Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

In the eyes of Manchurian officers, it was too common for Gang Atai to report his merits in advance.

"I am the Holy Qing." The court only sees how many good things you have handed over, and as for showing merit...

It's just flattery!

……

At noon, Gang Atai left Miyun City with reinforcements.

The army set up a pontoon bridge and prepared to cross the fork of the Baihe River.

Unexpectedly, just after crossing the halfway point, they received news that the Qing army from the direction of Huairou, led by the general Qu Chongyao, suddenly abandoned the city and headed straight for Miyun.

Gang Atai was furious.

He asked General Luo Yingtai to take charge of the army and arrange the crossing of the river.

He immediately left the army, crossed the pontoon bridge, and went to the Po Zhongyao camp to reprimand him.

Unexpectedly, he got the news of the Ming army's attack before he met Huairou's guard general Po Chongyao.

"what?"

Gangate's eyes widened.

He grabbed the arm of the messenger and said in disbelief:

"Where did Mingjun come from?"

"General, the Ming army sprang out from between Zhenlu Camp and Shuigu Mountain.

That's our rear area!

Our spies are all stationed west of Baihe..."

The messenger looked panicked.

The general who led the Ming army was so cunning!

Millet Valley Mountain is to the east of Baihe River, behind Miyun!

Who could have imagined that the Ming army would actually emerge from their fortress group...

The messenger looked sad, his voice trembled, and he was extremely panicked.

He trembled his lips:

"General, the Ming army's firearms are so powerful. Before they even got close to our defense line, a hail of bullets hit us.

That's hundreds of steps away!

Who would have thought that the Ming army would actually fire from such a long distance!

The key is to hit quickly and accurately...

Our officers and men were instantly stunned.

The soldiers were panicked and fired one after another.

However, they haven’t come within eighty steps of us yet!

We fought until the smoke was so thick that we couldn't see anyone clearly. When the wind blew away the smoke, we looked up and saw that the house was intact!

General, the distance is too far!

Our muskets can't hit that far...

Just when the soldiers reacted and hurriedly reloaded, the Ming army had already launched a charge.

Before we could load the bullets, the archers had just fired three rounds, and they were already approaching us thirty steps away.

Our heavy armored soldiers are about to go up and fight...

The thunderbolt in the hands of the Ming army flew over.

Then, there was an overwhelming explosion!

General!

The Ming army has sorcery!

That thunder is much more powerful than ours.

There was an overwhelming explosion, and before anyone could rush in front of us, the soldiers collapsed.

The general who led the Ming army rushed in and engaged in hand-to-hand combat...

When I came, we could barely hold the battle line...

The key is that the Ming army got artillery from who knows where, and actually set it up at the foot of the mountain and fired at Miyun.

There are also cavalry holding down the formation, waiting for our men and horses left behind in Miyun to come out of the city to rescue us!

General! People in the city don’t even dare to leave the city!

General, please think of a way!

General Luo can't stand it any longer! "

"Damn it, Po Zhongyao!"

Gang Atai cursed angrily.

However, he believed that he was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but he could not withstand the division and collapse of the imperial court.

In order to prevent these losers from repeating the old story of being powerful in the Ming court, the Qing Dynasty has always used water-based methods for subordinate generals.

For example, Gang Atai was a hardcore old traitor, and the whole family was the first to surrender.

However, Li Yongfang comes from a family of warlords in Liaodong.

In order to prevent these generals from Liaodong from uniting to become powerful again, Dorgon naturally wanted to mix things up.

When Dorgon arranged the defense line, he placed Dou Zhongyao, who was born in a military household in Xuanfu, in the middle of the third line of defense.

In this way, Po Chongyao had Gang Atai's supervision and did not dare to betray the Qing Dynasty.

And Gang Atai would not become a serious concern of the Qing Dynasty because of his high position and power.

Differentiation and disintegration were the consistent policy of the Qing court.

For example, Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui's attack on Nanming was coordinated by Hong Chengchou, with Wu Sangui in the middle, Kong Youde next to him, and Manchu clan Zhuo Butai and Duni below...

With so many entanglements, there is naturally no chance of becoming a big player.

Gang Atai naturally knows this.

However, the master must be wise and wise, and must be absolutely correct.

Gang Atai knew that it was a very important abandoned city, leaving the center line wide open, so the Ming army could bypass the third line of defense without anyone noticing...

Everything is quite Chongyao's fault.

However, he cannot punish...

The premise of Qingzhong Yao's abandonment of the city is that Gang Atai only has the right to coordinate and have no control over Huairou.

In other words - Gang Atai and Po Chongyao, no one dares to really believe the other!

This is the reason why Po Zhongyao abandoned Huairou and the whole army went to Miyun to escape.

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Artai was so angry!

Po Zhongyao wanted to protect himself, but the result was that he was ambushed...

"Que Chongyao, I'm going to kill you!"

Gang Atai jumped to his feet angrily and cursed.

However, the soldier's words brought him back to reality:

"General, go back quickly. If we lose our troops, not only will Miyun be unable to be saved!

I'm afraid that Po Chongyao will return to Huairou immediately and close the city gate tightly to prevent us from entering! "

Sure enough, before the soldiers could finish their words, a scout came to report that Po Zhongyao's army, which was only two or three miles away from them, had turned around and headed south.

Just now Artai's angry eyes were about to burst out with fire, the veins on his neck were exposed, and he roared repeatedly:

"Que Chongyao, I will kill you!

I will kill you! "

Who wouldn't know how to speak harshly?

Po Zhongyao learned that the Ming army bypassed the defense line he had left and attacked Gang Atai's army.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he quickly went straight to Huairou.

Po Zhongyao ran away...

……

Zhang Luofu stood on horseback in Hecao Village.

Not far to the east is the intersection of Baihe River and Chaohe River.

Therefore, this water system is also called Chaobai River.

Baihe River is not wide. In Miyun territory, the narrowest point is only about ten meters. It is one of the five major river systems of Haihe River.

However, because the Baihe River system originates from the mountains in northern Hebei and is close to the Bohai Bay, there is abundant rainfall every summer, causing flash floods to increase significantly.

The influx of large amounts of rain has made the Baihe River fierce, and even changed its course frequently.

Therefore, Baihe has the nickname "Zizaihe".

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, many efforts were made to dredge the Baihe River.

The developed shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty made it possible to transport grain via the Chaohe River to supply the Xuanfu front line, which became the imperial government's national policy to solve the problem of excessive freight costs.

During the Jiajing period, the northern section of the Chaohe River was prone to seasonal influences and was not navigable in autumn and winter.

Therefore, artificial river channels were dug to lead the Baihe River into the Chaohe River.

And this meeting point is not far east of Hecao Village.