Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Aren't there so many craftsmen? Just cast one first and make it up, and then make it up for him later. As for my seal, you can just carve one with a carrot, it's almost enough."

"Ah, Radish Zhangzi?"

On April 20th of that year, the invading army in the capital rushed out to Shanhaiguan.The marching line stretched for twenty miles, and all the soldiers and civilian husbands conscripted, as well as the refugees, amounted to more than [-], all the way to the north.

Wu Xiang was tied tightly to a cross by Li Zicheng, pulled by two oxen and walked in the middle of the procession, while the two princes were imprisoned in cages and walked in the back of the procession.Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin walked one after the other, followed by a dozen court ladies in men's attire, walking and drinking leisurely all the way.

Zhu Youjian looked at the other soldiers who broke into the camp passing by, and saw that almost all of these people were carrying a big burden. At first, Zhu Youjian thought it was the marching equipment of the army, similar to quilts and the like It was later discovered on a fallen soldier who broke into the army that they were all robbed silver taels or valuables.

Zhu Youjian shook his head, a group of troops with a lot of money, do you still expect them to win the battle?

It just so happened that a junior officer passing by Chuangjun saw that Zhu Youjian didn't seem to understand, so he kindly explained: "This is the rule of our Chuangjun. When we fight, we bring all our wealth. Gather more goods, and if you are defeated, drop the silver all over the floor to delay the pursuers."

"High! It's really high." Zhu Youjian gave a thumbs up against his will.

The entire army moved very slowly, and with a large number of refugees mixed in, it was not bad to march fifty miles a day.Zhu Youjian's battalion started to go out of the city in the morning until the evening, and they could still vaguely see the city wall of the capital, and they were still walking on horseback.

The team of 1000 people did not wear too much armor when they set off. Most of them wore a tattered leather armor, a rusty broken iron helmet on their heads, and a long spear with a broken tip in their hands.What Wang Chengen said was correct, such soldiers would be sent to death when they went to the battlefield.

However, there is also something strange about this battalion, that is, the guards around the general are fully equipped, even armed to the teeth.Not only is there a bright iron armor, but also the horse under the crotch, even like the general, it is all covered with a mask, full of mystery.

"Aren't we a little too flamboyant?" Zhu Youjian looked at the Chuangjun passing by and all looked back at them, and asked Wang Chengen beside him worriedly.

"It's okay, let's dress better, and the soldiers under us are willing to follow. Look at the people behind, none of them have killed anyone. In their eyes, a good team is a well-dressed general. Only when the general is mighty, they can follow with confidence. .If the leader wears tattered clothes, the recruits will have no confidence." Wang Chengen teased.

"You are talking nonsense. Poor clothing doesn't mean you can't fight a war. Equipment is only one of the factors for winning a war. I've heard too many cases where an army with poor equipment defeated an army with good equipment."

Zhu Youjian is right, no matter at any time, war is not only about weapons, especially in the era of cold weapons.Even, in the era of alternating hot and cold weapons, there are many cases of cold weapons defeating hot weapons.Many traversers always like to keep developing advanced thermal weapons, thinking that with slightly advanced thermal weapons, they will definitely be able to defeat opponents with cold weapons.

In fact, in the cold weapon war, fighting will occupies the absolute factor of war victory.Not afraid of sacrifice, firm belief, coupled with reasonable tactics, is the magic weapon of cold weapon warfare.

Chapter 19: Li Yan is rescued

The marching speed of the Chuang army was really slow. From Shanhaiguan to Beijing City, the whole journey was 100 miles, but the army had walked for nine days.Moreover, it was the time when the forward troops arrived at Shanhaiguan, and the follow-up Chinese army and supply troops were still wandering more than [-] miles away.

When Zhu Youjian brought his men to the front line, the first confrontation between Chuangjun and Wu Sangui had already begun.The first battle was not the field battle described in the film and television drama, but the attack of the Chuang army on Xiluo City.This was already a day ago, and Chuangjun actually won a small victory.

People who have never been to a piece of stone will think that a piece of stone is a large field of flat land. The so-called battle of tens of 10 people must be the two sides fighting each other on the flat land.

