"Xu will tell you, there is a fire in Shengjing City!"

"This must be a mutiny by the North Korean army in the city, haha!"

Zhu Cijiong reined in his horse, pointed at Sheng Jing with a horsewhip, and laughed.

"We're here at the right time!" Xu Yingwei shouted loudly and loudly, "Pass on my military order, the left battalion will attack the small south gate, the right battalion will attack the big south gate, the grenade will blow up the city gate, and the scout team will be responsible for hunting and killing the Jiannu generals." ”

"Yes!" Xu Wuniu quickly conveyed Xu Yingwei's military orders to the battalions.

Zhu Cijiong asked Xu Yingwei with a smile: "Xu gave advice, don't you wait for the arrival of the artillery battalion?" ”

"Don't wait, don't wait." Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "The North Korean army has launched a mutiny, and the Jiannu in Shengjing City have become a mess. ”

The final result also verified Xu Yingwei's judgment, due to the mutiny of the North Korean army and the complete lack of preparation of Jiannu, the Ming army only used a dozen bundles of cluster grenades to easily blow up the large and small south gates.

Of course, it should be noted that a bundle of grenades weighs more than a hundred pounds.

Because the Ming army is equipped with ten-pound grenades, the lethality is still quite strong.

As soon as the city gate was blown open, two battalions of more than 2,000 loaded Ming troops poured into the city from the large and small south gates.

Because this was defending the city, and the Ming army came suddenly, Jiannu didn't have time to assemble the car.

Without a chariot, you can't carry a flintlock pistol with a wooden plate or a stomach on your body.

Occasionally, there will be a few white-armored soldiers rushing forward against the firepower of the Ming army, but in the blink of an eye, they will be hunted and killed by the Ming army scouts who are wandering in front of the line array.

The white-armored soldiers were hunted and killed, which greatly dampened Jiannu's spirit.

When Ye Keshu was also hunted by the Ming army scouts, Jiannu finally collapsed completely.

Jiannu, who was still in a dense queue to confront the Ming army head-on, turned around and ran.

Seeing this scene, the trumpet of Dadu Dudu sounded, and the Ming army, which was originally lined up in a neat queue, immediately disbanded, divided into large and small teams, and launched a charge with bayonets.

At the same time, another infantry battalion of the Ming army had already guarded the gates, ready to hunt down the Jiannu who had fled from the city, and Zhu Cijiong's 3,000 new troops had also dispersed to the surrounding wilderness, waiting to hunt and kill the fish that had escaped the net.

When the old slave fought Shenyang, he did too much killing.

It's time to avenge the blood feud accumulated for twenty years.

……

However, Ye Keshu had already sent a messenger in advance.

In the evening of the same day, the messengers of the Yekeshu faction arrived at the front banner of the left wing of Horqin.

The seat of the Horqin Left Wing Front Banner was in Zhangwu County, but at this time there were only sparse yurts in Zhangwu County.

At this time, the first king of Zasak Bintu County, Hongguoer, had died of illness, and the current Zasak was the eldest son of Hongguoer, the king of Esen County.

When he received the urgent report from Sheng Jing, Esen was receiving Li Hao and his wife.

Yes, Ao Bai happened to escort Li Hao and Su Malagu to the front banner of the left wing of Horqin, originally preparing to go to Phoenix City through Shengjing from here, and then enter Korea from Phoenix City.

Ao Bai thought that in this way, he should be able to avoid the Ming army in Gaizhou.

But he never expected that as soon as he walked to the front banner of the left wing of Horqin, he received an urgent report from Sheng Jing.

After listening to the messenger's statement, Esen, Li Hao and his wife, and Ao Bai all changed their faces, this is really unexpected, the Ming army actually had the courage to attack the old capital Shengjing?

Shengjing is not the same as Gaizhou.

Gaizhou is close to the sea, so you can get supplies by sea.

But Shengjing is three or four hundred miles away from the sea.

Wasn't the Ming army worried about being cut off from the supply line by the Qing soldiers?

Esen asked Aobai, "Lord Zhangjing, what do you think we should do?" ”

Just looking at the surface identity, Li Hao is the forehead, and the second son is the king of the county, both of them are above Aobai, but this is only the surface identity, in fact, the status of the two in the Qing court is far inferior to Aobai.

Ao worships this Manchu Baya Lama Zhangjing, which is enough to control the two.

Therefore, before sending troops to rescue Shengjing, Esen had to ask for advice first.

In addition, Esen's move also has a meaning, that is, he hopes that Ao Bai will send troops together.

Li Hao was reluctant to take the three thousand guards with the white flag to save Shengjing, and immediately whispered: "Lord Zhangjing, we have almost rested, it's time to leave." ”

Li Hao's meaning is that let's not get involved in the battle of Shengjing.

Ao Bai snorted and said with a cold face: "You are too worried, I know what to do." ”

After speaking, Ao Bai turned his head to Esen and said, "King Esen, I have a heavy responsibility, and I need to escort Esu to Seoul as soon as possible, so I can't follow you to rescue Shengjing." ”

"So, congratulations to Eyu and Lord Zhangjing."

Although Esen was disappointed, he didn't say anything.

