Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 137 Divine Might Invincible
He said "dog emperor" as soon as he opened his mouth. Needless to say, he must be someone who has a grudge against the emperor.In addition, the other party came from Jianlu, so he must be someone who defected to Jianlu.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen said calmly: "A dog that forgets its ancestors and works hard to build captives can't be wrong, right?"

"You?" When Wang Dengku heard this, he was furious. He was so angry that he could hardly speak. He finally suppressed his anger and said, "So that you, the dog emperor, will know that I am the Shanxi Shang Wang Dengku who ordered your house to be confiscated. Today I will Let’s see how you die in the hands of the Qing Dynasty!”

Fang Zhenghua was furious when he heard this, and immediately asked the emperor for instructions: "Long live my lord, I will capture him and beat him first to vent my anger!"

When Wang Dengku heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly drove his horse away. He came to Azig and said, "Your Highness, the man in front of me is indeed the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He said that you are showing off your sword in front of Guan Gong and don't overestimate your ability. I want you to look good!"

When Azig heard this, he was furious.

Then, the imperial court also sent people who knew Azig to confirm.Azig has charged into battle many times, and the Ming army does know him well.

Azig immediately shouted sharply: "Go back and tell your emperor that I will capture him alive soon!"

"Are you worthy of being a Tatar?" After replying, he also hurried away to report to the emperor to confirm that it was correct.

Then, according to the agreement, the guards of both sides retreated back to their own formations, leaving only two people fighting alone in front of the formation.

Whether it is Azig's personal guards or Emperor Chongzhen's personal guards, they are all ready to attack. Once they find that their general is in danger, they will rush to rob them as soon as possible.

Although there were countless people on the battlefield, as the personal guards of the generals on both sides retreated to their own formations, everyone stopped talking or guessing, and all stared at the two people who attracted the most attention.

Even the soldiers who were arrayed behind the formation and couldn't see the soldiers in front of the formation were putting their feet up, trying to take a look.If it weren't for the strict military discipline, some people would probably run forward to see it.

In front of the two armies, they saw two people riding on two horses. On top of their tall horses sat a man in full armor.

At this time, it was already the end of May. Even in the north, even if it was still the Little Ice Age, the weather was already hot.

Both parties wore several layers of armor. To be honest, it was very uncomfortable and hot!

Azig also used a long spear, pointed the tip of the spear at Emperor Chongzhen, and then began to urge the horse to fight.

Behind him, the war drums of the Jianlu army began to beat, cheering for their master.

On the Emperor Chongzhen's side, when he saw Azig urging his horse forward, he actually hung his spear on the hook, and then took out his bow and arrow with his backhand.

Bows and arrows are no better than bullets, they have traces to follow.Especially when the distance is far, it is easier to avoid or block the arrows as long as you keep an eye on the shooter.Not to mention, wearing heavy armor can protect you from arrows.

When Azig saw it, he had a sneer on his face. He just leaned forward a little, leaned on the horse, and started to accelerate.

The Ming Emperor was obviously a fledgling on the battlefield. As long as he speeded up his horse and avoided the Ming Emperor's bow and arrows, at close range, he could kill the Ming Emperor who was just holding a bow at will!

Once the horses started charging, how many arrows could the Ming emperor shoot?
The sound of horse hooves sounded crisply on the battlefield.

"Hoo ho ho..."

Faster and faster, faster and faster!
The distance between the two sides was originally more than 200 steps, but in the blink of an eye, there was only about a hundred steps left.

Azig's eyes were just staring at the Ming Emperor's bow and arrow, his legs pinched the horse's belly, urging the horse to speed up again.

Suddenly, I saw the bow and arrow in the hand of the Ming Emperor shooting straight towards Azig.

Just by looking at it, Azig knew that the arrow was aimed at his horse, so he pulled the reins slightly to let the horse dodge a little to avoid the arrow.

Unexpectedly, before the first arrow hit, the second arrow came again.

Azig was suddenly shocked: I didn't expect that the Ming emperor could shoot a volley of arrows, and he was really good at it.

However, he did not panic. After confirming that his horse could avoid the first arrow, he stretched out his spear to block the second arrow.

