Chapter 185 [Unstoppable Eight Banners Army]

"Chongzhen" originally wanted to listen to Aobai's arrangement, first dismissed him, and let the people of the Donglin Party go to supervise the army, but before the order could be given, news came from the border pass, and the Eight Banner Army returned from North Korea did not repair and was assembled.

The autumn harvest has long been over, Huang Taiji left the big Belle to guard the city, in the name of hunting, with the two Belle Amin and the three Beyler Mang Gurtai led an army of 50,000 people, out of Shenyang City, crossed the Liao River, ran Zhangwu, and went straight into Mongolia. On December 2, the allied Mongol tribes met at the Karaqin tribe and began a rather risky battle to avoid the real and the false.

Recently, the climate in the grassland has been very strange, the sky is clear in the morning, and it is not long before it is overcast with wind and snow. Especially the road under your feet, it looks like it is frozen hard, and it is okay for people to step on it, but as soon as the horses and vehicles go up, they will sink into the old and deep, and there is silt below, and the horses and vehicles that fall into it cannot get out at all, so they have to abandon it with their eyes open, and the soldiers who lost the war horses are distressed.

When he set out from Shenyang City, Mang Gurtai was still ambitious, and the more he moved forward, the more wrong he became, and he began to lose his temper: "What the hell is this place, even if you win the battle, how can you transport things back?" ”

Huang Taiji frowned and said: "The weather has just been bad these days, so it's like this, and when I come back, the road won't be so difficult." ”

Mang Gurtai said: "Great Khan, the grain and grass we bring are limited, as long as ten days and half a month, we have to use almost, and then we have to transport it from Shenyang to the Central Plains, and the 50,000 army eats two catties a day, which is 100,000 catties, and what about the forage?" If we win the battle, it's better to say, if we are defeated and we can't grab food, we will have no way out. ”

As soon as Huang Taiji heard him say such unlucky words, his angry beard stood up.

Amin also said angrily: "Nonsense, as Baylor, how can you say such a thing?" ”

Mang Gurtai also felt that he had lost his words, scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "Isn't it true that I have no bottom in my heart? ”

He is the fourth great Baylor with a special identity, although Huang Taiji is angry in his heart, it is not easy to talk about him.

In the afternoon, the Eight Banners Army arrived at the agreed place, and the Mongolian troops had arrived as scheduled.

Huang Taiji immediately ordered people to camp on the spot.

The major beyles of the Karaqin tribe entered the king's tent and bowed down one after another, saying: "The ministers have knocked on the king of Khan, and we have come to meet at the order of the king of Khan." ”

When Huang Taiji saw them, he immediately came to his confidence and said with a smile: "Everyone, please get up, the journey is tiring and hard." ”

"King Khan is hard." A Belle named Balang in Karaqin said: "The Khan King's journey is not easy, is it? ”

Huang Taiji smiled: "The weather is a little worse, but it's not a big deal." If you walk forward for two more days, you will arrive at the Xifeng Pass. Ben Khan has already found out that the Great Wall in this area has been in disrepair for many years, and there are few small soldiers in the pass, and some places have collapsed, which is the best place for our army to attack, waiting for us to fight into the pass together. ”

On December 5th, after uniting the Mongolian army, 70,000 troops arrived at the foot of the Great Wall unconsciously, Huang Taiji and Zhong Beile stood on a high place and looked at the Great Wall, its beacon tower was clearly visible, many places had indeed collapsed, everyone was very excited, and praised one after another: "The Khan King is like a god with soldiers, and Zhuge is not as good as reincarnation." ”

Sun Chengzong had already withdrawn most of the defenders at Xifengkou, and the rest were not elite generals. The army led by Huang Taiji easily broke through the Xifeng Pass, including several passes to the west, such as Da'ankou, Longjing Pass, and Malanyu.

The Eight Banners were encamped twenty miles away from Zunhua. In the king's tent, Huang Taiji sat in the middle, on the right was Amin, on the left was Mang Gurtai, and all the Beile soldiers were on both sides, and Huang Taiji's expression was extremely solemn: "The Ming army killed our ancestors and bullied us for a long time." or provoked border provocations for no reason, or closed the horse market under the pretext of an excuse, and thought about the death of our people several times. The first khan had no choice but to raise an army, and it has been more than 30 years now. Now the country of Jin is thousands of miles wide, the soldiers are strong and strong, and the Mongolian tribes are of the same heart as me. This entry is not to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but to cripple them. Therefore, after entering the customs, he did not attack the city and plundered the land, but to shake the hearts of the people of the Southern Dynasties, and send troops to Zunhua early tomorrow morning. ”

After a few battles, Mang Gurtai, who was still talking about some decaying words, was also full of confidence, and said: "Compared to Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan is as soft as persimmons, if you want to attack from here, it will be over in the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Five days later, Ao Bai was playing the cards he invented to fight the landlord with Chongzhen and Yao Xinyan in the palace.

