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The fierce north wind has failed to succeed. Chapter 61: Heavy Task (Part 1)

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    An uninhabited land. On the vast land from Jimen to Sanhe, all the villages along the road are burning. During the day, thick smoke is billowing into the sky, and at night, the sky is filled with red flames, announcing to the people in all directions of the capital.  The catastrophe was coming. Fourteen days later, after the Jin army occupied Sanhe, they opened the door to the capital. At this time, Yuan Chonghuan reported that he had just learned that the Hou Jin army "sneaked" into Jixi, and because he did not intercept,  To defend the behavior of not calling the police. The exit of Jimen Line is about three miles wide, and the central flat passage suitable for war horses and carts to pass is probably from the foot of the west mountain to the lake in the east. This distance is about one thousand meters wide, Jizhou County  The underground city wall is facing the one-kilometer-wide exit. The distance between the two is only two miles. If the Guan Ning cavalry moved outside the city to block the entrance, an average of twenty people could stand per meter. Therefore, before Yuan Chonghuan arrived,  , the 5,000 Zhending Army commanded by Liu Ce had been blocking the main force of the Hou Jin Army in Jidong. After all, Liu Ce was commanding the troops to go out of the city for defense, and an average of five people could stand per meter, so Hou Jin never found them.  Opportunity to "submerge". Before Yuan Chonghuan arrived, Liu Ce had always been very confident in blocking the route to Houjin. After the arrival of Guan Ning's cavalry, I don't know if he abandoned the Zhending military camp and fortifications outside the city.  But even if they didn't dare to go out of the city to fight, they would definitely be able to see Hou Jin's army passing by two miles away while standing on the city. After all, this is an army of tens of thousands, not just one or two thieves. If there is no special reason, there is no way to explain why.  Guan Ning's army did not light the beacon fire and call the police. Cheng Zhiben and Zhou Wenyu, Yuan Chonghuan's confidants, later defended Yuan Chonghuan as witnesses. Cheng Zhiben said that 20,000 Guan Ning's cavalry had been confronting the Jin army, and the confrontation lasted for five years.  It lasted for an hour, so it is completely understandable that the army of the Later Jin Dynasty "sneaked over" Jixi. Zhou Wenyu also attached a local statement. He said that Yuan Chonghuan bravely ordered 20,000 troops to leave the city, just like Liu Ce's 5,000 Zhending army before.  They also planned to fight the war seriously and defend honestly, but unfortunately the Jin army used a tactic similar to a blindfold. They sent 200 cavalry to confront the 20,000 Guan Ning cavalry. According to Cheng Zhi¡¯s local saying, it was these 200 cavalry.  The cavalry and Yuan Chonghuan faced off outside the city for five hours. Then, after Yuan Chonghuan ordered the artillery fire, the cavalry team left. Zhou Wenyu also lamented that since the two hundred cavalrymen retreated from the 20,000 Guan Ning cavalry, "actually,  Not a single horse came back every day, which made me eager to fight but unable to fight." "Probably because Yuan Chonghuan focused too much on this small group of Hou Jin soldiers. The tens of thousands of Hou Jin's main troops took the opportunity to attack Yuan Chonghuan.  and 20,000 Guan Ning cavalry "sneaked over" a few hundred meters away. After Yuan Chonghuan, Zhou Wenyu, Cheng Zhiben and others wondered why the Jin army did not "come back", causing them to "want to fight but have nothing to fight"  At that time, the Hou Jin army had already begun to plunder and plunder around Sanhe, causing a raging war. Zhou Wenyu explained to the court that it was not until this time that Yuan Chonghuan "sneaked across Jixi with a slave exploration team." Then "the generals of Liao Dynasty were sent to the west."  "Chasing". Tens of thousands of enemy troops passed by one thousand meters away. No matter whether Yuan Chonghuan and the 20,000 Guan Ning cavalry did not see it due to a major mistake, they managed to not see it for some reason, or they saw it but pretended not to  See, in short, Huang Taiji once again completed a military miracle, flying over the heavily fortified natural barrier with horses, baggage and a large number of small carts. ¡­ On November 15, a eunuch from the capital rushed in and shouted  : "Long live Lord, we have seen the beacon fire in the direction of Tongzhou!  " Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong and Cao Huachun all changed their expressions immediately. "Tongzhou, but there are no soldiers in Tongzhou anymore." Chongzhen stared closely at the location of Tongzhou on the map, as if he wanted to see through the thick map. But  He could only watch things happen, because the troops in Beijing were now insufficient. Chongzhen had ordered martial law in the capital. Now 20,000 troops and 3,000 Jinyi guards from the three major camps in the capital have entered the city defense, but this long period  The city wall of Beijing is still too weak to defend with more than 20,000 troops. ¡°Mr. Sun Ge, what should we do now?  " Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong helplessly, as if he expected the latter to conjure up an army of 100,000 for him. Sun Chengzong didn't have a great military talent. He could only kneel down and kowtow: "Your Majesty, I would like to have my nephew come to the city.  