The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 700 Confronting the Court

Liu Zhaoji also participated in Hong Chengchou's battle to rescue Jinzhou before, but during the Second World War with the Qing soldiers, he was afraid to retreat due to the lack of troops. Ning Yuan, Liu is also very happy, and he will not have to go to the battlefield.

Liu Zhaoji led his troops to guard Ningyuan, and he learned the news of the defeat of the Ming army last night.

Xu Fuzuo's soldiers and horses were the first to come back today.

When he heard that the entire army of 13 was defeated, with countless casualties, Liu Zhaoji's face turned pale, and his eyes immediately rolled up. For the first level, it is estimated that the surnamed Liu can run back to Shanhaiguan directly.

Ningyuan has hoarded a large amount of grain and grass prepared by the 13 army in the early stage, and Xu Fuzou is not polite, asking for ten days of grain to prepare to return to Ji Town.

Liu Zhaoji couldn't say for sure, he said he had to wait for Hong Chengchou to come back, or he would have to have an order from the court.

Xu Fuzuo sneered, now Ningyuan City has the most troops and the most elite soldiers, Liu Zhaoji didn't dare to hum when he saw a group of soldiers approaching.

Cao Bianjiao and the others clamored for food, but Liu Zhaoji had no choice but to share some food with them.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao had already decided to go back to the pass with Xu Fuzuo. Before the imperial court issued an order, he would not go there. He would lead his troops within the range of Ji Town. All to him.

Now that Cao Bianjiao has a territory and hoarding land, of course he doesn't want to go.

Funing, Yongping, and Leting form a triangle, Yongping and Leting are both stationed by Ding Yi's soldiers and horses, Cao Bianjiao is equivalent to taking refuge in Ding Yi.

That night, Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of Changping, was the first to escape after them, and he came back with [-] soldiers and horses.

This guy ran fast enough, took out six thousand, and ran back four thousand.

But this guy was even more Lipu. Like Xu Fuzuo, he went to the city to grab a batch of grain, and fled directly to Shanhaiguan early the next morning, and then went out to return to his residence in Changping and Miyun.

Xu Fuzuo was also preparing to leave that morning, when He Daping found him and whispered something to him, a stern look flashed in Xu Fuzuo's eyes.

At about [-] o'clock in the morning, another wave of defeated soldiers retreated to Ningyuan.

It turned out that Bai Guangen came back, and this guy brought back more than 2000 people.

Duan Yu followed him to garrison Ningyuan, but did not dare to leave.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, another large wave of defeated soldiers returned, including Wu Sangui and Wang Pu.

As mentioned earlier, Wu Sangui and Wang Pu were blocked twice by the Qing soldiers while they were fleeing, but both of them fought hard to survive, and with more soldiers and horses, they finally fought out.

After this battle, Wu Sangui brought back [-] soldiers and horses, and Wang Pu brought back [-] soldiers and horses. These two men were worthy of fleeing famous generals, and they brought back the most soldiers and horses.

In this way, apart from Hong Chengchou, Zu Dale, and Wang Tingchen who were trapped in Songshan with eight thousand soldiers and horses, the rest of the Ming army outside was basically wiped out, and there were only a few who fled back and forth sporadically.

After this battle, there were 13 elites from the Ming Dynasty. At the end, Xu Fu played more than 5000 (plus more than 1000 new ones), Cao Bianjiao more than 1000, Tang Tong [-], Bai Guangen [-], Wu Sangui [-], Wang Pu [-], a total of [-] around five.

Including those who came back sporadically, the 13 soldiers and horses returned less than [-].

One hundred thousand troops died in one battle.

As for the Qing soldiers, less than [-] people were killed or injured in this battle, but they lost more than [-] in the battle with Xu Fuzuo's soldiers and horses, and they fought with Ding Yi's soldiers and horses many times, and each time they narrowly escaped death.

