Seeing this, the two Qing soldiers looked at each other, and then threatened loudly: "Whoever runs will kill him!" The unplanted Ming soldiers could only say, "Yes!" We don't run! We don't dare to run! Spare your life! Please, spare your life! ”

They were wrong! Their failure to resist is a big mistake, and now they are pinning their hopes on the mercy of the Qing soldiers to make even more mistakes!

"Porphyry!" "Porphyry!" After the two Qing soldiers frightened the deserters, the massacre began! The heads of the people were flying wildly, but not one of them thought of running away, or desperately, they were all frightened, and they were pitiful and stupid to think that if they obeyed their orders, they would not die!

Although some of their comrades-in-arms were beheaded, they thought that they must have offended the Qing soldiers when they fled just now, or they wanted to run away again, so they lowered their heads one by one, not daring to look up to see what was going on, their silence, their timidity made them lose their right to live.

The Qing soldiers also shouted insidiously: "Whoever runs and kills whom!" If you don't run, you can live! "I just want to stabilize them with this! But they believed it, even though the wails kept ringing in their ears.

A full 28 people! Yes! 28 people were killed by two Qing soldiers without any difficulty! Odd news, right? Unbelievable, right? But that's just the way it is! The combat strength of the Ming army is too poor, and the military discipline is also corrupt, and it is no longer the iron-blooded army that can fight. The main thing is that the general who leads them is a big bear! Soft sheep! Cowardly without a fight, take the lead and flee!

A thousand tigers and wolves led by a big bear or a soft sheep will lose to a thousand sheep led by a tiger. What's more, they are soft sheep with no fighting spirit? From generals to soldiers, they have no fighting spirit, and they lose their courage when they hear the enemy, how can they be expected to defend the country against the enemy and defend the country? How can this not be heartbreaking?

The Qing army invaded from the wall ridge and Qingshankou in two ways, and the Ming army was caught off guard, and the Ming army thought that the Manchu Qing would not make a mistake! But unexpectedly, this time the offense came in a big way, almost the whole country of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao and the squire of the military department, was shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly ordered his men and horses to meet the enemy, hoping to drive the Qing army away, and he would not be punished by Chongzhen for not fighting. It was useless for him to go to the Qiangziling, after all, Yue Tuo and Du Du had already captured the dangerous place.

Lu Zongwen, the chief soldier, quickly ran to see Wu Aheng and said, "Lord Taiwan! Are you going to go out into the army yourself? ”

Wu Aheng replied: "Prepare with me!" Lu Zongwen lowered his head, what is it for? At first glance, most of the soldiers were yellow-faced and thin-skinned, but unfortunately, they had not received their military salaries for three months.

Due to the shortage of military salaries, some of them did not have enough to eat, and they were hungry all day long. There were many people who were so hungry that they couldn't even pull their bows.

The standard battalion under Wu Aheng's system is fine, but the soldiers under the other generals seem to be unstable with their weapons.

"Alas!" Seeing this situation, Wu Aheng couldn't help but sigh. How could he not know the truth? Although he raised grain and grass baggage, he took great pains. But there's only so much he can raise! The imperial court did not give him grain and grass, and when he could not raise it for a while, the soldiers were only hungry.

Wu Aheng shouted: "What about my subordinate general Wu Guojun? Isn't the wall ridge the place he guards? Why didn't he guard it? How could Qing Bing break through his defenses all at once? It shouldn't be! Lu Zongwen replied: "Lord Zhangtai, Wu Guojun went to congratulate Deng Xizhao on his birthday, he was not in the army, which made the soldiers distracted, and they couldn't organize resistance at all!" ”

The Qing army is to reconnoiter this point clearly, knowing that Deng Xi's birthday and the corruption of the generals of the Ming Dynasty must pay attention to pomp and circumstance, regardless of any duties, and they will get drunk when they drink, and they will make mistakes. At this time, it will be nine out of ten to cross the wall ridge.

Wu Aheng ordered the heralds: "Pass my general's order, if Wu Guojun is not quick to raise the soldiers of his headquarters to fight against the Tartars with the governor, the governor will remove him from the post of chief soldier!" Behead him! ”

The herald clenched his fists: "Yes!" He immediately went to give the order, but it was to no avail. The troops have broken down, and it is difficult to assemble. Coupled with Wu Guojun's greed for life and fear of death, it is impossible for him to fight against the Tartars. He didn't know where he had fled!

However, Wu Aheng also knew it in his heart, he just wanted to use it to seize the most hopeful future. At this time, he did not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and he would definitely die if he went!

Wu Aheng shouted: "Someone! Bring me my armor! When he was the magistrate of Licheng, Xu Hongru led the White Lotus uprising, and the White Lotus Sect besieged Licheng, and he set up an ambush to defeat the rebels. So he got the Emperor of the Apocalypse to drink the armor and give the imperial system the word "loyalty". Therefore, Wu Aheng has always regarded himself as a loyal minister.

Wu Aheng shouted: "The country is in great trouble, how can those who take refuge in distress be loyal ministers?" The husband deserves to die on the battlefield to repay his family and country! Repay the grace of heaven and earth! The gaze in Wu Aheng's eyes was very firm.

