In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, on December 14, at noon, the sun was in the middle, the sky was bright and the cold wind was not strong.
In Jize County, Guangping Prefecture, in the military camp of General Gao Qiqian, the generals of Guan Ning were gathering together. Although they did not go to Julu to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, they were extremely concerned about the war there.
However, the sentries they sent did not dare to go far, let alone spying on the Julu battlefield, they did not even dare to go out of Jize County, and they only wanted to patrol back and forth within dozens of miles around the camp.
Gao Qiqian was sitting behind a large desk at the top, with brewed tea placed on the desk. He looked at a group of general soldiers below, but he was thinking about the situation over there in Julu.
In his mind, he thought that Lu Xiangsheng's army and horses were defeated by the Qing army, but also hoped that Lu Xiangsheng would block the Qing army from the front for him. It was really contradictory.
Since the evening of the 10th day of the lunar month, when he received Lu Xiangsheng's handwritten letter asking for help, he had been pondering in his mind whether and when he should go to Julu.
His original intention was to hope that Lu Xiangsheng could hold on by himself, and when the Qing army retreated, he would lead his troops to Julu to rescue them and chop off some heads at will.
In this way, there is no risk, and you can gain military glory. You can also write a letter to impeach Lu Xiangsheng for the defeat of the army to demonstrate your merits.
Gao Qiqian was enjoying himself here. On both sides of his head, Guan Ning's generals were also chatting casually. They were chatting about the weather, the scenery, and women.
But no one mentioned the war at Julu dozens of miles away, as if the Qing soldiers and Xuan army there had been selectively forgotten.
Thinking of the beauty, he raised the corners of his mouth with a look of satisfaction. He couldn't help but laugh out loud, but he didn't care at all.
The commander-in-chief of Miyun, Tang Tong, and the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, Bai Guangen, looked at each other and exchanged meaningful glances.
From the tenth day of the lunar month, after Gao Qiqian received Lu Xiangsheng's handwritten letter asking for help, their hearts were no longer calm. They knew the Qing army's combat power best, after all, they had been confronting them in Guanning for so long.
In their hearts, they were afraid of the Qing army, so they were worried that Gao Qiqian would be moved by Lu Xiangsheng's letter asking for help and foolishly rush to fight the Qing army.
Later, when they saw that Gao Qiqian didn't even read the letter and just threw it aside, everyone felt at ease. Only Wang Tingchen, the former commander-in-chief of the garrison, felt silent in his heart. He once mentioned the giant deer war.
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gao Qiqian, and he couldn't mention it again since then.
Now that the Lord Supervisor is unwilling to send troops, these general soldiers are even more confident and of course even more reluctant to move. What's more, there are at least 60,000 Qing troops in Julu. It's no joke. Who dares to go?
Even if Wang Tingchen really has a loyal heart, from the commander-in-chief to the commander-in-chief of each town, he has no intention of sending troops to Julu. If he leads the army alone, let alone what he can do with thousands of troops and horses.
use?
Even if the Battle of Julu was won, given the single charge of sending troops without military orders, given the abilities of Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang, and the degree of favor they received in front of Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Tingchen's life would probably be in danger!
Gao Qiqian was unwilling to move, but Guan Ningjun was too happy to move. From this, a strange sit-in war formed.
Dozens of miles away, Zhang Cheng, Lu Xiangsheng and other Xuan troops were fighting a bloody battle with the Qing army. Here, tens of thousands of Guan Ning's troops were sitting in Jize, watching quietly as if watching a play.
This is the serious behavior of the various warlord forces in the Ming Dynasty. In the future, new warlord forces will be formed one after another in the Ming Dynasty. They no longer have any loyalty to their family, country or world, but only how to protect themselves and how to collect money and food.
It’s just killing good people and taking credit.
At this time, in the late Ming Dynasty, the fallen literati in the court and the military and warlord groups in various places were like a son of a bitch versus a mung bean. The elder brother did not laugh at the ugly second brother.
They were obedient to Chongzhen and the powerful officials Gui Jue, and they acted like wolves and tigers when dealing with the poor people. They were greedy for life and afraid of death when facing the Qing army, which was more ferocious than them.
They even put their friendly forces in danger and ignored each other, dragging the Ming Dynasty to the brink of collapse just to protect their own small selfish interests.
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Today, the generals did not discuss any major matters in the Gaoqi sneaking camp, it was just a routine meeting. But when he was about to let the generals disperse, suddenly, a sentry who stayed late all night rushed in like a mourning concubine.
, howling loudly:
"Supervise the army, supervise the army, big things are bad, big things..."
Gao Qiqian looked grim and scolded in a sharp voice: "You are so anxious and angry, why are you so flustered?"
That night, he knelt down under the camp with a panicked expression and said: "The Xuan army in Julu has been defeated, and the Tatars have disappeared!"
As soon as he said this, it was like a thunder on the ground, and everyone in the camp exploded with a bang, and everyone started talking in panic.
Gao Qiqian sat there with a dull expression, blinked his eyes and murmured: "Where did you go? Where did you go?"
He stood up suddenly, his hands trembling on the table, his eyes widened and he asked sternly:
"Xuan's army was defeated. How did you know about it? Where did the soldiers go? Tell me quickly..."
That night, I was at a loss for what to do, and hurriedly said: "The boys were scouting around Nanhe. When camping in the wild last night, we encountered the soldiers of the Shanxi Town Army who had escaped. From their mouths, we found out what the slave thieves knew.
Xiang, but I don’t know…”
Ye Busuo said: "He also said that Governor Lu has been martyred, the lives and deaths of the military gates in each town are unknown, and the Xuan army has all fled, leaving not one out of ten alive."
Gao Qiqian was stunned, and there was silence in the cabin.
Suddenly, Gao Qiqian shouted sharply: "Quick, quick detective! Our family wants to know where Luqi is? Where..."
At this moment, several night guard knights covered in blood shouted strangely, rolled and crawled into the shaft, and shouted in shock: "The supervisors, slaves and thieves... tens of thousands of slaves and thieves have arrived.
A few miles to the north...Come to Jize...you can reach it from time to time..."
The expression on Gao Qian's face solidified. He could no longer hold back the fear in his heart and fell heavily back to his seat.
Wang Tingchen, the former general of the garrison, stood up in a hurry and said: "The slave bandits are attacking. Please dispatch the prison army quickly. We will definitely be able to hold on to the camp, defeat the slave bandits, and ensure the safety of the prison army."
Gao Qiqian ignored him, stood up suddenly, and seemed to use all his strength to scream and shout: "Hold on, our family doesn't want to die here! Go, go, go!"
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Gao Qiqian took only a few close followers to escort him. He rushed out of the camp first. Tens of thousands of Guan Ning's troops hurriedly broke out of the camp and fled in panic.
In the vast wilderness to the southwest of Jize, smoke and dust billowed everywhere. Countless cavalrymen from various towns in Guanning fled. They galloped around, panicking, and could only beat their horses as hard as they could to escape as fast as possible.
Behind them, Qing soldiers wearing various armors chased south and north, shouting and screaming, causing panic among the Guan Ning troops.
"Our army has won a great victory. I never thought that the armies of Guan Ning in the Ming Dynasty would be so vulnerable!"
On the field, a sea of Qing army flags spread out. Under several large banners woven with gold dragons, Dorgon, Hauge and others looked at each other and laughed.