August 1643
Sun Chuanting was wearing an iron helmet, cloth armor and short leather boots, and a cloak, standing on the Tongguan city tower. Under the city gate were neatly arranged with a hundred thousand Ming army.
General Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others stood behind Sun Chuanting's back, and looked down at the 100,000 troops in front of Tongguan with a serious expression. This was the last unit that was considered the most elite in the Ming Dynasty after the Ming Songjin battle was defeated by the Qing army.
The cool wind blew, and the tassels on the iron helmets of the generals and the cloak behind them moved with the wind, but the wind was unstable, and the direction of the tassels and cloak fluttered was left and right.
As firearms became popular, cotton cloth was used as cloth-surface armor for inner and inner villages in the late Yuan Dynasty.
This kind of armor was also adopted in the Ming Dynasty, but the Mongolian-style side lace was changed to a pair of laces, and the equipment for foot skirts was added.
The advent of the musket era has caused many traditional armor to lose its former style, and instead it is widely used by chain mail and cloth armor.
In the cold north of the Ming Dynasty, there is a thicker cotton armor. Because the cotton armor grows up, it is cold-proof and is very suitable for northern soldiers to use.
It also has a densely embedded iron armor sheet in thick fabric, which has a high protective effect on cold weapons and even firearms.
Seeing this new Qin army with insufficient training and shortage of food and salary, Sun Chuanting remembered the three armies of the Ming Dynasty, the heroes who had sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty with the wind.
The first one is Guanning Iron Cavalry
It was the only cavalry unit in the Ming Dynasty that could compete with the Qing Dynasty, but the production cost was too high
Around March of the first year of Chongzhen, about 100,000 Mongolian tribes surrendered to the Ming court. The generals of Liao Town recruited a large number of elite and capable people who were good at fighting as servants. At that time, the general of Jinzhou Zu Dashou directly reorganized some of the Mongolians into the surrendered Yi Zuo Camp, and took the leader of the Mongolian tribe as the general, becoming an elite army directly under Zu Dashou.
Moreover, the command of this army has always been in the hands of the warlords of the Zudashou family in Liaodong, and even Chongzhen could not command it casually.
Wu Sangui's father was Wu Xiang, and he had a marriage relationship with Zu Dashou and also belonged to a member of Zu Dashou's military family.
The Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is rumored to be founded by Sun Chengzong, is not true
According to the record of Emperor Xizong, in the sixth year of Tianqi, Yuan Chonghuan wrote a letter to the Liaozhen Army organization, and still used the rated organization by Sun Chengzong, without the Guanning Iron Cavalry
Guanning Iron Cavalry was not compiled by Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the governor of Ji Liao in April of the first year of Chongzhen. He entered the capital to meet the emperor in July. Later, he was busy pacifying the mutiny and planning to kill Mao Wenlong. Then he was arrested and imprisoned in the Ji Si Incident.
In just over a year, it is not time to make changes to Guanning Army
The second is the Qin army
The infantry formed mainly by the people of Yulin, Shaanxi, was the strongest infantry corps in the Ming Dynasty founded by Sun Chuanting, and the main force that fought against Li Zicheng's peasant army many times, but the combat troops were not strengthened due to the years of combat
Sun Chuanting began to participate in the suppression of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty in the autumn of 1636. By the summer of 1638, the Ming army had more than ten major battles, with more than one victory or defeat. Three of them were annihilated the main forces of the peasant army, including Gao Yingxiang's army, Ma Jinzhong's army, Ma Guangyu's army, Li Zicheng's army, and the battle results were brilliant.
Later, he was imprisoned for three years, and began to preside over the military affairs of Shaanxi in the spring of 1642.
The third one is Tianxiong Army
Lu Xiangsheng's army is based on kinship and is united closely
Since they are all fellow villagers, friends, brothers, family members, etc., they often die alone in battle, which can arouse the anger of most people. Therefore, they have a strong fighting spirit. Once they encounter an enemy, they will hold on to the end.
Lu Xiangsheng leads the way every time he fights, sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, so he wins the hearts of the soldiers and makes contributions in the battle.
In the 12th year of Chongzhen (1639), Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to be surrounded by the Qing army in Jiazhuang, Julu. Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, was constrained by left and right, but he was unable to rescue him. He was eventually killed in the battle because of the guns and arrows.
It was not until Yang Sichang failed to kill Zhang Xianzhong and committed suicide that the court posthumously awarded the title of Prince Taishi, Minister of War, and was posthumously named Zhonglie during the reign of King Fu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Zhongsu posthumously named Zhongjing in the Qing Dynasty
More than a hundred people in the Lu family fought against the Qing Dynasty, and they were loyal to the whole family until their deaths.
Sun Chuanting pressed his hands on the wall of the city tower, his expression was melancholy and his eyes were wet
General Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others stood behind Sun Chuanting, quietly watching him, waiting for his orders
The Qin army in front of us is no longer the Qin army that annihilated the peasant army three times.
Before the Songjin War, most of the peasant army had been annihilated three times. Chongzhen thought that the peasant army had disappeared and disappeared, but he did not know the reason why a spark could start a prairie fire.
Chongzhen actually transferred more than 100,000 Qin troops from Sun Chuanting to Liaodong to suppress the rebellion.
Sun Chuanting strongly opposed Chongzhen's decision at that time, and insisted that the country would be settled first when fighting against foreign countries. Emperor Chongzhen was furious and threw Sun Chuanting into prison.
As a result, the Ming army was wiped out in the Battle of Songjin again
When Sun Chuanting returned to Shaanxi for the second time, he had only a few thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people, and lacked food and salary and training.
In the 12th year of Chongzhen (1639), Lu Xiangsheng was constrained by the left and right Tianxiong army was destroyed by the Qing army.
In the 15th year of Chongzhen (1642), Hong Chengchou supplemented and absorbed more than 100,000 elite Qin army mixed army corps. In the end, due to the constraints of Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War of Ming Dynasty, the entire army was wiped out in the Songjin Battle. Hong Chengchou was captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, all the elites of the Nine Barriers and the food and straw of China were thrown away, and no one could continue to control it, and the temples and communities were ruined! The capital was shocked
From then on, outside Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty, only an isolated city was left in Ningyuan, and the Guanningjin defense line was completely destroyed.
In this battle, although the Ming army suffered a crushing defeat due to the mistake of command of the upper class, the majority of Ming soldiers regarded death as if they were home. Few begging for surrender had their generals, standing in the sea, stretching their arms to cover them, so that they would not be hit by arrows, and saluting them. After death, tens of thousands of dead people from the sea showed their national integrity.
At this point, there were no soldiers in the north of the Ming court who could fight
Chongzhen had no choice but to propose Sun Chuanting from the prison and asked him to return to Shaanxi to deal with Li Zicheng's army who had risen again during his three years in prison.
Chongzhen ordered Sun Chuanting to supervise the military affairs of Henan and Sichuan. Soon after, he was appointed as the Minister of War, renamed the military affairs of Shanxi, Huguang, Guizhou and Jiangnan, and was granted the Sword of Shangfang.
Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan could only be demoted and retained Wu Sangui led 30,000 Guanning remnants to defend the troops
The key success or failure of all this is not natural disasters, but also in Chongzhen's wrong dispatch and military supervisors' urging war. Because of his high ambition and low talent, he mischievously dispatched the army again and again. Because of his suspicion, he let the eunuchs and military supervisors restrain each other again and again, thinking that a balance of rights could be achieved through mutual restraint. However, this pushed the Ming Dynasty into the fire pit.
An important feature of Chongzhen was that he was suspicious and suspicious. Whether he was an internal and external minister, he rarely gained his persistent trust.
After returning to Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting once again developed his ability to reliably reliably, accumulate strength, and continuously expands his military strength and food pay.
After several months of rest and some savings, Chongzhen urged him to fight several times in a row.
Sun Chuanting had to take the newly recruited soldiers to fight, and won first and then defeated Li Zicheng's army in the battle of Shiyuan.
Originally, Sun Chuanting defeated Li Zicheng again in this battle, but the weather was once again in a dilemma with the Ming Dynasty. Heavy rain fell, and the government army was hungry and cold, so it was unable to continue to expand the results of the battle.
While the government army was cleaning up the spoils, Li Zicheng's main force killed a rebellion. The government army could not resist and was defeated like a mountain. Sun Chuanting led the remaining defeated generals back to Shaanxi
The official army was originally a long-distance raid, trying to raise the war with the war. The food and grass were not available, and the soldiers had to collect unripe green persimmons to satisfy their hunger. Therefore, the Henan people called this battle the Persimmon Garden Battle.
This battle once again proves that soldiers who have not been trained enough cannot fight, and those who have not had sufficient food and salary cannot fight.
You can win when you encounter a battle against the wind, but you will be defeated if you fight against the wind.
If it were the Tianxiong Army, which had trained Lu Xiangsheng at this time, or the Qin army that participated in the annihilation of the peasant army three times three years ago, Li Zicheng would have been destroyed again
After Sun Chuanting returned to Shaanxi after he was defeated in the Battle of Shiyuan, he recruited soldiers everywhere, developed production, and purchased weapons. After more than half a year of hard work, the strength of Shaanxi's official army has increased significantly.
But Chongzhen, who was impatient, urged him again and again.
At this time, the Qing army would at any time break through the tens of thousands of remaining troops of Wu Sangui in Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, thereby attacking Beijing
The time for Chongzhen to make amends is getting less and less. Although Chongzhen was angry with his previous series of wrong behaviors, how could he admit his mistakes as the emperor?
So all the commanders in the leadership had to take the blame, just like Yuan Chonghuan
Chongzhen had to be shameless and kept urging Sun Chuanting to fight, hoping that he would quickly annihilate Li Zicheng again, and then he would attack Ningyuan or Shanhaiguan to resist the Qing army.
At this time, Chongzhen's expectations were all placed on Sun Chuanting's new Qin army. The huge burden of survival of the Ming Dynasty was heavy on Sun Chuanting's back.
At this time, whether it was Chongzhen or Sun Chuanting, no matter whether there was time to make a turnaround, whether the food and salary were sufficient, or whether the soldiers were trained enough, they could only go east to Tongguan and fight to the death with Li Zichengjue.
The cunning and tough Li Zicheng also knew that since Songjin defeated the Ming army, all the elite troops of the Ming army were lost, and the Qing army would attack Shanhaiguan at any time
Now, the Ming army is more anxious than the peasant army, and both ends are being squeezed out.
Although Li Zicheng turned defeated Sun Chuanting's new Qin army in the Battle of Persimmon Garden, he also tasted Sun Chuanting's strength again and was unwilling to fight Sun Chuanting's Qin army head-on with the train camp.
So, Li Zicheng changed to a strategy of using defense as an offensive, waiting for the fighter to lure the enemy into depth
Li Zichengke waited, Chongzhen and Sun Chuanting had no time to wait any longer, because the Qing army was gradually approaching, and once Shanhaiguan was broken, a horse could be flattened to the bottom of Beijing.
Therefore, Chongzhen and Sun Chuanting could only hope to eliminate Li Zicheng's peasant army before the Qing Dynasty captured Shanhaiguan, and then rush to resist Huang Taiji's Qing Dynasty.
