Chapter 303: Outwitting the City of Beijing (I) 6000 Words Chapter
Lin Yi's 30,000 horses and 100,000 horses of the Dashun army are not too far from Gaobeidian City, standing on the high head of the city, you can even see this scene, in any corner of the city can hear the sound of shouting and killing like a tide, far and near, the earth-shaking cannons, like the summer thunder, one after another.
Of course, the soldiers in the city know that the high generals in full armor rushed to the head of the city with the guards, standing at the highest place to watch the movements outside the city, and the three deep ditches on the periphery of the city are still impressive, and the soldiers and horses must be ambushed in the deep ditch, and then the outside of the ditch is the company camp of the Ming army.
At the end of the company camp, you can see the scene of the two sides fighting, although because the distance is a little far, the view is not too clear, but listening to the shouts of the order, Gao Yigong was excited, and finally looked forward to the rescue.
It's not easy, if you are trapped any longer, you will really have to eat people in the army, and now everything you can eat is almost finished.
I don't know who invented it, and if you don't want to eat, it would be great. There was nothing to eat, and the taste was so unpleasant that it was worse than death. No matter how capable a person is, if he is not allowed to eat or drink, it will not take a few days, and he will have no ability at all.
Gao Yigong immediately ordered the team to be assembled, Gao Yigong and his more than 30,000 horses, now all the spirits have come up, as if a hungry wolf has seen the meat, all of them are gearing up, their eyes are emitting blue light, just waiting for an order to fight outside.
Gao Yigong is not a reckless person, more than 30,000 people did not bring him out, he left a way back for himself. Although he never wants to go back to this Gaobeidian in this life, what if?
Unexpectedly defeated first, a long-term vision of the high one is enough to be a general.
opened the west gate, and Gao Yigong gathered 30,000 teams and killed them. There were only a few thousand men left in the city to defend the city, and of course these thousands of people did not want to stay here, first, they had to obey orders, and secondly, because Gao Yigong passed on to them, if the front breakthrough was successful, they would continue to break through, and they would answer outside. If it doesn't work out, they will go back again, so that they can retreat and advance.
30,000 troops swarmed out, overwhelmingly across the moat and ran outside, those with horses on horseback, those without horses on foot, now it is the rain that can walk the rain, the wind that can walk the wind, the 30,000 horses fleeing for their lives is really like opening the floodgates, rushing out.
But less than 100 meters away from the moat, the earth-shattering cannon sound rang out, and one shell after another blossomed all over the Dashun army, causing gunpowder smoke to rise, the fire flickered, and the bones and residual blood flew with dust, covering the sky and the sun.
Seeing the fierce artillery fire, the Dashun army thought of rout, but when they thought of retreating, they would die, and as long as they rushed out, there was hope, and their main general Gao Yigong charged forward, so they rushed forward without their lives, smoking and bursting into flames.
One of the Dashun soldiers was blown off a leg, ran a few steps forward, fell in a pool of blood, and climbed a few meters forward before passing out.
As a few of them ran forward, a shell landed in their midst, and they were blown apart and fell to the ground.
But despite this, out of the instinct of escape, countless Dashun troops are still rushing forward.
In the blink of an eye, they came to the first trench a few dozen meters away, and suddenly there were ambushes in the ravine.
Zu Keyong had already laid an ambush here, the archers fired thousands of arrows, and suddenly the arrows flowed like rain, and the arrows in batches of the Dashun army fell down, and the artillery fire and bows and arrows were added, and the Dashun army couldn't stand it, and the rest retreated in an uproar.
At this time, Gao Yigong shouted: "Don't retreat, rush over for me!" Someone up front of us to pick us up—"
The Dashun army was encouraged, and rushed up again with a shout. This time they broke through the first trench, and the Ming army in the ditch retreated.
But when the Dashun army was digging through the first trench, Zu Keyong personally commanded the countless Qingming troops to press the ground, a charge, in the first ditch, the shore was full of dead bodies of the Dashun army, and the remaining Dashun army was beaten back.
After tossing and turning several times, the Dashun army failed to break through the third trench, but suffered heavy casualties.
