Chapter 29 Eyes must be rewarded

In the first battle of Shunping, more than 2,000 Tartars were annihilated, and the Tartars Bel Amin were killed, which could already be regarded as a great victory in the war of the Ming Dynasty against the Jurchens.

After closing the city gates, Lu Xiangsheng began to mobilize troops and horses to consolidate the city defenses. However, seeing that the Tartars had no intention of attacking the city, he gathered his generals and studied the next countermeasures. Lord Lu's subordinates can have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, this is his Tianxiong Army, although the combat effectiveness of the Tianxiong Army is not as good as that of Guanning Iron Cavalry, but at that time, its combat effectiveness was outstanding in the Ming Army.

At that time, the current troops, if you want to deal with the Tartars, it is obviously not enough, Shunping is a small county town, the main force of the Tartars has not yet arrived, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Tartars will launch a fierce attack, with this county as a barrier, whether it can be defended, it is really hard to say.

The Tartars used to drive people to attack the city, and if they did not do anything to their own compatriots during the siege, they would inevitably let the people rush up to disturb the city's defenses and make the enemy take advantage of the opportunity to enter the city. But if it is fought, so many people will also consume the bad defense materials in the city. In a small county, there are not many defense materials, plus the city is short, the time is slightly longer, and it is impossible to hold it.

Lu Xiangsheng was in a difficult situation, and he didn't know whether to leave or stay now. If you go, you must go in vain, flee to Baoding Mansion, Baoding City is thick with high walls, Tartars attack the city, no matter what method is used, and then there is no siege weapon, it is difficult to capture. Walking, there is no doubt that you can save your own troops, but what should the people in the city do, you have killed so many Tartars, after the Tartars enter the city, they will inevitably slaughter the city, and it is estimated that none of the people in the city will survive.

Go, it's not appropriate. If you don't leave, there is a danger of being destroyed, and Lu Xiangsheng is really difficult to choose.

He summoned all his generals to the temporary command post for a meeting, and now he expounded his views, and then let his generals express their opinions.

"My lord, the last general should go." A staff general bowed down and said: "Although we are officials and soldiers of the imperial court and have the responsibility of defending the land, we know that we will die, how can we wait for death here." There are already so many county towns lost in front, and it's not bad for such a one. Besides, the emperor also issued a decree to let me wait for King Jingqin, let's leave here now and rush to Jingshi, which can be regarded as acting on orders, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

No one is greedy for life and afraid of death, although people will die in battle, but death will also score how to die. It is not very cost-effective to stay in this small county town and wait for death.

"My lord, the last general thinks that we should guard it." A guerrilla general said: "General Zhang also said just now, as the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, we have the responsibility of guarding the land and the people, and now the city is full of people, and they can get away, but at that time, they couldn't escape." Throwing them away is a real guilt. Therefore, the last general thought, we might as well stay, and immediately send people to Beijing to ask for help, and ask the imperial court to send troops to help, even if we can't wipe out all the Tartars, we can destroy a lot. ”

"Humph!" Hearing this, General Zhang snorted coldly and said, "General Liu, isn't this whimsical?" On the side of the capital, worried that the Tartars will fight, how can they send troops to help, the Tartars are all cavalry, if the soldiers and horses in Beijing rush to reinforce, what should the Tartars do if they raid the Beijing division? ”

"How strong the defense of the capital is, the walls are towering, and the cavalry of the Tartars has no wings, it is difficult to fly into the city of Beijing. With Beijing's city defense, 10,000 horses are defended, even if the Tartars have 100,000 male soldiers, they cannot attack. What is there to be afraid of? The guerrilla general surnamed Liu said loudly.

That being said, it's true, but the adults in Beijing don't think so. They are only concerned about their own lives, and when they hear the Tartars coming, their legs are frightened, how can they send troops to help us. Our name is not even worth a copper in their eyes. If we really stay here, we just wait to die together. There will never be reinforcements. General Zhang said loudly.

His words made the guerrilla general surnamed Liu a speechless, indeed, his life may be no different from an ant in the eyes of those dignitaries in the court. How could they send troops to reinforce themselves.

The other generals, hearing this, all nodded again and again, and then turned their heads to look at Lu Xiangsheng, wanting to see what Lord Lu meant.

