Chapter 123: Capturing Kang Mazi Alive
"Boom ——!!!"
The sound of artillery fire has been lingering in Kangxi's ears, which makes Kangxi a little annoyed.
The Qing army fought for Dagutai three times, but was repelled by the Ming army, so that Dagutai is still falling into the hands of the enemy, which makes Kangxi feel a sense of crisis.
In particular, the infantry of the Ming army had also arrived from Beijing, and the green battalion in Tianjin Town had been attacked several times, but they could not cause effective casualties to this army of the Ming army, which made Kangxi feel very irritable.
In the dead of night, Kangxi often sat on the chair and reflected on himself, whether he shouldn't be overthrown.
Why did the situation change so quickly after the fall of Aobai? was originally a thriving Qing Dynasty, but now it is on the verge of extinction?
Did you do something wrong and shouldn't be in power?
Kangxi had fallen into self-doubt and felt that there was something wrong with his abilities.
Soon, though, he dispelled the thought from his mind.
As the emperor, what he is doing now should not be so self-pitying, he should lead his subjects to fight a way, stick to the city of Tianjin, and wait for reinforcements from all over the country to arrive.
Although the Qing Dynasty is now in chaos, and the places are not too stable, Kangxi believes that there must be enough troops from all over the country to protect King Qin.
Late at night, the breeze blew through the city, it was an unforgettable night, but Kangxi lost sleep.
Looking at the stars outside, he was in turmoil, and he didn't know if Huang Mama's letter and his holy decree had arrived in Mongolia, whether the Mongolian cavalry could cut off the retreat of the Ming thieves, and the army of King Qin from all over the country would arrive in a few days.
However, just when Kangxi was insomnia, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside his palace, and Gonggong Gui, who had fled all the way with Kangxi, also hurriedly came to report and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, Tianjin General Soldier Mu has an urgent military situation and asks to see him!" ”
When Kangxi heard this, his expression was particularly nervous, and he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and Xuan Mu Zhan!" ”
Nala Muzhan, the Mongolian capital of the Zhenghuang Banner, belongs to the Yehe tribe, and is the descendant of Nurhachi's sworn enemy.
However, Kangxi trusted him very much, because he was the son of Nan Zhen, the commander of the protector army, and after years of running-in, Ye He and Jianzhou have long had no blood feud in the past, and now they can be said to be both losses and prosperity, with the common title of 'Manchurian Eight Banners'.
And Kangxi also knew very well that Mu Zhan had a strong military talent, so Kangxi made him the chief soldier of Tianjin.
In addition, Kanguri's son, Mudulu Raita is also a fierce general, the commander of the Mongolian capital of Zhengbaiqi, and unlike Mu Zhan, Laita is a fierce general who has followed Prince Zheng to fight the country, and has experience.
Therefore, after Kangxi arrived in Tianjin, he was sent to Henan to recruit the Green Battalion soldier Qinwang.
This Mudulu Raita is from the East China Sea Department, and the Aixin Jueluo family is not from the same family, but like the Yehe Department, it doesn't matter now.
However, what made Kangxi feel helpless was that there were no available generals under him now, so he could only appoint these Eight Banners disciples from the Yehe Department and the East China Sea Department.
In the past, although the Yehe Department and the East China Sea Department could be appointed, they would definitely not take the lead.
Alas.
Kangxi sighed faintly again, and at the same time, the appearance of 'Yue Le' appeared in his mind, and he gritted his teeth.
Yue Le took away all the Eight Banners generals from the Jianzhou Department with a wave of studs, either died in Chengde, or followed Yue Le to Xi'an, and he didn't leave Kangxi with a general.
But fortunately, Mu Zhan and Laita are really reliable.
Soon, under the guidance of Gonggong Gui, Mu Zhan, who was eight feet tall and like a hill, walked quickly in front of Kangxi, and after making a gesture, he said to Kangxi: "Slave Mu Zhan, meet the emperor." ”
"Forget all the red tape."
