Chapter 52 The Turtle in the Urn

Huang Taiji looked at the map and said: "Qing family, I plan to send troops into Sichuan and then enter Huguang, but the map shows that if you want to enter Huguang, you must pass through Yunyang (. Have you ever been to Yunyang, is it easy to attack? ”

"Although Yunyang is a key road, but the city defense and Chang'an, Tongguan and other places, much worse, when the rogue attacked Yunyang, it can be said that the emperor's army, it is estimated that as soon as it arrives, the defenders there are estimated to have to abandon the city and flee." Zhang Chongan said.

"If that were the case, it would be great. However, as the saying goes, be careful to sail a ship for ten thousand years, we can't be careless, and we have to be careful everywhere. I have an idea, in a few days, I will send troops into Sichuan, I think that at that time, the people in Sichuan, will definitely flee from the wind, you take your people, I will allocate you another 300 warriors, disguised as Han people, mixed together in Yunyang City, spread the power of my Eight Banners warriors, to create panic in the city, and when my army really arrives, you should cooperate with the outside and cooperate with the army, and take Yunyang. This is a great achievement, and if you can do it, I will make you king. Huang Taiji said loudly.

"Thank you to the emperor, the slave must have done his best to die." Zhang Chongan quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said.

"Okay, you go down and prepare now, and set off first tomorrow, and we'll see you in Yunyang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhang Chong'an set off first and went to Yunyang, Huang Taiji was not idle, the brigade of soldiers and horses packed up properly, and began to move to Sichuan.

From Chang'an to Sichuan, the normal way to walk is naturally to go to Hanzhong, and from there to Sichuan. Huang Taiji didn't have the courage to walk through the Meridian Valley, where the terrain was narrow, once the Ming army was ambushed, the cavalry could not be opened, and only passively beaten, so he still decided to take the big road. Go south to Ankang, and then go west to Hanzhong.

Directly to the south, you can go to Jinzhou, and then go east directly to Yunyang, but there is one point, the road from An to Jinzhou, the cavalry can't go, the whole is the Funiu Mountains, it doesn't matter if the infantry goes over the mountains and mountains, the horses have to be thrown down. When Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan six times, he didn't say where to go, the reason is very simple, not enough to toss.

Tartar is not a rogue, so he naturally does not want to drill into the ravine, and after some research, he can only follow the route of Zhuge Liang's six out of Qishan back then, go west in a big circle, and go to Hanzhong.

The army went west, along the way, it was rare to loot, but now if you want to rob, it is more difficult, and the people have already fled (. When the rogues were in turmoil, Shaanxi was tossed and not presentable, the old and weak died a lot, and most of the rest were young and strong, and their legs and feet were fast.

When the Tartars came to Tianshui, they didn't grab much, but they were the guards of Tianshui, presiding over the soldiers and people to guard the city. The Tartars attacked for two days in a row, but they did not take Tianshui. Huang Taiji is angry in his heart, I can't attack Chang'an, that's it, you are a small Tianshui City, if I can't take it anymore, what face do I have to attack Yunyang. This time, it should be all about training, and at any cost, we must also take Tianshui.

With Huang Taiji's death order, the Tartars naturally had to attack the city desperately, and there were not many artillery pieces on Tianshui City, all relying on rolling wood and stones, bows and arrows, and boiling oil to defend it. The Tartars didn't have much artillery at hand, that is, a few guns brought from Yan'an, which were barely enough to attack the city, and the firepower was not very good.

Fortunately, Huang Taiji didn't count on artillery, their trick was to drive the people to attack the city, and let the people of the Ming Dynasty rush in front as cannon fodder, attacking day and night. After a few days, the defenders of the city finally couldn't bear it, and the Tartars followed several rounds of strong attacks, and finally took the small Tianshui City.

The Tartar generals generally suggested slaughtering the city, after the province, the Ming army blindly defended, but Huang Taiji did not agree, this is not that he cherishes the people, wants to buy people's hearts or something, but the road ahead is long, the city that needs to be attacked, more than one or two, driving the people to attack the city is the main means, now a large number of prisoners are in Yan'an, there are not many people at hand, killing the people in Ankang City, the people in the city behind, not necessarily afraid of surrender, but a large number of people are missing. //

Huang Taiji saved these people, but everything in Tianshui City was robbed by him. Next, the Tartars marched into the army, and there were several small cities on the road, some stubbornly defended, and some fled when they heard the wind. On this day, the Tartars came to Yangping Pass.

