In fact, just when Nanjing was quarreling over the issue of favorable and unrestrained, the Qing army had already prepared for the attack. The head of the Qing army's Western Route Army was Ajige, and the other two generals were Wu Sangui, King Pingxi and King Gongshun Shang.
Kexi.
In a southern invasion, the Western Route Army suffered not much loss. This time, it will be the main force of the southern expedition, with a total force of about 220,000, of which the Azige tribe had a total of about 100,000 troops, including Youman
The flag army has about 30,000, plus 10,000 soldiers of the vanguard battalion and 3,000 soldiers of the cavalry camp. Those who followed the army were the Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Han Dai, the Inlaid Blue Banner Gushan Ezhen Tun Qi, and the Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen
Zhen Jueluo Bahana, three Gushan Ezhen. There were 10,000 Han soldiers and 25,000 Green Camp men and 25,000. The rest were all the men and women.
The Wu Sangui tribe had about 60,000 people, and it was still mainly based on its former subordinates of Shanhaiguan, including more than 7,000 people of Ning Tie Cavalry. The Shangkexi tribe had about 50,000, half of which were the former subordinates of the Han army, and the other half were in
During a southern expedition, the entire army had more than 10 artillery and more than 15,000 guns and more than 15,000 guns. Most of them were in the Ajige tribe.
Although the Western Route Army's strength did not increase much compared to a southern expedition, the number of soy sauce soldiers such as surrendered soldiers, followers and Baoyi was significantly reduced, and the number of firearms was more than doubled, so the actual combat power was also improved.
A lot of it.
As soon as Li Zicheng withdraws his troops from Wuchang, he was found out by the Qing army. Therefore, Ajige immediately started to act. After half of Li Zicheng's army's baggage crossed the Yangtze River, he immediately sent troops and ordered Shang Kexi to lead his army to capture Mianyang.
In the Jiayu area, Wu Sangui forced his army to attack along the north bank of the Yangtze River, conquered Huangzhou, and then advanced east along the river to capture Jinzhou, Huangmei and other places. He led his army to attack Hanyang and crossed the river from both sides of the Han River.
At this time, Li Zicheng had just sent the soldiers' families and supplies across the Yangtze River and sent them to cross the river, but he did not expect that the Qing army would suddenly launch a full-scale attack at this time, and it was so fast that almost all the troops would be dispatched.
Although Li Zicheng also left behind the troops who had cut off the rear, the soldiers of the Dashun Army were only focused on crossing the river to retreat south, and had no intention of fighting with the Qing army at all. Therefore, the troops and troops who had cut off the rear were almost defeated at one touch.
On November 24, the Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Han Dai captured Hanyang and crossed the Yangtze River at Pinghu Gate of Hanyang on the same day. On the second day, the Inlaid Blue Banner Gushan Ezhentun Qi
Leading his army from Qingshan area on the north bank of the Han River, he also successfully crossed the river. On the 26th, Shang Kexi conquered Mianyang and on the 28th, he crossed the Yangtze River in the Jiayu area. To this end, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River
The defense line has been completely broken through by the Qing army.
On November 25, Wu Sangui led his army to advance east along the river and first captured Huangzhou. Three days later, he was defeated near Zizhou and rushed back from Jiujiang to the rescue station Liu Zongmin, and killed Dashun while on the battlefield
More than 4,000 troops were involved, and generals under Liu Zongmin's subordinate Li, Gu Kecheng, Wu Ruyi and others died in this battle. Then Wu Sangui took advantage of the situation and captured the places of Zizhou, Huangmei, Guangji, Susong and other places. After Liu Zongmin was defeated, he
, crossed the Yangtze River in a panic, gave up Jiujiang, fled westward, hoping to meet with Li Zicheng.
At this time, Li Zicheng's army, family, supplies, etc. were concentrated in Xianning and Tongshan areas, and were preparing to flee south to Jiangxi to hide from the Qing army. However, because there were too many baggage, the Quanshun army's troops were very slow to move, and the Qing army was also very slow to move.
After breaking through the Yangtze River, he immediately pursued Li Zicheng. First, Shang Kexi fought fiercely with Tian Jianxiu in Jiayu. In three days, the two sides fought fiercely for four consecutive games, the Qing army won three victories and one defeat, killing the big one.
The Shun Army had more than 10,000 people, captured nearly 6,000 people, and captured Tian Jianxiu, the chief general of the Dashun Army alive. Under the leadership of Deputy General Liu Fangliang, the remaining troops had to flee to Tongcheng.
After Li Zicheng led his army across the Yangtze River, he had just arrived in Xianyang. His footsteps were not stable yet. Han Dai, Tunqi and Jueluo Bahana arrived almost at the same time. The three armies of the Qing army totaled about 40,000. The people were basically full of flag troops, and there were also 10,000 vanguard battalions.
At this time, Li Zicheng was also the main force of the Dashun Army. All the troops were Ma Jiajiazhi, a total of about 180,000. Among them, there were about 80,000 soldiers. The main counselors Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Gu Junen and others were all Inside, there were more than a dozen other generals including Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Xiyao, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Xie Jun.
Li Zicheng thought he had the strength to fight the Qing army, and it would not work if he did not fight this battle, because the soldiers' families and the entire army's supplies were not far behind the capital, so he had to repel the Qing army in order to obtain peace. The time of retreat. Therefore, the two sides fought fiercely by the Hongze Lake in northeastern Xianning.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army also knew the importance of this battle, so they all worked very hard and fought to the death. The number of people was almost twice that of the Qing army. For a moment, they also fought evenly with the Qing army, which was difficult to distinguish. But at that time, The newly established vanguard battalion of the Qing army was very brave. Under the leadership of two commanders, Nushan and Gu Nadai, they rushed left and right in the Dashun army's formation, and were unstoppable. Finally, they forced the Dashun army's formation. A big hole was torn apart and it was broken. As a result, the Dashun Army was defeated and fled.
