Miyun County is located at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain. It is a transportation channel from North Zhili to Liaodong and the grassland. It has a very important strategic position. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It is known as the "key to the capital".
In November of the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court transferred Miyun District to Tanzhou. In December, Miyun District was restored, and Tanzhou was merged into Miyun, which belonged to Beiping Prefecture. In the first year of Yongle, it belonged to Shuntian Prefecture. In the first year of Zhengde, it was transferred to Changping Prefecture and dismissed. In the ninth year of Zhengde, it returned to Changping Prefecture.
At this point, the civil affairs of Miyun County belong to Changping Prefecture, which is a subordinate county of Changping Prefecture, while the military and political affairs belong to Miyun Town. However, the defense of Miyun Town was empty at this time. Chief Military Officer Tang Tong took away almost all the soldiers and horses in the town. At this time, there were only hundreds of old and weak soldiers left in the city.
After Hauge and Abatai captured Modaoyu, in accordance with Huang Taiji's order, they, together with the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Wu Lai, led the Manchu and Mongolian Zhenglan Banner cavalry to the Miyun City to fight for the Qing Dynasty. The main force of the army opened the way forward.
The armies of the two banners were all cavalry armies. It took less than a day for 20,000 cavalry to rush to Miyun City and then launched an attack.
Gushan Ezhen Wu Lai took the lead and led his troops to circle the city and release arrows, aiming at the defenders on the top of the city and shooting them.
Seeing this, the hundreds of defenders lost their morale and fled in a swarm. When Wu Lai saw this, he laughed wildly and led his troops to climb the city wall with ropes. More than 11,000 Mongolian Zhenglan Banners were divided into two teams. One team continued to ride and shoot around the city, and the other team climbed into the city from all sides. After a while Then the city gates were opened.
Hauge laughed when he saw this and said to Abatai: "Rao Yubeile, look, the soldiers and horses in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, except for Liu Yan's tribe, are all local chickens and dogs!"
Aba
Tai smiled perfunctorily, and then said: "Prince Su should send someone to report to His Majesty first, and then we can continue to march to Changping Prefecture."
Hauge said: "That's fine. But at this rate, it won't take two or three days for our Qing warriors to capture Changping Prefecture and open the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty's capital. I think Liu Yan may not know why. This battle I, the Qing Dynasty, have already secured victory!"
"uncertain!"
Abatai didn't know why, but he was a little worried, and said: "Liu Yan is not an ordinary person, so he should be lenient to the enemy. Everything must be based on the premise that Liu Yan has already led his army, and there should be no delay. When will I, the Qing Dynasty Warriors After capturing the city of Beijing and capturing Chongzhen, Liu Yan’s tribe will no longer be a threat!”
Hauge nodded, and immediately sent someone to notify Wu Lai, ordering him to leave a Niu Lu force to garrison Miyun and wait for the rear troops, and then Manzhou Zhenglan Banner and Mongolian Zhenglan Banner troops and horses continued to march westward.
Only half a day later, Huang Taiji, Dorgon and other banner soldiers arrived at Miyun Town one after another. The army rested inside and outside the city for more than an hour, and then Huang Taiji ordered the inner and outer Karaqin and Chahar tribes of the outer vassal Mongolia. , and the Han army's Xianghong Banner Division left behind, the remaining banners continued their forced march to Changping Prefecture.
Before Huang Taiji set off from Miyun, he called Habayan, the prince of the Inner Karaqin tribe, Zheyan, the prince of the Outer Karaqin tribe, Chusechanbul, the prince of the Chahar tribe, and Zhen Liu Zhiyuan, the Han army's red flag-mounted mountain forehead. , said: "My dear friends, lead your troops and take a step slowly. Although our army has temporarily escaped the pursuit of Liu Yan's troops this time, we cannot take it lightly. The necessary blocking troops and horses must still be deployed."
"If Liu
The Yan tribe has really caught up with them. All you have to do is lead your troops to stop them for three days. After three days, you can lead your troops to withdraw on your own, either to return north to the outside of the pass, or to join the main army in the direction of Beijing City. Instead of blaming you, I will give you great rewards. "
The four of them were all worried at this time. Anyone who was not a fool could understand what Huang Taiji meant. He was the abandoned son of the army. If necessary, he would be sacrificed to delay Liu Yan's westward march.
However, even if the four of them were unwilling, they did not dare to say anything at this time and all accepted the order.
"I hope Liu Yan won't come after me!"
