Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 228 The Emperor's Probation

"It's over, it's over." Looking at the troops who were killed by Ming cavalry before they could change formation, Xu Dingguo shed tears of regret.

He thought to himself, if he knew it earlier, the incident would start later, the Qing army promised to come to help me, why didn't they come, liars, they are all liars.

Just when Xu Dingguo wanted to commit suicide, there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes in the distance. Standing on tiptoes, one could see that a large number of Manchu and Han cavalry carrying the banner of the Qing army were attacking Zhu Cihuang like an overwhelming force.

Among them, the Manchurian cavalry is naturally Azig's Eight Banners Xiaoqi, while the Han cavalry is Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry.

"Here we come, our reinforcements are here, everyone hold on." Xu Dingguo roared hoarsely, hoping that his voice could reach the ears of every rebel army and make them firm in their determination to continue fighting.

At this moment, another Han infantry suddenly appeared in the distance, standing in front of Azige and Wu Sangui, and the general in command wearing mountain armor was none other than the Minister of the Ministry of War and Shi Kefa who was left behind by Dongdu.

"The officers and soldiers of the three armies, the spearmen are arrayed in front, and the crossbowmen and musketeers are mixed in and fire at will."

Originally, Shi Kefa's mission was to come to aid Zhu Cihuang, but when he discovered that the Qing army's fine cavalry was attacking, he immediately led the army in front of the Qing army, forming a counter-cavalry formation, trying to prevent them from approaching Zhu Cihuang's central army .

Because Shi Kefa and Zhang Yong usually run the army strictly and are considerate of their subordinates, the army commanded by Shi Kefa is of high quality. Soon after his order was issued, the soldiers quickly took their positions and set up a formation that can effectively withstand the cavalry attack .

Seeing this scene, Azig, who was riding on horseback, smiled contemptuously, "The ants also want to block the way of the tiger. It's really beyond their control."

It's not that Azig looks down on the Han army. The Eight Banners Xiaoqi behind him is the elite of the Qing army. He has fought in the battlefield for decades and has extremely rich combat experience. On the other hand, Wu Sangui is from a family of generals, and his Guanning iron cavalry is not bad.

It is really easy to defeat an infantry army that does not have a numerical advantage and its commander is not a good general.

I saw Azig and Wu Sangui, who were marching, suddenly parted ways, walked on each side, and circled around Shi Kefa's two wings.

Before Shi Kefa could react and command the soldiers to change formation, the shock cavalry from Azig and Wu Sangui's army rushed in, and at the same time, the cavalry archers on the periphery kept throwing arrows at the Ming army in the formation.

In the blink of an eye, Azig and Wu Sangui's cavalry surrounded Shi Kefa.

Seeing that the back road was blocked and the whole army was surrounded, the army commanded by Shi Kefa suddenly became chaotic, the formation automatically disbanded, and lost the ability to resist the Qing cavalry.

Azige and Wu Sangui seized the opportunity and led a team of shock cavalry to fight in and out.

The loess along the way was dyed crimson, and the standing crowd was cut down like wheat by machetes.

Fortunately, Azige and Wu Sangui had a more important goal, which was to attack Zhu Cihong, so they didn't spend too much time on Shi Kefa's body. As soon as they saw Shi Kefa's army began to collapse, they organized their team and continued to move forward.

This battle was seen clearly by Zhu Cihong who was in the distance with a binoculars.

"No, the Qing army came to kill me. I said how dare Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing, these two rebels, have the courage to rebel. It turns out that they are connected with foreigners." Zhu Cihong said through gritted teeth.

"I can't spare you guys who eat inside and outside." Zhu Cihong said viciously, his eyeballs were about to burst into flames.

He hated traitors the most in his life, especially traitors like Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo, who ate their insides and outsiders, made him even more disgusted.

And the two of them colluded with other races, which was even more unbearable for him, Zhu Cihong would be merciful if he could let them both die happily.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong also realized that something was wrong.

It was already difficult enough to deal with more than 5 people like Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing. Now tens of thousands of Qing troops came, and Zhu Cihong was under great pressure.

"To find wealth in danger, you can only take risks." Zhang Peilun said to himself.

"Zhang Chao, bring a hundred imperial guard fire cavalry and follow me to the front line." Zhu Cixiang said sternly.

Because it is a defensive battle now, no cavalry is needed, so Zhang Chao stayed by Zhu Cihong's side, and Zhang Zhong commanded the front line.

"Your Majesty, the front is very dangerous now, you can't put yourself in danger." Zhang Chao said to dissuade Zhu Cihong.

"No, I have to go, otherwise we will lose today." Zhu Cihong said with certainty.

He is very sure that now is a very critical moment, there are rebels inside and Qing troops outside, if one is not careful, Zhu Cihong may be defeated and killed.

"For the sake of Ming Dynasty, and for the sake of the millennium of the Han people, I must win this battle, and I must drive out the Tartars."

The Battle of Tongguan is destined to become a decisive battle, and Zhu Cihong must not lose this battle, otherwise the future of Ming Dynasty will be in jeopardy, and the future of Han people will also be very pessimistic.

If the Ming Dynasty is over, then Li Zicheng's Dashun will definitely not be able to stop Mi Qing. At that time, the Han people's country will fall into the hands of the Hulu, and the Han people will live a life that is not as good as pigs and dogs for hundreds of years.

"Let's go." Saying that, Zhu Cihong jumped on the horse's back, picked up the whip, patted the horse, and left.

After arriving at the front line, the rebel soldiers still fought bloody battles with the Ming army in the trenches and Juma. Every moment, countless fresh lives stopped beating, and some people fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Zhu Cihong was very sad, everyone is Han, why should they kill each other because of Hulu's bewitching.

Xu Dingguo's soldiers and Zhu Cihong's auxiliary soldiers are most likely from several provinces in North China. If you go back a few hundred years, maybe everyone is a family, but today they are fighting together because of the Hulu.

It's all the fault of Mi Qing, if it wasn't for them, why would such a situation arise, the compatriots took up swords and fought together, vying to kill each other.

Zhu Cihong blamed all the faults on Chiqing, although this was a bit too much, but said that the main reason was that there was nothing wrong with Chiqing.

Without them, most of the Ming army would remain loyal to Daming, or turn to Li Zicheng as a fool. In any case, there would be no large-scale massacres of compatriots

"Soldiers, I am your emperor Zhu Cihong, and I am here to see you." First, Zhu Cihong stood on a cart and shouted to the soldiers.

After hearing Zhu Cihong's voice, the morale of the fighting Ming soldiers was greatly boosted. They never thought that their emperor would come to the battle in person to boost their morale.

(End of this chapter)