Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 900 Huaibei War, Capture Hong Chengchou Alive!
boom!boom!boom!
The sound of cannons rang out outside the city of Suzhou, and the cannons that had been set up were lined up outside the city of Suzhou and bombarded the city wall indiscriminately.

The sound of the rumbling guns was like a muffled thunder, and for a while the city walls of Suzhou City trembled violently, as if the earth was shaking under the thunder.

Most of Zhu Guobi's soldiers are ordinary guard soldiers and village braves, and very few are his personal soldiers and recruits. In today's Ming army system, recruits are regular field troops with combat effectiveness, and the guard soldiers are no longer useful. , Xiangyong, those who have not even been trained can only be used as cannon fodder.

It's not that Zhu Guobi doesn't want to recruit more recruits. He really doesn't have so much time for him. Recruiters also need training. Right now, he has more than 4 recruits, and only [-] recruits. These [-] recruits are guarded by Zhu Guobi as a law enforcement team on the city wall In the first place, as long as the soldiers in the guard want to run away or refuse to listen to the call, the recruits will be executed directly on the spot.

Under the persecution of the recruiting law enforcement team, the guards had no choice but to defend the city wall against the artillery fire, but the artillery in Datong was so fierce that the roar of the artillery resounded across the battlefield, and everyone felt numb in the soles of their feet and buzzing in their ears. Especially when the cannonballs hit the city wall, the shock was so tight that one could hardly breathe.

Amidst the deafening artillery fire, Zhu Guobi looked at the head of the city that was bombarded indiscriminately with red eyes, and watched the soldiers in the guards and the recruits he had worked so hard to recruit and train were bombed to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers. When the words "defend the city wall and retreat will die", a shell fell into the city and exploded.

boom!
There was a loud bang, the flames burst into flames, and smoke and dust rose everywhere. Zhu Guobi only felt his head buzzing, and his whole body went numb as he sat on the ground.

"General!"

"It's not good, the general is under fire!"

"Come on, the general was hit by Datong's artillery!"

The soldiers hurriedly gathered around to help Zhu Guobi up. At this time, Zhu Guobi finally understood the feelings of the guards on the top of the city. Datong's artillery is really not something anyone can resist!

Grandma, why is Daming’s artillery so useless? Five or six hundred paces is the limit, even those heavy artillery can only shoot three to five miles. Then look at Datong’s artillery, the sound of one cannon is like thunder , spanning five or six miles and hitting the city wall is simply a piece of corruption!
"Don't shout, don't shout, I'm fine, whoever dares to disturb the morale of the army, die!"

Zhu Guobi shouted loudly, the sound of the cannons outside the city was too shocking, even in the city, if it wasn't for shouting at the top of his voice, he could hardly hear the voices of the people around him.

Staring at the red eyes, Zhu Guobi stared at the city wall with a knife in one hand and a fist in the other: "Who told them to retreat? Go up, go up and defend the city!"

It was just one round of artillery, and the soldiers of the guards in Suzhou City cried and retreated, not to mention them, even those trained recruits couldn't stand it anymore. A group of people lost their arms and legs when a shell hit them. The scene of a large piece of flesh and blood is really a test of people's psychological quality.

They recruited soldiers only for the little money of the court and to take care of two full meals. Why do they work so hard for the court with this little thing!
What's more, I heard that the generals were all killed by artillery, so why not run and wait?

"Don't retreat! Don't retreat! Go up! Go up!"

Zhu Guobi screamed and asked his own soldiers to go up and stop those who wanted to escape. Zhu Guobi's appearance on the city wall naturally suppressed the recruits and guards. Zhu Guobi was not dead, so they had no reason to run away.

It was hard to frighten the retreating recruits and guards with swords and swords. The strong smell of blood mixed with gunpowder smoke on the top of the city made Zhu Guobi feel a little dizzy. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire outside the city stopped, and a gust of cold wind blew over, making Zhu Guobi suddenly Wake up: Is he stupid?Why did he run to the top of the city?What if I was hit by Datong's artillery?
"General, general, the sound of artillery outside the city has stopped!" A soldier shouted in surprise.

Zhu Guobi looked out of the city in amazement, and suddenly saw Datong soldiers all over the mountains and plains charging with red flags, the shield chariot was at the front, and the siege ladder was behind them
"It's not good! Datong soldiers are going to attack the city!"

With a mournful wail, the soldiers of the guard and the recruits were terrified and wanted to find the backbone. They needed Zhu Guobi, the master, to comfort people in the future.