As for whether Sun Chuanting could defeat Huang Taiji at that time, that's a story later.
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Sun Chuanting stood on the Tongguan city tower, looking up at the sky, the sky was gray
The tassels and cloaks on the iron helmets flutter in the strong wind
The tassels and cloaks that float and roll in the air rise due to the wind and fall due to the wind. When it is about to fall, it encounters the wind that rises again and floats with the wind.
When is the right time, place and people in the Ming Dynasty? They all came to fight against it. How could God force the Ming Dynasty here?
General Bai Guangen was wearing cloth armor and short leather boots. He could not help but listened to the supervisor's words, so he stepped forward and clenched his fists and spoke.
If the emperor asked the supervisor to kill Li Zicheng first and then support Liaodong, there would be no today
Sun Chuanting held the wall of Tongguan and looked back at the general Bai Guangen. The general who returned to Shaanxi again after the battle of Songjin
Bai Guangen first followed Huntianhou as a thief, but later surrendered to Ming Dynasty, suppressed bandits, and made many military achievements.
After Songshan defeated, he also won the battle with the Qing army.
Later, he came from Wu to suppress the enemy, but was arrogant and unused, so he plundered back to Shaanxi, and then took charge of the thief from Sun Chuanting.
The first thing to do is to be a thief, and later surrendered to the Ming Dynasty under the command of the commander, and followed the commander to fight south and north, winning consecutive battles. After so many years, I only admire the commander.
Sun Chuanting turned around and looked at the 100,000 troops in front of Tongguan, recalling the past with a melancholy expression, muttering words in his mouth
The emperor is the emperor, the minister is the soldiers. If the emperor wants the minister to advance, the minister must not refuse. If the emperor wants the minister to retreat, the minister must not refuse.
Bai Guang hated: To withdraw troops with strong forces, to advance troops with weak forces, to fight and sway left and right, is a sign of defeated army.
Bai Guang said with grudges: I think my 100,000 elite Qin army lost all the losses under the vague command of Hong Chengchou and others. Only three thousand old Qin army returned to the command of the commander.
Sun Chuanting closed his eyes again and looked up at the sky. Ah, let out a sound
If I were given one more month at that time, I would have been able to kill Li Zicheng. The result is God's will. It would be better not to say anything about the past.
The emperor has repeatedly issued an order to urge the war. The Qin army must fight now. The Shanhaiguan crisis is in danger. We will not fight. What can the Ming Dynasty dare not imagine?
General Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others, who saw the supervisor like this, were extremely moved to worship and bowed their heads and kneeled on the ground, shouting
I am willing to follow the commander to the death, serve the court, fight the decisive battle, and wrap the body around the horse and the body, and never give up.
The 100,000 soldiers in front of Tongguan also shouted bravely together, raising the world's voice
Defend the Ming Dynasty, fight the battlefield, defend the Ming Dynasty, fight the battlefield
Hearing the voices of the soldiers, although they were all new recruits, they had the courage to defend the Ming Dynasty and took it as their own responsibility. Sun Chuanting was also infected and inspired, and his eyes shone for a moment.
Sun Chuanting shouted: If the nest is destroyed, how can there be a complete egg? Once the country is destroyed, the family will be forgotten.
Emperor, I will kill the thieves in this battle, and then wipe out the Manchu Tatars, serve the emperor, and restore our great lands in the Ming Dynasty.
The soldiers shouted together: Defend the Ming Dynasty, fight the decisive battle, defend the Ming Dynasty, and restore the rivers and mountains
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August 1643
Li Zicheng learned that the Shaanxi government troops had left the pass, and at the same time ordered Zuo Liangyu to go west, General Chen Yongfu and Qin Yiming to support the Henan and Sichuan soldiers.
Li Zicheng personally led 200,000 troops to go north to Henan to meet the enemy
Due to the lack of food and grass in Henan, Li Zicheng adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth and deployed the main force in the area south of Jia County.
Li Zicheng was afraid of Sun Chuanting, and in order to avoid his edge, he adopted a strategy of luring the enemy into depth.
Give up the vast area from Tongguan to Jiaxian, Shaanxi Qin army was unstoppable along the way, occupied Luoyang in early August, and attacked Ruzhou on September 8, and Li Yangchun, the four heavenly king of the peasant army, surrendered.
After Li Yangchun surrendered, he leaked secrets to the official army, causing great losses to the civilian army. He reported that the old camp of the civilian army was in Tang County, the elite troops were in Xiangcheng, and local civil and military officials gathered in Baofeng.
Sun Chuanting took targeted actions based on this information
Send general Bai Guangen to lead 20,000 Qin troops and 100 trains to first break through Baofeng and kill Chen Kexin, the pseudo-state master, and others.
Then, General Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others led 40,000 Qin troops and 500 trains to the Tang County, and killed all the peasant soldiers who were placed there.
Although there are 20,000 trains in the train camp, there are not only 20,000 artillery pieces. The train is loaded with cannons and the soldiers' clothes and food are stored in the carriage.
There are only more than a thousand real trains equipped with artillery
Trains can be used to attack cavalry during war, and can be used as fences to ensure the safety of field troops during camping, and can also be used as a logistics vehicle during marching, which has certain benefits for long-distance marches and wars.
However, trains are poor in mobility and are often prone to suffer losses in field battles. Their defense and logistics are greater than their offensive roles. They are difficult to protect themselves in large-scale wars and may lead to failure. The hidden dangers of large-scale development of trains are also obvious.
The peasant army was betrayed by Li Yangchun, and the civil and military officials and their families suffered heavy losses. They were shocked and their morale fell sharply.
On September 14, the main force of the official army and Li Zicheng's peasant army began fierce battles in Jia County.
The two armies stalemate and dare not fight lightly. They observe the enemy's formation several times and change the formation
The Qin army was 120,000 (Li Yangchun surrendered and brought about 20,000 people), and the peasant army was 200,000.
Qin army array, crane wing formation
Sun Chuanting is located behind the formation and is surrounded by heavy troops, spreading its wings like cranes on the left and right.
Gao Jie led the front line of 20,000 cavalry, Niu Chenghu, Li Yangchun led the second line of 40,000 infantry, Bai Guangen led the third line of 20,000 train battalion, and Sun Chuanting led the fourth line of 10,000 central troops.
Gao Ruli, Zuo Guang first led 20,000 infantry troops as the left wing, and Chen Yongfu led 20,000 infantry troops as the right wing
Crane Wing Formation Tactical Thoughts: Left and Left Copy
The crane wing formation requires that the general should have high tactical command capabilities, and the two wings should be freely opened and combined. They can be used to copy both sides of the enemy, and they can also work together to attack the enemy in the middle of the formation. The general's own formation should be strictly defended to prevent being broken through by the enemy; the two wings should be flexible, closely coordinated, and have a fierce attack.
Peasant Army Array, Front Array
Li Zicheng is located behind the formation, and his main forces are gathered in the center. The forward is spreading in the shape of an arrow, which is also an offensive formation.
Tactical Thoughts: Central Breakthrough
The arrows of the forward can withstand pressure from the enemy's wings, but the offensiveness is slightly less, and the weakness of the formation is still on the tail side.
There are five levels of battle formations of peasant soldiers. The first level is eighty thousand hungry people, the second level is eighty thousand infantry, the third level is twenty thousand cavalry, and the fourth level is twenty thousand elite cavalry.
If Sun Chuanting's Qin army wins in this battle, then Sun Chuanting will definitely not let Li Zicheng have another 17 people hiding in Shangluo Mountain, Shaanxi Province.
Then the Ming Dynasty would have the possibility of recovering the Central Plains. If time could catch up, Huang Taiji's Qing army would not be able to invade Shanhaiguan.
At that time, it will gradually be a situation where Ming and Qing are strong, Qing and weak
If Li Zicheng's peasant army wins this battle, then the last new force of the Ming Dynasty that could mobilize and protect Chongzhen would no longer exist
The Ming Dynasty general Daxia general was reduced to the food on the plate snatched by the Qing Dynasty and the peasant army.
At that time, after both Liaodong and Shaanxi were invaded, the important areas of the capital, including Beijing, which were rampant with food and wages and plagues, would automatically collapse and be destroyed without attack.
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong cut off the connection between the southern Ming forces and the capital and important areas of the capital. Although there were more than 500,000 troops in the south, they could not support Chongzhen, and were delayed by the peasant army in the south.
If Chongzhen dies, it will inevitably be a scattered sand, and each has its own ghost hearts to attack each other and keep striking internal strife.
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The peasant army set up a front arrow formation, and the arrow-shaped vanguard slowly separated a small path
I saw a white armored female general riding a white horse slowly moving out calmly. Her cheeks were rosy and plump, her narrow phoenix eyes were bright and bright, her heroic and stylish, slender and beautiful
A tall nose, sexy and thick lips are naturally red and tender, and a round chin with round and round chin
Majestic, with a general style, yet still the mellow beauty of a mature woman
This person is the wife of Li Zicheng, the king of rebellion, Gao Guiying
After more than ten years of military career, not only did not urge her to age, but instead tempered her into a more heroic and cool look.
Three years younger than Li Zicheng, this year's age is 34 years old, which is the most mature moment for women
Gao Guiying rode a white horse and lined ten steps in front of the peasant army formation. She thought she would stop there, but she pulled the reins with one hand and whipped the horse's buttocks with the other hand, urging the white horse to move forward again. The white horse raised its front foot and yelled and walked forward ten steps.
Gao Guiying shouted: Are you the official army killing my officials and slaughtering my family members?
Gao Guiying sat down on the white horse in front of the 100,000 Qin troops, and turned the horse in a little scared and was a little scared. Gao Guiying rode on the back of the white horse, holding the reins tightly with both hands, controlling the scared white horse.
The Ming Dynasty was corrupt, the Donglin government was in chaos, natural disasters and man-made disasters, industrial and commercial taxes were light, and farmers were heavy taxes. Can the people call for money by paying for one salary?
The Qin army was strict in military discipline and was arrayed like a mountain. In Gao Guiying's eyes, only the military flag fluttering in the wind on the military flag was moving, with the names of Sun, Qin and the generals on it.
The Qin army vanguard also separated a path. Sun Chuanting wore an iron helmet and cloth armor and short leather boots, and sat upright with a dark horse slowly walking out.
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: You are the rioters who take advantage of the chaos and do evil, and the world is in trouble, kill our people, and hit our imperial tombs, flood Kaifeng, and you will not be punished.
Gao Guiying shouted: Only the officials and soldiers are allowed to do evil, but the farmers are willing to endure it? Just wait for the day when they die?
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: Even if the country is not enough, the current emperor's diligence has been reduced, and the people should encourage each other to overcome difficulties together. How can you take advantage of the situation and robbery? Is your family only suffering?
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: The Tatars of the Qing Dynasty invaded us in Liaodong, how can there be a complete egg after the nest is destroyed? If the country is destroyed, will there be a family? Do you not want to serve the country, do you not want to be loyal to the emperor, do you actually take advantage of the chaos and do evil. The Qing Dynasty will treat you well in the pass?