Defend the capital!  " Chongzhen was speechless. At this time, another eunuch ran in and shouted to the emperor: "Long live my Lord, I have been to Zhang's hometown." Chongzhen didn't like to see Zhang Heming in the past two days.  Therefore, he was no longer recruited into the palace. Old man Zhang seemed to have sensed this. The day before yesterday, he wrote a letter claiming to be ill, and Chongzhen allowed him to stay away from court. But today, the situation was so critical that Chongzhen sent someone to announce Zhang Heming's appearance.  The doctor who treated a dead horse as a living horse wanted to see what Zhang Heming could do. "Long live my Lord," the eunuch said quickly without any delay, even though he was out of breath after running, "Zhang's old leg is sick.  , I can't even get out of bed. It's said that I'm having a hard time walking, so I'm afraid I won't be able to come." "This guy" Chongzhen said angrily.After shouting for half a sentence, he raised his hand high and almost hit it on the table. However, he just lost his composure for a moment. Soon Chongzhen recovered and he coughed in embarrassment. Everyone around him lowered his head.  He pretended not to hear. The emperor cleared his throat and said gently to the young eunuch: "Pass the order and send an imperial doctor to see Mr. Zhang. At the same time, he will give Mr. Zhang two ginseng and express my condolences on my behalf." "I obey the order," he said.  Long live the Lord." Just as the eunuch went down, another eunuch ran into the hall: "Your Majesty, Governor Ji Liao has something to report." "Hurry up." Chongzhen asked people to help Sun Chengzong up and sit up, and he quickly took Yuan Chonghuan.  He opened the memorial with trembling hands and read it. After reading it, Chongzhen shouted angrily: "I didn't detect and defend first, but I was overrun by the captive cavalry. Why was Governor Yuan so careless?" Sun Chengzong asked quickly  "Your Majesty, where are the soldiers and horses of Governor Ji Liao now?" "They are chasing the slaves day and night." Chongzhen put down Yuan Chonghuan's memorial and said with some annoyance but also some relief: "Although Governor Ji Liao has  He made a mistake, but I believe that he will never let me down. Just give him a slight reproach when replying to the letter. I will allow him to make meritorious deeds.¡± ¡­ On the 16th, early morning, Shunyi. ¡°Report to the Commander-in-Chief, there is a slave in the direction of Tongzhou.  ." Tan Ma's face was full of anxiety. Soldiers and horses from Xuanzhen and Datong were rushing towards King Qin of Beijing. They thought that there should be Ming troops on the road, but as a result, three thousand soldiers and horses from Xuanzhen suddenly encountered the Jin army during the march.  , and more than a thousand people were lost in one fell swoop. After hearing this, Man Gui's face was blank, and he muttered to himself in confusion: "The court newspaper did not report the fall of Jizhou, why did everything change all of a sudden?  The war was raging? And how could Tongzhou fall in a blink of an eye? There should be heavy troops guarding the capital." Fifteen days later, in the afternoon, the Jin army encountered King Qin who was marching from Yanqing, Changping, Huairou, and Shunyi.  There were two battalions of 3,000 Xuanfu soldiers on the ground. The two armies immediately broke out in a contact battle. Facing the enemy with 12,000 armored soldiers, 3,000 Xuanfu soldiers fought fiercely with the Jin army in the south of Shunyi for a day.  They escaped from the siege and fled back to Shunyi. On this day, nearly half of the Xuanfu soldiers were lost and their vitality was severely damaged. On the 16th, the Datong soldiers led by Man Gui also rushed to Shunyi. At this time, the Jin army divided its forces to pursue the Xuanfu soldiers. Now  Houjin wanted to seize Shunyi to cut off the Ming army's reinforcement route to the south. While resisting, more than 1,700 Xuanfu soldiers hurriedly sent people to the Datong soldiers in the rear for help. "Commander, how should our army respond?" "Then  Do you need to say anything?" Mangui clamped his horse's belly and shouted loudly: "Kill the slaves!" "Kill the slaves!" Mangui's four thousand soldiers jumped on their horses and raised their swords.  Follow Man Gui to kill Shunyi After the four thousand troops joined, the Xuan army had a total of nearly 6,000 people. They and the Hou Jin army had a series of fierce battles around Shunyi. Man Gui intended to break through the flank of the Hou Jin army and directly  Inserted in front of the Hou Jin Army to block the Hou Jin Army's route to the capital. With such a force, the Hou Jin Army could not move westward with peace of mind. Huang Taiji had to send reinforcements continuously to fight with Xuan's army on the flank.  On the afternoon of the 16th, "Commander, there are more and more slaves." "That's right." Man Gui nodded. Fortunately, it was an internal battle, and the wounded soldiers in Xuan's army could be sent to the official government for treatment.  Therefore, Man Gui's burden at this time is not very heavy. After a morning of fierce fighting, Xuan's army lost hundreds of sergeants. "But the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, so we cannot stay in the wild for too long." Man Gui commanded Xuan's army.  