Chapter 452: Soldiers Coming to the City II

"If there is no mistake in the intelligence, I believe that the Ming army will launch a general attack on Yongdingmen early tomorrow morning."

Huang Taiji lightly pointed to the map, and then looked at the generals: "Amin and Mang Gurtai are dead, but they have bought us a lot of time, Ji'er Harang, are the people from Horqin here?" ”

The king of Horqin County, Qitat, who remained in the city of Beijing, and Sebuteng, the king of Bahrain, entered the Qianqing Palace from his younger brother Manzhu Xili, and this was perhaps the last time they appeared in this majestic palace built by the Ming people.

"I've seen Your Majesty..."

Huang Taiji is also dressed in military uniform, and now it is wartime, and he has long been in the mood to sit on the dragon chair in a dragon robe: "Manzhu Xili, when will your brother's soldiers and horses arrive?" ”

Manzhu Xili beat his chest with his right hand and saluted: "Tian Khan, after receiving the news, my brother Sebuteng led his tribesmen to prepare to march eastward, counting the days, when they arrived in these days. ”

According to Dolgon's proposal, Huang Taiji ordered the two Mongolian tribes of Horqin and Bahrain to mobilize all their men and horses to come to Beijing to participate in the big war, according to his estimates, the two Mongolian soldiers and horses together can gather at least 100,000 people, but now the war is imminent, and none of the two Mongolian messengers have arrived, which makes him a little dissatisfied.

At this moment, the Forbidden City is no longer the kind of situation that needs to be reported to enter, Yue Tuo rode his horse until he arrived in front of the Qianqing Gate before dismounting, and quickly ran into the palace gate: "Your Majesty, Goshha in the city has come to report that some lords of the Yuan Ming Kingdom are ready to move, and they may do something that is not conducive to my Qing Dynasty." ”

"Haoge..."Huang Taiji looked at the eldest son standing aside: "You take people, go and detain all these people and escort them to the head of Yongdingmen City," and then looked at me after Ning Wan: "Mr. Ning, how about you say that Zhou Kui's stall is also pressed?" ”

Ning Wan nodded in agreement: "Zhu Cihong is useless, isn't Chen Cao flaunting respect for the descendants of the Zhu family?" And bet on the city with Zhou Kui, although it can't play a role in the overall situation, but after all, he is the heir of Emperor Chongzhen, and he will succeed, and the southern scholars will also make a big fuss in this regard, and it will also be beneficial to my Qing Dynasty in the future. ”

It was not yet dawn, but the people of the forward regiment suddenly found that the head of the Yongdingmen City was suddenly full of people, and it was crowded, as if something had happened.

Not long after, Chen Cao, who was being served by Li Wan'er and Weng Meixin, received a report from Zhao Xin, and when the group arrived in front of the formation, Song Che had already discovered Chen Cao's arrival and hurried back: "Your Majesty, take a look at the city first." ”

Chen Cao held up the clairvoyant mirror, and there was a word hanging on the head of the city, which was particularly large, as if it was specially for the Ming army, and it was written 'Ming Prince Zhu Cihong' six big characters, and Chen Cao did see a child being held up and standing on the top of the female wall.

Zhao Xin said: "Emperor, that kid is indeed Zhu Cihong, the old man next to him is the former abbot Zhou Kui, and several people next to Zhou Kui are his heirs. ”

Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror, and then was silent, Zhao Xin saw this and said in a low voice: "The ministers are guilty, after the failure of the last operation, Zhu Cihong was detained in the Forbidden City, and his subordinates can no longer do it." ”

Chen Caoliang said loudly for a long time: "Zhou Kui, the ruler of the Chongzhen Dynasty, disregards the righteousness of the famous clan, unites Jianzhou to rebel, and intends to subvert the regime of our Han family, such treacherous people, ignoring the righteousness of our Han family for thousands of years to educate the people, should be killed, you and others have heard clearly, there are testimonies of Zhu Yanrong, the prince of the Baoguo Dynasty, and Gao Panlong of the Tianqi Dynasty, etc., confirming that Zhu Cihong, the prince of the Chongzhen Dynasty, was killed after rebelling into the city in Jianzhou, and they are doing this now, it is really a superfluous move, in order to disturb the heart of my Ming army, what should you do?" ”

Zhao Xin immediately shouted: "Regain the capital, kill the Tartars, kill the rebels..."

"Regain the capital, kill the Tartars, kill the rebels..."

"Regain the capital, kill the Tartars, kill the rebels..."

"Regain the capital, kill the Tartars, kill the rebels..."

With the leader, the shouts came one after another for a while, and after a while, Haoge at the head of the Yongding Gate City, which was two miles away, could clearly hear the shouts of the Ming army outside the city.

Zhou Kui was already trembling, he never imagined that the Ming army would have a chance to fight under the city of Beijing, since the soldiers rushed into his mansion last night and began to arrest people, he had a premonition that something was wrong.