As long as he is injured on the battlefield and cannot leave the field, he will be killed by Ding Yi's soldiers.

That's why Man Qing also knew later that whenever he fought with Ding Yi, don't count the wounded, basically the death is the main thing.

Ding Yi, that beast, has no humanity.

In addition, after the Battle of Songjin, the Qing soldiers seized a total of more than 3000 artillery pieces from the Ming army, most of which were usable. They also captured 1 horses and 440 pieces of armor.

The Ming army once again served as the captain of the transportation team.

Ding Yi managed to get Yuan Gui to persuade Huang Taiji to build guns instead of cannons. The Ming army arrived and sent more than 3000 cannons to the Qing soldiers.

It is enough for the Qing soldiers not to build artillery for ten years.

The defeat of Songjin lost all the elites of the Ming Dynasty and made the Qing soldiers fatter.

And when Wu Sangui and Wang Pu fled back to Ningyuan.

It was a long time in the city without being put in.

Both Wang Pu and Wu Sangui cursed from below.

After the appointment, the guard showed his head and shouted loudly to the following: "The commander-in-chief has an order. In order to prevent the defeated army from rushing into the city, please line up in four rows and enter the city in an orderly manner."

There was another burst of swearing, but the swearing was the same, and the generals had no choice but to come as required.

Soon, the Ming army lined up in four rows, and the city gate opened, and the Ming army rushed in in a panic.

Wang Pu took the lead in entering the city, and cursed when he entered the city: "Where is Liu Zhaoji?"

"In Ningyuan Dusi Mansion."

Ningyuan used to have Ningyuan Guards, as well as the commander of the capital, and the entire capital was complete. Later, the battle situation became worse and worse, and all the guards became frontier troops, and the capital also existed in name only.

Wang Pu was very angry, and went to Dusi Mansion with hundreds of soldiers and servants, planning to find Liu Zhaoji's bad luck.

When they were approaching Dusi Mansion, suddenly a large wave of Ming troops rushed out from the streets on both sides.

The Ming army was all armored and armed, and many people in the front row carried bird guns.

Wang Pu saw that this was not someone from Cao Bianjiao, but the leader seemed to be surnamed Zhao, so he should be someone from Li Fuming. What the hell is this?

"What are you doing? Want to rebel?" Wang Pu relied on his five thousand soldiers in the city, and his tone was extremely fierce.

The leading general was Zhao Dejing who had just defected to Xu Fuzuo, and the accompanying troops had his own headquarters, as well as Cao Bianjiao's people.

"Dog thing, ran away before fighting, implicated the three armies, one hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand brothers, killed by you, come here, take it down."

Zhao Dejing gave an order, and Zong Bingjia rushed forward: "Whoever dares to resist, kill."

"It's a rebellion." Wang Pu still wanted to order a rebellion.

Bang bang bang, the opposite bird shot first, and his subordinates fell down in a row.

Wang Pu's defeated soldiers had just escaped from the outside, and now their morale was exhausted, they were hungry and tired, and after being hit by a bird gun at close range, the rest dared not resist at all and surrendered one after another.

Then the rebel soldiers rushed up, puffing and puffing, and Wang Pu died tragically in the rebellion immediately.

The famous runner who abandoned Lu Shengxiang back then, and Hong Chengchou this time, who was as famous as Wu Sangui and his son, finally died.

When Wang Pu was beheaded here, Xu Fuzou was chatting with Wu Sangui.

The two of them heard the sound of gunfire at the same time, Wu Sangui's face changed slightly: "How is it in the city?"

"I heard that it was Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming's subordinate Zhao Dejing who were dissatisfied with Wang Pu's escape and wanted to settle accounts with him."

"Hiss." Wu Sangui gasped, stood up suddenly, and looked at Xu Fuzou with vigilance: "Datong is an important town, there is no shortage of money and food, and Wang Pu's subordinates are all elite soldiers. Once there is a military chaos, how will we explain it?"

