Chapter 666: The Shangfang Sword

{Here we need to mention why Lu Xiangsheng was identified by the white net scarf on his head.}
{Because he was still in mourning at the time, he killed the enemy in mourning clothes.}
{Four arrows and three knives, it must be very painful, very painful...}
{The arrow from the Qing bow is no different from being hit by an axe.}
……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Heng sighed slightly.

"From a macro perspective, the entire Ming court is pushing him to fight this battle that is sure to end in death."

"He used his life to prove to the world that the government troops still dared to fight, that's all."

"Instead, the two 'treacherous ministers' Yang and Gao suggested that he accompany them in a 'fake war', which was the only way to save his life."

"However, what Governor Lu cares least about is his own life."

"I guess no one in the world would have thought of this except for those five thousand soldiers."

Liu Qi felt that Lu Xiangsheng’s death was not worth it!
After Lu Xiangsheng died, even his widow's pension was withheld!
Chongzhen’s refusal chilled the hearts of loyal ministers and generals throughout the world.

……

Yuan Dynasty - Emperor Sejong
"His loyalty can be compared to that of Meng Gong, who participated in the war to destroy the Jin Dynasty in the late Southern Song Dynasty."

Kublai Khan admired this kind of man very much.

The tiger patrolled Jinghuai and shocked the capital.

Before and after the conquest of the Jin Dynasty, the people in the Song court were not concerned about the rise of the Yuan Dynasty, but Meng Gong's military power.

However, Meng Gong ignored all the court's attempts to resign his power and withdraw his troops.

He alone took on the responsibility of defending the Sichuan-Hubei line, and he coordinated two of the three north-south routes.

Lu Xiangsheng and Meng Gong were both loyal ministers, but each had his own ways and choices.

……

[Due to the critical situation, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting followed the emperor's order and led their elite troops to Beijing. Hong Chengchou was appointed as the governor of Ji and Liao, and Sun Chuanting was appointed as the governor of Baoding. Soon, the emperor bestowed the imperial sword on Sun Chuanting and ordered him to be the governor of Baoding, Shandong, and Hebei military affairs.]

……

Ming Dynasty Jiajing Period
In the messy school grounds.

The charred gravel tells the story of the devastation this place once suffered.

The center of the hundred-foot-wide parade ground.

The ten-zhang-square deep pit was so conspicuous.

Zhu Houcong stood at the bottom of the pit.

Ignore the purple thunder that occasionally jumps under your feet and on the surrounding earth walls.

He looked up at the sky and murmured:

"Imperial Sword..."

"Whoever you put this thing in their hands will die miserably."

"Wasn't this Hong Chengchou also forced to death by you?"

At the edge of the pit, Huang Jin bent down and said loudly to Zhu Houcong:

"Your Majesty! The troops have assembled!"

Zhu Houcong looked towards Huang Jin and waved his hand.

Huang Jin and the servants behind him quickly moved away.

"Oh!"

A loud bang resounded from the deep pit!
"boom!"

Spider patterns on the bricks and stones spread from underfoot.

Zhu Houcong looked back at the huge pit that was five meters deep and had some understanding of his own capabilities.

"As expected of the King of Western Chu..."

"...How did Emperor Gaozu of Han win in the first place?"

Huang Jin on the side hurried over with the clothes.

Zhu Houcong tore off his tattered clothes and put on the sable purple robe.

"Let's go."

No longer look at the sky.

Zhu Houcong walked out of the parade ground.

"Let the world see it."

"What is..."

"Heavenly soldiers and generals."

"The power of the Overlord!"

……[On the second day of the first lunar month in the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), the Qing army led its troops to capture Jinan. Zhu Youshu, the Prince of De, and his son Zhu Ci, the Prince of Jun, who were enfeoffed in Jinan, were captured, shocking the court and the public.]

[Supervisory Grand Secretary Liu Yuliang and Governor-General Sun Chuanting gathered 180,000 troops and marched towards Jinan. Zu Dashou also came from Qingzhou to assist.]

[The Qing army saw that the elite Ming troops had gathered in the capital, Shandong, and Hebei, and had no intention of fighting. After looting, they retreated to Tongzhou, Tianjin, Yutian, and Fengrun.]

[It happened to be raining and snowing, and the roads were muddy. If we sent out a strong force to attack from the front and intercept from the rear, we could at least annihilate their effective forces, even if we couldn't guarantee victory.]

