Chapter 474 Lu Long, Watching, Grassland, Massacre

Everyone knows what the consequences will be if the infantry team, which is already resting in a scattered manner, will be attacked by the cavalry, but everyone may just be willing to be the cavalry rather than the infantry.

When Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, sent this army, he did not expect these infantry to have any effect in field battles. He simply hoped that he would have some effect in defending Yongping Prefecture City Lu Long, and defending the city did not require too good courage and combat skills.

But he did not expect that Zhang Jiang, the general of Hebei, would come so quickly. The troops under his command did not expect that according to the information they obtained, the soldiers of the Hebei Army in Jiaozhou Camp were at least three to four days away, and he was still completely safe now.

The cavalry rushed over from both east and west directions like two sledgehammers, pounding hard on both sides, completely shattering the infantry team.

The Yongping Prefecture area is already a great plain, and the infantry can run in all directions, but the cavalry riding on horses will definitely run faster than them.

The cavalry could calmly swing a sabre at the back of an infantryman and then look for another one, but among the five thousand Jizhen soldiers, there was no big danger to any of the fleeing soldiers, except for the initial unlucky people.

The one who was really targeted was the cavalry coming. The first reaction was the generals and lieutenants who fled on horseback. Although the cavalry of the Hebei Army would spend a lot of effort to pursue them, they still had to catch up and kill them. As for the infantry who were quick to react and dared to resist immediately, they got what they wanted. They would rather die than retreat. If they did not retreat, they would have to die.

After a brief attack, in addition to the weapons that were thrown around the battlefield, there were even escaped soldiers who even threw away the outer armor in order to run quickly. In other words, less than 500 people died.

Perhaps after these fleeing soldiers lost their weapons, they would take a detour and go back to Jizhou Town directly, but their morale of the army was completely collapsed and they would not have the courage to fight again.

After these cavalry completely cleared the resistance and purposefully cleaned the battlefield, the cavalry brigade of nearly 3,000 people did not remember to go south along the Luan River, but made a maneuver to the north. After encountering the first small army in Jizhen, they did not attack the terrified small army, but instead retreated calmly to meet with the large army.

The cavalry unit's actions were not concealed. I believe that the small unit would transfer this intention to Shanhaiguan General Gao Di.

There are more than 4,000 defenders in Lulong City, of which nearly 2,000 are all so-called veterans, that is, the direct troops sent by Shanhaiguan General Gao Di. The prefect of Yongping Prefecture also has no favoritism for Shandong. According to the reaction of the Liujiadi caravan, he once gave silver and gifts to the prefect of Yongping Prefecture, but although the gift was received, there was no response.

But after seeing the army approaching the city, the Hebei General Zhang Jiang did not even order the artillery, and the defenders in the city respectfully opened the city gate. The prefect of Yongping Prefecture also came out to greet him with a much polite attitude than the prefect of Luanzhou, as if they had collusion long ago.

These soldiers and officials were really not upright. After seeing the army under the city, especially those displayed cannons, who would have the courage to fight? The court had no kindness to everyone. In Jizhen, they could be attacked and killed by Tartars at any time.

The court placed everyone here just to treat it as a consumable. It was to delay the time of the Tartars to complete the tasks, life or death. If you care about life or death, who would come to such a fierce place?

If the Tartars enter the pass and siege the city and attack, the Han people and the barbarians will be incompatible, and the loyalty and loyalty will be nothing, but the city is also the Han soldiers.

The Ming Dynasty court has not done anything right in recent years. The Tartars entered the pass again and again, and the troubles inside the pass were like a mess. It would be better to change someone to do the world. It is rumored everywhere that the Duke of Qi has always been generous to the people below. It is not a harsh role like Emperor Chongzhen, and it is not bad to be an emperor.

These reasons may have been found by myself, or just to make an excuse for my surrender. In any case, in Lulong City, neither the army nor the officials had any intention of fighting the outside army.

