Chapter 18: Siege of Zunhua
Unconsciously Xiao Yi has already run through the wide river, Xiao Yi doesn't know where he ran to, just keep running, the two horses under the seat are getting slower and slower, and it is useless to change horses, looking at Azig who is still in hot pursuit, Xiao Yi feels that Azig's ugly face is getting closer and closer to him. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Azig chased after him, everyone was already sleepy, and glanced at the side of the road, what kind of place is this?! Azig suddenly reacted, and he almost missed a big thing! Zunhua has not yet been attacked, the purpose of this trip has not been achieved, and he is so stupid. Immediately turned around and yelled, "Return to Zunhua!" Behind him, Baya Lazhangjing didn't know why, and said a little unwillingly: "Just let this person run away?" ”
Azig looked at Xiao Yi's back who was still rushing wildly, a pair of bull's eyes were full of unwillingness, and said angrily: "Then what can I do, Zhao Shujiao ran away, if I don't take Zunhua City within the time limit, I'm afraid I will be subject to military law!" As for this man, I remember him, and sooner or later I will kill him! Baya Lazhangjing also suddenly remembered, and said: "The emperor should have broken Da'ankou at this time, on the way to Zunhua, if we return to Zunhua immediately, we can still make a feint before the emperor arrives in Zunhua, and we can avoid punishment, but a scolding is inevitable." ”
Azig put Houjin's iron helmet on his head again, and Azig, who was wearing a lightning rod again, only showed a pair of bull's eyes outside, and said disdainfully: "You think those Ming people are too hard, the people of the Southern Dynasty have good cities but they can't use them, which of the cities we broke through in the past is not a tall wall?" But there is still no Aha in the city? We will definitely be able to take Zunhua before the emperor arrives, there is no doubt about this. Azig didn't look worried, as if Zunhua was an empty city, and as long as he led the army forward, the city would be broken immediately.
"Haha, it's because I've thought about it too much, but I've forgotten those loyal Han people." Baya Lazhangjing also laughed.
Azig's Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces finally returned to Zunhua, Xiao Yi also exhaled lightly when he saw Azig's entire army turn around in front, Xiao Yi was already at the end of the crossbow, and Xiao Yizhen didn't know how long he could hold out after chasing down.
Historically, Azig was from Longjing Pass after breaking the border wall, directly attacking Jizhen, when Jizhen was in ruins, the army was in ruins, Azig's Manchurian and Mongolian coalition army did not encounter any strong resistance, successfully broke through Jizhen, and on October 30, the army approached Zunhua City.
On the 4th day of the first month of November, Zhao led his troops to the outside of Zunhua City, where he met with the Four Banners of the Manchurian Left Wing and the Mongol soldiers of Azig and other departments, strayed into an ambush, fell from his horse with an arrow, and died in battle, and his 4,000 troops were annihilated.
That is, on that day, Azig's troops attacked Zunhua City overnight, and the next day, Zunhua "should set fire" and Zunhua City fell. Governor Wang Yuanya walked into the government office and hanged herself. The officers and soldiers of the city, the people, and the rebels were all slaughtered. The news reached Jingshi, and Jingshi was shaken.
And now Zhao Shujiao was saved by himself and did not die, and now he should have retreated to Dongsheng Right Guard with Huang Yang and others to repair, Azig acted recklessly in order to chase and kill Xiao Yi, and wasted more than a day, today is the fifth day of the first month of November, which is the day when Zunhua fell in history, and Azig has not yet arrived under Zunhua City.
I don't know if the hungry and exhausted Azig will be able to capture Zunhua on time.
Xiao Yi didn't know that his rescue of Zhao Shujiao had made a slight change in history, and this change was also what Xiao Yi was most afraid of, if history did not develop according to the original direction, then Xiao Yi's greatest advantage of knowing history would be gone!
Xiao also felt that he should try not to change the facts of history in the future, unless there were some important things. Otherwise, when history really becomes unpredictable, Xiao Yi will lose his greatest advantage.
Xiao Yi looked around, he had been running all night unconsciously, and now the sky was slowly revealing the white of the fish belly, and the bean-sized sun was slowly rising. The surrounding puddles of water shimmered in the light of the slowly rising sun, and the forest, which had been somewhat dark, was now slowly becoming clearer.
Xiao Yi now doesn't know where he ran to, the hungry and tired Xiao Yi got off the horse and led the horse slowly, hoping to meet a village to rest and rest, the horse can't walk, and thanks to these two horses, or he would have been chased and killed by Na Azig, Xiao Yi cherished and gently stroked the horse's head, Xiao Yi thought.
Just when Xiao Yi, who was tired and hungry, was looking for a place to rest, Zhao Shujiao, who was in Dongsheng's right guard, could no longer sit still, and the purpose of his trip was to save Zunhua with the life of Yuan Chonghuan, the superintendent. Although he was surrounded by the Azig army, he still remembered what the superintendent said to him before leaving, Yuan Chonghuan said, "Xilong, order you to quickly take 4,000 light horsemen to rescue Zunhua, Zunhua is an important town in Jingdong, and there is no room for loss in encircling the thieves in Zunhua!" ”
Zhao Shujiao rested for one night, the fatigue was slightly relieved, but the body was in unbearable pain, but thinking of the urgency of the military situation at this time, the eager Zhao Shujiao couldn't take care of much, although he had just escaped from there, but Zhao Shujiao still did not hesitate to gather the remaining more than 800 officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers rested for a night, and the hunger and fatigue were slightly relieved.
