Chapter 40 Shanhaiguan No. 6: The Battle of a New Stone 1
After Ma Shiyao finished speaking with tears, Li Zicheng recruited more than a dozen people from outside the door, all of whom were spies he left in Beijing, and were directly commanded by Niu Jinxing.
When one of the leaders said that the huge changes in the capital that occurred, everyone fell into silence again, but this time the silence was different from what was just now.
This time, he was more angry than regret, and he gritted his teeth one by one. Even Li Yan, who had always been gentle, beat his chest and stamped his feet.
This time, there was first silence, then the crowd was excited and asked Li Zicheng for battle. Some people asked for an order to gather a large army to kill the Soren thief eastward, and some people asked for a call to kill back to Beijing. There were many people, but they all wanted to "eat the abominable Soren thief" and "slept on his flesh and sleep on his skin."
Many people also cursed Yang Tingyu and other "rebels".
Like them, Li Zicheng almost couldn't hold it back at first, but gradually, he recovered again.
"Everyone!"
His voice was a little hoarse and a little sharp, just like using stones to scrape the crooked jujube tree on the northern Shaanxi plateau. However, it was stable and calm, allowing everyone to calm down.
"Well," a smile appeared on his face, "I remember that when we were defeated by Hong Chengchou near Tongguan, Sun Chuanting, and only eighteen cavalry left to escape into Shangluo Mountain, how miserable it was! But it took a few years to make a comeback. Compared with this, although there are some hardships at present, it is a witch after all."
"I've been restless these days, mainly because of Jiexuan. Now the matter has been clear, but I've just finished my thoughts. Maybe, in the past few days, Shuangxi's detective cavalry has scattered a hundred miles, from the north to the edge of the wall, from the south to the sea, and from Yongping in the west. I guess there will be news soon."
"Soren's thieves have set up this big situation so early, they must enter the Central Plains, and they must be aiming at the army of E-shun. Think about it, most of the elite troops of the Dashun Kingdom are here. As long as they defeat the army of E-shun, Shanhaiguan, they can move south calmly. Well, since there will be a battle, then fight!"
"Uh, I don't believe it. The Soren thief was also raised by his father and mother. He wouldn't be three heads and six arms. Although our Zhongquan private army has suffered a little loss, the backbone is still there. You can go back first. Um, it's estimated that the enemy will appear in the next two days!"
"Your Majesty", Li Yan came out, "If Beijing falls, I'm afraid we have to inform Liu Fangliang of Daming Prefecture and Liu Xiyao of Tianjin, as well as the troops from Shanxi, Shandong and Shaanxi."
Li Zicheng waved his hand, "No need, these people have notified Liu Xiyao, Liu Fangliang and Shanxi on the way to Shanhaiguan, so there is no need to be alarmed for the time being."
Everyone was a little more eye-catching and knew what this meant.
The country of Dashun was newly established. If everyone knows that Beijing has fallen and Liu Zongmin fails, what should we think of the surrendered troops who are still guarding Shanxi and Shaanxi cities?
At present, stabilizing people's hearts is the top priority.
In the evening, the scouts everywhere gradually returned. As Li Zicheng expected, they also brought amazing news.
To the west, a large army came, with a population of about 20,000, approaching the Shahe River about 30 miles west of Shanhaiguan.
To the east, there was also a large army with a population of more than 20,000. Wu Sangui's banner appeared in the team, which was approaching the vicinity of Jiujiang River.
"Forty thousand, up to 50,000." In the study of the General Office of Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng and Song Xianke and Li Yan discussed countermeasures. After a while, Li Yan said, "According to the former people of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, although the Soren thieves unified the tribes in Mobei, they did not have the whole people's soldiers like the tribes in the northern border before. Instead, they learned from the Central Plains dynasty and raised regular camps. The northern part of Mobei was bitter and cold. After they took over Liaodong, the general Dingkou would probably not exceed the Shanxi province."
"The total force he can use for field battles will not exceed 200,000, and it will also cover such a vast territory. The 50,000 troops around him may be his largest force near the Gyeonggi. If he can successfully defeat these two forces, Dashun Country can ensure ten years of peace."
"but"
Li Zicheng glared at him, "It's so late, I'm still hesitating. If you have anything to do, please say it!"
"Yes, Your Majesty," Li Yan continued, "According to the situation of the war near Ningyuan, our army must not underestimate the enemy. In the humble opinion of the ministry, except for leaving the infantry to defend the city, most of the cavalry can only deal with the thief army first, which has a chance of winning."
"This is not embarrassing," Li Zicheng took over the conversation, "I remember that at the beginning, our rebels were hundreds of thousands, and the officials were able to chase us and fight. Now the Dashun Kingdom was first established, and everything was in trouble. The Soren thief has been established for five years, and there are a large number of men under his command, so the regulations must be better than ours."
"Well, my meaning is the same. First, concentrate your efforts to fight along the way. Military Advisor Song, hurry up and make a divination."
...
Li Zicheng quickly determined the target of the attack.
Enemies coming from the west.
According to the current situation, the pass in the west is his territory. If the enemy can come from here, they will probably break through the walls. Although the rebels in Beijing responded, they will eventually be "hanging outside" and will inevitably be eliminated. Although the enemy from the east is only more than 20,000, they still don't know what it is, let alone Shanhaiguan is blocking it.
...
Near Shimen Village, the battle between the Dashun Army and the Hanhai Army is about to break out!
