Chapter 55: The Two Heroes of Dong and Hubei
Zhou Shixiong shook his head and smiled bitterly after hearing this, and ordered Fang Zhenghua to settle these women well. Those who were willing to go home were given some money and food. Those who were unwilling to go home were sent to Changping for temporary residence and then find a way to settle them later. The men were sent to Miyun and handed over to Liu Ce, and they would be released when Jiannu retreated before they could be released.
Zhou Shixiong had tried his best to find a way out for these women, but that night, Fang Zhenghua brought bad news. More than 300 women committed suicide, and nearly 4,000 people refused to go home. "Oh, why bother?" Zhou Shixiong could only sigh. He was not a god and could not eliminate the memories of these women, let them forget the tragedy that happened, and live like a normal person. [bsp; Zuo Liangyu was ordered to interrogate Yang Guli and figured out the reality of the Later Jin army's troops from the mouth of Nurhaci's son-in-law. Li Shutai did not deceive Zhou Shixiong. Only 50,000 war soldiers in the Later Jin army entered the pass. After breaking through the Great Wall, the Mongol tribes had sent away most of the troops, only Tushetu Khan's troops and Subudi troops, and Tumote troops accompanied the army. The troops were 10,000. Including more than 40,000 soldiers with the military and civilians, the Later Jin army had a total of more than 100,000.
Zhou Shixiong asked Fang Zhenghua to send Yang Guli quickly to the capital with intelligence, and also sent the news to the best, adding some joy to Emperor Chongzhen. As for more than 2,000 prisoners of war, Zhou Shixiong handed over to You Shiwei and asked him to send these prisoners to Changping to imprisonment, and then talk about it later.
Next, Zhou Shixiong figured out how to go next. The most powerful battle in this Huairou battle were crossbowmen and engineers, and the cavalry were mainly used as the set. There was no way for Zhou Shixiong to see the combat effectiveness of the Ming cavalry. Tongzhou was the temporary camp of Jiannu, and Zhou Shixiong had no courage to provoke them. His fingers were drawn on ancient military maps, and Zhou Shixiong's fingers stopped in Shunyi.
It is a good idea to fight Shunyi. According to Yang Guli's confession, Shunyi's defenders only had one thousand-man team of Later Jin cavalry, and their own strength could be fully occupied. Make up his mind, Zhou Shixiong summoned a few subordinates, "Black General, I ordered you to lead the vanguard camp to Shunyi to block the road to Tongzhou in Shunyi, and ensure that Shunyi Jiannu cannot escape back to Tongzhou."
"The last general obeys the order." Heiyunlong was depressed. He became the vanguard officer with the most soldiers in the Supervisor's Bian Battalion, but he was always trying to attack the guards. It would be fine if he was the Supervisor's personal guard. It was really hard for him to attack the guard guards. This infantry who only knows how to build roads and houses actually made his first contribution. He didn't know where to put the face of the Pioneer's Battalion! This time he went south to Shunyi, and Heiyunlong was holding his anger. He wanted to use Shunyi Jiannu to sacrifice flags to the Pioneer's Battalion, so that others could not let others look down on the Pioneer's Battalion!
"General You, the weather is getting colder and the river is almost frozen. Shunyi's moat is not needed to be a floating bridge. The guards bring more cold protection materials. I'm sorry that your troops will be the logistics team for the Supervisor Battalion for the time being." You Shiwei received the order happily. It doesn't matter if he is a logistics team. The most important thing is that he can make contributions and suffer little casualties, and everything he does is worth it.
"Governor Sun, I will give you the central army. Bring more siege equipment. Once you arrive in Shunyi, you will immediately attack the city and strive to win Shunyi in one battle. Do you have the courage?" Zhou Shixiong handed over the difficult homework of siege to Sun Zushou. The expressions of the generals looking at Sun Zushou changed. Sun Zushou stood out with his chest and said loudly, "The lower-ranking officials will not be disappointed."
"Fang Jianjun, the guard will be given to you. Your task is to cut off the connection between Shunyi and Tongzhou, and strive not to alarm the Jiannu of Tongzhou before taking Shunyi." Zhou Shixiong used the guard as a scout, which was also a helpless move. Who made him have fewer people to use?
"Sir, who will protect you if the guard leaves?" Fang Zhenghua asked Zhou Shixiong without answering the order. Zhou Shixiong pointed at Heiyunlong, "I will become a military medical officer under the Black General. I believe that the Black General will protect me." According to Zhou Shixiong's estimate, a thousand Jiannu cavalry could not defend the city and wait for assistance. Once the situation was found to be wrong, he would definitely leave the city and escape. He wanted to see the combat power of the cavalry, and of course he had to follow Heiyunlong to have a chance.
Of course, there was no problem with Zhou Shixiong's safety when he went to the Pioneer Camp. Fang Zhenghua no longer spoke and bowed to answer the order. He stayed in Huairou for a night, and the Super Biao Camp and the 4,000 Guard Guards left the city south. The people of Huairou were sent to Changping and Miyun, and Huairou City fell into a dead silence.
Huairou is very close to Shunyi, and it takes only one day to walk. In order not to let Jiannu in Shunyi City discover it, Zhou Shixiong and Heiyunlong headed south along Tanghe River, and after passing Shunyi, they crossed Tanghe River and returned to the vicinity of the southern city gate of Shunyi. There was no one to see along the way. Jiannu's detective cavalry must have fallen to Fang Zhenghua's hands. Ordinary people who were not dead escaped, and they were still staying nearby. They were all dead and gods.
Zhou Shixiong observed the enemy situation on a small hill outside the southern city of Shunyi. There were several Jiannu wandering around Shunyi. Seeing their expressions very relaxed, it means that this operation was not exposed. "The black general, let them rest on the spot and feed the war horses. How can they chase the enemy if the war horses are not powerful?"