Yangping Pass is known as the natural danger in Hanzhong, which is the barrier of Gongwei Hanzhong, also known as White Horse City. During the Three Kingdoms period, the reputation was extremely loud, but later, it gradually declined, because the Mongols attacked Hanzhong and fought a bloody battle at Yangping Pass, with heavy casualties, but finally broke through Yangping Pass. The Mongols have always hated the city pass, and they want to tear down all the cities in the world, so after the Mongols captured Hanzhong, they did not repair the Yangping Pass, and then destroyed it. In the Ming Dynasty, because the world was unified, there was the Great Wall outside, and Yangping Pass was far away from Beijing, so it was not too much care (. So much so that now it is not a danger at all.

Huang Taiji was thought that when he arrived at Yangping Pass, there would be a fierce battle, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't see a single enemy, and even Yangping Pass was not as majestic as he imagined. No one guarded the pass, so it was naturally the best, and the Tartars continued to the east, and soon came to Hanzhong, surround the city of Hanzhong. Huang Taiji first persuaded him to surrender, but the Hanzhong defenders were unwilling to surrender, and he withdrew the soldiers and horses at Yangping Pass, the purpose of which was to defend Hanzhong.

Seeing that Hanzhong City refused to surrender, Huang Taiji was furious and ordered the siege of the city. The Ming army was strong and stubborn, and the army and the people were united, no matter whether the Tartars drove the people to attack the city or shelled it, they were not afraid. The Tartar artillery fire is limited, even less than that of Hanzhong, and it is difficult to shake Hanzhong in a few days.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Huang Taiji didn't have the mood to continue attacking, the food and grass were limited, who had the kung fu to toss with you here. Anyway, you can go around it, and you just don't hit it. Huang Taiji ordered to ignore Hanzhong City and continue eastward to Jinzhou. After Jinzhou, it is Yunyang, as long as you step through Yunyang City, there is Xiangyang City in front.

Besides, Yue Su, when the Tartars left Chang'an and entered Tianshui in the west, he got a report from Chang'an. Yue Su immediately concluded that this was a Tatar who was going to Hanzhong, and then passed through Jinzhou and fought Yunyang. Although he had already given an order to let Yunyang prepare for battle and send troops to reinforcements, Yue Su was still a little uneasy. Because, the final decisive battle, is here.

Yue Su ordered the warship to set sail and enter the Wei River from the Yellow River, the Wei River is in Shaanxi, not far from Chang'an, and then enter the Shuangjiang River from the Wei River, the Shuangjiang River can lead to Hanzhong, if the normal march from the waterway, Yue Su's army, even before the Tartars, rushed to Hanzhong. But Yue Su deliberately slowed down, and just sent someone to give an order to the Hanzhong guards to remove the defense of Yangping Pass and defend Hanzhong, at any cost, it must be defended. So, when the Tartars passed through Yangping Pass, they did not meet a single defender.

Seeing that he could not capture Hanzhong, the Tartars abandoned Hanzhong and went to Jinzhou, and Yuesu's sailors rushed to Hanzhong later. Yue Su left Wu Rumeng's Shandong soldiers and horses behind, and asked him to gather the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong to build a stone city. Stone City starts from Laojun Mountain in the north, connects with Hanzhong City in the middle, south of Hanzhong City, and reaches Shuangjiang, and also builds Stone City. The stone city does not need to be built in a boxy way, in fact, it is a city wall, the thickness must be enough, the height must be enough, blocking this road, if the Tartars want to come back, it will be difficult to climb to the sky.

Before the stone walls were built, heavy troops were sent to camp in front of them in case the Tartars returned (. Yue Su issued a death order, no matter what, he must also block the Tartars, otherwise, officials above the fourth grade, regardless of civil and military, will be killed.

The prefect of Hanzhong, the deputy general of the city guard, and Wu Rumeng were all dumbfounded all of a sudden, and then without saying anything else, they immediately started to work, allocated manpower, and built a stone city. Yue Su continued to advance eastward along the river, but the speed was still very slow, and he kept behind the Tartars. Not long after, Yue Su got the news that Jinzhou was lost, and the Tatars continued to advance eastward to Yunyang. At this time, Yue Su accelerated his march and came to the Han River in a few days.