Gao Guiying said: Don’t be reasonable, starve to death, die of illness, force death to millions, and wait for tens of thousands?
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: Don’t talk much to the thief, and you will see the difference on the battlefield.
Gao Guiying shouted: It’s death or life, the skill is seen at the tip of the knife
The two of them called each other and rode back to the formation. The two forwards returned to the formation.
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Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops set out a front-line arrow formation and began to move towards the Qin army.
Sun Chuanting's 100,000 Qin troops and 20,000 surrendered troops also set up a crane wing formation and began to move towards the peasant army.
For a moment, both sides were full of murderous intent, dust and smoke rolled, and the wind in the air was endless, and the rainy season was coming.
Li Zicheng commanded the vanguard formation of 80,000 hungry people first launched an attack, and came overwhelmingly like a mountain torrent. The sound of killing sounds shook the sky and the momentum was imminent.
The vanguard of the Qin army's crane wing formation was led by Gao Jie. He had a grudge against Li Zicheng to seize his wife and was Li Zicheng's mortal enemy.
Sun Chuanting watched the 80,000 hungry vanguards rushed over, riding a horse on the high ground to calmly command. When the hungry vanguard reached the range of the train camp, he ordered Bai Guangen's 20,000 train camp in the third row, and more than 1,000 artillery pieces were shot together in three sections.
After the first stage of artillery is fired, the second stage of artillery is fired and then loaded. After the second stage of artillery is fired, it will also start firing and then loading, and then loading.
Cannon sound: Bang bang...bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...
The shells flew out of the barrel, threw them into the sky, fell into the group of 80,000 hungry people, and then exploded
The eighty thousand hungry peasant army, which was blown by artillery, was immediately crushed to pieces, blood stained the earth, fell one by one, and then rushed forward one by one.
These hungry peasant soldiers knew that they had nothing to lose and nothing to be remembered. Their only purpose was to have a meal, and their only goal was to push down this corrupt Ming Dynasty.
Eighty thousand hungry people fell down, ten thousand yuan, ten thousand yuan, ten thousand yuan, and ten thousand yuan, ten thousand yuan, and ten thousand yuan, rushing forward with red eyes
The commander said: Report to the army, there are still 50,000 left in the enemy vanguard
Sun Chuanting said: Explore again
After a while, the commander came to Sun Chuanting's horse again, bowed his head and knelt on one knee.
The commander said: Report to the army, there are still 40,000 left in the enemy vanguard
Sun Chuanting said: Gao Jie, the quick-lived vanguard, led 20,000 cavalry to launch an attack
The messenger said: obey the order
The vanguard Gao Jie commanded 20,000 cavalry and began to rush towards the 40,000 hungry vanguards like a tide. In an instant, the 40,000 tired and injured refugees were dispersed, and then the melee started. Li Zicheng's vanguard gradually could not stand it.
Li Zicheng watched the 30,000 vanguards, hungry peasant army fought with the Qin army's vanguard cavalry, and commanded the second 80,000 infantry to charge towards the Qin army, and it was necessary to take down the 20,000 cavalry of Gao Jie, the vanguard of Qin army.
Thus implementing the tactical ideas of the front and arrow formation: Central breakthrough
Sun Chuanting saw Li Zicheng's 80,000 infantry support coming, like a bigger wave sweeping over the sky.
The second row of 40,000 infantry reinforcements led by Li Yangchun Gao Jie
Then order Gao Ruli from the left wing, Zuo Guangxian's 20,000 infantry, and Chen Yongfu's 20,000 infantry from the right wing, don't move lightly, wait for the military order, and those who violate the order will be killed.
Sun Chuanting ordered his 10,000 central army to mix with 20,000 train battalions, and the trains lined up side by side to form a long line of defense, leaving only a few living mouths.
Two battles, blood splattered everywhere, and the smell was strong
Li Zicheng's 80,000 infantry and 30,000 hungry people totaled more than 100,000, and the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry were totaled sixty thousand.
Suddenly, the shouts were shaking
The dead were everywhere, blood flowing into canals, military weapons and corpses rushed into the blood canal, like ice disintegration and spinning down
Human life disappears in dozens or hundreds or thousands of times at every moment. Countless peasant soldiers and Qin soldiers fell down one by one, and then they came up one by one to fight. Either you die or I live, there is no second choice.
A peasant army was about to chop a fallen Qin soldier when he was about to kill a Qin army soldier. He was knocked away by the Qin cavalry who suddenly came to reinforce.
When a Qin soldier pierced the peasant army with a knife behind him, he was then cut off his head by another peasant army.
A lonely Qin cavalry was surrounded by the spear of the peasant army and was stabbed to death by random guns. He was tragic and heroic.
Before the Qin soldier died, he had more than ten long robberies in his body and spitting blood. Finally, he lowered his head and looked at his comrades and compatriots fighting beside him, and his head was immediately cut off.
Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu, Li Yangchun led 60,000 Qin troops to fight with 100,000 peasant troops in the battle formation, and fought hard, fighting to the death, for the Ming Dynasty, for the supervision of the army, and for the sake of his own ability to survive.
Two armies fought, an hour passed
Under the coordinated combat of the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, the 100,000 peasant army gradually stopped supporting and began to loosen the formation.
Seeing this, Sun Chuanting calmed down and became happy
Order Gao Ruli from the left wing, Zuo Guangxian's 20,000 infantry, and Chen Yongfu's 20,000 infantry from the right wing, to jointly attack and break into the middle of the formation of tens of thousands of peasant soldiers
The two wings of the Qin army were mobile and flexible, closely coordinated, and attacked fiercely, like a pair of crane wings that were closely fanned together, quickly pinched tens of thousands of peasant soldiers.
Li Zicheng was shocked. He did not expect that the advantage of military strength could not break through the central government, and even made dumplings by the Qin army.
The smell of blood and cries came from the front line, deafening, making the peasant army start to be terrified and their morale is depressing.
Eighty thousand hungry people plus eighty thousand infantry soldiers, a total of 160,000, but they could not break through the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry.
At the beginning, the train camp suffered heavy casualties before the confrontation, and morale dropped sharply
Li Zicheng's original plan was to wait until the vanguard and infantry army easily broke through the Qin army's vanguard, and then ordered the third-level cavalry to 20,000 and the fourth-level elite cavalry to cover up and kill each other, but things went against their wishes.
An hour passed, and the 160,000 Li Zicheng army was gradually surrounded and annihilated by the 100,000 Qin army. The corpses were everywhere, blood stained the earth, the military weapons and corpses were stacked like hills, and the wailing sounds of the broken horses rose and fell one after another.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Li Zicheng did not dare to send cavalry to reinforce the infantry, and led his army to start fleeing.
Sun Chuanting ordered the Qin army to pursue him closely, General Guoyi Xie Junyou was captured and killed, and Li Zicheng was almost captured
Li Zicheng desperately led the cavalry to escape into Xiangcheng, but because the cavalry had never participated in the battle, he ran very fast.
Sun Chuanting led the Qin army and followed and surrounded Xiangcheng. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was in a good situation, morale was greatly boosted, and military power was revealed.
In Xiangcheng
Faced with the crisis, some civilian soldiers had the idea of surrendering.
Gao Guiying stood up wearing white armor and shouted: We will kill the vassal kings and burn the imperial tombs. The crime is unforgivable. You might as well fight to the death again. If you cannot win, it will not be too late for you to kill me and the King of Chuang to surrender. You can also make meritorious service.
Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Song Xiance and other important officials stood up together. Song Xiance shouted: Our crimes are unforgivable. Even if we surrender to the Ming Dynasty, we will not die well. We are willing to fight to the death with the King of Chuang and die before we live.
After Gao Guiying, Song Xiance and other personal generals comforted each other, the peasant army stabilized.
Li Zicheng was defeated by Sun Chuanting again, with an extremely depressed expression and a lonely and melancholy tent
Fortunately, his wife Gao Guiying comforted Li Zicheng carefully and gently, so his spirit improved slightly
On that day, the weather was once again in a dilemma with the Ming Dynasty and it started to rain heavily.
Outside Xiangcheng, Qin Army Camp
Sun Chuanting looked up at the sky, looking at the heavy rain, the Qin army exposed outside the city was in agony, he looked melancholy and sighed to his leader
Could it be that the Ming Dynasty has really been exhausted and the time has come to heaven and frequently fall to the enemy side? Emperor, how can I bear the grace of the emperor?
Due to the muddy roads, the soldiers were wet all over, and the Qin army's grain trucks were difficult to move. There was a problem with the Qin army's logistics, and morale began to gradually decline.
Bai Guangen led 20,000 infantry troops to lead 500 trains to break through Jia County to obtain supplies, but Jia County had already lived in vain and only got some mules and horses after breaking the city, and was soon eaten by the soldiers.
At this point, the Qin army was depressed, the soldiers were in the rain and had no food to eat, and their emotions began to rise.
At this time, Li Zicheng was not at all easy to live, and his morale was also low, but fortunately, the cavalry were still unscathed.
Song Xiance proposed to write a letter of war on the one hand and agree on a decisive battle with the Qin army, so as to interfere with the official army.
On the one hand, we sent fast and mobile cavalry to cut off the Qin army's food route, so that the Qin army would be in chaos without fighting and attack the Qin army at the right time.
So Li Zicheng sent general Liu Zongmin to lead 10,000 cavalry to capture the Qin army from a small road and cut off the Qin army's food route.
However, Li Zicheng was not very relieved to judge the situation, so he asked his wife Gao Guiying and Liu Zongmin to go with him.
In order to break into the king, Gao Guiying also fought hard, and risked his life with Liu Zongmin on a heavy rainy night. When his vision was hazy, he stole Xiangcheng and raided the rear of the official army from the small road, cutting off the official army's food route, cutting off the official army's food route when his vision was hazy.
Gao Guiying rode a horse in front of her, running wildly in the night. On the rainy night, she was only seen with white armor and white horse, heroic and full of the destiny of a general.
Liu Zongmin followed Gao Guiying on a horse and looked at Mrs. Chuangwang. He had to admire that a woman was so capable, supporting half of Li Zicheng's sky.
Behind the two were ten thousand cavalrymen, following the Lady of the King of Chuang. This cavalry team was like the most beautiful scenery on a rainy night.
Gao Guiying looked determined, and her phoenix eyes shot a firm look. She held the horse's reins tightly with one hand and kept whipping the horse's buttocks with the other hand
The handsome white horse, carrying the hostess, runs hard on the rainy night, the white horse is white, majestic and heroic
Gao Guiying looked back at the cavalry generals behind him from time to time, waved the horse whip, and directed them not to leave the team. It would be more convenient to go from wherever they were.
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The food route was cut off by Gao Guiying and Liu Zongmin. The Qin army soldiers were soaked in the rain every day that they had no food to eat. Their emotions began to become more and more irritable, and their morale became even lower.
In desperation, Sun Chuanting had to decide to return to the army to welcome the grain. He ordered the Henan general Chen Yongfu to stay in the military camp and led his direct troops to return to the army to open up the grain route.
