Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1160
Everyone was drinking happily, and everyone was very happy, toasting each other, the atmosphere was warm and carefree.

Today's preliminary statistics show that the victory of Xuanhua City will cost close to 200 million taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of shi of grain. They are naturally happy.

The generals only focused on drinking, and few people noticed the change in Jiang Youguang's expression. They raised their wine glasses high and congratulated each other, but at this moment, there was a crisp sound in the hall, and the broken wine glasses splashed all over the place.

The sudden change surprised everyone who was drinking, and some jumped up from their chairs.

"Throwing the cup as a sign? What is this for?" Chen Du and other rebel generals saw Jiang Youguang throw the wine cup on the ground, and they were not surprised for a while. Could it be that the Jiang family wanted to monopolize the money and food and their subordinates, so they held a grand banquet.

Although the cooperation with Xuanhua was good, the rebel army was not from their Jiang family after all, and these leaders only respected the Jiang family as the leader of the alliance, and they were not close to each other.

A few people were terrified in their hearts, and secretly thought they were careless, but after Jiang Youguang fell, no soldier rushed in with a knife.

When everyone was stunned, Jiang Youguang attracted everyone's attention, and finally said with a gloomy face: "The thousand sons my commander arranged outside Juyongguan were attacked, and only one escaped with serious injuries. outside!"

Juyongguan is located in the southeast of Xuanfu. It is an important pass in the Badaling section of the Great Wall, connecting Xuanfu and Beijing. There is only one possibility that a large number of Qing troops have left Juyongguan.

Everyone's face changed immediately after hearing the words, which meant that in addition to the Mongolian army that appeared along the Great Wall in the north, the Manchu Qing also dispatched a Qing army and came from Juyongguan to Xuanfu from the southeast.

If this is the case, then they were flanked by the Manchus inside and outside.

At this time Jiang Youguang had already stood up and walked out of the lobby, the generals hurriedly threw away their wine glasses and meat, and before they could wipe their hands, they hurriedly followed out of the lobby.

Outside the hall, a thousand household official who was badly injured and whose breath was weak was lying on a stretcher. Seeing everyone coming out, he struggled for a while as if he wanted to get up and say something. Jiang Youguang quickly squatted down and asked in a low voice: "Yes?" Who attacked you and how many troops are there?"

With blood bubbles in his mouth, Qianhu Guan said weakly, "It's the Manchu flag inlaid with yellow, there is..."

Before he finished speaking, the officer suddenly straightened up, his whole body tensed up, and he finally died.

Jiang Youguang put his hands on the officer's eyes, but was unable to say a word for a while.

The information provided by Qianhuguan is limited, but the Manchu bordered yellow flag has just been sent to North Korea. From this point, Jiang Youguang can already get a lot of information.

At this time, he already knew that the Qing government should have transferred back the Qing army stationed in North Korea, otherwise Beijing would not have soldiers and horses to rescue Xuanhua.

It seems that Dorgon had already abandoned North Korea in order to suppress the rebellion, and this Qing army broke through the troops he did not place outside Juyongguan, and sneaked into his defensive circle first, which was equivalent to tearing his defensive circle apart. His plan to keep the Qing army out of Xuanda by relying on the dangerous pass cannot be realized.

With such a Qing army cavalry entering the Xuanfu, the northern plan to resist the Mongols would not be realized.

There are only two ways he can choose now. One is to take advantage of the fact that the Mongols have not broken through the Great Wall, and first fight the Qing army to force them out of Xuanda, drive them back to Beijing, and then turn around to resist the Mongols. Only guard the big city, waiting for time to change.

"Go! Immediately send an order to drop all the soldiers and horses outside the city into the city to prevent the Qing army from raiding!"

After standing in a daze for a long time, Jiang Youguang finally gave an order, since the soldiers who reported the letter had already arrived in Xuanhua, the Qing army could also kill them at any time, the rebels outside the city were unprepared and could easily be attacked.

Today, the city was broken. In order to restore continuity in the city, Jiang Youguang did not allow the rebels with poor military discipline to spend the night in the city, so 2 troops were still stationed in the camp outside the city.

No matter which way he takes, he must first ensure his own safety, and then find out the situation of the Qing army before he can choose to judge.

If there are not many Qing troops, then he will take the first route. If the Qing army is strong, then he will hide in the city.

The generals of the rebel army were also aware of the seriousness of the situation. Hearing the words, they clasped their fists and prepared to dispatch troops out of the city.

Several generals hurriedly left the government office, preparing to leave the city overnight, but when they reached the city gate, the rebel camp outside the south city suddenly heard killing sounds and flames filled the sky.

