670 Another army of Tartars

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On September 2, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, five days had passed since the Azig's Western Road Tartar Army entered the customs.

Even, the army of more than 70,000 Tartars led by Azig was stationed fifteen miles north of the capital, although there was no further sign of siege, but it had already frightened Chongzhen in the capital.

At the same time, the people sent by Chongzhen to report to the Shanxi general soldier Jia Changming, the Shandong general soldier Liu Zeqing, and the Henan general soldier Li Zixiao also arrived.

At this time, in the Kaifeng Mansion, including Li Zixiao, Wei Hong, Qi Wei, Li Yan, Zhao Zilong, Li Tianba and other generals of the White Dragon Army, all arrived.

Not only the generals of the White Dragon Army, but even Li Zixiao's several major ministers at this time, Lin Yongnian, Han Lushan, Qian Guangyuan, etc., all arrived.

"Haha, the Holy Lord gave us an order, let us go north to King Qin."

Li Zixiao looked at the edict sent by Chongzhen, laughed, looked at the many subordinates below, and said.

In fact, long before the Tartars entered the customs, Li Zixiao had already received information sent back from Leng Feng from outside the customs and knew that the Tartars were about to enter the customs.

And on the third day when Azig led the Tartar Western Route Army and entered the pass from Baima Pass, Li Zixiao learned the news.

Immediately, he ordered that except for Xu Wei's 'Expedition to the West Army' and Luo Chao's department, which was still fighting with Zhang Xianzhong in the Luzhou area at this time, he did not recruit back.

The rest of the generals of the White Dragon Army immediately led the army to Kaifeng to assemble and issued a mobilization order before the battle, so the baggage, grain and grass, and ammunition were all ready to go north at any time.

And what Li Zixiao is waiting for is Chongzhen's edict of King Qin.

"For this day, Benjue has been planning for nearly a year, but fortunately, the Tartar did not disappoint Benjue, and he went south to enter the customs again.

Han Lushan, have all the grain, grass, ammunition and other materials you prepared have arrived, and how did the people summon them?

Once Ben Jue leads his army north to King Qin and fights with the Tartars this time, the logistics will be handed over to you to be responsible, but is there a problem? ”

Li Zixiao attaches great importance to logistics, because the White Dragon Army relies heavily on logistics in its operations, and at this time, the focus is on asking Han Lushan again.

"Don't worry, my lord, Kaifeng City has a reserve of millions of stones, and I have built more than 500 four-wheeled carriages and formed five convoys in the past six months.

The firearms and ammunition sent from the two arsenals have also been piled up in seven warehouses, and even our cotton clothes for the winter have been prepared.

In addition, we have recruited 20,000 young and strong people, who can use the convoy to transport supplies north at any time.

His subordinates can guarantee that the lord will lead the army north to meet the Tartars this time, and even if it takes a year, our logistics can be completely guaranteed. ”

Han Lushan stood up and assured Li Zixiao.

"Good." Hearing Han Lushan's answer, Li Zixiao nodded with satisfaction.

Immediately, his eyes swept to the generals of the White Dragon Army who were already ready to try, with a smile on their faces, and asked, "What about you?" But get ready, go north with Benjue to beat the Tartars. ”

"Whoa!"

More than a dozen senior generals of the White Dragon Army who were qualified to participate in this meeting stood up in unison and shouted: "King Qin of the north, destroy Jiannu!" ”

"Very good, now I order, leave 10,000 horses, led by Wei Hong, to guard Kaifeng, and the rest of the army will march north in the early morning tomorrow."

"Yes!"

As Li Zixiao's order was issued, these White Dragon Army generals quickly rushed back to their respective teams and reorganized their men.

This time, in addition to leaving 5,000 city defense troops in Jiangbei and 10,000 horses for Wei Hong in Kaifeng, as their backup troops, they were also their watchmen.

All the rest of the idle White Dragon soldiers and horses were taken north by him, and there were more than 60,000 people, of which 20,000 were elite in the White Dragon Army and 40,000 in the city defense army.

It's just that Li Zixiao took 60,000 people to Mali to the north this time, two-thirds of them were recruits, and only one-third were veterans brought by Zhao Zilong and Li Tianba.

In the early morning of September 3, Li Zixiao led his army to leave Kaifeng, crossed the Yellow River at Taojiadian Ferry to the north, and then entered Weihui Mansion and Zhangde Mansion and entered Hebei territory.

At the same time, when Li Zixiao led the army north, Jia Changming, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, also received the edict of King Qin from Chongzhen.

However, they are diametrically opposed to Li Zixiao's rapid dispatch of troops, after they received Chongzhen's edict from King Qin, they have not sent troops for the past five or six days!

In fact, they didn't expect the Tartars to enter the customs at this time, they were unprepared, and suddenly received Chongzhen's edict from King Qin.

This time, they ordered to gather their generals, gather men, and prepare supplies, and just doing these things took them four or five days at the earliest.

At the same time, because over the years, the imperial court has continuously defaulted on the salaries of soldiers in various places, so that Jia Changming and Liu Zeqing and other soldiers are even less enthusiastic about fighting.