However, the Qin army's movement brought a chain reaction
The soldiers under Chen Yongfu's troops were indignant when they saw the Shaanxi government troops leaving, but they were left behind to starve and acted as scapegoats.
So, the front army moved, the back army was in chaos
Chen Yongfu was shocked and could not stop beating him. The situation was no longer under Chen Yongfu's control, and the Qin army was in chaos.
Li Zicheng saw the Qin army in Xiangcheng, and ordered 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 elite cavalry. His family members joined the newly formed peasant army and infantry army of the remaining soldiers to fight out of Xiangcheng together.
The Qin army fled in front, Li Zicheng's cavalry and infantry were hunting down behind, and all the behind were killed by the cavalry. The Qin army collapsed on its entire line and ignored nothing, just fled forward.
Sun Chuanting escaped to Nanyang before he recovered, and was wiped out by Li Zicheng.
The Qin army turned around to fight against Li Zicheng's army, and the two sides started a big battle
This time, there were two times. At this time, the Qin army was exposed to rain for seven days, starved for seven days, and fled and was chased by the cavalry all the way. They had already become tired soldiers.
At this time, the Qin army had more than 70,000 left and the peasant army had more than 60,000 left.
Both sides were not prepared enough, they were very hasty
So, they were killed in a mess
In the melee between the two armies, swords and swords, artillery fire was everywhere, the smell of blood once again spread across the battlefield, and blood dyed the earth red again
There are five levels of civilian military battle formations. The first level is hungry people, the second level is infantry, the third level is cavalry, the fourth level is elite cavalry, and the fifth level is family members.
The peasant army can be said to be the whole nation, and they are dispatched together, either you die or I die
Under the command of Sun Chuanting, the Qin army broke through the front three battle formations of the civilian army and fought against the elite cavalry of the fourth battle formation.
Bai Guangen's train camp lost a lot and lost a lot because of the rain and being chased by Li Zicheng's cavalry. Most of the remaining ones could not be fought.
At this time, Gao Guiying and Liu Zongmin's 10,000 cavalry came from the rear of the Qin army, and came overwhelmed with the unstoppable force of thousands of troops and horses, and attacked the train camp fiercely. So Bai Guangen could not resist it and was defeated first, abandoned the train and fled.
The defeat of the train camp triggered a chain effect, and the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty could not resist and fled. The battlefield situation changed drastically, and the situation between the two sides of the war reversed, from fighting between the two sides to chasing the other side.
Sun Chuanting led his army to retreat in a hurry. Li Zicheng's army came out in full swing and chased him relentlessly. He chased more than 400 miles a day and night. Most of the Qin army was annihilated, losing hundreds of thousands of weapons and supplies. Sun Chuanting led the remaining troops back to Tongguan.
Li Zicheng did not give Sun Chuanting a breath, and led his army to attack Tongguan. After repairing the captured Qin army train camp, he must be equipped with more than 300 artillery pieces.
Li Zicheng lined up the train camp towards Tongguan and kept bombarding Tongguan. Tongguan was beaten into a mess.
Inside Tongguan
Sun Chuanting stood on the city tower, covered in wounds, and still encouraged the tenacious fighting spirit to command the remaining Qin army to fight hard against Li Zicheng's army.
But the situation was hopeless and I couldn't turn the world back. Tianshi helped Li Zicheng's army and the Qing army again and again as enemies with the Ming Dynasty and helped Li Zicheng's army and the Qing army.
In October, Li Zicheng captured Tongguan, and half of Tongguan was blown up by a train camp. Peasants entered one after another. Sun Chuanting had few soldiers but could not stop. Finally, he fought one soldier and died in the chaos.
Sun Chuanting died in the chaos
Chongzhen actually suspected that the extremely loyal Sun Chuanting was not dead and would not give him a gift.
Like the Battle of Songjin, the Battle of Jiaxian was a strategic decisive battle that determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty. In these two battles, the Ming army did not have any chance, but due to various reasons, it eventually failed.
The time of heaven helps the enemy again and again but not Ming Dynasty. Does God also think that the Ming Dynasty's energy has been exhausted?
Historical records during the Chongzhen period recorded that the drought was severe, and there was a saying that the Little Ice Age was said. However, the decisive battle of the Ming Dynasty, which determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated because of the continuous rain. The probability was really high.
Is it not comprehensive enough historical records?
Or is it that the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, and God helps the thief and turns it back?
Li Zicheng's army then drove straight in, winning battles and quickly surrounded Xi'an.
On the 11th, Xi'an garrison Wang Genzi opened the city gate and surrendered. Qin King Zhu Cunshu was captured alive. Shaanxi Governor Feng Shikong and others committed suicide.
After occupying Shaanxi, Li Zicheng divided his troops into three groups to chase and suppress the remnants of the official army, cleared northern Shaanxi and collected the three-sided military towns in Guyuan, Ningxia and Gansu.
The generals of the official army, Bai Guangen, Gao Ruli, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu and others surrendered one after another. Li Zicheng's army launched an attack with a thunderous force and began to win consecutive battles.
Bai Guangen'en's Tongguan City was broken and fled to Guyuan. He was surrounded by Li Zicheng and surrendered and earned his value.
In May of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was dismissed from office.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to order Zhou Yanru to commit suicide and to his family
In September of the same year of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty died of illness.
On October 8, 16th year of Chongzhen, Aisin Jueluo Fulin succeeded to the throne, becoming Emperor Shunzhi and ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.
The 16th year of Chongzhen, a year of many disasters, ended tragically and tragically
In January 17th (1644), Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, named Li Jiqian as Taizu, founded the country in Dashun, and took the 17th year of Chongzhen as the first year of Yongchang
Xi'an was changed to Xijing, and the title of the hero was granted the title of fifth-class
At the same time, the regime was changed, the cabinet was changed to Tianyou Hall, and the Grand Secretary Pingzhang Military was established; the Sixth Government added one Shangshu and one Assistant Minister and one Assistant Minister.
Add provincial-level institutions and set up military governors
Li Zicheng's army occupied important towns in the northwest, turning the traditional military base of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years into the rear of the peasant army.
The surrendered Ming army followed one after another, Li Zicheng was overwhelmed with his strength, and his heart began to expand.
In January of the 17th (1644), Dorgon wrote to the Dashun Army in the name of Emperor Qing, proposing a strategy of cooperating with the Central Plains, but Li Zicheng ignored it
Xi'an, on the city tower
Tonight, the sky is clear and the breeze is bright and the moon is hanging high, and the bright moonlight shines on the earth
Li Zicheng wore a dragon robe and smashed the Qing Dynasty's alliance letters to the ground with anger.
Li Zicheng cursed: Is the only Liaodong Tatars want to swallow my Chinese nation, and with less than one million people, I swallow my Chinese land with hundreds of millions of people? The wolf's ambition is obvious.
Li Zicheng cursed: Dashun and the Ming Dynasty are just fighting against each other. What should you do if you liquidate and bring it to Korea and some Mongolia, thinking that you can make a big splash?
Li Zicheng cursed: If I allow you to enter the Central Plains by the Qing Dynasty, I will not be worthy of being the descendants of the Chinese nation, and I will be ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors.
Li Zicheng cursed: You barbarians have entered the border five times to rob, kill our people, rob my money and grain, rob my population, and abused countless women in China. This is tolerant, but who is unbearable! I will definitely snatch it!
Li Zicheng cursed: Now that I want to share the world with me, I must have ulterior motives. How can I follow your barbarians and Tatars? I will definitely fight it!
Queen Gao said softly: Emperor, please calm down, don’t get angry. This world needs to be conquered.
Li Zicheng turned his head and saw Empress Gao, wearing a phoenix-welcoming dragon crown, wearing a colorful auspicious cloud jacket with white background and gold edges, a coat with clouds and rolling robes, and wearing high-heeled purple golden phoenix boots
Empress Gao came to Li Zicheng, raised her arm and stretched out her slender jade hand from her wide cloud sleeves, held it on Li Zicheng's shoulders, and turned around Li Zicheng, staring at Li Zicheng's eyes tightly.
Queen Gao said softly: When the emperor put on the dragon robe, it was different from before!
Queen Gao’s skin color, rosy and plump cheeks, long and narrow phoenix eyes, heroic and slim and beautiful
A tall nose, sexy and thick lips are naturally red and tender, and a round chin with round and round chin
Majestic, noble and dignified, yet still has the mellow beauty of a mature woman
After more than ten years of military career, not only did not urge her to age, but instead tempered her into a more heroic and cool look.
Three years younger than Li Zicheng, this year's age is 35 years old. It is the moment when women attract men and understand men's psychology the most
Li Zicheng was so dizzy that he was confused by Queen Gao's expression and the strange fragrance on his body. He laughed loudly and picked up Queen Gao in his waist.
Li Zicheng said: Tonight, the one I want to conquer is Empress Gao, hahahaha
Queen Gao was picked up by Li Zicheng from her waist, and she stretched out her wheat-colored jade hand from her wide sleeves to hug Li Zicheng's neck.
Queen Gao narrowed her long and narrow phoenix eyes slightly, her eyelids narrowed several times, glanced at Li Zicheng's eyes, and made a calm and noble expression.
Queen Gao’s cold and mid-bass sounds: Yes... is it the emperor conquered this palace... or is it the slave conquered the emperor... uh?
Li Zicheng hugged Empress Gao, raised his head and smiled. He hugged Empress Gao in the waist, walked slowly towards the palace with a proud look on his face.
The dark pupils in Queen Gao's narrow phoenix eyes moved quickly left and right, staring at Li Zicheng's face and eyes, staring at his crown, and staring at his phoenix robe on his body, with a look of success and fame on his face.
The narrow phoenix eyes seemed to be narrowed and opened. As the eyes kept turning cunningly, waves of light shot out and printed into Li Zicheng's eyes, and then into his nerve center
The strange fragrance on Queen Gao's body is neither strong nor light, but it makes people feel endless aftertaste. Li Zicheng's head is constantly grinding in her long hair, kissing her slender wheat-colored neck, and putting her big mouth on her naturally red, tender, sexy and thick red lips
Queen Gao was squeezed open by Li Zicheng's red lips, but she stretched out a slender jade tongue, swiped on Li Zicheng's lips, scraped on his neat teeth, and finally drilled into his mouth with force, and tangled with his tongue inside.
Queen Gao's mouth made a sound of hesitation and low voices, with a slight magnetic sound. Then Queen Gao pulled back her slender jade tongue, which had been sucked red by Li Zicheng.
The tempting mid-bass to Queen Gao: The thought of desire is entangled... I can't escape the eyes of the sky... The floating clouds are in an instant... every drop is in front of me... Hum?
Li Zicheng hugged Queen Gao, stared at her, and looked like he gritted his teeth, his eyes full of excitement.
Li Zicheng sang: Listen to the wind and rain... I don’t sleep for a long night... A thousand worries... The painting of the country... I will replace it... Hahahaha...
The Ming Dynasty was exhausted and the Great Xia collapsed. Are the people peaceful because of Li Zicheng's rise, or are they ready to face the more cruel tragedy because of Li Zicheng's rise?
Sun Chuanting was wearing an iron helmet, cloth armor and short leather boots, and a cloak, standing on the Tongguan city tower. Under the city gate were neatly arranged with a hundred thousand Ming army.
General Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others stood behind Sun Chuanting's back, and looked down at the 100,000 troops in front of Tongguan with a serious expression. This was the last unit that was considered the most elite in the Ming Dynasty after the Ming Songjin battle was defeated by the Qing army.
The cool wind blew, and the tassels on the iron helmets of the generals and the cloak behind them moved with the wind, but the wind was unstable, and the direction of the tassels and cloak fluttered was left and right.
As firearms became popular, cotton cloth was used as cloth-surface armor for inner and inner villages in the late Yuan Dynasty.
This kind of armor was also adopted in the Ming Dynasty, but the Mongolian-style side lace was changed to a pair of laces, and the equipment for foot skirts was added.
The advent of the musket era has caused many traditional armor to lose its former style, and instead it is widely used by chain mail and cloth armor.
In the cold north of the Ming Dynasty, there is a thicker cotton armor. Because the cotton armor grows up, it is cold-proof and is very suitable for northern soldiers to use.
It also has a densely embedded iron armor sheet in thick fabric, which has a high protective effect on cold weapons and even firearms.
Seeing this new Qin army with insufficient training and shortage of food and salary, Sun Chuanting remembered the three armies of the Ming Dynasty, the heroes who had sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty with the wind.
The first one is Guanning Iron Cavalry
It was the only cavalry unit in the Ming Dynasty that could compete with the Qing Dynasty, but the production cost was too high
Around March of the first year of Chongzhen, about 100,000 Mongolian tribes surrendered to the Ming court. The generals of Liao Town recruited a large number of elite and capable people who were good at fighting as servants. At that time, the general of Jinzhou Zu Dashou directly reorganized some of the Mongolians into the surrendered Yi Zuo Camp, and took the leader of the Mongolian tribe as the general, becoming an elite army directly under Zu Dashou.
Moreover, the command of this army has always been in the hands of the warlords of the Zudashou family in Liaodong, and even Chongzhen could not command it casually.
Wu Sangui's father was Wu Xiang, and he had a marriage relationship with Zu Dashou and also belonged to a member of Zu Dashou's military family.
The Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is rumored to be founded by Sun Chengzong, is not true
According to the record of Emperor Xizong, in the sixth year of Tianqi, Yuan Chonghuan wrote a letter to the Liaozhen Army organization, and still used the rated organization by Sun Chengzong, without the Guanning Iron Cavalry
Guanning Iron Cavalry was not compiled by Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the governor of Ji Liao in April of the first year of Chongzhen. He entered the capital to meet the emperor in July. Later, he was busy pacifying the mutiny and planning to kill Mao Wenlong. Then he was arrested and imprisoned in the Ji Si Incident.
In just over a year, it is not time to make changes to Guanning Army
The second is the Qin army
The infantry formed mainly by the people of Yulin, Shaanxi, was the strongest infantry corps in the Ming Dynasty founded by Sun Chuanting, and the main force that fought against Li Zicheng's peasant army many times, but the combat troops were not strengthened due to the years of combat
Sun Chuanting began to participate in the suppression of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty in the autumn of 1636. By the summer of 1638, the Ming army had more than ten major battles, with more than one victory or defeat. Three of them were annihilated the main forces of the peasant army, including Gao Yingxiang's army, Ma Jinzhong's army, Ma Guangyu's army, Li Zicheng's army, and the battle results were brilliant.
Later, he was imprisoned for three years, and began to preside over the military affairs of Shaanxi in the spring of 1642.
The third one is Tianxiong Army
Lu Xiangsheng's army is based on kinship and is united closely
Since they are all fellow villagers, friends, brothers, family members, etc., they often die alone in battle, which can arouse the anger of most people. Therefore, they have a strong fighting spirit. Once they encounter an enemy, they will hold on to the end.
Lu Xiangsheng leads the way every time he fights, sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, so he wins the hearts of the soldiers and makes contributions in the battle.
In the 12th year of Chongzhen (1639), Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to be surrounded by the Qing army in Jiazhuang, Julu. Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, was constrained by left and right, but he was unable to rescue him. He was eventually killed in the battle because of the guns and arrows.
It was not until Yang Sichang failed to kill Zhang Xianzhong and committed suicide that the court posthumously awarded the title of Prince Taishi, Minister of War, and was posthumously named Zhonglie during the reign of King Fu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Zhongsu posthumously named Zhongjing in the Qing Dynasty
More than a hundred people in the Lu family fought against the Qing Dynasty, and they were loyal to the whole family until their deaths.
Sun Chuanting pressed his hands on the wall of the city tower, his expression was melancholy and his eyes were wet
General Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others stood behind Sun Chuanting, quietly watching him, waiting for his orders
The Qin army in front of us is no longer the Qin army that annihilated the peasant army three times.
Before the Songjin War, most of the peasant army had been annihilated three times. Chongzhen thought that the peasant army had disappeared and disappeared, but he did not know the reason why a spark could start a prairie fire.
Chongzhen actually transferred more than 100,000 Qin troops from Sun Chuanting to Liaodong to suppress the rebellion.
Sun Chuanting strongly opposed Chongzhen's decision at that time, and insisted that the country would be settled first when fighting against foreign countries. Emperor Chongzhen was furious and threw Sun Chuanting into prison.
As a result, the Ming army was wiped out in the Battle of Songjin again
When Sun Chuanting returned to Shaanxi for the second time, he had only a few thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people, and lacked food and salary and training.
In the 12th year of Chongzhen (1639), Lu Xiangsheng was constrained by the left and right Tianxiong army was destroyed by the Qing army.
In the 15th year of Chongzhen (1642), Hong Chengchou supplemented and absorbed more than 100,000 elite Qin army mixed army corps. In the end, due to the constraints of Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War of Ming Dynasty, the entire army was wiped out in the Songjin Battle. Hong Chengchou was captured and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, all the elites of the Nine Barriers and the food and straw of China were thrown away, and no one could continue to control it, and the temples and communities were ruined! The capital was shocked
From then on, outside Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty, only an isolated city was left in Ningyuan, and the Guanningjin defense line was completely destroyed.
In this battle, although the Ming army suffered a crushing defeat due to the mistake of command of the upper class, the majority of Ming soldiers regarded death as if they were home. Few begging for surrender had their generals, standing in the sea, stretching their arms to cover them, so that they would not be hit by arrows, and saluting them. After death, tens of thousands of dead people from the sea showed their national integrity.
At this point, there were no soldiers in the north of the Ming court who could fight
Chongzhen had no choice but to propose Sun Chuanting from the prison and asked him to return to Shaanxi to deal with Li Zicheng's army who had risen again during his three years in prison.
Chongzhen ordered Sun Chuanting to supervise the military affairs of Henan and Sichuan. Soon after, he was appointed as the Minister of War, renamed the military affairs of Shanxi, Huguang, Guizhou and Jiangnan, and was granted the Sword of Shangfang.
Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan could only be demoted and retained Wu Sangui led 30,000 Guanning remnants to defend the troops
The key success or failure of all this is not natural disasters, but also in Chongzhen's wrong dispatch and military supervisors' urging war. Because of his high ambition and low talent, he mischievously dispatched the army again and again. Because of his suspicion, he let the eunuchs and military supervisors restrain each other again and again, thinking that a balance of rights could be achieved through mutual restraint. However, this pushed the Ming Dynasty into the fire pit.
An important feature of Chongzhen was that he was suspicious and suspicious. Whether he was an internal and external minister, he rarely gained his persistent trust.
After returning to Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting once again developed his ability to reliably reliably, accumulate strength, and continuously expands his military strength and food pay.
After several months of rest and some savings, Chongzhen urged him to fight several times in a row.
Sun Chuanting had to take the newly recruited soldiers to fight, and won first and then defeated Li Zicheng's army in the battle of Shiyuan.
Originally, Sun Chuanting defeated Li Zicheng again in this battle, but the weather was once again in a dilemma with the Ming Dynasty. Heavy rain fell, and the government army was hungry and cold, so it was unable to continue to expand the results of the battle.
While the government army was cleaning up the spoils, Li Zicheng's main force killed a rebellion. The government army could not resist and was defeated like a mountain. Sun Chuanting led the remaining defeated generals back to Shaanxi
The official army was originally a long-distance raid, trying to raise the war with the war. The food and grass were not available, and the soldiers had to collect unripe green persimmons to satisfy their hunger. Therefore, the Henan people called this battle the Persimmon Garden Battle.
This battle once again proves that soldiers who have not been trained enough cannot fight, and those who have not had sufficient food and salary cannot fight.
You can win when you encounter a battle against the wind, but you will be defeated if you fight against the wind.
If it were the Tianxiong Army, which had trained Lu Xiangsheng at this time, or the Qin army that participated in the annihilation of the peasant army three times three years ago, Li Zicheng would have been destroyed again
After Sun Chuanting returned to Shaanxi after he was defeated in the Battle of Shiyuan, he recruited soldiers everywhere, developed production, and purchased weapons. After more than half a year of hard work, the strength of Shaanxi's official army has increased significantly.
But Chongzhen, who was impatient, urged him again and again.
At this time, the Qing army would at any time break through the tens of thousands of remaining troops of Wu Sangui in Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, thereby attacking Beijing
The time for Chongzhen to make amends is getting less and less. Although Chongzhen was angry with his previous series of wrong behaviors, how could he admit his mistakes as the emperor?
So all the commanders in the leadership had to take the blame, just like Yuan Chonghuan
Chongzhen had to be shameless and kept urging Sun Chuanting to fight, hoping that he would quickly annihilate Li Zicheng again, and then he would attack Ningyuan or Shanhaiguan to resist the Qing army.
At this time, Chongzhen's expectations were all placed on Sun Chuanting's new Qin army. The huge burden of survival of the Ming Dynasty was heavy on Sun Chuanting's back.
At this time, whether it was Chongzhen or Sun Chuanting, no matter whether there was time to make a turnaround, whether the food and salary were sufficient, or whether the soldiers were trained enough, they could only go east to Tongguan and fight to the death with Li Zichengjue.
The cunning and tough Li Zicheng also knew that since Songjin defeated the Ming army, all the elite troops of the Ming army were lost, and the Qing army would attack Shanhaiguan at any time
Now, the Ming army is more anxious than the peasant army, and both ends are being squeezed out.
Although Li Zicheng turned defeated Sun Chuanting's new Qin army in the Battle of Persimmon Garden, he also tasted Sun Chuanting's strength again and was unwilling to fight Sun Chuanting's Qin army head-on with the train camp.
So, Li Zicheng changed to a strategy of using defense as an offensive, waiting for the fighter to lure the enemy into depth
Li Zichengke waited, Chongzhen and Sun Chuanting had no time to wait any longer, because the Qing army was gradually approaching, and once Shanhaiguan was broken, a horse could be flattened to the bottom of Beijing.
Therefore, Chongzhen and Sun Chuanting could only hope to eliminate Li Zicheng's peasant army before the Qing Dynasty captured Shanhaiguan, and then rush to resist Huang Taiji's Qing Dynasty.
As for whether Sun Chuanting could defeat Huang Taiji at that time, that's a story later.
