Chapter 157: The King of England Asks for Blessings
Now that they have found the culprit that led to the defeat of the Qing army, the Manchu relatives and nobles naturally unceremoniously brought the pro-army and the first soldiers to solve Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, who made it impossible for them to cross the river, but they did not know that Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi's ideas were actually similar to them.
Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi initially felt that Azig's plan to stay behind to quell the rebellion was feasible, but now they regretted it: "If the king of England is so stubborn and can't listen to Jin Yu's good words, our brothers will have to think about the way back!" ”
Wu Sangui felt that Shang Kexi was right: "Yes, if you don't cross the river, I'm afraid it will be the second battle of Yanziji, and if the British king's army is folded on the south bank of the Yellow River, the Qing Kingdom will have no troops available, in this case, we have to make up our minds!" ”
Although Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi's soldiers and horses were the most ruthless in the previous battles, since the situation has developed to this point, Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi have nothing to be nostalgic for: "The king of England is really confused now, he always thinks about withdrawing when he shouldn't withdraw, and refuses to withdraw when he should withdraw, we all have to find a way out for ourselves and the brothers below, after all, we are loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty!" ”
Now Wu Sangui doesn't say a word, every time Azig is ready to retreat, he is always the first to agree, and dealing with the "righteous army" and "volunteer soldiers" is even more murderous, but now that he is ready to change camps, the "loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty" naturally blurted out.
Shang Kexi felt that this was a logical thing: "If it weren't for the situation, who would be willing to work hard for Jianyu, and now it is no longer the Chongzhen Dynasty and the Hongguang Dynasty, but the world of the Chengtian Dynasty!" ”
Wu Sangui also felt that he was the pillar of the Chengtian Dynasty: "Since Azig brought about his own destruction, then we have to choose the master, Prince Ying is a rare talent!" ”
The Chengtian Dynasty has achieved countless results since Jinhua raised its troops, and I don't know how many Qing Beile, Beizi, and Gushan Ezhen have been killed, but the only fly in the ointment is that they have not been able to kill a prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, so no matter whether Azig is dead or alive, now Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi are ready to treat him as a miracle.
Shang Kexi even urged Wu Sangui: "This matter must be fast, we must not hesitate, if we hesitate, someone will rush ahead of us!" ”
Now there are not a few people who are competing with Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi for Azig, not only Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Wang Puxiang, Zhao Zhijie and other generals of the Ming army, but there are also many people in the Qing army who are sharpening their knives, but when Wu Sangui was about to make a move, there was already a shout from the Manchurian nobles outside: "Kill Wu Sangui!" ”
"It's good to kill!"
"Kill Wu Sangui, kill Shang Kexi!"
And Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi also fell sideways when they heard such a voice, and they took their families to kill: "Kill Azig!" ”
"Kill Azig, and you won't have to worry about the glory and wealth of this life!"
"Not only do you not have to worry about the glory and wealth of this life, but you don't have to worry about the next child"
"Only by killing Azig can our brothers live!"
Although there have been several big fights before, the fight between Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and Manchurian relatives can be called a big fight in the real sense.
For a time, the white soldiers fought to the death, and more and more Qing troops participated, whether it was the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners or the Han Army Eight Banners, the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domains, the green battalion soldiers, and the new annexed army had to choose their own camp, and the result was that the battle became more fierce, and the sound of fighting came and went, and there were corpses and wounded everywhere, even to the point where they could not gain a foothold.
"Kill Wu Sangui!"
"It's good to kill!"
"Kill Azig!"
At least dozens of battalion leaders and Niu Lu fell into this bloody battle, and the two sides even reached the point of killing them without leaving prisoners, no matter what camp they were standing on, they were all jumping over the wall and striking a fatal blow, so the situation became more and more chaotic and out of control.
Many Niu Lu and the battalion leaders fought to the end, and only a single digit number of armor soldiers could continue to fight, and there was only one very simple reason why all parties participated in this big melee: "Since the king of England refuses to take us across the river, then we must fight our way out!" ”
Azig was almost the last person to know what was going on, and when he saw the scene of the river of blood in front of him, Azig was remorseful: "It's all a mistake by this king, cross the river now, cross the river immediately, cross the river!" ”
He didn't expect that it would be a big mistake for him to go all the way, but it was a more fatal mistake to stay and fight to the death.
What's worse is that the situation is completely out of control now, and now no one takes Azig, the Prince of Ying, seriously, except for a few Niu Lu under his own name, now everyone is doing their own thing, and no one is willing to obey Azig, even if Azig says "cross the river, cross the river now" Everyone continues to fight: "King Ying, if you don't kill Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, how can we cross the river?" ”
Although Azig has the ability to reach the sky, he is at a loss at this moment and can only go with the flow.