Kangxi was very anxious, and immediately asked Mu Zhan: "What is the military situation, but Shandong and Henan Green Camp have arrived?" ”
"Your Majesty, Henan Green Camp has indeed arrived."
Mu Zhan wanted to speak and stopped, and finally said to Kangxi: "However, the reinforcements of the Ming thieves also came up, and the Henan Green Battalion and the Ming thieves encountered a surprise attack, and after the battle, they were defeated, and under the command of Lai Ta Dutong, they re-lined themselves and were waiting for an opportunity to move." ”
"Shandong Green Camp...... For some reason, the Shandong Green Battalion has been procrastinating, and the Caozhou General Soldiers and Yanzhou General Soldiers have been using the lack of food and materials as the reason, no matter how the Shandong Metropolitan Commander urges, the Green Battalion soldiers in Caozhou and Yanzhou just do not send troops, and it seems that they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight......
Hearing this news, Kangxi's face darkened.
"It's the group of miscellaneous ghosts in the Confucian Mansion, near Caozhou and Yanzhou, it's the Confucian Mansion!"
Kangxi took a deep breath, and then said: "Don't worry about the green battalion soldiers first, let the Shandong capital send troops from Qingzhou, order the full battalion to fight, and be sure to come to relieve the siege!" Order the Dengzhou Sailor to fight against the Dengzhou Sailor of the Ming Thief! ”
"Yes!"
When Mu Zhan heard this, he was just about to do it, and after hesitating for a moment, he said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the slave advises you to get ready." ”
"What preparation?"
Kangxi stared at Mu Zhan and asked.
"The Ming thieves increased their troops by no less than 50,000, among which the vanguards, all of them wore my eight banner battle armor, looking like this, it was the pawn of the red flag and the red flag, it was precisely because of wearing my red flag and red flag armor that the battle suddenly fought at night, and the Henan green battalion could not react in time, so it was killed and retreated."
Mu Zhan said: "In addition, the Ming thief heavy artillery is extremely powerful, and the city of Beijing is ...... However, the effort of seven or eight days was overcome, this Tianjin is not much more majestic than Beijing, if the thief does not hesitate to pay, the end will fight for his life, and at most 15 days of delay. ”
"Slave courage, please ask the emperor to find a way out as soon as possible!"
Hearing Mu Zhan's words, Kangxi sighed again, obviously only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was already sighing like an eighty-five or sixteen-year-old man.
"I know, Aiqing should rest earlier."
With Kangxi's voice, Mu Zhan immediately withdrew from the palace.
And Gonggong Gui, who was the same age as Kangxi, also looked at Kangxi cautiously, not knowing what this master thought.
Soon, Kangxi suddenly thought of something, and immediately stood up, wearing a light blue plain clothes, and said to Xiao Guizi: "Xiao Guizi, swing, I am going to see the Empress Dowager, and I want to ask the Empress Dowager what to do!" ”
"Wow!"
……
"This time we must attack Tianjin City!"
Tu Mo looked at the majestic Tianjin City, and secretly swore in his heart: "When Tianjin City is laid, the little peach will be mine!" You can't rob me of it in your life! ”
After entering Beijing a few days ago, Tu Mo went to Hanjia Hutong to look for Xiao Taohong with great interest, but he bumped into him at the door.
As a result, after entering the alley, I learned that this little peach had gone to Tianjin with the nobleman twenty days ago.
Tu Mo and Bibi were dumbfounded for a moment.
And it just so happened that the Great Tomorrow Son ordered the Jianzhou Battalion and the Manchurian Battalion to move south to Tianjin, so Tu Mo and Bi shared the same hatred and planned to enter Tianjin City and kill the 'nobleman' who snatched the little peach!
As soon as he thought of this, Tu Mo took a deep breath and shouted loudly:
"Your Majesty has an order, and the second battalion of Manchuria and Jianzhou has the first to ascend, and Manchuria Baturu is sealed; The one who captured the puppet emperor Kangxi, sealed the marquis of a thousand households, and was hereditary repudiator! ”
And at the same time, Ji Bi was also doing the same thing as Tu Mo, they were all preparing for tonight's siege.
