Chapter 377

"Lord Wang, you should think of a way!"

Wang Chengen is very anxious, as the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, he is the imperial eunuch next to Chongzhen, it took more than ten years, and he finally got into a high position, and he didn't have time to enjoy the blessings, but there was this kind of thing again.

Even if he supports the crown prince, how can the eunuchs around the prince let themselves ascend to the throne, that is their basic plate, and he still hopes that Cheng Shijie can rescue Emperor Chongzhen.

"This is a situation without a plan, even if Zhuge is reborn and Sun Wu is reincarnated, what can he do? The army of the Northern Expedition, I'm afraid it's over, the champion Hou and His Majesty......

Cheng Shijie sighed, shook his head, and didn't dare to say any more, but the meaning was clear enough, these two were afraid that they wouldn't be able to come back!

If Emperor Chongzhen's Sanshenshan camp was not conquered by Huang Taiji, it can only show one problem, Huang Taiji is using Emperor Chongzhen to fish, that is, the encirclement point in the art of war to send reinforcements.

It also means that Cheng Shijie wants to take the officers of the Ning Navy to fight the wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place, this is a clear loss-making deal, and Cheng Shijie will definitely not do it.

Wang Chengen punched the ground and said angrily: "What kind of is this!" How did a good situation suddenly become like this!? ”

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said, "Princess, don't you know the nature of those civil officials in the court?" They don't have other skills, but the ability to drag their own people back is unmatched! ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Shijie suddenly stirred, slapped his forehead, and shouted: "It's not good! ”

Wang Chengen was taken aback and asked, "Lord Wang, what's wrong?" ”

Cheng Shijie's expression seemed to be a little flustered: "It's not good, the queen mother and several highnesses are still in Beijing!" Now they are literally in the wolf's den, and they can be torn to pieces by the horde of wolves at any moment! Princess, I'll give five hundred elites, you take them, find a way to sneak into the capital, and rescue the queen mother! Your Majesty may have encountered an accident, and Niangniang can't make any more mistakes! ”

Wang Chengen led 500 people from the district to break into the capital to rescue the queen, concubine and princess who were staring at me with many pairs of eyes, which was tantamount to pulling teeth from the mouth of a tiger, but now Wang Chengen was not afraid that he was in danger, he was not afraid, he just asked: "What about after rescuing the mother and the prince?" How to arrange it? ”

"How to arrange it depends on the father-in-law's word!"

Cheng Shijie looked at Wang Chengen and said: "Now that this situation has arrived, it is estimated that you don't believe in this king, if you believe in this king, you can take them all the way to the southeast, through Langfang, into Tianjin, the troops of the Ning Navy in Tianjin will naturally protect them, if the father-in-law does not believe in this king, protect them all the way to the southwest, through Zhuozhou, Gaoyang, into Baoding, continue to the south, enter the Daimyo's Mansion, the territory of the Tianxiong Army, or go all the way south to the south, no matter what happens, don't look back, let alone stop, understand?" ”

Wang Chengen shouted: "Lord Wang, what about you? What do you do!? ”

Cheng Shijie said in a deep voice: "Me? I will lead these two thousand elite soldiers to defend Yongpyeong and get firmly stuck in their choke point into Gyeonggi! I want them to hit their heads under Yongping City and break the bloodstream, I want them to know that the blood of the Ming army and civilians is still there, and I want them to know that I am Cheng Shijie! ”

Wang Chengen said: "Lord Wang, let's withdraw, let's withdraw to Beijing together, pick up the queen mother, and then retreat to Tianjin It's still too late, those wastes in Beijing can't stop us!" Please, come with us to leave, I don't want you to die here, die here in vain! ”

Cheng Shijie sighed: "There is only one life, who wants to die if you have a choice?" But...... Such a big country is about to die, but no general is willing to die for it, and it will be ridiculed by future generations. Don't say more, hurry up and return to the capital with the people, time is running out! ”

In fact, Cheng Shijie really didn't ignore Emperor Chongzhen, of course, he just didn't dispatch the officers and men of the Ning Navy, however, in Liaodong, where commerce is prosperous and developed, a profession is naturally derived, which is armed escort, in Liaodong, naturally there is no need to worry about security, but outside Liaodong, this security problem is guaranteed.

There is also the sea, although the Ning Navy has defeated 90% of the pirates, but there are still small groups of maritime merchants, who are also merchants and thieves, and they will come to grab the last one when they have the opportunity, and this kind of temporary sea is even more cruel, they do not rely on ransom, but the goods or money themselves, so every time they succeed, the people on the ship will be killed, and the ship will be sunk, so it is difficult to distinguish whether it is an accident or a pirate.

