Shuntianfu, outside the city of Zhuozhou, entered the camp of the Qing army. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a large tent with a flaming golden roof, the Qing army was ordered to be a general, and Dolgon, the prince of Rui, who was dressed in pure white stainless steel and gold armor, was pacing around the tent irritably.

Sitting on the chair next to him, the general of the Qing army, Prince Zheng Yue Yuan, who was dressed in red lacquer and blue steel armor on the edge of his clothes, also had a solemn face and a solemn expression.

Dolgon stood suddenly, he turned his head to look at Yue Xuan, his handsome face was full of resentment, and he said hatefully: "Our army went south from Tongzhou, swept the entire Shuntianfu, Gu'an, Dong'an, Yongqing and other places, basically went down in one drum, the momentum of the whole army, who can match!" Now, as long as this Zhuozhou is taken again and the soldiers and horses of Lu Xiangsheng's troops are destroyed, the Ming army forces in Beizhili will basically no longer be worried. And in central and southern Hebei, where the troops are weak, there will be no Ming army that can stop the fierce front of our army! Then our army will divide its troops and plunder, I am afraid that we will be able to capture at least hundreds of thousands of people of the Ming Kingdom, and countless property and livestock! “

When Dolgon said this, his face was full of melancholy: "However, now this fourth child has issued two bullshit decrees in a row, asking our army to immediately give up attacking Hebei, but instead go near and far, to attack Li Xiao in Dengzhou, Shandong, what a joke!" ”

Yue Xuan was speechless, just sighed and shook his head.

Dolgon also let out a long sigh, and said to himself: "There is a way, for the sake of generals, you can't raise troops out of anger, if our army really changes its original plan and goes all out to attack Shandong, wouldn't it be right in Li Xiao's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" Moreover, Jinfu Erzhou was attacked by Li Xiao and has become a ruin, so it is even more reasonable for me to enter the Qing army and plunder the Ming Kingdom and bring back a large number of people as a coat to make up for the losses in my Qing Dynasty. But why, if you don't eat the fat meat in front of you, you have to go to Dengzhou, Shandong Province to gnaw hard bones? ! ”

The more Dolgon spoke, the more angry he became, and he said hatefully: "Adali was killed, and Wanyan Yechen surrendered to the enemy, as the Prince of Daqingrui, don't I feel sad and hateful?" It's just that I was carried away by anger and couldn't clearly recognize the situation, but was led by the nose by the cunning and fierce Han dog Li Xiao, I entered the army of 100,000 people, and I was afraid that the future would be unpredictable. ”

At this, Dorgon stomped his foot hard, pulled over a hat chair, and sat down angrily.

"Prince Rui is angry, in my opinion, the emperor's move is afraid that there will be a lot of hardship." After listening to Dolgon's complaints, Yue Zhen said slowly on the side: "Now that the two places of Jinfu have been completely destroyed by the Tang army, Adali has been stripped of skin and grass and executed, and Wanyan Yechen has led his troops to surrender to the enemy, and the entire Qing court has been completely shocked. At this time when people are panicking, although the emperor is the honor of a country, he also has to give a proper explanation to the princes and ministers, the military and the people! Otherwise, how can we calm people's hearts? If our army can really capture Dengzhou and take the head of the dog thief Li Xiao, it will be enough to comfort the soldiers who died in the battle between Jinfu and Jinfu, and it will be enough to block the mouths of the ministers of the court. Saying this again, the emperor was able to withstand the pressure of the DPRK and the central government, and was not shocked by Li Xiao, so he urgently summoned us back, which can be regarded as a sober move. ”

"Then we shouldn't change our plans so urgently, so that our army will abandon the entire central and southern Hebei that is at our fingertips, and instead turn around and attack Dengzhou, Shandong, which is thousands of miles away. What is the reason for being willing to seek the near and far like this, just trying to vent anger for a while?! Dorgon said with a stiff face.

Yue Zhen's face showed a wry smile, and he let out another long sigh.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Yue Zhi and Huang Taiji has actually been bad all the time. A few years ago, because Yue Zhi refused to follow the order of Huang Taiji, killed his wife Amu Shali, and privately let go of Ebi Lun and Zhuo Naxi, who rebelled against the Ming Kingdom, the relationship between him and Huang Taiji was extremely bad.

It's just that in order to maintain the apparent harmony of the Qing imperial family, Huang Taiji still pretended to give Yue a heavy task and let him be the deputy general of the Qing army. It's just that he is called a deputy general, but he can basically only beat the arrogant and arbitrary Dolgon, and the real status of the Qing army can only barely be on par with other generals such as Hauge, Abatai, and Dudu.

Although Yue Zhi was at odds with Huang Taiji, he still helped him speak, which was also a helpless move. After all, the army is outside, and peace is precious. If there is a contradiction within the Qing army that entered the customs, it will be a major loss for the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army, which was originally defeated, will get a chance to respite and recuperate.

