please make me king

Chapter 1486
"Kill, kill Minggou!"

Ten li to the west of Wangpingkou, at the foot of Dahanling Mountain, in the Qingshui stream in front of the Terrace of Thousands of People.

A wave of Houjin soldiers was swarming out, rushing towards the Ming army stationed at Qianrentai.

The Ming army, who was still in good shape, couldn't help being shocked when they saw this, and couldn't help being shaken.

It turned out that although the Ming army was the elite of Jiliao, after many failures, they were already running out of food and grass, their hearts were fluctuating, and their soldiers had no fighting spirit.

"Anyone who dares to retreat, beheaded; anyone who dares to make noise, beheaded; behead one level, reward 20 taels of silver!" At this moment, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Ji Liao, shouted loudly.

Among the many Ji Liao governors, Ding Kuichu can only be regarded as quite satisfactory.

However, even if it is quite satisfactory, it is enough to use the terrain around Wang Pingkou to fight this kind of defensive battle.

It turns out that from Hehekou, Tianjin Pass and Qijiazhuang to the east, it is the Jingxi Road leading to the capital.

These three roads first meet at Yanchi Village, then go east along the Sanggan River, that is, the later Yongding River, and finally reach Wangpingkou, and then divide into three, namely: Pangtan Road, Lutan Road and Yuhe Road .

Among them, Nalutan Road and Yuhe Road lead to Fucheng Gate of the capital, while Pangtan Road leads to Guang'an Gate of the capital.

Therefore, if Ding Kuichu wanted to stop the Houjin soldiers from advancing eastward, they had to block them in the Wang Pingkou area.

And from Wangpingkou to the west, there is the famous "Ten Li and Eight Bridges".

The so-called "ten miles and eight bridges", as the name suggests, means that there are eight bridges distributed in sequence within ten miles from Dahanling to Wangpingkou, namely Qianrentai Old Bridge, Zhuanghu Small Bridge, Luoyang Bridge, Aoyu Bridge, Fulong Bridge, Jinsuo Bridge, Black Tiger Bridge and Yucheng Bridge.

Among these eight bridges, the first one from west to east is the Thousand-Rentai Old Bridge.

Qianren Terrace, also known as Qianjun Terrace, is a platform on the north side of Qingshuijian. It is said that it can station thousands of troops, so it is called Qianrentai. road.

After Nading Kuichu arrived at Wang Pingkou, he was worried that the Ming army would collapse at a touch and would not be able to complete the task.

He left Wu Guojun, the chief soldier of Ji Town, to lead the troops, deploying defenses layer by layer, and led a thousand people to the thousand-person platform by himself, establishing the first line of defense for the Jin soldiers after the defense.

As the first line of resistance against Houjin, the Jiliao frontier army naturally has some fighting strength.

Sure enough, after listening to Ding Kui and Chu Enwei's combined orders, everyone's morale was slightly boosted, and they shot arrows and fired cannons one after another to resist the attack of the Houjin soldiers.

Originally, these were the conventional tactics of the Ming army, so it was nothing.

It's just that everyone never expected that in this round, they shot down seven or eight of the elite Houjin.

In order to offset the firepower advantage of the Ming army, the Jin soldiers were always heavily armored and fine cavalry, and they were unstoppable. In the past, let alone bows and projectiles, even if they were shot by the Ming army's destroying captive artillery and Weiyuan artillery, the loss was not great.

How did everyone expect that today, they could shoot and kill Hou Jin's soldiers so easily?
"Could it be that there is fraud in this?" Everyone couldn't help but wondered.

"No noise!" Na Ding Kuichu couldn't help scolding when he heard the soldiers whispering to each other.

In fact, when he thought about it carefully, he was quite puzzled.

Unavoidably falling for Houjin's trick, Ding Kuichu carefully instructed: "Don't scatter eagles if you don't see rabbits, don't be fooled by Yamaru by the tartars, wait until you put them in before hitting them!"

Not long after, as the Houjin soldiers rushed up wave after wave, the two sides finally fought hand to hand.

Originally, the Ming army was quite afraid of night battles and hand-to-hand combat with the Hou Jin soldiers, but when they saw the Tartars rushing up, they inevitably felt a little bit frightened.

It was only after the two sides fought each other that they realized that the aggressive Tazi soldiers were nothing more than "silver-like pewter spearheads", which looked fierce but were actually soft.

The people just hacked with knives and axes, and chopped the tartar back.

"Hey, this tartar is wilted!" someone had already said in surprise.

"Haha, what's withered, I must use the weak brigade to consume my strength first, and then send the heavy armored soldiers to make a final decision and break our army formation!" A veteran explained to the new soldiers around him.

At the beginning, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Jiliao, also thought so, and kept holding on to the strange soldiers in his hands, fearing that they would be taken advantage of by Hou Jin.

It's just that a group of people never expected that the battle would become smoother and easier.

The soldiers of the Ming army seemed to be extremely brave after taking a powerful pill; then all the soldiers of the Jin army turned into soft-legged shrimps, falling down when they were hit, and died when they were chopped.

Even the bold Ming army dared to chase into the Qingshuijian valley to hack and kill after defeating the attacking Houjin soldiers, which was extremely brave.

Now Ding Kuichu was also confused: what's going on, could it be that the governor is actually a genius in heaven, and he uses soldiers like a god?

And just when Ding Kuichu was puzzled, in fact, the attack of the rebel army on the other side of the valley was also overwhelming.

"Report, the king of the town, Zhang Weishi, is merciless in killing, and asks for a rotation to rest!"

