In fact, Cheng Shijie himself doesn't know what's going on?

Just like during the Battle of Haizhou, at that time, the Ning Navy had just become an army, and it was not easy to complete the annexation of the new army of Denglai, and the new army of more than 2,500 people who had been in the army for less than three months expanded by more than 10,000 men at once.

There is no equipment to be equipped, there is no combat technology, not to mention that Duoduo led more than 10,000 elite Eight Banners at that time, even if it is a thousand people, the Ning Navy may not be able to win, let alone win, whether it can retreat is a problem, but on the contrary, a cold spring in February froze more than 10,000 people and horses under Duoduo to death, and let the Ning Navy pick up more than 10,000 heads in vain.

As for the equipment of these Jiannu, on the contrary, the Ning Navy changed its shotguns and passed the most difficult initial stage.

Dolgon's luck was too bad, after Xie Zhiliang was severely injured from the position of the general soldier of Shanxi Town, Cheng Shijie did not have time to restore his reputation, and was snubbed by Emperor Chongzhen, and the court conveniently used Zhou Yuji, who served as a guerrilla general in Beijing, in order to kill Gao Qiqian.

Because Zhou Yuji successfully killed Gao Qiqian, the eunuch, he was promoted to the fourth level and directly became the chief soldier of Shanxi Town, as one of the few generals in the Beijing camp who could fight, Zhou Yuji fought with the right-wing army of Dol Roll, and as a nail household, he was forced to defend the ruins of Taiyuan City for more than a month.

Dolgon's luck was really bad, when he arrived at Zhending Mansion, it was just in time for the main force of the Dashun army to go north to reinforce Zhending Mansion, the pressure on Zhending Mansion was a little too great, and it was an ideal starting point for an attack, and it must not be lost.

If Dolgon had come a day earlier and had not yet entered the Zhending Mansion, he would at most have collided with the vanguard of the Dashun army, and he would have been able to settle it easily; If he came a day late, the main force of the Dashun army should enter the city of Zhendingfu, and at most he would encounter the baggage troops of the Dachuan army, not only would there be no danger, but he could also make a windfall.

But on the contrary, he didn't come late or early, and when the Dashun army reached Jingcheng County, he also happened to arrive in Jingcheng County and collided with the main force of the Dashun army!

After learning the news, Dolgon was also stupid, and ran to the front line to see in person, good fellow, it is true! The main force of the Dashun army, which is at least five or six times their strength, is driving towards them in a majestic manner, with banners like clouds and long lances like forests, which is intimidating!

Dolgon could only sigh: "God don't bless me! ”

You must know that although the Dashun Army only has the number of six brigades, it has a real field army of nearly 300,000, even according to the elite standards of the Ning Navy, there are more than 200,000 young and strong, so from the 13th Brigade to the 18th Brigade, although each brigade has seven regiments, these 42 regiments are all reinforced regiments, even if they are heavy battalions, they are also reinforced battalions.

Song Xiance played a little clever trick on Cheng Shijie, there are so many numbers, then stuff more people inside, after all, even if Cheng Shijie wants to cut troops in the future, he will give the treatment of 100 households in the project or 100 households in Tuntian, which is better than being an ordinary person. When the main force of the Qing army was discovered in Jingcheng County, at least 15 infantry reinforced regiments, plus 29 reinforced battalions, were directly driven under this small county town.

Except for the Dashun Army, the number of cavalry was slightly worse, with a total of seven cavalry battalions and less than 20,000 cavalry, but the other battalions, including the artillery battalion, still belonged to the establishment of reinforced battalions.

It was useless for Dorgon to sigh, the battle still had to be fought. After passing through Shanxi, he went straight to Zhending Mansion and joined forces with the left wing army, and the attempt to attack the Daimyo Road had been shattered, and Dolgon decisively chose to retreat to join Daishan, and the generals under Song Xiance said that you still want to run?

