Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 530 Besieging the Main Qing Army of Zu Dashou Department
The thinking of Zu Dashou and Zhang Shenyan is still in the classical society.

What they don’t know is that Ming Dynasty is already a modernized country, and its army is also a modernized army. Therefore, in the classical society, the words like “the army that surrenders to others without fighting is the best” can be understood in Ming Dynasty. Guards are not applicable.

What Ming wants now is not to unify the world.

He is a capitalist group, and what he wants is to maximize his interests. To put it bluntly, to sacrifice his own interests in the war to achieve political and military unity, this is naturally not what Daming wants to see.

Therefore, Zu Dashou and Zhang Shenyan still naively thought that Daming would really appease them.

As everyone knows, at this time, the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Ming Dynasty Guards and the hired North Korean army had already begun to approach from the Caozhuang Station towards the middle right of Ningzhou when Zu Dashou and others were paralyzed by a letter from Zhang Huangyan.

This time, it is to achieve the goal of annihilating Zu Dashou's vital forces outside Shanhaiguan.

The Guards no longer only let the North Korean Army take on the main battle missions, and Jiao Lian, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Corps, also mobilized the main force of the entire Second Corps of the Guards.

Among them, the first battalion of the cavalry even drove all the way from the Caozhuang post to the Yinchuan Yingbao, and even took advantage of the enemy's surprise to occupy the Xianlingsi fort, while the second cavalry battalion also seized the Dongguan post.

And these two places are both behind the Ningyuan Zhongyou Institute, and they are the only way to withdraw from the Ningyuan Zhongyou Institute to the Guangning Zhonghou Institute.

In other words, the two battalions of the Guards Cavalry had also used the cavalry's fast maneuvering advantage to block Zu Dashou's retreat.

At the same time, a total of [-] soldiers and horses from the Guards' infantry and artillery, as well as the North Korean Army, have come to Ningyuan in a mighty manner, five miles from the middle and right side of Ningyuan, and have divided their forces to capture Xiaotuanshan Fort and Xianling Temple Fort two strongholds.

It made Zu Dashou even have little hope of withdrawing to the northern area of ​​Mongolia.

At this time, Zu Dashou also learned from his own people that a large number of Guards were dispatched by Caozhuang Station. He even began to doubt whether the Guards were going to attack his Ningyuan Middle and Back Office, but he had to feel that this was very likely. It's just that they entered the customs to fight while recruiting.

Zu Dashou also asked Zhang Shenyan: "Why did the students of your lord not send envoys first to discuss the matter of appeasement, but instead moved with a large army, with the potential to attack the city?"

Zhang Shenyan was also a little puzzled by this, but now he was also unable to get off the horse, so he said:

"Don't worry, Marshal Zu. If they want to enter the customs, they will naturally have to dispatch a large army to Shanhaiguan. Of course, they also want to come to Ningyuan Zhongyou to force the commander to sign an alliance under the city by showing their military might."

Zu Dashou thought that the Ming army that Zhang Shenyan said was most likely to force him to sign the alliance under the city, so he also said: "Although I have to admit that their Ming army may be different from before, it is very difficult to scare the old man easily. Yes, the old man will order all the soldiers to go to the city to defend the enemy, let these Ming troops see our prestige!"

Therefore, Zu Dashou perfectly missed the last chance to escape.

At this time, the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards had completed the siege of Ningyuan Zhongyou, Jiao Lian began to arrange the siege order, and Zhang Huangyan also ordered someone to send a gift to Zu Dashou and Zhang Shenyan.

Zu Dashou and Zhang Shenyan couldn't wait for the Ming army's appeasement envoy to come. Zhang Shenyan even went to the gate of the city to inquire. After this, he learned from the city guard that the Ming army had sent the envoy. got a present.

Zhang Shenyan took it first, opened it, and found that it was Zu Zepu's head.

Zhang Shenyan suddenly realized, and thought:
"The student who dared to love himself, Zhang Huangyan, has never intended to obey his arrangement, nor has he planned to recruit Zu Dashou. He even came to Jiang Gan to steal books and use his tricks. He took me, Zhang Shenyan, as Jiang Gan, and made Zu Dashou lose Last chance to escape back to Shanhaiguan.

"Well, Zhang Huangyan, you dare to pretend to be a teacher, do you still have a teacher in your eyes?"

Zhang Shenyan cursed in his heart, but at this moment he could only pretend to be calm, and thought to himself:
"If I give Zu Zepu's head to Zu Dashou now, Zu Dashou will definitely understand that he has been tricked, and he will blame himself. He will think that Zhang Huangyan, who is colluding with him, framed him. I have to find a way to leave the city immediately."

"This is a letter from my student, saying that the envoy he sent is just outside the city, and he wants me to meet him in person. Please, general, let me go down first."

After Zhang Shenyan said this, he gave the Qing army officer who was defending the city a silver ticket, and the officer let Zhang Shenyan go.

As soon as Zhang Shenyan left the city, he saw the opportunity and slipped into the woods.

Zu Dashou has been waiting here more and more anxiously, and rushed to the tower just after lunch: "Is there an envoy from the Ming army?"

"Master, no, but they sent a gift. After Zhang Futai saw it, he said that it was his student who wanted him to go out of the city to pick up the envoy. The humble slave didn't dare to look at it, so he let Zhang Futai out."

After speaking, the officer of the Qing army handed over the box sent by the guards just now to Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou felt that something was wrong, thinking why did Zhang Shenyan pick up the messenger?But the moment he opened the box and saw his own son's head inside, he understood everything, and roared angrily:

"Zhang Shenyan, good Zhang Shenyan, how dare you play tricks on me!"

The other Qing soldiers didn't know what happened to Zu Dashou.

At this time, Zu Dashou was already so angry that he vomited three mouthfuls of blood, and hurriedly ordered his troops to immediately gather the troops and prepare to withdraw to the front guard of Guangning.

But at this time, Zu Dashou's general Su Zeqi hurried over: "My lord, our people risked their lives to bring the news. Three days ago, Yinchuanying Fort, Dongguan Post Station, Xianlingsi Fort, and Xiaotuanshan Fort all died. It has been occupied by the Ming army that suddenly appeared, and our retreat has been cut off!"

"What, when did the Ming army appear in these places!"

Zu Dashou was shocked again, vomited three mouthfuls of blood in anger, and fainted on the ground on the spot.

When Zu Dashou woke up.

The Second Corps of the Second Guards Army and the hired North Korean army have already launched an attack on the Ningzhou Zhongyou Institute.

Countless shells overturned towards the center and right of Ningzhou, because Zu Dashou transferred a large number of officers and soldiers to the city wall before, causing a large number of Qing troops to be killed and injured in a short time.

Then when the North Korean army and the infantry of the Guards rushed in, there were almost no Qing army guards in the entire Ningzhou Zhongyou Institute.

"Marshal, retreat quickly, the Ming army has already entered!"

At this moment, Su Zeqi yelled as soon as Zu Dashou woke up.

"What, the Ming army came in so quickly, I made a mistake, I made a mistake, I actually believed Zhang Shenyan, that shitty literati, I'm so confused, I'm so confused!"

Zu Dashou cried out wanting to cry but without tears.

At this time, the shouts of the guards had already approached his central army camp.

(End of this chapter)