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

Chapter 372
Chapter 372 Laozi Shu Dao Mountain
Huang Taiji underestimated the Ming army too much, and also underestimated Lu Xiangsheng's courage. Breaking out to the north meant that going north was the strangest environment and a colder place.The Ming army in the Northern Expedition had almost no cotton-padded clothes. If they broke through to the north, they would only die faster.

But the problem was that Lu Xiangsheng broke out to the north, which really caught the slave-building army by surprise.

"Attack with me!"

Lu Xiangsheng pointed the Mo Dao forward in his hand, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards Guan Ning's army. Behind Lu Xiangsheng were densely packed Ming army infantry and cavalry. At this time, the Ming army formed a huge hollow. In the formation, at the front are the Tianxiong Army under Lu Xiangsheng and the Liaoxi Army under Zu Dabi, and at the end is the Tianxiong Army under Li Zhongzhen.In the middle part are the common people and Emperor Chongzhen.

The charging Ming army fell to the ground. The Ming army soldiers behind them did not hesitate and continued to press forward, especially the spearmen as the middle force. They were so densely packed that almost everyone was next to each other. Such a tight formation made Guan Ning The army is like a dog biting a hedgehog, with nowhere to start.

They could run and shoot, but the problem was that when they retreated and tried to distance themselves, Lu Xiangsheng and Zu Dabi, one on the left and one on the right, were like two huge horns, slamming into Guan Ning's army. .

Wu Sangui yelled at Zu Dabi: "Second uncle, are you crazy? Your wife, children, and children are still in Jinzhou. Don't you want them anymore? Aren't you afraid that my uncle will be angry and kill the whole family?"

Zu Dabi's eyes were cracked and he roared: "I'm afraid! But I'm even more afraid of dying and not being able to enter the ancestral grave!"

With a twist of his wrist, Ma Shan turned Wu Sangui's saber in an arc, then suddenly exerted force, and with a swish, the saber flew away and stabbed diagonally.At the most critical moment, the personal guards around Wu Sangui stood in front of Wu Sangui.With a hiss, a deep and long wound extended from the right shoulder to the left rib of the relative. Blood and internal organs poured out, and he was immediately dead.

Wu Sangui rolled on the spot and avoided Zu Dabi. When Zu Dabi tried to kill Wu Sangui again, it was already too late. He rolled on the spot, and more Wu Jiajun cavalry rushed up and drowned Zu Dabi.

"Second General Zu, don't be obsessed with fighting!"

Lu Xiangsheng issued an order to Zu Dabi. Listening to the sound of drums in his ears, Zu Dabi could only give up his plan to kill Wu Sangui. He led the Liaoxi Army cavalry and rushed towards the Guan Ning Army and the Manchu Qing Cavalry.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to break through the encirclement in the north, the Qing cavalry was not a vegetarian. They spared no effort in preparing to prevent the Liaoxi army from breaking through.

It's a pity that 5000 of them had just finished gathering, and before they had time to launch, dozens of fire dragons soared into the sky, turned into meteors, and rushed towards the Qing cavalry formation. These Qing cavalry were instantly trapped by fire and the shock wave of the explosion. submerged.

After being bombarded so fiercely, the Qing cavalry inevitably panicked, but the Ming cavalry was so full of morale that they crashed into their formation with overwhelming force and started killing!
Huang Taiji's fists were so clenched that the veins were exposed and his knuckles turned white.No one had ever told him this truth, but after the brave and capable Manchu cavalry were smashed by the Ming army's artillery like a hammer to a beetle until pus and blood covered the ground, he deeply understood that if you fall behind, you will be beaten!

Of course, the Qing army would not sit back and watch the Ming army easily break through. They surrounded them from all directions, and their rolling iron cavalry made the foothills of Sanshen Mountain boil with excitement.

10,000+ Ming army soldiers and civilians formed a huge square array several kilometers wide, withstanding the impact of waves higher than the waves. Powerful crossbows and compound bows were firing, muskets and cannons were roaring, and rockets were flying through the air. The sword shone with cold light.

