Shengjing.

It took a whole day for the bearded man and more than 1,000 families to sink hundreds of thousands of taels of gold, more than 5 million taels of silver and countless rare antiques into the Hunhe River, and the remaining tens of thousands of catties of ginseng and dozens of boxes of Dongzhu and animal skins were prepared to be carried by hundreds of European packs of horses. Seeing that it was getting late, and the family members were already exhausted, Wang Pu had to order the whole army to stay in Shengjing for another night, and wait until the next day to recover their strength before marching to Korea.

After this night's delay, the situation took a turn for the worse.

The next morning, before Wang Pu and his family had time to eat breakfast, Scarface, who was in charge of the guard, ran over with a nervous expression and shouted: "The general is not good, a large group of Jiannu cavalry has been found outside the city!" ”

"Jiannu cavalry!?" Wang Pu was taken aback when he heard this, and said hurriedly, "This is impossible, all the cavalry armies of Jiannu have been assembled in Songshan, and there are only some children and old people left in the entire Liaodong, where are the cavalry?" ”

Wang Pu's shock can be imagined.

According to his guess, at this time, all the troops of Jiannu had been assembled on the front line of Songshan, and those who remained in Liaodong were only some old, weak, sick and disabled, even if the remnants of Jiannu who escaped from Shengjing the night before sent the news to Songshan, and Jiannu transferred cavalry from Songshan to counterattack Shengjing, it would take at least five or six days, which was also the reason why Wang Pu dared to stay in Shengjing for one more night.

Now only a day and two nights have passed, and Jiannu's cavalry has appeared outside Shengjing City? Did they fly with wings?

"That's right." Scarface gasped, "It's the Jiannu cavalry, at least three thousand cavalry!" ”

"Three thousand rides!?"

Wang Pu's face changed again, and his heart couldn't help but begin to sink.

If it is just a simple defense of the city, Wang Pu is not afraid of the three thousand Jiannu cavalry outside the city at all, if the three thousand Jiannu cavalry really dare to attack, it is looking for death, the Hongyi cannon on the head of the city is not vegetarian, science and technology have developed to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the power of firearms has been quite strong, the flowering bomb fired by the Hongyi cannon is a large explosion, and the three thousand cavalry is not enough to bombard a few cannons.

But the problem now is that Wang Pu doesn't want to and can't defend the city at all, not only can't defend the city, but also has to try his best to leave Shengjing as soon as possible, this Shengjing City Wang Pu doesn't want to stay for a moment, the reason is very simple, Wang Pu and his subordinates are a completely lonely army, they have no reinforcements at all, and it is impossible for the imperial court to send reinforcements.

Defending Shengjing may be able to kill and injure a large number of enemies, and may even inflict heavy losses on Jiannu, but in the end, Wang Pu and more than a thousand of his subordinates will not escape death, Wang Pu is not an ancient scholar who reads moral articles and reads stupidly, he is a modern person who has traveled through the past, he does not have the so-called loyal monarch thought in his mind at all, and he is still very young, he does not want to be a martyr for Chongzhen and the Ming Empire at all!

Defending Shengjing can only be a dead end.

So, go out of the city and fight with Jiannu in the field? The enemy army outside the city is a battle-hardened Jiannu cavalry, not to mention that the Jiannu cavalry still occupies a three-fold advantage in strength, and the chances of victory are really slim.

What to do?

If you want to survive, you must first find a way to deal with the 3,000 Jiannu cavalry outside the city! And it must be as soon as possible, otherwise, as soon as the army of Jiannu in Matsuyama returns, everything will be over.

Wang Pu calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, let's go to the city tower first." ”

Scarface took Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai to the south gate of Shengjing, stood on the enemy tower and looked out, and sure enough, he saw the black pressure of the Jiannu cavalry, Wang Pu roughly estimated the distance, the Jiannu cavalry was at least a few thousand meters away from the city gate, and always traveled at a distance of several thousand meters, never approaching easily, it seems that Jiannu has a very clear understanding of the power of the Hongyi cannon.

