Chapter 25: Defeat and Escape
The surprise attack of the Later Jin Dynasty really scared Zhu Cijiu. Fortunately, the generals of each legion were not ordinary people and the reaction was very timely, so Huang Taiji did not gain any benefits.
Although the Qin army and Dongjiang army who were siegeing the city lost thousands of musketeers by a wave of artillery attacks in the city, the subsequent musketeers rushed up and pushed the well railing into the front twenty or thirty steps away, the cannons in the city could not hit them for the time being. The musketeers quickly entered the shooting position. With the support of the barrage, the infantry siege rushed to the bottom of the city wall, set up a ladder, and climbed up the city wall frantically.
At this time, the Ming army and the Later Jin army in Shengjing City were adjusting the position of artillery, but the Ming army had to pry up the cannon stand nailed to the ground, and several people worked together to push forward two hundred steps, and then nail the cannon stand to the ground. However, the Later Jin side had to dig soil and cushion bricks. More than a dozen people carried the cannon barrels of thousands of pounds and fiddled hard. After a long time, they had not adjusted the shooting distance.
Just as they were busy, the Ming army's artillery opened fire again, but this shot was just a tentative attack and did not cause any damage. It just smashed some buildings in the city.
At this time, Zhu Cijing stood up again, and he asked anxiously: "How is it, how is it, how is it, how is it?"
Sun Yuanhua put down his telescope and said affirmatively: "I've beaten the ball and call back twice."
Zhu Cijing immediately shouted: "Hurry, send the order, the front row of the 618th Type Howitzer reverts twice, and then fires another round of solid bullets."
Soon, the adjusted artillery fired again, and a row of solid bombs fell into the city.
Zhu Cijing asked anxiously again: "How is it, how is it, is it OK?"
At this moment, the cannons in the city also opened fire. The sound of the cannons was obviously much scattered, and the shells were flying everywhere. They were lucky enough to hit the well railings, killing several musketeers, and most of the others were smashed into the open space.
Sun Yuanhua immediately spoke, "It's at this location that there should be a few shells hitting the ball. Change the flowering bullet."
Zhu Cijing said without hesitation: "Hurry up, send the order, change the flowering bullets in the front row of the 618th Type Howitzer, and shoot ten rounds first."
Soon, the howitzers in the front row opened fire again, and a round of flowers continued, and thick smoke came out in many places in the city. Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Good, Chu Yang, hit, hit, their powder barrels exploded, hahahaha."
Sun Yuanhua said modestly: "The emperor has good command, but the flowering bullets are not very lethal. It is best to shoot ten rounds of shotguns and smash them into pieces to see if they dare to stay there and fire their guns."
Zhu Cijing nodded and said, "Yeah, it makes sense. I will send an order. After the front row of the 618th Type Howitzer fired the flowering bullets, I will shoot ten rounds of shotguns."
After solving the enemy's artillery, Zhu Cijiu had no time to see the battle situation on both sides. Lu Xiangsheng's side was fine, and more than half of the enemy's cavalry had fallen, and it was only a matter of time before he could win. Cao Wenzhao's side was not good. Almost all the musketeers were cut down, and there were not many spearmen left. Only the cavalry were still there to support them. The Guanning army had only 40,000 cavalry in total. The tragic situation was imagined!
Zhu Cijing put down his telescope and issued an order without hesitation: "Issuing an order to lead Qin Liangyu to lead 30,000 cavalrymen of the First Corps of the Imperial Guard to support the Guanning Army on the right."
The commander of the Jinyiwei rushed down the observation deck when he heard the sound. Soon, the 30,000 cavalry guards in front of the observation deck ran wildly to the right. Under the Sun and Moon Dragon, a female general was extremely brave and led his army to rush into the enemy formation. Wherever he passed, the cold light shone. Later Jin cavalry all covered their necks and fell down. Seeing the reinforcements coming, the morale of the Guanning Army was greatly boosted. Under the leadership of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, they counterattacked wildly and gradually recovered their decline.
Seeing that the right side had stabilized, Zhu Cijiu raised his telescope and looked at the city wall. At this time, the Ming army had already rushed up to the city wall under the cover of musketeers and fought wildly with the enemy. From time to time, there were figures of people falling down on the city wall, including Ming soldiers, Later Jin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers. The scene was extremely chaotic and there was no way to see the victory or defeat.
Zhu Cijiu put down his telescope tiredly and issued an order in a slightly hoarse voice: "Transfer the order, and transfer the front row of the Type 618 howitzers to the left and right corners of the city wall to prevent the enemy from reinforcements from both sides."
