Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 138 Battle Report
In the Xuanfu prison, Xuanfu governor Zhu Mintai and others were tied to wooden frames.

Fan Yongdou and his men were tortured.

"His Highness has told me that we cannot beat them to death. We will capture the dog emperor alive and let them see who is stronger!" Fan Yongdou told his men, "Put them on the tiger bench. They won't die, but they will be comfortable enough." Got it!"

"The master is absolutely right. I want to see if these officials, who are so dignified on weekdays, will cry for father and mother when they get on the tiger bench!"

Fan Yongdou laughed heartily after hearing this.

Then, he walked up to Zhu Mintai, his face darkened again, and shouted: "Why, why have you stopped talking and become mute? Why don't you ask for mercy? Maybe if I am happy, I can spare you the pain of your skin and flesh?"

However, Zhu Mintai ignored him and closed his eyes without speaking.

When Fan Yongdou saw it, he felt despised and immediately became angry and shouted: "You officials are usually aloof, but now you are a prisoner and you dare to ignore me. Today I will let you know what life is worse than death!"

Hearing this, Zhu Mintai opened his eyes and glanced at him.

When Fan Yongdou saw it, he felt proud again and couldn't help but ask: "What, are you scared?"

But who would have thought that Zhu Mintai just said to him calmly: "Those who forget their ancestors after reading the classics, do you know what it means to retain your loyalty and reflect on history?"

When Shen Yixiao and others heard this, they also said: "If these profiteers have great righteousness in their hearts, why would they collaborate with the enemy and betray their country!"

When Fan Yongdou heard this, he became furious again and shouted sternly: "Everyone who comes here is a guest. I, Fan, am the most honest person when doing business. I finally made some money, but you guys like me are worried about me when I'm an official." Don’t you know? Collaboration with the enemy and the country. To do business with outsiders is to be a collaborator with the enemy. There are so many people in the world who are collaborators with the enemy and the country. Why are they only dealing with eight of my families? It’s not because we have the most money..."

He spoke angrily for a while, but found that Zhu Mintai and others closed their eyes again and ignored him, and they suddenly became angry again.

These officials looked down upon him so much!

Before the Qing army came, he knew that these officials actually looked down on businessmen like him; but he didn't expect that after the Qing army came, they were all reduced to prisoners, and they still looked down on him. So what if the Qing army came? Come on, there is no difference?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he finally came up with an idea to stimulate these officials.

So Fan Yongdou turned his anger into joy and said with a smile: "So that you guys know that Wang Dengku has been sent by His Highness to identify the dog emperor, and they will soon have a duel in front of the two armies!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Mintai and others opened their eyes and looked at him.

As expected, I was surprised!Seeing this, Fan Yongdou thought in his mind and said: "His Highness listened to your words before challenging the dog emperor to a duel. Unexpectedly, the dog emperor actually overestimated his ability and agreed. Do you know that your highness is in the Qing Dynasty? Among them, he is the most valiant and adept at fighting. He has been fighting on the battlefield since he was a teenager, and countless court generals have died at his hands. Now, in a duel with the dog emperor, he only needs to use [-]% of his ability to capture the dog emperor. Come!"

"Impossible!" After hearing this, Zhu Mintai immediately denied loudly, "Your Majesty is so brave that no one in the world can defeat him?"

Shen Yixiao and others immediately agreed.

However, Fan Yongdou became even more enthusiastic and immediately grasped this point and said: "His Highness and the Dog Emperor have already met each other. If you are not sure, will you initiate a duel? You have seen His Highness's figure, and I believe you also know that the Dog Emperor is What kind of figure, think about it for yourselves, whether it is physical strength or combat experience, can that dog emperor compare to His Highness?"

What he said was indeed true, at least on the surface.As for Emperor Chongzhen's martial arts, Zhu Mintai and others did not see it with their own eyes. Instead, it seemed a bit exaggerated to say that the emperor could lift a thousand-jin cannon.

At this time, when Fan Yongdou said this, Zhu Mintai and others suddenly felt a little unsure.

