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Chapter 247 The Battle of Pengze (Part [-])

Pengze is a thousand-year-old city, but the city is not big. At the end of Ming Dynasty, it was one of the five counties under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang City. 5000 people defended the city, which is quite a lot. But Pengze cannot be called a strong city. The current Jiujiang City is not at the same level in terms of city defense.

Therefore, it is impossible to withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of horses outside the city, not to mention that there is Zhu Yousong in the city with four strong generals and more than 2000 cavalry as internal support. Hou Fangyu is right, the key is that their morale is low, so they put all All the methods of defending the city were exhausted, the bows and arrows were shot, the rolling logs and stones were thrown, and finally all the houses were demolished, but they could not stop the siege soldiers below the city.

However, this Mr. Hou was not popular, and he overfulfilled the task of defending the city assigned by Zuo Menggeng. From dark to midnight, it was not only two hours, but also three hours. However, Zuo Menggeng He failed to realize his plan as he wished.

Not only did their nearly ten thousand men fail to catch or kill Zhu Yousong, but they were smashed to pieces by Zhu Yousong's group. will not be hurt.

There are dead bodies everywhere in the city, and it can be said that there are many dead and wounded, but nine out of ten are the people of the condemned army.

After the third watch, the city was broken.Zhu Yousong's army rushed to the top of the city and opened the city gate. Tens of thousands of horses rushed into the inner city like a flood.

Hou Gongzi, who was directing the defense of the city at the top of the city, saw that the situation was over, and he did not run for his life under the city, nor drew his sword to fight for his life. He knew that all these were futile, and the demeanor of a literati had not been lost. The fate is not good, and he sighs that the sky does not bless him, but the court soldiers who rush over will soon capture him alive.

But Zuo Menggeng thought of retreating from Kaesong at this time, but it was too late.When he saw that it was impossible to catch or kill this stupid king, the city was already broken, and there were court soldiers everywhere, shouting to kill and rushing in. He quickly ordered someone to open the west gate, but when the west gate opened, he was dumbfounded up.

The people outside the city gate were all soldiers from the imperial court. Under the light of countless torches, it could be clearly seen that the small county of Pengze had long been besieged by the imperial court's tens of thousands of troops.

"Come to me!" Zuo Menggeng started fighting trapped beasts. He planned to tear open a hole and escape, but as soon as his order came out, thousands of arrows were fired from the opposite side, and those in front fell layer after layer. , the people behind quickly retreated, regardless of the order of the general or the junior general, because no one's life was brought by the strong wind.

They backed away, and the people outside the city would no longer be watching, shouting and rushing into the city, Zuo Menggeng had no choice but to change direction.

This time he did not run out of a stone's throw away with his men and horses, and met Zhu Yousong head-on. At this time, there were not only four generals and more than 2000 cavalry around Zhu Yousong, but tens of thousands of them. Soldiers and horses, the situation is very clear, this time they can't escape, the only way to survive is to surrender.

Therefore, without waiting for Zuo Menggeng's order, his soldiers threw down their guns one after another and willingly became prisoners.

As the chief general, young marshal, and great general, he wanted to be brave once more, smashing his horse and wielding his sword for the final struggle, but he was not as brave as his father Zuo Liangyu. Not a brave general.

At this time Liu Zhaoji rushed up, knocked him off the horse, if Zhu Yousong hadn't confessed that he was going to live, Zuo Menggeng would have been decapitated long ago.

Zuo Menggeng was captured alive, and the remaining survivors of the sentencing army all surrendered. When the sky was gray and bright, the battle in the city ended.

This fierce battle started yesterday afternoon with Zheng Hongkui leading 1 troops to lure the enemy, and then the imperial battalion attacked and defeated Zu Keyong's troops. The big battle and the small battle lasted for half a day and one night.

The soldiers are already exhausted, but they have the spiritual support of victory, and there is no embarrassment.However, Zhu Yousong was an exception. He possessed the physique of a martial artist who cultivated the world, and he often heard chickens dancing. He was also in his twenties, and his blood was young. Therefore, the battle of nearly ten hours was pediatrics for him, and he was still full of energy at this time. No signs of fatigue.

The main reason is that this big victory was so inspiring and exciting. The [-] sentenced army was wiped out, and the three enemy generals were all captured and captured. The rest of the battle was much easier to fight.

Zhu Yousong was in high spirits, and he didn't pay back his bills to rest. It was a kind of enjoyment to stand in the cold morning wind at the top of the city and watch the victory.

The four generals commanded the troops according to his will, checked the casualties, rectified the troops, posted notices to show the safety of the people, and repaired the city defenses. According to the usual practice, the damaged houses were also repaired together, and the wounded were treated. Set up prisoner camps everywhere and concentrated them in detention.

Soon the statistics came up. In this battle, 10 soldiers were wiped out, and more than 7 rebels were captured alone.Only more than [-] people from the imperial court participated in the battle this time. Because the navy had not yet arrived, the imperial court's troops only paid a small price of a few thousand troops.

Its own military affairs department handles casualties, and registers the soldiers who have received meritorious service in the credit book.

Zhu Yousong ordered the troops to rest on the spot and rewarded the soldiers of the three armies generously. He also waited for the navy team behind to catch up, because more than [-] miles ahead was Hukou, and Jiujiang was [-] or [-] miles west of Hukou. , To capture these two places, the north is the rolling Yangtze River, and the south is Poyang Lake, which is hundreds of miles away, and water warfare is inseparable.

In the evening of the next day, the five thousand navy arrived, and the river north of Pengze was densely packed with more than two hundred warships of different sizes, neatly and mightily arrayed on the south bank of the river.

After the camp site was selected, Zheng Cai, the deputy commander of the navy, was left in charge of commanding the men and horses of the Anza Navy camp. The iron-armed dragon He Zhaoxiong brought his daughter He Xuanjiao, general Liu Chunhong, and a group of personal guards to the city to see Zhu Yousong. check in.

At this time, they also knew the news of Pengze's great victory. This great start was so exciting. The old man was so happy that his gray beard trembled. The happiest ones were of course He Xuanjiao and Liu Chunhong. , leaving the old man and those soldiers far behind.

When they came to the big tent of Zhu Yousong’s imperial camp, the old man led two valiant generals to kneel down and salute the emperor and his ministers. Zhu Yousong bowed and left his seat, and with a smile on his face, he pulled up his father-in-law and gave him a seat. One man and two sat down After congratulating Zhu Yousong, he reported in detail the marching situation along the way.

Zhu Yousong issued a decree to grant the imperial banquet, specially let Li Quan attend the table, and accompanied him personally. Even though it was a march and a war, the imperial banquet was still very rich, with delicacies from mountains and seas, jade liquid and fine wine, eunuchs' waiters, and maids of honor. In the palace is also almost less.

The old man is very sensible, so of course he would not eat and drink here, even though his son-in-law is an emperor, after all there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and he knows the thoughts of young people, so he ate indiscriminately and kowtowed again , the old man left the venue first on the pretext that there were too many affairs in the navy, and then Li Quan and Liu Chunhong also left the venue on excuses.

Zhu Yousong saw that everyone who had to go was gone, well, I have been struggling enough to march and fight these days, so I have to solve my physical problems first, so I waved my hand and stopped singing and dancing, and put He Xuanjiao on my lap.

He Xuan was blushing with embarrassment, and served the emperor heartily after a coquettish cry...

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