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Chapter 420 Two Heads
According to the will, Huang Degong killed the big traitor Tang Tong. Instead of chilling those surrendered generals, Zhu Yousong had Lu Jiude and Huang Degong read the imperial decree in front of [-] surrendered soldiers, and hacked It hit Tang Tong's head.

Zhu Yousong punished traitors and traitors without any slaying or reckless killings. He repeatedly declared that it had nothing to do with surrendering generals, and accepted his [-] troops and Cangzhou, which can also be called bloodless.This is the first Qing army that Zhu Yousong received to surrender since he started the war against the Tartars. Because they are all Han Chinese, they must first be "removed from the Tartars" and restore the true colors of the Han people.

Huang Degong sent an order to cut off the pigtails of money and rattails of the 3 troops who surrendered, shaved their heads bald, then wrapped their heads with cloth, and put on uniforms of the Ming army. Next, Lu Jiude helped Huang Degong reorganize the army. Thousands of troops from Dezhou were also transferred, and the [-] monk army was disrupted and incorporated into the more than [-] Ming army.

A few days later, Huang Degong left several thousand troops to garrison Dezhou and Cangzhou, and led an army of [-] troops out of Cangzhou to go north, pointing directly at Tianjin Wei, which is today's Xiaozhigu area southwest of the Sancha River Estuary in Tianjin. Opened the east gate of Beijing.

Lu Jiude took Tang Tong's head and turned back to Zhu Yousong.At this time, Zhu Yousong encountered a small problem outside the Zhending Mansion, so the [-] Ming troops have not yet taken down the Zhending Mansion.

It turned out that Dorgon did not fight behind closed doors, and ordered [-] Tartars to guard the city. The four gates were closed and the suspension bridge hung high. trick.

Zhu Yousong thought of the besieged city, but even if his [-] troops surrounded Zhending Mansion, the problem would not be solved in a short time if he could not attack. It was obvious that Dorgon was waiting for reinforcements, so A besieged city is not the best policy either.

In desperation, Zhu Yousong had no choice but to order Li Zhushi to deploy artillery, ready to attack Zhending.Soon hundreds of cannons were aimed at the top of Zhending Mansion after choosing their positions. As long as an order was given, the city walls of Zhending Mansion would be blasted to pieces, and the attack would be easy.

But Dorgon was not waiting for nothing, and he used another poisonous trick. He learned that Zhu Yousong loved the people like a son, and the people supported him even in the places he went, so he decided to start from the people. The common people in the whole city were arrested and put on the top of the city. The name was to help the Tartars defend the city, but in fact they were used as cannon fodder. He was rushed to the top of the city, shouting loudly.

"What a despicable Dorgon!" Zhu Yousong hesitated. For the sake of Zhending Mansion and to drive away Dorgon, is he really going to shoot at his own people?Zhu Yousong couldn't bear it, but he didn't think of a way to break the city for a while.

Therefore, after several days of confrontation, the Zhending Mansion was not taken down.

At this time, Lu Jiude brought Tang Tong's head to give him an order, and reported to him the battle situation of Huang Degong's team. Zhu Yousong felt relieved and praised Lu Jiude and Huang Degong a few words, knowing that the eunuch Knowing how to train soldiers, Zhu Yousong asked Lu Jiude for advice.

"Damn Tartar, you are really heinous!" Lu Jiude was also helpless.

Just at this time, news of the success of the western front came, Zheng Hongkui defeated Ma Guozhu in Yuzhou.

Yuzhou is today's Yuxian County, Shanxi Province. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a prefecture and county. It belonged to Taiyuan Prefecture first, and then belonged to Beizhili.Zheng Hongkui's [-] troops marched to Yuzhou to meet Ma Guozhu's [-] Han troops at Zhengbai Banner.