The cavalry rushed like a torrent, and the infantry phalanxes collided head-on. The sound of killing resounded throughout the wilderness. The battlefield that lasted for twenty miles was shrouded in blood and blood. The swords were flashing, and the sharp arrows were shooting out. The sky was covered. This scene was so magnificent, and it was so breathtaking. So terrifying!
The Ming and Qing Dynasties had been at war for more than thirty years, and such a brutal and bloody battle was unheard of.From using time to motivating generals and then to luring the enemy, Huang Taiji has always been very successful. He mobilized the Ming army just like mobilizing his own army. It can be said that he has been infinitely close to success.

However, no matter how perfect the script is, there will be surprises. He still underestimated the bloody spirit of the Ming army in desperate situations. In other words, he underestimated a force that has been inherited for thousands of years and has survived countless nomadic invasions but still stands. The energy that the ancient nation could unleash in adversity, which was proud of the others, paid a terrible price for underestimating the enemy.

Huang Taiji watched helplessly as his troops were wiped out one by one, and maimed one after another. Finally, the furious torrent broke the dam and poured out, rushing towards the Three Gods Mountain. Northwest direction...

At this time, countless soldiers of the Qing army were sitting on the snow and panting violently, they were too tired to stand up.

Looking at Jiannu behind him, Zu Dabi laughed loudly, took off the wine bottle from his waist and drank a few sips, threw the wine bottle to Lu Xiangsheng, and shouted repeatedly: "Happy, happy! After living for most of my life, this is the first time for me to do so. I found out that I am such a naughty person!"

Lu Xiangsheng also took a few sips: "Now is not the time to rest, Zhongzhen, take a few sips!"

Li Chongzhen took the wine and laughed and said: "After such a great time, even if I enter the ancestral grave, I can still look at people with my nostrils!"

The soldiers of the Ming army broke through the siege and laughed one after another. The laughter was tragic and heroic. However, as they laughed, countless soldiers burst into tears.

Of course, they were crying with joy. They survived. This was originally a fatal situation, but because of Lu Xiangsheng, they came out alive.

Although Lu Xiangsheng led the Ming army to break through, the Ming army fell to 4 to [-] people in just over an hour of fierce fighting.

The fierce fighting power of the Ming army made the Qing army instantly feel that the Ming Dynasty was not as easy to deal with as they imagined.

The road ahead does not seem to be easy.

However, the road for the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army was even more difficult. The Ming Dynasty army that broke out staggered and struggled towards the direction of Hot Spring Valley.They had put on everything that could keep them warm, including clothing from the Deathly War Robes, animal furs, and even enemy flags, but they were still cold. Some people kept using up the last bit of heat and fell on the way to break out.

A huge arrowhead made of corpses starts from Panjin and extends all the way towards the Hot Spring Valley. Looking at each other from end to end, it is shocking.

The first to fall were the civilian husbands. The civilian husbands were treated very poorly. Their daily necessities such as clothing and food were not comparable to those of the army. Under the raging cold and hunger, they became the first batch of victims, not one after another, but Thousands of them fell down. Every morning, when the Ming army struggled to get up, they would always find a large circle of corpses around them.

The soldiers of the Ming army were not much better off. Their clothes were much thicker than those of civilians, but they wore helmets and armor, which exerted a lot of physical strength, and the limited food could not replenish their consumption. They soon became exhausted and spent every night Many people fell asleep forever and could never open their eyes again.

Those who were still alive soon developed frostbite, and even their fingers and toes became necrotic and had to be cut off with a dagger. The painful howls of the frostbitten soldiers echoed in the queue. They must be envious of the dead.

The small groups of cavalrymen of the Qing army have been haunting the Ming army like a pack of wolves, and they can't get rid of them no matter how hard they get rid of them.At the beginning, the Ming army's cavalry would take the initiative to drive them away. As more and more horses were frozen to death and frostbitten, the Ming army gradually lost the strength. The Qing army would let them follow if they wanted to, as long as they did not pounce. When they came up to attack the large army, the Ming army didn't even bother to pay attention to them.

The small group of cavalry was followed by a large army. Once any Ming army fell behind, the Qing army immediately pounced on it like hungry wolves hungry for fresh meat and surrounded it.

After the siege, they did not launch an attack. They just surrounded like this. The people in the siege froze to death and starved to death. They all died to death. Then they went over to pick up the loot. After a few days of fighting, they were responsible. The equipment of the pursuing Qing army was changed from head to toe.