Zhu Youjian had only seen a few hundred words describing the Shanhaiguan War in history books, but when he arrived at the scene, he found that it was not the case at all.Shanhaiguan is a pass built between mountains and the sea, easy to defend but difficult to attack.No matter from outside the pass or from inside the pass, there is an aura that one man is the pass and the other is not open.

Along the Shanhai Pass, the Ming Dynasty built a series of outlying strongholds over hundreds of years, Xiluo City and Yiyishi are the outlying strongholds of Shanhaiguan.If the Chuangjun wants to capture Shanhaiguan, they must pay attention to unplugging these outlying strongholds.

The small victory in Xiluo City made Li Zicheng very happy. A victory always makes the winner happy.That night, Chuangjun's reward banquet was spread over the whole army, and even Zhu Youjian's supply camp received a lot of wine and meat.

Zhu Youjian looked at the dusty Wang Chengen, handed him a bowl of wine and asked, "How is the situation in Xiluo City?"

Wang Chengen did not borrow Zhu Youjian's wine bowl, but picked up his own water bottle and said, "They are not elite soldiers from Shanhaiguan at all, they are all young and strong, and the calluses on their hands are not left by knives."

Zhu Youjian raised his neck and drank the wine: "That's right, with the fighting power of the Guanning Army, how could Chuangjun win so easily."

"This old slave wants to send some food to the two princes, but they are still locked in the prison car outside, and no one cares about them." Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youjian with obvious expectations. Zhu Youjian's ability is no longer in doubt.

Since Chuangjun and the others escaped from the palace, Zhu Youjian used the opportunity to avoid danger many times, and formed a team of thousands of people among the enemy troops. This ability obviously surpassed that of Emperor Chongzhen at the time.Although most of these things were done with the help of external forces, or most of them were done by him, Wang Chengen.But it is undeniable that the existence of Zhu Youjian, the backbone, is the main reason for everyone to persevere when the city is destroyed and the country is destroyed.

This is the difference between two different personalities of the same person. The former Chongzhen thought of death when encountering troubles, but now Zhu Youjian is always trying to find a way to live.Wang Chengen remembered some things from the past, every time there was bad news, the emperor would always call the minister first and ask what to do.

When the minister's suggestion can speak to the emperor's heart, this kind of suggestion will be praised; on the contrary, if the suggestion makes the emperor unhappy, the emperor will not ask for indiscriminate insults.When the strategy failed, the emperor's first thought was to put all the responsibility on the minister, or even replace him directly.

As a result, Chongzhen reigned for 17 years, and changed [-] cabinet chief assistants like a horse watching flowers.He doesn't have his own opinions when encountering problems, and always pins his hopes on the ministers. Once he fails, he immediately pushes it to others, for fear that he will bear a little responsibility.Even at the last moment, he died directly.

Wang Chengen feels that the current Zhu Youjian has the ability to take the initiative to take responsibility, from taking the initiative to escape from the palace, taking the initiative to save Chen Yuanyuan, taking the initiative to form an army, taking the initiative to grab the silver for breaking into the army; even taking the initiative to be a cook and making bugles etc.Wang Chengen felt that the only thing Zhu Youjian didn't take the initiative to do these days was that he didn't take the initiative to ask what to do.

This made him very uncomfortable, because every time the emperor encountered difficulties, he would always ask him. Although eunuchs could not interfere in the government affairs, the emperor's habit never changed.

Zhu Youjian was afraid of looking at Wang Chengen's eyes, and he has been afraid since time travel.This is not because Wang Chengen's eyes are so murderous, but precisely because there are too many expectations for him in Wang Chengen's eyes.

If there is one person who makes Zhu Youjian feel powerless the most, then this person is Wang Chengen.Wang Chengen's loyalty and righteousness to Chongzhen stimulated Zhu Youjian like a kind old father.This is a person who can rest assured to rest his back on, and an old man who can be completely trusted.

Even if there was such a small misunderstanding between the two of them, it could not make Wang Chengen feel a little betrayed in his heart.

"I'll send someone to go right away. You're tired. Sit down and rest for a while." Zhu Youjian supported Wang Chengen to sit down. There were more than 50 people, and it was really hard enough to go to the front line in armor for most of the night.

