North of the capital, Changping Prefecture.

Changping Prefecture City was built in the first spring of the first year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, located in the south of Tianshou Mountain.

The city of Changping Prefecture was square at first, and then the new city was built, and the old city together formed the "day" shape, and after the end of the Ming Dynasty, the new and old cities were merged into a rectangle.

According to the record of Emperor Yingzong Rui of the Ming Dynasty: "In the first spring of the first year of Jingtai, Xin Si ordered to build a city in the south of Tianshou Mountain, twelve miles around, to live in Changling, Xianling, Jingling three guard officers and soldiers, and moved to Changping County to govern it. The name of this city is "Yong'an City".

Jingtai three years Changping County migrated to Yong'an City. At this time, Yong'an City is square, about six miles in the southeast and northwest circles, "the wall is two zhang and one foot high, the surrounding is one thousand four hundred and ninety-two zhang nine feet eight inches, and the battlement mouth is two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six." The city is surrounded by ponds on three sides: east, west and south. There are arrow towers at the four corners of the city wall, and there are city gates on the north side, "building the east, west, and south three gates", "all are heavy gates and coupon cities, and the arrow towers are built outside, and the buildings are built inside, all of which are built by the internal officials, supervisors, and craftsmen".

In the first year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Changping County was promoted to Changping Prefecture, with jurisdiction over three counties: Huairou, Miyun and Shunyi. In the third year of Zhengde, the state was reduced to a county. In the eighth year of Zhengde, Changping County was reverted to Changping Prefecture, and the three counties of Huairou, Miyun and Shunyi were still led, and Changping gradually became the important town of Gyeonggi in the Ming Dynasty.

Later, due to the continuation of the Lingwei, a city wall was rebuilt in the south of the city. "The new city is about four miles, Yumen one, called the small south gate. Its heavy gate city, arrow tower, and building are all narrow.

The height of the wall is reduced by four feet of the old city, and the east, west, and south sides are surrounded by eight hundred and forty zhang and five feet, and there are 1,692 battlements", and the pond outside the old south city wall is still preserved, making it the river in the city, and the east and west walls of the south city

Set up a water gate to allow water to enter and exit the pool. At this time, the two cities around the old and the new are "the old ones are slightly deeper, and the new ones are very narrow".

The city of Changping Prefecture is so complete and strong, and there are guards and horses of the Ming Emperors in the city, with at least 40,000 troops.

Of course, these are the troops on the books, and the number of soldiers and horses in the city is actually at least discounted on the numbers.

In the morning of this day, Haoge and Azig led the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner and the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Iron Cavalry to arrive outside the city of Changping Prefecture, and then began to attack the city.

Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Wu Lai personally led the troops to attack the city in a volley, among the 11,000 iron cavalry of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner, only 2,000 people were wearing armor, but the number of people equipped with cavalry bows was more than 8,000 people, at this time these more than 8,000 people were rushing outside the city at high speed, like the arrows of flying locusts constantly shooting to the head of the city, causing a lot of casualties to the defenders on the head of the city.

At the same time, Wu Lai led the remaining more than 2,000 hand-to-hand cavalry to wait in the north of Changping Prefecture, as long as the cavalry shot completely suppressed the defenders at the head of the city, Wu Lai led his troops to rush up and climb the city wall with ropes.

"Warriors of the Immortal Heaven! Prince Su and Rao Yu Baylor were watching us from behind, killing into the city, fighting to the death for the sake of the Qing Dynasty! ”

Wu Lai's voice continued to echo on the battlefield, although the iron cavalry army that was galloping in front of him could not be heard at all, but Wu Lai's impassioned appearance was seen by Hauge and Abatai.

Haoge said with satisfaction: "Wu Lai, this guy is quite capable, and he can raise it well in the future." ”

Abatai said: "Wu Lai is indeed a cadre, but he is a little exaggerated, and he cares too much about the opinions of the officials. ”

Hauge snorted slightly dissatisfied, and then said: "

Send someone to tell Wu Lai that within half an hour, he must rush into Changping Prefecture! ”

"Huh!"

Wu Lai received the order, and his face froze, did he go too far?

At this time, Wu Lai gritted his teeth, the shooting in front continued, although the Ming army in Changping Prefecture was also unbearable, but after all, it was the imperial tomb guard of the Ming Dynasty, and the most basic will to fight still had some, and in the face of the siege of the Qing army at this time, he was able to grit his teeth and persevere.

