Chapter 596 Haoge and Abatai crossed the Great Wall and headed south!

Gao Yu then led a small team of Marines to launch an attack. Shen Mingbo and his confidant fought back desperately inside. Because the cave was deep and the middle was tortuous, the Hu Ben gun could not hit the target in a straight line. In order to resolve the battle as soon as possible, Gao Yu simply threw an explosive pack into the cave.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came, and the entire Guochuan military camp was shaking.

After the violent explosion, the cave was full of chaos.

The Hu Ben Army took the opportunity to rush forward.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

After the intermittent gunfire, all the rebels in the cave were destroyed.

At this point, the battle was completely over, and there were no casualties in the Hu Ben Army. Shen Mingbo's body was quickly cleared out. He was blown to death and could not die any more. Fortunately, his head was still intact, and it was Shen Mingbo. Otherwise, it might be a little trouble to count the ends of his hand. This guy must have seen people in his life and corpses in his life.

Li Jue then began to control the military camp and appease other North Korean officers and soldiers. After Shen Mingbo was killed, the other North Korean officers and soldiers were stunned and frightened, and their eyes kept circling on Zhang Zhun and the Hu Ben Army. They were full of admiration and curiosity for this army from the Ming Dynasty. Li Jue immediately ordered all the officers and soldiers to combine and prepare for a speech. The Marine Corps led by Zhang Zhun stood solemnly next to them.

"Look at it! They are the army of the Ming Kingdom! How mighty and how powerful!"

"Looking at you like this, it's so embarrassing!"

After Li Jue gathered all the North Korean troops, he scolded loudly on the high platform.

The North Korean officers and soldiers in front of him made Li Jue very dissatisfied. The speed of the Hu Ben Army and its combat effectiveness made the North Korean His Highness Feng Pingjun feel that his cheeks were feverish. It is indeed a very uncomfortable thing to make foreign troops show their popularity on their own territory. Especially for people like him who love face.

The Ming army at that time seemed not as powerful as the Hu Ben Army. They also suffered casualties when they fought with the Japanese army. At the beginning of the war, due to the unclear enemy situation, the Ming army suffered considerable losses. Only the Hu Ben Army and Shen Mingbo fought, but there were not even injured people.

I heard that the Ming army was standing next to me. The North Korean officers and soldiers had envious and respectful eyes in the eyes of the Ming army. Of course, they are not unfamiliar with the Ming army. It is from the upper country of the Celestial Kingdom, and it is definitely not comparable to the army of a small country like them. More importantly, they solved the problem with Shen Mingbo in just one stroke!

Nowadays, everything is fake, and fighting is real. Shen Mingbo is their boss. They naturally know how capable he is. Even if the Imperial Guard takes action, Shen Mingbo may not be able to quickly solve Shen Mingbo. As a result, when the Ming army arrived, they cleanly cleaned him, without even a single hand. If such a skill is not admired, what other skills can be admired?

In fact, Li Jue's heart was also shocked. He also did not expect that Shen Mingbo would be dealt with so quickly. He originally thought that Shen Mingbo could last for at least one hour. As a result, in less than half an hour, even the battlefield was cleaned. From beginning to end, Shen Mingbo did not even have the chance to resist. Such a gap was no longer envy, it was simply shocking.

The team of 300 people is so great. If there are 3,000 people, 30,000 people... Li Jue could not imagine. At the beginning, when he heard Zhang Zhun say that the Hu Ben Army would counterattack Chenyang within three years, Li Jue sneered, thinking that Zhang Zhun must be drunk and was talking nonsense. But now, Li Jue believes that this crazy talk is very likely to be realized. The Hu Ben Army is so great now, three years later...

Li Jue knew a little about the relationship between Zhang Zhun and the Ming court. If Zhang Zhun did not change his established goal, then a large-scale conflict would eventually break out between him and the Ming court. Once he destroyed the Ming court and established a new regime, the Hu Ben Army would definitely accelerate its development. At that time, it would be easy to launch a large-scale counterattack on Chenyang. Relying on force, no one could stop the Hu Ben Army from advancing. Even the Tartars could not.

"Li Jue, you have a bad face..."

Zhang Zhun suddenly said in surprise.

"Oh, it's okay..."

Li Jue hurriedly came to his senses and said in a concealment.

"If it's okay, should we go back?"

Zhang Zhun was not careful about Li Jue's loss of consciousness.

"Okay! We'll go back to Seoul tonight!"

Li Jue said hurriedly.

Guochuan's military camp was successfully pacified, and Li Jue quickly appointed a new officer to command the army. Some officers who were close to Shen Mingbo were placed under house arrest by Li Jue and were about to take them back to Seoul for further processing. After his cleaning, Guochuan's military camp was basically stable, and there should be no major problems for the time being.

In the afternoon of that day, Zhang Zhun led the Marines back to Seoul. The Imperial Guards led by Li Jue followed behind. This time, Zhang Zhun and his team were not so fast, and Li Jue's Imperial Guards could easily follow. Due to their slow speed, it was already evening when they returned to Seoul.

