Chongzhen Undergraduates

"Why don't you kill them with firecrackers?" Zhu Youjian shouted to Wang Chengen, out of breath.

"The blunderbuss is not accurate. If we shoot it, we might be killed first." Liu Zongmin replied casually when he heard Zhu Youjian's question.

"Okay." Zhu Youjian understood that the musket in this matter was completely unreliable, and if he fired a shot at the enemy, he probably hit a bird flying in the sky.

Seeing the other party rushing over with a hammer, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to retreat quickly. If he was hit by a hammer, his internal organs would probably bleed profusely, and he would lie in bed for half a year if he didn't die.

Wu Sangui was also old on the battlefield. When he saw the opponent started to retreat, he didn't chase after him, and ran back to the city wall with his people.At the moment when the city gate was closed, the artillery of the Chuangjun rang.Not only the cannons of the Chuangjun, but also the cannons on the city wall rang, shaking the mountains for a while, and the whole battlefield was filled with smoke.

Zhu Youjian took Wang Chengen and was almost hit by a black iron ball flying towards him. If he hadn't heard a voice behind him and pressed Wang Chengen's head, Wang Chengen probably would have lost his head.

But the iron ball didn't hit Zhu Youjian and the others, but hit the Chuangjun who were standing in a row. The iron ball quickly hit the crowd, knocking off the head of the first person and flying the head of the second person. Arm, also broke the thighs of the third and fourth people, and finally hit a big rock, smashing the rock hard.

Every iron ball that flew towards the army formation took away a long life. Soldiers stood together in rows, and whether they survived all depended on luck.This is more terrifying than a volley of guns!

The stone attack began amidst the sound of artillery.

Chapter 21: The Battle of One Stone

The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for a whole morning, until all the cannons were burned red.

After the artillery battle, the siege battle followed.Chuangjun's forte in attacking the city is to use his life to fill Wu Sangui's guns with the lives of ordinary people.Very inhumane!

Zhu Youjian accompanied Liu Zongmin to the frontier for a while, and became a hero when he came back. After all, it was a desperate effort.When Chuangjun began to attack the city, Zhu Youjian sat on a hillside to watch the battle, and there were some wine and meat beside him, which was sent by Liu Zongmin. According to the words of the sender, Liu Zongmin had already sent Zhu Youjian Be life and death brothers.

Zhu Youjian looked at the battlefield, a large number of refugees were driven by the army, and the crying fathers and mothers supported each other, and walked towards the city wall step by step.When they were close to the city wall, some intruders among the crowd rushed out suddenly, carrying the ladders towards the city wall.The Chuangjun under the city continued to drive the refugees to climb the ladder.

At this time, the defenders on the city wall began to shoot and kill indiscriminately. Whether it was an intruder or a refugee, many people were killed and injured at once.Tiger crouching cannons, Franco cannons, fire blunderbusses, three-eyed blunderbusses, all making noise; on the Chuangjun side, all kinds of bows and arrows, crossbow arrows kept returning fire.Human life is like harvested wheat, which falls one crop after another.

The refugees' attack continued until dark, when the Chuangjun blew the gong to retreat. Zhu Youjian saw that there were not many people in the refugee camp, and a large number of corpses were piled up in the pass.At this time, a small group of people from the Chuang army appeared on the battlefield with a white flag.

"Who are those people?" Zhu Youjian asked Wang Chengen beside him.

Wang Chengen looked at it, with regret on his face, sighed and said: "It's getting dark, those are for collecting corpses."

Zhu Youjian originally thought that these people would restrain these dead hooligans, but he didn't expect that what he saw was a different scene.I saw that the Chuangjun escorted the remaining hundred or so refugees to the city, and then forced these people to use bullock carts to drag the corpses into the stone river not far away, and a large number of corpses were concentrated in the river. , Then the setting sun, Zhu Youjian could even see that the lower reaches of the river had been dyed red.

"You said, the death of these people is the emperor's fault?" The memory of the previous life in Zhu Youjian's body was stimulated again.It is true that Chongzhen may not be a capable emperor, but Chongzhen's desire to be a good emperor is obvious to all.Daily food and night clothes, respectful thrift and hard work, these qualities are considered outstanding among the emperors.

