"You lead our four thousand cavalry troops ahead and go straight to the Santun Camp to save our food and grass in Ji Town."
Zhao Shujiao felt that this was almost like committing suicide, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "There are 240,000 slaves in the army, and I only have 4,000 cavalry. How dare I go into battle?"
Yuan Chonghuan said angrily: "The country is like this, how can we, the army leaders, take into account our personal safety? Your Majesty is in Zunhua, if you don't rescue the city of Zunhua, can you bear the responsibility?"
There was no way to refute Yuan Chonghuan's words. The emperor was defeated and retreated to Zunhua, and then issued the order of the emperor to be diligent. Now Jiannu was about to enter the pass. Everyone knows that each of the thirty-two passes in Jizhen has hundreds of people.
Ten people can't stop it at all.
The meaning of their existence is very simple, just to light the beacon fire and send out the signal.
Yuan Chonghuan looked at the angry Zhao Zhijiao and continued: "You take a step first, and my handsome Guan Ning cavalry will follow. We will meet at the Santun camp."
At this moment, Zhao Lijiao had nothing to say. Lord Yuan, the governor of Jiliao, had already gone into battle in person. What else could he say? In fact, this is what the Chinese people are like. As long as the Shangguan takes the lead, a large number of brave officers and soldiers will follow and fight to the death.
Zhao led his troops and had no choice but to lead his troops and leave the next day.
He took the road through Shanhaiguan Pass, and then headed west toward Santun Camp and Zunhua.
After sending Zhao Lijiao away, Yuan Chonghuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
There are always two unstable factors in his iron-forged territory in Liaodong. One is He Kegang, who was sent by Donglin to monitor him. He is also responsible for the spy activities of this generation. The other is Zhao Shujiao. This person
His rise is like divine help. He is a local warlord. Strictly speaking, he is a person with his own territory and army.
Yuan Chonghuan did not hope that too many other forces would infiltrate into his territory. It was the best strategy to get Zhao Zhijiao away. Now was an opportunity. He did not dare to refuse his orders. In wartime, he had the right to kill first and then pay later.
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And if you don't save the emperor, you will kill the nine tribes.
Zhao Lijiao had no choice. He was about to die by Governor Yuan. The only solution was to send troops. He had no choice but to take the 4,000 cavalry he had trained with all his efforts and money and rush to Santun camp day and night.
Just when Yuan Chonghuan was thinking, Huang Taiji's army had already arrived outside the Great Wall.
The situation in Zunhua suddenly became tense. Zhang Yijing, a general in charge of opening the door to Da'an, was promoted to Changping.
The Eight Banners troops divided into three groups and attacked Da'ankou all the way. The new general Zhou Zhen was killed. They attacked Longjing Pass all the way. General Zhang Ande and others of the Ming Dynasty were defeated and fled. They attacked Hongshankou all the way. General Zhang Wanchun surrendered. Huang Taiji personally supervised the army's attack on Longjing.
Pass, using the Mongolian Karqintai Jibulgatu as a guide, they conquered Hongshan Pass.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the passes in the three directions of Zunhua were breached on the same day. Jiannu would arrive at Zunhua soon. Zhao led his troops to the Santun Camp day and night.
On the way to Zunhua, Zhao led the army to Qijialing, Qian'an County. He encountered a grain harvesting team released by the Jiannu slaves. They were small, only about a hundred people, and they got off to a good start.
An old Manchu document records that "Zhao, the commander-in-chief of the Shanhai Army, led his commanding troops to go to the rescue, but the barracks was suddenly encountered by the enemy at Qijialing and the entire army was annihilated."
Zhao led the army to receive the second bad news on the road. One hundred thousand Mongolian troops broke through Xifengkou and entered the pass.
When he rushed to Santun Camp, he found that the Mongolian army had arrived ten miles behind him.
Zhao Shujiao immediately asked to go into the city to escape. But he was refused.
Zhu Guoyan, the chief military officer of Zunhua, refused to let Zhao Lijiao into the city and asked him to camp outside. Zhao Lijiao had no choice but to camp westward.
At this moment, Yuan Chonghuan's unreasonable behavior has aroused the suspicion of many people.
They didn't know what Yuan Chonghuan was going to do, and why he sat back and watched the slave-building army move south without doing anything. The previously rumored secret contact between him and Huang Taiji was revealed again. Rumors spread everywhere that the White Lama had been captured by Dongchang.
Governor Yuan is colluding with Huang Taiji, and all kinds of rumors are flying around.
Wang Yuanya, the governor of Zunhua, and Liu Ce of the Santun camp all refused Zhao to lead his troops into the city. They deeply distrusted Guan Ning's army. They saw that the Jiannu and Mongolian armies were surrounding them from all sides.
They were worried that if Zhao led his troops into the city, they would not be able to defend the city if there was an attack.
Neither city was allowed to enter, and four thousand cavalry were awkwardly patrolling between the two cities. They didn't know what to do. Originally, the order they received was to assist the defense of Zunhua City, but now they can't even get in.
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At this time, something happened again. The 40,000 to 50,000 people from the Beijing camp originally stationed outside the east gate of Zunhua suddenly withdrew. They planned to retreat to Changping District.
As soon as the Beijing camp left, the city of Zunhua was filled with curses.
These people went to Wei Bancheng to solicit donations, but were ignored. They had no choice but to coax and scare other small mine owners and wealthy men. In the end, they raised 100,000 taels of silver.
As soon as the money was obtained, Jiannu broke through the barrier. Just when Jiannu came around, the Jingying camp suddenly turned around and ran away. They had already been frightened by the Eight Banners. Even if they really fought, they were completely defeated. Their morale was completely lost. Many of them were defeated.
People even lost their weapons and equipment.
Take off the heavy armor just to run faster.
Wei Bancheng was on the top floor of the Zunhua Hotel, observing the surroundings with a telescope. When he saw Jingying running away, a sneer appeared on his lips.
These Qiu Ba gang want to deceive me, but there is no way.
Seeing that the Beijing camp had fled, now except for the garrisons in Zunhua and Santun camp, there were no Ming troops in the field. These four thousand cavalry became a lone army.
Seeing the dark enemy troops surrounding him from all sides.
In desperation, Zhao led his troops up the mountain and camped on the high ground between Zunhua and Santun Camp. He planned to stand firm here and wait for Yuan Chonghuan's reinforcements.
A small-scale firefight began. A cavalry galloped down the mountain and fired some light arrows. Then, a large-scale Qing army appeared. After breaking through the Great Wall entrances, an army of hundreds of thousands of people came from several
The directions converge here.
Huang Taiji squinted his eyes and looked at this strange layout. Two cities, with four thousand cavalry stationed on the small high ground in the middle.
What does this mean? Are the four thousand cavalry just bait for fishing?
But he looked around and found no ambush. There were abandoned fields all around. It had been dry and cold for the past two years, and the crops were not growing well. The fields on all sides were bare soil.
A gust of wind blew and the dust was flying.
Such a large wilderness is flat, with no ravines or hills, and lacks vegetation. There are only some weeds, so it is impossible to hide people there.
Huang Taiji was suspicious by nature and couldn't help but look at it for a while.
"Let Obai bring a Jia La up and see what they are doing."