Sanhe is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, sixty miles away from the capital. It is named because it is close to the three rivers of Lu River, Baoqiu River and Jing River. It is adjacent to Tongzhou in the west and has Chaobai River, Beiyun River, Liangshui River and other water systems. , is a rare land with fertile water and soil in Gyeonggi Province. It is early summer at this time. Although the weather is cold, the territory is green and lush with lush vegetation. However, due to the recent arrival of Tatars, there are few people.
When the sun sets in the west and the sky is filled with rays of rays, a group of people are camping and resting on the bank of the Grand Canal in Xianghe County, southeast of Tongzhou. This is the bend and fork of the North Canal. The irrigation of several rivers makes the surrounding trees lush and extremely remote and hidden. There are also few cottages, and even those that exist are empty.
Li Yan stood under a tree by the river and stared at the sunset in a daze. In the past few days, he had galloped northward from hundreds of miles away to Daxing. When he came east after being ordered to do so, he was already exhausted, and his face was as dusty as a soldier under his command.
"General, we have found out that General Zhou's troops are camping at Jinghe, more than ten miles southeast of Sanhe County, more than sixty miles away from us." General Qin Songwang came up behind him and said softly.
Li Yang hummed, bent down, picked up a branch, and stretched it on the ground. Sanhe was in the east of the capital, Xianghe was in the southeast, and Daxing was in the south. The little governor was repeating his old trick, just like in Baoding Prefecture. Like thieves, the Qing army was surrounded within a radius of nearly a hundred miles.
"Why is there only the southeast but not the northwest?" Gao Qi, the general, asked with a frown. Li Yan glanced at him and said, "I'm afraid the north has been plundered by the Tatars, and not far to the north of Sanhe is Ji Town. Over there There is a Great Wall checkpoint, which makes it difficult for the Qing cavalry to enter. To the west of the capital, there is Juyongguan and there is nothing to grab in the vast mountains. Therefore, the little governor only needs to seal off the southeast. The Tatars in the west cannot go, so they have to come in honestly. Get out of nowhere."
Gao Qi made a sound and stretched his body: "Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. We must hurry up and have a good rest. We don't know when the Tatars will come over."
Li Yan nodded: "It stands to reason that the Tatar cavalry is very fast. If they were mainly engaged in plundering, they would have arrived here earlier. But we haven't seen any ghosts yet. It is very likely that the little governor will use his tricks to hold us back to buy time for us." .
"The little governor is very capable. He held tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry back just as he said. I really don't know what he can do." Qin Songwang and Gao Qi were both curious.
Li Yan thought for a while and sighed: "I'm afraid they will lead the Tatars to attack the capital."
ah! The two were shocked and attacked the capital. Then...
Li Yan smiled slightly: "The capital is empty without soldiers and generals. If there is no small governor in charge, the unskilled people in the capital camp will be scared and surrender the city without fighting. But now there is a small governor in the capital. I am afraid that people who have no courage will be more courageous. With the capital's high walls and thick walls, and the Tatars have no baggage, they will undoubtedly reach the sky if they break through the city."
Therefore, once the Tatars fail to attack the city, they will immediately loot and loot. I am afraid that they will reach the end of the field in a few days and all the generals will suddenly realize it.
No, Li Yan's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "In the battle outside the Pass, the Tatars were nothing more than this. Instead, they made me famous as a righteous teacher. However, you also know in your hearts that they were just taking advantage of the little governor. They suppressed them before." Although the bandits say that we have also gained a reputation as a righteous army, we still need to work hard to truly live up to our reputation. We must do our best to suppress thieves, and we should do our best to resist external humiliation!"
"The last general is willing to follow the general through fire and water, kill the enemy, serve the country and promote the reputation of our righteous army!" Qin Songwang and other generals clasped their fists and roared, startling a crowd of river birds, and some soldiers took the opportunity to shoot them with their bows and save them for dinner.
On the banks of the Ping River, Zhou Yuji looked solemn and a group of his generals were also planning the war, but he was not as optimistic as Li Yan, because he knew that the Tatars would bear the brunt of the attack eastward, and Li Yan would not be touched until the Tatars went south.
The fight against the Tatars happened several years ago. In recent years, he has mostly led troops to suppress bandits in the interior provinces. The bandits are cunning and the Tatars are fierce. This makes him mentally disturbed. He has only more than 10,000 troops and only three One of them is cavalry, can they block the Tatar's frontal attack?
