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

Chapter 367 The Tianxiong Army draws lots of life and death

Chapter 367

If Lu Xiangsheng only had more than a thousand Tianxiong army infantry, plus six to seven thousand miscellaneous troops, and faced the attack of so many Jiannu cavalry, even if he was reborn from Bai Qi and Overlord was resurrected, he would still be powerless.

But the problem is that the three thousand Tianxiong Army cavalry under Lei Shisheng fell into his hands by accident. Especially these three thousand cavalry were strengthened by Cheng Shijie's equipment. They were wearing Ning Haijun's standard stainless steel armor. The light arrows fired by the Jiannu cavalry can basically be ignored.

With the crossbows in their hands, a single volley fired, and the Qing army fell to pieces. After the fighting of Lei Shisheng's troops, Lu Xiangsheng was finally given time to organize his army.

The grain carts formed the strongest defense line on the outside. The crossbowmen stood inside the grain and shot at the Jiannu cavalry approaching outside.
A general saw the last batch of Ming army deserters and civilian husbands being swallowed up by Jiannu's cavalry. He was angry and surprised: "Why didn't Jiannu capture these civilian husbands and deserters, or drive them to attack our army? This is not like Jiannu." What a style!”

Lu Xiangsheng's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Because their target is me!"

This time he guessed correctly. The target of this Qing army cavalry was Lu Xiangsheng.Huang Taiji knew the real food situation of the Ming army very well, and there was no need to expend any effort in extreme northern expedition to the Ming army's food route, because they would cut it off themselves.

Huang Taiji was more aware of Lu Xiangsheng's prestige in the Ming army. No matter how much Emperor Chongzhen rejected him or how Zhu Chunchen suppressed him, he was always the god of war in the Ming Dynasty. Once the situation was critical, from Emperor Chongzhen to thousands of Ming army officers and men, they would all be there. I thought of him for a moment.

Once Lu Xiangsheng took over the command, it would be a nightmare for the Qing army.Huang Taiji has learned too much about the Tianxiong Army's unbeatable tenacity and its fierceness that won't let go when it's stuck, and won't give up until it bites its opponent until it bleeds like a river, so he gave this cavalry the task Even if they are beheaded, Lu Xiangsheng must be killed at all costs, even if they are all killed in front of the Ming army's formation!
The rolling iron hooves left behind large swaths of bodies that had been trampled into human shapes, and spread towards the death line marked by crossbow arrows.The Jurchen knights on horseback were all wearing the armor worn by their fathers, with recognition flags on their backs, an arrow in their mouths, and one in their hands, already stringed, completely ignoring the Ming army's prepared formation. .

They let out terrible howling sounds from their throats, kicked the horses' belly with their spurs, and crashed directly into the Ming army's formation!They seemed to have no tomorrow. They gave up all hope and desperately wanted to smash the Ming army's formation, even if they were smashed to pieces!

As the transport troops of the Ming army, the escorting Ming army was not elite. But the problem was that the Qing army did not keep prisoners at all. Even the Ming army soldiers or civilians who knelt down and surrendered were still hacked to death by the Qing army. , the Ming army was also forced to a desperate end.

The two sides fought bloody battles within ten miles of Sunit. Arrows were like rain and explosions were like thunder. With the help of grenades, the Tianxiong Army soldiers were finally able to stabilize the front. As the Ming army suffered casualties, Increasingly, those young and strong civilians also consciously took up arms and fought for themselves.

Both sides suffered casualties. In just half an hour of fighting, the Ming army and civilians suffered 7000 casualties, and the Jiannu cavalry also suffered 3000 casualties. It is said that the Jiannu cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and it was time to retreat.But the problem is that the Jiannu cavalry actually ignored such heavy casualties and charged forward regardless of the situation.

Facing the Manchu and Qing cavalry, the Ming army could not escape. In the desperate situation, they broke out with tenacious fighting power. They actually relied on a simple defense line and fought hard with the Manchu and Qing cavalry.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng's contribution is indispensable. As the saying goes, one general is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted. An excellent general can display more courageous combat power than tens of thousands of troops.

Just when the Ming army's rear baggage troops encountered a fierce attack by the Qing army in Sunit, the Ming army on the Mobei front line was still advancing vigorously and chasing after them.Under their fierce attack, the Qing army almost lost its armor and was defeated like a mountain.

