Han ride

Chapter 452 The Death of Chongzhen
"Your Majesty, Chongzhen is indeed in the front." Zu Dashou and his son are the pioneers in the front. In the Central Plains, there is no one who is more suitable as a pioneer than them.In fact, the same is true. The Guanning iron cavalry led by Zu Dashou and his son quickly found where Chongzhen was, but when he found the hill where Chongzhen was located, Zu Dashou did not attack, but turned around and told Huang Taiji the news.

Although Huang Taiji despises Zu Dashou and his son, but at this time he also knows about the matter of buying horse bones with a thousand pieces of gold, and treats Zu Dashou with great respect.He also knew the reason why Zu Dashou didn't attack Xiaoshan, so he didn't care about it.

"Your Majesty, Huang Taiji is here." On the top of the hill, Emperor Chongzhen looked coldly down the hill. Under the hill, the flags covered the sky and the sun, and the armor of various colors blocked the siege of the hill.It's just that Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem to have seen all this, Zuo Liangyu looked slightly panicked.After all, no one wants to die, and so does Zuo Liangyu.

"Have you sent someone to contact Duke Liao?" Emperor Chongzhen asked softly after a while.

"The minister has already sent someone, and there must be news soon." The corner of Zuo Liangyu's mouth revealed a bit of bitterness. He had indeed sent someone to contact Li Xin, and he could conclude that Li Xin would definitely come to rescue everyone, because The ambitious Li Xin also needs the banner of Chongzhen.But the key question is whether people like myself can support the arrival of Li Xin's army.

"Then prepare to resist! Even if I die, I will not fall into the hands of Jiannu. Even if I am the king of subjugation, I will not let Jiannu succeed." Emperor Chongzhen looked gloomy and stern, looking into the distance, without any He didn't take Jiannu seriously, and even waited until Huang Taiji approached the horse, turned around and walked away, without giving Huang Taiji the slightest chance to persuade him to surrender.

"Damn it, attack." Huang Taiji felt that his self-esteem had been greatly hurt, and immediately waved his hands and roared loudly.The emperor was so angry that he bleed for thousands of miles.Although Huang Taiji was the emperor who had just ascended the throne, in the army of Jianshou, he was an existence that kept his promises. With his stern whistle, he heard the screams of killing from the bottom of the mountain.

"Zuo Liangyu, it's up to you here, I, I'm here to watch." The Emperor Chongzhen suddenly turned around and said to Zuo Liangyu.

"Don't worry, your Majesty, I will never let a Jian slave go up the mountain." Zuo Liangyu said loudly with excitement in her heart.He was just a small guerrilla general. Although Zuo Liangyu left a bad reputation in history, Zuo Liangyu was still loyal and patriotic at this time.Chongzhen let him command an army of thousands of people, and he was grateful to Dade.

The Emperor Chongzhen found a tree stump and sat down, while Zuo Liangyu summoned the remnants of the army and said loudly: "Brothers, this may be our last battle. Maybe in a moment, we will die at the sword of Jiannu!" But you will not die in vain. Duke Liao’s army is coming. As long as we support until then, we will be saved. If we die, Duke Liao will not only help your family, but also us Those who died in battle will also enter the Heroes Cemetery and be sacrificed by thousands of people. Brothers, tell me, are you afraid of death?"

"Kill the thief, kill the thief." The Ming army on the mountain roared loudly.

"Take up your weapons and fight the Jiannu!" Zuo Liangyu drew out his sword and shouted loudly.At this time, they couldn't help them anymore. Jiannu's soldiers and horses had already arrived at the foot of the mountain, and it was impossible not to fight.

"Soldiers, this may be our last battle. Are you afraid? I tell you that I am afraid, but I don't want to surrender, because I don't want to be a prisoner of aliens, and I don't want to shave my hair off in the future. I don't want my descendants to know who my ancestors are." Emperor Chongzhen stood up slowly, drew out his sword and said loudly: "Soldiers, are you still afraid?"

"Fight, fight!" The soldiers of the Ming army, although they were remnants and defeated generals, their morale exploded completely at this time. Although these soldiers were not loyal, they also wanted to surrender at this time, but Chongzhen What they said made sense, none of them wanted their children and grandchildren to not even know who their parents were.What's more, Emperor Chongzhen is right behind, if you don't fight at this time, when will you fight.

