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Chapter 65 246 Lu Xiangsheng killed the giant deer in battle

When Li Zicheng and other eighteen people were resting in the Shangluo Mountains, the situation on the northeast border of the Ming Dynasty became more and more tense.Since Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Chonghuan were unjustly killed, the Ming Dynasty had no capable generals in the Northeast.The Hou Jin army sent troops into the customs again and again, plundering people and livestock.In 1638 AD, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty sent Prince Dorgon (sound gun) and others to lead the army for the fourth expedition.The Qing army went straight to the outskirts of Beijing, and the situation in the capital was critical.There were differences of opinion within the Ming Dynasty, some advocated resistance, while others advocated peace.Emperor Chongzhen also could not make up his mind, and on the one hand he called on soldiers and horses from all over the country to rescue the capital; on the other hand, he asked the Minister of War Yang Sichang and the eunuch Gao Qiqian to secretly send people to the northeast to find the Qing Dynasty to seek peace.He heard that Lu Xiangsheng, who was in the military in the Datong area of ​​Xuanfu, the governor, was a general, so he summoned Lu Xiangsheng to the capital and ordered him to be the governor of the whole country for reinforcements.

When Lu Xiang was promoted to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen immediately summoned him and asked him how to deal with the Qing army's attack.Lu Xiangsheng had long heard that the court was secretly negotiating peace. He said bluntly to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty wants ministers to supervise teachers. Ministers only know how to fight and don't know anything else." Emperor Chongzhen heard the thorns in his words, and said very unhappy: "The negotiation of peace is the discussion of some ministers. The court has never talked about peace." He asked Lu Xiangsheng to discuss with Yang Sichang how to deal with the Qing army.

Yang Sichang was annoyed at Lu Xiangsheng's obstruction of his peace talks, so he asked Gao Qiqian to be the director, and divided the 40,000 reinforcements from all walks of life into two halves, with Gao Qiqian commanding the other half. In this way, Lu Xiangsheng was the commander-in-chief in name, but in fact he was only in charge of 20,000 soldiers and horses. The Qing army marched in eight routes and drove straight in.Fighting all the way to Gaoyang, Sun Chengzong, the Minister of the Ministry of War who originally supported Yuan Chonghuan, had already retired at home. When he heard the Qing army coming, he led a dozen of his family to the city to resist.Gaoyang City was captured by the Qing soldiers, and Sun Chengzong's family died heroically.

Lu Xiangsheng led troops to Baoding and was resisting the Qing soldiers, but Emperor Chongzhen believed Yang Sichang's false accusation, accused Lu Xiangsheng of improper command, dismissed him from his post, and asked him to take the blame and make meritorious service.Yang Sichang also allocated half of Lu Xiangsheng's only 20,000 horses to other generals.Lu Xiang was promoted to Julu, leaving only five thousand troops.At that time, the troops led by Gao Qiqian were stationed only fifty miles away from Julu. Lu Xiangsheng sent someone to ask Gao Qiqian for help, but Gao Qiqian refused.

It was very difficult for Lu Xiangsheng to fight alone. Due to Yang Sichang's destruction, the food and pay could not be met, and the soldiers were famished with hunger. One morning, Lu Xiangsheng walked out of the gate of the camp, bowed to the soldiers around him and said: "We are favored by the country. I am afraid that we will not be able to sacrifice for the country. Don't be afraid that we will not survive." The soldiers were moved to tears when they heard this. Lu Xiangsheng divided the 5,000 remnants into three groups, and ordered generals Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu to lead the left and right armies respectively. He himself led the central army, fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers for a while, and killed a group of Qing soldiers.

In the middle of the night that day, the sound of 觱篥 (sound bili, an ancient wind instrument) sounded around the Ming camp, and tens of thousands of Qing cavalry surrounded the Ming army tightly.Hu Dawei led his troops to break through, but was pushed back by the Qing soldiers.Lu Xiangsheng shouted: "General Tiger, the time has come for us to be loyal to our country!" The soldiers responded in unison, and the shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth. The battle lasted from morning to night. Lu Xiangsheng was shot four times by arrows and wounded three times by knives, killing like a bloody man.He also fought desperately, killed more than a dozen Qing soldiers, and finally fell down.

Gao Qiqian broke out of the camp and fled before Lu Xiangsheng's battle was over.Dorgon led the Qing army all the way to Jinan, Shandong, and brought a large number of spoils before withdrawing outside the pass. Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty defeated the Ming several times and won every day, but he did not gain a foothold in the Central Plains. The main reason was that Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other important towns outside the pass were still in the hands of the Ming army.After the fourth retreat, Qing Taizong decided to attack Jinzhou first. In 1641 AD, when the Qing army besieged Jinzhou, Emperor Chongzhen sent Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, to rescue Jinzhou with 130,000 troops.The Ming army had just arrived at Songshan, and Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty personally led an army to surround Songshan and cut off the Ming army's food road.In the second year, Songshan City was breached, Hong Chengchou was captured, and the guard of Jinzhou also surrendered when he heard that Songshan had fallen.

Hong Chengchou was escorted to Shengjing, and Qing Taizong sent people to persuade him to surrender.At the beginning, Hong Chengchou was very resolute, no matter how much he persuaded him, he refused to answer.A few days later, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty went to visit him in person, and asked Hong Chengchou how he was and how warm he was. He took off his ermine cloak and put it on him.Hong Chengchou kneeled down and surrendered. Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty was very happy to subdue Hong Chengchou. He rewarded gold, silver and treasures, but he also performed operas and played music to express his congratulations.The generals of the Qing army couldn't figure out how much they valued Hong Chengchou. Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty said to the generals: "Everyone comes and goes in the wind and rain, and fights every day. What is it for?"

The generals said: "Isn't it because you want to seize the Central Plains?" Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty said with a smile: "We are going to enter the Central Plains, like a blind man walking. Now I have found a guide. Why am I not happy?" After the Songjin War, the north of Shanhaiguan was completely controlled by the Qing army.The Qing soldiers were going to enter the Central Plains, only the gates of Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan were left.Just when Qing Taizong was ambitious and wanted to attack Shanhaiguan, he suddenly fell ill and died.His son Fulin, who was only six years old, came to the throne. This is the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, also known as Emperor Shunzhi.Emperor Shunzhi was young and was assisted by his uncles, Prince Dorgon and Jierhalang.Almost at the same time, the situation in the customs took a sharp turn for the worse.

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