Prince Li Hao received the news and actually welcomed Zhang Zhun's return at the south gate of Seoul. When he learned that Zhang Zhun had calmed down Shen Mingbo, Li Hao's eyes were even more brilliant, and he could clearly see the admiration. Zhang Zhun speculated that Li Zong was very likely to have said something to Li Hao, so Li Hao would wait for his return here.

After Li Hao and Zhang Zhun met, they said expectantly: "Governor, can you come to Qingyun Palace tomorrow night?"

Zhang Zhun asked casually: "Qingyun Palace? What to do?"

Li Hao said excitedly: "Only the royal family members attended the banquet held in my name."

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! I will definitely go!"

Li Hao received a positive answer and then went happily.

Zhang Zhun had just returned to Lingyang Palace and didn't even have the chance to drink water. Chen Lingfei came in a hurry. As soon as she saw Zhang Zhun, she asked with a strange look: "Zhang Zhun, did you tell the Queen? The Queen came to me today and asked a lot of questions indirectly. I don't know what she really wanted to find out."

"Me? Queen?" Zhang Zhun looked at her curiously and said casually, "What did I say? Didn't say anything? What did she ask you for information?"

Chen Lingfei's cheeks turned slightly red and she said a little shyly: "Just ask Sister Qingluan and Sister Yuqing what their relationship is with you... and me..."

Zhang Zhun said curiously: "Then how did you answer?"

Chen Lingfei blushed and said, "I said I have nothing to do with you..."

Zhang Zhun smiled at the sky, shook his head and said, "It would be strange if she believed it."

Chen Lingfei was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "How do you know?"

Zhang Zhun laughed and said, "She must have regarded you as my woman. Otherwise, she wouldn't have given you so many gifts. Do you think her gifts don't cost money! Giving gifts depends on people, why don't she give them to others?"

Chen Lingfei suddenly became anxious, her face turned red, and she stammered: "I have nothing to do with you! Sister Qingluan and Sister Yuqing, they have something to do with you!"

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "I don't know if we have anything to do with you. But, in the eyes of outsiders, we must have something to do with you. Even if you shout to the outside world and say that you, Chen Lingfei and Zhang Zhun, have nothing to do with each other, who would believe it? The louder you shout, the more you have no silver here!"

Chen Lingfei rolled her eyes helplessly, trying to say something, but she couldn't say anything. Zhang Zhun's words were very direct, very honest, and ugly, but the reason was very good. Indeed, Chen Lingfei had a clear label of Zhang Zhun, and even if she wanted to tear it off, it would be impossible for her to. Everyone around her treated her like Zhang Zhun's forbidden body. If it weren't for this, the Queen wouldn't have come to her personally! Others are the queen of a country!

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Okay, you accept your fate. I think you are very happy when you are with them! Are you willing to leave them? Don't think of such a boring problem. I'm so busy now, so please calm me down for a while."

Chen Lingfei had no choice but to pout and go there unhappily.

Zhang Zhun shook her head from behind. Chen Lingfei was not ready to accept reality yet. With her intimate relationship with her, how could other men dare to get close to her? Even if someone wants to get close, she would not allow it! She is still very useful to herself and cannot let it go to others... Well, it's too dirty.

The sound of footsteps suddenly came again.

Zhang Zhun didn't have to look up, just knowing that it was Xu Qingluan who came.

Sure enough, Xu Qingluan arrived in a hurry and gave Zhang Zhun an emergency information.

The information content is very simple, but it is very shocking: the vanguard of the Tartars went south across the Gubeikou Great Wall. The Miyun defenders, the Ming army defenders in Chaohe and other places have all been destroyed. Now, the vanguard of the Tartars is coming toward Miyun without stopping.

"Have the Tartars gone south?"

Zhang Zhun said to himself, feeling that his tone was strange.

The Tartars' third trip south was not unexpected by Zhang Zhun. Ma Yi's information had already explained all this. However, the Tartars' movement was so fast, it was a bit beyond Zhang Zhun's expectations. He originally estimated that the Tartars would only cross the Great Wall at the end of the month, but unexpectedly, they were several days ahead of schedule. Today, it seems that it is December 16th!

"Tell me the details."

Zhang Zhun said slowly.

Xu Qingluan will introduce it in detail.

The information about the Tatars' going south came from three places. One was Luanzhou, and the former church of the Wenxiang Sect. One was Tang County where Dong Shuyan was located. The other was a spy lurking in the capital. Xu Qingluan combined the content of the three-point intelligence and obtained relatively accurate information before reporting it to Zhang Zhun. Every time the Tatars went south, rumors were flying all over the sky, and rumors were spread out so far. If they believed these rumors, they would definitely make mistakes when making judgments.

