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Text Chapter 247 Sounds a lot like a death knell

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    Emperor Shunzhi looked at the many civil and military courtiers in front of him. They had been discussing for an hour and still had not come up with a plan to resist the Ming army. If this continued, the Ming army would really reach the city wall. "Hong Chengchou has not yet come up with a plan to resist the Ming army."  Are you coming back?" Hong Chengchou was assigned to the front line in Hebei. As soon as he left, the Ming army broke through Juyong Pass. Shunzhi had no choice but to call back Hong Chengchou, who was now reliable.

    Released When Hong Chengchou learned the news that Juyong Pass had been breached in Zhuozhou, he was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. Before Shunzhi could call him back to Beijing, he hurried back in a hurry.

    Published When Hong Chengchou learned that the Ming army that made the surprise attack had less than 10,000 troops, he felt relieved and returned to Beijing to see Shunzhi without even washing his face.

    Posted: "My dear, I can only rely on you for the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty. Now I am in chaos. I still hope that my dear will take charge of the overall situation." Shunzhi is really numb now. He once went out of the city to hunt around Beijing, and he was deeply moved.  Knowing that Changping had no dangerous place to defend when he arrived in Beijing, it meant that the Ming army could reach the city walls of Beijing without even expending any effort.

    Published Hong Chengchou nodded, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the humble minister has a way to defeat the enemy." In fact, Hong Chengchou didn't have any clever ideas, he just knew that the Ming army was small and the threat was not great.

    At the request of Hong Chengchou, Shunzhi called several close and capable ministers to the imperial study room to discuss matters, including Prince Li Daishan, Prince Zheng Jierhalang and other Manchu princes Baylor, as well as Hou Fangyu, Hu Maozhen and others.  Hanchen.

    It is announced that Hou Fangyu is not only a minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also the Minister of Rites, but what is inconsistent with his status is his behavior. He is cautious in everything he does now. Only when he arrived in the imperial study room did he dare to speak, "Your Majesty, Wei  I remember something. I remember that Emperor Taizong once led one hundred thousand soldiers to bypass the Mongolian mountain passes, cross Sanhe, and pass through Shunyi. They reached Tongzhou, entered the horse ranch, and fought to the gates of Beijing. Yuan Chonghuan was starry night  We rushed for reinforcements and defeated Emperor Taizong with less than 10,000 troops. Although today's situation is different from that time, I think that the Ming army is less than 10,000 people, so there is nothing to worry about."

    Contrary to Hou Fangyu, Hu Maozhen was in a mess. He knew Emperor Hongguang's strategic plan from beginning to end. Now Li Chengdong fell from the sky and disrupted the entire plan. He really didn't know what Li Chengdong wanted to do. Did he think that just by relying on the things in his hand?  We can take Beijing with just a few troops. It seems that Li Chengdong wants to destroy his entire army!

    Posting Jierharang, Daishan and others were reminded of the past by Hou Fangyu's words. Yes, Huang Taiji was indeed beaten miserably by Yuan Chonghuan back then. A hundred thousand troops were forced to retreat by nine thousand troops. Although Huang Taiji later  Yuan Chonghuan was killed by counterintuitive tactics, but these Manchus still admired Yuan Chonghuan.

    After announcing that Hong Chengchou's current net worth was higher than that of Daishan and other Manchu princes, he saw that Shunzhi had set his sights on him, "Master Hou is right, the situation today is a bit similar to that of the past, but the Ming army has very few troops, and presumably there are no supplies.  It's not enough, so don't worry about it. What Weichen is worried about is the entire strategic plan of the Ming army. Judging from the battle situation some time ago, the Ming army seems to have made a big mistake. After taking Shanhaiguan, it did not attack Beijing.  It was a siege of Shengjing. It was a taboo for military strategists to go in the opposite direction, and the main force of the Ming army in Dingzhou was stagnant. No matter how you looked at it, it looked like they were waiting for something. Could it be that they were waiting for Li Chengdong's move?  chess?"

    Hu Maozhen coughed and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have different opinions. In any case, the Ming army has now reached the outside of Beijing. The key is to resolve the current crisis first." Hu Maozhen said in his heart that for the sake of the overall situation, he could only kill Li Chengdong.  The Ming army under his command was sacrificed. Even if he didn't say so, I believe that Shunzhi and Hong Chengchou would never let Li Chengdong's men have an easy time.

    Shunzhi nodded and said, "Hong Aiqing, I am not going to mobilize troops from other places. That would disturb the overall situation and would be very detrimental to the Qing Dynasty. I will put all the troops in the capital at Aiqing's disposal. I hope Aiqing can mobilize the troops tomorrow."  The army is annihilated." Shunzhi felt that Hong Chengchou was more capable among these people, and he was the only one to deal with Li Chengdong.

    Released The city of Beijing was discussing how to fight, and Li Chengdong and others stationed at the foot of Shijing Mountain were also studying the current situation. Invariably, they also mentioned Yuan Chonghuan.

    "The King of Zhenbei defeated the 100,000 Tatars with 9,000 troops. How brave he was. Today, although our army has less than 9,000 troops, it is more brave than the King of Zhenbei's army. Moreover, we have more than a hundred artillery pieces.  If you don't do something bright, how can you be worthy of the King of Zhenbei!" Li Chengdong said and looked at the four generals around him, "Our army has enough food and grass for half a month, and we have enough gunpowder, firearms and other supplies, so in this battle, we  Regardless of success or failure, we can only fight for ten days. If there is no progress within ten days, we will have absolutely no hope of survival." Li Chengdong has been thinking about it for a day, and at this point, he can only put his head on his waist.

