It is more than three hundred miles from Shangqiu to Xuzhou.
Baham really only took one day to complete the run.
In the evening, when Bahan Zhen and several other Yiding cavalry returned to Xuzhou, more than a dozen war horses were already foaming at the mouth, and two horses even fell to the ground whining.
Bahamazhen himself was almost exhausted.
Finally, he was helped to the front of Chongzhen Emperor.
"Your Majesty, Jiannu wants to dig up the embankment of the Yellow River."
Bahamazhen was panting violently, and his chest felt like a bellows.
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen immediately shouted: "Pass the decree, the scholar camp is gathering! Call Du Yinxi, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao to come to see me, hurry up!"
Several young eunuchs flew away.
Zhu Cijiong also rushed away to summon the scholar camp.
Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen again: "Wang Daban, put on my armor for me!"
"Father!" Zhu Cixiang suddenly became anxious and said, "I'd better let my son go for you."
"Are you going?" Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Xun'er, you are talented and intelligent, calm in times of trouble, and have a rare benevolence. You will definitely be a good emperor in the future."
"Father!" Zhu Cixiang was horrified, because he could hear a first-class farewell message from Chongzhen's tone.
Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiude also fell to their knees on the ground, crying and begging: "Long live my Lord, you are a man of ten thousand gold. You must not put yourself in danger and let this old slave go on the war on your behalf."
"The prince is not good enough, and you are even less good." Chongzhen said with a decisive look on his face.
"This is a field battle, not a city defense battle. You are definitely not the opponent of Jiannu. Even if you are me, if you face the Jiannu army, you will be defeated. The only thing you want is to protect the river embankment."
It's true that whatever they are afraid of comes, they were just discussing whether Jiannu would dig up the Yellow River embankment frantically, but it turned out that Jiannu really planned to dig up the Yellow River embankment.
Now Chongzhen really had no choice.
Not only can they be saved, but they must also be charioted and conquered in person.
Because if we really let Jian Nu dig the river embankment, we would be in big trouble.
The most immediate trouble is of course that Kaifeng Prefecture, Guide Prefecture, Xuzhou and even Huai'an Prefecture will all turn into Zeguo within ten days and suffer an unprecedented flood.
Hundreds of thousands of people will be wiped out and turned into fish and shrimps in the water.
Millions of people will be displaced and become victims with no food or clothing.
Moreover, this is just the beginning. After the flood, there will inevitably be a locust plague. In the next few years, the entire Central Plains will be a disaster area. In the next five or even ten years, the Ming Dynasty's finances will be dragged down by the Central Plains region.
Within ten years, the Ming Dynasty should not even think about the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and regaining the capital.
By that time, Jiannu would have already established a firm foothold in Hebei.
This disastrous result was something Chongzhen could not accept in any case.
Therefore, even if we fight off several frontier troops, we still have to prevent the Jian Nu from digging the Yellow River embankment.
The good news is that most of the Jiannu army has gone far away, and those who remain should be partial troops.
Facing the main force of Jiannu, even if Chongzhen summoned 30 border troops from the towns and 200,000 rural warriors from Huai'an Prefecture, there would be no chance of success in a field battle. However, if it was just Jiannu's partial troops along the way, there would still be a chance to defeat Jiannu.
Soon, Du Yinxi, Jin Shenghuan, Ma Huabao and Wang Zuntan rushed to the camp.
When the four people walked in, they saw that Chongzhen was already dressed neatly, even wearing the phoenix-winged helmet.
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Du Yinxi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you going to conquer it personally?"
"Qing Du, let's make a long story short." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Jiannu wants to dig up the Yellow River embankment and flood Kaifeng, Guide, Xuzhou and even Huai'an. I have to stop them!"
"After I lead the border troops from the three towns to leave, Xuzhou will be garrisoned by you."
"During this period, you only need to guard the flood areas. No matter what happens, you must not leave the flood areas without authorization."
After a pause, Chongzhen warned in a more serious tone: "Even if I am trapped in Kaifeng Mansion."
Chongzhen was still cautious, worried that this might be Jiannu's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so he gave this warning. In fact, he also knew that this possibility was very small.
Because it’s not that easy to use a plan.
"I accept the decree." Du Yinxi looked frightened.
Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao had bitter expressions on their faces. Are they going to fight again?
We go on an expedition and we go on an expedition. This time we have to fight in the field with Jiannu? It’s really hard.
However, Chongzhen didn't give Jin Shenghuan and the others a chance to complain. He turned around and shouted: "Go and gather the troops quickly. We will assemble outside the west gate in half an hour!"
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Tunqi is also complaining.
Because people in the Ming Dynasty did not respect martial ethics, they would fight with more people and fight in groups.
By midnight in the afternoon, there were more than 30 Ming Navy warships gathered near the veterinary entrance, and the number of Ming Navy officers and soldiers also exceeded 1,000.
Then the Ming army placed the naval warships about thirty steps away from the river bank.
Although this distance is already within the killing range of Dashaogong, it is useless because the Ming Navy's bird ships have fenders and crenellations on their sides to provide protection.
In fact, there are still some jade cars left in Xianglanqi.
They also pushed the cart to the river bank, but to no avail.
Because there were Hongyi cannons on the sides of the Ming navy warships.
After just a few salvos, there were only a few dozen carriages with blue flags left.
The bannermen hiding behind the carriage also suffered heavy casualties and were immediately driven off the river embankment.