After sending off Ao Bai and Li Hao and his wife, Esen began to gather Zhuang Ding overnight, and at the same time issued a Zasak order to the other nine banners of Horqin Mongolia, requiring the ten banners to send troops together.

In addition, Esen also sent an urgent delivery to Beijing.

……

The express delivery from Horqin and the secret letter from Nanjing arrived at Prince Rui's mansion almost at the same time.

After reading the express and secret letters, Dolgon felt that the situation was serious, so he urgently summoned Hong Chengchou, Ning Wanme, and Fan Wencheng to come to the Dongnuan Kezhong staff in Prince Rui's mansion.

Hou Fangyu was also waiting on the side.

After reading the express delivery and the secret letter, the mood of Hong Chengchou and the four of them was also extremely complicated.

Following the surprise attack on Dagukou and Gaizhouwei in two ways at the beginning of this year, the Ming army finally had a second step of action, although they had expected the second step of the Ming army's action, but when all this really happened, they still felt unacceptable, because they deeply felt that the offensive and defensive momentum between the Ming and Qing dynasties had been reversed.

I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least for now, the Qing Dynasty is on the defensive.

And the Ming army's offensive is extremely fierce, and there is a sense of oppression that makes people breathless, thinking of this layer, Hong Chengchou is becoming more and more unacceptable, it shouldn't be?

Da Ming Ming has decayed, how can it be possible to regain a second spring?

Besides, Da Ming Ming has taken advantage of the time and place, how can he not do Da Ming?

"Guys, didn't expect that, did you?" Dolgon said quietly, "The remnants of the Ming who were beaten by my Qing Dynasty in the past have actually begun to attack the Qing Dynasty in turn, and even dare to covet Shengjing. ”

That is, the news was not sent, otherwise, if Dolgon and Hong Chengchou knew that Shengjing had broken the city, it was estimated that their jaws would be shocked, how could Shengjing be lost?

After a pause, Dolgon continued: "I have decided to send troops to Liaodong, what do you think?" ”

"Master, by all means!" Hong Chengchou hurriedly dissuaded, "At the beginning of the year, when the Ming army raided Gaizhouwei and Dagukou, the slave said to the master that this was a conspiracy of the Ming army to mobilize and consume the national strength of our Qing Dynasty. ”

"This time, the Ming army increased its troops at Dagukou and put on a posture of attacking Shengjing, which is still to mobilize and consume our Qing Dynasty."

Speaking of this, after a slight pause, Hong Chengchou said sincerely: "The master's eyes are like torches, beyond the reach of people, when you can see through Chongzhen's sinister intentions, you must not be fooled." ”

As if to verify what Hong Chengchou said, Cao Eryu sent another urgent delivery.

"Master, Hebei Express." Cao Eryu handed over a fire-lacquered letter with both hands.

When Dorgon opened the letter, his face suddenly became even more gloomy.

"Okay, Chongzhen is so bold." Dolgon sneered, "While attacking Shengjing, while increasing troops at Dagukou, and at the same time increasing troops to Xuzhou by 200,000, does he want to have a final decisive battle with my Qing Dynasty in advance?" ”

[Note: The Ming army actually increased its troops by 80,000, and it was claimed to be 200,000 to the outside world.

"What, increase the number of troops to Xuzhou by 200,000?" Hong Chengchou changed color, this is too scary.

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, and Hou Fangyu also looked at each other, the Ming army is really going to the Northern Expedition?

After a long time, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses and said in a deep voice: "Master, the slave doesn't believe that Nanming can reserve enough supplies in such a short period of time, and he doesn't believe that Chongzhen will launch the Northern Expedition in advance this winter. ”

"Check?" Dorgon asked in a deep voice, "How can this be verified?" ”

Hong Chengchou: "Check the boats coming and going on the canal, if Chongzhen really decides to go on a northern expedition this winter, then the canal's transportation will definitely be extremely busy, which cannot be concealed." ”

Dolgon immediately ordered Hou Fangyu to notify the Jin merchants to verify.

Seeing Hou Fangyu leave, Dolgon said: "The Book of Rites is a mediocre and cloudy, everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, whether Chongzhen plans to launch the Northern Expedition this winter or not, the Qing Dynasty must prepare for the worst." ”

After a pause, he asked again: "If Chongzhen really launched the Northern Expedition and launched an attack on our Qing Dynasty from the three directions of Xuzhou, Dagukou and Shengjing, then how should the Qing Dynasty respond?" ”

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, you can only adopt the tactics of the old khan. ”

"What Heng Jiu said is extremely true." Fan Wencheng echoed, "Ren Er came a few ways, but I only went all the way." ”

Ning Wan I continued: "Among the three Ming armies, the Ming army on the Dagukou Road is the most threatening, and it should be solved first, and then the whole country will be summoned to meet the Ming army in Xuzhou to the north. ”

Hearing this, Dolgon's mind calmed down.

It seems that the situation is not as bad as expected.

The Ming army seems to be menacing, but in fact, it is also a strong outsider.

At that moment, Dolgon turned his head and instructed Cao Eryu: "Immediately summon Ganglin, Qi Chongge, Sony, and Suke Saha and other military ministers on duty to come to Prince Rui's mansion to discuss politics." ”