"Master, the master is a clever idea. How can a mere thousand Jiannu escape from the master's palm?" Heiyunlong smiled and flattered Zhou Shixiong. The quality was so low that Zuo Liangyu, an illiterate person, couldn't help but curl his lips, let alone Liu Liangzuo, who can recognize the words.
"Master Hei, don't do this. Besides, I'm really vomiting!" After a few days of contact, Liu Liangzuo found that Zhou Shixiong was a boss with no airs. He usually laughed and joking with his subordinates, and was very kind. Therefore, he no longer lived a nervous life. He said he should say what he should say. It felt very good.
"Tsk! Didn't you just read a few days of books? If you have the ability, you can say a good one, let us see the advanced flattery!" Zhou Shixiong enjoyed this relaxed atmosphere. Unconsciously, the people around him were much more courageous, and the two thousand cavalrymen no longer took a thousand Jiannu seriously. This kind of performance was very good in terms of mentality. Zhou Shixiong hoped that their strength could support this mentality, which was the real good soldier.
Half a day later, Sun Zushou led the rear army of the Central Army to appear at the northern city of Shunyi. After a short rest, two thousand people held a long wooden shield and started to attack the city. The Later Jin generals who defended the city were the brothers E Shuo and Luo Shuo, and they were very brave and famous generals in the Zhengbai Banner. Their grandfather once received the name of Nurhaci, and Nurhaci incorporated Dong E into the Zhengbai Banner to add help to Dorgon. This shows the status of the two brothers in Nurhaci's mind.
"Brother, look at this Mingdog doesn't seem to take us seriously!" E Shuo pointed at Mingjun under the city, with a smile on his lips full of contempt.
Luo Shuo is a few years older than his younger brother and is much more stable. After all, his father died early. He had to support the entire family as a teenager. He naturally grew up thinking. "Second brother, don't underestimate the enemy. This Ming army is different from what we have seen. There must be problems. Let's take a look."
"Brother, let me take five hundred people out and cut them all!" E Shuo looked at the city indifferently, turned around and went down to the city. Luo Shuo shook his head without dissuasion. He knew that since he became Duoduo's follower, he had not taken him seriously and thought about splitting up his family and reincarnating all day long. It seemed that he was still resenting his father for not making him the chief.
E Shuo's five hundred cavalry were the elite soldiers of Zhengbai Banner assigned to him by Duoduo, and had much higher combat power than the five hundred family flags led by Luo Shuo. Although the Shunyi defenders were nominally led by Luo Shuo, in fact, these five hundred people only listened to E Shuo. E Shuo got off the city and waved his hand, and the five hundred cavalry quickly began to get ready. Not long after the Ming army's ladder was put on the city wall, the five hundred cavalry were ready to prepare before the war and waited for E Shuo to order to leave the city.
E Shuo was very satisfied with these subordinates. With this powerful cavalry, he believed that he could get enough merits in this trip south, and the spoils he exchanged for after the war must be very generous. "Kaicheng!"
Sun Zushou did not expect that Jiannu was so arrogant and dared to go out of the city to fight. Now it was too late to recover his troops, so he had to order the reserve team to prepare to face the enemy. Lu Hong turned over his horse and raised the spear in his hand high. Five hundred cavalrymen quickly boarded the horse and gathered, waiting for the commander's order.
E Shuo was the first to rush out of the city gate and knocked away several Mingjuns who were preparing to rob the city gate. The mace in his hand drew half a circle in the air, and smashed the Mingjun blocking the road with a huge force. As the flesh and blood flew up, E Shuo's appearance was perfect. Mingjun near the city gate shouted and turned around and ran away, giving up space for E Shuo's subordinates.
Lu Hong frowned at the city gate, clamped his legs and activated the war horse. He slowly lowered the spear in his hand and pointed at E Shuo under the city gate. After receiving the order, the cavalry followed Lu Hong to slowly start the target, and pointed directly at the city gate.
Luo Shuo on the city looked at the city with a strange expression. More than a thousand Ming troops attacked the city. There was nothing to be nervous about him. His tribe members only needed a few arrows to break down the offensives of these Ming troops. This was the case before, and he had long been used to it. What made him feel strange was that the Ming cavalry, which he had never seen before. He had never seen the Ming cavalry that dared to charge against the Later Jin cavalry with a large number of people.
The two equal cavalry were only a few hundred meters away. When E Shuo's subordinates all left the city, Lu Hong and his cavalry had reached the highest speed, rushing towards E Shuo like a group of black clouds. E Shuo had long discovered the movements of the Ming army, but he made a misjudgment. In his impression, the Ming army's cavalry charged very few times, and each time they could only see their ponytails swaying in front of him.
E Shuo planned to wait for his subordinates to come out to sweep the Ming army infantry under the city. As for the cavalry, I believe that seeing his powerful combat power, he would show himself the horse's butt like other Ming troops. When he found that his judgment seemed to be wrong, he had no chance to correct the mistake. No, E Shuo whistled and forced the war horse, intending to rely on powerful force to defeat the Ming cavalry.
Lu Hong looked at the Jiannu General who was screaming and raised his spear with one hand and waved it downwards. He actually used the spear as a whip. E Shuo heard a harsh whistling sound coming towards him, and quickly held up the mace with both hands to block his head. He could not see the other party's weapon, and could only judge the attack position of the weapon based on his feelings. This time he guessed it. With a loud bang, and between the two horses, E Shuo's mace was tightly pressed against his face, with red liquid sprinkled in his mouth and nose, and his body was sitting in the air, not knowing what magical skills were being used.
ps: If you can't catch the moon in the sky, you will be fined to catch turtles in the water. This day has not been sent! Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please!
Chapter completed!