The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 213 The Battle to Defend the Capital

"Master, it seems very important that my men intercepted the information about Ming Dynasty. In order to obtain this information, many people were lost, and several of the spies who were buried there were pulled out."

Abate. He looked at the man in front of him respectfully, holding a red envelope in his hand.

There was a big secret word written on it.

The man in front of him had a very tough face, sharp eyebrows and sharp eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, with a thick black beard on his mouth.

He was Huang Taiji, the founder of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Taiji has been very brave since he was a child, and when he grew up, he showed amazing talents in governance.

On the basis of gradually completing the unification of various Jurchen tribes, Huang Taiji helped his father Nurhachi establish a new country.

It is Huang Taiji's strategy to take a detour to Mongolia.

Not only that, this man was also good at using counterintuitive tactics and spies. The grasslands were full of strong and capable men, but Huang Taiji was extremely proficient in strategy.

Kitchen King.

"Interesting, I really want to see what kind of character this is," Huang Taiji looked excited. He loved talents very much, and Stove King still caught his eye.

"This"

The Stove King relied on this magical car to capture Fucheng in Henan without spending a single soldier.

This is somewhat interesting. If this piece of information is true, it means that there is a high probability that the Stove King really has something special. Although it is unlikely that the magic chariot that traveled three thousand miles a day, the so-called There are probably powerful firearms.

This seed will quickly take root and sprout in Emperor Chongzhen's heart.

With this piece of information, Ming Dynasty wanted to mobilize troops and horses to capture the Kitchen King, and use the countless magical weapons transformed by the Kitchen King to deal with them.

For this opponent for many years to come.

Abatai didn't know how to say it, didn't he just get it? The spies didn't discover much.

"The Kitchen King wants it too, and so does the capital. Naturally, the Kitchen King can't run away. Send a team of cavalry to capture the Kitchen King." Huang Taiji had already thought of a way.

In Huang Taiji's eyes, this means that he has extremely high ability to treat people.

He said that he had a lot of troops and wanted to be a thief. He said that Huang Taiji promised him a high official and a generous salary.

Thinking of firearms, Huang Taiji looked gloomy. His father Nurhaci died under firearms. In the battle of Ningjin, Nurhaci led an army of 60,000 but failed to capture the city. The biggest contributor was the Ming army. firearm, a shell fell next to his father Nurhachi, directly injuring him seriously.

If it is false, the secret report sent by the Ming Dynasty was deliberately shown to him to let him deal with the Stove King. However, why did the emperor of the Ming Dynasty think that he was so stupid? If it was false, it was so exaggerated. How could he believe the secret report?

A farmer who couldn't survive due to a natural disaster was able to start from scratch and lead people who were also victims of the disaster to occupy so much land in the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji knew that in Fucheng, Henan, this was the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. At the moment, the Kitchen King had already reached there.

He gave up the capital and went to deal with the illusory Kitchen King.

Unlike Abatai, after receiving the news about the Kitchen King, Huang Taiji admired and loved the Kitchen King extremely, and he loved talents.

The Kitchen King was in Henan, but now their location is in Yima Pingchuan, Henan.

But once their army retreats.

Huang Taiji had also heard of this name a little bit, no, it could almost be described as thunderous.

This proves this man's military ability.

Even the current secret reports from the court contain rumors of the Stove King's magic.

What made Huang Taiji smile the most was the so-called magical chariot that traveled three thousand miles a day without the need for carriages or horses.

His eyes swept up and down, and then his eyes became surprised. There was a lot in the letter, but it only related to one person.

After being inserted, you can naturally get the news.

"How did you get it? Such confidential information from the Ming Dynasty could be obtained by spies," Huang Taiji raised his eyes and looked at Abatai.

This person has shown his suspicious character.

Now, if the Kitchen King really had powerful firearms, he had to consider whether to strike first and capture the Kitchen King.

The capital is already in front of you, and the Kitchen King is in the southwest of the capital.

Huang Taiji has analyzed it many times with the help of various intelligence sources.

Otherwise, such outrageous rumors would not have been spread so widely.

At present, rumors are spreading in the Ming Dynasty Imperial City, all targeting Yuan Chonghuan, saying that he is planning to rebel.

What "can transform into countless foods," "can transform into countless firearms," ​​and it is also an extremely powerful weapon that can give ordinary people the ability to defeat thousands of armies.

