please make me king

Chapter 1483 The last ray of hope

Night, pitch black.

Three or two points of light are like beans, dotted with stars, from far to near, and from near to far, extending to the distance.

Everything was silent, except for the chirping of insects, there was only the sound of chaotic footsteps.

Mrs. Hong stood on the beacon tower on the yellow grass beam, silently watching the star-like lights "spit" out of Tianjin Pass in the west, and then "swallowed" by the "line of sky" in the east.

It turned out that the Huangcaoliang built by Mrs. Hong was the commanding height near Tianjin Pass, which was convenient for observing the military situation nearby, so the Ming army specially set up a beacon tower here.

After the Jin soldiers arrived here, Hong Tai took a fancy to the location of this place at a glance, so he boarded the yellow grass beam and commanded the soldiers to retreat.

The Tianjin Pass in the west and the "One Line of Sky" in the east are both dangerous places nearby.

However, even though this place was so dangerous and guarded by the Ming army, it was still broken by him.

However, Hong Tai was not half happy about this, but was full of pain and annoyance.

He, the majestic "Emperor of the Qing Dynasty", drew one out of three, or even one out of two, and mobilized an army of 16 to enter the pass to gamble on the national fortune.

In the end, he lost the bet, and could only flee eastward in a panic with the remaining 3 men under his command, not knowing who to tell the sadness in his heart.

Prince Azig of Naying was probably killed in battle; even if Prince Zheng Jierhalang survived, all his troops were finished.

As for Prince Su Hauge, the rebellious son, although he didn't die, he might as well have died a long time ago like the two in front.

He thought a lot at this moment, but he quickly pushed these thoughts out of his mind.

Alive, all of this is only meaningful if he lives and leads the troops out alive.

He still has soldiers in his hands, and his old opponent Chongzhen still has soldiers in his hands.

As long as the two sides work together, they will be able to withstand the attack of the "Shun thief"!

As for whether Chongzhen would agree to such a thing, he didn't have to think about it at all.

Although I killed his soldiers, occupied his land, plundered his people, and looted his goods, as a mature monarch, he will definitely forgive me!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Hong's gaze became firmer.

At this moment, she suddenly saw a person climbing up from the bottom of the mountain, Mrs. Hong took a closer look with the help of the weak light, and it turned out that it was Fan Wencheng.

"Your Highness, the attack of 'Shun Thief' has indeed weakened!" Fan Wencheng, who was out of breath, couldn't help reporting to Hong Taihui excitedly.

"Okay!" Mrs. Hong, who also looked tired, poured out the nosebleed that had already filled the teacup, patted her thigh and said, "This is really not my life!"

It turns out that from Yinshi on the 21st to now, the two sides have been fighting fiercely for three days and two nights.

But in these three days and two nights, most of the soldiers had no time to close their eyes, and they had already reached the limit of their bodies.

Compared with the rebel army with farmers as the main soldiers, the Houjin soldiers with the more difficult conditions of herdsmen and fishing and hunting tribes as the theme are obviously tougher.

Although the extra tenacity could not allow Hong Tai to turn defeat into victory and defeat the rebel army, it was enough for him to survive until the rebel army's offensive strength was reduced, and then withdraw from the battlefield relatively intact.

But at what cost?

"At noon on July 23, after Li Zicheng and Zhang Fengyi's hard work of 3000 people for a day and a night, the remnants of the Jierhalang tribe located between Yinglong Mountain and Hanba Mountain were finally wiped out." Just when Hongtai was attacked by rebels At the same time as the news of the slowdown, Xu Ziyuan was reporting to Zhang Shunhui, who could hardly keep his eyes open
"On the evening of the 23rd, with the help of Zhang Fengyi's department, Zuo Shuai Zhang Sanbai used Wukong and Ji Longfeng as sharp knives, and finally tore through the defense line of the Haoge troops stranded west of Tianjin Pass."

"The two sides fought fiercely until late at night. The rebels killed and wounded no less than [-] of their troops, captured [-] surrendered, and wiped out about [-] enemies. Hauge led the remaining remnants and fled in a panic."

"Good, good, good!" Zhang Shun praised hoarsely, and then continued to order, "I heard that the Tartars are quite resistant to fighting, and now I know it."

"How about this, everyone can't stand it anymore, tell the army to arrange a guard post, and rest for one night, and we will make a fuss tomorrow morning."

"Let the Li Jiyu Department continue to launch a fierce attack, and we must not give Hong Tai a chance to breathe!"