But when he turned his head and looked, there was no sign of Zhu Guobi on the city wall. Zhu Guobi had already fled to the city with his own soldiers!
"The general has run away, what shall we do?"

"Quickly open the city gates and surrender, at least there is a way to survive!"

"Surrender and surrender, saving your life is the most important thing. Datong is also Han, and will not kill prisoners."

Only half an hour after launching the siege, Zhou Yuji, who had just launched a tentative siege, was shocked to find that Suzhou opened its gates wide and waved a white flag to surrender!
"General Datong, please forgive me, we were all forced by Zhu Guobi to defend the city."

As soon as Zhou Yuji entered the city, he saw the guards of the Ming army put down their weapons and knelt on the ground, crying and shouting.

"Stop crying, where is Zhu Guobi?" Zhou Yuji's deputy asked hastily.

"That old boy, he forced us to go to the city to die, but he ran away as soon as you attacked the city!" A captured Qianhu couldn't help gnashing his teeth.

Zhou Yuji glanced around the circle coldly: "Zhu Guobi didn't run far, so he sent out a cavalry team to chase after him. The logistics cleaned up the battlefield. The main force continued to march after half a day's rest."

"General, only the logistics and supply troops are left, will the Ming army come and harass our army?" The deputy general was a little worried.

Zhou Yuji couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, Lao Li, our army marched all the way from Pi County to Suzhou, how many villages and towns we passed along the way, it can be seen that there are Ming troops coming to stop our army?"

"Don't talk about Huaibei, even in Jiangbei, our army is unimpeded. The Ming army didn't have the courage, Chongzhen didn't have it, and those under him didn't have it! There are only so many generals who can fight in the false Ming Dynasty. Right now, they are either staying in the prisoner camp or not. Jiangnan, the land of Huaibei, there is only one Hong Chengchou."

After a half-day rest, Zhou Yuji set off again with the army.

This is the generals of Datong, who can go into battle immediately after a high-intensity march, or continue to march after a short rest.

After day after day of training, with strict military discipline and excellent military quality, as well as with sufficient consciousness, Datong soldiers can be said to be the only army that is not bad in this era, because they not only have military discipline, quality, experience, but also ideas.

Although their thoughts are still very simple, they love the country, protect the people, and protect everything they have hard-won, but these sprouts of thought will continue to grow in the future until they grow into towering trees.

As the main force of Datong left Suzhou, those Ming troops who built their own prisoner camps looked at this Datong army blankly, and a thousand households couldn't help but sigh: "In the Song Dynasty, Yue Wumu's Yue family army starved to death and did not plunder or freeze to death. House, the Jin people feel that it is easy to shake the mountain, but it is a pity that the Yue family's army is in danger."

"The military discipline of this Datong army is stronger than that of the Yue family army. No one hides and seizes privately, and no one harasses the residents. After the battle, they can continue to march and keep their ranks in order, and their morale is still high. Such an army is terrible."

"Yeah, fortunately we are already prisoners." Another Qianhu laughed.

"Yes, fortunately we are already prisoners."

When Zhou Yuji attacked Suzhou and left some logistics and supply troops to defend the city, and led the main force to Yongcheng, Zhu Chunchen, who felt that the danger was getting closer, also launched a near-death counterattack.

"Duke, where are we going to retreat?" The generals of the Ming army gathered around Zhu Chunchen, waiting for the Duke to make a decision.

Zhu Chunchen looked at the map and said without hesitation: "Retreat to Xuzhou!"

"If the general's predictions are correct, Datong plans to encircle our troops first, and Xuzhou is absolutely safe right now."

"What about Suzhou or Hao County?" someone asked.

"It is estimated that there are people waiting for us to hit the gunpoint right now. Suzhou and Hao County must not go! Datong has assembled more than a dozen towns to fight us. It is definitely with the intention of annihilating us. Judging from Zhao Yuqi's marching formation, he definitely set up an ambush behind us, we retreated to Xuzhou, joined forces with Governor Hong, and then retreated to Jiangnan!" Zhu Chunchen said.

In fact, Zhu Chunchen's guess was right. If he withdrew to Suzhou or Hao County, he would definitely encounter countless obstacles along the way, especially in the direction of Suzhou. Zhou Yuji was constantly coming from this direction.

Zhu Chunchen, who made up his mind to run with the whole army, prepared all night, and led the soldiers and horses to charge the next morning. It's not that he didn't want to run at night, but he could take advantage of the night, but the army couldn't.

