I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Although Zhu Chunchen had no formal experience in leading troops in war, he also knew that if there was a shortage of food, he could reduce the supply and kill horses to satisfy hunger, so he could persist for a while.

But once there is a lack of water, the problem becomes big.

It is not surprising that Jiannu used corpses to pollute water sources, because as early as the Han Dynasty, the Huns were unable to stop the Han army's attack. The Huns threw animal carcasses into the lakes on the grasslands for this purpose.Let the animal carcasses contaminate the water source and poison the Han Dynasty troops who may come to drink water, so as to prevent the Han Dynasty army from deepening.

The Mongols would also use trebuchets to throw rotten and smelly corpses into the attacking cities. This was an early biochemical weapon. It was not too difficult to do this.

There is a clear and detailed record in "Wu Jing Zong Yao". Although Zhu Chunchen had little or no experience in fighting, as a general for generations, he had the right way to take out the corpses and burn them together, and then let the soldiers We bury the beans in piles in the sand, leave them overnight, and then dig them out to see if the beans swell, that means there is water in the ground. If they don't swell, it means there is no water in the ground.

The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty adopted Zhu Chunchen's method and quickly solved the problem of establishing slave arrangements. After finding the water source, digging dozens of wells and solving the drinking water problem, the Ming army soldiers were greatly encouraged.

On the fourth day of July in the ninth year of Chongzhen, early in the morning, Jiannu began to attack the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army. As a result, the Northern Expeditionary Army waited for work and fired their guns. Jiannu's attack was thwarted and they retreated, leaving behind one or two thousand corpses.

At this time, Wu Sangui asked Zhu Chunchen for a fight: "Godfather, my son is chasing Jiannu!"

Zhu Chunchen frowned and said: "The strength of the Jiannu army has not been damaged, and the retreat is quite organized. I'm afraid it will lure the enemy deeper!"

"Save it, baby!"

Wu Sangui said: "The boy's move is obviously to pursue, but in fact it is to explore the true and false status of Jiannu. He will definitely not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly!"

Zhu Chunchen was overjoyed and said: "This is a wonderful plan, let's fight like this!"

As Wu Sangui led the Guan Ning Army's [-] Wu family cavalry in pursuit, Jiannu retreated even faster. Wu Sangui pursued faster and faster, and unknowingly came closer to Erendabu Sannuoer.

Although Huang Taiji renamed Erendabusannaoer to Shengjing, in fact, it was a very small city that was relatively concentrated. Erendabusannaoer City did not have a city wall, only an earthen fence, because Erendabusannaoer City Dabusannaoer is a city close to the Salt Lake. Due to heavy rainfall in summer, the Salt Lake shrinks in winter, leaving mottled salt crusts on the lakeside every year, which is equivalent to a gift from nature to this place.

This is how the city of Erendabusannaoer was formed. Because the city was too small and relatively low-lying compared to the south, Wu Sangui saw that the people and officers of Erendabusannaoer were fleeing in panic. Wu Sangui waved his hand. : "Catch Huang Taiji, be promoted to the third level, and be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver!"

Wu's servants were like chicken blood, howling and killing Erendabusannao'er. Who knows, just when Wu Sangui was still a stone's throw away from Erendabusannao'er city, the city actually rose in flames. Thick smoke.

The Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army in the rear naturally saw the thick smoke. Generals at all levels of the Northern Expeditionary Army sent out sentries one after another. Only then did they realize that it was Jiannu who had escaped.

Wu Sangui and the Wu cavalry had already captured Erendabsan Nur. When the other Ming generals heard this information, they did not even wait for Zhu Chunchen's order and directly ordered their own troops to attack Erendab San Nur City.

Soon they discovered that in the northwest direction of the city, pieces of weapons, sets of armor, as well as food, gold, silver and other supplies appeared from time to time.

It must be said that Huang Taiji actually knows the art of war. He played the trick of abandoning his helmet and armor very smoothly. The Ming Army's Northern Expeditionary Army became chaotic here. Some cavalry wanted to pursue, some wanted to take advantage, and some were happy. They cut off the heads of Mongolian or slave soldiers with knives and hung them on the necks of horses. In order to fight for the heads, the generals and servants quarreled without any suspense. You pushed me and most of them beat the slaves themselves. It means another fight.

When Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Chunchen, the center of the Northern Expedition, arrived at Erendabusannaoer, what Emperor Chongzhen saw was chaos.

As the Chinese army arrived, as the young soldiers of the capital, the capital camp also joined in the looting, and the generals of the various armies also started to quarrel.

"Sir, they want to take our heads!"

"Sir, they are the first to complain! These dozens of heads were clearly captured by us, and you personally killed two of them with a horse and a spear. They want to snatch them away!"

"Nonsense! Obviously we killed it! Open your eyes and look at your chest, there is a bloody hole made by the three-eyed gun!"

"Mother Qian Xen, this is what you mended after someone died! Look at this throat, it was clearly stabbed by our general with a spear!"

"That's what you secretly stabbed with your sword!"

The generals were so noisy that Emperor Chongzhen had a headache.

"How is this going?"

No one answered Emperor Chongzhen's words, so he asked again: "Has anyone caught Huang Taiji?"

"The final general is willing to continue to pursue Huang Taiji!"

If Wu Sangui had jumped out like this at the beginning, no one would have followed him. But the problem is that since he came out of seclusion, Jiannu has been very timid, and he doesn't dare to fight at all. He just gives up.

Seeing that Huang Taiji had even conquered Shengjing, the Ming army officers and soldiers were no longer afraid of Jiannu. At least from the Wanli period to the present, the prestige that Jiannu had achieved no longer existed in the hearts of the Ming army. Almost all Ming army officers and soldiers were afraid of him. I feel that the Jiannu are just a little tougher than the Tatars.

The generals of the Northern Expedition Army all asked for battle to pursue Huang Taiji of Zhou Dynasty. If Emperor Chongzhen had stopped at this time, it would not be too late, because it would not have waited until the right time for Huang Taiji.

However, Emperor Chongzhen and Zhu Chunchen have been led by Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji only used a small number of troops, as well as the old and weak women and children of Mobei Mongolia, leaving a few behind from time to time to let the Ming army generals pick them up.

"A great victory, Wu Sangui captured the thief slave Huang Taiji's pseudo-queen, Borzijit's Zhezhe, Lufu Huang Taiji's second daughter, Lungu Princess Makata."

Of course, what Wu Sangui captured was not the real Borjigit Zhezhe, but a Mongolian woman next to Zhezhe who was the same age as her.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he heard this.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know if she was the fake queen, but when he saw the so-called Zhezhe, the experienced eunuch took a look and explained to Emperor Chongzhen that this was a fake.Because the so-called Zhezhe, although not a virgin, has never given birth to a child, and as everyone knows, Huang Taiji's pseudo-queen gave birth to two daughters for Huang Taiji!

However, this also made Emperor Chongzhen very happy.

Between chasing and escaping, the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army was moving further and further north, which also meant that they had entered a dead end.

As the most capable general of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army, Lu Xiangsheng has now been reduced to a grain transport officer responsible for supplies. Lu Xiangsheng frowned at all this, and looked up to the front from time to time, showing a bit of worry.

From the time they came out of the customs to Sunit, they had not encountered strong resistance from the Qing army. The Ming army was unstoppable. The entire army was very excited and believed that the defeat of the Jiannu was just around the corner.

However, Lu Xiangsheng didn't see it this way. He had many battles with Jiannu and knew how dangerous this opponent was. The Ming army just built a city on the Daling River and attracted Jiannu's entire country's troops to attack. Now the Ming army has defeated them. It is impossible for the Qing army to have no reaction at all. Behind the Qing army's retreat, there must be a terrible conspiracy hidden!

No matter how you say it, Zhu Chunchen comes from a family of generals. Even if he has never led soldiers and fought in a war, why can't he even see this?Well, even if Zhu Chunchen, a dandy, couldn't see it, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang were both veteran generals and had been dealing with Hou Jin for most of their lives. Could it be that they couldn't see it?

What exactly happened here!
Just when Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about it, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded.

Lei Shisheng led the [-] elite Tianxiong army to come in a mighty manner. Lu Xiangsheng looked at the armor of the whole army. Lei Shibu, who was full of energy, was a little puzzled.

