Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 734 Another village has a bright future

It turned out that Zheng Guoyin was very cunning. When he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately took off his robe as a general, changed into the clothes of a soldier from his bodyguard, and escaped under the protection of his trusted aides. The Qing army's attention was mainly on the guard general, but he found a way out. Ning Chongguang, the commander of the Hebao Battalion, was not so lucky and died in the fighting.

Seeing that his confidants had escaped, King Sumur of Liao was overjoyed. Without any further hesitation, he immediately ordered a retreat. The guards who fought and retreated suffered heavy casualties under the pursuit of the Qing army, and finally retreated to Xinkou Village. General Tarbahatai Wei Zheng, who was guarding the stronghold, hurriedly led troops to respond and escorted the defeated troops to retreat to the north bank of the Xin River. Fortunately, there was a pontoon bridge built by the Guards on the Xin River. The defeated army crossed the river on the pontoon in a chaotic manner, shouting and killing loudly, and the Qing army pursued them.

"Your Highness, let the slaves lead the army to stop them," Wei Zheng requested. At this time, only his subordinates were still intact.

Sumur nodded, ordered the guards to cover, and led his troops across the river. Shanyin garrison Sun Zongkai, who was guarding the north bank of Xinshui River, also led a thousand troops to respond. At this point, the chaotic guards could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that his army had reorganized into formation, the King of Liao gritted his teeth and ordered Sun Zongkai to cross the river to meet the guard. After all the guards had withdrawn to the north bank of Xin River, he burned the pontoon bridge and smoke billowed out for a while. It was already dark at this time, but Sumur did not dare to camp and stay. He ordered his men to light torches and continue to retreat while it was dark. Countless soldiers fell behind along the way. Along the Hutuo River, he finally escaped to Guo County and counted his troops. He found that only 7,000 of the more than 15,000 troops before the expedition were left, especially the 6,000 Mongolian warriors whom he regarded as the lifeblood of his life and blood. Half of them were also killed or injured. Why not call them Sad!
Just as we were preparing to reorganize our army to fight again, two more thunderbolts came from the blue: the Qing Meilezhangjing Chahatai tribe marched north from Shapo Ridge and captured Ninghua Institute; the Qing Fenzhou camp staff general Guo Hu and the Lu'an camp staff general Liu The troops of Huang Shaojiong, the commander of the Jingshan and Zezhou camps, crossed the Hutuo River from Yuzao Pass and captured Wutai County. The two armies had the potential to encircle Guo County and cut off the defenders' retreat. During this trip south, Sumur took away almost all the garrison troops in each county. However, the Weiguo officials in Shanxi, on the orders of the Great Khan Lianhua, used the government's banknotes and business donations to recruit 3,000 garrison troops in Datong and Taiyuan each. Ninghuasuo and Wutai each had five hundred such garrison troops. These troops had just formed an army and were weak in combat power. They were no match for the Qing army and were quickly captured.

"Your Highness, our army has suffered a disastrous defeat and is unable to fight again in the short term. We can retreat to Ningwu and Yanmen Pass, use the city and mountains to block the Qing army from moving north, and at the same time ask for help from the Datong defenders," Wang Du suggested to Sumur.

"Alas! This is all we have to do now!" Sumur sighed and led his troops to withdraw to the Ningwu and Yanmen lines. Ningwuguan was garrisoned by a thousand Mongolian soldiers and horses from his third son Haraqi's tribe, and his fourth son Qiaoji's tribe was garrisoned by a thousand Mongolian troops and horses at Yanmen Pass. After joining these two fresh armies, the strength of the guard force was restored to nine thousand, barely. Regained some fighting strength. Sumur assigned half of his troops to General Talbahatai to guard Yanmen Pass. He led the other half of his troops to defend Ningwuguan. He also wrote a letter to Datong Guards General Qianhu Elinqin Batur, asking him to hurry up. Send troops for reinforcements.

Bad news came one after another. The states and counties in Shanxi that had originally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, such as Kelan Prefecture, Daizhou, and Fanzhi County, were again surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The officials who led the surrender to the Qing Dynasty were actually the same people who had originally led the surrender to the Qing Dynasty. How can this not be annoying? ? Fortunately, when Pianguan was captured, 800 Mongolian soldiers were deployed from Shahukou and Pingluwei to garrison, and a thousand garrison soldiers were recruited from Baodezhou and Hequ counties. Otherwise, even the important town of Pianguan would have been lost.
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After receiving the letter asking for help from the King of Liao, the Datong garrison Elinqin Batur was hesitant. Although the Lotus Khan left 6,000 elite soldiers when he went north, he later recruited 3,000 garrison troops in Datong. There were nine thousand people up there, so the force was not too weak. But the north and east of Datong are facing threats from the Qing armies of Yanggaowei, Xuanfu, and Baoding. The defense of the city is still insufficient, so how can we divide our troops to rescue them? After thinking hard for a long time, I had no choice but to find Zhang Hongjun, the Shanxi inspector stationed in Datong, Xu Huapu, the prefect of Datong, and Liu Guoqin, the deputy governor of Datong.

"Commander, Ningwu and Yanmen Pass are the gateways to the south of Datong. Once they are lost, the Taiyuan Qing Army, Baoding Qing Army, and Xuanfu Qing Army can encircle Datong. The lower official believes that rescue should be carried out." Xu Huapu is a great Confucian scholar. Based on the military importance of Erguan, it was considered necessary to rescue.

