In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 185 The Fall of Shengjing
In the valley, after the battlefield was cleaned, the sky had darkened, and the snowflakes were still flying in the sky. Fortunately, everyone was prepared when they arrived, wearing thick leather jackets, cotton armor and leather boots.

Coupled with the training and adaptation in the Mobei Gobi last year, this kind of weather has no impact on the infantry boys at all.

After some statistics, Lin Rui also got the result of this victory. Although he was prepared, he was still very excited.

Because this battle actually resulted in an astonishing battle loss ratio of ten to one.

They wiped out 2 enemies, all of whom were cavalry. However, only nearly a thousand of the Lin family's infantry and cavalry were killed.

The casualties among the infantry were mainly spearmen. Except for a few who were shot to death by arrows, the rest were killed by horses, and only a handful were hacked to death with long knives.

As for the cavalry, most of them fell to death during high-speed collisions, and only a handful were killed by bows and arrows.

In other words, very few of the 2000 people who died were actually killed by Jiannu, and most of them were killed by war horses. This shows that the terrain played a huge role in this battle.

At night, when Lin Rui announced the results of the battle in public, the more than 2 Lin family troops were all excited, full of fighting spirit, and full of expectations for the next trip to Liaodong.

Lin Rui was also full of expectations. Before dawn the next day, he couldn't wait to order the army to prepare and set off.

All the corpses of the enemy soldiers and horses were thrown into the valley and ignored. They just loaded their armor, weapons, bows, arrows, and food onto the remaining 200 chariots, then braved the wind and snow and roared out of the valley. Kill.

Not to mention this chariot with huge wheels, it is also very suitable for carrying goods, especially in the muddy snow, it is not affected at all and the speed does not slow down.

After leaving the valley, the surrounding terrain suddenly opened up. After completely walking out of the continuous mountains, Lin Rui knew that they had entered the northeastern plains.

Just as Lin Rui led the infantry and hurried south along the traces left by the cavalry, Huang Ben led two thousand cavalry in disguise and hurriedly and slowly reached the gate of Shengjing City.

Although he passed many manors and pastures owned by slaves along the way, and met many old people, children and women who greeted them, Huang Ben ignored them and did not stop. Instead, he kept running as fast as he could.

"General, this is Shengjing City."

"Let's go, kill directly..."

The leader was an old Horqin who was captured. Looking at the tall city wall in the distance, Huang Ben waved his hand and rushed directly to the north gate of Shengjing City with 2000 troops.

At this moment, the Han defenders on the wall had already discovered the group of cavalry running towards them. Seeing that the group of cavalry were all wearing armor with yellow flags, they only closed the suspension bridge symbolically and did not even close the city gate.

"Hurry up and lower the suspension bridge. We were ambushed by the Lin family army and suffered heavy losses. The county prince was also injured and must go to the city for treatment immediately..."

Before the cavalry could even get close, a Mongolian man who could speak Manchu shouted loudly and in a very urgent tone.

At this time, the defenders on the city also noticed that the cavalry were all in a miserable state, with blood stains on their armors. They were also shocked. When they heard the shouts from outside the city, they subconsciously lowered the suspension bridge.

By the time the Eight Banners generals stationed in the north city arrived at the city gate, Huang Ben and his cavalry had already rumbled directly into the city gate. It was obvious that Jiannu was not prepared at all, and he never thought that enemies would come to steal the city.

"kill!"

After Huang Ben entered the city, he shouted violently and chopped down a traitor leader. The cavalry behind him also drew their long swords and slashed at the Han soldiers at the city gate.

"No, they are not raising yellow flags, they are enemies. Quick, close the suspension bridge and sound the bell as a warning..."

"Kill me..."

Although the Eight Banners generals on top of the city were shouting in panic, the Han soldiers guarding the north gate were only 300. They were caught off guard and could not stop the Mongolian Lin family army who were like wolves and tigers. They were so cowardly. The traitor soldiers who were killed were retreating steadily.

By the time the Han soldiers from various places arrived to support him after hearing the news, Huang Ben had completely controlled the North City Gate and the North City Head.

At this time, with the shouts of killing and the sound of alarm bells, the entire Shengjing was alerted, and countless people rushed out of the mansion, looking at a loss.

Obviously, Shengjing City has been at peace for a long time. It has never been attacked since the Jurchens took over the city. Now, the shouts of killing and alarm bells suddenly came from the north, making the slaves in the city unable to react for a while.

"come..."

Huang Taiji, who was taking a lunch break in Hai Lanzhu's palace, was also awakened by the sudden shouts of death and the alarm bell, and immediately shouted to the chamberlain outside.

"What happened?"

"Back, back to the emperor, I don't know what happened, but the noise seems to be coming from the north."

A eunuch rolled in and stammered.

"Go and find out immediately what happened in Beicheng."

Huang Taiji waved his hand and said to Hai Lanzhu: "My beloved concubine, I will go to see what happened first, and I will accompany you later."

"Ok!"

Hai Lanzhu nodded, listening to the faint sound of fighting in his ears, he was also filled with surprise and uncertainty.When Huang Taiji left the palace and hurried to the front hall, Daishan rushed over with a panicked look on his face.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. Just now, a group of cavalry disguised themselves as our warriors with yellow flags and entered the North City. Now they have occupied the North City Head and the North City Gate..."

