Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Yuan Chonghuan's failure to intercept the Houjin army three times not only caused the Ming army to be extremely passive in the battle with the Houjin army, but also had an extremely bad impact on himself.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had recalled Sun Chengzong, who had rich military experience, to help deal with the current crisis.Although Sun Chengzong was kind to Yuan Chonghuan when he was in Liaodong, he could be regarded as half of Yuan Chonghuan's teacher.However, Sun Chengzong still pointed out the various mistakes Yuan Chonghuan made in these three interceptions in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

And because the civil servants of the Donglin Party used to praise Yuan Chonghuan's military talents so much, so now, Emperor Chongzhen still thinks that Yuan Chonghuan is an excellent military commander.

But the current Emperor Chongzhen discovered that Yuan Chonghuan had made a lot of low-level mistakes in the military. Even ordinary people would also ask in this situation: "Will Yuan Chonghuan collude with Houjin and deliberately release the Houjin army?" Came here in the capital?" Such a question.Not to mention the very suspicious Emperor Chongzhen.

In connection with the previous days, Yuan Chonghuan's act of killing Mao Wenlong by falsely preaching the imperial decree and Yuan Chonghuan's failure to contain the Houjin army in Liaodong, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear it.

At this time, the Houjin army had already arrived at the foot of the capital, and was burning, killing, and looting in the surrounding area of ​​the capital.Even more because of Yuan Chonghuan's command error, in addition to Yuan Chonghuan's troops in the capital at this time, there were only a small number of troops led by Xuanfu General Soldier Hou Shilu and Datong General Soldier Man Gui.

On November [-]th, Hou Shilu and Man Gui led the army to fight the Houjin army outside Deshengmen.But Man Gui fought alone, outnumbered, fighting and walking, and in the end there were only a hundred soldiers left by his side.

And even at this time, the army of the Ming Dynasty was still engaged in a chilling infighting.When the Mangui Department, which was defeated by the main force of Hou Jin, was approaching the Liaodong Army's defense line led by Yuan Chonghuan, it was attacked by the Liaodong Army's bow and arrow troops.

Mangui could only retreat into the Guandi Temple with the defeated soldiers. Later, Emperor Chongzhen made an exception and let him avoid the Deshengmen Urn City.This is also Emperor Chongzhen's affirmation of Mangui's heroic battle.Because, the court of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that King Qin's army was not allowed to enter the capital.

At the same time, the Liaodong army led by Yuan Chonghuan performed what I think is the most wonderful swan song in Yuan Chonghuan's life outside Guangqumen.

At that time, Mang Gurtai led the Manchurian Left Four Banners and [-] Mongolian soldiers to attack Yuan Chonghuan's army.At this time, Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou, led [-] Liaodong cavalry outside the gate of Shawo.

In this Guangqumen battle, 10 Liaodong iron cavalry fought tens of thousands of Eight Banners Army and Mongolian soldiers. From Si (18:8) to You (10:[-]), the fierce battle lasted for [-] hours, and the battle was fought for more than [-] miles.

In the fierce battle, Yuan Chonghuan was hit by several arrows, and his ribs were like hedgehogs, which could not be penetrated by heavy armor.Because Yuan Chonghuan took the lead and fought desperately, the Liaodong cavalry fought hard, and the Manggurtai army was defeated.

Yuan Chonghuan's troops will guerrilla Liu Yingguo, Luo Jingrong, Qian Zong Dou Jun, etc., and chase after the Jin army to the side of the canal.The enemy rushed to cross, the ice sank, and countless people were drowned.In this battle, Guan Ning's iron cavalry killed thousands of enemies, and the Qing army's powerful Abatai, Azige, and Sigel were all defeated.The Liaodong soldiers also suffered hundreds of casualties.

Then on November 27, Yuan Chonghuan used the township guide to serve as a loyal policy, and with [-] artillerymen, sneaked into Haizi, about a few miles away from the Huangtaiji barracks, and attacked from all sides. The Huangtaiji army was in chaos, and then moved out of Haizi.

This victory, in addition to proving that the Liaodong iron cavalry has a strong combat effectiveness, also proves that as long as the main force of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the frontier army, dares to fight against the Houjin army, the Houjin army is not invincible.

After seeing the retreat of the Jin army, Emperor Chongzhen thought the situation had calmed down, and his rough character was immediately revealed.He decided to arrest Yuan Chonghuan who "colluded with Hou Jin" immediately.

On December [-]st, after doing a good job in the security work of the capital, Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan in the name of "discussing the salary", and at the same time secretly ordered Mangui, Heiyunlong, and Zu Dashou to call.

After the meeting, Emperor Chongzhen vehemently questioned Yuan Chonghuan about killing Mao Wenlong, causing enemy soldiers to commit crimes, and shooting Mangui, but Yuan Chonghuan remained silent.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be "thrown to His Highness" and thrown into imperial prison.Yuan Chonghuan's confidant Zu Dashou, who was standing aside, was frightened and shuddered.

