I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

In fact, Cheng Shijie himself didn't know what was going on?

Just like the Battle of Haizhou, when Ning Haijun had just formed an army, he finally completed the annexation of the Denglai New Army. More than [-] new soldiers who had been in force for less than three months suddenly expanded by an army. More than [-] troops.

It depends on the equipment and combat skills. Not to mention that Duduo led more than 1000 elite Eight Banners at that time. Even with [-] troops, Ning Haijun may not be able to win. Let alone win, whether he can escape unscathed is a matter of fact. The problem, however, was that a late spring cold in February froze to death more than [-] men under Duduo's command, leaving Ning Haijun to pick up more than [-] heads in vain.

As for these slave-building equipment, Ning Haijun replaced his guns with cannons and passed the most difficult initial stage.

Dorgon's luck was really bad. After Xie Zhiliang was severely damaged from his position as the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, Cheng Shijie was ignored by Emperor Chongzhen before he had time to restore his reputation. It was convenient for the court to kill Gao Qiqian. Zhou Yuji, who served as the guerrilla general of the Beijing camp, was activated.

Because Zhou Yuji successfully killed the eunuch Gao Qiqian, he was promoted to the fourth level and directly became the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town. As one of the few generals in the Beijing camp who could fight, Zhou Yuji fought against Duo Ergun's right-wing army. , as a nail household, he insisted on guarding the ruins of Taiyuan City for more than a month.

Dorgon's luck was really bad. When he arrived at Zhending Mansion, he happened to catch up with the main force of the Dashun Army heading north to reinforce Zhending Mansion. The pressure on Zhending Mansion was too great, and it was an ideal situation. The starting point of the attack must not be lost.

If Dorgon had come one day earlier and had not yet entered Zhendingfu, he would have bumped into the vanguard of the Dashun Army and could have easily dealt with it; if he had come one day late, the main force of the Dashun Army would have entered Zhendingfu City. , at most he would encounter the supply troops of the Okawa Army. Not only would he not be in any danger, he would also be able to make a fortune.

But as luck would have it, he didn't come sooner or later. When the Dashun Army reached Jingxing County, he just arrived at Jingxing County and bumped into the main force of the Dashun Army!

After learning the news, Dorgon was also dumbfounded. He ran to the front line personally to take a look. Good guy, it's absolutely true!The main force of the Dashun Army, whose strength was at least five or six times theirs, was coming towards them in a mighty manner, with flags like clouds and long branches like forests, which was intimidating!
Dorgon could only sigh: "God will not bless me in the Qing Dynasty!"

You must know that although the Dashun Army only has six brigades, it actually has nearly 30 field troops. Even according to Ning Haijun's elite standards, there are still more than 20 young men. Therefore, from the No. 13 Brigade to the No. 18 Brigade, Although each brigade has seven regiments under its jurisdiction, these 42 regiments are all reinforced regiments, and even the supply battalions are also reinforced battalions.

Song Xiance played a little trick on Cheng Shijie. There were only so many numbers, so he could put more people inside. After all, even if Cheng Shijie had to lay off his troops in the future, he would still give him the treatment of 29 households in the project or [-] households in the field. It is better than being an ordinary citizen. powerful.When the main force of the Qing army was discovered in Jingxing County, at least fifteen infantry reinforcement regiments, plus [-] reinforcement battalions, came directly under this small county town.

Except for the Dashun Army, which has a slightly lower number of cavalry, with a total of seven cavalry battalions and less than [-] cavalry, the other battalions, including the artillery battalion, are still strengthened battalions.

It's useless for Dorgon to sigh, the battle still has to be fought.After passing through Shanxi, they rushed straight to Zhending Mansion and joined forces with the left-wing army. The attempt to attack the Daming Road was shattered. Dorgon decisively chose to retreat and join Daishan. However, Song Xiance's general said, "You still want to run after coming?"

Fifteen infantry regiments and 29 battalions, a total of 18 infantry and cavalry troops, quickly pressed forward and pursued them relentlessly.Not counting this, there were also [-] troops from the No. [-] Brigade heading north to join the main army. Their momentum became more and more massive, and they pursued them all the way to Jingxing County!What the Qing army has to consider now is not how to break through the Ming army's defense line and attack the Ming army's rear, but how to retreat unscathed!

