The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 157
Li Soltai and Zaba couldn't believe their eyes.

It looked like they were going to win.

Even if the Mongolian cavalry persisted for another 3 minutes, as long as 3 minutes, whether it was their elite elite rushing up, or shooting the Ming army spearmen with their infantry, the Ming army could not resist and would surely collapse.

But I didn't expect that the Mongolian cavalry collapsed so quickly.

Just a few minutes.

Li Sutai and Zaba definitely didn't have the concept of modern minutes in their minds, but they both knew that as long as the Mongolian cavalry persisted for a while and held back the gunmen of the Ming army, they would definitely be able to defeat the pikemen in front.

As long as the pikemen of the Ming army are defeated, the gunmen of the Ming army will be meaningless.

Even if the Mongolian cavalry collapses in the end, as long as the Houjin soldiers move forward and give them a little more time, they can still defeat the Ming army's pikemen.

But never expected that at such a critical moment, Ding Yi would dare to call the Ming army to charge back.

The Han army is really incompetent and collapses at the first charge.

Zaba's heart was bleeding. The big victory he saw turned into a disastrous defeat. He turned his head and stared at Li Sutai, not knowing whether it was better or not for Li Sutai to use the Han army.

Without the Han army rushing into battle, the Houjin elite would definitely not be able to afford damage.

But the Han army collapsed too easily.

On the battlefield, one hair can move the whole body.

As soon as the Mongolian soldiers and horses retreated, the Han army collapsed immediately.

Thousands of Han soldiers fled back, and the three hundred Jin Jingrui were caught in the crowd, completely out of control.

Some people even beheaded a dozen deserters from the Han army, but it was useless.

More soldiers and horses collapsed and fled.

And Mingren's cannons are still firing.

Boom, the second round of guns quickly hit the dense Houjin soldiers and horses.

There were screams and curses everywhere at the scene, and the collapse turned into a fiasco, and even the elite Houjin began to retreat with the flow of people.

Li Soltai closed his eyes in despair.

Zaba clenched his fists tightly, with a look of unwillingness.

He has already been defeated by Ding Yi twice, and this time he finally saw the hope of winning, but he did not expect to lose again.

"Guburqi, gather our big gold soldiers and horses, and then charge back." Zaba said furiously.

"Master, let's go, we're defeated." Gu Burqi pulled him painfully.

Now that the Han army has collapsed, and the Mongolian soldiers are gone, we will go up after three hundred gold elites, give the Ming people two rows of guns, and they will be gone.

"Zaba'er, please don't get excited. Ming people's musketeers are not damaged. The green mountains we left behind are still there. Don't worry about running out of firewood. Come back next time." Li Sutai hurriedly persuaded.

"Damn Ding Yi." Zaba roared to the sky, why did I lose to him again.

Ah, he yelled wildly.

Gu Burqi didn't care, pulled his horse rope, and turned around quickly.

This time, Houjin Bingma turned his head when he saw the coach, and fled even more happily.

On that day, Zaba was defeated by Ding Yi for the third time.

After the battle was over, the Jin Dynasty was defeated again. Almost all the Mongolian Niulu were wiped out, and the Han army suffered more than a thousand casualties, nearly half of which were the final defeat and were chased by the Ming army.

Only the ten cavalry left by Zhang Jing hacked to death a lot of horseless Houjin infantry.

In the end, nearly 300 Han soldiers were captured alive.

But Ding Yi's department was also hit hard.

Ding Yi had 600 soldiers and horses, with more than [-] casualties, of which nearly [-] were killed in battle.

The main reason is that the bows and arrows of Mongolia and Houjin shot too fiercely and continuously, and many of them were killed by cavalry in the front row.

For Ding Yi, this was also a tragic victory.

Originally, if he had retreated to Lushunkou, such a tragic victory could have been avoided.

But he chose to fight the Tartars bloody.

