Ming Dynasty, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, spring.
On February 13, there was a place called Huanghuadian in the north of Wuqing and south of Xianghe. Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Wang Pu, the third general of Xuanda, and Liu Guangzuo, the chief of Baoding, ambushed here.
Taking advantage of the Qing army's unpreparedness, they launched an ambush. In this battle, Datong General Wang Pu Fen bravely took the lead and gained the most. Zhang Cheng, because of the strength of the Qing army, could not shake it with his current strength. At the same time, he also had the selfish intention of preserving his strength.
On February 14, Zuo Guangxian, Wang Tingchen and other generals attacked Yue Tuo's camp. Although they failed to break through, they also captured the heads of more than ten levels of Qing troops.
On February 15th, Sun Chuanting took advantage of Dorgon's army's long journey, fatigue, and the opportunity to set up a new camp. He divided his troops into five groups and attacked Dorgon's camp at night.
Caught off guard, the Qing army was shocked. Dorgon didn't know how many Ming troops participated in the night attack. He climbed up and looked far away, and saw fires everywhere. There were shouts of killing all around, and the camp a few miles away also had erratic flames.
, obviously flustered.
Zhang Cheng, Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong, Wang Pu and other generals all rushed into the Qing army camp, but the Qing army responded quickly, and Dorgon even moved the camp overnight. In this battle, hundreds of Qing army leaders were captured
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Although the Ming army won one after another, they were all small victories. Although they had no benefit to the overall situation, they stimulated the morale of the Ming army from all walks of life and reduced the fear of the Qing army's captive cavalry.
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On February 17, the three commanders-in-chief of the Ming army, Inspector Liu Yuliang, Governor-General Sun Chuanting, and Governor-General Chen Xinjia of Xuanda gathered in Jizhou to discuss how to intercept the Qing army so that they could not leave the border, so as to rescue the captive Ming people.
At this time, the vanguard of the Qing army had passed through Jizhou, and its brigade was marching along the lines of Tongzhou, Sanhe, and Yutian. Their elite cavalry formed formations and wandered outside, while Bao Yi and auxiliary troops were sent in to escort the captured people and property.
The Qing army marched slowly, stretching for dozens of miles in front and back. The Ming army waited and watched, not daring to attack.
During the discussion in Jizhou, Governor Sun Chuanting believed that the Qing army had already passed Jizhou, and if they continued to pursue it, it would be difficult to win, so they could only watch the Qing army leave.
Therefore, he proposed that all Ming armies immediately march northward, surpass the front of the Qing army, rush to various passes, set up ambushes in advance, first ambush the Qing army's vanguard, and then rely on various passes to hold on.
In this way, the Qing army cannot leave the pass, and its morale will definitely be in panic. At that time, troops and horses from other places will gather and guard each other at the dangerous pass of the fortified city. When the Qing army is tired and loses all its energy, it can try to advance again, and the slave thieves can be defeated.
If the damage is serious, the people may be exposed to water or fire.
Unfortunately, Liu Yuliang, who was supervising the armies, did not agree. He insisted on both blocking the front and chasing behind, so as to form a pincer attack.
They argued for a whole day, and in the end they had to lead Qin soldiers and Guan Ning soldiers led by Sun Chuanting, and Chen Xinjia led Xuan soldiers to rush to the front of the Qing army and intercept and ambush them at various dangerous passes.
Liu Yuliang, on the other hand, led his Beijing army to pursue the Qing army from behind. When the Qing army was exhausted, they then attacked the Qing army together.
While Sun Chuanting, Liu Yuliang, Chen Xinjia and others were discussing, a troop of soldiers and horses under the command of Liu Yuliang, the supervisor of the army, faced the Qing army's captive cavalry across the river. They rode their horses provocatively and said: "I will rape your wife and daughter. Haha..."
There was a burst of wild laughter from the cavalry, and hundreds and dozens of women from the Ming Dynasty were dragged out from behind. They were all dressed in brocade and their faces were full of fear. The cavalry pointed at these women and shouted: "This is
They are all your wives and daughters, and now they have become prostitutes, what can you do?"
As soon as the Qing army on the other side of the river finished speaking, dozens of horses galloped onto the thin ice of the river, trying to cross the river. Thousands of soldiers and horses under Liu Yuliang's command immediately collapsed and ran away wildly, as if they had lost their souls.
