Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 605 Defense of the Capital

On the Golden Luan Hall, there was once again an uplifting atmosphere. Under the attention of all the people, Wu Xiang, who was wearing the court uniform of a military officer, led a tall military general in golden armor striding into the atrium, and was immediately led by the eunuch. , Push the golden bell, and bow down to the emperor like a jade pillar.

"My minister Wu Xiang/Wu Sangui greets His Majesty!"

If the three-sided force is the last property of the imperial court, then Ning Yuanbing can be regarded as the wife of Emperor Chongzhen hidden in his underwear. In the whole country, there is no one in the imperial court who is more brave and capable of fighting than this army. At this time, Wu Sangui has also become the last pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing such a vigorous young general, Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy. In this era, Wu Sangui is the embodiment of loyalty. He alone guarded the last fortress outside the pass for the Ming Dynasty. In comparison, Zuo Liangyu, Song Qingshu, Liu Zeqing, He Renlong, these military generals Jian are scoundrels among local ruffians.

Happy to see it, Emperor Chongzhen rarely raised his voice in so many days, and asked happily: "Hundreds of thousands of bandits are coming in a storm. Is Mr. Wu confident to protect our country? Repel the bandits?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! Within a few days, Sangui will take Li Chuang's head for His Majesty!"

Wu Sangui has this self-confidence. Over the years, he built slaves and entered the customs to suppress the peasant army. He was not the protagonist of the Liaodong army. In the most brilliant battle of the year, following the supervisor Yuan Chonghuan, nine thousand Guanning cavalry defeated more than one hundred thousand The Eight Banners force, the peasant army in my impression is still the kind that was chased away back then. Wu Sangui blew the cowhide out without hesitation.

But like falling in love, sometimes little girls like boys to talk and talk. Now that the Chuangjun has occupied more than half of the north, under the panic, Wu Sangui's bragging has come to calm people's hearts, and Emperor Chongzhen is even more happy , couldn't help asking the case, and said in praise.

"What a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! So ambitious! Two generations of the Wu family have been loyal and brave to the country, and they should be commended! According to my spoken language, Wu Xiang is added as the commander of the Chinese army, Tai Changqing, and rewarded with 1 taels of silver and [-] boxes of brocade. , a set of boa robes and jade belts."

"As for Sangui, the young man is so ambitious, I will make you Ping Xibo! Waiting for you to put the head of the rebel!"

The honors of the Ming Dynasty were not easy to confer, some generals fought for a lifetime, but could not get a title, but this time, before the war started, the emperor had already bestowed the title, and the excited Wu Sangui bowed down.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will be smashed to pieces, and I will repay Your Majesty Long's grace!"

But just as he was talking, a few young eunuchs ran in in a panic outside the Golden Palace, and they didn't care about the rules, they just prostrated themselves on the ground panting heavily, yelling in horror.

"Long live God! The big thing is not good. The bandit soldiers arrived in the southern suburbs, and the leader of the bandits sent envoys to ask His Majesty to surrender. They can still keep the ancestral temple for offering sacrifices. Otherwise, when the city is destroyed, everything will be destroyed!"

Hearing these words, all the officials in the court hummed, and there were many discussions. Many people immediately turned pale, and the two were fighting. Even Emperor Chongzhen trembled for a moment.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to serve as your Majesty's supervisor and fight against the intruders!"

At this time, Chen Yan stood up from the court class, and impassionedly kowtowed to Emperor Chongzhen for his life.

It’s not that this great scholar is so brave, he also has his own little calculations. These days are already in troubled times. To have soldiers is to have capital. If he wins, he, Chen Yan, will be the hero who saved the Ming Empire. If you don't win, leading troops to surrender can also increase your social status a lot, right?

Unexpectedly, after looking at him twice, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head slightly, and immediately raised his voice again.

"Pass down my decree, bestow Li Jiantai, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, with a precious sword, pretend to be a soldier, add the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War, supervise the military affairs of the princes of the world, write Gao Qiqian as the governor of the Ningyuan Army, Cao Huachun admiral of the Nine Cities, and Li Guozhen, the Boss of Xiangcheng Admiral Jingying, Fang Zhenghua, Admiral Neichao, the eunuch, and Du Xun, the supervisor of Ji Town, defend the city with all their strength and repel the Li thief!"

The suspicion of Emperor Chongzhen was once again revealed. At this time, even if Ningyuan soldiers came to help, the enemy is still strong and we are weak. The most important thing is to unify the command and come up. Civil servants who don't understand the military, commanded by noble descendants, are not afraid of the army's rebellion, and their combat effectiveness has also been weakened by several levels.

Moreover, this order obviously made Chen Yan, Wei Zaode and others look very ugly. Li Jiantai was behind the two of them, but he was the one to oversee the army for such a big event. I'm afraid that the chief minister of the cabinet will fall into his hands, and a look of jealousy floods the faces of the two of them.

It's not over yet!

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On the morning of the [-]th, Li Zicheng's army arrived, and immediately dispatched envoys. Unlike the procrastination of Emperor Chongzhen in history, this time, at ten o'clock in the afternoon, the envoy's head was sent back. Looking at the ferocious head, Li Zicheng, who went smoothly along the way, couldn't help it. Furious, he immediately issued an order to attack the city with all his might.

At this time, King Li Chuang really had the aura of dominance. With an order, the millions of Dashun army banners were unfurled. Amid the shouts of the officers, the formation of the front army split, and an officer carried a banner behind thousands of people. Soldiers in armor and armed with guns roared and ran out with big strides. There were dozens of such teams. Dozens of flood dragons roared and charged towards the capital, the heart of the Ming Empire.