Fifteen infantry regiments plus twenty-nine battalions, totaling 96,000 cavalry, quickly pressed and pursued with all their might. That's not all, the 18th Brigade also had an army of 15,000 troops going north to join the main army, and the momentum became more and more huge, and it was chased all the way to the city of Jingcheng County! Now what the Qing army has to consider is not how to break through the Ming army's defense line and attack the rear of the Ming army, but how to retreat!

On the other side, the 7th and 9th Brigades of the Ning Navy led by Chen Dayong finally joined forces after sweeping more than a dozen prefectures and counties one after another, set off from Gu'an, and went straight to Shuntianfu.

That is, today's Langfang area. The Ninth Brigade went straight to Fengtai, and Chen Dayong led the Seventh Brigade to kill Xianghe, the purpose couldn't be clearer, yes, they formed an encirclement of Beijing!

The Tianxiong army led by Lei Shisheng repeatedly fought with the Qing army on the Badaling Great Wall, mountain by mountain, at all regardless of the cost, that is, to smash the defense line of the military capital mountain that had blocked him for too long! It is to swoop down from Jundu Mountain, set foot in Pingchangping, and then join up with friendly forces and encircle Beijing!

Hearing the news of the loss of the Badaling Great Wall, all the civil and military officials of the Qing court were silent, and even the experienced Huang Taiji felt a chill, a chill of being stripped naked.

The Badaling Great Wall is lost, the Zhending Mansion is lost, and the Shuntian Mansion may not be able to hold it for long, Xianghe ...... When Xianghe insisted, I am afraid that it was not as good as Shuntianfu. Today's Beijing really looks like someone has stripped off their clothes, and there is nothing to hide.

In desperation, Huang Taiji roared: "Is there no one to use?" Where is Dolgon? Where is Duoduo? Where are those 60,000 loyal and brave Manchurian warriors! Why is I left alone to fight, why? ”

A desperate roar echoed across the Golden Palace, like a badly wounded and dying tiger roaring feebly.

Because the situation is too chaotic, Huang Taiji doesn't know that his flank has been exposed for the time being, and he is now an ant on a hot pot, in a hurry in the palace!

The situation is getting worse and worse. Just now, he received an urgent report from Dolgon, claiming that the right wing army of the surprise attack on Daimyo Road was blocked by the Dashun army, and the plan had failed, and the main force of the Dachuan army arrived in the south of Baoding and set up a decisive battle......

This urgent report made Huang Taiji's mood extremely bad.

The long-term fighting made him deeply aware that none of the Ming troops annexed by Cheng Shijie were easy to mess with! The combat power of the Dongjiang Army is already strong, and it is even stronger after being equipped with the sophisticated equipment of the Ning Navy, and of course, there is also a part of the Ning Army, the Dashun Army...... It was the third Ming army annexed by the Ning Navy.

In fact, what Huang Taiji didn't know was that the Dashun Army was actually an army established with the old foundation of the Ning Navy, and their real intention was to prevent the Ming Dynasty from reaching out to the Ning Navy.

However, this decisive battle was inescapable of the Qing army, the Ning Navy was aggressive, the Qing army lost again and again, they could not retreat, and if they retreated, they would have to retreat outside the pass! However, the crux of the matter is that now they want to retreat outside the border, it is no longer possible, and the back road has been cut off.

Huang Taiji didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh for a long time, and the ministers in the Golden Hall were even more crying and at a loss. What are you doing, a month ago, there were still victories, and the triumphant song was played, why was it embarrassing in a blink of an eye, four hundred Chu Ge?

Difficulty: They have made the wrong bets, and these Jiannu have no national fortune at all?

The city of Beijing was enveloped in an atmosphere of despair that was breathless.