In the school field, the soldiers who survived the 800 bloody battles stood here, all waiting for the arrival of Zhao Shujiao. Huang Yang's face kept changing, as if he was thinking about something, but when Zhao Shujiao came, Huang Yang did not hesitate to bow forward and said, "General, the villain has something to say." ”
Zhao Shujiao glanced at Huang Yang and said, "Tell me!" ”
Huang Yang and the others were already worried and said: "General, I'm really worried about Xiao Yi, we want to go out of the city to find Xiao Yi." Huang Yang wanted to find Xiao Yi yesterday, but was dissuaded by Zhao Shujiao, and one night Huang Yang was really worried about Xiao Yi's comfort, so he couldn't help it anymore so he took this opportunity to propose.
Zhao Shujiao nodded, a little embarrassed: "The general is also looking for him in person." However, Ben will be ordered by the superintendent, and the side affairs can not be mistaken, so you can only go, and Ben will not be able to find the strong man in person, which is also a helpless move. But you can take whoever you want. ”
Huang Yang immediately thanked him, "Thank you, General!" Huang Yang hesitated again: "Without the general, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to get out of the city, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city will not let us pass." Zhao Shujiao smiled, "This is easy to do, you will follow me out of the city, I am about to rescue Zunhua." ”
Shi Lu said dumbly: "General, at this time, I don't know if Azig's department is still in Zunhua City, and it is extremely dangerous to go here." The villain has a way of not knowing whether to talk about it or not. ”
Zhao Shujiao glanced at Shi Lu and said, "Speak!" ”
Shi Ludao: "Why don't the general join up with the army of the superintendent and then fight a decisive battle with Houjin?" Zhao Shujiao hesitated: "But the order given to me by the superintendent is to rescue Zunhua." Shi Lu said: "The general will not be subject to the military order outside!" Moreover, at this time, the general had already encountered an ambush, and leading hundreds of people to rescue was tantamount to a moth to a fire, useless, and Zunhua City was an important town, with a tall city wall, and the Houjin army was not so easy to capture. After the general does not die, Jin is more jealous. ”
Zhao Shujiao hesitated for a long time, and finally laughed: "It seems that I am really old, okay!" Just listen to Brother Shi's words, Ben will immediately go to Jizhen to make peace with the overseer! ”
On the same day, Zhao led the remnants of the sect to Jizhen to meet with Yuan Chonghuan's army, which was being deployed in Jizhen, while Huang Yang and several people went in the opposite direction to find Xiao Yi.
In the palace, Li Yu was sitting in the lobby sipping tea comfortably, looking at the soldiers who rushed to him, and asked lightly, "Is Zhao Shujiao gone?" The soldier replied, "I have just left with my army, and I am heading for Jizhen." Li Yu said in surprise: "Originally, I thought that this old guy would follow Yuan Chonghuan's order to Zunhua, but I didn't think that I went directly to Jizhen. ”
Seeing Li Zhengran walk into the hall, Li Yu immediately retreated, and Li Zhengran said: "Brother, this old guy's soldiers used our hundreds of stone military rations this day, and took away hundreds of our horses before leaving. Li Yu's eyes narrowed, and he said lightly: "Don't worry, I won't let this old guy take it for nothing." ”
At the head of Zunhua City, Governor Wang Yuanya looked at the Houjin soldiers who seemed to fly from the sky in surprise, a piece of black pressure, Wang Yuanya scolded Gao Jin, the commander of the night Buhui, "Ye Buhui didn't find such a big Houjin cavalry?" What do you eat?! ”
Gao Jin was dumbfounded, of course he couldn't tell him that he had been eating, drinking and having fun in the Zuixian Mansion for the past few days, otherwise it was estimated that his official position would not be guaranteed, and he would be guilty of dereliction of duty. Gao Jin's eyes rolled, and he changed the topic: "The last general thinks that if there is Inspector Yuan guarding the slave thief, he will not enter here again, but the last general is negligent." Between the words, all the responsibility has been put on Yuan Chonghuan.
Wang Yuanya also nodded, and wondered: "Also, where did this thief enter the customs from, why is there no warning everywhere, could it be that Jizhen has fallen ahead?" ”
It's no wonder that Gao Jin couldn't find the Houjin army, the Houjin army was originally a surprise attack, and even Yuan Chonghuan, who was confronting, was a day late to find out that Houjin's camp was empty, and there have been several wars here in the past few days, Longjing Pass, Da'ankou, Jizhen, etc. have all fallen, in order not to expose their whereabouts early, they are all slaughtered in Manguan, and it is too late for the survivors to escape. It wasn't until Azig's troops approached the city of Zunhua that Governor Wang Yuanya found out that Jiannu had entered the customs, but at this time it was too late to report to the Beijing Division.
This is not a place in Zunhua City, but almost all of the Ming Dynasty at this time is the same, most of the guards only know that the city gate is closed, hoping that Houjin will not come to fight, and they all turn a blind eye. Of course, I don't know what happened outside, and even if I knew what was happening, I would be like Li Yu, the commander of Dongsheng's right guard, and hide it and not report it, and the provincial Chongzhen calculated that the disaster would befall him.
You must know that Chongzhen's suspicion is only two years on the throne, but it is deeply rooted in everyone's hearts, Chongzhen rarely moves for military generals, but he is ruthless for Wenchen, killing pigs like killing and killing, two years on the throne, the first assistant has changed several times. In the past, the first person to report was dismissed and investigated, and now who will touch this brow and find himself unhappy.
Looking at the full Houjin army under the city, Wang Yuanya was already determined to live and die in Zunhua City.