After leaving the city to seek refuge, the Dusi and the prefect who were guarding the city saw the high-ranking families in Lulong City, and Suli shouted in front of him that Shandong was a traitor. If the general Zhang Ni of Hebei came over, he would definitely fight against the thief with the prefect and General Gao, and he would never stop until death.

But now outside the city, these high-ranking families and big businesses that have given them a lot of benefits are obviously colluding with the Hebei army, and their words and deeds are humble and polite, but when they turn to themselves, they are reserved and proud, which is amazing.

The prefect and Dusi did not feel angry, but felt quite grateful. If they really started the shooting, they would be afraid that the cannons outside the city would be wiped by the people behind them before they could be bombarded. Their thoughts were quite consistent with Tao Dayong, and they were all complaining, why didn't they come to me for such a good thing about surrender?

However, the prefect had missed the chance he gave him several times, so no one could blame others. Before the Hebei Army in Jiaozhouying suddenly launched this battle, both civil and military officials in the entire Yongping Prefecture had an illusion that this situation might last for a long time, and the one who contracted first must be the soldiers from Shandong.

Because the court is the righteousness of the people, anyone will submit to this position. If the court improves, everything will restore the original order.

Moreover, when Shandong troops seized the big city of Kaiping Zhongtunwei, they also found various reasons and excuses. They wanted to be able to pass the law on the surface. The cities of Yongping Prefecture and the residents' settlements were far apart, and it would be difficult for Shandong to find an excuse to provoke.

But now, Shandong is fighting as soon as possible. After the fight, it is directly thrown to a military soldier who suspects to collude with bandits and Tartars. In order to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty, he attacked first and took over the defense documents, which made people laugh and cry, but he had to accept them.

The headquarters of the General Gao Di of Shanhaiguan should be in Shanhaiwei, but there is a pure military town there, without any measures to house or play, so it is not as prosperous and lively as Jizhen, and it can be close to the governor of Jiliao, Wang Yongji, and everything is convenient. Wang Yongji has been in Jizhen for more than half a year in the Jizhen area. Anyway, Shanhaiguan’s defense can be responsible for the second-line troops and the Ningyuan regiment general Wu Sangui.

When the news of Lulong City being taken down by the Hebei army reached Jizhen, it was even faster than those who had defeated soldiers. Wang Yongji, the governor of Ji Liao, was a Jinshi during the Tianqi period and was barely considered a qualified civil servant. Most of the governors of Ji Liao were military affairs, so he was just blind.

Seeing that Gao Di seemed to be an ant on a hot pan. Wang Yongji didn't know what to do, so he secretly wrote two letters at home, one to the capital and court, saying that it was a thief who was forcing him, and that he should sacrifice his loyalty to the country to repay the emperor's kindness. The other letter was to the general of the Hebei Army, saying that he had long seen the collapse of the imperial court. It was the time of the deck that Yongji was not talented and was willing to contribute to the new dynasty world. After writing it, he would collect it personally and prepare to use it according to different situations. This was the time of peace of mind.

For those who know the terrain and military, the Hebei Army calmly took down two big cities in the western part of Yongping Prefecture, Luanzhou and Lulong. Together with Kaiping Zhongtunwei, almost one-third of the territory fell into the hands of Shandong. But Lulong is the throat area of ​​the entire Yongping Prefecture.

Catching this place means that the territory north of Lulong and Qianxi County is no longer in defense, and that is where Ji Town is located.

With the current situation, the Jiaozhou Ying Hebei Army can radiate very wide. Another army in Yongping Prefecture can only be considered a suitable guarding place in a narrow area east of Funingwei. Of course. There is another option, which is to retreat west to Shuntian Prefecture.

But if the civil and military officials in Yongping Prefecture retreated to Shuntian Prefecture in shame, then wait for the imperial court to issue an order to remove officials and question them. The General of Shanhaiguan Gaodi and the Governor of Ji Liao Wang Yongji were not concerned about this at this time. Instead, they thought that the cavalry brigade of the Hebei Army was already moving around Ji Town. If they started, could they fight?

But soon the situation became different, just the third day after he knew that Lulong City was taken down. Another news came. This time it was sent by a subordinate.