Looking sideways at the rising sun in the east, Wang Pu's eyebrows were already twisted together, and he asked Scarface: "Have you found the Jiannu cavalry in the other three directions?" ”

Scarface said, "No, but there are Jiannu's rangers patrolling." ”

"These cunning slaves." Wang Pu scolded hatefully, "It seems that they are deliberately trying to trap us in Shengjing." ”

Scarface slammed his fist viciously on the city wall and shouted, "General, then we won't leave, anyway, the ammunition and food in the city are sufficient, enough for the brothers to support each year." ”

"Nonsense." Wang Pu scolded, "I don't want to die here, I must find a way to get out of here, and I must do it as soon as possible!" ”

Scarface said, "Then wait until it gets dark, put a horseshoe wrap on the horse's mouth, and sneak out of the city." ”

"It's not that simple." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Last time I was in Songshan, it was because Jiannu focused all his attention on the army of more than 100,000 that we took advantage of it, but this time it is different, this time Jiannu's rangers will definitely wander outside Shengjing City day and night, and will never leave us any more loopholes." ”

Scarface said, "What then?" ”

"General." Zhen Youcai suddenly came over and said in a low voice, "The villain has an idea. ”

Wang Putou asked without looking back, "What do you think?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "Jiannu arranged the main cavalry at the south gate, and only a small number of rangers were left in the remaining three directions, using the strategy of static braking, they will not move if we don't go out of the city, and they will follow as soon as we get out of the city, chasing and fighting, the villain thinks that we can use the tactics of striking east and west to crack Jiannu's static braking." ”

Wang Pu frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"This sound is not a simple sound of the east and the west, but a plan in the plan, and there is a chain of plans in the sound of the east and the west." Zhen Youcai said quite proudly: "The general can send someone to collect the carts and horses in the city first, first load hundreds of barrels of fire on the car, and sneak out of the east gate after dark, and when the Jiannu cavalry catches up, the soldiers who drive the car will ignite the fire rope and retreat into the city, because of the threat of Hongyi cannons, Jiannu will definitely not dare to chase after them, they will go to intercept those carts, at this time, hundreds of barrels of fire on the carts will explode, and ...... will be exploded."

"Good!" Scarface slapped his thigh and exclaimed excitedly, "That's a good idea, it's poisonous enough." ”

Wang Pu asked expressionlessly, "And then?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "Then the general sent a powerful general to lead a small number of soldiers to drive hundreds of horses out of the west gate with great fanfare, in order to confuse the eyes of Jiannu, each horse should be tied to the puppet on the horseback, and then put on the puppet The robe of the Ming army, after leaving the west gate, it rushed forward more than once, and fled to Liaoxi, the Jiannu outside the south gate will definitely believe it, and chase around the city, and wait for the cavalry of Jiannu to chase away, and then lead the army out of the city from the east gate, our army has just failed to break through at the east gate, Jiannu definitely didn't expect that our army would break through from the east gate again, so that we could get rid of Jiannu's entanglement unconsciously. ”

"Good!" Scarface yelled, "Zhen Youcai, you're so fucking talented!" ”

Wang Pu looked back at Zhen Youcai deeply, thinking that this old boy was really a little crooked, and the word "dog-headed military division" collapsed in Wang Pu's mind coldly, yes, this Zhen Youcai is a dog-headed military division, you look at his nodding and waisting cheapness, and those two dog-headed beards, living out is the standard image of "dog-headed military division".

"Scarface." Wang Pu said to Scarface, "Immediately send someone to collect the carts and horses in the city, and then move all the fire yao stored in the Jiannu warehouse to load the cart, don't forget to put more sacks on the cart, the sacks should be put with lime, iron nails, broken porcelain and stones, and we will put a super big fireworks for Jiannu." ”

"Yes, the villain will do it."