The Han River is on the boundary of fifty miles east of Yunyang, from here abandoned the boat to land, Yue Su led an army of 30,000 and rushed to Yunyang. Along the way, you can see both sides of Yunyang, which are mountains and mountains. To the north of Yunyang is the Sifang Mountain, directly connected to the Han River, to the south of Yunyang is the Niutou Mountain, which is connected with Shennongjia, so many mountains surround, only Yunyang has one road to go, as long as Yunyang is guarded, the Tartar is the turtle in the urn.

In the evening, Yue Su arrived in Yunyang, and the deputy general of Yunyang and Qin Liangyu, the general of Chongqing, went out of the city to greet him. Qin Liangyu is not young, but he is also dressed in a military uniform, and he is heroic. How did she get here, it wasn't because Lord Yue, as soon as he expected that the Tartars would attack Yunyang, he sent someone to Chongqing to transfer Qin Liangyu to help in the battle.

Qin Liangyu came all the way over Shennongjia, but fortunately, on the mountain roads in Sichuan, everyone is used to it, and they don't feel like it.

Yunyang City soldiers are strong and strong, Yue Su is overjoyed, suddenly get a report, the Tartars arrived, and before they set up camp, they drove the people to attack the city, the Ming army and horses were numerous, and immediately began to guard, Yue Su and Qin Liangyu, Yunyang Deputy General went to the city together to watch the enemy's situation.

Tartar is on the west side of Yunyang City, on this side you can also see the surrounding terrain, there are mountains everywhere, for Yunyang a place to go, if you don't want to give up the horses, you have to fight to attack the city. Therefore, as soon as the Tartars arrived, they didn't even set up the camp, so they attacked the city first, so to speak, it was a taboo for the soldiers, but Huang Taiji couldn't control that much.

In front were the people, and behind were the tartars, like a tidal wave, flocking to the city. The artillery, bows and arrows in the city have long been prepared, and they will greet you directly, no matter if you are a citizen or a Tartar, as long as you get close, you will be killed.

When Lord Yue came here, he also brought a lot of cannons, and the city was guarded while arranging it in an orderly manner. By night, everything had been laid out, and in this short hour, the Tartars had already launched three attacks, but they were all defeated.

The morale of the Tartars slowly fell, the firepower on the Ming army strengthened in the city, and the momentum became even worse, and they all shouted loudly. "Dead Tartar, if there is a kind, rush it!" "Come on! Come on! ”……

Huang Taiji saw that it was difficult to succeed today, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. There was still no camp at night, it was summer anyway, and it wasn't cold. Stay on your back, ready to fight at any time.

Others seemed anxious, but Huang Taiji still seemed very calm, because he still had a killer feature, Zhang Chong'an and three hundred Tartars, who had already entered the city, and they couldn't figure out when they would be able to come and break through Yunyang City.

However, what Huang Taiji never dreamed of was that early the next morning, the three hundred Tartars who were sent into the city were all cut off and hung on the city for public display.

The reason why this happened was that Zhang Chongan turned back. When Zhang Chongan started, he planned to make meritorious contributions in Yunyang and capture the city together, but when Qin Liangyu and Yue Su's soldiers and horses entered the city one after another, he realized that Huang Taiji had become a turtle in the urn, and there were not many days to jump. If you want to cooperate with the outside and capture Yunyang City, it is even more impossible, there are no less than 80,000 soldiers and horses in Yunyang City, and the two people on hand are not enough for others to stuff their teeth.

Of course, he was unwilling to surrender like this, he was a traitor, he had done a lot of immoral things, and after surrendering, he would not get any benefits. Simply, just hide quietly in the city and wait and see what happens. However, he planned to wait and see what happened, and the three hundred Tartar soldiers who mixed in with him did not plan to wait and see what happened, no matter how many Ming troops there were, they all planned to fight to the death. even had to pull him up, if Zhang Chong'an didn't go, he would cut him first.

Zhang Chongan had no choice but to make a false promise and agree first, and now he also understands that he actually has no status in front of the Jurchens, at best, it is just a way for the Jurchens. So, in the middle of the night, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he ran to Yue Su to surrender and plead guilty.

Lord Yue is also righteous, saying that he is not to blame for the past, as long as you confess honestly, the court will not be counted. You must know that Zhang Xianzhong, a thief who is called the emperor, has been released by the imperial court, not to mention that you are a little traitor.

Zhang Chongan was overjoyed, and told everything he knew at the moment, 1510.

