Chapter 147 Pingyang Decisive Battle
In the Confucian Temple, just after the fifth update, the servants arrived at the inner hall and whispered, "Master, Master, it's the fifth update."
Soon Hong Chengchou replied, "I understand, I'll hold the light!"
The servant got the reply and waved his hand and the six maids walked in quickly. Some delivered the stove, some held the lamp, some served Hong Chengchou's clothes, and some prepared hot water to clean the noodles.
Hong Chengchou was originally the governor of Ji Liao of the Ming Dynasty. He failed in the Battle of Songjin and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. It is said that after the Battle of Songjin, Emperor Chongzhen received news that Hong Chengchou died for his country, so he opened an altar for him, offering sacrifices every seven days. Just as he was celebrating the ninth altar, he received news that Hong Chengchou was not dead, but also became an aide to the Qing Dynasty.
Hong Chengchou made plans for the Qing Dynasty to enter and go out to Beijing. After Dorgon moved the capital to Beijing, he adopted Hong Chengchou's suggestions and quickly surrendered the entire north. When the Qing army went south to Jianghuai, he followed Hong Chengchou's strategy and successfully surrendered Zheng Zhilong.
If it weren't for the change of hair and clothing that caused the Han people to fight, and Wanjun took the opportunity to defeat the Qing army in Anqing, the Qing Dynasty would have successfully gone south to Fujian and wiped out the entire Southern China, just like history.
Among the many traitors, Hong Chengchou was the first to harm China. No wonder Hong Chengchou was listed as the first person in the "Biography of the Two Ministers".
Hong Chengchou is nearly 60 years old and has a poor sleep. After becoming a traitor, he feels uneasy. He always has all kinds of ghosts when he falls asleep, and he always has the habit of getting up at the fifth update.
The maid put on clothes for Hong Chengchou and cleaned his face with hot water. After everything was cleaned up, Hong Chengchou walked outside the house. The snow in the yard was half a foot deep. Hong Chengchou looked up at the east. The sky there had faded from darkness, and a dark blue like the sea appeared.
As usual, Hong Chengchou arrived at the study room. Before he could sit down, a soldier suddenly came to report, "Governor General, the enemy soldiers have entered the city!"
Hong Chengchou thought for a while and smiled, "Can you hear the fifth update?"
The soldier said, "I heard it!"
Hong Chengchou said, "Get out."
The soldier said, "Sir, the enemy soldiers have entered the city, how to deal with it?"
Hong Chengchou took a book and said without raising his eyes, "The sound is even more normal. How could there be enemy soldiers? Perhaps there are prisoners who cause rebellion and will be wiped out after dawn."
The soldiers retreated, and soon another soldier rushed in in panic, "Governor General, it's not good. The city has been broken, and the enemy soldiers are rushing to the Confucian Temple."
Hong Chengchou put down the book and said with a hint of surprise, "How is it possible? The Central Guard has arrived in Guyuan for 400 miles. The war report from Guyuan was delivered last evening. How could the enemy soldiers arrive overnight?"
The soldier said, "It's true that there are a large group of soldiers coming from South Street."
Hong Chengchou listened with a slight slightest sound of swords and guns fighting, "Can you see clearly the flag of soldiers and horses wearing clothes?"
The soldier said, "Sir, Ye Tai Hei can't see clearly."
Hong Chengchou picked up the book again, "It's okay, maybe it's too much wind and snow, and there are soldiers garrisoned to ask for clothes and wait for dawn to reward."
When the soldiers left the room, Hong Chengchou thought for a while, put down his book and walked out of the room. He looked at the east sky. The dark blue had turned into dark purple and it was about to dawn.
I received a military newspaper from Guyuan last evening. The Chinese army had already captured Guyuan. Hu Quancai committed suicide and died for his country. Hong Chengchou and Boluo discussed that Boluo would lead his troops to retake Guyuan today. Last night, he had already concentrated all his troops at the schoolyard outside Dongguan City.
"Come!"
Hong Chengchou called out, and the servant followed and responded.