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Sun Chuanting stood on the Tongguan city tower, looking up at the sky, the sky was gray
The tassels and cloaks on the iron helmets flutter in the strong wind
The tassels and cloaks that float and roll in the air rise due to the wind and fall due to the wind. When it is about to fall, it encounters the wind that rises again and floats with the wind.
When is the right time, place and people in the Ming Dynasty? They all came to fight against it. How could God force the Ming Dynasty here?
General Bai Guangen was wearing cloth armor and short leather boots. He could not help but listened to the supervisor's words, so he stepped forward and clenched his fists and spoke.
If the emperor asked the supervisor to kill Li Zicheng first and then support Liaodong, there would be no today
Sun Chuanting held the wall of Tongguan and looked back at the general Bai Guangen. The general who returned to Shaanxi again after the battle of Songjin
Bai Guangen first followed Huntianhou as a thief, but later surrendered to Ming Dynasty, suppressed bandits, and made many military achievements.
After Songshan defeated, he also won the battle with the Qing army.
Later, he came from Wu to suppress the enemy, but was arrogant and unused, so he plundered back to Shaanxi, and then took charge of the thief from Sun Chuanting.
The first thing to do is to be a thief, and later surrendered to the Ming Dynasty under the command of the commander, and followed the commander to fight south and north, winning consecutive battles. After so many years, I only admire the commander.
Sun Chuanting turned around and looked at the 100,000 troops in front of Tongguan, recalling the past with a melancholy expression, muttering words in his mouth
The emperor is the emperor, the minister is the soldiers. If the emperor wants the minister to advance, the minister must not refuse. If the emperor wants the minister to retreat, the minister must not refuse.
Bai Guang hated: To withdraw troops with strong forces, to advance troops with weak forces, to fight and sway left and right, is a sign of defeated army.
Bai Guang said with grudges: I think my 100,000 elite Qin army lost all the losses under the vague command of Hong Chengchou and others. Only three thousand old Qin army returned to the command of the commander.
Sun Chuanting closed his eyes again and looked up at the sky. Ah, let out a sound
If I were given one more month at that time, I would have been able to kill Li Zicheng. The result is God's will. It would be better not to say anything about the past.
The emperor has repeatedly issued an order to urge the war. The Qin army must fight now. The Shanhaiguan crisis is in danger. We will not fight. What can the Ming Dynasty dare not imagine?
General Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others, who saw the supervisor like this, were extremely moved to worship and bowed their heads and kneeled on the ground, shouting
I am willing to follow the commander to the death, serve the court, fight the decisive battle, and wrap the body around the horse and the body, and never give up.
The 100,000 soldiers in front of Tongguan also shouted bravely together, raising the world's voice
Defend the Ming Dynasty, fight the battlefield, defend the Ming Dynasty, fight the battlefield
Hearing the voices of the soldiers, although they were all new recruits, they had the courage to defend the Ming Dynasty and took it as their own responsibility. Sun Chuanting was also infected and inspired, and his eyes shone for a moment.
Sun Chuanting shouted: If the nest is destroyed, how can there be a complete egg? Once the country is destroyed, the family will be forgotten.
Emperor, I will kill the thieves in this battle, and then wipe out the Manchu Tatars, serve the emperor, and restore our great lands in the Ming Dynasty.
The soldiers shouted together: Defend the Ming Dynasty, fight the decisive battle, defend the Ming Dynasty, and restore the rivers and mountains
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August 1643
Li Zicheng learned that the Shaanxi government troops had left the pass, and at the same time ordered Zuo Liangyu to go west, General Chen Yongfu and Qin Yiming to support the Henan and Sichuan soldiers.
Li Zicheng personally led 200,000 troops to go north to Henan to meet the enemy
Due to the lack of food and grass in Henan, Li Zicheng adopted the strategy of luring the enemy into depth and deployed the main force in the area south of Jia County.
Li Zicheng was afraid of Sun Chuanting, and in order to avoid his edge, he adopted a strategy of luring the enemy into depth.
Give up the vast area from Tongguan to Jiaxian, Shaanxi Qin army was unstoppable along the way, occupied Luoyang in early August, and attacked Ruzhou on September 8, and Li Yangchun, the four heavenly king of the peasant army, surrendered.
After Li Yangchun surrendered, he leaked secrets to the official army, causing great losses to the civilian army. He reported that the old camp of the civilian army was in Tang County, the elite troops were in Xiangcheng, and local civil and military officials gathered in Baofeng.
Sun Chuanting took targeted actions based on this information
Send general Bai Guangen to lead 20,000 Qin troops and 100 trains to first break through Baofeng and kill Chen Kexin, the pseudo-state master, and others.
Then, General Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and others led 40,000 Qin troops and 500 trains to the Tang County, and killed all the peasant soldiers who were placed there.
Although there are 20,000 trains in the train camp, there are not only 20,000 artillery pieces. The train is loaded with cannons and the soldiers' clothes and food are stored in the carriage.
There are only more than a thousand real trains equipped with artillery
Trains can be used to attack cavalry during war, and can be used as fences to ensure the safety of field troops during camping, and can also be used as a logistics vehicle during marching, which has certain benefits for long-distance marches and wars.
However, trains are poor in mobility and are often prone to suffer losses in field battles. Their defense and logistics are greater than their offensive roles. They are difficult to protect themselves in large-scale wars and may lead to failure. The hidden dangers of large-scale development of trains are also obvious.
The peasant army was betrayed by Li Yangchun, and the civil and military officials and their families suffered heavy losses. They were shocked and their morale fell sharply.
On September 14, the main force of the official army and Li Zicheng's peasant army began fierce battles in Jia County.
The two armies stalemate and dare not fight lightly. They observe the enemy's formation several times and change the formation
The Qin army was 120,000 (Li Yangchun surrendered and brought about 20,000 people), and the peasant army was 200,000.
Qin army array, crane wing formation
Sun Chuanting is located behind the formation and is surrounded by heavy troops, spreading its wings like cranes on the left and right.
Gao Jie led the front line of 20,000 cavalry, Niu Chenghu, Li Yangchun led the second line of 40,000 infantry, Bai Guangen led the third line of 20,000 train battalion, and Sun Chuanting led the fourth line of 10,000 central troops.
Gao Ruli, Zuo Guang first led 20,000 infantry troops as the left wing, and Chen Yongfu led 20,000 infantry troops as the right wing
Crane Wing Formation Tactical Thoughts: Left and Left Copy
The crane wing formation requires that the general should have high tactical command capabilities, and the two wings should be freely opened and combined. They can be used to copy both sides of the enemy, and they can also work together to attack the enemy in the middle of the formation. The general's own formation should be strictly defended to prevent being broken through by the enemy; the two wings should be flexible, closely coordinated, and have a fierce attack.
Peasant Army Array, Front Array
Li Zicheng is located behind the formation, and his main forces are gathered in the center. The forward is spreading in the shape of an arrow, which is also an offensive formation.
Tactical Thoughts: Central Breakthrough
The arrows of the forward can withstand pressure from the enemy's wings, but the offensiveness is slightly less, and the weakness of the formation is still on the tail side.
There are five levels of battle formations of peasant soldiers. The first level is eighty thousand hungry people, the second level is eighty thousand infantry, the third level is twenty thousand cavalry, and the fourth level is twenty thousand elite cavalry.
If Sun Chuanting's Qin army wins in this battle, then Sun Chuanting will definitely not let Li Zicheng have another 17 people hiding in Shangluo Mountain, Shaanxi Province.
Then the Ming Dynasty would have the possibility of recovering the Central Plains. If time could catch up, Huang Taiji's Qing army would not be able to invade Shanhaiguan.
At that time, it will gradually be a situation where Ming and Qing are strong, Qing and weak
If Li Zicheng's peasant army wins this battle, then the last new force of the Ming Dynasty that could mobilize and protect Chongzhen would no longer exist
The Ming Dynasty general Daxia general was reduced to the food on the plate snatched by the Qing Dynasty and the peasant army.
At that time, after both Liaodong and Shaanxi were invaded, the important areas of the capital, including Beijing, which were rampant with food and wages and plagues, would automatically collapse and be destroyed without attack.
Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong cut off the connection between the southern Ming forces and the capital and important areas of the capital. Although there were more than 500,000 troops in the south, they could not support Chongzhen, and were delayed by the peasant army in the south.
If Chongzhen dies, it will inevitably be a scattered sand, and each has its own ghost hearts to attack each other and keep striking internal strife.
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The peasant army set up a front arrow formation, and the arrow-shaped vanguard slowly separated a small path
I saw a white armored female general riding a white horse slowly moving out calmly. Her cheeks were rosy and plump, her narrow phoenix eyes were bright and bright, her heroic and stylish, slender and beautiful
A tall nose, sexy and thick lips are naturally red and tender, and a round chin with round and round chin
Majestic, with a general style, yet still the mellow beauty of a mature woman
This person is the wife of Li Zicheng, the king of rebellion, Gao Guiying
After more than ten years of military career, not only did not urge her to age, but instead tempered her into a more heroic and cool look.
Three years younger than Li Zicheng, this year's age is 34 years old, which is the most mature moment for women
Gao Guiying rode a white horse and lined ten steps in front of the peasant army formation. She thought she would stop there, but she pulled the reins with one hand and whipped the horse's buttocks with the other hand, urging the white horse to move forward again. The white horse raised its front foot and yelled and walked forward ten steps.
Gao Guiying shouted: Are you the official army killing my officials and slaughtering my family members?
Gao Guiying sat down on the white horse in front of the 100,000 Qin troops, and turned the horse in a little scared and was a little scared. Gao Guiying rode on the back of the white horse, holding the reins tightly with both hands, controlling the scared white horse.
The Ming Dynasty was corrupt, the Donglin government was in chaos, natural disasters and man-made disasters, industrial and commercial taxes were light, and farmers were heavy taxes. Can the people call for money by paying for one salary?
The Qin army was strict in military discipline and was arrayed like a mountain. In Gao Guiying's eyes, only the military flag fluttering in the wind on the military flag was moving, with the names of Sun, Qin and the generals on it.
The Qin army vanguard also separated a path. Sun Chuanting wore an iron helmet and cloth armor and short leather boots, and sat upright with a dark horse slowly walking out.
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: You are the rioters who take advantage of the chaos and do evil, and the world is in trouble, kill our people, and hit our imperial tombs, flood Kaifeng, and you will not be punished.
Gao Guiying shouted: Only the officials and soldiers are allowed to do evil, but the farmers are willing to endure it? Just wait for the day when they die?
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: Even if the country is not enough, the current emperor's diligence has been reduced, and the people should encourage each other to overcome difficulties together. How can you take advantage of the situation and robbery? Is your family only suffering?
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: The Tatars of the Qing Dynasty invaded us in Liaodong, how can there be a complete egg after the nest is destroyed? If the country is destroyed, will there be a family? Do you not want to serve the country, do you not want to be loyal to the emperor, do you actually take advantage of the chaos and do evil. The Qing Dynasty will treat you well in the pass?
Gao Guiying said: Don’t be reasonable, starve to death, die of illness, force death to millions, and wait for tens of thousands?