Because at this time, the area between Shimen City and Yibishiguan was generally called Yibishi. Later, historical books called this war "The Battle of Yibishi". In order to distinguish the original war in history, it was called "The Battle of New Yibishishi".
Coming from the west were the two legions led by Xiao Alin, with a total of 24,000 people. He personally supervised the cavalry of Ji Jiajie, Dai Qing (son of Luochabatuer, Daur tribe) of the third brigade (both himself served as a brigade), plus Wu Yinglong's infantry army, Kake Duli led another legion, and the three generals under him were Kuchuk, Fei Yanga (son of Fucha Fei Yanga, Xibe tribe), and Sun Dingliao.
Speaking of which, since Sun Dingliao was demoted to the deputy commander of the regiment last time, he was favored by Nikan in his later training, and finally he was asked to command an infantry army alone.
They naturally came from Xifengkou and Panjiakou. It is strange that the Ming army who surrendered to the Dashun Army along the way, after seeing them, they surrendered to the Daxia army "without hesitation" as if they had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in history.
Because, in the eyes of ordinary Ming soldiers, there is no debate between China and the barbarians. Some are contempt and unwilling to Li Zicheng's "thief army". Moreover, after Emperor Chongzhen hanged Coal Mountain, in the eyes of these Ming soldiers, the Dashun army was the culprit forcing the "Last Emperor" to death. Not long ago, it was forced to temporarily lie dormant due to its military strength.
Moreover, the emperor of the Daxia Kingdom was originally surnamed Sun, and was from Shanxi. He was also the commander of the Nuergandus Command, the Marquis of Ningbei. He was always better than the bandits who were born from mud-legged. So, after setting off from Xifengkou and Panjiakou, Xiao Alin's army headed east along the side wall, as if he had entered a no-man's land. This is also the sorrow of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army.
After Nikan learned about it, he made up his mind.
"Don't act rashly before there is no systematic planning and operation, and before the basic market is consolidated. Although the Qing army entered the pass this year in history, it took at least twenty years to unify the world. Li Zicheng is the lesson of the past."
"What's more, I want to build a brand new country, not to ask Xiao Gui and Cao Sui"
Nikan thought it was good. At this time, Li Zicheng, not to mention military affairs, put forward an empty and unrealistic slogan of "no food for five years" and there was no other way. Such a political system cannot be despised by others.
Just like Li Zicheng thought, Xiao Alin also fell in love with Shimen Village, where the higher terrain and open terrain are very suitable for large corps combat.
It's about to break out!
Xiao Alin was about ten miles south of Shimen City. He set up a camp where the later Beigang Town was located. The troops of the two corps were all gathered together. The first corps he supervised were in Beidaying, and the second corps led by Kake Duli was in Nandaying.
Xiao Alin's big tent.
Xiao Alin, Kake Duli, Dai Qing, Fei Yanga, Ji Jiajie, Kuchuk, Wu Yinglong, Sun Dingliao and others were all discussing each other.
With Xiao Alin's arrogant spirit, after hearing that Zhuketu in the east almost wiped out the troops of Liu Zongmin, the most powerful general under Li Zicheng, naturally disdained the remaining troops. However, although he currently holds two corpses, he is attacked on three sides of the north (Shimen City Village), east (a piece of Shiguan), and south (Shanhaiguan), but looking around, it is only here suitable for camping and fighting. Although his military strength is strong, he still has to be careful when he is attacked on three sides.
In fact, he had no doubts about his defeat of Li Zicheng's army, it was just a matter of the length of time, because there were Zhuketu's army on the east side, and four legions, according to the power of the Hanhai Army and Enso's two legions, it was the only one who could destroy the Qing Dynasty. How could Xiao Alin take the thief army in the pass to heart?
At this moment, he was sighing sincerely.
It was not the upcoming war, but Xiao Alin never took this section to heart, but the emperor's foresight.
In the past, the Great Xia Kingdom had always been openly acknowledged the Nikkei layout in Gansu, but he was a little dissatisfied with it. In their opinion, the remote places in Gansu were just slightly better than those in the south of the Mo. Some places were not as good as those in the south of the Mo. They could not farm on a large scale or grazed on a large scale. Is it appropriate to spend a lot of energy there in such a place?
However, after Yang Tingyu unexpectedly took over Beijing City, everyone shut up.
"In the future, as long as the emperor says, please submit and execute it immediately. People can see much further than us."
"General", from schools at all levels in Daxia, 25-year-old Dai Qing was the commander of the cavalry brigade and the chief of staff of Xiao Alin's army. He was reporting the situation on both sides. "The water volume of Shihe River is gradually increasing. There are two bridges on the river, both wooden bridges, but the wooden boards on the bridge deck have been demolished. We have placed a hundred detective cavalry on the west bank of its west bank. If there is any movement, we can't escape our eyes."
This is the grasp of the enemy situation near Guancheng.
"A hundred cavalry is also placed near Yibishiguan, and fifty cavalry cruising near the valley, and fifty tigers rode on Changshou Mountain. Haha, the tiger cavalry was originally famous for mountain warfare in Guohou. With these fifty cavalry on the mountain, whether it is Shanhaiguan or Yibishiguan, you should know it well."
Guo Hou is naturally Guo Tiancai who has transformed the tiger rider.
This is the grasp of a stone pass.
"To the north is the Shimen City, and the city should be Li Zicheng's main troops, outside is the front camp, the left camp, the right camp, and the city of Shanhaiguan is the middle camp, the back camp, the general, look..."
Chapter completed!