Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 23
Baoding City has a wide wall and high walls, but there are only two gates in the east and west.

The east gate is the water gate, where the canal dock is located.

The Chuangjun Liu Fangliang's troops were infantry and cavalry, and they came from the direction of Zhending Mansion. Naturally, they entered the West Gate.

Most of the west city gates are residential buildings, and the streets are narrow, so tens of thousands of troops can easily be buried.

At this time, the [-] Guards ambushed under the houses around the city.

Not only in the city, there are also [-] firearms soldiers and [-] archers ambushing on the city wall at this time.

But on the surface, the city wall is only guarded by thousands of Ming troops.

Zhu Youjian was also sitting in the city tower at this time, watching Liu Fangliang, who was wearing a Fan Yang felt hat and a red scarf, entered the city on a tall white horse.

At this time, Zhu Youjian's face was sinking like water, and he was not smiling, but his slightly sweaty forehead still couldn't hide his nervousness at this time.

Zhu Youjian didn't know if his [-] guards could eat or scare Liu Fangliang's troops.

But he has to.

Zhu Youjian's decision to adopt Li Mingrui's suggestion to deal with Liu Fangliang's ministry by false surrender was not Zhu Youjian's whim.

But Zhu Youjian realized that once he succeeded in doing so, he could hit the arrogance of the Chuangjun who was chasing all the way!
This will also make these invaders realize that their Ming army is not vulnerable, and it will also make these invaders have scruples, and it will help them withdraw southward more calmly and develop in the south in the future.

In addition, this will also allow the ministers on their side to regain their confidence.

Don't run as soon as you see the Chuangjun.

It is undoubtedly a terrible thing once you get into the habit of running away when you see the invading army.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian had to show his fists.

The main force of Liu Fangliang's [-] invading army had just entered Baoding City.

Sudden.

The drawbridge is down!
And the two thousand iron cavalry who had ambushed in advance at the city gate rushed out first!
Liu Fangliang's [-] invaders were caught off guard and hurriedly approached Liu Fangliang's middle army. This was their experience in many actual combats, and they would approach the commander in case of an emergency.

In this way, the two thousand cavalry of the Guards quickly captured the city gate and immediately closed the city gate.

When Liu Fangliang hadn't come to his senses, [-] firearms soldiers and [-] archers suddenly appeared on the city wall and began to attack the Chuang army.

Liu Fangliang's [-] invading army suddenly fell into chaos, and countless people were killed and injured.

At the same time, [-] infantry came outflanking from the left and right wings.

When the incident happened urgently, Liu Fangliang didn't realize that he would fall into the trap of the Ming army, but only then did he realize that he had become a trapped beast.

His [-]-step elite cavalry is no match for [-] people even if they are good at fighting.

But at this moment, Zhu Youjian in a bright yellow robe appeared on the city tower. The big man in brocade clothes was wearing a yellow umbrella. Brightly embroidered spring knives stand on the left and right.

This scene made Liu Fangliang's Chuangjun extremely surprised.

Liu Fangliang also realized that he had been tricked. It wasn't some great scholars who surrendered at all, but the Emperor Ming appeared with an army.

Now the foundation of Daming's rule has not been completely lost, and most of the people still acquiesce that Ming is orthodox. Even Liu Fangliang's soldiers who invaded the army subconsciously felt fear and shouted

: "This, this is the emperor?"

Even Liu Fangliang himself was a little at a loss. Although his Chuang Wang Li Zicheng had already proclaimed himself emperor, he thought in his heart that this was His Majesty the Emperor.

At this time, Zhu Youjian waved his hand to stop the further movements of the Ming Guards, but shouted at Liu Fangliang: "The one sitting on the white horse is Liu Fangliang, the general of the left battalion who is intruding?

