It is said that Azig saw that the Ming army was gradually occupying the southern city wall, and directly ordered the whole army to disperse and retreat, and directly retreated to Shengjing City! What's going on, isn't he afraid that Huang Taiji will punish him for the crime of escaping?

It is said that a city wall is occupied does not mean that the entire city is lost, he still has more than 100,000 troops under his command, as long as he relies on the east, west and north three city walls and the Ming army in the city melee in the city, although it is said that it will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army, but at least it can drag the Ming army in Haizhou City for more than half a month, and it can also cause a lot of casualties to the Ming army.

In fact, this is not what he meant, but Huang Taiji asked him to do this, although he did not get substantial assistance when he asked Huang Taiji for help, but Huang Taiji sent him a secret letter, the content is very simple, only one sentence: "If you can't do anything, you can immediately retreat to the outside of Shengjing City, I will wait in the field." ”

This means that he will take more than 100,000 allied troops as bait to lure the Ming army to pursue, and Huang Taiji will wait for the opportunity in the field to annihilate the pursuing Ming army.

What a poisonous strategy, if the Ming army really pursues, he is fine, because he has horses, but the more than 100,000 coalition troops under his command are dangerous, these are all infantry defending the city, once the Ming army catches up, they can't escape, and then they can only see who runs fast, and use more than 100,000 lives as bait, which is poisonous enough!

Let's not talk about how Azig led more than 100,000 coalition troops as bait, let's take a look at what the situation is on the side of the Ming army, will they chase it?

First of all, Zhu Cijiong didn't expect to be able to take Haizhou City so easily, after all, there are at least more than 100,000 defenders in it, even if they take the southern city wall, they can still fight street battles, and I am afraid that tens of thousands of people will have to be filled in to take Haizhou City down.

Therefore, when Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting came to report that Jiannu had escaped, Zhu Cijiong couldn't believe his ears and fled? More than 100,000 people fled! He jumped up from the chair excitedly and said excitedly: "Taifu, let's chase it." ”

That's more than 100,000 people, and the combined forces of Jiannu and Mongolia are only about 500,000 in total, and the elimination of these more than 100,000 is equivalent to destroying one-third of them, this temptation is too huge!

Sun Chengzong shook his head directly and said, "Don't chase!" ”

Zhu Cijiong asked in surprise, "Why?" ”

Sun Chengzong asked rhetorically: "How many men and horses do you need to send to pursue more than 100,000 people?" ”

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and replied, "I'm afraid that I have to send all the 200,000 horses of the Tianxiong Army and the Qin Army." ”

Sun Chengzong asked again: "This is to pursue, can the artillery keep up with the speed of the large group of men?" ”

Zhu Cijiong shook his head directly and said, "No." ”

Sun Chengzong then asked: "If there is no artillery support, and they are ambushed, can the Tianxiong army and the Qin army win the battle if they encounter 100,000 Houjin Iron Cavalry alone?" ”

If there is no artillery support, line up in formation, and attack with flintlock pistol waves, you may be able to win the 100,000 Golden Iron Cavalry, but if you are ambushed, according to the speed of the cavalry, the musketeer estimates the chance of one shot, and if the terrain is complicated, there is no chance to even shoot one! If that's the case......

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and even the cold sweat remained.

Sun Chengzong continued to analyze: "If both the Tianxiong army and the Qin army are ambushed, then even if this Liaodong War is over, there are not enough men and horses, even if we have the advantage of artillery, we can't attack the city." They have a lot of cavalry, and if they suddenly come out during the siege, we are afraid that we will be in danger. ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded convincingly, and said with a little regret: "Then don't chase it, let's repair it in Haizhou City for a few days." ”

If Huang Taiji knew that the little emperor was persuaded by Sun Chengzong again, he was afraid that he would scold Sun Chengzong, an old horseman, this Sun Chengzong was simply his nemesis, whether it was Chongzhen Dynasty or Chongzheng Dynasty, as long as Sun Chengzong was there, he would not be able to get any benefits, so that when Huang Taiji heard that Sun Chengzong was in the Ningjin defense line, he didn't bother to fight.

It's not that Sun Chengzong is smart, when it comes to strategy, he may not be as good as Huang Taiji, he has one characteristic, steady, steady, and never easy to enter.

Huang Taiji has a thousand tricks, Sun Chengzong is just not fooled, what can he do!

Just like this time, Huang Taiji used more than 100,000 Houjin and Mongolian coalition troops as bait, wanting to attract at least 200,000 Ming troops to pursue, if there was no Sun Chengzong, Zhu Cijiong would probably be fooled, but with Sun Chengzong, Huang Taiji could only hide in a hidden corner and scold his mother.

In any case, Haizhou City has been taken, since it can't be pursued, let's take a good rest, this day almost all the six-inch solid bullets and scattered bullets that had been stored in the previous seven or eight days have been exhausted, and it is just right to rest and wait for the shells from the capital to be delivered.

Being able to easily take Haizhou City, Zhu Cijiong's mood was naturally good, but his good mood had not lasted for an hour, and Lu Xiangsheng came to ask for a meeting with a cold face.

Zhu Cijiong is strange, didn't he let him take the Tianxiong Army to take Haizhou City, why did this thing come over with a cold face, did he want to take over the defense of the city wall and Sun Chuanting to change jobs? Such a trivial matter will not give me such a face, I am the emperor!

