The imperial city closed its doors at sunset, and so did the palace inside. One door and two worlds. Once the palace door was closed, outsiders were not allowed to enter. Likewise, the emperor would not go out. But since Chang Yu fell from the sky, many rules of the Ming Dynasty Everyone is making exceptions.
For example, he could enter and leave the Forty-Nine City of the Imperial Capital at will, and he could also enter and leave the palace after dark. For example, now, Emperor Chongzhen actually rushed out of the palace in the middle of the night, followed by a group of eunuchs and went straight to Donghua Gate.
The British Duke Zhang Shize and others who were on duty in the imperial city trotted over hurriedly without knowing what had happened: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what happened..."
Emperor Chongzhen had no time to pay attention to him, so he shouted to open the door from a long distance from Donghua Gate. The eunuch and bodyguard guarding the gate opened the door in confusion, and saw the emperor and his entourage heading straight for the Neidongchang Yamen.
Zhang Shize and others stopped at the gate of Donghua. They looked at the Neidongchang Yamen and suddenly laughed. As expected, what happened to the little eunuch? He has violated the power of God. This dog eunuch is doing bad things behind his back every day. He will be punished. .
Inside the Neidongchang Yamen, the lights were bright and the lobby was crowded. Chang Yu was sitting upright in the middle, and an imperial doctor was suturing his wound with needle and thread. His hands were covered with blood and it was chilling to the eye.
"The Emperor has arrived!" a shout came from outside the courtyard, and everyone in the hall hurried to the outside and stood on both sides to greet him. As soon as Chang Yu got up, he rushed Emperor Chongzhen in: "Are you... seriously injured?" He saw the look on Chang Yu's face. He was pale, and his whole body was soaked in blood. It was obvious that he had lost too much blood. He was shocked in his heart. He couldn't help but trembled: "Why bother working so hard? If something happens to you...hey, who will clean up this mess for me!"
Until this moment, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly realized how important this little eunuch who suddenly appeared was to him. From the beginning, he only knew this person because he was a confidant of the prince who buried treasures for royal secrets. Later, because of his good fists and kicks, he The palace made a fortune and made a lot of money for the royal family, which made Emperor Chongzhen favor him.
Of course, when the gold shines, he still pays to go to Taiyuan, become famous in one battle, and then out of control, and finally becomes the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, and the spiritual support of Emperor Chongzhen. At this time, seeing Chang Yu seriously injured, he was trembling with fear, fearing that this If the sea-suppressing needle breaks, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger or even perish.
"It's just a skin injury, don't worry about it, Your Majesty." Chang Yu pretended to be relaxed and smiled lightly, but everyone could see how reluctant he was. The arrow that broke out was very tricky, and it hit the neck through the gap in the armor, almost killing him. A broken artery was the most serious injury Chang Yu had ever suffered in time travel. In the past, broken bones and flesh would return to normal in a few days due to his super self-healing ability, but this time his blood vessels were indeed broken. It is said that one accident can cause a fart.
Emperor Chongzhen sighed deeply and went to him to look at the wound. After asking the imperial doctor a few words, he was relieved when he learned that the bleeding had stopped. He waved his hands and everyone in the room exited the door, leaving only him and Chang Yu.
"What happened to the cannon fire just now? You went out of the city to attack the camp. What did you get?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.
Chang Yu told the truth, and Emperor Chongzhen was stunned at the moment: "Two thousand dead soldiers, nine out of ten, Chang Yu, you are cruel!"
"If you don't want to give up your children, you can't trap the wolf." Chang Yu lowered his head and sighed: "I am willing to bear all the infamy and responsibility."
"You don't have to bear any responsibility." Emperor Chongzhen stood up and said: "There are no immortals in the war. They are the heroes of the Ming Dynasty who sacrificed their lives for the country. I will pay for the silver rewards and pensions of those who died, and they will be paid from internal funds. It doesn’t cost a penny from the treasury.”
Chang Yu remained silent and sighed in his heart. He has been waiting for your words for a long time.
"Are you really able to retain Dorgon with all this trouble? Does he really know how to attack the city?" Emperor Chongzhen asked again, and Chang Yu said, "I dare not say you can retain him, but you must have angered him. We will try again tomorrow." Pour some oil on it and it will be done, leaving him for two or three days is not a big problem."
Chongzhen was silent for a long time, walked around the room for a long time, and took a long breath at the door: "In previous years, when the Tatars entered the customs, people in the court would burn incense and pray to the Buddha and pray that the Tatars would go away. How do you do it? Try your best to keep him. Even provoking them to attack the city, it's really... Hey, I hope those two thousand Ming men didn't die in vain." He turned to look at Chang Yu and said, "Have a good life and recover from your injuries. If something happens to you, how many people will be buried with you?" He turned around leave.
Chang Yu walked to the yamen gate and watched him enter the Donghua Gate. He walked to the railing of the moat and sighed softly. Emperor Chongzhen's words about how many people were buried with him contained a lot of helplessness and respect for him. What he meant now was that if he died, , the Ming Dynasty was almost over, and many living beings were in ruins at that time.