The eunuchs in the palace hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Li, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War ask to see you." ”

"Chongzhen," he commanded, "pass them in." ”

Li Biao was still a little calm, and Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, was panicked, and knelt on the ground after seeing "Chongzhen", his voice trembled: "Your Majesty, Zunhua is in a hurry, the Jurchen Emperor Taiji led his troops to bypass the Shanhai Pass, and broke through the pass from Longjing Pass and Da'ankou in the area of Qianxi, and even Keshu City has besieged Zunhua. ”

"Chongzhen" said lightly: "What do you say, the slave chief besieged Zunhua? ”

Wang Qia said nervously: "Yes, the emperor ......"

Ao Bai smiled and said, "What about Lord Sun Chengzong?" ”

Wang Qia saw that Ao Bai could still laugh when he heard this kind of news, and he was extremely angry, but he was deeply favored by the emperor and had great power, so he could only respond respectfully: "Lord Huihuang, Lord Sun has not withdrawn yet, and the soldiers are also guarding Zunhua at the request of Lord Sun." ”

"Chongzhen" said lightly: "Then it's fine." Let them attack. ”

Wang Qia was stunned, what's wrong with me wiping this? If Zunhua fails, it will endanger the Beijing Division, is the emperor the internal response of the Eight Banners Army? Of course, the emperor can't be an internal response, seeing that he is confident, Wang Qia is confused.

Li Biao said lightly: "Mrs. Huang, don't you tell Lord Wang about your plan?" I'm also curious about what strategy you and Master Sun discussed? Why can't you even prevent Zunhua? Isn't Lord Sun there now? ”

Ao Bai smiled: "No hurry. The Eight Banners Army will surround the point and send reinforcements. Just don't let them succeed in their help, as for the strategy, it's still the same sentence, it won't work if you say it. ”

Although Huang Taiji believed that the Ming army in Guannei was vulnerable, he still did not dare to despise the attack on Zunhua, because the fortification of Zunhua City was not trivial. Moreover, Sun Chengzong is also here.

The area under the jurisdiction of the central government of the Ming Dynasty is called Shuntianfu, Shuntianfu has five prefectures, twenty-two counties under the jurisdiction of five states, Zunhua is a county, belongs to Jizhou, is the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu, is the important land of Gyeonggi, the scale of the city is naturally much more magnificent than the general county, especially in the ninth year of Wanli, the general Qi Jiguang of the general of Jizhen repaired the Great Wall on a large scale, and increased the Zunhua city to three zhang six, which is six feet higher than Liaoyang City, the city is high and wide, and it is the first important town in Jizhou.

The 70,000-strong army trapped Zunhua City for five days, and sent several letters of persuasion, Sun Chengzong refuted Huang Taiji's treachery and resolutely refused to surrender. The good news was that their strategy of freeing the prisoners of war was successful, and Sun Chengzong sent people into the city, including some Jurchen spies.

However, these people do not have household registration, Sun Chengzong may not be able to find out, Huang Taiji has a headache, thinking that he must not be like Zhao Shujiao, who guarded Jinzhou before, it is difficult to capture such a city. As long as Zunhua is captured, the front will be unimpeded, and they have a way to go directly around Beijing, even if the Ming army wants to block it, they can only choose field battles.

Huang Taiji deliberately went around the city to check around, carefully observing the surface condition of the city wall to see if there was anything to be done. Returning to the big tent, the plan to break the city was already in place, and he summoned his personal guard, Yibonobi.

Huang Taiji said: "Yibo Nobi, you have been with me for more than ten years, Ben Khan knows that you are loyal, but you can't always be a guard, with your martial arts, you can completely mix up a future, Ben Khan gave you a task today, I want you to take five people to sneak into the city, do you have the guts?" ”

Yibo Nobi practiced the iron cloth shirt, and his martial arts were strong, ranking first among the Jurchens. He knelt down and said: "The slave follows the king of the Khan from birth to death, the sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, although the king of the Khan commands." ”

Huang Taiji nodded approvingly: "Okay, Ben Khan went around the city today and found that there was a section of the city wall in the west that was dilapidated, and he could climb up." I ordered you to lead five people to move at night, in the city, if our inner should not be discovered, they will set fire to the city tonight, and when we see the fire, we will immediately attack the city, and the inside and outside should be combined, of course, this may not be able to break the city, so I will give you a dangerous task, take people to assassinate Sun Chengzong. You're one of the few people who have seen him......"

Speaking of this, Huang Taiji paused, how easy is it to assassinate the veteran Sun Chengzong of the Ming Dynasty? Even if you succeed, it's hard to come back alive. Although this merit is great, it is to be a dead soldier.

Yibo Nobi said firmly: "Please rest assured, the Great Khan can climb the city wall, but what if the minions are discovered by the Ming army in the city?" ”

"Don't worry, Ben Khan has his own opinions."

In the evening, Huang Taiji asked his soldiers to invite Mang Gurtai and Amin, saying that they wanted to drink two cups.

