Chapter 660 Pulling a whole body, Beizhili is in a mess

Zhang Zhun was unwilling to give in, and Huang Taiji was also unwilling to give in, Zhang Zhun wanted to get more war horses and enhance his strength. Huang Taiji was absolutely unwilling to let Zhang Zhun get more war horses, so as to pose a greater threat to himself. This contradiction is inherently irreconcilable and can only be resolved through war.

While Mo Yu and Yalai continue to fight, both sides are constantly accumulating troops, looking forward to another big battle. During this period, the competition between the Huben cavalry and the Tatar cavalry around Dongjiabao was quite fierce. Every day, the cavalry of the Tiger Army suffered twenty or thirty casualties, and the casualties of the Tatar cavalry were about one hundred and fifty or sixty.

The cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army still adopted the method of sporadic attack, fighting piecemeal, specially selecting the sporadic cavalry of the Tartars to start, fighting if they could beat it, and running away if they couldn't. This skill was originally the strength of the Tartars, and the Tartars used to deal with the Ming army in this way. But now, this skill has been mastered by the Tiger Army, and it is the turn of the Tartar cavalry to suffer. Relying on the long range of the Tiger Ben Gun, the Tiger Ben Army cavalry did take a lot of advantage.

It is a pity that the number of Tartar cavalry is large, and such piecemeal fights of the Tiger Cavalry cannot hurt the bones of the Tartar cavalry at all. In particular, later, the Mongolian cavalry replaced the Tatar cavalry and appeared around Dongjiabao to fight sporadically with the Huben cavalry, and as a result, the Huben cavalry killed mainly the Mongolian cavalry, which did not hurt the foundation of the Dajin army at all.

"Please do it!"

After listening to Mo Yu's report, Zhang Zhun said categorically.

Whatever can make Huang Taiji uncomfortable, let's do it.

Aren't you worried that they won't be able to reincarnate? That would make you completely unable to reincarnate!

"You ...... Don't be credited! ”

When Yalai learned that Zhang Zhun had ordered a senior monk, he immediately became angry and said angrily.

But Zhang Zhun didn't see him at all, and continued to ask people to invite senior monks. There are not many temples in Beizhili, so go to Laoshan Mountain in Shandong Province to please. At this time, it happened that Li Jicheng sent someone ashore to take away the head of the tartar and exchange war horses with Wu Sangui. As a result, Yarai just saw it.

Yalai thought that the Tiger Army was really unwilling to negotiate, so he simply cut off the heads of the Tartars, completely blocking the road. The ruthlessness of the Tiger Ben Army is really more powerful than that of the Dajin Army. There was no way, and Yalai had no choice but to give in. At the best, Yalai agreed, and gave Zhang Zhun a total of 2,000 war horses, and collected all the corpses outside the city.

"Two thousand horses...... All right! Deal! ”

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and agreed.

Two thousand horses are better than nothing. Anyway, keeping the corpses of those Tartars doesn't do much good. On Wu Sangui's side, it is impossible to digest too many Tartar heads. With Huang Taiji's personality, it is indeed impossible for him to make too many concessions. Zhang Zhun can be sure that the current Huang Taiji must be itching his teeth and calculating how to avenge an arrow.

As for the exchange of Dolgon, Duoduo, Kong Youde and others, there is no follow-up. Huang Taiji was obviously unwilling to hand over Fan Wencheng and the others for the sake of a few of them. There is no way, the current Huang Taiji is indeed in a dilemma. If he makes such a deal, his prestige will be gone, and the ruling foundation of the Dajin Kingdom will be seriously weakened. Zhang Zhun was not reluctant. It was always good for him to have Dorgon and Dorgon in his hands.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, Mo Yu and Yalai, on behalf of the Tiger Ben Army and the Dajin Kingdom, respectively, reached an agreement on the exchange of war horses for corpses. Dajin Guo used 2,000 war horses to collect all the corpses outside Dongjiabao City. War horses were sent in advance. After the Tiger Army received the war horses, the troops stationed in Dongjiabao were not allowed to shoot at the soldiers of the Dajin Army who came to carry the corpses. The same is true of the other forts. Of course, the premise is that these Daikin soldiers do not carry any weapons.