However, in front of Fan Yongdou, they naturally would not admit this, and immediately said: "So what, as long as Jianlu dares to challenge him alone, Your Majesty will kill him with one slap!"

Who is Fan Yongdou?The leader of the eight Shanxi merchants, he is definitely good at figuring out other people's thoughts. He immediately felt that Zhu Mintai and others were a bit harsh, and he immediately felt comfortable. He laughed loudly and reminded: "Haha, His Highness won't let you die right away. Just to show you the dog emperor after being captured alive. When the time comes, you can tell the dog emperor that it was actually your idea for His Highness to challenge him. Hahaha..."

When Zhu Mintai and others heard his words, they couldn't help but look at each other.There was a hint of regret in his eyes.

At that time, what they said about the emperor's bravery was actually to dampen Jianlu's arrogance and make a splash before he died.However, as far as their true intentions were concerned, they really never thought about asking the emperor to challenge the slave chief.

Not to mention the question of whether they can beat him or not, it is just a difference in status, which will not allow civil servants like them to agree to a one-on-one fight.

However, who would have known that the slave chief was really not convinced by what they said and ran to challenge the emperor to a duel.What’s more, I didn’t expect that the emperor agreed to that slave chief!

If they lose the duel and others find out the whole story, they will definitely be reviled by the world, and the emperor's death may even be blamed on them.

If they die, they will die, but before they die, it is really not their intention to carry such a big burden!

Fan Yongdou saw what they were thinking, and his mood suddenly became even more cheerful. He immediately ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Put them on the tiger bench! His Highness said, as long as they don't kill him, they can see the dog emperor who was captured alive." Got it!"

Making them feel uncomfortable, and then torturing their bodies, was the beginning of his enjoyment of revenge.

As a result, what he didn't expect was that at this moment, he suddenly heard rapid footsteps coming from outside, and at the same time there was a shout: "Master, it's not good, run quickly..."

Fan Yongdou was startled when he heard the movement and quickly turned his head to look.

Zhu Mintai and others were also surprised, but they were overjoyed and quickly turned around to look.

At the door of the cell, a man who had just been shaved into a money rat tail broke in. He said to Fan Yongdou in a panic: "Master, run quickly, the imperial army has already entered the city."

"What?" Although Fan Yongdou had a bad premonition, he never expected such good news, so he immediately asked: "Where is the Qing army? How did the imperial army bypass the Qing army and enter the city? Coming?"

Zhu Mintai and others were also very concerned about this issue, and they all stared at that person.

"Sir, the Qing army has been completely defeated. It's all over. Naturally, the imperial officers and soldiers have entered the city. Run away quickly. If you don't run away, it will be too late!"

After the man finished speaking, he seemed to have fulfilled his responsibility to inform his master. Before Fan Yongdou could say anything, he turned around and ran away!
The prison is separated from the outside, so it's not easy to hear what's going on outside.But even so, I really heard the faint cry of killing.In other words, the imperial officers and soldiers were very close.

This time, Fan Yongdou was really anxious.

He came back to take revenge, not to die.Just when he was about to lift his legs and escape, he suddenly turned back, looked at the tied Zhu Mintai and others, and immediately ordered: "Kill them!"

After saying that, he hurriedly fled towards the cell door.

When several of his men heard what he said, they looked at each other, and then one said to the other: "Hurry up and do it!"

As a result, everyone else ran away, leaving only one person with the lowest status to carry out Fan Yongdou's orders.

But this man looked at their backs as they disappeared at the door of the prison. After a slight hesitation, he took out a dagger and walked quickly towards Zhu Mintai and others.

Zhu Mintai knew that people like him were going to die, so he was not afraid. Instead, he seemed to be relieved and said to Shen Yixiao and others: "Your Majesty must have won the duel. Even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

What Fan Yongdou said just now really scared him.If you die, you will die. If you want to kill the emperor, then you will really die without redemption.

After hearing this, Shen Yixiao and others also sighed: "Your Majesty is so brave and unparalleled in the world!"

