Before dawn, the quietest time, the entire capital was silent. Even the watchman was dozing off in a daze, and the soldiers patrolling the streets were listless, looking forward to changing their shifts at dawn and returning to camp to rest.
A burst of rapid drumbeats sounded from the north city, and then the drums were beating like thunder in all directions, and then the alarm bells in the city's bell tower rang. The sleeping people were awakened, and they were about to go out to check in panic, but saw a large group of officers and soldiers passing by in a hurry, shouting: the whole city is under martial law.
, and are not allowed to take to the streets at will.
The man in the Forbidden City, who was troubled by insomnia, heard the sound and got up, shouting: "Wang Cheng'en, please send Chang Yu to the palace quickly... That's all, don't disturb him yet, send someone to the city to have a look."
Almost at the same time, Chang Yu, who was sleeping soundly in the Dongchang Yamen, jumped up from the bed with excitement, and Qiao Sanxiu, who was on duty outside, rushed in: "Factory Supervisor, I'm afraid the Tatar soldiers are coming."
"It's a done deal." Chang Yu put on his clothes and ran out. "Wuzhong, it's been reported that the four battalions are waiting for orders at the gate." With that, he hurried out of the Yamen, got on his horse, and headed straight for the north city.
Although the people of this city were banned, there were still refugees sleeping rough on the streets. When they heard the alarm bells, they fled in panic. In addition, with the mobilization of troops and horses from all walks of life, the roads were slightly crowded. Kuang Ren led Yunhui's personal guards to clear the way.
, shouted: "Dongchang is on business, please give way to others." Refugees and soldiers from all walks of life on the road evaded and allowed them to pass quickly.
In half a stick of incense, Chang Yu arrived at the Anding gate and rode directly into the city. Wang Jiayan had arrived one step ahead of him. When he saw him coming to the city, he shouted: "Eunuch Chang, the Tatar soldiers are coming, ten miles outside the city!"
Chang Yu didn't have time to say anything, so he raised his eyes and looked into the distance. At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and dark clouds were vaguely visible in the distance due north. The Qing army had finally arrived! They were resting ten miles away, but their scouting horses were already wandering several miles outside the city, testing.
After running around in a circle, he gradually approached. The frightened people outside the city who were waiting to enter the city for refuge were wailing and smashing the city gates in an attempt to let the city guards open the door.
Seeing no response from the city, they panicked and fled southward along the city wall. Upon seeing this, the Qing spies wanted to approach and kill them, without taking the officers and soldiers on the city seriously.
Damn it! They were so beaten up outside the pass that they didn’t remember it for long, or in their eyes, the Ming army was still as soft as ever, and they didn’t dare to fire a single arrow! Chang Yu snorted coldly, raised his hand and took a hard bow from the guard.
, he aimed an arrow at a Tatar soldier who was approaching quickly. With a whoosh, the sharp arrow shot through the air and passed through his head.
At the same time, Kuang Ren and other personal guards all raised their bows. In the blink of an eye, more than ten Tatars fell to the ground and died. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers on the city also raised their bows. The Qing soldiers and spies below the city were so frightened that they did not dare to approach. They hid outside the shooting range or shouted insults or insults.
They went around the city looking for an opportunity to kill the refugees outside the city to vent their anger, but the guards on the city had already received the order, so the Tatars shot them dead as they approached.
Wang Jiayan was shocked when he saw Chang Yu draw his bow and easily shoot down the Tatar soldiers hundreds of meters away. The young eunuch's archery skills were so superb. It was rumored that he was very brave and had defeated all the masters in the country with his martial arts. There were even more on the battlefield.
There are ten thousand enemies, but no one in the court witnessed it with their own eyes. I thought it was an exaggeration, but now the rumors are true, and I admire Chang Yu even more.
"Master Wang, it's time to show your face to the capital camp." Chang Yu frowned slightly and woke up Wang Jiayan, who was slightly confused: "Eunuch Chang means..."
"Send your people out of the city to intercept and kill the people who are guarding the city and go south to avoid trouble. Otherwise, when the Tatar army approaches the city at dawn, they will be a pile of bones."
Wang Jiayan looked a little nervous when he heard this. He clenched his fists and exhaled hard: "From what Eunuch Chang sees, how many troops should be sent out of the city?"
Chang Yu stared at the main camp of the Qing army in the north: "If there are too many, the main force will be attracted, but if there are too few, they will be defeated. Five hundred people will be sent out, more than a hundred will intercept the enemy, and four hundred will escort them."
Wang Jiayan immediately sent an order to select five hundred horses from his subordinates to leave the city. At this time, Tang Potian hurried to the city to ask for a battle. Chang Yu glanced at him: "Are you afraid?"
Tang Potian rolled his eyes: "I wasn't too scared because of my three-point bloody nature, but I was a little scared when you asked me like this." He and Chang Yu had a good personal relationship, and their conversation was relatively casual. Chang Yu laughed when he heard the sound: "You
Pick up two thousand soldiers and go to the Qing army's camp to call for formation."