"Prince Rui, in my opinion, our army should obey the emperor's order, give up the plan to attack Zhuozhou and plot to southern Hebei, turn to the southeast, enter Cangzhou from Jinghai, and then go to Shandong, so as to live up to the emperor's trust." Yue Zhi persuaded in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Yue Zhen's words, Dolgon's two cold eyes came, but there was a cold snort in his nose.

He said coldly: "Prince Cheng, could it be because that Adali is your nephew, and you are in a hurry to go to Shandong to attack Li Xiao so as to avenge him?!" Hmph, since Ben General was appointed as the chief general of the army entering the customs, this army mobilization and combat arrangements are all up to Ben General as the master and responsibility, so why bother to say more about Prince Cheng. ”

Seeing that he had good intentions, but he was choked by this Dolgon's cold words, Yue Zhen's face also changed, he gritted his teeth, and sneered: "Prince Rui, although this king is not talented, he also knows that he should not abolish selfishness because of selfishness, how can he confuse the family affection of children with military affairs!" It's just that if Prince Rui insists on disobeying the two holy decrees of the emperor on the grounds that the so-called generals are not subject to the orders of the monarch outside, then the king is only afraid that the wall has ears, and Prince Rui has made great contributions, but after returning to the Qing Dynasty, he is afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat. ”

"You 。。。。。。"

Listening to Yue's sarcastic words, Dolgon gritted his teeth, his face turned hideous, and his hands clenched into fists, but he couldn't hold back and didn't have a seizure.

Yue Zhi's words were like a sharp steel needle, piercing Dorgon's heart, gurgling and bleeding.

Dolegon had to admit that Yue was right.

If he strongly disobeyed Huang Taiji's edict and did not turn around to attack Shandong, but continued to attack Beizhili, then even if he had made a great achievement, after returning to the Qing Kingdom, the sinister villain sitting on the dragon chair would definitely try his best to punish him.

What's more, Huang Taiji installed his eldest son Haoge by his side, and his every word and deed, every move, he was afraid that if it was a little abnormal, this hateful guy would report to his father and the emperor. In this way, it would be quite difficult to disobey the emperor's edict, even if it was just to make another military plan.

It's hateful, it's hateful that the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom is the big fat man who can't even ride a horse, not the handsome, wise, brave and strong self.

This murderer of his father usurped the throne, and murdered his own mother Abahai villain Huang Taiji, when will this king slaughter you with his own hands, avenge this blood feud, and then board the golden dragon chair。。。。。。

Dolgon looked up and sighed, and sat for a long time before he whispered, "Well, the king will do what he is told." It's just that when our military arrived in Zhuozhou, they immediately withdrew, which really hurt morale, and we must take this Zhuozhou, and our military has no worries. ”

Seeing that Dolgon finally relented, Yue Zhen felt relieved, and said hurriedly: "This is very good, we will all listen to Prince Rui's arrangement." ”

Dolgon sneered, and said: "Then next, our army is divided into two divisions, each with 50,000 people, and they will act separately, one of which will be led by the king himself, capture Zhuozhou City, and eliminate Lu Xiangsheng's troops. Another army and horses, led by Yue Zhiyou, crossed the Jinghai, entered Cangzhou, and directly attacked Wuding Prefecture in Shandong, and after capturing Wuding Prefecture, they looted and rested on the spot, and after our army went south to converge, the whole army joined forces to attack eastward and take Dengzhou. ”

Yue Yu stood up, clasped his fists, and answered loudly.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Qing army immediately divided its troops.

As when entering the customs before, the Qing army was divided into two wings, the left wing soldiers led by Dolgon, with Haoge and Abatai as the deputies, mainly attacking Zhuozhou City, and Yue Zhi led the right wing soldiers, with Du Du and Nikan as the deputies, as the advance force to attack Shandong, pulled out the camp from Zhuozhou, went to attack Jinghai County in the southeast, and then attacked the border of Cangzhou.

Seeing the dense Qing army troops outside the city, half of them quickly withdrew to the southeast, standing at the head of Zhuozhou City, with a haggard look on Lu Xiangsheng, but there was no happy look on his face.

Since coming to Zhuozhou, Lu Xiangsheng, who was looking forward to reinforcements every day, not only did not wait for half a reinforcement, but fell into the calculation of the sinister villain Yang Sichang.

A few days ago, Yang Sichang conveyed the emperor's will to transfer the 3,000 soldiers and horses of Hu Dawei, the general soldier of Shanxi in the city, to Bazhou garrison, and the 2,000 soldiers and horses of Yang Guozhu, deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, to be stationed in Xiongxian County.

Therefore, now in the city of Zhuozhou, there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters, and they are still sticking to the city of Zhuozhou.

In the absence of any foreign aid, it is tantamount to ascending to the sky to resist the 50,000 Qing troops with only this 5,000 soldiers and horses with low morale.