Many soldiers even fell off their horses in panic and were trampled to death by their own people.
This matter immediately spread among the military generals in Xuanda, Guan Ning, and other towns in Shaanxi, and became a big joke about the invasion of the country!
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At dusk on February 18th, Sun Chuanting's Qin soldiers arrived in Zunhua, but they did not immediately go into battle. Instead, they sent Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong tribe's elite cavalry to garrison in Zunhua, and dispatched other troops to Hanerzhuang and Xifeng.
garrisoned at the entrance, Xiongwotou and other passes.
On February 19, the generals of the Liaodong army rushed to the Santun camp. They stationed themselves in the city, watching the movements of the Qing army and waiting for military aircraft.
At dusk on February 20th, Chen Xinjia led the Xuan army and finally arrived at Qian'an County. The army was divided into two groups and stationed inside and outside Qian'an City. At the same time, sentries and cavalry were sent out to detect the movements of the Qing army.
On the same day, Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong's vanguard and the general of Liao's vanguard, also led his troops out of Shanhaiguan and temporarily stationed in Funing to observe the movements of the Qing army and decide where to go.
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At this time, an imperial edict from Beijing was delivered to Jizhou. Emperor Chongzhen severely reprimanded Liu Yuliang, removed him from the post of chief assistant, stripped him of his official status, and ordered him to seek merit for his crimes. The slaves and thieves retreated and discussed further.
Its punishment.
From then on, Liu Yuliang was in panic all day long. He was restless all day long. He wanted to attack the Qing army and try to atone for his sins, but he was afraid of increasing his losses and aggravating his crimes.
It turned out that Liu Yuliang retreated from Tianjin in the past, and in order to protect himself, he went to the imperial edict to impeach Baoding Chief Military Officer Liu Guangzuo, who was afraid of being a slave and refused to advance.
At this time, Xue Guoguan, the second assistant of the imperial court who was living in Beijing, was deliberately planning to replace Liu Yuliang as the first assistant. Therefore, he colluded with the cabinet minister Yang Sichang to design a frame-up for Liu Yuliang. The two of them immediately used Liu Yuliang's memorial to draft an order to behead the commander-in-chief Liu Guangzuo in front of the army.
Be a warning to others.
But when the imperial edict reached the front of the army, Liu Guangzuo happened to be participating in the battle in Wuqing. With the victory of Wuqing, Liu Yuliang did not dare to kill Liu Guangzuo, the general, so he was imprisoned. At the same time, he also had the power to evacuate the imperial court.
He recounted Liu Guangzuo’s merits and begged for his pardon.
Xue Guoguan, the second assistant, seized the opportunity and drafted a strict edict to severely criticize the inconsistencies in Liu Yuliang's performance. He asked the court's nine ministers to review the matter, and finally decided that Liu Yuliang had played with the national constitution and was guilty of disrespect.
Although Liu Yuliang appealed to the Ministry of Defense many times to defend himself, the cabinet still decided to dismiss him from his post, but Chen Qixin and Shen Xun were dissatisfied with the matter and wrote another letter to impeach Liu Yuliang, so they planned to remove Liu Yuliang from his status.
Emperor Chongzhen ordered Liu Yuliang to take the blame and seek merit, and discuss the matter later. Unfortunately, after the Qing army finally retreated and left the country, Liu Yuliang was dismissed from office and expelled from the Ming Dynasty forever, never to have a chance to stand out again.
The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty ended up in such a state. Isn’t it his own fault?
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After Dorgon found out that the Ming army and horses had rushed to various passes to set up defenses in advance, he ordered the army to temporarily station at Baodi and Yutian. At the same time, reconnaissance cavalry went out in all directions to ascertain the actual strength of the army in various places.
Since then, for more than ten days, the Qing army has been wandering back and forth between Yutian, Fengrun, and Luanzhou, constantly testing the strength of the Ming army's various passes, and intending to lure the Ming army to attack, so as to find an opportunity to annihilate them.
The armies of both sides were in a stalemate. During this period, there were several battles, both large and small, with both sides winning and losing. The Ming army did not go as Dorgon wished, and still used its main force of cavalry to garrison the fortified city, and deployed additional infantry at various passes to defend it to the death.