Unexpectedly, he guessed completely wrong, as soon as Lu Xiangsheng walked in, he asked angrily: "Your Majesty, why don't you let us chase those beasts?" ”

Oh, it turned out that you were eager to make meritorious contributions, but you also pay attention to your expression, no matter how great your merits are, as long as you annoy me, it's not all in vain? Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "Jiandou, you are also a veteran, don't you know that poor Kou Mo chases you?" Jiannu still has 100,000 iron cavalry and no news at all, in case you are ambushed on the side, your 100,000 Tianxiong army will be in danger of being wiped out, do you know? ”

Unexpectedly, he still guessed wrong, Lu Xiangsheng stiffened his neck and replied: "Even if the whole army is wiped out, you have to chase it, these brutes are too inhuman!" ”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and an ominous feeling instantly occupied his mind, he took a breath and asked nervously, "What's the matter, what did they do?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth and said: "There is hardly a living person in the city, all the people of Jiannu have fled, as for the civilians in the city, the old, the young, and the men have all been killed, leaving only some young women, it is better to be killed, one hundred!" ”

Zhu Cijiong instantly felt a cloud of anger rushing to his brain, although he had long heard that Jiannu had the vice of slaughtering the city, but when he really faced it, he still couldn't stop being angry and trembling, these beasts, damn it!

After half a salary, Zhu Cijiong came back to his senses, he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Cao Huachun went to invite the Taifu over." ”

Cao Huachun outside the tent answered, and soon Sun Chengzong ran in panting, he looked at the fierce expressions of the two people in the tent, and couldn't help but be stunned, what's wrong with these two people, who are they angry with?

Zhu Cijiong didn't explain to him, and asked coldly: "Taifu, how many prisoners were captured in this battle?" “

Sun Chengzong hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, I only caught more than 10,000 defenders on the southern city wall, and the others all ran away, and the specific 10,000 is still counting." “

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said viciously: "Don't count, take them to dig a big pit next to the camp early tomorrow morning, probably bury them, and after digging, cut them all down, and push the pit to bury them." “

Sun Chengzong frowned when he heard this, killing is not a good habit, the emperor who has been murderous since ancient times has no good end, the last time he killed the captives of Gaizhou City was because they resisted too much when they attacked Gaizhou, so that the Ming army suffered heavy casualties, this time people did not resist much, and the Ming army casualties were not large, so it made no sense to kill. He still remembered the last words of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and felt that he had to dissuade the emperor from going down the wrong path, so he plucked up the courage to ask: "Dare to ask the emperor, what's wrong, why do you suddenly want to kill the prisoner?" “

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "They slaughtered Haizhou City, how can they be worthy of the people of Haizhou City if they don't kill them?" “

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he had to sigh and no longer dissuade him, slaughtering the city should be killed.

Zhu Cijiong felt still angry, and shouted: "Cao Huachun, pass on my will, let Cao Wenzhao cut down all the captives in Fuzhou and Jinzhou!" “

Cao Huachun heard the sound and hurriedly ran in to write the holy decree.

Sun Chengzong looked at Cao Huachun and then at Zhu Cijiong, and tried to dissuade him several times, but after all, he still didn't speak, kill, kill, they slaughtered the city, we killed the prisoners, as it should be.

The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more angry he became, and said angrily: "Why is there no prisoner in the right guard of Dingliao, there are always Jiannu in the city without prisoners, all of them are arrested, killed, killed!" “

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, you must not, slaughtering civilians is against heaven and harmony, and you will be punished by heaven!" “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he was suddenly shocked, thinking about it, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Dolgon, these people in power in the Later Jin and early Qing Dynasty, had no scruples, slaughtered civilians, and in the end they didn't have a good ending: Nurhachi was wounded by a cannon and died, Huang Taiji vomited blood and died, Dolgon fell from a horse while hunting and died, and after his death, he was taken away from his title, and the grave was exhumed! There is providence in the dark!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong sighed leisurely and said: "Forget it, the civilians will not be killed, but none of the prisoners can be left." “

At this time, Cao Huachun had already finished writing the holy decree, handed it to him for inspection, and stamped it with a big seal, and then stood there respectfully with the holy decree, waiting for his orders.

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and ordered, "Go and call Chen Yutai." “

Cao Huachun answered the order and went out with the holy decree, and soon Chen Yutai arrived.

Zhu Cijiong explained in detail: "You write an article for me, the title is "Jiannu, Beasts are not as good", as for the content, you and Jiandou go to the city to have a look, see the tragic situation after Jiannu slaughtered the city, ask those women who were victimized, try to write in detail, the number of words is not limited, write as much as you can, you have to write it tonight, and hand it over to me tomorrow morning." “

On the third day, the "Beijing News" released a special issue, the title is "Jiannu, Birds and Beasts are not as good", after the release of the newspaper, the whole country was in an uproar, the roar of condemning Jiannu resounded throughout the Ming Dynasty, people began to donate money, and even many people pushed the grain cart to Zunhua, spontaneously formed a grain transport team, for the Liaodong Ming Army to transport grain and grass, soon Dalinghe Fort, Santaizi Fort, Sanchahe Fort grain and grass were full, 600,000 troops were enough to eat for half a year!

As for the silver taels donated by the people, Zhu Cijiong registered all of them and prepared them to be distributed to the families of the soldiers who died in the Liaodong War after the war. At the same time, he also organized personnel to read out the special issue of the "Beijing News" among the 600,000 troops in Liaodong, and for a while the 600,000 troops were furious, and the soldiers of the Ming army gritted their teeth one by one, eager to rush up immediately, drink the blood of Jiannu, and eat the flesh of Jiannu!