Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Tongguan is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, on the mountainside in the south, the key points of Qin, Jin and Henan provinces, Qinling Mountains in the south, Huayue Mountain in the west, surrounded by mountains, peaks and peaks, deep valleys and cliffs, high mountains and narrow roads, and a sheep intestine trail in the middle. Only one car and one horse can pass. ???≠ The locals use the phrases "small road danger and ape and monkey fight" and "human road stop at Tongguan" to describe the danger here.

When Sun Chuanting was stationed at Tongguan, he built the Twelve-Linked City and rebuilt the Forbidden Ditch. Nai Tong can't be closed. Sun Chuanting once said to the left and right, those who guard the gates but not the forbidden ditch are still not guarding; those who guard the forbidden ditch but do not build twelve consecutive cities are not good at guarding.

During the Chongzhen years, Zhang Fengxiang, the servant of the Ministry of War, once made a statement to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that Sun Chuanting's troops were all elite soldiers and generals in the world, and they were the last possessions of the Ming Dynasty and should not be taken lightly. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not accept Zhang Fengxiang's opinion and forced Sun Chuanting to fight against Li Zicheng. Sun Chuanting had to personally lead 100,000 people from Bai Guangen, Gao Jie and other troops to Tongguan. At the same time, he ordered Zuo Liangyu to go west. The chief soldiers Chen Yongfu and Qin Yiming made Henan and Sichuan horns respectively. The final result was that Sun Chuanting was defeated in Ruzhou, Li Zicheng chased and killed 400 li in one day, and drove Mengjin directly. More than 40,000 Ming troops were killed in battle, and a large amount of weapons were lost. Li Zicheng easily conquered Tongguan, where no elites were stationed.

However, Li Zicheng, who won the battle of Tongguan, never thought that two years later, he would be defeated by the Qing army in the same place.

Before entering the customs, the Qing army had entered the customs four times, and sent a large number of meticulous works to the customs. The danger of Tongguan should be in the hands of the Qing army. The Qing court attached great importance to the capture of Tongguan. Dorgon sent his younger brother, Duoduo, to lead the army to attack Tongguan. He also sent Gushan Ezhen Ashan, Malashi and other troops to cross the river in Puzhou, Shanxi, and urgently adjusted the red clothes. Cannons are used for tackling key problems.

On December 29, the first year of Shunzhi, the Battle of Tongguan began. Liu Zongmin, the commander of the Dashun Army, fought first and lost. On the 4th day of the first lunar month of the following year, Liu Fangliang led his troops into battle and was defeated by the Qing army; Li Zicheng personally led the horses and infantry to fight, and Duoduo ordered the Eight Banners to fight back with all his strength. The Dashun Army lost again, and the infantry suffered a lot. On the fifth and sixth days of the first lunar month, the Dashun Army used the night to attack the Qing army camps in succession, but to no avail. On the ninth day of the first day, the Qing army in red shirts arrived; on the eleventh day, the Qing army advanced to Tong Pass, and the Dashun army "ditched heavy trenches and erected strong walls" to strengthen the defense.

The Qing army first bombarded with red-clothed cannons, and then launched a massive attack. Under unfavorable circumstances, the Dashun Army still fought tenaciously and tried to turn the tide of the battle. They first sent cavalry to counterattack, and then dispatched some troops and horses to make a roundabout way to the Qing army to attack, but they were all defeated by the Qing army. At this critical moment, a large number of troops from the Qingying Prince Azige's army have entered northern Shaanxi. Although Li Guo and Gao Yigong fought heroically in Yan'an and Yulin, Azige left only the Datong general Jiang Cheng to lead a team in order to capture Xi'an. It was criticized that the surrender of the Ming Dynasty would continue to attack the city and contain the Dashun army in northern Shaanxi, but he himself led the army south and advanced to Xi'an.

Li Zicheng knew very well that the main force originally stationed in Xi'an had been transferred to Tongguan. If he continued to fight recklessly with the Duoduo clan in Tongguan, Xi'an would surely be captured by the Azige clan. Under the combined attack of two Qing troops, Li Zicheng was forced to decide to give up Shaanxi and find another way out.

