Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 164 Beheading
Hauge immediately lowered his head in fright. After all, Daishan had just been reprimanded by Huang Taiji for this matter, and he did not dare to openly support Daishan's views and disobey Huang Taiji.

But Huang Taiji knew Hauge well. Although he knew that Hauge was afraid of himself and dared not answer, but judging from his reaction, he should be inseparable.

Huang Taiji did not press Hauge any more, but took a deep breath, frowned and pondered.

After a while, Huang Taiji ordered Hauge: "Call everyone in, I have something to say!"

Hearing this, Hauge nodded quickly, then retreated as if he was running away, and went to call several big Belles and his brothers into Huang Taiji's room.

Huang Taiji then told his plan to several big Baylors under him and his sons and nephews.

At the same time, Zhu Tianqi had also returned to his tent and sent the Jin Yiwei to issue new instructions to the various Ming armies. He was naturally not interested in these junk foods that were regarded as delicacies by the Ming army officers and soldiers. After eating some and drinking a few glasses with the soldiers, he returned to his tent.

Firstly, he had to arrange and deploy the next battle plan, and secondly, since he was sitting on top, the soldiers below were still a little restrained.

According to the situation reported by You Shiwei and Hou Shilu just now, the Jiannu army should have gone to the west, and it is likely to attack Jizhou or Yutian next, but if Huang Taiji's target is the capital, he is most likely to attack Or Jizhou.

In fact, if Huang Taiji planned to attack the city, Zhu Tianqi would not worry. Although there are not many soldiers and horses in these cities now, each city is equipped with many new steel cannons and improved Hongyi cannons. Jiannu thought It is not that easy to attack the city.

The various armies under his command to encircle Jiannu would arrive soon. It was absolutely impossible for Jiannu to capture any city in such a short period of time.

What Zhu Tianqi was really worried about was that Jiannu did not follow common sense and played hide-and-seek with him, encircling the city from the countryside, causing chaos in Gyeonggi and making it difficult to deal with.

But Jiannu is Jiannu after all. What they love most is attacking cities and plundering. They may not have any interest in those small villages, and they probably don’t want to stay here to fight a protracted war with them. After all, they are If tens of thousands of soldiers and horses cannot capture the city, they will not be able to get supplies, and they cannot afford to consume them.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi estimated that Huang Taiji would definitely fight a quick battle with him, and the possibility of attacking Jizhou was very high, and it was very possible. Maybe now that they knew where he was, they would send a troop of troops to rob the camp. Carry out a wave of beheadings.

But now no matter what, we can no longer allow the Jiannu to continue to go deeper to the west. In the battle tomorrow, Zhu Tianqi will mobilize all his troops to encircle and suppress the Jiannu!

The Jin Yiwei sent by Zhu Tianqi sent his military orders overnight to the You Shiwei and Hou Shilu tribes, the Mangui Hezu Dashou tribe, and the Zunhua Madengyun tribe, and ordered the three armies to march westward to encircle and suppress Jiannu.

At dawn the next day, Huang Taiji led his army straight to Jizhou. Because Huang Taiji had suffered losses from the Ming army's artillery under Zunhua City, this time he stopped his march ten miles away from Jizhou City and lost his life. The army was ready to attack the city, and planned to rush through the range of the Ming army's artillery in one go, directly approaching the city, and quickly seize Jizhou.

At this moment, two armies suddenly emerged from the north and south of the Jiannu troops. The troops from the left were Hou Shilu and You Shiwei, and the ones from the right were the Madengyun tribe!

However, these two Ming armies were defeated by the Eight Banners soldiers. Huang Taiji did not take them seriously at all. He immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for war, intending to defeat these two Ming armies first and then attack Jizhou. Otherwise, he would suffer the consequences of these two armies. The Ming army's containment will affect the success or failure of the siege!
However, as soon as the two sides fought, someone came to report that tens of thousands of Ming troops suddenly attacked from behind, and the leader was Guan Ning's cavalry.

After hearing this, all the banner leaders became nervous. Huang Taiji immediately ordered to attack the Ming army on the left and right sides and quickly defeated them. Then the whole army turned around and faced the enemy coming from behind with all their strength!
Logically speaking, facing the siege of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, including [-] Guanning cavalry, in order to preserve his strength, Jiannu should have chosen to break through the siege of the Ming troops on the left or right and escape south or north. That's right, but today they didn't leave. Instead, they stayed and fought with the Ming army.

Could it be said that Jizhou City is so important to them that they have to attack Jizhou City today?