To be honest, the arrows shot by the Ming Emperor were not fast in his eyes. It should be because the bow power was not strong enough.

Haha, I can't fire a hard bow. If I'm not careful, even if I let him shoot, he may not be able to penetrate the vest.

When Azig was thinking about it, suddenly, the pupils staring at the Ming Emperor shrank, and he suddenly knew something was going to happen.

It wasn't the Emperor of Ming who shot another arrow, but the Emperor of Ming's third arrow. The speed was so fast that the third arrow could catch up with the second arrow. It was so fast that he couldn't react.

In a flash of lightning, he suddenly understood: The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was cheating!

The Ming Emperor's first two arrows were only slightly stretched out, so the arrows flew slowly and paralyzed him.As a result, the arrows at the back were all as wide as the full moon, and their hairs were like shooting stars.

Azig didn't have time to react, and he shot arrow after arrow.

The arrow hit the horse and half of its feathers were engulfed. In the blink of an eye, two arrows were nailed to Azig's horse.

At the same time, Azig was also hit by an arrow in the thigh, which penetrated his armor. Before he could scream, he was thrown out by the horse from his hip.

In the distance, Azig's personal guards never expected that their master could not resist the Ming Emperor's arrows and was shot over like that?
If the general dies in battle but the bodyguard is still alive, he will also be executed.

The moment Azig was hit by the arrow, more than 20 personal guards immediately rushed out on horseback, trying to snatch their master back.

The other Jianlu, including the fake Tatars, all looked at this scene with their mouths open.

Is this the end of the imaginary duel?The most important thing is, why didn't the Prince of England win, but the Emperor of Ming Dynasty?This is unreasonable!
As for the imperial officers and soldiers, when they saw the slave chieftain being shot by the emperor and being thrown off his horse, they who had been watching the battle with silent breaths almost unanimously shouted excitedly: "Long live my emperor!"

The sound of fifty or sixty thousand soldiers roaring in unison was deafening, seeming to declare to the world that their emperor was the most powerful!
However, Zhou Yuji and others had obtained the emperor's order in advance and immediately issued military orders, taking advantage of the high morale and launching an attack when the Jianlu commander was overthrown and the morale of the entire army was hit.

Fang Zhenghua and Jin Zhensun did not hesitate and immediately led their troops forward to cover the emperor.

The Jianlu people quickly came to their senses and saw that the Ming army was dispatching in large numbers. They only had more than 20 personal guards, and it was impossible to snatch back their commander. The cavalry of the Eight Banners Manchuria and the Eight Banners Mongolia immediately Rushing into battle, trying to recapture their master.

Kong Youde, Shen Zhixiang and other Han generals among the Jianlu were as anxious as ants on a hot pot when they saw that the Ming army on the opposite side had begun to charge, and their sight was blocked by their own cavalry.

Most of their men were firearms troops, and they couldn't fire at all in this situation.All you can do is either follow up or run away.

If you run away, there will be Yanghe behind you, so you won't be able to escape at all.Moreover, the military discipline of the Qing Dynasty was strict. If they escaped, even if they escaped with their lives, they would be severely punished. Not to mention, they were not Jurchens, but the lowest Han people in Liaodong.

If you give it a try, there may be hope of winning.

Although Kong Youde, Shen Zhixiang and others had no choice but to follow up immediately, chasing the cavalry army towards the Ming army.

The so-called pulling one hair and moving the whole body refers to this time.

The original combat method was changed due to the duel between the two generals.The cavalry became the first force to fight, and they all rushed towards the enemy.

Following the cavalry, the infantry followed closely.

"Kill..."

The cry of killing immediately covered up everything and became the loudest sound on the battlefield.Artillery suddenly had no use, but firecrackers were useful. As the two armies charged together, the sound of "bang bang bang" started to sound.

When Azig's personal guards rushed up, some of them rushed directly to their master who was lying on the ground and did not know whether he was alive or dead; some rushed to Emperor Chongzhen's side, including those with swords, guns and arrows.