"The last general pays homage to Lord Hou!"

"These equipment are..."

"This was sent by Duke Hai, and he didn't ask for any money!"

Lei Shisheng smiled and said: "Duke Hai also asked General Mo to send good things to the Marquis!" "What good things?"

A huge package was handed over from the soldier next to him. When he opened the package, he saw that it was a brand new elite armor. Although the style was the Ning Navy standard, it was different from the standard Ning Navy armor. There was a stripe engraved on it. It is also decorated with various embellished gemstones.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at this suit of silver armor and said with a smile: "Duke Hai thought that Lu didn't die quickly enough, so he specially gave Lu a set of armor to let the enemy chase Lu!"

Lei Shisheng smiled and said, "This armor is better than the one worn by the Marquis!"

Lu Xiangsheng's favorite is the two-handled Mo Dao sent by Cheng Shijie. Lu Xiangsheng's weapon is a simple sword, which looks like a blue dragon Yan Yue. The difference between the Mo Dao and this kind of knife is that the blade is longer.

The blade of Qinglong Yanyue Sword is only one foot long, while the blade of Mo Dao is three feet long and the handle is four feet long. The total length is about seven feet and weighs about 25 kilograms.

Although the power of the Mo Dao is quite powerful, it is easy to break due to excessive steel, and the Mo Dao is also an easily damaged weapon. Cheng Shijie gave Lu Xiangsheng a spare knife.

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Why haven't those cannons been delivered yet?"

Lei Shisheng smiled bitterly and said: "It's too cumbersome. When the end came, Cheng Shuai sent 28 fire dragons out of the water, [-] rocket launchers, and [-] artillery pieces, but they were still behind!"

"Hurry up and urge me!"

"I urged it and said it would be delivered tomorrow."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Let them speed up! What kind of war is there without cannons?"

At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng became uneasy.

It happened that a grain truck passed by Lu Xiangsheng. There was a small hole in the road. The heavy grain truck sank into it. The grain truck tilted and the grain fell to the ground.

Two peasants hurriedly stepped forward to lift the grain. However, just as the bags of grain were lifted from the ground, Lu Xiangsheng saw some sand appearing on the grass on the roadside.

He seemed to have thought of something, and Lu Xiangsheng said hurriedly: "Stop!"

"grown ups……"

"Unlock the grain bag!"

"Yes!"

The farmer untied the grain bag tremblingly and found that it was not grain at all, but soil. Lu Xiangsheng's face became extremely pale: "Open another bag!"

As bags of grain were opened, everything inside was not grain, but dirt.

Now Lu Xiangsheng understands where the real problem lies.

"Damn it, how dare they!"

Lei Shisheng's face also turned livid. How could they fight this battle? They already had problems themselves. This food road didn't need Huang Taiji to break it, they had broken it themselves.

"Master Hou, what should we do now?"

Before Lu Xiangsheng had time to speak, he suddenly saw the sand on the ground beating slightly, and he immediately became vigilant: "Thunder is coming, prepare for war, there is a situation!"

"Yes!"

Just when Lei Shisheng was arranging his troops to prepare for war, Lu Xiangsheng had already taken out his binoculars to look around, and said with an iron face: "It's to the east of us!"

On the grassland east of Sunit, the sand and dust were flying, rolling like a wall, and rumbling like rolling thunder, approaching quickly.You can clearly see through the telescope that big flags are fluttering in the dust, and tens of thousands of cavalry are coming like a flood from the wilderness!

Further away, plumes of smoke rose up, mixed with the sound of explosions one after another. This was obviously the product of the baggage ammunition being set on fire.

The Ming army couldn't help but turn pale with horror. They were stunned for a long time and shouted wildly: "Jiannu is coming!"

With a bang, the Ming army and civilians on the road were all in chaos. Everyone looked at the Qing army's cavalry coming from the wild, and their hearts were broken.Damn it, weren't the Qing troops already frightened and running away towards Mobei? Why did they get behind them?

Those civilians didn't think too much. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they shouted: "Run!"

Throw down the things in your hands, cry and run away. Where should you run?I don’t know, I’ll die if I don’t run!

