please make me king

1364 The Fall
"General, the last few days have been fighting hard, and the casualties of the soldiers are too high, and it is difficult to replenish them for a while!" Yushi Wang Zhaokun reported to Chaopi Changhui, the commander-in-chief of Changping, worried.

"Oh?" Chao Pichang frowned when he heard this.

The reason why he took the initiative to attack this time was because of righteous indignation, and because he saw that he could take advantage of it.

But he never expected that this wave of sneak attacks would attract a large-scale attack from Hou Jin's army.

Today's Changping Township is the Yong'an City built by Jing Taichu.

In the fourteenth year of Ming Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty marched in person. Unexpectedly, he led an army to bypass the important town of Xuanfu, and was defeated by Tumubao.

Not only was Ming Yingzong taken into captivity, but hundreds of thousands of elite elites from the capital camp were wiped out, and the capital was besieged.

After this battle, the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty learned from the painful experience, thinking that there is only one line of defense in Xuanfu to the west of the capital, which is really unsafe.

As Yu Shaobao said, "Juyong is in the capital, just like Luoyang has Chenggao, and Xichuan has Jiange."

"When going to Changping, it's less than a house. You can come and go for help, and you can breathe. It's better to build a high city and solid walls, and stay here for heavy travel. Special generals are stationed here to strengthen your shoulders and backs."

In the Wanli period, Guancheng was built again, and Changling, Xianling, Jingling, Yuling, Maoling, Tailing, Ningling and Yongling were built in the city successively.

The city is ten miles and twenty-four steps around, the city is three feet high, the pool is eight feet deep, and there are three gates in the east, west, and south.

Theoretically, there should be more than [-] soldiers in Changping Town, but the actual number of soldiers is more than [-].

However, since Changping Town, like Shanxi Town, is a second-tier border town, the military pressure is not strong enough.

Therefore, in order to deal with internal and external troubles, the Ming court dispatched troops from here many times to suppress the intensified rebel army.

Among them, Zuo Liangyu, the former general of Changping, was one of the best. With the "help" of "King Shun", he lost the lives of thousands of soldiers in vain.

Now there are only [-] or [-] soldiers left, and they have to guard Zijing Pass, Juyong Pass, and Gonghua City, so that there are only [-] soldiers in the entire Yong'an City.

Chao Pichang ordered Yushi Wang Zhaokun, head of the household department Wang Yigui and Zhao Yue, and Wang Yuzuo, the general judge of Baoding, Shezhizhou, to guard each gate, and led more than a thousand people to support them.

Now that they have been fighting for several days, the soldiers have lost a lot and cannot be replenished for a while, which makes Yong'an City in danger.

"This... really doesn't work, we can only let the pawns go into battle." Chao Pichang frowned and thought for a while, before finally suggesting.

"Is this... okay?" Wang Xizhong, the guardian eunuch, asked worriedly.

"If you can't do it, you have to do it. If this continues, you will die sooner or later. Why don't you take a gamble!" Chao Pichang shook his head with a wry smile, and finally said helplessly.

"Okay, try to disperse them in each sect, just in case!" Wang Xizhong thought for a while and finally decided.

Following Chao Pichang's order, two thousand soldiers were immediately released from the prison, put on armor, armed with weapons, and assigned to various departments to assist in the battle.

With the addition of this fresh force, all the sects that were already at risk were immediately defended, and they even launched a beautiful counterattack.

"No, why is this enemy getting stronger as the battle progresses?" Originally, Dorgon had said that he would take this Changping Town immediately, but who would have thought that he would hold back at a critical moment.

"Prince Rui, since it's not easy to fight here, let's hurry to the Xuan Mansion!" Prince Su Hauge couldn't help suggesting.

"No, this is the only thing missing, how can you give up halfway?" Dorgon shook his head when he heard the words.

"Xuanfu is important, but so is Changping!"

"Things have come to this point, if you continue to make mistakes, the gains will outweigh the losses, and you won't be able to win any of them."

Speaking of this, Dorgon became more and more strange in his heart, and he couldn't help asking the soldier who sent the letter: "What's going on at the front line, did the Ming army come to reinforce it?"

"Reinforcements are here, but...just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that these reinforcements are quite capable, and their armor and armor are similar to my Qing Dynasty..."

"Quite similar? Could it be... Could it be a soldier who was taken captive by our army?" Dorgon suddenly had a guess.

"This... can't this be?" Hauge was a little afraid to believe it.

"If that's the case, aren't they afraid that these soldiers will rebel?"

"I'm afraid there are really no soldiers in Changping City!" Dorgon and Hauge smiled at each other and couldn't help but overjoyed.

"Come here, attack the city at night and shout to the city in Manchu." Dorgon couldn't help but ordered.

"Shout what?"

"Those who surrender and then return, have meritorious deeds, and those who surrender to the death of fighters, the crime will be aggravated!" Dorgon sneered.