Lu Xiangsheng understood that it was pure nonsense to insist on waiting for reinforcements, and it would never be possible for reinforcements to come. The revenge of the Tartars is very strong, and so many people died in Shunping, and they will inevitably be retribution. But Lord Lu really didn't want to go like this, just as the guerrilla general surnamed Liu said, he had the responsibility of guarding the land and reassuring the people, and if he left like this, he would really be ashamed of the people of Shunping County.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Xiangsheng said: "We have 10,000 horses, and there are tens of thousands of people in the city who support us. The Tartars did not dare to stay in the Central Plains for too long, let alone spend a long time for a small county town, and the siege time would not exceed ten days at most, as long as they held for ten days, the Tartars would inevitably move elsewhere to loot. Give the court ten more days, the court will gather more men, and give other places ten days, they will have more time to fortify the city defenses, or flee for their lives. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if we are defeated, we can be called a well-deserved death, worthy of the emperor, and worthy of the people in the city. Therefore, this official thinks that we might as well unite as one, stick to the city, and fight to the death with the Tartars! ”

He was the commander of the army, he said that he wanted to fight, and the reason could not be refuted, his generals looked at each other a few times, and finally bowed down together and said: "I am willing to defend the city with my lord!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's analysis was not wrong, the disciples really didn't want to spend too much time for one city and one place, because they also wanted to use the least amount of time to grab the most things. Normally, if they can't capture a city in three or two days, they will evacuate. But what Lu Xiangsheng didn't know was that the leading general who died in Shunping City was one of the three major Baylors of the Tartars, which dealt a big blow to the Tartars, and if he didn't avenge Amin, he would really have no face to mess around. Although Huang Taiji doesn't treat Amin very well, he has to get by on face, especially now that Amin is dead, if he doesn't avenge him, Huang Taiji seems to be embarrassed to sit on this sweat seat anymore.

The news of Amin's ambush soon spread to the rear army, and when Huang Taiji heard that Amin had gone and had not returned, he was first overjoyed in his heart, and then shed tears and cried. While crying, Huang Taiji beat his chest fiercely, "Amin Ahui...... How so...... Ben Khan also relies on you to help him...... How can you ...... so early How can I be worthy of Shulhazi Eqik...... Amin ......"

Ah Hui means elder brother in Manchu, and Eqike means uncle in Manchu. Amin is the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shulhachi, Shulhachi fought with his brother Nurhachi in his early years and made great achievements, but because of a battle with the Ula tribe, he led his men and horses to hide to the side and did not move, which angered Nurhachi. But the reason why he didn't go into battle was also for a reason, because his wife was Ulabelle's sister, and he didn't want to destroy the in-law relationship.

Because of this, Nurhachi deprived Shulhaqi of the right to command the army and pushed him out of the leadership, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is false to punish him for not fighting, and it is true that he wants to get all the power into his own hands, which is just an excuse. Shulhazy's status plummeted, and in desperation, he took his sons elsewhere and set up another door. At that time, Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, was not dead, and he didn't want to see Nurhachi too strong, so he immediately promoted Shuerhaqi to the imperial court, and made Shuerhaqi the leader of the right guard of Jianzhou. This is the highest official position established by the Ming Dynasty among the ethnic minorities in the eastern Liaodong region.

Nurhachi didn't see the situation right, if it took a long time, the Jurchen forces that had just been condensed would inevitably be split because of this. So, he first warned his younger brother that when Shulhaqi did not listen, he led his troops to suddenly attack and killed Shulhaqi's two sons, Artuna and Zasaktu, and when he wanted to kill Amin, because Daishan and others interceded, he reluctantly left Amin's life and adopted him by his side. And Shulhaqi, it can be regarded as a brotherhood, Nurhachi left his life, but imprisoned him to death.

By the side of the Great Khan of Destiny, Amin made many military exploits, and the Jurchens put their military exploits first, so Amin gradually gained his status and became the banner master of the blue flag, one of the four great Baylors. After Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, Amin looked very arrogant, and Huang Taiji's position at this time was not particularly stable, plus Amin was very prestigious in the army, so he could only accommodate.

Now that Amin is dead, it's too late for Huang Taiji to be happy, crying, that is, making a show.

"Amin, Ben Khan will definitely avenge you! Passing on the order of the Khan, the whole army marched, accelerated its advance, and rushed to Shunping County! ”

The Manchurian cavalry is now marching to Tang County, which is only a hundred miles, and with the speed of the cavalry, it will take a few hours to arrive. However, as a remand with tens of thousands of prisoners, it would be good to be able to walk sixty miles a day. In order to show that he was eager to avenge Amin, Huang Taiji ordered Yue Tuo to lead 10,000 men and take the captives to hurry normally, while he took the rest of the horses and hurried to Shunping County with all his might. Revenge for Amin is only superficial, but it is necessary to eliminate the people who killed Amin, and the Jurchens will take revenge, if Amin dies, Huang Taiji will not avenge him immediately, and after he goes back, he really can't explain to his clansmen.

They were in a starry night, and at dawn, they rushed to the outside of Shunping City. Huang Taiji did not attack the city immediately, but first divided his troops to surround the four gates, he was going to slaughter the city this time, and none of the people in the city wanted to run. The main force is at the south gate, and there are 5,000 men and horses at the east gate, west gate, and north gate, and it is expected that with the combat effectiveness of the Manchurian cavalry, if the people in the city want to escape, 5,000 people are enough. Moreover, the cavalry is highly mobile, and where there is a surprise, it is too late to go to reinforcements now.

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