The Qing army sometimes surpassed the Ming army and set up an ambush in front to block the Ming army, but they did not fight hard. They waited for a long time and then immediately retreated, leaving the Ming army with nothing to do.Under the constant harassment and obstruction of the Qing army, the Ming army could only travel a maximum of forty miles a day, and as time went by, it became slower and slower.

There was no way to break through the eighty to ninety-mile encirclement. More and more soldiers were dying of frostbite, and countless mules, horses, and horses were lost. Many supplies could only be carried by people. Can the speed not be slow?

Seeing thousands of Ming army soldiers and civilians falling, Chongzhen burst into tears.Now he finally understood the meaning of "when the emperor is angry, blood will flow thousands of miles, and thousands of households will be spared", and he has really done it, but the blood he shed is his own!

Just because he was angry and raised an army, hundreds of thousands of lives disappeared. Countless ghosts of grievances circled and howled in the autumn wind, lingering, turning into terrible nightmares that woke him up from his dreams again and again.His gray hair increased at an alarming rate, his whole body aged extremely quickly, and he was about to collapse.

If Chongzhen knew the situation inside the pass, he might completely collapse.The news of the Ming army's defeat spread quickly throughout the pass. The hundreds of thousands of troops were afraid that they would not be able to come back. The northern and southern slaves were shocked by it. The bone-deep fear of Jiannu was once again awakened by this unprecedented defeat. Both the court and the public were shocked.

"Haven't there been many victories and good news in recent years?"

"Aren't the slaves firmly suppressed and unable to move, looking like they have only one more breath than a dead person?"

"Why did they eat hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in one fell swoop? Even the emperor and the imperial war god champion Hou..."

Horrifying rumors quickly spread.

"There was such a disastrous defeat not because the Ming army couldn't fight, but because the Ming Dynasty had run out of energy!"

These rumors first came out from the mouths of some magicians who liked to play tricks, and soon spread throughout the capital and spread across the country at an alarming speed, causing huge waves wherever they went.

Yanguan, Qingliu, and Jin gentry all jumped out to add fuel to the flames. They raised their pens, laughed, cursed, and wrote articles.Why did the Ming Dynasty suffer this disaster?

It's all because Chongzhen was a villain and a distant virtuous minister, trusted Cheng Shijie, a sycophant who misled the country, denounced the gentlemen in the court, and refused to listen to unfavorable advice!

Cheng Shijie, who was in Liaodong, was innocently shot again. Of course, the scribes and officials started to talk about the old story again: "It was all because Cheng Shixing had a low-level career, farmed far away, relied on evil villains, abused Jin Gentlemen, and was obsessed with strange skills and tricks. The art of despising moral articles is actually thousands of times worse than Wei Zhongxian and Liu Jin, and in just a few years the Ming Dynasty was exhausted."

"Such a person really deserves death! Only by making up his mind to bring order to the chaos, can the people of the Ming Dynasty see the light of day again!"

It has to be said that the influence of these Yanguan, Qingliu, and Jin gentry in the Ming Dynasty was indeed terrifying. They confuse right and wrong, their pens are as sharp as knives, and their every sentence is heart-breaking, confusing the situation to the extreme.

The common people simply couldn't believe it. How could a pillar of the empire become a traitor to the country?However, now that most of the elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty have been lost, and the Qing army may enter the pass at any time, people are panicked, and many people can't help but be shaken and believe these nonsense.

The Qingliu people gnashed their teeth and shouted: "Ning Haijun is the minions of the rebellious officials and traitors, a great harm to the Ming Dynasty! If Ning Jun is not eliminated, the country will be destroyed and the species will be destroyed!"

Of course, the Qingliu people didn't actually know that the Ning Navy, which they regarded as a great harm to the Ming Dynasty, was advancing into western Liaoning.At this time, the autumn harvest was in progress in western Liaoning. Although the Guan Ning Army received more than 90 stones of grain and grass from the court, of course, this grain and grass was not enough to feed the hundreds of thousands of Guan Ning Army. In addition to the grain of the Guan Ning Army, they also had more than 100 million dependents. .

Therefore, when farming began in southern Liaoning, Zu Dashou also started farming, copying the operations in southern Liaoning. When the Ning navy crossed the Liao River and the troops divided into six groups and entered western Liaoning, what they saw was a busy scene.