Not to mention how Dorgon and others responded, let's say that after Hou Jin surrendered to join the city defense, the morale in Changping City was boosted for a while, and once again won the city defense victory.

Chao Pichang, the commander-in-chief of Changping, couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly ordered to prepare wine and meat for the soldiers.

Unexpectedly, before the wine and meat could be distributed in the future, something happened.

It turned out that the Ming army counted meritorious deeds by the first, and when these post-Jin soldiers joined the Ming army, there were many gains in this battle.

The Ming army thought that the opponent was just a prisoner, so how could they count their merits; but Jin Jiangzu thought that he had been pardoned by Chao Pichang and should be treated like the Ming army, so he made trouble like this.

Even at this time, Chao Pichang absolutely couldn't cause trouble, but just tried to appease him, and said that he would truthfully report to the court and ask for credit for both parties.

It is not bad that Chao Pichang's words were wrong, but it was a bureaucratic article, which immediately aroused more and more dissatisfaction between the two parties.

At that night, Houjin soldiers came over again and shouted loudly in Manchu: "Those who surrender and return will have no merit, and those who surrender and die will be punished!"

Although the Ming army didn't understand, they were quite suspicious when they heard the words that the soldiers were in collusion with the inside and outside, so they quickly reported to the guard.

This report doesn't matter, the soldiers couldn't help whispering: "I'm waiting here to work my life, but people suspect me instead."

"I have made a lot of contributions during the day, but I don't know how many people have taken them away. Instead, why not turn against others, and still not lose a fortune."

Thinking of this, the soldiers couldn't help clamoring, and instead rushed to kill the Ming army defending the city.

The Ming army guarding the city saw that these soldiers turned against each other, and rushed to kill each other, and the two sides were in chaos.

When Dorgon saw the chaos in Changping City, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly ordered: "Give me a full charge, the first climber will be promoted to a higher level, and will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver!"

Following Dorgon's order, the Houjin soldiers outside the city also swarmed in.

Under the front and back attacks, how can the originally crumbling Changping City be able to hold on?
All of a sudden, the east, west, and south gates were broken, and the censor Wang Zhaokun, the head of the household department Wang Yigui and Zhao Yue, and Wang Yuzuo, the chief judge of Baoding, all died, leaving Chao Pichang, the general of Changping, and Wang Xizhong, the guarding eunuch. He led more than a thousand people to guard Qiaolou to resist.

Seeing this, Dorgon couldn't help but rode his horse downstairs and shouted: "Chao Zongbing is very courageous, but now that the general situation is over, even if he doesn't think about himself, don't he think about his brothers?"

"This..." Chao Pichang looked at the left and right soldiers when he heard the words, and saw that they all hesitated to speak, with hesitation on their faces, and immediately knew that the big thing was over.

He couldn't help but smiled wryly, and shouted to the outside: "Thousands of mistakes, only me, and no one else."

"If Prince Rui wants Chao Pichang to return, he only needs to promise me two things, and I will capture him without a fight!"

"Please speak!" Dorgon couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly agreed.

"First, don't embarrass my brothers under my command, and second, don't destroy my Ming Emperor's Mausoleum, so I don't regret dying!"

"Okay, I swear to the sky, if there is any violation, there will be such an arrow!" Dorgon took out an arrow and broke it on the spot.

Seeing Dorgon swear on the spot, Chao Pichang was relieved, and couldn't help but look at the guarding eunuch Wang Xizhong.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xizhong shook his head and said: "The Miscellaneous Family is deeply favored by the emperor, and has never repaid it."

"Now that Changping City has fallen, many officials have died. Although Zajia is an eunuch, he is also a minister of the Ming Dynasty. How can he be a childless person?"

Then he raised his sword and died, the ashamed Chao Pichang blushed.

In addition, Wang Xizhong, the guarding eunuch, was dead, and Chao Pichang surrendered Dorgon, becoming the first general of the post-Golden army who surrendered since the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, suddenly a soldier hurried over and reported to Prince Rui Dorgon and Prince Su Haogehui: "Urgent report, Zhang Weishi in Xuanfu City suddenly broke out and killed Wang Kun, the guarding eunuch. Invest in 'Shun Thieves'."

"Now that Wu Weihua has contacted the merchants and officials in the city, please ask the two personal guards to send troops to attack..."

Not to mention how Dorgon and Hauge reacted, Chao Pichang was stunned when he heard the words, deeply regretting that his will was not firm, but today.

　Chao Pichang was Jin's first chief soldier after the surrender of the Ming army. There is not much ink in the history books. After he joined Houjin, there is basically no record.However, in these short records, there are also many incomprehensible things.

　　For example, the simplest question is where did the two thousand soldiers who led to the fall of Changping come from? The author has not seen any information mentioning it.

　　However, in view of the important role of Changping Town in the follow-up of this article, the author tries to complete his story as much as possible to conform to the plot development of the novel
　　
　
(End of this chapter)