East Factory Governor

Chapter 161 The Battle of Zunhua Ends
The camp fell silent immediately, and everyone looked at the Niu Lu who came to report.

"Khan, five of the more than ten Ming army cavalry soldiers who were captured alive confessed that they were under the command of Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Santun Battalion, not Yuan Chonghuan's Guan Ning army!"

"Those five people also confessed that it was Ming general Zhao Ledao, the commander-in-chief of Sanguan, who invited them. Among the four thousand cavalry, Guanning cavalry and Santunying cavalry accounted for two thousand each, and they were all led by Zhu Guoyan. Zhao led the teaching himself."

There was silence in the tent for a few seconds.

Azig sneered, "Everyone, is there anything else to say now?"

The few Baylors who had attacked Azig just now were like frosted eggplants, avoiding Azig's eyes one after another, and stopped talking.

Obviously, the confessions made by the horsemen of the Ming Dynasty were more in line with common sense, and they naturally couldn't find any faults.

Huang Taiji's brows gradually relaxed, as long as Yuan Chonghuan's army hadn't arrived, the initiative was still in his hands.

This time, he chose to act decisively.

Immediately he said to a tall and burly young Baylor, "Haoge, take three thousand horsemen and go to the Santun camp as quickly as possible. If you can catch up with Zhu Guoyan, defeat him on the spot."

Sooner or later, the Santun Camp will be dispatched, and Huang Taiji naturally refuses to let go of such a good opportunity to hunt down Zhu Guoyan.

Aixinjueluo Haoge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji. He is only twenty years old, but he has made many military exploits. He has performed well in the battle of Ningjin and Gushan Tabu Nang. general.The rise of post-gold talents came out in large numbers, especially the Aixinjueluo family, whether it was the sons of Nurhachi or the sons of Huang Taiji, most of them were not far behind.I have to say that sometimes there is such a thing as national luck.After the rise of the Jin Dynasty, the Aixinjueluo family was prosperous and outstanding people came out in large numbers.On the other hand, in the Ming Dynasty, from Ming Guangzong Zhu Changluo, there were no heirs, and the incense declined.Zhu Changluo gave birth to five sons, but due to the superior conditions in the palace, only two survived, namely the eldest son Zhu Youxiao and the fifth son Zhu Youjian.Zhu Youxiao, who succeeded him, was even worse. After seven years in power, he didn't even have a son. In the end, his younger brother Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne.Zhu Youjian, also known as Chongzhen, is strange that more than half of his seven sons died in infancy, and only three survived.All three ended up missing.

Huang Taiji appointed his son's general at this time, naturally he wanted him to accumulate military merits.The three thousand elite cavalry of the Great Gold against the two thousand cavalry of the Ming army, as long as they can catch up, they will surely win.

Hauge immediately got up and took the order, "Father Khan, don't worry, I will kill Zhu Guoyan to comfort the heroic spirit of the fallen warrior!"

As soon as the voice fell, he immediately turned around and went out of the tent, and led the troops vigorously.

Huang Taiji said to the crowd again, "All the generals obey the order, and attack the east gate after two quarters, be sure to attack!" After a pause, he stood up again, and said word by word, "I, the general will personally go to the city to supervise the battle!" !"

Everyone immediately stood up and took orders.

Since most of the siege equipment on the north, south, and west sides of the city were burned, the remaining siege equipment in Houjin was only enough to support the attack on the east gate, so Huang Taiji put all his eggs in one basket and prepared to storm the east gate of Zunhua City, even if he paid a high price. I don't hesitate.

At the same time, with the lessons learned from last time, Huang Taiji ambushed a large number of elite cavalry on several flanks of the siege troops this time. As long as Zhao Lediao and Zhu Guoyan's cavalry dared to come, they would surely be able to surround and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Zhao Lijiao and Zhu Guoyan naturally dare not come again.At this moment, Zhao Ledjiao has led his army back to Shimenzhai, while Zhu Guoyan has returned to the three camps.Without Yuan Chonghuan's army, there was only so much they could do. Whether they could hold back Huang Taiji could only depend on luck.

