Chapter 227: Closing the Door and Hitting the Dog
War is damned in large part because this thing is never subject to human will, maybe you can decide when he starts, but very few can decide when he ends, and even if you can decide war, it's hard to decide hatred.
For example, Zhao Yun, I'm afraid that whoever knows him will praise him for being a gentle person, but he is such a gentle person, and now he is attacking the baby in swaddling clothes.
When the war is fought in the end, where is the right and wrong? The cruelest part of the so-called war is that whether you want it or not, you will eventually be turned into a beast by him, and it is the people who suffer.
This is the case under Shenyangcheng, and the same is true under Yanjing City.
Roughly calculated, Huang Taiji attacked Yanjing City for three days, the Manchu Eight Banners army suffered 30,000 casualties, including about 25,000 in the Han Eight Banners, more than 5,000 in the Manchu Eight Banners, almost 10,000 in the Mongolian-ancient casualties, 4,000 in Shatuo people, and even worse in the Ming army, 16,000 soldiers in the Beijing camp died, more than 20,000 ordinary people defending the city, and the people near Jizhou suffered in vain, with nearly 100,000 dead and wounded, and the total death of the soldiers and civilians on both sides was almost 200,000, and the entire Yanjing City was already full of corpses. Rivers of blood.
After the baptism of the past few days, Chongzhen's temperament is rapidly changing, although he was also a rather majestic emperor in the past, but he couldn't hide the strength of the bones in the hands of the women of the deep palace, but now in this battlefield of artillery fire and flesh and blood, this emperor looks more and more stable and mature, his eyes are getting deeper and sharper, and he has a bit of the spirit of a hero.
"How's Sun Chuanting's place now?"
"Back to the master, Master Sun's training work is almost over, and he promised the slave that when the next time Jiannu comes back, there will be 30,000 good boys."
Chongzhen nodded, his eyes couldn't hide the meaning of approval, it can be said that Yanjing City is still so impregnable, Sun Chuanting is definitely hard work, because the regular army is too limited, and he doesn't dare to pull the people to fill the number at will, so he can only use the method of fighting and making up, and make up for a few losses, and then rely on veterans to bring new recruits to quickly form a new combat effectiveness, and now the oldest wave of Beijing battalions has died nearly half, and it can still maintain such a minimum of qualified combat effectiveness, Thanks to Sun Chuanting's training day and night.
But to say that the busiest person in the city is probably not Sun Chuanting's turn, but Xun Yu, the first assistant of the cabinet.
Xun Yu's cabinet is now twelve hours a day and does not listen to orders outside, this is a large imperial capital, mobilizing everyone to participate in the defense of the city, but there is no panic in the city, this is simply a miracle, for this miracle Xun Yu has tired his dark circles under his nose, even an old fox like Jia Xu is infected with working overtime all day, I heard that Yao Chong has been tired in the political hall several times because he is too old, it is estimated that if he didn't hold on hard in one breath, You can die at any time.
If you want to say the most idle? . . . I'm afraid it's Chongzhen and Qin Hao.
Chongzhen is of course the nominal supreme commander, but in fact, everyone knows that this is to be the mascot, and if he really makes the holy judge, I'm afraid he can't even understand the formation, so this Chongzhen sometimes looks like a puppet sitting behind Xun Yu, whenever someone comes to ask for instructions, Xun Yu always says this:
"Your Majesty, what do you think of the minister's plan to be like this, like this?" Then Chongzhen nodded his head again, a bit similar to the role of human flesh stamps, and it was only at this time that he knew that there were so many twists and turns in the original war, and there were so many things that he didn't know.
And Qin Hao is more leisurely, Chongzhen can still be a mascot, I'm afraid I can't even be a mascot, I want to go to Liangshan or Hou Zhou to borrow so many soldiers and horses, and the gold coins in his hand are not enough, at this critical moment, I really don't dare to smoke Chongzhen's dragon energy, luck on the battlefield is sometimes more important than strength, in case because of this little dragon energy I smoked, it is very likely to lose the entire battle directly.
Fortunately, it seems that the situation is not bad now.
The entire Yanjing defense battle, the most difficult and critical is the first few days, as long as the front is good, the back will be easier and easier, the people in the city have now rapidly transformed, not only the bigger and more accurate the cannon, but also in the face of the wolf-like enemy army is not so afraid, there is gradually a trace of military shadow between the actions, to put it bluntly, it is gradually familiar with the war.
What's more, with the passage of time, the army of King Qin, which Chongzhen had been waiting for, finally came little by little.
The first way to come was Wu Xiang from Jinzhou, because this place is relatively close to the Beijing Division, Gongsun Zan sent most of the foot soldiers to the western front to support Hong Chengchou, and all the cavalry went to attack Shenyang, Wu Xiang's 30,000 Jinzhou soldiers are already the last soldiers that Liaodong can take, and now the two cities of Ningyuan and Jinzhou together may not be able to draw out a thousand people.
With Wu Xiang so arrived, the morale of the military and civilians in Yanjing City rose sharply, after all, this is the most elite Liaodong Army in the country, Huang Taiji's old opponent, and the combat effectiveness can still be believed, since the first wave is coming, will the next wave be far away?
Well.... It's just that Qin Hao seems to be more embarrassed.
As a father, Wu Xiang is undoubtedly concerned about Wu Sangui in the quarter, but now his excellent son is under house arrest by himself, the reason... No, if you ask, how will you answer yourself!
But fortunately, Wu Xiang's army did not choose to break through into the city, one of the two most important general soldiers of the Ming Dynasty is Guan Ning and the other is Ning Yuan, and the general superintendent is personally sitting in Ningyuan, so this Jinzhou general soldier is actually the first general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, as the first general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, how can Wu Xiang not have a little bravery? This brave spirit has not been seen in the past two and a half years after following Gongsun Zhan, but I still can't see it, at least this appetite and arrogance have been learned ten percent first.
This special Wu Xiang not only did not enter the city, but set up camp in the northeast of the Qing army.
Northeast? Chongzhen and the other Manchu civil and military officers all gasped when they heard the news. The northeast direction, to put it bluntly, is the direction of Shanhaiguan, and the more you go up the mountain, the narrower the road, once Huang Taiji chooses this direction to attack, they can fight steadily step by step, until they retreat to Shanhaiguan, where is this special like to support the capital, but like to block the back road of Huang Taiji.
Big brother, are you still planning to block Huang Taiji here, close the door and beat the dog?