After taking Lu Long, the Hebei General Zhang Jiang made a clear announcement with all parties. The Hebei Army was already a little tired and disconnected during the previous period of the battle. He was ready to rest for ten days before taking action.

Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, understood that the other party was unwilling to kill them all. Although the Jiaozhou camp was famous, no one died in this battle, which seemed more like a warning. Gao Di also knew that this might be because his conditions were too high and the other party gave him a warning.

These ten days are just time to make a decision, but in Henan, news of great victory came, which made the terrified Gao Di feel that he could wait and see.

The Shanhaiguan General Gao Di made a decision the next day and decided to lead his local troops to Funingwei, where he re-established the camp and defense.

There is a potential trouble in Funingwei, which is the Tartar army in the east. Although the Tartar army has been in a shrinking state, it is still not something that I and Wu Sangui's troops can match. I can only hope that this shrinking state will last longer so that I can make a choice.

Gao Di, who has soldiers in his hands, always felt that he should be worth a good price. Nowadays, those with soldiers are rich and powerful. Maybe if you wait any longer, you will have a better bid.

The Governor of Ji Liao was responsible for the military and political affairs of Northern Zhili and outside the pass, and was known as the first governor. However, after Hong Chengchou's death, he no longer had a civil servant who could afford this stall. Wang Yongji, a scholar, could not do this. The current leaders of Ji Liao Army Town are two generals - Shanhaiguan General Gao Di and Ningyuan General Wu Sangui. The territory and pass controlled by Ji Town must be given up, and the Governor of Ji Liao had no meaning to stay here.

However, what surprised Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, was that he was politely asking what to do next by the governor of Ji Liao, Wang Yongji. If he wanted to return to the capital, he could send military soldiers to guard him and write a letter to the court to explain Wang Yongji's helplessness and to ensure his safety as much as possible.

But Wang Yongji declined his kindness and decided to go to Funingwei and Shanhaiwei with Gao Yi, and adhere to his duties as the governor of Ji Liao.

After hearing this, Gao Di didn't want to praise the loyalty of the Ji Liao Governor. Instead, he realized the subtlety of Wang Yongji's choice, which made him laugh.

Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, from Shandong to the outside of the West, the water and land routes were already unobstructed, and Xifengkou and Lengkou were already under the control of Shandong soldiers.

Xifengkou and Lengkou are the two passes leading to the grassland from Yongping Prefecture. The Qing Tartars entered the pass several times and invaded the pass through here. They forcibly captured the pass, and then the army broke into it. At present, these two passes did not show any importance to Shandong, because they were just a checkpoint for transporting goods.

After this period, the mobility of the Hebei Army increased greatly because a large number of cattle, horses and livestock exchanged for salt goods on the grassland entered the Yongping Prefecture area. Many of these livestock were used for military purposes, and many were used for arable land.

Several military farms and clerks from Shandong came from the Tuntian Village in Yongping Prefecture. They felt very strange about the phenomenon in Yongping Prefecture. As far as they know, there are already many farmers who do not belong to the Tuntian Village, preparing to cultivate alfalfa in the second year because this alfalfa is the best forage grass. At present, there are so many livestock in Yongping Prefecture, which is definitely profitable.

Why do I feel weird? Because the disaster year lasted for more than ten years. Farmers’ desire and demand for food are unparalleled. Now farmers have the confidence to give up farming land and cultivate grass. What kind of mentality does this mean? At least they must have great confidence in peace in the world.

When a licensor wrote a letter to his parents and brothers in Dongchang Mansion, he wrote in the letter: A leaf tells the autumn. The people also saw from the subtleties that they came to do this licensor and made the right choice.

After August, on the Mongolian grassland, the location of the Tumote tribe's golden tent was retreated from Xingzhong along the Daling River to the Lizhou area, which was closer to Yongping Prefecture.

