Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 505 Adding 20 troops

"Look, Xu, the city of Shengjing is on fire!"

"This must be the mutiny of the North Korean army in the city, haha!"

Zhu Cijiong reined in the horse, pointed at Shengjing with the whip, and laughed loudly.

"We came at the right time!" Xu Yingwei yelled again, "Pass my military order, the left battalion will attack the Xiaonan gate, the right battalion will attack the Danan gate, the grenade will blow up the city gate, and the scout team will be responsible for hunting and killing the Jiannu generals."

"Yes!" Xu Wuniu quickly conveyed Xu Yingwei's military orders to the battalions.

Zhu Cijiong asked Xu Yingwei with a smile: "Admonish Xu, why don't you wait for the artillery battalion to arrive?"

"No, there is no need to wait." Xu Yingwei waved his hand and said, "The North Korean army has launched a mutiny, and the slaves in Shengjing City are already in chaos. At this time, the attack on the city can definitely be done with one blow."

The final result also verified Xu Yingwei's judgment. Due to the mutiny of the Korean army and the fact that Jiannu was completely unprepared, the Ming army only used a dozen bundles of cluster grenades to easily blast open the large and small south gates.

Of course, it needs to be explained that a bundle of grenades weighs more than 100 catties.

Because the Ming army was equipped with ten-jin grenades, the lethality was quite fierce.

As soon as the city gate was blown open, two battalions of more than [-] Ming troops with live ammunition poured into the city from the south gate. Facing the lined up and advancing Ming army, Jiannu could not organize an effective resistance at all. .

Because this was a city defense, and the Ming army came suddenly, Jiannu had no time to assemble the chariot.

Without a chariot, the wooden sign or the armor worn on the body alone cannot hold the flintlock at all.

Occasionally, a few white-armored soldiers rushed forward against the firepower of the Ming army, but they were hunted down by the scouts of the Ming army wandering in front of the line in a blink of an eye. The triple armor is basically free, not to mention the triple armor, it is useless to put on another heavy armor, it is purely a gift.

The Baijia soldiers were hunted down, which greatly dampened Jiannu's spirit.

When Ye Keshu was also hunted down by the scouts of the Ming army, Jiannu finally collapsed completely.

Jiannu, who was still in a dense queue to confront the Ming army head-on, turned around and ran away.

Seeing this scene, the sound of charging horns sounded, and the Ming army, which had been neatly lined up, immediately disbanded, divided into large and small teams, and charged with bayonets.

At the same time, another infantry battalion of the Ming army has already guarded the various gates, preparing to hunt and kill Jiannu who escaped from the city, and Zhu Cijiong's [-] new troops have also dispersed into the surrounding wilderness, waiting to hunt and kill those who slipped through the encirclement by chance. Yu, in a word, Xu Yingwei and Zhu Cijiong didn't intend to let go of even a single slave.

When the old slave attacked Shenyang, he committed too many murders.

It is time to avenge the blood feud accumulated for 20 years.

……

But Ye Keshu had already dispatched a messenger ahead of time.

In the evening of the same day, the messenger sent by Ye Keshu arrived at the Horqin Left Wing Front Banner.

The seat of Horqin Zuoyiqian Banner is Zhangwu County, but at this time there are only a few yurts in Zhangwu County.

At this time, Hong Guoer, the first king of Zhasak Bintu County of Horqin Zuoyi Front Banner, has died of illness, and the current Zasak is the eldest son of Hong Guoer, the king of Ersen County.

Ersen was receiving Li Hao and his wife when he received the urgent report from Shengjing.

Yes, Oboi just happened to escort Li Hao and Su Ma Lagu and his wife to the Horqin Left Wing Front Banner. They planned to go from here to Phoenix City via Shengjing, and then enter North Korea from Phoenix City.

Aobai thought, this should be able to avoid the Ming army in Gaizhou.

But he never expected that he would receive an urgent report from Shengjing as soon as he walked to the Horqin Left Wing Front Banner.

After hearing the messenger's statement, Er Sen, Li Hao's couple, and Ao Bai all changed their faces. This is really unexpected. The Ming army actually had the courage to attack the old capital Shengjing?
Shengjing is different from Gaizhou.

Gaizhou is close to the sea and can obtain supplies at sea.

But Shengjing is three or four hundred miles away from the sea.

Isn't the Ming army worried about being cut off by the Qing soldiers?
Er Sen asked Oboi, "Master Zhang Jing, what do you think should be done?"

Just looking at their superficial identities, Li Hao is the son-in-law, Er Sen is the king of the county, and both of them are above Oboi, but this is only the superficial identity. In fact, the status of the two in the Qing court is far inferior to Oboi.

Aobai, the Manchu Baya Latiao Zhangjing, was enough to restrain the two of them.

Therefore, before sending troops to rescue Shengjing, Esen had to ask Obai for instructions.

In addition, Ersen's move also has another meaning, that is, he hopes that Obai will send troops together.

But Li Hao didn't want Oboi to bring the [-] guards with white flags to rescue Shengjing, so he whispered immediately: "Master Zhang Jing, we have almost rested, it's time to leave."

What Li Hao meant was, let's not get involved in the battle of Shengjing.

Aobai snorted, and said coldly, "You are worrying too much, I know what to do."

After finishing speaking, Obai turned his head to Ersen and said, "Junwang Ersen, I have a heavy responsibility to escort Erfu to Seoul as soon as possible, so I can't rescue Shengjing with you."

"That's it, I respectfully send off my son-in-law and Lord Zhang Jing."

Although Ersen was very disappointed, he didn't say anything.

