Chapter 448: The Qing Army Re-enters Bandits (Part 2)
After Yue Tuo's left army attacked the Great Wall of Qianziling, he was blocked by the Ming army in Miyun. Wu Aheng, the governor of Ji Liao, led more than 5,000 troops to Miyun in time. In addition, the two thousand defenders originally in Miyun City, a total of 7,000 Ming troops deployed defenses in Miyun City to block the Qing army's attack.
This time, Li Hong would not take any credit for the first time. The Ming army was obviously prepared, with more than 7,000 people defending the city, and Li Hong and Li Guodong's personal guards agents could not have done anything to kill the Miyun defenders. Therefore, the attack on Miyun was left to the Han Eight Banners.
After all, Yue Tuo's left-wing army was just a partial army. If 30,000 troops were fighting on the plains, even a hundred thousand Ming army could not defeat 30,000 Qing army. However, attacking a city with 7,000 people stationed in the city can not be captured in a short time or half a year.
"Mr. Wu, Miyun's small city, can't resist Jiannu at all! Let's abandon the city and return to the capital!" Deputy General Guo Yunlu said anxiously, looking at the dense Qing soldiers under the city.
"Nonsense!" Wu Aheng roared, "If we leave, wouldn't Jiannu go straight in? Today we are surrounded, and we can only fight to the death and die to sacrifice our country!"
"Mr. Wu, but Miyun City has been surrounded by Jiannu, so we cannot go out to deliver letters." General Lu Zongwen said.
Wu Aheng yelled: "Immediately ignite the beacon and report the emergency to the capital!"
The beacon smoke was lit at the top of Miyun City. When the beacon tower several miles away saw the beacon smoke, it immediately lit the beacon smoke. The beacon smoke was passed down one after another, and soon the beacon smoke was seen at Deshengmen, the capital city.
The shapes of beacon smoke have meaning. When the city gate officials saw the beacon smoke, they understood that the beacon smoke came from Miyun. Thirty thousand Qing troops had already broken through the Great Wall of Yunziling and were attacking Miyun!
Emperor Chongzhen received the news and said anxiously: "It is fast to make people ring the Jingyang Bell, and the court meeting is urgent! Let the Deshengmen cavalry set out to spy on the enemy's situation."
The emperor ordered the emperor to come out, and more than 100 cavalry from Deshengmen came out in full swing and headed straight for Changping and Miyun. The news of the Qing army entering the pass was like wings, spreading in the capital area, and people were in chaos for a moment.
All civil and military officials from the fourth rank and above in the capital have arrived.
Emperor Chongzhen trusted most. Yang Sichang, who was then the Minister of Rites and the Grand Secretary of the Dongge, so he looked at Yang Sichang and asked, "Yang Aiqing, what good ideas do you have to retire from Jiannu?"
Yang Sichang was a peacemaker, but he also knew that he could not negotiate with the Qing Dynasty at this time. A few months ago, Gao Qiqian sent Zhou Yuanzhong to Ningyuan. He had already received a response from Huang Taiji and said that it was possible to negotiate. However, under the salutation of the ministers led by the young minister Huang Daozhou, the indecisive Emperor Chongzhen finally gave up the peace talks, which caused Huang Taiji to be furious and sent troops to invade the Ming Dynasty again.
Perhaps Huang Taiji's peace talks were a slow-down strategy, but it was really possible to negotiate, which was to buy time for the Ming Dynasty, reduce Liao pay and destroy the bandits first. It was still time to deal with the Qing army when the peace talks failed, and the Qing army was about to reach the city. Yang Sichang naturally knew that Huang Taiji would not agree to the Ming Dynasty if he wanted to negotiate at this time.
"Your Majesty, Miyun is the gateway to the capital. We should send troops to rescue Miyun quickly!" Yang Sichang said.
Yang Sichang was a figure similar to Chen Cheng later. He was pretty good in terms of strategy, but he was just a fool in tactics. The Qing army attacked Miyun with Yuetuo's partial division. Yang Sichang was indeed deceived and transferred all the Ming troops elsewhere to Miyun, which resulted in Qingshankou and other places defending air strikes.
On September 22, Dorgon's 70,000 troops on the right side went straight to Qingshankou. Within just one day, they broke through the Qingshankou Great Wall and poured into the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why Dorgon was able to break through the Qingshankou Great Wall so easily was because Yue Tuo's partial army confused Emperor Chongzhen, and the main force of the Ming army was transferred to Miyun. As a result, only two thousand Ming troops were stationed in Qingshankou, and they could not resist the Qing army's attack at all.
