In the east of Beijing, on the banks of the Tongzhou River, there is the Qing army camp. In a luxurious tent with a flaming golden roof, many generals of the Qing army who invaded are gathered.
In the big tent, a Qing general wearing gilded red armor sat on a big chair on the left side. He suddenly raised his head, his eyes were shining, and he said: "Two generals, I It may not be in line with the emperor's original intention to wait for one hundred thousand Qing warriors to waste time with Minggou outside the city of Beijing."
After saying that, he tilted his head and looked sideways at Dorgon, who was sitting above him. Seeing that he had no reaction, he continued: "That damn Harba before, underestimated the enemy and rushed in, which damaged the number of our Qing warriors. Bai, could it be that the general who was ordered wanted to avenge him?"
A Qing general sitting opposite him was quite disapproving, and just said in a deep voice: "Du Du, are you accusing the general who was ordered to forget his official duties?"
The person who had been talking just now was the deputy of General Yangwu Yue Tuo, Doluo Anpingbeile Dudu. When he saw his superior, Dorgon, he raised his head slightly and hurriedly explained: "I am just talking about things. Prince Su is not like this. say."
The man opposite was called Prince Su, the eldest son of Emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and Prince Hauge of Shuosu. When he entered the Kou Ming Kingdom, he took the Zhenglan Banner as the deputy general Dorgon and accompanied him on the expedition.
He sat on the big chair and did not answer Du Du's words. He just looked sideways at Dorgon who was looking up.
Dorgon, Prince Heshuorui of the Qing Dynasty and the ordered general, sat steadily behind the case and did not speak in a hurry. He tilted his head leisurely, but his eyes were aimed at General Yang Wu Yue Tuo on the left.
I saw that he had a lot of time to look at everyone in the big tent, and from time to time he touched his bare chin with his white hands without saying a word.
Dorgon couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart: "Old fox!"
He straightened his body, coughed first, and then said in a deep voice: "Halba underestimates the enemy and rushes forward, and it is his own fault. Lu Xiangsheng's tribe in the Ming Dynasty has some fighting strength, but it is not enough to be afraid. I intend to divide the troops to raid south and lure The Ming army will follow my army southward, and then make a plan to cut it off in one fell swoop. If this is done, there will be no hindrance for our army to plunder."
After Dorgon finished speaking, he picked up the water bowl and drank water by himself, waiting for everyone's expressions.
Sitting on the left side of the tent was a veteran wearing gilded armor. He was about fifty years old and extremely strong. Sitting there was a mighty figure. It was Huang Taiji's younger brother, Duo Luo Rao Yu Beile Aba. Thai.
I only heard him say in a deep voice: "What the general ordered is absolutely true. We went to conquer the Ming Dynasty on the emperor's order. Our original purpose was to weaken the Ming Dynasty and plunder the people and wealth to strengthen our country. Now our army has gone deep into the country." In the Ming Dynasty, we should give full play to the cavalry advantage of our Qing warriors, divide them to lure the enemy, and then gather them to annihilate them. How can we sit in one place and waste time with the enemy."
General Yangwu Yue Tuo, who was on the left, suddenly raised his head and asked Dorgon softly: "I agree with dividing the troops to raid south, but does Prince Rui have any plans on how to divide the troops?"
Dorgon did not speak directly, but looked at Prince Su Hauge and said, "Hauge, do you have any suggestions for the division of troops?"
Hauge thought for a while and then said: "According to my wish, the army will move to the southwest of Beijing, toward Liangxiang, and lead the Ming army to attack. If the Ming army does not move, our army will be divided into two and go south from Liangxiang to plunder. , We will eat in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty, first attack one or two fortresses, replenish food and grass, and then plan for the future."
In the big tent, after listening to Hauge's words, all the generals were deeply concerned and nodded their heads.
General Yangwu Yue Tuo looked at Dorgon and said in a deep voice: "What Prince Su proposed is indeed a well-thought-out plan. I have been ordered to make a decision by the general."
