Chapter 229: A Sudden Thunderous Sword
Faced with the multiple-choice question given by Wu Xiang, Huang Taiji tried to beat Wu Xiang, and found that the Liaodong army had become more courageous than before after being trained by Gongsun Zhan, and decisively turned the muzzle of the gun and continued to attack Yanjing City, fighting day and night for another seven days.
The people of Beijing have suffered heavy losses, the artillery has been destroyed because of improper cooling, but a few pieces, and the rolling wood boulders have also been consumed, except for the dung that seems to be inexhaustible, the other things that defend the city are already in short supply, in order to set an example, Chongzhen has begun to order the demolition of his royal garden, the big pillars worth thousands of dollars transported from the mountains of Sichuan and Shu are thrown down to smash people, after all, as long as the cloud ladder is erected, it is not enough to rely on the dung.
Not to mention that it is quite good, in terms of lethality, it is not much different from ordinary wood, but this people's heart has risen so much that no one dared to say a word of nonsense when the house was demolished later, and tens of thousands of people died, and the city wall was still crowded.
Seven days later, when the people of the capital were grieving because of the heavy casualties, reinforcements from all walks of life finally arrived.
On the eighth day, 20,000 soldiers and horses from Shandong arrived, on the ninth day, 30,000 soldiers and horses from Huguang arrived, 16,000 men and horses from Anhui arrived, and on the tenth day, Lu Xiangsheng returned!
followed Lu Xiangsheng back, in addition to the 50,000 Beijing battalions that went out at the beginning, there were also nearly 100,000 miscellaneous troops that were reorganized and gathered along the way, and I heard that Qin Liangyu and Zhao Kuangyin had also arrived nearby, and a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses arrived in a blink of an eye! In other words, Emperor Taiji's plan to quickly break through Yanjing had completely failed, and Chongzhen and the others finally persevered to the end, ushering in the dawn of victory.
The hardest days are over.
Huang Taiji also felt the pressure, he didn't know what Shen-Yang's side was like, although he sent Li Cunxiao back, but Gongsun Zan and Zhao Yun were not general, and the days of coming to Dolgon might not be too good, and now that the reinforcements from the Ming Quartet have arrived, I am afraid that I can only repeat the mistakes of Chongzhen's second year after all, once Shen-Yang loses, I am afraid that he will not even be able to go back home.
It is said that the reinforcements from all over the four directions plus an army of three or four hundred thousand gathered in the Beijing Division, and he Huang Taiji wanted to break through the Beijing Division, and it was as difficult as climbing to the sky, at this time he should hurry back to his hometown like a dog to see if Shen Yang was still there, but who knew that Huang Taiji did not move at all here, and even Huang Taiji's face did not see much anxiety, and he still practiced calligraphy or something in his spare time.
"Great Khan, let... Aren't you going to get it back? ”
"Retreat? Although the Ming army is now a large number of soldiers, the real soldiers who can fight are Wu Xiang's Liaodong soldiers, I heard that Lu Xiangsheng has some ability, but the soldiers of the Beijing camp are full of 80,000 soldiers, 200,000 Ben Khan mercenaries, and the invincible Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, why retreat? ”
"This... Great Khan, the Ming army is indeed no different from a chicken and a dog in front of us, but with these reinforcements, this Yanjing City is hopeless! Instead of wasting money and food here, it's better to hurry home, that Gongsun Zhan... ”
"Hehe, the best time to attack Yanjing is indeed missed, but to say that this city can't be defeated, I'm afraid it may not be, you see that although the Ming army has a large number, but the cavalry is very small, two years ago when we came, there was still Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry, and now he has no cavalry, even if it is 500,000 people, dare to fight with Ben Khan? Don't forget, how was Datong defeated by us? ”
"Ahh Great Khan, you mean cannons! The cannon is coming back soon? ”
"Yes, this cannon is really slow, plus guerrilla attacks in the northwest, the speed is really like a turtle crawling, Ben Khan has sent Hao Ge and Hong Chengchou to get it together yesterday, on the familiarity with the northwest, there is no one in the world who has Hong Chengchou, at the latest tomorrow at noon, three hundred cannons will definitely arrive (more than 100 are captured by Datong), as long as the city gate is opened with cannons, do you think these 300,000 Ming troops can stop us?"