Qin Mingyue next to him felt so distressed when she saw him like this. She quickly opened the food box beside her, scooped out a bowl of rock candy lotus seed bird's nest porridge, handed it to Zhu Cijing, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, drink some porridge first and have a rest. It's time for dinner."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Cijiu looked up at the sky. Sure enough, the sun was setting. Before he knew it, he had been fighting for a day. Fortunately, at noon, he took advantage of the artillery to attack the city and asked all the soldiers to have a hurry to eat dry food, otherwise they would be hungry and weak.
Zhu Cijing looked at the battle situation around him, endured the feeling of hunger, and lied: "I am not hungry yet, why don't you eat it for success and pour me a glass of water."
Qin Mingyue couldn't do so, so she had to hand the bowl to Zheng Chenggong beside her and quickly poured water for Zhu Cijing.
Zheng Chenggong was actually hungry. After watching the battle for a day, he had enough addiction. His legs were almost numb and his stomach was almost hungry. He took the rock candy lotus seed bird's nest porridge handed over by Qin Mingyue, and drank it in a few sips. After drinking it, he remembered that it was given by the emperor. He quickly said with a good manner: "Thank you, thank you sister Mingyue."
Schvira, who was not far away, couldn't help swallowing when he saw this. He was hungry. He was so happy to watch this extraordinary battle. Although he didn't move, his whole body was always in a state of boiling blood. The consumption was even more powerful than riding a horse. How could he not be hungry? But he secretly observed both sides and found that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were standing there respectfully, and no one showed any expression of wanting to eat. He had to cover his stomach and continue watching the battle.
After about half an hour, it was getting dark. Finally, a bloody general led the way to the observation deck, knelt on one knee, and panted, "Your Majesty, the Jiannu cavalry on the left has been defeated."
Zhu Cijing looked carefully at the blood man in front of him, and then he recognized it as Xu Hongye, the general under Lu Xiangsheng. He hurried forward and held his arm and said, "General Xu, please get up quickly, what are the casualties of our soldiers?"
Xu Hongye stood up in a state of emotion and said tremblingly: "Back to the emperor, our army has not suffered much casualties, only a few thousand people were killed, and less than half of them were injured."
Dizzy, this is not a big deal! Zhu Cijiong asked again: "Where is the enemy?"
Xu Hongye thought for a while before replying: "The specific number of people still needs to be cleaned up the battlefield before they know, but less than 40% of them escaped."
Less than 40% of the cases, that is, the enemy's casualties were at least 60,000 to 70,000. Compared with the Ming army, the casualties were not large.
Zhu Cijing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yeah, it's great. I'll pass on my will. The monthly salary of Tianxiong Army will be doubled, and the pensions of the fallen soldiers will be doubled. The soldiers who have made meritorious service will be rewarded after they are reported."
Xu Hongye was excited and knelt on one knee again and said, "Thank you for your grace."
Zhu Cijing blamed him: "Everyone said he should not salute him. Go and eat quickly. Let's tell Jiandou that he can eat first, then clean the battlefield after dinner."
Xu Hongye kowtowed again and then went excitedly.
About half an hour later, the world was dim. Another bloody man ran to the observation deck, knelt on one knee, and panted, "Your Majesty, the Jiannu cavalry on the right have been repelled."
Zhu Cijing praised OK, then went up to protect his arm and looked carefully. His face and body were covered in blood. He really couldn't recognize it! He had to say embarrassedly: "This, please get up quickly, thank you, thank you for your hard work, what is the casualties of our army?"
The blood man did not get up, but knelt there and said in pain: "Back to the emperor, all the musketeers of our Guanning Army, the spearmen, have fallen down. The casualties cannot be counted for the time being. It is estimated that at least more than half of the cavalry were killed. More than 20,000 people were killed in the battle, and the rest were injured. Even the old general of Zhao Ruo Cult was killed in battle!"
After saying that, two lines of blood and tears flowed from the corners of the bloody man's eyes, and he knelt straight there, trembling all over.
Zhu Cijing was stunned when he heard this. The casualties were too heavy. More than 50,000 people were killed and a general was sacrificed!
At this time, Sun Chengzong walked up with a wet towel and rubbed his face for the bloody man, comforting him: "Breaking a dragon, don't be too sad. We can wrap the corpse for the generals and it is a good destination. How many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were killed in a foreign land, and even their bones could not be found. For example, Du Song, the commander of the Western Army of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin, and more than 30,000 soldiers in the Battle of Sarhu, were still alive, and where did they go to their souls!"
As he spoke, he turned around and secretly wiped his tears.
Changing Jiao, Cao Changing Jiao, Zhu Cijiu came back to his senses and saw that he was indeed a heroic young general. Who would be if he was not the new general Cao Bujiao?