"I didn't expect Chongzhen children to be so bloody." Huang Taiji at the foot of the mountain looked at Emperor Chongzhen on the mountain with a gloomy expression, and said coldly, "This person must die, attack."

"Attack." Dorgon shouted loudly, and in an instant behind him, tens of thousands of soldiers drew out their swords and guns and went up the mountain to kill.The bows and arrows in the air fell towards the mountain like dark clouds.

"Is it called Wuyi? I am in the same robe as my son. The king Yu Xingshi repaired my spear and spear. I have the same hatred as my son. Is it called Wuyi? I have the same lust as my son. The king Yu Xingshi repaired my spear and halberd. I worked together with my son. Qi Said no clothes? Wear the same clothes as Zi. Wang Yu Xingshi, repair my armored soldiers. Walk with you." On the top of the mountain, Zuo Liangyu held a long knife in his hand. Beside him, there were several soldiers guarding the left and right, blocking the mountain road. In front of them, the number of corpses continued to increase. They sang and killed. The steel knives in the hands of the killers had already killed them, but these soldiers still took Jiannu's weapons and continued to kill them.

"My lord, let's take a few steps back!" Wang Chengen said softly to Chongzhen.

"The soldiers are all killing the enemy, how can I retreat?" Emperor Chongzhen said loudly.Wang Chengen was a little worried. Although there were many soldiers holding shields in front of Chongzhen, who could say for sure what happened on the battlefield?What if something happened to Chongzhen?It is a pity that at this time, Chongzhen was extremely emotional. He had reached the last moment, and he would rather serve the country with death.How can I retreat.

"Protect the emperor." Wang Chengen had no choice but to lead a few eunuchs to stand in front of Chongzhen.It was just pushed away by Chongzhen.

"Let all the soldiers see me." Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said.From his point of view, today may be more ominous than good, unless Li Xin's army comes to rescue him, otherwise, with this little force, he may not be able to stop Jiannu's attack.

"Your Majesty, let's retreat!" Although Wang Chengen was an eunuch loyal to Chongzhen, he had fought with Wei Zhongxian back then, but he had never been on the battlefield after all. The face of the Ming army who was shot to death turned pale, and his legs were trembling non-stop. If Emperor Chongzhen was not by his side, the eunuch might have also run away.

"Where can we evacuate? To the capital?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at the Jiannu who rushed up, with a hint of bitterness in the corner of his mouth.Although the soldiers fought bravely, they were far from Jiannu's opponents in terms of numbers. Although these people did not carry artillery because they were in a hurry to chase, Jiannu's archers were still very powerful. In the process, it is good to have complete equipment, but there are not many real defensive weapons. Except for the protection of Emperor Chongzhen, there are not many shields.Even if it is condescending, the enemy's archers are too powerful. The bows and arrows of the Jiannu army can't resist at all, and they will be beaten back and forth sooner or later. Failure will happen sooner or later.

"Your Majesty, let General Zuo resist Jiannu here, and I will retreat later." Wang Chengen said loudly.

"It's useless, since that's the case, it's better to kill a few more enemies." Emperor Chongzhen pushed Wang Chengen away, laughed and said: "Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu both seized the world immediately. As their descendants, I How can you fall behind, even if you die, you have to die on the battlefield. The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country. Wang Chengen, you leave this place immediately, find Li Xin, and tell him to treat my descendants and people well." As he said that, he went to kill the Jiannu army.

"Hmph, the emperor is still like this, do I wait for these slaves to retreat? Follow our family, kill Jian slaves together, and protect the emperor." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen had already entered the chaos, Wang Chengen wiped away tears and greeted the emperor. The eunuchs around him killed Jiannu.

"The Han people in the Central Plains are really powerful, and they should not be underestimated. The emperors in the Central Plains are all so bloody. I never thought that the Emperor Chongzhen, who grew up in the deep palace and was raised in the hands of a woman, could also be a bloody man." Huang Taiji hoped Looking at a golden armor in the rebellious army, he shook his head with some emotion.

"It's a pity, after all, he is just a self-willed master." Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "Such a person will not surrender. Your Majesty, order to kill him!"

