Chapter 563 Two leak-picking kings(1/2)
In order not to be surrounded by the Tianxiong Army, the Shenwu Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Yue Tuo led the remaining 6,000 Eight Banners Manchu soldiers and ran along a road that was not blocked by the Ming army.
Although they went deep into the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Yue Tuo, who had the experience of leading an army to conquer the pass, knew very well that as long as they were not surrounded by the Ming army, they were all cavalry and would definitely have the possibility of escaping the pass.
So he tried to stay away from Miyun as much as possible. The three Ming armies under Miyun City were so powerful that the Eight Banners Manchu soldiers, who had always thought they were invincible in field battles, were frightened.
Now Yue Tuo finally believes that it was definitely not an accident that Azige and Abatai led tens of thousands of troops to defeat Kou Pass in the eighth year of Chongzhen. The firearms in the hands of the Ming army are really formidable.
If they can escape from danger this time, they must dissuade the emperor from entering the pass again. Their invincibility of the Eight Banners has become a joke.
We must hurry up and train firearms troops, otherwise once the Ming army sends troops to regain Liaonan and Liaodong, the formerly invincible Eight Banners of Manchuria will never be able to resist it.
It's a pity that no one with Yue Tuo's idea can leave the Ming Dynasty.
So far, only two people in the Jiannu Army know the true strength of the Ming Army, and that is Prince Duduo of Yu and Prince Kong Youde.
Unfortunately, although they were princes and princes, no one in the Qing Dynasty believed their words. Many people, including Huang Taiji, thought that Duduo and Kong Youde were making excuses for their failure.
Although Huang Taiji, under the advice of Duduo and Kong Youde, finally decided to let Kong Youde be responsible for making firearms and training musketeers and artillery soldiers, they could not build the same muskets in the hands of the Ming army.
They originally expected the undercover agents in the Ming Dynasty to steal the technical blueprints for the firecrackers without match ropes, but before their intelligence officers in the Ming Dynasty could take action, they were immediately eliminated by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang.
Especially some men in black who never show up. They seem to know very well about the undercover places of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty. They often kill the intelligence personnel at the contact point.
Within one year, with the attack by two major intelligence organizations and a mysterious organization in the Jinyi Weidong Factory of the Ming Dynasty, the undercover agents of the Qing Dynasty in the capital of the Ming Dynasty were almost wiped out, and the few remaining undercover agents did not even dare to move.
In the past, not only were there undercover agents in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, there were even eight major Shanxi merchants and the scum of the border army who greatly helped them.
But this time the game was completely over and they entered the border rashly without intelligence support, making Yue Tuo and his 50,000-strong army blind and deaf.
The Ming Dynasty has deployed heavy troops near Qiangziling and Miyun, but they have no news at all.
The most important thing is that the Qing Dynasty seriously underestimated the strength of the Ming army. Yue Tuo began to think that even if they were surrounded by the Ming army, their 50,000-strong army could counterattack the Ming army.
However, hundreds of artillery pieces from the Ming army under Miyun City fired continuous volleys, which directly knocked the two bannermen of the Mongolian army off their feet and fled in rout.
In order to hold back the Ming army, Yue Tuo even sacrificed Abatai's son Yue Le, and more than 2,000 troops led by Bolo were also missing.
Based on Yue Tuo's experience, the Eight Banners of the Manchu Army would definitely be attacked by the Ming Army at Qiangziling. It was a miracle that he could bring back two thousand troops this time.
At the foot of a mountain, Yue Tuo sent an order to the army to stop and rest for an hour, replenish some water and dry food, and continue on their way.
More than 6,000 Manchurians with two red flags immediately stopped to rest. They were already exhausted and their horses were exhausted. If they did not rest, their horses would surely die from exhaustion.
Taking advantage of the break, Yue Tuo asked someone to open a map of the Ming Dynasty's capital and found that they were not far from Huairou and only about thirty miles away from Shunyi.
