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Chapter 245: The Arrival of the Main Town


The evacuation of the Jiannu army was without delay.

The whole army rushed towards the capital and drove directly to the Haizi camp in Jingnan.

At this time, the Ming court was congratulating Jiannu for withdrawing the siege of the capital.

Before Jiannu withdrew the siege, reinforcements from Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi and other places were defeated in the offensive and defensive battles of the capital, and the capital was in danger.

It's not that these soldiers didn't fight hard, but the random command of the Ming Ministry of War and the emperor.

In fact, the generals in various places wanted to guard the city, but out of the face of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, the imperial cabinet made the decision to send troops outside the city, relying on The city wall fought a decisive battle with Jiannu.

Well, half-baked cavalry and weak troops faced off against the Jiannu cavalry in the wild.

Even though they had their backs against the city wall, they were lucky that the entire army was not wiped out.

As a result, more than half of the Xuanfu reinforcements and Datong reinforcements were lost.

Even Mangui, the Datong general who was responsible for the defense of the capital, suffered many injuries in the fierce battle with Azig and others outside Deshengmen and almost died, so he had to Return to the city.

At this moment, Jiannu actually retreated.

These days gave Mangui, Youshilu and other reinforcements from various places a chance to breathe.

They hurriedly rested their subordinates and repaired their armor in order to fight again.

It can be said here that the Polu Army's southern battle saved the lives of Mangui and his soldiers.

He would have lost his life in the next battle, but at this time he was resting and preparing for war.

Man Gui, You Shilu and other reinforcements from various places suggested to the cabinet and the emperor that they should not go out to fight in the field.

This time, the generals were extremely united for the sake of their own lives and those of their subordinates.

There is a worry of collapse.

Civil servants like the cabinet and the Ministry of War who have not been in battle have nothing to do at this time.

Liao Town has been defeated, and most of them have gone back to Shanhaiguan to wait and see.

Just kidding, their immediate superiors have been imprisoned.

Who among the remaining generals and deputy generals dares to stay in the capital?

, for fear of being implicated and jailed.

Without Liao Town, which has the largest combat power, reinforcements from Denglai Town, Ningxia Town, Shaanxi and other places have not yet arrived.

If reinforcements from Shanxi, Datong, Xuanfu and other places make trouble again, how will it end?

So he pinched his nose and admitted it, and ordered the capital city to be guarded.

The capital had just been calm for a few days, and the situation inside and outside the imperial court had just been relaxed for less than ten days.

The Jiannu army returned to Nanhaizi again.

Not knowing the details, the capital of the Ming Dynasty once again tightened its nerves and put the entire city on alert.

Reinforcements from various places and soldiers from the capital camp went to the city to stand guard in preparation for Jiannu's siege.

The reason why Nurhaci besieged the capital again was that his ambition to capture the capital of the Ming Dynasty was still not extinguished.

The temptation of a fatal blow was too great.

Furthermore, he hoped to besiege the capital and force Denglai's reinforcements to enter the capital as soon as possible.

Then the Jin army could defeat this powerful enemy in the field and avenge themselves.

Therefore, it was inevitable to besiege the capital again. .

However, siege does not mean attack, because when he returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he found that the defenders of the capital had also become cunning, and they all retreated into the city to defend themselves.

He no longer foolishly went out of the city to fight in the field.

Although Jiannu had always despised the Ming army's combat power, it was still a field battle.

Such Nikan's skills in defending the city were not weak, not to mention that he was now guarding the strong city of the Ming Dynasty capital.

If we attack the capital city by force, the losses will be extremely heavy.

We have already lost more than 10% of our soldiers in this expedition, so we really cannot afford to lose any more.

Huang Taiji did not order a strong attack or retreat from the enemy.

He just wandered around outside the capital and continued the siege.

There was no hope for Huang Taiji in the capital, but with the pressure of the Ming Dynasty surrounding the capital, Denglai's reinforcements dared not rush towards the capital.

This is the opportunity.

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Huang Taiji's idea was not wrong, but he did not expect that the prey he wanted to trap was already full.

As for the pressure of the imperial court, he had already made up his mind.

"Headquarters has worked hard all the way for the country."

Li Heng bowed his hands.

At this time, Mr.