Since Nurhachi, the words "defeat like a mountain fell" have been the patent of the Ming army. It has always been the Qing army who chased them. It was Cheng Shijie's pervert who gave the Jiannu army a taste of being suppressed. Feeling crazy, this scene happened again. The Ming army was almost crazy, chasing after them like hungry wolves tearing at injured reindeer, completely forgetting about the rear, and the army was completely in disarray.

The Sichuan Army General Qin Yiming, who had just followed, including Changping Army Zuo Liangyu, Shandong Commander-in-Chief Liu Zeqing, and others were worried about this. They had fought against Jiannu to some extent, but now Jiannu's behavior was not normal at all, and it was too obvious to lure the enemy deeper. .

Qin Yiming reminded Zhu Chunchen that he should slow down and reorganize the team to prevent the units from being disconnected.

However, Zhu Chunchen couldn't listen at all: "Are you teaching me how to fight?"

This sentence choked Qin Yiming.

At this time, Zhu Chunchen only had eyes for the imperial flag fluttering in the wind. As long as he cut down this imperial flag and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen, he would be able to accomplish extraordinary feats. Cheng Shijie and Lu Xiangsheng would have to step aside. As for Wen Tiren, , he didn’t even look at it!
As long as he can cut down that flag, Zhu Chunchen will be famous in history and be crowned king like his ancestor Zhu Neng.Becoming a king with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty and being hereditary can protect the Zhu family for at least three generations.

Unconsciously, a tall mountain range appeared in front.

Zhu Chunchen asked: "What place is this?"

"Reporting to the Duke, this is the Sanshen Mountain (Kent Mountain). According to legend, this is the holy land of the Mongols!"

Wu Sangui explained: "According to legend, Genghis Khan himself was supported by this mountain many times and escaped catastrophes. He worshiped this mountain all his life. Whenever there was a major event, he would go to the mountain to worship the Immortal Sky to gain inner peace and at the same time obtain the ultimate solution to the problem. Good idea…”

"Is Hou Huo, the champion of the Han Dynasty, here when he was granted the title of Lang Juxu?"

"This... seems like it?"

While reporting to Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Chunchen also asked people to prepare for the enshrinement of the Three Sacred Mountains.

Just under Sanshen Mountain, the problems encountered by the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army also came one after another.

"Commander Qi, our army is running low on food!"

"As a reminder to future generations, ask Lu Xiangsheng what he is looking for to eat. Don't bother me with this trivial matter!"

As a military general, Fenglang Juxu was at the pinnacle of military generals. However, just as Zhu Chunchen was having a sweet dream, Emperor Chongzhen's chariot also arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Emperor Chongzhen also realized at this time that it would not be easy to eliminate the Jiannu in one battle. After all, the rear was complaining endlessly, and military supplies were becoming more and more difficult. Even his soldiers in the Beijing camp were so hungry that they cursed their mothers every day.

In the opinion of Emperor Chongzhen, as long as he can grant the wolf the title of Xu, he can comfort his ancestors and give an explanation to the people of the world. He has decided to return to the capital immediately after being granted the title of Zen. Nowadays, there are [-] beheadings. Although there are not many real slaves, there are six The seven thousand Mongolian Tatars can also be held accountable to the world.

Didn't Lu Xiangsheng think that this battle would be lost?Wait until you return to the capital to humiliate Lu Xiangsheng.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers and said, "I am going to formally enshrine the Three Gods Mountains on the first day of August and stone Xuanwu!"

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. Although the price was high this time, since Chengzu, which Ming emperor had ever been to the heart of the Mongols?
"My Emperor Shengming!"

The generals also breathed a sigh of relief.

It was night, and the soldiers, who had been tired for a day, found that the food was low again. Each person only had half a catty of food, which was only one-sixth of the usual amount.

"Damn it, I'll beat you to death, just let me eat this..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you want to eat it, eat it. If you don't want to, eat it!"

No matter how little food is available, it is still better than having nothing to eat.

In the evening, the nightmare of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition finally came. Just after dark, the weather began to change. The weather, which was still barely bearable, became colder and colder. Snowflakes actually drifted in the sky, and the snow became heavier and heavier.

Looking at the snowflakes in the sky and the thin soldiers on their bodies, all the Ming army generals cast a shadow in their hearts. In the middle of the night, the sound of horse hooves sounded.

Zhu Chunchen was woken up from his sleep: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the Jiannu cavalry were found in the south, and they are too numerous to count!"

