On December 13, the eleventh year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, at noon, the sun hung high in the sky, and torrents of iron armor were traveling in the boundless snow.
Dorgon severely reprimanded Hauge. Since joining the Ming Dynasty, he has repeatedly made mistakes in command and dispatch. Especially in the battle of Jiazhuang, it was because of his greed for success that the Ming army retreated from his front. Break out and escape.
However, Hauge was Huang Taiji's eldest brother after all, and Dorgon also saved him some face. In the end, he praised Hauge by killing Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and receiving the governor's seal.
Then it was agreed that the troops would be divided into four groups, and they would attack the Gaoqi Qianbu of the Ming army who was defending Jize. Taking advantage of the power of Julu's victory, they defeated tens of thousands of Guan Ning's troops in Jize.
In this way, who in the Ming Dynasty would dare to stand up to the warriors of the Qing Dynasty!
At that time, the troops can be divided again and plunder, and it is not impossible to even march eastward to the rich lands of Shandong and southward to attack the important water transport towns of the Ming Dynasty.
Doro Rao Yubeile Abatai was ordered to stay in Jiazhuang. They will set up camp tomorrow and escort the materials and Ming people plundered in the early stage to Qinghe County via Guangzong.
Abatai's performance in entering Kou Mingguo this time is indeed remarkable. Although he has no great achievements, he has no major faults. He does everything in a decent and decent manner.
Dorgon praised him very much, so this time he gave Abatailai the responsibility for such an important matter as escorting and plundering.
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However, it was said that Lu Xiangsheng's military frontman Yang Tinglin rushed to Baoding Fucheng on December 11 and learned that Liu Yuliang had led the army south. He took a short rest and then hurried to the direction of Zhending Prefecture.
Yang Tinglin was full of enthusiasm. He believed that Liu Yuliang had already led the army south and must have the heart of a war slave. If he found him and persuaded him to join forces with Lu Xiangsheng, wouldn't it be easier.
He pursued to Dingzhou and learned that Liu Yuliang had not taken this route, so he turned to Qizhou and Shenzhou to look for Liu Yuliang's army.
In the end, he did not catch up with Liu Yuliang's Beijing army, but on December 14, he encountered the rout of Xuan's army at the border of Shenzhou. He learned that Lu Xiangsheng's troops encountered Dorgon's tens of thousands of Qing troops in Julujiazhuang. Siege, already dead and defeated.
Yang Tinglin was distraught and cried loudly. He hurried to Jiazhuang regardless of his own safety and the Qing soldiers everywhere.
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In fact, Liu Yuliang had been holding troops in Baoding. He was timid and did not dare to take a step forward. However, the imperial court issued a letter urging him to mobilize troops, and even Emperor Chongzhen issued two edicts to urge him.
Liu Yuliang led tens of thousands of troops from the Beijing camp, broke out of camp and marched slowly towards Zhending Mansion. But as soon as the army set off, the imperial court sent another message, asking him to lead the army to Linqing, join Gao Qi's latent Guan Ning army, and guard it with all his strength. Linqing is an important water transport town.
He had no choice but to lead his troops and horses to turn to Shenzhou and Jizhou, and go straight to Linqing. However, he heard in Anping County that a Qing army was about to attack, and Liu Yuliang was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Liu Yuliang hurriedly changed direction and fled to Jinzhou. His original intention was to hide in Jinzhou City and rely on the strong city to avoid the Qing army.
How could I have imagined that Chen Hongxu, the magistrate of Jinzhou, would not open the door to his troops in the capital camp, and also swore a blood oath with the soldiers and people in Jinzhou City not to let any of Liu Yuliang's soldiers enter Jinzhou City.
Liu Yuliang was immediately furious. He turned to the court and asked for an order to arrest Chen Hongxu, the magistrate of Jinzhou, for questioning. He did not dare to stop for a moment and fled in a hurry towards Zhending Mansion.
At this time, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi who came to help urgently, was stationed in Zhending Fucheng. However, he arrived in a hurry and only brought a few cavalry to gallop through Daomaguan. He rested and waited in Baoding Fucheng first.
It was not until the third day of December that the Ministry of War issued an explicit order, ordering Sun Chuanting to join the Ministry of War to add the title of Zuo Shilang to join forces with Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian to suppress the Eastern captives.
He led his army on the fifth day of the lunar month, decamped from Baoding Prefecture and headed south. He arrived at Zhending Prefecture three days later. However, he saw that many of his generals were cowardly because there were too few troops and horses.
