After the imperial court issued King Qin's order, border troops from various places responded quickly. Xuanfu, Datongfu, and even Mangui and Hou Shilu personally led troops.
As the elites of the Nine Borders, Chongzhen still attached great importance to the Xuanfu and Datongfu border troops, and immediately ordered Mangui and Hou Shilu to garrison Tongzhou and Sanhe respectively. However, Huang Taiji passed directly through the outskirts of Tongzhou, leaving Mangui and Hou Shilu as the two elites.
The soldiers and horses were useless. Seeing the Tatars attack the city of Beijing, the Ming Dynasty entered the most tense state. But at this time, the court once again received bad news.
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It can be said that the Shanxi soldiers and horses were the first to respond to King Qin's call, but they were not the first to arrive. After entering the capital, the marching speed of the Shanxi soldiers and horses slowed down significantly. No matter how much Zhang Honggong and Geng Ruqi urged, they still remained
It had no effect. Privately, the soldiers were full of resentment. They had not received adequate military pay for a long time, and were driven like dogs to the capital to fight the Tatars. However, the people under Zhang Honggong were very unfriendly to these soldiers and beat and scolded them at every turn.
Over time, resentment accumulated and finally broke out. Shanxi soldiers and horses were ordered to garrison the outskirts of Tongzhou, but when Huang Taiji led his troops to bypass Tongzhou, the unbearable Shanxi soldiers mutinied. They stormed the military camp and arrested the person in charge.
The incident spread quickly and dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Ming army. Before the imperial court could fight the Tatars decisively, some of its troops mutinied.
The Tatars approached the capital, and his troops mutinied. No one expected this. In order to resist the Tatar attack, Chongzhen had not rested for two days and two nights. When he suddenly heard the bad news, he almost fainted from anger.
In the court, Chongzhen, with a livid face, roared loudly to the ministers: "My dear friends, who can tell me what happened to the Shanxi soldiers and horses mutiny? A few days ago, the Shanxi soldiers and horses were actively serving the king, but now it suddenly happened
Mutiny, who can explain what is the reason for this?"
As Chongzhen spoke, he looked at Wang Qia involuntarily. When something happened to Shanxi soldiers and horses, the first thing Chongzhen thought of was Wang Qia. Wang Qia was the Minister of the Ministry of War. If the things here were not clear, it would be a serious job.
Wang Qia suddenly felt a sudden increase in pressure and felt the gazes of everyone. He had already scolded Geng Ruchi and Zhang Honggong's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart, and this time he really let these two idiots trick him to death. At that time, Zhang Honggong and Geng Ruxi were busy coming to Qin Wang
, wanted to show off, and gave Wang Qia a gift in order to assign a better task. Wang Qia took great care of Geng Ruxi, but he never thought that at this juncture, a mutiny would occur.
The war was about to begin and the army mutinied. If this matter was not handled well, Wang Qia, the Minister of War, would be in trouble. After thinking about it, Wang Qia cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this matter all started because of the military pay issue.
These days, the imperial court is closely focused on Shaanxi and Liaodong, and the military pay allocation in Shanxi is insufficient, and the soldiers have long complained. This time, they have to fight the Tatars again, and many people feel that it is not worth it, so they gathered to make trouble."
Chongzhen frowned and pressed the dragon chair tightly with both hands. It was military pay, and it was money and food. Chongzhen found that in the past two years, if anything happened, it was definitely related to money. But there was not enough money and food, and Chongzhen had no good solution.
Ah. If this is the case, Chongzhen feels that he is also responsible, so there is no need to completely throw the responsibility to Geng Ruxi and the other two.
As soon as Wang Qia stepped back, Chen Xinjia stood up behind him and said sternly: "Your Majesty, I understand that although the national treasury is empty, the Ministry of Revenue has recently allocated a batch of money and food to Shanxi soldiers and horses. This matter has been recorded by the Ministry of War. But
, I inquired about it, and according to the soldiers who caused the trouble, they had not received a penny of silver for two full months, and they couldn't bear it anymore, so they started making trouble."
"What? Is this really happening?" Chongzhen's face changed drastically and he slapped the armrest heavily. Unable to control his emotions, he stood up. Insufficient salary and no salary are two different concepts.
I haven't seen a penny a month. Who can bear this? The war is about to happen, and maybe my life will be lost. If what Chen Xinjia said is true, Chongzhen understands those soldiers a little bit, and even has some
Sympathize with these soldiers.
"Check, check carefully for me, order the Jinyi Guards to take those two bastards Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong to the prison first. Once the matter is confirmed, they will be executed without mercy."
Chongzhen's attitude was resolute. Looking at their posture, he wanted to chop the two of them into pieces immediately. If it were normal times, someone would have stood up to plead for mercy, but the Tatars were approaching the capital. At such a critical moment, no one in the civil and military circles of the dynasty stepped forward to come forward at this time.
