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Tianjin, the ferry port through which the Son of Heaven passed!

In the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, went south, and then built a city and defended it, making Tianjin the only city in Chinese history with an exact time of its founding.

After more than 200 years of exhibition, Tianjin has already become a commercial center connecting the north and the south, with a large number of merchants and prosperous trade. And with the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Tianjin's military role became more and more prominent.

"Lady, look." Li Yan pointed to the map and said to the red lady: "The capital has millions of households, all of which depend on the supply of grain from the south, and if you want to hold the capital, you must hold Tianjin and watch the Grand Canal." Beijing and Tianjin are horns for each other, so as to block the Qing army from moving south. ”

The red lady smiled bitterly: "Xianggong is far-sighted, but some people may not be able to understand your hard work!" ”

Li Yan also shook his head and sighed, lowered his head, and said nothing.

After the defeat from Shanhaiguan, Li Yan protected Li Zicheng to the south. He knew very well that the Manchu Qing were bound to pursue south, and what the Dashun army should do next was a test for everyone.

There were many generals who advocated abandoning the capital and retreating directly to Shanxi and Shaanxi. However, Li Yan resolutely opposed, and his morale could not be discharged, and once the capital was abandoned, the Dashun army lost the capital to command the world. What's more, in various parts of the Central Plains, there are still a large number of elites who have not been transferred.

As long as the Dashun army was given a little time, it was not possible to turn defeat into victory, so Li Yanti wanted to seize Tianjin, rely on Beijing and Tianjin, and carry out a long-term struggle with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In all fairness, Li Yan's proposition is very reasonable, but Li Zicheng doesn't care much. Under Li Yan's repeated requests, he just divided 8,000 remnants of soldiers and asked Li Yan to attack Tianjin, obviously Li Zicheng didn't care about the importance of Tianjin!

Li Yan had no choice but to take this little bit of people and horses to Tianjin, and they traveled overnight and rushed to Li Village in the south of Tianjin to set up camp.

"Lady, I've been thinking about Gu Zhenhua's words for the past two days, and his prosperity is also vigorous, and his death is also sudden. Is it true that you have to say it in one word? ”

The red lady said: "The slave family doesn't know, but I just feel that King Chuang has lost his original enterprising spirit!" ”

The woman was careful, and the red lady said a word, Li Yan was stunned for a while, indeed after retreating from Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng had no spirit, as if he was a deflated ball. In fact, it's not just him, it's the entire Dashun army.

Li Yan could only sigh: "No matter what, I have to give it a go!" ”

While he was talking, suddenly the sound of footsteps outside sounded, and Li Yan's younger brother Li Nian walked into the tent, wet from the rain, and water droplets were dripping down from his sideburns.

He didn't care about this, and after he walked in, he said anxiously: "Big brother, Yuan Yuzong, this bastard, closed the door and didn't let us enter Tianjin!" ”

"What?" When Li Yan heard this, he suddenly stood up: "Second brother, did you make it clear, we came here on the orders of King Chuang, can they rebel?" ”

"Big brother, I think they just want to rebel, and the brothers I sent to the city were all shot to death by them." Li Nian said with a snort.

"Nothing out of the ordinary." The red lady said: "Yuan Yuzong is an official of the Ming Dynasty, if he can betray Chongzhen, he can betray King Chuang, if you want to take Tianjin, I am afraid there is only one way to attack it." ”

"We only have 5,000 people, can we take Tianjin?"

"If you can't take it, take it!" Li Yan said categorically: "Without Tianjin, the capital can't be saved, and if we lose the capital, we can't afford to lose!" ”

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In the rainy night, the wind swept the raindrops and fell on the body, blown by the cold wind, and it was a little cold to the bone. However, the city of Tianjin was particularly lively, and the Dashun army attacked in the rain.

The dense mass of soldiers rushed up like a tidal wave, rushed through the moat, climbed the ladder, and swooped down into the city. Li Yan personally supervised the battle in the back, and anyone who dared to retreat, he was unceremoniously and cut off his head directly.

The Dashun army attacked fiercely, and the soldiers in the city also tried their best to defend and did not back down.

In charge of Tianjin are two people, one civil and one military, the civil official is the military Beidao Yuan Yuzong, and the military general is the deputy general Lou Guangxian. After Li Zicheng occupied the capital, they immediately surrendered to the Dashun army.

In the face of Tianjin, an important town with a general gateway arm, Li Zicheng was extremely stupid, and he did not send troops to receive it, and left the original Ming army to continue to guard.

Although Yuan Yuzong nominally surrendered to Li Zicheng, it was actually an independent small kingdom that was waiting to be sold.

After hearing the news of Li Zicheng's defeat in Shanhaiguan, these two guys suddenly had a different thought, where would they let Li Yan's soldiers and horses enter the city. The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle around Tianjin.

"Resist, resist me, you must not let the rogues enter the city!"

