Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Unlike Wu Shigong's favorable weather in Henan, in the second year of Chongzhen, disasters still occurred in the Houjin area of ​​Huang Taiji, which led to a large food shortage in Houjin.In order to solve the problem of food shortage, the Houjin army must go to rob.There are three directions of robbery: North Korea, Chahar Mongolia, and the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

Because North Korea also suffered disasters, and North Korea is not a food-producing area, even if it is robbed, it cannot completely solve the food shortage problem in Houjin.Therefore, in addition to sending envoys to North Korea to ask for more food, Huang Taiji, the power holders of the Later Jin Dynasty, crossed North Korea, the robbery target, off the list.

But for the remaining two goals, there was a big difference between Huang Taiji and Hou Jin's Baylor.Huang Taiji wanted to target the interior of the Ming Dynasty, but those Baylors had different opinions.

Because, after all, ** Ha Chi started from Li Chengliang's Liaodong cavalry in the Ming Dynasty, and he had a deep understanding and understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong cavalry at that time.Even if the Liaodong iron cavalry has declined now, the Ming Dynasty has a large number of adults and a large number of troops.If the Houjin army crossed the Great Wall, if they were entangled by the Ming army, the Houjin army would be in danger of being wiped out.

In the final analysis, although there were almost no defeats in the battle between the Jin army and the Ming army in these years, in the eyes of these Baylors, the Ming Dynasty still looked like a huge tiger, which made those Baylors still feel a little scared.What Baylor doesn't know is that the Ming Dynasty at this time is just a paper tiger.

Although Huang Taiji had already grasped the power of Hou Jin at this time, the system of the four major Baylors discussing politics when Hou Jin was established was still not abolished.Therefore, for these Baylors who held opposing opinions, Huang Taiji was somewhat helpless.The opinions of the two sides were deadlocked.

But at the end of June, the news of Yuan Chonghuan's execution of Mao Wenlong reached Shengjing.This news tipped the balance towards Huang Taiji.Therefore, Huang Taiji issued a general mobilization order to gather the Houjin army, manufacture equipment, vehicles and boats, and prepare to launch an attack on the interior of the Ming Dynasty after autumn.

As for Yuan Chonghuan's move to kill Mao Wenlong, Zu Dashou and other generals of the Liaodong Army were very contradictory.On the one hand, they gloated a little at the loss of Mao Wenlong, an internal opponent.On the other hand, without the containment of Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang army, they themselves will face the attack of the strengthened Houjin army, and they feel a little worried.

As for the movement of the Houjin army, although Yuan Chonghuan and the generals in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty could not send spies to scout through no man's land, they were not ignorant.Those Mongols who came from Mongolia and were inclined to the Ming Dynasty told Yuan Chonghuan and these Liaodong generals about the movements of the Houjin army.

Although it was a bit late when he got the news, Yuan Chonghuan still sent two memorials to show his warning in time, and reminded Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers to strengthen the defenses at all the gates of the Great Wall to prevent the Manchu-Mongolian coalition forces of Houjin from entering the Great Wall. The Great Wall Pass broke into the Ming Dynasty's interior.

After receiving the warning in Yuan Chonghuan's memorial, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers felt it was unbelievable.Didn't Yuan Chonghuan already boasted about Haikou's "five years of Ping Liao"?

Besides, in order to strengthen Yuan Chonghuan's unification of powers, Emperor Chongzhen acquiesced in and supported Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong without authorization. Moreover, in addition to the materials and military pay promised to Yuan Chonghuan by summoning the platform, Emperor Chongzhen also allocated additional funds to appease the Dongjiang Army. A large sum of money was paid.

With the support of Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court, I don’t want you, Yuan Chonghuan, to destroy the Houjin army, but Yuan Chonghuan, you restrained the main force of the Houjin army in Liaodong, making it impossible for the Houjin army to attack the Great Wall Pass to the interior of the Ming Dynasty. No problem anymore.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers made a wrong judgment.They thought that Yuan Chonghuan's two warnings were because they wanted to scare the court to achieve the court's purpose of increasing supplies and military pay in Liaodong.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers ignored Yuan Chonghuan's warning.And the opportunity for the imperial court to respond in a timely manner passed just like that.