On the other side, the [-]th and [-]th Ning Haijun brigades led by Chen Dayong finally joined forces after raiding more than a dozen prefectures and counties. They set off from Gu'an and attacked Shuntian Prefecture.

That is today's Langfang area.The [-]th Brigade went straight to Fengtai, while Chen Dayong led the [-]th Brigade to attack Xianghe. The purpose could not be clearer. Yes, they were forming an encirclement on Beijing!
The Tianxiong Army led by Lei Shisheng repeatedly fought with the Qing army on the Badaling Great Wall, hill by hill, regardless of the cost, just to smash the Jundushan defense line that had blocked him for too long!That is to swoop down from Jundu Mountain, conquer Changping, and then join forces with friendly forces to surround Beijing!

Upon hearing the news of the fall of the Badaling Great Wall, all the civil and military officials of the Qing court were silent, and even Huang Taiji, who had experienced many battles, felt a chill, a chill of being stripped naked.

The Badaling Great Wall is lost, Zhending Mansion is lost, Shuntian Mansion may not be able to defend it for long, Xianghe... Xianghe may not be able to hold on as well as Shuntian Mansion.In Beijing today, it really feels like someone has stripped off all their clothes, leaving nothing to cover up.

In despair, Huang Taiji roared: "Is there no one left to use? Where is Dorgon? Where is Duduo? Where are the [-] loyal and brave Manchu warriors! Why am I the only one left to fight alone? Why ?”

The desperate roar echoed in the Golden Hall, like a dying tiger roaring weakly.

Because the situation was too chaotic, Huang Taiji didn't know that his flanks had been exposed for the time being. He was now an ant on a hot pot, running around in a hurry in the palace!

The situation is getting worse.Just now, he received an urgent report from Dorgon, claiming that the right-wing army that attacked Daming Road was blocked by the Dashun Army, and the plan had failed. The main force of the Dachuan Army arrived in the south of Baoding Funan and set up a decisive battle...

This urgent report made Huang Taiji feel extremely bad.

The long-term fighting made him deeply understand that none of the Ming armies that Cheng Shijie annexed was easy to mess with!The Dongjiang Army's combat power was already strong, and it became even stronger after being equipped with Ning Haijun's sophisticated equipment. Of course, there was also a part of the Ning Army, the Dashun Army... which was the third Ming army that Ning Haijun annexed.

In fact, what Huang Taiji didn't know was that the Dashun Army was actually an army built on the old foundation of Ning Haijun. Their real intention at the beginning was to prevent the Ming Dynasty from reaching out to Ning Haijun. Don't look at the fact that Dorgon was not in the army. If you report the detailed victory results, I'm afraid you won't get much advantage!
However, this decisive battle was unavoidable for the Qing army. Ning Haijun was aggressive and the Qing army suffered successive defeats. They could no longer retreat. If they retreated, they would have to retreat outside the pass!However, the crux of the problem is that now it is impossible for them to retreat outside the customs, and their way back is blocked.

Huang Taiji didn't know what to say and could only sigh longly, while the ministers in the Jincheng Palace were even more saddened and at a loss.What's the matter? A month ago, we were victorious and singing triumphant songs. How come we are in embarrassment in the blink of an eye?
Their bets on difficulty were all wrong. These slaves have no destiny for the country at all?

The city of Beijing was shrouded in an atmosphere of despair, which made people breathless.

Cheng Shijie was one step ahead of Huang Taiji and received the news from Song Xiance first.He let out a long breath, put down a big stone in his heart, and said to Zhou Ning: "Song Xiance and the others succeeded, Zhending Mansion has been recovered, Baoding is about to fall, and the Qing army's retreat is almost blocked by us! "

Zhou Ning held two black tiger flags and placed them on the sand table of Zhending and Baoding: "All the retreat routes of the Jiannu slaves were blocked. They were compressed into the small areas of Beijing and Baoding, isolated and helpless, and their food supply could not continue. No matter how powerful you are, there is nothing you can do to save yourself... There is no suspense in this war."