Lou Guangxian personally went to the city to supervise the battle, holding a sword in his hand, like a firefighter, and personally cut down several Dashun troops. It was slippery in the rain, and the firearms defending the city could not be used. However, for the besieging side, the difficulty has increased a lot, and the two sides are in a stalemate, and the casualties are getting heavier and heavier.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone must know the battle situation in Shanhaiguan, the thieves have been defeated, and Ping Xibo has entered the customs with the Qing army, and the Ming Dynasty will be restored. At this time, if you can't see the situation clearly, you will be confused. All of you here, those who have money will pay, and some people will pay people, and they must hold Tianjin and wait for Ping Xibo's army! ”

Facing the gentry and merchants in Tianjin, Yuan Yuzong said loudly. Obviously, he hasn't figured out the situation in Shanhaiguan yet, but he just thinks that Wu Sangui is borrowing his teacher to help suppress him.

Since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, grain from the south was transported to the north to support the front line, and a large number of grain merchants swelled rapidly in Tianjin, and they were all very rich. These people were also very afraid of Li Zicheng, for fear that the Dashun army would chase the stolen goods and help them, so they were all willing to help defend the city.

You pay 30,000 taels, I pay 50,000 taels, especially enthusiastic.

At this moment, a grain merchant named Wu Shizhen suddenly came to Yuan Yuzong and stuffed a note to him. When Yuan Yuzong saw it, his face turned pale with fright and trembled.

"This, this, is this true?"

"It's true, Lord Yuan, Pingxibo has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and now he is the king of Pingxi. The Qing court also values you, as long as you can dedicate Tianjin to the Qing Dynasty intact, promote official wealth, and seal your wife and son, it is right in front of you. ”

"Mr. Wu, do you have any credentials for saying this?"

"Of course there is, it's not a secret, Wu has sent a lot of grain to the Qing Dynasty over the years. The prosperity of the Qing Dynasty is unstoppable, please think clearly! ”

Yuan Yuzhong frowned, in fact, he had also thought about surrendering to the Manchus, but when it came time to make a decision, it was still a little awkward. After a while, he said: "Mr. Wu, if the Qing Dynasty can guarantee my official position, I am willing to surrender, but this matter must not be spread, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be turbulent." ”

"Don't worry, sir."

As soon as Yuan Yuzong thought of surrendering to his new master, he immediately became cautious and wanted to show a good attitude. He himself went up to the city with the money he had raised.

"Brothers, cut one level, reward ten taels of silver, kill one general, reward silver and white taels, cash on the spot, and never break your promise!"

As Yuan Yuzong spoke, he asked his subordinates to carry the box to the back of the soldiers, and the sound of the silver ingots bumping and clinking made people's hearts sway and their blood boiled.

The morale of the army defending the city was greatly boosted, and they drove the Dashun army off the city with all their strength.

"Big brother, I will personally lead people to rush and take Tianjin!" Li Nian asked for an order.

Li Yan frowned, and nodded slowly for a while.

Li Nian immediately led the most elite soldiers and rushed towards Tianjin. Li Nian held a shield in one hand and a steel knife in the other, and quickly climbed up from the ladder. When he was still more than a foot away from the city, he swept with his knife, and a soldier's legs were cut off and he fell to the ground, and Li Nian jumped on the city.

"Follow me!"

Li Nian was like a tiger, rushed to the head of the city, killing and slashing, for a time the army defending the city suffered heavy casualties, and the follow-up Dashun army also poured up, the number of people increased, looking at the situation, there was a big drum to determine the situation of Tianjin Wei.

Lou Guangxian and Yuan Yuzong were all terrified, desperately beckoning people and horses, desperately resisting. The two sides fought fiercely all night, the rain had stopped, the city was full of corpses, the Dashun army was pressing forward step by step, and the army defending the city was already in danger.

At this moment, someone suddenly ran in front of Yuan Yuzong in a panic.

"Tell you, sir, there's a cavalry from the north."

"Cavalry?" Yuan Yuzong hurriedly asked, "What banner are they waving?" ”

"It's a big banner with the character of Wu, and it looks like a Guan Ning army."

"Great, King Pingxi is finally here!"

Yuan Yuzong personally took people to Beicheng, looked out, and sure enough, there were two or three thousand cavalry, all of them were one person and two horses, the armor was distinct, and he was a general, not tall, but full of majesty, holding a seven-star sword in his hand, murderous.

"Is it Lord Wu outside the city?"

"That's right, open the gates!"

Yuan Yuzong was not sure, for fear that it was the Dashun army that was defrauding the city, so he called a few people who had seen Wu Sangui to come and identify him.

"Lord Yuan, that's right, I saw that the seven-star sword was not there, it was specially built, it was more than twenty catties, except for Ping Xibo, no one can swing it!"

Yuan Yuzong saw that there were no flaws, and hurriedly led the people out to greet him. When he arrived in front of Wu Sangui's horse, Yuan Yuzong suddenly fell to his knees.

"Meet the prince of Pingxi."

"Hehe, how did you know about the king's canonization?"

"It's not a secret, the lower officials have heard that the prince surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, as the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to do things. Xiaguan is also willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, now that the prince is coming, this Tianjin is the land of the Qing Dynasty, and I hope that the prince can take care of it more, and the lower officials are grateful! ”

"Hahaha, Lord Yuan, you are so well-behaved, this king will not treat you badly. Lead the way ahead, this king will enter the city immediately and help you kill and retreat the Dashun army! ”

"It's all up to the king."

Yuan Yu Zongxing hurriedly welcomed Wu Sangui into the city, but as soon as he entered the city gate, the seven-star sword in Wu Sangui's hand was on Yuan Yuzong's neck.

"Dog, see who grandpa is?"