Chapter 186 [Sun Chengzong who lost his head, Huang Taiji who miscalculated]

Suddenly, a sharp arrow shot out of the shadows and shot into Sun Chengzong's chest. Sun Chengzong just wore a thin layer of armor, snorted, and fell to the ground.

A group of guards were all dumbfounded, two of them checked Sun Chengzong's injuries, and the others rushed towards the place where the arrow was issued. Undaunted, Yibonobi drew his saber and cut down many Ming soldiers to the ground with a block of ten. The other four killed the past and cut down the two Ming guards in front of Sun Chengzong. quickly cut off Sun Chengzong's head, and the five of them turned around and ran.

A group of officers and soldiers rushed out of the mansion one after another, and when they saw Sun Chengzong's headless corpse, they became a mess.

Yibo Nobi was very excited, Huang Taiji had promised that as long as he could kill Sun Chengzong and come back alive, he would upgrade him to Gushan Zhangjing, and he would easily kill Sun Chengzong. As soon as Liaodong Jingluo died, the morale of the Ming army would surely collapse. He did a great job.

After a while, Sun Yuanhua walked out of the mansion, looked at Sun Chengzong's body, and shook his head. said to the guards beside him: "Don't worry about Lord Sun's corpse. Send someone to inform Lord Wang that the marshal is dead, stop defending the city, and evacuate together. ”

One of the guards cried, "How can we ignore the corpses of adults? ”

Sun Yuanhua said in a loud voice: "Someone will take care of it." This is the order, retreat, the whole army retreats, and now go out of the city and break through. ”

The Ming army had already received an order to break through immediately once the other side attacked from inside and outside. The defenders of Zunhua are less than 10,000, and their strength is simply not enough to defend the Sifang City Gate. Governor Wang Yuanya also led his troops to retreat.

A large number of Eight Banners troops attacked the city, opened the southern gate, and the three major Baylors led their troops into the city. Mang Gurtai laughed and said: "What Sun Chengzong, he is a fool at all, even Yuan Chonghuan is not as good." ”

Jierharang also disdainfully said: "I heard that he is Yuan Manzi's master, and he is all the way." ”

The first thing the army did when it entered the city was to put out the fire with all their might, and then Huang Taiji ordered the issuance of a proclamation for the people and a document for clarification. Zunhua is worthy of being the first important town in Jizhou, all kinds of warehouses are full of items, and the Ming army was too hurried when they retreated, and they did not have time to burn down. Everyone was overjoyed.

As usual, Huang Taiji strictly forbade the Eight Banners to break into people's houses and hurt the people. Only by not harming the common people can it be proved that they are targeting only a corrupt court. Huang Taiji wanted to let the people see that their military discipline was strict, which was better than the discipline of the Ming army.

There were not many people in Zunhua, they all hid in their homes and did not come out. Someone rushed to report urgently: "Qi Great Khan, the Ming army broke through the siege from the west gate and fled." ”

Huang Taiji was overjoyed in his heart, could it be that Yibo Nobi really killed Sun Chengzong? After a while, Yibo Nobi found Huang Taiji, carried Sun Chengzong's head and said, "My subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored and killed Sun Chengzong, the marshal of the Ming army." ”

Huang Taiji had only seen Sun Chengzong once, and he was not sure, so he hurriedly found a few people who had negotiated with Sun Chengzong on behalf of Jin Guo. Fang Jina, who had the most envoys, was pleasantly surprised: "Great Khan, this person is really Sun Chengzong, he can't be wrong." The servants have been on envoys several times, and the faces of these ministers are remembered very clearly. ”

When Nurhachi was alive, he sent people out to negotiate with the Ming army, and asked the envoys to pay attention to the appearance of the guards and make portraits for everyone to recognize. Capturing the thief and capturing the king first is the basic knowledge of the art of war.

Amin smiled and said: "Great Khan, when the Sarhu Juniper was killed in battle, the Ming army was defeated, what are we waiting for?" Ordered a pursuit, right? ”

Huang Taiji originally wanted to repair for a day after breaking through Zunhua, and then go around to march into Beijing. But the Ming army, which pursued the dead main general, was no longer considered to be adventurous, and this was a good opportunity to break the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop.

Huang Taiji weighed the pros and cons and ordered: "Listen to the order, 3,000 people will be stationed in Zunhua, in case the other party's reinforcements cut off our retreat." The main army pursued the victory. Kill people when you see them, don't think about arresting Aha now. ”

"Obedience"

Huang Taiji personally commanded the cavalry and chased it outside the city. Although the night was dark, Sun Chengzong was dead, and they did not think that the fleeing Ming army could pose any threat.