The terrain in this area is complex, with overlapping mountains and ravines.When the enemy was strong and we were weak, Ma Guozhu's men stationed at Koizumi Mountain, did not move forward, did not withdraw their troops, did not seek meritorious deeds but no faults, and spent time with Zheng Hongkui here.

Zheng Hongkui couldn't afford to waste money with him, because Zhu Yousong had an order to let him take Taiyuan from the west after defeating Ma Guozhu, and then lead his army northward to Beijing, the capital of Qing Dynasty, where the three armies joined forces here.

Compared with the three-way army, the journey of his troops is farther away, but His Majesty gave him 5 horses, and only gave Huang Degong 2 horses. Not only does he lose face, he may even be condemned by His Majesty.

Therefore, Zheng Hongkui was anxious and ordered [-] troops to storm Xiaoquan Mountain. Ma Guozhu was condescending and defended against danger.

At this time, Ma Bao suggested that Zheng Hongkui withdraw his troops, leaving only Ma Bao with 5000 troops to camp on the mountain with Ma Guozhu. Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong led the brigade to withdraw.

When the news reached the mountain, Ma Guozhu couldn't sit still.In fact, it was a last resort for him to spend time with the Ming army on the mountain. He was more anxious than Zheng Hongkui, because Dorgon ordered him to rush to Zhending and attack the side of the Ming army. Dorgon must have chopped off his head.

Therefore, when he learned that most of the Ming army at the foot of the mountain had withdrawn, especially when he learned that there were only 20 Ming troops at the foot of the mountain, and the chief general was just a [-]-year-old young general Ma Bao, he was very happy, and rushed down to Koizumi with [-] Qing troops. Mountain, intending to wipe out the small Ming army at the foot of the mountain in one fell swoop, and then continue eastward.

However, he was wrong. Although Ma Bao was young, he was versatile and resourceful. Ma Guozhu made the mistake of underestimating the enemy. What was worse was that he fell into Ma Bao's trick to lure the enemy. Ma Bao's 5000 troops were just a bait.On the surface, Zheng Hongkui and Zu Keyong withdrew with the brigade, and after withdrawing for more than 100 miles, they hid in ambush. When they learned that Ma Guozhu had been fooled, they rushed back overnight.

At this time, Ma Guozhu's 2 troops were fighting with Ma Bao's 5000 troops. Of course, Ma Guozhu had the upper hand, but it was not a matter of killing Ma Bao's [-] troops.

At this time, Zu Keyong arrived with five thousand cavalry first. Seeing that something was wrong, Ma Guozhu must have fallen for the trick. He didn't dare to fight and retreated quickly. He planned to return to Koizumi Mountain and continue to spend with the Ming army, but Ma Bao had already been defeated. Sending troops to cut off the way back, he had to lead his men to retreat in another direction. After retreating for a few miles, he encountered Zheng Hongkui's more than 3 infantry head-on, and naturally it was another scuffle.

Zheng Hongkui had a large number of people, so Ma Guozhu didn't dare to fall in love with the war, so he had to retreat again and change direction, but at this time, Ma Bao and Zu Keyong, who were chasing after him, had already trapped him tightly.

Ma Guozhu was so regretful that he had to fight to the death, trying to fight his way out, but in the end it was in vain, because these three generals were all extremely brave, no one could defeat Ma Guozhu single-handedly, not to mention the large number of Ming soldiers.

As a result, this fierce battle lasted for a day and a night. Ma Guozhu's [-] Han army's Zhengbai Banner was completely wiped out, and Ma Guozhu was also picked up by Ma Bao with a halberd.

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed when he heard the details. Now it's done, and I have a move to break Zhending's mansion!

Then he issued an order to reward Zheng Hongkui's men and horses, and ordered them to send someone to send Ma Guozhu's head to Zhending immediately.A few days later, Zhu Yousong collected two heads, one of which belonged to Tang Tong, and the other belonged to Ma Guozhu. With these two traitor heads, he could be worth thousands of troops!
(End of this chapter)