Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 925

Fan Wencheng's judgment made Huang Taiji feel a little creepy.If his judgment is correct, it means that all his calculations are within Yang Menglong's calculations. He has worked so hard to drive Chongzhen to the remote place in Lushun, recruit the Guanning Army, and capture the city of Beijing. It is very likely that they are making wedding dresses for Heluo Xinjun!This made Huang Taiji a little unbearable, he was always the only one who calculated others, when did he try to be calculated from the beginning to the end!He was calm on the surface, but his fists hidden in his sleeves were already clenched, and he said slowly: "Fan Aiqing is really my Chen Ping and Zhang Liang. If you didn't have insight into the opportunity first, I'm afraid that I will do my best to marry you." Yi still didn't know it, and ended up dying! The Heluo New Army's layout is extremely ingenious, and they have grasped all the key points. I know that this is their trap, so I can only bite the bullet and jump Go in...According to Fan Aiqing, how should I deal with it?"

Fan Wencheng said in a deep voice: "It's actually not difficult to break Yang Menglong's game, just win Beijing!"

Huang Taiji was stunned: "Didn't you say that the day when the Qing Dynasty took Beijing was the time when the Heluo New Army marched northward? Why do you want me to take Beijing?"

Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty, the risk of capturing Beijing is extremely high, but the benefits are also enormous! Beijing is not only the gate of the Ming Dynasty, but also the capital of the Ming Dynasty. If it is captured, the Qing Dynasty will achieve great success both militarily and politically." Great profit! Among other things, the money and food accumulated by countless noble families in Beijing alone amounted to hundreds of millions. With this money, why not do anything? With mountains and seas as the back and mountains and seas as cover on the flanks, you can sweep Youyan with the pressure of Mount Tai, drink horses and the Yellow River, and return to Liaodong to defend the dangers of mountains and seas. Even if there are millions of soldiers facing the dangers of mountains and seas, they can do nothing Feel helpless, this is the root of the Liao Kingdom's struggle for supremacy with the Northern Song Dynasty for a hundred years!"

Huang Taiji nodded slightly.The significance of Beijing is not just as simple as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, its gains and losses directly determine the ownership of the North China Great Plain!The land of Youyan is known as the "backbone of North China". If the land of Youyan is lost, the Central Dynasty will not be able to straighten its spine, and Beijing is the most important part of this spine. If it is lost, the backbone will be broken up!The Northern Song Dynasty fought fiercely with the Liao Kingdom for more than a hundred years, and they have been in the dilemma of being passively beaten. The most important reason is that they could not recapture Beijing, which was called Yanjing at that time. The plains are thousands of miles away, and there are ideal battlefields for Khitan cavalry galloping everywhere. It would be hell if the Song army, which was mainly infantry, was not beaten.If the Qing army can take Beijing, there will be nearly 10,000 Qing troops plus [-]+ Guanning troops, and there will be more than tens of thousands of cavalry. Can you shout that you want to kill the enemy, but you can't recover?
Take Beijing and they will be invincible!

Fan Wencheng continued: "Furthermore, Beijing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The capture of Beijing means the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming court. This is status! With this status, plus surrender The propaganda of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty made the scholars in Shandong and Jiangnan respond. Even if Yang Menglong really supported the new emperor for the Northern Expedition, the general trend was our Qing Dynasty, and he would not be able to take advantage! If the emperor re-employed some scholars who had enmity with him, he would not be able to take advantage of it! He sat on the mountain and watched the fight between tigers and watched the dirty deeds of the Qing Dynasty destroy the Ming Dynasty spread out. Hehe, I'm afraid that before the Northern Expedition, he would have been looked down upon by thousands of people, and everyone had deserted him! Not everyone is qualified to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. of!"

Huang Taiji clapped his hands together, and said repeatedly: "Okay! Aiqing's words made me suddenly understand! It seems that the key to breaking the situation lies in Beijing!"

Fan Wencheng said: "Your Majesty is wise! Whoever wins Beijing wins the world. Yang Menglong pretends to be smart and surrenders the opportunity to God. This is God bless the Qing Dynasty!"

Huang Taiji nodded heavily, and said, "It looks like I have to go to Tangshan to see it myself..."

As soon as Tangshan was mentioned, Fan Wencheng frowned and murmured: "Tangshan, Tianxiong Army!"

Huang Taiji also suppressed his smile, and sighed: "Yes, it's the Tianxiong Army again! Why is it always the Tianxiong Army?"