Prince Habayan of the Inner Karaqin tribe, Prince Zheyan of the Outer Karaqin tribe, Prince Chusechanbul of the Chahar tribe, and Liu Zhiyuan were all praying secretly in their hearts at this time.
On the same day, Huang Taiji led the main forces of each banner to continue marching westward, leaving Liu Zhiyuan and several others to temporarily garrison in Miyun City. According to Huang Taiji's will, the four of them need to stay here for three days before leading their army to catch up with the main force.
"Haha, princes, look at this matter of the queen..."
Liu Zhiyuan was just Gushan Ezhen of the Han Army Banner, and he was not at the same level as the three Mongolian princes in front of him. Therefore, the three Mongolian princes needed to say whether the army should take the rear, camp outside the city, or stick to the city.
At this time, the three of them had a discussion. Chuse Chanbul, the prince of Chahar tribe, said: "Our Mongolian warriors are all descendants of Genghis Khan and subjects of Changshengtian. How can we be trapped in the city? Today, my king and the two princes led the army. Leave the city and camp to the west of Miyun. General Liu leads the Han army's flag soldiers and horses to garrison the city. If the Ming army comes to attack, he will defend the city to the death, flanked by Mongolian cavalry.
Attack the enemy! "
Liu Zhiyuan just wanted what he wanted, so he immediately agreed with a smile, and sent people to capture thousands of people from the city and use them as hard labor for the Mongols, doing things such as setting up camps and transporting supplies.
Soon night fell, Liu Zhiyuan occupied the county government office in the city, and his subordinates specially captured a dozen beautiful women from the city for Liu Zhiyuan, his left and right Meile Zhangjing and several Jiala Zhangjing to have sex with.
Late at night, Liu Zhiyuan held a banquet in the main hall of the county government office, rewarded all his men, and brought the dozen or so women with him.
At this time, Liu Zhiyuan was hugging a woman with a lewd smile on his face. Judging from the clothes, she was obviously a woman from a high-class family in the city. At this time, Liu Zhiyuan's clothes had been torn open, revealing the white chest underneath. Several traitorous generals around him laughed. stand up.
"Haha! What is the beauty's name?"
"Little girl Zhao Mei'er."
At this time, the woman was holding back her tears, fearing that she would offend the traitors by crying, as were the dozen or so women around her. The only sound left in the room was the laughter of Liu Zhiyuan and the others.
Then two La Zhangjing became so impatient that they even knocked down the woman in their arms during the banquet and started to do the dirty work. Suddenly the screams of the women rang out in the hall, but the traitorous generals laughed even harder. presumptuous.
Suddenly, Niu Lu Zhangjing, who was in charge of the night watch tonight, rushed into the lobby in horror, looked at the officials who were enjoying themselves, and said loudly: "Oh no, the Ming army is coming to kill!"
The laughter in the hall suddenly stopped. Liu Zhiyuan and all his subordinates all stared blankly at Niu Lu Zhangjing. A dozen women were also stunned, as if they couldn't believe it.
"The Ming army has entered the city? Where is the Ming army from?"
"Master, the Ming army did not enter the city, but they defeated the Mongolian camp in the west of the city."
Niulu Zhangjing's face was full of fear and he said: "Although it was too dark to see clearly the flags of the Ming army, we could see that the more than 20,000 Mongolian soldiers outside the city were kicked into camp in the blink of an eye, and then directly It was defeated, and the roar of firearms filled the night.”
Liu Zhiyuan's face was also very ugly. Today, in the Ming Dynasty, only Liu Yan's family has such powerful troops!
"It came so quickly!"
At this time, Zuo Meile Zhangjing and Liu Yingshuo asked: "Master, should we immediately go out of the city to support and bring the three princes into the city?"
Liu Zhiyuan said angrily: "You idiot! More than 20,000 Mongolian cavalry were defeated in an instant. God knows how many Shandong soldiers came. Now it is pitch dark outside the city. Go out to respond? You want to die!"
"Yes Yes."
Then Liu Zhiyuan ordered everyone: "Everyone should go to the city to defend. We will mobilize all the artillery and gunmen in the camp to the top of the city to set up defenses. I will block all the city gates with sandbags. As long as we defend here for three days, we will Once we can break through the encirclement and retreat to the north, His Majesty will give us promotions and titles!"
"嗻!"