According to comprehensive information from all aspects, the vanguard commanders of the Tartars were Haoge and Abatai. Haoge was the eldest son of Huang Taiji. This time, he acted as the vanguard to move south, so he naturally wanted to establish remarkable military achievements and lay the foundation for his future succession of the Khan throne. Abatai was the banner leader of the blue flag. Perhaps Haoge's talent was not the best among slave chiefs, but with Abatai's help, it was impossible for the Ming army to fight against Haoge.

Abatai is a rare brave general among the Tartars. After Mangourtai and Amin stepped aside one after another, this person became the most powerful forward of the Tartars. This time Huang Taiji gave Abatai the lead and also invested a lot of money. The vanguard troops commanded by Abatai were basically warriors with blue flags. His only task was to destroy any possible resistance.

The Ming army stationed about 3,000 troops in the Miyun Guard and Chaohe Station, and was commanded by a guerrilla general. However, in front of the Tartars, the Ming army of these 3,000 people was a piece of cake. If they learned about the arrival of the Tartars in advance, they might be able to escape. If they were subjected to a sudden attack, they would only be killed. Xu Qingluan's intelligence said that they were all killed, and they should have suffered a sudden attack.

Behind Haoge and Abatai is the second tier of the Tartars led by Yuetuo. Due to intelligence transmission reasons, Xu Qingluan is not yet sure whether Yuetuo entered the pass at Xifengkou or Gubeikou. However, there is no doubt that Yuetuo's entry was also in the past or two days. Compared with Haoge and Abatai, Yuetuo's personality is a bit calmer and has stronger military command capabilities. It is more difficult for the Ming army to deal with Yuetuo than against Haoge and Abatai.

"Gubeikou...Miyun...Beijing..."

"Xifengkou...Jizhen...Beijing..."

"Wafanggou...Yanqing...Beijing..."

Zhang Zhun's eyes fell on the map of the northern part of Ming Dynasty and slowly muttered to himself.

Since the vanguard of the Tartars has arrived, the follow-up large troops of the Tartars must have been ready. The vanguard of the Tartars entered from Gubeikou and was stuck between Xuanfu and Jizhen. Obviously, this was the old method, and he wanted to mobilize the troops of Jizhen and Xuanfu for rescue. Then, the follow-up troops of the Tartars rushed in directly from the direction of Jizhen and Xuanfu, raided the rear routes of the two towns, and then surrounded and annihilated them.

Zhang Zhun was sure that the army of the Tartars must have gathered in large quantities in the Mongolian Duoyan tribe. The three guards of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu were originally branches of the Urianha tribe and were loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not cherish it later and abandoned them. As a result, they eventually turned to the Tartars. Since then, the nightmare of the Ming Dynasty began.

The Duoyan tribe and the Kalaqin tribe gradually assimilated. The area controlled by the Duoyan tribe is today in Longhua, Chengde, Luanping, Pingquan and Fengning, Hebei, which is the northern gate of the capital. The Tartars gathered in large quantities here, as if a large hammer was hung above the head of the capital, and could be smashed down at any time.

Judging from the map, the Tartars had at least three routes that could be directly forced to the capital. Attacking the capital was of course not the original intention of the Tartars. I believe that the Tartars might not have the strength to attack the capital. However, besieging the capital can cause information disconnection, causing panic, and causing chaos within the Ming Dynasty. This is very useful for the Tatars' next action. Therefore, the Tatars' first major move must be to besieging the capital.

After successfully besieging the capital, the Tatars will cut off all connections between the capital and the outside world, and then divide their troops to attack everywhere and loot all possible materials. This is the usual tactic of the Tatars. In the first two invasions, the Tatars used this technique to the fullest, so that the Ming army from all over the country would not dare to act rashly and return easily. However, this invasion may have a small change.

This time the Tartars invaded by Zhang Zhun. Before defeating Zhang Zhun and defeating the Hu Ben Army, looting was the secondary target. Therefore, after besieging the capital, the Tartars would definitely go south quickly and directly into Shandong to try to rescue Dorgon and Duoduo in Dengzhou City. It can be imagined that Dorgon and Duoduo in Dengzhou City would also inevitably try to attack and join the Tartar vanguards who went deep into Shandong and escaped in one fell swoop.

"Is there any news over Yan'er?"

Zhang Zhun asked with concern.

"In two days, the first batch of people will migrate to Shandong, with a total of about 200,000 to 300,000. I am worried that the Tartar cavalry vanguards are too fast to block them. If that is the case..."

Xu Qingluan said with some concern.

"No. The first step of the Tatars was to cut off the connection between the capital and the surrounding areas. They would not go south for the time being until the task of surrounding the capital was completed."

Zhang Zhun said affirmatively.

"Are you sure?"

Xu Qingluan was still a little worried.

"affim."

Zhang Zhun said carefully.

He believed that the Tartars' vanguard troops could not be many, with a maximum of three or four thousand people. Yuetuo's subsequent second tier could not be many, maybe about ten thousand people. Their main purpose was not to conquer cities and territory, but to create panic and make the Ming Dynasty panic. To achieve this, besieging the capital and cutting off the external ties of the capital was a very critical step.
To be continued...