Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 7 The surprise attack on Changping
It was already sunset when Chongzhen led more than [-] riders to the vicinity of Changping.

Not to mention the thieves along the way, I didn't even meet a single refugee, and they all went to Beijing to eat.

Thanks to Li Yan's catchy slogans, King Chuang is now so popular among the common people.

Wang Jiayan couldn't help but said: "It seems that the bandits also think that I will go south after the siege, so they only sent cavalry to pursue the south, but ignored the north."

Kim Hyun said: "This is called surprise."

Chongzhen said: "Then give the thief another attack."

"Huh?" Wang Jiayan couldn't help but change his face when he heard the words, caught him off guard?

Jin Xuan also asked: "My lord, do you mean to attack Changping city?"

"Yes, Changping must be taken." Chongzhen nodded and said, "We came out in a hurry and did not carry luggage. Only by taking down Changping can we get supplies. Otherwise, it would be a problem just to eat."

Regardless of the scale of military operations, logistical supplies are unavoidable problems.

Without supplies, the army will be unable to move an inch, its combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed, and it will suffer defeat.

Throughout the ages, there are actually not many battles that were truly lost in battle, most of them were lost in logistics, such as the battle of Guandu, which is famous in history, or the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping.

Wang Jiayan said: "But Changping is an important town in Jibei, the gate of the capital, and the bandits must be guarded by heavy soldiers."

Jin Xuan also said: "Your Majesty, I also think it's too risky to attack Changping, otherwise we should go around."

"Go around?" Chongzhen asked Jin Xuan back, "Do you want to bypass Changping and go to Juyongguan? It's a good choice, because as long as you win Juyongguan, you can go straight to Xuanfu."

Hearing this, not only Wang Jiayan and Jin Xuan,

Even Meng Guangxiang and Wu Linzheng, who didn't know how to fight, also changed their expressions.

How many people are fighting Juyongguan?The Holy Majesty is not talking in his sleep, is he?
"Your Majesty is joking." Wang Jiayan turned pale and said again, "It is definitely impossible to beat Juyongguan."

"You can't fight Juyongguan?" Chongzhen said, "Dare to ask Wang Aiqing, where should we fight?"

"It's not right to fight anywhere. With just a few hundred troops, attacking any fortified city would be extremely risky." Wang Jiayan shook his head and said, "I think it's better to find a nearby village and raise some food from the people. .”

"Raising food from the common people is robbing, right?" Chongzhen said sarcastically, "I heard that there is a proverb among the people that the passing of thieves is like combing, and the passing of soldiers is like shaving. The common people are more vicious than the thieves from all walks of life, what does Wang Qing mean to let me learn from the frontier army?"

"This..." Wang Jiayan was speechless.

Chongzhen sighed and said: "Qing and others all know that Jingji has been invaded by slaves, and the villages in all states and counties have already been empty. Where can we find people? Where can we find food? Only the prefectures and counties can find it." Food, so we can fight in Changping Prefecture, if we don’t fight, we will starve to death.”

Wang Jiayan was speechless immediately, because what Chongzhen said was the truth.

Most of the villages along the way are abandoned, not to mention people, and wild dogs are gone.

It is really unimaginable to leave the capital, the important place in the capital, under the feet of the emperor, has fallen to such an extent!
Therefore, the cruel reality is that if Changping City is not captured, their monarchs and ministers will really starve.

Going hungry for a meal or two is fine, but going hungry for a few days will kill you. After all, it is thousands of miles away from Nanjing.

Chongzhen comforted everyone again: "But you don't have to worry, there will be no bandits in Changping City, and I have already thought of a surprise attack strategy, and I can easily capture Changping."

In fact, there is another sentence that Chongzhen did not say.

That is, the defense of Changping City at this time must be lax.

Then he said to Wang Jiayan, "I have to trouble Wang Qing about this matter."

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Wang Jiayan said, "I am ashamed."

Chongzhen called Wang Jiayan to him again and told him carefully.

……

Guo Qi is a brigade commander in the Dashun Army, responsible for guarding the city of Changping, with [-] soldiers under his command.

However, only [-] of them are old soldiers who came from bandits, and the rest are soldiers from the Mingwei Army.

Compared to other thieves, Guo Qi is still cautious.

Although there was news from the front that Beijing had already been conquered, and the old soldiers of Bai Dashun under his command had entered a state of carnival, Guo Qi was still patrolling the city defense.

When Guo Qi inspected the south gate, he found someone making trouble outside the gate.

"What's going on?" Guo Qi asked, "Who dares to make trouble here?"

A hundred households who surrendered to the army replied: "It's the people who escaped from Yongping Mansion and want to go to the city to beg for a stutter."

"Are you fleeing from Yongping Mansion?" Guo Qi frowned, then pointed to an obviously elderly man in the crowd outside the city gate and said, "Old man, come here."

The old man walked over with a bow, and called General.

This general shouted Guo Qi's heart secretly, and his attitude became much more friendly.

"You guys escaped from Yongping Mansion?" Guo Qi asked, "What happened to Yongping?"

