Prince Chongzhen
Chapter 160: Nikan is dead! Surrender and no more death!
Chapter 160: Nikan is dead! Surrender and no more death!
"Guards! Head up!"
As a loud shout reached his ears, Wang Siwa saw those burly heavy-armored soldiers rushing towards him.
Originally, he was thinking of making another fierce charge when the two armies were changing sides, but he did charge forward, but in just a moment the soldiers around him fell to the ground with dull sounds of beatings.
At this point, he knew that continuing to waste time would only result in additional casualties. However, his superiors had not ordered a retreat, so what else could he do except to hold on at the front?
However, his weapon could hardly cause any damage to the opponent, while every time the opponent's weapon fell, it would take away a comrade.
How can the pressure brought by such a scene be offset by the persistence of the generals?
But in a moment, the Qing troops who had already stepped half a foot into Hangzhou City fell to the ground one after another with a series of dull noises, and the high point fell into the hands of the Ming army again.
Previously, Fang Guoan’s troops were only on the passive defense due to various factors and did not dare to break out by taking advantage of the momentum from top to bottom, but what was the Guard Battalion?
Their first opponent in the battle was the most elite white-armored soldiers under Duoduo. Even though that battle was not a fair one, with such a record, how could they take the surrendered troops seriously?
"Kill out!"
Xiang Rensheng, who was at the front, rushed towards the enemy in front of him with two iron rods as soon as he reached the highest point.
Seeing the God of Death coming, the generals might try to resist for a while, but the soldiers turned around and ran towards the ruins without hesitation.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Every soldier who is running away knows what the sound coming from behind him means, but what can they do?
Do they dare to turn around and stop these killers?
At this point, they only had one thought in their minds: they must not be the last one!
Separated by a wall of high ruins, the people in the city naturally could not see what was happening outside, but the soldiers who crossed the ruins and rushed out of the city told everyone clearly that the Tartars had been defeated.
"Your Highness, did you win?"
After the meeting last night, Fang Guoan had been running around between various mansions. After some negotiation, he finally persuaded Ma Shiying to stay for four days.
But who would have thought that just as the deal was done here, the city wall over there collapsed. Seeing that there was no hope, he was left with only despair in his heart.
By this time, the hopeless battle situation was easily turned around by the arrival of His Highness. With such ups and downs, even though he was determined, he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
"We won the battle. Nikan has surrendered."
"What's this?"
"Do not believe?"
"No. Or"
Seeing Fang Guoan's increasingly incoherent speech, Zhu Cilang laughed and stopped teasing him. He simply explained the whole process and then waited quietly for him to digest it.
The whole process sounded unremarkable to Zhu Cilang, but Fang Guoan had been a fighter for most of his life, so with a little thought he could discern the danger contained in this ordinariness.
"Your Highness, the Art of War is to defeat the enemy with your own strategy. Now I have truly experienced it."
Fang Guoan's words contained some elements of flattery, but it is an undeniable fact that most of the victory in the Battle of Suzhou and Songjiang was due to Zhu Cilang's strategy.
But after he finished speaking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only showed no sign of appreciating or disapproving, but instead stared at him blankly, as if he hadn't heard him at all.
"Your Highness?"
"General, are you prepared to fight the Tartars to the death?"
Hearing Zhu Cilang's question, Fang Guoan knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had guessed the whole story, but he was not happy about it. Instead, he felt a little ashamed and angry in his heart.
He then jumped off his horse, knelt on the ground and apologized to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"The general is incompetent!"
"Get up."
Zhu Cilang watched the guards cross the city wall, and seemed not to care much about Fang Guoan who was kneeling on the ground. However, what he said afterwards made Fang Guoan, who was about to stand up, kneel down again.
"Your importance far exceeds that of Hangzhou."
Fang Guoan couldn't utter complete sentences several times today, but previously it was mostly due to surprise, but now it was actually because he was choked with sobs.
"Your Majesty!"
"Let's go and take a look ahead."
According to the usual procedure, when Fang Guoan's face was full of emotion, Zhu Cilang should have said something sincerely, but not only did he not do so, he didn't even use a set phrase. He just said that and rode his horse towards the gap.
This situation made Fang Guoan at a loss as to how to respond for a moment. He waited until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was almost at the city wall before he mounted his horse and chased after him.
To be honest, Zhu Cilang was not trying to win people's hearts deliberately. He just believed from the bottom of his heart that Fang Guoan was more important than Hangzhou after he had a general understanding of the situation in the city.