"Rush up, climb the city!"

Wu Lai was also ruthless at this time, leading more than 2,000 hand-to-hand cavalry to charge on horseback, and soon rushed to the vicinity of the north gate of Changping Prefecture.

Rumble!

At this time, the artillery on the head of the city was still firing, but it was very messy, and the accuracy was very poor, which shows that the gunners in Changping Prefecture were sparsely practiced on weekdays, and most of them were already out of order at this time.

"Rope, throw!"

Wu Lai roared, and more than a hundred Mongolian cavalrymen with long arms threw out the ropes in their hands, one end of the rope was an iron claw, and a very long section of the rope was protected by iron pieces to prevent the enemy from cutting the rope.

Soon, more than 100 ropes were firmly stuck on the arrow stacks at the head of the city, and the soldiers of the Ming army at the head of the city were shocked, and they slashed the ropes in a panic, for fear that the Mongolian soldiers under the city would climb up along the ropes, but there was no effect, and after some busyness, only five or six were cut.

"Kill it!"

Wu Lai also struggled to climb a rope at this time, loudly urging the subordinates in front, at this time there were already many Mongolian soldiers rushed up, although the Ming army on the city head struggled to throw stones, shoot arrows, fire guns, and knock down many Mongolian soldiers, but still could not stop, at this time the Ming army on the city scattered in a hurry,

A large number of Mongol soldiers began to fight indiscriminately.

"Haha!"

Wu Lai panted and stepped on the city, looked around, only to see a large number of subordinates were chasing and killing the defenders in the city, and then commanded a group of soldiers and horses to open the city gate, but was surprised to see a large number of Ming troops killed in the inner city in the south, numbering at least more than 4,000 people.

"Hold on! Go and open the gates! ”

Wu Lai shouted and rushed up, but at this time, there were only a few hundred Mongolian soldiers on the head of the city, and they had to divide their troops to open the city gate, even if the combat strength was strong, they could not stop the impact of more than 4,000 Ming troops.

"Master, quickly retreat, I can't stand it, let's withdraw and reorganize the formation and rush again!"

Wu Lai's face was pale, and he turned around and went down the rope to the outside of the city, and a large number of Mongolian soldiers also panicked and withdrew from the city along the rope, and the dozens of Mongolian soldiers at the back just ran to the rope, but they were surrounded by a large number of Ming troops, and then they started fighting.

The Ming army in Changping Prefecture was all the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Tomb Guard, although they were afraid of the Qing army at this time, but at the critical moment, they also broke out with huge combat power, and they knocked back hundreds of Mongolian soldiers who broke into the city!

At this time, Haorge and Abatai looked at the large number of withdrawn Mongol soldiers in amazement, and never imagined that the soldiers and horses that had broken into the city could be driven out by the Ming army.

"Could the defenders of Changping Prefecture also be Liu Yan's subordinates? What is Wu Lai doing! ”

Hauge roared loudly, completely forgetting his previous praise for Wu Lai.

Abatai said: "It's better to let Wu Laibu rectify it first, and then attack." The Ming army in Changping Prefecture is all Huanglingwei, and the supply of money and grain is relatively sufficient on weekdays, and the Ming State has more rectification of its department, so the combat power is great

It must be stronger than the ordinary Ming army. ”

"Humph! Can it be stronger than Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and other departments? ”

Abatai said with a smile: "That's not it, but that's all, let Wu Lai rest for a while, and then attack, he will definitely be able to take Changping Prefecture." ”

"I hope so."

Hauge said to his subordinates: "Tell Wu Lai immediately, if you can't take Changping Prefecture before the sun sets today, you will come and see you!" ”

Ahead, Wu Lai sat on the ground and drank water in a big gulp, although the weather was cold at this time, the wind blowing over was like a knife, blowing on his face and causing pain, and even the water in the water bladder was cold.

But Wu Lai didn't care at all, drank all the water in the water bladder in one go, and then angrily threw the water bladder on the ground, and said angrily: "Have the departments been rectified!" Prince Su has already sent someone to urge, immediately rush up for me! ”

"Huh!"

Subsequently, more than 10,000 iron cavalry of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner rushed forward again, and this time Wu Lai changed his strategy and concentrated all the cavalry archers to suppress the city head in the area of Beicheng.