It's just that luck wasn't on their side this time.After the five cavalry soldiers from the Santun camp were captured, the Tartars recruited them all without any torture.In the final analysis, Qin Shuhuai is not a "Ghost Valley Master" after all, he is just an office worker who is familiar with history, and no matter how meticulous his thoughts are, he can't be counted as this level.

Zunhua City was attacked violently like never before.Huang Taiji, who failed to attack Zunhua twice, has put in all his strength this time and is determined to capture Zunhua.At this time, in Zunhua, the reserves of ammunition, kerosene, and arrows were on the verge of exhaustion, and they were unable to withstand the fierce offensive of the Hou Jin army.

On the afternoon of the seventh day of November in the second year of Chongzhen, the city of Zunhua was destroyed.The governor of Zunhua, Wang Yuanya, hanged himself and died a heroic death for his country.

However, for Qin Shuhuai, this wave is not bad.

Historically, the Hou Jin army faced the high-walled Zunhua City, and because of the help of internal support, it only lost less than 300 of the main force and captured it.But this time, after three sieges, a total of more than 800 main forces and more than [-] soldiers were lost.In addition to the troops annihilated by Zhao Ledjiao in Luowenyu and Shimenzhai, the main force lost nearly [-].

This number was enough to make Huang Taiji feel distressed for a while.You must know that the Eight Banners Army, the main force of Hou Jin's entry into the fortress, plus the Mongolian coalition forces, only had a strength of [-].How could he not feel distressed when he lost one-eighth of his troops just a few days after entering the fortress?
Not only did Hou Jin's main force suffer a lot, but he also saved four thousand Guan Ning elite soldiers and general Zhao Liaojiao, so this wave was definitely not a loss, but also made a lot of money.

Let's talk about Yuan Chonghuan.

After receiving the news that Zunhua City was broken, there were two roads before him.

One is to rush to rescue the Santun camp immediately, but his current location is south of Zunhua, and the Santun camp is in the northeast of Zunhua. If he wants to save the Santun camp, he must bypass Zunhua. It's hard to say about Jin's ambush after the encounter.

The other way is to directly abandon Santun Camp and enter Jizhou City, where Huang Taiji's attempt to invade the capital can be blocked, and even a decisive battle can be made there.

Yuan Chonghuan decisively chose the second path.

He knew very well that even if he guarded the three camps, Huang Taiji would continue to advance westward. He was not afraid of being chased behind him at all, and he even wished he could chase him so that he could fight him in the wild.With the strength of Guan Ning's army, the field battle is by no means Jian Nu's opponent.So it is meaningless to take the risk to defend the three camps.

It is of greater strategic and political significance to defend Jizhou and prevent Huang Taiji from invading the capital.As the supervisor of Ji Liao, the oath of Ping Liao for five years is still in his ears. If Huang Taiji is allowed to reach the city of BJ, no matter whether he can defeat Huang Taiji in the end, he will not be able to escape the crime of being ineffective as a supervisor.

What's more, there are many natural dangers around Jizhou, and the city of Jizhou is high and thick. He believes that he will be able to defend Jizhou and prevent Jiannu from taking a step to the west of Jizhou!
In the early morning of the eighth day of November, Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Santun Camp, was on his way back to the Santun Camp with his cavalry. Zhu Guoyan was seriously injured and led his remnant soldiers to break through and return to Santun camp, where he died the next day.

On the tenth day of November, the main force of building slaves was [-], and the soldiers were [-]. Under the leadership of Yuetuo, they marched into Santunying.Wang Zhi, deputy general of Santunying, opened the city gate and presented the city book.

On November [-]th, Yuan Chonghuan led troops into Jizhou City.

So far, the battle of Zunhua has come to an end, and the change of Jisi will enter the next chapter. ""

(End of this chapter)