"Go and invite the Prince of Boro and set out earlier."
The servant was ordered to leave in a hurry, but he ran back in panic, "Master, something is wrong."
Hong Chengchou has always asked his subordinates to have the ability to nourish their qi and not to panic when encountering problems.
Seeing that the servant had been following him for so long and still behaved like this, he said angrily, "What's the matter so trembling? How do I teach you on weekdays?"
The servants no longer cared about these things and hurriedly said, "Master, the Confucian Temple is surrounded by soldiers, something is not good!"
Hong Chengchou said, "Do you see clearly which camp of soldiers are from?"
The servant said, "I can't see clearly, there are a large number of soldiers."
Hong Chengchou said, "Take me here!"
The servant led Hong Chengchou toward the gate, and a large group of troops had already entered the Confucian Temple. It was already dark. Hong Chengchou saw the leaders coming towards him.
Hong Chengchou shouted, "I am here, who dares to be arrogant?"
Unexpectedly, the man opposite was unmoved at all. He walked towards this side and said, "Can you be Hong Chengchou?"
As he got closer, Hong Chengchou finally saw clearly that the person who came was wearing a Navy costume, and there was no Qing soldiers stationed in the defense. This costume has been heard for a long time and is clearly the most rumored dress of the Chinese army.
Hong Chengchou was shocked and then he tried to calm down, "Who are you?"
The man looked up and down and said excitedly, "Are you really Hong Chengchou?"
Hong Chengchou said, "It's me."
The man smiled and said, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that my army would really be able to capture Hong Chengchou alive."
After receiving the news of the Qing army commander in the Nanmen Wengcheng, Wanjun wanted to see the legendary Hong Chengchou with his own eyes, so he and Li Dingguo took their troops to Baoan Temple in Gaomiao to capture Boluo, and he personally led his troops to the Confucian Temple to capture Hong Chengchou.
In order to prevent Hong Chengchou from escaping, Wan Jun and other troops surrounded the Confucian Temple and brought people into the courtyard. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou got up quite early. Before dawn, the people were already in the courtyard.
Wan Jun brought Hong Chengchou to the hall, looked at it happily, and cursed, "Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou, you old traitor, Emperor Chongzhen has set up an altar for you in Beijing. You are so good. Not only isn't dead, but you have also become a traitor. You said you lived in such a waste of time."
Hong Chengchou did not kneel down and stood in the hall without changing his face. "Who would have been humiliated by being captured? If the Battle of Songjin was not promoted in the court, how could I have been defeated and humiliated? The Ming Dynasty was stupid and incompetent. Since the Wanli Dynasty, it has been defeated repeatedly in Liaodong. The Chongzhen Dynasty was in trouble with internal and external affairs. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the Ming Dynasty had lost its destiny and was about to die. Those who were confidants died. The Qing Dynasty treated me with national talents, so how could it be unresponsible."
Wan Jun sneered, "The Qing Dynasty treated you with national sages, so Emperor Chongzhen treated you poorly, how could you not report it?"
Hong Chengchou said, "Why don't you repay me? After I was captured, I went on a hunger strike to die, just to repay the country's kindness."
Wan Jun said, "Then you are dead, why haven't you died? The so-called hunger strike to die is just a scene you acted in. You just want to sell yourself a high price with loyalty."
Hong Chengchou's face turned red and said, "You're talking nonsense, I'm just going on a hunger strike to die."
Wan Jun clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay! Come and take this guy in the stable and take strict supervision to fulfill his wish to go on a hunger strike."
The soldiers dragged Hong Chengchou down, and thousands of troops called the commander, "How is the north of the city?"
The commander said, "General Li just sent a message. He had already captured Boluo and was leading troops to the east gate to collect the Qing army in the schoolyard."
The troops were worried and clicked on the troops to support the east gate. Outside the east gate wall city, there was a Dongguan City across a river. The Chinese army's flag had been raised on the city. Dongguan City was surrounded by rivers, and to the east was a huge schoolyard.