Of course, the rescue they were looking forward to did not come to meet them, and they only heard the shouts of killing, but they did not see anyone, close at hand, and far away from the end of the world, as if playing hide and seek.
Now the Dashun army is discouraged, and they can't stand the toss anymore.
After several charges, for the Dashun army in the city, these three trenches were like three insurmountable desperate chasms, which could not be rushed through no matter what, and the reinforcements never came, and finally the shouts of killing gradually faded away.
In the end, even Gao Yigong was disappointed, and he had to retreat to the city with the remnants of the defeated army, otherwise he would be wiped out if he continued to fight.
The rescue was hopeless, the breakthrough failed, and the Dashun army retreated to the city in despair, full of frustration, and the injured were even more grinning, and the pain was unbearable.
How? Beishang Beijing is so close to here, and the reinforcements are not small, depending on the situation, there must be a lot of people coming, why can't they stare at it? Not to mention that there are tens of thousands of more horses, thousands of men and horses can rush into the periphery of the Ming army, and they can break through the siege, but the rear of the Ming army in the besieged city does not seem to have received the impact of a single soldier, how many reinforcements did their majesty Li Zicheng send? Who is leading the way?
Gao Yigong frowned, but he didn't dare to organize a breakthrough.
After these breakthroughs, the 30,000 Dashun army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and when they retreated to the city, only 20,000 people were left under Gao Yigong, who was injured.
To say that 20,000 horses is not a few, but they are all hungry and exhausted, and the combat strength is not even as good as 2,000 people, and now there are one less casualties, and the morale of the army is fluctuating, and if it is not done well, it will cause a mutiny in the army, then the trouble will be big, so Gao Yigong does not dare to toss anymore, only close the city gate tightly, and wait for the opportunity.
This time he made up his mind, if he didn't see the rabbit, he wouldn't scatter the eagle, the rescue soldiers would not rush over first, and the Ming army outside the city would not be chaotic, so they would not go out of the city to break through.
At this time, on the battlefield more than ten miles away from them, the 100,000 Dashun army was defeated, which was the reason why Gao Yigong heard the fading shouts of killing in Gaobeidian.
Lin Yi's standard battalion, invincible battalion, musket battalion and guard battalion, as well as the Fengyang soldiers and Henan soldiers led by Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying and others, rushed over one after another, chasing after them.
Completely opposite to just now, just now 100,000 Dashun troops pursued and killed 30,000 officers and soldiers, and in less than two hours, the situation turned over, and now it is 30,000 officers and troops chasing and killing 100,000 Dashun troops.
In the vast land of Jingnan, the people and horses all over the sky seem to be the rising tide of the sea, and the tide is ebbing in an instant, what a spectacular scene!
However, just now, the Dashun army chased and killed the official army, and only chased a few hundred meters. And now the official army is chasing and killing the Dashun army, and the chase is endless, and they chase out twenty or thirty miles in one go.
The slow runners of the Dashun army were all killed by the Ming soldiers who caught up, unless they knew that Lin Yi's policy was not to kill and surrender, and to treat the prisoners preferentially, so they quickly knelt on the ground, threw their guns and surrendered obediently as prisoners, so as to save their lives.
Those who don't want to surrender, those who run fast are running with their lives, but no matter how fast they run, they can't outrun bows and arrows and muskets, so those who run behind the Dashun army keep falling, and the rest only hate their father and mother for having two legs.
In this way, Li Yan's men and horses ran lifeless in front, facing the deadly ghosts behind, and they couldn't run with all their strength, in order to escape. Lin Yi's men and horses chased after him lifelessly, and the chase was endless, just like the god of death harvesting life.
Chasing out twenty or thirty miles in one breath, the Dashun army was embarrassed, the front really couldn't run, and the war horses were slightly better, they charged first and then fled, and the tired ones were almost no longer human, especially the hearts of the soldiers without war horses were about to jump out, sweating, they really couldn't run, so they stopped and gasped.
Li Yan was also panting, sweating in hot clothes, not only him, but the war horse was also covered in sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water.
Li Yan took a few breaths and asked what kind of place this was, and someone under his command told him that this was Zhoukoudian.