Scarface took the order away, and Wang Pu shouted at his back again: "You see the bearded, let him come to see me immediately." ”

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One hundred miles southwest of Shengjing, Huang Taiji line account.

"Your Majesty, three thousand Mongolian cavalry have arrived outside Shengjing City before dawn, and have set up camp five miles outside the south gate according to your will, and the rest of the north, west, and east directions have also sent more than a dozen groups of exploration horses to patrol day and night, and the Ming army in the city has been unable to fly. ”

"yes, okay." Huang Taiji nodded tiredly, and said weakly, "The three thousand Mongolian cavalry full of Zhu Xili came in time and didn't disappoint me." ”

"Your Majesty." Kubilong said with concern, "Now that the Mongolian cavalry has also arrived, and Turai and Aobai have also rushed to Shengjing to meet with the prince of Manzhu Xili, your emperor can rest assured." ”

Huang Taiji frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and said, "No, no." ”

Ji Bilong was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”

Huang Taiji's fat body moved twice, and stretched out his hands to the Kubilong and Ta Zhan who were standing next to him and said, "Kubilong, Ta Zhan, help me quickly." ”

Kupilon and Ta Zhan hurriedly stepped forward to help Huang Taiji.

The imperial doctor next to him was worried about stopping it but didn't dare, so he had to persuade: "Your Majesty, your dragon body is weak now, and you need to rest more." ”

"Nope." Huang Taiji gasped and shook his head, his fat body made him gasp when he moved, "I can't rest, I have to rush to Shengjing to personally command this war." ”

"Huh? Your Majesty, are you going to Shengjing? Ji Bilong hurriedly persuaded, "The slave thinks that there are Lord Zhu Xili and Tulai and Ao worshipping them, and there are three thousand Mongolian iron horsemen, and it is not easy to clean up the remnants of the Ming army of less than one thousand in the city, where is the need for the emperor, you to drive the expedition in person?" ”

"You don't understand." Huang Taiji shook his hand weakly, and gasped, "The leader of this Ming army is not simple, only a small Ming army dares to go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, and surprise troops to attack the capital of my Qing Dynasty, this is something that has never been done in the decades since the first Khan raised his army, this person's courage and strategy should not be underestimated, in terms of courage and use of troops alone, this person is even above Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou!" ”

"Huh?" Ji Bilong was shocked and said, "More powerful than Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou?" ”

Huang Taiji nodded, and said with a solemn expression: "Yuan Chonghuan can be literate and martial, and the army is rigorous, Xianhan and I have been defeated under him twice, this person can be said to be the only general talent I have seen in my life, but this person is easy to talk big, plus the bookish is too angry, and he is sharp, which is not tolerated by the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Kingdom, so I just used a little trick to get rid of him by Chongzhen's hand; Hong Chengchou is also rigorous in governing the army, and he is low-key and good at being a man, but he uses his troops too much to seek stability and lack of enterprising, Chongzhen urged him to mess up, and he was not wronged when he was defeated in my hands. ”

"That's that, that's." Ta Zhan and Ji Bilong on the side hurriedly slapped their ass, "The emperor is wise and powerful, and no one can match it." ”

Huang Taiji continued: "Although I don't know who the commander of this small group of Ming troops is, but this person has courage, knowledge, courage and strategy, and can lead a small group of Ming troops to attack the capital of my Great Qing Kingdom and succeed in one fell swoop, this alone is already far superior to Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou A hundred times, if this person is not removed, he will definitely become a big trouble for my Great Qing Kingdom!" ”

Ta Zhan and Ji Bilong's expressions were like each other, and Huang Taiji's foresight made the two of them admire.

Huang Taiji said: "Although Manzhu Xili, Turai and Aobai can fight well and have been on the battlefield for a long time, they may not be this person's opponent, so I must go to Shengjing in person." ”;