Wang Chengen held a glass of wine, facing the direction of the lower reaches of the Shihe River, raised it over his head, fell down slowly, then took another glass, and continued to fall down.In this way, after three cups of wine, he said: "Ghosts who died unjustly, I hope you will be reincarnated as soon as possible. All the faults are the old man's fault, and it has nothing to do with the emperor. It is the old man's inability to help the emperor manage the country of Ming Dynasty well, so I let you Died of injustice. If you are ruthless, just ask the old man to ask for your life."

Wang Chengen's words made Zhu Youjian very angry. He punched Wang Chengen and cursed: "Do you think you can bear the emperor's crimes?"

"Then what are you going to do? Aren't you wearing the body of Long Live now? You are going to pay for your life? Long Live is gone, and even the body has been taken away by you. Isn't this kind of retribution enough? I live to guard the body for Lord Long Live, If he dies, let me bear the crime for him, and I just beg you not to blame him again." Wang Chengen cried, with tears streaming down his face.

Seeing Wang Chengen's appearance, Zhu Youjian felt distressed.The scene on the battlefield today certainly didn't just happen on this rock.Since Chongzhen ascended the throne, the army invaded and plundered the Central Plains. How many people died and how many families were destroyed.If these matters are to be settled, they must all be settled on Chongzhen's head.

Zhu Youjian had always regarded Chongzhen and himself as two people before, but now he suddenly doesn't think so.Without this physical body, he is nothing in this world.Chongzhen is actually him, no matter how many mistakes Chongzhen made before, he has to bear this body.

It is obviously unreasonable for Wang Chengen to say that he should bear the guilt. Only Zhu Youjian is responsible for this historical fault, and it is only possible for Chongzhen himself to correct it.

"Okay, old people shouldn't cry. You look ugly when you cry." Zhu Youjian helped Wang Chengen to sit down: "Don't forget, I am the Emperor Chongzhen now, and of course I am responsible for any faults." There is no need for you to bear it. Besides, the mistakes of the past have passed, and we should use the future to make up for the mistakes of the past. Believe me, I am only 35 years old, and there are still opportunities."

"Long Live Lord, are you back?" Wang Chengen was ecstatic when he heard Zhu Youjian say "Zhen". He hadn't heard this word from Zhu Youjian for a long time.

"What are you thinking! I am Zhen, and I am me. I have taken responsibility for the mistakes of your emperor in the past, and the benefits of my hard work in the future will also belong to him."

"Are you sure you will do well in the future?"

"Can it be worse than when you hang yourself?"

There was nothing to say all night, and just after dawn the next day, the Chuang army began to attack the city again.This time, it was the civilian husband who was responsible for the siege task.

The civilian husband's combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the refugees, at least the initiative is much higher.The defenders fought yesterday, and it is estimated that a lot of weapons have been consumed. Today's firepower is obviously weaker.The battle hadn't reached noon, and someone had already climbed onto the city wall.Obviously, the combat effectiveness of the defenders is average, and these defenders are basically composed of civilians.

Minzhuang against Minzhuang, the advantage is gone.Coupled with the pre-war agitation of Chuangjun, Li Zicheng personally ordered that a piece of stone be captured, and each civilian husband would be rewarded with ten taels of silver.Immediately, morale was boosted, and a stone pass was in danger.

A piece of stone is directly connected to the main pass of Shanhaiguan. As long as you capture a piece of stone, you can directly lead to Shanhaiguan by virtue of the Great Wall.Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and Liu Zongmin stood on a high ground and laughed, as if the Shanhaiguan had already been obtained.Zhu Youjian glanced at the two of them contemptuously, he didn't believe that Wu Sangui was capable of this.

At this time, a group of cavalry came out from the flank of a piece of stone.

Yes, that's right, it's just a group of cavalry, tens of thousands of people.This is the real Guanning cavalry!

Wu Sangui's cavalry formation was neat, and the horses running so neatly in the first row almost all ran at the same rhythm.The whole army of Guanning Army is heavily armored, and even the horses are put on armor.The sound of galloping horses came from afar, dull, very dull.The ground was trembling, as if it was experiencing a major earthquake, rumbling.

When Liu Zongmin saw Guan Ningjun rushing out from the flank, he had an excited expression on his face, full of anticipation.Li Zicheng had an expected expression, as if he breathed a sigh of relief.

The signal flag was waved a few times, and the front line of the army broke open immediately.The infantry on both sides began to retreat, and Li Zicheng's most elite troops, the old battalion of the Shaanxi Army, were exposed.

