The Qing army's surprise attack ended quickly, but it caused a lot of confusion for the Ming army.

After the Ming army's Northern Expedition, the road was smooth, and the Jiangbei Green Battalion, that is, the Jiangbei soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, were beaten to the ground, and they fell to the wind, and they were contemptuous of the Qing army one by one, so they had no preparations, and they did not expect the Qing army to sneak attack.

After Zhu Cihong learned that the Qing army blocked the four gates, he did not expect that the defenders of Xuzhou would go out of the city.

This Qing army raid only fell from the city with more than 300 people, but it caused nearly 1,000 casualties of the Ming army.

These people were not killed by the Qing army, most of them trampled on each other and died, and nearly 100 tents were burned in the camp, giving Zhu Cihong a blow to the head.

Early in the morning, Zhu Cihong, who was wearing gold armor, came to the south of Xuzhou to inspect the losses of last night.

"Your Majesty, there were not many people and horses in the Jiannu raid last night, and the losses mainly came from the Jieguan camp, and the other camps around were not affected much." The chief military officer Wang Zhiren's face was full of fear, "It is not good for the ministers to command the troops, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Cihong stood in the camp and saw that the fence had been burned, the burned tent in the camp was still smoking, and there was a row of corpses covered with white cloth on the ground, and his face was very ugly.

This morning, he got the news of Jinyiwei, but the Qing army showed signs of mobilization, which made him realize that he might have been tricked by the Qing army in Xuzhou.

This made Zhu Cihong a little intolerable, if King Gao encountered this kind of thing, he would pass it with a haha, and after all, he was young and thin-skinned, so he couldn't hold it on his face, and he was a little annoyed and angry.

At this time, he looked at the chaotic camp, his face was gloomy, his hand was clenched on the hilt of his sword, and there was nowhere to vent an evil fire.

A general ran over, knelt in front of Zhu Cihong, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister was negligent in guarding against it, let Jiannu attack the camp, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at it, it was Li Qifeng, the commander of the Jieguan Battalion, who had just come over not long anyway.

The Ming army went all the way north, and there were already 30,000 or 40,000 troops in the surrender army, and Zhu Cihong was kind enough to appease them.

A few days ago, news came from the Western Wei State that after the Qing troops in Beijing and Henan might move south, in order to prevent the Qing army from raiding, Zhu Cihong had ordered all battalions to strengthen the camps, but Li Qifeng obviously did not listen.

Although Zhu Cihong himself didn't expect it, and the order was not aimed at Xuzhou, it was a fact that these troops were slack.

"As a general, he was negligent in his precautions and let Jiannu attack the camp, which would ruin morale, this is a slack army! Kill! Zhu Cihong clenched the handle of the knife and said coldly.

Li Qifeng raised his head suddenly, his face was shocked, he kowtowed repeatedly, and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, spare your life!" The minister is willing to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions~"

Zhu Cihong was unmoved, the guards behind him had already stepped forward, and Li Qifeng was lifted up from left to right, and then he was held back, and pulled outside the camp with a knife, cutting off his head.

The generals heard the pleas for mercy and stopped abruptly, and then heard a click, and they all fell silent in an instant.

Li Qifeng is actually not guilty to death, but he is a general anyway, and he has no popularity, so naturally no one immediately helped to speak, and when people wanted to persuade him, he had already been cut.

At this time, Zhu Cihong turned around, glanced at the generals majestically, and said: "The country of Jiashen has changed, Shenjing has fallen for five years, and the people have become slaves of barbarians. You are the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, because you think what I think, what I am anxious about, share my worries for me, and relieve the suffering of the people! This Northern Expedition is to recover the rivers and mountains, relieve the people from hanging, and only succeed and not fail. If there is any neglect in the army, this is the end! ”

It is really a companion to the king like a tiger, Wang Zhiren and the others will quickly kneel on one knee, "The lord humiliates the ministers to death, and the ministers dare not slack off, and are willing to share the worries of His Majesty with their deaths!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded when he heard the words, in fact, he knew in his heart that he was slacking off, but I am the master of the center, there can be no mistake, and he needs a human head to alert the army and cheer up to deal with the Qing army.