"Ye Longxin, sent someone to tell Dolgon, and said that I wanted to exchange Fan Wencheng for him, but Huang Taiji refused. If he wanted to go back, he would personally write a letter to Huang Taiji and persuade him to agree to my request. If Huang Taiji didn't agree, he would have to stay in the Tiger Ben Army forever. ”

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said lightly.

"Lord Governor, what if he doesn't want to write a letter?"

Ye Longxin asked with some concern.

Zhang Zhun's approach is obviously to separate Huang Taiji and Dolgon. Although the two didn't get along well before, after all, they are half-brothers, and they are both high-level leaders of the Dajin Kingdom, and the two are absolutely united in dealing with the Tiger Ben Army. Now, Zhang Zhun deliberately did this, saying that he wanted them to have a gap because of Fan Wencheng's matter. It's just that Zhang Zhun's plan may not take effect. With Dorgon's cleverness, he can see through Zhang Zhun's ultimate goal at a glance.

"It's okay if you don't want to write, and it's okay to see through our purpose. You sent someone to let out the news, and said that we were willing to exchange Fan Wencheng for Dolgon, one for one, but Huang Taiji didn't agree, and we didn't care. Whoever likes Dorgon will exchange it for something. As soon as the price is satisfied, I will sell Dorgon to them. ”

Zhang Zhun said casually.

According to his estimates, with Dorgon's wisdom, the other party should be able to see through his little tricks at a glance. However, it doesn't matter if he sees through it, what Zhang Zhun wants is such an effect. He just wants the whole world to know that the contradictions between Huang Taiji and Dolgon are concentrated in one Fan Wencheng. In this way, it is strange that Fan Wencheng does not live a life in fear. Other traitors, a heart must also be up and down, and they are uneasy.

Dead traitor! Want to live comfortably? Dream on!

As for letting out the rumors and selling Dolgon, it was just a deliberate attempt to create public opinion. In the world, there are only two people who may pay for Dolgon, one is Huang Taiji, and the other is naturally Emperor Chongzhen. Since Huang Taiji is unwilling to use Fan Wencheng to redeem Dolgon, it depends on whether Emperor Chongzhen is interested or not. As long as Emperor Chongzhen had the right price, Zhang Zhun didn't mind giving Dolgon to him. How much does it cost? 50,000 war horses are fine.

Why is the price so high? The price is not high, how to attract the attention of others? Zhang Zhun's purpose is to let everyone in the world know that Dolgon is in the hands of the Tiger Ben Army and has been arrested by the Tiger Ben Army. It's best for all the people, on the streets, to talk about it after dinner.

I believe that the common people of the people, especially the people of Jiangnan, will definitely discuss this matter enthusiastically. People who are far away from the battlefield like to talk about the situation on the battlefield the most. It is said that in March, the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce is about to be held, and if you don't vigorously create public opinion at this time, how can you show the wisdom and martial arts of the Tiger Army? Invincible?

Zhang Zhun also calculated that when the time came, he would take Dolgon to Jiangnan for a spin, and let everyone in Jiangnan see what Tartar Baylor looked like. The gentry in Jiangnan have a great opinion of themselves, and they are not deterred or deterred, how great do they think they are?

"My lord, the battle report from Qingzhou City!"

During the negotiations, the war in Qingzhou City was almost over.

Obviously, it is impossible for the thousands of people with the blue flag of Commander Abatai to threaten Qingzhou City. The Tiger Ben army was in Qingzhou City, but it had four battalions stationed with six or seven thousand people, and the strength was more than that of the Tartars. Therefore, after arriving at Qingzhou City, Abatai only tentatively swept around Qingzhou City, prepared for an attack, and then waited for the arrival of follow-up troops.

Huang Taiji's original plan was to let Abatai play the vanguard, first go to test the movement of Qingzhou City, prepare for the attack, and then wait for the arrival of the indigenous infantry and the Han army flag. According to Huang Taiji's estimate, in just two or three days, Dongjiabao can be destroyed and Zhang Zhun can be captured or killed. Both the indigenous infantry and the Han army banner can quickly move south and continue to destroy Qingzhou City.

As a result, there was a small mistake in the plan, and Huang Taiji himself turned back in Dongjiabao. The follow-up troops did not keep up, and as a result, Abatai was left alone. Attacking the city with cavalry is not enough. What's more, the number of Abatai's cavalry is not large, less than 5,000 people, and it is impossible to conquer Qingzhou City, which is heavily fortified by the Tiger Ben Army.