This is the first time Zhu Youjian saw the true face of Li Zicheng's old camp.From a distance, the soldiers of these old battalions did not seem to be as majestic as the Guan Ning Army, and the equipment was obviously not as good as that of the Guan Ning Army, at least the armor of the old battalion was not as bright as that of the Guan Ning Army.The armor of Guan Ningjun appeared silvery under the reflection of the sun from a distance.On the other hand, Chuangjun Old Camp is much darker, with a dark feeling.

But Zhu Youjian still found some problems, and the old camp of Chuangjun seemed too stable.Although they were also starting to urge the horses to move forward, there was no unnecessary sound from the entire army formation.These people don't even have facial expressions, like walking dead.

This surprised Zhu Youjian, since the army was so dull, the soldiers of this army were either scared out of their wits, or they crawled out of countless corpses.These people face war and death, just like everyday food.

Zhu Youjian took a visual inspection and found that Li Zicheng's old camp had about 6 to 5 people, while the Guanning cavalry on the opposite side had about [-] to [-] people.This is a battle that is basically evenly matched. As long as there is no third party, even in the end, the winning side will not be able to get extra cheap.

Zhu Youjian understood Li Zicheng's thoughts in a second. King Chuang's plan was to take down Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry and win the North in one battle.The old camp was the capital he dared to conquer by himself. In his eyes, no matter how powerful Wu Sangui was, he could eventually win by virtue of his superiority.

"It's about to start a fight, shall we get together?" Yao Hai came to Zhu Youjian's side, young people were always excited.

"Come on! Tell the brothers, dig a trench as soon as possible in this place. It should be narrow and deep. Just wide enough to lie on your side. The deeper the better." Zhu Youjian saw that the cavalry battlefields on both sides were not far from his side. It was far away, and my battalion happened to be on a gentle hill in the east of the middle of the battlefield, not far from the main battlefield.

"Didn't you say let them grab the horses? Why are they digging trenches again?" Wang Chengen was confused by Zhu Youjian's strange order. What kind of tricks did this guy come up with?

"You guys are stupid. With so many cavalry rushing together, do you dare to get close to the main battlefield? You're looking for death if you come in, but how can you snatch the horse if you don't get close? So let you dig trenches. We will all hide in the ditch later, War horses instinctively dodge the deep ditch, and the width of the ditch is very narrow, so the horses crossing over it will not hurt us. The ditch should be dug a little deeper, so that the cavalry on horseback cannot attack you all at once. .”

"General, you are making us local rats." Yao Hai murmured, somewhat contemptuous of this behavior of avoiding war.

"Why are you talking so much? Do what you are told to do." Wang Chengen raised his hand and slapped Yao Hai, making Yao Hai stagger.

Just as Zhu Youjian and the others were struggling to dig trenches, the cavalry formations of the Chuang Army and the Guan Ning Army rushed together in a triangular attack formation, and Zhu Youjian could hear the impact of a large number of iron plates and bones the crackling sound.This is the clash of armor and the sound of horses clashing.

Wu Sangui rode in the formation of Guan Ning's army, while Liu Zongmin took the lead and was at the forefront of the Chuang army.The horses drove a large amount of dust into the air, and people outside the battlefield couldn't see the battle in the middle of the battlefield.The only thing that could hear all kinds of fighting and shouting came in bursts.

"Dig quickly, the main battlefield is coming towards us, whoever digs slowly will die." Zhu Youjian heard the voice getting closer, anxiously urging his subordinates to move faster.

Maybe it was God's help, the land Zhu Youjian chose was just covered by smoke, except for a very few people, a large number of intruders were on the other side of the battlefield, and they didn't see what this small group of people were doing.

Just when his subordinates basically dug the trench, Zhu Youjian saw a large cloud of yellow-gray smoke rolling towards him not far away. The smoke was mixed with the neighing of war horses, the fighting of weapons, and the death of people after injuries. Howling, rolling towards the trench together.

"Quick, jump into the ditch quickly!" The moment Zhu Youjian dodged and fell into the ditch, the smoke enveloped the small hill.

War is at hand!

Chapter 22: Tartar Soldiers

Zhu Youjian held his head and lay on his side, tightly lying in the trench.War horses kept running past on the ground, causing bursts of mud to fall into the trench. Zhu Youjian's body, head, and face were all covered with mud.