Thinking about it, Wu Zhong was very happy in his heart. After all, he took such a big risk and was in the enemy camp just to finally defeat Jianlu!
At the same time, the eavesdropping seeds in his body also passed the news of the Ming army's victory to Emperor Chongzhen who was far away in the capital.
Although he didn't know the outcome of the battle, Emperor Chongzhen saw the words Wu Zhong heard turned into words and gathered various opinions, so he knew that the Ming army's victory in this war was at least a severe blow to the Manchu and Qing army. morale.
When he was happy, suddenly, there was another movement in the system, and the words that only Emperor Chongzhen could see began to appear line by line.
Morale is a major factor in any war, especially in the era of cold weapon warfare. The level of morale is a key factor in determining the victory of the war! As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the host motivated the Qin soldiers very well, so that they exerted 12% of their combat power in the war against the Manchu and Qing armies. This severely damaged the morale of the Manchu and Qing armies and broke the field battle of the Manchu and Qing armies. The myth of invincibility.
This is a very good start. I hope that the host will always pay attention to the morale of the army and continue to work hard to maintain the strong morale of the Ming army. This will be a key step for the host, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to revive the Ming Dynasty. In order to encourage the host to behave similarly, a Grade A eavesdropping seed is specially awarded. Come on!
After reading these words, Emperor Chongzhen verified that he had obtained another Class A eavesdropping seed, and couldn't help but smile.
Eavesdropping seeds, the more the merrier!
The previous Class A eavesdropping seed had been "rewarded" to Chen Xinjia, the Governor of Xuanda, and a lot of information was learned from it. If he wanted to take it back, at least he would have to wait until he had wiped out all the Shanxi merchants and their associates.
Now that there is another Class A eavesdropping seed, who should it be best used on?
Emperor Chongzhen was happy for a while and then began to think about this issue. No matter what, if you have a golden finger, you must make full use of this eavesdropping seed!
After thinking for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, he patted his knees, and felt happy: Didn't the front line just win a victory? There must be prisoners, right? Let Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting send the prisoners to the capital immediately, select the most valuable prisoner, "reward" him with eavesdropping seeds, and then return him to Liaodong. In this way, there will be another channel to understand the news in Liaodong.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen did not hesitate and immediately issued an order and sent people to rush to the front line to convey this order.
After finishing this work, when Emperor Chongzhen calmed down, he suddenly had another idea, and for a while, he was quite excited.
He was thinking, should he sneak out of the city and go to the front line? In this way, even if no high-level prisoners are captured, as long as the two armies face each other, the Manchu and Qing leaders, such as Dorgon, Yue Tuo, etc., will always take the lead, right?
As long as they can be seen by themselves, wouldn't it be possible to drop the seeds of eavesdropping on them? In this way, the value of such a high-level Manchu leader to pass on news back must be immeasurable!
However, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is okay for him to leave the palace incognito once, but if he leaves the capital and goes to the front line, under this background, he is not afraid, but who of his subordinates will agree? Who is willing to help? Sneak out? It would take a few days. The emperor disappeared, and the capital must panic!
But no matter what, the idea of sneaking away to the front line and giving seeds to high-ranking Manchu leaders was like the devil's temptation. Emperor Chongzhen couldn't let it go, couldn't throw it away, and began to make calculations in his mind.
At the same time, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were not idle for a moment. After the voice of "Wan Sheng" in the army became slightly weaker and they all vented their excitement of victory, they immediately began to give orders and move the heavy artillery forward to prepare. Siege the city.
In the last battle, Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong had the greatest contribution, which made other generals jealous. Now that the military orders from the governor and governor were passed down again, they immediately started to get busy with their energy.
Pikemen, musketeers, and archers escorted the heavy artillery forward. Behind them were infantrymen pushing ladder trucks.
This kind of ladder cart fixes the ladder on a moving wooden board with wheels. It even has a row of protective panels in front to block arrows and cover the soldiers pushing the cart. After approaching the city wall, untie the rope and the ladder will tilt forward and lean against the city wall. After pulling back, the top hook of the ladder can still be firmly hooked on the battlement, and the infantry can immediately rush up on the ladder.
In the Central Plains, ladder trucks are the most basic equipment for siege. Since the Qin army had a clear intention to attack the city from the beginning, they naturally had to bring some with them, which came in handy at this time.
