One hundred and eighty heavy cannons played brilliantly, and the situation changed color.
From early morning to noon, the south gate of Shulu was riddled with holes. On the highest "distance" outside the south gate, Zhu Hengjia stood in the wind with a telescope, letting the wind blow up his robe without moving.
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In the camera, a crumbling city wall appears.
"Well, at this rate, if we bombard for three days, the city wall will collapse," he said to himself, but he didn't want to wait three days.
"Send the order and use the car to knock the city wall open."
Zhu Hengjia, now experienced in many battles, immediately discovered that after experiencing the fierce attack of Ma Bao's troops and the bombardment of artillery, the foundation of the south city wall had become loose, and ordered a car crash.
Hundreds of heavy and sturdy crash cars with shields on them and thick and sharp firing pins on the front rammed into the south city wall arbitrarily, picking up broken areas and ramming them. Behind the crash cars, there were also goose cars, which could not be hit.
Use a goose cart to dig, then hit again.
Fire oil and stones were thrown down on the city wall, which burned and smashed one car after another. However, the large number could not be sustained. Soon, six or seven gaps were knocked out of the south city wall.
Before attacking the city, Ma Bao summoned the generals, "We are the vanguard, but your Majesty has to march personally. If we can't enter the city first this time, how can we be the vanguard again?"
The generals were so excited that they howled and screamed. As soon as the battle started, Li Gui, Jiao Hongcao, He Tianyun, Cao Fude, Shan Taizheng and other generals followed the collision car. Behind the goose cart, as soon as the goose cart hit it, a gap was created, and they swarmed in.
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Lin Chong led Fubiao and tried to block the Ming army entering the city, but was killed by Li Gui with an axe; Ke Sheng's forehead was chopped into pieces by the rebels.
Ma Bao rushed into the city and quickly surrounded Shulu County Government, where Zhang Xuanxi's Chinese army was stationed.
It went unexpectedly smoothly. His tanning whip gun didn't get much blood on it, and the Qing army dispersed.
Ma Bao pressed gun dust to the throat of a Qing army colonel and shouted, "Where is Zhang Xuanxi?"
"It's there, it's over there," the principal trembled, pointing towards the study room behind the county government office.
Ma Baosong fired his gun and walked to the study. He saw a thin and tall figure sitting upright on the Taishi chair.
He sneered, "Zhang Fuyuan, I'm going to take your head!"
The back remains motionless,
"How brave, how dare you treat me as nothing?" Ma Bao was furious and shouted: "Zhang Fuyuan, I am going to take your head."
The back remained motionless, not even turning around.
Ma Bao was so angry that he rushed towards Zhang Xuanxi with a gun and found that he was bleeding from all his orifices and had committed suicide by taking poison. There was also a death poem left on the desk.
"Shu Lu"
Live a life of innocence and be loyal and virtuous,
The straight road is difficult to navigate.
If you want to eliminate bad things for your close friends,
Why be afraid of burying your bones beside Hutuo?
The emperor’s grace is as vast and deep as the sea,
How dare I cherish my remaining years?
When you die, you know you have nothing,
Only the last remaining works remain in this world.
Ma Bao couldn't help but sigh after reading this poem. This man put his personal relationship with Emperor Shunzhi above the national justice. He was really confused! However, he was as honest as water, treated the people well, valued affection and righteousness, and was really respectable!
His subordinates attacked Shan Taizheng and broke in. Upon seeing this, they said: "Your Majesty has ordered that anyone who beheads the puppet governor Zhang Xuanxi will be promoted to the first rank. Why doesn't Uncle Pucheng behead his head as a tribute to Your Majesty?"
"Alas!"
Ma Bao took a long breath and said, "I respect him as a traitor and cannot bear to do this." After saying this, he dedicated Zhang Xuanxi's body to Emperor Guangwu.
Zhu Hengjia was very surprised, "Ma Qing, I once said that whoever beheads the puppet governor Zhang Xuanxi will be promoted to the first rank. Why do you still keep his whole body? Don't you want to be promoted to a rank?"
"Your Majesty, Zhang Xuanxi is a traitor and a traitor. Although he is hateful, he is an honest official and loves the people like a son. When he was guarding the city, he actually opened the city gate and let the people of the county escape. Seeing that he treated the people well, I couldn't bear to kill him. Head".