Li, An Yongde, Zhao Lie and others were waiting for Zhang Keda, the chief military officer of Denglai Town, at the south gate of Zhuozhou.

Although the Ming Dynasty is said to be noble in culture and low in military, it still depends on rank and position.

The fifth-grade magistrate is not the fifth- and sixth-grade censor, and he cannot stand up in front of a second-grade general, but Li Heng does not need to kneel down.

"This town is just doing its duty faithfully.

Mr.

Li sticks to Zhuozhou and repels the Jiannu.

This is how he can relieve the country's worries and serve his majesty."

Zhang Keda said with a bright smile.

Now Zhuozhou is victorious, regardless of whether Li Heng presides over the campaign, as the leader of Zhuozhou's civil servants, he can make a lot of money from this victory.

As the cabinet and the court that reward merit, of course they will try their best to take care of the civil servants.

Li Heng's rise to the top is just around the corner.

Hearing this, Li Heng couldn't hide the pride on his face, and Wu Luan couldn't help but smile.

"I've seen Mr.

Zhang."

"I've seen Mr.

Zhang."

An Yongde and Zhao Lie knelt on the ground.

As low-ranking generals, this was a common practice when meeting superior officials.

"Both of you, please get up."

Zhang Kedaxu gave him a hand.

The two stood up hurriedly.

"Zhao Lie, are all the slave-building brigade in the capital?"

Zhang Keda asked.

Although Zhang Keda also sent a large number of Ye Bushou, he only knew that there were no more slave-building troops on the line from Gu'an to Zhuozhou and near Zhuozhou, and only sporadic slave-building sentries existed.

Forced by the possible punishment of the imperial court and the great victory of Zhuozhou sent by Zhao Lie, Zhang Keda bit the bullet and rushed from Gu'an to Zhuozhou.

After more than a hundred miles, Zhang Keda led his soldiers to arrive in three days.

As for the guardsmen who were still marching in the rear, Zhang Keda couldn't care about such a hindrance at this time.

The safety of his own family was the first priority.

"Sir, the entire Jiannu brigade is near the capital.

There are no more than a hundred Jiannu soldiers nearby."

Zhao Lie replied.

In the past few days, Zhao Lie had sent out all the remaining men from the Cavalry Commander and Ye Bushou to form a group to investigate.

He was surprised to find that , all the slave-building brigade were pushed to the capital, and even good hometowns were given up.

Well, Zhang Keda nodded.

Under Li Heng and An Yongde's wishes, 4,000 soldiers from Denglai began to enter Zhuozhou.

Fortunately, Zhuozhou is an important city in Nanjing after all.

There is more than 4,000 soldiers in Zhoujiuli, let alone 4,000 soldiers.

The Denglai Guardsmen who followed up could also accommodate them.

After entering the city, Zhang Keda did not immediately rush to the reception banquet prepared by Li Heng and An Yongde, but insisted on seeing the battlefield and captures in Zhuozhou.

This was the most important thing.

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Zhao Lie sent people to briefly report that Nurhachi's six sons were killed in Tabai, and Huang Taiji led his troops to attack the city, killing thousands of Jiannu soldiers.

Zhang Keda felt as if he was scratching his heart.

He came here and didn't check it out.

You can go to the banquet with peace of mind.

Zhang Keda climbed up to the Tongji Gate Tower and saw three large piles of corpses piled up one mile outside the city.

They were all headless corpses with most of their clothes and armor taken off.

The scene was extremely ferocious.

Fortunately, it was the coldest day in winter.

During the season, the corpses were frozen and there wasn’t much smell coming from them.

In addition, there were several large raised mounds a few miles away from the north gate.

Zhao Lie pointed out that they were the bodies of the people who were driven by the slaves to attack the city, and they were all buried there.

Zhang Ke was shocked, but he could see that the corpses of the slave-building soldiers were no less than a few thousand, plus the corpses of the Ming people, there were more than 10,000 people.

Even if more than 10,000 people stood there without resisting, they would have to be killed for half a day.

It can be seen that the battle situation at that time was very serious. fierce.

Coming down from the city, several people came to the camp of the Polu Army.

A large dilapidated warehouse was filled with the heads of Jian slaves and Mongolians smeared with lime.