More than twenty ladder trucks were lined up in a row, spaced apart from each other. Behind each ladder truck, there were groups of infantrymen, some holding shields and swords, and some holding long weapons, such as machetes. Each of these soldiers is a highly skilled man.
Under the influence of the previous victory in the war, each of them had high morale and geared up, as if they wanted to get the ladder truck up to the city wall immediately, and they would rush up without hesitation.
Looking at the majestic Ming army soldiers outside the city, on top of the city, the surrendered county magistrate Chen Weiquan looked pale. Although he was a civil servant, he didn't know much about marching and fighting. But at this moment, anyone who is not blind can know that the coming battle will be very dangerous.
Previously, the reason why he chose to surrender to the Jianlu was because he was intimidated by the reputation of the Liaodong Jianlu; more importantly, his county had not done much to repair the city defenses. It's just a county town, with low walls and no moat. He felt that it was impossible to hold on and his life was at stake, so he surrendered immediately.
Now, he felt like he couldn't hold on anymore. But, can we surrender again? Obviously impossible! At this time, he felt a little desperate!
How to do how to do?
Just when he was at a loss and looked at Du Du asking for help, a loud "boom" suddenly sounded outside the city. Then Chen Weiquan felt the city wall shake, but an iron bullet hit the city wall, followed by There was another loud noise, earth and rocks flew everywhere, and a big hole appeared on the city wall.
With a "pop" sound, Chen Weiquan could no longer stand and fell to the ground in fright.
Du Du on the side heard the sound and looked over, feeling very contemptuous when he saw how miserable he was. He was already angry because the war was not going well, so he immediately found an outlet, kicked him, and shouted: "You cowardless bastard, get away!"
After saying that, he ignored Chen Weiquan who was kicked away and turned to look outside the city, his face looking particularly ugly.
He understands that the shot just now was just a test firing by the Ming army gunner outside the city. Later, the angle and amount of gunfire will be adjusted. If the shot is fired again, it will be more accurate. And he didn't even need to look to know that the target of the Ming army's heavy artillery was definitely the city gate.
Generally speaking, if this happens, the city gate must be blocked tightly with things. Otherwise, if it is just a wooden city gate, it will not be able to withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery.
However, at this time, Du Du had a ferocious face and did not order to block the city gate. Instead, he gave a stern order and passed on another order.
Obviously, he seems to have a way to deal with the Ming army's upcoming siege!
After a while, the Ming army's heavy artillery sounded again, with a "boom", and the iron bullet hit the target again in the blink of an eye. This time, it hit less than a foot away from the city gate. According to this trend, the next time it is likely to hit the city gate.
The Manchu and Qing troops defending the city all became nervous. One by one, they clenched their weapons and prepared to fight again after the city was defeated. Otherwise, they have no choice. At least at this time, they had never thought of surrendering to the Ming army!
Outside the city, the soldiers of the Ming army who were preparing to attack cheered when they saw the effect of the bombardment.
The city was deathly quiet, while the excited shouts outside the city formed a sharp contrast.
The Ming army officer commanding the artillery battalion already knew what was going on and ordered several heavy artillery pieces to adjust their parameters. At the next moment, they fired almost simultaneously.
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of heavy artillery firing was deafening, making the prisoners on the city's top look extremely ugly; while the faces of the Ming army officers and soldiers outside the city were full of expectation. Many soldiers even shouted in a low voice, "Medium, medium, medium..."
Not surprisingly, an iron bullet hit the city gate.
The wooden city gate could withstand the bombardment of iron bullets. With a "crash", the city gate was smashed, small pieces of wood flew around, and half of the city gate was gone.
"Wan Sheng..." When the Ming army officers and soldiers outside the city saw this, they all roared in unison, their voices full of excitement.
Under the flag of the Ming army commander, be it Hong Chengchou or Sun Chuanting, all had relaxed expressions on their faces.
The city gate was blasted, and with ladder trucks scattered all over the city wall to attack, we should be able to invade the city in one fell swoop. In this way, the previous war intention can be realized, which is to seize the county seat and rescue the Ming people inside before the Jianlu reinforcements arrive!
At the same time, on the official road about ten miles away from here, a group of knights were galloping towards us.
There were about twenty riders in total, and you could clearly see them from a distance. They were all wearing black flying fish uniforms. As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty, especially the people in the north, they can recognize it at a glance. This is one of the emperor's personal guards, the famous Jin Yiwei.
