The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 259
The information flown from Jinan confirmed Dorgon's suspicion.

The Ming army used the army as bait, attacked in the east and attacked in the west, and built plank roads in secret to attack Chencang.

Although the Ming army that entered Jinan City was only three thousand, it was enough to change the direction of the entire battlefield.

"The Ming army also dug many trenches outside the camp, which the shield cart could not push through. If you want to attack the Ming army's camp, you must first fill in the trenches outside the camp."

"There are a lot of artillery in their camp, and there are also a lot of artillery that can break the shield vehicle within a few hundred steps."

Duduo's face was cold and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. He had just retreated from the front line.

"There are many places around the perimeter that are equipped with watchtowers, and there are also a lot of horse-fighting horses."

The Ming army has all retreated into Luokou Town in Hebei Province. They relied on the forts built a few days ago and relied on the favorable terrain to defend.

Duduo sent people to launch a tentative attack, but as soon as the attacking troops approached the Ming army's camp in Luokou Town, they were attacked by fierce firearms.

The Ming army's camp fired cannons and cannons, and the arrows were like locusts, making it impossible to get close.

The Ming army not only dug a large number of trenches on the periphery, but also set up many forts and temporary archery towers around it. They even threw out many resisting horses, pretending to be strictly defensive.

Everything here shows that the Ming army was well prepared.

Dorgon raised his head and stared at the Ming Army camp in Luokou Town on the north bank of the Daqing River, his brows full of gloom.

From the moment he led the army away from Jinan City, he had already fallen into the trap of the Ming army.

The previous field battles had not yielded much benefit. Now, if you want to break through the fortress carefully built by the Ming army in Luokou Town, you will undoubtedly have to pay a heavier price.

In Liaodong, outside the Great Wall, the Ming army held its camp and defended it. They had many ways to attack the Ming army's camp.

The simplest thing is to drag in the red cannons, and ten or dozens of them line up outside the camp outside the range of the Ming army artillery to bombard them continuously.

The red cannon is so powerful that even the city wall covered with blue bricks cannot withstand repeated bombardments, let alone the camp wall made of mere earthen wood?

However, now they are inside the pass, and the existing artillery in the army are all captured from the defeated Ming army or from the captured cities. They are all small cannons such as Fran cannon or tiger squat cannon. ,
One step wrong, step by step wrong.

Dorgon looked solemn and took a deep look at the Ming army's camp in Luokou Town on the north bank of the Daqing River.

The river in front of them, which fits their Qing Dynasty name, did not bring them the good luck of victory in the end.

"Mingjin, withdraw troops."

Dorgon turned around and walked down the observation tower without hesitation, and issued the order to withdraw his troops without any nostalgia or hesitation.

The Ming army's goal has been achieved. Jinan City now has 3000 more troops. They do not have enough siege equipment, and the price they have to pay to capture Jinan is simply unacceptable.

Jiazhuang and Jinan suffered two setbacks, and more and more King Qin's army gathered, so they were increasingly threatened.

And even if Jinan was not captured, enough wealth, people and animals were plundered after traveling all the way from Jiazhuang.

We can't stay here for long now...

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"Donglu retreats!"

"Donglu retreats!"

"Donglu...retired..."

"Retreat...finally retreat..."

There are all kinds of people in Jinan City, some are cheering, some are crying with joy, and some are mourning loudly.

All kinds of noisy voices gathered together, and everyone's moods fluctuated with the Qing army receding like a tide outside the city.

Chen Wang stood at the crenellation, holding the blue bricks at the crenel with his left hand, and pressing his right hand on the Yanling knife at his waist, staring calmly at the retreating Qing troops outside the city.

Listening to the cheers and cries coming from his ears, his tense mind relaxed.

He remained calm on the surface because he was the general leading the troops and had to remain calm. He had to let the soldiers below see his confident side, so as not to shake the morale of the soldiers.

In fact, Chen Wang also had worries in his heart. When he was in Texas, he thought about it for a long time before finally making up his mind to make suggestions to Sun Chuanting.

Chen Wang remembered that Yue Tuo died of smallpox in the Pass. Yue Tuo, as the two commanders of the Qing army who entered the Pass, could be infected with smallpox. This can prove that many people in the Qing army were also infected with smallpox.

People infected with smallpox, as well as those suspected of being infected, would be quarantined, and these people would be incapacitated.

The number of troops that the Qing army can mobilize will definitely be reduced a lot as a result.

And now the actual situation is just like his prediction. The Qing army was indeed greatly affected by smallpox.

The main force of the Qing army was also attracted to Qing Henan by the main force led by Sun Chuanting. The strength of the Qing army under Jinan City was weakened to the minimum, which also gave him the opportunity to lead troops into Jinan City.

Watching the Qing troops retreating outside the city, and looking around at the noisy surroundings, Chen Wang's grip on the Yan Ling Dao slowly relaxed.

This time, his journey north to King Qin was about to come to an end. The Qing army's retreat this time would probably be directly towards the outside of the pass.

It's just that... Chen Wang's original plan was disrupted by his own hands...

