In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 249 Chongzhen refuses to admit defeat
After Lin Rui led his army to Zhangjiakou, he was extremely disappointed, because the eight profiteers ran back to their hometown in Shanxi last year, and the only ones left in Zhangjiakou were some servants and a few collateral descendants.

Obviously, the Fan and Wang families are not stupid either. They know that once the Hua Kingdom captures the Xuan Mansion, they will never let them go, so they have made preparations long ago to prevent danger.

After all, they and the Lin Jiajun knew each other's ins and outs, and they all knew each other's details. It could be said that Lin Rui started his career by robbing eight caravans.

Each of the eight families has its own castle and cargo depot in Zhangjiakou. Last fall and this spring, they even secretly smuggled a batch of supplies to Liaodong, which shows how courageous they are.

At this moment, the people in the eight castles, looking at the overwhelming army outside the city, could not think of any resistance at all. The steward in the castle opened the gate and surrendered with his servants as guards.

After some interrogation, it was learned that the descendants of the eight families who stayed here had also fled to the grassland two days ago. Lin Rui was also furious and cursed, his face as black as coal.

However, the monk can run away but not the temple, he can run away from the first year of junior high school, but he cannot run away from the fifteenth day. The eight families think that they can escape by running back to their hometown in Shanxi, but they are dreaming.

For these servants in charge, Lin Rui did not make things difficult for them. He still let them stay in the castle to guard them, but only took the materials, money and convoy away.

All the money had obviously been transferred away. The eight families together only obtained a total of more than 20 taels of silver, and there were tens of thousands of carts of grain and other supplies.

With the arrival of the end of March, the various prefectures, counties and castles of Xuanfu in Datong have begun to send envoys one after another to surrender. In the end, only Datong, Shuozhou, Yanghe, Xuanfu and Wanquan Youwei are left. The city is waiting for five big cities, and it is obvious that they still want to discuss the conditions.

Especially Wang Pu, who not only controls the city of Datong, but also has a line of acting kings in the city, so he wants Lin Rui to retain his title of Pinglupp, or he can be re-created as an earl.

After all, after taking refuge in China, one's status must not rise but fall instead. This has not been the case since ancient times!
"I haven't even ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor, but he is thinking about getting a title. I'm afraid he might not be awake yet and tell Wang Pu that he must submit unconditionally. Otherwise, after the army breaks the city, no one of his Wang family will be left alive. I will take advantage of his Wang family." Go ahead and kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!"

Not catching the eight profiteers, Lin Rui was already holding back some evil fire in his heart. Now that he saw Wang Pu chattering endlessly and wanted to bargain, his temper suddenly rose.

In fact, he really wanted to break through a big city by force and kill everyone, so as to shock the gentry and powerful people in the world.

"What about Yang Guozhu, Bai Guangen and the others? How should they respond? And Hong Chengchou is still hiding, refusing to see the people we sent to recruit them."

Namuzhong frowned and asked again.

It's really not a human thing to recruit someone to surrender, and she never wants to take on this bad job again.

"Tell Yang Guozhu and the others that after I officially proclaim myself the king and ascend the throne, their status will not be lower than it is now. They will still be allowed to lead troops to fight. After the world is unified in the future, they will be rewarded based on their merits, but they must abide by the laws of our country. According to military regulations, the servants must be disbanded, so be it. If they want to surrender, they can surrender. If they don't, forget it.

As for Hong Chengchou, if he likes to show off, just show off. Leave him alone. When Bai Guangen and the others surrender, they will arrest him and lock him up first. If you want me to go to Corporal Xian in person, he is not qualified! "

Lin Rui waved his hand impatiently, obviously he didn't have much patience anymore. It was impossible for him to recruit Hong Chengchou to surrender like Huang Taiji.

If there wasn't an urgent need for capable civil servants to take charge of the overall situation and take the lead in the next reform matters, he would really want to chop that old dog into pieces.

"By the way, has Sun Chuanting been escorted here?"

"I was escorted to Fort Yonga three days ago, but that guy's temper seems to be hard and stubborn. I'm afraid he's not that easy to surrender." Namuzhong nodded and said.

"Have you tried it?"

"Well, that guy put on a bad face and ignored me. If you hadn't told me to treat him kindly, I would have really wanted to teach him a lesson. It's so irritating."

Na Muzhong gritted her teeth at the end, obviously very angry with Sun Chuanting's attitude.

"You don't need to worry about Sun Chuanting. I will go and meet him in person."

Lin Rui waved his hands, feeling funny in his heart. He was not even sure about recruiting Sun Chuanting, let alone Na Mu Zhong. It would be surprising if Sun Chuanting could pay attention to her.

Sure enough, as Lin Rui issued the ultimatum, Yang Guozhu, Li Mingfu, and Wang Tingchen of the Xuan Mansion did not dare to make any further decisions and directly opened the city and surrendered to the Hua Kingdom.

After all, there are only more than 6000 soldiers and horses in the city. Without reinforcements outside, the three of them know the consequences of being trapped in an isolated city. They also have no confidence in the imperial court for a long time.

After the Xuan Mansion surrendered, Bai Guangen, Ma Ke, and Tang Tong among the right guards of Wan Quan saw this and did not dare to show off any more and immediately opened the city gate.

