Daming Military Empire

Chapter 146
It is said that when Azig saw that the Ming army gradually occupied the southern city wall, he even ordered the whole army to disperse and retreat directly to the city of Shengjing!What's going on here, isn't he afraid that Huang Taiji will punish him for running away?

Ordinarily speaking, the occupation of a city wall does not mean that the entire city has fallen. He still has more than [-] troops under his command. As long as he relies on the three walls of east, west and north to fight with the Ming army in the city, although it is certain that he cannot beat the Ming army, he can at least take the Ming army. The army has been dragged in Haizhou City for more than half a month, and it can still cause a lot of casualties to the Ming army. At that time, he can still escape if he can't resist it. Why does he order the entire army to retreat now?
In fact, this is not what he meant, but Huang Taiji asked him to do this. Although he did not receive substantial assistance when he asked Huang Taiji for help, Huang Taiji sent him a secret letter, the content of which was very simple. One sentence: "If you can't do anything, you can immediately retreat to the outside of Shengjing City. I will wait in the wild."

This means to let him take more than [-] coalition troops as bait to lure the Ming army to pursue, and Huang Taiji will wait for the opportunity in the wild to annihilate the pursuing Ming army.

What a poisonous strategy, if the Ming army really pursues him, he will be fine, because he has horses, but the more than [-] coalition troops under him will be in danger. These are all infantry defending the city. Once the Ming army catches up, they will You can't escape even if you run away, and then you can only see who runs faster. Taking more than [-] lives as bait is poisonous enough!

Let's not talk about how Azig led more than [-] coalition troops as bait, let's take a look at what is going on with the Ming army, will they chase after it?

First of all, Zhu Cijiong never expected to take down Haizhou City so easily. After all, there are at least [-] defenders inside. Even if they take down the southern city wall, they can still fight in the streets. Ten thousand people can take down Haizhou City.

So, when Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting successively came to report that Jiannu had escaped, Zhu Cijiong couldn't believe his ears and escaped?More than [-] people escaped!He jumped up from the chair excitedly, and said excitedly: "Teacher, let's chase."

That's more than [-] people, and the Jiannu and Mongolian coalition forces have a total of only [-] people. To eliminate these [-] people is equivalent to destroying one-third of them. This temptation is too great!
Sun Chengzong directly shook his head and said, "Don't chase!"

Zhu Cijiong asked in surprise, "Why?"

Sun Chengzong asked back: "How many troops should be sent to chase more than [-] people?"

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and replied, "I'm afraid the 20 troops from Tianxiong Army and Qin Army will be dispatched."

Sun Chengzong asked again: "This is to pursue, can the artillery keep up with the speed of the brigade?"

Zhu Cijiong directly shook his head and said, "No."

Sun Chengzong asked immediately: "If there is no artillery support, and they are ambushed, can the Tianxiong Army and the Qin Army win when they encounter the [-]-year-old Golden Iron Cavalry alone?"

If there is no artillery support, line up the formation, and attack in waves with flintlock guns, you may still be able to win the [-] golden iron cavalry, but if you are ambushed, depending on the speed of the cavalry, the musketeer probably has a chance to shoot. If the terrain is complex Point, not even a chance to fire a shot!if so
Zhu Cijiong thought about it, even sweating.

However, Sun Chengzong continued to analyze: "If both the Tianxiong Army and the Qin Army are ambushed, then the Liaodong War is over. There are not enough troops, and even with the advantage of artillery, we cannot go to attack the city. They can There are a lot of cavalry, if they suddenly come out during the siege, we may be in danger."

Zhu Cijiong nodded in convincing, and said with a bit of regret: "Then I won't chase after him. Let's rest in Haizhou City for a few days before we talk about it."

If Huang Taiji knew that the little emperor had been persuaded by Sun Chengzong again, he would probably scold Sun Chengzong, an old man again. What good is it, even when Huang Taiji heard that Sun Chengzong was on the Ningjin defense line during the Chongzhen Dynasty, he didn't even bother to fight.

It's not that Sun Chengzong is so clever. When it comes to strategy, he may not be as good as Huang Taiji. He has only one characteristic, steady, steady and steady, and he will never make rash advances easily.

Even though Huang Taiji has all kinds of tricks, if Sun Chengzong is not fooled, what can he do!

Just like this time, Huang Taiji used more than 20 Houjin and the Mongolian allied forces as bait to attract at least [-] Ming troops to pursue them. If there was no Sun Chengzong, Zhu Cijiong would probably be fooled, but with Sun Chengzong, Huang Taiji can only Hiding in a hidden corner and cursing my mother.

In any case, Haizhou City has been won. Since you can’t pursue it, let’s take a good rest. This day almost used up all the six-inch solid bullets and shotguns that were stored in the previous seven or eight days. It’s just time to rest and wait. The shells from the capital were delivered.

Being able to easily take down Haizhou City, Zhu Cijiong was naturally in a good mood, but before his good mood lasted for an hour, Lu Xiangsheng came to beg to see him with a cold face.

Zhu Cijiong is so strange, isn't he asked to take the Tianxiong Army to take over Haizhou City? Why did this guy come over with a cold face? Could it be that he wants to take over the defense of the city wall and change jobs with Sun Chuanting?Such a trivial matter can't make me look like this, I'm the emperor!
Unexpectedly, he guessed completely wrong. As soon as Lu Xiangsheng walked in, he asked angrily: "Your Majesty, why don't you let us chase those beasts?"