However, it is difficult to encounter this kind of accident with armed protection ships, so there are more and more maritime protection teams, among which there are two most famous security companies in Liaodong, the first is the "umbrella" company managed by Gao Jie under the command of Cheng Jialong Cheng Dagongzi, the logo of the umbrella company is like a round shield, but it is the skull of the hydra arch guard, which makes people look very uncomfortable.

The umbrella company is two large security companies in eastern Liaodong, in addition to the umbrella, there is also a company called Jindun, the behind-the-scenes boss of Jindun, is Chen Guodong, of course, Chen Guodong is also the same as Gao Jie, just the boss on the surface, and the real boss is Cheng Shijie.

In addition to these two security companies, there are more than 100 small and medium-sized security companies registered, which means that from now on, no matter who is anyone, they are not allowed to keep their servants in captivity, especially armed slaves, and they can hold weapons, but medium-sized weapons must be available to security personnel.

The real purpose of setting up the umbrella and the golden shield is actually to do black work, just like now the soldiers are bloodless to take the entire Liaoxi, take down Funingwei, and take Tianjin Wei, relying on these means.

As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, some people are suitable for the days of licking blood from the knife, they can no longer return to a peaceful life, although Cheng Shijie did not send troops to directly support Sanshen Mountain, but issued a task to the Liaodong Security Company, as long as within half a month, get the words signed by Lu Xiangsheng or Emperor Chongzhen, whether it is canned food, or grain, or cotton clothes, all can be realized a hundred times the value.

As long as there are enough interests, some people are willing to take risks, so Gao Jie sent more than 600 camels, more than 1,500 cavalry, Chen Guodong also sent more than 2,000 people, and those small and medium-sized security companies also sent more, as much as more than 5,000 people.

As for whether they can reach Sanshen Mountain, this is something that Cheng Shijie can worry about, don't look at them as a regular army, in fact, the equipment is even better than the regular army, at least the equipment in their hands is the equipment retired from the Ning Navy, armor, spears, and even including the grass mowing god Thunderbolt, and it is thirty joints, in the face of a small group of cavalry, it is as convenient as mowing grass.

To say that these armed security personnel in the field battlefield, will definitely not be able to defeat the Jiannu army, but these security personnel, nearly one-third of them are familiar with the terrain of the Mongols, if they detour, avoid the Jiannu army, in fact, it is not difficult, even if the Jiannu army plus the surrendered Guanning army, now there are two or three hundred thousand troops, but the problem is not to mention two or three hundred thousand, even if it is five or six hundred thousand troops, it is impossible to block the entire Kent Mountains.

The entire Affirmation Mountain Range is more than 500 miles long from the west, northeast to southwest, and more than 320 miles from north to south, and the entire mountain range covers an area of about 43,000 square kilometers.

Just as the army of the Jiannu army entered the customs in the second year of Chongzhen, Daankou and Longjing Pass were deceived by the Guanning army successively, but by the time they arrived in Zunhua City, the situation had changed.

In fact, as early as when the city of Erin Dabu Sannaoer was attacked by the Guanning army, Lei Shisheng judged that the Guanning army had rebelled and Lu Xiangsheng had been more and more auspicious, and with the siege of the city of Eren Dabu Sannaoer Manchu Qing army more and more, Lei Shisheng judged that the main army of the Northern Expedition had been broken.

In desperation, he chose to break through, and when they entered Zunhua City with their front feet, before they had time to catch their breath, the Guan Ning army on the back foot caught up.

Zunhua City was conquered in the second year of Chongzhen, so now the city defense is tighter than before, and the soldiers of the Zunhua garrison are also as puzzled as Emperor Chongzhen, if it is excusable that the displaced people rebelled, because the Ming Dynasty is sorry for them, but the Guanning Army has no reason to rebel, and the Ming Dynasty is worthy of them!

However, the problem is that the Guan Ning army has already appeared under the city, and in the face of the closed city gate, the soldiers of the Ming army who have been waiting for the battle, Wu Sangui did not continue to deceive the city, and if he continued to deceive, he would treat everyone as fools and bring humiliation on himself.

"Drop or not!"

As soon as Wu Sangui's envoy Xu Yin fell, Chen Yongfu cut off the envoy's head with a knife and hung it directly on the city wall. ”

Chen Yongfu's resolute attitude made Guan Ningjun realize that it was impossible to surrender, and he wanted to Zunhua? Yes, trade your life for it!

"Attack, the city will not be sealed for three days!"