Cheng Shijie nodded and said, "Yes, it's finally over... If you were Huang Taiji, what would you do in this situation?"

Zhou Ning pondered and said: "There are still 13 to [-] Qing troops in Beijing, right? They are still capable of fighting. If they stick to Beijing, they will only be surrounded by our troops on all sides. But moving to Tianjin will inevitably lead to the [-]th and [-]th brigades. The two brigades collided and if they moved south... yes, they would definitely choose to fight to the southwest, because the No. [-] brigade had too few cavalry. If they were defeated, they would still have a chance of survival, so they would definitely fight to the southwest! "

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "Yes, the time for the decisive battle has arrived... Huang Taiji, I don't have time to play with you anymore. Let's decide the outcome in one battle!"

Zhou Ning looked at him in surprise: "You want to have a decisive battle with Huang Taiji?"

Cheng Shijie said: "Isn't this what I have been waiting for? As long as I am sure that Huang Taiji is ready to break out to the southwest, I will go there!"

Zhou Ning wanted to persuade him, but when he thought that Cheng Shijie was holding it in so much that he was about to explode, and if he was not allowed to go to the front line to vent, he might not be able to hold it all in, so he swallowed the words that came to his lips.

"Invasion like fire" is probably the best portrayal of Ning Haijun at this time. When Ming generals from other places began to camp around to seek maximum benefits, only Ning Haijun was desperately fighting against the Qing army.

When the news of Gaoyang's attack reached Beijing City, it indicated that the entire Zhending Mansion had fallen into the hands of Ning Haijun. For such a strong city, the army commanded by Song Xiance almost fell down at once, and the offensive was so fierce. The Qing army was frightened.

Of course, this head-on and brutal style of fighting also caused the Dashun Army to suffer a lot of casualties, but these fierce soldiers did not care. In their view, dying on the battlefield is the best destination. They can respond to Cheng Shijie's commanding banner. , there is no regret even if you die in battle.

Because Ning Haijun’s pension system was the only one in the Ming Dynasty, 36 months of military pay, plus one hundred acres of Yongye land, which could be inherited from generation to generation, five years free of charge, and ten years and a half tax. In the eyes of all the soldiers, Marshal Cheng had paid Because of his sincerity, they could only repay Cheng Shijie with their own lives.

The fall of the Badaling Great Wall defense line and the fall of Zhending Mansion made no difference to Huang Taiji or even the entire Qing army. This was a terrible fact: Beijing had become an isolated city.

Two corners of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang triangle area collapsed, a truly isolated city!

Holding this bloody battle report, Huang Taiji pursed his lips and said nothing. No one knew what he was thinking, but his slightly trembling body betrayed him.This is not fear, but shock, anger, and confusion.

Who would have thought that, with the remaining power of the Northern Expedition that completely annihilated Chongzhen, they would go south and sweep across Northern Zhili, with the potential to dominate the world, but be pushed to the point of exhaustion in just two months?

Ever since Cheng Shijie led the army to the north, the Qing army has been losing, not losing one or two battles, but losing on all fronts and retreating steadily. This is Manchuria, which lies between white mountains and black waters, and once made the Ming Empire tremble. Iron cavalry?
Could it be that all those brave and invincible warriors, one of whom is worth ten, are all dead, leaving only a group of losers and rice sacks?
"No, that's not the case! I believe in my own army. I believe in those athletes who followed me and swept the entire North Zhili. They are by no means cowards. Their will and courage will never lose to Ning Haijun!"

Even though Huang Taiji couldn't accept this fact now, he couldn't figure it out: "What on earth forced me and my army to be so surrounded and exhausted?"

"Is it a firearm?"

"I only have many more firearms than Ning Haijun!" "Is it an artillery piece?"

"My artillery is equally numerous?"

“Is it the people’s will??”