"Hahaha, I see, Great Khan, you are wise and powerful!"
"Hehe, they all say that Lu Xiangsheng is powerful, Ben Khan really wants to see where he is, come on, follow me to kill Lu Xiangsheng first, and weigh his catties!"
"Great Khan, I'm afraid you won't have time to weigh him"
"Huh?"
"I heard that Lu Xiangsheng is coming, and General Li has already led the Shatuo people to rush forward in person."
"Oh? Hahaha, I forgot, Li Ke's nine sons were all killed by this Lu Xiangsheng, so let's watch the show and order the Eight Banners Army to be ready to support at any time. ”
"Yes."
On the battlefield, Li Keyong and Lu Xiangsheng fought inseparably, Lu Xiangsheng accounted for more soldiers, 50,000 Beijing battalions plus 100,000 miscellaneous troops were 150,000 people, and it was not spectacular to fight to cover the sky and the sun, and Li Ke used the Shatuo people to occupy a brave, although the number was far less than Lu Xiangsheng, but it was not difficult for one person to fight ten, and soon the two groups of people were glued together, adding a bit of tragedy to the battle of Yanjing.
This battle has been fought until now, although the time is not long, but the intensity is so high, the number of casualties is huge, I am afraid that it is rare in the entire history of human warfare, whether it is Huang Taiji or Chongzhen, they are all holding on hard with one breath, hundreds of thousands of giant corpses have been stinky and rotten because they have not had time to bury them, and everyone knows that the end of the war is not far away.
At this time, in the northwest of the battlefield, a force of more than 30,000 people was marching with difficulty, their speed was not fast, and they were like an alternative in this tense rhythm of the Yanjing battlefield, because they officially went to meet the artillery Hong Chengchou and his Han Eight Banners.
As Huang Taiji said, no one in the world is familiar with the northwest more than Hong Chengchou, since Hong Chengchou came, the speed of this artillery is getting faster and faster, and now it is less than five hundred miles away from Yanjing, as long as you add a little more strength, these cannons can appear under Yanjing City, becoming the most powerful weapon of Huang Taiji.
In order to stop these cannons that were actually made by the Ming Dynasty itself, the Ming army must attack the enemy's strength with its own shortcomings, and take the initiative to abandon the strong city wall to fight with Huang Taiji.
Unless there is an army that suddenly appears here at this time to block or even snatch these cannons, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will hold on for half a month, and the strategic advantages won by scrapping the strength of the two tigers will be in vain.
"Zhao Kuangyin is here, the traitor will die quickly!"
Fiercely, an army suddenly appeared in the oblique stab, and it was Zhao Kuangyin, who was killed from the far southwest, who magically appeared on the way through which their artillery transport team must pass.
Hong Chengchou was amazed and said: "What a Zhao Kuangyin, he actually figured out our pulse at once, and instead of supporting Yanjing, he appeared here." ”
Hao Ge said disdainfully: "I don't know what Zhao Kuangyin is capable of, but I heard that his soldiers and horses are all newly recruited in the past six months, except for 3,000 soldiers, how powerful can they be?" This place is only two or three hundred miles away from Yanjing, and the cavalry of the Great Khan is coming in an instant, what can he do in the field? Lord Hong, give the order to send troops, we will meet this Song Taizu, whether there is any means to turn the clouds and rain. ”
"It's fine." As he spoke, Hong Chengchou slowly pulled out his sword and raised it high in the sun, but then suddenly slashed at Haoge's neck like thunder.
With a pop, Hauge's headless chest spurted out a column of blood that was more than a foot high, and the head of the man who fell to the ground and rolled on the ground still retained a look of disbelief.
"Where is the Hong Bing! The target is the blue flag, kill! ”