In the past two days, more than 3,000 people have fled.
The situation has become very clear. Yuan Chonghuan sat back and watched the defeat of the Beijing camp, without dispatching a single soldier from beginning to end. Yuan Chonghuan felt like a light was on his back.
In fact, he himself knows best what is going on in his heart.
He secretly ordered the cavalry to prepare their equipment and prepare for the expedition.
As expected, on the third day, Zunhua sent six hundred miles to rush, and the news of recruiting the world's soldiers and horses came.
Yuan Chonghuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked Zhao Shu (read green) to teach him.
"Commander, you are looking for me, but something happened to Jiannu." Zhao Lejiao asked.
When he saw Yuan Chonghuan's face turned pale, he knew something might have happened.
"The Beijing camp was defeated three days ago. Now it has built an army of 240,000 slaves. I'm afraid it will be imprisoned soon."
Zhao Lijiao was shocked. This reversal was too fast. Not long after the defeat of the three generals, the Beijing camp was also defeated. Ji Town was in chaos last year and suffered a huge loss of troops. Now isn't it that Ji Town has become useless? What if Jian Nu
Entering the customs from Zunhua, you will inevitably go straight to the capital.
The straight-line distance between Zunhua and the capital was 270 miles, and only Jizhou was dangerous to defend.
Once the slaves cannot be stopped in Jizhou, the capital will be invaded by troops.
Zhao Lijiao (1569-1629), whose courtesy name was Xilong and whose nickname was Mingshan, was from Shaanxi. He was considered a member of the military lineage. He came up from the bottom and experienced hundreds of battles. He was a commander with rich practical experience.
Zhao Lijiao's ancestral home is Jiyang, Hebei Province. His great-great-grandfather Zhao was promoted to live in Jinglu Guards and served as a commander.
He was a Wu Jinshi in the 19th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1591). He once served as the governor of Ganzhou, and was later appointed due to his many merits. He successively served as the guerrilla in Nianbo Camp, the military commander of Jinglu Guards, and the military commander of Yansui.
Later he was dismissed from office due to impeachment.
After Nurhaci launched an army to attack the Liaodong region, the imperial court issued an edict to allow generals who had been dismissed from office and had family members to lead troops to the front line to perform meritorious services. Therefore, Zhao led his troops to go to the expedition with his uncle Zhao Menglin.
He was appreciated by Yuan Yingtai, the general manager, and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, in charge of the affairs of the Chinese army.
But he did not repay Yuan Yingtai's kindness. In the first year of Tianqi (1621), Liaoyang was attacked by the Jin army. Yuan Yingtai committed suicide after the city was destroyed, while Zhao led his teacher to abscond.
After the disastrous defeat in Guangning, Zhao led the army to adopt a completely different strategy from Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen. He did not withdraw the soldiers and civilians into Shanhaiguan. Instead, he began to establish base areas in the fields.
Governor Wang Huazhen's confidence collapsed and he planned to completely abandon Guangning and evacuate all the towns outside the pass.
Zhao Lijiao had different opinions on this, just like Yuan Chonghuan when he rode out alone. He also knew that there were tigers in the mountains and preferred to travel to the tiger mountains. He applied to the Jinlue King in Jin, saying that he was willing to recover the former garrison city, so he led thirty
Eight servants went.
But at that time, the Mongolian soldiers had already occupied this territory, and the leaders did not dare to rush in. They had to stop when they reached the central post.
Soon after, the guerrilla Lu Zhijia followed the orders of Sun Chengzong, the chief minister, and rescued 6,000 refugees and resettled them in Qiantun. Lu Zhijia expelled all the Mongols to the suburbs. Only then did Zhao lead the army into Qiantun Guard City.
After arriving in Qiantun, he organized the refugees into troops, repaired the city walls, and paid attention to reconnaissance of the enemy. Therefore, the military government was roughly established. He began to reorganize the place before Yuan Chonghuan and set out to build his own troops. It can be seen that he and Yuan Chonghuan faced each other.
In the extremely difficult situation of Quang Ninh's disastrous defeat, they all made the same choice.
This is how they all took the opportunity to establish their own direct line of power.
Yuan Chonghuan took charge of the military preparation, and under the entrustment of the imperial court, he began to organize and train Guan Ning's army in Ningyuan. Zhao led the army to train his own army in Qiantun.