If you can make the Ming Dynasty's No. 1 strong general like this, you should be the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty. Zhu Cijiu asked tentatively: "Is it Huang Taiji?"
Cao Bianjiao said hatefully: "It is Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Tang Gudi, Abatai, Degele, Jiergalang, Haoge, and Obai all came. They were so shameless that they surrounded me as they fought. Four or five people besieged me, making me unable to save the old general Zhao."
Zhu Cijiu fainted after hearing this, Oh my God, it was these people. You were besieged by four or five. What a powerful general! Seeing that Cao Bianjiao was still worried about Zhao Rujiao's death, he quickly pulled the topic and said, "Is it okay to order Cao Wen to order General Cao to be the best?"
When Cao Bianjiao heard this, his expression was indeed much better. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern. My uncle is fine, but he was stabbed in his leg. There are minor injuries in other places, so it's not a big problem."
Well, I was injured many times and had a hole in my leg. It was so good that I was injured. It was definitely not easy for others to be injured. He continued to say, "What about you? Where are you injured? Let me show you."
Cao Bianjiao was embarrassed now. He held it in for a long time before he hesitating: "This, this, the emperor, the empress is not injured."
Zhu Cijiong pretended to be suspicious and said, "Really, get up and let me see."
Cao Bianjiao quickly stood up and said in panic: "How dare I deceive the emperor? I am not hurt."
Zhu Cijing pretended to check, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, I am worthy of being the number one general of the Ming Dynasty. I was besieged by four or five enemy generals and was not injured at all. Not bad, not bad, I'm hungry, hurry up and go to have a meal. Tell Cao Wenzhao, just say what I said, eat first, and then talk about other things after dinner."
Cao Bianjiao was sent away for no reason, but Zhu Cijing just didn't want to see him being too sad. They were still the ones that should be rewarded. When Cao Bianjiao got off the watchtower and left, Zhu Cijing immediately said: "Issue the order, Guanning Army will be promoted to the first-class legion, and the monthly salary will be paid three times, and all the fallen soldiers will be given three times, and the deputy general Zhao Shujiao will be awarded the title of the crown prince's grand tutor."
After Cao Huachun arranged for someone to send the order, Zhu Cijiu looked at the sky and considered whether to withdraw the troops. It was dark this day. If the moonlight was not bright, it would be impossible to see the figure clearly. What else would you beat?
He was about to ask Sun Chengzong when another bloody man ran up and knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, the city wall in the south of Shengjing has been captured!"
Wow! Zhu Cijing couldn't believe his ears anymore. He couldn't tell the winner yet, but why did he suddenly hit him? He rushed to the blood man excitedly and saw that he was familiar with Zu Dabi Zu's second wrinkle. He held Zu Dabi's arm and said, "General Zu, don't have any gifts. Thank you for your hard work, how did you capture the city wall? What are the casualties?"
Zu Dabi stood up, touched his head, and said silly: "I don't know what's going on. As I beat the enemy, I ran away. I don't know much about the casualties. I just went to kill the enemy, and didn't pay attention to these."
If you don’t know anything, why are you here to report the good news? Zhu Cijing asked angrily: "Where is Sun Chuanting, why did he send you here?"
Zu Dabi didn't pay attention to Zhu Cijiong's tone at all. He continued to say foolishly: "General Sun is discussing the city defense with General Mao. He said that I would like to talk to him, and the emperor would definitely like him, so he asked me to come and report the good news. By the way, General Sun also asked me to ask the emperor if he wanted to continue attacking."
It's dark and why are you attacking? Sun Chuanting must have been over until today, and there is nothing important, so he sent such a living treasure to report the good news. Zhu Cijing couldn't help but waved: "No, let's talk about anything tomorrow, you can go back to have a meal first."
When Zu Dabi heard about eating, he was so happy that he even knew that he had thanked the emperor, and then he left happily.
Zhu Cijing was already tired and hungry. He knew that the officials around him could not bear it anymore. Now good news has been heard everywhere, and there is nothing to worry about. He quickly asked everyone to go back to the camp to have a meal and rest. It would not be too late to talk about anything tomorrow.
The next morning, Zhu Cijing had just gotten up sleepyly, and Sun Chengzong ran over to announce the good news with a red face: "Emperor, all the defenders in Shengjing City ran away!"
He was confused at this moment, and he couldn't help but subconsciously asked, "Really?"
Sun Chengzong replied excitedly: "It's true that most of the cities in Shengjing are Mongolian soldiers, and Huang Taiji was beaten away. They had no intention of defending the city and they all ran away at night!"
Chapter completed!