On the second day of September, Huang Taiji personally led the army to Zhengming. Eleven days later, the Jin army arrived in Liaohe, and various Mongolian tribes came to meet along the way.On the [-]th, arrived at Qingcheng in Kalaqin.

But at this time, Huang Taiji suddenly encountered pressure from the two great Beile Daishan and Mang Gurtai. The two went to Huang Taiji's residence and cited "hard work and far-reaching attacks", "short food and horse fatigue", "people are exhausted". outnumbered", "fear of no return" and so on.At this time, the two big Baylors are still afraid of the military strength of the Ming Dynasty.But Yuetuo, Jierhalang and others firmly supported Huang Taiji's actions.

In the end, Huang Taiji ruled and continued to march.This is a great victory for Huang Taiji in the centralization of military and political power.At this time, the number of Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces commanded by Huang Taiji had reached 10.

After the unification of opinions, Jierhalang and Yuetuo ruled the four right-wing banners, Abatai and Azige led the left-wing four banners, and quickly broke through Da'ankou and Longjingguan.Afterwards, Huang Taiji conquered Hongshankou City and entered the division.

This year is the year of Jisi.The first attack by Huang Taiji's Houjin army on the interior of the Ming Dynasty was called the "Sisi Change" in history.

Due to the emptiness of the Ming army's defenses, the Jin army soon approached the city of Zunhua, an important military town to the south of the Great Wall. Zunhua city is only more than 200 miles away from Beijing.On the first day of October, the capital was under martial law, and Chongzhen ordered soldiers from all walks of life to rush to Beijing to serve the king.

After receiving the news that the Houjin army had invaded the Ming Dynasty's interior from the Great Wall Pass, Yuan Chonghuan was shocked. He immediately led the main force of the Liaodong army and rushed to the capital to come to Qinwang.

However, it can be seen from the previous battles commanded by Yuan Chonghuan that Yuan Chonghuan can only barely be called a defensive military commander. In offensive field battles, Yuan Chonghuan's command ability is completely a noob.

Yuan Chonghuan did not gather all the troops of the Liaodong army to fight the Houjin army at all, but used the most taboo refueling tactics in the process of serving the king.And the first victim was Zhao Liaojiao, the general soldier of Pingliao stationed in Shanhaiguan.

In order to stop the Houjin army in Zunhua, Yuan Chonghuan ordered Pingliao General Zhao to lead 350 soldiers and horses to rescue Zunhua.Zhao Ledjiao led his troops to gallop for three days and nights, traveling [-] miles, and arrived at Santun camp east of Zunhua.

However, due to the turmoil of the army, Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Santun Battalion, refused to let him enter the city, so Zhao Ledjiao had no choice but to gallop westward towards Zunhua.On the fourth day of October, Zhao led the reinforcements to the outside of Zunhua City.

Under the city of Zunhua, Zhao Ledjiao looked at the Manchurian Left Four Banners and the Mongolian soldiers under Jinbel Azig and other troops on the opposite side, with a calm face, but his eyes were filled with deep despair.

At this time, the captain of the guards around Zhao Liaojiao said to Zhao Lvjiao: "Marshal! Brothers have been rushing for three days, and many horses ran to death. Even the remaining horses basically have no horsepower. Big brother Shuai, we'd better retreat first, and talk about it later when we meet with Governor Yuan's army."

"Run? Where else can we go?" Zhao Liaojiao smiled wryly, "With this horsepower, where can we go? Or fight! We Liaodong caused trouble, let us Liaodong die Top." After saying this, Zhao Ledjiao glanced at the captain of the personal army.

The captain of the personal army didn't seem to be aware of it. He laughed "hehe" and said, "Since the commander-in-chief said so, the brothers will fight! Anyway, the commander-in-chief usually makes us eat well, and our life is worth it."