[However, the Ming Dynasty soldiers allowed them to retreat calmly to the north of the Great Wall.]

[On March 8, Liu Yuliang watched the Qing army leave the Great Wall from Qingshankou and return north. On March 11, they escaped unscathed.]

[This time the Qing army entered the Great Wall for half a year, and the Ming Dynasty suffered unprecedented losses.]

[He advanced southward for 2,000 miles, conquering more than 70 cities and 55 counties in three states.]

[Involving Shuntian Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, and Jinan Prefecture, he galloped across the country as if he was in an empty land, and won 57 battles. ]

[They broke through two passes, beheaded two governors, captured the Prince of De and a prince alive, captured more than 460,000 people and animals, and left more than 130,000 corpses in Jinan.]

[Emperor Chongzhen held those responsible for this disastrous defeat accountable and laid down five types of charges against the generals who failed to perform their duties: failure to guard the border, destruction of cities, loss of fiefdoms, loss of the commander-in-chief, and allowing the enemy to cross the border.]

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[Thirty-six ministers were killed in one day, including two garrison eunuchs, three governors, and five generals.]

[However, no effective measures have been taken to protect the border.]

……

Wu Zhou.

Taiping thinks that although he is not a genius, he still has some talent, right?

But at this moment, it was unclear what the emperor in heaven was trying to do.

Really can't tell.

Taiping sat on the steps with his chin in his hands, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and said weakly:
"Brother, do you think he wants to save Ming?"

Li Dan, who was standing by, smiled and fanned her with a fan, saying slowly:

"Of course I thought about it, but I just don't have the ability."

"Compared to Huang Taiji, he is not even a little bit inferior."

"The Ming Dynasty is now losing blood rapidly, so Huang Taiji is adopting the tactic of continuous bleeding, rather than a head-on attack on the tightly guarded defense line."

"Just like a lion hunting its prey, its tactics are not to fight head-on."

"Once a wild animal is injured during hunting, it is very likely to die, so it is extremely patient."

"It will keep looking for opportunities, keep moving forward to bite and bleed its prey."

"In this way, after a long confrontation, the prey will lose too much blood, become exhausted, and eventually die in the lion's mouth."

"This is why the Qing army bypassed the Guanningjin Line of Defense many times and attacked nearby areas instead of attacking Beijing."

"The city walls are too high, and there are Western cannons on top. The number of Qing soldiers is very small, and once they are damaged, it will be difficult to repair them."

"So they always look for cities with weak defenses, take them down quickly, and preserve their manpower."

Taiping looked at Li Dan strangely.

Li Dan touched his face in confusion.

"what happened?"

Taiping shook his head and just sighed:

"I now know who that little bastard Li Longji follows."

……

[In March of the 1640th year of Chongzhen (), Huang Taiji led the Qing troops to besiege Jinzhou.]

[They built sixty red cannons, recruited more than a thousand people who were good at climbing ladders, and brought ten thousand horses to carry the cannons, which was quite impressive.]

【Zu Dashou was stationed in Jinzhou, and his subordinates were all elite Ming troops. He fought hard, causing the Qing army to be "mostly defeated, and several generals were killed." Even Shenyang was in a panic, "many people walking on the street were in a panic." The Qing army suffered heavy losses, and the emperor had to retreat to Shenyang. 】

【However, after some reorganization, Huang Taiji decided to intensify the offensive against Jinzhou. 】

[Due to the Qing Dynasty's garrison policy, Jinzhou was actually surrounded by the Qing Dynasty.]

【Zu Dashou requested additional troops to strengthen the defense of Jinzhou.】

[Emperor Chongzhen was afraid that the Qing troops would invade again from Jizhen and other places, so he was unwilling to reduce the number of troops stationed in Jizhen to support Jin.]

[In April, Huang Taiji ordered Prince Zheng Jierhalang, Prince Wuying Ajige, Beile Duoduo and others to attack Jinzhou together, bringing a large number of Eight Banners soldiers and many siege cannons, and began a fierce attack on Jinzhou. ]

[Because the Mongolian soldiers stationed in Jinzhou's outer city defected to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army occupied Jinzhou's outer city.]

[Zu Dashou encouraged his soldiers to defend vigorously while urgently seeking help from the Ming court.]

[Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Hong Chengchou to leave Shanhaiguan to rescue Jinzhou.]

(End of this chapter)

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