When Zhu Hengjia heard this, he was also shocked, "In this case, this man's conscience has not been exhausted, so let's leave him intact."
Then he smiled and said to Ma Bao: "I used to know that you were brave and resourceful, but today it seems that you are also benevolent. Although Ma Qing did not behead Zhang Xuanxi, but getting his body is regarded as beheading. He named Ma Qing the Marquis of Pucheng.
He disobeyed the emperor's order and was promoted to a knighthood instead. Ma Bao was so moved that he knelt down on the ground with choked sobs and said, "My Majesty, Ma Bao, thanks you for your kindness."
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Zhang Xuanxi used his life to hold back the Ming army for more than a month.
This month was very important to the Qing government. Guarjia Obai rushed to Baoding Prefecture to govern Qingyuan County. Hearing that Shulu County was in danger, he went south without stopping to rescue.
As soon as they arrived in Shenze County, news came that Shulu had been lost and Zhang Xuanxi had committed suicide.
Oboi sighed, "Zhang Gong lived a magnanimous life, but unexpectedly he died in Shulu."
Ao Bai was an upright person and liked honest officials. When he came to power, he reused a large number of honest officials such as Moro Luo. Later, Kangxi cleaned up Ao Bai's party members and wanted to punish Moro Luo. The officials and people in Shaanxi interceded for Moro Luo. Forced by public opinion, The official was reinstated. Later generations framed many of Dorgon's bad deeds on Aobai, which was really unfair.
"Send an order to the entire army to immediately withdraw from Qizhou to the north." Ao Bai issued the military order.
After hearing this order, the generals such as Gushan Ezhen Mulima, Bahana, Angbang Zhangjing Yeshuk and other generals were very reluctant and entered their tents one after another to ask for battle.
"Commander, our army is 120,000, and the Ming army is less than 100,000. Why do we have to retreat?"
"That is, the morale of our army is very high. We should work hard to defeat the Ming army and retreat without fighting. It will hurt morale too much and we can't retreat, Commander-in-Chief."
These are all generals of the Eight Banners outside the Pass. The Eight Banners outside the Pass are the most capable troops of the Qing court. They fought fiercely with the Yang Huai tribe of the Ming army in Liaodong, but they were not defeated and their morale was very high.
Among Obai's men, the most able to fight are the 35,000 Eight Banners outside the Pass; the second is the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry outside the Pass; the third is the 40,000 Eight Banners who are patched together; the least able to fight are the 25,000 Northern
Zhili Green Camp.
The Green Camp of Beizhili was adapted from the Ming Dynasty's surrender troops who surrendered the invaders and surrendered the captives. It was also located near Beijing. It was affected by the extravagant style of the capital and became severely corrupted. In history, Hong Chengchou went south and was in trouble.
He was willing to command the Green Camp of Northern Zhili, saying that they could not bear to fight; he asked the Qing government to allocate the Green Camp of Liaodong and Gansu and Shaanxi, saying that the Green Camp soldiers in these places could endure hardship and dare to fight tough battles.
"Shut up!"
Ao Bai shouted sharply: "As a commander, you don't think about advancing before thinking about retreating. To the north of Shenze County are Zihe and Yangcun Rivers. Once the army is defeated, there will be pursuers in front and a big river behind, and the whole army will be in danger! We must not do this.
A decisive battle with the Ming army here, retreat quickly!"
When the generals saw that what Ao Bai said was reasonable, they stopped talking and the whole army withdrew to Qizhou.
Qizhou was the country's medicinal distribution center during the Ming Dynasty and was known as the "Medicine Capital". Its flat terrain seemed to be beneficial to the Qing army.
"Send the order to the whole army to withdraw to Boye", Obai issued another military order.
Now the generals quit, "Commander, there are many plains here, which are conducive to our cavalry, why are you withdrawing again?"
Obai smiled, "Although there are many plains here, the area is not vast. Moreover, it is located by the river. The soil is soft and the fields are very fertile. It is not the best place for horse racing. It is not the best place for a decisive battle. Continue to retreat."
The military orders were overwhelming, and the Qing army withdrew to Boye County.
As soon as he arrived at Boye, he was so happy that Obai shouted, "What a great place! This place is located in the hinterland of central Hebei, surrounded by vast Pyongyang. It is actually the place where our cavalry roams! It is here that we will fight the Ming army!"