"No, I implement benevolent government, recruit talents in any way, respect Confucius and Confucianism. These are good strategies that have been used for thousands of years, and I quickly won the hearts of Jin gentlemen and officials in the world. On the contrary, Chongzhen was rash and used a bunch of incompetent people. The unscrupulous and unscrupulous scoundrels have ruined the country's affairs beyond measure. When it comes to losing the people's support, Emperor Chongzhen has already lost all the people's support!"

"What exactly caused my failure?"

"I don't understand, I really don't understand!"

Huang Taiji was silent for a long time, with his head lowered, and his mind was in a mess. One moment, thousands of thoughts came to him, like a ball of weeds, and the next moment, it went blank with nothing.

Huang Taiji was in a state of confusion. Although he also grew up in the flames of war, he had fought numerous small and large battles since he was a child. What kind of situation had he never encountered?

But in such a bad situation, he didn't know what to do.

Let alone him, even if Nurhaci is invited, they will probably be unable to do anything. They have never been forced into a desperate situation like today!If it were him, his face would be darker than the bottom of the pot!

His Highness Jin Cheng, all the civil and military officials were kneeling on the ground. Seeing that Huang Taiji didn't speak for a long time, and didn't even look at them, many people began to look around, communicating with eye waves, and the corners of their eyes and mouth twitched together, as if they were sending telegrams. , and the eyes are the receivers...

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you would never believe that a person's expressions can be so rich!Forget about solid-minded guys like Hauge, Jilharang, and Saharian. They will only obey Huang Taiji's orders. Even if Huang Taiji orders them to die, they will not hesitate to draw their swords and cut themselves off. neck.

However, the Han official group represented by Wen Tiren and Wang Yingxiong had no intention of dying with the Qing Dynasty. They joined the Qing Dynasty for the sake of their high-ranking officials and their loyalty, not for their loyalty to anyone!

But now, the seemingly invincible Qing army was retreating steadily under the fierce attack of Ning Haijun, losing troops and generals one after another, and losing all the strategic locations in the Gyeonggi area. Beijing has become an isolated city, in danger of destruction at any time. This ...What should I do?
Is it possible that Huang Taiji will be betrayed again to lick Cheng Shijie's boots?Well, for them, moral integrity is simply superfluous. If it falls off, it will fall off. It is no big deal. As long as they can save their lives, as long as they can keep high-ranking officials, what if they sell another emperor and then lick Cheng Shijie's boots?
But when we think of Cheng Shijie's jealous temper, and how he plotted against Cheng Shijie and the entire Ming Dynasty's new army, everyone's heart is filled with chills!

Even if they were willing to be completely shameless and lick Cheng Shijie's boots, I'm afraid Cheng Shijie wouldn't let them lick them!

Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and others looked gloomier, pursed their lips, and looked malicious, greeting the eighteenth generation of Cheng Shijie's family in their hearts.

Carrying the infamy, they betrayed Chongzhen and the 30 Northern Expeditionary Army in exchange for Huang Taiji's appreciation and the promise of breaking the earth and becoming a marquis. However, before they could get these things, Cheng Shijie came out and... His feet kicked their cooked duck into the air!

After a series of fierce battles, more than half of the elite troops of Guan Ning were lost. Now Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou combined have less than 6 soldiers and horses, which also includes the 6 defenders who they annexed the Jing camp and Jing Ji. Ten thousand people, if it were not for the new blood of these [-] or [-] people, the blood of Guan Ning's army would have been drained long ago.

Thanks to the head-shaving bonus, if they had suffered such heavy losses before having their heads shaved, they would have already performed tricks to blow up the camp and even rebel!
However, after paying such a heavy price, what resulted was one failure after another. Cheng Shijie's offensive became more and more fierce, turning Beijing into an isolated city!

They really made a wrong bet this time. What should they do?

"How many troops are there at Shanhaiguan?" While he was thinking wildly, Huang Taiji suddenly spoke.

Wu Xiang hesitated for a moment: "Let me tell you, Your Majesty, there are still [-] soldiers at Shanhaiguan."

Huang Taiji frowned and murmured: "Sixteen thousand... Sixteen thousand... Even if we transfer them all, there's probably nothing we can do!"