Wu Sangui was furious, commanded the army to attack the city, and planned to take Zunhua City in front of other troops, show his face in front of Huang Taiji, and make a little more credit, the Ming Dynasty is finished, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the trend of the times, and every military exploit now will determine the future status of these rebel generals in the new dynasty, how dare he not do his best!

As a result, he kicked the iron plate. The defenders of Zunhua City greeted the surging Guanning army with hot guns and shells, the gunfire on the city wall was endless, a pinch of rifle flames sprayed out, pieces of guns and bullets fell, and a piece of blood rain splashed in the middle of the Guanning army, I don't know how many warriors of the Guanning Army who are known for their bravery were hit in the head by this bullet that copper and iron can buy two, and they died on the spot!

After they finally came to the city wall under the rain of bullets, the city wall kept throwing hissing and smoking grenades, only to hear a series of terrifying explosions, and the Guan Ning army, which was huddled under the city wall, was cut down by shrapnel without dividing the troops, and the dead and wounded!

That's not all, the Sky Air Force defending the city also threw down fifty or sixty pounds of earth-shaking thunder, the lethality of this thing is quite terrifying, one was thrown down, and the twenty or thirty people were blown up all over the body, and the sound was not like a person, and that scene made many outlaws who didn't take their lives seriously at all were also frightened!

In the first attack, the Guan Ning army lost thousands of people, and such a loss made Wu Sangui feel the urge to vomit blood! Wu Sangui, who was ruthless, transferred twenty Hongyi cannons, aimed at the city wall and bombarded it, and the huge lead ball roared out of the cannon chamber with strong kinetic energy, and hit the city wall fiercely, the brick skin of the city wall cracked, and the brick chips flew everywhere like shrapnel!

However, Zunhua City was still colored, and the two sides fought an artillery battle for half an hour.

The cannon roared on the front line, shaking the heavens and the earth, thousands of troops and horses roared like thunder, sharp arrows almost covered the sky, scorching qiān dàn flew through the air, and rockets dragged out slender flames in the air, which was spectacular.

However, the current Huang Taiji was not in the mood to appreciate this epic picture, he stared at the Zunhua city wall with a large pool of blood, and the blood-colored battle flag on the city wall, his face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

"This cannon doesn't seem to be that powerful!"

Although Huang Taiji knew that the artillery of the Guanning Army was not as sharp as that of the Ning Navy, the problem was that the artillery power of the Guanning Army was not weaker than that of the Ning Navy during the Haizhou War, and it was several times stronger.

But the problem is, there is no problem in Zunhua City?

In fact, Huang Taiji forgot that in addition to Shenyang City, the Ning Navy was not directly seized from Jiannu, Jinzhou City was caught off guard, there was no one at all, Haizhou people were in the sky, a snow fell into the spring cold, and more than 10,000 people under Duoduo froze to death, which was simply a thousand miles away.

When Huang Taiji took the elite of the Eight Banners to meet Jiannu in Bali Bay, Ning Haijun relied on trenches, barbed wire and mines, grenades, thunderbolts, bowls, tiger squat guns, flying thunder cannons and other weapons to make a joint attack, which caught Jiannu off guard, not to mention that Wu Sangui was suffocating in Zunhua City.

Cheng Shijie led the elite of the Ning Navy, under the city of Shanhaiguan, did not take advantage, with glutinous rice juice mixed with Sanhe soil, the city wall is even stronger than reinforced concrete, the artillery of the Ning Navy field is only three inches caliber, that is, one hundred and four .5 millimeters, this caliber of artillery shells are more difficult to directly hit across this kind of city wall, and even if there is no heavy artillery, even if it is a little devil's 92 infantry cannon, it will not destroy the city wall.

Huang Taiji's eyes were a little unkind, Wu Sangui was very anxious, this time he missed the game, he couldn't pretend to be forced, but kicked the iron plate, as the artillery stopped bombarding, the artillery position of the Guanning Army was already a mess, and it was almost impossible to find a living mouth!

The heavy losses made Wu Sangui realize that the Tianxiong Army was the ancestor of playing with artillery, and he still didn't show off this thing in front of the Tianxiong Army, it was not enough to see at all! The artillery seemed to be out of reach, so Wu Sangui could only attack the city and take human lives.

Under his strong order, the Guanning army was in a team of thousands of people, and launched fierce attacks in turn, and the offensive was higher and higher. Lei Shisheng and Chen Yongfu calmly commanded, using accurate guns and artillery bombardment to inflict a round of mass destruction on the Guanning army, and when the Guanning army rushed under the city wall, hail bombs would be thrown down, blowing up their flesh and blood.

This is the first time that the Guanning army has really learned the power of the Tianxiong army's firearms, they attack at any cost, killing and wounding more than 1,000 people every day, but except for piles of corpses and wounded, nothing can be fished, and in a few days, the Guanning army has been beaten to the cold.