Huang Taiji nodded, an emperor like Chongzhen would rather die in battle than surrender to others.I can't say how such an emperor is, but he can be regarded as a rare emperor, so he immediately said a few words to the guards around him.

Among the rebellious army, the sword in Emperor Chongzhen's hand was extremely sharp. Although his strength was far inferior to that of the soldiers around him, the sharpness of the sword allowed him to kill several Jiannu, and his body was covered with blood.He didn't look like an emperor at all, but a general in a rebellious army.

"Wang Chengen, I didn't expect that I would also kill the enemy. I am very excited! I am afraid that no one in the world would have thought that I would actually go to the battle to kill the enemy today. If that boy Li Xin sees my appearance, it will be Isn't it also a surprise!" Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen beside him while killing the enemy.

"That's naturally the case. Although that kid Li Xin has some abilities, he is still inferior to the emperor!" The python robe on Wang Chengen's body is broken into pieces. He is not as good as Chongzhen. He died at the hands of Jian Nu.

"I didn't expect that I would die in such a way." Emperor Chongzhen glanced around, and saw that thousands of soldiers had already been killed and wounded, and each of them had wounds on their bodies, covered in blood, and looked extremely miserable.

"Huangshangying, Your Majesty, you are injured." Wang Chengen turned his head and looked at Chongzhen. Originally, he just wanted to laugh, but unexpectedly, he saw Emperor Chongzhen's face like gold paper, and he saw a long arrow sticking out of his chest. , I don't know when the arrow was shot, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't notice it in the chaos of the army, but now, Emperor Chongzhen's power has become smaller and smaller.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Emperor Chongzhen looked down at his chest, and finally shook his head and said with a sad smile: "The general will inevitably die in battle. Emperor Chengzu died of illness on the battlefield back then. I died in battle today. The old man is almost done. When he goes underground, he can be regarded as having some face in front of his ancestors." Emperor Chongzhen felt that his own power was disappearing, and couldn't help but comfort him.

"Protect the emperor." Among the chaos, someone shouted loudly.

"Protect the emperor." The rebellious army shouted together in an instant, and the participating soldiers and horses surrounded the Emperor Chongzhen. Zuo Liangyu's left arm was injured, but there was no pain on his face. Instead, he led the soldiers and blocked the emperor. The road for the slaves to attack.Block the enemy down the mountain again and again.

"How lucky Chongzhen is to be such a loyal man!" Huang Taiji could not help but praise loudly, seeing clearly from the foot of the mountain.

"It seems that Emperor Chongzhen is injured. Your Majesty, there is no need to rush to attack at this time. There is no medicine on the mountain, which is enough to consume Chongzhen to death here." Fan Wencheng suggested.

Huang Taiji was about to nod his head, when suddenly a war horse came galloping from behind, shouting "urgent report", Huang Taiji suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Your Majesty, with the cooperation of Jin merchants, the army led by Yang Xiong of the Northern Expedition Army has captured Zhangjiakou. The army is heading towards the Xuanfu." Sure enough, when the spy saw Huang Taiji, he jumped off his horse and shouted loudly. Said.

"It's not good that Li Xin is here." Huang Taiji's complexion changed, and he said, "Why did his army come so fast? Zhangjiakou was attacked, how can we go back to Liaodong?"

"Your Majesty, look quickly." At this time, Dorgon suddenly pointed to the northwest and said loudly.

"Smoke and dust." Fan Wencheng looked to the northwest, but saw the smoke and dust rising from the northwest, straight up to the sky, like overwhelming mountains and seas, as if the sky was about to collapse again.

"No, what you saw was smoke and dust, what I saw was an army of [-], Li Xin is here." Huang Taiji suddenly thought of a possibility.His complexion changed, and he said nervously, "Order the soldiers to prepare for battle."

"Your Majesty, no. Our army has been fighting for nearly a day now, and the soldiers are exhausted. Li Xin's Northern Expedition Army is a division of tigers and wolves. In contrast, we are bound to lose. It is better to retreat quickly at this moment." Fan Wencheng said loudly .

"Back, where can we retreat? How do we go back? Only by defeating Li Xin can we calmly face the Central Plains army and continue to capture the Central Plains." Dorgon retorted loudly.

