Regarding the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there are several concepts that novices cannot understand.
Such as Jizhou, Jizhou Town and Ji Town.
Many people saw it and thought it was not the same thing.
But actually, it's not the same thing.
First of all, Jizhou is a city located east of the capital.
Jizhou is the last pass on the way to the capital after entering the pass through Xifengkou, Da'ankou, Hongshankou and other passes.
Therefore, Jizhou is very important.
Jizhou Town is a village.
Even Jizhou Town is not within the jurisdiction of Jizhou, but belongs to Yongping Prefecture.
The final Ji Town is not a place name, but a defense zone.
The metaphor is the difference between Nanjing City and Nanjing Military Region.
The entire Ji Town, including Jizhou, Zunhua, Qianxi County where Jizhou Town is located, and even the entire Yongping Prefecture. Of course, it also includes Great Wall passes such as Xifengkou, Da'ankou and Hongshankou.
As for the known governor of Jiliao, his jurisdiction covers Jizhou and Yongping Prefecture, but does not include Shanhaiguan.
It is worth noting that later generations have always criticized Yuan Chonghuan for fearing the enemy and avoiding war because he did not go through Zunhua and Jizhou, but through Yongping, Fengrun, and Yutian when returning aid.
In fact, most people are deceived by maps.
In fact, at that time, Yuan Chonghuan's route was the most direct and fastest from Shanhaiguan to Jizhou.
Some people may be confused.
Didn't you say that Jizhou is to the east of the capital? Then Yuan Chonghuan also came back from Shanhaiguan in the east, shouldn't he go to Zunhua and Jizhou?
The real situation is that Zunhua and Jizhou are the only way from Xifengkou to the capital, but they are not the only way from Shanhaiguan to the capital.
In terms of real geography, the capital and Shanhaiguan are the same, with the same dimensions of 39.9 North latitude.
do you understand?
This means that when we usually look at the map, Shanhaiguan is located in the northeast of the capital, which is actually wrong.
The real Shanhaiguan is actually due east of the capital.
This is why maps remain important secrets even hundreds of years later.
Especially military maps are not comparable to ordinary maps.
This is how Mao Yuanyi felt at this time.
The march route of the rear camp puzzled him.
The directions of many places were obviously very different from what he knew, but as he walked, the army magically went around them.
And he couldn't understand the map used by the rear camp at all at first. Later, Zuo Mengeng taught him a little bit, and he finally gained some knowledge.
Whether an army is powerful or not often does not depend on battlefield performance.
As soon as such a map was taken out, Mao Yuanyi naturally compared it.
He had also served in many Ming armies, and had even seen the battle maps of the Ministry of War. But there is absolutely no map of any army that is so precise and accurate.
In addition to the map, he was also shocked by the performance of the officers in the rear camp.
The officers here don't look like officers at all, and they don't seem to understand what it means to be arrogant.
When crossing the mountains, everyone, including Zuo Mengeng, had to personally help push the artillery and resist the ammunition.
After getting to know the thin director of the Military Affairs Department, he found out that he was actually Huang Zunsu's son.
Seeing thousands of officers and soldiers working together to help each other, Mao Yuanyi knew that the combat effectiveness of this army should not be underestimated.
On December 1, the troops arrived near Baishan. Going down from the mountain is the official road connecting Santun Camp and Zunhua, and it is also where the rear camp launches its attack.
Zuo Mengeng was about to convene the officers for a briefing meeting when the scouts rushed back.
"Report, we found a strange person in the broken brick kiln ten miles away."
While he was talking, a dirty big man was turned in front of him by the scouts.
The reason why it is strange is that this man is disheveled, dirty and looks like a beggar. But the clothes he wore were the military uniforms of the Ming army. Even mountain armor, only high-ranking generals are qualified to wear it.
The man was escorted all the way to the front, looking extremely nervous, even though he wanted to struggle hard and had considerable strength. But with the professional tactics of the scouts, it was impossible to break free.
"Who are you?"
Zuo Mengeng asked carefully, but didn't take it seriously.
When the Hou Jin invaded, many Ming troops were defeated, and deserters were everywhere. I don’t know how much is hidden in these mountains and plains.
The only thing worth exploring is whether this man's high-grade armor is his own or whether he picked it up casually.
The man just kept his head down and didn't speak. His eyes were chattering, as if he was hiding some secret.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zuo Mengeng didn't bother to pay attention, and directly ordered: "Take him away and kill him."
The war was coming, and he had a lot to do, and he didn't want to waste time on a deserter. A soldier who flees from the enemy will not be unjustly executed.
As soon as he heard that he was going to kill himself, the man finally became anxious.
"How dare you? Bastard, you are just a little boss, do you want to do the following?"
Zuo Mengeng looked back at him and asked again: "Who are you?"