It was not easy to march at night, but the cavalry with torches always ran faster than the infantry. Along the way they found a lot of Ming troops, in order to be insured, Huang Taiji caught a few more people to ask about the situation, and learned that Sun Chengzong was indeed dead, and now it was Sun Yuanhua and Wang Yuanya who led the remnants of the army to retreat, and the Ming army was completely chaotic, not an orderly retreat, but each fled for his life. Instead of fleeing to the next zone, many took refuge in the forest or in the nearby mountains.

Huang Taiji originally thought that the city could be broken in the second half of the night, but he did not expect that Sun Chengzong's death led to the defeat of the Ming army, so the siege turned into a pursuit. After that they passed several more castles. Huang Taiji ordered people to fix Sun Chengzong's head on the spear, and Anba Lingwu, who had a strong arm strength, threw the spear into the city, and the spear stood on the ground.

The cavalry of the Eight Banners Army were in a state of extreme excitement, they had never fought such a happy battle, and they had never had such a high morale. The Ming army had completely collapsed and could not organize any effective defense. This point, the three major Baylors, and many generals no longer doubt it. It doesn't seem to be a problem to maintain this morale and break the city of Beijing in one go.

Many people started yy, this time they were going to sweep the Central Plains and kill Emperor Chongzhen As for the poor Kou Mo chases in the art of war, don't take the enemy lightly, if they don't take the enemy lightly, they have long forgotten about it.

If Huang Taiji had ordered to stop the pursuit at this time, no one would agree with him. Amin, Mang Gurtai, Du Du, Abatai and others all thought that the soldiers were fast and wanted to kill a large number of people in the Central Plains in one go, and besieged Beijing without waiting for the Ming reinforcements to gather.

The Eight Banners Army chased the fleeing Ming army all the way, and even went down to three cities, and in the second half of the night, they arrived at a strange place, and the spies in front came to report: "Qi Qi Great Khan, there is no road ahead, the Ming army left hundreds of war horses and ran away on foot." ”

Huang Taiji asked, "What did you say?" Abandon the horse on foot? ”

The spy said: "Back to the Great Khan, there is a dirt slope more than two zhang high in front of you, and the horse can't go up." ”

Huang Taiji felt a sigh in his heart after hearing this. I feel that something is wrong, if the Ming army escapes here, and there is no way out, what should be done is not to abandon the horse and walk uphill, but to find another way to escape. Won't they turn the corner?

"Tell someone to find out what terrain is around," Huang Taiji shouted. He found Amin, Yanguli and the others, and waited for the spies to return him. The army behind him arrived one after another, and a large number of men and horses gathered together.

Mang Gurtai came to Huang Taiji's side and said, "Why didn't we stop chasing?" There's no way to go either way. ”

Huang Taiji sighed: "I have already sent spies to explore the way. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the two spies returned.

"The Great Khan, there is no road to the west, and it is a dirt slope that cannot be passed by horseback."

"Qi Yu Great Khan, to the east is a mound, and the cavalry cannot pass through."

Several generals of the Eight Banners Army were stunned for a moment, and Amin shouted: "It's bad, this is a dangerous place." I'm afraid Sun Chengzong's death is not so simple, let's go back quickly."

Huang Taiji also shouted: "Order, the whole army retreats, retreat the original way and retreat immediately"

Before Huang Taiji's order could spread throughout the army, many Ming soldiers holding torches appeared on the mounds on three sides. There are not many people.

One of Huang Taiji's personal soldiers asked, "Great Khan, do you want to shoot them down?" ”

Huang Taiji didn't answer, and a cold sweat was already on his head. This idiot soldier has no idea how mechanics work, if they can shoot a Ming soldier holding a torch from below, if the other party shoots an arrow from above, what kind of power is that?

Huang Taiji's worries immediately became a reality. The earth-shattering roar of the Ming army came from the hills - "Follow the torch, forty at a distance, shoot"

The rain of arrows in the sky fell from above and fell into the Eight Banners Army.

The Eight Banners soldiers were killed and wounded countless times at once. Several Baylors who know the art of war well, the generals all understand one thing, they have been tricked.

months ago......

Sun Chengzong hurriedly went to He Mansion to find Aobai, and said: "Dapeng, we are in a good situation now, but you suggested negotiating with Huang Taiji, preparing to recall Mao Wenlong and Man Gui back and let them attack North Korea, what does this mean?" ”

Ao Bai asked Sun Chengzong to sit down, ordered everyone to leave after serving tea, and said with a smile: "The terrain outside the pass, the Eight Banners Army knows it well, if you want to fight them, there are only two kinds, one is to defend the city, and the other is to go out of the city to fight." The first method is bound to lose for a long time, and the second method has little chance of the Ming army winning. The two sides are in a stalemate, it will be difficult to succeed in leveling Liao in twenty years, and the only way to level Liao, the only way is to introduce them into the Guannai and annihilate the main force of the Eight Banners with arrows in one fell swoop. ”