"Don't mention it." The old man sighed softly, "The Guan Ning army has entered the customs. These dog officers and soldiers will rob the village as soon as they see it. They won't leave us a grain of food. Everyone can't live on, so they have to come to join King Chuang. .”

"It's right to vote for Chuang Wang." Guo Qi smiled, "Follow Chuang Wang and have food."

After speaking, he said to Baihu of the guards behind him: "Jiang Baihu, let them go in and eat."

Jiang Baihu hurriedly led people away from Juma, and the old man and fifty or so refugees behind him entered the city with gratitude, and then went to the porridge field outside the state government under the guidance of the soldiers.

Needless to say, this little old man is Wang Jiayan.

Wang Jiayan is dark and thin, playing a refugee is his true colors.

There are also fifty or so refugees behind him, who are also black and thin servants specially selected by Wang Jiayan.

After a full meal, the sky darkened. Wang Jiayan and the others found a small unoccupied small courtyard near the south gate to temporarily settle down, and the thieves didn't care too much.

……

There is a sparse birch forest five kilometers southeast of Changping City.

In the dead of night, a squirrel came out of a tree hole and was about to go down to the ground to look for food. However, when it was halfway down, it suddenly heard a low horse neighing, and it was frightened and hid in the tree hole again.

When I looked down again, I saw a cavalryman appearing like a ghost from the woods.

At the beginning, the three riders were all wearing Xuanheishan Wenjia, wearing a pocket guard, and also had a mask of evil spirits on their faces.

Chongzhen pulled off his mask, and said in a deep voice, "A horse with a piece of grass, a man with a grass, aiming at Changping City, let's go!"

Gong Yonggu, Liu Wenbing and more than [-] riders behind them put branches on the horse's bit, and the soldiers also put a bunch of dry grass in their mouths to ensure that they would not make a sound during the march.

Under the night, only the horseshoes stepped on the hard ground, making a dull sound.

About an hour later, more than [-] riders quietly came to the outside of Changping City. Chongzhen raised his head and looked forward, only to see that the South Gate Tower was pitch black and completely silent.

"Get ready." Chongzhen shouted in a deep voice.

More than [-] riders unleashed all kinds of weapons in disorder.

However, the match was not ignited for the time being, for fear of exposure.

A quarter of an hour later, three balls of fire suddenly rose from the south gate tower.

"Look, Your Majesty." Gong Yonggu roared excitedly, "Fire!"

The fire light was the signal that Wang Jiayan had agreed with Chongzhen before leaving.

If he entered the city smoothly and seized the gate at midnight, Wang Jiayan would set up three bonfires at the south gate, and Chongzhen could then lead his army into the city with confidence.

"Why are you so excited?" Chongzhen shouted in a low voice, "Go and see if the city gate is open?"

Gong Yonggu rode forward immediately, turned back after a while and said that the gate of the city had been opened.

Chongzhen no longer hesitated, and shouted with a wave of his hand: "Raise the torch, enter the city!"

Hundreds of torches were quickly lit, and then these torches gathered into a fire dragon and rushed into Changping City.

Wang Jiayan had been waiting inside the city gate for a long time, and when he saw Chongzhen, he shouted: "Qizou Shengshang, there are only about a hundred bandit soldiers, and they are stationed in the East Gate Tower and Changping Prefecture Government Office respectively. The food, fodder and supplies are also in the State Government Office."

Chongzhen made a decisive decision: "The captain-in-law led two hundred cavalry to raid the east gate, and remember that there is no need to fight to the death, just drive him away! The rest will follow me to the state office and kill them!"

Wang Jiayan led a team of servants to lead the way.

Soon, more than five hundred riders were killed outside the state government office.

At this time, some thieves were awakened by the movement from the south gate, including Guo Qi.

Guo Qi led more than a dozen veteran thieves, and blocked the gate of the state government, shouting and fighting fiercely. Liu Wenbing, Zhang Qingzhen, and Wei Shichun rushed three times with their family members alternately, but failed to rush in.

The performance of these three nobles is really disappointing.

Seeing this, Tongzhi Wang Guoxing, commander of the Jinyiwei, was furious and led more than a dozen Jinyiwei to charge forward, but Guo Qi chopped him off his horse with a backhand knife, and the Jinyiwei behind him also scattered like birds and beasts.

Chongzhen couldn't help being dumbfounded, the TV series is really a lie.

Is this fucking Jin Yiwei?What about the mantis legs and wasp waist?That's it?
Chongzhen couldn't help feeling a little anxious. Beijing, which was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of thieves, has escaped. They won't fall into a tussle in this small place of Changping, right?

At this time, somersaulting is really terrible.

Just as Chongzhen was hesitating in his mind whether to go into battle in person, he suddenly heard a whoosh piercing through the air.

Immediately there was a scream at the gate of the state government office, and when he looked closely, he saw that the thief who was still majestic just now fell down on the bluestone steps while clutching his throat.

A section of wild goose feather was exposed between the thief general's fingers.

"Good archery!" Chongzhen praised, "Who is it?"

"What's the point of a small trick?" A civil servant appeared next to Chongzhen, and then fired three arrows in a row, and shot three thieves to the ground.

The few remaining thieves finally collapsed.

(End of this chapter)