The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 74
"what happened?"

"Zhou, Zongbing Zhou, you came just in time, he, he killed Zhang Butang."

The movement here finally attracted Zhou Yuji to bring someone over to check.

"what?"

Hearing what Chen Yan said, Zhou Yuji looked on the ground, and was surprised to see that it was indeed Zhang Jinyan's body, Minister of the Ministry of War.

"Boss, Commander-in-Chief, my subordinates didn't even know that he was the Secretary of the Ministry of War. When my subordinates saw that he was about to flee, they..."

The old pawn was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and explained.

"The Tartars are coming up."

There was a shout, Zhou Yuji didn't have time to worry about it, and said to the old soldier: "You go to defend against the enemy first, this matter has nothing to do with you, I will report to His Majesty myself!"

"Xie Dudu!" The old soldier picked up the knife and got up.

Just as Chen Yan was about to say more, a Han soldier jumped over the wall. The old soldier was quick-eyed and cut it over with a knife. Chen Yan's face was splashed with blood. He screamed in fright, took a step back and fell directly. sit on the ground.

"Kill me! Your Majesty has an order, and those who run away will be killed without mercy!"

Zhou Yuji also drew out his long knife, yelled as he walked, and glanced at Chen Yan on the ground intentionally or unintentionally.

The latter woke up from the panic immediately after being stared at, climbed up tremblingly, picked up the stone again, came to the wall, and threw it down, regardless of whether it hit anyone or not.

He would rather be shot to death by the arrows of the Tartars, or jump to his death by himself, than let the soldiers be hacked and killed as deserters.

In fact, as long as they don't escape, no one will care about these civil servants. Neither Zhou Yuji nor Zhu Cihong can rely on them to defend the city.

It is nothing more than letting them stay at the top of the city to experience it. As for being shot by arrows and firecrackers unfortunately, they can only consider themselves unlucky. After all, when will this Ming Dynasty not die?
"Is that weird?"

Duoduo, who was fighting outside the city, frowned into the word Sichuan.

"What's the matter, my lord?"

"You look at the Ming army at the top of the city. Some of them are new recruits, not even mobs, but some are calm and composed. They dare to fight and kill. At first glance, they are elite veterans." Duoduo pointed to the top of the city with a puzzled face.

"Hey, that's really the case, my lord, do you want the warriors to go to the city in person?"

"No need, order to withdraw troops!"

Dodo shook his head and said with a disappointed face.

He is not stupid.

There are only a few recruits who are not even counted as mobs, and most of them are veterans who dare to fight and kill elites. In this case, the warriors can't get cheap by climbing up.

What's more, more than a dozen ladders have been ignited, and any further attack will only increase the casualties.

Following Duoduo's order, Shang Kexi also breathed a sigh of relief, and the Han Eight Banners who attacked the city immediately began to retreat.

It was really thunderous and rainy, and they came with great momentum. As soon as the ladder was put on the top of the city, before they could spread out to the two wings, they immediately misfired.

However, one or two thousand corpses were still left behind, and the minister of the Ministry of War was killed, which caused the old soldiers defending that section of the city wall to be distracted from watching the show, and only then did a traitor soldier climb to the top of the city wall, and the rest of the wall was not even touched. When he arrived, he was smashed down by a stone and a log.

After the Tatars withdrew, Zhou Yuji and the eight thousand veterans jumped up and down and cursed.

Because the tartars withdrew too quickly, if we waited a little longer, hundreds of pots of dung would boil, and now we don't know what to do, whether to water it or not to water it.

"Win!"

"The Tartars are back!"

The civil servants cheered endlessly.

Many supervisors even have a sense of accomplishment in their hearts, but more of them are the fear of the rest of their lives.

Not long after, the news that Shangshu of the Ministry of War was killed as a deserter spread around the city.

The veterans also knew the identities of these guys, and originally planned to let them handle the boiled golden juice, but now they dare not kill them.

But the civil officials and scholars were angry and afraid, and they all made up their minds in their hearts that if the Tartars attacked again, they would not be able to escape even if they committed suicide.

Because everyone knows that once this matter spreads, Zhang Jinyan will definitely become the most embarrassing Minister of the Ministry of War in Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, everyone waited anxiously at the top of the city for a day, but the Tartars did not attack again, and His Majesty also allowed them to go home, and everyone was immediately grateful.

.........

"Zhou Aiqing, are you sure about attacking the camp tonight?"

On the top of the city, looking at the army of Tartars who had retreated back to the camp, Zhu Cihuang said with burning eyes.

"Return to Your Majesty, the vigilance of the Tartars has been reduced to the minimum at this time, and the advantage of night cavalry will be gone. This is a great opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

Zhou Yuji said confidently.

His confidence comes entirely from his [-] soldiers.

Over the past month, these 6 people have practiced every day and received three meals a day. They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield. With the addition of military pay and land promises, they have already been completely reborn.

"it is good!"

"This Duoduo doesn't know how to live or die, let him know the price of madness tonight, my [-] Imperial Forest Army also participated in the battle, and I will kill him tonight!"

Zhu Cihong squeezed his fist, and then slammed it hard on the wall.

"Also, according to my will, I will select a hundred of the most outstanding soldiers from this night raid, regardless of their status or age, and accept them as disciples, and personally teach them military strategies!"

"hiss!"

Zhou Yuji and the soldiers beside him gasped.

Your Majesty wants to accept disciples and teach them personally, is that okay?

Even if you want to use your ass, these 100 people will not all be generals in the future, and they will be appointed as princes and prime ministers?

At this moment, the eyes of those who heard what Zhu Cihong said just now were almost red, and their breathing became heavy.

And after the decree was conveyed, the whole army was boiling.

Everyone is as if they have been beaten with blood, no matter how timid and ambitious they are, they all plan to fight.

Night is coming soon.

The 7 people in the city were divided into two, of which [-] were temporarily led by the British Duke, and they left the city from Xizhimen in the middle of the night to attack the enemy's west side.

The other 3 people, led by Zhou Yuji, will rush out from the north gate and hit the front of the enemy camp.

And the tens of thousands of nobles outside the east city will also join the battle, and then attack the east of the enemy camp, and attack from three sides.

The location of the Doduo camp is the same as the location of the North Camp where the intruders were at the beginning, and the place where the red lady was stationed, only seven or eight miles away from the northern city wall.

It can be said to be extremely arrogant, completely ignoring the more than [-] Ming troops inside and outside the city.

This is also the same as when Zhu Cihong came here, he showed his weakness and let Xungui fight in the field, and he couldn't shrink back for more than ten days.

Coupled with the long-term disdain for the Ming army, Duoduo believed that it was impossible for the Ming army to have the courage to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight in the field, let alone fight at night.

At this moment, Duoduo was venting his depression in the tent with two beautiful women brought from Shunyi County in his arms.

After all, I have been busy for so many days and spent so much thought, but in the end I found myself like a fool. It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no anger in my heart.

And at dusk, Dorgon sent another military order.

This time the words were so harsh that he didn't dare to stay any longer, and decided to go back to Sanhe Camp early tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)