So I can't die. Chang Yu raised his hand and touched his neck. It hurt, he was dizzy, and he had lost too much blood.
Chang Yu was not alone in dizziness. Dorgon was also dizzy in the Qing army camp outside the city, but he was dizzy not from injury but from anger. The Ming army attacked the camp at night and did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of two thousand dead soldiers. The price caused him great harm.
The fire in the camp lasted for nearly an hour before it was extinguished. A large number of tents, food, grass and other luggage were burned, and many soldiers, horses and captured Ming people were killed. The total casualties were thousands.
"Rat, rat" Dorgon angrily yelled at the Ming army who did not dare to fight openly, so they would engage in these sneaky and dirty tricks. Then he roared that Shang Kexi and others were incompetent and useless. Even if they were prepared early in the morning, they would be attacked. In the camp, it was utterly useless.
Shang Kexi and other generals did not dare to speak.
"Passed to Azige and Nikan troops to besiege the city quickly, I want to conquer Beijing," Dorgon roared angrily, and ordered all the Ming soldiers who died in the battle and those who were captured to carry their heads to the city with poles, and wait for dawn to demonstrate on the city. .
None of the generals objected. They were indeed furious because of the Ming army's sneak attack. In addition, they also had the illusion that if they really broke the city, they would gain far more than what they could rob by running around, and they could even take over thousands of miles of the Ming Dynasty.
I thought that when the Gyeonggi Province was empty of troops again, although there were reinforcements in the south, they did not dare to approach. It would be a pity to leave without a fight at such a good opportunity. The previous caution made Wannian Ship think that it would be better to leave early and plunder. , but being provoked by Chang Yu, he took advantage of the situation and made a decision. Whether it works or not, it is not too late to do it before leaving.
Qing army spies sent letters to Changping and Pinggu all night long to urgently call for reinforcements to come quickly to besiege the city and make a big deal.
In Pinggu County, although it was late at night, Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief, did not fall asleep, but was patrolling the city. It was not that he was not sleepy, but that he was afraid! At present, among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, except Wu Sangui, he is the one who has fought the most with the Qing army. He is well aware of its powerful combat power and cruel methods.
A few days ago, he suddenly heard that the Qing army had entered the pass. Chang Yu was so shocked that he quickly led his troops from Jizhou to intercept it. Even the troops who were mobilized at that time did not even arrive. After all, it was the territory under his jurisdiction. How dare he neglect it.
However, Tang Tong also knew mentally that the few men he had on hand could not defeat the Qing army, and he had no more than 10,000 men under his command. Previously, he led 8,000 troops to assist in the strategy and there were casualties, but now he only managed to pull out about 6,000 troops. Moreover, although its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the inland troops, it is still slightly inferior to the Qing cavalry.
But the duty had to be done, so Tang Tong led his troops to rush there, and at the same time sent someone to report to the court, saying that he would immediately summon Chang Yu back to King Qin in the capital. In his absence, no one in the capital would be able to stop the Qing soldiers.
Tang Tong decided to fill in the hole first, thinking that he had learned some dirty tricks from the little eunuch outside the customs. Even if he couldn't stop him, he could just hide and seek with him. Who knows, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel. His men and horses When we first arrived in Pinggu, we had to scout the horse to report urgently that there were tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers coming to kill in the west of Pinggu County.
Damn it, the tired servants who have been traveling all the way can't beat him, and where can they hide? It was only then that Tang Tong realized that even if he wanted to learn the little eunuch's dirty tricks, he had to have his brains. In panic, he quickly ordered a rapid march and hid in Pinggu County before the Nikan troops arrived, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
But it made Nikan very angry. He secretly regretted that he only focused on robbery along the way and didn't send a team of troops to occupy the city first. He was blocked outside the city and the duck flew away. How could Nikan just do it? If they didn't believe that the city could not be taken down, they ordered the city to be besieged, yelled at and threatened, and surrendered without killing them, otherwise no chickens or dogs would be left after the city was broken.
The people in the city were frightened and uneasy. Fortunately, Tang Tong had also seen big scenes. How could he be frightened by his few words, knowing that he was just trying to shake the morale of the army and induce them to surrender.
After seeing that the threats were ineffective, Nikan became angry and ordered an attack on the city. However, he had few siege equipment, and although Pinggu was a small city, there were many soldiers stationed there. If he could not attack for a long time, Nikan had no idea, so he ordered a small number of troops to besiege the city, and the rest plundered.
But even so, Tang Tong did not dare to be careless. People in the city were panicked. He was worried that some soldiers or ordinary people could not stand the intimidation and temptation and would open the door to surrender at night. There would be no place to die, so he did not hesitate to lead his own soldiers. Patrolling the city.
What's going on in the capital? Is the little governor back? What should I do if I am trapped in this city and will run out of ammunition and food in a short time? If the reinforcements don't come, will Xuezu Dashou kill people and eat meat like that? Tang Tong stood at the top of the city, looking at the bright Qing army camp outside the city and then at the dark night due south, with a sad look on his face.