Before Zhu Chunchen could issue a response order.

"Report...Ten miles to the northeast, a large group of enemy troops have been spotted and are coming quickly!"

In fact, the sound of horse hooves was so thunderous that Zhu Chunchen knew something was wrong even if he heard it with his ears, even if he didn't need to see it with his eyes.

But the problem is that these Jiannu cavalry did not launch an attack, but just surrounded the Ming army camp. The Ming army soldiers in the Ming army camp were uneasy, cold and hungry, and many of them were silent in this cold night. 's death.

Jiannu did not attack. At dawn, the sleepy, tired and hungry Ming army soldiers suddenly found that the world around them had turned into a snowy world, and many weak soldiers had frozen to death during the night.In just one night, tens of thousands of soldiers froze to death, looking at their naked bodies that were black and purple from the cold.

There was no choice but to take off the clothes on the corpse, put them on, and put everything that could keep out the cold, such as blankets, bedding, and even stuffing grass into the clothes to keep out the cold.

"It's over!"

As the vanguard, Wu Sangui of the Guan Ning Army led more than [-] Wu Jiajun cavalry and swept towards the Chinese army camp.

The unsuspecting Chinese army camp encountered the charge of Wu Sangui's men and was killed to pieces. Guan Ning's army, led by thousands of cavalry, rushed towards the Chinese army, slashing and stamping on the horses' hooves along the way. Open a bloody alley and head towards Chongzhen’s fierce drive!

Oh my god, Guan Ning's army as the main force did not fight against the Qing army, but instead started killing his own people!

The Ming army was stunned and did not react until the saber was swung.

Cold light flashed, and heads flew up into the air with extreme horror, bringing with them rain of blood. Their eyes were wide open until they died, full of shock and confusion.Caught off guard, the Ming army was unable to organize effective resistance, and was easily killed by Guan Ning's army layer by layer. Wu Sangui took the lead and rushed to the front, swinging his saber like a windmill, and chopped down more than ten people in succession. In front of a Ming army general.

Until now, the general has not reacted. He pointed his knife at Wu Sangui and cursed in disbelief: "Wu Sangui, you!"

There was a flash of cold light, blood splattered, and the big head whirled and flew out.Wu Sangui didn't even look at the dead body, brandished his saber and roared: "Don't be obsessed with fighting! Take down Zhu Youjian first!"

The servants and cavalry behind him roared in response and charged harder.At the same time, the Qing army's Zhenghuang flag also rolled back, but their target was further back, the Ming army's cannon.The civilian husbands and soldiers responsible for transporting the cannons were already exhausted. Facing the surging Manchurian cavalry, they could only scream in despair. They were harvested in clumps like grass, and the screams and cries were shocking. The heaven and earth shook, and blood flowed into rivers.

The Ming army was defeated like a mountain.

Thanks to the equipment and grenades that the Tianxiong Army obtained from Ning Haijun, they could barely hold on during the cavalry field battle when they defeated the strong with the weak.The two sides fought a real fire, the Ming army suffered nearly 4000 casualties, and the Jiannu also lost at least seven or eight Niulu, more than [-] troops.

"Jiannu will definitely not be able to hold on any longer. How many people can they have to compete with us?"

Before Lei Shisheng finished speaking, the horn horn sounded, gloomy and desolate, and the Qing cavalry quickly reorganized and assembled.

All the generals of the Ming Army were shocked: "You are still here? Are these slave slaves crazy? After so many people died, do you still want to continue to fight?"

Lu Xiangsheng said coldly: "Their target is me. Unless I die, they will continue to charge even if there is only one person left! But it doesn't matter, thunder is coming!" "The general is here!"

"Tired?"

Lei Shisheng shook his hands and forced a smile: "Master Marquis, I have never had such a satisfying killing experience!"

"I am leaving with a thousand cavalry. Jiannu will definitely pursue me. You are responsible for gathering these people and horses to see how much food is left and bring them to Erendabusannaoer..."

"Going north, not south?"

"Going south is definitely a dead end, we can't go back!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "What we can do is to hold on as much as possible. Only Cheng Shuai has the ability to clean up this mess!"

At this moment, the rapid sound of horse hooves came, and several horses sprayed white foam from their mouths. They shouted wildly from a distance: "Champion! Champion!"

Lei Shisheng saw the opponent's flag and clothing clearly and frowned: "They are the cavalry of the Guan Ning Army. What are they doing here?"