Fighting and walking, he and Hou Jin walked side by side in the direction of Tongzhou. Man Gui took a big drink of water. He wiped the water droplets off his beard, then drew out his sword and shouted: "Kill the slaves. Kill the slaves, you sons.  , we have to squeeze through here!  " "Kill the slaves, kill the slaves!  " The Xuan army formed a tight battle formation and rushed forward with shouts. The battle became more intense. Nine thousand Guan Ning cavalry commanded by Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Sanhe. It was heard that the Xuan army and the Hou Jin army were fighting fiercely in the west.  After that, Yuan Chonghuan immediately commanded the army to continue westward towards Tongzhou. That night, Guan Ning's army was stationed fifteen miles away from Tongzhou. At dawn the next day, Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly commanded Guan Ning's cavalry to cross the river from the south of Tongzhou and set foot on the soil of Hexi.  Later Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly supervised the army and went straight to the capital. At this time, Mangui was still commanding his thousands of Xuan troops in the north of Tongzhou to fight fiercely with the main force of Hou Jin.  Parallel movements were carried out. Huang Taiji was now in a hostile territory, so he had to take care of the surrounding areas of the army. It was not possible to mobilize all the troops to capture Mangui. Therefore, the pace of the Jin army was slowed down by the Xuan army.  They covered about ten miles every day, moving side by side towards the capital of the Ming Dynasty. On the night of the 17th, Yuan Chonghuan led nine thousand Guan Ning's cavalry to Guangqumen outside the capital. He immediately asked to enter the city overnight to rest. The emperor did not agree to Guan Ning's cavalry.He asked to enter the city, but still greatly praised Yuan Chonghuan again. He ran one hundred and fifty miles in three days and nights, galloping from Jimen to the capital at an average speed of fifty miles per day. In the early morning of the 18th, Emperor Chongzhen sent  The eunuch went to Guan Ning's army to check. Then he ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War to discuss the reward issue. After the Ministry of Household Affairs transported the military rations to Yuan Chonghuan's army, Emperor Chongzhen took out the internal currency and sent the eunuch Lu Zhi, the eunuch in charge of etiquette, to issue the royal green salt.  Thousands of kilograms, a hundred stones of lumi, ten altars of wine, a hundred sheep, and ten thousand liang of silver were rewarded to Yuan Chonghuan's Guan Ning cavalry. Yuan Chonghuan then proposed to enter the city to defend. Chongzhen comforted him with kind words, but still did not agree to this request.  At that time, Man Gui also commanded his 5,000 Xuan army to fight with the Hou Jin army. In the afternoon, after Huang Taiji concentrated his troops to scare Man Gui away, he directed the Chinese army to cross the river from Tongzhou and move closer to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Man Gui immediately  They caught up from behind again, so the two armies fought again in the northeast of Tongzhou. While Guan Ning's army was full of food and drink and clamoring to enter the city, Xuan's army was fighting fiercely near Tongzhou with Hou Jin's army, risking their lives.  Later, the Jin Army fought all the way from Shunyi to Tongzhou. The once prosperous Gyeonggi Plain was now full of ruins smoking, and the corpses of innocent people could be seen everywhere. After seeing the Jin Army's flags in front of them, there were more and more banners.  Gui quickly led his own troops to retreat. Ordinarily, the Jin army should have been alone, but along the way, Man Gui did not see any friendly troops. As a result, he became a lone army. Therefore, Xuan Dajun did not  Dare to tangle with the main force of the Hou Jin Army, Man Gui has been pursuing a hit-and-run strategy, going back and forth with the Hou Jin Army. Because the opponent has to defend his baggage and his plundered children, so although Man Gui is struggling, he can still  Trying to deal with it. "Huo, Huo, good guy, I was almost caught by Jiannu just now." Mangui retreated for a few miles and began to dismount and rest. The main force of Xuan's army followed behind Mangui's pro-army, providing them with cover and protection.  A point of avoidance. Man Gui had a hurried lunch in the temporary camp, and then strode towards a new war horse with a horse in hand. After jumping on the horse, he told the deputy general the point of the next march. The purpose should still be maintained.  After that, the Jin army was reluctant to leave the ground. "We still can't see King Qin's army, boys, let's go and fight some more." Mangui shouted and went out again. He estimated that King Qin's army was still on the way, so he tried his best.  To buy time for the capital. To this day, Emperor Chongzhen is still asking Yuan Chonghuan to unified command the various Qin Wang troops. But Man Gui has no idea that until now, the Qin Wang troops who have been scattered everywhere have not received orders to assemble in Beijing.  At this time, 20,000 imperial guards from the capital camp were nervously guarding the city gates of the capital. Two thousand soldiers and horses were placed at each of the nine gates of the capital. The imperial guards also wore armor and patrolled back and forth along the roads of the capital.  