"What's more......" Wu Aheng confided in Lu Zongwen his true words: "Zongwen, the emperor is suspicious, he is mean and unkind to his subordinates, and his subordinates are at fault for a little, either kill or be imprisoned, and there is no tolerance at all!" Let the Tartars break through my defenses, and I am guilty of a capital offense! Rather than being captured by Ti Cai and taken to Beijing and beheaded in the city, it is better to die on the battlefield in a glorious battle, in the name of full loyalty! ”

Lu Zongwen looked at Wu Aheng, he sighed, he knew that he couldn't convince Wu Aheng, since he died, he would die with Wu Aheng!

His governor-general Biaoying carried the banner of handsome characters and followed Wu Aheng to the front line as if he were dead.

However, there were some soldiers who were afraid of death, they all fled secretly, and before they could confront the Qing soldiers, many people fled, which was a heavy blow to the morale of the army.

What's worse is that the last straw that crushed the camel was that the commander of the Qing army was Dolgon! Wasn't Dolgon relegated to a distant place by the Emperor? Why did he also lead the army himself? In fact, this is just a ploy used by Huang Taiji to confuse the Ming army.

Dolgon's banner was very loud, and the two white flags, the white flag and the inlaid white flag, rolled up and down, and Dolgon took the lead in rushing to the Ming army.

At this time, when the Ming army heard the name of Dolgon, most of them fled. Wu Aheng didn't dare at all, although he was a civil official and was born as a jinshi in the Wanli period, he still jumped on the horse and carried a knife, and personally led the soldiers to rush forward! He wasn't afraid of Dorgon at all. The pride of repaying the country with death inspires him!

It's a pity that Wu Aheng was surrounded by regiments, he fought alone, and there were no reinforcements, which was extremely dangerous.

In fact, the men and horses of this army were not led by Dolgon, but they were flying Dolgon's banner to scare the Ming army. In fact, the general of this army is Yue Tuo.

It was only when the defeat of the Ming army was assured that these people showed their banners, and they were not Dorgon's army but Yuetuo.

Yue Tuo also looked proudly at Wu Aheng, who was the turtle in the Chenggong urn, he was about to stand up.

After Dolgon heard that Yue Tuo had defeated the Ming army and killed Wu Aheng, he smiled, knowing that Emperor Taiji of the Dao Dao had asked Yue Tuo to make meritorious contributions, just to cultivate a force to restrain Dolgon.

However, Dolgon didn't care, he thought of one person - Zhang Biwu.

Dolgon thought to himself: "Zhang Biwu, this time we have invaded the Qing Dynasty, and I am going to turn your friends into enemies!" I hope you don't die at the hands of others, but at my hands! This can be regarded as a send-off from a friend! In order to become the hero of your Ming Dynasty! ”

After this battle, Dorgon decided that he would send a messenger to the governor of Xuanda to send a letter to Zhang Biwu to challenge.

When the news that the Qing army entered the Ming Realm from Qiangziling and Qingshankou, there were spies flying to report it to Lu Xiangsheng.

In June, Lu Xiang's father died, and Lu Xiangsheng was worried.

It is said that during the period of Ding Wei, he should have resigned and returned to his hometown and mourned for three years, so Lu Xiangsheng even took ten chapters in a row in the hope that he could go home and keep filial piety for three years, study more and then come out to serve Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen regained his affection, so that Lu Xiangsheng could not go to the official funeral for three years, and appointed Lu Xiangsheng as the secretary of the military department, thereby increasing his responsibility. His position as governor of Xuanda was replaced by Chen Xinjia, because Chen Xinjia was still in Sichuan, the road was far away and there was a delay, and he had not yet been able to take office, and he could not be handed over until Chen Xin arrived.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng wore filial piety clothes and official robes, and he also kept a mourning watch, and would bow to his father's grave every day, and cry out for the hardships of not being able to mourn in front of the grave for three years.

Prior to this, only Lu Xiangsheng was actively preparing for war in various towns, and Lu Xiangsheng had also sent a letter to Wu Aheng, asking him to be careful that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would invade this year and be on strict alert. Although Wu Aheng also did so, the chief military officer under him may not listen to him, and the chief military officer must be punished by the imperial court's decree, so Wu Aheng is in the dilemma of fighting alone today without reinforcements.

Lu Xiangsheng's active preparation for war aroused Chongzhen's suspicions, and it happened that Wang Dehua and Gao Qiqian, including Yang Sichang, did not like Lu Xiangsheng, and they united to say that Lu Xiangsheng was actively preparing for war, did he have other ideas?

The suspicious Chongzhen issued an order to ask Lu Xiangsheng what was going on? What are you fighting for? What do you want without being willed?

In such a situation, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to want to prepare for war, but he couldn't do anything, so he had to postpone it, and this suspension would have an accident! No, in the autumn, the Qing army invaded in a big way. The Ming army was unprepared, and suffered a big loss in a hasty response.

Coincidentally, Lu Xiangsheng's father died again, and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't reorganize the armament, even if it was to regain his feelings, so that he didn't have to go to his post, but was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and Chen Xinjia took over the post of governor of Xuanda.

But Lu Xiangsheng was seriously mourned, his heart was in turmoil, and with Chongzhen's holy decree, of course he would not dare to fight again, and he didn't know what new moves Chen Xinjia would make. Such changes were beneficial to the Manchus, and it seemed that God was helping the Manchus.

Lu Xiangsheng heard the battle report from the front, and he was anxious to know what Wu Aheng's life and death were, so he asked the scout: "How is the situation of Governor Wu?" ”

How the scouts will report will be known in the next chapter.