Wu Xiang said respectfully: "Yes, there are more than [-] soldiers and horses in Shanhaiguan, of which [-] are mainly auxiliary soldiers. It is okay to let them defend the city, but it is absolutely impossible to fight in the field."

Hauge said coldly: "In my opinion, it's not that we can't fight in the field, it's that you simply refused to transfer these [-] soldiers into the pass, for fear of losing the final capital!"

Wu Xiang cried out: "Prince Su, you have unjustly accused Xianguan! Xianguan was so loyal to the Qing Dynasty that he could even carve out his heart and soul! But those nine thousand soldiers were indeed auxiliary soldiers with extremely poor combat power. Transferring to Guan is just a waste of food and grass!"

Huang Taiji's heart skipped a beat: "Food and grass..." His eyes turned to Fan Wencheng: "Scholar Fan, how much food and grass are there in the city now?"

Fan Wencheng took out a small notebook from his sleeve, opened it to read it, and said solemnly: "My Majesty, the food and grass in the city is less than one month's worth."

Everyone was shocked again, and Hauge jumped up: "How is it possible! A while ago, didn't the whole city's gentry donate, and there was enough food and grass in Beijing for half a year? How long has it been? Only the remaining Is it so low? Who embezzled it!?"

Fan Wencheng was also very speechless.

A lot of food was indeed donated, but the problem was that the granary in the capital was flooded every day. It was said that it was the work of Ning Haijun. The amount of food burned by Ning Haijun alone was as much as 300 million shi.

Think about it, it's actually impossible. How big is the pile of more than 300 million stones of grain?But the problem is that those gentry and officials donated food one after another. What they donated was just a number. The people who received the food were their people, and the people who donated the food were also their people. They just went through the accounts.

When food was needed, which granary was used, and which granary was set on fire by Ning Haijun's craftsmanship. These Ning Haijun's craftsmanship were as powerful as heaven and earth.

Of course, Ning Haijun's fine work was not that powerful. When they escorted Queen Zhou and others out of the capital for the last time, Ning Haijun's fine work retreated, or else he would be regarded as dead and fall into a deep sleep.

Cheng Shijie did not wake them up.

In fact, Fan Wencheng also knew that these officials of the Ming Dynasty were like dogs. They were still corrupt and deceitful. There were countless people who flattered Cheng Shijie.

They are now convinced of Huang Taiji. If Huang Taiji dares to fall out with them, they will sell Huang Taiji immediately.

Huang Taiji gave an order with a cold face: "From now on, implement strict food rationing for the whole city immediately, and let the wealthy households in the city hand over all their stored food, and those who hide and refuse to hand over will be killed without mercy!"

A large group of Han civil servants had a cold war and almost cried.Originally, this was a perfect opportunity to drive up food prices, hoard them, and make a fortune. But the result was good. Not only did this person not let them get rich, he also asked them to hand over all their food reserves!

They began to miss Chongzhen. At least when Chongzhen was still there, he would never force them to hand over their grain reserves. Even if they drove up grain prices and made the people of the capital miserable, Chongzhen would still turn a blind eye!

What evil possessed them to drive such a good emperor to Lushun and invite the big devil Huang Taiji into Beijing?
This time the attempt to commit suicide was really a bit big!

All the officials made eye contact, wondering if Huang Taiji had been betrayed.

But it is not that easy to sell Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji is different from Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen only has one name. Jingying said that it is in their hands, but the problem is that Emperor Chongzhen has neither financial power nor personnel power. , Therefore, the promotion of generals in the Beijing camp is actually in the hands of civilian officials.

That's the sad part.As loyal as Zhou Yuji, he has to bow to the civil servants, otherwise, he will not be able to get ahead, and he might even find an opportunity to kill him, and his death will be unknown.

Huang Taiji had absolute military power, and the Qing Dynasty still had [-] or [-] soldiers and horses. Most of these soldiers and horses were Manchu and Mongolian. With Huang Taiji's urine, hundreds of thousands of wine bags and rice bags in the Beijing camp had long been borrowed by him from Ning Haijun's sword. They were killed to pieces. (End of chapter)