Sun Chuanting said indignantly: Don’t talk much to the thief, and you will see the difference on the battlefield.
Gao Guiying shouted: It’s death or life, the skill is seen at the tip of the knife
The two of them called each other and rode back to the formation. The two forwards returned to the formation.
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Li Zicheng's 200,000 troops set out a front-line arrow formation and began to move towards the Qin army.
Sun Chuanting's 100,000 Qin troops and 20,000 surrendered troops also set up a crane wing formation and began to move towards the peasant army.
For a moment, both sides were full of murderous intent, dust and smoke rolled, and the wind in the air was endless, and the rainy season was coming.
Li Zicheng commanded the vanguard formation of 80,000 hungry people first launched an attack, and came overwhelmingly like a mountain torrent. The sound of killing sounds shook the sky and the momentum was imminent.
The vanguard of the Qin army's crane wing formation was led by Gao Jie. He had a grudge against Li Zicheng to seize his wife and was Li Zicheng's mortal enemy.
Sun Chuanting watched the 80,000 hungry vanguards rushed over, riding a horse on the high ground to calmly command. When the hungry vanguard reached the range of the train camp, he ordered Bai Guangen's 20,000 train camp in the third row, and more than 1,000 artillery pieces were shot together in three sections.
After the first stage of artillery is fired, the second stage of artillery is fired and then loaded. After the second stage of artillery is fired, it will also start firing and then loading, and then loading.
Cannon sound: Bang bang...bang bang...bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...
The shells flew out of the barrel, threw them into the sky, fell into the group of 80,000 hungry people, and then exploded
The eighty thousand hungry peasant army, which was blown by artillery, was immediately crushed to pieces, blood stained the earth, fell one by one, and then rushed forward one by one.
These hungry peasant soldiers knew that they had nothing to lose and nothing to be remembered. Their only purpose was to have a meal, and their only goal was to push down this corrupt Ming Dynasty.
Eighty thousand hungry people fell down, ten thousand yuan, ten thousand yuan, ten thousand yuan, and ten thousand yuan, ten thousand yuan, and ten thousand yuan, rushing forward with red eyes
The commander said: Report to the army, there are still 50,000 left in the enemy vanguard
Sun Chuanting said: Explore again
After a while, the commander came to Sun Chuanting's horse again, bowed his head and knelt on one knee.
The commander said: Report to the army, there are still 40,000 left in the enemy vanguard
Sun Chuanting said: Gao Jie, the quick-lived vanguard, led 20,000 cavalry to launch an attack
The messenger said: obey the order
The vanguard Gao Jie commanded 20,000 cavalry and began to rush towards the 40,000 hungry vanguards like a tide. In an instant, the 40,000 tired and injured refugees were dispersed, and then the melee started. Li Zicheng's vanguard gradually could not stand it.
Li Zicheng watched the 30,000 vanguards, hungry peasant army fought with the Qin army's vanguard cavalry, and commanded the second 80,000 infantry to charge towards the Qin army, and it was necessary to take down the 20,000 cavalry of Gao Jie, the vanguard of Qin army.
Thus implementing the tactical ideas of the front and arrow formation: Central breakthrough
Sun Chuanting saw Li Zicheng's 80,000 infantry support coming, like a bigger wave sweeping over the sky.
The second row of 40,000 infantry reinforcements led by Li Yangchun Gao Jie
Then order Gao Ruli from the left wing, Zuo Guangxian's 20,000 infantry, and Chen Yongfu's 20,000 infantry from the right wing, don't move lightly, wait for the military order, and those who violate the order will be killed.
Sun Chuanting ordered his 10,000 central army to mix with 20,000 train battalions, and the trains lined up side by side to form a long line of defense, leaving only a few living mouths.
Two battles, blood splattered everywhere, and the smell was strong
Li Zicheng's 80,000 infantry and 30,000 hungry people totaled more than 100,000, and the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry were totaled sixty thousand.
Suddenly, the shouts were shaking
The dead were everywhere, blood flowing into canals, military weapons and corpses rushed into the blood canal, like ice disintegration and spinning down
Human life disappears in dozens or hundreds or thousands of times at every moment. Countless peasant soldiers and Qin soldiers fell down one by one, and then they came up one by one to fight. Either you die or I live, there is no second choice.
A peasant army was about to chop a fallen Qin soldier when he was about to kill a Qin army soldier. He was knocked away by the Qin cavalry who suddenly came to reinforce.
When a Qin soldier pierced the peasant army with a knife behind him, he was then cut off his head by another peasant army.
A lonely Qin cavalry was surrounded by the spear of the peasant army and was stabbed to death by random guns. He was tragic and heroic.
Before the Qin soldier died, he had more than ten long robberies in his body and spitting blood. Finally, he lowered his head and looked at his comrades and compatriots fighting beside him, and his head was immediately cut off.
Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu, Li Yangchun led 60,000 Qin troops to fight with 100,000 peasant troops in the battle formation, and fought hard, fighting to the death, for the Ming Dynasty, for the supervision of the army, and for the sake of his own ability to survive.
Two armies fought, an hour passed
Under the coordinated combat of the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry, the 100,000 peasant army gradually stopped supporting and began to loosen the formation.
Seeing this, Sun Chuanting calmed down and became happy
Order Gao Ruli from the left wing, Zuo Guangxian's 20,000 infantry, and Chen Yongfu's 20,000 infantry from the right wing, to jointly attack and break into the middle of the formation of tens of thousands of peasant soldiers
The two wings of the Qin army were mobile and flexible, closely coordinated, and attacked fiercely, like a pair of crane wings that were closely fanned together, quickly pinched tens of thousands of peasant soldiers.
Li Zicheng was shocked. He did not expect that the advantage of military strength could not break through the central government, and even made dumplings by the Qin army.
The smell of blood and cries came from the front line, deafening, making the peasant army start to be terrified and their morale is depressing.
Eighty thousand hungry people plus eighty thousand infantry soldiers, a total of 160,000, but they could not break through the Qin army's 20,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry.
At the beginning, the train camp suffered heavy casualties before the confrontation, and morale dropped sharply
Li Zicheng's original plan was to wait until the vanguard and infantry army easily broke through the Qin army's vanguard, and then ordered the third-level cavalry to 20,000 and the fourth-level elite cavalry to cover up and kill each other, but things went against their wishes.
An hour passed, and the 160,000 Li Zicheng army was gradually surrounded and annihilated by the 100,000 Qin army. The corpses were everywhere, blood stained the earth, the military weapons and corpses were stacked like hills, and the wailing sounds of the broken horses rose and fell one after another.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Li Zicheng did not dare to send cavalry to reinforce the infantry, and led his army to start fleeing.
Sun Chuanting ordered the Qin army to pursue him closely, General Guoyi Xie Junyou was captured and killed, and Li Zicheng was almost captured
Li Zicheng desperately led the cavalry to escape into Xiangcheng, but because the cavalry had never participated in the battle, he ran very fast.
Sun Chuanting led the Qin army and followed and surrounded Xiangcheng. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was in a good situation, morale was greatly boosted, and military power was revealed.
In Xiangcheng
Faced with the crisis, some civilian soldiers had the idea of surrendering.
Gao Guiying stood up wearing white armor and shouted: We will kill the vassal kings and burn the imperial tombs. The crime is unforgivable. You might as well fight to the death again. If you cannot win, it will not be too late for you to kill me and the King of Chuang to surrender. You can also make meritorious service.
Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Song Xiance and other important officials stood up together. Song Xiance shouted: Our crimes are unforgivable. Even if we surrender to the Ming Dynasty, we will not die well. We are willing to fight to the death with the King of Chuang and die before we live.
After Gao Guiying, Song Xiance and other personal generals comforted each other, the peasant army stabilized.
Li Zicheng was defeated by Sun Chuanting again, with an extremely depressed expression and a lonely and melancholy tent
Fortunately, his wife Gao Guiying comforted Li Zicheng carefully and gently, so his spirit improved slightly
On that day, the weather was once again in a dilemma with the Ming Dynasty and it started to rain heavily.
Outside Xiangcheng, Qin Army Camp
Sun Chuanting looked up at the sky, looking at the heavy rain, the Qin army exposed outside the city was in agony, he looked melancholy and sighed to his leader
Could it be that the Ming Dynasty has really been exhausted and the time has come to heaven and frequently fall to the enemy side? Emperor, how can I bear the grace of the emperor?
Due to the muddy roads, the soldiers were wet all over, and the Qin army's grain trucks were difficult to move. There was a problem with the Qin army's logistics, and morale began to gradually decline.
Bai Guangen led 20,000 infantry troops to lead 500 trains to break through Jia County to obtain supplies, but Jia County had already lived in vain and only got some mules and horses after breaking the city, and was soon eaten by the soldiers.
At this point, the Qin army was depressed, the soldiers were in the rain and had no food to eat, and their emotions began to rise.
At this time, Li Zicheng was not at all easy to live, and his morale was also low, but fortunately, the cavalry were still unscathed.
Song Xiance proposed to write a letter of war on the one hand and agree on a decisive battle with the Qin army, so as to interfere with the official army.
On the one hand, we sent fast and mobile cavalry to cut off the Qin army's food route, so that the Qin army would be in chaos without fighting and attack the Qin army at the right time.
So Li Zicheng sent general Liu Zongmin to lead 10,000 cavalry to capture the Qin army from a small road and cut off the Qin army's food route.
However, Li Zicheng was not very relieved to judge the situation, so he asked his wife Gao Guiying and Liu Zongmin to go with him.
In order to break into the king, Gao Guiying also fought hard, and risked his life with Liu Zongmin on a heavy rainy night. When his vision was hazy, he stole Xiangcheng and raided the rear of the official army from the small road, cutting off the official army's food route, cutting off the official army's food route when his vision was hazy.
Gao Guiying rode a horse in front of her, running wildly in the night. On the rainy night, she was only seen with white armor and white horse, heroic and full of the destiny of a general.
Liu Zongmin followed Gao Guiying on a horse and looked at Mrs. Chuangwang. He had to admire that a woman was so capable, supporting half of Li Zicheng's sky.
Behind the two were ten thousand cavalrymen, following the Lady of the King of Chuang. This cavalry team was like the most beautiful scenery on a rainy night.
Gao Guiying looked determined, and her phoenix eyes shot a firm look. She held the horse's reins tightly with one hand and kept whipping the horse's buttocks with the other hand
The handsome white horse, carrying the hostess, runs hard on the rainy night, the white horse is white, majestic and heroic
Gao Guiying looked back at the cavalry generals behind him from time to time, waved the horse whip, and directed them not to leave the team. It would be more convenient to go from wherever they were.
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The food route was cut off by Gao Guiying and Liu Zongmin. The Qin army soldiers were soaked in the rain every day that they had no food to eat. Their emotions began to become more and more irritable, and their morale became even lower.
In desperation, Sun Chuanting had to decide to return to the army to welcome the grain. He ordered the Henan general Chen Yongfu to stay in the military camp and led his direct troops to return to the army to open up the grain route.