Fortunately, Abatai seems to be reckless, but in fact he is quite cautious, and when he learned that Huang Taiji lost the battle at Dongjiabao, he immediately led his army back north without stopping at all. The tiger army in Qingzhou City is all infantry, and if they want to chase after them, they are also overwhelmed. And the dragoon battalion that assisted in the battle did not expect that Abatai would run faster than a rabbit, and if he wanted to catch up, he could no longer catch up. In other words, Qingzhou City is safe and sound, and Abatai's own losses are not large.

"My lord, the battle report from Jinan City!"

At the same time that Abatai arrived in Qingzhou City, Yue Tuo also arrived near Jinan City.

Yue Tuo was more cautious and steady than Abatai, the speed of the march was slightly slower than that of Abatai, and the action of the attack was also slightly slower than that of Abatai. As a result, as soon as he surrounded the city of Jinan, he received the news of the defeat of Huang Taiji. Like Abatai, Yue Tuo immediately relinquished control of the city of Jinan and immediately returned with his army. The Tiger Ben army was all infantry, and of course they couldn't catch up, so they had to watch the Tartar cavalry retreat quickly. As a result, the city of Jinan was safe and sound, and not even many guns were fired.

In the face of such a war situation, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, was simply going crazy. Knowing that Yue Tuo would just leave with a false shot, he shouldn't have invited the Tiger Ben Army to come. It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God! When the Tiger Army arrives in Jinan City, it will definitely not leave. This great god is placed in Jinan City, which is equivalent to piercing countless nails under his ass, and it is strange that he can still sit firmly.

I knew that the Tiger Army would clean up Huang Taiji in Hejian Mansion, and Zhu Dadian would not let the Tiger Army enter Jinan City if he was killed. Now, Zhang Zhun not only got the money, but also planted two battalions of troops in Jinan City, and also formed the Jinan City Defense Army. Basically, half of Jinan City, well, to be precise, is more than eighty percent of the military affairs, and the Tiger Army is in charge.

Jinan City fell into the hands of Zhang Zhun, and most of Shandong, except for Yanzhou Mansion, all other prefectures must listen to the words of the Tiger Benjun. He, the governor of Shandong, probably did it. Even if you don't do it, you will be hollowed out. Can Zhang Zhun still have his turn to make irresponsible remarks? Of course, he can also be enthusiastic and come to Zhang Zhun for trouble. As for whether it will be beaten into a wasp's nest on the spot, it is difficult to say.

"Order Peng Bo and Li Jiaxi to be nailed to Jinan City."

"If Zhu Dadian wants to do it, then it's okay to do it."

"Order the dragoon battalion to be stationed near Jinan City!"

Zhang Zhun looked cold and gave many orders in succession.

The development of the war in Shandong deviated a little from Zhang Zhun's original estimate. Overall, it's better than originally planned. Originally, I thought that the Tartars would definitely destroy the three prefectures in western Shandong, and Qingzhou City and Jinan City would also experience war. Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji was defeated, and Yue Tuo and Abatai immediately retreated, and they didn't even have time to kill people and set fires. It seems that the courage of the Tartars is not very big!

Actually, if you think about it, it's understandable. Who is Huang Taiji? He is the lord of the Daejin Kingdom. Under his leadership, how many years has the Dajin Kingdom not fought such a defeat? It seems like there has never been. Therefore, the sudden defeat of Dongjiabao will of course make the Tartar high-level people tremble. Even Huang Taiji was defeated, where did the people below dare to fight?

When the news of the defeat came out, your name was Abatai and Yuetuo, why weren't you afraid? The two of them were alone. Once Huang Taiji could not withstand the pressure of the Tiger Ben army and was forced to retreat north, the Hu Ben army marched west from Hejian Mansion and blocked them south of the Yellow River with a single sword. When the time comes, the Tiger Ben army will come from many directions, and even if they use the tactics of a sea of people, they can drown them.

The Battle of Dongjiabao can be said to have led the whole body and effectively affected the entire battle situation. It is estimated that Huang Taiji and Zhang Zhun did not expect this. In any case, the whole territory of Shandong was preserved after all. Only where the Tartars marched, suffered some losses. Zhang Zhun is happy to see this result. If the three prefectures in western Shandong are destroyed, it will be troublesome to rebuild.

