Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

"So, I understand." Zhu Cijiong said, "Wu Sangui and the others have broken through the bottom line of generals, while Hong Chengchou and Zhang Jinyan have broken through the bottom line of civil servants, so they must be suppressed as well."

"There is still a difference." Chongzhen said, "A general like Wu Sangui must be executed, but a minister like Hong Chengchou can still adopt better punishment methods."

Zhu Cijiong asked thoughtfully, "Let them build the railway?"

"Yes, let them build the railway." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Firstly, human resources should not be wasted, and secondly, it is better to let them live and watch the prosperity of Ming Dynasty as a second-hand minister like Hong Chengchou. They make them a hundred times more uncomfortable, and they are more a warning to other civil servants."

"That's right. Seeing that Hong Chengchou and the others live in remorse every day, if someone wants to betray Ming Dynasty in the future, I'm afraid they will have to think twice." Zhu Cijiong turned the topic to the formation of cavalry.

"Father, after suppressing Wu Sangui, is it necessary to form a cavalry regiment?"

"Yes, when the time comes, the remaining [-] new troops will be directly pulled to Horqin, plus [-] from the cavalry town, and four cavalry towns will be formally formed. The mountain artillery and rifled rifles produced later will be given priority to equip the cavalry."

After destroying Jiannu, the next step must be to use troops against northern Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and Mobei.

There is no need for cavalry in northern Sichuan and Shaanxi, but if you use troops on the Mobei grassland and the vast area west of the Hexi Corridor, you must use cavalry, and it must be a large-scale cavalry.

In view of this, a large-scale cavalry corps must be established as soon as possible.

But fortunately, what Ming needed was only dragoons, so it was much easier.

"Father, my son has a request." Zhu Cijiong suddenly became a little awkward.

Chongzhen said: "Don't you just want to be the commander of the cavalry regiment? The emperor agrees."

Although Hu Guozhu has improved a lot and has become more low-key, if Zhu Cijiong can carry the burden, it will definitely make Zhu Cijiong more at ease as the coach.

Brothers who fight tigers, fight father and son soldiers.

Anyway, Zhu Cijiong is the prince.

The most important thing is that Zhu Cijiong's ability is far better than that of Hu Guozhu.

"Really?" Zhu Cijiong said overjoyed, "Father, you must know that you are not joking."

"When did the father break his promise?" Chongzhen scolded with a smile, "You're threatening the father."

Zhu Cijiong laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, anyway, father, you have already agreed to the request of your son and minister, and you are not allowed to play tricks."

Seeing Chongzhen and Zhu Cijiong talking and laughing, Gao Qiqian, Lu Jiude and other accompanying eunuchs were also full of joy, saying in their hearts that the relationship between Lord Long Live and King Ding is really good.

While talking, the majestic pass city of Shanhaiguan is already in sight.

Because the Ming army marched secretly along the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain, and then turned south after reaching Yiyuankou, the first thing they saw was not Xiluo City and Gongchen Gate in the west, but the north gate of Guancheng directly. That is Weiyuan Gate.

Weiyuan Gate is more than five feet high, even the walls on both sides of the gate are also three to six feet high.

So looking at it from a distance, it looks like a giant beast sitting between the mountains and the sea.

The momentum is indeed very majestic, no wonder it is hailed as the first pass in the world.

……

"Mingjun?"

Seeing the Ming army approaching from all over the mountains outside the North Moat, Wu Sangui had a complicated expression.

The Ming army in front of him is both familiar and unfamiliar to Wu Sangui. What makes him feel familiar is the costumes of this army, which still use bright red as the main tone.

The battle jackets of the soldiers are red, the cotton armor is red, and the flags are also red.

What made Wu Sangui feel unfamiliar was the equipment of the Ming army. The equipment of the Ming army in his memory was very messy, with all kinds of knives, spears, and Shields, and vehicles, and most of them are tattered, and many vehicles will fall apart halfway while walking.

However, the Ming army in front of them used all kinds of firearms.

Apart from all self-generating guns, there seemed to be no other weapons.

Thus, Wu Sangui unstoppably had huge doubts?

Can such a Ming army equipped with only self-generated firecrackers really defeat the Qing soldiers?

Wu Sangui even had a first-class illusion that if there was a cavalry, it only needed a single charge to crush the Ming army outside Weiyuan Gate, and then they could chase and wipe them all over the mountains and plains.

Fang Guangchen also had the same confusion as Wu Sangui.

Can such a Ming army really defeat the Qing soldiers?

……

"Stop, let's camp here." Chongzhen said.

"Further ahead, we will enter the range of the red barbarian cannon."

Through the telescope, Chongzhen had already seen the Hongyi cannon at the top of the city.

It's an old-fashioned Hongyi cannon, but it's still no problem to hit seven or eight hundred paces.

The military order was passed down, and the Ming army immediately began to set up camp, mainly digging trenches, which has almost become a necessary subject for the Ming army to camp.

Then, the two mountain artillery brigades began to assemble the mountain artillery.

Soon, 180 2.5-inch mountain guns were assembled and lined up outside the Weiyuan Gate in two rows.

……

"What's that? The red cannon?"

"The red-clothed cannon of the Ming army can still be dismantled?"

