Chapter 17 Reinforcements that could not enter the city
Knowing that Li Hongfei and the others were out of the city because of the escort mission, the hostility between the two sides was finally lifted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Hongfei even learned through a conversation with the other party that Guo Sheng and others were originally Jizhou soldiers, and it was reasonable to be able to make this simplified version of the Mandarin Duck Array.
What's more, the female general who led the army was indeed Qi Jiguang's great-granddaughter Qi Hongying, but after Qi Jiguang died of illness, the Qi family army was suppressed by the imperial court, and it was long gone, and now there are less than 500 people in the whole army, and the sergeants equipped with firearms are not even 50, which is a world of difference compared with the number of troops before Qi Jiguang's death, as well as the 50% firearms equipment rate.
Hearing that the Beijing division was besieged, although Qi Hongying knew that the Qi family army was no longer in the past, she still asked Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, several times to open the Qi Gate to let the Qi family army enter the city to participate in the war, but Zhu Chunchen always refused to open the city gate on the grounds that the Qi family's army was insufficient and the defense of Jizhou was empty.
Even in order to consolidate the defense of Qihuamen, Zhu Chunchen forcibly requisitioned Qi Hongying's troops to assist in the defense, not only that, but even the small Qinwang army that came from near Jizhou was all requisitioned or annexed by Zhu Chunchen in the name of assisting in defense.
The defenders of the entire Qihuamen now exceed 30,000, but not a single soldier has actually entered the Beijing Division.
And most of Qi Hongying's men were arranged on the city wall, and it was impossible to transfer them all, Qi Hongying had no choice but to take the fifty musketeers who were personally guarded, and a dozen soldiers who really wanted to enter the city to kill the enemy, quietly left Qihuamen, planning to go to Andingmen to try their luck.
Originally, everyone camped in Shilipo in front of them tonight, preparing to wait for dawn to go to Andingmen, but at midnight, there was a shocking noise in the direction of Andingmen, which made them sleepy, so they simply marched in the dark to see what was going on.
Qi Hongying and the others had only walked less than three miles before the scouts in front of them came with the news that a small group of "breaking troops" marched quickly towards them.
Qi Hongying observed nearby and found that there was a village next to it that was suitable for Tibetan soldiers, and the people in the village had already left their homes because of the war, even if a battle broke out, it would not hurt the people.
Inevitably startled, Qi Hongying decided to ambush around this village, if the other party was just passing by, if he dared to enter the village, then he wanted the other party to look good.
However, in the end, Li Hongfei accidentally hit and broke into the ambush range of the other party, which is also the real reason for being surrounded this time.
"This Zhu Chunchen made it clear that he didn't have a good heart, the emperor fought fiercely with the thieves in the palace, but he didn't move outside the city, and he didn't let me enter Beijing to kill the thieves, and the heart of the disobedience was clearly revealed, what is the difference between this and rebellion?" Guo Shengxin was straightforward and fast-talking, and shouted directly.
"Guo Sheng can't talk nonsense!" Qi Hongying stopped.
Although everyone knows it in their hearts, Qi Hongying is just a small seven-grade general, how can she talk about the emperor's relatives at will?
Zhu Chunchen is a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, hereditary Chengguo Gong, Chongzhen was crowned Taifu for three years, and the prime minister Jingying for nine years.
Li Zicheng besieged the Beijing Division, and Chongzhen ordered Zhu Chunchen to be the governor of the Chinese and foreign armies and assist the prince, even if the other party recruited and integrated the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang from all walks of life, the people below did not say much.
After all, in the end, he could completely justify that this was to concentrate his forces on a decisive battle with the thieves.
"Hateful! In vain, the saint trusted him so much and gave him supreme rights, but he was in cahoots with the thief, fortunately, you didn't go through the Qihua Gate, otherwise I don't know what chaos would have happened! Wang Chengen was upset for Zhu You.
"This chaotic minister and thief, the last general is willing to take his head!" Wang Guoxing was also angry at this time.