Although it seems to have no effect now, Huang Taiji knows that this is a seed buried in the heart of the Ming Emperor. Now that the Ming Dynasty needs Yuan Chonghuan, this seed will naturally not take root and sprout.

The newspaper said that this magical car was as big as a house.

Shortly after his return, he died of injuries caused by gunpowder.

If he goes straight to the Kitchen King, he will definitely be attacked from two sides. This is a conspiracy on the surface, and Ming may also get something from the Kitchen King that determines the outcome, so he cannot let it go.

Most of Ming Dynasty's eyes were on the capital, and this team of cavalry could be described as a surprise force.

"Bring it here," Huang Taiji waved, without continuing the topic, he took the letter from Abatai's hand and Huang Taiji opened it.

Rumors spread here that the Kitchen King has the power of unpredictable changes, the power of a god, and that all people in the world are one family.

Almost no one could imagine that he actually risked being flanked to capture the Kitchen King.

"Capture the Kitchen King and use it for me. The four palaces of the Ming Dynasty will also fall into my hands. When the time comes due to internal and external troubles, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably fall." Huang Taiji showed a smile on his face. The Kitchen King managed people well, and All his subordinates are Han Chinese.

If the Kitchen King is captured, it will be a clever plan to use it to govern the Han people.

"Abatai, lead your six thousand light cavalry and go south to capture the Kitchen King. The Kitchen King should be in Fucheng, Henan." Six thousand light cavalry is almost the number of all the light cavalry they brought out this time.

Abate was about to say something, but after thinking about it, it seemed that cavalry was not needed in the siege.

But Abatai didn't expect that the Grand Master would pay so much attention to the Stove King.

In Abatai's view, the so-called Kitchen King is just a swindler. What kind of gods or changes are just excuses that the cowardly and incompetent Ming army found after they were defeated by this swindler.

Now, Huang Taiji actually asked him to take six thousand cavalry and go deep into the Ming Dynasty to capture the Stove King. In Abate's view, the only challenging aspect of this task was that they had to go deep into the Ming Dynasty.

It cannot be intercepted by the people of Ming Dynasty.

"I understand, Grand Master, let's wait for the good news from Abatai."

Abatai knelt down on one knee and agreed. Although he could not participate in this great battle to attack the capital, he could penetrate thousands of miles into the Ming Dynasty and leave his name in history! Six thousand light cavalry bypassed Qian'an and headed south toward Fucheng, Henan.

Although Abatai had tried his best to go to less traveled places, there were so many Ming people that some refugees and common people along the way saw Liao cavalry again.

Everyone was wiping their eyes.

There were expressions of astonishment and disbelief on their faces. They all thought that they had made a mistake. Why did the Liao cavalry appear on the land of the Ming Dynasty?

Could it be that the Ming Dynasty is about to perish?
Abatai looked at the refugees around him with a ferocious and bloodthirsty expression on his face. However, with a mission in hand, he could not condone his men to massacre, except for the necessary collection of food and grass.

What makes Abatai puzzled is why there are so many refugees in the Ming Dynasty, which is rich in products. Could it be said that the Ming Dynasty has become as poor in materials as their grassland?
Then why should they attack the Ming Dynasty? There is no money to fish for.

Abatai's journey went smoothly.

The Ming Dynasty's defense against the Liao people relied entirely on the natural danger of the nine-border defense line. On the nine sides, Huang Taiji, who had been bypassed, opened a gap. Abatai came with his cavalry, and naturally the road was unimpeded.

In addition, the emperor had taken care of it in advance and allowed the opponent's cavalry to penetrate deeply, so there would naturally be people to deal with it.

Therefore, the prefectures and counties along the way turned a blind eye to the information about the "Liao invasion" reported from everywhere.

It’s a joke. Although they don’t know why the emperor let the Liao people in, the Liao people are fierce. Even without the emperor’s order, they will not stop these Liao people at all. They even have to spend a lot of time to annihilate the rebels who occasionally rise up on their territory. Try your best.

What can we do to resist the invasion of these fierce Liao people?

This is the Liao cavalry.

As for what the emperor said, there will naturally be someone to deal with it. They don't know who it is. They just hope that the emperor can drive these Liao people out as soon as possible.

After all, for many years, the Liao people had never been seen in the mainland, and now they appeared.

I just hope that the Liao people will not target their city.

The Liao people had been slaughtering around the capital for ten days.

Four days before Yuan Chonghuan arrived in the capital, the Liao people had already deployed troops and horses around the capital, and now they seemed to be planning to launch a general attack to surround the capital.

