To be fair, Fan Wencheng's strategy of "attacking Changping, attacking the imperial mausoleum, and luring the capital camp" was still very clever. As long as the Ming court can function normally, it will definitely fall into a trap!
That’s the Changping Imperial Tomb! The ancestral tombs of the Zhu Ming Dynasty are located. Within the capital, apart from Beijing, the Changping Imperial Tomb is the most important, right?
Now Huang Taiji, the gold-producing great Khan of the Great Jin Kingdom, and Dorgon, the Faqiubele Lord, are going to Changping Tianshou Mountain to dig tombs and retrieve treasures. Can the Ming court not be in a hurry? Can the little emperor Zhu Youjian not jump? impossible! They were in chaos, so of course they had to force the Liao Zhen Army and the Jingying Army to give up their turtle tactics and quickly move forward to find Huang Taiji for a decisive battle!
Once the Beijing Camp's false account soldiers advance quickly, they will no longer be able to continue to advance in a car formation to cover each other and advance alternately. The Dajin Heavenly Soldiers will have the opportunity to take advantage of it!
Because infantry operations rely on forming strong formations and fortifying strongholds to defend dangerous points, it is difficult for infantry to march in hard formations. If you want to march quickly, you have to form a column and take the official road. For example, if the Beijing camp's false accountants form a phalanx of thirty-six chariots and camps, there is no way to use the official method. How can a phalanx of one or two thousand people use the official method? So we can only march in the wheat fields, so we can't go fast.
Although the infantry formed in columns and took the official road were fast, it was difficult to organize resistance in the face of a surprise attack by the enemy's cavalry group. It takes time to set up a formation and build a fortification! Moreover, the vehicle formations commonly used by the Ming army's infantry were very troublesome to deploy, and were not as easy to deploy as the various Western-style square and horizontal formations.
Therefore, when the infantry group is marching, it may need a small number of elite cavalry to cover and conduct reconnaissance on the front, rear, left and right to prevent it from being raided or ambushed by the enemy.
However, Houjin's white-armored soldiers were too powerful. Their individual soldiers and squads were extremely powerful. The Ming army's night warriors were no match for them, and they could easily be beaten to death or run away. Without the protection of cavalry, the infantry of the Ming Army naturally became blind and deaf, and they were unable to form a strong formation or occupy favorable terrain in time when the Hou Jin Eight Banners soldiers came over.
In addition, both the Jingying Army and the Jiliao Army that are currently on the battlefield have adopted a step-by-step approach, walking six or seven miles every day, and then setting up camp after walking. It’s not starting from scratch, but looking for existing Zhuangzi villages to rebuild. Gyeonggi is a prosperous place after all. There are many villages, towns and manors, and it is easy to find one for renovation.
After the reconstruction is completed, it will be a stronghold that can be used to protect the rear road and the grain road. Leave a few hundred elite soldiers to guard it, and the grain road and the rear road will be stable. If the large army is frustrated during the advance, it can also retreat to the stronghold to hold on. It can be said that he is fighting steadily and remains invincible.
However, the Ming army's "invincibility" was based on the Jin army's sudden defeat under the fortified city of Shunyi.
Now that the Hou Jin army suddenly marched 80 miles westward and headed straight for Changping, where the imperial mausoleum of Tianshou Mountain is located, the Ming army, which was fighting steadily, should also be anxious, right? Even if the Ming army is not in a hurry, the imperial court hiding in Beijing should jump in, right?
"My soldier, have you received an urgent report from Changzhen? The Jiannu army has approached Changping County and the Imperial Tomb of Tianshou Mountain!"
"My soldiers, please quickly give orders to Duke Cheng Guo and Yuan Yuan to go to Changping day and night to aid!"
"Yes, we must not let the Changping Emperor's Mausoleum make any mistakes!"
"Soldier, give the order quickly!"
In the imperial city of Beijing, the yamen of the Ministry of War outside the Meridian Gate was in a state of panic this morning. A large group of ministers arrived, all clamoring for the Minister of War, Wang Zaijin, to give orders to Zhu Chunchen, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zhang Fengyi.
Although this group of laymen all know that this kind of rush to fight may very well turn into an act of urging death... But defending the imperial mausoleum is politically correct, and no one dares to make a mistake on this issue!
And Wang Zaijin's answer was three words - you have to ask for an order!
Wang Zaijin glanced at the ministers who hurriedly came to show their political correctness, and said unhurriedly: "The Xuanfu Branch sent news yesterday, saying that the Long Live Lord returned to the town the day before yesterday, and will lead three troops today. Wan leaves Xuanzhen and heads to Juyongguan... Once Long live Lord arrives, the battle in Kinei will be fought by Long live Lord personally. Whether it is the Changzhen Army, Jingying Army, or Jiliao Army, they are all troops led by Long live Lord himself. The Ministry of War only You can request an order, but you cannot directly order a war."
