Chapter 159: Mass Response
Won.
Xujiazhuang's Muscle Legion won.
The winner is indisputable, the winner is dignified, and there is no opportunism in the win.
It's face-to-face frontal rigidity.
It is the competition and collision of muscle power and muscle power!
While the Muscle Legion has the advantage in terms of weapons, they have always been outnumbered, so it's definitely a fair fight.
The results fully prove the following facts:
In the contest and collision between the farming civilization and the barbarian civilization, the farming civilization can have the advantage and the upper hand!
In the war between civilization and barbarism, civilized people do not have to use advanced weapons such as muskets and artillery, and civilized people can still achieve victory with their muscular strength!
It is not only the weapons that determine the outcome of a war, but also the physique, discipline, tenacious will to fight, and bloody courage not to fear any opponent.
And no matter what field it is, as long as it is under the premise of abundant materials, coupled with the spirit of being aggressive, daring to fight, not afraid of challenges, and very important unity and cooperation, civilized people will have the absolute upper hand and will never be defeated by barbarians!
And this is the meaning of this battle of Daxingzhuang, breaking the myth of the so-called 'Jurchen Man invincible', and breaking the cowardice and fear of 'not being able to fight with barbarians' in the genes of countless people.
But after the end of this war.
Shi Yong immediately ordered the camp to retreat, widen the distance from the Houjin army, and quickly retreat to Tongzhou City to repair, and not to fight again in a short time.
Because the losses of the Muscle Corps are too great.
167 people were killed.
385 people were seriously injured.
Minor injuries are not counted, and everyone has suffered some minor injuries anyway.
In addition, in the previous battle to sweep the perimeter, 21 people were killed and 113 were wounded.
The total casualties of the Muscle Legion were close to seven hundred, almost one-tenth of the total number.
But it can't be helped, even if the defense power of the muscular men is enough, but on the battlefield, there will always be all kinds of special situations.
For example, being hit hard in the head.
The gap between the plate helmet is missed by an arrow.
The body was hit and trampled by horses.
Fired at by the Tiger Squat Cannon.
It is affected by burning oil.
There is also food poisoning and illness.
The damage caused by the above situations is beyond the defense of the plate armor, and there is no way to do it.
So you can't fight like this anymore, although the eight thousand muscular men in the muscle legion seem to be rough and rough, but their cultural level is not low, their abilities are very outstanding, and they are all elites, if the number of dead and disabled in the battle is too much, it will be a huge loss for Xujiazhuang, and it will also affect the morale of the army, and even damage the wise image of the owner.
And even if you want to fight, you can't use Xu Jiajun to fight against the entire Houjin army on your own, you have to pull a group of helpers over, it's too risky to fight alone.
So Xujiazhuang's intelligence system took action, sent a large number of envoys, and soon contacted many armies.
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Inside the capital.
Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of the Tianxiong Army stationed in the south of the city, was extremely surprised after listening to Qi Chunnian's briefing.
"Really? You said that the Xu family army had killed more than 40,000 Jiannu Tartars, of which more than 20,000 were Jianzhou real Tartars, this ......"
"These pictures are true, but our muscular legion didn't cut off their heads because they were in trouble...... Lord Lu, the Jiannu army has been disabled and frightened by us, and it is about to escape, don't you want to chase and make contributions? What a great opportunity. Qi Chunnian showed him a lot of bloody pictures and gave him advice.
"I'll go to the palace immediately, as long as Your Majesty agrees, I will immediately take the Tianxiong Army to chase and kill!"
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't sit still, he wanted to expel Jiannu and protect more people, so he immediately went to the palace and asked to meet the emperor.
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Inside the Royal Palace.
Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, who had not slept well for several days, learned that Xu Jiazhuang had sent troops to help and had killed tens of thousands of Jiannu, Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether he should be happy or unhappy.
Xu Jiajun came to the aid of thousands of miles, and this kind of initiative to show favor is worth rejoicing.
But is Xu Jiajun really here to help Daming? Why wasn't there any advance notice and consultation? Could there be other bad intentions?
What's more, there are countless elite armies of the Ming Dynasty, and they have the ability to solve the problem of Jiannu who have entered the customs, do they still need a merchant force to help? Once this Xu Jiajun has figured out the topography and pattern of the capital area, if it attacks the capital one day, it is suddenly launched, and it is familiar with the way, what will the imperial court do to resist?
Zhu Youzhen's vigilance and precaution soon gained the upper hand, and he said to Lu Xiangsheng: "You can't believe all about this matter, it's too dangerous to go out of the city to fight in the field, don't act rashly!" It's better to stay in the capital for a few more days, and wait for Jiannu to really leave before acting. ”
"Your Majesty, the opportunity is rare, the Xu family army is extremely powerful, if the imperial court cooperates with the Xu family army, maybe it can wipe out the Jiannu army that entered the customs, so that it will never have the possibility of entering the customs, and can also send troops to destroy its lair, collect the homeland of Liaodong, completely eliminate the great trouble in the north, and Pingliao will be realized!" Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to persuade.
"This ......"
Zhu Youzhen was moved, very moved, but still said: "Aiqing, wait, wait, wait, this may also be Xu Jiazhuang's conspiracy and poisonous scheme, don't believe it all!" ”
"Hey!"
Lu Xiangsheng sighed helplessly, suspicious, His Majesty's suspicion of Xujiazhuang is too heavy, in fact, this is completely unnecessary, anyone who has been to Xujiazhuang Harbour City, will come to the conclusion that 'Xujiazhuang either has no ambition, or the ambition has been realized', if Xujiazhuang really wants to plot the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that it will be done long ago, and this goal will be achieved long ago, because there is no idea of destroying the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can survive peacefully until now.