When Liu Zhiyuan led a group of guards to the west city wall, there was already chaos outside the city. The Mongol camp, which was originally two or three miles away from the city, was now ablaze. With the help of the firelight, Liu Zhiyuan saw that the Ming army's cavalry was well-armored and was chasing the fleeing Mongolian soldiers. Those who were once arrogant, The Mongols, who were superior to others in front of the Han army's flag, were like a bereaved dog, being chased by the Ming army's cavalry until they cried for their father and mother.
"It's Liu Yan's department!"
Sudden
, Liu Zhiyuan saw a battle flag, which was the battle flag of the New Army Cavalry Battalion. At this time, a deep sense of fear came over his heart, which made Liu Zhiyuan sweat profusely and shouted loudly: "Fire!"
"Master, there are many Mongolian soldiers and horses from the outer vassal outside the city. If you fire now, you will be accidentally injured!"
"Asshole! If you don't fire now, why don't you wait for the Ming army to attack the city? Fire!"
"嗻!"
boom!
Soon, the fifty artillery pieces of the Han army with red flags and more than thirty artillery pieces deployed on the top of Miyun City opened fire one after another. The shells kept falling in the night outside the city, and the Han army flag gunners on the top of the city didn't know what to fire. Hit by something, it just blasted blankly into the night outside.
After dawn, Liu Zhiyuan looked at the Mongolian camp to the west of Miyun City. At this time, the camps of the Inner and Outer Karaqin tribes and the Chahar tribe had been reduced to ruins, and more than 20,000 Mongolian soldiers were missing.
At this time, outside the city, at least tens of thousands of New Army cavalry battalion soldiers had formed their formation, blocked the gates of Miyun City, and were resting and waiting outside the artillery range of the city.
"Fortunately, only Liu Yan's cavalry came. They don't have artillery or siege equipment, so they can't get in."
Although Liu Zhiyuan was still scared, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "As long as His Majesty captures the city of Beijing, Liu Yan will be terrified and either surrender to the Qing Dynasty or lead his army back to Shandong. Then I will be fine!" "
Just when Liu Zhiyuan was comforting me, he suddenly saw a subordinate running towards him in fear: "Master, please take a quick look at the east city. It's Liu Yan. Liu Yan is coming with an army of more than 100,000 people!"
Liu Zhiyuan almost fainted when he heard this. Most of Liu Yan's troops were infantry, but they came so fast. They were flying soldiers.
Did you come here?
"Be on guard! Immediately send out fast horses to report to His Majesty!"
After a while, Liu Zhiyuan recruited a dozen dead soldiers with a heavy reward of one thousand taels of silver each, and sent them to ride west to report the news to Huang Taiji.
At the same time, Xu Ming rode his horse to the central army. When he saw Liu Yan, he laughed and threw the three bloody heads on the ground and said: "Master Governor, these three are the princes of the Neiharaqin tribe, Habayan." , Prince Zheyan of the Waiharaqin Tribe, and Prince Chusechanbul of the Chahar Tribe, led their troops to pursue Miyun last night and found that the city had been occupied by the Qing army, so they led their troops to raid the Mongol camp in the city."
"I didn't expect these Mongolian Tatars to be so arrogant. They were drinking wine and roasting sheep in the camp. They were looking for death!"
The more Xu Ming talked, the more excited he became. At this time, he was already talking and gesticulating: "My subordinates led their troops to charge on three sides, and the more than 20,000 Mongolian Tatars were directly defeated. When these three princes were killed, two of them were still alive. Holding your buttocks, one of you is already drunk and talking nonsense!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
Liu Yan said with a smile: "It seems that the Tatars of all banners are suffering terribly during Huang Taiji's forced march. They will enjoy it whenever they get the chance."
"Supervisor, the flags in the city are those of the Qing and Han troops with red flags. Their troops have a lot of firearms and they even fired artillery last night. Are they going to concentrate their forces to surround and annihilate their troops?"
Liu Yan thought for a moment and asked, "How many prisoners were captured last night?"
"There were more than 8,000 people, and more than 6,000 were beheaded."
Liu Yan said: "Most of the soldiers in each battalion are infantry. Although there are a large number of chariots and horses in the army, which allows the soldiers to take turns to travel in cars, the soldiers in each battalion are already exhausted along the way."
"so
Next, Xu Shen will have to work hard and continue to lead the cavalry battalion to pursue the Qing army. Once he catches up with the main force of the Qing army, he will focus on fighting to slow down the enemy's speed. The remaining battalions stayed to besiege Miyun City and attack in turn so that the soldiers of each battalion could alternately recover their physical strength. "
"yes!"
