Chapter 19: Capturing Huang Taiji Alive

Twenty miles east of Shengjing City.

The frontal assault of the Jiannu cavalry and the outflanking of the two wings were successively crushed by the Ming army, and Tazhan, who was unwilling to lose, organized another strong attack, which still ended in failure. In this battle, the 2,000 Jiannu cavalry who launched the attack successively killed more than 400 people, more than 1,000 people were seriously wounded and lay on the battlefield unable to move, and less than 200 cavalry fled in the desert, while the Ming army only killed more than 100 people and seriously wounded dozens of people.

"General, win, we won!"

Scarface rushed to Wang Pu, jumping up and down with excitement, shouting, this guy was a bandit first and a general, and he has been marching and fighting for almost 20 years, and he has never fought such a hearty victory today, and it is said that the Jiannu cavalry is invincible in the field, but this time it was really killed by the Ming official army and left no armor.

Zhen Youcai slipped out from under the horse's belly, his face still had a palpitating expression, when he saw the wounded Jiannu soldiers lying on the battlefield wailing around him, his eyes were about to bulge, incredible, this is really incredible, only six hundred infantry actually defeated three thousand Jiannu cavalry, and it was a field battle, this is unbelievable!

Don't say you've experienced such a big victory, I've never heard of it before.

Wang Pu was in no mood or time to be complacent, he was thinking about a very serious problem.

In this breakthrough battle, Zhen Youcai's plan to attack the east and west cannot be said to be unclever, but how did Jiannu see through it? Not only did he see through it, but he also set up an ambush outside the east gate, if it weren't for Wang Pu's extraordinary keen sense of danger, it would not be Jiannu who was lying on the battlefield wailing at this time, but Wang Pu and his more than 900 family members.

Who saw through Zhen Youcai's trick? Who could this person be?

The Jurchens are indeed brave and good at fighting, but they have few literate people, and only a few of them are good at strategy, except for the early Nuerhachi, Huang Taiji father and son, there are only the later Dolgon, Duoduo brothers and Emperor Kangxi, there are indeed many talents in the Han Dynasty who recognize thieves as their fathers, such as Fan Wencheng is a master of strategy, but he is not reused by Jiannu at all now.

Wang Pu beckoned to Zhen Youcai and shouted, "Zhen Youcai, come here." ”

Zhen Youcai hurriedly trotted in front of Wang Pu, nodded and said, "General, are you looking for a villain?" ”

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "Zhen Youcai, let me ask you, how many people among the Jiannu are good at strategy? ”

"This one...... Zhen Youcai scratched his head and said, "It shouldn't be much, the Slave Chief Emperor Taiji is the most powerful." ”

"Huang Taiji?" Wang Pu pondered for a moment, and suddenly shouted, "Huang Taiji! It's Huang Taiji! How did I forget this stubble. ”

Zhen Youcai was startled and asked cautiously, "General, what's wrong with Huang Taiji?" ”

Wang Pu quickly restrained his smile and said, "The Slave Chief Emperor Taiji is just outside Shengjing City, and now there are less than two hundred guards left around him at most!" ”

"This ......," Zhen Youcai said in disbelief, "General, how do you know?" ”

"Don't leak it!" Wang Pu Huoran turned around and shouted, "Scarface! ”

Scarface was searching on the battlefield with his family, and found that Jiannu, who could still breathe, made up for two knives, and when he heard Wang Pu calling, Scarface hurriedly ran to Wang Pu and asked, "General, are you looking for a villain?" ”

"Leave these injured slaves alone." Wang Pu said murderously, "Gather all the brothers immediately and go back to Shengjing with me!" ”

"Huh?" Scarface was stunned and said, "Kill back to Shengjing? ”

"Yes, kill back to Shengjing." Wang Pu said viciously, "This time we are going to capture the slave chief Taiji alive." ”

"Capture the slave chief Taiji alive?" Scarface exclaimed, "Okay, great, the villain is going to gather the brethren." ”

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Outside the city of Shengjing, a large camp of slaves was built.