This is an unprecedented shame. Since the founding of the country by Zhu Yuanzhang, no Liao people have ever returned outside the capital city.

The Ming Dynasty had never experienced a humiliation in two hundred years.

Huang Taiji led his army to set up camp in the north of the capital city, divided into two wings.

The people around the capital were massacred and emptied.

The Ming army gathered in front of Desheng Gate.

An army composed of Liao people led by Yuan Chonghuan assembled outside Guangqumen.

After Huang Taiji surrounded the capital, he was not in a hurry to launch an attack.

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to know Huang Taiji's plan. He was naturally happy to see Huang Taiji continue to drag on. Most of King Qin's troops from all walks of life had arrived, but some were still on the way.

"Calculating the time, Abatai should be approaching the northernmost part of Henan," Huang Taiji finally decided to launch an attack after besieging the capital for six days.

He personally led the great Beile Daishan, Bele Jierharang, Yue Tuo, Du Du, Saha Lian, etc., commanded the four banners on Manchuria's right wing, and the Mongolian soldiers on the right wing, and launched a fierce attack on the troops of Manchu Gui and Hou Shilu.

When the battle began, although Hou Jin's firearms were scarce, it did not mean that they did not know how to use firearms. It was just that they were lagging behind compared to the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji's army all had artillery and muskets, but they were much inferior to the Ming Dynasty in terms of range and power.

"fire!"

Huang Taiji ordered the artillery fire to cover the past, and long-range artillery strikes. As early as Mingren used them once, Houjin had already begun to deploy his own artillery troops.

After all, no one can remain blind after seeing the huge power of artillery coverage.

Inside the city, Xu Guangqi heard the sound of artillery coming from outside the city.

The Ming Dynasty's artillery was much more advanced than Hou Jin's and had a longer range. Now that you hear the sound of Hou Jin's artillery and look at the direction of the shot, you can easily determine the location of Hou Jin's artillery.

"Fight back!"

Xu Guangqi issued the order without hesitation. In such a backward situation, Hou Jin dared to expose the position of his artillery array. In Xu Guangqi's view, this was simply asking for death.

Only Yuan Chonghuan's expression changed. Hou Jin's army had been fighting with him for many years. How could they be so stupid?

The current artillery salvo is most likely attracting their artillery counterattack.

Then take advantage of the gap in filling the artillery to attack.

Sure enough, after the Ming Dynasty's artillery salvo, Huang Taiji launched the attack without hesitation.

The team led by Hou Shilu met Huang Taiji's Mongolian army and the Zhenghongqi army. The two armies were relieved, and the Ming army came out of the city.

In a battle like this to attack and defend the city, the defenders would naturally not just defend on the city wall.

The terrain of the city wall is very limited. If you just stay on the city wall to defend, you won't be able to hold on for too long.

The two armies fought together, and Yuan Chonghuan was in charge of arranging the troops. Emperor Chongzhen put King Qin's troops and even the soldiers defending the capital under Yuan Chonghuan's command.

The tactics he adopted were basically to go out of the city to meet the enemy and then the Ming army on the city wall cooperated with artillery.

Of course, the quality of the Ming Dynasty's troops was obviously not comparable to the quality of the Hou Jin's troops.

Hou Shilu was quickly defeated, and upon seeing this, Mangui immediately left the city to meet the enemy.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army on the city wall, when assisting in the artillery bombardment, actually hit their own people with cannons on their heads. Man Gui never imagined that his own people would hit his own troops with cannons.

The falling artillery directly caused the collapse of Mangui's army. Since it was an artillery strike from his own people, the army fled directly.

A large number of deserters crashed into Hou Jin's military formation like headless flies.

They were slaughtered in an instant.

The remaining Ming army deserters were hunted down and killed by Huang Taiji's troops.

The battle lasted for a whole day, and Mangui's army went from tens of thousands to only a hundred people.

Yuan Chonghuan yelled at the idiot when he heard the news. He looked gloomy and looked at the trembling Xu Zishou in front of him. This was Xu Guangqi's godson and the commander of the artillery on the city wall.

"Beheading at the city gate," Mangui's army was defeated so quickly, and 70% of the credit went to this man.

The battle in the capital is in full swing.

However, the entire city of Henan Fucheng was filled with joy when they saw Zhang Heizi's investigation team approaching quickly. Zhang Heizi, who had always been calm, actually had a look of technological surprise on his face this time.

(End of this chapter)