression on his face.

"Sir, that little emperor is so shameless. He has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, but he still can't shrink back like Sima Yi. What should our army do?"

Dorgon was also itching his teeth with hatred, wishing he could directly send a letter to Zhu Cihong, the two armies had a decisive battle, but reason finally defeated Shuhuo.

"Regent, the Ming army's big camp is not easy to chew on. It's better to let the slaves lead a cavalry to detour to Hetao directly, and kill Tumote's troops completely. Let's see if the little emperor can still sit still."

Before Hong Chengchou could answer, Aobai got up and said.

"You idiot, the [-] cavalrymen of Tumed's department are still in the north of Datong. Do you think they will watch you lead the troops to slaughter their cattle, sheep, old and weak?"

Dorgon was already in a fit of anger, but when he saw that he had such an idea, he immediately cursed.

"The Ming army and Tumed's troops have been prepared for a long time. It is not advisable to detour. If there are fewer people, they can't beat the cavalry of Tumed's troops. If there are too many cavalry, once the main force of the Ming army presses forward, it may be difficult to resist. Now they can only We can wait and see what happens, and hope that the Eight Great Kings and King Chuang can break into Henan and Shanxi to reverse the situation."

Hong Chengchou shook his head, then said slowly.

In terms of cavalry, shooting and fighting, the Mongolian cavalry is not inferior to the Jurchens of the Eight Banners. If they want to detour and disturb the Tumote tribe, they must at least send cavalry of the same size.

In this way, the overall strength of the main army will inevitably weaken. Once the Ming army fails to fight, not only the main army will suffer heavy losses, but the [-] cavalry who detour will also face danger.

So at this time, it is absolutely stupid to divide the troops and disperse their strength. After all, they also have a large number of infantry and food and supplies, and their actions are also greatly restricted. , Chase if you want.

"Oh, that's the only way to go. I hope that Chuang Wang and the Eight Great Kings will fight for their breath. This king has dragged all the elites of the Ming army here. If they still can't win, they can only be wiped out by the little emperor." .”

Dorgon also sighed helplessly.

Facing an emperor like Zhu Cihong, he was really powerless.

(End of this chapter)