It turned out that the nervous Dezhou, Linqing, Liaocheng and other places were greatly relieved to hear that the Tartars had retreated. Some bold people even left Jinan City and other places and began to return to their hometowns. The Tiger Cavalry of the Dragoon Battalion also began to cruise around Texas. Basically, around Jinan Mansion, it is already the world of the Tiger Army.

Of course, there is a good side to this matter, and there is a bad side. On the good side, as I said earlier, Shandong was saved. On the bad side, it is Abatai's blue flag and Yue Tuo's blue flag, and their strength is basically intact. The Tiger Ben Army will continue to deal with them in future battles. After they retreated to Beizhili and joined Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji's strength was obviously enhanced.

Dengzhou City has been captured by the Tiger Ben Army, Dolgon, Duoduo, Kong Youde and others have been captured alive, and there is no need for the Dajin Army to attack Shandong. The current Huang Taiji, his eyes are on Zhang Zhun's body. Dongjiabao was defeated, and the Dajin army suffered a lot of losses, but it had not yet reached the point of great loss of vitality. With the return of Yue Tuo and Abatai, as well as Azig's reorganization of the Zhenghong Banner, Huang Taiji's strength has improved.

The news of the victory in the Battle of Dongjiabao spread far and wide, and the whole of Shandong, and even the south of Beizhili, was boiling. Now the whole of Shandong only knows the Tiger Army, but not the army of the imperial court. Zhu Dadian knew that this matter was not good, but he could only be helpless. The two princes of Jinan City are even more gloomy. They all felt that, perhaps, their days in Shandong should be over soon. Perhaps, just this year, they will be "sent out of the country" by Zhang Zhun.

Compared with the joy of the people of Shandong, the people of Beizhili are worse. In order to vent his dissatisfaction with the defeat of Dongjiabao, Huang Taiji ordered the troops to plunder. A large number of Tartar cavalry, as well as Mongol cavalry, attacked all over the area around Hejian Province, as well as the nearby Baoding Mansion, Zhending Mansion, Daimyo Mansion, Shunde Mansion and other places. For a time, the entire North Zhili was in a state of rumour.

The Ming army stationed in various parts of Beizhili is more effective than the Tiger Army, which is a day and a land. In the face of the frenzied attack of the Tartars, it is simply impossible to stop. In just a few days, a large number of counties, villages and towns were slaughtered, a large number of people were killed, and a large amount of wealth was robbed. The entire north and south of Zhili are a piece of beacon smoke, a piece of blood and tears.

On February 24, the Tartars attacked Gaoyang (present-day Gaoyang County, Hebei Province) with yellow flags. In Gaoyang City, there is a cabinet scholar of Zhishi, and Sun Chengzong, the teacher of Emperor Chongzhen, is here. In that year, Sun Chengzong served as the governor of Liaodong and successfully blocked the westward advance of the Tartars, but he was the sworn enemy of the Tartars. This time, Haoge attacked Gaoyang, and he came at Sun Chengzong. If you can't kill Zhang Zhun, you have to kill Sun Chengzong.

As a result, after a day and a night of fighting, the Tartars broke through the city. Sun Chengzong committed suicide, and all the more than 130 members of his family were killed. The people in Gaoyang City were also slaughtered by the Tartars, and none of the 30,000 or 40,000 people survived. Haoge hated Zhang Zhun and Sun Chengzong, brazenly ordered the slaughter of the city, and ordered Sun Chengzong's body to be dismembered into countless pieces. Subsequently, Haoge led his army to frantically kill the nearby city of Baoding.

Lu Xiangsheng, who came to support Gaoyang, was blocked by the Tartar cavalry and could not arrive in time. When he arrived in Gaoyang City, he only saw corpses everywhere. After Sun Chengzong committed suicide, he was still ordered by the Tartars to break up the corpse, Lu Xiangsheng sent people to collect it as much as possible, but in the end he still couldn't collect it all, so he had to put it in a good coffin, and then sent someone to report the bad news to Jingshi.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the bad news, he was furious and dismissed Lu Xiangsheng from all his positions and sent him to prison pending trial. Hong Chengchou, who came north with Lu Xiangsheng, was also ordered to be demoted by three levels and retained for the crime to see the after-effects. Subsequently, Chongzhen ordered that Yang Sichang replace Lu Xiangsheng as the prime minister of the five provinces.

