So Zhao Yingjie immediately ordered Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi to lead the 25th Army. Ignoring the other Qing troops, they immediately crossed the Valley River, the Wo River, and approached Taiyuan along the Jin River.
Set up an ambush on the road back to Taiyuan to intercept the Qing army returning to Taiyuan.--./
At this time, the Chinese Army was necessary to attack the enemy, and it immediately seized the initiative on the battlefield. Of course Yue Le did not know that the 25th Army could only be regarded as a copycat version of the Chinese Army. At this time, the only defenders in Taiyuan City were
There were more than 10,000 people, and most of them were soy sauce soldiers. Therefore, Yue Le did not care about joining the Qing army in Pingyang Prefecture, and immediately ordered Haning's army to return to Taiyuan to garrison immediately.
However, at this time, the initiative on the battlefield was already in the hands of the Chinese army, and the movements of the Qing army became traceable. First, Ha Chapter 226 collected Zhang Shanxi (3) Ning'a led the army to rush
When I returned to Taiyuan, I was ambushed by the 25th Army in Wusu Town, less than 20 miles away from Taiyuan. As a result, 5,000 Qing troops were almost wiped out. Even Haning'a himself died in the rebellion.
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At the same time, Zhao Yingjie also found out the movements of the Qing army in Pingyang Prefecture, and had arrived in Jiaocheng County. Zhao Yingjie immediately ordered the 7th and 20th Divisions of the 11th Army to attack, and the 7th Division pursued the Qing army from behind.
, the 20th Division rushed to the head of the Qing army to block it.
As a result, after a day and night of rapid marching, the Chinese army caught up with the Qing army near Qingyuan County. Two divisions attacked the Qing army from the front and back, and immediately defeated the Qing army. More than 6,000 people were killed on the spot.
And more than 4,000 people were captured by the Chinese army.
After clearing the Qing troops outside Taiyuan, Zhao Yingjie returned and gave the order to formally launch an attack on Taiyuan.
At this time, Yue Le, who was in Taiyuan City, had also received the news that the two groups outside the city had been defeated. What strength was there to defend Taiyuan now? Therefore, Yue Le made a decisive decision and immediately abandoned Taiyuan and fled north.
After Zhao Yingjie led his troops to station in Taiyuan, he immediately ordered the 7th and 20th Divisions to pursue Yue Le.
And Yue Le did not expect that the Chinese army would pursue him relentlessly. Chapter 226: Collecting Zhang Shanxi (3) As a result, he passed through Xinzhou, Dunxian, Daizhou and other places all the way, and was chased by the Chinese army until he could barely breathe.
All the effort is gone, and the
Most of the troops fled along the road. By the time Yue Le arrived at Daizhou, there were less than a thousand troops around him. At this time, Yue Le had two choices, one was to continue heading north and escape to Datong, the other was to divert.
Entered Hebei and fled to Baoding.
After thinking about it, Yue Le decided to flee to Hebei instead, because at this time Yue Le could also guess that the Chinese army was not actually chasing him, but taking the opportunity to capture the area north of Shanxi, so as long as it was
If you escape from Shanxi, you will be safe. Even the Chinese army has pursued into Hebei. Firstly, there is still Boluo's army in Hebei. Secondly, if it is no longer possible, you can retreat to Beijing.
So Yue Le immediately led his remaining defeated troops and turned east, fled into Hebei, and arrived in Baoding. Sure enough, this time the Chinese army did not follow Yue Le again, but continued northward toward Datong.
Moving forward, Yue Le also breathed a sigh of relief, so he settled in Baoding and reported the battle situation in Shanxi to Beijing.
Knowing that Shanxi had fallen, the Qing court was once again shocked. Although it was not certain that Shanxi was still far away from Beijing, and Hejian directly threatened Beijing's safety, Shanxi was the flank of the capital after all. Once Datong
If it falls, the Chinese army will be able to march eastward along the Great Wall and invade Beijing. Li Zicheng used this road to invade Beijing. And
Now the Qing government's defense in Datong is very empty, and it is impossible to withstand the attack of the Chinese army. Once Datong is lost, the capital will just fall into a situation of being attacked from two sides by the Chinese army. Therefore, Jierharang, Abatai, and Hong Chengchou
The three military ministers also hurriedly issued orders, ordering Boluo to abandon Zhending and retreat to Baoding along the Hejian line to temporarily block the front line of the Chinese army.
Baoding is less than 200 miles away from Beijing. It can be said that it is within easy reach. Therefore, once the Qing court retreats to Baoding, it means that Beijing may be attacked at any time.
Although Fulin's illness had not fully recovered at this time, he still had to support his illness and gathered all the ministers to discuss countermeasures. In fact, by this time, everyone knew that the Qing court was completely finished. Even if Nurhaci or
Even if Huang Taiji was dug out of his grave, it would be of no use. The only thing the Qing court could do now was to escape quickly.
But where to flee now, the DPRK and China are divided into two opinions. One is to immediately flee to the Mongolian Jelim League. However, there has been no news from the Mongolian envoy Shuosai. It is unclear whether the Mongolian alliance flags are now against the Qing Dynasty.
What is the attitude of the imperial court? Another opinion is to flee back to the outside world, because some ministers believe that although the Chinese army has captured North Korea, the outside area is still under the control of the Qing court after all, and
Moreover, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers outside the pass, plus the current 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the capital, the total force can reach about 150,000, and it may not be impossible to defend the land outside the pass. Even if Shengjing cannot be defended, we can continue to attack.
To the north, retreat to Jilin or the Ningguta area, which is the place where the Manchus flourished. Once they retreat there, the Qing government may still have a chance to make a comeback. This is better than relying on others.