The surviving soldiers and horses in this battle will gradually grow into veterans and elites.

It is also the seed and backing for him to expand and strengthen his army in the future.

At this time, his soldiers and horses were cleaning up the battlefield, cutting off heads, stripping armor and clothing, and picking weapons. When encountering Houjin wounded soldiers, they usually stabbed them.

Ding Yi also pretended not to see, looking around at his wounded soldiers and subordinates.

"Damn it, the Tartars are crazy, let the cavalry charge." Xu Wei came over cursing.

Ding Yi glanced, almost wanted to laugh but couldn't.

He was wearing iron armor, and there were arrows stuck in his thighs and back shoulders. Judging by his appearance, he should be fine.

"Aren't you holding a shield?" Ding Yi asked.

"The arrow is too fierce." Xu Wei shook his head: "Almost shot to death, motherfucker."

"There's no time to dig a hole, it's coming too fast." Ding Yi sighed. He didn't expect the Jin army to come so coincidentally and so fast after this wave. When they just withdrew from Jinzhou, they immediately chased here.

"Another Niulu Ezhen." Wang Weizhong rushed over excitedly. He didn't have any arrows in his body, and he seemed to be well protected.

He found a Niu Luerzhen corpse, holding the real iron armor.

"It seems to be a Mongolian, who killed him?" Ding Yi replied.

"I'll ask." Wang Weizhong brought He Xiaoche back not long after he left.

"My lord, it was he, He Xiaoche, who killed him."

He Xiaoche looked at Ding Yi a little excitedly: "Master Ding, it was me, I beat him to death—" his face turned red.

"For a good fight, if you get promoted, you will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver," Ding Yi said loudly.

"Thank you, sir." He Xiaoche became even more excited, and nodded desperately, not knowing what to say.

Ding Yi chatted with him a few more times, and he knew that He Xiaoche was also a Liao citizen, from Pidao, and his hometown was Gaizhou.

His family members were all killed by Hou Jinbing, and he fled to Phi Island with several fellow villagers.

It didn't take long for Zhao Dashan to find Ding Yi, and He Xiaoche rushed back to the headquarters.

Some companions already know.

"Xiao Che, you are about to enter the training department, congratulations."

"Training Division?" He Xiaoche looked confused.

"Those who get promoted have to go to the training department, train for one to two months, and get promoted with a salary increase when they come back."

"I still need to practice." He Xiaoche complained suddenly.

"If you don't go, let me go." Someone yelled: "After you come out, you can teach others, hahaha, how majestic."

"Get out, I'm going." He Xiaoche said happily.

He Xiaoche was also shot by an arrow, and soon met Xiang Huailai at the doctor's place who came to see the wound.

Xiang Huailai seemed to know him, walked over to pat him, and smiled, "I'm Xiang Huailai."

"..." He Xiaoche didn't know him.

"I'm a gun and shield soldier in the front row." Xiang Huailai said with a smile, "I heard that you are going to join the training department."

"There." He Xiaoche disturbed his head in embarrassment.

"Me too, we will be at the same time in the future, please take care of me."

"At the same time." He Xiaoche immediately understood that this person was also going to be promoted, and the two immediately walked together, bragging.
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After Jin broke through at the end of October, when Chongzhen got the news, it was Monbi first, then Taotian's anger, and finally grief and indignation.

This is the shame and indignation of the emperor's dignity being greatly offended and insulted.

Chongzhen felt that since he came to the throne, he had cleared the eunuchs, appointed virtuous ministers, and rectified the court, and the world has praised the virtuous and holy.

Although the emperor's brother had won two consecutive victories when he was in power, the victory of Ningyuan killed Nurhachi, and the victory of Ningjin caused Huang Taiji to return home in a defeat. It seems that he is better at state affairs than him.

But in June of this year, Xu Dabao broke the empress gold, beheaded more than two hundred men, and presented their heads to the capital. His prestige in the capital reached its peak.