And the field corps under him has been almost idle, but at this moment it is a full mobilization to give full play to all their skills, some Niu Lu even fought seven in and seven out for a day and a night without much rest, but they performed the most heroic and meaningless, but let the Ming army killed from all sides beat the blood.
The generals of the Ming army did not expect that the cannibalism of the Qing army would develop to this point, so Gao Yigong accidentally told the truth: "It's a pity for Azig!" ”
Li Guo laughed: "If he is not a pity, then it will be our turn to escape from death, I think we must cross the river as soon as possible after solving Azig!" ”
Originally, according to Liu Yongxi's plan, the goal of this Northern Expedition was to recover the south of the Yellow River, and there was no clear answer to how to deal with the northern Henan region north of the Yellow River, but since the Great Qing State was so vulnerable, the generals present naturally felt that they should seize the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and take as much territory as they could.
Li Dingguo, who represents Xiying, also deeply agrees: "Fortunately, it is the Northern Expedition this year, and if it is delayed until next year, I am afraid that the situation will be unimaginable, so we must cross the river as soon as possible!" ”
Although the Northern Expedition went unexpectedly well, they were still impressed by several encounters with the main Azig forces, and they all felt that Azig's defeat was not due to military strength, but because they were overwhelmed by a series of onslaught by the Vietnamese Ming army and had not been able to recuperate.
If the Azig army can have a respite for a year and a half, the difficulty of recovering Henan will be five, ten, or even dozens of times greater, and now is the most vulnerable moment for the Azig army to strike a fatal blow.
Hearing Li Dingguo say this, Gao Yigong moved his brother-in-law and brother-in-law out: "Your Majesty and Fengtian Niangniang will hope that we will cross the river as soon as possible, and now no one can save Azig!" ”
Gao Yigong's words were too arbitrary, although Azig himself had no power to save himself, but on the border between Shaanxi and Henan, there was a Qing army that fled from Shaanxi in a hurry.
This Qing army was the soldiers and horses led by Prince Yu Duoduo.
It's just that Duoduo has just entered Shaanxi and has not even gained a firm foothold, and the situation has changed drastically.
First of all, Yang Zhan and He Jin came out of Hanzhong at the same time, Duoduo was still ready to fight to the death with the Ming army, Azig sent someone to inform him of the news of retreating to the north of the Yellow River, Duoduo did not hesitate to gather the remnants of the army to retreat to the north of the Yellow River, but before he went far, the news of Azig's defeat in Henan came.
Now Duoduo saw the messenger sent by Azig urgently, the messenger was covered in blood and embarrassed, and grabbed Duoduo's hand as soon as they met: "King Yu, the king of England is almost unable to support it, and if you continue to toss like this, I am afraid that you will not be able to cross the Yellow River, please be sure to save him for the sake of the king of England who once rescued Jiangnan, if the king of England can't do it, the Qing Kingdom will be over!" ”
Duoduo's face changed, although he and Azig's siblings had also sent troops to rescue him and Haug when he was besieged by the Vietnamese Ming army in Jiangnan, and now it was Duoduo's turn to rescue Azig.
It's just that there are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses under Duoduo, and Azig's command is claimed to be 200,000, and the actual strength is at least 70,000 or 80,000, and now 780,000 people are in a desperate situation, how can you expect these thousands of Duoduo's men to rescue them, so Duoduo said without hesitation: "Order the soldiers below to speed up, and don't let the sacrifice of the King and 100,000 soldiers be wasted!" ”
Speaking of this, he patted the messenger on the shoulder: "The King of England still asks for a lot of blessings, as the Prince of Yu, I must think about the long-term of the Great Qing Kingdom!" ”
It's just that Duoduo can't think of what the long-term term of the Great Qing Kingdom is now.
And after several days of fierce fighting, Liu Yongxi and Empress Gao, who came to meet the teacher, both got an exciting news: "Jianyu killed and injured countless people by cannibalism, and Azige, Wu Sangui, and Shang Kexi may all die in the chaos!" ”
Although Liu Yongxi's face was as usual, Empress Gao still saw Liu Yongxi's hidden excitement at a glance, so she helped Liu Yongxi ask the question she wanted to ask: "It's just that Azig died in the chaos, why did Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi also die in the chaos, and some people may think that His Majesty did it intentionally!" ”
In fact, Shang Kexi did die at the hands of the Qing army, but Wu Sangui, the culprit who led the Qing army into the customs, died at the hands of Gao Yigong and Li Guo.
But since Wu Sangui is already a dead man, and now the entire Azig army has been wiped out, everyone knows that Liu Yongxi will not pursue this issue too much: "Your Majesty, this is all because the Azig dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, so the two generals Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi will unfortunately die at the hands of the enemy, but Li Dingguo and Gao Yigong have already recovered their bodies and prepared for burial, and they have also found General Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan and has been safely sent outside the camp!" ”