Although the sound of encouragement resounded throughout Manchuria and the Jianzhou Battalion, their mental state was still like that, but it barely inspired the 5,000 Eight Banner soldiers, and did not raise their fighting spirit to any extent.
The reason why they surrendered was, in the final analysis, actually afraid of death.
And they have enjoyed glory and wealth before, so they are not very interested in these rewards.
Regarding the discouragement of the Jianzhou Battalion and the Manchurian Battalion, Zhu Houxi did not feel that there was any big problem.
It's a cannon fodder-like character, so let's die.
If there is luck in capturing Kangxi Kang Mazi alive, Zhu Houxi will not hesitate to reward the marquis.
However, the capture of Kang Mazi made many soldiers of the Ming army ready to move, and even many people wanted to replace the Jianzhou battalion and the Manchurian battalion and charge on the front line.
"Your Majesty, the whole army is ready."
Yu Dayou was dressed in armor, came to Zhu Houxi and hugged his fists and said: "The last general will personally lead 3,000 cavalry to attack the camp of the green camp in Henan, so that its head and tail cannot be connected, the artillery battalion will attack the city with all its might, and the Manchuria and Jianzhou battalions will attack with the whole army and charge ahead, and then the Fenwu battalion will attack the east city gate, and the Dengzhou water division will march from the Dagu pass......"
In between three words, Yu Dayou repeated the tactics discussed at the imperial meeting before, and Zhu Houyu was also very patient to listen to Yu Dayou finish talking about tactics again, then nodded and opened his mouth to say: "The general is here, don't worry, I am here, waiting for the general's triumph." ”
"Please rest assured that Your Majesty, the last general will triumph, and the head of the thief will be dedicated to Your Majesty!" Yu Dayou said sonorously and powerfully.
Zhu Houxi nodded, and then Yu Dayou led the cavalry, preparing to start assembling the cavalry, preparing to attack and kill the Henan Green Battalion.
And after Yu Dayou retreated, Zhu Houxi looked at the generals around him, immediately opened his mouth, and gave an order: "Siege the city!" ”
With the issuance of Zhu Houxi's order, the entire army began to mobilize, one artillery piece after another was pushed out, and dozens of artillery pieces were dispatched, even more than the artillery shells used in the capture of Beijing.
"Boom ——!!!"
In an instant, dozens of bursting shells shot out of the cannon chamber in an instant, like fireworks, and bombarded the city wall of Tianjin, shaking the mountains for a while!
One after another, and at the moment of firing the cannon, He Bi and Tu Mo did not hesitate at all, and directly shouted 'kill', and then took the ladder siege equipment and marched towards Tianjin City!
The dense Eight Banners descended, like a tide, surging towards Tianjin City not far away!
Under the roar of artillery, the shouts of killing were loud and loud.
Everywhere there were crackling gunshots and the sound of being shot and killed, and the Qing army had to resist the attack of the Ming army's Jianzhou battalion and Manchurian battalion in the face of artillery fire.
The formation of the Jianzhou battalion and the Manchurian battalion was also extremely loose, in most cases it was a team of seven people, two of whom carried siege equipment, and the remaining five covered the march.
Although the Qing army could not see the situation clearly when attacking at night, it still suffered heavy casualties.
The ground on the city wall shook, and many of the city walls had been breached, and the Jianzhou battalion and the Manchurian battalion swarmed along the gap, and soon fought with the green battalion of the Qing army inside, and fought a bloody battle.
The fighting spirit of the Jianzhou and Manchurian battalions was not very sufficient, but they were soon beaten out by the Tianjin Green Battalion, and began to firmly plug the gap and hurry up repairs.
Seeing such a situation, the soldiers of the brave battalion, who had already been gearing up, took advantage of the situation to kill, and in the midst of the shouts and killings in the sky, a new round of siege began.
"Kill!"
"Daming Wansheng!"
"Bang, bang, bang!"
“……”
A violent explosion erupted all around, billowing smoke and skyrocketing flames rising at the same time.
"Ahh
"It hurts me, it hurts me!"
