Chapter 101: Recovering Shunyi
After eliminating this Qing army, Zhu Cihong ordered the recruits in the Yongwei battalion to clean up the battlefield and cut off the heads of the Tartars.
This is a hurdle that all recruits in the Brave Guard Battalion must go through, if they don't even dare to cut off the heads of the dead, how can they cut the living on the battlefield? However, the recruits who cleaned the battlefield did not lose money, and the money on the Tartars was their benefit.
Zhu Cihong also ordered Li Tingbiao to take all the grain and grass baggage, and enter Shunyi City with the Yongwei Battalion, as for the Shenji Camp and the Shenshu Camp, go coolly, just go into the city before dark, Zhu Cihong didn't have air conditioning to teach them, and they were temporarily crammed.
The Qing army in Shunyi City has poured out, even the city gate is wide open, and the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion has opened the way, all the way into Shunyi City unimpeded.
After entering Shunyi City, everyone in the Yongwei Battalion frowned, the city was full of devastation, there were corpses and blood stains of people everywhere, flies were flying around, and there was no one on the streets of the city.
Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Zhu Cihong's face couldn't help but tremble a few times, and he muttered, "Did the Tartars slaughter the city?" ”
Sun Yingyuan comforted: "Your Highness, looking at the number of corpses, the Tartars did not slaughter the city, but they also killed a lot of people, and the others should have been taken captive......."
Zhu Cihong said: "Let Long Xiang not collect it at night and increase the investigation of the surroundings, and be sure to find out where the people were taken captive!" ”
Subsequently, they came all the way to the county government of Shunyi City, and Zhu Cihong asked the soldiers to wear water-soaked face towels to transport the bodies of the people in the city to one place, and collectively set up a monument for burial.
After the night of the dispersal, it was reported that a group of civilians had been found in the city, only a few hundred people, all of whom were hidden in secrecy, and they were very nervous when they were discovered, and even besieged the officers and soldiers.
Zhu Cihong can also understand that many of the armor of the Qing army during this period is somewhat similar to the armor of the Ming army, and these people who are hiding mistakenly think that the soldiers of the Yongwei battalion are Tartar soldiers.
"Send cavalry to beat the gong and shout in the city, saying that the army of the imperial court is coming, and the city of Shunyi has been recovered, so let the people in the city gather in front of the county government, drink porridge and eat meat."
After arranging these things, Zhu Cihong said again: "What is the nearest reinforcement nearby?" ”
Yang Qili, the head officer of the night trumpet, said: "Back to His Royal Highness, it is the headquarters of Li Chongzhen, the general soldier of Miyun, after Miyun was occupied by the Tartars, he was chased by the Tartars, and ran all the way to Changping. ”
After the last expedition, Yang Qili's cumulative military merits were promoted from two levels to the number one officer, and his goal in this expedition was to be promoted to two more levels to become a general.
Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Pass the decree of the palace, let Li Chongzhen lead his troops to reach Shunyi before noon tomorrow, if Yu is not on time, he will be dealt with by military law!" ”
When the cavalry of the Yongwei battalion rode through the streets and alleys to shout, it finally worked, and thousands of people gradually appeared in the city of Shunyi, and they all came to the county government with a suspicious attitude.
These people were pale, many of them were so hungry that they couldn't walk, they had been hiding for days, they were so hungry that if they had something to eat or drink, they could probably hide, and the scene of the Tartars killing people in the streets a few days ago made them feel uneasy.
Many people saw the rice porridge with white flowers, and tears flowed down, and they were glad that they had made the right bet.
Zhu Cihong opened the granary hoarded by the Qing soldiers in the city, gave relief to the few people, and sent soldiers to take the initiative to help the people do some things and repair houses in the city.
The actions of the Yongwei Battalion have won the favor of many people, and these people have barely returned to their normal lives.
Ten miles away from Shunyi City, Cao Huachun, who was resting under the shade of a tree, immediately jumped up after hearing the sound of cannons and gunfire, and he shouted sharply: "Quick! The whole battalion gathers and marches to Shunyi City at full speed! ”
Not only Cao Huachun panicked, but even Wang Wannian and Zhang Shize panicked, and said in their hearts that this crown prince really dared to fight Shunyi by himself, if something happened, their future would be over!
Cao Huachun said to Zhang Shize: "Little grandfather, take all the cavalry of the Shenshu camp and hurry to our house to support the crown prince!" Fast! ”
While speaking, Cao Huachun turned over and got on his horse, whipped the horse's back violently, and went straight to the direction of Shunyi City first, Zhang Shize and Wang Wannian also followed, leaving only the artillery and honor guard of the Shenji Battalion to hurry behind.
When Cao Huachun led a large number of people to Shunyi City, he was immediately shocked by the scene he saw.
The corpses of the Tartars were covered in a radius of several hundred meters, and some soldiers of the Brave Guard Battalion searched the bodies of the Tartars, while mending the dead ones, and then chopped off their heads and stuffed them into sacks.
"What about Your Highness?" Cao Huachun asked a soldier of the Yongwei Battalion who was sitting on the corpse of a Tartar and counting the money.
This soldier was a young man who was newly recruited from the refugees a few months ago, he had never seen Cao Huachun in a python robe, and he didn't know what this dress represented, he glanced at Cao Huachun, and said lazily: "Your Highness has entered Shunyi City." ”
After speaking, he put away the silver, ignored the old eunuch, and continued to work.
Cao Huachun was not angry because this soldier was disrespectful to him, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, His Royal Highness was fine, and Zhang Shize and Wang Wannian were also relieved in their hearts.
At this time, they swept their gaze back to the scene in front of them, looking at the headless corpses all over the ground, some of the cavalry of the Shenshu Battalion were a little pale, and even some of the noble disciples couldn't help but vomit.
Half of the Shenshu camp are the sons of nobles or wealthy families, and only a small half of the cavalry drawn from all over the world have been on the battlefield.
Wang Wannian and Zhang Shize are okay, they have the demeanor of generals, and they don't look foreign.
The three of them rode into the city and came to the Shunyi County Ya, Cao Huachun immediately pounced on Zhu Cihong as soon as he saw him, looking left and right, lest Zhu Cihong hurt somewhere, and said: "Your Highness, you make the old slave very nervous!" ”
Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Cao Banban grew up watching this palace, don't you know about this palace, can you do that kind of thing that you are not sure of?" ”
Zhang Shize said: "The last general has long heard that His Royal Highness is full of strategy, and the combat power of the Yongwei battalion is unparalleled, and today it is true that Shunyi has been restored in an instant, and it is indeed worthy of its reputation." ”
Wang Wannian also said: "The last general is also impressed by the combat power of the Yongwei Battalion, Your Highness, if you wait for us for a while, we will be able to take care of the Tartars of Shunyi, why do you need to take action personally!" Hey, it's a pity, Shunyi was recovered on the day of this expedition, and my Shenji Battalion didn't even have a chance to show his face! ”
Wang Wannian was very sorry, he knew that he would have to keep up with the Yongwei Battalion if he broke his leg, and his military exploits in vain had nothing to do with him.
Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "The two generals are polite, today is just a small victory, there are many battles ahead, and the palace is about to go north to recover Huairou and Miyun." ”
Both of them were stunned and said in unison: "What? Your Highness, are you going north? You're not going to Tongzhou Daying?
Cao Huachun also said: "Yes, Your Highness, you should sit in the Tongzhou camp, command in the center, and let the generals fight the matter of recovering Huairou and Miyun!" ”
Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, the palace has already planned and ordered all battalions, all guerrilla generals and above to gather in the county hall to discuss matters!" ”