Some grinned, and some stared with anger.

The entire dark and dilapidated warehouse looked even more eerie and terrifying, like a forehead and nose hell.

Zhang Keda winked at the guards around him, and the two guards led more than ten soldiers to start checking the heads of Jiannu and Beibei in the warehouse.

An Yongde, Zhao Lie and others are calm and composed.

They have made solid military achievements and there is nothing to worry about.

"Sir, the next door is where the heads and armor of the Tabai are stored.

Do you want to see it, sir?"

Zhao Lie said with a salute.

"Oh" Zhang Keda raised his eyebrows, this was the son of Boarhide, "Zhao Lie led the way, I will go to take a look.

Several people came to the warehouse next door and saw mountains of soldiers and armors in the warehouse, all of which had been captured by the troops who had defeated the captives in several battles.

There are Mongolian machetes, spears, maces, long-handled sabers, swords, arrows, foot bows, and riding bows from the Jiannu and Han armies, as well as the Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, Zhenglan, Zhengbai, There are white-trimmed and other styles of armor, Han army-style chain mail, pierced armor, fish scale armor, and some fairly complete leather armor, as well as numerous stirrups, saddles, riding whips, etc.

Various items are piled up in the warehouse.

In a corner of the warehouse, there are flags such as Jiale Ezhen and Niulu Ezhen.

What was placed next to him was Tabai's angry-looking corpse, with the damaged fish scales still covering his body.

An Yongde was no stranger to this.

When they were cleaning the battlefield that day, the Polu army declined the help of the Zhuozhou guards and cleaned up the corpses themselves, cutting off heads, stripping off armor, collecting gold and silver, and dismembering dead horses.

The proficiency and carefulness of the Polu Army soldier's work is obvious from the first glance.

What An Yongde envied most at that time was the mountains of gold and silver.

The slaves entered the customs and entered the prosperous capital of the Ming Dynasty.

They robbed countless gold and silver, most of which were carried with them.

At this time, they took advantage of the Polu army.

But An Yongde estimated that the gold and silver would cost more than 100,000 yuan, and some of the jewelry was thin.

However, An Yongde thought about paying for the soldiers who died in the battle, and guessed that Zhao Lie would not have much left.

At this time, there was no trace of it in the warehouse, and Zhao Lie had hidden everything he could see.

Zhang Keda looked at Tabai's body carefully and saw that Tabai's bright light armor, soft-lined armor, and waist knife were all of the highest quality.

Beside Tabai's body, there were also several Jiannu Niulu foreheads.

Real heads and armor.

At this time, there was no need for guards to check the heads.

Zhang Keda also believed that Zhuozhou had won a great victory.

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These soldiers, armor and flags could not be made in this short time.

Even these soldiers, armor, bows, crossbows and arrows were worth one hundred thousand taels of silver. .

"Commander An and Zhao Qianhu, you two have made great achievements this time.

This is a rare victory since this dynasty faced off against Jiannu."

Zhang Keda's eyes flickered, with envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart. .

Even though he was the commander-in-chief, he did not achieve such a great victory.

The Ming Dynasty rewarded Jiannu the most for killing him.

He knew that the future prospects of An Yongde and Zhao Lie were limitless.

"The lower officials dare not take credit.

It was all done by the troops and horses led by Zhao Qianhu.

We, the Zhuozhou Guards, were just beating the drum.

I am so ashamed.

I am so ashamed."

An Yongde dared not take credit in front of Zhao Lie, no matter how thick-skinned he was.

"Mr.

An is too humble.

Without the help of the Zhuozhou Guards, how could our Denglai Army achieve a great victory in Zhuozhou?"

Zhao Lie said with a smile.

The Zhuozhou Guards just refused to let Zhao Lie enter the city.

Let alone a great victory, I am afraid that the Polu Army would have been defeated.

Of course, this is the result of the transaction, which is unreasonable to outsiders.

Everyone had been waiting for more than an hour.

Zhang Keda's personal guards came back to report.

In total, they inspected more than 2,600 heads of Jiannu and more than a thousand heads of Beibei.

Zhang Ke twisted his beard and laughed.

The Denglai Army will definitely be famous in all directions after this battle.

As the chief general of the Denglai Army, he should be remembered for his first contribution

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