"Report, Zhou Yujibu is relentless in killing, requesting a rotation to rest!"

"Report, there is a place for good life in heaven, and Your Highness has the benevolence of Emperor Shun. Xu Quan begs His Highness not to cause more killings, and take back his life in time!"

It turned out that although the Empress Jin soldiers were not willing to fight hard, they were flesh and blood after all.

Counting from the day when the two sides fought on July 21, Hou Jin's soldiers have been without sleep for four days and three nights. Even a man of iron can't stand such a toss.

Therefore, when the rebel army launched an attack, the Houjin soldiers trapped in the valley were already exhausted. How could they resist the rebel army who had just rested overnight?

Coupled with the narrow terrain in the valley, the rebel army managed to pull the artillery in and use artillery to clear the way. This battle of extermination turned into a one-sided massacre.

At the beginning, many generals under Zhang Shun's command rushed in to collect their military exploits excitedly, but in the end, the killers really softened.

In the beginning, it was literally soft hands. The soldiers of the rebel army who had only rested all night were so tired that they couldn't lift their arms after hacking for a long time.

However, later, this "soft hand" basically means "soft heart".

Although it is said that Zhang Shun's Duo Ming army surrendered, and these Ming army surrendered during the war with Hou Jin for many years, many brothers and sisters died at each other's hands.

Therefore, these people and the Houjin soldiers can be regarded as having bloody feuds, and they should hate to the bone. As a result, Zhang Shun never expected that now one by one would beg for mercy for the Tartars.

"This..." Just when Zhang Shun was hesitating, he saw Xu Quan, who was taking turns, ran back covered in blood.

When he saw Zhang Shun, he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, please go into the valley and have a look, it's really too miserable!"

"You said killing a chicken or a duck is okay, even if you slaughter a city and loot the land, but if this continues, I'm afraid that His Highness's reputation for a lifetime will be wiped out."

"Then I'll go in and take a look?" Zhang Shun looked at the blood-red setting sun and asked tentatively.

In fact, this time Zhang Shun didn't intend to kill them all, but the road in the valley is narrow, unless one party completely defeats the other, it will be difficult for the losing party to surrender and be defeated.

Surrender, the victorious side is afraid of repeating itself, and cuts off the way back.

If they are defeated, they will be blocked by their own people and have nowhere to escape.

The current situation between the two sides is just like Zhao She, a famous general in the Warring States period, said, "The road is far and narrow, just like two mice fighting in a hole, and the brave will win."

That is to say, only when one side completely defeats the other can it be possible to win.

Originally based on Zhang Shun's impression of the bravery of the Hou Jin soldiers, he thought it would be a hard fight, but he never expected to slaughter after a hard fight, and he felt a little soft-hearted for a while.

"The end will lead the way for His Highness!" Xu Quan couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard this, and jumped up quickly.

"Okay!" Zhang Shun nodded, and under the guard of everyone, he slowly stepped into the valley leading to Tianjin Pass.

As soon as Zhang Shun arrived at Taniguchi, he immediately smelled a strong smell of blood, which made him want to vomit.

Zhang Shun quickly stabilized his mind and walked in boldly.

It's just that when Zhang Shun stepped into the narrow valley, he was stunned.

Where is a valley here, this is clearly a hell on earth.

Bright red and black blood were smeared everywhere, and the lush forests on both sides of the road were painted with a layer of red.

Limbs and bones were broken, intestines and stomachs were broken, and grains were splashed everywhere.

There is a section of intestines hanging on the branch over there, and half of the body is hanging down here, attracting birds in the mountains to chirp and peck at it.

And on the originally narrow mountain road, there is no place to stay.

There are mutilated bodies, tattered armor, and bows, arrows, guns, and knives thrown all over the place.

There are also some soldiers who are not completely dead, rolling in the bushes beside the road, howling miserably.

Through the gaps in the vegetation, Zhang Shun could vaguely see that those people had either broken arms or broken legs.

The other one was even split in two by the shell, and he grabbed the second half in a panic, trying to connect them again.

Raising his eyes and looking far away, this bloody road has been extended to the end of Zhang Shun's eyes.

At the other end blocked by the mountain, the sound of rumbling cannons still resounded.

Miserable, really miserable.

It turns out that although the war in this era is cruel, it is still a war with cold weapons as the main means of destruction.

The most common ones are the corpses killed by hacking with knives, axes and birds. It is still the patent of a very small number of people who have been bombarded by artillery.

However, fighting in this valley is very different.

A ten-pound field cannon and a twenty-pound gold cannon can penetrate dozens or hundreds of people in one shot, making them ruthless killing machines.

After going back and forth like this, the rebels killed so much that they were killed.

Seeing such a tragic scene, even the well-informed Zhang Shun couldn't help but be terrified.

"Why don't we accept the surrender?" Zhang Shun hesitated for a moment, and asked involuntarily.

When Zhang Shun spoke, Xu Quan and others were overjoyed and wanted to thank him.

Unexpectedly, a person suddenly stopped and said: "Your Highness, absolutely not!"

Zhang Shun and the others could not help but change their expressions when they heard the words, and quickly looked carefully, only to find that the person who opposed it was Yiergenjueluo Ashan.

"Why not?" Zhang Shun frowned.

"It must be known that hitting a snake will not kill you, but you will suffer from it!" Na'a Shan couldn't help sneering, "Fu Diyi has a human face but a beast's heart, he is afraid of power but not virtuous."

"If His Highness forgives them today, it will surely harm China in the future!"

(End of this chapter)