Just imagine, when most of the ministers had other thoughts, he was the only one who was fighting here to the death. Anyone in Zhu Cilang's position would think that such a minister was more important than a city.
It's just that he was not familiar with such scenes, and he felt that it was a bit weird to see a grown man crying with gratitude in front of him, which made the whole process look a bit sloppy.
A moment later, Zhu Cilang arrived at the ruins of the city wall.
Although the Ming army, led by the imperial guards, fought back at this time, the Qing army was not completely defeated.
About 10 to 20 steps away from the city wall, the Qing army's reserve troops had formed a line of defense to buy time for the fleeing soldiers to regroup.
Such performance was considered elite in Zhu Cilang's eyes, but Duoduo felt annoyed when he saw such a situation.
"Li Benshen, this is the elite of your team?!"
He could see clearly from here that the previous progress was smooth, but when the soldiers rushed in, they suddenly fled. Even though some generals organized a defense line to stop the fleeing, this could not erase the fact that they had fled.
Escape first?
Duoduo has fought for so many years, but this is the first time he has seen such a situation among his subordinates.
Furthermore, this attack is the first after the collapse of the city wall. If this battle cannot be won in one go, there will be many twists and turns when the defenders stabilize.
How could he not be angry in such a situation?
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me! I will go and personally supervise the battle now!"
Li Benshen understood Duoduo's feelings very well, and the resentment in his heart was no less than Duoduo's.
In order to assemble this elite force, he paid a considerable price and had high hopes for them, but who knew that the turtle shell of Hangzhou had been cracked open by Wu Zhenchaoha, and when it came to his own people's turn to cut the flesh, such a big problem occurred.
Such performance would not only make him feel ashamed, but would also likely cause him to completely lose Duoduo's respect.
Since it concerns his financial future, how could he not be angry?
"Why not bombard the city for another day and wait until the breach is bigger before attacking it?"
Looking at Li Benshen who was leaving, Kong Youde hesitated for a moment and finally said something. He basically understood Duoduo's thoughts. He was just worried that the Jurchens would suffer too much damage and wanted to throw all the hard bones to these surrendered soldiers.
But the reality is that the surrendered troops have been in the Qing army for three or four months at most, and one or two months at least. In addition, their own combat effectiveness is not very good, so it is indeed a bit of a stretch to entrust them with such an important task.
So he thought of making the gap bigger and then taking Hangzhou by relying on his military advantage.
As for whether the time will be tight.
He was not too worried about this. After all, Nikan was leading tens of thousands of troops. Even if he was short of food and grass, it would not be difficult for him to hold out for ten days.
As long as this is over, the siege of Nikan will naturally be lifted, and it is even reasonable to defeat the Ming army with the help of both inside and outside forces.
But to his surprise, after hesitating for a moment, Duoduo finally tactfully rejected the suggestion.
"Let's see what the situation is. If Li Benshen isn't up to it, we'll replace him."
Substitution?
Hearing this, Kong Youde couldn't help but feel confused.
Li Benshen defected from the Chuang army to the Ming army. His troops were already top-notch among the surrendered troops. Who else could they exchange for? Could they still count on the surrendered troops from other towns?
Seeing that Kong Youde did not hide the doubt in his eyes, Duoduo did not hide it either and directly told him what he was thinking.
"If that doesn't work, transfer some troops from my banner. We will definitely take Hangzhou within a day or two."
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"The heat in Jiangnan is unbearable. Let's finish early and return to Beijing."
Duoduo knew that his reasons were extremely far-fetched, but what could he do? Could he still say that he was a little intimidated by the crown prince of Ming and was afraid that something might go wrong with Nikan?
Kong Youde naturally did not believe this, but since Duoduo did not want to elaborate, he did not dare to ask further.
As a result, the two of them didn't say anything and turned their attention to the battlefield.
At this time, Li Benshen had arrived at the battlefield with his personal soldiers, and the Ming army's counterattack seemed to have been curbed.
However, when Duoduo scanned the battlefield with a telescope, he found that on the seemingly stable battle line, there were three or two small spikes that had penetrated into his own army, and those small spikes were actually gradually expanding.
"waste!"
Due to the obstruction of the ruins, Duoduo didn't know what caused the vanguard that had already entered the city to collapse. But now there was no obstruction in front of his vision. He used a telescope to see that the small peak was purely caused by the difference in strength between the soldiers on both sides.
