Chapter 324
When Zu Dashou was besieged in Jinzhou, Hong Chengchou sent troops to Ningyuan to respond to the Tatar offensive in a steady and stable way. However, due to the locust plagues in Hebei and Henan, the current thieves were resurrected and the momentum was growing day by day. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to make Liaodong do it quickly so that he could mobilize his troops to return and suppress the current thieves.
So he urged.
Hong Chengchou desperately had no choice but to lead his army out of Ningyuan, grandiose 130,000, heading to Songshan, looking at Jinzhou in the distance.
Huang Taiji sent Ajige to lead an army of eight thousand to run around the Songshan Pagoda mountain, trying to break the Hong Chengchou food road and retreat. After that, he led a yellow flag and a yellow flag inlaid with a skilled rider of 5,000 to outside Songshan to check the Ming Army troops.
In addition to Songshan Fort, there are nearly ten outposts and forts on the left and right, which are in the form of horns, standing on large and small mountains, guarding Songshan. However, the Great Ming was in decline, the army was defeated after repeated battles, and his heart was broken prematurely. Despite the Huang Taiji Luan swaying, he did not dare to fight against it. Among them, the guard watched the slaves in awe, and the wolf rushed towards the dolphins.
Huang Taiji drove on the top of the mountain and looked down at the Songshan Mountain.
At this time, in Songshan Fort, Hong Chengchou is calling his generals to discuss matters.
It sits in the main seat, and there are Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Wang Pu, Hu Dawei and other generals on the left and right of the hall.
Hong Chengchou said: "Slavery arrogance, Huang Taiji personally led the army to watch our forces outside the fort. Now that Jinzhou is besieged, the ancestor general is desperate for help, and Your Majesty has repeatedly urged to fight. You are all the Valiant generals of my Great Ming. I don’t know if there are any strategies to teach me?"
Every general knows the Governor’s strategy, which is nothing more than using strengths and avoiding weaknesses to defend instead of offense. Ming Army is good at defending, not good at field battles. It is a good strategy to kill Tatar's pawns on the defensive, and then slowly figure them out.
But the emperor urged the day to be urgent, and the imperial decree was all issued several times. Although Hong Chengchou was a Governor, he was helpless.
All the generals are well aware of all of them. Hearing Hong Chengchou's words is silent.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou sighed in his heart.
If he is given enough time, not to mention that he can beat Tatar, at least he will be able to return without success. But the emperor sits high in the Golden Temple, where does he know the frontline is hard?
However, Hong Chengchou also knows that this year, the locust plague in Henan and Hebei has been so great that thieves have resurfaced, and the emperor is impatient, which is understandable.
After all, the available soldiers for the Great Ming Dynasty today are probably the Liaodong army.
But Hong Chengchou knows that, although the thieves are crowded, they are mostly mobs. Establishing slaves now is the serious problem of the Imperial Court! If you can't defeat the establishment of slavery, then it will eliminate the thief. What's the point?
He can only lament this.
Seeing Hong Chengchou's expression low, the generals have their own thoughts, but they also feel the same. Mountain and Sea Trial Commander Ma Ke hesitated for a moment and said: "Huang Taiji only has 5,000 soldiers and horses. Shouldn't the troops go out of the city, they will be culled?"
As soon as this statement came out, all the generals rolled their eyes.
Wu Sangui said: "General Ma’s words are wrong. Although Huang Taiji has only 5,000 soldiers and horses, they are all elite and cavalry soldiers.
The rest of the generals also nodded, deeply agreeing.
"Maybe it can be designed to be used to attract it and encircle and destroy it?" Datong general soldier Wang Pu thought for a while, said.
"Absurd. Huang Taiji what kind of person, how can it be easily fooled?" Hu Dawei shook his head again and again: "This thief is treacherous, and the design is unworkable. He counts it against him and regrets it then. It's late."
You say a word to me, it's noisy like a vegetable market, but there is no result.
Hong Chengchou's eyes flashed with helplessness.
These generals are all veterans, and none of them are bloody, which is really sad. As the commander of such an army, Hong Chengchou can almost foresee his fate.