Then Chen Bing really secured the city and did not dare to move lightly. He only waited for the arrival of the main force of the Shaanxi army led by Hong Chengchou. After joining forces, he attacked again for safety.
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At noon on December 13th, the cavalry who stayed out all night returned one after another, and intelligence information from all parties was gradually transmitted back.
Zhang Cheng and others who were hiding in the dense forest by the Fuyang River felt at ease. Most of the Qing army had broken out of camp and headed south. Everyone speculated that it was probably the high-altitude lurking Guan Ning army that was going to attack the garrison in Jize.
But Zhang Cheng was certain, and he also knew that Gao Qi's hidden troops, Guan Ning's army, would flee separately under the attack of the Qing cavalry.
Amidst the curses from everyone, Zhang Cheng once again sent out teams of sentries, asking them to pay close attention to the movements of the Qing army and try their best to investigate the situation of Guan Ning's army.
Along with the teams of sentries returning, there were also some Xuan Dajun soldiers who broke out. Many of them fled, some were alone, and some were three or five people.
When they met Zhang Cheng's sentry cavalry, they all came back together. Zhang Cheng naturally took them all in.
But there is no news at all about Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei. However, one thing is almost certain, that is, they and Shanxi Town Counselor Jiang Mingwu have both broken out, but they still don't know where they are now or where they are fleeing to.
Zhang Cheng is not willing to leave at this time, he still has two important things to do!
He originally wanted to order Zhang Guodong and the infantry sentry commander Chen Dakuan to lead their own troops and horses to protect Lu Xiangsheng's body and some wounded soldiers, and retreat to Huolu and Zhending mansion first.
However, when Zhang Guodong heard that Zhang Cheng was not leaving, he took the initiative to ask to stay. His idea was very simple. Since he had decided to follow Zhang Cheng's subordinates in the future, how could he hide in Huolu when Zhang Cheng was recruiting people.
Chen Dakuan also asked to stay, but Zhang Cheng did not agree. The reason was simple. There were now less than a thousand men and could not fight the Qing army. Chen Dakuan's men were all infantry. It was difficult to ride a horse and gallop, and staying was also a burden.
Moreover, I dare not say that the journey to hunt for deer will be peaceful. Even though the Qing army is now at Julu and Jize, there are still some stragglers wandering around and looting.
The soldiers cut down some trees and made some temporary sledges. They were led by Chen Dakuan. There were more than 200 people in his group. In order to move faster, each of them was equipped with a horse.
Zhang Guangda and Wu Zhizhong had to lie on the sledge, and Lu Xiangsheng's body was also pulled by the sledge. They set off at the end of noon. Zhang Guodong was ordered to lead the cavalry to escort them for the day and arrive before noon tomorrow. Back.
According to Zhang Guangda's original intention, he was unwilling to capture the deer, but under Zhang Cheng's strict orders, how could his persistence be of any use.
Zhang Cheng watched them leave, feeling extremely unwilling but unable to do anything about it.
However, what gave him some peace of mind was that in history, Emperor Chongzhen had great resentment towards Lu Xiangsheng because of the destruction of Gaoyang City, the death of Sun Chengzong and his family, the massacre of Huolu by the Qing army, and the death of Li Jiuhua's family.
In addition, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian blamed the blame and slandered him. Even though the Shunde prefect and other officials reported the circumstances of Lu Xiangsheng's death, Yang Sichang still deliberately made things difficult.
Eighty days later, Lu Xiangsheng's body was buried, and Emperor Chongzhen refused to praise Lu Xiangsheng because of his resentment.
Even in the second year, Lu Xiangsheng's wife Wang asked for mercy, and in the third year, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brothers Xiang Jin and Xiang Guan asked again, but they were not allowed.
It was not until Yang Sichang became the governor, and after Zhang Xianzhong committed suicide after the failed campaign in Hubei, the imperial court presented Lu Xiangsheng, Prince Shaoshi, and Minister of the Ministry of War, with sacrifices and burials. During the reign of King Fu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he was posthumously named Zhonglie and a temple was built to worship him.
But now, Gaoyang and Huolu have not been lost, Sun Chengzong and his family are safe, Li Jiuhua's wife and children are also safe, and with the help of Zhang Cheng, Mafang, Shiqiao, and Gaoyang have won consecutive battles and made great gains.
Moreover, although the battle at Julu was inevitably defeated in the end, and Lu Xiangsheng died for his country, the damage caused to the Qing army was greater than in history. Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng thought that at least Emperor Chongzhen would not be as bad as in history. Treat Lu Xiangsheng’s death unkindly!