Lu Xiangsheng's heart sank.

What he was most worried about happened. The Qing army retreated in fear. It was not fear at all, but deliberately stretched the Ming army's supply line, and then used a powerful cavalry group to go around the rear of the Ming army and cut off the Ming army's food route!This trick is really too poisonous.

What's even more sinister is that they put the blame on Lu Xiangsheng. Sand appeared on the grain truck, which showed that there was a serious shortage of grain and grass. They had to resort to this method to make up for the shortage. But the problem is that the slaves are here now, no matter whether Lu Xiangsheng can repel them or not. Jiannu, when the time comes, Lu Xiangsheng will be covered in hair and his mouth will be full of food and he can’t even explain it.

Once the food route is cut off, the Qing army does not need to fight. As long as the Ming army's retreat route to the pass is blocked, the Ming army will soon collapse in hunger. In the end, it will either be swallowed up by the wind and sand, or it will be completely destroyed by the rolling Manchu cavalry. Drown!
Huang Taiji, you are so scheming!

When he saw the Qing cavalry coming like an avalanche from the rear of the Ming army, Lu Xiangsheng knew that the outcome of this battle was no longer in suspense. The only suspense was how many people in the Ming army would survive in the end!
What worries him even more is that such a large cavalry group of the Qing army can easily avoid the main force of the Ming army, conceal the Ming army's sentry cavalry, rush hundreds of miles straight into the rear of the Ming army, and cut off the Ming army's lifeline with one move. This is absolutely impossible without detailed information. There must be someone inside!
Lu Xiangsheng was frightened and furious. He just wanted to know who was so crazy and what kind of selfish interests could induce him or them to personally destroy [-] troops, hundreds of thousands of civilians, or even the entire empire!

"Master Hou, what should I do?"

Lei Shisheng shouted loudly as he shouted at the approaching Qing cavalry.Now there is chaos for dozens of miles around. Tens of thousands of civilians are running around like crazy. However, the Tianxiong army responsible for protecting the civilians only has more than 1000 infantry and more than 3000 cavalry. Even if they are covered with iron, how can they stop tens of thousands of cavalry? The impact!
The tens of thousands of Qing cavalry are just the cavalry nearby. There are probably countless more cavalry swarming out of sight.

Lu Xiangsheng came to his senses and shouted: "Form a square formation and fight!"

At the critical moment, Lu Xiangsheng no longer cared about the demeanor of a Confucian general. He raised his whip and whipped it at the motley army generals who had no masters. He shouted: "Why are you panicking? Aren't they just tens of thousands of Jiannu slaves rushing to reincarnate? What's the matter? So scary! Pull your troops over immediately, with the crossbowmen in front and the spearmen behind. Form a formation with grain carts to block them! You, you, you, and you! Each with dozens of servants Go and maintain order! Anyone who dares to run around and scream will be killed immediately! Don’t be stunned and act quickly, otherwise we will all die!"

Lu Xiangsheng's attack was not light, and when he hit the whip, there was a trace of blood. The whip made the generals grin, but it also woke them up, and they agreed and took action quickly.The thing is obvious, we must stabilize our position and stop the Jiannu, otherwise tens of thousands of them will die here!

Under their roar, the already chaotic Ming army gathered in a chaotic formation and formed a square formation. The officers responsible for maintaining order were even more unceremonious. When they saw those running and screaming, they slashed at them one after another with their swords. There were hundreds of people, and the civilians shuddered. Under the threat of death, they finally calmed down and watched with fear as the Qing cavalry came over the fields.

Lei Shisheng had already led the Tianxiong Army cavalry to charge towards the Manchu Army cavalry. There was no other way. He had to give Lu Xiangsheng time to reorganize the army, otherwise none of these people would survive.

As the saying goes, when the house leaks, it rains continuously, which is a bad omen for the poor. In the distance, there are fires in the sky, thick smoke billowing, explosions that are earth-shattering, and a convoy transporting gunpowder and artillery is detonated.

Lu Xiangsheng's heart continued to sink.He secretly said: "It's over!"

Finally, he remembered what Cheng Shijie meant when he was pinging Dingzhou: "You can't carry your pig teammates with you!" (End of Chapter)