12-67 Summation

Zhu Youxiao fled back, but the 50,000 troops on the north bank were all wiped out, because Wei Zhongxian suddenly remembered that he had to rely on the Yangtze River Naval Division to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, so he urgently ordered the naval division to retreat, and he was not allowed to carry the 6th Army to cross the river, the terrain on the north bank of the Yangtze River was flat, which was suitable for cavalry to rush and kill, and the poor 50,000 troops all became fish and meat on the chopping block of others.

The sailors on the warship and the people on the south bank were stunned by this scene, for a long time Liu Ziguang fought in the south and the north, the east and the west, and killed all the barbarians to the point of blood and bowed down to the vassals, and gradually formed an inherent thinking in people's hearts, that is, the Ming army is invincible in the world, and any barbarians are local chickens and dogs, but today's cruel reality on the north bank has shattered the sweet dream in people's hearts, and it turns out that the Ming army will also be defeated, and it will also be slaughtered by people as pigs and dogs.

An army of 50,000 people, even if it is full of mediocre people, there are always some hot-blooded men in it, in the face of the iron hooves of the Mongols, they rise up to resist, and fight to the death with bayonets and the enemy's fire guns and sabers, the fire guns without bullets are far less good than the spears, and the Ming army is not as organized and powerful as the Red Shirt Army, and small groups of more than a dozen or twenty people are still fighting, but they can only postpone their demise.

Mongolian cavalry come and go like the wind, the rider does not need to control the reins at all, the two legs can master the movement of the horse, they have a fire gun in one hand and a saber in the other, using the advantage of the degree to slaughter the Ming army condescendingly, the saber is stretched out, even the cut does not need to be cut, the use of the degree of the horse and the sharpness of the knife can cut off the head, the cavalry five or six hundred people form a small group, back and forth conflicts, everywhere a corpse is everywhere, there is a frightened Ming army who raised his hand to surrender was also cut off with a knife, the blood in the cavity spurted out of the old high, the corpse did not fall to the ground, the situation was extremely miserable and terrifying.

Many Ming troops were driven into the water, the Mongols rushed to the river with firearms, the corpses floated all over the river, the blood stained the river red, the soldiers on the warship could no longer bear it, and asked to come to the shore to rescue friendly troops, but Wei Zhongxian, who had already reached the south bank, gave a strict order with the flag, not to lean on the north bank, and the violators were beheaded.

There were still some courageous men in the naval division, who resolutely approached the north bank on the charge of violating the order, killing and wounding the enemy with artillery fire, and at the same time rescuing the 6th Army that had fallen into the water, but the Mongols quickly organized a counterattack and bombarded the warships with captured cannons.

As a last resort, the sailor can only return to the south bank, the north bank is full of gunsmoke, the blood-red light of the setting sun shines on the earth, countless crows hovering in the air, across a big river can hear the cry of the wounded, strong blood, the families of the 50,000 soldiers of the Beijing camp are mostly around the capital, many women and children came to see today, husbands, fathers beat the tartars, but they witnessed the slaughter of their relatives, the trauma of the soul is extremely profound, and the cry of Nanjing City lingers endlessly for a while.

Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao sat crookedly on the dragon chair, his face was sickly drunk, today he was really frightened, when he was on the boat, the first-class bullet drilled a hole in the board of the ship three inches away from his head, and almost killed him, plus the 50,000 army was wiped out in an instant, which made him even more frightened, and after returning to the palace, he hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Majesty, please relax, Nanjing City has thick walls, all kinds of city defense weapons are complete, and there are still 60,000 troops, plus two factories and one guard Ying Tianfu's manpower, it will definitely be able to hold it, the Tartars can't cross the river without boats, let's take the opportunity to gather the armies of the south of the Yangtze River to defend the capital, and the armies of Huguang, Shandong, Henan, and Hebei will be rescued by King Qin, what can the Tartars do?" This is the cabinet Hou Hou is talking, Hou Lao and the elders of the two dynasties have also experienced several wars, this proposal is decent, and it is indeed a good strategy to resist the enemy.

But Wei Zhongxian was frightened, and he immediately raised an objection: "Lord Hou has not witnessed the power of the Tartars on the north bank today, they have artillery and guns, and the force is not under our army, tens of thousands of horses can reach the city of Nanjing unconsciously, God knows that they will not cross the river overnight, and then the capital will be in danger, Your Majesty will be in danger, and the Daming Sheji will not be protected." Our family suggested that the capital should be moved to Shanghai immediately and the capital should be abandoned. ”

Although Hou Sui was promoted by Wei Zhongxian, at this time he couldn't help but feel that this proposal was incredible, it was simply brain-dead, and he couldn't help but retort: "What Wei Gonggong said is extremely true, but easily giving up the capital will inevitably bring panic to the people, Nanjing is a tiger, the city is tall, and the grain and grass are abundant......"

"Enough!" Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Zhu Youxiao.