After the explosion of gunpowder, these shrapnel and copper beads that usually seem harmless to humans and animals instantly became deadly weapons, easily breaking through the cloth armor of these green battalion soldiers, cutting through the skin and flesh, and directly penetrating out, causing a burst of blood mist to gush.
Many of the Green Battalion died violently on the spot, and many more were injured by the explosion, twisting and wailing on the ground, and the screams of these injured people made the surrounding people who were lucky not to be injured tremble.
And just when they were stunned, the figure of the Ming Brave Battalion rushed out of the continuous fire and smoke, and the clothed minions and green battalion soldiers who were rushing to repair the city wall were shocked, and then they resisted desperately.
Mu Zhan came to the front line in person, with the Eight Banners guard, and directly fell into the gap that almost became a breakthrough, and shouted at the same time: "Brothers, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, resist it, you must resist it!" ”
Just as Mu Zhan raised his voice, he heard a sound of pulling the trigger, and the bullet from the Yongle No. 1 impact flintlock pistol accurately passed through the iron armor and was directly embedded in Mu Zhan's neck.
In an instant, gurgling blood flowed out of Mu Zhan's neck, and Mu Zhan only felt that he was having some difficulty breathing now, and even felt dizzy.
He clutched his neck, and when the sky was spinning for a while, he felt that his consciousness gradually became a little unsupportable, and began to fall into darkness in front of him.
At the last moment of his gaze, what he saw was a soldier of the Fenwu battalion wearing a Daming cloth armor rushing into the gap, and one of them also grabbed his weapon and walked towards him, as if he wanted to take some military object that could prove his identity......
With the piercing of sharp knives, the defense of Tianjin City is crumbling little by little.
"Brothers, kill!"
The morale of the Ming army was greatly shaken, and for a while, all parts of Tianjin fell into a crumbling state.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Houxi, who was observing from the rear, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, but then he suddenly noticed something, and said to the left and right: "Jinyiwei, move and follow me to Tanggu, if Kang Mazi wants to escape, he must take the waterway!" ”
"I want to talk to him, king to king, to see what this Kangxi can do!"
……
"Your Majesty, the thief has come in!"
"Protect the emperor, protect the emperor!"
“……”
The eunuchs who came to Tianjin with Kangxi were already in a mess, and Kangxi's face was gloomy, since he heard the dense sound of shells outside, he knew that the attack of the Ming thieves had been launched again.
But what he didn't expect was that Mu Zhan, who had just sworn that he could hold on for fifteen days, didn't even hold on for two hours!
"Huang Mama, what should I do now?"
Kangxi anxiously asked the Empress Dowager Da Yu'er, and Xiaozhuang Da Yu'er, who was already a little old, couldn't help but take a deep breath when she saw this, and then said: "Dress up in disguise for a while, go out of the city, go outside the city to find the green camp in Henan, and under the cover of the green camp, go to Hubei!" ”
When Kangxi heard this, he was immediately stunned, and then said: "Huang Mama, I think it's better to take the Tanggu waterway and go to Jiangsu." ”
"Xuan Ye, can you think of going to Jiangsu by water, is it possible that thieves are all rice bucket waste, can't you think that you will take the waterway? The net has already been laid out there, just waiting for this fool to fall for it! ”
After hearing Xiaozhuang Da Yuer's words, Kangxi suddenly realized, immediately cleaned up his appearance, put on an ordinary clothes, and together with Xiaozhuang Da Yuer, with an escort of more than 100 people, he was ready to secretly go out of the city and escape from here.
There were soldiers everywhere, and when they reached the halfway point, they heard someone say, 'The green camp in Henan is only more than 7,000 people, and it has been raided by the Ming cavalry again, and it has been defeated', Kangxi was confused, but he heard the news that the Ming army was coming everywhere, and the entire escort team was in a mess for a while.