Cheng Shijie was one step ahead of Huang Taiji and received Song Xiance's news first. He let out a long breath, put down a big stone in his heart, and said to Zhou Ning: "Song Xiance and they have succeeded, the Zhending Mansion has been restored, Baoding can be put down every day, and the retreat of the Qing army is about to be sealed by us!" ”

Zhou Ning took two black tiger flags and inserted them on the sand table of Zhending and Baoding: "The retreat of Jiannu has all been sealed, and they are compressed in the small area of Beijing and Baoding, isolated and helpless, and there is no food to continue, even if they have great skills, they are powerless to return to heaven...... There is no suspense in this war. ”

Cheng Shijie nodded and said, "Yes, it's finally going to end...... If you were Huang Taiji, what would you do in this situation? ”

Zhou Ning groaned: "There are still forty or fifty thousand Qing troops in Beijing, right?" They still have the strength to fight, and holding Beijing will only be surrounded by our army on all sides, but moving towards Tianjin will inevitably collide with the two brigades of the 7th and 9th Brigades, and move south...... Yes, they will definitely choose to fight to the southwest, because the cavalry of the 13th Brigade is too small, and if they are defeated, they still have a chance to live, and they will definitely fight to the southwest! ”

Cheng Shijie nodded and said, "Yes, the time for the decisive battle has arrived...... Huang Taiji, I don't have time to play with you, let's decide the winner in a fight! ”

Zhou Ning looked at him with some surprise: "You want to fight Huang Taiji?" ”

Cheng Shijie said: "Isn't this exactly what I've been waiting for?" As long as it is determined that Huang Taiji is ready to break through to the southwest, Ben Shuai will pass! ”

Zhou Ning wanted to persuade him, but thinking that Cheng Shijie was about to explode during this time, he didn't let him go to the front line to vent, so he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"Aggression like fire" is probably the best portrayal of the Ning Navy at this time, when the Ming generals in other places began to drill around to seek the greatest benefits, only the Ning Navy was fighting with the Qing army.

When the news of Gaoyang's attack was transmitted to Beijing City, it indicated that the entire Zhending Mansion had fallen into the hands of the Ning Navy, and the army commanded by Song Xiance was almost a drum down, and the offensive was so fierce that the Qing army was terrified.

Of course, this kind of hard-fought and brutal style of play also made the Dashun army suffer a lot of casualties, but these fierce soldiers don't care, in their opinion, dying on the battlefield is the best destination, and there is no regret about being able to respond to Cheng Shijie's handsome flag.

Because Ning Haijun's pension system is unique in Daming, thirty-six months of military salary, plus one hundred acres of Yongye land, can be inherited from generation to generation, five years free, ten and a half years of tax, in the eyes of all soldiers, Cheng Dashuai paid his sincerity, they only died to repay Cheng Shijie.

The loss of the defense line of the Badaling Great Wall and the loss of Zhending Mansion made no difference to Huang Taiji or even the entire Qing army, and it was a terrible fact: Beijing had become an isolated city.

The Beijing-Tianjin-Tang triangle has collapsed in two corners, a real lonely city!

Holding this bloody battle report, Huang Taiji pursed his lips and didn't say a word, no one knew what he was thinking in his heart, but the slightly trembling body betrayed him. It's not fear, it's shock, it's anger, it's confusion.

Who would have thought that they would take the remnants of Chongzhen's Northern Expedition army to the south, sweep through the North Zhili, and have the potential to dominate the world, but they were forced to the point of exhaustion in just two months?

Since Cheng Shijie led the army north, the Qing army has been losing, not losing one or two games, but losing on all fronts, and they are all losing and retreating.

Could it be that all those brave and invincible warriors who are one to ten are dead, and only a bunch of wine bags and rice bags remain?

"No, it's not like that! I believe in my army, I believe in those athletes who have followed me and swept the entire Beizhili, they are by no means cowards, their will and courage will never lose to Ning Haijun! ”

Even if Huang Taiji couldn't accept this fact now, he couldn't figure it out: "What is it that has forced me and my army to such a besieged and exhausted state?" ”

"Is it a firearm?"

"I have a lot more firearms than Ning Haijun!"

"Is it artillery??"

"I've got a lot of artillery, too?"

"Is it the will of the people??"