If they go to suppress bandits or suppress the victims, their officers and soldiers may still have some energy, after all, this kind of bandit errand can facilitate them to get some oil and water.

But now, they are going to fight against the Tartars, and they are fierce and powerful against the Tartars, and many Ming generals and veterans have seen it.

This made them even more reluctant to fight the Tartars.

It was precisely because of this series of reasons that the two Qinwang armies in Shanxi and Shandong had spent nearly ten days before they set off north to Qinwang.

And when Li Zixiao led the army north, on September 3, Chongzhen received bad news again in the palace.

"Three days ago, the 80,000-strong army of Tartars led by Dolgon bypassed the Shanhai Pass, entered the pass from the Qingshan Pass in the west, and went straight to Jizhou Town.

A day later, the city of Jizhou was broken, and the Jizhou garrison Ma Dashou led 5,000 soldiers to fight bloodily and all of them were killed.

At this time, the army of Tartars led by Dolgon was marching west along the Pear River and rushing towards the capital. ”

After Lu Xiangsheng read the news, Chongzhen's body sitting on the dragon chair shook for a while, and he almost didn't fall down, but let him hold on.

And the other court officials around were even more frightened, and they exchanged heads and quarreled in low voices.

Chongzhen didn't expect that this time the Tartars would be so generous and dispatched two large armies, and the two armies together were already 150,000 people.

Chongzhen also thought that only Azig had such a Tartar army, maybe he could still hold the capital with more than 100,000 Ming troops around the capital.

But now, this news from Jizhou is like a bolt from the blue, which makes Chongzhen angry.

"Give me all peace!"

Chongzhen roared angrily, his face was flushed, and he wanted to stand up, but when his butt just left the dragon chair, his body shook for a while, but fortunately, he was paid in time by Wang Chengen, who was sharp-eyed next to him, and he didn't fall down.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, who were yelled at by Chongzhen, all quieted down, bowed their heads obediently, and were silent one by one.

"Holy."

Wang Chengen shouted in a low voice, looking at Chongzhen worriedly, worried that Chongzhen's body would not be able to hold on.

During this time, Chongzhen worked hard day and night, coupled with the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Songjin some time ago, Chongzhen was in a hurry and fell ill.

Chongzhen's physical condition is also getting worse, and the bad news that comes one after another at this time is also a huge blow to Chongzhen, who is weak.

"I'm fine."

Chongzhen held on, said, and then gave up standing up and sat back in his dragon chair again.

"How could Jizhou be broken so quickly?"

After Chongzhen stabilized his emotions, he looked down at Lu Xiangsheng and asked.

After all, Jizhou Town is also an important town in the north, the city defense is strong, and there are seven or eight thousand defenders in the city, even if the Tartar army is coming, it will be difficult to conquer in a short time.

"This, Weichen couldn't figure it out for a while, and the news sent by Jizhou didn't mention it."

Lu Xiangsheng was also confused at this time, of course he couldn't answer Chongzhen.

What Chongzhen and Lu Xiangsheng didn't know was that this time Dolgon brought more than 200 Hongyi cannons from outside the pass into the pass, and they tried their skills in Jizhou City.

"Shengshang, now another Tartar army has entered the Guannei, and the capital has reached 100,000 urgent, and at this time, Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron must be allowed to ride into the Guanqin King.

And what caused all these consequences now is Lord Lu's previous speculation, which caused the current situation.

If something happens in the capital, you Lu Xiangsheng will be a sinner for the ages, and it will be difficult to atone for his sins. ”

At this time, Chen Xinjia, who had always held a grudge against Lu Xiangsheng, jumped out again, first said to Chongzhen, and then pointed at Lu Xiangsheng's nose and scolded.

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Chen Xinjia in disgust, and then said to Chongzhen: "Rest assured, the soldiers and horses gathered around the capital by the imperial court are nearly 200,000 people.

Coupled with the high walls of the capital and the depth of the pool, the Tartars want to conquer the capital in a short time, which is basically a fool's dream.

And soon, the armies of Qinwang from Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan will arrive, and then the Tartars will have no hope of attacking them.

As for the mobilization of the Guanning Iron Cavalry into the customs, Weichen now agrees that if the Guanning Iron Cavalry enters the customs, it may be able to contain the Tartars and let us reduce our losses.

As for Lord Chen's accusation against Weichen just now, it is nonsense at all.

Lord Chen's ability to be an afterthought can be said to be getting better and better, why didn't you come up with a better way to relieve the saint's worries at the beginning! ”

"Okay, what Lu Aiqing said is reasonable."

After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's narration, Chongzhen also nodded.

"Lu Aiqing, then the defense of the capital, I will give full authority to Aiqing, and I must not let the Tartars attack the capital."

Chongzhen looked at Lu Xiangsheng eagerly and said earnestly.

"Rest assured, as long as Weichen is here, the Tartars will be attacked into the city." Lu Xiangsheng also hurriedly assured.

"Okay, let's retreat, Chen Aiqing stays, I have something to ask you."

After retiring from the dynasty, Chongzhen let everyone else go, not even Lu Xiangsheng stayed, but only one Chen Xinjia was left.

(End of chapter)