They took the initiative to lower their requirements, not to fight for any success, as long as the siege of the city does not die, they will find a way to get some wine to celebrate, no matter how brave and arrogant the general, looking at the wall of Tangshan City, they can't help but change color!

Wu Sangui was at a loss for anything, he used all the methods he could, but this damn Zunhua City was surprisingly hard to bite, and tens of thousands of troops were beaten by only 5,000 people and couldn't raise their heads, what could he do?

He suspected that the Tianxiong Army had an enmity with him in his previous life, otherwise why did he encounter such a stubborn resistance in several large armies, and the others still had a smooth journey?

At this moment, Zu Dashou came with his ancestral family Guan Ningjun.

When Zu Dashou met, he asked, "Uncle, don't come to harm?" ”

Wu Sangui said with a sad face: "Everything is okay, but uncle, you are old and have traveled thousands of miles, you must be careful of your body!" ”

Zu Dashou said: "Don't worry, my old bones can last for a while." How's it going? ”

Wu Sangui said with a depressed face: "I have already attacked several rounds, and thousands of people have been killed and injured each time, and none of them have been able to attack the city wall!" ”

Zu Dashou looked a little surprised: "It's so hard to fight!?" ”

Wu Sangui said: "Yes! Many generals said that they had fought all their lives and had never encountered such a hard bone! ”

Zu Dashou frowned slightly: "Who is so powerful?" Jumei? I know what he's capable of......"

"It's Lei Shisheng, the commander of the rear battalion under Lu Xiangsheng!"

Zu Dashou had a sad face: "This city is difficult to fight, you picked a good errand!" ”

Wu Sangui's face was bitter: "Uncle, my nephew knows that he is wrong, what should I do now!" ”

Zu Dashou said: "What else can I do?" Regardless of the cost, attack day and night, and take Zunhua as soon as possible! ”

Wu Sangui: "Do you really want to do this?" How many men and horses do we have to lose! ”

"Even if you fight for 10,000 or 20,000 people here, you have to take Tangshan!"

Zu Dashou Wu Sangui was still reluctant, he sighed: "The emperor has decided to personally come to Zunhua to supervise the battle, uncle, you know what this means, the future of my Guanning army is all related to this battle!" ”

As soon as he heard that Huang Taiji was coming, Wu Sangui, who had already had the intention of preserving his strength, couldn't help but shudder, and threw this little bit of caution out of the clouds! He dared to fool Chongzhen, but he would never dare to play sloppy with Huang Taiji, not at all, Huang Taiji was not as easy to fool as Chongzhen!

Huang Taiji wants to personally go to Zunhua to supervise the battle, which shows that he attaches great importance to this battle, and Wu Sangui has no chance to do it, so he can only fight until he gnaws Zunhua down!

Cheng Shijie also encountered trouble, Yongping military preparation Zhu Guozi is a strong resistance, after the death of the country, he wanted to raise troops for revenge, Qing troops entered the customs, insisted on not shaving his hair and lived in seclusion in Shimen Zhai to write books for the rest of his life.

When Ning Haijun and Cheng Shijie arrived outside Yongping City, he let the gate of Yongping Mansion be closed, and thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled, plus young and strong, all climbed the city wall, no matter how Cheng Shijie explained, he was not allowed to go. Insist on Cheng Shijie's order.

"Cheng Shuai, if there is no military order, I will forgive the official duties and cannot let him go, please ask Cheng Shuai to ask for an order from the capital!"

"I'm grass!"

Cheng Shijie wanted to ask for an order from the Ministry of War, but the question was, would the Ministry of War give him an order? Absolutely impossible, how could Cheng Shijie get an order.

"Zhu Guozi, you fucking elm head!"

Cheng Shijie was so angry that he scolded: "If Huang Taiji is allowed to lead the Qing army into the customs, you bastard will be a sinner through the ages!" ”

Zhu Guozi said righteously: "Cheng Shuai, who knows if you are preparing to rebel?" If Cheng Shuai doesn't want to rebel, he will act according to orders, if he wants to rebel, then step on Zhu's corpse and walk through the city! ”

Cheng Shijie really wants to kill Zhu Guozi with one shot, sometimes, loyal ministers are even more hateful than corrupt officials, in fact, this is the case, just like now, Cheng Shijie would rather meet corrupt officials, because corrupt officials are afraid of death, and they also know how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages.

But Zhu Guozi is a loyal minister. In the eyes of the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Jiannu is hateful, and Cheng Shijie is equally hateful, even more hateful than Jiannu.

(End of chapter)