Poor Lu Xiangsheng, when he was clearing the rebellious army in Shaanxi, he could be said to have tried his best, exhausted all his efforts, and exhausted almost all his efforts for the imperial court. As a result, the Shaanxi rebels did not clean up, and received an order to go north to support. As a result, when I arrived in Beizhili, I fell into such a mess again. In the end, it ended up like this.

According to the order of the Ministry of War, Lu Xiangsheng's troops were stationed in Zhending City (i.e., Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province), which was 400 miles away from Gaoyang. There were a large number of Tatar cavalry activities nearby, and as soon as the Ming army left the city, they would be intercepted by the Tatar cavalry. The Huguang army under his command was not as effective as the Qin army, and the number of cavalry was insufficient.

If the imperial court really wanted to solve the crisis in Gaoyang, it should have immediately dispatched cavalry from the Beijing Division, or ordered Wu Sangui of Tianjin Wei to dispatch. Around the Beijing Division, there are not too many Tartar cavalry, and even if the Tartars want to intercept them, they can't intercept them. As long as Wu Sangui and the others arrived in time, Sun Chengzong could still be rescued. It's a pity that the military department did not do this.

Why? The reason is simple. The strength of the Jingshi division, without the approval of Emperor Chongzhen, no one dared to move. As for Tianjin Wei, Empress Yi'an is still there, Wu Sangui has been transferred, who will protect Empress Yi'an's safety? In case Empress Yi'an was taken away by the Tartars and humiliated, wouldn't all the people in the military department commit suicide and apologize?

Therefore, the failure of this rush to help Gaoyang is really not Lu Xiangsheng's fault. The military department, which has always been bad and has been repeatedly criticized, does not have a big responsibility this time. If you want to investigate, you should be held accountable for Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Yi'an. Because of the relationship between the two, the military department had to move left and right and sent Lu Xiangsheng north to rescue Gaoyang. It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen only asks about the result, not the process, so he became a scapegoat.

"Alas! This Zhang Yan! What bad luck! ”

"As soon as I went out, I killed two people, one Sun Chengzong and one Lu Xiangsheng!"

Zhang Zhun received the relevant information, and could only sigh helplessly and silently.

If Zhang Yan was in front of him now, he would slap her in the face. Don't think she's a woman, you won't hit her. Look at what she's doing. If she hadn't stayed in Tianjin, Wu Sangui's cavalry would have been dispatched at any time to rescue Sun Chengzong. As long as Sun Chengzong does not die, Lu Xiangsheng will not be held responsible. As long as Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng are still there, there is still some hope for the imperial court to linger.

Now, Sun Chengzong is dead, Lu Xiangsheng is in prison, who else can there be in the court except Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui? Don't talk about villains like Yang Sichang. Well, there is also a Sun Chuanting. But Sun Chuanting's wrist is too ruthless, as if it is a double-edged sword, whether it is to his own people or to the enemy, it may cause damage. If you don't use it well, this double-edged sword will stab you. In other words, it is Sun Chuanting who is difficult to take on the important task.

"Forget it, what am I worried about? The dog takes the mouse and meddles in his business. Chongzhen tossed all his talents, isn't it exactly what the Tiger Army needs? ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head suddenly, talking to himself deprecatingly.

Hearing the news that Sun Chengzong committed suicide and Lu Xiangsheng was imprisoned, Zhang Zhun was indeed uncomfortable. Although in terms of interests, the departure of these two people is beneficial to the Tiger Ben Army. Perhaps, Lu Xiangsheng, Shi Kefa and others should not end up like this. If Chongzhen hadn't been the emperor, they would have had more places to display their talents.

On the twenty-eighth day of the first month, the Tiger Ben Army received 2,000 war horses sent by Huang Taiji. In terms of the quality of the war horse, Huang Taiji is not a ghost, it is decent, not good, not bad. After the old man Chen Guoxi looked at it carefully, he didn't find any problems, and Zhang Zhun accepted it. So, the people sent by the Tartars also began to clean up the corpses outside Dongjiabao.

During this period, the surroundings of Dongjiabao were temporarily quiet. Zhang Zhun just took the time to personally implement the formation and training of the Blue Dragon Legion.