Like Xingzhong, Lizhou is a rare city on the grassland, formed by nomadic peoples themselves. Most of these places are formed by the mutual trade between various ethnic groups. Lizhou's Li character is the profit that makes profits by doing business. This is also the place where Han, Mongolian, and Jurchen merchants do business.

The Daling River heads west. This is actually a little further away from the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty. However, this action is not for retreat, but for small-scale battles on the grassland to have room for development.

Thousands of cavalry of the Zhenghong Banner Atamu ambushed the "unprepared" convoy of Tumot troops, and then hurriedly reported.

Atamu brought news that the upper class of the Qing Tartars paid more attention to it. The Mongolian tribe with firearms and excellent firearms. And the firearms are from Shandong. It has a scale of more than 100,000, and can mobilize 50,000 cavalry. What a terrible force this is.

We must be treated with great caution, we must mobilize troops to deal with it, and make complete defenses. Princes of England Azige and Bellekdehun led nearly 20,000 troops here, and nearly 40,000 troops were stationed in Liaozhong.

If it were the ambush in Atamide, the soldiers and escort cavalry of the large convoy wanted to annihilate all these sneak attacks. The reason why he was allowed to escape was to let him spread the news, so that the Qing Dynasty would pay attention to the Tumote tribe on the grassland and achieve the effect of restraining the Tartars' forces.

As for the current situation, even the troops led by Duoduo and Oboi, the king of Yu County, who were guarding the Fenghuang City of Dingliao, had to take into account the movements in Shengjing at all times, as well as the jurisdictions of Ningguta, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, and Melgen, because they could also drive straight from the grassland.

This restraint made the troops of Huang and Bai flags led by Duoduo and Oboi unable to maintain military pressure and attack on the North Korean garrison troops in Dingzhou, Yanchuan, North Korea.

Of course, the above statement is the same as vice versa. The Korean garrison led by Wang Hai also restrained most of the attention south of Shengjing, the Qing Dynasty.

The so-called Tumote cavalry was just for restraint, not for decisive battles, so there was no need to put them in a position too close to Liaozhong, where it was too easy to break out with the Qing Tartars army. That was not a strategic need for the Jiaozhou camp. Since that was the case, then withdraw enough space to allow small battles between each other to be constantly constant. The Qing Dynasty could not stimulate the idea of ​​dispatching a large army to fight to the decisive battle, nor could it make him feel that there was no threat, so that the troops and horses would focus on the direction of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea.

Between July and August, small groups of cavalry controlled by Tumote's troops, cavalry of the Qing Tartars and cavalry attached to the Qing Dynasty fought with each other, and there was no peace everywhere on the grassland.

At the same time, a strange market was formed in Lizhou City, where a large number of salt goods transported from the pass were all needed by the tribes on the grassland.

What surprised the herdsmen even more was that there were large jars of strong liquor here, which was outside the pass. Even the Taiji people only drank this kind of wine several times a year, and it was worth it even if they exchanged it with horses, although the price of this liquor was indeed calculated by livestock.

Although the battle was taking place, many small tribes and scattered herders went to the Lizhou area, either to buy salt or wine.

Many people are wondering why the sudden rise of the Tumote tribe is and can't figure it out, but Tumote's strength is beyond doubt. Many Mongolian tribes dependent on the Qing Dynasty were shaken, and they wanted to re-judgment their future where they would go.

Lizhou suddenly became the golden tent of the Tumote tribe. There were so many commodities and so much wealth. It was not that there were some bold little bandits who wanted to make this idea. Lizhou itself did not dare to go in, but it was not impossible to ambush and loot around.

However, these bandits were all wiped out without mercy. Those who wanted to attack Lizhou also saw those powerful soldiers wearing iron armor and holding firearms. Seeing these, everyone did not dare to act rashly.

It turned out that Ditumot Khan did something wrong. It is said that he was already discussed by Taiji and officials of the Tumot tribe, exiled from the tribe and completely expelled.

The current head of the Tumot tribe is Taiji Arslen. It is said that the reason why this Taiji Arslen has the right to be in charge of such a large tribe is because of the most noble bloodline on the grassland. The heir of the Golden Family, Ezhe, gave him the son of Lin Dan Khan, has escaped from the Jurchens and is currently restoring the glory of his ancestors.