The two entered the big tent, and Huang Taiji smiled: "We have won many battles recently, we should celebrate and celebrate, how about inviting the two brothers to have a few drinks?" ”

Mang Gurtai said: "Then dare to be kind, come on." ”

Amin didn't have the heart to drink, and said, "Aren't we going to attack the city now?" ”

Huang Taiji said: "Attack, but we don't need it, we'll know in a while." ”

The three of them drank a few glasses, and a soldier reported back: "King Qiyu Khan." There was a fire in the city. And they succeeded. ”

Mang Gurtai stood up and wanted to go out to have a look, but Huang Taiji smiled and said, "Come back and drink." What to see? ”

Mang Gurtai said: "Great Khan, which one are you playing?"

"Two brothers, have you forgotten the story that my father Khan told us when I was a child that the wolf came? Ben Khan wants to try it out today, and this is called a soldier who does not tire of deceit. Command, attack the east gate. ”

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

A few days ago, Huang Taiji sent people to shout hundreds of times every night to attack the city, but they didn't really attack, and the defenders were already tired of hearing it at this time, and this time the Eight Banners Army really attacked, and they didn't mention the spirit.

Huang Taiji ordered people to attack the east gate in order to attract the attention of the Ming army to the east gate, and then Yibo Nobi and several other masters could climb the wall from the west wall, sneak into the city, and assassinate Sun Chengzong.

"The King of Khan is haunted by the gods of soldiers, and this is the blessing of the soldiers of the Eight Banners." Amin exclaimed.

Huang Taiji said: "Fighting hard, the casualties are too heavy, and Ben Khan can't bear to see the Jinzhou tragedy repeated." ”

A fire broke out in the air, and chaos arose in the city. The east began to attack the city, and the Ming army was also dumbfounded, thinking that it was just shouting and not moving, but I didn't expect it to be real this time.

Governor Wang Yuanya complained again and again, he knew that he had infiltrated the spies. Moreover, there are quite a few people, and it is really a big mistake to receive the surrendered troops. I can't help but curse in my heart, Sun Chengzong is simply a pig, and he is causing chaos here. He didn't have time to investigate the matter at this time, so he hurriedly ordered someone to put out the fire, if it affected the gunpowder bureau and then burned the city tower, it would be all over. He went to the scene in person and directed the firefighting. and transferred a large number of troops in the city to defend the east gate in case of loss.

There are not many people left in the gates. Yibo Nobi and the others climbed to the top of the city very smoothly and infiltrated Zunhua.

And Huang Taiji and the three major Baylors also started the real siege from the south. More than 30 general cannons under the city fired in unison, and these gunners were all soldiers of the Ming army in Liaodong, and their means were very powerful. In an instant, flesh and blood flew on the city, and the screams of the guards were endless. Some of the soldiers of the Eight Banners sat on the shield cart, and some carried the ladder, and quickly set up a pontoon bridge on the three-zhang wide moat, and after crossing the pontoon bridge, the cloud ladder was put on the head of the city.

In order to improve the siege skills, the Jurchens built a new ladder, long and stout, the head of the ladder is a hook tooth with serrations, after being put on the head of the city, pull it back, and then tightly hook the wall bricks of the city head, the aging wall bricks can be hooked into an inch, and it is difficult to overturn it. The golden soldiers held a large shield in their left hand, protected the top of their heads, held a knife in their mouths, and grasped a ladder in their right hand, risking their lives to enter the city. The soldiers of the city relied on their condescending position, rolling logs, stones, fire guns, bows and arrows, etc. Although the shield of the golden soldier was large, it could not cover the whole body after all, and the soldiers in the city shot diagonally from the side. Bows and arrows and firebolts were shot into the thighs, and the rolling logs on the top were smashed again, and they were smashed down the ladder. The Eight Banners fell down one after another, and in less than a moment, the dead and wounded golden soldiers were already piled up below. Huang Taiji ordered the cannon to be fired again, and there was another roar. In the midst of the fireworks, someone has already stormed the city. Ten, twenty, and then up, the head of Nancheng saw that it had been broken through.

On the other side, outside the governor's mansion, Ibonobi and the others lurked in a dark corner. He is a guard, and he knows very well the way important people move, and the Eight Banners Army is attacking the city like this, as long as Sun Chengzong hears the report, it is impossible to still be calm. He had two options, one was to personally supervise the battle and improve the morale of the soldiers. The second is to break through in the weak places of the Eighth Banner Army.

Soon. Yibo Nobi saw several Ming soldiers escorting a veteran out of the house, and prepared his horses to leave. Yibo Nobi recognized the long-bearded old man at a glance as Sun Chengzong, he went out in a hurry, he didn't even have a helmet, and listened to the language of the Han people, as if he was letting him leave the city quietly.

The famous generals of the Ming army are nothing more than that, and they have no sense of crisis at all. Whether it's an escort or a general, it's all so amateurish. Yibo Nobi despised Sun Chengzong in his heart, and bent his bow and arrow in the dark, aiming at his heart.

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