But the Qing army did not let go and pursued closely behind, and soon chased the Dashun Army's family and supplies convoy. Faced with the unresisting family, the Qing army was not ruthless at all, stabbing the gun and stomping the horse. The arrow shot, killing corpses everywhere and blood flowed through the canal. The Qing army chased to the Yuanxi River before it stopped.
At this time, nearly 80,000 soldiers of the Dashun Army and their families were killed. The other people and horses had already been completely defeated and fled in scattered. Gu Junen, Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Xie Jun and others all died in the enemy's army. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were captured by the Qing army, and only Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Xiyao and other few people fought to the death to break through the siege and led thousands of remaining soldiers to hide in Jiugong Mountain, which bordered Huguang and Jiangxi. Get up.
Two days later, the Qing army happened to intercept Liu Zongmin who was coming to join Li Zicheng near Tongshan. At this time, Liu Zongmin had been defeated by Wu Sangui, and was still the opponent of the Qing army. As a result, after a battle, Liu Zongmin was already a defeated general under Wu Sangui. The remaining troops were almost wiped out by the Qing army, and Liu Zongmin also died among the enemy.
This time, the Qing army launched an attack, and it took about ten days to defeat all the Dashun Army guarding the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. A total of more than 100,000 soldiers and families of the Dashun Army were killed, and more than 50,000 prisoners and surrenders were captured and surrendered. , and the captured Dashun Army general Tian Jianxiu surrendered Shang Kexi, Niu Jinxing, and Song Xiance also asked Ajige to surrender. Although they escaped the two remaining troops of Li Zicheng and Gao Yigong, they were in the short term. , it can't become a big climate.
Moreover, all the supplies brought by the Dashun Army were obtained by the Qing army. Although Li Zicheng had not been stationed in Wuchang for a long time, he had accumulated a lot of things, including tens of thousands of stones of grain, more than one million taels of silver, and in addition, there were During a battle, Shang Yi gave Li Zicheng more than 40 cannons, including eighteen red-clothed cannons and more than three thousand muskets. Of course, these guns and muskets were captured by Shang Yi from the Qing army. Not produced in Zhejiang.
Overall, the Qing army's dispatch not only won a great victory, but also gained a lot. At the same time, it completely solved the danger of the Dashun army and opened up the Qing army's route to advance eastward. Therefore, Ajige faced Beijing. He won the victory, and at the same time divided his troops into two groups, attacked from both sides of the Yangtze River, and rushed straight towards Nanjing.
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"The Qing army broke through the Yangtze River and captured Wuchang and Jiayu."
"The Qing army's Wu Sangui's troops advanced east along the Yangtze River and captured Huangzhou and Huangmei. The front troops rushed into Anqing Prefecture."
"The vanguard of the Qing army, Jueluo Bahana's troops, led their troops to capture Ruichang and headed straight to Jiujiang."
Within one day, the cabinet received three consecutive emergency reports, and the entire Yangtze River bank in Huguang area had been captured by the Qing army. Moreover, the Qing army's military force remained unabated, and it was very important to lead the army eastward and take direct lead to Nanjing. And at this time, no one would doubt that this possibility is almost 100%.
Although it was December, Qian Qianyi's forehead was still covered in sweat. After rubbing it twice, it still had no effect. Another cabinet member Huang Zongxi was at a loss and poured four bowls of tea. , and also felt dry mouth. There was also a cabinet minister Jiang Riguang, as well as Hou Xun, Hou Fangyu and his son, Gao Hongtu, Huang Daozhou and others. In addition to Jiang Yueguang and Gao Hongtu, they maintained their "fight for the best and the opposites" In addition to neutrality, the others are all inferior players. However, the other three hard-core friends in Hou Fangyu cannot participate in such high-level officials' discussion meetings because of their lack of qualifications.
Although everyone was here, they were staring at each other with big eyes, looking at me, I looked at you, there was no sound, and the whole room was silent.
After a while, Qian Qianyi said, "Everyone, what can I do to resist the Qing army's advance eastward? If you have it, say it quickly, otherwise it will be too late."
After a while, Huang Zongxi said: "The most urgent task now is to send troops as soon as possible, defend Chizhou in Jiangnan and Anqing in Jiangbei, so that he can block the Qing army from advancing east."
Qian Qianyi said: "I also know that I have to defend Chizhou and Anqing, but who should I send?"
Hou Xun said: "Aren't Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo here in Nanjing? Now they happen to be in Jiangnan and the other in Jiangbei. Why not just send them to guard Chizhou and Anqing."
Qian Qianyi said: "But now both of them defend Nanjing and sent them out. What should I do if Nanjing?"
Hou Xun said: "But Chizhou, Anqing is not guaranteed, and Nanjing is not guaranteed either!"
Qian Qianyi hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you send someone to?"
Jiang Riguang suddenly interrupted and said, "Do you think that just by Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong can you block the army of the Qingguan?"
After hearing this, everyone stopped talking. After a while, Gao Hongtu sighed and said, "It's all you want to have a good fight. If Li Zicheng still guards Wuchang now, how could he let Qing Dynasty go. The enemy army advanced east so easily? You were ruined by good things."