Wang Chengen ate a piece of kaore pancake, took a sip of water, took a breath and asked, "Why didn't you just run away, but you insisted on coming here?"

"Because I want to see the real opponent's strength." Zhu Youjian didn't even raise his head, he was still looking at the Shanhaiguan map on the table. This ancient map is basically an abstract painting full of loopholes. Such a map layout, I'm afraid I don't know how to die.

"You mean, our real opponent is not Li Zicheng?" Wang Chengen was surprised, this was the first time he heard Zhu Youjian treat Chuangjun so confidently.Of course, Zhu Youjian in Wang Chengen's eyes is basically the same person, but there must be a little difference.

"Of course, otherwise, how could we spend so many days in the capital."

"Could it be Wu Sangui?"

"Houjin." Zhu Youjian said while putting away the map.He now has a basic understanding of the general situation of the Battle of Shanhaiguan.

"Wu Sangui didn't show the Guan Ning army at all. The enemies in front of the Chuangjun are all temporarily recruited civilians. They are a group of civilians wearing my Ming military uniform. Li Zicheng made a mistake. The intelligence eyes misled Li Zicheng. He thought Wu Sangui had only In fact, Wu Sangui relocated all the people in the Liaojin area to Shanhaiguan, a total of 50 people."

"You mean that Wu Sangui's troops are actually on par with Chuang's?"

"Yes, the strength of the two sides is basically equal. The main force of the Chuang army is Li Zicheng's old battalion, while the main force of Wu Sangui is the Guan Ning army. In terms of overall combat power, the Chuang army barely has a slight advantage."

"Then how do we do it?"

"Our 1000 people have only one task: to collect war horses. You tell the people below not to rush forward during the battle, and when Li Zicheng's old battalion goes into battle, they all stand by and collect unowned war horses. The more the better No matter which side is coming, just lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, and continue to gather the horses when the enemy is gone."

Wang Chengen was stunned by this strange order. Although he had never been on a battlefield, he had never heard of such a funny way of fighting.

Zhu Youjian looked at the puzzled Wang Chengen and said, "I let the old and weak, women and children leave the city by chance, because the capital is now open, and these people have a small goal of dispersing out of the city, so they won't attract the attention of the left behind. We stole so much money." , if all the artisans are transferred away, they will be exposed immediately. Therefore, the advance team can leave, and the artisans must stay temporarily.

With so many craftsmen, if they want to evacuate in a short time, they can't run away with the pursuers on two legs, which requires a lot of horses.Now in the entire Beijing city, we have almost bought all the mules and horses that can be bought.If you want to get horses, you can only rely on confiscating them on the battlefield.Do you think we have the strength to capture the horses?Therefore, it can only be stolen, and it can only be stolen on the battlefield. This is also a no-brainer. "

The 1000 people in my hands will definitely not be able to fight, and it is nothing to do on the battlefield. It is better to take the opportunity to get some spoils.Wang Chengen understood as soon as he heard it. He did a lot of things like this when he was in Dongchang. It would not work to kill Dongchang face to face.

The two were discussing how to arrange it when a person hurried in from outside the camp.Zhu Youjian took advantage of the bonfire to see that it was Yao Hai who had returned.

"General, the matter is over, I left early."

"Leave the letter to Li Yan?"

"I left the letter in the camp, and then slipped away quietly. When I walked fifteen miles, I found that the troops led by Niu Jinxing were gathering, and they were probably about to make a move."

"Then how are you sure that Li Yan will see the letter before the attack?"

"Li Yan was strict with me all the way. If Li Yan hadn't let down his vigilance after entering Shanxi, I probably wouldn't have found a chance to slip away."

Zhu Youjian has a good feeling for Li Yan, who has a big picture and a strategic vision.If Niu Jinxing was killed so easily, Zhu Youjian felt it was a pity, so he simply arranged in advance and gave Li Yan the news.

It is said that after Yao Hai slipped away, he was discovered by the surveillance soldiers in less than a stick of incense, and Li Yan also successfully got the letter written by Zhu Youjian.