Gao Sheng looked at the dark Guanning military camp outside the city and asked uneasily: "Brother Chen, are these Liao soldiers reliable?" Chen Ruike asked in surprise: "What's wrong?" "I heard that there has been fierce fighting in Tongzhou, why are they  Why don't you just watch and not go to the rescue? ""This is the capital, and we don't have enough troops to defend the city." Chen Ruike didn't think too much. After the war broke out in Tongzhou, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the inner treasury to be opened and the people of the capital were recruited.  The city assists in the defense, but Beijing is so big, tens of thousands of strong men spread out on this city wall is like a drop of water sprinkled on the desert, disappearing in the blink of an eye. A few days ago, someone recommended a gangster leader to the emperor, and Chongzhen immediately summoned  When his Majesty saw it, he also gave him a guerrilla position and asked him to take his brothers to participate in the defense of the city wall. This shows that the Ming Dynasty's military strength is really embarrassed. "Then why not let these Liao troops come in to help defend the city?"  "Zhang Gaosheng pointed to the troops under the city again. Thousands of Guan Ning troops have been clamoring to enter the city today: "Does there be an adult in the court who thinks they are unreliable?  " No way? The border troops are not allowed to enter the capital and can only screen the city gate outside the city. This is the rule set by Yu Shaobao, and the Jiajing Dynasty has always acted this way. " Yu Qian did not allow the border troops to enter the capital in order to prevent the border troops from disturbing the people.  It is also to prevent the border troops from fighting to the death without exerting any effort. As long as the border troops camp close to the city gate, not only will the city gate of Beijing be safe, but the enemy army will also be unable to cut off the connection between the foreign army and the capital. They will always be able to obtain supplies and firepower from the capital.  Cover. Zhang Gaosheng thought thoughtfully for a moment, and then asked Chen Ruike: "If they are Huang Shuai's soldiers, then the emperor will be happy to let them into the city, and the people will welcome them, right?" Chen Ruike laughed loudly when he heard this.  Laughing, but his smile soon turned bitter: "If Huang Shuai was here, would he still be beaten to the gate of the capital by the Beilu?" As he said this, Chen Ruike sneered again: "I don't know what the adults in the DPRK are like.  What do you think, let alone how this Ji Liao governor is supervising the division, five years later, Ping Liao has almost reached the capital city! "  November 19. Yuan Chonghuan was building outside Guangqumen!  After setting up the temporary camp, 5,000 Guan Ning cavalry arrived at Guangqumen at the same time. Yuan Chonghuan's military strength had reached 14,000. Chongzhen asked Yuan Chonghuan to defend the city gate there. Yuan Chonghuan was not satisfied with this and asked to enter the capital again.  But againWhen Chongzhen arrived, he politely refused. On the morning of the 19th, after the main force of the Jin army crossed the river from Tongzhou, the forward was still thirty miles away from the capital. Mangui chased the Hou Jin army from behind, trying to follow the Hou Jin army across the river to pursue. Xuan Dajun and Hou Jin  The army then fought fiercely around various ferries near Tongzhou. After today, the Jin army still failed to arrive outside the capital. On November 20, the second year of Chongzhen, Lao Longtou. The sentry yawned lazily and held his gun.  Standing guard. At the junction of water and sky in the distance, the tip of a mast slowly emerged, followed by a second and third mast. There was a flag flying on each of these three masts, high in the middle.  On the mast is a flaming red military flag of Funing Town of the Ming Dynasty. On the margin of the flag are the six characters "Chief Military Officer of Funing Town". There is also a military flag on the slightly lower mast in front, with a line drawn on it.  A viper rolled and danced in the clouds. On the flag of the last mast was a dolphin that bent and leaped. The warship cut through the waves and drew two white water patterns on the mirror-like Bohai Sea. Behind it  Following one ship after another, they lined up all the way to the horizon. "Commander, Old Dragon Head!" "Well, I saw it." Huang Shi held the telescope and squinted at the large land mass that gradually emerged from the sea level.  Yes, the beginning of the Great Wall appeared right in front of his ship. Yang Zhiyuan stood beside Huangshi. He checked for the last time: "Commander, we will say we are lost then, right?" "Yes, we  He said that he wanted to go to Tianjin Wei, but he couldn't figure out the direction at sea. In the end, he ran to Shanhaiguan." Huang Shi put away the telescope. It seems that he can board 6 at Shanhaiguan before nightfall today, and the army can rest for at most two days to recover.  Combat strength. Then the battle plan can be started. When Huangshi received the order from the King of Ground Forces, he only called on the surrounding troops to assist the capital. It did not specify that the King of Qin troops should go directly to the capital. Theoretically, the order only required the King of Qin troops to fight the invading army as soon as possible.  , but this kind of operations are generally aimed at protecting the capital and the emperor. For example, the operations of the Zhending Army and the Xuan Da Army are in line with this spirit. The initial combat plan drawn up by Jin Qiude was to board 6 at Dagukou, and then use  He rushed to the capital as quickly as possible to defend and repelled the Jin army. However, Huangshi finally ordered the army to go straight to Shanhaiguan instead of Dagukou. He planned to take the Fuping, Yongning, and Qian'an lines and block Xifengkou first.  Besides, Huang Shi believes that once his snake flag is discovered, Huang Taiji's strategic goal will immediately shift to how to bring the troops out of the pass safely. Then, relying on the shape of the Jimen area and the opponent's command level, Huang Shi believes that Huang Taiji can still take it.  Most of the troops and loot were taken away. Therefore, Huangshi was unwilling to take the road to Dakukou. He hoped to keep at least half of Huang Taiji's main force. As long as Xifengkou was closed, Huang Taiji would have no choice but to return.  divisions to fight, or turn to other directions to break out. Of course it is difficult to turn to other directions to break out, which is like the German army in Stalingrad trying to break through to Siberia and go to Japan. Of course, with the fighting will of the Ming army, Huang Shi admitted that Huang Taiji still had  It is quite possible to successfully break out of the siege. But this success must be based on the fact that there is no Funing Army chasing closely behind. This time Huang Taiji plundered the capital and brought so much baggage to a hostile place.  Marching on the ground, Huang Shi believed that Houjin's main force would not be able to march more than twenty miles in a day. What's more, the arrival of the Funing Army would also give other ground troops a shot of stimulant, and they would definitely start chasing and intercepting them enthusiastically.  .So Huang Shi felt that it would be difficult for Huang Taiji to break out in just a few months, and in these few months, they had been overtaken by the Funing Army countless times. They looked at the mainland getting closer and closer.  , Huang Shi sighed with confidence: "Well, as long as we can close the Xifeng Pass, the slave chiefs will be in our possession." "The slave chiefs may abandon the Mongols and their baggage and rush all the way from Xuanda Town.  Kill the side wall and rush out." Jin Qiude added behind Huang Shi. As the chief of staff, he has not been idle these days and has made various analyzes of the battle situation. Huang Shi smiled and said: "Maybe.  But that would be the end of establishing slaves. This time they even coaxed and coaxed a large group of Mongolians in, just to prove that our Ming Dynasty was vulnerable. They were just an alliance of bandits, not to mention that the slave chiefs abandoned the Mongols.  If people run away, even if they can't grab anything back, this bandit group will have to disband." "Your Excellency is right." "I don't plan to go to the capital because I'm worried that we will help Yuan Gouguan." Huang Shi knew Chongzhen well.  It is irrational to trust Yuan Chonghuan. In history, after Yuan Chonghuan did so many things, almost no one in the Ming Dynasty and the public spoke well of him. Sun Chengzong was not sure that Yuan Chonghuan was plotting treason. But he also believed that Yuan Chonghuan was a super military idiot. But  However, Chongzhen still trusted Yuan Chonghuan and defended Yuan Chonghuan in front of the court officials several times. He also publicly announced that "Pingliao relies on Yuan Manzi." If the crime was not so conclusive, Chongzhen might have withstood the pressure and reversed the case for Yuan Chonghuan. Although Huang Shi didn't know it.  Yuan ?What exactly did Huan deceive Chongzhen's children, but he knew that even though there was a lot of undoubted evidence of guilt, Chongzhen still lowered the punishment and finally pardoned Yuan Chonghuan's family. "If I drive away the slaves under the capital city.  I'm sure that the emperor will continue to use Yuan Gouguan. Don't tell me any reason. The emperor just likes him, trusts him, and will try his best to excuse him." Regarding Jin Qiude and the staff's comments,  Xuanyi was worried, but Huang Shi didn't take it to heart at all. Although Chongzhen was not a wise ruler, his stubborn temper was still very clear to Huang Shi. What Huang Shi needs to worry about more is.  The march route she chose obviously did not care about the emperor's personal safety, and it seemed as if she was using the court and the emperor as bait. Jin Qiude and others therefore criticized the choice of Huangshi. They believed that the Huangshi plan was not a military mistake, but  But it was a political mistake. "Commander, out of the duty of a general, I must say it one last time." The rule of the Funing Army is to say whatever you want, but the order must be carried out to the letter.  Therefore, for Jin Qiude, there is no contradiction between formulating a military plan based on Huang Shi's ideas and going against the advice of his superiors: "Commander, your political opponents will definitely attack you on this issue in the future. In any case, the emperor will not say anything.  I also have a knot in my heart." "I know, I know this very well, but it is not my fault that the capital is like this, and I have a clear conscience." Huang Shi knew that many people would be kidnapped and separated from their husbands this time.  , From then on, he was enslaved by others: "But if I know that I can save at least tens of thousands of lives, but don't do it because of personal honor and disgrace, then I will definitely have nightmares at night." Except for this reason.  In addition, Huangshi also had military considerations: "If the Jiannu were allowed to exit the pass safely and bring back rich loot, then the Xilu would probably be very jealous." Huangshi did not intend to give Huang Taiji a chance to establish  To form a solid military alliance, if Huang Taiji successfully buys Mongolia, then Houjin will no longer be a small rebellion that can be destroyed overnight. What's more, once Huangshi returns to the north to command the battle, the troops' salaries and food will be reduced.  They have to rely on supplies from the court, and the court will never let the Huangshi family dominate, and will definitely arrange some friendly forcesmost likely Guan Ningjun to work with him. "Well, let the Donglin Party be responsible for the long-term, maybe several times.  The logistics of the year's campaign, and then fought side by side with the Liaoxi Army, went deep into the desert to fight a long war with people like Hong Tai." There is another bigger concern that Huangshi is difficult to express, and that is Chongzhen, the king of Yao and Shun who sat on the throne of the empire.  His eagerness for quick success and short-sightedness are also huge threats that Huangshi has to face. Thinking of the bad cards in his hand, even if Huangshi has 20,000 or 30,000 direct line elites, it is not very safe to work. He smiled bitterly: "This is really comprehensive.  It is a test of the earth. Horses may stumble, and people may miss. If I am accidentally robbed by Mrs. Hong again, I will not survive.¡± Jin Qiude saw that Huang Shi had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him. ¡­  ¡­ On the 20th, another two thousand Guan Ning cavalry arrived at Guangqumen, and Yuan Chonghuan¡¯s troops outside Guangqumen reached 16,000. After that afternoon, the Jin army and the Xuan army came to the outskirts of the Ming Dynasty capital.  From the 16th to the 20th, there was continuous fierce fighting in the field. Mangui and Xuan's army successfully held back the Hou Jin army, allowing them to advance only sixty miles in five days. Man Gui then commanded the Xuan army and Hou Jin's army.  The Jin army broke away from contact and ran to camp outside Desheng Gate to prepare for a rest. Chongzhen immediately ordered the doors to be opened and the Xuan army entered the Wengcheng to rest. It was getting late today and there was no need to bother building a camp. The emperor also ordered that Mangui python robes and jade belts be given as a token of appreciation.  Reward. After hearing that thousands of Xuan troops had entered the city, Yuan Chonghuan went to the city again to meet Emperor Chongzhen, insisting that he could accompany Mangui and at least let Guan Ning's army rest in Wengcheng. Chongzhen gave Yuan Chonghuan silver, wine and food, and was kind to him again.  He said comfort. However, he still did not agree to the request to let Guan Ning's army enter the city. After sending Yuan Chonghuan away, Chongzhen discussed the battle site with Sun Chengzong. While the two were discussing the place, the eunuch reported to Zhang Heming and asked for an audience. After Zhang Heming came in, Chongzhen  He asked with a pleasant smile: "Is Mr. Zhang's legs getting bigger?"  " "Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Heming was still recovering at home today, but as soon as he heard that the vanguard of the Hou Jin Army had arrived at the gate of the capital, Lao Zhangtou hurriedly came to see the Holy One. He stood up and shouted anxiously: "Your Majesty,  , Tune Huangshi into Beijing, King Qin, Tune Huangshi into Beijing!  "  On the 21st, the main force of the Later Jin Army approached the capital city of the Ming Dynasty. Man Gui led the remaining 5,000 troops out of the city and camped outside Desheng Gate After Huangshi arrived at Shanhaiguan, he immediately let the defenders make room for the Funing Army.  Fortunately, Huangshi met an old acquaintance in Shanhaiguan - General Yao Yuxian. This time General Yao Yuxian did not follow the Guan Ning army to Beijing, but was sent to be temporarily responsible for the defense of Shanhaiguan. Jin Guan  The deputy general is now also working in Shanhaiguan. Jin Guan has become younger and younger since he became the deputy general. With these twoWith the help of others, Huangshi quickly settled down the troops. "Huang Shuai, Jiannu has crossed Qian'an and is approaching Yongping, one hundred and fifty miles away. They want to cut off our retreat from Liao Town.  "Yao Yuxian's face was full of anxiety. Fifty miles further south from Yongping is Weizhou, which is also the official supply road from the pass to Shanhaiguan. But Huangshi is not very worried about this. Because he feels that there is shipping, and later  The Jin Army cannot cut off the supplies in Liao Town, and judging from the current situation, the Later Jin Army does not have such a big appetite and ability for the time being. Yongping Mansion is the intersection of Qinglong River and Luan River, and both roads lead to the outside of the pass.  