Wu Lai rode on a war horse, looking at the city viciously, and the hand-to-hand cavalry behind him was also formed, and about 2,000 troops could attack at any time.

But immediately afterward, Wu Lai found that there were more artillery, musketeers, and archers on the north wall of Changping Prefecture, and it was obvious that the defenders in the city had made adjustments and mobilized the firepower from all over the place, and the casualties of the 8,000 Mongolian cavalry archers outside the north gate began to increase.

Wu Lai hurriedly ordered the army to retreat and withdrew within the range of the defenders of Changping Prefecture, but was reprimanded by the Haoge faction who supervised the battle behind, and ordered Wu Lai to spare no casualties.

Changping Prefecture must be taken before day and night, otherwise you will see you in the head!

At this time, Wu Lai found that a large number of iron horsemen had arrived in the east, two yellow flags, two white flags, and two red flags in Manchuria, and all the Mongolian banners of the Han army, and the Mongolian tribes of the outer domains had all arrived, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had arrived!

Wu Lai's face turned pale with fright, and then he looked back, only to see Haoge and Abatai also leading their troops to come, and the two of them rode their horses quickly to Wu Lai, and then Haoge whipped Wu Lai's face, and said angrily: "You lead people to rush up now, you are not allowed to withdraw alone before the blue flag soldiers and horses are dead!" ”

Wu Lai endured the severe pain and said loudly: "The slave takes the order!" ”

Then Wu Lai rode his horse and swung his sword and roared loudly: "Warriors of the Immortal Heaven, follow me to kill and take Changping Prefecture!" ”

Thousands of Mongolian soldiers followed behind Wu Lai, riding horses and rushing to the city wall of Changping Prefecture, but they were still blocked by the artillery fire, fire and arrows on the head of the city, the two sides shot at each other, Wu Lai watched one after another subordinates fall outside the city, but never found the opportunity to throw the rope, at this time there are a lot of defenders on the head of the city, those imperial tomb guards and horses have been red-eyed, although the accuracy of the shooting is very poor, and there is no courage to fight with the Qing army, but you can rely on the city to defend it.

"Wu Lai, bastard!"

Haoge looked at the Mongolian soldiers and horses with the blue flag who had never been able to enter the city again, and couldn't help but scold Wu Lai.

Abatai said in a deep voice: "Prince Su is angry, let's go to face the saint first, Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Haoge saw that Huang Taiji's bright yellow umbrella cover had reached the east, so he rode his horse with Abatai with a cold face to face the saint.

Huang Taiji rode on his war horse, looking at Hauge and Abatai with a cold face,

said: "Has Changping Prefecture ever taken it?" ”

Haoge knelt on the ground and said: "Qiyu Khan Ama, the defenders in Changping Prefecture are the guards of the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum, and the troops are sufficient, and the combat power is stronger than the ordinary Ming army, so it has not been taken for the time being!" ”

"How long will it take?"

Abatai said: "Your Majesty, at least ......, before nightfall today, I am afraid it will be difficult to take Changping Prefecture." ”

Huang Taiji was immediately furious, in terms of time, now Liu Yan's troops are at most a day or two away from his own soldiers and horses, and his iron cavalry is even closer to his own army.

If you can't take Changping Prefecture today, the army will not be able to pass south, and it will be blocked by more than 100,000 elites under Liu Yan's department under the city of Changping Prefecture, and the consequences will be unimaginable!

Huang Taiji was dragging the sick body, and hurried to march for days, at this time, he saw that Changping Prefecture had not been attacked for a long time, his heart was full of anger and anxiety, and he immediately coughed violently, and his face turned purple, so shocked that all the banner lords and princes around him stepped forward to ask for peace.

However, Huang Taiji's cough did not get better, and with the support of several Zhenghuang Banner Baya Lama soldiers, he got off the war horse, and then coughed while shouting angrily around him, and ordered the Zhenghuang Banner Baya Lama soldiers to separate the banner owners, princes and Baylor and others.

Then Huang Taiji leaned on a thick velvet cushion and drank water, and was poured with the decoction prepared in advance, and then he came to his senses.

At this time, the faces of Dorgon and Duoduo, who were waiting outside, changed slightly, and they looked at the Baya soldiers who were standing tightly in front of them, but the two of them were already smiling in their hearts: "Why don't you just cough to death!" ”