Zhoukou store? Hearing this, Li Yan looked at the surrounding situation, the surrounding terrain was complex, the mountains and forests were dense, and it was easy to hide troops.
As soon as Li Yan thought about it, a few cannons rang out, and ambushes broke out on the left and right. On the left, Hao Shaoqi's 20,000 troops came out, and on the right, He Renlong and 20,000 horses also rushed out.
The 40,000-strong army was overwhelming, and the shouts of killing seemed to drown the world.
Including Li Yan, these Dashun troops were suddenly stupid, because they had reached the end of the road, and there were still pursuers behind them who did not get rid of them.
They never dreamed that there would be an ambush here, and in a panic, these exhausted Dashun troops had no choice but to fight hard, or they would have to be slaughtered.
But where is the strength for them to fight? They have to be slaughtered. Those who were clever hurriedly threw their guns and surrendered, and those who were desperate planned to resist stubbornly, but they had no ability to resist at all, and they were killed on the ground as soon as they fought.
At this time, Lin Yi's tens of thousands of horses and horses chased after him, and there were ambushes in front of him to intercept them, and there were chasing soldiers in the back, which was the rhythm of the entire Dashun army.
Li Yan and Li Guo complained bitterly, this time he really knew how powerful Lin Yi was, no wonder Li Zicheng had repeatedly suffered defeats, and the surname Lin was really difficult to deal with.
Obviously won the battle, but in the blink of an eye, it became a defeat, the defeat was like a mountain, the defeat was a mess, and there was no return.
At this time, the generals on both sides of Lin Yi shouted to them, those who surrender will not die!
When these Dashun troops saw it, they surrendered one after another. Because their lives are not blown by the wind, everyone knows to cherish them at critical moments, because after all, life is only once for everyone, and they cannot be allowed to have the slightest blasphemy.
Only Li Yan, Li Guo, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang were fighting desperately with their guards.
The remnants of the Dashun army, all of whom fell to their knees, threw their guns and became prisoners of the Ming army.
However, these four generals did not last long, and in the end they had several wounds on their bodies, and they were all captured alive.
The four generals refused to surrender and only begged for death. Of course Lin Yi didn't kill them, he gave the order to go down, take care of them, don't be embarrassed for them, treat the injuries who should be treated, give them food and drink, and talk about the rest later, I can't take care of them now, there are more important things to do.
The other captives were also pressed down, and the wounded soldiers were treated by all their own men and prisoners.
At dusk, the battle was over for good.
There were dead bodies everywhere, blood everywhere, stretching for dozens of miles.
From the confrontation between the two armies, to the defeat of 30,000 officers and soldiers, and then to Lin Yi's musket battalion to reverse the defeat, then Lin Yi's standard battalion and invincible battalion charged, and finally Lin Yi led the guard battalion and Fengyang soldiers to pursue in Henan.
The exhibition is divided into four small stages, each of which lasts about an hour. From the beginning to the end, the battle lasted a whole day.
This battle was fought so beautifully, the 100,000 horses and horses of the Dashun army disappeared in one day, except for the dead and wounded, those who surrendered, and none of them slipped through the net.
The generals Hao Shaoqi and He Renlong came over to give orders, and Lin Yi was very happy and praised the two of them a few words. Yuan Shu, the chief soldier of Henan, came over to ask for guilt, because at the beginning he lost the battle, Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying also had a blank face, and their faces were enthusiastic and heartbeat.
Because Ma Shiying's Fengyang soldiers also lost the battle at the beginning. If you're going to punish a crime, of course he can't get away with it.
But then Lin Yi didn't reproach them, but said that he would return to the prince and give them a few credits.
If you lose a battle and don't punish the crime, you still have to ask for credit? Yuan Shu, Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying were all a little confused, not knowing if this was true or false.
Lin Yi saw it and smiled indifferently: "There is an opportunity to make meritorious service in front of me, the 100,000 Dashun army has been wiped out, none of them have missed the net, this place is relatively close to Yanjing, and then this Taishi will outwit Yanjing overnight, if any of them make a mistake again, this time this Taishi will not tolerate mercy, and kill you for two crimes!"