      Posted by Dang Shousu, he first agreed, "The general is right. Our army can be proud of being able to reach this place. Regardless of success or failure, I believe this will be recorded in the history books. Today we will have a swearing-in meeting, General Lin."  You are known to be talented and knowledgeable, so it¡¯s up to you how you say it.¡±

    Lin Chengcheng's eyes were red. He turned to look at Li Chengdong, "General, although you are the commander-in-chief, there are things I have wanted to say for a long time. Your tactics are indeed not very good. Our army can reach Beijing."  Under the city, what we rely on is not the general's words about soldiers and bandits, but that our army is well-trained. Under the emperor's instruction, our army's combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of Taizu's founding army. The general will not object to the massacre of the city, but the general  The idea of ????sending troops to rob is enough to kill a general." When Lin Chenggong was in the military academy, he majored in "ideological politics". He had been holding these words in his heart for many days. In order not to affect Li Chengdong's mood, he  He didn't say that today Dang Shousu proposed that he take the oath, and he had to correct Li Chengdong's wrong command thinking.

    There were 8,400 people posted, arranged in neat square formations. Li Chengdong was scolded by Lin Chengcheng. Although he was unhappy, he didn't feel anything bad. He had done it anyway, and it was useless to think about it. He actually wanted to see  See what Lin Chenggong said.

    Lin Chengcheng stood at a high place and looked at the Ming soldiers below with their chests raised, and the resolute expressions on their faces. Lin Chengcheng was immediately infected by the solemn aura. He shed tears before he spoke. Lin Chengcheng  You know, these Ming army soldiers are not stupid, they all know what the next battle will be like.

    Posted "Once upon a time, an emperor secretly dispatched an army to plan a sneak attack on the enemy's rear. After long journeys and arduous battles, they finally reached their destination. However, it was also revealed that this secret deployment of troops was not  It's perfect, one of the soldiers said, it's terrible now, we are completely surrounded by the enemy, I'm afraid the whole army may be destroyed."

    Fu Lincheng paused, "But as soon as this soldier finished speaking, the soldier next to him said, what? We fell into the enemy's siege? We are a surprise force from heaven, and we hit the enemy's vital point at once  , why not say that everything the enemy has is under our control?"

    Posted "The same situation, if different people think about it, think from different angles, some people see disasters, while some people see opportunities. In the same way, we have reached this point today  The situation is that Beijing was once the capital of our Ming Dynasty, but we are very close to it now. Yes, our situation is indeed not good. We are alone deep behind enemy lines and have completely lost contact with the emperor's main force, even if the emperor knows that we are now  We are in a bad situation and cannot support us, which is really bad; but what is worse than us are the Tatars. They are even more frightened now because we are right under their noses. As long as each of us holds firm determination, Beijing  It¡¯s not that the city cannot be captured, even if we fail, the Tatars will have to pay ten times the price we did"

    Posted "Swear to the death to seize Beijing, annihilate the Tatars, and regain the capital!" The Ming army listened to Lin Chengcheng's passionate words of oath, and their morale rose sharply. Lin Chengcheng was right, their situation was not good, the Tatars were sure  Even more afraid than they are, this battle may not be without the possibility of victory.

    Release Li Chengdong was impressed when he saw Lin's words boosting the morale of the soldiers to an unprecedented level. He immediately took this opportunity to announce his march to Beijing. The excited Ming army marched towards Beijing with their heads held high.

    It was announced that Hong Chengchou's strategy was to defend the enemy outside the "national gate". The 13,000 people assigned to him by Emperor Shunzhi were the elite of the Eight Banners. Hong Chengchou had already calculated that even if these more than 10,000 people exchanged their lives for their lives,  Li Chengdong's men also had to be annihilated.

    He Dacheng wiped his tears. He was actually very afraid of death. Otherwise, he would not have persuaded Li Benzhen to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. He couldn't figure out why he asked for death. He slowly wrapped the wristband around his wrist.  Slow but very powerful. Looking at the fourteen hundred people around him, he suddenly understood something. Yes, people have to live a certain way when they are alive, and they have to choose a vigorous way to die.

    Release After Li Chengdong learned that the Qing army took the initiative to attack, he discussed with several generals that the best way was to use a small number of troops to entangle the attacking Qing army. Of course, the fate of this small number of troops was foreseeable. What Li Chengdong did not expect was  He Dacheng actually persisted in taking on this narrow escape mission. Li Chengdong knew He Dacheng very well. Although He Dacheng was a bit excessive to describe him as greedy for life and fearful of death, He Dacheng was definitely not someone who regarded death as his own. For this reason, Li Chengdong gave He Dacheng four hundred more people.  , he only led 7,000 men to avoid the main force of the Qing army and capture Beijing.

    "General, we are coming soon." A Qianhu came to He Dacheng. He was stunned when he saw He Dacheng's appearance, "General, you are a man! None of us are cowards. If I don't kill a hundred today,  A Tatar, I definitely don¡¯twill die.  "

    He Dacheng saw that the Qing army had entered the place where the gunpowder was buried, "Light it! Pass the general's order, and attack immediately after the explosion." Li Chengdong left twenty cannons and less than half of the gunpowder to He Dacheng.  Dacheng, He Dacheng ordered people to plant many simple mines on the road leading to Shijingshan. The dull sound of the mines and the sound of artillery sounded like a death knell.

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