"An army of 50,000 is defeated if it is defeated, even if it is 50,000 pigs, it will take two days to catch, I am very disappointed! I can't trust them! Hurry up and transfer Yuan Chengzhi to Qinwang, before Yuan Chengzhi arrives, I will not stay in the capital, and I will not move to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

It is said that it is a tour of Jiangnan, in fact, it is almost the same as moving the capital, the enemy is at present, the emperor does not share weal and woe with the army and the people, but runs to Jiangnan to take refuge, this will cause a big blow in the heart of the army can be imagined, Hou Sui is still a little conscience, and immediately knelt down and admonished: "The emperor must not, as soon as you leave, the army's heart will collapse, and you will not be able to resist the Tartars." ”

Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "Didn't you say just now that the city of Nanjing is tall and well-defended, why did I become a paper paste as soon as I left?" It's just nonsense, I've made up my mind, I'll leave tomorrow, Xiao Weizi, you go to the city wall tonight to help me guard, I don't worry about them. ”

That night, the Forbidden City was busy, the eunuchs and palace maids were busy preparing items for travel, not to mention the emperor's royal car, there were also a large number of tools, drawings, raw materials and semi-finished products, Zhu Youxiao couldn't forget his toys wherever he went, but this trip except for the necessary attendants, the idle people were not brought, not to mention the queen in the cold palace, in fact, the queen didn't know what was going on, and still stayed in the cold palace to miss her brother who had died.

On the city wall, Wei Zhongxian's face was gloomy and looked at the bonfire on the opposite bank, the Mongols were celebrating their victory, bursts of singing and the melodious melody of the horse-head qin came, the Ming soldiers were all indignant, no wonder the Tartars were happy, this battle led the snake out of the hole, turned the difficult battle into a siege and annihilation battle, eliminated 50,000 living forces, captured a large number of weapons and armor, and greatly hit the morale of the Ming army, thinking about it is simply lucky to the extreme.

Which tribe of Mongols on the other side of the river, how did they cross thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Zhongxian was puzzled, he just felt terrified from the bottom of his heart, the Beijing camp of more than 100,000 troops, the first day of the battle was lost in half, the Jinggi army is the most powerful armed force in the entire south of the Yangtze River, if the soldiers of the guards in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai are allowed to fight in the future, I am afraid it will be even more unbearable.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian was worried again, in case the emperor hid in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the Mongols broke through the capital and chased all the way, then there would be no troops to resist it, it seems that moving the capital is not a way, the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty should be Yuan Chengzhi's troops, well, moving the capital to Beijing may be a good way.

was thinking wildly, and his subordinates came to report: "Dugong, the people in the sailor who did not obey the order and opened the cannon without permission are here, and they are waiting for the Dugong to deal with them." ”

Wei Zhongxian glanced at it, and there were dozens of men kneeling under the city wall wearing the color of sailors' uniforms, and when he saw these people, he was angry, and it was because these people did not respect the order that they were defeated, and he waved his hand categorically: "All of them are cut down." ”

The generals hurriedly pleaded, Wei Zhongxian thought that now was the time to use people, so he approved their favor, everyone hurriedly thanked the governor for his kindness, and some people proposed to take advantage of the night to kill and attack the camp, but Wei Zhongxian categorically refused, and ordered that no soldier or pawn should be used without an order, and a bullet and arrow would be fired at the opposite bank, and the violator would not be tolerated! Since then, the only remaining bit of blood in the Ming army has also been worn out by Wei Zhongxian.

Worried until dawn, the Ming officers and soldiers who had not closed their eyes all night just wanted to doze off, and were suddenly woken up by the horn on the opposite bank, looking from afar, I don't know how many cavalry in black helmets and black armor lined up in an orderly manner, the momentum was huge, murderous, the entire north bank was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere, the golden dragon flag of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was lowered from the flagpole, and was tied to the tail of the horse by a Mongolian elite horse galloping in front of the army, and was dragged to filth, full of holes, and then a huge black flag rose, on which was a wolf head with a blue face and fangs!

Wei Zhongxian's hand holding the clairvoyant mirror trembled, it turned out to be a Western Xia person! Guanshan Wanli, how did they cross Yuan Chonghuan's defense line, could it be said that Yuan Chonghuan's hundreds of thousands of troops had been completely wiped out at this time? This thing is too terrifying, but after thinking about it again, the Dzungar Western Mongols are always much better than the Chahar Northern Mongols, and the eastward entry of this guy into the Kaldan is nothing more than fighting the grass valley, if Liu Ziguang's sworn brother Zamuhe arrives there, it will be troublesome, people want money, and that kid will die.

Since he knew that he was from Western Xia, Wei Zhongxian had a plan in his heart, and hurriedly went down to the city to discuss with the emperor, suggesting that he should change the suppression to fu, and casually take out millions of taels of silver and hundreds of thousands of silk and satin cloth to beat them, let them get out of the house quickly after taking the money, and then mobilize the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin in various provinces to chase and intercept it when the capital division is safe.

Zhu Youxiao was very unhappy when he heard it, he is a Ming Jun of the ages, how can he do this kind of thing, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly cited the examples of ancestors such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Tang Taizong, and said that we can bend and stretch, anyway, the Ming Dynasty has silver, and it is not a drop in the bucket to take out a few million taels, as long as they promise to withdraw from the army, anyway, these silver will still flow into the Ming Dynasty in exchange for consumer goods such as bricks, tea, silk, etc.

Zhu Youxiao was finally moved and agreed to make peace with the Mongols, but this matter was too depressing, he didn't want to ask, and the affairs were still handed over to Wei Zhongxian to take care of.

Wei Zhongxian immediately came up with two best candidates for envoys, one is the cabinet Hou Sui, and the other is a member of the Ministry of Rites.

Hou Sui was helpless, so he had to cross the river hard, and the people and soldiers saw him holding the Son of Heaven and the white flag across the river to negotiate peace, and they all wept and sighed.

Looking at the lonely boat with a white flag on the river, every Nanjing person with a conscience misses a person in his heart, if this person is still there, Da Ming will not be humiliated to this point!