These people hurriedly bowed down and saluted, but they didn't dare to think nonsense anymore and play their own little abacus.
It is said that now Lin Yi's soldiers and horses are tired, and they have not eaten or drunk after a day's battle, so they should take a good break from their troops and horses, rest for a few days, and celebrate the victory.
But Lin Yi didn't do this, so that his soldiers and horses would have less respite, those who had dry food would eat dry food, and when they were thirsty, they would drink a few sips of cold water, and they wouldn't even have time to buy a pot to cook.
Lin Yi seized the time to prepare, let the battalions act immediately, they have all seen Li Yan now, let them pick out one or two people like Li Yan from each battalion, there are many people who are easy to work, and from tens of thousands of horses, of course, they can pick out many.
Soon jumped out of more than 20, put them together for comparison, and then let the captives distinguish which one is the most similar, after several identifications and screenings, and finally pick out the one that is most similar to Li Yan, Lin Yi asked him to put on Li Yan's armor, took Li Yan's big knife, and found a batch of war horses like Li Yan and let him ride them, because Li Yan's horse was dead.
After making up like this, including the way they voice and the way they spoke, even these captives couldn't recognize it, and they were simply the same as Li Yan, the division of the three armies that protected the country.
Then Lin Yi ordered his 20,000 horses to wear the military uniforms of the captives, and these 20,000 horses were all dressed as the Dashun army, so that this fake Li Yan led 10,000 horses in front, in fact, these 10,000 horses were all Lin Yi's elite troops, including the standard battalion and the invincible battalion.
Lin Yi took He Renlong, Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and Yuan Shu with the remaining 10,000 horses to follow.
Only 10,000 horses were left here, and Hao Shaoqi was in charge of cleaning the battlefield overnight and guarding the prisoners.
Lin Yi is planning like this, and now he knows what he is going to do, although he is tired from fighting for a day, no one has complaints, and no one dares to resist the disrespect.
Needless to say, Lin Yi's descendants are prohibited, and they never bargain.
Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and Yuan Shu, Fengyang soldiers and Henan soldiers and other generals are all in good spirits now, and only Lin Yi's orders are obeyed.
During the day, more than 20,000 of them lost the battle, and Lin Yi's 10,000 people won a big victory, Lin Yi did not punish their crimes, but wanted to ask them for merit, in front of them is to give them the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for their sins, of course they know what is good or bad, and more importantly, they are in awe of Lin Yi. The thought of outwitting Yanjing overnight made everyone feel refreshed.
Lin Yi took the remaining 20,000 horses and rushed to Yanjing overnight at the speed of a rapid march.
Because this place is too close to Beishangjing, only fifty or sixty miles, without further ado, it will change, in case the news reaches Beishangjing, the Dashun army is prepared, and it will be difficult to capture Beishangjing.
Lin Yi must race against time and rush to Beijing as quickly as possible.
More than an hour later, that is, on the second watch of the night, Lin Yi's men and horses arrived more than ten miles outside the Jingnanzhi Gate in the north.
Looking at Beishangjing from afar, it was entrenched there like a monster, and it was dark.
Lin Yi ordered the team to stop temporarily, and found a few more generals, pretending to be wounded covered in blood, which was actually not difficult, because the armor they wore had blood on them, as well as knives and guns, and there were scarred marks, so that one of them pretended to be a high one.
Considering the rapid march along the way, Lin Yi let them rest temporarily for more than ten minutes.
Next, according to Lin Yi's plan, 20,000 horses began to run, throwing things while running, what knives, spears, bows and arrows, helmets, etc., all the way to the north to Beijing, these 20,000 horses were originally a rapid march all the way, and after more than ten miles of fast running, to the north outside Beijing, this team looked very embarrassed on the surface.
The front team began to call the city on the side of the moat......
Although the night was already deep, it was not quiet in Beijing, and the Dashun army, which was loose in military discipline, was the high-level of the Dashun army, and there was no rest at this time.
At this time, the queen Gao Guiying was in charge of Yanjing, and now Gao Guiying is also very distressed, like sitting on pins and needles.
