Chapter 55: At Any Cost

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said: "Since this is the case, it can only be like this, you all go down first, and order the army, if the third watch can't take Yongping tonight, quickly withdraw to Shengjing." ”

Everyone got up and said goodbye, and Huang Taiji said: "Fourteenth brother, you stay for a while, I have something to talk to you about alone." ”

After everyone had withdrawn, Huang Taiji walked up to Dolgon and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Fourteenth brother, you have given me a lot of surprises along the way when you sent troops to the Ming Kingdom this time!" ”

Dolgon said modestly: "Everywhere, it is just the riding and archery skills that I learned from the military books I read with the Great Khan in the early years. ”

"Fourteenth brother, this time the two blue flags were blocked, in fact, they could be withdrawn directly from Gubeikou, but Amin hated Chahar, so the originally good situation turned into a gradual pursuit of us by the Ming army, what do you think of this?"

Huang Taiji asked Dolgon with concern, and at the same time looked at him with straight eyes, as if trying to find the answer from his face.

"Qiyu Great Khan, Chahar has always been close to the Ming Kingdom and hostile to us, and Lin Dan Khan has such a grudge with us now, next time we might as well directly pacify it, so that we can wait for us to gallop north of the Great Wall at that time."

"Well, you're right, but I mean this rescue of the two blue flags, what do you think?"

Dolgon instantly understood the meaning of Huang Taiji, and said directly aloud: "Dolgon is the only one who looks forward to the Great Khan. ”

"That's the case, I think it's still very important to ensure the vitality of the force, if you can't do anything, quickly lead the remnants of the army to withdraw, and don't fight with the Ming army."

Huang Taiji's words are already obvious, in fact, it is to let Dolgon directly give up rescuing Amin when he sees that the momentum is not good, and as for the soldiers of the two blue flags, he can bring some of them.

"Dorgon understands."

That night, Haoge led the army to attack Yongping again, just when the two armies were fighting, Yang Chun ordered the soldiers to tilt the stones and rolling logs that had been prepared to the city one after another, and for a while there was a lot of mourning, and some of the sergeants who had no time to run away were instantly stoned to death on the spot.

Seeing that the soldiers had no fighting spirit, Haoge had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the camp, Huang Taiji was afraid that the situation would change, so he had to sigh and lead the team to retreat towards Shengjing.

Yongping experienced the crazy attack of Jiannu for a day and a night, and finally relied on the tenacious fighting spirit of all the officers and soldiers to hold on, and it was also the only city that Jiannu did not take this time except for Tongzhou.

When Yang Chun saw the retreat of the Jiannu army under the city, he fainted on the city tower from exhaustion.

Yuan Chonghuan and Zhang Weixian joined forces, totaling nearly 200,000 troops, and slaughtered towards the two blue flags of Amin and Mang Gurtai until they arrived at the city of Zunhua.

Amin and the others finally hid in Zunhua City before the arrival of the Ming army, and this time Yuan Chonghuan looked at Zunhua City in front of him.

Thinking of Zhao Shujiao's death outside Zunhua City, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and his eyes were red.

Zhou Wenbing looked at Zunhua City and said directly: "The enemy army is now cowering in the city, it is better to surround the point and send reinforcements, and wait for the Tartar reinforcements to come and gather them and annihilate them." ”

He saw the end of his second brother's greed for merit, so he was quite cautious in his words

"Uncle Guo, it is certainly right to encircle the point and send reinforcements, but now that the enemy army is in the city, our army is in the field, the battle situation is not favorable to our army, if it drags down, I am afraid that our army's food and grass will not continue!"

Zhang Weixian was telling the truth, before they led the army out of the customs this time, Chongzhen also deliberately talked about food and armament in the court, and looked at the attitude of these courtiers.

However, except for Zhang Weixian and Sun Chengzong, the others in the huge court are almost ineffective, and all the military expenses and food are paid from the inside, so it is not only Jiannu who drags it down, but they themselves are not comfortable.

Zhou Wenbing said embarrassedly: "What about the British duke's meaning?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan heard this, and also looked at Zhang Weixian with an earnest face.

Zhang Weixian was about to speak, when a team of people and horses came from afar, and from a distance, there were about two or three hundred horses, and he "chuckled" in his heart, thinking that it would not be the master who came!

When he saw that it was Luo Yangxing who was the leader, Zhang Weixian looked at Yuan and Erren and said, "Everything is still waiting for Your Majesty's Holy Judgment!" ”

Zhou Wenbing and Yuan Chonghuan looked at Zhang Weixian's gaze, and instantly understood, several people rolled the saddle and dismounted, kneeling beside the road, Zhou Wenbing was better, Yuan Chonghuan didn't expect that Chongzhen actually arrived in person.

"Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live. ”

Several people shouted in unison.

"Phew."

Chongzhen and Luo Yangxing tightened the reins and came to everyone, at this time, the inner thigh was sharpened by the saddle, he endured the discomfort and smiled at everyone and said: "The military situation is urgent, don't be polite, everyone Aiqing is flat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Everyone, Aiqing, I see that I have already arrested Jiannu Belle Abatai before, what about Huang Taiji? Didn't you catch it? ”

Chongzhen's words directly made everyone ashamed.

Yuan Chonghuan knew that he couldn't be a shrinking turtle at this time, so he took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, Jiannu should have come from a divided army, and now it is Amin and Mang Gurtai in Zunhua City, as for Huang Taiji, it should be in Qian'an now." ”

"Then why are you still stunned! If you don't capture Zunhua as soon as possible, if it's too late, I'm afraid that Yongping will also be broken by the Tartars. ”

Chongzhen was a little speechless for a while, but the 200,000 army could not be surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop against the Jiannu army that came from the division of troops, no wonder Jiannu would be so arrogant.

Zhang Weixian hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, Zunhua is my Ming Dynasty town after all, if it is attacked, the casualties will be very large, and the artillery will break Zunhua and rebuild it will waste some time, so I am also discussing." ”

Hearing Zhang Weixian say this, Chongzhen's temper instantly came up, and he said angrily: "Do you know why Jiannu always disturbs my border frequently? It was because they plundered so smoothly that they didn't hurt or fear them, so they were so arrogant. ”

Yuan Chonghuan opened his mouth and asked, "Then what does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"Do I equip your Divine Machine Camp with burning sticks? Pass my order, bombard Zunhua at all costs, and you must not let this group of Tartars escape. ”

"Your Ministers obey."

Chongzhen added: "Pay attention to the fact that after attacking the city, you must pacify the people as much as possible, leave the army to garrison, and quickly march to Qian'an and Yongping, and be sure to drive the Tartars back outside the Shanhai Pass." ”

Everyone who got the general order was overjoyed, and after being pressed and beaten for so many days, they could finally raise their eyebrows.

The Hongyi cannon of the Shenji Battalion fired directly into a round of rapid fire, blasting several openings in Zunhua City, and at the same time, the Jiannu soldiers on Zunhua City were also in a mess, and those who couldn't dodge were directly killed on the spot.