Hong Chengchou, whose courtesy name is Yanyan and whose pseudonym is Hengjiu, was from Yingdu, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian.

In the second year of Chongzhen (1629), the peasant army king Zuogao, and Miao Mei led his troops to attack Hancheng. Yang He, the governor of Shaanxi, had no general. In desperation, he ordered Hong Chengchou, who was still involved in politics at the time, to lead his troops to fight. Hong Chengchou killed 300 enemy soldiers and lifted the siege of Hancheng, and immediately became famous.

In the following years, Hong Chengchou suffered several defeats in the northwest area and became more and more famous.

In December of the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), Emperor Sizong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian, removed Chen Qiyu, who failed to encircle and suppress, and Hong Chengchou was still the governor of the three borders of Shaanxi, but he was appointed as the Prince Taibao, the Minister of War, and the military affairs of five provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and Sichuan, becoming the main military commander of the Ming court to suppress the peasant uprising. When he mobilized the official army to Shaanxi and reorganized the siege, there were more than 200,000 peasant troops gathered in Shaanxi, among which the powerful king Gao Yingxiang and his subordinate Li Zicheng were the strongest.

Hong Chengchou cleverly used his troops to defeat Gao Yingxiang and others, and ordered Cao Bianjiao Tongguan to set up an ambush to attack. Li Zicheng was defeated, and only 18 cavalry left to enter the Shangluo Mountains in southern Shaanxi, and the peasant uprising fell into a low tide.

This person beat Li Zicheng and really tried to kill Li Zicheng. If he was allowed to continue in the northwest, at most two years, Li Zicheng would be completely destroyed.

However, at this juncture, in September of the 11th year of Chongzhen (1638), the Qing army marched southward and the capital was in martial law. The Ming Dynasty, who was attacked on both sides, had to transfer the commander Hong Chengchou from the Western Front and lead his army into the guard with Sun Chuanting.

In the early 12th year of Chongzhen (1639), Hong Chengchou was transferred to the Governor of Ji Liao, and led Shaanxi troops to the east. He joined forces with Shanhaiguan Make and Ningyuan Wu Sangui. Jinzhou had three cities, Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan, which were connected to each other.

In the winter of the 13th year of Chongzhen (1640), the Qing army attacked Jinzhou and Ningyuan. Hong Chengchou sent troops to help. Under his command, Yang Guozhu, General Xuanfu, General Datong, Wang Pu, General Miyun, Tang Tong, General Jizhou, Bai Guangen, General Yutian, Cao Bianjiao, General Shanhaiguan, Ma Ke, General Qiantun Guard, Wang Tingchen, General Ningyuan, General Wu Sangui, and other so-called eight generals, led 130,000 elite troops and 40,000 horses to help and stationed in Songshan.

That is the current time point.

Hong Chengchou himself is actually very nervous.

From 1629 to 1640, he has been on the battlefield for eleven years and is considered a veteran.

But until the eleventh year of Chongzhen, he had been in the northwest area for the past nine years to deal with the peasant army. Now he had completely figured out the tactics of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and it was easy to deal with them. But two years ago, he was transferred to the border and had real contact with the Qing Dynasty. He realized that the combat effectiveness of the Qing army was far above the military strength of Li Zicheng and others.

The army of Li Zicheng and others can only be regarded as thieves, that is, there are some elite troops in the old camp. When fighting, the refugees who were brought in from the front are often easily dealt with.

The Qing army was truly ferocious cavalry. These cavalry were good at shooting archery on horseback and were all real elite soldiers. And the most terrifying thing was that the morale of the Qing army was accumulated through countless victories. A strong army with a strong momentum became more and more difficult to defeat.

What's even more headache is that most Ming troops, because they often lose to the Qing army, are now dismayed when they encounter the Qing army before they fight.

This made Hong Chengchou's command more difficult.

This time, with 130,000 troops under his command, he went to help Zu Dashou in Jinzhou and confronted Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and Hong Chengchou was under even greater pressure.

Because he also understood that this was the last elite of the Ming Dynasty.

And the Qing Dynasty also raised all its elite forces.

It means that this is a battle between two countries and bet on the national destiny.

Hong Chengchou was also worried that if he lost, the Ming Dynasty would really lose, and his pressure would be too great.

Now, more than 200,000 people from both sides are concentrated in this area. Hong Chengchou faces Shatu every day, calculating how to fight, and how much hair is white.

So far, the 130,000 troops he led had several small victories against the Qing Dynasty's troops and horses. He won hundreds of heads. However, such small victories were not of much use in such large-scale battles. Next, where should the Qing army find a breakthrough point?

Hong Chengchou calculated, but in a short period of time, he did not calculate the breakthrough point.

At this moment, a deputy general ran over and said, "Sir, good things, great things."

"Why are you so happy?" Hong Chengchou was also excited. He sat here for a long time and had not received good news.

"A war report from Xuanfu just came, saying that Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, Jirgalang, led 10,000 troops to attack Xuanfu. We don't know what he wanted to do? But at this moment, news came again that it was said that the tens of thousands of troops brought by Jirgalang met a person and was defeated by this person." The deputy general said happily.

"Absurd!" Hong Chengchou sneered: "One person defeated tens of thousands of troops, and the words of such immortals and sorcerers also deceived the army. Whoever heard the news came directly and killed it."

"No, sir." The deputy general said: "This time the information was confirmed by Xuanfu, Jinyiwei, and the court. The news was not false. Jiergalang brought tens of thousands of troops to attack Qingshan Military Fort. As a result, He Xuan, the previous person who claimed to defeat the 300 Qing troops alone, leaned on the top of the city and shot the Qing generals, and even the lower-level Niu Luezhen, all the generals of the tens of thousands of Qing troops. Even Prince Zheng Jiergalang died under the arrow."

"There were many soldiers and horses in the Qing Dynasty, but none of them were in a military general, and they finally fled wildly."

"It's a bit reasonable to say this. I have heard of He Xuan, and it is said that this person has amazing force and is indeed possible to do this. The highest death toll in the Qing Dynasty for so many years was Jiala Ezhen, but now even Prince Zheng Jiergalang is dead. OK, okay, okay, okay." Hong Chengchou laughed: "Publicate this matter to ensure that our army's morale is greatly boosted."

"Yes, and Your Majesty has passed the order. Soon, He Xuan will send us to Songshan to provide assistance to us. If there is such a tiger general, our army's chances of winning will be 10% higher." said the deputy general.

"Yes." Hong Chengchou couldn't help but spread his frown and laughed out loud: "This is indeed the best news I have received during this period. Hahaha, I never expected that such a tiger general would be brought down and defeated tens of thousands of soldiers with one person's strength. Now it should be Huang Taiji's turn to have a headache."
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