Although Jiannu's abnormal behavior was hard to fathom, news from the rear soon gave the Ming army generals the answer. A Jiannu army of several thousand men suddenly appeared from the southwest of the emperor's camp. Attacking the emperor's camp!
At this time, in Zhu Tianqi's camp, in addition to the 3000 imperial troops, there were also a thousand riflemen. Because yesterday Daishan led troops to attack the camp, the casualties of the imperial army were also very heavy, with nearly [-] dead and injured, so Sun Yuanhua sent his men A thousand infantry gunmen were transferred over. As for Zhang Boyu's cavalry gun team, they were transferred to encircle and suppress the slaves.

Although there are fewer defenders in the camp now than yesterday, with this team of riflemen, Zhu Tianqi feels more at ease. What's more, Jiannu's troops who came to attack the camp this time are only half of yesterday's. That’s all.

Zhu Tianqi looked outside the camp with a telescope. Judging from the flag color of the army such as Jiannu, it should be the white flag of the Eight Banners Army, Dorgon's army.

Although Dorgon's white-trimmed flag is very powerful, he can still resist it with just his troops and horses. Therefore, Zhu Tianqi is now more worried about the battle ahead than himself.

So far, Zhu Tianqi has figured out Huang Taiji's plan. Now that the slave-building army is gathering in front of Jizhou City, and he has sent all the Ming troops to encircle and suppress in three ways, so Huang Taiji sent Dorgon to bring people over to do this. "Operation Beheading" is nothing more than to lead the frontline troops of the Ming Army to return to rescue.

I am the emperor of Ming Dynasty, no matter how critical the battle on the front line is, it is impossible for the Ming army not to immediately return to help and withdraw to rescue him. Once he is killed or captured, Daming will lose everything!

Once the frontline troops return to support, Jizhou City will not be protected. After losing Jizhou, Sanhe and Tongzhou behind will be in danger, and the capital will be exposed to the edge of the slave army.

Of course, in Huang Taiji's view, it would be even more perfect if Dorgon could kidnap the Ming Emperor before the Ming army returned for reinforcements!
Since Zhu Tianqi has seen through Huang Taiji's tactics, he will naturally not let his plan succeed. Now is not the time for him to consider how to save his life and escape. It is impossible for Zhu Tianqi to allow Jiannu to capture Jizhou and fight all the way to the capital. It was impossible to give up the opportunity to encircle and suppress the slaves before letting them go.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi finally decided that he must not let the Ming armies withdraw to support him. He had to hold on to the camp on his own until the war was won.

Zhu Tianqi immediately sent dozens of Jinyi guards to send messages to various Ming armies on the front line, telling them not to return for reinforcements and that they must annihilate all the Jiannu army!

The reason why so many people were sent out at once was naturally because they were worried that these Jin Yiwei would not be able to break through the encirclement and deliver the letter to the generals of the Ming Army. Sending one more person would provide more insurance.However, Jiannu obviously made up his mind to hope that the Ming troops on the front line would withdraw and return for reinforcements, so he did not stop the Jinyi guards who rushed out to deliver the message and allowed them to run away. However, I am afraid Jiannu did not expect that these Jinyiwei would simply He didn't go out to ask for help, but he went to order all Ming armies not to return for help.

Although Zhu Tianqi had made up his mind not to let the various Ming troops return for reinforcements and to defend the camp on his own, in fact, with the few troops in his hands, he wanted to defend this temporary wooden village. But it wasn't as simple as he imagined.

Although the Jiannu who came to attack the camp today only have one banner of troops, no more than 8000 people, they are obviously the elite of the Jiannu army. They are all extremely brave, and now there are no other Ming troops to contain and harass them. The entire army's strength was concentrated on storming the camp, and the wooden fence on the outside soon could not hold up.

Although the thousand riflemen showed strong combat effectiveness in the field, they were unable to perform their duties after being restrained in the camp. In front of them were the imperial guards who were fighting against the slaves through the fence. They could not line up. The formation fired volleys, but they could only avoid the friendly troops and aim and shoot at Jiannu.

After the outer fence was breached by Jiannu, the Imperial Guards inside all swarmed forward, using long spears to prevent Jiannu from entering the village. However, Jiannu were all cavalry, and after a lifeless collision, the formation of the Imperial Guards was also broken up. .

Wang Yuanbao was really frightened this time, and stumbled to Zhu Tianqi, "Your Majesty, please move away from this place quickly. Jiannu has broken through the wall, and the imperial guards are about to be unable to withstand it!" "

Zhu Tianqi is not blind, he can naturally see clearly, but he did not expect that the Eight Banners Army of Jiannu would be so brave, each and every one of them rushed forward as if they were not afraid of death, while the Ming Army could only passively resist and be beaten. !