After driving Jiannu down the river embankment, the Ming Navy navy dispatched sampans and sent the musketeers to the river embankment. They then stood on the river embankment and shot down the soldiers who were digging the embankment.
The bannerman with the blue flag responded with his big bow.
But the Ming Navy also had wooden signs at the front.
After a few rounds, the wrapping with the white flag couldn't stand it anymore.
The flagman with the blue flag was holding a sword to kill people behind, but it was useless.
When Tunqi saw that this was not possible, they could only transfer more flag men from Zhongmou City.
Later, Tunqi even transferred all the bannermen from Xianglan Banner to the veterinary clinic.
At this time, the Xianglan Banner had a total of 37 Niulu, but after experiencing the tragic defeat at Shanyang City, almost no Niulu could maintain its full strength, so the total number of bannermen was only more than 7,000, which was nearly halved.
Facing more than 7,000 bannermen, the Ming navy finally couldn't hold on any longer and was forced to retreat to the ship.
But the bannermen with the blue flag did not dare to go up the river embankment, because the warships of the Ming Navy had red cannons. Going up the river embankment was simply to die, and they could not do such a stupid thing.
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Wrapping with a white flag began to dig river embankments again.
However, the good times did not last long. In the evening, the Yiding soldiers of the Ming army arrived.
These barbarians of the Ming army were even more disgusting. Relying on their superb riding skills and good cavalry, they formed groups of three and five cavalry, and played hunting and counter-hunting with the flag men with blue flags.
Although Xianglan Banner had an absolute numerical advantage, due to the simple and flat terrain, they were at a disadvantage in this wrong-kill game, losing dozens of riders in less than half an hour.
When Tunqi saw that this was not going to work, he quickly withdrew all the bannermen.
Then more than 300 Baya soldiers with blue flags were sent to fight against the Yiding.
Now the situation was reversed, the Ming army Yiding were chased by the Baya soldiers with blue flags and ran around.
However, when the gourd was pressed down, the gourd lifted up. Taking this opportunity, the Ming navy ran to the river embankment again and gave the veterinarian a meal while he was digging the embankment for coatings. He quickly reimbursed hundreds of coatings.
After working hard in the middle of the night, we finally drove the Ming navy back to the ship, and at the same time kept the Ming Yiding at bay. As a result, the Ming cavalry battalion arrived.
As soon as the cavalry arrived, the Ming army Yiding and the Ming army navy also counterattacked at the same time.
This time, Xianglan Qi immediately became concerned about one thing and not the other, and he couldn't stand it any longer.
Taking advantage of the brief gap when the main force of the Xianglan Banner was restrained by the Ming cavalry and navy, about three hundred cavalrymen seized the opportunity to rush into the veterinary entrance and killed all the thousands of soldiers who were digging the river embankment.
When the Baya soldiers with blue flags arrived, they saw that the gap was filled with wrapped corpses, and not a single one was breathing.
Melezhangjing Lanbai said to Tunqi: "Master Gushan'erzhen, all the coats left by the nine kings to us have died. What should we do now? If we dig further, we, the flag men with blue flags, will have to do it ourselves.
Already."
Tunqi was also a little blind, because Dorgon left more than 2,000 coats.
Among the more than 2,000 soldiers, he killed more than 400 himself, and the Ming navy killed 400 to 500.
The remaining more than a thousand were also killed by the Ming army and Yiding, and now there is no one left.
At this time, a Jia La E Zhen suggested: "Mr. Gu Shan E Zhen, why don't we capture some Aha and come back to dig the embankment? In short, the embankment of the Yellow River must be dug, otherwise the flag owner will be in great trouble."
Obviously, this Jiala'e is really Jierharang's loyal lackey.
But Lanbai was not a loyal dog of Jilharang, and he immediately said angrily: "It's easy for you to say. Where can this fool go to catch Aha? Besides, is there any Aha to catch nearby? There is not even a dog to be found.
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After saying that, Lanbai turned back to Tunqi and said, "Master Gushan'erzhen, why don't you retreat quickly?"
"Withdraw?" Tun Qi was a little moved, but also a little worried, "If we just withdraw like this, what will happen to the river embankment?"
"What river embankments do you care about? Besides, haven't we dug up the Yellow River embankment before?" Lanbai said, "And we dug it out twice, only to block it again. You can't blame us for that."
Tun Qi was still hesitant and frowned: "Isn't it good if we just withdraw like this?"
"Sir, if we don't retreat, we won't be able to leave." Lan Bai immediately became anxious, "Haven't you seen it yet? The Ming Dynasty army is coming to Zhongmu in a steady stream, first the Ming Navy, then the Yiding,
Then there are the cavalry. If we don’t leave, maybe Chongzhen, the dog emperor, will personally lead the army here when it gets dawn tomorrow.”
Hearing this, Tunqi no longer hesitated. That's right, Xianglan Banner couldn't be buried here.
Before setting off from Beijing last year, he personally promised Jierhalang that he would bring back the bannermen with blue flags to Beijing. Now that nearly half of the bannermen have been lost, the remaining bannermen cannot suffer any more losses.
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At that moment, Tun Qi shouted: "Xiaoyu, Niulu, retreat to Heyin!"
With the survival of Xianglan Banner at stake, Tunqi could no longer care about Dorgon's royal life.
In short, he can die in Tunqi, but nothing will happen to the 37 Niulu with the blue flag.