The imperial palace has become a sea of fire, the entire Shengjing City has also become a ruin, and six of the eight city gates have also been blown down, so Huang Taiji only stayed in the city for half an hour before leaving the city and returning to the camp.

When it was almost dawn, news finally came back to the camp, but it was not good news but bad news.

Huang Taiji just lay down for a while, he was awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps, just sat up with the support of the guards, and the bloodied Ta Zhan stumbled into the tent, knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, the slave is useless, the slave is useless......"

"What's going on?" Huang Taiji forced himself to calm down and shouted, "Get up and speak." ”

Ta Zhan didn't dare to get up, and cried with his head on the ground: "Your Majesty, it's over, the two thousand Manggusi cavalry that the minions and Kubilong brought to ambush the Ming army are all finished, and Kubilong is also killed in battle, ...... it."

"What?" Huang Taiji couldn't believe his ears, and said in a mouthful of words, "All, it's all over?" ”

"It's all over."

"Impossible! It's absolutely impossible! ”

Huang Taiji suddenly roared, and even Man Zhu Xili, who had just come in, was taken aback.

Ta Zhan choked up and said: "Your Majesty, this is all true, the firearms of the Ming army are too powerful, we, we have not rushed to the front of the Ming army, we have already suffered heavy casualties." ”

"The Ming army's firearms are powerful? How powerful can it be, how powerful? Yes! Huang Taiji gasped violently, and scolded while gasping, "Didn't you learn when you fought with the Ming army before?" Even the Hongyi cannon on Ningyuan City failed to do anything to us, how powerful can this firearm of less than a thousand Ming troops be? ”

"Your Majesty." When Huang Taiji was in a rage, suddenly a guard hurriedly entered the tent and said in a panic, "The emperor is not good." ”

"What's the panic?" Huang Taiji even had the heart to kill, and shouted loudly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Ming, the Ming army ......" the guard pointed out of the tent and said in a trembling voice, "The Ming army has been killed." ”

"What do you say? Ming Army!? ”

Huang Taiji's face changed greatly, and when he listened to it, he heard the sound of horses' hooves like a tide.

"Quick!" Ta Zhan, who was covered in blood, jumped up from the ground and shouted, "Quickly protect the emperor and break through!" ”

Two guards rushed into the tent to set up Huang Taiji and left, Huang Taiji was fat, although the two Jiannu guards were tall and strong, they could carry Huang Taiji who weighed more than 300 catties and ran very hard, and the guards guarded Huang Taiji's imperial chariot just out of the camp, and more than 900 Ding led by Wang Pu were killed.

If there is no burden of Huang Taiji, it can be said that it will be easy for two hundred Jiannu to get rid of the entanglement of the Ming army, and if the Ming army dares to pursue, they may even hit the Ming army hard in the chase battle, and then defeat the Ming army in turn.

It's a pity that Huang Taiji is the slave chief of Jiannu, and Jiannu has to protect him even if he fights for his life! The existence of Huang Taiji not only seriously delayed the speed of Jiannu's action, but also made the Jiannu have scruples and could not do their best, they could only stick around Huang Taiji's imperial chariot, the firearms of the Ming army, bows and arrows shot over, and the Jiannu not only could not dodge, but also used their bodies to block!

What was supposed to be a tragic encounter turned into a one-sided massacre.

Under the unscrupulous attack of the Ming army, the two hundred Jiannu guards were quickly killed and wounded, but the Ming army also paid heavy casualties, at least more than 50 Ding died under Jiannu's bow and arrows and sabers, and more than 100 Ding were seriously wounded and incapacitated. However, the casualties of the Ming army were completely worth it, because they really captured Huang Taiji alive.

The imperial chariot was split, and when the bright steel knife was held to his neck, Huang Taiji appeared calm and composed, and he tried his best to maintain the majesty of the king.