Anyway, he had already spoken, and the man had an unruly look on his face. He stood up straight with a cold snort, as if he didn't take Zuo Mengeng seriously.
"Listen carefully. Zhu Lai, the deputy general of Santun Camp, how dare you, a little Qian, dare to neglect you? When I return, I will punish you according to military law."
Zuo Mengeng's eyes narrowed instantly.
"Who do you think you are?"
Before the man could speak again, another scout rushed over.
"Qianza, below... below... you go and take a look."
Scouts are lone warriors who will not waver in the face of any environment. However, at this time, they seemed to have seen something extraordinary.
Zuo Mengeng didn't dare to neglect, so he walked away and asked the soldiers to escort the guy who claimed to be the deputy general of Santun Camp Zhu Lai to follow him.
All the way down the mountain, just as we reached the official road, everyone was shocked.
I saw dead bodies everywhere on both sides of the official road that stretched for several miles. None of the human corpses or horse corpses were intact, and there was no telling how many there were.
Nothing could be seen from the horse's corpse, but the dark blue military uniforms on the human corpse were obviously telling everyone that these tragic victims were all Ming soldiers.
The broken sword and gun are still in the hands, the arrows stuck in the soil are swaying in the wind, and the solidified blood flows on the earth chanting a tragic song, but the ruthless God is not even willing to fall for a snow to bury the dead. .
Obviously, a brutal battle broke out here, and a Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat here.
Fortunately, it was winter at this time. Although I don’t know how long it had passed, the body had not decomposed yet.
But because of the chaos in this area, no one came to restrain these soldiers who died in battle.
Zuo Mengeng and others walked quietly among them, looking at the faces of the deceased who were still unwilling to give up, unable to say a single word.
"what is that?"
Zuo Yong pointed forward, and the shouts attracted everyone.
Everyone looked around and found an iron gun stuck in the open space at the front.
And there was a head stuck on the head of the gun.
The phoenix-winged helmet worn showed that the deceased was a senior general.
He did not close his eyes until his death, and kept staring at the east, as if there was something that puzzled him.
"It's Mr. Zhao!"
Mao Yuanyi suddenly screamed, staggered over and ran to the head, trying to take it off, but in the end she burst into tears.
"Zhao Xilong, why is this happening!!!"
A torrent surged through his body, and Zuo Mengeng realized that this was actually the place where Zhao led his troops to be annihilated.
On October 29, Zhao Zhijiao heard the alarm at Shanhaiguan and immediately led four thousand elites to set off. They arrived at Santun camp on the first day of November, but Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief, did not allow the Zhao troops to enter the city to rest.
Helpless, Zhao Lijiao could only continue to lead his troops to Zunhua.
On the fourth day of November, Zhao led the army to encounter the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty. The entire army, trapped and depleted of horses and men, fought desperately and was eventually wiped out.
Historical data flashed through his mind, and Zuo Mengeng's angry blood rushed to the sky.
When he turned around and saw Zhu Lai being controlled by soldiers, he finally lost his mind.
He rushed over and grabbed Zhu Lai's hair, dragging him like a dead dog to the remains of Zhao Shujiao.
"Why don't you open the door? Why don't you open the door?"
While yelling and scolding, the whip hit Zhu Lai like raindrops.
Zhu Lai was beaten until his skin and flesh were torn, and he screamed repeatedly.
"It's not our fault, it's Liu Ce's order. How do we know the purpose of Zhao Shujiao? What if he surrenders to the enemy?"
Zuo Mengeng grabbed his head and asked him to look at Zhao Shujiao's unwilling expression.
"Look, take a good look, are you surrendering to the enemy? Look, how many good men died here just because you didn't open the door or support. Even raising a few pigs is better than useless snacks like you." .”
Zhu Lai stared blankly at the miserable battlefield, he was so frightened that he could not speak. Suddenly, my crotch felt so hot that I became incontinent.
Zuo Mengeng slowly drew out the knife, his tone as deep as the abyss.
"After you go down, confess to General Zhao!"
Seeing that Zuo Mengeng wanted to kill him, Zhu Lai howled like a pig or dog.
"You can't kill me... you can't kill me... I am the deputy general, and if you kill me, you are the following criminal. You can't kill me. Only the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment can interrogate me. You... you... you must despise the king's law... …ah……"
Zuo Mengeng's sword had never struck down so hard. Zhu Lai's head flew up, and he got the punishment he deserved.
On the seventh day of November, Santun camp fell.
The commander-in-chief Zhu Guoyan was defeated and committed suicide, so he escaped the blame.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhu disappeared before arriving and fled.
The reincarnation of heaven unexpectedly fell into the hands of Zuo Mengeng.
Now, Zuo Mengeng beheaded him in front of Zhao Lijiao's corpse, which could be regarded as comforting the spirits of the heroes in heaven.
"All of them are here to clean up the battlefield and gather the remains of heroes and martyrs."