Uncomfortable. Wang Qia didn't even say a word. Now that the Tatars are about to attack the city, he, the Minister of War, is already in constant trouble. If he continues to get involved in the mutiny, he might not have to wait until the Tatars are defeated. Now
You have to go to heaven.
Chongzhen sent people to investigate and quickly found out the matter. Some things are not difficult to investigate, it just depends on whether you want to investigate. Although the Jinyiwei after being tortured by Zhu Youjian exists in name only, there is still no problem in getting some information.
In less than two hours, the Jin Yiwei sent the news to the Wenhua Palace. Zhu Youjian sat in the imperial study, closed his eyes and rested for a while. Wang Chengen handed over the book, and only read half of it, which made Zhu Youjian tremble all over.
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"Geng Ruqi...Zhang Honggong...should be killed...should be killed. I really want to cut these two people into pieces with a thousand knives!"
How could Chongzhen not be angry? Geng Ruqi and Zhang Honggong worked together and took advantage of their positions to embezzle military pay. They even withheld part of the military pay sent to Shaanxi. Last year, Shaanxi's disaster relief food was also withheld when it passed through Shanxi. That's it.
The two of them kept saying that they were loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Putting the folder on the table, Chongzhen was so angry that he didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, he waved his right hand and said with a sneer: "Pass on my word, push those two people to Nancheng and show their heads to the public."
The next day, before the Tatars arrived in the capital, Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi and Shanxi Commander-in-Chief Zhang Honggong were beheaded at Caishikou in Nancheng. After these two men died, and the court sent officials to appease them and collect part of their military pay, Shanxi soldiers and horses
The Shanxi soldiers and horses were now leaderless, so the Ministry of War assigned these soldiers and horses to Mangui's command, and they were temporarily under Mangui's control.
On November 18th of the second year of Chongzhen, the army of Datong was all over Guangxi, and the army of Xuanfu, Hou Shilu, withdrew his troops from Tongzhou and Sanhe and was ordered to garrison Deshengmen.
Under the appeal of the imperial court, almost all the people in the capital came to help, and they all got busy. Many young men helped the soldiers build the city wall, but Beijing had not experienced war for many years, and the city wall was in disrepair. Emergency repairs could not be completed.
Some are too late. It can be said that the city walls of Beijing are much weaker than they were a few decades ago. It is very unsafe to rely on the city walls to defend the capital.
Huang Taiji obviously didn't want to give the people of the capital too much time to prepare. On October 20th, Hou Jin's soldiers and horses finally appeared under the city of Beijing. The moment he saw the city of Beijing, Huang Taiji's eyes turned scarlet and shone strangely.
of light.
With almost no pause, Huang Taiji gave an order, and Houjin Beiledaishan, Jierhalang, Yue Tuo and others launched a fierce attack on Beijing City. As if it was God's will, Huang Taiji aimed the main attack direction at Deshengmen
.It can be said that this is Huang Taiji’s luck and Huang Taiji’s misfortune.
At this time, Deshengmen was stationed in Xuanfu, Datongfu's elite border troops, and thousands of Shanxi soldiers and horses. They were very strong soldiers and horses. Among the gates in the capital, Deshengmen was undoubtedly the strongest in defense. But again, if Huang Taiji could control this
Chewing off a piece of hard bone was equivalent to a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty.
Xuan Mansion and Datong Mansion are the elites among the nine elites of the Ming Dynasty. If these two troops are wiped out, the impact on the morale of the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses will be unimaginable. By then, Huang Taiji may really be able to touch the virtues.
The red paint on the victory gate.
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Huang Taiji had his own purpose. He had never thought of conquering the city of Beijing. If he thought so, then Huang Taiji was either a fool or a lunatic. The city of Beijing must be conquered, and it must be conquered fiercely to create the prestige of the Great Jin Kingdom.
If nothing else, he just wants everyone in the world to know that Huang Taiji has the ability to conquer Beijing. The Jin Kingdom has conquered Beijing. So is the Ming Dynasty still so scary?
His purpose, Huang Taiji, is to pull down the Ming Dynasty from the altar in the hearts of many people, so that the Ming Dynasty will no longer be so unattainable, and even make people fear it. After this battle is won, in the future, it will be possible to regain the various Mongolian tribes.
Much smoother.
Because Huang Taiji had his own ultimate goal, he ordered the two yellow flags to launch a fierce attack from the beginning without leaving any fallback.
Hauge and Yue Tuo led the Zhenghuang Banner to attack the defense line of the Xuanfu soldiers and horses from the side. The cannons roared and the smoke filled the air. In order to shock the world in one fell swoop, Huang Taiji specially asked his soldiers and horses to drag two artillery pieces. These two artillery pieces also
It really showed its power.