The folks are already saying that he has surpassed the emperor brother.

Unexpectedly, just after offering sacrifices to the Taimiao Temple, and within two months of proclaiming merits and virtues, Hou Jin slapped him backhandedly.

Step through the Great Wall and kill towards the capital.

Ever since the Tumu Fortress incident, the Ming emperor had never had an emperor who had been so humiliated.

He suddenly thought of a very bad consequence.

In case the golden iron cavalry breaks through the capital and the 260-year-old foundation of the ancestors is destroyed in his own hands, and the shame of Jingkang reappears, Zhu Youjian, what face will he have to meet the underground ancestors?

The shame of the world is nothing more than this.

The more Chongzhen thought about it, the more afraid he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

Then he hated someone.

That's right, it was Yuan Chonghuan.

The one surnamed Yuan used to brag in front of me. He returned to Liao Dynasty for five years, but he failed after a long time. Instead, he killed Mao Wenlong arbitrarily.

If it wasn't for your big victory, Dabao Xu, would I let you go so easily?
This will be another negligence and let Huang Taiji enter the pass. Can you, old Yuan, be worthy of my trust in you?

In Chongzhen's heart at the time, he must have greeted Yuan Chonghuan and the generals of the Liaodong Army (probably not called the Guanning Army at the time) and his family a hundred times.

But the matter has come to this point, and he has no choice but to immediately declare martial law in the capital, urgently order Yuan Chonghuan to enter the pass, and then order the commanders of Xuanfu, Datong, Baoding and other towns to come to help immediately, and order Henan, Shanxi, Shandong, Yansui, etc. The local garrison marched to serve the king.

At the same time, the cabinet and court ministers were convened to inquire about the strategy of retreating the enemy, but no one came up with a reason.

On November [-]th, people in the capital panicked, and many rich and honorable people began to transfer their wealth, preparing to flee with their families.

In a fit of rage, Chongzhen took down Wang Qia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, for crimes.

On November [-]th, Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of Datong, led [-] reinforcements to Beijing. Chongzhen was overjoyed, and immediately ordered a jade belt with sable fur, which was named Dongping Hou.

On November [-]th, he summoned all his ministers to ask for advice. Cheng Ji, a scholar who had just entered the cabinet, ordered him to play: "This person must be recommended by a minister to protect the capital and withdraw the Eastern captives."

Recommend Sun Chengzong.

Chongzhen remembered Sun Chengzong's many contributions, and immediately issued an order, ordering Sun Chengzong to be the original official. He was the Minister of the Ministry of War and a scholar of the Zhongji Palace, to supervise the army and horses, to control the east border, and to garrison Tongzhou.

In the evening of the next day, the court sent an urgent letter to Sun Chengzong Gaoyang's home.

When Sun Chengzong saw the letter, without saying a word, he asked his family to prepare and set off tomorrow.

The family began to prepare the car. Sun Chengzong said that the car was too slow, so prepare the horses and move forward one by one.

Mrs. Ma didn't want her husband to come out of the mountain again. At this time, Sun Chengzong was 67 years old, and she was complaining. With so many officials in the court, you want an old man to come out?Can you let me live a peaceful life for a few days.

Sun Chengzong said that after the Jin soldiers entered the Great Wall, if the capital is destroyed and the country perishes, the people of the world will not be able to live in peace, and we will become subjugated slaves.

Mrs. Ma had no choice but to shed tears: "I am the only one left at home."

Sun Chengzong sighed: "Madam has to work hard again, take good care of our children, not only us, but also the children of the eldest brother, second brother and third brother, fortunately they are all obedient—"

What Sun Chengzong said was right, the children of the Sun family were well managed and obedient.

In the original history, in the 11th year of Chongzhen (1638), the Qing army attacked on a large scale. Sun Chengzong led his family to defend Gaoyang. The descendants of the Sun family, without a single coward, can be called the number one heroic family in the late Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)