Among them, the exit from the Luanhe River to Guan is Xifengkou. As far as Huang Shi¡¯s personal opinion is concerned, the later Jin army wanted to obtain Yongping mainly out of transportation considerations. After Mao Wenlong died a few months ago, Huang Taiji ordered the Mongolian  Various ministries are rushing to build ships, and they have obviously long ago planned to use the water power of these two rivers. Perhaps Huang Taiji hopes that the Yongping River will be able to transport things after the spring comes. But it sounds like Yao Yuxian and Jin Guandi's mentality is acceptable.  After taking advantage of it, Huang Shi generously assured them: "Ordinarily, I should go to the capital quickly. However, my army has not arrived yet, so it doesn't matter if I leave a few days later. So, I will wait for a while.  After resting, I will lead this battalion to relieve the siege of Yongping, and then wait for an opportunity to defeat Qian'an, and give up the idea of ??establishing slaves to move eastward. During this period, my follow-up troops should have rested, and I will rush to the capital again.  ." Huangshi's heroic actions surprised both Yao Yuxian and Jin Guan. After a while, they hesitated and asked, "Wouldn't this cause any serious harm to Huang Shuai?" "Originally, I was going to Tianjin University.  "Gukou, if I meet you now at Shanhaiguan, it can only be said to be God's will. Besides, I will not accept your fate. Since I have met Jiannu here, I have no choice but to defeat them first." Huang Shi continued.  He made some requests for food and grass, hoping that Yao Yuxian and Jin Guan could try their best to assist. The two people naturally agreed. At the same time, Huang Shi also asked them to keep their arrival secret as much as possible. Yao Yuxian fully agreed and strictly ordered Shanhaiwei to  Be on guard and don't allow anyone to come and go. Although the news will leak out sooner or later, Huang Shi still hopes that Huang Taiji will know as late as possible. After arriving at Shanhaiguan yesterday, he didn't even send a messenger to Beijing immediately. Instead, he used the excuse that it was getting late.  It has been postponed until today. ¡­ On the 22nd of the second year of Chongzhen, today Huang Taiji personally directed the Houjin 10,000 main force to attack the 5,000 Xuan army outside Deshengmen. At the same time, Mang Gurtai was asked to lead the 2,000 army.  Attack the 16,000 Guanning cavalry and 2,000 Jingying troops outside the Guangqu Gate. Emperor Chongzhen paced back and forth in the inner hall. From time to time, eunuchs ran in to report on the battle situation outside the city. The more Chongzhen listened, the more he frowned.  Tight. Sun Chengzong, Qian Longxi, Li Biao and others around him also looked serious, and they did not dare to let out a breath. Wang Qia, Minister of the Ministry of War, had already been imprisoned by the emperor because of the breakthrough of Jizhen. So what military issues are there now?  They would directly ask Sun Chengzong and the cabinet for their opinions. According to reports from the civilian supervisors on Deshengmen, the fight between Huang Taiji and Mangui was so fierce that the two armies once engaged in a hand-to-hand melee, so much so that they were deployed on the Deshengmen Gate Tower.  The artillery suffered accidental damage and hit the Xuan army several times. When the battle reached the afternoon, the Xuan army in Mangui was finally defeated and slowly retreated towards Guangqumen, hoping to receive support from Guan Ning's cavalry.  Sun Chengzong hesitated and said: "Manshuai tried his best." "I know!  "Chongzhen shouted angrily. He stopped and asked sharply: "Then what happened to Guan Ningjun?  What do you think?  "According to the report of the supervisory army outside Guangqumen, when the Houjin Army robbed people in the suburbs of Beijing two days ago, Guan Ning's army also went with them and had no intention of protecting the people of the capital. But today, Mang Gurtai cited two thousand people.  As soon as the cavalry charged, Guan Ning's cavalry scattered and fled. Many soldiers of Guan Ning's army ran under the Beijing moat, jumped into the river and went upstream to the city wall. They were so angry that the Beijing people on the city wall threw bricks and stones at them.  The troops in the Beijing camp outside Guangqumen also reported that the Guan Ning cavalry outside Guangqumen collapsed at the first touch. It seemed that they ran away without any confrontation with the Hou Jin army. However, the Jing camp claimed to take the initiative and withstood the Hou Jin army's offensive.  They were repulsed. The supervising civil servant between Deshengmen and Guangqumen reported that when the Jin army and the Xuan army fought, Guan Ning's cavalry stood aside and watched.  6 successive reports came one after another,  Emperor Chongzhen's face became more and more gloomy. Yuan Chonghuan once told the emperor when he was playing in Lantai that he was worried that there would be "villains" behind his back, so for a long time, whether he was good at killing Mao Wenlong or selling Jin Junliang  , or Ji Zhen breach, allowing the enemy to pass through Jimen natural danger, Emperor Chongzhen always forgave Yuan Chonghuan time and time again. Until Yuan Chonghuan rushed outside Beijing, in addition to not allowing Guan Ning's army to enter the city, Emperor Chongzhen still tried his best to appease and rewarded Yuan Chonghuan.  Yuan Chonghuan has gold coins and gorgeous clothes. But now Chongzhen really can¡¯t sit still.He murmured to himself: "Isn't it true that all the civil, military, and middle-ranking officials in the capital are going to frame Governor Ji Liao?" However, although Chongzhen was suspicious, he still held back in the end: "I want to follow the example of the sages.  