However, the Qin army's movement brought a chain reaction
The soldiers under Chen Yongfu's troops were indignant when they saw the Shaanxi government troops leaving, but they were left behind to starve and acted as scapegoats.
So, the front army moved, the back army was in chaos
Chen Yongfu was shocked and could not stop beating him. The situation was no longer under Chen Yongfu's control, and the Qin army was in chaos.
Li Zicheng saw the Qin army in Xiangcheng, and ordered 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 elite cavalry. His family members joined the newly formed peasant army and infantry army of the remaining soldiers to fight out of Xiangcheng together.
The Qin army fled in front, Li Zicheng's cavalry and infantry were hunting down behind, and all the behind were killed by the cavalry. The Qin army collapsed on its entire line and ignored nothing, just fled forward.
Sun Chuanting escaped to Nanyang before he recovered, and was wiped out by Li Zicheng.
The Qin army turned around to fight against Li Zicheng's army, and the two sides started a big battle
This time, there were two times. At this time, the Qin army was exposed to rain for seven days, starved for seven days, and fled and was chased by the cavalry all the way. They had already become tired soldiers.
At this time, the Qin army had more than 70,000 left and the peasant army had more than 60,000 left.
Both sides were not prepared enough, they were very hasty
So, they were killed in a mess
In the melee between the two armies, swords and swords, artillery fire was everywhere, the smell of blood once again spread across the battlefield, and blood dyed the earth red again
There are five levels of civilian military battle formations. The first level is hungry people, the second level is infantry, the third level is cavalry, the fourth level is elite cavalry, and the fifth level is family members.
The peasant army can be said to be the whole nation, and they are dispatched together, either you die or I die
Under the command of Sun Chuanting, the Qin army broke through the front three battle formations of the civilian army and fought against the elite cavalry of the fourth battle formation.
Bai Guangen's train camp lost a lot and lost a lot because of the rain and being chased by Li Zicheng's cavalry. Most of the remaining ones could not be fought.
At this time, Gao Guiying and Liu Zongmin's 10,000 cavalry came from the rear of the Qin army, and came overwhelmed with the unstoppable force of thousands of troops and horses, and attacked the train camp fiercely. So Bai Guangen could not resist it and was defeated first, abandoned the train and fled.
The defeat of the train camp triggered a chain effect, and the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty could not resist and fled. The battlefield situation changed drastically, and the situation between the two sides of the war reversed, from fighting between the two sides to chasing the other side.
Sun Chuanting led his army to retreat in a hurry. Li Zicheng's army came out in full swing and chased him relentlessly. He chased more than 400 miles a day and night. Most of the Qin army was annihilated, losing hundreds of thousands of weapons and supplies. Sun Chuanting led the remaining troops back to Tongguan.
Li Zicheng did not give Sun Chuanting a breath, and led his army to attack Tongguan. After repairing the captured Qin army train camp, he must be equipped with more than 300 artillery pieces.
Li Zicheng lined up the train camp towards Tongguan and kept bombarding Tongguan. Tongguan was beaten into a mess.
Inside Tongguan
Sun Chuanting stood on the city tower, covered in wounds, and still encouraged the tenacious fighting spirit to command the remaining Qin army to fight hard against Li Zicheng's army.
But the situation was hopeless and I couldn't turn the world back. Tianshi helped Li Zicheng's army and the Qing army again and again as enemies with the Ming Dynasty and helped Li Zicheng's army and the Qing army.
In October, Li Zicheng captured Tongguan, and half of Tongguan was blown up by a train camp. Peasants entered one after another. Sun Chuanting had few soldiers but could not stop. Finally, he fought one soldier and died in the chaos.
Sun Chuanting died in the chaos
Chongzhen actually suspected that the extremely loyal Sun Chuanting was not dead and would not give him a gift.
Like the Battle of Songjin, the Battle of Jiaxian was a strategic decisive battle that determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty. In these two battles, the Ming army did not have any chance, but due to various reasons, it eventually failed.
The time of heaven helps the enemy again and again but not Ming Dynasty. Does God also think that the Ming Dynasty's energy has been exhausted?
Historical records during the Chongzhen period recorded that the drought was severe, and there was a saying that the Little Ice Age was said. However, the decisive battle of the Ming Dynasty, which determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated because of the continuous rain. The probability was really high.
Is it not comprehensive enough historical records?
Or is it that the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, and God helps the thief and turns it back?
Li Zicheng's army then drove straight in, winning battles and quickly surrounded Xi'an.
On the 11th, Xi'an garrison Wang Genzi opened the city gate and surrendered. Qin King Zhu Cunshu was captured alive. Shaanxi Governor Feng Shikong and others committed suicide.
After occupying Shaanxi, Li Zicheng divided his troops into three groups to chase and suppress the remnants of the official army, cleared northern Shaanxi and collected the three-sided military towns in Guyuan, Ningxia and Gansu.
The generals of the official army, Bai Guangen, Gao Ruli, Zuo Guangxian, Chen Yongfu and others surrendered one after another. Li Zicheng's army launched an attack with a thunderous force and began to win consecutive battles.
Bai Guangen'en's Tongguan City was broken and fled to Guyuan. He was surrounded by Li Zicheng and surrendered and earned his value.
In May of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was dismissed from office.
Later, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict to order Zhou Yanru to commit suicide and to his family
In September of the same year of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taizong of Qing Dynasty died of illness.
On October 8, 16th year of Chongzhen, Aisin Jueluo Fulin succeeded to the throne, becoming Emperor Shunzhi and ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.
The 16th year of Chongzhen, a year of many disasters, ended tragically and tragically
In January 17th (1644), Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, named Li Jiqian as Taizu, founded the country in Dashun, and took the 17th year of Chongzhen as the first year of Yongchang
Xi'an was changed to Xijing, and the title of the hero was granted the title of fifth-class
At the same time, the regime was changed, the cabinet was changed to Tianyou Hall, and the Grand Secretary Pingzhang Military was established; the Sixth Government added one Shangshu and one Assistant Minister and one Assistant Minister.
Add provincial-level institutions and set up military governors
Li Zicheng's army occupied important towns in the northwest, turning the traditional military base of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years into the rear of the peasant army.
The surrendered Ming army followed one after another, Li Zicheng was overwhelmed with his strength, and his heart began to expand.
In January of the 17th (1644), Dorgon wrote to the Dashun Army in the name of Emperor Qing, proposing a strategy of cooperating with the Central Plains, but Li Zicheng ignored it
Xi'an, on the city tower
Tonight, the sky is clear and the breeze is bright and the moon is hanging high, and the bright moonlight shines on the earth
Li Zicheng wore a dragon robe and smashed the Qing Dynasty's alliance letters to the ground with anger.
Li Zicheng cursed: Is the only Liaodong Tatars want to swallow my Chinese nation, and with less than one million people, I swallow my Chinese land with hundreds of millions of people? The wolf's ambition is obvious.
Li Zicheng cursed: Dashun and the Ming Dynasty are just fighting against each other. What should you do if you liquidate and bring it to Korea and some Mongolia, thinking that you can make a big splash?
Li Zicheng cursed: If I allow you to enter the Central Plains by the Qing Dynasty, I will not be worthy of being the descendants of the Chinese nation, and I will be ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors.
Li Zicheng cursed: You barbarians have entered the border five times to rob, kill our people, rob my money and grain, rob my population, and abused countless women in China. This is tolerant, but who is unbearable! I will definitely snatch it!
Li Zicheng cursed: Now that I want to share the world with me, I must have ulterior motives. How can I follow your barbarians and Tatars? I will definitely fight it!
Queen Gao said softly: Emperor, please calm down, don’t get angry. This world needs to be conquered.
Li Zicheng turned his head and saw Empress Gao, wearing a phoenix-welcoming dragon crown, wearing a colorful auspicious cloud jacket with white background and gold edges, a coat with clouds and rolling robes, and wearing high-heeled purple golden phoenix boots
Empress Gao came to Li Zicheng, raised her arm and stretched out her slender jade hand from her wide cloud sleeves, held it on Li Zicheng's shoulders, and turned around Li Zicheng, staring at Li Zicheng's eyes tightly.
Queen Gao said softly: When the emperor put on the dragon robe, it was different from before!
Queen Gao’s skin color, rosy and plump cheeks, long and narrow phoenix eyes, heroic and slim and beautiful
A tall nose, sexy and thick lips are naturally red and tender, and a round chin with round and round chin
Majestic, noble and dignified, yet still has the mellow beauty of a mature woman
After more than ten years of military career, not only did not urge her to age, but instead tempered her into a more heroic and cool look.
Three years younger than Li Zicheng, this year's age is 35 years old. It is the moment when women attract men and understand men's psychology the most
Li Zicheng was so dizzy that he was confused by Queen Gao's expression and the strange fragrance on his body. He laughed loudly and picked up Queen Gao in his waist.
Li Zicheng said: Tonight, the one I want to conquer is Empress Gao, hahahaha
Queen Gao was picked up by Li Zicheng from her waist, and she stretched out her wheat-colored jade hand from her wide sleeves to hug Li Zicheng's neck.
Queen Gao narrowed her long and narrow phoenix eyes slightly, her eyelids narrowed several times, glanced at Li Zicheng's eyes, and made a calm and noble expression.
Queen Gao’s cold and mid-bass sounds: Yes... is it the emperor conquered this palace... or is it the slave conquered the emperor... uh?
Li Zicheng hugged Empress Gao, raised his head and smiled. He hugged Empress Gao in the waist, walked slowly towards the palace with a proud look on his face.
The dark pupils in Queen Gao's narrow phoenix eyes moved quickly left and right, staring at Li Zicheng's face and eyes, staring at his crown, and staring at his phoenix robe on his body, with a look of success and fame on his face.
The narrow phoenix eyes seemed to be narrowed and opened. As the eyes kept turning cunningly, waves of light shot out and printed into Li Zicheng's eyes, and then into his nerve center
The strange fragrance on Queen Gao's body is neither strong nor light, but it makes people feel endless aftertaste. Li Zicheng's head is constantly grinding in her long hair, kissing her slender wheat-colored neck, and putting her big mouth on her naturally red, tender, sexy and thick red lips
Queen Gao was squeezed open by Li Zicheng's red lips, but she stretched out a slender jade tongue, swiped on Li Zicheng's lips, scraped on his neat teeth, and finally drilled into his mouth with force, and tangled with his tongue inside.
Queen Gao's mouth made a sound of hesitation and low voices, with a slight magnetic sound. Then Queen Gao pulled back her slender jade tongue, which had been sucked red by Li Zicheng.
The tempting mid-bass to Queen Gao: The thought of desire is entangled... I can't escape the eyes of the sky... The floating clouds are in an instant... every drop is in front of me... Hum?
Li Zicheng hugged Queen Gao, stared at her, and looked like he gritted his teeth, his eyes full of excitement.
Li Zicheng sang: Listen to the wind and rain... I don’t sleep for a long night... A thousand worries... The painting of the country... I will replace it... Hahahaha...
The Ming Dynasty was exhausted and the Great Xia collapsed. Are the people peaceful because of Li Zicheng's rise, or are they ready to face the more cruel tragedy because of Li Zicheng's rise?
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