The gap in strength!
The carefully organized vanguard actually had a gap in strength compared to the defenders?!
How did Li Benshen choose his people? !
Duoduo's hands holding the reins trembled slightly. Under the influence of great anger, his condition, which had been improving, seemed to relapse.
"You are still ill, why don't you go back to the camp and rest for a while? Leave this to me."
"Nothing, I want to see how far he can fight."
Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Kong Youde said no more.
Although he could see that Duoduo's body was no longer able to support him, he was a Han Chinese after all. Even if he was a prince, how could he force Duoduo to return to the camp?
However, he did not think that Duoduo would really get angry and do anything bad. After all, his age was there, and his body had been trained for many years. Even if something really happened, he would be fine after resting in the camp for three or two days.
With this in mind, Kong Youde took out his telescope and looked towards the battlefield. When he saw the small peaks that were constantly expanding, he was a little surprised. Why did Li Benshen spend so much effort to choose such a bunch of trash?
Is Wang Siwa a waste?
He has been a soldier for more than ten years. In terms of frontal combat capability and battlefield sense, he can be considered one of the best frontline officers. How could Li Benshen, who was chosen as him, be a waste who knows nothing?
just
This kind of melee is perfect for the guards to perform.
If the two sides were engaged in a formal battle, the Qing army might be able to offset the advantages of the guards' equipment and strength with their skillful coordination and rich experience.
But in the current situation, the two sides have become intertwined. Even if there is small-scale cooperation among the Qing troops, all resistance has become futile in the face of the heavy attacks and double armor protection of the guards.
Faced with such a situation, regardless of how Li Benshen would respond, Wang Siwa, who was in the middle of it, had already changed his goal from how to attack the city to how to protect himself.
There was a clang.
Wang Siwa supported the sword with both hands and finally blocked the iron rod that was coming towards him, but his knuckles were shaken and hurt. The sword also bent a visible arc under this powerful blow.
Where did the white-armored soldiers of the Ming army come from? !
Realizing the opponent's strong personal combat capability, he even put him on the same level as the white-armored soldiers in his mind.
Facing such an enemy, he knew that he had no chance of winning, so after blocking the attack, he took advantage of the momentum and fell backwards.
It's just that he is smart, and the others are not stupid either. They are all warriors who have served in the army for many years. How could one of them be much less knowledgeable than the other?
As Wang Siwa fell backwards, the soldiers around him immediately made room for him.
Then the Ming soldier waved the iron stick in his hand in a circle in a disorderly manner, and when he saw that no one came forward to rescue him, he suddenly raised his foot and stomped towards Wang Siwa's abdomen.
If an ordinary soldier made such a move, Wang Siwa would definitely look for an opportunity to counterattack, but he had already felt the opponent's strength and knew that he would have no chance of survival if he was hit by this stomping. How could he dare to risk his life to exchange injuries with the opponent?
Fortunately, the soldiers around him had made room for him to roll around, otherwise this would have been the place where Wang Siwa would have died.
Similar scenes occurred in every corner of the battlefield. The Qing army, which had been so aggressive a few incense sticks ago, no longer had the courage to engage in a head-on battle with the guards.
Just when Li Benshen sent his personal soldiers into the battlefield, the vanguard collapsed under such pressure.
Unlike before, when they were driven down from the ruins, although the formation of the first group was in chaos, their morale was still there, and they could naturally hide in the formation behind them when they were defeated.
But now they have realized that they are no match for the Ming army, and they also know that they are doomed to lose this battle. In such a situation, everyone is only concerned with turning around and escaping, so how can they care about anything else?
Seeing the battle situation like this through the telescope, Kong Youde's first reaction was to look at Duoduo beside him.
Seeing that not only his hands holding the telescope were shaking, but his whole body was a little unstable, he once again spoke to comfort him.
"It's okay. The surrendered army is like this. Once the elite troops in your flag go into battle, we will surely win the battle."
After hearing this, Duoduo took great effort to suppress the anger in his heart, but when he was about to say something else, he heard shouts from the battle group.
"Nikan is dead! Surrender and you won't be killed!"
How is it possible? !!!!!!!!!
The thoughts in his mind were mixed up by the call. Duoduo felt a tightness in his chest, and then he felt a heat coming out of his mouth.
"puff!"
"Your Majesty!"
(End of this chapter)
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