"I'm afraid it's not a good thing!"

Lu Xiangsheng felt his eyelids twitching, but he still stepped forward and offered his hands to the Guan Ning Army cavalry. Before he could speak, the Guan Ning Army cavalry had already rolled off their saddles and dismounted, and fell to the ground. One of them unloaded his Helmet, shouting: "Champion Hou, do you still remember the final general?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at this person carefully and saw that he was tall and had a bit of rebelliousness on his face. He was very familiar. He quickly remembered: "You are...General Zu. I met you in the Chinese army's tent." Pass you."

Zu Kuan said happily, "It turns out that the Marquis still remembers the general, how great it is!"

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "General Zu, why are you here in such a hurry? How is the situation ahead?"

A general from Guan Ning's army who came with Zu Kuan said: "The situation has changed!"

Lu Xiangsheng's heart tightened: "What's wrong?"

The general said quickly: "Marshal Zhu encountered the main force of the Jiannu in Shengjing. After a great battle, the Jiannu were defeated. Our army pursued and fought fiercely. We were about to win a big victory. Who knew that we had fallen into the trap of the Jiannu? Nu set up an ambush at Sanshen Mountain early, and when our army was exhausted and exhausted, the ambush spread out and surrounded the main force of our army!"

Everyone's complexion changed dramatically.

Lu Xiangsheng looked bitter: "I knew it would be like this!"

The general said: "The situation is critical, and the Holy Majesty has no idea, so he sent the last general and others to invite Lord Hou to come and entrust him with the important task of commander-in-chief of the three armies!"

At this moment, Lei Shisheng stood up for the general of Guan Ning Army.Although in later generations, the difference between Manchus and Han people can no longer be seen, in the Ming Dynasty, the difference in face shape between Manchus and Han people was still very obvious. In particular, their faces were longer, commonly known as horse faces.Secondly, their eyes are smaller, their eye sockets are shallower, and their faces look flat.

Especially the eyes are the biggest difference. Their eyes have almost no black eyes. The color of their eyes is yellowish or brown, and there are also more precious gray eyes, that is, the color of the pupils is blue-gray. It will be more obvious when illuminated by lights at night. Part [-] The distance between the eyebrows and eyes is extremely wide, and the wrinkles on the forehead are obvious, which is obviously different from the Han people.

Lei Shisheng became alert: "Where is the appointment document?"

"The appointment documents and commander's seal are here."

The general took out a brocade box made of fine agarwood and slowly opened it.

However, when the general opened the brocade box, there was no document inside, but an exquisitely shaped handgun. And it was not an ordinary handgun, but a double-barreled handgun.

The general picked up the gun and pointed it directly at Lu Xiangsheng.

It was too late, but soon, one of the guards beside Lu Xiangsheng pounced directly on the general of Guan Ning Army, while Zu Kuan on the side suddenly jumped up, drew his waist knife and slashed at Lu Xiangsheng!
"Bang bang bang..."

Zu Kuan felt as if he had been kicked by a rhinoceros, and three flowers of blood spattered on his body.

The revolver in Lu Xiangsheng's sleeve went off. At a distance of less than three meters, Lu Xiangsheng had no chance of missing.

Zu Kuan felt that the strength in his body was like a deflated rubber ball, and he quickly drained it: "You..."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at his bodyguard Yang Shigu who had been shot and slowly closed his eyes. Yang Shigu's face was covered in blood and he was speechless.

It can be seen that Yang Shigu has no regrets on his face, but a calm expression.

Lu Xiangsheng fired his gun again and hit the arm of the general of Guan Ning Army: "Who are you?"

"Galayi presses Panturush!"

Galayi Benban means forward commander in Chinese. This is a general at the level of Jia La E Zhen.

"Why did you want to assassinate Lu?"

The assassin sneered and said nothing.

Lu Xiangsheng felt that this question was extremely redundant. Why did Jiannu want to assassinate him? Did he need a reason?If Jiannu had the chance, he would kill Cheng Shijie a hundred times or ten thousand times.

Lei Shisheng was furious. He pulled out his dagger and stepped forward, slashing the thigh of Turush, the Jianubatulu warrior. He shouted angrily: "Say! If you don't tell me, I will cut off the flesh on your thigh piece by piece." , or strip you naked and hang you on the flagpole, making it impossible for you to survive or save your life!"