"After defeating Li Xin, how many troops do we have? Your Majesty, we will immediately use Wu Xiang to force Wu Sangui to surrender and occupy Shanhaiguan. We can attack Beijing at any time. And even if Li Xin occupies Beijing, he will attack us at any time." Now, and the army of the Central Plains may not stand on Li Xin's side, the Central Plains will definitely be even more chaotic, and when Li Xin is at a loss, it is time for us to attack the Central Plains again." Fan Wencheng said loudly.

After Huang Taiji heard this, there was a change, and Dorgon said loudly: "Your Majesty, although our soldiers have fought for a long time, Li Xin's army is exhausted when they come, and the slaves don't believe that Li Xin's soldiers and horses are actually They are so brave, they came here together, the slaves thought that Li Xin was just the first cavalry to kill him, and he didn’t come. Your Majesty, Chongzhen’s son is just ahead, if you don’t kill him at this time, I’m afraid there will be no chance in the future.”

"It is precisely because Chongzhen is still there that we can accept it when we see it. Otherwise, if Chongzhen dies, Li Xin will dominate the family. At that time, we will have to face Li Xin and let Chongzhen fight Li Xin here. A good fisherman reaps the rewards." Fan Wencheng also said loudly: "If we are entangled by Li Xin's army, we will be unable to leave even if we want to."

"Go, go to Shanhaiguan, persuade Wu Sangui to surrender." Huang Taiji hesitated between the opinions of the two, suddenly the smoke in the distance was getting closer and closer, and the shouts of killing from the opposite side were loud, as if countless soldiers and horses came to kill, and finally decided to give up. However, he stared at the hill with vicious eyes, his eyes were full of unwillingness, and he was just a little short of capturing Emperor Chongzhen alive and achieving the supreme reputation of Huang Taiji. But in such a small amount of time, Li Xin led the army to kill.Huang Taiji understood that no matter who he obeyed, it was a gamble.But facing Li Xin, a cunning fox, Huang Taiji thought the gamble was not worth it.So he ordered the retreat without hesitation.

"Hey!" Dorgon was helpless, but seeing that Huang Taiji had already retreated, he naturally had nothing to say.He also followed behind Huang Taiji, and tens of thousands of troops roared away in an instant, leaving only a thousand soldiers and horses alone on the hill.

"Finally left." Zuo Liangyu and other soldiers saw that Jiannu had retreated, all the strength in his body disappeared without a trace, and he couldn't hold the weapon in his hand, and fell to the ground all at once.The faces of the other soldiers showed the feeling of having escaped death, and they all cheered.

"Your Majesty. Quickly, call the imperial doctor." At this time, Wang Chengen's howl suddenly shook the three armies, and Zuo Liangyu and others discovered that Emperor Chongzhen had a long arrow in his chest. Leave.

"Your Majesty." Seeing this, the three armies bowed down one after another.

"Have you defeated Jiannu?" Chongzhen, who was in a coma, was awakened by the shouts of the crowd, he glanced around and asked softly.

"Jianu has already retreated." Wang Chengen nodded repeatedly.

"That's the army of the Duke of Liao coming. Quickly, let the Duke of Liao come to see me." Emperor Chongzhen showed a trace of hope on his face.

At this time, the ground trembled, and I saw a group of cavalry galloping from a distance. The leader was holding a Fangtian painted halberd, with black clouds on the snow under his crotch, wearing black dragon chain mail, and his face was like a crown jade. , handsome and extraordinary, not who Li Xin is.

"Duke of the Liao Kingdom, come quickly, the emperor will greet you." Zuo Liangyu saw it clearly, with complex expressions in his eyes, he knew that if nothing happened, the future of the Ming Dynasty would fall into the hands of this person.And if I don't surrender like him, the best result is to go home and farm.

Looking at the thousands of defeated soldiers on the hill in front of him, Li Xin heaved a sigh of relief, but when he saw the sorrowful expressions on the faces of the people, his heart suddenly rose again.Quickly jumped off the horse and rushed up the hill. Behind him, Gao Meng and others also followed to protect Li Xin in case of accidents.

(End of this chapter)