"what?"

"It's unexpected that something like this happened... No, it must be the Lin family army. Something happened to the twelfth brother..."

"Quick, second brother, organize all the troops in the city immediately, and we must take back the North City Gate and the North City Head, as soon as possible..."

Huang Taiji's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he almost stumbled and fainted. After regaining his composure, he immediately shouted at Daishan, without even having time to ask how many soldiers and horses there were in disguise.

Because he thought of an extremely terrible situation.

"Eighth brother, I'm afraid something is not right. It's better to send someone to bring back Yizhou's [-] cavalry first, otherwise it will be too late."

Daishan did not go down immediately, but was so anxious that he almost cried.

Obviously, if Huang Taiji can think of it, he can naturally think of it too.

The Lin family army was able to steal the city wearing the uniform and armor of a warrior with a yellow flag. He must have fought with his twelfth brother.

The twelfth brother didn't even send anyone to report it. The only possibility is that the entire army has been wiped out, and the follow-up army of the Lin family army is heading towards Liaodong.

"No, first organize troops and horses to drive out the enemy forces in the city and recapture the North City Gate and North City Head. Otherwise, everything will stop. Go quickly..."

Huang Taiji was no longer as calm as before, and at the end he roared again.

The Lin family's army dared to steal the city. I'm afraid that the follow-up troops will kill them soon. At this time, it will definitely be too late to send troops to Yizhou to return reinforcements. The only way is to defeat the enemy troops in the city first and close the city gate. There was plenty of time to mobilize reinforcements.

At this time, Huang Taiji was almost filled with regret. He regretted that he should not have sent so many troops to the Ming Dynasty at once this year, and he also regretted letting Azig go to rescue the Horqin tribe.

Daishan had no choice but to stamp his feet and trot to organize people.

As the fighting sounds in Beicheng became more and more intense, waves of cold sweat broke out on Huang Taiji's forehead. After waiting for a while, he personally led the five hundred true yellow flag warriors guarding the palace to Beicheng. Supervise the war.

At this time, in the entire Shengjing city, apart from a large number of Han slaves, the only real Jurchens left were the old, weak, women and children, the [-] warriors and [-] Han soldiers guarding the palace.

Therefore, even if Huang Taiji personally supervised the battle, the traitor soldiers were still unable to drive Huang Ben and others who were guarding the north city head and near the north city gate out of the city.

Just when Huang Taiji was anxious and planning to organize the coated slaves in the city to attack, Takuyan finally arrived with [-] cavalry.

Immediately, the [-] cavalry were divided into two, [-] entered the city directly from the north gate, and the other [-] began to circle the city, preparing to block the capital of Shengjing.

As [-] cavalry rushed in, the Han soldiers were immediately killed and fled in all directions, and the entire Shengjing City fell into chaos and endless panic.

"Your Majesty, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived and can no longer be stopped. It is too dangerous to stay in the city. It is better to let the minions protect you and exit the city first, otherwise it will be too late!"

"Quickly, help the emperor get on his horse and go directly out of the south city gate."

The five hundred warriors around Huang Taiji saw that something was not going well and immediately protected him and killed him towards the south gate, regardless of whether he wanted to or not.

Daishan and other Eight Banners princes and nobles who stayed behind also did not care about their wives, daughters and children in the house. They all jumped on their horses and chose to flee.

"Quickly, surround the palace first. All adult men, except those who can speak Chinese, will be killed without mercy. All women and children will be arrested first. No adultery or robbery is allowed. Violators will be killed without mercy!"

Huang Ben led 13000 people in the city to clear out the remaining enemies, occupy the courtyards, palaces, government warehouses, capture prisoners, and maintain order.

Takuyan, with ten thousand cavalry, was responsible for intercepting and chasing those who escaped from the city outside the city.

Although many people escaped from the city, in the face of the interception and pursuit of [-] Mongolian cavalry, Huang Taiji finally escaped eastward under the desperate protection of [-] Jurchen warriors.

Hundreds of others, including Daishan and more than a dozen Nurhaci's descendants, were beheaded outside the city.

It took more than an hour for the city to calm down. This meant that there were more than 1 cavalrymen in the city. They were all veterans who were familiar with the rules of the Lin family army. Otherwise, if it had been the cavalry led by Takuyan outside the city, they would have been killed even in the dark. It may not be able to stabilize the situation in the city.

At this moment, almost all the women and children in the city were driven into various courtyards and put under guard. The surrendered Han soldiers and traitor slaves were also tied up and imprisoned, including all the concubines and children in Huang Taiji's harem. The eunuchs and maids were also personally imprisoned by Huang Ben and his men.

As for the inventory of supplies and the disposal of prisoners, Huang Ben did not dare to make his own decisions, not to mention that the Mongolians who did not know a single word could not do the inventory.

Even in order to prevent trouble, after completely controlling the city and eliminating all threats, Huang Ben mobilized 7000 Mongolian cavalry out of the city, leaving only [-] men stationed in the city.

Takuyan, on the other hand, took more than 3000 riders to chase Huang Taiji himself.

(End of this chapter)