From Shangqiu to Xuzhou more than 300 miles.

Ba Hanzhen ran it in just one day.

In the evening, when Ba Hanzhen and the others rode back to Xuzhou, more than a dozen war horses had already run to the point of foaming at the mouth, and two war horses even fell to the ground with a wail.

Ba Hanzhen himself is also tired and half dead.

In the end, he was helped to Chongzhen in front of the emperor.

"Shengshang, Jiannu wants to dig up the embankment of the Yellow River."

Ba Hanzhen gasped violently, his chest like a bellows.

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately shouted: "Spread the decree, gather in the Shizi camp!" Summoning Yin Xi, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao to see me, go quickly! ”

A few little eunuchs flew away.

Zhu Cijiong also rushed away to gather the Shizi camp.

Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen again: "Wang Daban, put on armor for me!" ”

"Father!" Zhu Cihong suddenly became anxious and said, "It's better for Erchen to go for you." ”

"You're going?" Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Hong'er, you are talented and intelligent, you have calm in trouble, and you also have a rare benevolent heart, you will definitely be a good emperor in the future." ”

"Father!" Zhu Cihong was shocked, because he heard a first-class farewell meaning from Chongzhen's tone.

Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude also knelt on the ground with a puff, crying and begging: "Long live the lord, you are a golden body, you must not be in danger, let the old slave go out on behalf of you." ”

"If the prince can't do it, you can't do it." Chongzhen said with a resolute face.

"This is a field battle, not a city defense war, you are definitely not the opponent of Jiannu, it is me, if you are defeated against the Jiannu army, the only thing you want is to protect the river embankment."

They were still discussing just now whether Jiannu would dig the Yellow River embankment in a frenzy, and it turned out that Jiannu really planned to dig the Yellow River embankment.

At this time, Chongzhen really has no choice.

Not only is he saved, but he must be personally saved.

Because if Jiannu is really allowed to dig the embankment, it will be a big trouble.

The most direct trouble, of course, is that Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion and even Huai'an Mansion will all be turned into Zeguo within ten days and suffer an unprecedented flood.

Hundreds of thousands of people will be wiped out and turned into fish and shrimp in the water.

Millions of people will be displaced and left without food and clothing.

Moreover, this is only the beginning, there will be a locust plague after the flood, and the entire Central Plains will be a disaster area in the next few years, and in the next five or even ten years, the Ming Dynasty's finances will be dragged down by the Central Plains.

Within ten years, the Ming Dynasty should not think about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to recover the Beijing Division.

By that time, Jiannu was afraid that he had already gained a firm foothold in Hebei.

This kind of catastrophic result is something that Chongzhen can't accept no matter what.

Therefore, even if it is to fight out the border army of several towns, it is necessary to prevent Jiannu from digging the embankment of the Yellow River.

The good news is that most of the Jiannu army has already gone away, and those who remain should be partial divisions.

In the face of Jiannu's main force, even if Chongzhen summons the border army of 30 towns plus the 200,000 villagers of Huai'an Mansion, there is no chance of success in the field battle, but if it is only Jiannu's all the way, there is still a chance to defeat Jiannu.

Soon, the four of them, Du Yinxi, Jin Shenghuan, Ma Huabao and Wang Zuntan, rushed to Xingyuan.

When the four of them walked in, they saw that Chongzhen was already neatly draped, and even the phoenix wing helmet was put on.

"Holy Lord, what is this?" Du Yinxi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you going to drive the expedition?" ”

"Blocking Qing, let's make a long story short." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Jiannu wants to dig up the Yellow River embankment and flood Kaifeng, Guide, Xuzhou and even Huai'an Mansion, I have to stop them!" ”

"After I led the border army of the three towns to leave, Xuzhou will be garrisoned by you."

"During this period, you only need to guard the flood land, and no matter what happens, you must not leave the flood land without permission."

After a pause, Chongzhen said in an accentuated tone: "Even if I am trapped in Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Chongzhen was still cautious, worried that this might be Jiannu's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so he had this advice, in fact, he also knew that this possibility was very small.

Because it's not that easy to use.

"Commandment." Du Yinxi looked sincerely frightened.

Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao looked bitter, and they were going to go on the expedition again?

If you go on the expedition, you will also go on the expedition, and this time you will have a field battle with Jiannu? It's really bitter.

Chongzhen didn't give Jin Shenghuan and the three of them a chance to complain at all, turned his head and shouted: "Quickly go and gather people and horses, and assemble outside the West Gate in half an hour!" ”

……

Tunqi is also complaining.

Because the people of the Ming Dynasty didn't talk about martial arts, they beat more and less, and beat them in groups.

By the time Shen arrived in the afternoon, there were more than 30 warships of the Ming Army's naval division gathered near the veterinarian's mouth, and the number of officers and men of the Ming Army's naval division also exceeded 1,000.

Then the Ming army placed the naval warship about thirty paces away from the riverbank.

Although this distance was already within the killing range of the Great Bow, it was useless, because the Ming Army's sailors had guards and battlements on the side of the bird ships to provide shelter.

In fact, there are still some cars left in the blue flag.

And he pushed the cart to the bank of the river, but it was of no avail.

Because there are Hongyi cannons on the side of the warships of the Ming army's naval divisions.

Just a few rounds of salvos, and there were not many of the dozens of cars left with the blue flag.

The flag-bearers who were hiding behind the cart were also killed and wounded, and were immediately driven down the embankment.