The Ming army, who rushed to reinforce Miyun, was still halfway and received news of the loss of Qingshankou. The Ming army was in chaos and didn't know where to stop the Qing army. Some Ming troops still rushed to Miyun, but ended up being attacked by Yue Tuo's plan to attack reinforcements, and thousands of people were annihilated, and the rest of the Ming army surrendered.
Miyun, who had not waited for reinforcements, finally lost his life under the fierce attack of the Qing army, and Governor Wu Aheng and General Lu Zongwen died in his country.
On September 24, the capital was in martial law. Emperor Chongzhen urgently summoned Yang Guozhu, general of Xuanfu, general of Datong, general of Wang Pu, general of Shanxi, general of Hu Dawei, soldiers and horses from the towns. He also gave Lu Xiang Sheng Shangfang's sword, and ordered him to come to Beijing at night to govern the world to serve the king.
As early as May, Lu Xiangsheng's father passed away. He had submitted more than ten memorials to go home to mourn. However, Emperor Chongzhen was eager to hire people, so Lu Xiangsheng was taken away by Ding You and was appointed as the Minister of War by Emperor Chongzhen.
Just when the capital was martial law and Emperor Chongzhen arranged for Lu Xiangsheng, Li Guodong personally led generals such as Han Dashan, Zhang Wei, Tang Chong, and Zhang Shiwen, and only brought one hundred elite soldiers at night without taking them. One man and three horses rushed to the refugee camp in Jiazhuang, Julu. Only He Xing was left in the Xiangling camp. Before leaving, Li Guodong told He Xing that if he received the imperial edict, he would send troops immediately. Remember that on the day of the troops sent, he must send people to Gaoyang to send him a letter and inform him where he was transferred.
When Li Guodong arrived in Julu refugee camp, the refugee camp at this time looked like an ordinary village from the outside, but when he walked into the refugee camp, he could see that the houses inside were completely different from other villages. Then he touched the wall with his hand and found that the houses had a hard texture, and each house was a fortress.
"Everyone has received the news? Jiannu has already invaded! I guess Jiannu will attack Gaoyang! I have not been allowed to send troops privately without receiving the imperial edict of the court, but Gaoyang cannot refuse to rescue! I can only lead 3,000 refugees to Gaoyang, and be sure to protect Gaoyang Sunge Lao and the people of Gaoyang's city!" Li Guodong stood on the school ground and said loudly.
Li Guodong arrived in Gaoyang and met Sun Chengzong.
"Master Sun Ge, have you heard that Jiannu invaded?" Li Guodong asked.
Sun Chengzong nodded while touching his beard: "I heard the news, Guodong, do you think Jiannu will really come to this small town of Gaoyang?"
"Yes, Jiannu reported to the outside world in detail before, saying that Gaoyang had no defenders. Jiannu was defeated by Sun Ge Lao, you are eager to take revenge. Since Gaoyang has no defenders, they will definitely come to take revenge."
"But Guodong, we spend a lot of money to build the city, will Jiannu come to die?"
"Because most of the Jiannu's detailed works this year have been eradicated by the younger generation, they cannot get the latest information." Li Guodong's personal guards achieved a lot of results within the year of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did they send a large number of detailed works outside the pass, but they also achieved brilliant results within the internal battle, eradicating a large number of Qin spies. The intelligence network that Fan Yongdou worked hard on was broken by Li Guodong's personal guards.
Li Guodong's mission was to send three thousand trained refugees to Gaoyang, and then he waited for He Xing's news in Gaoyang. He knew that Lu Xiangsheng would definitely ask him to send troops. According to his judgment, Lu Xiangsheng's first destination was Changping.
As Li Guodong expected, less than a day after he left Xiangling, the people from the Lu Xiangsheng sect came to Xiangling City and asked Li Guodong to send troops to Changping to meet with Lu Xiangsheng.
He Xing received an order from the Ministry of War and immediately sent someone to Gaoyang to deliver a letter to Li Guodong.
"Zhang Shiwen, you are also familiar with the city guards. Just stay in Gaoyang and be sure to defend Gaoyang! Save the lives of Sun Ge Lao's family! If Gaoyang is wrong, I want your neck to be on your head!" Before Li Guodong set off, he called Zhang Shiwen to explain to him.
"Lord, with such a strong city, the last general will be able to defend Gaoyang! If Gaoyang is wrong, you will not be forced to take action. The last general will die for his country!"
"Okay! I'll feel relieved if you say this!"
Sun Chengzong rushed over and asked, "Nephew Guodong, are you leaving Gaoyang?"
"The Ministry of War issued an edict that the last general must go. But please rest assured that Zhang Shiwen is here, you will be able to defend Gaoyang!"
Chapter completed!