It's impossible not to rest. Basically, the whole army is exhausted to the limit of physical strength.

If he persisted, Zhang Shun was afraid that something might happen, not only would the cooked duck fly away, but he would also end up losing his wife and losing his army.

According to the current situation, the 2 people of the post-Golden Right-wing Jierhalan Department and some of the Chinese Army are all over.

The 2 troops of Hauge, the left-wing Prince Su, were cut in half at least.

At least ten thousand people were killed in this retreat.

Now coupled with the losses and collapses caused by the battle between the two armies, Jin lost almost 5 horses after this battle.

If you add the Battle of Banquan, the Battle of Fanshanbao, and the destruction of the Azig tribe, Houjin mobilized an army of 16 troops, and actually lost more than [-] troops.

For a regime with a population of less than one million and less than 40 young adults, this is nothing less than a devastating blow.

So Zhang Shun was not in a hurry at all, the one who was in a hurry should be Jianlu in person.

"What, Jianlu suddenly went east in a big way?" Just as Zhang Shun and Mrs. Hong were thinking about each other, Chongzhen, who was two hundred miles away, also received news that shocked their monarchs and ministers.

According to their minds, the Eastern Captives and the Western Bandits are fighting each other, and it is impossible to tell the winner within three to half a year.

Now it took only 20 days to go from the east to the west, so why did the east captives turn back again?

"How about the outcome of the two sides now?" Chongzhen calmed down and asked anxiously.

"This" everyone looks at me and I look at you, and I don't know how to deal with it for a while.

Only Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, heard the words, and hurried forward and said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, the Eastern captives and the Western bandits, the strength of the two sides is too strong, and I don't want to find out the truth."

"However, since the Jianlu rebellion, Gai Mo can't handle the strength of the army; the old slave, Hong Tai and his son are clever and cunning, and they are not inferior to Cao Cao and Cao Pi."

"A man who is 'following the thief' is nothing more than a yellow scarf and red eyebrows, how can he win?"

"I hope that His Majesty will immediately summon the troops from all directions, King Qin, so that the capital will not be trapped by captives!"

"This..." Chongzhen was very upset when he heard the words, and was about to speak.

Unexpectedly, Ding Kuichu, governor of Jiliao, said, "Mr. Wen Ge, this statement is wrong."

"My husband, Shun Bandit, has most of the land in Shanshan and Henan, so that he can see the world; Zhang Shun, the 'thief leader', is cunning and contingency, and he will not go down to Mrs. Hong."

"Therefore, the two thieves are fighting, and the outcome should be in the number of five or five, and the Jianlu may not necessarily win."

"Now that the two sides have fought each other for less than a month, and the Jiankui are defeated and left, the victory must have been decided."

"Your Majesty, please make plans early, just in case!"

"Ding Kuichu, what do you mean?" Wen Tiren said from embarrassment when Ding Kuichu said this.

"Means nothing!"

"What do you mean meaningless? So you want to persuade His Majesty to move south and give up the northern territory?" Wen Tiren said with half-closed eyes.

It turns out that since the rebel army marched eastward, there have been constant discussions about the Ming Dynasty moving south, and there has been a lot of trouble in the early days.

This Chongzhen has a good face and a good reputation, and he has been unable to make a decision for a long time, which provoked the ministers and workers to use this as an opportunity to attack each other endlessly.

It even spread to the palace for a time, causing conflicts between Zhang Yan, Queen of Apocalypse, and Queen Chongzhen Zhou.

Sure enough, as soon as Wen Tiren's words came out, there was an uproar immediately.

"The land of the ancestors must not be abandoned. I ask you to kill Ding Kuichu immediately to make an example of you!"

"As soon as the capital is abandoned, it will be owned by the African countries north of the Yellow River. Alas, alas!"

"I cried a lot for one of the ministers. The first cry was that the Lord surrendered without a fight. The second cry was that the Huiqin and the two sects did not defend Tokyo, and the third cry was Yu Qian who guarded the capital. The ministers and others are about to fight to the death. Why did your majesty surrender first..."

"Uh..." Chongzhen's brow was in a cold sweat when he heard the words, and his originally eager mind calmed down again.

"Hurry up for three hundred miles, hurry up for three hundred miles, Donglu sent envoys to bring Hong Tai's letter here, and want to repair the relationship between the two families!" And when everyone was attacking each other, suddenly there was a shout from outside the hall , Everyone fell silent immediately.

(End of this chapter)