"It's no wonder that the Ming army can quickly march along the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain!"

Wu Sangui and Fang Guangchen couldn't help being surprised when they saw the red-clothed cannons popping up suddenly. This matter simply exceeded their imagination.

Fang Guangchen sighed: "My lord, the city cannot be guarded anymore."

If the Ming army did not carry red cannons, Shanhaiguan could still guard it.

But now that the Ming army brought red cannons, it would be a matter of time before Shanhaiguan fell, because no pass city in the world could withstand the bombardment of red cannons.

"If we can't keep it, we have to keep it. We have no way out."

Wu Sangui said bitterly: "For the present strategy, the only way to survive is to fight to the death."

There is indeed no way to retreat. The Liaoxi corridor behind has been completely blocked by Wang Fuzhi's Liaodong Ming army. The south side is the vast and endless North Sea, and the north side is the Yanshan Mountain with high mountains and dense forests. The only way to survive may be to get out of Xiluo City. To break through, but Wu Sangui knew that it was a dead end, it was a trap.

Chongzhen, the dog emperor, is indeed very insidious.

He deliberately left this way of survival in order to disintegrate the fighting spirit of practicing bravery in the city.

Fang Guangchen also realized this, so he said that the city of Shanhaiguan could no longer be defended.

But Wu Sangui is not reconciled, he has struggled for half his life, and he is not reconciled to the end of the curtain.

At that moment Wu Sangui turned his head and told Wu Yingxiong: "Son, go and move my bedding to Weiyuan Gate. From today onwards, I will eat, drink and drink at Weiyuan Gate!"

Wu Sangui wants to live and die with Weiyuanmen.

Wu Yingxiong persuaded: "Father, it's better to let the child guard."

"You're still too young." Wu Sangui sighed, "Quickly do what Wei father said."

Wu Yingxiong had no choice but to go down the Chengguan and go back to Xingyuan to fetch Wu Sangui's bedding.

Fang Guangchen seemed to be moved by Wu Sangui's determination, and he sighed, "My lord, go back to the mansion and settle down at home first, and come here together, vowing to live and die with Weiyuanmen."

"Mr. Thank you." Wu Sangui bowed to the ground after finishing speaking.

Fang Guangchen sighed softly, turned around and hurried down the gate.

……

Ming Army Mountain Artillery Position.

Jiang Tianyi asked Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, are you attacking the city now?"

"There is no need for this." Chongzhen smiled and said, "The battle of Shanhaiguan, as long as the imperial army appears outside the pass, the battle is actually over."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Jiang Tianyi was at a loss.

Zheng Sen and a few other scholars didn't know why.

Only Zhu Cijiong understood Chongzhen's implication.

"Father means that there is no need to fight this battle anymore. If there are no accidents, someone will tie up Wu Sangui and surrender after dark, so there is no need to waste shells."

"Impossible?" Jiang Tianyi couldn't believe it.

Zheng Sen also said: "The Wu family has been operating in Shanhaiguan for many years, and their influence is deeply rooted."

"That was before." Chongzhen said with a smile, "However, since Jiannu entered the customs, the Wu family's power in Shanhaiguan has been uprooted by Dorgon, and immediately after the Eight Banners were restructured, even Wu Sangui's Guanning Army was also destroyed by Dorgon. Ergun has been dismantled to pieces, and now Wu Sangui has only dozens of trusted servants left, almost like a bare-bones commander."

Jiang Tianyi said: "The people from the secret investigation department said that there are still 2 people practicing bravery in Shanhaiguan?"

"That's practicing bravery." Chongzhen said, "They will flee from Gongchen Gate when it gets dark."

……

In the words of Chongzhen.

As soon as it got dark, Wuqian Lianyong, who was guarding Xiluo City, quietly opened the Gongchen Gate.

Discovering that Lian Yong in Xiluo City was fleeing in the dark, Lian Yong who was guarding the Ying'en Gate was not to be outdone, and immediately opened the Ying'en Gate, scrambling to escape.

Fang Guangchen immediately came to Weiyuan Gate to report to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui was furious after receiving the report, and immediately brought a dozen servants to meet Enmen.

As a result, as soon as they got near the Ying'en Gate, hundreds of Lian Yong suddenly rushed out from the alley, and the accompanying dozen or so Wu family members were caught off guard, and most of them were chopped down in one fell swoop.

Wu Sangui reacted instantly and went to arrest Fang Guangchen.

But he never thought that he was half a step too late, Fang Guangchen had already run away ahead of time.

"Fang Guangchen, you traitor!" Wu Sangui roared angrily, "I've treated you well!"

"Wu Sangui, you are the traitor!" Fang Guangchen shrank his head and hid behind the wooden sign that Lian Yong held up, and said fiercely, "Has the Ming court ever treated you badly, and you have turned back?"

"Hahaha, do you want to use this king's head as a gift?"

Wu Sangui said angrily: "Don't dream, even if you kill this king, Chongzhen will not let you go, Chongzhen is limited, he will never let any traitors go!"

"That's my business, don't worry about it." Fang Guangchen snapped.

"Try to catch the living ones, if you really can't catch them, even the dead ones, let's do it!"

Under the onslaught of hundreds of practitioners, Wu Sangui was quickly defeated and captured.