"No, I implement benevolent governance, recruit talents without sticking to one pattern, respect Confucius and Confucianism, these are all good policies that have been used for thousands of years, and I quickly won the hearts of gentlemen and officials in the world, but Chongzhen was rash and reckless, and reused a group of talented and virtuous Qingliu spray dogs, which ruined the state affairs beyond measure, and when it came to losing the hearts of the people, Emperor Chongzhen had already lost the hearts of the people!"

"What is it that makes me fail??"

"I don't understand, I really don't understand!"

Huang Taiji was silent for a long time, his head lowered, his heart was in a mess, and for a while thousands of thoughts came up together, like a ball of weeds, and then blank, nothing.

Huang Taiji's heart is in turmoil, although he also grew up in the war, from childhood to big battles, I don't know how many battles he has fought, what situation has he not encountered?

But such a bad situation made him not know what to do.

Not to mention him, even if Nurhachi is invited, it is estimated that he will be at a loss, they have never tried to be forced into a desperate situation like today! If you change him, his face will be darker than the bottom of the pot!

His Royal Highness Jin Ling, hundreds of civil and military officials knelt on the ground, and when they saw that Huang Taiji didn't speak for a long time, and didn't even look at them, many people began to look around, communicating with their eye waves, and the corners of their eyes and mouths twitched together, as if they were sending code, and their eyes were receivers......

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would never have believed that a person's expression could be so rich! Solid-eyed guys like Hauge, Zilharang, and Sakhalian will only obey Huang Taiji, and even if Huang Taiji orders them to die, they will not hesitate to draw their knives and cut their necks.

However, the Han official group represented by Wen Tiren and Wang Yingxiong did not have the slightest intention of dying with the Qing Dynasty, and they took refuge in the Qing Dynasty for the sake of high-ranking officials, not for their allegiance!

But now, the seemingly invincible Qing army has been defeated and retreated under the fierce blows of the Ning navy, losing troops one after another, losing all the strategic points around Gyeonggi, and Beijing has become an isolated city, which is in danger of collapse at any time...... How good is that?

Is it possible to sell Huang Taiji once and lick Cheng Shijie's boots? Well, for them, the festival is simply superfluous, if it is dropped, it is not a big deal, as long as they can save their lives, as long as they can keep the high-ranking officials, how about selling an emperor again, and then licking Cheng Shijie's boots?

But thinking of Cheng Shijie's jealous and hateful temperament, and then thinking about how he once plotted against Cheng Shijie and the entire Ming New Army, everyone felt cold in their hearts!

Even if they are willing to be completely shameless and lick Cheng Shijie's boots, I'm afraid that Cheng Shijie won't let them lick them!

Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and others had even more gloomy faces, pursed their lips, looked resentful, and greeted the eighteenth generation of Cheng Shijie's family in their hearts.

They were infamy, betrayed Chongzhen, and betrayed 300,000 Northern Expeditionary Army, in exchange for Huang Taiji's appreciation, in exchange for the promise of splitting the earth and sealing the marquis, but before they could get these things, Cheng Shijie killed them and kicked their boiled duck into the air!

After a series of fierce battles, the elite of the Guanning army has lost more than half, and now Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou together have less than 40,000 soldiers and horses, which also includes the 50,000 or 60,000 defenders who annexed Jingying and Jinggi, if it weren't for the new blood of these 50,000 or 60,000 people to join, the blood of the Guanning army would have been drained long ago.

It's also a loss to have a shaving bonus, if they had suffered such a heavy loss before shaving their heads, they would have performed tricks to bomb the camp or even rebelled a long time ago!

But after paying such a heavy price, in exchange for one failure after another, Cheng Shijie's offensive has become more and more fierce, and Beijing has become an isolated city!

This time they really made the wrong bet, how can this be?

"How many troops are there over there at Shanhaiguan?" While thinking wildly, Huang Taiji suddenly spoke.