I am Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. Today I have invited [-] heavenly soldiers to bury the surrounding area. I advise you to surrender quickly, otherwise I will not spare you!If you belong to Ming Dynasty, change from evil to righteousness, and serve the imperial court from now on, I will definitely grant you a high-ranking official and generous salary! "

Liu Fangliang was originally a farmer, and these years he followed Li Zicheng to move around and fight. Even if Li Zicheng established Dashun and made him a general, he didn't fully realize that he was a courtier of the new court. He fought all the way from Henan, thinking more It's also how to plunder money, but now seeing the real emperor Zhu Youjian appear, he is a little afraid.

Seeing that there were Ming officers and soldiers all around, and that his supplies and firearms were all outside the city, and now that the Emperor of Ming wanted to grant him a high official and rich salary, he was even more delighted to hear that he had not changed his habit of being a thief, and he actually knelt on the ground on the ground, willing to surrender.

Zhu Youjian didn't expect that the emperor himself was really so deterrent. Wearing a yellow robe and standing on the city wall, the officers and soldiers not only gained momentum, but also followed directly with the [-] troops who could have stood alone. Liu Fangliang knelt down and surrendered.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian hurriedly ran down the tower and came directly to Liu Fangliang.

The imperial horse inspector He Xin and Ning Wubo Zhou Yuji were deeply afraid that Liu Fangliang would take the opportunity to attack Zhu Youjian, so they rushed to Zhu Youjian and arrested Liu Fangliang first.

"What are you doing, you still don't let go of General Liu!"

Although Zhu Youjian was very sure of He Xin and Zhou Yuji's actions in his heart, he still deliberately acted very angry on the surface, and hurriedly ordered them to let Liu Fangliang go.

Then, Zhu Youjian personally helped Liu Fangliang up: "General Liu has been wronged."

Liu Fangliang didn't know how to reply to Zhu Youjian. He was even a little scared now, as scared as he was when he met the county magistrate.

Especially when he was at a disadvantage and the army was surrounded by officers and soldiers, his inner fear of the government, especially the Ming emperor, was more obvious.

"Your Majesty just said that as long as you surrender, you will give me a high official and rich salary. I don't know if it is true? And my brothers, I don't know if Your Majesty can give them a bite to eat. They have followed me through life and death, and they also want to try to be an official."

Liu Fangliang was quite straightforward, and directly said what he wanted to ask the most.

"I am the king, you are not joking, do you understand, as long as the general joins Daming, not only you will be able to get high-ranking officials and rich salary, but also your brothers, I will not treat you badly either!"

When Zhu Youjian entered the city from Liu Fangliang and saw that many of his [-] Chuangjun were still holding hoes as weapons, he suddenly had the idea to appease this group of Chuangjun.

In Zhu Youjian's view, these so-called thieves are actually just a group of peasants in essence, and even though these peasants have combat experience through actual combat, they have no ambitions and ambitions in their bones. They only focus on real interests, Therefore, such people are easy to recruit and subdue.

At that time, Cao Cao surrendered 30 yellow scarf thieves and became a Qingzhou soldier and became a hero for the first time. Now that he is the emperor, why can't he surrender tens of thousands of thieves for his own use?
Therefore, Zhu Youjian took advantage of the people's instinctive awe of the emperor since ancient times to suddenly stand up with all the officials, and thus successfully deterred Liu Fangliang and his [-] young and strong main force.

When Zhu Youjian saw Liu Fangliang asking this question, he secretly laughed at this dignified Chuangjun general who still hasn't changed his habits in the world, and he is still talking about brothers and the like.

It's no wonder that the Chuangjun in history would be defeated after meeting the Jiannu Eight Banners soldiers who entered the customs, because the current Chuangjun can only be regarded as rogues in essence, at least most of them are, and they are not considered to have strict military discipline and a complete system The regular army is therefore not enough to reach the Eight Banners soldiers with a complete military system.

Of course, the Chuang army was able to defeat the Ming army and occupy Beijing because the interior of the Ming Dynasty was too corrupt, not because the Chuang army was too strong.

When Zhu Youjian said this, Liu Fangliang laughed: "That's a good idea!"

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but smile. This Chuangjun general who later insisted on uniting the Ming Dynasty against the Qing Dynasty was actually a simple and honest person.

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