Oh, it turns out that you are eager to do meritorious service, but you should also pay attention to your expression, no matter how great your deeds are, as long as you annoy me, it will be useless?Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "Jian Dou, you are also a veteran, don't you know that the poor don't chase you? Jian Nu still has [-] cavalry, and there is no news at all. If you lie in ambush, your [-]-strong army There is a danger of annihilation of the entire army, you know?"

Unexpectedly, he guessed wrong, and Lu Xiangsheng replied with a stiff neck: "Even if the whole army is wiped out, I will chase after them. These beasts are too inhuman!"

Zhu Cijiong's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, an unknown feeling instantly occupied his mind, he took a breath, and asked nervously: "What's the matter, what are they doing?"

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth and said: "There is almost no living person in the city, and all the clansmen who built slaves fled with them. As for the civilians in the city, the old, young, and men were all killed, leaving only some young women. It would be better to be killed, once and for all!"

Zhu Cijiong instantly felt a cloud of anger rushing into his head. Although he had heard that Jiannu had a bad habit of massacring cities, when he actually faced it, he still couldn't help shaking with anger. These bastards, damn it!
After half the salary, Zhu Cijiong came back to his senses, he slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Cao Huachun, go and invite the Grand Tutor here."

Cao Huachun outside the tent responded, and soon Sun Chengzong ran in panting. He saw the fierce expressions of the two people inside the tent, and couldn't help being stunned. What happened to these two people, who are they angry with?
Zhu Cijiong didn't explain to him, and asked coldly: "Teacher, how many prisoners were captured in this battle?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, only more than 1 defenders on the south wall were captured, and the rest all ran away. The exact number of [-] is still counting."

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said viciously: "Don't count, take them to dig a big pit next to the camp tomorrow morning, probably enough to bury them, cut them all down after digging, push them into the pit and bury them. "

Sun Chengzong frowned when he heard the words. Bloodthirsty is not a good habit. Since ancient times, bloodthirsty emperors have never had a good end. The last time he killed the captives of Gaizhou City was because they resisted too much when they attacked Gaizhou, causing heavy casualties to the Ming army. Well, they didn't resist much this time, and the Ming army didn't suffer too many casualties, so it didn't make sense to kill them.He still remembered Emperor Tianqi's dying words, and felt that he had to dissuade the emperor, lest he go astray, so he boldly asked: "Dare to ask the emperor, what's the matter, why do you want to kill the prisoners all of a sudden?"

Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "They slaughtered Haizhou City, how can they be worthy of the people of Haizhou City if they don't kill them?"

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he had to sigh and stop dissuading him. The massacre of the city deserved to be killed.

Zhu Cijiong felt that he was still angry, and shouted: "Cao Huachun, pass on my will, let Cao Wenzhao kill all the captives in Fuzhou and Jinzhou!"

When Cao Huachun heard the sound, he hurried in to write the imperial decree.

Sun Chengzong looked at Cao Huachun and then at Zhu Cijiong, trying to dissuade him several times, but in the end he still didn't say anything, kill, kill, they slaughtered the city, and we killed the prisoners, as it should be.

The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said angrily: "Why doesn't Dingliao Youwei have any prisoners? If there are no prisoners, there will always be Jiannu in the city. Arrest them all, kill them, kill them all!"

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he hurriedly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, absolutely not, massacring civilians is against the harmony of heaven and will be punished by heaven!"

Zhu Cijiong was shocked when he heard the words. Thinking about it, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Dorgon, those in power in the later Jin Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, had no scruples and massacred civilians. In the end, they all had no good ending: Nurhachi died of gunshot wounds , Huang Taiji died of hematemesis, and Dorgon fell to his death while hunting.There is God's will in the dark!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong sighed leisurely: "Forget it, the civilians will not be killed, but none of the prisoners can be kept."

At this time, Cao Huachun had finished writing the imperial decree, handed it over to him for inspection and stamped it with a big seal, and then stood there respectfully holding the imperial decree, waiting for his order.

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and ordered: "Go and call Chen Yutai."

Cao Huachun obeyed the order and went out with the imperial decree, and soon Chen Yutai arrived.

Zhu Cijiong explained in detail: "You write an article for me, and the title is "Jiannu is not as good as a beast". As for the content, you go to the city with Jiandou to see the tragic situation after Jiannu slaughtered the city, and ask those The victimized woman, try to write as detailed as possible, there is no limit to the number of words, write as much as you can, I will write it tonight, and hand it over to me tomorrow morning."

On the third day, the "Beijing News" published a special issue titled "Building slaves is worse than beasts". After the publication of the newspaper, the whole country was in an uproar. Arriving in Zunhua with grain trucks, they spontaneously formed a grain transportation team to transport grain and grass for the Ming army in Liaodong. Soon Dalinghe Fort, Santaizi Fort, and Sanchahe Fort were full of grain and grass, and 60 troops could eat enough for half a year!
As for the silver taels donated by the common people, Zhu Cijiong registered all of them and prepared to distribute them to the families of the soldiers who died in the Liaodong War after the war.At the same time, he also organized personnel to read the special issue of the "Beijing News" among the 60 troops in Liaodong. Suddenly, the 60 troops were furious. meat!

(End of this chapter)