After Li Zicheng withdrew, Wushan Bo Ma Shiyao who stayed behind Tongguan surrendered to the Qing army, and Tongguan fell. On the night of the fall of the Qing army, Ma Shiyao sent a secret letter to Li Zicheng, asking him to return to Tongguan. Unexpectedly, the secret emissary was intercepted by the Qing army. The next day, Duoduo set up an ambush at Jinpenkou, ten miles southwest of Tongguan, in the name of hunting. The Qing army suddenly rushed out and slaughtered Ma Shiyao and more than 7,000 Dashun soldiers under his command.

Jinpenkou, where Ma Shiyao’s men were killed, is the only place to go from Xi’an to Tongguan. When Fang Xianting passed by this place, he specially asked the driver to stop and took his entourage to the heights of Jinpenkou to overlook it from above. Sixteen years later, the skeletons of the seven thousand Shunjun soldiers who were killed in Jinpenkou have not yet been buried.

Fang Xianting sighed and walked down silently from the height, not saying a word along the way. The entourage left and right met, but no one made a sound.

After the Qing army retreated to Tongguan, in order to guard the key point of the three provinces, the interrogation of people who came and went was extremely strict. In order not to reveal his identity, Fang Xianting used a pseudonym, and his identity was also a businessman. To this end, he deliberately selected a few soldiers from Shanxi from the army, in order to convince the Qing army that they were Shanxi merchants.

Although the Qing court sent an inner minister, Ebilong, to kill the eight imperial merchants on the charge of treason, the Shanxi merchants were far more than the eight that were raided by the whole family. In fact, many businessmen in Shanxi were happy that the Qing court inspected the Eight Great Families, because the existence of these Eight Families made most of the Shanxi merchants unable to stand out. Business people naturally hope that the bigger their own industry is, the better, and they don’t want their business to be threatened by others and give others a piece of the pie. Therefore, except for a very few far-sighted Shanxi merchants, the Qing court is killing a donkey. Unload the mill and kill Shanxi merchants as fat pigs, and you must never trust them again. But the vast majority of Shanxi merchants did not have this awareness, and instead had a closer relationship with the Qing court. Because they think they are honest businessmen, as long as they don't rebel against the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will not embarrass them. After resolving the eight imperial merchants~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In order to appease the hearts of the rest of Shanxi merchants, Ebilong also took some measures. After various measures, the eight imperial merchants were copied to the Qing court. It's a lot lighter.

With the identity of a Shanxi merchant and the management along the way, Fang Xianting entered Tongguan without any risk. Although Tongguan is an important military town, after thousands of years, it has also become an important transportation area, and there are towns in Guanzhong. It was almost evening, Fang Xianting wanted to find an inn facing the street and stayed in. Because of the large number of Manchu and Mongolian soldiers stationed in Guanzhong, most of the original people in Guanzhong fled, and the rest were mostly businessmen. Wealth and wealth are in danger. Although the soldiers of Man and Mongolia are very scary, they are always people. People have to eat and drink, and they have to play with women. Therefore, the business of hotels and brothels in Guanzhong is very prosperous.

Wu Jun's meticulous work has already found out where Li Guoying's residence is. Fang Xianting led people around Li Guoying's residence. There are many Qing soldiers patrolling, and the troops and horses in Guanzhong are also well-organized. I can't help but secretly praise Li Guoying's good governance. But at the same time, there were also some worries.

Fang Xianting did not understand why the prince had to turn against Li Guoying. This man was born in the Han army and was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. If he wanted to surrender, he would have surrendered with Subai as early as in Xi'an. Why did he follow Luo Keduo to Tongguan? . Besides, even if Li Guoying can be turned against, it will not help the Wu army to seize Tongguan, because Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, is not true to his name, and he cannot mobilize the Manchu and Mongolian troops in Tongguan. The Manchu and Mongolian troops in Guanzhong were not influenced by Li Guoying, so how could they expect him to surrender? 8