Just as Kangxi was overjoyed and planned to order this group of green battalion soldiers to escort him away, he heard the leader of the green battalion shouting excitedly:
"Kangxi is here! Let's arrest Kangxi and ask Emperor Ming for a reward! The so-called meritorious service before the battle anyway, but that's it! ”
All of a sudden, the Tianjin Green Battalion, which was still depressed like a lost dog, instantly exerted its strong combat effectiveness and rushed towards Kangxi's escort.
In the face of such a chaotic scene, Kangxi didn't know what to do, but fortunately, Xiao Guizi made a quick decision, dragged Kangxi all the way into the alley and walked, just like that, even Kangxi didn't know where he was, so he got rid of the pursuit.
After getting out of danger, Xiao Guizi bowed down to Kangxi and said: "The emperor has suffered, so the slave will take the emperor to Tanggu, and let's take a boat away." ”
"Good minion, good minion!"
Kangxi was moved to tears: "If I can escape, I will definitely make you a first-class duke!" ”
Although the first-class duke is extremely rare and rare, it requires great military exploits.
But now Kangxi can only promise indiscriminately, if he is captured alive, then there will be nothing.
Now that Mama Huang is separated from herself, she can only rely on herself!
Hearing Kangxi's words, Xiao Guizi was also full of motivation, and then worked hard with Kangxi to spare a group of pursuers, and finally arrived at Tanggu Port when the sky was bright.
The city of Tianjin behind him was burning with gray smoke, and sporadic gunshots could be heard in the city, and it seemed that there were still Qing soldiers resisting something, but Kangxi didn't dare to think about it at all now, he just wanted to get on a small boat and leave Tianjin.
There were few ships in Tanggu Harbor, only a medium-sized boat like a painted boat was on the shore, and it did not sail.
Where are the boats, I have prepared a lot of ships here!
Xiao Guizi was a little stunned, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly took Kangxi to board the boat, and at the same time brutally threw out a piece of gold, shouting: "Hurry up and start the boat, we can talk about it a few days ago!" ”
Xiao Guizi had already prepared everything in Tanggu, thinking that he had escaped, but he didn't think that he could bring an emperor, Xiao Guizi felt that he had made a great contribution this time!
But soon, two burly strong men appeared on the painting boat, they were wearing flying fish suits, belts and embroidered spring knives, just staring at Xiao Guizi and Kangxi, they felt like they were on their backs.
"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and start the boat?!"
Xiao Guizi was hard, and he didn't see that this was Jinyiwei's flying fish suit.
And Kangxi was already pale at this moment.
Xiao Guizi doesn't recognize it, Kang Mazi, who loves to learn since he was a child, can recognize it!
After glancing at Xiao Guizi and Kang Mazi, the two brocade guards immediately stepped forward and captured Xiao Guizi and Kangxi as soon as they saw Ma Yan.
Kangxi's face was pockmarked and ugly.
And Xiao Guizi was born with a good skin, and his face was powdered and jade, if he didn't know that he was a eunuch, he would definitely think that this was someone's son-in-law.
Because of her good looks, Xiao Guizi can be appreciated by Kangxi.
After looking at the two of them, the brocade guard couldn't help but say, and snorted coldly at Xiao Guizi: "Your Majesty is like a god, and you have caught your puppet emperor here!" ”
After that, he looked at Kangxi again, and then said with some approval: "You eunuch is also loyal, escorting this puppet emperor all the way, but it's a pity that you have a pockmarked face and are weird and ugly...... But it doesn't matter, just cast a good baby in the next life. ”
Kangxi: ???
Little Guizi: ???
Seeing this situation, Kangxi couldn't hold back any longer.
The embarrassment of fleeing all the way made him extremely angry, but now that he was recognized as a eunuch, Kangxi roared directly angrily: "It's really blind to your dog's eyes!" I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Aixin Jueluo Xuanye! ”
And when the brocade guard heard this, he couldn't help but praise Kangxi a little more:
"What a loyal eunuch, he still wants to die for his master now, it's really loyal! Or send it to the front of the palace, please send it down, I can't say that Your Majesty is kind, spare your life! ”
If it weren't for Lu Dingji, Kangxi always had eunuchs around him, so he wrote a Gui father-in-law.
(End of chapter)