The politically correct ministers were stunned for a moment, and after careful consideration, it seemed that this was what happened!
Now the little emperor is personally on the march... Of course the troops outside Beijing must obey the emperor's orders. How can the Ministry of War mobilize troops without an order?
No! This is not Wu Zhi's deployment of troops, but Wu Zhi's taking the blame!
What kind of soldiers are there in the Beijing camp? Doesn’t the king in Jin know about them? The turtle formation that they are currently adopting to be cautious and slow may not be able to protect themselves. Let them rush to Changping... they may break up halfway!
Once the Beijing camp is dispersed, if the Ji Liao army marches alone again, they will definitely be defeated miserably if they run into the army of slaves and thieves.
If the two armies in the Gyeonggi area are defeated miserably, then Huang Taiji will be happy, and he can rob wherever he wants! At that time, Wang Zaijin, a soldier, will not be sent to prison, but will lose his head.
This king in Jin is worthy of being a veteran of the four dynasties who became an official in the 20th year of Wanli. He is so smart!
It is related to the safety of the imperial mausoleum and the Gyeonggi region. If there is a slight mistake, the head will have to be removed... If you can, throw away the pot!
Chief Assistant Huang Liji stroked his beard and frowned: "My soldier, it's 200 miles from Xuanzhen to Juyongguan. How long does it take to get there? How long does it take to get there? What are the precautions for the imperial mausoleum in Tianshou Mountain..."
Wang Zaijin thought about it seriously and said: "Long live the emperor is the emperor, and he is also the most filial king. When he heard that the imperial mausoleum was in trouble, he must have traveled thousands of miles and returned home. Now he is probably in Juyong. Now the emperor is leading the troops outside. We live inside... If we mobilize our troops without asking for orders, wouldn't we be depriving the emperor of his right to command on the battlefield?"
This hat is big enough, the level of blame-shifting is high enough, and the words are watertight!
Wang Zaijin paused and then said: "But this order still needs to be requested... Chief Assistant, the Ministry of War has drafted a memorial to urgently mobilize the Jingying and Jiliao armies to aid Changzhen, and the only thing left is the cabinet's request. It’s a decree.”
This fox is no ordinary cunning person!
Wang Zaijin knew clearly that he could not let the Jingying and Jiliao troops die, but in order to shift the blame, he still drafted a memorial to urgently mobilize the two armies to send reinforcements.
It's just that it's more than a hundred miles from Beijing to Juyongguan, and there is a possibility of encountering Tatar white-armored soldiers. It's hard to say whether this memorial can be delivered! Even if it was delivered, the little emperor approved it and sent it back to Beijing, where the Ministry of War would give orders to Zhu Chunchen, Yuan Chonghuan, and Zhang Fengyi... How many days would it take for this to come and go? It’s almost time for the Jingying Army and Jiliao Army to climb to Changping!
I just wonder if the imperial tomb in Tianshou Mountain has been dug up by Dorgon?
If Dorgon knew that the Ming Dynasty called him "Master Faqiubele", he would definitely cry out for injustice. Because he had nothing to do with the attack on the imperial mausoleum at Tianshou Mountain. The idea to attack Changping came from Fan Wencheng! Moreover, Dorgon did not follow him to Changping. Huang Taiji gave him a post and the task of monitoring the two "turtle armies", so he and Duoduo led more than 2,000 riders with two white flags in Shunyi County and Changping. Wandering between Zhouzhou and Beijing.
On September 22, Huang Taiji, who had set up camp ten miles west of Changping Prefecture City, was a little impatient and waited until he heard that the "tortoise army" had turned into a "rabbit army". Ergon had hundreds of Karaqin Mongolian cavalry and a task of luring the enemy. Huang Taiji wanted him to fake a few battles to see if he could attract the inexperienced soldiers from the Beijing camp.
As a result...the time has come for Dorgon to leave his name in history!
"Coming, coming, General Rong... the slave-building brigade has finally arrived. It looks like there are thousands of people!"
In the early morning of September 25th, after leaving the earthen wall of Beijing and crawling along the Wenyu River (this river turns westward to Changping in Shunyi County) for almost ten days, the troops from the Beijing camp finally arrived at the place they had been waiting for. The long-lasting "army" of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Zhu Chunchen, who was having breakfast with several lieutenants and Zhang Fengyi, the right servant of the Ministry of War, in an unknown mansion, heard the urgent military situation reported by Uncle Ning Yuan and Li Zunzu (Uncle Ning Yuan's family still has some useful servants who can be around the army). Realm), stood up suddenly, the expression on his face was one of surprise and joy.
Surprisingly, Jiannu came to kill him!
Fortunately, we can finally settle the account!
