Daming wolf ride

Changping.

At the request of Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, You Shiwei, the former commander-in-chief of Changping, led 5000 Changping soldiers to move to Tongguan to assist in the defense of Zhuyangguan to prevent bandits from returning to Shaanxi and threatening Xi'an.Chao Pichang, the former general of Changping, was promoted to the general officer of Changping.

On this day, Chao Pichang was throwing a banquet for the admiral Wang Xizhong, the inner supervisor, when suddenly his own soldiers came to report that there was a group of soldiers from the north outside the city clamoring to enter the city.

To the north of Changping is Juyongguan. Why did the soldiers from Juyongguan come to Changping?Could it be that the mutiny failed?

Chao Pichang was taken aback, the wine was unbearable no matter what, and the admiral Wang Xizhong, the internal supervisor, was also aware of the matter, knowing that the matter was important, so he dragged Chao Pichang to the city without a second thought.

After the two went to the city, they saw thousands of Ming soldiers making noises below the city. The clothes of these soldiers were ragged, and many of them were wearing bandages, obviously wounded. Most of the soldiers had no weapons in their hands.Seeing that the defenders on the city did not open the city gate, these Ming soldiers were furious, cursing their parents and mothers unbearably.

Wang Xizhong couldn't help frowning when he heard these soldiers swearing badly, but Chao Pichang didn't care about the swearing, but leaned out and raised his head and asked loudly, "Where are you from?"

"Juyongguan!"

"Juyongguan?" Chao Pichang's heart jumped, but he shouted: "Since you are from Juyongguan, why didn't you see your Wang Zongbing? Why did you leave your station and come to Changping without authorization? You must be mutiny rebels , trying to swindle open my city gate and rob it!"

Chao Pichang said Wang Zongbing was Wang Pu, the former chief soldier of the Beijing camp. Chongzhen led the Beijing camp soldiers to Henan to fight the invaders in four years, but he was defeated and returned to Beijing to be punished. Park was an official, but he couldn't gain a foothold in the Beijing camp. He was transferred to Juyongguan last winter.On the day Wang Pu passed through Changping on his way to Juyongguan, You Shiwei had invited him to a banquet, and Chao Pichang was also there during the dinner, so he had a pleasant conversation with Wang Pu.

Hearing the shouts from the city, a general under the city came out from the crowd and shouted: "We are not rebels in the city, we are indeed soldiers from Juyongguan, but the Tartars invaded the pass, and the commander-in-chief led people away. , Brothers can’t keep it, so retreat to your Changping, quickly open the city gate and let me wait in, otherwise when the Tartar soldiers come, no one will help you defend the city!”

"Tartar Kouguan?!" Both Chao Pichang and Wang Xizhong were taken aback, and the latter's legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground.The defenders in the city also changed their colors when they heard this.

Chao Pichang was also panicked, but he was still able to calm down. He hurriedly asked the Chief Qian: "How many people are here? Which Mongolian tribe are they from? Where did your King Zongbing flee? where?"

"It's not the northern prisoner, but the eastern prisoner with braids! I don't know where the commander-in-chief fled. After the Tartars occupied Juyongguan, I just ran for my life. How dare I go back and find out."

Donglu with braids?

Chao Pichang and Wang Xizhong looked at each other in blank dismay. Didn't it mean that Donglu had been severely injured by our Ming Dynasty outside the pass?Thinking of the tens of thousands of Eastern captives besieging the capital six years ago, the expressions of the two of them became extremely ugly.

After a while, Chao Pichang asked again: "How many people do you have?"

"More than 1000 people." Mr. Qian shouted again: "Let us enter the city quickly. If the Tartars come, at least I can help defend the city."

"Chao Zongbing, these people can't be let in, what if there is a fraud?" Wang Xizhong was afraid that these routs would cause chaos after entering the city, and he was also afraid that there would be spies from the Tartars among them. If he seized the city, his wealth and life would be over.

Chao Pichang was also very hesitant, and fell silent there.Seeing that there was no response from the city, the Ming soldiers outside the city were also anxious. They were worried that the Tartars would chase after them, so they kept yelling and urging them there.The Changping soldiers guarding the city would not dare to open the city without the order of the commander-in-chief.

After pondering for a long time, Chao Pichang finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said to his opponent: "Open the door and let them in."

Wang Xizhong asked anxiously: "Chao Zongbing is not afraid that these routs will cause chaos?"

Chao Pichang shook his head and said: "They are exhausted and scarred, they don't seem to be making money. Besides, do you still remember the fate of Zhu Guoyan and Wang Yuanya who refused Zhao's teaching to enter the city? If they don't commit suicide, the emperor will have to kill them." Kill them!" He pointed down and said, "Look at their bears again, they are no longer capable of fighting." After saying this, he turned his head and told his subordinates, "Treat them well, let them eat, give them They healed the wounds. The Tartars really came, and at least some people helped us guard together."

After the defeated soldiers who retreated from Juyongguan entered the city and were resettled, Chao Pichang and Wang Xizhong hurriedly reported the news of the eastern captives to the imperial court.I thought that the Tartars had just occupied Juyongguan, and they would enter the pass immediately. They had to wait for the follow-up food and supplies to arrive before proceeding to the next step, so there were still two or three days left for Changping. Tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers with blue flags came from the north of Tianda.