Seeing that Zhao Shujiao had gained a foothold in the Liaoxi Corridor, Donglin began to take an interest in him. Of course, it was not because he appreciated his ability that he paid attention to him. But if he did this, it would affect Yuan Chonghuan's military training at the small station.
In Dong Lin's plan, a business thief came, so he was naturally unhappy.
When Sun Chengzong saw that he had gained a foothold, he immediately sent his side general Chen Lian to lead Sichuan and Hu soldiers to "help" him. In fact, it was just adding sand. But the force was indeed strong. In this way, the defense power of Qiantunwei City was consolidated.
Qiantunwei is the first large-scale defensive stronghold after leaving Shanhaiguan. It is to the south of Ningyuan City. This location is very important, as it is the back gate of the Guan-Ningjin defense line. Zhao Shujiao has become the object of special attention to Donglin. If he
Taking refuge with other forces would threaten Yuan Chonghuan's future.
Zhao led the army to recruit as many as 50,000 to 60,000 exiled people, and selected the young and strong among them to join the army, and all received military training. The rest were given to cattle and seeds for farming.
Zhao Lijiao personally supervised and demonstrated, so that calluses grew on his hands and feet.
Sun Chengzong was very happy when he came out of customs to inspect the place and gave the car he was riding in to the leader.
Sun Chengzong was very happy to see that Zhao Shujiao had such ability, and he wanted to conquer him. So he deliberately attracted him. Such an important position, if Donglin did not control it, would be controlled by other forces such as the Jin Party. Moreover, this Zhao Shujiao
Jiao is obviously a talent that can be made, and he is a like-minded person who shares Master Sun's strategy of farming and building walls.
People like Sun Chengzong would never place their hopes entirely on one person. They would always have a second plan. And the Zhao Shujiao he conquered was Yuan Chonghuan's backup.
If Zhao Shujiao is a disciple of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Chonghuan, who taught him step by step, is his fellow disciple. And Yuan Chonghuan's cooperation with Zhao Shujiao should also be arranged by Donglin.
In fact, Yuan Chonghuan was uneasy about the presence of such a force behind him and outside Shanhaiguan.
At that time, the guard of Ningyuan City was Man Gui. He had conflicts with Zhao Lijiao and Yuan Chonghuan. The imperial court had to transfer Man Gui away for the sake of local harmony.
After Yuan Chonghuan returned to Dabao and became the governor of Jiliao, Zhao Lijiao was transferred from Qiantun. In August of the first year of Chongzhen (1628), Zhao Lijiao moved to Yongping and also had jurisdiction over the Eighth Route of Jizhen.
However, Sun Chengzong believed that Yuan Chonghuan needed to be checked and balanced because his power and jurisdiction were too great. He also abolished the supervision of the censor. So a month later, Zhao led the teaching to bear the seal of General Ping Liao and moved to Shanhaiguan.
Come to the door.
Although on the surface, Yuan Chonghuan and Zhao Shujiao exchanged cups and cups, and were extremely affectionate, the real relationship between the two was not necessarily what was written in the history books.
There was no room for others to snore on the side of the bed. Zhao Shujiao was discovered by Sun Chengzong, and the discovery was true. But in the world of Ming Dynasty, no one would pinch their noses and admit it when their own interests were involved.
Yuan Chonghuan was very active in dating the veteran Zhao Shujiao, at least on the surface. But it is unknown how much true feelings there were, or whether they were all shown to his superiors.
"I'm looking for you because the situation is urgent. Jiannu will be imprisoned soon. But Zunhua cannot be lost, and nothing can happen to Santunying. You take my warrant and take over the defense of Santunying City. You must
Hold the Santun camp." Yuan Chonghuan looked at him with bright eyes and said.
Zhao led the teaching under his control, but he was also a left governor. Like Mao Wenlong, he was a first-class military attache. But this person was not his direct descendant. He had trained fifteen thousand Guan Ning troops and was in charge of hundreds of thousands of imperial troops.
.And this Zhao Lijiao also built his own territory and trained four thousand cavalry.
This is an incredible achievement.
But in Yuan Chonghuan's heart, he did not want there to be a hidden powerful force within his jurisdiction.