After the summons was over, Zu Dashou, who was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would settle accounts with him, immediately led the Liaodong cavalry, the main force of the Ming army, back to Jinzhou without authorization.And after getting this information, the Hou Jin army who had already reached Lugou Bridge unexpectedly came back.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Man Gui as the prime minister to lead the Ming army to fight against Houjin.

On December [-]th, the two sides launched a bloody battle outside Yongdingmen. In this battle, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. .However, Hou Jin suffered heavy casualties and had to withdraw from the battle. The capital was finally saved.

And the famous general Man Gui also fell under the city of Beijing.As a soldier, Man Gui is flawless.He never chooses an opponent, and he is very desperate to fight. When he sees the enemy, he always takes the lead in charging.

There are two other characteristics of Mangui's battles: one is that he basically wins his battles; the other is that he must be injured every time he fights.However, this time, Man Gui was unable to stand up after being injured.In order to defend the country, he died in battle and realized the value of a soldier.

Among the generals in Liaodong, compared with Zu Dashou, an old official in the officialdom, Man Gui and Zhao Lediao are the most military-looking.Both of them dared to fight the Houjin army in field battles.And this time, the change of Jisi ruined the only two remaining famous generals in the Ming army who dared to fight with the Hou Jin army at this time.

Although the Jin army left the capital, they were still wreaking havoc in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, robbing all personnel and property that could be robbed.

Emperor Chongzhen requested the emperor's imperial edicts from all over the country to be delivered to various places in an expedited manner through eight hundred miles.The various local governments that received the news immediately gathered troops and drove to the capital to go to King Qin.

The Henan governor's yamen also received the imperial edict from King Qin on the seventh day of October.The governor of Henan immediately convened all the main officials in Henan to discuss, and immediately made a decision to gather the army to serve the king.

During the discussion, all the officials immediately decided that the governor of Henan and Father Xiao, the supervisor of the Henan army, would personally lead the governor's battalion and gather around Kaifeng City in four days, a total of [-] soldiers, directly from the frozen Yellow River Go up and cross the river.Enter Beizhili to Qinwang.The chief envoy of Henan stayed in Henan.

And the mobilization orders of the garrisons in various places in Henan were also sent from the Henan governor's yamen to the yamen of each government and guard.On the ninth day of October, Zhao Ming, the governor of Guide Mansion and Commander of Guidewei, also received an order from King Qin jointly issued by the Governor of Henan and the Supervisory Army of Henan.

In the early morning of October [-]th, Wu Shigong was happily teasing a few children in the inner house, when he suddenly received a report from Chang Meng: Old man Zhao Ming sent someone to look for him.

Wu Shigong said to Chang Meng impatiently: "You go and ask what's the matter. If you still marry a concubine and have children, you can give him some money and send him away. I don't have the time to see him. "

Wu Shigong thought in his heart: "Then old man Zhao is endless. The matter of marrying a concubine every year has become a regular income-generating project for old man Zhao!"

Seeing that Wu Shigong was a little unhappy, Chang Meng lowered his voice to complain: "Master, that soldier said he was looking for you on business."

Wu Shigong followed Chang Meng to the outside hall.After seeing Wu Shigong coming out, the soldier Zhao Ming sent immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Wu Shigong.While kowtowing, the soldier said, "Wu Qianhu is well! Our Commander Zhao asked the younger one to report, so that Wu Qianhu can leave immediately to discuss military affairs in Guidefu City."

"What exactly is military affairs?" Wu Shigong's face was full of displeasure.The voice was also a little harsh.

"It's not a big deal. The little one doesn't know what military affairs are."

Hearing the ambiguous words of the soldier, Wu Shigong immediately wanted to curse.The old man Zhao Ming must have eaten too much.After all, Guidewei is a collective farm for farming.And now the vicinity of Guide Mansion is calm and calm, there is a fart of military affairs.That old man Zhao Ming is so idle, he wants to call me around to make fun of him!

But Wu Shigong thought about it again, and found something was wrong.In the past, when Zhao Ming's soldiers came to him, although they saluted very submissively, they had never kowtowed like this soldier today.And this soldier speaks hesitantly, there must be something hidden.

So Wu Shigong slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Say it quickly! Don't tell me that you don't know what military affairs are. Otherwise, I will let you taste my strength."

The soldier was immediately frowning, kneeling on the ground but not daring to get up.He held it in for a long time as if he was constipated, and under Wu Shigong's repeated threats, he could only tell the truth: "Wu Qianhu, it was the Tartars who entered the pass and killed them in the capital. The emperor's grandfather asked us to go to the capital to serve the king."

Wu Shigong felt dizzy after hearing what the soldier said.But Wu Shigong was still lucky, he had traveled to the Ming Dynasty for a while.I know that the "Tarzi" called by the Ming Dynasty means Mongols or Jurchens.

So Wu Shigong calmed down, and then asked, "Was it the Mongols or the Jurchens who entered the customs?"

Unexpectedly, the soldier replied: "Wu Qianhu, the Mongols and Jurchens are here!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Wu Shigong was in a mess.