Outside the large-scale military camp, Li Dingguo was bringing people on guard. When he saw the troops coming, Li Dingguo came over and said, "Trust the head of state, Hong Fu, our army has already controlled the entire camp, and we will win this battle!"
Wan Jun said, "Where is the blessing that I have to rely on
, It is obviously a matter of making a decision and making good decisions, so I have to ask you for your blessing.”
Li Ding Guodao, "The Head of State has praised it, and the last general dares not take credit."
Wan Jun smiled and said, "What's the point? Leading troops to rush for 400 miles a day and two nights, and entering Zhongwei City at night in the snow. I won't fight with you for such great achievements."
Li Dingguo waved his hand and the soldiers pushed out a tied Hu Rendao, "This is the Hu prince Boluo, and he will be handed over to the head of state for disposal!"
Boluo was tied behind his back, and his face was mournful and he didn't dare to raise his eyelids. In the morning, Li Dingguo dragged it out of the bed and dragged it all the way to Dongguan City before giving him a piece of clothing.
After Li Dingguo used Boluo's order to successfully surrender the camp in the schoolyard, he saw that he was half frozen to death and gave him a few more clothes. Only then did he recover, Wan Jun said, "Okay, very good, bet down and take good care of him."
After two days and nights of rushing, the army won a great victory, but it was already at the end of its strength. Li Dingguo divided the soldiers into three divisions and took turns to rest in the city for five days.
On the fifth day, Ainengqi and Cui Ziyi hurried to Zhongwei City with their troops.
After enriching the troops, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi led their troops to continue to march towards Yinchuan and recover other prefectures.
Wanjun handed over everything in the city to Cui Ziyi. When he was idle, he remembered Hong Chengchou again. It was already the fifth day. I wonder if Hong Chengchou had starved to death. Wanjun called the guards and took him to the stable.
In order to imprison Hong Chengchou, the stable had been cleared, but the air was still filled with the odor of livestock. Hong Chengchou concentrated the forage on the side of the stable and curled up inside, and could not tell whether it was dead or alive.
Wan Jun shouted, "Hong Chengchou, are you still alive?"
There was no movement in the pile of forage, and Wan Jun shouted again, "Hong Chengchou?"
The soldier was about to go in and investigate, but the person in the forage suddenly flipped over and got up after a while and said, "Thank you for your concern, I still have a breath!"
Wan Jun said, "It is said that you also had a hunger strike for five days. Later, Fan Wencheng went to persuade him and you surrendered. It's the fifth day today. You won't want to surrender in your heart, right?"
Hong Chengchou waited for five days and expected that Wanjun would come to persuade him to surrender. Wanjun came today. He wanted to give up half-heartedly and then borrowed the donkey. Unexpectedly, Wanjun asked strangely. He didn't know how to reply for a while. He was stunned for a long time, "The three armies can seize the commander, but every man cannot seize the will. How can a real man cherish his life and beg for surrender?"
Wan Jun said, "Well said!"
He turned to the guards and said, "You are ready, come and report if you have anything to do!"
After saying that, regardless of Hong Chengchou who was staying on the spot, Wan Jun quickly left the stable, covering his nose while walking, "The stable won't be cleaned up, it smells too much."
On the afternoon of the next day, the guards suddenly came to report, "Head of First Nations, Hong Chengchou asked to see the head of state."
Wan Jun followed the soldiers to the stable, "Hong Chengchou, do you have anything to see me?"
The extremely hungry Hong Chengchou didn't even bother to pose and knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, forgive me, Hong Chengchou is willing to surrender."
Wan Jun smiled and said, "I just said yesterday that a real man would cherish his life and beg for surrender. Why did he change today?"
Hong Chengchou cried weakly, "My hero comes to the world, I have no idea about Mount Tai. I forgive my sins and forgive me. Please be your aide."
After a few breaths, Hong Chengchou said again, "I will definitely give advice to the adults and help them expel the Tartars as soon as possible."
Wan Jun said, "You are thinking too much. Our army is full of talents, and there is no shortage of you, an old traitor." After that, Wan Jun left the stable without looking back.
Chapter completed!