Cui Youfu turned out to be the capital secretary of the Ming Dynasty. He had a small official position and was a minor figure.
But it was such a little person who dealt a serious blow to Dashun when he rebelled.
It was not until August 25th that the Shun army captured Yongning Prefecture and quelled the rebellion.
However, the arrangements that had been carefully prepared to deal with the Qing army were all in vain.
Under the turbulent situation, even Ox Venus has a pessimistic mood. From this we can see to what extent the turmoil within Dashun has reached.
"Brother, His Majesty has sent another edict. He hopes that we can go north to Yulin and help Li Guo deal with the Qing army."
Jiang Chaoyun found Liang Yue, worried.
Liang Yue looked at the clear water of the Yellow River, his eyes wandering.
"Tell me, should we go?"
Jiang Chaoyun understood what he was thinking.
"Instead of saying whether we should go, let's think about it carefully, can we defeat the Qing army?"
Hearing his question, Liang Yue closed his eyes in pain.
He didn't need to answer.
Just because everyone knows the answer.
Even if the Liang army went north, they would join forces with Li Guo. Even if Liang Yue and Li Guo could work together and not guard each other, they would still not be opponents of the Qing army.
The main reason is that Liang Jun's firearms have been almost exhausted.
After repeated battles with Zhang Xianzhong, there were only fifteen artillery pieces that could still be used and less than a hundred artillery shells.
Originally, Liang Yue thought that the cannonball was just a big iron ball, and he could just let the blacksmith make it.
But after work actually started, he suddenly discovered that that was not the case at all.
The cannonballs fired by the blacksmiths are extremely heavy. With the same amount of medicine, the range of the artillery shell was reduced by more than half.
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The most terrible thing is that the cannonballs produced by these blacksmiths are not round enough.
After being inserted into the gun barrel, if it is too big, it will jam easily, and if it is too small, energy leakage will be serious.
Without enough artillery, how can we fight against the Qing army?
Not to mention that Li Zicheng's troops were always on guard against him as if they were on guard against thieves.
Under such circumstances, the two companies cannot work together, let alone have any hope of winning.
Zhao Silie thought a little more.
"If we don't go to war, if His Majesty is defeated, can we hold our current territory?"
Everyone felt even heavier.
Everyone knows that once the Qing army defeats Dashun, they will never sit back and watch the Liang army stand aside.
"Let me think about it again."
Liang Yue, who had always been decisive, could not make up his mind at this time.
However, the Qing army's progress was very rapid, leaving him little time to think.
Jiang Quan's betrayal opened the door to Shanxi and gave the Qing army the opportunity to advance straight in.
After Jiang Yu, the fallen general Tang Tong also showed his fangs.
While retreating with Dashun, Tang Tong saw that Dashun was gone, so he launched a sudden attack, catching Li Guo off guard, and then pulled his army to the Baode area, and immediately petitioned the Qing court to surrender.
The actions of Jiang Yu and Tang Tong made it easy for the Manchus to occupy northern Shanxi.
On September 13, Ye Chen led the Qing army to attack Taiyuan.
With the help of the red cannon, Taiyuan's city wall was quickly blown down.
The Qing army invaded, and the Shun army could not resist it, so they had to abandon the city and retreat. As a result, they encountered another ambush by the Qing army outside the city and suffered heavy losses.
Chen Yongfu and Li Ruoxing fled halfway and surrendered to the Qing army.
Jiedushi Han Wenquan died in battle, and Taiyuan fell into the hands of the Qing Dynasty.
In the war in southern Shanxi, the Qing army also made very smooth progress.
When Meng Qiaofang attacked, Liu Zhong did not dare to resist and abandoned the city and fled.
Later, I heard that the Qing army had left Changzhi, and Liu Zhong came back to seize the city.
The local landowners and gentry tried their best to defend, leaving Liu Zhong with a bloody head. When the Qing army from Taiyuan came to support, Liu Zhong had no choice but to retreat.
At this point, most of Shanxi fell into the hands of the Manchus.
The front line of the Qing army has approached Tongguan.
In order to block the Qing army's offensive, the Shun army mobilized its forces and launched a counterattack in the Huaiqing area of Henan.
Huaiqing is a very important place. It connects the Taihang Mountains and controls the Yellow River, which is the main link between the north and the south.
If the Shun Army gains a foothold here, the entire Qing army in Shanxi will have no way to continue advancing westward and must be prepared to be cut off by the Shun Army at any time.
The Manchus also understood this.
Admiral Jin Yuhe led his troops to block the attack, but was defeated and killed in Baixiang Town.
The Shun army's offensive was like a tide, approaching Qinyang, the capital of Huaiqing.
Zu Kefa, the commander-in-chief of Wei Hui who was nearby, rushed into Qinyang to organize defense and at the same time alerted the Qing court.
Following Dorgon's order, Duduo changed his marching route. First rescue Huaiqing, then attack Tongguan, and attack Xi'an with Azige.
The Battle of Huaiqing was a counterattack launched by Dashun in order to save the defeat in the process of retreat.
Unfortunately, this counterattack came to an end and ended hastily.
When they heard that Duduo was leading the army, the Shun army was afraid and retreated without a fight.
Duduo was unreasonable and pursued the enemy and captured Shaanzhou.
Seven days later, Duoduo soldiers came to Tongguan City and began to take a look at Shaanxi.
At this time, Li Zicheng and others once again made the mistake of focusing on one thing at the expense of the other.
Their eyes were completely attracted by the war in northern Shaanxi.
After learning that Liang Yue was holding back his troops, Li Zicheng began to dispatch troops and generals to northern Shaanxi.
Because that is his hometown, the simple rural plot makes him very dedicated to defending his hometown.
Even Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin led their troops northward, but when they reached Luochuan County, they received a military emergency and learned that Duduo was approaching Tongguan.
Li Zicheng stayed in Luochuan County for ten days. He was obviously at a loss and did not know how to deal with the Qing army's two-pronged attack.
"At present, the overall strength of the Qing army is distributed as follows: there are about 80,000 people in Azige's headquarters in northern Shaanxi, about 70,000 people in Duduo in Tongguan, more than 31,000 troops in the defense of the capital, and more than 31,000 troops in Cangzhou area. There are about more than 13,000 people, and the local garrison strength in Henan and Shanxi is about 20,000. According to our plan, once launched, the Qing army will be top-heavy and will be unable to respond."
In the General Staff Headquarters, Liu Yiyuan was talking freely and was in a very happy mood.
Because the Qing army was acting according to the empire's expectations.
This situation of toying with the enemy at the mercy of applause is what every military general likes most.
"When Dashun and Manqing decide the winner, that's when we take action."
The situation became increasingly clear, and Zuo Mengeng finally gave conclusive instructions.
Everyone in the National Defense Forces was in high spirits and gearing up, waiting for that day to come.
"Report, emergency military situation in North Korea!"
Liang Fa rushed in like a whirlwind, completely losing his usual calmness. Just by looking at his shocked and panicked expression, everyone knew something big had happened.
When handing the report to Zuo Mengeng, Liang Fa gave an oral report.
"Five days ago, the king of North Korea took advantage of the opportunity of the court meeting to suddenly close the palace gates and then went on a killing spree. Most of the North Korean civil and military officials, starting from Kim Sang-hyun and Shen Jiyuan, were killed. Then the palace guards carried out a general purge in Hanyang. , except for the Xiaobei faction, there are not many left. Shen Daoxun, Li Chong and others fled into our military camp and begged the empire to make the decision."
