Chapter 54: The Battle of Mingmengjin (11)
When the Beijing division was preparing for the inventory work, the army led by Zhu Youxiang set off from Zhending Mansion and attacked in the direction of Baoding, and Cao Minglei, the chief soldier of Baoding, resisted stubbornly, but it was also because the traitor came to a combination of inside and outside, and finally was defeated, but in the end it broke out under the protection of the guards, and fled in the direction of the Beijing Division. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Xu Dingguo, beside Zhu Youxiang, said: "I didn't expect the enemy army to be so weak, and there was no decent battle all the way!" That's it, Baoding is OK! It's really not fun! β
Li Jiyu listened, nodded in agreement, and Li Chengdong laughed even more exaggeratedly, and said: "It seems that we can enter the Beijing Division tomorrow night to enjoy a good meal!" β
Zhu Youxiang frowned, he felt that everything seemed to be too smooth, and it was a little abnormal, but his subordinates told him not to think too much, and to think about how to be the emperor was the right thing, under the flickering of a group of people, he also felt that he might be wise and martial, and he was the son of heaven, and God was helping him.
When they rushed all the way to Beijing, the defense work in BJ City was carried out vigorously, with Sun Chengzong as the commander-in-chief of defense, Hong Chengchou as the deputy commander, and fully took over the defense of the Beijing Division, and the "Hong Army" was all arranged into the work of defending the city, among which Hong Chengchou also introduced five people to Chongzhen, namely Li Zicheng, Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Liu Fangliang, and Hao Yongzhong!
Chongzhen was stunned at first when he heard this, "! King Chuang's family and this Liu Fangliang and Hao Yongzhong are all famous generals of the Dashun Army, and these people are all famous generals of the anti-Qing Dynasty except for Li Zicheng, and now they are all in Hong Chengchou's team, God is really joking with me! β
Of course, Chongzhen didn't show it, but just asked Hong Chengchou how he found these talents, Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Your Majesty! This Li Zicheng was a micro-minister passing by a post station on the way to the battle, and it was this Li Zicheng who received him at that time, and the minister saw that he had a rough face, and he was also strong, and his eyes also revealed a spirit of unwillingness to be subordinate! Weichen's curiosity suddenly rose, and he felt that this person might not be too simple, so he asked him to compare with Weichen's brothers, and found that his skills were not bad, so he asked people to come, and found that he was brave and insightful in several battles, and he could cultivate them, so he began to take them with him, and as for Gao Yigong, Li Guo was Li Zicheng's relative, all of whom were recommended by him, and Weichen saw that they were outstanding, so they were all recruited into the team, and Liu Fangliang and Hao Yongzhong were recruited when they recruited soldiers, and God bless me Daming, Let Wechen recruit these talents! β
After Chongzhen heard this, he also had a feeling, this may be fate, his arrival has changed the trajectory of many people's lives, this has been confirmed, Chongzhen nodded and said: "Then how is Aiqing going to arrange it?" β
Hong Chengchou said: "After discussing with Sun Gelao, Weichen personally guarded the north gate, while Li Zicheng and Gao Yigong guarded the east gate, Li Guo, Liu Fangliang guarded the west gate, Hao Yongzhong and General Zhou Yuji, deputy governor of Beijing, guarded the south gate!" In addition, according to the changes in the battle situation, adjust whether to fight or defend! β
Chongzhen was satisfied with their arrangement, so he gave them the power and let them do it boldly.
The defense of the Beijing division is in full swing, and a new and improved Hongyi cannon is also placed on the city tower, this guy saw that Hong Chengchou's eyes were shining, and he muttered in his heart whether to let His Majesty allocate some to himself when the time comes.
All the soldiers were put into combat mode and waited for the arrival of the enemyγγγγγγ
Cao Minglei finally escaped to BJ City after a day's desperate rush, and after Hong Chengchou's inspection, he was directly sent to Chongzhen's side, "The sin will Cao Minglei knock to see His Majesty the Emperor!" Banzai! Banzai! Hooray! β
"Let's get flat!" Chongzhen Road.
"The last will be guilty! The last general will not dare to flat! Cao Ming thundered.
"Oh? What a sin? Chongzhen asked.
"The last general did not hold Baoding! Failed the Emperor! Cao Minglei said sadly.
"Tell me what it is!" Chongzhen Road.
"The traitor Zhu Youxiang led an army of 300,000 to attack Baoding City, the last general led the soldiers to resist desperately, the last general thought that as long as we waited for the soldiers to be single-minded, they would be able to defend until the arrival of reinforcements, who thought that the enemy sent spies in our army, and opened the city gate when the last general killed the enemy with all his might, and the enemy army thus attacked Baoding City! The end will be guilty! Cao Minglei kowtowed.