Emperor Chongzhen did not retreat at all. He just continued to draw his bow and arrows, and shot all the thirty arrows in an arrow pot empty in one go.

Almost at the same time, Jin Zhensun and others led the cavalry to cross Emperor Chongzhen and kill the Jianlu who dared to rush towards Emperor Ming.

In fact, by the time they passed Emperor Chongzhen, more than half of the Jianlu on the opposite side had been shot down by Emperor Chongzhen.

As the saying goes, shoot the horse first before shooting the man. He would not miss such a big target.

The arrows shot by Azig's personal guards at him were all inaccurate because they were mounted shots, and none of them hit him.

Fang Zhenghua, on the other hand, rushed to Emperor Chongzhen's side with his immediate bodyguards and stood in front of him to protect him. Only then did Fang Zhenghua smile and say, "In today's battle, the Long Live God's Shot will be famous all over the world!"

In the previous battle of Daizhou, Emperor Chongzhen shot and wounded Li Zijing on the top of the city.However, on the court's side, only the cavalry officers who followed him saw it, while Li Zicheng issued a hush-hush order;

Later, in the Battle of Zhending, Emperor Chongzhen once again showed off his marksmanship and shot off the rope of the suspension bridge.

Both times, they were far inferior to the sharp shots fired by the two armies this time.

You must know that the target shot this time was a slave chief. He had a reputation for bravery in the battlefield. Not only was he wearing heavy armor, but he was also riding a high-speed horse.The strength of the opponent and the difficulty of archery are beyond compare before.

If Emperor Chongzhen had not first shown his weakness to the enemy and deceived Azig into thinking that his ability was limited to just shooting with a strong bow, Azig, as an experienced man on the battlefield, would have driven his horse away when he saw something was wrong. Not impossible.

After shooting down Azig, Emperor Chongzhen shot and killed the personal guard who came up from behind, which showed his marksmanship.

Psychological warfare, continuous arrows, plus arm strength, etc., can only be combined to achieve this seemingly easy victory.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen did not have time to be happy. He put away his bow and arrows and scanned the battlefield.Seeing that our own army had fully pressed forward and was already fighting with the Jianlu who were fighting, I felt relieved.

In this way, the lethality of Jianlu's firearms can be limited, and the advantage of one's own army being larger than that of Jianlu can be used.

Seeing that his soldiers were all full of morale and rushing into the battlefield in a steady stream. Seeing that most of them had passed him, Emperor Chongzhen knew that in this battle, when he won the one-on-one duel, he would basically win. There is no suspense anymore.

The upper source of Yanghe River has three tributaries: East, West and Nanyang River. After they merged at the junction of Huai'an and Wanquan counties, the lower part was called Yanghe River.The place where Jianlu set up his formation was not far outside Xuanfu City. This was where three rivers converged, and the narrowest part of the river was more than 50 feet wide.

Jianlu was under the attack of the Ming army with more than twice the strength, and the Ming army officers were still like crazy tigers. They were all as elite as the servants of the Ming army generals they usually saw. They could not hold their ground at all. The Ming army retreated to Yanghe River.

On Emperor Chongzhen's side, some personal guards had gone to check on the slave chief's side. Like dragging a dog to death, they dragged the unconscious Azig to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, the slave chief fell unconscious and is not dead." !”

If you fall off a horse running at high speed, a bad move can kill someone.This is just a matter of falling unconscious, which is considered luck.

Emperor Chongzhen saw the broken arrow shaft on Azig's leg and the arrowhead was still in his leg, bleeding profusely. He ordered his subordinates: "Bandage his wound and lock him up!"

Fang Zhenghua looked at this scene and said happily again: "Since the Jianlu rebellion, no Jianlu has been captured alive, let alone a slave chief. Long Live God is invincible and will surely destroy the Jianlu!"

If I had said this before, no one would believe it.

After all, Jianlu was famous, said to be invincible in field battles, and had never lost his golden body.Invisibly, the morale of any army that confronts Jianlu will be suppressed.

However, it goes without saying that showing Azig to the public once can greatly boost the morale of the court!