"It's the Tianxiong Army again!"

The sound of guns on the front line of Tangshan was rumbling, shaking the sky, thousands of troops and horses roared like thunder, sharp arrows almost covered the sky, scorching lead bullets flew through the air, and rockets dragged slender flames in the air, creating a splendid scene. spectacular.But now Wu Sangui is not in the mood to appreciate this epic picture, he stares at the Tangshan city wall covered with bloodstains from Datan Datan, and the bloody battle flag on the city wall, with a gloomy complexion, muttering to himself through gritted teeth.

Tianxiong Army, Tianxiong Army again!
As the pioneer of the Qing army, the Guan Ning army took the lead in entering the pass, recruiting surrenders and accepting rebels all the way. The taste of the human realm.However, this relaxed prelude to the great march was interrupted by Tangshan, a very inconspicuous city. Even if the life and death of the coach was uncertain, even if the main force was isolated in the northwest, even if it was only two thousand recruits, the Tianxiong Army still did not hesitate. They stood in front of them and told them with their black muzzles that there was no way out!
The Guan Ning army first sent envoys to recruit Zhou Yuji to surrender. Not long after the envoys entered, his head was hung on the city wall.Such a decisive attitude made Guan Ningjun realize that it was impossible to recruit Zhou Yuji. Want Tangshan?Okay, let's trade your life for it!Wu Sangui was furious, and commanded the army to attack the city, intending to take down Tangshan before other troops, to show his face in front of Huang Taiji, and to get more credit... The Ming Dynasty is over, and the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are the general trend. Every military achievement of his will determine the future status of these traitors in the new dynasty, how dare he not try his best!
As a result, he kicked on the iron board.Zhou Yuji used hot bullets and shells to greet the surging Guan Ning army. The gunfire continued on the city wall, and pinches of flames sprayed out, and pieces of lead bullets fell down, splashing pieces among the Guan Ning army. Blood rain, I don't know how many warriors of the Guanning Army who are known for their bravery were hit by this lead bullet, which can buy two pieces of copper and iron, and their heads burst, and they died on the spot!After they finally crossed the trenches and came under the city wall, hissing and smoking grenades were continuously dropped on the city wall, only to hear bursts of terrifying explosions, and the Guan Ning army huddled under the city wall was shot by shrapnel. Cut down the clumps without dividing the troops, causing casualties!That's not to mention, the sky force defending the city also threw down incendiary bombs weighing five or six catties, the lethality of these things was quite terrifying, when one was thrown down, two No. 30 people were wrapped in fire and screamed Shouting, rolling and crawling, the sound is not human, that scene makes many desperadoes who don't take their own lives seriously at all are also terrified!In the first attack, the Guan Ning Army lost thousands of people. Such a loss made Wu Sangui have the urge to vomit blood!
The furious Wu Sangui dispatched twenty Hongyi cannons, aimed at the city wall and blasted fiercely. The huge shot ball roared out of the barrel with powerful kinetic energy, and hit the city wall hard, cracking the brick skin of the city wall. , Flying around like bricks and shrapnel!And Zhou Yuji did not show weakness, and soon launched two 160mm lightning cannons. One shell was used to hoist the other to the artillery position of the Guanning Army. The gunpowder barrel was burning, only to hear a thunderous explosion, the ground shook convulsively, black and red flames rushed up wildly, the heavy gun barrel whirled and flew high, and landed in the middle of the Guan Ning army. Roll out the ground meat.When the explosion stopped, the artillery positions of the Guanning Army were in a mess, and there was almost no one left alive!The heavy loss made Wu Sangui realize that the Tianxiong Army is the ancestor of playing guns, and he should not show off in front of the Tianxiong Army, it is not enough to watch!
It seemed that the artillery was hopeless, so Wu Sangui had no choice but to attack the city and take human lives.Under his coercion, Guan Ning's army, consisting of thousands of people, launched fierce attacks in turn, and the offensive wave after wave was higher than wave after wave.Zhou Yuji commanded calmly, using precise volleys of guns and shelling to inflict large-scale destruction on Guan Ning's army. When Guan Ning's army rushed under the city wall, hail-like grenades would be thrown down, causing their flesh and blood to fly.This was the first time that Guan Ning's army truly experienced the power of Tianxiong's weapons. They attacked at all costs, killing and injuring more than a thousand people every day. However, except for piles of corpses and wounded, they could not get anything. After a few days, Guan Ningjun was beaten to the point of fear.They took the initiative to lower their demands and stopped competing for the first prize. As long as they could survive the siege, they would find a way to get some wine to celebrate. No matter how brave and arrogant the general was, he couldn't help but tremble and change color when he looked at the walls of Tangshan City. !
Wu Sangui couldn't do anything about it, he used all the methods he could, but this damn Tangshan City was surprisingly difficult, tens of thousands of troops were beaten to the ground by a mere 2000 people, what could he do?He suspected that Tianxiong's army had enmity with him in his previous life, otherwise why in several armies, he was the only one who encountered such tenacious resistance, and the others had a smooth journey?
Damn Tianxiong Army!