Before dying, it is enough to get confirmation of this matter!
Afterwards, several of them closed their eyes and waited to die.

What they didn't expect was that they felt the rope on their body tightened for a moment, and then it seemed like it was gone.When he opened his eyes, he saw that he had been cut off by that person.

Just when they were a little strange, the man knelt down and kowtowed to them: "The villain has an eighty-year-old mother on top and a three-year-old child below. I was only coerced by Fan Yongdou before. Please let me go!"

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Jianlu never thought that this battle would fail.Therefore, Xuanfu City basically has no defenses and no troops.

Taking advantage of the victory, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court came in pursuit and easily recaptured Xuanfu City.

By the afternoon, Emperor Chongzhen was already sitting in the governor's office of Xuan Mansion, and Zhu Mintai and others who were imprisoned in the prison had also been ordered to appear.

They were already excited when they saw all the imperial guards in the yamen. When they arrived in the lobby and saw that the emperor was just as usual, with no missing parts, their hearts finally relaxed and they knelt down in excitement. Long live Shengshanhu!

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that their official robes were in tatters and there were scars on their bodies, he knew that they were probably the same as when Li Zicheng's army came. They did not choose to give in and were beaten severely, so he quickly said: "My dear friends, please heal quickly!"

No matter what, these civil servants in front of me have withstood the test of life and death.

Later, he asked about what happened in the Xuan Mansion, and he finally found out that it was the escaped Shanxi merchant Fan Yongdou who led the Jianlu army to invade, and then the previously missing Shanxi merchant Wang Dengku and the Jianlu army cooperated with each other, and they easily captured Come to Xuanfu.

Just listen to Zhu Mintai's report: "It is because of the incompetence of the humble ministers that the Xuan Mansion was lost despite His Majesty's warning. It also caused the Zhangjiakou Fort to be built and massacred. Please punish me!"

After finishing speaking, he knelt down.

Before Jianlu entered the Pass, Dorgon repeatedly explained that the reason for entering the Pass this time was to strive for world hegemony. Therefore, he changed the style of previous raids, and severely slaughtered those who resisted, and the rest were not allowed to be invaded.

Zhangjiakou Fort, as a step in the defense line of the Great Wall, naturally resisted, and was massacred by the Jianqi.On the Xuanfu City side, because Wang Dengku opened the door, Jianlu easily captured the city.However, before they had time to massacre the dissidents, Emperor Chongzhen led his troops to kill them. Therefore, Xuanfu City escaped the disaster.

Of course, no matter what, if Jianlu entered the city, many people would definitely suffer.Who can believe that Qiu has done nothing wrong?
If Wang Dengku had not opened the city at that time, the Jianlu might not have captured Xuanfu City, which would have resulted in fewer deaths in Xuanfu City.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen heard this and said to him: "No matter what the reason is, it is true that the Xuanfu has been lost. I am going to take the post of governor of the Xuanfu. In addition, you have served well in managing the Xuanfu before and you will remain loyal until life and death. He is a role model for other ministers, so I am temporarily acting as the governor of Xuanfu."

After hearing this, Zhu Mintai knew that the emperor did not want to punish him, so he felt grateful and quickly thanked Tian'en.

Then, he hesitated a little, and finally did not get up. He still knelt on the ground and told Emperor Chongzhen: "I have another sin, which caused your majesty to be in danger. Please punish me!"

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be a little curious, why did he put himself in danger?
So, he exhaled through his nose and said, "Huh?"

Fang Zhenghua beside him was still smiling cheerfully like Maitreya Buddha, but after hearing his words, the smile on his face disappeared and he stared at the temporary governor of Xuanfu.

You are so courageous and dare to put His Majesty in danger. This cannot be taken lightly!
Zhu Mintai bowed his head and said: "The slave chief wanted to kill me and others, and I wanted to lower the morale of the Jianlu, so I praised your majesty's martial arts, but I didn't want to arouse the slave chief's thoughts of challenging your majesty alone. I have to After knowing this, I regretted it very much. As a minister, I put my father in danger. Please punish me!"