"The enemy is still outside, Mr. Xu, think twice."

The fine-haired soldiers are the best at escaping. Xu Fuzuo remained calm and said calmly, "When they are exhausted and the defeated soldiers have just entered the city, take the initiative to catch Wang Pu's cronies and family members in one go, so as to prevent them from defecting to the enemy and causing rebellion. .”

Wu Sangui was moved, now is indeed the best opportunity.

The defeated soldiers had fled for two days and one night, and had just returned to the city. Everyone was most relaxed at this time. They just wanted to have a good sleep and rest.

It's just, why do you do this? If you can kill Wang Pu today, won't you want to kill me next time?
"Arbitrarily killing a general in command without being approved by the Judiciary?" Wu Sangui wanted to say something else.

"Will Zongbing Wu do it? If you don't do it, I will do it, as long as your soldiers and horses don't move around." Xu Fuzuo said in a deep voice.

Wu Sangui was noncommittal and lost his voice.

"Wu Zongbing drink tea well, this matter has nothing to do with you." Xu Fuzuo turned around and went out immediately, ordering soldiers and horses.

Just as he expected, Wang Pu's soldiers and horses were in a mess in their garrison right now, lying here and there, everyone managed to escape back, wishing they could sleep for two days right away.

The armor and horses of countless people were lost.

Xu Fuzuo's soldiers and horses went in, and with almost no effort, they first arrested hundreds of Wang Pu's family members, and then arrested several officials and generals. Although the rest of the defeated soldiers were terrified, no one dared to move.

This Wang Pu originally had two thousand family members and a large number of soldiers and horses, but he was stopped twice by the Qing soldiers and escaped thanks to the bloody battle of the family members, leaving only a few hundred people left.

Jia Ding was good at fighting, but Xu Fuzuo suffered heavy losses and wanted to make up for some troops.

Immediately, all the generals above the squadron leader of Wang Pu's formation were executed.

Wang Pu's father, Wang Wei, is also a well-known general. He has been in Datong for many years, collecting money and food, training elite servants, and all the generals are his cronies single-handedly selected.

Xu Fuzou was not polite, and directly cut off all the officers above the captain.

Wang Pu's behavior is like running away whenever he encounters Tartars. Xu Fuzuo will kill any good people in his trusted army.

Then Wu Sangui and Liu Zhaoji were called.

Wu Sangui and Wu Sangui were shocked and frightened when they learned that Xu Fuzuo had beheaded many of Wang Pu's subordinates.

Xu Fuzuo said straight to the point: "You two brothers don't have to be afraid. In today's world, as long as you have soldiers in your hands, just like Zu Dashou, if you don't obey the imperial court's order, the imperial court will still have to provide us with military pay."

Wu Sangui and Liu Zhaoji looked at each other, but they had to admit that what Xu Fuzuo said was right.

"Wang Pu's armor and weapons, I don't want any of them, I will share them with the two, and the two will recruit soldiers and increase their strength."

"This battle has been defeated, and the court will have to bring someone to question me. Anyway, I will not go to the capital. Let me see who dares to come to Ji Town to arrest me."

When Xu Fuzuo said this, the two looked moved. Xu Fuzuo was obviously encouraging and abetting them to fight against the court together.

In fact, there is no need for Xu Fuzou to say that Wu Sangui and Liu Zhaoji are both very experienced. Now that they are talking about it, they certainly know what Xu Fuzou means.

Liu Zhaoji immediately said: "This battle is a big defeat, someone must be blamed. Anyway, I follow Mr. Xu, and I will never go to the capital."

Of course Wu Sangui also nodded: "As long as you have soldiers and horses in your hands, no one can do anything to us."

The three looked at each other, smiled, and nodded.

This is a tacit agreement, to advance and retreat together, to fight against the imperial court, at least let this Songjin be defeated first, let's talk about it in the past.

(End of this chapter)