Those who harvested beans harvested beans, those who harvested sweet potatoes harvested sweet potatoes, and some wheat and soybeans planted late began to turn yellow. Cheng Shijie was accompanied by nearly a thousand officials. Most of these officials were young students, and some even just Having only been in school for two years, Cheng Shijie had no choice but to catch up and get on the shelves.Sun Zhiyi frowned slightly when he saw this scene: "Commander, although Guan Ning's army has rebelled, these people are harvesting in the autumn, so it is better to postpone it for half a month, otherwise, these people may suffer heavy losses!"

"No, this battle has nothing to do with them, we can't fight it!"

"Can't fight?"

Li Xin didn't quite believe it.

However, when the people of western Liaoning who were busy in the fields saw a large number of Ning Haijun officers approaching, the local people were not afraid at all and even waved to say hello, and Ning Haijun officers waved back.This is a scene of strange and harmonious coexistence.

Li Xin asked in confusion: "Why are these people not afraid of us at all?"

"What are they afraid of us for? We all know each other frequently and are familiar with each other. They all know that Ning Haijun, a soldier in black military uniform, never bullies others. He buys things with money and talks kindly. Naturally, they are not afraid at all."

Sure enough, they didn't go far when they encountered a garrison. Guan Ning's army originally had more than 300 small garrison, but now there were more than 100 old, weak, sick and disabled people standing sparsely. They didn't defend, and they didn't even have any intention of being alert.

A Guan Ning Army Commander-in-Chief led the crowd to line up to greet him. Guan Ning Army greeted Ning Navy Commander Cheng Shijie. This scene made Sun Zhiwan somewhat inexplicable: "What is going on?"

Li Xin was even more speechless. Ning Haijun was marching westward to western Liaoning to seize territory. Can you at least show some qualities that a rebel should have?Are you not nervous or afraid at all?
In addition to thousands of officials, Cheng Shijie also led Ning Haijun's newly formed seventh brigade. This was the Guards Brigade. The Guards Brigade was different from the main battle force brigade because this brigade had eight regiments, including The cavalry of the four regiments are all former cavalry commanders. Among them, No. 30 Seventh Regiment was led by Qi Yan. More than a thousand of his men fought in Lanzhou until the end, with only 53 left, 11 of whom were disabled. Qi Yan He used his actions to prove his loyalty to Cheng Shijie.

With an army of more than 2, even Jiannu was no match for them. Huang Taiji would have a headache when he saw it.

However, Ning Haijun's equipment now seems a bit unusual. Such an army of more than [-] people is not without shield soldiers. However, there is only one company of shield bearers to serve as Cheng Shijie's personal bodyguard, but Ning Haijun has been eliminated. There are no spearmen, let alone crossbowmen. Each one has a Chongzhen [-]-year-old bolt-action rifle and a bayonet.

Everyone is also carrying a large bag of luggage, including clothes, washbasins and other things inside. There is also a one-meter-long engineer shovel hanging outside the luggage bag. The engineer shovel has serrations on one side and a blade on the other side. It is swung at the head. The last move can split the entire head in half!

If you don't need him for hand-to-hand combat, you can use it to dig bunkers, chop wood, cut cabbage, and open watermelons, or even fry a steak. As for digging a big hole on the road, that's a piece of cake.The waterproof sleeping bag around his waist also had four iron tips with wooden handles inserted into it. This outfit was truly unique to the Ming Dynasty.

"But Cheng Shuai in person?"

"It's handsome!"

"I don't know, Cheng Shuaihu arrived, but I didn't meet him from afar. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Cheng Shijie said calmly: "I don't have time to bullshit you. Either Kaicheng surrenders, or I rush into the city and you surrender. It's your choice!"

General Manager Guan Ning smiled lightly and said, "I wonder if what is written here is true?"

"Are you blind?"

Cheng Shijie said angrily: "It has my seal stamped on it, so I naturally keep my word!"

"We are still a military household, will we be divided into fields?"

"The old, weak, sick and disabled can join military households in the field, and those with skills can join military households in engineering. Only those who are young and strong can become Ning Navy soldiers after passing the examination!"

"Okay, let's surrender immediately!"

