After Azig occupied Beijing, he was busy ascending the throne and rewarding meritorious heroes, appointing officials, and establishing the Chongwu court, but he did not expect that Zhao Ming would enter Hebei and come to Beijing.Now, Azig has just occupied Hebei, and except for Beijing, no other regions have established effective rule, and it is extremely empty, which gives Zhao Ming an opportunity to take advantage of.Tongzhou is very close to Beijing, and Azig also did not garrison any heavy troops, only more than 1,000 Ming and Qing troops were stationed.Zhao Ming took a turn under the city of Beijing, and after showing off his might, he surrounded Tongzhou City.Tongzhou stored a large amount of supplies, and Azig wanted to rescue, but his subordinates did not have generals who could compete with Zhao Ming.It's not that there is no one under Azig's command, but that after Zhao Ming withdrew from Shanhaiguan before, Azig sent out all the more capable of fighting his subordinates.Although he has more than 40,000 people in his hands now, it is okay to defend the city, and if he wants to deal with Zhao Ming, it is obviously not possible, and most of them will be sent to death.However, Tongzhou was related to Beijing's material supply, and it could not be rescued, and finally Azig ordered Fan Wencheng to supervise the division and lead 10,000 horses out of the city to interfere with Zhao Ming, and the driver rescued Tongzhou, and at the same time sent fast horses to let Doni and Hedu withdraw their troops, and ordered Xuzhou to send soldiers and horses to the north to King Qin.As soon as Azig ascended the throne as emperor, he made King Qin lose face, which made him hate Zhao Ming, and his plan to capture Shanxi and completely eliminate Fulin was also aborted.After Fan Wencheng left the city, he didn't dare to chase Zhao Ming at all, and sent scouts to keep an eye on Zhao Ming's movements.He didn't want to deal with Zhao Ming, but to determine the distance between him and Zhao Ming to ensure his safety."
Your Highness, the tail in the back, do you want the minister to lead the troops to crush them!"
Xie Qian sneered.Zhao Ming rode a war horse, waved his hand indifferently and said, "Forget it!"
They keep such a distance because they are afraid that they will turn around and hit them, and if you move, they will definitely retract again. ”Xie Qian said: "If you don't beat them, you always have such a tail behind you, it's really uncomfortable!"
”Zhao Ming said: "Send scouts to monitor, ignore them, and take down Tongzhou first!"
”Tongzhou is very close to Beijing, and 20,000 Wu Yue troops turned around and returned to Tongzhou.The defender in the city, when he saw Wu Yuejun who had gone and returned, his face turned pale with horror, but as a Manchurian, he did not open the city and surrender, but chose to hold on.Zhao Ming saw that persuasion could not be successful, so he immediately ordered Xie Qian to attack the city immediately.In the rear, Fan Wencheng stopped when he was more than thirty miles away from Tongzhou.At this time, a general raised the curtain into the tent and reported urgently, "Lord Qi Zhongtang, Wu Yue's army has begun to attack the city!"
”Fan Wencheng anxiously paced in the tent, and Huang Tingdao, the general of Wu Yuejun, said: "Lord Zhongtang, if Tongzhou is lost, the grain will be taken away by Wu Yuejun, not only will the Beijing division be famine, but the army will also be short of food!"
”Fan Wencheng said angrily: "Don't you know that you are an official?
But what can be done, pounce on it now, just send it to death!
”Huang Tingdao: "Could it be that you watched Wu Yue's army capture Tongzhou and take away Tongzhou's food and military funds?"
”Fan Wencheng paced: "At present, we can only hope that Prince Yu and Prince Ying can quickly return to the division, join forces, and then deal with Wu Yuejun." ”After speaking, Fan Wencheng sighed, "I hope Tongzhou can hold on for a few days and delay for some time." ”When many Qing generals heard this, they were all discouraged, Wu Yuejun did evil near the Beijing Division, but they had no choice but to watch from afar, and their morale suffered a great blow.When did the Great Qing Kingdom fall to such a state?
That's it!
An hour later, the curtain was lifted again, and the scout came in in a panic, kneeling on the ground and reporting, "Lord Qiyu Zhongtang, Tongzhou has fallen!"