He patted the Imperial Tutor chair armrest and said in a straightforward voice: "You guys listen to me. Tatar is fierce and can't fight head-on. But Your Majesty urged the emergency, and Jinzhou Zu General's office was also besieged. In the past few months, there is no food left in sight, and I have to save it. Our Italian army has come out to suppress the others with more and less force, and force Tatar to withdraw his troops. This governor has detailed plans and all commanders and generals have to get them. Acting according to plan, you must not rush forward, and you must not retreat unless you are inquiring about it."
Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou's official position is mighty, his eyes swept: "If you dare to disobey the military order, the military law will deal with it!"
For a time, absolute silence in the hall.
At this moment, there was a long call from outside the hall: "Report, Governor, Pagoda Mountain Commander Li Fuming is sending someone to report something important!"
"pagoda mountain ?"
Hong Chengchou expression moved, and it changes suddenly.
Although he is a civil servant, he is good at military strategy. Hearing the report from pagoda mountain, my heart jumped and I thought of many things. I could not help but stand up: "Quick report is coming!"
A messenger from pagoda mountain entered the hall, first with a bow , And then offer a copy of the book and silk.
The left and right ministers hurriedly submitted the letter, Hong Chengchou opened it, and read ten lines at a glance. The generals on the left and right in the hall also looked at Hong Chengchou very nervously. When he saw that his face changed first, a grayish air appeared between his eyebrows, and then the grayish air dissipated, revealing a touch of shock, and finally only doubts remained.
Let go of the letter, Hong Chengchou pondered for a while, and then said to the messenger: "Is there anything false in Mr. Li's letter?"
"There has never been a half false." The messenger said resolutely.
Hong Chengchou paused: "Then...then Zhao warrior really has his own person?"
"There really is his own person."
"Ajige really gave the lead? "
"Sure enough, the leader was given."
"The eight thousand Tatar beheaded nearly half and surrendered 2,000?"
"The leader is just outside the city. In pagoda mountain."
Hong Chengchou took a deep breath and got up: "The generals will follow me out of the city for a look."
The generals were deeply puzzled, but Hong Chengchou did not Said that they were not easy to ask, so they each looked at each other and followed Hong Chengchou out of the Governor's Mansion, each rushing to the outside of the city with their horses and whips.
At this time, outside the city gate, many Ming Army soldiers were besieging the city, and there was a constant uproar.
Seeing the arrival of Hong Chengchou and the others, all the officers and men quickly stepped aside, riding on horsebacks, they saw dozens of large vehicles parked there.
On the big car, one after another tired head became a small mountain, marinated with lime, although you can't see the face, you can see a small mouse tail above that head!
Hong Chengchou's gaze suddenly fixed, flicking his whip, galloping forward, turning over and dismounting, regardless of his identity, pounced in front of a big car, unaware that he was dirty and smelled, he grabbed a head , I took a closer look, startled, suddenly laughed out loud.
"hahaha..."
He almost burst into tears of laughter, and said, "heaven helps me, heaven helps me!"
The generals behind him came to the front, one by one, they turned over and dismounted, and each raised a head, took a closer look, and after amazed, they all turned their eyes on Hong Chengchou.
"Governor, what the hell is going on?!"
Wu Sangui looked shocked: "These dozens of big cars, I am afraid that there will not be thousands of heads. , This...Where did you kill so many Tatars?!"
Hong Chengchou put out a breath, but felt that most of the cloud on his head had disappeared. He smiled at the messenger and said, "You do."
That messenger will happen all kinds of things, one after another said.
First I heard that Ajige led an army of eight thousand, bypassing Songshan and heading straight to pagoda mountain. Everyone face changed, how can I not know Ajige's plan? It is clear to cut off the retreat of the grain road and make the Songshan Army a lone army.
Suddenly there was a man and a rider, with one enemy and ten thousand, at Lianshan Pass, Ajige was killed in an array, and eight thousand troops were defeated, thousands were beheaded, and 2,000 were captured!
"Impossible!"