Huang Taiji looked around, surrounded by murderous Ming soldiers, this was a Ming army that Huang Taiji felt unfamiliar with, and it was completely different from all the Ming troops he had come into contact with before! There was no confusion in the eyes of this Ming army, no panic, no retreat, and no fear, there was only a scorching murderous intent in their eyes, this was a group of warlike beasts!

Huang Taiji soon saw Wang Pu, the general of the Ming army who he had always dreamed of capturing alive, but unfortunately he failed to capture the other party alive, but was captured alive by the other party instead.

Huang Taiji realized who the general of the Ming army standing in front of him was, his breathing suddenly became short, and he asked, "Are you accurate?" ”

Unlike Nurhachi, Huang Taiji received a good education from an early age, was familiar with many Chinese classics, and was fluent in Chinese.

Wang Pu smiled faintly and replied: "The chief soldier of Datong Town of the Ming Empire, Wang Pu." ”

"Datong General Soldier?" Huang Taiji frowned and asked, "Wang Pu, I really don't understand, since you have already run away, why do you still have to bring troops back to kill?" Aren't you afraid that you will miss the opportunity to retreat and let me mobilize an army to destroy you? ”

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid." Wang Pu said indifferently, "But in order to capture you alive, it's worth taking a big risk." ”

Huang Taiji asked, "How do you know that I am in Shengjing!" ”

Wang Pu laughed and said, "You really want to know? ”

Huang Taiji nodded.

"It's very simple, because of your woman Hai Lanzhu!" Wang Pu said, "When I was in Datong, I often heard that the slave chief Emperor Taiji had a charming favorite concubine named Hai Lanzhu, and now Hai Lanzhu is critically ill, you will definitely rush back to see her for the last time, and this time to break through our army can be said to be exhausted, but in the end it was almost ambushed, who else among the Jurchens except you Huang Taiji can have this strategy?" ”

"Concubine Chen?" Huang Taiji showed an eager look on his face and asked, "Where is she?" Is she okay? ”

Wang Pu sighed and said, "I don't want to lie to you, Hai Lanzhu's situation is very bad, when she was first caught, there was only one breath left, and now she followed the army on horseback for so long a night, and now most of them are out of breath." ”

"Call Concubine Chen, don't call her by her name!"

Wang Pu called Hai Lanzhu's name twice, which made Huang Taiji very unhappy, Hai Lanzhu was his Huang Taiji, the favorite concubine of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, how could a small Datong general call her by her name.

"Why?" Wang Pu sneered, "Huang Taiji, be clear, now you are no longer a slave chief of Jiannu, now you are a prisoner in the hands of General Ben!" ”

Huang Taiji's face turned blue with anger, and he gasped: "I want to see Concubine Chen." ”

"There's no hurry." Wang Pu said coldly, "From this time, as long as Hai Lanzhu does not die, it will be when your husband and wife meet." ”

"Back to the customs?" Huang Taiji laughed and said, "You still want to go back to Guannei?" Hahaha, the eight thousand iron horsemen with white flags have already arrived in Shengjing from the Songshan front line in the starry night, this will have already crossed the Liao River, and the distance from Shengjing is only one or two hundred miles at most. Wang Pu, now you can't fly back to the level even if you put on your wings. ”

"White flags? Eight thousand iron riders? Sounds weird and scary. Wang Pu smiled and said, "But even your Emperor Taiji has not been able to leave General Ben behind, let alone others, General Ben can transfer them thousands of miles away with a little trick." ”

"Really?" Huang Taiji said coldly, "I'll have to wait and see." ”

"You'll find out by tonight." Wang Pu said, and suddenly shouted, "The whole army rests on the spot, and sets off after half an hour, Scarface, you lead someone to collect the corpses of the fallen soldiers, cremate them on the spot, and take the ashes away, Xiao Qi, you go to find a tall horse, Huang Taiji will be handed over to you, you must look carefully." ”;