It's just that His Majesty is too stubborn and has never been to Harbour City, so from his own point of view, he can only make a conservative choice.
Reluctantly left the palace.
Just halfway there, Lu Xiangsheng heard a piece of news that made his scalp tingle: The Tianxiong army is out of the city! Ignoring the strict orders of the imperial court, he opened the city gate by himself, and then he went out of the city, because he didn't want to miss this opportunity to make a fortune, after all, the head of Jiannu, the reward offered by the emperor was 50 taels of silver, as long as they could cut a few, they would be rich!
"Bastard, whoever let you go out of the city on your own initiative, come back to me quickly!"
Lu Xiangsheng immediately accelerated the speed of pedaling the bicycle and chased directly out of Yongdingmen in the south of the city, but not only failed to bring the Tianxiong army back, but was coerced by his subordinates, and had to join the Xu Jiajun temporarily formed the 'Jin Destroying Alliance', for this coalition army, Lu Xiangsheng disagreed, quite resistant, but the goal of 'destroying gold' was very attractive to him, so he was in a contradictory state of mental resistance and physical active cooperation.
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Other than that.
In the past two days, the Tongzhou Army led by Yang Yufan, the General Soldier of Tongzhou, the Tianjin Army led by Wang Hong, the General Soldier of Tianjin, and the Jimen Army led by Deng Yu, the General of Jimen, also returned to their respective hometowns at a very fast marching speed.
These three elite armies did not dare to engage in field battles with the Houjin army.
He also did not enter the king of Jingqin to strengthen the defense of the capital.
I just want to go back to my hometown, to protect the safety of my family and property, I only have a small family in my eyes, and without everyone like the country, I have degenerated to the point where I can only fight for myself and my interests.
However, after the representatives sent by the Xujiazhuang intelligence system found the three general soldiers, they immediately pulled up 30,000 elites and decisively joined the 'Gold Destroying Alliance'.
For the head of a slave Tartar is 50 taels.
Live captives can also be sold to the Xujiazhuang caravan for 30 silver dollars each, and there is no limit to the number of captives.
"The head of Jiannu is very valuable, if we cut off hundreds of thousands of heads, what if Your Majesty's internal money is not enough?" Yang Yufan raised his concerns.
"Tianxiatong Bank can provide loans to the emperor and pay with loans."
"But Your Majesty is very disgusted with us, even if we have made meritorious contributions, what if we are unwilling to give a reward?" Yang Yufan asked again.
"We have so many elite troops, and it is reasonable to ask for the reward that belongs to us, do you dare not give it to the imperial court? Are those civil officials who want to be greedy for our money not afraid of the sword in our hand? ”
"Okay, I'm done!" Yang Yufan had no worries.
Tianjin General Soldier Wang Hong and Jimen General Soldier Deng Xi are also in a similar persuasion process.
So.
The 'Jin Annihilation Alliance' led by Xu Jiajun has attracted a total of 40,000 elite troops of the imperial court.
But this number of people is still not enough insurance.
We'll have to bring in a few more armies.
On October 2, Cao Wenzhao's 3,000 Guanning cavalry also joined the Jin Destruction Alliance.
On the third day, Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, also took a full 6,000 cavalry and secretly joined the Jin Destruction Coalition (that is, he did not publicly announce his joining).
On the fourth day, more soldiers and horses joined the imperial court, such as the 3,000 cavalry led by Zu Dabi and Wang Yinghui, and the general soldiers of Shanhaiguan, You Shiwei, Zu Kuan, and Yang Guozhu, who also brought 5,000 infantry.
In addition, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi Province.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces.
The 6,000 troops of Zuo Liangyu, the commander of the Changping army.
Sichuan stone pillar Tusi Qin Liangyu led 5,000 white pole soldiers.
and the soldiers and horses led by generals such as Li Bei, Ai Wannian, and Tang Jiuzhou.
Some of these armies are about to arrive in Gyeonggi, and some will arrive in two days, and the speed of the march has increased significantly.
And the total number of the above troops, combined, is estimated to be close to 200,000, and the number is not less than that of the Houjin army that entered the customs, only more than them!
However, at this time, the Houjin army had begun to retreat north, leaving Fangshan County, retreating to the Changping area, and was moving towards Yanqing Prefecture little by little through the Great Wall of Juyongguan, and then through the Longmen Gate, the Great Wall Pass that had been broken before, and returned to the prairie in the north.
But the movement speed of the Houjin army was too slow.
They were reluctant to take the grain, livestock, women, gold and silver with them, and marched with them on the rough mountain roads, an average of no more than twenty miles a day.
Until October 5, there were still more than 50,000 Houjin troops who had to stay in Changping to help carry supplies and prevent attacks on the rear roads.
But the more they worry about something, the more something will come.
So on the afternoon of the fifth day.
The number of participants in the battle was reduced by 6,000 Xujiazhuang muscle legions.
With a Tianxiong army of 10,000 people, and an elite army of Yang, Wang, and Deng with 30,000 people.
plus Cao Wenzhao, Wu Xiang, Zu Dabi, and Wang Yinghui led a total of 12,000 Guanning iron cavalry.
A total of 58,000 troops.
The army left behind after the break of the Houjin army launched the most fierce joint attack!
The Battle of Changping broke out!