But how could he "leave" now?He has to "run"!

Of course, Zhu Tianqi didn't run away. At this juncture, there was no room for him to be a coward. Once he ran away, the camp wouldn't be able to hold on for even a quarter of an hour!
And even if he could escape, Jiannu cut off his own banner after breaking the stronghold, and went back holding his dragon banner and the Emperor's Festival Yue, falsely claiming that he had been killed or captured. After seeing the three armies on the front line, they would definitely Morale collapses in an instant, and then the consequences will be disastrous!

By then, let alone annihilating the Jiannu, they might even be defeated by the Jiannu, and all the cities would have to surrender after hearing the news. By the time I stand up to "refute the rumors," even the capital may have become a Jiannu. Yes!

Thinking of this, Zhu Tianqi took out his pistol, turned on the safety, then stood up and walked towards the door of the Chinese army's tent.

Wang Yuanbao became even more anxious when he saw this. He immediately knelt down and grabbed Zhu Tianqi's trouser leg: "Your Majesty, you can't go out. It's too dangerous outside. You'd better follow the slaves and leave from behind the camp. There are these guards in brocade clothes protecting you." With this, I will definitely be able to protect you, the Emperor, and leave safely!"

Zhu Tianqi kicked Wang Yuanbao away and shouted angrily: "Get away!"

Then he quickly walked out of the Chinese army's tent, holding the dragon flag in his hand, and shouted: "Soldiers, I will never leave you to escape alone. Now under my feet is the land of my Ming Dynasty. Today, since I If we stay here, we will never allow the slaves to take another step forward!"

"My ancestors of the Ming Dynasty said, 'The emperor guards the gates of the country, and the king dies in the country.' I, Zhu Youxiao, will never forget the words of my ancestors!

"Soldiers, let me raise the flag for you today and fight with them!"

The Royal Forest Army and the Infantry Gun Corps, which were always at a disadvantage, were already somewhat demoralized and were about to lose their confidence in defending the city. They knew that at this time, the camp commander would abandon the camp and flee, and they would have to My life is here to be cut off for the coach.

What's more, the commander of the camp this time is a rich emperor. Some of the commanders are willing to live and die with the soldiers, but the king definitely won't, so they are already a little desperate in their hearts.

Surrounded by such negative emotions, the result is bound to be a steady retreat, and it becomes increasingly impossible to withstand the attacks of the slaves.

However, at this moment, the emperor who should have fled here actually stood up. Not only did the emperor not leave here, he also stayed to raise the flag to cheer them!
Thousands of soldiers of the Ming Army suddenly had blurry eyes, their eyes felt warm, and then their hearts seemed to be ignited with a raging fire. They suddenly burst out with unprecedentedly high morale and roared in unison.

"Unless the imperial flag falls, we will never retreat if we fight to the death!"

"Unless the imperial flag falls, we will never retreat if we fight to the death!"

"Unless the imperial flag falls, we will never retreat if we fight to the death!"

"Fight them! Kill!" The Ming army, which had been suppressed by Jiannu's cavalry and was unable to fight back, suddenly rose up and launched a lifeless counterattack against Jiannu. Jiannu's cavalry could not take another step forward!
The infantry musketry team also quickly retreated to the earth siege, lying on the earth siege and shooting at the Jiannu cavalry below. Except for a dozen of the thousand Jinyi guards left to protect Zhu Tianqi, the others also rushed down. , fighting desperately with the soldiers who built the slaves!

The sudden reversal of the battle situation surprised the general of Jiannu. He looked at Zhu Tianqi holding the dragon flag on the high platform from a distance, and couldn't help but sincerely admired: "As expected of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is indeed extraordinary." It seems that the previous rumors about the Ming Emperor were mostly slanderous words!"

However, praise is praise, appreciation is appreciation, and the battle still has to be decided.

While muttering to himself, he took out an eagle-feather arrow from his quiver, placed it on his gong, and aimed at Zhu Tianqi.

At this time, everyone's attention was on the battle formation. No one noticed that the leader of the slave-building army was hiding behind and firing cold arrows. Therefore, when this arrow flew, everyone was extremely surprised and raised their hearts in their throats. Eyes up.

Especially the Jinyi guards guarding Zhu Tianqi were so frightened that they exclaimed: "Your Majesty, be careful!" At the same time, they all rushed towards Zhu Tianqi.

However, it was too late, this eagle-feather arrow hit Zhu Tianqi's heart impartially!
(End of this chapter)