Dorgon sat at the top with an expressionless expression, cursing in his heart again: "Damn it, old fox."
He thought about it carefully and then said in a deep voice: "Send the order, at midnight tomorrow, Hauge will lead an army to break out of the camp and move to Liangxiang to garrison. I and Abatai will lead an army directly to Zhuozhou, and General Yangwu and Du Du serves as the rear guard, observes the movements of the Ming army, and then decides on countermeasures..."
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On October 26, the eleventh year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, there was light snow.
Snowflakes were blowing in the wind all night, and the outside of Beijing was covered with snow.
Groups of Qing cavalry galloped through the wilderness in the south of Beijing. Their horsemen were running outside to scout, and large carts made silvery white ruts between the horsemen.
Turning south of Beijing and heading west towards Liangxiang, there were occasional exchanges of fire between the Ming sentry cavalry and the Qing cavalry, but both sides made brief contact and then dispersed and retreated, and there was no major confrontation.
The commander-in-chief's army rose up and led Liaodong's reinforcements to King Qin's army and horses. They were stationed dozens of miles north of Liangxiang. After hearing that the Qing army was moving to the direction of Liangxiang, they hurriedly retreated for more than ten miles.
However, Gao Qiqian did not dare to tell the truth to Emperor Chongzhen, and instead joined forces with his cabinet minister Yang Sichang to accuse Lu Xiangsheng of being cowardly and fearful of the enemy, and allowing the Qing troops to raid the south. Emperor Chongzhen's slight affection for Lu Xiangsheng because of the Battle of Shiqiao was overthrown by their slander. Down, gone.
Under the pressure of Emperor Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to lead less than 20,000 Xuanda elites to move to Liangxiang, and then forced the Qing army in Zhuozhou to retreat.
However, it was a step too late. After the Qing troops attacked Zhuozhou and divided their forces to raid south, Lu Xiangsheng led his army to Zhuozhou without even seeing the shadow of the Qing army.
Later, after being reported by sentry cavalry, the Qing army moved to Liangxiang. Seeing that the Ming army had not attacked, they rushed to Zhuozhou with heavy troops. After conquering Zhuozhou, they divided their troops into three groups again and went deep into Jinan to plunder.
One of them was led by the ordered general Dorgon to lead Abatai, and marched towards Laishui; the other was led by Prince Hauge of Heshuosu, and headed towards Dingxing; the other was led by Yangwu General Yue Tuo, led by Dudu, and invaded Xincheng direction.
Lu Xiangsheng did not want to stay outside Beijing and deal with the cabinet minister Yang Sichang, the supervisor Gao Qiqian and others, so he went to Shu to ask for orders and went south to pursue the Qing army and ride away.
He advanced all the way to Laishui, and then turned towards Yizhou. In the end, he was not as fast as the Qing army, and once again missed. Because he did not know the direction of the captives, he had to temporarily stay near Yizhou and wait for action.
At this time, according to sentinels and military reports from various places, it was learned that Dorgon's tribe was approaching Mancheng County, Haoge's tribe left Dingxing, passed Rongcheng, and entered Ansu County, and Yuetuo's tribe attacked from Xincheng. Xiong County, and then turn to Xin'an County.
Judging from the movement of the Qing troops dividing into various ministries, there is a strong tendency to unite their forces and besiege Baoding Fucheng.
Yang Sichang, a cabinet minister, put forward his own suggestion in front of Emperor Chongzhen: use Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan Army as the right wing to pursue Dorgon's Qing army; use Chen Xingjia's Xuan Army as the middle road to leave Dingxing, attack Ansu County, and track Hauge The Qing army; take the Liaodong army under the Gaoqiqian army as the left route, leave Xincheng and go straight to Xin'an County to track down the Qing army captive cavalry under Yue Tuo.
According to Yang Sichang's military deployment, the main forces of the three Ming armies will gather in Baoding Fucheng and rely on the strong city to resist the Qing army's cavalry.