Hong Chengchou, on the other hand, had a tough mouth and refused to surrender, so Na Muzhong directly ordered someone to tie him up and imprison him. This made Hong Chengchou so angry that he almost fainted.Then five guerrilla generals from Shuozhou and Yanghe also submitted their orders, leaving Wang Pu to persevere in Datong.

But the people in the city were already in chaos, and everyone had their own agendas. After a lot of struggle, Wang Pu rushed to arrest Dai Wang and his family before the fifth day of April and opened the city gate of Datong.

Since then, in the entire Xuanfu Datong, only Wu Sangui from Juyongguan has not completely surrendered.

At this time, Wu Sangui was wavering again, and he was still undecided whether to submit to China or continue to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Because after Gao Qiqian returned to the capital, he learned that more than [-] elite border troops had been defeated. Only Wu Sangui escaped to Juyong Pass. …

Fortunately, Emperor Chongzhen's ability to withstand strikes was not that strong. If it were any other emperor, he would have collapsed a long time ago. However, Chongzhen managed to get back on his feet after just one night.

Not only did he immediately issue an edict to recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world to join the King of Qin in Beijing, he also ennobled all the general military officers. Basically, all the generals with soldiers and horses were knighted, and Wu Sangui, who held [-] cavalry and occupied Juyongguan, was knighted. , and was directly granted the title of Marquis.

Obviously, compared with the defeat of Songjin in history, the defeat of the Ming army this time dealt a greater blow to Emperor Chongzhen, and he made him more anxious and frightened. He even went to the point of desperate measures to save the Ming Dynasty.

After all, after the defeat of Songjin in history, as long as Shanhaiguan was defended, the Qing army still could not directly enter the Central Plains and destroy the Ming Dynasty.

But the current Chinese army is different. Not only can they attack the capital directly from Zijingguan, they can also directly recruit and surrender civil and military officials from various places to dismantle the foundation of Ming Dynasty's rule.

After the message from the Hua Kingdom came out, Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed and relaxed a little when he saw that Lin Rui had destroyed the Great Wall and eliminated himself from the world's gentry.

Similarly, the officials of the DPRK and China, who had been basically at peace, regained a glimmer of hope for the Ming Dynasty, cheered up some spirits, and began to offer advice and suggestions.

First, Lu Xiangsheng was asked to return to Beijing quickly to take charge of the overall situation, and then Chen Xinjia was transferred to Ningwuguan to take charge of Shanxi military affairs and take over as governor of Xuanda.

However, as various places in Xuanfu and Datong surrendered one after another, Chongzhen, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became nervous again. He was worried that Wu Sangui would also directly surrender to the Hua Kingdom, which would open the door to the capital. Emperor Chongzhen also continued to add titles, hoping to win over Wu Sangui and let him He stayed at Juyongguan to buy time for the troops and horses of Qinwang from all walks of life.

First, he was given the title of Crown Prince and Taibao, and then he was given the title of Right Governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion. Finally, several brothers of the Wu family and Wu Xiang were all awarded.

Wu Sangui was really moved by the emperor's kindness. In addition, Lin Rui made another stupid move and wanted to seize the land of all gentry and landlords, so he became hesitant again and wanted to wait and see.

As for the three generals of Ningwuguan, Cao Bianjiao was determined not to surrender and wanted to defend Ningwuguan to the death. In addition, the fierce tiger also sided with Cao Bianjiao, so He Renlong who wanted to surrender could not. I don't choose to continue to wait and see, and I don't dare to express my thoughts of subverting the subjugation and rebelling against the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Rui actually didn't care much about Wu Sangui, He Renlong and others, and he didn't pay much attention to Emperor Chongzhen's reaction, because as long as he held the Zijin Pass, he could leave Datong at any time to claim the life of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, he had already experienced the combat effectiveness of the so-called most elite frontier troops in the Ming Dynasty. He didn't think anyone could defeat his Chinese army in a field battle.

The Ming army couldn't do it, and the Qing army couldn't do it with just cavalry and no infantry. As for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, let alone Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Lin Rui didn't take them seriously at all.

So at this time, Lin Rui's thoughts were almost all on how to govern Datong and Xuanfu.

Although many scholars gave up after the announcement of the memorandum, there is still a steady stream of scholars coming to join them every day. Therefore, China is no longer short of manpower needed by the New Deal. What is missing is only one person who can take the lead. people.

At this moment, outside Yonga Fort, nineteen infantry phalanxes were neatly arranged in the mine field. As orders were issued, the nineteen phalanxes sometimes moved forward, sometimes retreated, sometimes dispersed, sometimes closed, and were engaged in various operations. Tactical drills.

In order to prevent accidents, after deciding to stabilize the situation, Lin Rui asked Zhou Meng to withdraw from the capital to Datong with the cavalry right battalion and the five thousand dragon cavalry.

The five thousand dragoons were all elite veterans who were removed from each battalion. After returning, they were directly replenished into each battalion, bringing each battalion to full strength again.

"Two of you, how do you feel about these [-] infantrymen of this king?"

After the army drill ended, Lin Rui smiled and looked at Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou, who had remained silent.

Hong Chengchou was a little better. At least he had seen the Chinese army's lineup that day, but Sun Chuanting, who saw the Chinese army's infantry phalanx for the first time, was shocked in his heart.

(End of this chapter)