In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 282 The Desperate Chongzhen

"My dear friends, if anyone has a good strategy to defeat the enemy, please tell me quickly."

In the Forbidden City, in the Imperial Palace, bad news came. Emperor Chongzhen turned gray overnight, and his whole body seemed to be ten years older. However, looking at the civil and military officials below, he still asked with a glimmer of hope.

Unfortunately, there was silence in the spacious hall, and hundreds of civil and military officials all lowered their heads.

Seeing that no one responded, Chongzhen was sad and angry, so he had to look at Duke Dingguo.

"Dong Guo, tell me, what should we do now?"

"The minister is incompetent!"

Duke Dingguo had no choice but to prostrate himself on the ground.

"Xue Aiqing!"

"The minister is incompetent!"

Xue Guoguan, the chief minister who just took office at the beginning of this year, also prostrated directly on the ground.

Chongzhen named several more people in succession, but all the officials who were named knelt down and declared that they were incompetent.

"They are all just a bunch of losers. They usually talk loudly and clearly, but now the Ming Dynasty is in danger, but you are silent. What is the use of you? Ah, you are all talking?"

Chongzhen was so angry at this scene that he finally collapsed. He stood up and pointed at the ministers and cursed angrily. He no longer had the imperial majesty of the past, but his heart was even more sad and unwilling.

Facing Emperor Chongzhen's roar, all the officials knelt down in unison, buried their heads on the ground, and allowed Chongzhen to scold him again without saying a word.

This undoubtedly made Chongzhen even more angry, and he almost spit out a mouthful of blood. He stumbled and fell onto the dragon chair again, with a look of death on his face.

"Does God really want to destroy our Ming Dynasty?"

"My lord..."

On the side, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch and eunuch Bingbi, also had a sad look on his face. He looked at Chongzhen with choked words and his eyes were full of worry.

"Your Majesty, Wu Xiang, reports that although the bandit army is strong and will be approaching the city in the near future, Ningyuan Bo Wu Sangui still has [-] soldiers under his command who can die for Your Majesty and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the more than [-] soldiers who escaped from the outer city yesterday and the capital camp, as long as the defense is properly defended, the capital can still be defended and wait for the arrival of King Qin's reinforcements! "

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was planning to ask Wang Chengen to announce his resignation and then return to the palace for a final reunion with his relatives, Wu Xiang stood up in the corner of the door and said.

"Oh, Wu Aiqing, come forward, where is Uncle Ning Yuan?"

Chongzhen immediately sat up straight as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, Wu Sangui, the dog, was injured by an arrow during the battle with the bandits yesterday and was unable to enter the upper hall in time. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"

Wu Xiang quickly stood up, then came closer and kowtowed.

"Wu Aiqing is about to recover. Is your son Ning Yuanbo's injury serious?"

Chongzhen said with a concerned look on his face, not caring how Wu Sangui escaped back.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Although the dog has difficulty moving, his life is not in danger." Wu Xiang replied quickly.

The ministers all expressed contempt in their hearts. Wu Sangui escaped on horseback yesterday and was not injured at all. He just did not dare to go to the palace. However, no one dared to say anything at this time. What was the plan of the Wu family and his son? Many people You can all guess it.Hearing that Wu Sangui was not in danger, Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately ordered the imperial doctor to go to the Wu Mansion for diagnosis and treatment. He then appointed Wu Xiang as the left governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion and the admiral of the capital camp. He gave Shang Fang a sword and was responsible for the defense of the entire army. Let the eunuch Wang Dehua lead ten thousand soldiers to help defend the city.

When Wu Xiang returned to the Wu Mansion with Shang Fang's sword in her arms and an excited look on her face, Wu Sangui was playing with his concubine Chen Yuanyuan, so happy that he didn't look hurt at all.

"What time has it been? If you still want to indulge in the love between your children, go back and lie down quickly. The imperial doctor will be here soon."

"Father, how are you?" Wu Sangui asked anxiously.

"It's done. His Majesty has given Shang Fang the sword and asked me to be the admiral of the capital camp and responsible for the defense of the capital."

"Great."

Wu Sangui was overjoyed immediately. The reason why he did not directly join the Chinese army at that time was that he could not worry about his family in the city, so he hurried back.

Firstly, you can protect your family, and secondly, you can take the opportunity to control the capital and negotiate with the Chinese army.

After the father and son dismissed the imperial doctor, Wu Xiang took Wu Sangui's seven thousand Guan Ning cavalry and monk Fang Baojian to assemble the army in a hurry. It only took two days to control all the defense of the capital.

After three days of rest, the Chinese army also completely cleaned the battlefield, the corpses were buried separately, and the prisoners were reorganized and settled down.

In this battle, the Chinese army suffered a total of more than [-] casualties, with infantry and cavalry killed almost equally. The most casualties were the Mongolian cavalry, with a total of [-] killed.

The combined infantry battalions also suffered nearly 5000 casualties, followed by the 1 Han cavalry. The trapped camp and firearms battalions also suffered more than [-] casualties, and there were more than [-] lightly and seriously wounded.

The loss was close to one-fifth. Although it was not heavy, it was not light at all.

In total, the Ming army also killed more than 5 people, captured more than 5 people, and only escaped with more than 1 people.

The Qing army suffered the fewest casualties. In addition to 25000 cavalrymen killed in action, Han soldiers and Korean soldiers were basically taken prisoner, totaling more than [-] people.

After everything was done, Lin Rui led his army to the gates of Beijing and began to persuade them to surrender.

At this time, Hailanzhu also returned to the capital with Wu Keshan and [-] Horqin cavalry. Liu Zeqing, who was stationed at Juyongguan, also sent a letter of surrender.

"The defeated general Wu Keshan paid homage to King Hua. From now on, my Horqin tribe is willing to swear allegiance to the king. Please accept it!"

After Wu Keshan was brought into the tent by Hai Lanzhu, he bowed down directly, but felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Well, since your Horqin tribe is willing to surrender, for the sake of Hailanzhu, I will no longer pursue the past matters. Get up!"

Lin Rui waved his hand, saying that the Horqin Department would definitely be split up in the future, but there was no rush.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wu Keshan breathed a heavy sigh of relief and glanced at his sister gratefully. He was also very happy in his heart. Fortunately, Hailanzhu was captured by Lin Rui and was favored. Otherwise, according to Lin Rui's Character, this time their Horqin tribe may really end up following the Jurchens.

Immediately, Lin Rui asked Hai Lanzhu and Wu Keshan to take [-] Horqin cavalry and a batch of grain and grass and a dragoon battalion to support Namuzhong.

This time he planned to let Namuzhong chase him all the way to Liaodong, take the opportunity to capture the entire Liaodong in one fell swoop, and drive Dorgon directly to North Korea to deal with it later.

At this time, Dorgon was almost going crazy being chased by Namuzhong, and he couldn't get rid of him at all. As a result, Dorgon had the idea of ​​fighting several times, but he finally endured it.

In fact, at this time, even if there are [-] fewer Jurchen cavalry, if Dorgon wants to fight hard, Namu Zhong will not fight.

After the two sides struggled in Shuntian Prefecture for several days, Dorgon took the opportunity to escape from Miyun and escaped from the Great Wall. This was because Namuzhong was unwilling to fight with him, otherwise there would be no chance to escape back to the grassland, and Namuzhong naturally With [-] Mongolian cavalry, they chased out of the Great Wall again.

(End of this chapter)