Turush twitched in pain, but did not even hum. He just sneered and said: "Just show off your power and hurry up, because your time is running out, and you will soon become dead." !”

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "What do you mean?"

"Marquis Champion, you probably don't know yet, right? You have fallen into our trap from the beginning of this Northern Expedition! You and your army will soon be buried in the yellow sand. Even that stupid guy is as stupid as a pig." The same emperor is the same!"

"What did you say? Say it again!?"

Turush laughed wildly: "I say you have all been fooled! You have been led by the nose from the beginning. You obeyed the instructions honestly and came to the chopping board that was prepared for you a long time ago. You stretched your neck! None of you should go back alive, don't even think about it! After destroying you, the entire Beizhili will no longer have a fighting force. By then our Qing army will enter the pass in large numbers and sweep across the entire Beizhili. It will be easy! Guan Ning's army will follow them. Entering the customs, at least you can..."

Turush's words ended here because Lu Xiangsheng was so excited that he accidentally broke Turush's ribs and inserted them into his heart.

At this moment, there were only about a hundred Tianxiong Army soldiers beside Lu Xiangsheng, and they all looked at one of them, Mr. Bai, who was over half his age.

This Bai Zong is a member of the Huang clan in Daming County, Daming Prefecture, and is also one of the clan elders.

He looked at the crowd and said: "Now we draw the lot for life and death! According to the custom, if you win the lot for life, you will be responsible for collecting the corpses, taking care of the orphans and widows. If you draw the lot for death, then you will fight to the death!"

Clan and ancestral culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. It is a folk activity with ancestor worship as its core.The ancestral hall is the spiritual symbol and source of cohesion of the family, as well as the carrier of family history and culture.

The life-and-death lottery refers to a contract in which the young and middle-aged men of the family voluntarily draw lots to decide whether to fight when the family faces invasion by foreign enemies or other crises.The signature of life and death is usually written on two slips of paper, one with "life" and the other with "death".Those who drew "life" can stay at home to protect the elderly, weak, women and children, while those who drew "death" must take up weapons and fight the enemy to the end.

The Tianxiong Army is different from the Ning Haijun. The Ning Haijun is a modern professional army established based on military discipline, while the Tianxiong Army is a typical army composed of clan ties and blood relations. Once they suffer heavy casualties, they will become more and more fierce as they fight. Brave.

In history, in the last battle of the Tianxiong Army, the 11 Tianxiong Army faced [-] Qing troops. The entire army was killed, and only a few dozen people remained after fighting until the end.

Now that the Tianxiong Army is in danger, Lu Xiangsheng has not yet issued an order, and each clan has begun to draw lots of life and death. Once the lot is drawn, they will either fight for the clan, enter the ancestral tree, or fight for the country until death.

Once the lottery of life and death begins, it means that the Tianxiong Army will fight tooth and nail.

This is the clan culture that has been engraved in the bone marrow of every Chinese descendant for 2000 years.Maybe they don't know much about literacy, but they all know that those who need to take action should not be cowardly.

But when the country is in crisis, when the entire nation faces a life-and-death crisis, they will not hesitate to step forward, stand in front of the enemy, and tell them that this road is blocked!die?Isn’t it just death? What’s there to be afraid of?Even if we die, we are still ghosts!
"Catch iron armor, carry a long knife. Fight with your son, the road is long. Together with the enemy, we will die together. Fight with your son, never let your heart down. Step on the swallows, chase the beard..."

As the lot of life and death was drawn, the sound of horse stepping on Yanran's song sounded.Since ancient times, there have been many martyrs from Yan and Zhao. When the building was about to collapse, these ordinary Ming army soldiers stood up without hesitation, repeatedly recited this sad and heroic poem, and started a desperate fight with the rolling Manchu cavalry!

Lu Xiangsheng knew that he might never see these soldiers again.Without his orders, these soldiers will fight to the end with Jiannu until the last man standing.

"Master Marquis, Yuancheng Ma Sanxi leads the Yuancheng Ma family, 160 Sanjian'er, take the first step!"

"Master Marquis, Huang Fugui of Daming County, led by Huang Clan's 92nd Jian'er, takes the first step!"

"Master Hou, Nanle Liu Rong..."

"Master Hou, King Jingchun of Dongming..."

"Master Hou, Nanle Guohu!"

"Master Hou, Yuancheng Ma Hongjian..."

(End of this chapter)