Han ride

Chapter 357 The Zunhua Incident
Dorgon did what he said, and [-] elite soldiers withdrew from outside Zunhua City at once. The army slowly marched northward. With the dead bodies, arrows, etc. under the city, it would never have occurred to them that there had just been a war here.

"Junmen, the slaves have withdrawn." In the General Army Mansion, Wu Aheng's general Wu Guojun and other generals gathered in the mansion. The General Army Wu Aheng was dressed as a civil servant. Although he was a general soldier, he was a Jinshi.This situation was very common in the Ming Dynasty.The civil servants command the army, and the generals are the minions.

"But he's going in the direction of the capital?" Wu Aheng was stunned for a moment, then raised his head, his figure was thin, and his face showed a trace of exhaustion due to many days of hard work.

"No, they headed north. Could it be that something happened in the north?" Wu Guojun shook his head and said, "According to reason, Dorgon would not let us go in Zunhua. It can harass the Jiannu's retreat, even cut off the Jiannu's grain road, and trap them to death in the Central Plains."

"Did someone cut off Jiannu's retreat?" Wu Aheng also changed his face.

"Report, report, there are people outside claiming to be the messengers under the command of the Marquis of Zhengbei, loudly proclaiming that the Marquis of Zhengbei has occupied the entrance of Xifeng in the city."

"Marquis Zhengbei?" Wu Aheng stood up abruptly after hearing this, his eyes lit up, he clapped his hands together, and said, "That's right, it's Marquis Zhengbei. If you remove Marquis Zhengbei, I'm afraid no one can do it." .If there are no accidents, the good days of being a slave are coming, hehe, it will be difficult to even go home now."

"Isn't that imprisoning Jianu in the Central Plains? If Jianu knows the news, the army must be devastated." Wu Guojun's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and said: "Junmen, this is a good opportunity, Jianu At this time, he must be frightened. If he pursues Dorgon at this time, he will definitely win, and even together with Zheng Beihou, he can wipe out Dorgon's 1 people at Xifengkou. This is a great achievement! "

"That's right, our family also thinks the same way, Mr. Wu, what do you think?" The voice was high-pitched, but it came from Deng Xizhao, the military supervisor in the palace.According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, there must be a supervising army in the army, of course there are exceptions, such as Li Xin's army.

"This?" Wu Aheng thought for a while, and said: "According to reason, this time is the best time to attack, but the emperor told us to stick to Zunhua. What's more, although our soldiers and horses are far above Jiannu, But the defense of these soldiers and horses is naturally irrelevant, but when it comes to offense, our infantry is no match for Jiannu. There are too few cavalry. Our defense can keep Zunhua from falling, which is already a great achievement." Wu Aheng thought for a while. , still held back the desire to attack, although he also wanted to attack and take credit, but the opponent is Dorgon, Jianu, and his army may not be able to defeat the opponent. The loss of the army is small, and if it is lost After leaving Zunhua, he, Wu Aheng, was afraid that the chief soldier would have come to an end, and he might be decapitated.Originally, I was the guardian of Zunhua, but now that I have succeeded, why bother about other things?The soldiers and horses led by Dorgon are not easy to mess with.Wu Aheng didn't want to cause trouble.

"This?" As a general, Wu Guojun didn't want to let it go.This is the pride of a military commander. If the enemy is powerful, Wu Guojun also knows to rely on the strong city wall to defend on the spot. But now that Li Xin's army occupies Xifengkou, it is equivalent to the gate for Jiannu to escape. closed.Jiannu had nowhere to go, and the morale of the army was broken. It happened to be the best opportunity to attack. How could Wu Guojun give up such an opportunity?

"What's more important is that Marquis Zheng Bei hasn't ordered me to wait to attack, and obviously knows that it's not the right time to attack. Let's wait and defend first!" Wu Aheng said again.He didn't think that his decision was wrong, Jiannu soldiers and horses were too strong, and his infantry was no match for Jiannu at all.

"This?" Wu Guojun and Deng Xizhao glanced at each other, and finally Deng Xizhao said: "Master Wu, such an opportunity is rare! Since your lord is worried about Zunhua, our family thinks it's better than this. The [-] army will be divided into Two parts, one part is given to the adults to defend Zunhua, and the other part is to attack Dorgon, what do you think?"

