Ming Empire

Chapter 15
As the left-behind minister of Shengjing, after Huang Taiji led the army to conquer Songshan, Daishan presided over all affairs in Shengjing.

During this period of time, he didn't take a good rest, and worked hard every day until late at night.There are too many things to be busy. Daishan has to personally take care of the logistics and military supplies of the 10,000+ army and the daily affairs of Shengjing. It is really harder than leading the army to fight.It was the same tonight, when it was almost midnight, he lay down, because he was too tired, as soon as he touched the pillow, he fell asleep.

Just as soon as he fell asleep, he was awakened by a loud noise, and sat up sleepily, not knowing what happened, so he hurriedly asked the people around him.It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and the people in the government didn't know what happened.

After inquiring about the situation, the Ming army that had entered the city had already set fire to two barracks in the city and began to attack the palace.

By the time Daishan hurriedly organized the guards in the mansion and rushed to the palace to prepare reinforcements to resist, the palace had already been breached by the Ming army.Daishan never dreamed that such a thing would happen.Scared out of his wits, he ordered his soldiers to rush out of the city to rescue them, but at the same time he could only lead his soldiers into the palace quickly, preparing to cover the empress and concubines from escaping.

On the way into the palace, Daishan hoped that the guards of the palace could withstand the attack of the Ming army, and he would have time to rescue those women and children.

There are not many soldiers around Daishan, only fifty or sixty cavalry.In normal times, as the owner of the Two Red Banners, he would have at least four or five hundred cavalry around him. When the first battle of the Songshan Battle was unfavorable, the entire Qing Dynasty mobilized and all the troops were mobilized. Daishan’s Two Red Banners He was also conscripted, and most of his personal soldiers were requisitioned, leaving only fifty or sixty cavalry around.

If there are hundreds of cavalry elite soldiers around, Daishan is not worried too much. He believes that the number of Ming troops attacking Shengjing will not be very large. With the fighting power of hundreds of cavalry warriors, it is no problem to wipe out the invading Ming troops. , but now there are few soldiers and horses in hand, and there are not many soldiers and horses outside the city, and they can't be transferred into the city at once, how can we not make him anxious.

After entering the palace, Daishan saw the flames shooting up into the sky in the palace, and the constant sound of explosions, which made him very anxious.

When entering the palace from the east side gate, Daishan met the palace man who was going to interrogate him, and only then did he fully understand the seriousness of the matter.

But at this time, Daishan still did not believe that this was done by the Ming army.

In Daishan's eyes, after several major defeats, the elite of the Ming army were all lost, and the rest were greedy for life and fear of death, and tens of thousands of mobs of the Ming army who could kill tens of thousands of soldiers fled all the way.Now that all the efforts of the Ming Dynasty can't solve the siege of Songshan in Jinzhou, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to take the initiative to launch a counterattack against the Qing army, let alone a surprise attack on Shengjing.

The first thing Dai Shan thought of was that the Mongols would "take advantage of the emptiness" and a few or a certain Mongolian tribe took advantage of the Qing army's all-out attack on the Ming army and took the opportunity to attack Shengjing.But he couldn't think of which tribe it would be. The main elites of the Mongolian tribes also followed the Qing army to attack Songshan and Jinzhou. The Qing army still had thousands of people staying in Shengjing. No tribe dared or had the strength to attack. Shengjing.However, when he hurriedly brought his personal soldiers into the palace, he got the exact news.

The Ming army turned out to be the Ming army that suddenly attacked Shengjing.

The Ming army not only breached the city gate of Shengjing, but even the gate of the imperial city. The soldiers of the Ming army were burning, killing and looting in the palace of the Qing Dynasty.After confirming the news, Daishan was so surprised that he thought he was dreaming.Who is this Ming army led by someone who has such courage and strength to attack for hundreds of miles, break through Shengjing and enter the palace with ease.

Dai Shan really couldn't think of any generals in the Ming army who had this ability.

He didn't have time to think about it, the matter was too urgent, he had to rush to escort the queen and all the concubines, elder brothers, and Princess to a safe place before the Ming army invaded the core of the palace.He hoped that the Qing army outside the city, as well as the Qing army from other sects in the city, would rush to help quickly, and encircle and wipe out all the attacking Ming troops in the city.

At this time, Daishan still believed that the fighting power of the Qing army was several levels higher than that of the Ming army. As long as the rescuers could arrive as soon as possible, the situation could still be controlled.After rushing to the palace, after Queen Zhezhe's Qingning Palace, he immediately asked the queen and concubine to move immediately, and he was going to personally lead the troops to escort these royal nobles out of the city.

But something happened that he didn't expect. When he was about to leave the palace with Zhe Zhe and the other concubines, elder brother and Gege who had assembled with great difficulty, the Ming army who rushed into the palace had already killed them.

A row of musket bullets hit, and a large number of Qing soldiers who were about to meet the Ming army fell down.Daishan was shocked, so he could only give the order to die, ordering his own soldiers and a palace guard to block the chasing Ming army at all costs.