At this point, the General Manager waved his hand, and a guard with a rag stuffed in his mouth was carried over by two Guan Ning Army soldiers: "Cheng Shuai, this is Zu Shuai's personal soldier background, Zu family As a die-hard loyalist, anyone can surrender, but he will not surrender..."

The guard had just gained the freedom of his mouth and said with a sad face: "Cheng Shuai, I am willing to surrender, I am also willing to surrender..."

In this way, this garrison was captured. Immediately afterwards, the Armed Forces Bureau of the General Staff of the Ning Navy began to screen these Guan Ning Army soldiers. He was naturally happy to become a soldier of the Ning Navy, but he was not selected. It's like losing a heir.

Cheng Shijie led the army and rushed directly to Jinzhou City. The castles along the way surrendered one after another, and they surrendered faster and faster.These castles also knew Cheng Shijie's habits. Not only did they quickly clean up the garbage in the castle, they also cleaned the streets and roads very clean.

The personnel roster, various equipment and various supplies were all prepared and received directly. It was very smooth. This made Li Xin feel unbelievable and like a dream.

There were still more than ten miles away from Jinzhou, and Li Xin said worriedly: "Commander, do we have to wait any longer!"

"Wait for what?"

Li Xin said: "Our artillery is still behind. I am afraid that the gate of Jinzhou has been closed now. Without artillery, how can we capture this strong city of Jinzhou?"

"In fact, there is no need to fight in Jinzhou!"

Cheng Shijie laughed lightly.

As early as the Battle of Bali Bay in Chongzhen, Cheng Shijie began to lay out the plan for Guan Ning's army. An army that could be won over with benefits. Jiannu could win over, and Cheng Shijie could also win over.

Although Ning Haijun's equipment is better than Guan Ning's army and his combat effectiveness is stronger than Guan Ning's army, as long as a fight starts, Ning Haijun will suffer casualties.

I won’t fight if I can, because it’s not necessary.If something can be solved with money, it is not actually a problem for Cheng Shijie.In the Ming Dynasty, even in later generations, money was impossible for most people to resist.

In fact, it was not only Cheng Shijie who was placing chess pieces into Guan Ning's army, but Zhu Weiti also used her identity to influence the female relatives of the generals of Guan Ning's army.

Unlike Zhu Weiti, Cheng Shijie attracted most of the ordinary Guan Ning Army soldiers, whether Zu Dashou or Wu Xiang. In fact, their money was not enough to support all the Guan Ning Army soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Guan Ning Army soldiers. Only one-third of the soldiers were at the level of servants and enjoyed good treatment.

As for more than two-thirds of the ordinary soldiers of the Guan Ning Army, their lives were only slightly better than those of the guardsmen. They were in a state of starvation and insufficient food.

Because Ning Haijun often interacts with Guan Ning Army, especially there are more than [-] soldiers from Liaoxi Haijun in Ning Haijun, they will tell their relatives and friends about their treatment in Ning Haijun, as well as welfare and various policies of Ning Haijun. friend.

When the Guan Ning Army did not rebel, Ning Haijun would not open the door to recruit soldiers from Liaoxi. Therefore, Guan Ning Army and Ning Haijun had always been in peace. In fact, there had been too much resentment within the Guan Ning Army.

When the time comes, this resentment will explode.

When Cheng Shijie arrived at Jinzhou City, Guan Ningjun in the city had closed the city gate early. The city wall was covered in darkness with human heads, and countless heads were moving around, pointing at Ning Haijun.

As Ning Haijun arrived at Jinzhou City, Cheng Shijie waved.

Hou Si stepped forward: "Commander, please give me your orders!"

"microphone!"

Hou Si suddenly realized it. He hurriedly asked people to prepare the dozen big guys and connected the speakers. Cheng Shijie rode his horse to the city, which was less than a stone's throw away.

"Commander, a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall!"

Cheng Shijie tried the microphone, and then shouted towards Jinzhou City: "I am Shu Daoshan one or two..."

Before Cheng Shijie could say those three words, the gates of Jinzhou City opened wide in an instant.

Sun Zhiman was dumbfounded.

Li Xin was dumbfounded.

PS: I got off work late today, there is only one update, I have a bit of a headache, go to bed first, don’t wait any longer, continue tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)