The herdsmen on the grassland attach great importance to this kind of blood. You Erzhe presided over the overall situation in the Tumot tribe, and this will attract many people to join.

In fact, since the banner of Ezhe was launched, many small tribes defected from the Qing Dynasty and came to join the Tumote tribe.

One is rising and the other is falling, and the Tumote tribe can actually launch a major offensive against the Qing Dynasty. Of course, if such a mob meets an army with enough training to organize, it is hard to say that the victory or defeat is really hard to say, but it is enough to make the Qing Dynasty covered in dust and extremely embarrassed.

But until now, the Tumote tribe has never launched too much offensive, and it has always been a force of several thousand or about one thousand. These small cavalrymen are cruising on the grasslands near Liaozhong. There are also Liaohetao, harassing or small troops from Manchuria and Mongolian to fight.

The cavalry of the Tumote tribe does not need any supervision team at present. Small troops cannot use the supervision team. On this grassland, the larger the group, the better life will be and the more secure it will be. Moreover, the situation of the Tumote tribe is now booming, richer and bigger. Although the herdsmen have not received any obvious benefits, those who survive on the battlefield will always have trophy distribution and will have certain benefits. This is much better than the time when they were given to Taiji, and the Yan people for free to work hard.

Although herders and cavalry are proficient in equestrianism, their combat effectiveness or courage are much worse than small troops in Manchuria and Mongolian horses.

Every encounter will cause great casualties. If you continue to do this, it will not give any benefits to the Mongolian cavalry controlled by Shandong. It will only reduce the morale of one side and make the Qing Dynasty more and more confident.

This policy was insisted by Chen Yongfu, the general of Datong border town, and everyone was very confused, especially those generals from the Jiaozhou camp, while Oman Garris, who led the infantry, was responsible for his duties and only obeyed the command of the chief general and did not express his own opinions.

As Cao Cao Luo Rucai's ex-confidence, Yang Chengzu was quite suspicious about these things. He went to the deputy general Zhang Kun to discuss secretly.

After the deputy general Zhang Kun and Yang Chengzu discussed, he hesitated for a few hours. Then, regardless of the day, he took the initiative to go to General Chen Yongfu to discuss with him. The secret talk was not long this time. After Zhang Kun came out of Chen Yongfu's place, he had no objection to his orders.

What the two sides talked about was made public after a long time. Chen Yongfu said, "A small defeat at this time is not hindered by the overall situation, and Mongolia is weak, which is a blessing for China."

August 13th, Tang County, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province.

Tang County was once the garrison of Zuo Liangyu, the general who suppressed the thief. After the left of General Zuo, the local bandits did not clear them. Tang County, a prosperous place in southwest Henan, also became in decline, and the population and households decreased by nearly 70%. However, after the Shun Army occupied this side, it became lively.

This is the central hinterland of Huguang and Henan, surrounded by large troops in front and behind, so many people in the old camp live here.

There are so many women, children, young and old. Although Shunjun failed continuously on the front line to fight the Ming army, the days in front are much stronger than the hard life they had at the beginning. Because of the operation in the past six months, various supplies have become richer. Everyone is happily celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Because some time ago, in Ruzhou, he was almost suppressed by the Ming army to attack, the King of Rebellion Li Zicheng began to draw troops from all over the place to prepare for the next big battle.

Although there are many guards in various places, most of them are refugees who have never fought any wars. Now that the peace is right, many people will put down their weapons directly. Farming safely and eating food, and good people do not have much high pursuits. It is already an amazing time to be able to farm and eat a full stomach in a fair manner.

The unbearable garrison troops of the Shun Army were gathered in the Ruzhou area, causing a void in defense. If it were the past, more than 6,000 troops led by the Luoyang general Niu Chenghu would definitely not have come to the Tang County area so calmly through the paths in Lushan, Danxia Mountain and Fangcheng Mountain.
To be continued...