nanming man

Chapter 786 Dorgon goes south

The Qing army's raid ended soon, but it caused a lot of confusion for the Ming army.

After the Northern Expedition of the Ming Army, all the way was smooth and smooth, and the Jiangbei Green Camp, which was once the Jiangbei soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, was beaten to death. The Qing army will sneak attack.

After Zhu Cihong learned that the Qing army blocked the four gates, he did not expect that the Xuzhou defenders would leave the city.

In this raid by the Qing army, only more than 300 people fell from the city, but caused nearly a thousand casualties of the Ming army.

These people were not killed by the Qing army, most of them were trampled to death by themselves, and nearly a hundred tents were burned, which gave Zhu Cihong a blow.

In the early morning, Zhu Cihong, who was wearing golden armor, came to the south of Xuzhou to inspect the losses of last night.

"Your Majesty, there were not many troops who launched a surprise attack last night. The losses mainly came from the Jieguan camp. The impact on other camps around is not too great." The commander-in-chief Wang Zhiren's face was full of panic, "It's not good for me to command the troops, please His Majesty punishes!"

Standing in the camp, Zhu Cihong saw that the fence was burned, the tents in the camp were still smoking, and there were a row of corpses covered with white cloths on the ground, his face was very ugly.

This morning, he received news from Jinyiwei that the Qing army showed signs of mobilization, which made him realize that he might have been tricked by the Qing army in Xuzhou.

This made Zhu Cihong a little intolerable, if King Gao encountered such a thing, he would let it go, but he was young and thin-skinned after all, so he couldn't hold back his face, and became a little angry from embarrassment.

At this moment, he looked at the messy camp, his face was gloomy, his hand clenched the handle of the knife, and there was nowhere to vent the evil fire.

However, a general ran over, knelt down in front of Zhu Cihuang, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, the minister was negligent and let Jiannu attack the camp. Please punish him!"

Zhu Cihong looked at it, it was Li Qifeng, the commander of the Jieguan Battalion, who had not been here for a long time anyway.

The Ming army went all the way to the north, and the number of surrendered troops gathered was 4 to [-]. Zhu Cihong was all kind to appease.

A few days ago, news came from the Western Wei State that after the Qing troops in Beijing and Henan might go south, in order to prevent the Qing troops from raiding, Zhu Cihong ordered the battalions to reinforce their camps, but Li Qifeng obviously didn't listen.

Although Zhu Cihong didn't expect it himself, and the order was not aimed at Xuzhou, it is a fact that these troops were slack.

"As a general, I neglected to be on guard, let Jiannu attack the camp, and my morale was damaged. This is a sabotage! Kill me!" Zhu Cihong said coldly, clenched the hilt of the knife.

Li Qifeng raised his head suddenly, his face was shocked, he kowtowed again and again, and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I am willing to take the crime and make meritorious service~"

But Zhu Cihong was unmoved, the guards behind him had already stepped forward, set up Li Qifeng from left to right, then held him back, pulled him outside the camp, and cut off his head with a knife.

The generals stopped abruptly when they heard the begging for mercy, and then heard a click, and they all fell silent in an instant, as silent as a cicada.

Li Qifeng is actually not guilty of death, but he is a general anyway, and he has no popularity. Naturally, no one will help to speak up immediately, and when he wants to persuade him, he has already been chopped off.

At this time Zhu Cihong turned around, glanced at the generals majesticly, and said: "Jiashen Kingdom was changed, Shenjing fell for five years, and the people became slaves to the barbarians. Every time I think about it, I can't sleep well at night. Wait." As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, because I think about what I want, I am anxious about my urgency, share my worries for me, and relieve the suffering of the people! This Northern Expedition is to restore the rivers and mountains, relieve the people's downfall, and only succeed, not fail. There will be no negligence in the army. Those who do, will end up like this!"

It's true that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, Wang Zhiren and others will immediately kneel down on one knee, "The Lord humiliated the minister to death, and the ministers dare not neglect, and are willing to do their best to share the worries of Your Majesty!"