How many people in the Ming army are malnourished, two meals a day are still a full meal and a meal of porridge, and they can't even see any oily smell. Most of them are night blind. The Ming army is defeated if they run at night. That's even better, directly provide the markings for Datong's artillery.

Therefore, Zhu Chunchen could only charge in the daytime, and the one hundred thousand Ming army's charge was really fierce, even though Zhao Yuqi had already listed out blockades and obstructions, Zhu Chunchen still ran out of Yongcheng.

"Mr. Zhao, Zhu Chunchen has rushed out of Yongcheng."

Zhao Yuqi was not surprised, and looked at the map very calmly: "Well, which direction did he run?"

The staff officer said: "The direction seems to be Xuzhou."

Zhao Yuqi smiled: "Zhu Chunchen is not stupid. He knows that he can survive by going to Xuzhou to join forces with Hong Chengchou, but I must not give him this chance."

As she said that, Zhao Yuqi picked up a charcoal pencil and drew on the map while saying: "Order to stop Zhu Chunchen in the third town of Huicunji. This is the only way for Zhu Chunchen to go to Xuzhou. He will flee with a large army. He always has to replenish food and grass." And water. My request to the third town is to block Zhu Chunchen for a day and a night to create time for the follow-up encirclement troops."

"Order the second town, the fifth town, and the sixth town to go to Chenguanzhuang immediately, and send someone to notify Mr. Zhou, so that he is ready to meet Zhu Chunchen in Chenguanzhuang."

Following the issuance of military orders, Zhao Yuqi's soldiers and horses in various towns immediately began to mobilize, and Zhu Chunchen was also on the run with his soldiers and horses.

The 7-strong army launched a charge, constantly attacking the defense line set up by Datong in turn. After finally breaking through the encirclement, there were only less than 3 people left, and more than [-] people either surrendered or were captured.

With less than 7 soldiers and horses left, Zhu Chunchen was in a very good mood. After all, he ran out. As long as he ran to Xuzhou, he would have escaped completely!
This confrontation with Zhao Yuqi really made Zhu Chunchen deeply terrified. During the period of confrontation with Zhao Yuqi, he couldn't sleep well or eat well, and he felt thin all over.

Now escaping from the siege, Zhu Chunchen took a deep breath, looked at the soldiers and horses behind him, although he was a little annoyed, he still comforted him: "Let the brothers work hard, the return to the village is ahead, and the brothers in the return to the village will be able to Take a good rest, and then allow the brothers to vent for a day."

The Ming army who got Zhu Chunchen's promise immediately cheered, and was suppressed and beaten by the Datong army. The Ming army who beat them without temper did not dare to seek revenge from the Datong army.
When Zhu Chunchen, who regained his morale, led the army to the Huicunji, he found that the people in the Huicunji had no idea where they had gone, and the whole Huicunji had become an empty village. This made Zhu Chunchen faintly feel bad. Is there any problem?

"Duke, do you still let the brothers go in and rest?" A general asked.

"Go! There is no other choice if you don't enter right now. If the army doesn't rest, it will mutiny!" Zhu Chunchen gritted his teeth and said, he has promised the army, how is it possible not to let the army enter the town now?

The Ming army is not the Datong army!

More than 6 Ming soldiers rushed into the Huicunji to rest and recuperate. As soon as they started to bury the pot and cook, there was a familiar screaming sound above their heads.

That is Datong's artillery!
The Datong Army is catching up!
Datong's artillery was accurate and ruthless. The soldiers of the Ming army felt trembling when they heard the scream. Now they heard the sound of the cannon again, and the Ming army was in chaos. He said: "The Datong Army is chasing us!"

"The Datong Army is catching up!"

Zhu Chunchen looked at the shells flying overhead in horror, why did the Datong army catch up? !

"How many people from the Datong Army have caught up?!"

"Like a town?"

"A town? Are you sure?!"

"Yes, just one town!"

As soon as Zhu Chunchen heard it, he immediately calmed down and shouted: "Let the army prepare, can't our army of [-] to [-] defeat the town of Datong?"

"Let the army take turns to rest and defend, we can't stay longer!"

At this time, Zhao Yuqi's third township was holding a binoculars to look at the Ming army in the back village: "The Ming army has been gutted. It is definitely not a problem for us to stop them for a day."

"Just wait until they get to Chenguanzhuang, where a net has been set up, waiting for them to deliver it to their door." The deputy governor smiled, apparently in a good mood.

