"Report to the commander, Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi, Taiyuan General Zhang Honggong was arrested and imprisoned by the court for plundering the people." A bad news came from the capital.

Sun Chengzong was furious and slapped the table and stood up: "As a Ming officer and soldier, the country is in trouble now. He does not want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country and protect our Ming people, but instead plunder the people. What is the difference between such officers and soldiers and soldiers and Jiannu?"

Li Laoer knew the reason, but it was not because the court was so poor that there was no money. Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong were ordered to go to Beijing to serve the king, but the court lacked silver, so the people from the Ministry of War came up with a bad idea: order Shanxi's King's Army to go to Tongzhou first, to be transferred to Changping the next day, and to be transferred to Liangxiang on the third day. According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the army was not allowed to be distributed on the day when the army arrived in the flood land. So Shanxi soldiers who came to Beijing to serve the king were transferred to three places in three days, but did not receive rations for three days.

Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong came from Taiyuan a long journey. There was no railway in that era. Shanxi soldiers came all by foot, and more than a thousand miles from Taiyuan to Beijing. According to the marching speed of that year, it was very fast to walk for half a month.

The army of King Qin of Shanxi walked on the road for more than half a month, and the food he carried had already been exhausted. The hungry Shanxi soldiers changed three places in three days, but they didn't receive a single grain of food. The hungry soldiers had no choice. Since the court refused to give food, we figured out our own way. So we plundered the food near Liangxiang.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the explanation that the army plundered the people, Long Yan was furious and ordered the Jinyiwei Tiqi to go to Liangxiang and arrested Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong.

Originally, the Ming army in Fubiao Camp and Taiyuan Camp were all elite troops. Now that the governor and the chief general were arrested, the Shanxi soldiers simply quit and gave up Liangxiang and fled back to Shanxi.

The consequences of this incident were very serious. Because all the Ming troops stationed in Liangxiang were gone, Huang Taiji easily conquered Liangxiang in just one day. The magistrate of Liangxiang was killed, and all the Minzhuang who organized the temporary resistance were massacred. After the Later Jin army entered the city, the elderly and the men who resisted were killed. Women, children and men were plundered. The Jin army robbed the city and robbed them all.

Even more serious matters are still to come. After these 5,000 elite Ming troops fled back to Shanxi, they heard that Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong were killed. In anger, they defected to Gao Yingxiang and became the main force of the elite army.

The Shaanxi soldiers also had mutiny. The border troops of King Qin of Shaanxi arrived in the capital without anyone to provide food and salary. A few days later, nearly 10,000 people scattered, swung their thighs and ran back, and all fled back to Shaanxi. After that, the Shaanxi soldiers, like the Shanxi soldiers, all transformed into rebels, and the situation in Shaanxi became even more festering.

The two king-supporting troops ran away. Lin Danhan had just fought a battle with the Tumotes. Although he won, he was a tragic victory. Lin Danhan suffered heavy losses and lost more than 30,000 people. Lin Danhan, who was already unable to protect himself, could not come to rescue him. The only king-supporting troops in the capital was Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Thinking of this, Li Laoer had an idea in his mind: Aren’t these people going to join Gao Yingxiang? Instead of asking them to join Gao Yingxiang, it would be better for me to recruit these soldiers before Gao Yingxiang.

The second day after the news of Liangxiang being captured by the Later Jin army came, the news of Fangshan County Magistrate Kaicheng surrender. Fangshan County Magistrate was frightened by the Later Jin army and took the initiative to open the city gate to surrender. The Later Jin army entered the city and robbed Liangxiang and Fangshan, capturing many people, robbed gold, silver, treasures, and countless food and livestock.

Three days later, the Later Jin army captured Gu'an again, and two deputy generals of the Ming army stationed in Gu'an surrendered guerrillaly. The Later Jin army attacked Gu'an and massacred more than 10,000 people, and the rest were captured and slaves.

If Lin Danhan took advantage of the Jurchens robbing the pass, he would send troops to Korqin Mongolia and destroy the Korqin tribe in one fell swoop. However, Lin Danhan was unable to get along with the Tumote people at this time. He wanted to seize Tumote Khan's Omubu and tear him apart, but he missed the good opportunity to attack Korqin.

By the time Lin Danhan thought of turning back to deal with Korqin, it was too late. Huang Taiji sent troops to attack him. Lin Danhan retreated all the way and eventually died in Qinghai.

"The commander, Liangxiang, Fangshan, and Gu'an counties fell into the hands of thieves. Tens of thousands of people were killed and tens of thousands were captured. Our army should take the initiative to rescue the captured people and regain the plundered food and property. Our army carried infantry with the snowmobile camp, and the subordinates and General Cao led the cavalry to cooperate with the infantry to fight. Didn't we cast two new field artillery? We can just pull it out and use Jiannu to test the power of the cannon!" Li Laoer suggested to Sun Chengzong.

But Sun Chengzong was still worried: "If our army leaves Tongzhou and the thief slaves take the opportunity to invade Tongzhou, what should we do?"

Based on the process of the change in Jisi in memory, Li Laoer judged the time and said to Sun Chengzong: "The army, after the thief slave conquered Gu'an, he should arrive at Lugou Bridge. The Guanning Iron Cavalry of Yuan Governor Yuan will fight fiercely with Jiannu outside Yongding Gate to restrain the main force of Jiannu. We can take the opportunity to send troops and attack Gu'an. The following officials judged that some of the materials and people plundered by the thief slave Ziliang Township and other places will be hidden in Gu'an City. The main force of Jiannu is in Lugou Bridge, and only the Mongols are stationed in Gu'an. If our army attacks Gu'an, it can rescue some of the people and regain some of the property."

"Why did General Li judge so affirmatively?" Sun Chengzong shook his head.

Li Laoer asked Sun Chengzong for a map, opened the map on the desktop, and then took out red and blue stickers. On the map, the route of the Later Jin army was posted, the route of the Guanning army was posted, and finally the route of the Later Jin army was posted.

The advance and retreat routes of the Later Jin army were slightly modified based on his memories in his previous life.

"The commander, Jiannu invaded the capital this time just to get a hand and leave. They would not stay for a long time. Originally, Jiannu's retreat route should have been the closest to Tongzhou, but our army was stationed in Tongzhou. Jiannu suffered a great loss in Tongzhou. Instead, he would detour through Xianghe and avoid Tongzhou from leaving the customs. What's more, the last general attack on Gu'an does not require too many people. Just General Cao's two thousand troops and one thousand firearms battalions can cooperate." Li Laoer pointed to the map and said.

Sun Chengzong calculated that Li Laoer took away his 600 troops from his headquarters, and then transferred Cao Wenzhao's two thousand troops, plus his own 1,000 soldiers from Shenji Camp. In this way, less than 5,000 soldiers were transferred. The Ming army left behind in Tongzhou still included Yang Guozhu's 5,000 Baoding soldiers, Youdai's 2,000 cavalry, Hou Shilu's 3,000 Miyun soldiers, and more than 10,000 people in the city's guards, so it should be fine to defend Tongzhou. So Sun Chengzong nodded and agreed: "Okay, then follow General Li's plan. How many people in the Ming Dynasty can be saved and how many Jiannu can be killed? But I am worried that you have less than 5,000 people. If you encounter a large group of Jiannu, how can you resist?"

"When the commander comes, if the brigade Jiannu attacks, the last time he will not confront Jiannu head-on, and turn around and leave."
Chapter completed!