Zhu Cilang nodded when he heard the words. In fact, he knew in his heart that he was slack, but I am the master of the center, so there is no possibility of mistakes. Besides, he needs a human head to alert the army and cheer up to deal with the Qing Dynasty. military.

Before he knew it, he also became a brazen and power-playing person.

Zhu Cihong raised his hand, "Get up!" As he spoke, he looked at Wang Zhiren, "Mr. Wang, Li Qifeng is under your control. I promise you to commit crimes and meritorious deeds and attack the city together with Lord Jingguo. If you break through Xuzhou, your merits and demerits will be equal. And rewards!"

Wang Zhiren's elder brother, Wang Zhixin, was once the chief eunuch of the Chongzhen Dynasty, while he was a general of the imperial army and a confidant of Zhu Cihong, so they were naturally treated differently.

"Your Majesty accepts your orders!" Wang Zhiren hurriedly saluted, "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

At this moment, a general hurried over and saluted, "Your Majesty, Duke Yasukuni is ready to attack the city!"

Zhu Cihong immediately said to Wang Zhiren: "Wang Zongbing, you should also prepare!"

……

The sneak attack last night made Zhu Cihong determined to attack Xuzhou, and agreed with Huang Degong and Gao Mingheng's suggestion.

In the early morning, the sentinel horses of the Ming army roared back and forth, and the heads of the camps surged. A large number of soldiers pushed the siege equipment out of the camp amidst the sound of the company's horn, and placed them at the starting area three miles away.

On the Xuzhou city wall, the Qing army was waiting in full formation, and the Eight Banners soldiers shouted loudly, commanding some green battalions to move earth, rocks and trees.

At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army gathered three miles away were sitting on the ground, waiting for the order to attack, but the artillery of the Ming army had already begun to roar.

Under the city, more than [-] Hongyi cannons lined up. The loud horns of the artillery array sounded. The gunners raised their torches one after another. The artillery array suddenly burst into deafening cannons, and thick white smoke covered the long front. , each artillery retreated, and iron bullets weighing more than ten kilograms were shot out suddenly, hitting the city wall. Dust was flying all over the city of Xuzhou instantly, and countless gravel rose into the air and fell like raindrops.

There were many cannons of the Ming army, and the shells hit the city wall, causing the wall to sag, and the gravel crashed down, and white water splashed in the moat.

The cannons fired three rounds in a row, requiring heat dissipation, and gradually stopped. At this time, the drums of the Chinese army were beating, and amidst the rumbling drums, the soldiers of the Ming army who were sitting on the ground stood up one after another.

Under the banner of Dazhu, Huang Degong stood on his horse, drew his saber, pointed forward, and shouted, "Attack!"

In the wilderness, the soldiers of the Ming army rushed towards Xuzhou, shouting loudly towards the flood that burst out of the embankment.

……

During the attack on this day, the Ming army once attacked the east city of Xuzhou, but because the city gate was blocked, the Ming army could not enter the city continuously, and was eventually driven off the city by the Qing army.

"Straight mother! If there is support in the city, the city may be broken today!" Huang Degong threw the helmet in his hand heavily to his subordinates and cursed.

Hearing the words, Zhu Cilang's face was a little ugly, "Did Li Chengdong and the others not respond?"

Although he already had the answer in his heart, Zhu Cihong still asked.

"Your Majesty, we have fallen into the plan of building slaves to slow down the army. If there is one, I will kill you today!" Huang Degong said loudly: "Li Chengdong lied to His Majesty, he should be killed!"

Gao Mingheng saw that Zhu Cihuang's face was not good-looking, and hurriedly said: "It's a pity today, but if Lord Jingguo can command the soldiers to attack the city wall today, then our army will be able to attack again. At that time, we will use the method in Huai'an to transfer the water division warships." Participate in the attack, and you will be able to break the city!"

Zhu Cilang's expression softened when he heard the words, but at this time Chen Zilong suddenly came in, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, report ahead, Dorgon has gone south!"

"What?" Zhu Cilang stood up.

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