"Junmen, the last general is willing to pursue Jiannu, if not, please behead me." Wu Guojun said loudly.He stood up, patted his chest and said.

"My lord, if I give up such an opportunity, I'm afraid I'm afraid of the enemy!" Deng Xizhao saw it clearly, and said with a gloomy expression, looking at Wu Aheng.Although he is a eunuch, he is also a military supervisor.But he also thought about the credit, so after returning to the palace, it can be regarded as a record.

"This?" Wu Aheng thought for a while. There are still 2 horses in Zunhua City. If half of them are divided, he still has 1 horses in his hands. It is still possible to defend Zunhua.Immediately said: "Since the general wants to attack Dorgon, I will give you [-] elites, but the general remembers that Dorgon is insidious and cunning, and there may be ambushes on the way to retreat. The general must be careful."

"Thank you for reminding me, my lord." Wu Guojun was extremely happy when he heard that Wu Aheng was willing to divide his troops. He didn't care about Wu Aheng's staring, and hurriedly led 1 people with Deng Xizhao to pursue Dorgon closely, ready to win the battle.

"Brother Fourteen, someone is coming after you." Thirty miles outside Zunhua City, on a high mountain, Dorgon and Duoduo stood on the top of the mountain, looking at a group of soldiers and horses that appeared in the distance, sneered road.

"That's natural, Duo Duo, whether we can capture Zunhua this time depends on your ability." Duo ErGun said coldly.

"Just don't worry, in the field, our Dajin warriors were afraid of someone." As soon as Duoduo finished speaking, he seemed to think of something, and he snorted coldly, and led a few soldiers down the mountain.

"Eunuch, look at the flags scattered on the road. It can be seen that Dorgon fled in embarrassment! If he can defeat Dorgon, it will be a great achievement!" Wu Guojun said proudly on his horse.

"We don't want to take this great credit. It belongs to the Marquis of Zhengbei. We just need to follow behind to pick up some bargains." Deng Xizhao glanced around, and sure enough, he saw the banners and golden drums on both sides of the official road, and even There are also some gold and silver treasures, which are obviously left by Jiannu when he retreated. These are all military exploits!A gleam of joy suddenly appeared on Deng Xizhao's face.

"This is a big bargain for Li Xin." Wu Guojun said disdainfully.He obviously looked down on Li Xin, thinking that Li Xin's current achievements were all due to luck.Even this time it was the same, taking advantage of the Jiannu army heading south, Xifengkou soldiers and horses were negligently prepared and occupied Xifengkou in one fell swoop.

"Isn't the general going to get a bargain this time? After defeating Dorgon, the general's reputation will surely spread all over the world, and the emperor will look at the general differently." Deng Xizhao said on the side.

"Excuse my father-in-law, haha!" Wu Guojun was about to laugh, when suddenly his complexion changed drastically, his eyes froze, and he looked at the opposite side. Deng Xizhao's face was already white, and his eyes were full of despair.

"Jiannu?" Wu Guojun spat out two words.

I saw a group of men and horses suddenly appearing in front of the army, their bodies were all white, but they were soldiers with white flags from Jiannu. What's more, there were many cavalry behind them, all with white flags.Wu Guojun suddenly remembered that only Dorgon and Duoduo led the army to besiege Zunhua.appearing here now,

"Let's go." Wu Guojun finally realized that he seemed to be ambushed by the opponent. How can he think about defeating the opponent at this time and gaining military exploits? The only thing that matters is the life he escapes.The ferocity of Jiannu is simply unimaginable, Wu Guojun doesn't think that under such circumstances, he can still defeat the opponent.

This is still the case for the general, let alone the soldiers below. Watching Wu Guojun's flag retreat quickly, the soldiers who followed him also fled in embarrassment. After all, the army of this era can't do it. Under certain circumstances, even when the generals of the army are running away, they can still kill the enemy bravely. ,

"Except for Li Xin, there are no other strong generals in the Ming Dynasty." Dorgon stood on the top of the mountain, looked at the chaotic scene below, shook his head, with a look of disappointment on his face, and said to the servants beside him: " Drive them to Zunhua, advance the army, and take advantage of the chaos to seize Zunhua."