On the official road in front of this team of Jin Yiwei, on the side of the road, there was a man trying to climb up the official road from the ditch.
This man was wearing gray autumn clothes, and there seemed to be several styles. Anyway, they looked messy, and even his head was wrapped in some unknown fabric to protect him from the cold wind. Just by looking at it, I couldn’t tell whether it was a man or a woman, a human or a ghost!
When the man's upper body finally climbed up the official road, he looked up and heard the sound, and saw the Jin Yiwei speeding towards him in the distance. The bright eyes on his dirty face seemed to show a trace of desire, and he immediately stretched out his hand. I want to wave my hand. However, his hand was weak, and before he could raise it, he fell down feebly. It seemed that this move had exhausted all his strength, and even his upper body could not support it, and he fell down on the cold ground.
Feeling the vibration of the horse's step on the ground, the man knew that the team of royal guards was getting closer.
No matter what, take advantage of this opportunity. Thinking of this, the man suddenly showed his white teeth and clenched them tightly. His eyes were full of determination. He tried his best to push up his body, trying to raise his upper body to greet the team of Jin Yiwei.
However, the man's body just slightly left the ground, but he lost what little strength he had and fell back to the ground feebly.
Feeling that the Jin Yi Cavalry was getting closer and closer, the man's eyes already had a look of despair. He lay there unwillingly, using his remaining strength to slowly swing his hand against the ground. .
Under such circumstances, the hope of attracting the attention of this team of Jin Yiwei is very slim. Just like if you want to take revenge, it is almost impossible. At this moment, this person, Gao Qingxue, was really desperate.
Thinking of crawling out from the pile of dead people, picking up the clothes of the dead to keep out the cold, with an empty stomach, avoiding the Jianlu army outside the city, and stumbling along the longest road in my life.
When we got here, we were hungry and cold, and we no longer had the strength to move around. I was a little desperate at first, but suddenly I saw a group of uniformed guards, and I thought things were turning around. However, he was so weak that he no longer had any strength, not even the strength to say hello and ask for help.
At this moment, lying on the ground, I am almost the same as a corpse, right? This team of royal guards was speeding along, obviously on important matters. How could they stop to check whether the body on the roadside was still alive? There shouldn’t be too many corpses on the roadside these days!
At this moment, Gao Qingxue was really desperate.
Thinking of my parents who were killed by the Jianlu, thinking of my sisters who were plundered by the Jianlu, thinking of the Jin Yiwei named Wu Zhong, trying my best to make myself report to the court, thinking of everything, I felt sad in my heart. Unable to hold it back any longer, tears burst out of my eyes!
"Bahhhh..."
The rapid sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, passing by her without stopping, and then moved away again.
Gao Qingxue was really desperate. In the end, he failed to fulfill the instructions of the man named Wu Zhong Jinyiwei. Was he going to die?
My eyes were blurred by tears, and I seemed to see my father who was an official, and my mother who kept talking about why she didn't have a son...
Dad, Mom, my daughter is unfilial. I failed to avenge you and failed to take good care of my sisters...
At this time, Gao Qingxue fell into a coma, but her swinging hand was still swinging slowly unwillingly, but it was getting slower and slower.
She didn't know that the leader of the galloping team of royal guards suddenly reined in his horse and came to an emergency stop, then turned around and looked back with a little doubt.
"Brother Liu, what's wrong?" When the other Jinyi guards saw it, they stopped quickly. One of them asked in confusion, "It seems that they heard the sound of cannons. There should be a war going on. We have to find someone quickly. Otherwise, the war will be chaotic. I don’t even know if I will die in the rebellion!”
This brother Liu is Liu Yue, the general banner of Jinyiwei. He frowned and looked at the "corpse" on the official road not far away. Seeing that the hand seemed to be still moving, he dismounted and said: "There is no hurry at the moment." , that man on the roadside is a bit strange, go and take a look."
"Brother Liu, don't let there be too many dead people on the roadside. What's weird?" Another Jin Yiwei was a little confused and asked for advice.
Liu Yue strode over and imparted his experience to his men: "Looking at the figure, she is probably a woman. If you look again, you can't raise your head but your hands are still moving. She has a strong will to survive. When I passed by just now, I It seems that I saw him crying. You all know the purpose of our coming out. We would rather delay some time than let anyone go. This is the decree given by the emperor, so we must not be careless!"