After driving Jiannu off the embankment, the Ming sailors dispatched sampans to send the musketeers to the embankment, and then guarded the embankment and condescendingly shot the coat who dug the embankment.

The flag-bearer with the blue flag replied with a large bow.

However, the Ming army sailors also had a wooden sign at the front.

After a few rounds, the white flag coat was no longer able to withstand it.

It is useless for the flag-bearer with the blue flag to cut people in the back with a horse chopping knife.

Tun Qi saw that this could not be done, so he could only transfer more bannermen from Zhongmu City.

Later, Tunqi transferred all the flags with blue flags to the veterinarian's mouth.

At this time, there were a total of 37 cattle records in the blue flag, but after the fiasco under Shanyang City, almost none of them could still maintain a full number, so the total number of flag soldiers was only more than 7,000 dings, nearly halved.

In the face of more than 7,000 bannermen, the Ming army sailors finally couldn't hold it anymore and were forced to retreat to the ship.

But the bannermen with blue flags did not dare to go up the river embankment, because the warships of the Ming army and the sailors had Hongyi cannons, and going to the river embankment was purely to send them to death, and they could not do such a stupid thing.

The situation is at a stalemate.

The white flag coat began to dig the embankment again.

However, the good times did not last long, and in the evening, the Ming army's Yiding arrived.

These Yiding of the Ming army are even more disgusting, relying on superb riding skills, riding ** good, three riding in a group, five riding in a cluster, and playing hunting and counter-hunting with the bannermen with blue flags.

Although the blue flag occupies an absolute numerical advantage, it is limited by the simple and flat terrain, but it is at a disadvantage in this game of wrong killing, and dozens of horses are lost in less than half an hour.

As soon as Tun Qi saw that this could not be done, he quickly withdrew all the bannermen.

Then he sent more than 300 Bayala soldiers with blue flags to fight against Yiding.

The situation was reversed, and the Ming army was chased by the Baya soldiers with blue flags.

But pressed down the reeds and scooped, taking this opportunity, the Ming army sailors ran to the river embankment again, and output the coatings that were desperately digging the river embankment outside the veterinarian's mouth, and soon reimbursed hundreds of coatings.

In the middle of the night, it was difficult to drive the Ming army's sailors back to the ship, and at the same time block the Ming army's Yiding from the periphery, and the Ming army's cavalry battalion arrived.

As soon as the cavalry arrived, the Ming army Yiding and the Ming army's naval division also counterattacked at the same time.

This time the blue flag immediately took care of one or the other, and some couldn't stand it.

Taking advantage of the brief gap when the main force of the blue flag was pinned down by the cavalry and sailors of the Ming army, about 300 cavalry Yiding seized the opportunity to break into the mouth of the veterinarian and killed thousands of coats who were digging the river embankment.

When the blue-flaged Baya soldiers arrived, they saw that the gap was full of clad corpses, and none of them were panting.

Mele Zhangjing Lanbai said to Tunqi: "Lord Gushan Ezhen, the coat left to us by the Nine Kings has died, what should we do now?" If you dig it again, we will have to do it ourselves with the bannermen with the blue flag. ”

Tunqi was also a little blind, because Dolgon left more than 2,000 coats.

Of the more than 2,000 coats, he killed more than 400 by himself, and the Ming army sailors killed four or five hundred.

The remaining more than 1,000 were also slaughtered by the Ming army, and now there is no one left.

At this time, one of the Jiala Ezhen proposed: "Lord Gushan Ezhen, why don't you go and catch some Aha and come back to dig the embankment?" In short, the embankment of the Yellow River must be dug up, otherwise the banner owner will be very troublesome. ”

Obviously, this Kala really belonged to Zilharang's loyal lackey.

But Lan Bai was not a loyal dog of Zilharang, and immediately said angrily: "What you said is easy, where can you catch Aha in this black light?" Besides, is there any Ahak caught nearby? I couldn't even find a dog. ”

After speaking, Lan Bai turned back to Tunqi and said, "Lord Gushan Ezhen, why don't you withdraw quickly?" ”

"Withdraw?" Tunqi was a little moved, but he was a little worried, "If it is withdrawn like this, what will happen to the river embankment?" ”

"What kind of embankment do you care, besides, haven't we dug up the Yellow River embankment before?" "And I dug it up twice, but I plugged it myself, and we can't be blamed for that." ”

Tun Qi was still a little hesitant, and frowned: "If you withdraw like this, I'm afraid it's not okay?" ”

"My lord, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave." Lan Bai was immediately anxious, "Haven't you seen it yet?" The army of the Ming Dynasty is coming to Zhongmu in a steady stream, first the Ming army sailors, then Yiding, and then the cavalry, if we don't leave, wait for tomorrow dawn, maybe Chongzhen, the dog emperor, will also personally lead the army to here. ”

Hearing this, Tunqi no longer hesitated, yes, the blue flag can't be buried here.

Before he set out from Beijing last year, he personally promised Jilharang that he would bring the blue flag back to Beijing, but now nearly half of the flag has been lost, and the rest of the flag can no longer be lost.

At that moment, Tun Qi shouted: "Xiao Yu Niu Lu, retreat to Heyin!" ”

It was a matter of the survival of the blue flag, and Tunqi could not care about Dorgon's royal life.

In short, he can die, but the 37 Niu Lu with the blue flag can't be fine.

(End of chapter)