"Kill!" Duoduo quickly received the order, and for a while, the slave-building army roared past, killing and driving the defeated soldiers to Zunhua City. The army occupied most of them, but there were very few slaves.The [-]-strong army collapsed in an instant, and few even resisted. General Wu Guojun didn't know where he fled. As for Deng Xizhao, he had already fled earlier under the escort of several eunuchs.But Doduo led the army and followed closely behind, beheading an unknown number of people with the long knife in his hand, and his whole body was covered with blood.

In Zunhua City, since Wu Guojun left, Wu Aheng felt extremely depressed. Walking around in the hall, he had a bad feeling in his heart. After thinking about it, he ordered someone to put on a cloak for himself, and took a long sword. He climbed up the city wall himself and looked to the north.

After a while, I saw a group of men and horses galloping from a distance, with their armors crooked, holding broken banners in their hands, and looking at their clothes, they could barely be seen as soldiers of the Ming army.

"Not good." Wu Aheng saw it clearly, his heart sank involuntarily, his face was pale, and he didn't know what to do.

"It's Mr. Wu up there, hurry up and open the city gate, our family is Deng Xizhao!" At this moment, a thin voice sounded from below, it was Deng Xizhao, the supervisor of the army.

"Quick, open the city gate." Wu Aheng was taken aback when he heard the words, the panic on his face flashed, and he hurriedly said to the people around him.

"My lord, look quickly." The guard suddenly pointed to the distance and said loudly.

"What's the matter? No, it's Jiannu." The sword in Wu Aheng's hand almost fell to the ground. In the distance, countless cavalry appeared. These cavalry were all money rat tails, shouting various slogans, didn't they Who is Jian Nu?It can be imagined that if the city gate is opened at this time, it may be attacked by Jiannu.

"Elder-in-law, hurry to the east gate, hurry to the east gate, Jianu is here." Wu Aheng was in charge of guarding the city, so why would he risk opening the city gate and letting them in because of Deng Xizhao?What if Jiannu came in here, what should I do?

Deng Xizhao, who was under the city, cursed loudly. He thought Wu Aheng did it on purpose.The horse whip in his hand pointed at the top of the city, and his mouth was full of obscene words, but Wu Aheng refused to open the city gate.

"Elder-in-law, hurry up and go to the east gate." At this time, another cavalry rushed over from behind. Deng Xizhao looked over, but saw Wu Guojun, who was only dressed as a soldier. No wonder Wu Aheng on the top of the wall didn't recognize him.

"It's really hateful." Under Wu Guojun's urging, although Deng Xizhao was full of resentment, he still flew towards the east gate.Behind him, Duoduo led the cavalry to chase and kill him, obviously wanting to keep Wu Guojun and Deng Xizhao behind.

"Closer to the city wall." Wu Aheng, who was on the city, could see clearly. He couldn't help roaring loudly, and called the soldiers around him to shoot arrows. For a while, there were screams in the air, and the rumble of cannons was heard again. Only in this way did Duoduo block the attacking footsteps. Wu Guojun and Deng Xizhao were able to enter the city through the east gate.And Duoduo can only look at the city and sigh, he really can't take the city with this little army!
"Mr. Wu, you really have the ability!" Deng Xizhao, who had entered the city, looked at Wu Aheng coldly, with an unhappy expression on his face.This Wu Aheng blocked him from entering the city. If he hadn't been fast, he might have been killed by Jiannu. That's why he looked at Wu Aheng so coldly.

Wu Aheng also had a bitter expression on his face. Of course he knew that he had no regrets in his decision just now, but it made Deng Xizhao and Wu Guojun feel uncomfortable, so he had to cup his hands and said, "Forgive me, my father. Father-in-law punishes, let's wait until Jiannu is retired!"