Zhu Chunchen led the soldiers and horses under his command to charge two or three times, but they couldn't go out because of the lack of morale in the army. Seeing that the army could not hold on anymore, it turned out that it was dark. Now Zhu Chunchen was excited, and the army could be regarded as having a chance to rest.

After a night's rest, Zhu Chunchen led the army to charge again, this time finally broke out of the encirclement of the third town and headed straight for Xuzhou, finally throwing the Datong army away.

But when Zhu Chunchen led the army to rest in Chenguanzhuang, Zhou Yuji and Zhao Yuqi's soldiers and horses also surrounded them. Military flags stood outside Chenguanzhuang. Zhu Chunchen woke up one night in despair and found that he was surrounded again, and this time he was surrounded even more. Thoroughly, there are six towns of Zhou Yuji and Zhao Yuqi outside!

"Call out, ask Zhu Chunchen to surrender, and tell the soldiers of the Ming army that surrender is not a matter of past, and allow them to go home."

"After shouting three times in a row, the shelling will start, and after one round of shelling, all the ministries will launch an offensive."

After orders were issued, Zhou Yuji and Zhao Yuqi cooperated tacitly. Zhu Chunchen listened desperately to the cries of surrender coming from all directions. Although he had been trying his best to appease the army, the soldiers were desperate. These soldiers of the Ming army were not fools. How do you not know that you have reached a dead end?
After shouting three times in a row, the familiar Datong gunfire appeared above the head again, followed by a rush of horns, and then the sound of charging and killing from mountains and tsunami continued.

Facing the charge launched by the Datong soldiers from the six towns, Zhu Chunchen desperately made the final resistance, because the soldiers and horses under his command had already formed an organization and began to surrender and flee.

There are only a few soldiers left who haven't escaped yet, but what's the use of these soldiers?

Holding the sword, Zhu Chunchen said with a dead face: "I have been favored by Your Majesty, not only has I been entrusted with the honor of the Duke of Fuguo, but also entrusted with important tasks. Your Majesty will be your confidant, and ordered me to lead hundreds of thousands of troops! I thought I could Commanded the army to turn the tide, but lost the city and land several times, ruined the army and the fate of the Ming Dynasty"

"What face do I have to live in this world?"

Zhu Chunchen said that he was about to commit suicide with his sword, but was stopped by his own soldiers. It was at this stage of stalemate that Datong soldiers rushed into the center of Chenguanzhuang. With the cold light of the bayonet, Zhu Chunchen dropped the sword with a bang: "Oh, I've surrendered."

At the end of August in the seventh year of Chongzhen, after a month of fighting, chasing, and encircling, the Ming army's Zhu Chunchen and Zhu Guobi's troops in Huaibei were wiped out by Datong, leaving only Hong Chengchou's troops in Xuzhou.

When Hong Chengchou got the news, it was already five days after Zhu Chunchen's troops were surrounded and wiped out in Chenguanzhuang.

After five days of rest and marching, Zhao Yuqi and Zhou Yuji had led their troops to the vicinity of Xuzhou, completely confining Hong Chengchou's troops to the vicinity of Xuzhou.

On the third day of September in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou's troops abandoned Xuzhou's city defense, leaving only some brave people from the village to defend the city, and then left Xuzhou City with the main force at night, but were stopped by Zhou Yuji's troops in Sanbao. After a night of scuffle, Hong Chengchou was intercepted In Sanbao, he failed to escape.

After wasting a whole night, Fang Yunchu and Zhao Yuqi's troops also surrounded them. Datong's main force in the Huaibei area trapped Hong Chengchou's troops in Sanbao. Facing the only remaining soldiers and horses of the Ming army in the Huaibei area, the various ministries of Datong would naturally not underestimate them. After three days of continuous siege and heart attack, Hong Chengchou found in despair that his soldiers and horses were no longer ready to surrender.

Hong Chengchou originally planned to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but in all directions there were checkpoints and defense lines set up by Datong. The desperate Hong Chengchou was finally recognized by his soldiers and captured.

In the early morning of the seventh day of September in the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Huaibei War, which lasted for two months, finally came to an end.

After two months, all the main forces of the Ming army in Huaibei were wiped out. A total of 34 soldiers and horses from Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Guobi, and Hong Chengchou's ministries were wiped out.

After this battle, there was no longer any organized Ming army in the Huaibei region or even the Huainan region. From then on, Datong could drink the Mahuai River, cross the Jiangbei region, and even directly threaten Yingtian!

(End of this chapter)