"The King of Liao is His Majesty's brother. If you don't save the King of Liao, I'm afraid His Majesty will be angry. It's better to rescue him." Zhang Hongjun is an old bureaucrat who believes that rescue is necessary based on human nature and sophistication.

"Alas! I understand what you are saying, but Datong is semi-surrounded by the Qing armies of Yanggaowei, Xuanfu, and Baoding. The defense is still insufficient. Where can we find the extra troops to save the King of Liao?" Elinqin Batur Sullen.

"Commander, I think the King of Liao actually knows that you don't have many troops for reinforcements. The main reason why I ask you for reinforcements is to spread the news of the arrival of reinforcements and restore morale. You might as well deploy five hundred old soldiers and one Thousands and five hundred new soldiers marched to Ningwuguan with great fanfare. This not only rescued the King of Liao, but also did not weaken the strength of defending Datong too much." Zhang Hongjun was worthy of being a veteran in official circles and came up with a clever plan. "Oh, Zhang Tixing still has a way, this plan is very good! Let's do it like this!" Elinqin Batur was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his deputy Qianhu Mahan and Dubaihu Tuoketu to lead 500 Mongolian cavalry and 1,000 Mongolian cavalry. Five hundred newly recruited Han troops marched to Ningwuguan in a mighty manner.

"Commander, my subordinates believe that in order to solve this dilemma, we need to use our own strength." Liu Guoqin, the deputy director of the Datong Prefecture, suddenly said.

"Oh, tell me, how can you use force to use force?" Elinqin Batur asked doubtfully.

Liu Guoqin was worthy of being a Jinshi of Bingxu in the Shunzhi Dynasty. He spoke slowly and unhurriedly, and explained with a smile, "The people of Shanxi have always hated the Manchus. Almost the whole province responded to the Jiang Yu Rebellion, and rebels are still active in the mountains and forests to this day. Qing army. According to Xianguan’s knowledge, there are many rebel armies in Jiaoshan (Jiaocheng) such as Yang Fanglin, Yang Fangqing, Hui Chongde, Ren Guoxuan, Zhong Dou, etc. The Jingle Li Zongsheng and Zhao Yinglong rebel armies are also very active. Why don’t you send someone to recruit these rebels? The leader of the rebel army ordered them to harass the Qing army's rear?"

"Wonderful! Wonderful! There are many ways for scholars! I will send people with money to contact these righteous men and ask them to help David. It is impossible without money." Erqin Batur laughed. Don't look at this man as a straightforward Mongolian warrior, but he understands the thoughts of the green forest hero very well. He quickly grasped the crux of the problem with the words "You can't do it without money".
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After Li Haoxian, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town of the Qing Dynasty, gathered the troops of Mele Zhangjing Chahatai, Fenzhou Camp Staff General Guo Hu, Lu'an Camp Staff General Liu Jingshan, and Zezhou Camp Commander Huang Shaojiong, the number of troops exceeded 16,000, excluding casualties. Surrounding Ningwu and Yanmen Pass, they attacked day and night.

After His Highness the King of Liao's army was defeated, his morale was low and he had no choice but to defend the city and did not dare to fight. At the critical moment, it was suddenly reported that Datong had sent two thousand "elite soldiers" for reinforcements. Sumur was overjoyed and immediately spread the news of the arrival of reinforcements to various passes and forts, reviving the low morale.

Li Haoxian didn't take it seriously. He inquired and understood that the Weiguo army had marched north to Guihua City. Datong did not have many soldiers and horses. The so-called reinforcements were just a bluff. He held his breath and vowed to attack Ningwuguan and Yanmenguan. Take it.

Just when he was full of ambition, a shocking thunderbolt came: Zhihu riots broke out in Lu'an Prefecture and Zezhou. Diaomin captured the governor of Lu'an Prefecture, Changzhi County, beheaded the prefect Yang Jun, and captured Huguan, Changzi, Lucheng, and Pingshun and Tunliu counties approached Xiangyuan. The most annoying thing is that the leader is Yu Gongyin, the magistrate of Changzhi County in the Qing Dynasty. Bai Rumei, the governor of Shanxi, repeatedly urged him to immediately mobilize troops to quell the Zelu rebellion. He also threatened that if he could not pay tribute to Lu silk in time to the capital, he, the commander-in-chief, would be finished.

Although Li Haoxian was bold, he had a political vision. He knew that the political harm caused by the emperor's ladies not having new clothes would be more serious than fighting a hundred defeated battles. Without saying a word, he immediately transferred Xu Changchun and Pingyang, the deputy generals of Puzhou. Six thousand soldiers and horses from the camp commander Liu Ding, Lu'an camp commander Liu Jingshan, and Zezhou battalion chief Huang Shaojiong rushed to Lu'an Prefecture and Zezhou to quell the rebellion.

As a result, the number of troops attacking Ningwuguan and Yanmenguan was reduced to only 10,000. It became very difficult to capture these two strong pass cities, and the attack had to be changed to fighting with the guards on the front line in Daizhou and Guoxian. Confrontation.

"Alas! Yu Gongyin, Yu Gongyin, you passed the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty, how dare you rebel against the Qing Dynasty! You are really a wolf-hearted, shameless person who ruined my good deeds!" Li Haoxian didn't know that Yu Zhixian was being revolted. Orihu forced the rebel "leader" with a knife, thinking that he was really leading the rebellion. He looked up to the sky and sighed, and cursed the magistrate!
(End of this chapter)