After sending Aobai and Li Hao away, Esen began to gather the strong men overnight, and at the same time issued a Zhasak order to the other nine banners of Horqin Mongolia, requiring the ten banners to send troops together.

In addition, Ersen also sent an express delivery to Beijing.

……

The urgent delivery from Horqin and the secret letter from Nanjing were delivered to Prince Rui's residence almost at the same time.

After reading the urgent delivery and the secret letter, Dorgon felt deeply that the situation was serious, so he urgently summoned Hong Chengchou, Ning Wanwo, and Fan Wencheng to come to Dongnuankezhong in Prince Rui's mansion as a staff.

Hou Fangyu was also waiting on his side.

After reading the express delivery and the secret letter, Hong Chengchou and the others felt extremely complicated.

After the surprise attack on Dagukou and Gaizhouwei in two groups at the beginning of this year, the Ming army finally took the second step. Although they had expected the second step of the Ming army, when it really happened At that time, they still found it difficult to accept it, because they deeply felt that the offensive and defensive momentum between the Ming and Qing Dynasties had been reversed.

I don't know what will happen in the future, but at least for now, the Qing Dynasty is on the defensive.

Moreover, the Ming army's offensive was extremely fierce, and there was a sense of oppression that made people breathless. Thinking of this level, Hong Chengchou and the others became more and more unacceptable, shouldn't it be?

Daming is obviously already decayed, how could it be possible to rejuvenate for a second time?
What's more, Daqing and Mingming have all the advantages of the time and place, how could they not be able to beat Daming?

"Everyone, didn't you expect it?" Dorgon said quietly, "Remnant Ming, who was beaten by my Qing Dynasty back then, has now started to attack the Qing Dynasty in reverse, and even dared to covet Shengjing."

That is to say, the news was not sent out. Otherwise, if Dorgon and Hong Chengchou knew that Shengjing had been broken, their jaws would drop in shock. How could Shengjing fall?

After a pause, Dorgon continued: "I am determined to send troops to Liaodong, what do you think?"

"Master, absolutely not!" Hong Chengchou hastily dissuaded, "When the Ming army raided Gaizhouwei and Dagukou at the beginning of the year, the slave told the master that this was a conspiracy by the Ming army to mobilize and consume our national power. The manpower, material and military strength of our Great Qing was originally inferior to that of Nanming, so we must accumulate as much strength as possible before the final battle."

"This time the Ming army increased its troops at Dagukou and put on a stance to attack Shengjing, still in order to mobilize and consume our Qing Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou paused for a while, and said sincerely: "Master's eyes are like a torch, which is beyond the reach of others. You should be able to see through Chongzhen's sinister intentions, so you must not be fooled."

As if to verify what Hong Chengchou said, Cao Eryu sent another urgent delivery.

"Master, urgent delivery from Hebei." Cao Eryu handed over a sealed letter with both hands.

Dorgon took a look at the waxed letter, and his face immediately became more gloomy.

"Well, Chongzhen is so bold." Dorgon sneered, "While attacking Shengjing, he increased his troops to Dagukou, and at the same time increased his troops to Xuzhou by a full 20. He wanted to fight with me in advance. Are you going to have the final battle?"

[Note: The Ming army actually increased its troops by 20, and it was claimed to be [-] to the outside world, and the slaves believed it to be true]

"What, add 20 troops to Xuzhou?" Hong Chengchou's face changed suddenly, it was too scary.

Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, I, and Hou Fangyu also looked at each other in blank dismay. The Ming army is really going to make a northern expedition?

After a while, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses, and said in a deep voice: "Master, I don't believe that Nanming can store enough supplies in such a short period of time, and I don't even believe that Chongzhen will launch the Northern Expedition in advance this winter. The increase of 20 troops is just a bluff, and the master can order the Shanxi merchants to conduct a secret investigation."

"Verification?" Dorgon asked in a deep voice, "How to verify this matter?"

Hong Chengchou: "Check the water boats going to and from the canal. If Chongzhen really decides to make a northern expedition this winter, then the water transportation in the canal will be extremely busy. There is absolutely no way to hide this."

Dorgon immediately ordered Hou Fangyu to notify Shanxi merchants to check.

Watching Hou Fangyu leave, Dorgon said again: "The book of rites has a saying of the mean, everything is forewarned, and nothing is foregone. No matter whether Chongzhen plans to launch the Northern Expedition this winter or not, the Qing Dynasty must prepare for the worst."

After a pause, he asked again: "If Chongzhen really launched the Northern Expedition and launched an attack on our Qing Dynasty from three directions: Xuzhou, Dagukou and Shengjing, how should the Qing Dynasty respond?"

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, we can only adopt the old Khan's tactics."

"What Heng Jiu said is very true." Fan Wencheng echoed, "Ren Er came a few ways, but I will only go all the way."

Ning Wan and I went on to say: "Among the three Ming armies, the Ming army on the Dagukou route is the most threatening, and should be dealt with first, and then call the soldiers of the whole country to meet the Ming army going north from Xuzhou. It is enough to send a strong general and thousands of elite soldiers to guard Shanhaiguan."

Hearing this, Dorgon calmed down a bit.

It seems that the situation is not as bad as expected.

The Ming army seemed to be aggressive, but it was actually strong from the outside but capable from the inside.

At that moment, Dorgon turned his head and ordered Cao Eryu: "Immediately summon the military ministers on duty, such as Gang Lin, Qi Chongge, Sony, and Suke Saha, to come to Prince Rui's mansion to discuss the state affairs."

(End of this chapter)