A day ago, Li Yan and Li Guo took 100,000 horses out of the city to relieve the siege of Gaobeidian and save Gao Yigong.
Gao Yigong is Gao Guiying's younger brother, and the life and death of the trapped Gaobeidian are unknown, of course she can't rest assured, so she sent out a horse in time to inquire about the situation in Gaobeidian along the way.
Because Gao Guiying also knew that the opponent in front of him was Lin Yi, although the capital of the Ming Dynasty was breached, and the emperor hanged himself, it is said that the dragons of the Ming Dynasty will be finished without a leader.
But the opponent they are facing now is still strong, although it is the remnants of the Great Ming. is so strong that in front of this team, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have repeatedly lost battles.
Therefore, in the face of such an opponent, Gao Guiying did not dare to take it lightly at all. Especially when she heard that her younger brother Gao Yigong was trapped in Gaobeidian, she was even more anxious, she didn't think about tea and food all day long, she was restless, and she always had nightmares, and after a few days, she seemed to be ten years old.
Although she is now the queen of Dashun, she feels that she is not yet easy to be a cloth cloth. She has three brothers and sisters in her life, her brother Gao Ligong has died, and now there is only one younger brother Gao Yigong left, if there are three more long and two short, their Gao family will be finished.
Li Zicheng sent troops to Shanhaiguan this time to crusade against Wu Sangui, Gao Guiying was not very worried, and now she was most at ease with Gao Yigong of Gaobeidian.
Especially after Li Yan's 100,000 horses left, Gao Guiying was even more anxious, she was looking forward to the news of the former enemy, looking forward to it, and living like a year. I can't wait to fly to the scene with my wings, if Li Zicheng hadn't let her sit in Yanjing, she would have gone out in person this time.
In the past two days, Huiying and Huimei have been by the queen's side to persuade them, these are Gao Guiying's two apprentices, and her two goddaughters, who grew up from the child soldiers, and are now the backbone of the women's battalion, and they are as close as mother and daughter in the long-term war life, but despite this, how can they persuade Gao Guiying's heart?
The news finally came this morning, saying that Li Yan's men and horses had won the battle, and the Ming army was defeated and was being chased and killed by the Dashun army, and the rescue of Gao Yigong was just around the corner to relieve the siege of Gaobeidian.
Gao Guiying was very happy to hear this, and a stone in her heart finally fell. I asked for a large table of meals on the spot, and let Huiying and Huimei accompany them and have a good meal.
How do you know that an hour later, another news came, Li Yan lost the battle, was chased and killed by the Ming army, suffered heavy casualties, and the final victory or defeat was still unpredictable.
Gao Guiying's heart brushed and hung again, how could this be? After inquiring in detail about the report, after verification, the two reporters were correct, but the situation on the battlefield had changed.
She had to wait patiently, and after another hour, that is, when it was almost dark, the news came again, Li Yan's men and horses were defeated and returned, this time they were completely defeated, and they were ambushed again in Zhoukoudian, and it was likely that the whole army would be annihilated.
Gao Guiying's heart seemed to be taken away, she immediately brought Song Xiance over to discuss the matter of sending rescue troops, Song Xiance made a hexagram, and did not agree to send rescue troops overnight, I was afraid that she would fall into the enemy's tricks, and advocated guarding Beijing in the north, otherwise in case of Lin Yi's strategy, there would be a change in Beijing in Beijing, and there would be no way to make a deal with Li Zicheng.
Gao Guiying felt that what Song Xiance said was not unreasonable, and even if he sent rescue troops overnight, he might not be able to save it, such a long distance, and then rushed there at dawn.
But no matter how she couldn't figure it out, Li Yan's 100,000 horses were defeated so badly in one day, she couldn't even accept it. What to do about this? She couldn't sleep at night, and Huiying and Huimei were always here with her.
Until the third watch was approaching, they didn't feel sleepy at all, and at this moment, someone suddenly came to report that Li Yan and they were defeated.
Gao Guiying stood up, immediately dressed neatly, and took the centaur and Song Xiance to watch carefully.