He was originally the boss of Zhangjiakou Chunfeng Ju, which was supported by Huang Taiji, specializing in the Central Plains, inquiring about news, and often giving gifts to some officials in Beijing to stabilize his own court, so that people did not dare to come to make trouble. Don't look at the gates are closed now, but you can also rely on flying pigeons to send the news out. Some time ago, he received a letter from Huang Taiji, asking him to go to the three passes, open the city gate by fraud, capture the three passes, and then lead the Tartars into the pass. At present, on the order of Huang Taiji, he came to Yunyang City, preparing to join forces with the outside and capture the city. Because he saw that the Tartars had gone, he decided to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and the three hundred people who the Tartars mixed in were at the Baiyun Inn, and the adults could go to arrest them.

This guy is really real, why did he abandon the darkness and turn to the light, it is also the truth. Of course, if he said that his conscience suddenly found out and found that the Tartar had lost his conscience, Yue Su would not believe it.

After listening to his story, Yue Su nodded and said, "Sure enough, the person who knows the times is Junjie, and you can be regarded as a character, and the wind blows on both sides." ”

After that, he ordered someone to go to the Baiyun Inn and tied up the Tartars there and Zhang Chong'an's men. All the Tartars were beheaded and hung at the head of the city to show the public, and Zhang Chong'an's men were all late, as for Zhang Chong'an, Yue Su only ordered him to be temporarily put in prison and wait for his fate.

However, since then, there is no such person as Zhang Chongan in the world, and no one knows where the others have gone, whether they are alive or dead.

In the early morning of the next day, Huang Taiji led the army to fight again, and saw his own people's heads hanging on the city, and his head was also buzzing. The plan of combining inside and outside is obviously in vain, but it is impossible for Huang Taiji to retreat, because he has no way to go. Huang Taiji had no choice but to give the order to continue the siege at all costs.

Just by virtue of the siege methods of the Tartars, they have long been figured out by the Ming army, and the siege equipment is not good, that is, relying on the people of the Ming Dynasty as cannon fodder to mobilize the compassion of the Ming army. But Lord Yue is in the city, and he ordered to be beaten, whoever dares not to do it, as long as he kills the red eye, it doesn't matter which country you are.

The two sides fought fiercely for ten days and ten nights, and the Tartar soldiers could not cross the thunder pond by half a step, and the grain and grass were gradually difficult to support (. However, what made Huang Taiji even more troublesome was not that the grain and grass could not be supported, but that the soldiers were getting sick more and more.

Yunyang is located at the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei, and the climate is affected by Sichuan, and it is also very humid, so you need to eat more chili peppers to eliminate the moisture on your body. The Tartars don't know this, and they are still from the Northeast, so they are even more unsuitable for the climate here, and they don't camp at night, so the time is a little longer, where can they still eat.

Seeing that there were more and more sick soldiers, Huang Taiji was really anxious this time, and ordered again to attack for two days, but seeing that he still couldn't shake Yunyang, he had to order to return to the division.

The Tartar soldiers are now depressed, but what makes them even more depressed is still to come. The army cultivated in Jinzhou for two days, and this place was robbed of everything that could be robbed, and it was not a place to stay for a long time, so it could only continue to the west and then go to Hanzhong. It's also about not giving up the horses. Soon, arrived in Hanzhong, goodbye Hanzhong, the appearance of Hanzhong City, it can be said that it is not what it used to be, it has only been a few days, and it is not only Hanzhong City in front of you, but also on both sides of Hanzhong City, there are stone city walls.

In such a short period of time, it can be said that it took fifty or sixty thousand manpower to build such a city wall, and after Huang Taiji saw it, he almost fell off his horse. From Hanzhong to Yunyang, he can see the terrain along the way, and there is nowhere to go except for this straight road. Unless you don't want a horse and go over the mountain, otherwise, you can only wait for death.

How can a nation on horseback abandon a horse unless it is absolutely necessary. Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers to attack the city, even if they gnawed with their teeth, they had to tear out a hole in Hanzhong.

Attacking a city is not something you can conquer with all your might. Back then, how many people Li Zicheng attacked and opened the seal, but they didn't return in vain. Now there are almost 100,000 horses in Hanzhong City, and the equipment to defend the city is sophisticated, and they don't pay any attention to the stupid attacks of the Tartars, and have repelled countless attacks from the other side. The morale of the Tartars was doubly devastated.

Collapse, the Tartars are already on the verge of collapse. Disease, lack of food and grass, lack of people and horses, and most importantly, there is no way out.

"Where do I go from here?" Huang Taiji looked at the impregnable Hanzhong City, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

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