Emperor Chongzhen felt proud when he heard what he said. He did not expect that this Azig was probably bullying him into being the emperor. He had never fought in a war before and was never famous for his martial arts. After hearing about him from somewhere, he thought If you want to take advantage of yourself, you will want to fight each other as soon as you meet.

As a result, it hit the iron board!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but look forward to it. I wonder if there will be such a good thing in future wars?
For example, he was very happy to duel with Dorgon and Li Zicheng.

But after the news of this war spreads, no one should doubt his own strength, and no one will challenge him in a duel!

Feeling a little regretful, Emperor Chongzhen raised his head and looked around.

He could only see the backs of the imperial officers and soldiers, and wherever he looked, there were no Jianlu standing there.

On the Yang River in the distance, you can vaguely see that many people have fallen into the water.

The war has been won!
Seeing this scene, Emperor Chongzhen said to Fang Zhenghua: "Preach the decree, and those who surrender will avoid death!"

"My servant obeys the order!" After hearing this, Fang Zhenghua quickly agreed, and then the captain of the Jinyi Guards flew out and went to the battlefield ahead to deliver a message.

After a while, the Ming army soldiers shouted loudly on the battlefield: "Whoever surrenders will avoid death..."

After another half an hour, the battle ended. Some Ming Army soldiers began to clean the battlefield, some Ming Army soldiers escorted the prisoners to the concentration point, and some Ming Army soldiers took advantage of the victory to recapture Xuanfu City. .

Jin Zhensun, the commander of Biaoying directly under the imperial court, was the first to rush back to Emperor Chongzhen and said to Emperor Chongzhen very excitedly: "Your Majesty, a great victory, a great victory! We defeated Jianlu, defeated Jianlu!"

Following closely was He Zan, who was also uncontrollably excited, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Didn't I say that Jianlu was invincible in the field, haha, this time we defeated the entire army, haha..."

As soon as he laughed here, he saw Fang Zheng's face turned cold, and he suddenly came back to his senses. He knew that he was so happy that he had been rude in front of the emperor, so he quickly apologized to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "General, I am too happy, please, Your Majesty." Punishment!”

Emperor Chongzhen had seen it a long time ago. The soldiers he saw in front of him were all eager to roar and scream. He Zan was not alone in being overly happy!

He could understand their happiness, after all, this was the first time the imperial court had won a big victory against Jianlu!This is an unprecedented victory since the end of Wanli!Is this the expectation of at least two generations of imperial soldiers?
So, he smiled and said: "Then I will punish you to win another big victory!"

"The general will obey the order!" He Zan heard this and quickly replied happily.

This answer was very natural, and there was no concern that Jianlu would be very difficult to defeat.

Emperor Chongzhen could see that the victory in this battle gave his soldiers a lot of confidence.

If before this battle, their morale was high because they had solved their worries, such as military pay being paid on time, sufficient food and grass, post-war employment and pensions, etc.; then after this battle, there were also leaders Their ability to win the war will also inspire them to continue to maintain high morale!

Just imagine, the emperor led them to defeat even the invincible Jianlu, so what enemy could not be defeated?

Only an army that has been tempered by a great victory can become a truly elite division.Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen had to thank Azig for this great gift.

If he hadn't been mentally ill and wanted to challenge him to a duel, even if he won this battle, he would probably have suffered a lot of losses!
Of course, if you think about it carefully, victory is inevitable.

The Ming army that fought against Jianlu before was said to be in the tens of thousands, but the ones with real fighting power were actually the servants of each general.As for other soldiers, they can only fight with the wind.Moreover, the gap in equipment also made them lose morale.

In fact, it is equivalent to saying that the Jianlu actually maintained the advantage of elite troops over the Ming army, so they could win every field battle.

A simple example is that the Baigan Army and the Qi Family Army were not made like this by servants. The Jianlu Army led by Wild Boar Skin took advantage of the victory and besieged them, and their teeth were broken.If the surrendering artillery had not been deployed to blast away the Ming army's defense line, I really don't know what the final fight would have been like.

Not to mention, at that time, the Baigan Army and the Qi Army were still having conflicts and did not cooperate with each other. Otherwise, there might not be so many things happening later.

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