Chongzhen nodded after hearing this and said: "Cao Aiqing can hold the city, and the rebels did not surrender after the city was broken, I am very pleased, this is not mainly Aiqing's sin, now you have a good rest in the capital!" Jingshi is not very safe now, I will send someone to protect Aiqing! β
"The last general wants to go into battle and kill the enemy! I beg Your Majesty to let the last general make meritorious service! Cao Ming thundered.
Chongzhen looked at Hong Chengchou and Sun Chengzong and asked for their opinions, the two of them looked at each other, and finally Sun Chengzong said, "Your Majesty! Now that all the arrangements are in place, it is not easy to arrange them with the position of Cao Zongbing! Why don't you rest and rest for the time being, after all, General Cao has been running all the way, and after recuperating in his spirits, the old minister is looking at the specific situation to make arrangements! β
Chongzhen looked at Cao Minglei and said, "Aiqing! What do you think? β
Cao Minglei knew that this was an extraordinary time, and it was normal for him to escape alone, so he was temporarily suspected, so he also nodded and said, "The last general will obey the arrangement of Your Majesty and the Pavilion Elder!" β
"Then Aiqing will go down and rest first! Be ready to fight at any time! Chongzhen encouraged.
"The last general commands!" After that, Cao Minglei was arranged by Wang Chengen to rest.
After that, Chongzhen discussed some specific matters with Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou, and then they rested, because Empress Zhang and Tian Guifei were pregnant, so it was not very convenient now, Chongzhen went to Yuan Guifei, Yuan Guifei was more conservative and shy, Chongzhen's many enlightenments were always ineffective, Chongzhen was a little helpless, but he would not give up, after thinking about it, he thought about how to enlighten this cute chick tonight, while also thinking about how to raise his spirit tonight and prepare for the big war tomorrow!
Time passed minute by minute, and just as Chongzhen and their monarchs and ministers expected, Zhu Youxiang's army came to the city of Beijing early the next morning, at a glance, all people could not see the end, it was very spectacular, some soldiers on the city wall who had not experienced war couldn't help but tremble with their legs, can this really be stopped? Sun Chengzong took out the binoculars and looked at them, then put them down again, and said to Hong Chengchou: "Yan Yan!" It's up to you! He sat down and narrowed his eyes!
"Don't worry!" Hong Chengchou looked at the army below and sneered, as if in his eyes, the 300,000 army was a group of local chickens and dogs in his eyes, and they could be eliminated casually!
Zhu Youxiang did not immediately send an army to attack the city, but sent an envoy to the city, took out a booklet and read it, mainly counting the mediocrity since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, appointing traitorous ministers, not listening to the good words of loyal ministers, launching the war of Korea and Mongolia without authorization, etc., and finally counted the list of some traitorous ministers, and Zhu Youxiang represented the heavens, on behalf of the ancestors of the Zhu family to clean up the traitors, and also made a clear and clear future.
Sun Chengzong's squinted eyes opened a slit, and he smiled: "I didn't expect both of us to be on the list!" Ha ha! β
Hong Chengchou also laughed, and then asked the guard to bring a bow and arrow, and pointed an arrow at the messenger, and shot his head directly! The people on the opposite side saw this scene, and immediately scolded Hong Chengchou for being shameless, and then Zhu Youxiang gave an order, led by Li Jiyu and Li Chengdong to lead an army of 100,000 to attack the city, and soon shouted and killed, and the rebels pushed various siege equipment and began to attack, of course, there were some artillery, but the range was not enough, so they slowly advanced under the cover of the infantry and began to deploy artillery.
Hong Chengchou sneered, and directly waved the flag, and the fifteen new-style Hongyi cannons on the city wall let out an earth-shattering roar, directly bombarding several big craters in the enemy's camp, while Zhu Youxiang and the others were stunned, the range of the artillery on the city wall is so far? However, stunned, Li Jiyu and Li Chengdong ordered a quick attack, and the rebels used it like a tide to the BJ city wall, and the artillery on the city wall began to shoot continuously, and the priority target was of course the enemy's artillery, and soon all kinds of firearms on the city wall also began to fire, and the rebels who were attacked by dense firearms were crying dad and shouting mother, but just when they thought they were about to approach the city wall, suddenly there was a burst of explosions under their feet, and many soldiers were directly blown up flesh and blood, and the corpses were incomplete, Before they understood what was going on, they went to the underworld to report, but they soon knew that this was a mine, and immediately the troops in front of them began to clear mines, which affected the speed of the troops' advance, and they became the targets of artillery, firearms and bows and arrows on the city wall. What about the people in us? Why is there no movement? Without their cooperation, how could this BJ City be able to fight!
Of course, the people that Zhu Youxiang and the others were counting on acted, but they also had their enemiesγγγγγγ