Wu Sangui shouted, shouted: "Military major event, not a trifle. Even Hegemon-King Chu is resurrected, but he can't. If the plan is right, it’s not impossible, and it’s not ridiculous. But single-handedly defeated the Armies and hacked artillery shells. Could it be that the celestial troops and generals failed?!"
repeatedly nod, all do not believe.
The messenger was anxious and shouted: "If there is a lie, the villain would be struck by thunder!"
Said: "Zhao warrior's feat, the villain has his own eyes Seeing, nothing is false..." He said anxiously: "If you don't believe in the generals, look at the skull incisions. They are all exactly similar!"
This messenger was clearly sent by Li Fuming to check the situation at the time. The servant leader!
Zhao Yu's feat, he witnessed it with his own eyes. Nowadays, seeing people don't believe me, I'm very anxious, but I don't know how to refute it, so I have to use human head cuts to speak.
When the generals heard, Wang Pu said: "How is it possible? How can the incision be exactly similar to so many heads..."
Hong Chengchou smiled: "Come on! Let me check it out!"
There were soldiers from left and right who stepped forward, drawing out three or five heads from each car and comparing them carefully.
After a moment, the personal soldiers came to report: "It is the same."
Wu Sangui laughed: "Sure enough. Li Zongbing's lie is really disgusting."
But then I listened to the soldier said: "From the experience of the villain, the different incisions are caused by the different positions of the owl's head. But judging from the marks of the knife edge, it is clear that the knife was done by the same knife. "
Wu Sangui's laughter stopped abruptly.
The soldier exclaimed again: "This class of swordsmanship is really amazing. Every head enters through the gap in the neck bone. At the same time, it does not hurt the bones at the same time. Solve the cow, enter the room with no thickness!"
All the generals and officials were dumbfounded.
If you say that among these thousands of heads, there are three to five, which can enter through the gaps of bones without hurting the bones. But every one is like this, that's amazing!
"Good fellow, is it really that one person did it?" Hu Dawei can't help saying: "Could it be that after killing these Tatars, I found a Bushwacker to come to Xiaoshou?"
"Why don't the general find a Bushwacker to see if he has the ability to chop off thousands of heads within half a day without hurting his neck and bones?" The messenger was unhappy.
Hu Dawei glared at the messenger, but was speechless.
The messenger said again: "My chief soldier has only 3,000 soldiers and horses in pagoda mountain, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. On the ground of Liaodong, except for the Governor, where can also soldiers and horses defeat eight? Thousand Tatar?"
The public will be even more speechless.
Among these heads, except for a few, the others are true Tatar. Saying trifling pagoda mountain Three thousand old, weak, sick, and disabled are the Songshan Army's best performances. I'm afraid it's hard to have such a record.
When the messenger saw this, he was even more arrogant and said: "Zhao warrior is from Daxing Fort, and he is next to my family’s soldier’s hometown, Dafubao. He is a villager. Now Zhao warrior is on pagoda mountain. Originally, I wanted to come to see the Governor immediately. My family chief was afraid that the Governor would not believe it, so he sent the villain to send the head to see the Governor."
"oh?"
Hong Chengchou hearing this , This said: "This Zhao warrior is coming to see the governor?"
The messenger paid a bow and said: "Zhao warrior wants to take the head of Emperor Tatar and sacrifice to his parents. But he is afraid of being alone. The power was run away by the Tatar Emperor, so..."
Hong Chengchou immediately understood.
He came to Liaodong to be the Governor and had a detailed understanding of the changes in the situation in Liaodong over the past two decades. Whether it is Daxing Fort or Dafu Fort, both of them were attacked by Tatar. Presumably, Zhao warrior's parents and family all died in Tatar's hands.
It's no wonder that I want to avenge Tatar.
This is a good thing!
Hong Chengchou's heart turned, although he does not believe in such a feat of surpassing Hegemon-King Chu, but saying that he is better than Hegemon-King Chu, it is inseparable from Guan Yunchang and Lu Feng, and it is also an eternal member. valiant general. Among the armies, beheading to capture the flag can be used on the blade.
So he said: "The messenger will run again and tell Zhao warrior that the supervisor will sweep the couch and wait."