Haoge sneered, looked at Zhou Kui and said, "Zhou Kui, do you see, you are of no use to Chen Cao at all, even Zhu Cihong, this kid is just a stepping stone for him." ”

Zhou Kui, who had a high desire to survive, immediately shouted: "Lord Su, the minister is useful, the minister is useful, the minister knows that Chen Cao treats my daughter well, as long as I don't die, my daughter will definitely be able to help me." ”

Hauge shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to wait for that day." ”

Zilharang walked up to the city and nodded towards Haoge: "It's all ready, as long as the Ming army starts to attack the city, let them have no return, but Haoge, if you give up Yongdingmen, I'm afraid this outer city will not be able to be saved." ”

Haoge also had a serious face: "Dolgon ran in Lugou Bridge and Huangcun, pinned down most of the Ming army's troops, and lured the Ming army to attack the city and counterattack, which is indeed the meaning of Mr. Ning and Mr. Fan, my father also agreed, success or failure is in this move, you have to defend the city." ”

On both sides of Yongding Gate, the people of the Han Army Banner are carrying the gunpowder in the city, the explosion of Wang Gongchang was heard after they entered Beijing, and the power of the explosion at that time was so great that it could not be underestimated, and now Ning Wan I offered a plan to give up Yongding Gate, and used Yongding Gate as a bait to dig a pit for the Ming army, and they placed the same gunpowder as the explosion power of Wang Gongchang at that time around Yongding Gate according to the records of the Ministry of Industry, only a lot more, in order to give the Ming army a heavy blow.

When the two sides were in full swing to prepare for the big battle, in the Taiji Palace, Huang Taiji, who had already packed up everything, looked at Fan Wencheng, who was trying his best to dissuade him, and said: "Mr. Fan, if you win this battle, it will be fine, if you lose, I will have to evacuate, but this Forbidden City cannot be left to Chen Cao." ”

"Never..."Fan Wencheng tried his best to dissuade: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of the existence of the Forbidden City that this Beijing city has meaning, if it is, the minister is saying that if this battle happens unspeakably, and the Forbidden City is set on fire at that time, it will be with the Ming Court to the death, and if it is retained, Your Majesty thinks that the joy of recovering the national capital can dissipate all needs, and at that time, I have enough time to evacuate the Qing Dynasty." ”

Huang Taiji looked at Ning Wan and me, and Ning Wan and I were also frowning, it was obvious that Huang Taiji was asking Ning Wan for my opinion.

Ning Wan also thought about it for a long time, and then said slowly: "Maybe... There is a defensible basis for what Xiandou said, and Your Majesty and the minister feel that this matter can be discussed. ”

Fan Wencheng breathed a long sigh of relief, he was not to save this palace city, but really to think about the future of the Qing Dynasty, because burning the Forbidden City is no different from destroying the entire Beijing city, or maybe the actual effect is much greater than now.

Before the specifics were clear, the roaring cannons began to sound, and Huang Taiji didn't care about the back road of the Forbidden City, so he led people out of the Taiji Hall and rushed to the outer city.

The cannon roared, in order to avoid the Yongding Gate of the gunpowder was affected, Zier Harang specially moved the Hongyi cannon defending the city to the city wall one mile away from the Yongding Gate, so that they became the bait of the Ming artillery outside the city, and on the other hand, the Ming artillery position, when it was found that the artillery was from both sides of the Yongding Gate, the artillery was suppressed under the command of Ning Guoxing.

"What kind of play is this?"

Chen Cao put down the clairvoyant mirror and looked at Li Yan, who could also see clearly: "It's not easy for the ministers to judge for the time being, but they moved the artillery outside the Yongding Gate, perhaps in order to prevent the army behind the city gate from being hit by artillery." ”

"Then divide a part of the artillery, and after suppressing their firepower, all the remaining artillery will be fired at the tower of Yongding Gate."

Without waiting for Chen Cao to give a specific order, a fast horse came: "Your Majesty, the Longwu army defeated the Tartar army in Huangcun, and at this moment the large army is rushing to the predetermined combat position, and the remaining part of the army is ordered to pursue the Tartar cavalry." ”

The shouting and killing in front of the battle suddenly became violent, Chen Cao didn't wait to speak to the herald, Zhao Xin hurried over: "Emperor, the Tartar cavalry has left the city and gone to the side of the Yang Lian Maha brothers, the right wing of our army." ”

Chen Cao took a deep breath and said: "Go, let Yan Chun's troops go to the rear of the Yang Lian brothers' formation to suppress the formation, and tell him that the Tartar cavalry comes and goes quickly, and the enemy must be blocked by regiments." ”

"Yes..."

Chen Cao turned around and saw Li Wan'er and Weng Meixin coming behind Chen Cao in armor, Chen Cao frowned: "Didn't you say that?" Let the two of you wait at the big camp. ”

Li Wan'er came to Chen Cao's side and said in a low voice: "Husband, I saw the leader of my sixth uncle's personal army just now. ”

Chen Cao frowned: "Li Ruzhen? ”

Li Wan'er nodded: "It's him." ”

Chen Cao thought for a while: "Li Ruzhen surrendered a little early, according to Liu Xingzuo told me back then, he and Yanguli still have intermarriages, are you sure that his people will contact you?" ”

Li Wan'er nodded again: "How dare I tell you nonsense about such a big thing, the leader of his pro-soldier team used to be one of my grandfather's generals, and my kung fu was basically taught by them, so I naturally know each other." ”

"What's the point?"

"My sixth uncle said that he was willing to open the city gate at a critical moment and enlarge the army into the city..."

Chen Cao sneered: "Does he know how powerful he is at this time?" Wan'er, what do you mean? ”

Li Wan'er stopped talking, and Chen Cao sighed: "Okay, your Li family always judges the situation, and I also admire it." ”

Li Wan'er smiled happily: "Don't dare to say anything else, at least if he really returns to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and has the credit of helping our army recover the Beijing Division, he can also avoid death." ”

Chen Cao looked at Weng Meixin and said, "It seems that the two of you have summed it up, so let's call someone and I'll ask in person." ”