”The defenders of Tongzhou were less than 1,000 people, and the Wu Yue army was bombarded with artillery, and the soldiers rushed to capture Tongzhou in less than an hour.The defender Hatuba led the remnants of the army to retreat into the city and fought in the streets, and was beheaded by the soldiers of Wu Yue Army in Tongzhou County.Fan Wencheng was shocked when he heard this, and sat on the handsome seat, and the Qing army in the tent was also horrified, and he had no intention of going to war.However, Huang Ting said anxiously: "Lord Zhongtang, Tongzhou has fallen, and all the materials in the city have fallen into the hands of Wu Yuejun, what should I do?"
”As the general of Wu Yuejun's rebellion against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Huang Ting was very afraid in his heart, afraid that Wu Yue's army would gain power and the Manchu Qing would be defeated, and he would be found to settle accounts in the future.Fan Wencheng's face showed panic, he knew what consequences the grain and materials in the Tongzhou warehouse would bring to the Manchus after they fell into the hands of Wu Yuejun.If the grain is not recaptured, Beijing will definitely have a food panic, and the Chongwu court will lose the opportunity to unify the north, and it will not even last long.But now, there are no elite soldiers in hand, and they can only be sent to death when they go up, Fan Wencheng can only comfort: "Don't panic, hundreds of thousands of stone of food, as well as countless military funds, Zhao Zamao 20,000 people, can't be transported away for a while, and the soldiers of King Yu and King Ying, once they get the news, the cavalry can arrive within three days, and the infantry army can return to help in six days, let's continue to wait." ”After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, he asked the scouts to continue to monitor, and the generals dispersed first.In the early morning of the next day, Fan Wencheng, who had not slept all night, sat in front of the handsome desk with red eyes.At this time, the curtain was raised again, Huang Ting hurriedly entered the tent, Fan Wencheng's heart suddenly tightened, and he exclaimed first: "What's the bad news!"
”Huang Ting hurriedly said: "Lord Zhongtang, Wu Yuejun is coerced by the people of Tongzhou, as well as the banner slaves of Tianjin, Jinghai, Xianghe, Dong'an, Wuqing and other counties, more than ten people carry Tongzhou materials, and the transportation team is dozens of miles long, and Tongzhou is about to be emptied by Zhao Zamao!"
”When Fan Wencheng heard this, he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, "This official knows that Zhao Zamao will follow Yu Qian's example, but this official doesn't understand that the people and flag slaves are not the army, how can they listen to him!"
”When Yu Qian defended Beijing, in the face of the Tongzhou granary, sent troops from Beijing to transport grain, which would make Beijing empty, let the people transport grain, and susceptible to the surprise attack of the Wara cavalry, and the people did not dare to take such a risk, and finally he ordered the army of King Qin to be in various places, and the soldiers and soldiers had a bag in their hands to transport all the grain from Tongzhou to Beijing.On the road from Tongzhou to Dagukou, countless people and flag slaves carrying rice and grain trekked eastward all over the mountains, and Wu Yue's soldiers and soldiers were guarding behind.At this time, Zhao Minglema was standing on the side of the road, and Gu Yanwu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Your Highness announced that Hebei, let the flag slaves from all over the country go to Tongzhou to carry grain, how much to move, and how many free rations will be given to them when they go to Liaodong, this trick is really too wise." ”Zhao Ming smiled and said: "With so much food and military resources, if not, how can they all be transported away."
These people, after being transported to Liaodong, will consume a large amount of grain in Liaodong, and now it means that they bring their own food, which will be greatly reduced, and they will be invested in Liaodong. ”Outside Tongzhou, Fan Wencheng, who learned that Wu Yue's army had withdrawn, led 10,000 Qing troops to chase to Tongzhou.At this time, Fan Wencheng rode in front, suddenly reined in the reins of the horse, frowned, and the generals around him also restrained the war horses one after another, looking ahead."
What's that?"
Fan Wencheng raised his horsewhip and asked in a trembling voice.Huang Ting's face was gloomy, looking at the nearly a thousand corpses nailed to the wooden stakes on the side of the road, and said in fear: "Zhongtang, it's the defenders of Tongzhou!"
”Fan Wencheng was suddenly shocked, a good Zhao Zamao, the means were so cruel, he nailed all the defenders of Tongzhou to a wooden stake one by one, like a field full of rice.Thousands of people were planted on the ground like rice seedlings, and the scene was horrible, which was a naked humiliation and intimidation.More than 10,000 Qing troops stopped, saw the scene in front of them, and immediately trembled with fright.()