Do not trust those who employ, and do not use those who doubt." After Chongzhen had just suppressed his anger, Yuan Chonghuan's own report was sent to the capital. In this memorial, Yuan Chonghuan, for the rare first time, did not mention the victory or defeat, but only said that he requested  Move the camp to a place farther back. "Long live my Lord, the camp of Guan Ning's army outside Guangqumen was burned by slaves." After the whisper of the little eunuch beside him reached his ears, Chongzhen  The hand holding the memorial couldn't help but tremble. His face was also blue and white for a while, and the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Cheng Zhiben and Zhou Wenyu both later wrote books.  Yuan Chonghuan aggrieved. Cheng Zhi wrote a big book about the battle between Di Ningyuan and Ning Jin that no one in Beijing had witnessed with his own eyes. But the incident outside Guangqumen was only briefly mentioned, as if it was not worth mentioning at all. Zhou Wenyu admitted that Guan Ning Cavalry  They all ran away as soon as they came up, but Zhou Wenyu insisted that neither Yuan Chonghuan nor he ran away. They fought hard with a hundred soldiers and horses. In the end, after more than 2,000 Jin soldiers retreated, they were repulsed. Zhou Wenyu also described vividly that  , Yuan Chonghuan took the lead, and his whole body was shot by bows and arrows like a hedgehog. Fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan wore thick armor, so his oily skin was not even scratched. Zhou Wenyu also said that the steel sword of the soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty almost hit Yuan Chonghuan's neck.  It happened to be blocked by the guards desperately. At such a critical moment, Governor Yuan was still riding on his horse and shouting for a fierce battle Oh, it was when Governor Yuan himself was shot like a hedgehog by a bow and arrow.  The mount was still alive and carrying Yuan Chonghuan, shouting for a fierce battle, and defeated the Jin army. Unfortunately, Zhou Wenyu's book had not been written at this moment. The suspicious Emperor Chongzhen finally became suspicious of Yuan Chonghuan, and he again  After walking back and forth for a few steps, I felt that I could no longer adhere to the principle of employing people without question: "Well, it seems that it is best for Governor Xuanji Liao to enter the city, and I will ask him personally." Emperor Chongzhen had just made up his mind.  idea, the eunuch's announcement came from outside: "Captain Man Gui, please see Long Live Lord." Soon Man Gui rushed in covered in blood, holding five feather arrows in his hand. Man Gui didn't even look at the ground on either side.  The cabinet and Sun Chengzong took one look and jumped at Chongzhen's feet: "Your Majesty, Governor Yuan is going to shoot the minister to death!"  Man Gui commanded the Xuan army and the Hou Jin army to lose in a fierce battle for a day, so he retreated to Guan Ning.  In the direction of the military camp, an overwhelming rain of arrows flew towards the enemy, killing many Xuanda soldiers. Man Gui was also hit by five arrows. Man Gui's armor was obviously not as good as the armor on Yuan Chonghuan's body, so although he was far away  He was not shot into a big hedgehog, but he had a big bloody wound on his body. After Mangui took off his armor and showed the wound to the emperor and ministers, Chongzhen was completely dumbfounded. He asked the ministers at a loss: "Everyone  Does the Qing family have any opinions?" When Mangui heard this, he shouted again: "Your Majesty, Governor Yuan is deliberately trying to shoot Wei Chen to death. He has already killed Marshal Mao and Marshal Zhao, and now it's his turn.  I'm gone." Sun Chengzong and several cabinet ministers were dumbfounded at this time. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan has done too many shocking things. Last time, he killed an imperial envoy and a first-class general without permission. This time, he was actually killed by the general.  It is really unheard of for a soldier to accuse a murderer in front of the palace: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to let the Governor of Jiliao come and confront Commander Manchu." On November 23, Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan and Mangui in front of the cabinet.  When confronted, Yuan Chonghuan could not answer. The suspicious Emperor Chongzhen finally exploded and ordered his royal guards to send Yuan Chonghuan to prison.  Those who went deep into the interior. Although they went all the way to help, they also restrained the officers and men, and sat back and watched the plunder. Their crimes were hard to cover up. We will temporarily stop and listen to the investigation!  ¡± Emperor Chongzhen felt quite satisfied with this passage. It not only praised Yuan Chonghuan¡¯s achievements, but also did not accuse him of any groundless charges. Finally, it also stated that the dismissal was temporary and he would be reinstated when the problem was clarified.  However, less than an hour after Chongzhen felt good about himself, a lieutenant-general hurriedly came to report: "Long live my lord, Zu Dashou incited the soldiers to mutiny as soon as he returned to the camp, and the flag officer Zhou Wenyu hijacked the governor's sword and seal.  Escape, now Guan Ningjun and the others have returned to the capital!  "
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