Just when Yue Tuo was thinking about where to break through the barrier, Jia La'e Zhen Tusuo, who was in charge of logistics, knelt down and said:
"Master, there is insufficient food and grass in the army and we need to replenish it urgently, otherwise we will run out of food tomorrow..."
The Jiannu tribe never carried too much food and grass. When passing through Mongolia, their food and grass were provided by various Mongolian tribes.
After breaking through the customs, they relied entirely on plundering for food and grass. They robbed wherever they went. Not only did they rob food, gold, silver, wealth, but also the population of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, they did not have the ability to take control of the Central Plains. Entering the pass and plundering was also a strategy to weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty, just like cutting down a big tree, cutting off the branches and leaves of the big tree bit by bit.
Yue Tuo's eyes remained on the map. Jia La'e's true words did not surprise him. He glanced at the map again before slowly raising his head:
"There is a fork in the road ahead, send someone to see if there is anyone in the village!"
"twitter!"
Jia La E Zhen Tu asked for the order and immediately took out a Niu Lu to check it out. Yue Tuo said nothing and stared at the map of Gyeonggi Province again.
Zhu Cixiang knew that Jiannu would not bring much food and grass into the customs, so before Jiannu entered the customs, Zhu Cihong had ordered Miyun Pinggu, Changping Shunyi, Huairou and other places to fortify their walls and clear the fields.
After Yue Tuo led Jiannu to break through Qiangziling, he was defeated at the foot of Miyun City before he could plunder. Originally, it was urgent to escape for his life. If he encountered an ambush, he would lose his red flag warriors.
But now we have no choice but to grab it. More than 6,000 people and horses are about to run out of food. If we don't get some food and grass, they will starve to death on the vast prairie once they have the chance to escape.
"Da da da……"
Niu Lu, who was sent out soon, came back:
"Master, all the villages are empty, and the cunning Ming Gou has secured the walls and cleared the fields in advance..."
When Tu Suo said that they were about to run out of food, Yue Tuo did not show any surprise. They had brought very little food and grass, so it was normal for them to run out of food. They could easily get food in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
When he heard that the Ming Dynasty had strengthened its walls and cleared the country in advance, Yue Tuo was shocked and asked hurriedly:
"The walls are strong and the country is clear? Did the Ming Dynasty already know that the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty had entered the pass? Have you seen other villages?"
"Master, I have checked several nearby villages. No one is found, the rooms are all empty, and all the food has been moved..."
Yue Tuo's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat. If the Ming Dynasty had really strengthened its walls and cleared the country, they must have entered the pockets of the Ming army this time:
"Cunning and clever dog, ready to send out!"
Yue Tuo cursed loudly and hurriedly mounted his horse:
Seeing their masters mounting their horses, the slaves all felt an ominous premonition and immediately jumped on their horses.
"Da da da……"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, several red flag scouts galloped in from far and near. They came to Yue Tuoma and jumped off their horses to pay their respects. Before they could speak, Yue Tuoma came.
Tuo asked hurriedly:
"How far are the pursuers from us?"
"Back to my master, the two groups of Ming army pursuers were confused by the trap we set up, and they pursued them from the other two routes!"
Yue Tuo was surprised and happy when he heard this. It seemed that the two Niu Lu he sacrificed worked, but it was a pity that the two Niu Lu who lured the enemy and the 600 Qing warriors would definitely be annihilated again.
Yue Tuo had looked at the map carefully just now. This place is only more than 20 miles away from Shunyi. Since the Ming army has secured the wall and cleared the country, they have to catch Shunyi by surprise.
Tens of thousands of troops have been deployed at Miyun City and Qingshan Pass. Yue Tuo does not believe that Shunyi still has heavy troops.
Once the Ming Dynasty also deployed heavy troops in Shunyi, they immediately turned around and attacked Huairou.
The greatest advantage of Jiannu over the Ming army was the cavalry. Even if he could not get out of the pass, Yue Tuo would still make the Ming army exhausted.
"Pass this king's order to raid Shunyi to rob grain..."
Yue Tuo gave an order, and Jiannu Zhenghongqi, who was already a little nervous, immediately became energetic again when he heard that Shunyi was robbed of food. Thousands of cavalry rushed toward Shunyi like wind and lingering clouds.