They fought desperately in the city, but as a result, there were 30,000 reinforcements in Qihuamen, which was separated by a wall, and it was not treason.
"Save it! Can you alone beat the other party's 30,000 people? I don't want to think about it, this Zhu Chunchen dares to do this, that is, he has a certain amount of confidence. The other party dares to suppress the troops, let alone you go, even if the emperor comes in person, it will not be used, but it may directly force this person. Li Hongfei couldn't help but strike.
If Zhu Youzhen can have a few thousand soldiers and horses by his side, maybe he will be able to meet this Zhu Chunchen, but now counting Qi Hongying's musketeers, there are less than eighty people, and it is not enough to find Zhu Chunchen.
"So what do you say?" Wang Guoxing asked.
"What to do? Cold! While Zhu Chunchen didn't know that the emperor had left the city, let's go directly around Qihuamen and quickly find a way to go south. Li Hongfei said directly.
This Zhu Chunchen made it clear that he was killing Chongzhen by Li Zicheng's hand, if the news of Chongzhen's escape came out, Zhu Chunchen would definitely send his henchmen to intercept and kill him halfway, so the most important thing now is to flee for his life quickly, instead of running to Zhu Chunchen to send him to death.
The north can't stay, and the entire northern army is basically not a good person, of course, this can only be blamed on Li Hongfei for not choosing a good camp at the beginning.
Just as the two were arguing, Qi Hongying suddenly faced Zhu Youzhen, knelt down on one knee with both hands in fists and said, "The last general, Jizhou Town, knocks on the emperor Qi Hongying!" ”
At this time, if Qi Hongying hadn't figured out that the person in front of her, who had been silent, was the current saint, then she was not worthy of being Qi Jiguang's descendant.
"Get up, Qi Shaobao is the pillar of the country, and the Qi family army is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, in the early years, I wanted to reorganize the Qi family army, but the traitors in the court were in charge, I didn't know that there were Qi Shaobao's descendants, it was my fault, I wronged you." Zhu Youzhen said to Qi Hongying sincerely.
Zhu Youzhen has done a good job in attracting people's hearts and admitting his mistakes, and he has made six edicts against himself, and in this regard, he has surpassed many emperors.
This is also the main reason why Li Hongfei still dares to jump around, even the minister can casually scold Zhu Youzhen, as long as he doesn't do too much, and he is reasonable, there is no problem in occasionally scolding the emperor.
However, just when Zhu Youzhen apologized and reviewed and won people's hearts, the soldiers of the Qi family army who were out on reconnaissance came with news that a large number of horse teams were coming over this side.
Although the number of Qi family's troops is small, it can be regarded as elite, and Qi Hongying knows that this time it is facing hundreds of thousands of thieves, so they bring the elite of the elite, and they can find Wang Guoxing and others in advance and quickly set up an ambush, which has already proved their strength.
When the cavalry marches at night, it is easy to make a loud noise, and the soldiers who know how to do it only need to lie down on the official road can quickly find the traces of the cavalry, so when the Qi family army found the cavalry, the other party was still two or three kilometers away.
"What's special, there are really cavalry chasing after you, is this Li Zicheng's army idle and painful, it doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, and it doesn't give up even if it's so far away!" Li Hongfei didn't have a good airway.
The other party's behavior is indeed a bit abnormal, although Li Hongfei and his party came out of Andingmen and only ran about seven or eight miles, but the garrison of the Chuang Army at this time should be near Donghua Gate, and it is close to twenty miles away from here.
If the ordinary army did not find the enemy at the place of the incident, at most it would be done by searching around the vicinity, after all, everyone had fled, and everyone knew the truth that the poor Kou Mo was chasing, and the other party did not know that it was Zhu Youzhen who fled, so why chase him so closely?
The reason why Li Hongfei and the others continued to flee before was for the sake of insurance, not to mention that for the safety of Zhu Youzhen, it was not too much to keep a distance of 100 miles from the intruding army.