Wu Xiang hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, there are still 16,000 soldiers at Shanhaiguan. ”

Huang Taiji furrowed his brows and muttered, "Sixteen thousand...... 16,000 ...... Even if they are all transferred, I'm afraid there is no way! ”

Wu Xiang said respectfully: "Yes, there are more than 16,000 soldiers and horses at Shanhaiguan, of which 9,000 soldiers are mainly auxiliaries. ”

Hauge said coldly: "In my opinion, it's not that you can't fight in the field, it's that you simply refuse to transfer these sixteen,000 soldiers into the pass, for fear that the last capital will be folded!" ”

Wu Xiang cried out: "Prince Su, you have wronged the officials!" The lower officials are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and even their hearts and livers can be gouged out! But those 9,000 soldiers are indeed auxiliaries, and their combat effectiveness is extremely poor, and being transferred to the customs can only be a waste of grain and grass! ”

Huang Taiji's heart jumped suddenly: "Grain and grass ......" looked at Fan Wencheng: "Scholar Fan, how much grain and grass is there in the city now?" ”

Fan Wencheng took out a small notebook from his sleeve and opened it to look at it, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, the grain and grass in the city are less than a month's worth of food. ”

Everyone was startled again, and Hauge jumped up: "How is it possible! A while ago, wasn't it the gentry of the whole city who donated money, and the grain and grass in Beijing were enough to eat for half a year, how long has it been, and there is only so little left? Who embezzled!? ”

Fan Wencheng was also very speechless.

It is true that a lot of grain has been donated, but the problem is that the granary in the capital has been drained from the water at two ends in three days, which is said to be the work of the Ning Navy, and the grain burned by the Ning Navy alone is as much as more than 3 million stones.

Think about it, it's actually impossible, how big is a pile of more than three million stone grains? But the problem is that those gentry and officials donate grain one after another, and what they donate is only the number, and it is their people who collect the grain, and it is also their people who donate the grain, and they just go through the accounts.

When the specific grain is to be used, which granary is used, which granary is set on fire by the Ning Navy's fine work, these Ning Navy's fine work is simply heaven and earth, omnipotent.

Of course, Ning Haijun's fine work was not so powerful, and in the last time they escorted Empress Zhou and others out of the capital, Ning Haijun's fine work retreated, otherwise it would be regarded as a dead room and fall into a deep sleep.

Cheng Shijie did not wake them up.

Fan Wencheng actually knows that these officials of the Ming Dynasty can't change their, they are still corrupt, they are still deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and they don't know how many people they flatter Cheng Shijie.

They are also determined to eat Huang Taiji now, if Huang Taiji dares to turn his face against them, they will sell Huang Taiji immediately.

Huang Taiji ordered with a cold face: "From now on, the grain of the whole city will be strictly rationed immediately, and the rich households in the city will hand over all the stored grain, and those who do not pay it will be killed!" ”

A large group of Han civil officials had a cold war and almost cried. Originally, this was a great opportunity to raise the price of grain, hoard Juqi, and make a windfall, but it turned out to be good, not only did he not let them get rich, but he also asked them to hand over all the grain they had stored!

They began to miss Chongzhen, at least when Chongzhen was still there, they would never forcibly order them to hand over the grain storage, even if they raised the price of grain and made the people in the capital miserable, Chongzhen would turn a blind eye!

What kind of evil did they fall into, driving such a good emperor to Lushun and inviting Huang Taiji, the big devil, into Beijing?

It's a bit big this time!

All the officials made eye contact, wondering if Huang Taiji had sold it.

But it is not so easy to sell Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji is different from Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen has only one name, Jingying said that it is in their hands, but the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen has neither financial power nor personnel power, so the promotion of generals in Jingying is actually in the hands of civil officials.

That's the sadness. Loyal as Zhou Yuji, he also has to bow to the civil officials, otherwise, he will not have a chance to come out, and maybe he will be killed by a chance, and his death is unknown.

Huang Taiji has absolute military power, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty still has fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, most of these soldiers and horses are Manchurian, with Huang Taiji's urine, hundreds of thousands of wine bags and rice bags in the Beijing camp have long been killed by him by borrowing the sword of the Ning Navy. (End of chapter)