Zhao led the way and led four thousand cavalry to launch a charge. In the end, he fell from his horse with an arrow and died in a fierce battle. The four thousand cavalry were also wiped out.

After eliminating the four thousand cavalry led by Zhao, the Houjin army attacked Zunhua City that day.The Hou Jin army persuaded to surrender first, but after being rejected, they attacked the city on all sides.Governor Wang Yuanya defended the city and resisted tenaciously.

The next day, in Zunhua City, Hou Jin ambushed and set fire to the city, causing chaos in Zunhua City. Hou Jin's army took advantage of the chaos to attack and Zunhua City fell.Governor Wang Yuanya walked into the government office and hanged himself to death.The officers, soldiers and civilians in the city, and all the rebels were massacred.

Then, the Hou Jin army attacked the Santun camp in the east of Zunhua, and Zhu Laiping, the deputy general, absconded. Zhu Guoyan, the general, announced the name of the fleeing general on the street, and then hanged himself with his wife Zhang.On the seventh day of the lunar new year, the Hou Jin army broke through three camps.The Ming Dynasty lost the opportunity to block the Houjin Army in Zunhua.

The fall of Zunhua city was quickly reported to the Ming court, which caused a great shock to the people and panic in the government and the public.At that time, "in Dongzhou County, Jidong, the wind and the crane were shocked, and people had no firm will."Huang Taiji ordered [-] soldiers to stay in Zunhua. After the reunification, the Jin army went south and marched towards Beijing, approaching Jizhou.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan personally led [-] soldiers and horses, turned southward in a hurry, and implemented his second idea: to stop Houjin's army in Jizhou.

<Shou Yongping, Guerrilla Manku guarding Qian'an, Capital Secretary Liu Zhenhua guarding Jianchang, Participating General Zou Zongwu guarding Fengrun, Guerrilla Cai Yu guarding Yutian, General Changping General You Shiwei returned to the original place to garrison, Xuanfu Marquis Shilu guarded Sanhe.

And Yuan Chonghuan himself led Cao Leiming, the general of Baoding, Zu Dashou, the general of Liaodong, and He Kegang, the deputy general, to station in Jizhou and intercept them in the middle.On the tenth day of October, Yuan Chonghuan's army rushed into Jizhou.Jizhou is a barrier between Zunhua and Tongzhou, about 140 miles away from Tongzhou, the eastern suburb of Beijing.

Yuan Chonghuan wanted to stop the Houjin army in Jizhou, relying on the strong city of Jizhou and giving full play to his advantage of being good at defense.And he assured Emperor Chongzhen: "Never let the enemy cross Jixi!" But for some reason, Yuan Chonghuan did not arrange any troops to defend at the natural danger Jimen Pass.It can be seen from this that even in defense, Yuan Chonghuan is not a qualified commander.

However, for someone like Yuan Chonghuan, who is the number one in the world, he must think that Huang Taiji's IQ must be lower than him, so he will definitely come to attack the heavily fortified city of Jizhou.

But the facts have proved that Huang Taiji's IQ is far higher than that of Yuan Chonghuan, and his Houjin army simply ignored the heavily fortified city of Jizhou.The Houjin army bypassed Jizhou City, directly passed through the natural danger Jimen Pass, and drove to Jingdong, and even fell into Yutian, Sanhe, Xianghe, Shunyi and other counties.

After hearing that the Houjin army had bypassed Jizhou City, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly drove the army to Tongzhou, trying to stop the Houjin army in Tongzhou City.And Tongzhou is only 40 miles away from the capital.

On the first day of November, Yuan Chonghuan's army arrived at Hexiwu.Hexiwu is between Tianjin and Beijing, about 120 miles away from Beijing.At this time, Huang Taiji's army was already approaching Tongzhou. He guessed Yuan Chonghuan's military intentions, and did not intend to fight Yuan Chonghuan in Tongzhou. Instead, he bypassed Tongzhou through Shunyi and Sanhe, and went straight to Beijing.In this way, Yuan Chonghuan's military intention to intercept in Tongzhou City failed again.