The Qing army has been here for two days, first Antun was stationed outside the city, and plundered the countryside of Zhuozhou, and today, Lu Xiangsheng saw from the clairvoyant mirror that the Qing army had transported a large number of siege equipment, so it is conceivable that at the latest tomorrow, these wolf-like Qing troops will launch an attack on Zhuozhou.

Can I really hold it, is this Zhuozhou City, which is located at the throat of Beizhili?

Lu Xiangsheng was in the bottom of his heart and asked himself repeatedly.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng would never know that in real history, what happened to him was much more tragic than that of him who still had Zhuozhou City to defend now.

In history, in December of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng, who led the troops to resist the Qing Dynasty, was stationed in Julu Jiazhuang. And the eunuch Gao Qiqian, who commanded tens of thousands of Guanning soldiers and horses to come to the aid, was stationed in Jize, less than fifty miles away from Jiazhuang, Lu Xiangsheng sent the camp to praise Yang Tinglin many times, and asked Gao Qiqian for assistance in dividing the troops, or the two armies joined forces to resist the Qing army, but hated that he only wanted to negotiate peace with the Qing court, regardless of the overall situation of the country, and completely ignored Lu Xiangsheng's request.

When Lu Xiangsheng got the news, he was inexplicably sad and angry, and he was helpless, he knew that it was difficult to defend Jiazhuang alone with his own soldiers and horses, so he wanted to retreat to Julu City to garrison. Who knows, when he led his troops to Artemisia Bridge, he was surrounded by the main force of the Qing army. Lu Xiangsheng led his own soldiers in the center, Shanxi General Hu Dawei protected the left wing, and Yang Guozhu, deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, protected the right wing, and fought fiercely with the Qing army several times larger than it was in the field.

What Lu Xiangsheng never expected was that as soon as the two armies fought, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu led the army to flee one after another, shamelessly leaving the coach Lu Xiangsheng to flee, fully demonstrating the "glorious tradition" of the Ming army betraying his teammates and beggar-thy-neighbor, leaving only Lu Xiangsheng to lead the remnants of the headquarters to fight desperately, and finally died in battle. "Xiangsheng Governor refused to fight, with a lonely army, exhausted artillery, fighting with bare hands, being surrounded by four arrows and three blades, still shouting to kill the enemy, and finally besieged and died, and Gu Xian was martyred."

In the face of the current Lu Xiangsheng, although the Hu Dawei Department and Yang Guozhu Department were transferred, he was able to hold on to the city, but he was much stronger than himself who could only be forced to fight that tragic field battle in history.

"Governor Lu, it seems that the Qing army will start attacking the city by tomorrow at the latest." Chen An, the captain of the family next to him, said with a worried face.

Lu Xiangsheng was speechless, and stood like a puppet for a long time before turning his head and saying to Chen An: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, our army just try its best to defend the city for the country." Chen An, can the deployment of our army be arranged? ”

"Governor, the defenders of the four walls have been arranged. Rolling wood stones, ash bottles, gold juice, and the like are also prepared. It's a pity that there are too few artillery pieces of all kinds at the head of the city, and it is difficult to attack the Qing army from a long distance. Chen An replied in a low voice.

Chen settled for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: "Governor Lu, the Qing army outside the city, I'm afraid there are at least 50,000 soldiers and horses, and our army is only 5,000 soldiers and horses defending the city, only one-tenth of the enemy's army." Our army is struggling to defend the lonely city, and there are no reinforcements outside, can it really resist the attack of the Qing army? “

Listening to Chen An's words, Lu Xiangsheng's face twitched violently.

He suddenly remembered the sentence written by Yue Ke of the Song Dynasty in the book "Jin Tuo Zhi Compilation": "Since ancient times, there have been no powerful ministers, and generals can make contributions to outsiders." From a foolish point of view, Yue Shao is inevitably in trouble, and he wants to succeed!"

This sentence extremely accurately describes Lu Xiangsheng's real situation at this time.

At this critical moment when the Qing army has entered the customs, the Ming Empire is already in internal and external difficulties, and a group of courtiers and generals are still in the fly camp, pursuing personal profits, and they don't want to protect their families and defend the country at all. These so-called important ministers of the state don't seem to know that the country is about to fall, and there is a simple truth that it is over.

It's a sigh, it's a pity that I've been brilliant for more than 200 years, is it true that now, is it really going to run out?

"Including Nanzhong, Li Gang has no merit; The hidden goodness is successful, and Zong Ze is hateful. If the country has people, it is not a blessing. Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were confused, and he muttered this sentence.

However, after he sighed, he still said to Chen An with a wry smile: "As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, I just have to do my best to kill the enemy for the country." As for success or failure, fame and fame, why worry too much. In short, do your best, be loyal to the country and the king, and do your duty as a courtier. ”

After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, both of them fell silent.

No one knows what fate awaits them next.