The Beijing camp is indeed a waste. Seeing the peasant army roaring and charging, many people dropped their weapons and turned around in horror. Luckily, they knew what was under their hands. Cut it down, restrained the escape, if it was a bloody hand-to-hand fight, the Beijing camp would definitely not be able to do it, but they were reluctant to fire guns from a long distance.

The city wall of the capital is tall and has an extremely complete defense system. There are also many cannons on the top of the city. With the order, it is really called ten thousand cannons. Under the chorus, the charging Chuangjun lay down on the floor in unison.

Seeing that the first wave of attack was repelled, Li Zicheng's generous face became even more gloomy, and he turned his head and shouted: "Fire back! Firecrackers attack!"

"The commander of the last commander!"

Under Chuang Jun's command, a member of the generals looks quite elegant and handsome, even if he is wearing armor, the general who can't conceal his elegant aura clasped his fists in response, and immediately led two generals, one tall and one short, and hurried away Go down.

A moment later, a large flag with the word Li inscribed on it floated up, and hundreds of dark cannons aimed at the Ming army lined up in the city. Immediately, a Chuang army with matchlock guns was sent to outflank it from the right wing.

Huan who was fighting, suddenly a burst of shelling fell into his own position, and the Beijing camp immediately fell into chaos, killing hundreds of people, and the front line of tens of thousands of people collapsed. These cowardly soldiers threw away their helmets in horror Jia fled in despair, so angry that Xiangcheng Bolian hacked and killed more than a dozen people, but he couldn't contain the trend of rout. The vanguard of the army who had just been suppressed took the opportunity to attack again. Leading his troops to the front, these Jizhen soldiers and Chuangying fought into a group, resisting a blow for the Jingying.

However, Ji Town has few people after all, and it was retreating steadily under the attack of tens of thousands of invading troops. It was not until the Warriors' Battalion and the Fourth Tengxiang Battalion joined by the emperor's own troops that they resisted a little. The army's position under the capital city still seemed precarious.

But at this moment, the Ningyuan soldiers who had been standing still in the north finally sounded the rumbling war drum. Chuangjun and Guan Ningjun, the old enemies of fate, sparks flew everywhere as soon as they fought.

It is worthy of being the elite soldiers trained by Dongyao on the Liaodong battlefield. Only five thousand Ningyuan soldiers shouted and attacked from the left wing of the Chuang army, and immediately tore a hole in the vanguard of the Chuang army who was screaming fiercely. It’s not a martial arts skill, but the desperate energy is unbearable. The two-handed sword and the spear waist knife are completely desperate. If you cut me, I am destined to cut you too. Under the combined slashing and killing, hundreds of the left-wing Chuangjun immediately fell under the sword, and an uncontrollable collapse appeared.

This Ningyuan infantry supported the other troops, and the Ningyuan cavalry at the other end also let go. Wu Sangui is really a stunned man. With the legendary Guan Ning cavalry, he actually pointed straight at Li Zicheng. The army rushed over.Along the way, he happened to bump into Li Yan's department who was leading the army to fight.

"Raise the gun! Let it go!"

Although it was a head shorter, Little Carrot's voice was obviously thicker. Facing the Ningyuan cavalry who had crossed the front and rushed into the army, a long row of crooked matchlock guns was raised high, and immediately there was a burst of neat gunshots. The Ningyuan cavalry who were charging Immediately, as if installing an invisible wall, the people in the front row fell down on their backs.

"Second row, raise the gun, go up! Third row, raise the gun, go up!"

During the continuous shooting, the Ningyuan cavalry one after another were knocked down by the firecrackers. However, before the first row fired again, the fierce and bloodthirsty Ningyuan cavalry had already killed more than ten meters in front of this group of musketeers. A loud roar: "Bayonet on!"

No longer caring about reloading ammunition, and lost the cleaning rod in his hand, the musketeers under Li Yan frantically took out the bayonets in their waists, and wanted to stuff them into the muzzles of the guns, but it was too late, and the raging Ning Yuan The cavalry crashed into the third row of firecrackers in a daze, and the galloping cavalry directly smashed through the firecrackers. Immediately afterwards, the cavalry in the rear gracefully pressed down their knives, relying on the unparalleled speed of the fast horse charging As well as the sharpness of the blade, the Liaodong cavalry only had to pass by. Amidst the crisp sound of the brushing, Li Yan watched his subordinates' necks, chests, and heads burst into bloody gashes, screaming and falling to the ground, dying. Turned over a piece.

Li Yanjun was also defeated!

Vigorously raised the bayonet, lifted one man from the horse and fell to the ground, Li Yan shouted angrily: "Damn it, no matter the rate of fire or combat ability, it is so far behind Song Qingshu's begging army! Why? "

"not good!"

As soon as he finished complaining, Li Yan yelled again. He didn't even bother to chase and kill his subordinates. Li Zicheng himself!
"The thief, take your life!"

The beating was really a bit caught off guard. Before Chuang Wang drove, hundreds of knights roared and slapped their horses to fight, but these disciples who surrendered to the big man did not even last a round, and they were hacked to pieces. Especially Wu Sangui, a gold-backed machete was raised up one by one, and the powerful kid who was facing him with his shoulders slung across his waist was cut in half by a knife, and blood sprayed on Wu Sangui's handsome face. Zhang's ferocious grimace was revealed to the world. Hearing his thunderous roar, even Li Zicheng was a little terrified. When he turned around, he started to back away with the flag of the commander in chief of the Chinese army.

As soon as the Chinese army moved, the huge rushing army formation also began to retreat in an all-round way...

(End of this chapter)