Hou Shilu never expected that the Tatars had come all the way and were dragging artillery. Without warning, the front troops suffered heavy losses. At this moment, Dai Shan led more than 2,000 men from the Zhenghong Banner to rush up from the front and happened to encounter them.
Ma Fang's elite. Zhenghong Banner was established very early, even earlier than Zhenghuang Banner. In addition, Dai Shan personally led the troops. After Zhenghong Banner's charge, Ma Fang was defeated step by step.
"Ah." A Tatar brandished a steel knife in his hand. He was stained with a lot of blood, but the pain did not stop him from moving forward. Instead, it made him more terrifying. After one blow, he saw that the Han man in front of him did not fall.
The Tatar dragged the steel knife backwards, knocking the handle down like a brick until the man in front of him was bloody and bloody. Unfortunately, he just took two steps forward when a spear came out from behind and stabbed the Tatar.
Wear a pair.
Blood, fighting, roaring and death, various scenes are intertwined to form a picture of purgatory.
"Report, General Hou, more than two thousand soldiers and horses of the Tatars holding the red flag suddenly came from the southwest. General Ma was attacked on both sides. Now he has been suppressed and retreated for a mile."
"Huh? Order Ma Fang to resist me no matter what. As long as he is not dead, he cannot let a Tatar come over. As for reinforcements, let him wait, they will be there soon!"
After the ordering soldiers retreated, Hou Shilu immediately called Hei Yunlong to the front. At this time, Hei Yunlong was also covered in blood, and he had obviously just withdrawn from the front line. "My lord, what are your orders?"
"General Hei, withdraw your men and rush to the aid of Ma Fang. Huh, don't think I don't know. You have learned from Tie Mo and made a good musketry team. Don't hide it this time.
Send your musketeers up there and give me a hard blow for their arrogance."
"My lord, if the general withdraws, what will happen to the defense line on the west? The Tatars will march straight in!"
"You don't need to worry about this. I have already discussed it with General Manchu. Your defense area will be under the responsibility of General Manchu. What you have to do now is to quickly organize the manpower to rush to Ma Fang's aid!"
"Yes, General Mo will go right away!" Hei Yunlong and Ma Fang already have a good relationship. Now when they heard that someone was taking over the defense zone, they did not hesitate. Hei Yunlong's troops withdrew quickly, and Man Gui also filled the defense zone quickly.
Not slow.
The battle was in full swing. Man Gui, the commander-in-chief, raised his sword to the front. He raised his sword and shouted angrily, "Brothers, kill, let those golden bumps show who is the most capable man in our Ming Dynasty."
Mangui's words were clearly a satire on the soldiers and horses of Liaodong. In recent years, the soldiers and horses of Liaodong have become more and more blood-sucking. Especially after Yuan Chonghuan took charge of Liaodong, all the money and food of the court were closely tied to Liaodong. As a result, others
Junzhen became a stepmother, even Xuanfu and Datongfu stood back.
Man Gui has always been unconvinced, and he has trouble dealing with Yuan Chonghuan, so this time he is determined to suppress Guan Ning's cavalry.
It is not only Mangui who has objections to the troops in Liaodong, but also Hou Shilu. The Xuanfu and Datongfu resisted the pressure of the Mongolian ministries, and their defense areas were much larger than those in Liaodong. They were detained by the Tatars every year, and the soldiers on the border
There were countless casualties, but even so, Xuan Mansion and Datong Mansion never cried out in pain or tiredness. Liaodong's soldiers and horses were good, they used to be fine, but now they have become master soldiers, with military pay of several million taels.
As the commander-in-chief, Mangui took the lead bravely and was not afraid of death. Naturally, the morale of Datong Mansion soldiers and horses increased greatly. Half a day into the battle, Hauge and Yue Tuo led two yellow flags and fought several times, but they failed to get close to Deshengmen.
However, the two yellow flags dropped a lot of corpses.
To the southeast of Deshengmen, Daishan led the Zhenghongqi elite to pursue Ma Fang and beat Ma Fang fiercely. He was about to defeat the Han soldiers and horses. Suddenly, there was a banging sound, and Zhenghongqi had half an army of Niulu soldiers.
The horse lay in a pool of blood.
At this time, the battlefield was almost crowded with people. Hei Yunlong's four hundred musketeers did not need to aim at all. They fired volleys at the opponent. The two sides were fighting in a chaotic battle, fighting together.
, the beating made him dizzy. Daishan didn't react at first and didn't notice any danger.
It's not that Daishan has never seen the Ming army's firearms soldiers, but every time he was not beaten by Houjin's cavalry, the Ming Dynasty's firearms soldiers only dared to hide on the city wall and act like bastards, fighting in the wild, they were just a piece of wild vegetables.
However, Daishan soon noticed something strange. The banging gunshots did not stop and kept ringing. This was different from the firearms soldiers he encountered before. He retreated and observed the battlefield.