Of course, Fulin was leaning towards the latter. After all, after seven years as the puppet emperor, Fulin also understood the difficulties of relying on others and being under the influence of others.
But at this moment, news came from Liaodong that Shengjing had been lost and the Chinese army had even occupied Jilin. This news was another heavy blow to the Qing court, which meant that the road back to the outside of the Pass had been completely blocked.
Already.
After Fulin was stunned for a long time, he held the dragon chair with his hands and tried to stand up. Suddenly he vomited out a mouthful of blood and fell down.
This frightened the Manchu and Han ministers, eunuchs, and guards who were present. They rushed to rescue them. Some shouted to lift the couch, and others shouted to call the imperial doctor. The whole hall was in chaos. It took a long time for the imperial doctor to arrive.
When he arrived, several eunuchs also came carrying soft beds.
Everyone was busy moving Fulin to the soft couch, and while the main hall was busy, there were the sounds of several women crying from outside the main hall. Headed by the Empress Dowager Zhuang, and the Empress Dowager Zhezhe,
Queen Borzite and others trotted all the way into the hall.
It turned out that Fulin went to court with his sick body, and the women in the palace were worried, so they sent a few eunuchs to inquire about the situation. When they heard that Fulin vomited blood and passed out in the hall, these women couldn't sit still.
Not caring about etiquette, he rushed from the harem to the main hall.
Empress Dowager Zhuang and Fulin were biological mother and son, so of course she was most concerned about her. When she saw Fulin lying on the bed, being carried by several eunuchs, with five or six imperial doctors surrounding him, he was walking out. He happened to be waiting with Empress Dowager Zhuang.
When someone came to meet him, Queen Mother Zhuang was naturally anxious and painful. Regardless of others, she rushed to Fulin's side, grabbed Fulin's robe, and shouted: "What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
When the eunuchs who were carrying the couch saw that it was Mrs. Zhuang who was coming, they did not dare to stop them. They had to put down the couch and let the Queen Mother Zhuang come to see Fulin. The Queen Mother Zhuang saw that Fulin was unconscious, his face was pale, and there was something at the corner of his mouth.
Despite the blood stains, he couldn't help but feel sad. He leaned on the edge of the soft couch and burst into tears.
Empress Borjit was following Empress Dowager Zhuang. She and Fulin had been married for less than two years. When they got married, she was only a thirteen-year-old child, and because the marriage was by Dole
It was decided by Gon that Fu Lin evil house and Wu would not have a good relationship with the queen, so the Borjit family usually saved a lot of money.
Feeling aggrieved, and hearing Empress Dowager Zhuang's cry, the Empress couldn't help but feel touched, so she knelt down at Fulin's feet and started crying too. Although Empress Dowager Zhezhe was calmer than the two of them, she still
She just didn't rush forward. She stood behind Empress Dowager Zhuang and the empress, covering her mouth with her hands and sobbing.
When these three women cried in the main hall, of course it became more lively. Some ministers also started crying, some ministers were busy trying to persuade them, and the imperial doctors were all busy sweating profusely. But because of the differences between men and women, I wanted to
I dare not go to them even if I try to persuade them.
They could only stand about ten feet away and kept saying: "Queen Mother, Queen, please have my condolences, please have your condolences." Others were kneeling far away, kowtowing to Fulin, and saying something in their mouths.
He kept crying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
It also made Jierharang frown. Isn't the emperor still dead? What kind of mourning is there? What kind of kowtow is there? His identity is different from others. Firstly, he is a clan member, and secondly, he is an old minister. Therefore,
Not caring about the defense between men and women, he walked to Mr. Zhuang
Next to the Queen Mother, she pulled the sleeve of Queen Mother Zhuang and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please stop being sad. The Emperor just fainted for a moment. It may not be a serious problem. Please don't lose your composure. It would be bad if this disturbed the imperial doctor's treatment of the Emperor."
Is it done?"
After all, Empress Dowager Zhuang is not an ordinary woman. She just couldn't help herself because of her passion. Now after listening to Jierhalang's words, she also knew that now is not the time to cry, so she stopped crying and persuaded her to leave.
The empress dowager and empress gave up their seats and let the imperial physician treat Fulin.
Although they stopped crying, some ministers did not know it and were still kowtowing and shouting: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Abata was so angry that he walked up from behind and kicked the official, causing him to rush forward and lie on the ground. Abata said: "The emperor is still fine now, why are you crying..."
This finally made everyone calm down, and don't carry him away now, just check the pulse in the main hall, so the other ministers also retreated a little, waiting for the result of the imperial doctor's treatment for Fulin.
Jirharang quickly ordered people to bring three more chairs and let the three women sit down. He and Abatai were waiting on the side. After a while, a eunuch came over and whispered: "Two
Your Majesty, please take a moment to speak, Grand Scholar Hong."
Ji'erharang was startled for a moment. Fortunately, Queen Mother Zhuang had already heard it and said hurriedly: "Prince Zheng, Prince Su, and Academician Hong must have something to do. You go and do your work, and don't take care of us."
Ji'erhalang and Abatai also apologized to the three empress dowagers, and came to Hong Chengchou's side. Ji'erhalang said: "Xueshi Hong, what's the matter?"
Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "Reporting to the two princes, Prince Cheng has sent people back. The Zhelimu League, Zhaowuda League, and Zhuosotu League of the Mongolian outer vassals have all expressed their willingness to accept the Qing court's retreat to Mongolia and to help the Qing court.
Fight against the Chinese Army..."
Jierhalang couldn't help but perked up after hearing this, and said, "Really? Come and see me quickly."