The defenders on the city saw a fire dragon suddenly appearing outside the south city, and slammed into the rebel camp outside the south city.

The rebels who had been besieging the city for a day were physically exhausted, and their vigilance had been relaxed after defeating Xuanhua. They were attacked by a cavalry of more than a thousand men and broke through the camp. The tents were lit by torches. It's endless, ringing into one piece.

At the same time, the camp in the north was also attacked by more than a thousand cavalry, but they were discovered by patrol soldiers.

The rebels in the northern camp mainly came from the piers on the northern Great Wall. They were closer to the Mongols and kept vigilant all the year round. They were more elite than the rebels in the southern camp.

The two barracks in the north and the south were attacked at the same time. The flames outside the city rose to the sky, and the killing sound went straight to the sky, causing the people in the city to panic.

In the darkness, Jiang Youguang didn't know how many Qing troops had come. He was worried that the Qing troops would rob the city, so he didn't dare to open the city gates in the east, south, and north directions. He could only open the west gate, which was not attacked, and ordered the cavalry to charge It was not until they responded that the Qing cavalry was forced to retreat.

There were not many Qing army cavalry involved in the attack, only about 2000 people, because they were the vanguard of the Qing army. After they attacked the camp, they did not go far, but stared at a wilderness ten miles east of Xuanhua.

At daybreak, Jiang Youguang sent out all 2000 elite cavalry, drove more than [-] Qing cavalry away, and immediately counted the losses, while letting the rebels in the three barracks pull out and retreat into the city.

The Qing army raided last night, and the northern camp lost only a dozen people, but the southern camp, which was trampled by the cavalry, suffered a lot more losses. Only a little over 5000 of the 3000 people retreated into the city.

This loss made the anti-Qing rebel army lose the joy of capturing Xuanhua, and cast a cloud of gloom in their hearts.

At noon, the [-] Datong cavalry who were entangled with the [-] Qing cavalry retreated hastily to Xuanhua.

The two thousand Qing cavalry deliberately showed weakness and led them to the southeast. Fortunately, the general of the horse army, He Shouzhong, was vigilant and did not pursue closely. They were [-] miles southeast of Xuanhua, and when they saw a large cavalry approaching, they retreated directly.

According to the news brought back by He Shouzhong, there were about [-] Qing cavalry, and there should be infantry behind, flying the banner of Nikan, King Jingjin of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Sure enough, Jiang Youguang's judgment was not wrong. Dorgon had put all his eggs in one basket to destroy them, and even transferred back Nikan who was stationed in North Korea.

In fact, Duo Ergun was transferred back to Nikan, not only because of the Shanxi rebellion, and the Qing Dynasty was close to corruption, but mainly because Nikan couldn't stay in North Korea anymore.

The last time the Ming army took advantage of the Qing army's attack on Mobei, North Korea's Xie Qian led the coalition forces and launched a campaign to restore North Korea.

Although the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty did not capture Seoul in the end, several other puppet Korean regimes supported by the Qing army were wiped out by the coalition forces.

Although Nikan has defended Seoul, the Korean puppet king regime in Seoul can only control the isolated city of Seoul and the territory of tens of miles around it. The other capitals have fallen into the hands of the coalition forces, or The rebel army spread all over and reduced to anarchy.

Naturally, relying on the area around Seoul alone cannot afford to support the Qing army stationed in the DPRK. The Qing court transported supplies by sea, which was easily robbed by the Ming Dynasty fleet, and transported by road. The Qing army was unable to support North Korea, so Dorgon transferred back the Qing army stationed in North Korea without hesitation.

Knowing that the main force of the Qing army was approaching, Jiang Youguang hurriedly ordered that all the equipment outside the city be burned, and the army quickly prepared to guard Xuanhua City.

In the afternoon, on a high slope in the east of Xuanhua City, several cavalrymen suddenly appeared holding a large flag. Behind the high slope, a large group of cavalry came slowly, then stopped and began to descend to the village.

General He Luohui glanced at Xuanhua City in the distance, rode his horse to Nikan and said, "My lord, I didn't expect us to be a step too late, let the rebels break Xuanhua first!"

Nikan glanced at the city, frowned, and then said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect Hao Xiaozhong to lose the city so soon, but it doesn't matter, since the king is here, then take the city back."

Nikan paused, his expression became serious, and he opened his mouth to order: "Heluohui, you lead 2000 troops, go north immediately, capture Zhangjiakou, and let the Mongols enter the pass. In addition, the whole Xuanda is ordered, and those who dare to resist the Qing soldiers , under the order of the Regent, the entire city will be slaughtered!"

(End of this chapter)