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In the dark night, Cao Yue didn't know where he rushed with the soldiers.

He has never been to the imperial palace in Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty. Although it is not as big as the Forbidden City, there are still many palaces and pavilions. There are hundreds of horses and horses on the two roads. It is almost random killing and setting fire in the imperial palace, with almost no sense of direction.

No matter who they meet in the dark night, they will cut down anyone they see, and burn houses when they see them.

After conquering Shengjing City, what Cao Yue thought was to inflict maximum damage on the so-called capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and inflict maximum damage on the Manchus who stayed behind in Shengjing.In a word, never leave what can be destroyed, and never let go what can be killed.

The main ones who rushed into the palace were Cao Yue's family troops. The family troops were originally the most powerful military branch in the Ming army, and the Dongxie army was the elite of the Ming army. It can be said that Cao Yue's family troops were riding and shooting. The level is hardly weaker than the Qing army, not to mention that they are equipped with muskets.

Cao Yue ordered that when encountering a relatively large number of Qing people or resisting resolute guards, they should be shot with muskets first, and if the number is small, court ladies and eunuchs should be hacked with knives.After rushing into the palace, the servants fired a few rows of guns, and quickly destroyed the resistance of the guards in the palace.After all, there are not many guards in the palace, and the palace is so big that there is no way to organize effective resistance in a panic. After the troops led by Cao Yue entered the palace, they hardly encountered much resistance. Loss of men and horses.

It turned out that fighting was so simple. The combat effectiveness of an army equipped with firearms completely surpassed that of an army with cold weapons. Cao Yue's self-confidence grew rapidly.

"Those women, sons and daughters who must kill Huang Taiji are all gone," Cao Yue yelled at himself viciously in his heart.

When he rushed to the depths of the palace and saw a large group of people fleeing desperately in front of him, Cao Yue also decisively gave the order to shoot.It's just that this group of people resisted very tenaciously. Although the front row of people were shot down by muskets, the people behind did not flinch and continued to rush forward.Seeing this scene, Cao Yue was not worried, but was overjoyed. He felt that he might have met an important person in the palace.

Therefore, he immediately ordered to wipe out the Qing army who dared to resist, and wipe out all the Jian slaves he encountered before.

Hundreds of servants riding like wolves and tigers were already red-eyed, howling and rushing forward, and quickly wiped out those Qing soldiers who dared to resist. "General, slave women, many slave women and children," a sergeant shouted, pointing to the front.

By the light of the fire, Cao Yue also saw that there were sergeants of the Qing army and the children of slave women among the large group of people fleeing in a panic, and he was overjoyed, "Maybe I met the women and children of Huang Taiji, haha!"

Immediately ordered again, all those who dared to resist were wiped out, and all women and children were captured first.

Of course, Cao Yue would not kill Huang Taiji's women and children so easily.No matter what aspect he considered, he couldn't kill these people right now, he had to use other means to demonstrate to Huang Taiji and give Huang Taiji the greatest humiliation.

Of course, the servants showed more bravery, and quickly wiped out most of the resisting Qing soldiers. In the end, there was only an old man holding a long sword, and several men who also held weapons but did not take the initiative to attack. Guarding a group of women and children behind him.

These few people did not take the initiative to attack, but just guarded the women and children with weapons. Cao Yue knew that their identities were not simple.Immediately ordered the sergeants to save their lives, and he wanted to capture them alive.

Finally, hundreds of servants surrounded the rest of the slaves in a large courtyard.In the encirclement, there are women, children and cries everywhere. Some children and women have been killed in the chaos just now. Crying and fear are the instinctive expressions of the remaining people.

"Don't hurt them, we surrender," the leader, the old man in the red cloak, ordered the people around him to drop their weapons.

"Who are you?" Cao Yue, under the guard of several personal soldiers, rode slowly to the old man who threw down his weapon, but stood upright, guarding the women and children behind him.From the looks of it, this Manchurian is quite heroic.

"This king is Aixinjueluo Daishan, Prince of the Great Qing Dynasty," the old man replied angrily, and then pointed to the group of women and children behind him and said, "This king is willing to accept any punishment from you, even if you kill me. This king can give you all the gold and silver wealth in Shengjing City, but please let them go."

Daishan, like many Manchu nobles, could speak fluent Chinese.

"Haha, it turns out that you are the prince of Li who built slaves. Shengjing stayed behind. I was really lucky to capture you alive." I accidentally caught Daishan, who had a high position in the early Qing Dynasty and influenced an era. Cao Yue was a little surprised by the character.But he quickly let go of his madness. After laughing twice, he immediately shouted angrily: "But why should I listen to you? You are a prisoner now, and you are not worthy of any conditions. You are a slave to our Daming soldiers and civilians." The crimes committed are too numerous to write down, have you killed fewer Han people on your behalf?"

"You... are really Nanming barbarians... are you really Ming soldiers?" Dai Shan didn't know whether it was panic or fear, but he still asked boldly: "Can you tell me, who are you? Where is the collar?"

(End of this chapter)