"Ah?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately understood what was going on and couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha..."

It turns out that Azig challenged him to a duel, and the root cause was here!Speaking of which, I have to thank Zhu Mintai, otherwise this war would have been fought with real swords and guns, and I don’t know how many more people would have died!

But Zhu Mintai raised his head in astonishment and looked at the laughing emperor. For a moment, he didn't understand why what he said became so funny to the emperor.
Fang Zhenghua didn't smile, but he looked at Zhu Mintai a little better.

For him, it was better not to happen if the emperor singled out the emperor.

As an emperor, it is not appropriate to laugh so unscrupulously.Emperor Chongzhen quickly stopped laughing, but he still said with a smile on his face: "You are telling the truth, what's the crime? Be free!"

This statement is not modest at all.

But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen was even thinking about whether to send Zhu Mintai to Dorgon and Li Zicheng, and then provoke them and let them come to him for a duel?
If this is the case, the days of peace in the world will come soon!
As they were talking here, news came to the emperor one after another.

The first is the result of this war. The battlefield has been almost cleaned, and the statistical results have been reported.

In this battle, more than 370 Jianlu people were killed, more than 1 Jianlu people were captured, and the rest were missing.More than half of the Jianlu prisoners who died were driven into the Yang River and drowned.More than 500 war horses were seized, and more than 3000 horses were killed or wounded.Countless weapons and armor were seized.

This Jianlu army had no way to escape because it was fighting with its back against water, and was almost completely wiped out.

On the imperial side, 530 and 600 people were killed and more than [-] were injured, of which about [-] were seriously injured.

In this era, generally speaking, it was difficult to revive seriously injured soldiers. In other words, in this battle, about 1000 people from the imperial army were likely to die.

In addition, on the imperial court's side, Commander-in-Chief He Zhen died in battle while leading the cavalry charge. He was the highest-ranking general among the casualties this time.The injury to Commander-in-Chief Marco's arm was just fine, but he was injured again this time, but it was only a minor injury.

On the Jianlu side, almost the entire army was wiped out, so there is nothing to say.

The slave chief Azige was captured alive by Emperor Chongzhen. The other leaders of the captives were dead and injured, and they basically did not escape.False Tatars such as Kong Youde and Shen Zhixiang were all captured alive and surrendered directly after those who surrendered escaped death.

The specific composition of the prisoners can be quickly calculated based on their military uniforms.

There were probably more than 1000 Manchu soldiers under the Eight Banners, and most of them were wounded or were captured when they were drowned and dying.There were more than 3000 Mongolian soldiers in the Eight Banners, and about a thousand were captured when they were wounded or drowned and dying.The remaining prisoners were all the Han troops from the Eight Banners or the men of Kong Youde and Shen Zhixiang, as well as the Mongolians from the left and right banners of Tumut.

In ancient times, the saying that one thousand enemies were killed and eight hundred losses was not just a casual statement.

Although it was a great victory, there were still too many soldiers killed and wounded, even a high-ranking general was killed!At least the casualty rate in this war was the largest since Emperor Chongzhen led the army.If it weren't for the one-on-one duel that led to the arrest of Jianlu coach Azig, which triggered a chain reaction, the price paid for this war would definitely be higher.

This time it was just a field battle, and the casualty rate was higher than the last Zhending siege.From this aspect, Jianlu is indeed an elite and cannot be underestimated.

Now it can only be regarded as annihilating a partial division of the Jianlu invasion. Their main force is in the capital, and there is still a more difficult battle to fight.

If we just look at the battle reports, the army led by Emperor Chongzhen originally had [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, for a total of [-] horse and infantry. However, after this battle, there were only [-] cavalry. There are about a thousand cavalry and [-] infantry. The total horse and infantry is [-].

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen also had auxiliary troops, that is, local troops.They were defeated before, but they have been gathered some. Now that they have won a big victory, some of the defeated troops will come back. It is estimated that there will be about [-] people who can assist the main force in fighting.The total strength can reach about [-].

(End of this chapter)