"Yes, yes, let's talk about it after retiring Jiannu first!" Wu Guojun was afraid, and looked at Wu Aheng with some embarrassment. If it weren't for his persistence, how could he have such a big defeat, although he didn't know that he died in the first battle just now How many people were killed, but they were all infantry, how many could survive under the pursuit of cavalry?Wu Guojun was afraid that Wu Aheng would cause trouble for him, so he didn't even dare to look at Wu Aheng.

Wu Aheng was very annoyed in his heart, this Wu Guojun was a guy who had more than enough trouble, if he hadn't insisted on making contributions, how could he have such a big defeat, the [-] army suffered countless casualties, this is secondary, more The important thing is that this failure had a great impact on the morale of the army.The Ming army feared Jiannu itself like a tiger. Finally, Li Xin occupied Xifengkou and locked Jiannu in the Central Plains. This was a harbinger of a great victory. The soldiers all wanted to switch and kill the enemy immediately, but this time they failed. , Let the soldiers fear again.He wanted to punish Wu Guojun very much, but when he thought that there was no one in his hands, he could only keep this matter in his heart, and gave Wu Guojun a hard look, thinking in his heart that he would trouble him later.

"Hmph, General Wu, seeing that you can't be killed in front of the battle right now, it will affect morale. I will kill you today. Hmph, I will settle accounts with you after the enemy is retreated." Wu Aheng snorted coldly.

"The general will be convicted." Wu Guojun shuddered all over, knowing that the other party would do what he said, there was a hint of fear on his face, not knowing what to do.

"Forget it, let's take a look at the current situation first! Let's talk about it if we can survive." Deng Xizhao glanced at the two of them disdainfully, and straightened the python robe on his body.

Wu Aheng nodded, but he didn't even look at Wu Guojun, and followed him up the city wall. Wu Guojun followed behind, feeling uneasy. He had lost nearly ten thousand troops. If he really had to be investigated, the court would not let him go. Thinking of his rhetoric just before the expedition, Wu Guojun was not calm, what if?Suddenly, a thought flashed in Wu Guojun's mind, and even he was shocked, but this thought broke out involuntarily. When the three of them climbed the city wall and looked at the countless elite cavalry below the city, the three of them gasped. He breathed a sigh of relief, and the thought in Wu Guojun's heart suddenly surged.

Duoduo was walking around on a horse showing off his power, and not far from him, there were hundreds of Ming soldiers, all stripped of mandarin duck armor, kneeling there with their heads bowed, and behind them was a Jian slave holding a big sword.

"Listen, the people above, tell you generals, if you don't open the city gate and surrender to me, Dajin, these people's heads will be taken." Duoduo roared loudly.But they wanted to use these captives to threaten Wu Aheng so that he would surrender.

"It's really hateful." Wu Aheng looked gloomy, and punched the city wall. It's really hard for him to decide on this matter!But asking him to open the city gate is not enough.

"Master Chief Soldier, what should I do?" Wu Guojun looked at the soldiers kneeling below, and felt a little uncomfortable. These people were all his soldiers, and they all followed him down. They were ambushed because of his carelessness. Now But to be killed by the enemy in front of him, he must feel uncomfortable, but there is nothing he can do.For a while, he could only plead with Wu Aheng.

"Zunhua is extremely important. The emperor asked us to stick to Zunhua. If we lose it, our lives will be lost. What's more, in the middle of Zunhua, there are many people who were brutal and bloodthirsty. Come, there are countless casualties, and we are all sinners of Zunhua." Wu Aheng shook his head very resolutely, not to mention that Wu Aheng would not surrender without Chongzhen's order. He is a Han, so how could he surrender and become a slave? That can only be abandoned. Compared with the countless people in Zunhua City, these soldiers can only be regarded as a minority.

"You." After hearing this, Wu Guojun's face turned red with anger, his eyes were wide open, and he looked at Wu Aheng. These are elite soldiers who fought desperately for Zunhua. They were just lost and killed like this. In front of the eyes, how much impact will this have on the morale of the army!Haven't you, Wu Aheng, thought about it?
"General Wu, remember, everything is based on Zunhua." Wu Aheng twitched his face, and finally said softly.He finally shook his robe sleeves and went down the city wall, but no one saw the tears on his face.

(End of this chapter)