Just when I was annoyed, the soldiers came to report: Zu Dashou is here!
Wu Sangui hurried back to the tent of the Chinese army, and was still halfway there when he saw Zu Dashou coming up with a group of trusted generals.The current Zu Dashou is full of energy, he can strangle a tiger with his bare hands, he is completely different from the crooked and crooked man who couldn't even stand firmly during the Chongzhen Northern Expedition.He had a hearty smile, and when they met, he asked, "Elder Uncle, are you here all right?"

Wu Sangui said: "Everything is fine, but Uncle, you are old and you are traveling thousands of miles in the wind and snow, you must be careful of your body!"

Zu Dashou said: "Don't worry, my old bones can still hold on for a while." He turned to look at Tangshan City, "How is the progress?"

Wu Sangui said with a gloomy face: "The attack has been going on for several days, and thousands of people are killed and injured every day. Never once have they been able to attack the city wall!"

Zu Dashou seemed a little surprised: "It's so hard to fight!?"

Wu Sangui said: "Yes! Many generals said that they have fought all their lives, and they have never encountered such a hard nut to crack!"

As if to prove that he was not bragging, a 160mm Thunderbolt artillery shell flew into the sky from Tangshan City, flew over a thousand meters and then fell into the middle of the Guanning Army, boom!A loud noise made Zu Dashou involuntarily take two steps back. Looking around, he saw several soldiers of the Guanning Army who were blown up by the explosion shock wave like pieces of paper, flying about more than ten meters high. .At the same time, more than a dozen 90mm thunderbolt shells were dropped on the city wall. This thing fell from a height of eight or nine meters, and exploded as soon as it hit the ground. The dense shrapnel flew around, and the ladder was built to climb up. Soldiers of the Guanning Army mowed down clumps like wheat.Two more fire dragons sprayed down from the city wall. They were five or six feet long, black and red in color, and the flames were still liquid. The soldiers of the Guanning Army who were sprayed only had time to let out a half-scream before turning into black skeletons. The ladder was burning like a torch, and the car that was digging the city wall was also ignited into a ball of fire.Guan Ning's army was terrified, screamed in horror, and once again retreated like an ebb tide.

Zu Dashou frowned greatly: "The equipment of the defenders is so good?"

Wu Sangui smiled wryly: "During the Northern Expedition, Tangshan used to be a material transfer station, hoarding and transferring all kinds of military supplies. Although most of the materials were sent to the front lines, there were not a few of them in their hands. Now all these excellent equipment are used. It's upon us!"

Zu Dacheng, who had been by Zu Dashou's side all the time, had a worried expression on his face: "This city is hard to beat!"

Zu Dashou glared at Wu Sangui: "You picked a good job!"

Wu Sangui had a bitter expression on his face: "Uncle, my nephew knows it's wrong, what should I do now!"

Zu Dashou said: "What else can I do? Regardless of the cost, attack day and night, and take Tangshan as soon as possible!"

Wu Sangui was taken aback: "Are you really going to do this? In this way, how many troops will we have to lose!"

Zu Dashou said in a deep voice: "Even if 2 people are killed here, Tangshan must be taken!" Seeing that Wu Sangui was still reluctant, he sighed and said: "The emperor has decided to come to Tangshan to supervise the battle in person. Uncle, you know what this means, the future of my Guan Ning army depends entirely on this battle!"

As soon as he heard that Huang Taiji was coming, Wu Sangui, who had already thought about preserving his strength, couldn't help but shuddered, and threw this little thought out of the blue!He dared to fool Chongzhen, but he never dared to be sloppy with Huang Taiji, not at all, Huang Taiji was not as easy to fool as Chongzhen!Huang Taiji wants to come to Tangshan to supervise the battle in person, which shows that he attaches great importance to Tangshan, and Wu Sangui has no choice but to die until Tangshan is gnawed down!

(End of this chapter)