The Eight Banners soldiers did not start attacking the city immediately after they approached the city, but waited for a long time. In the afternoon, another [-] North Korean firearms soldiers came, and they brought siege equipment. In the evening, the Donglu began to attack the city.

There were originally 5000 soldiers in Changping, but the former general soldier You Shiwei took away 1000 soldiers in the defense of Tongguan, and Chao Pichang only had 5000 soldiers. people.Fortunately, it was defending the city, and the Changping city defenses were intact, with deep ravines and high-quality weapons. In addition, Changping Prefecture organized more than 1000 young and strong to help defend. The urgent bulletin has been issued, and the reinforcements will arrive in two or three days, so there is no need to worry about Changping falling in a while, and the morale of the soldiers and people in the city is also high. Everyone knows that once Donglu breaks the city, they will not To be killed is to be taken captive to the bitter cold outside the customs as slaves, so everyone must cheer up to defend their homeland.

But what Chao Pichang never expected was that during the fierce battle, there was a burst of shouting in the city, and dozens of people lit fires everywhere in the city. The army is in chaos!In a short time, hundreds of rebels rushed to the city gate to seize the city. They killed the Changping soldiers guarding the city and stepped on their corpses to open the city gate.

Changping fell like this? !Changping just fell! .... Chao Pichang was stunned!

After Donglu rushed into the city, Wang Xizhong, the helpless eunuch who supervised the army, was terrified to death, but when the braided soldiers rushed to him, he shouted: "Your Majesty, this slave is loyal to you!" Hands, bravely rush to those braided soldiers!

In Changping, Wang Gui, Zhao Yue, Wang Yuzuo, and Hu Weihong, the heads of the household department, said to each other: "The minister is so loyal and brave, and we are not as good as him?" After speaking, they followed up and charged.

Although they were brave, they were civil servants after all, and they were outnumbered, and they were chopped into meat sauce by braided soldiers in no time!Wang Xizhong was still fighting desperately with the braided soldier with several knives in his body. Although he tried his best to swing his sword to kill the braided soldier, but he couldn't hurt anyone. The braided soldier deliberately teased him. Hacked.When Wang Xizhong died, his eyes were still wide open.

In less than half a stick of incense time, braided soldiers were everywhere in the city, and the defenders had lost their resistance. Seeing that the situation was over, Chao Pichang sighed and dropped the long sword in his hand, and then asked his personal guards to bind him.Soon the braided soldiers rushed to the city to arrest him.

On the way to the outside of the city, he saw that standing on both sides were the Juyongguan defeated troops who had been brought into the city by him yesterday. These defeated troops were laughing and pointing at him now, without any sense of shame of being captured.

Chao Pichang was very puzzled, stopped and looked at them and asked, "Are you Beibing?"

Mr. Qian who was talking to him at the base of the city yesterday stepped forward and replied with a smile: "No, we are indeed the defenders of Juyongguan, but we are not defeated, but surrendered! We surrendered the emperor in the north, just to make money from you." Broken city!"

Hearing this, Chao Pichang bowed his head and was speechless.

Outside the city, Donglu was ordered by the General and Prince Zheng Jierhalang to hear that Chao Pichang, the commander-in-chief of Changping, had been captured alive. Immediately, he brought a group of princes Baylor and came over. Chang smiled and said: "Chao Zongbing, unexpected?"

Chao Pichang glanced at Jierhalang, ignored him, but turned to the soldiers who surrendered, and couldn't help asking them: "Since you can escape, why do you surrender? Now that you have escaped, why do you have to fight for it?" used by the enemy?"

Mr. Qian heard this, and said: "The general's salary is not lacking every month? What about us, have we not been paid for several months? My wife is going to run away with someone! Is it worthwhile to sacrifice your life for the emperor of the Zhu family?" Then he took out two pieces of paper and handed them over, "Has the general read these two books?"

Chao Pichang glared at him, shrugged his bound arms, and said angrily, "Are you blind? Read!"

Mr. Qian snorted, but shook open the paper according to his words, and read: "When officials of the Ming Dynasty surrendered, their descendants inherited the father's position unchanged; , according to merit."

Then I opened another one: "I saw that the people of the Li people were in misery, and they often thought of harmony. They sent letters to the envoys several times. Peace? I have repeatedly talked about peace, but your ministers of the Ming Dynasty did not reply. This is to provoke chaos on purpose! Therefore, the suffering and death of the people of your country is not my responsibility, but the fault of your king and ministers. From now on, I Wherever the army arrives, anyone who dares to stand against me will be killed; anyone who escapes from the mountains and forests will be captured; if he lives in peace and surrenders, he will not be offended. This time the army will not be withdrawn as easily as before!"

After Mr. Qian finished reading, Jierha laughed darkly: "What is General Chao's opinion, whether to surrender or not? Even if you don't surrender, I won't make things difficult for you, but I just can't let you go."

Chao Pichang meditated for a while, then looked up to the sky and said: "Zhu Guoyan and Wang Yuanya died because they rejected their own people, and I died because I accepted my own people. God's will is dead! I surrender."