Unconsciously, he also became a brazen and power-trick person.

Zhu Cihong raised his hand, "Get up!" Saying that, he looked at Wang Zhiren, "General soldier Wang, Li Fengfeng is under your control, I promise you to make meritorious service and attack the city with the Duke of Jingguo, if you break through Xuzhou, the merits and demerits will be offset, and I will be rewarded!" ”

Wang Zhiren's brother Wang Zhixin was the great eunuch of Dongchang in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and he was the general of the forbidden army and Zhu Cihong's confidant, so he was naturally treated differently.

"Command!" Wang Zhiren hurriedly saluted, "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness!" ”

At this time, a general hurriedly came over and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Yasukuni is ready to attack the city!" ”

Zhu Cihong immediately said to Wang Zhiren: "General Wang, you should also go and prepare!" ”

……

Last night's sneak attack made Zhu Cihong make up his mind to attack Xuzhou hard, and agreed to Huang Degong and Gao Mingxing's suggestions.

In the early morning, the sentinels of the Ming army roared back and forth, the crowds in the camps were surging, and a large number of soldiers pushed the siege equipment out of the camp in the sound of the company's horn, and placed them in the departure area three miles away.

On the city wall of Xuzhou, the Qing army was waiting for it, and the Eight Banners soldiers shouted loudly, commanding some green battalions to carry earth, stones, and wood.

At this time, the Ming soldiers who were assembled three miles away sat on the ground, waiting for the military order to attack, but the artillery of the Ming army had already begun to roar.

Under the city, more than 60 Hongyi cannons lined up, the loud horn of the cannon array sounded, the gunners raised the torch in their hands, the artillery array suddenly broke out with a deafening cannon sound, the thick white smoke covered the long front, the artillery retreated, more than ten catties of iron bullets shot out suddenly, smashed into the city wall, the city of Xuzhou was instantly dusty, countless gravel rose into the air, falling like raindrops.

There were many artillery pieces of the Ming army, and the shells smashed on the city wall, the wall was dented, the gravel fell with a clatter, and a white splash splashed in the moat.

The artillery shelled three rounds in a row, needed to dissipate heat, and gradually stopped, at this time, the war drums in the Chinese army sounded, and in the rumbling war drums, the Ming soldiers sitting on the ground stood up one after another.

Under the banner of Daxu, Huang Degong stood on his horse, pulled out his sword, pointed forward, and shouted loudly, "Attack!" ”

On the wilderness, the Ming soldiers immediately rushed to Xuzhou with a surging flood that burst the embankment, shouting loudly.

……

On this day's attack, the Ming army once attacked the east city of Xuzhou, but because the city gate was blocked, the Ming army could not enter the city continuously, and was finally driven down by the Qing army.

"Straight sissy thief! If there is an answer in the city, maybe the city will be broken today! Huang Degong threw the helmet in his hand to his subordinates and scolded.

Zhu Cihong heard this, his face was a little unpleasant, "Li Chengdong and the others, didn't they respond?" ”

Although he already had the answer in his heart, Zhu Cihong still asked.

"Your Majesty, we have fallen for Jiannu's plan to delay the army, if there is, the minister will be killed today!" Huang Degong said loudly: "Li Chengdong deceived His Majesty, he should be killed!" ”

Gao Mingyu saw that Zhu Cihong's face was not good-looking, and hurriedly said: "It's a bit of a pity today, but if the Duke of Yasukuni can command his soldiers to attack the city wall today, then our army can attack it again." At that time, we will use the method in Huai'an, and the warships of the water diverter division will participate in the attack, and we will be able to break the ministers! ”

Zhu Cihong's expression eased a little when he heard this, but at this time, Chen Zilong suddenly came in, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, the report ahead, Dolgon has gone south!" ”

"What?" Zhu Cihong stood up.

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