After all, he couldn't be hard-hearted, and he couldn't sit on the sidelines.

If he, like Yang Sichang, was sitting high in a temple, living in peace in Beijing, and just looking at the numbers in the newspaper, maybe he could do it.

But he was not in the palace like Yang Sichang, but led the army on the road.

Along the way, fighting for thousands of miles, what you see is devastation everywhere. Common people who died, soldiers who died in battle, broken limbs and arms, and mutilated corpses are the norm. Countless people were tortured and killed.

Even the fire could not completely cover up the sins Donglu had committed.

After all, Chen Wang couldn't help but watch all this. He stayed out of the matter and sat high on the Diaoyutai.

The tragic situation of Jinan's fall in the history books was clearly engraved in Chen Wang's mind, word for word.

"Burn and kill 10 officers, soldiers and gentry, and stay in the city for fourteen days before leaving."

"The walls of the house are scorched, the rooms have deep pits, the lakes and wells are full, and the alleys are littered with pillows."

"This is a tragedy unprecedented in thousands of years!"

Tens of thousands of people threw themselves into the lake, hundreds of thousands of people were massacred, and countless people died as martyrs.

The blood flowed into Daming Lake, turning it into a bright red blood lake.

"There are more than 13 corpses accumulated in Jinan City..."

This time King Qin went north, and with the help of the prophet of history, he successfully changed the original course.

But at the same time, it also puts itself in an extremely dangerous position.

In order to seek military merit and promotion, Chen Wang knew that he had fallen into Chongzhen's eyes when he defeated Gao Yingxiang in the battle of Heishui Valley.

This time King Qin went north, even his own name would be completely remembered by Chongzhen.

Once Chongzhen changed his mind and issued an edict asking him to stay in the north, just like in history when he asked Cao to become a dragon, then it would really be an almost certain death situation and it would be difficult to solve.

He is a military commander, not a civil servant. Civil servants can resist orders, but at most they will be punished.

But if a military general resists an order, he will be immediately taken down and punished. If a military commander is self-respecting, treason and treason, he will be punished, even if he is executed.

Historically, after Cao became the king of Jiao in the north, he was required to stay in the north.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai surrendered and rebelled again. When the rogue bandits regained their momentum and chaos broke out in Shaanxi, Henan and other places, Governor Zheng Chongjian asked Cao Bianjiao to lead his troops south to quell the rebellion, but Chongzhen vetoed it.

Chongzhen decreed that Cao Bianjiao should be retained and appointed as the general officer of the ASEAN Association to prepare for the Qing army.

Until May of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Battle of Songjin broke out and Jinzhou was in a hurry. Cao Bianjiao followed Hong Chengchou out of Shanhaiguan and stationed in Ningyuan.

Everyone knows what happened next.

After a fierce stalemate for nearly two years, the Ming army was defeated and Cao Bianjiao finally died in Jinzhou.

Feeling the coldness of the blue bricks under his hands, Chen Wang's heart went through a thousand twists and turns.

If he is really left in the North, he is afraid that like Cao Bianjiao, he will do useless work in the North for a year, kill his time for a year, and then wait until the Battle of Songjin breaks out to be transferred to Liaodong.

There are only so many soldiers under his command. No matter how elite they are, they can't have much effect on a huge battle like Songjin, where both sides have more than 20 soldiers, and they can't affect the situation of the battle at all.

I'm afraid that the final result will be just like in history, being besieged by the Qing army in Jinzhou.

The only chance is probably the battle to attack the camp.

Historically, after Cao Bianjiao was besieged in Jinzhou for a long time, he knew that he could not sit still and wait for death, so he selected elite soldiers from the army. After nightfall, he opened the city and attacked the Qing army's Zhenghuang Banner camp. He broke through three formations of the Qing army and almost killed Huang Taiji.

In the end, Cao Bianjiao was severely injured and exhausted, and seeing that there was no hope of breaking into the inner camp, he had no choice but to lead his army back to Songshan.

If he really followed Hong Chengchou to the north, Chen Wang could only join forces with Cao Bianjiao during the attack on the camp to fight for this last glimmer of hope.

Chen Wang raised his hand and rubbed his swollen temples.

There are too many things that he needs to solve. Sun Chuanting and Cao Wenzhao were able to keep him originally, but now everything is unknown, and everything is in Chongzhen's thoughts.

But the protection of Sun Chuanting and Cao Wenzhao was not enough. Although they were high-ranking and influential in the court, they could not change Chongzhen's mind after all.

There was a lot of noise everywhere, Chen Wang's eyes were slightly focused, and he looked towards the messy tower not far away.

Zhang Bingwen, who was serving as the chief envoy on the side of the city tower, had already taken off his helmet and general armor, revealing the crimson civilian robes he was wearing underneath, and was directing the soldiers and civilians on the city to clean the battlefield.

Looking at Zhang Bingwen, who was wearing a scarlet civil official robe, Chen Wang suddenly felt enlightened.

Sun Chuanting and Cao Wenzhao were influential in the court, but they had little way to influence Chongzhen's decision.

But now there is a person in the court who can influence Chongzhen's decision...

(End of this chapter)