Since the young governor made such an arrangement, Zhou Yuji thought that it must be important for Chang Yu to leave all the cavalry of the eight personal guards of Jinwu Guard and Tengxiang Guard in Daxing. It is very likely that he and Li Yan's men were just waving flags to cheer. For intimidation, those cavalry are the main force.
It turns out that the little governor wanted to draw a circle to surround the Tatars, and then fight the Tatars head-on with cavalry against cavalry in this circle! Zhou Yuji suddenly realized and felt even more uneasy. .
Have you ever done it? The Tatar cavalry is extremely fierce. Although the Jinwu Guard and Tengxiang Guard have made great achievements in recent battles, they may be a little inferior when they are pulled out. At the moment, the only thing the Ming Dynasty can do with the Tatar cavalry is to block Wu Sangui's cavalry.
Forget it, it gives me a headache to think about it so much, I'd better leave this kind of mental thing to that kid, and just listen to the situation. After learning that Li Yan was in position, Zhou Yuji ordered the army to rest and sent several groups of detective horses to the west to conduct secret reconnaissance.
At the same time, on top of Shunyi City in the north of Beijing, Tang Tong was holding a grass root in his mouth and looking at the wilderness south of the city. He could vaguely see the silhouette of a scout horse galloping. He couldn't tell whether it was a Tatar or one of his own, but he fell into deep thought.
What happened in the capital? He had already learned from the guards in the city that Wu Mengming had arrived a few days ago. As soon as he left, the Tatar army arrived in the north of the city. At the same time, there were thousands of Ming troops a few miles away in the south of the city.
It's just that the Ming army withdrew quickly. The Tatars were unable to attack the city and went south to the capital. Not long after, the Tatars in Pinggu also withdrew to the capital. What did these idiots want to do? They would not be stupid enough to attack the capital. You can't even take the small city of Shunyi, but you still have to chew hard bones?
Tang Tong racked his brains and couldn't figure out the situation in the capital, so he had to send scouts to bring him some useful news. At the same time, there was also a person on top of Changping City, thinking outside the city, but it was Ma Ke .
One of the eight generals who participated in the Songjin War, Ma Ke, a fierce general of the Ming Dynasty who was second only to Cao Bianjiao for his bravery and daring in fighting!
But that was all in the past. All the Ming Dynasty elites were lost in the Songjin War. The big bosses who participated in the war either surrendered or died in the battle. Marco escaped and deserved meritorious service. Later, he fought against the Qing soldiers and was defeated again. Last year, he was ordered to lead troops into the Ming Dynasty. In Wei Jingcheng, General Ma is still the same General Ma, but Ma Ke is no longer the same Ma Ke. He has lost the heroic spirit and courage of the past under the shadow of the consecutive defeats.
Historically, in the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, Ma Ke and Chongzhen first surrendered to the invaders, fought with Zhang Xianzhong, and then surrendered to the Qing soldiers, and then disappeared.
Although he was not as heroic as before, when the Tatars entered the customs a few days ago, he immediately followed the order and led his troops after hearing the news. Only halfway, he learned that the Tatars had occupied Miyun and sent troops west to defeat Yanqing. Approaching Changping, Ma Ke was timid but still braved the fight, and was easily defeated by Azige and fled back to Changping!
Although I was unwilling to do so, I had no choice but to say that the capital was empty at this time. How could I possibly turn the tide against tens of thousands of Qing troops with just a few troops? Even the little eunuch who was praised as a god could only sigh to the sky when he came. .
Unexpectedly, news came that the little eunuch returned to King Qin in Beijing as soon as possible, but only stayed with more than a thousand people. Ma Ke thought it was funny, and it was not enough for the Tatars to stuff their teeth. How could this be King Qin, who was giving away people's heads? Yes.
Unexpectedly, what the spy said next surprised him. After returning to Beijing, the young eunuch had already left the city to fight against the Tatars. He even organized a death squad to attack the Tatar camp at night, killing countless enemies and setting fire to the Tatar camp!
So awesome! This is very much like my style back then. Marco felt his blood boiling, but it soon turned cold to the bone. He was still alone in Niubi, and a small fight would not affect the overall situation.
But he was soon stunned again. Azig, who had chased the city and threatened to kill all the dogs and chickens, suddenly left with his troops. The scouts here found out that the Tatars were going to attack the capital!
What the hell! Marco was shocked and quickly realized that things would not be that simple. The Tatars were not that stupid to chew hard bones. There must be a reason. Could it be that the little eunuch did something else?
Is he really that awesome? Ma Ke became more and more curious about Chang Yu.