Sun Chengzong sighed: "You're not mistaken, right? The Jurchens' riding and archery skills are the best in the world, and we use arrows against them? Can this win? The reverse is pretty much the same. ”

Ao Bai took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "If it is a confrontation on flat ground, then the Ming army will definitely not be able to win, but the Eight Banners Army is not familiar with the terrain, which is the biggest advantage of our army." I have already sent Jinyiwei to Jizhou to investigate, and there is a blockage forty miles away from Zunhua. At that time, in order to build nearby towns, the Ming army used to dig there on a large scale, digging a terrain that was blocked on three sides, similar to a basin. After that, there was no garrison there, and no one cared about it all the time. If we deliberately throw away Zunhua, lure the enemy army to that place at night, and send 2,000 archers to ambush there, bring bows and arrows, and shoot for half an hour, how can the main force of the Eight Banners Army not be destroyed? ”

Sun Chengzong thought about it and felt that this was indeed a good place to set up an ambush, but how to lure the enemy there was a problem. "But such a deliberate rout, we also have to sacrifice a lot of soldiers......"

Ao Bai Zhengse said: "If you don't use this method to make a quick decision, it is impossible to estimate how many people will die in the Ming Dynasty in the future." If we want to use normal methods to fight against the Jin Kingdom, and to destroy them, we need at least 300,000 deaths. Dead a few thousand and three hundred thousand. Which one do you choose? Although it is inhumane to sacrifice a soldier who is kept in the dark, he is not a qualified general if he does not fight in this way. ”

This is not the first time that Sun Chengzong has been taught a lesson. But as a commander, he is really ashamed of himself and Ao Baibi. His expression became very resolute, and he said in a deep voice: "Your idea is very good, but the soldiers are cloudy, and the poor are not chasing, how can you be sure that the Eight Banners Army will pursue after capturing Zunhua?" As long as they don't pursue at night, our hard work will not be in vain, and we will lose a city like Zunhua that is easy to defend and difficult to attack? ”

Ao Bai said lightly: "Under normal circumstances, if a city like Zunhua is captured, the Eight Banners Army will definitely not pursue." Because the loss of a city does not mean the defeat of the enemy, I also need a special condition. ”

Sun Chengzong asked, "What conditions?" ”

"First of all, Grandpa Sun wants to be in Zunhua, and it is a truth that everyone knows if he captures the thief first and captures the king first. Before each siege of a city, the usual method of the Eight Banners Army was to release some prisoners of war, mix spies with prisoners of war, and blend into the city. Some of these people were spies, and more were highly skilled assassins, responsible for assassinating the leading figures of the Ming army. Once the assassination is successful, the inside and outside should be combined, and the city can be easily breached. Shenyang and Liaoyang were both attacked by the other party's spies. Therefore, in the later battles of Ningyuan and Ningjin, the defenders resolutely refused to accept surrendered troops. And I need to accept the surrendered troops in Zunhua and let those assassins in. ”

Sun Chengzong's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it: "Is the condition you said ......?"

Ao Bai said lightly: "That's right, if you want to defeat the Eight Banners Army, you need your head." As long as you die, the Ming army at the border pass will be in chaos, and the poor Kou Mo will become a soldier with great speed, and they will hope to crush the opponent in one fell swoop before the Ming army reorganizes its formation. At that time, as long as we send a team of informed Ming troops and lead them to that dangerous place, we can win more with less and inflict heavy losses on the main force of the Eight Banners. ”

Sun Chengzong showed a smile on his face and said, "I understand, you are really calculating, you can strategize in the capital." For the victory of the Ming Dynasty, why not lose a head? Anyway, I've lived this age, enough for this. ”

Ao Bai rolled his eyes and said, "What do you say?" If you lose your head, even if your family doesn't play with me, grandpa will have to beat me to death. Negotiations have not started yet, Mao Wenlong has not withdrawn, the Eighth Banner Army has not attacked North Korea, and it will take at least three months to complete these things. If it's my size, it takes a lot of effort to find a stand-in, isn't it easy for someone like you to find a stand-in that looks very similar? When the time comes, you will secretly train him in Shanhaiguan for half a month, let him behave like you, and then send someone from his cronies to take him to Zunhua to pretend, and quietly return to Beijing to wait for the merit. Leave the war to Black Hawk. Let him come back and I'll teach him some tricks. Grandpa Sun is hiding in the capital, maybe there will be a chance to attend his funeral, and it must be very interesting for you to suddenly appear. ”

Sun Chengzong's face was embarrassed, and he didn't know whether to scold him or thank him.

Right now...... Aobai's first plot has succeeded, what will Hari Chagai do next?。.。

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