Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 203 Leaving Kaifeng

Now that it was night, the Qing army naturally stopped attacking again, and Duoduo just took advantage of this to convene the generals to discuss matters in the tent.

The defeat of dozens of white-armored soldiers during the day made Duoduo very unhappy, but it also aroused his great interest in winning Kaifeng, and what made him even more excited at this moment was that the Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty was still in Kaifeng. !

At this time, he even said to Kong Youde, King of Gongshun, and Geng Zhongming, King of Huaishun:
"The regent has already said that the main purpose of this king's expedition to the south of the Ming court is to get rid of the Ming emperor Zhu Youjian and his royal descendants!

At present, Chongzhen Zhu Youjian is the backbone of the entire Ming Dynasty. It is said that his new guard army is dominated by him, completely obeying the imperial power, and they are all well-trained troops. The predecessor of the guard army has been appeased Liu Fangliang, wiped out Liu Zezheng, Liu Liangzuo's record, and then used only one guard regiment to join forces with Huang Degong and others to wipe out Zuo Liangyu's 10 troops.

It can be seen that this guard army should not be underestimated!Now I'm afraid that the one that killed dozens of my white-armored soldiers on the Kaifeng city wall is also the firearms battalion of the Guards, otherwise their firearms would not be so sharp, and their shooting would not be so proficient!Unexpectedly, under the volley of my heavy arrows, I lost dozens of baya in a row!But if Zhu Youjian is removed at this time, it will be done once and for all, leaving the guards without a leader, and then I will go south to attack Ming and then I will be able to go straight to Nanjing! "

The implication of Duoduo's words is obvious, that is, to continue to attack Kaifeng City, and it is because Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian is in the city.

"What the lord said is very true. Nowadays, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty went south to the south of the Yangtze River is the greatest benefit to the remnant Ming. With the wealth in the south of the Yangtze River, once the emperor is around, it will be more difficult to destroy the Ming court. The most important thing to destroy the Southern Ming Dynasty is to kill the Ming Dynasty. Losing the Ming emperor Zhu Youjian and his princes are the second most important thing for occupying the territory. Destroying the core of the Ming court is the fundamental purpose of this trip to the south. That is to say, the most important thing now is how to trap Chongzhen Zhu Youjian under the city of Kaifeng !"

Kong Youde echoed Duoduo. As a former general of the Ming Dynasty, he now knew that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was in the city, forcing him to always have a feeling of being scolded by someone poking his spine, so he wanted to take advantage of Zhu Youjian even more than Duoduo. Youjian got rid of Zhu Youjian when he was still in Kaifeng, and made great contributions to the unification of the Qing Dynasty.

The same is true of Geng Zhongming. He couldn't help but speak positively: "But, my lord, Kaifeng is not a small city after all. Otherwise, Li Zicheng wouldn't open it three times. Now my army is only tens of thousands of people. In addition, Li Zicheng flooded Kaifeng in the past. As a result, this area is mostly muddy, which is inconvenient for cavalry. It is difficult for us to surround Kaifeng City. Once Chongzhen Zhu Youjian escapes immediately, it will be bad. According to Weichen, we might as well face the Kaifeng city attack No, this will make Zhu Youjian think that he can stay in Kaifeng for a few more days, and at the same time, immediately order the other two armies to rush to Kaifeng, and maybe they can encircle Kaifeng within five days!"

Duoduo nodded, agreed with Geng Zhongming's opinion, and immediately ordered people to notify the other two armies overnight. The Eight Banners of the Han people launched an attack on Kaifeng City, implementing the strategy of attacking but not conquering.

Duoduo even said that this time, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian must be captured alive!

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"Don't worry, if I'm not mistaken, with Dorgon's wisdom and Duoduo's determination, I won't know that I am in Kaifeng City and try to surround me. If they immediately attack Kaifeng City with red cannons at this time If so, I will naturally leave the city and evacuate immediately, so what they get is just an empty city that has already been slaughtered by Li Zicheng once. strategy, then he now knows that I will redeploy such a strategy here! It is estimated that it will take about five days to travel from Wuyang, so it is completely fine for me to stay here for four or five days."

Zhu Youjian didn't really want to show how calm he was as a king, but how much he wanted to live and die with Kaifeng City, but now he suddenly realized that if he left at this moment, he would only let Duoduo order the Qing troops from all walks of life Surrounding himself in other places outside Kaifengfu City, that is to say, Zhu Youjian has realized that he seems to have become the most important purpose of Dorgon's sending Duoduo to the south to defeat Ming.

According to the original history, Dorgon sent Azig and Duoduo to the south, all the way to Ping Chuang Zhe Yu and Zuo Liangyu, all the way to destroy the Southern Ming court and return north immediately after getting rid of Emperor Hongguang.

Zhu Youjian believes that in this life, he is afraid that Dorgon's instructions to Duoduo should still seize him, the Ming emperor, as the first purpose of going south.

Dorgon was regarded as the most visionary hero among the military aristocrats of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he would naturally realize his importance to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian believes that instead of leaving now and making Duduo chase him to other places, or being chased and intercepted by Duduo's other two armies, it is better to stay in Kaifeng and let Duduo gather all the three armies. Taking Dodo around in circles, leading him south into the pocket of the Guards.

The key deployment areas of the First Army, the Third Army, and the Second Army of the Guards were in Huai'an and Yangzhou, that is, Huaiyang. This was deployed by Zhu Youjian based on the experience of the original historical development.

And in this life, he didn't know if Duo Duo would follow this routine to attack Daming, so he took advantage of this opportunity to actively lure Duo Duo to Huaiyang by relying on his status as emperor.

In addition, Zhu Youjian felt that he was also relying on his status as an emperor to sit here and prepare for Lu Daqi's transfer of more military and horse supplies to Guide Mansion.

It doesn't matter even if Dodo sees through his purpose, because what Dodo wants is to fight himself and the guards behind him.

Shi Kefa and others didn't expect His Majesty Zhu Youjian to stay in Kaifeng City, and they all urged Zhu Youjian to leave quickly.

Naturally, Zhu Youjian didn't obey, and gradually, the accompanying officials couldn't persuade him anymore.

Even on the fifth day, the officials had become accustomed to following the emperor Zhu Youjian around Kaifeng Fucheng, and they even stopped urging Zhu Youjian to leave.

However, this time, Zhu Youjian did not wait for the officials to persuade him, but directly and suddenly ordered to withdraw from the closed city.

"Your Majesty refused to evacuate a few days ago, why did you choose to be so anxious, and it was in the middle of the night, and our sentry cavalry hadn't noticed the other two groups of the Qing army coming?" Lu Daqi asked.

"It's already too late when your sentinel comes to tell the time. After I leave, you immediately post a notice, saying that your majesty has ordered all the officers, soldiers and people in Kaifeng City to stick to it for another day, and your majesty will personally send reinforcements to rescue Kaifeng." , if there is no reinforcements from Kaifeng in a day, you can evacuate immediately!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian said that, he rode away from the governor's office immediately. However, in order to paralyze the Qing army, Zhu Youjian did not wear a dragon robe when he left the city, and he first took five hundred brocade clothes and Wei Tiqi to observe clearly before riding first. The Qing army broke through in the north, which was most neglected, and then turned to the south.

(End of this chapter)