Just as Yue Tuo guessed, without the help of King Qin's troops, it would be difficult for the National Guard Army alone to deploy heavy troops at every city pass in Gyeonggi.
Huairou has a national defense army garrisoned, but Shunyi really does not. However, two generals, Li Chongzhen and Tang Tong, led eight thousand Ming troops to garrison here.
Zhu Cixiang told them to just defend Shunyi and not to leave the city to fight easily if they were not sure. There should be no problem for the two generals and 8,000 Ming troops to defend Shunyi.
After all, they were also two famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty. During this period, Shunyi also sent many scouts to inquire about the battle situation of Jiannu entering the pass.
Hundreds of scouts rushed continuously in Miyun and Qiangziling, promptly delivering the battle reports of the National Guard Army's brutal abuse of Jiannu and Tatars to Tang Tong and Li Chongzhen.
In the past, they were afraid of Jian Nu like a tiger, and they did not dare to fight during the reign of King Qin, so they could only follow Jian Nu for about ten miles.
Today they heard that the National Protector's Army had beaten the Jiannu and the Tatars to flight. They knew that the National Protector's Army had performed another extraordinary feat.
Li Chongzhen was just a little envious, but he didn't dare to have the idea of establishing slaves.
But Tang Tong's little mind began to take action. He was always good at fighting against the wind. When the enemy came, he would run away. Once the enemy failed, he would beat up the drowned dog.
Of course, having dealt with rogue bandits in the past, he was still very cautious about establishing slaves, and preserving strength was the first factor.
After hearing that Huang Degong had wiped out more than 10,000 Tatars at the foot of Qiangzi Ridge, Tang Tong immediately asked Li Chongzhen:
"Li Junmen, do you think Emperor Shenwu can keep all the slaves in the pass?"
Li Chongzhen smiled and nodded:
"Yes, absolutely yes. In the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, when the Shenwu Emperor, who was still the crown prince, led the East Palace Guards to brutally torture the slaves, I witnessed it with my own eyes, and I also earned a lot of military honors with His Highness.
Now Emperor Shenwu has 250,000 troops to protect the country, but only 50,000 Jiu slaves entered the customs just to seek death. What nonsense is that they are invincible? It seems like an absolute joke now."
Li Chongzhen's words immediately made Tang Tong excited. He immediately held up his hands and said:
"Li Junmen, are we just going to watch the National Protector Army perform extraordinary feats like this? My favorite thing is to beat up drowned dogs, can't we take advantage of this opportunity to make a profit?"
Li Chongzhen was stunned:
"What does Tang Tong want to do? Did he suddenly change his gender? He would never have had such an idea before. Even if Jian Nu was defeated, he would not dare to pursue him..."
Tang Tongdang didn't know what Li Chongzhen was thinking. When he saw Li Chongzhen lowered his head and said nothing, he thought he had scared Li Chongzhen, so he smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Li Junmen. We are specifically targeting the straggler Jiannu. You and I have 8,000 troops. Are we still afraid that Jiannu will be defeated? Don't forget that Emperor Shenwu has given us three thousand self-made fire guns..."
Li Chongzhen was finally persuaded by Tang Tong. He nodded and said cautiously:
"Okay, let's fight, but we can't go far. We can only fight near Shunyi. Once the battle goes wrong, we should immediately return to the city and hold on. We must not lose Shunyi carelessly..."
Before Li Chongzhen finished speaking, General Qian, the city guard, ran in in a panic and reported:
"Report, something bad happened to the two military sects, the slaves are here..."
When Li Chongzhen and Tang Tong heard this, they jumped up from the Grand Master's chair almost at the same time:
"What? Tell me clearly!"
Mr. Qian tried his best to calm down and said again:
"Reporting to the two military gates, there is a group of slaves coming towards Shunyi. At this time, there are still more than ten miles away from Shunyi..."
Li Chongzhen was shocked. He really said that Cao Cao had arrived. He hurriedly asked:
To be continued...