Phew, Tang Potian almost spat out a mouthful of old blood: "Mr. Factory Supervisor, if I have offended you because of my humble position, just throw me down the city to feel better, or you can tell me to jump off myself." Are you kidding me, Tatar cavalry?
He is invincible in battle. If you ask him to lead 2,000 people to call for battle, what's the difference between giving away their heads?
"I'm really scared." Chang Yu curled his lips: "Do you dare to ask the Fourth Battalion to accompany you to die? If you don't dare, let Mr. Wang's Beijing Battalion do it. Your personal guards will take the blame in the future.
In the butt."
"I humbly obey the order." Tang Potian gritted his teeth and went down to the city without saying much. The Dongchang Fourth Battalion had already been waiting for orders under the city for a long time. After he mobilized his troops, he immediately left the city and went straight to the Qing army camp. At the same time,
Wang Jiayan's 500 men and horses left the city from Deshengmen and began to fight with the scouting horses.
Chang Yu held a telescope and looked around. Wang Jiayan kept frowning and couldn't help asking: "Eunuch Chang, why don't you let those people into the city?"
"It's too much, too chaotic, and the consequences will be disastrous if you're not careful," Chang Yu responded casually, and Wang Jiayan asked again: "Why did you let Tang Potian go to the Qing army's camp to call for formation? He would undoubtedly die."
Chang Yu sneered: "There are two reasons. First, I want to provoke Dorgon and anger Dorgon. Second, I want to draw my sword."
Wang Jiayan was confused and became more and more confused, but he didn't want to continue asking because he didn't want others to feel like a fool who didn't know anything. He had already seen the expressions of several attendants around Chang Yu.
Especially the Taoist priest, he obviously understood. Could it be that this was the difference between him and the little eunuch, and even the guards around him were inferior.
Li Muxian knew Chang Yu's intentions very well. Provoking the Tatars to attack the city could put pressure on the city, allowing Wu Mengming to take advantage of the situation to force donations. Secondly, those who were angered would usually lose their minds.
But there is also a point in how to anger the Qing army. He asked Tang Potian to lead 2,000 troops, mostly infantry, to call for formation. This was a humiliation to the Qing army, a humiliation for Chi Guoguo, and the other one was Chang Yu's
The so-called flashing the sword actually means to show one's identity. His heavy armored cavalry had fought a bloody battle with the Tatar cavalry in the battle of Ningyuan outside the Pass. The other party must have a deep memory. They knew he was coming as soon as they saw this team. Dorgon hated it the most at this time.
Who is this person? I am afraid that in this world, apart from Chang Yu, there will be no second thought. With sworn enemies provoking me in front of me, not many people can sit still.
But it seems that Dorgon is one of them. It's not that he is a powerful hero, but he is a little confused and doesn't know what the Ming army is doing.
He led his troops southward from Shunyi and spent the whole night without haste. At dawn, he ordered rest and reorganization ten miles away from the imperial capital, and then scouted around to find out the situation within thirty miles.
Thinking that the Ming Dynasty knew that he was about to lose his temper when he was surrounded by soldiers, but he wanted to have a good sleep, and when he woke up, he would directly surround the city and humiliate him, so he entered the dream with a smile.
Unexpectedly, before I was warmed up by the quilt, I was woken up by the soldiers. They said: The Ming army went out of the city to intercept and kill the probing horses, and sent troops to call for formation...
"What the hell, the Ming army sent troops to call for formation several miles away from the main camp?" Dorgon even thought that he had not woken up from his sleep. He pinched himself hard and it really hurt: "How many people are there?"
"Less than three thousand."
Dorgon was furious and said: "You dare to humiliate this king, you don't know whether to live or die." He wanted to send an order to send out troops to kill him, but the soldiers said again, the formation was a bit strange, or a bit familiar, like the heavy armored soldiers he had seen in Ningyuan.
Dorgon raised his eyebrows, "Heavy armored soldiers, that dog eunuch's men and horses! He actually returned to Beijing so quickly. No wonder everything went wrong in the past two days. The Ming army that ran to Shunyi yesterday might be his."
A plan to lure troops.
Once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years, Dorgon was played so badly by Chang Yu outside the customs that now every step he takes is like walking on thin ice, and he must be cautious and cautious.
At this time, Duduo and others came after hearing the news, and their heads hurt from the Ming army's inexplicable move.
Dorgon fell into deep thought. Three thousand men and horses, more than half of whom were infantry, were really going to die. But with the insidiousness of the little eunuch, how could he give himself a life in vain? There must be an ambush behind this. What on earth did he want?
"Brother Fourteen, no matter what his conspiracy is, just send troops to destroy him. Give me a thousand troops and half a stick of incense and I will kill them all!" Duduo was simple and rude. He felt that his head hurt from thinking too much, so he just killed him.
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Dorgon shook his head and asked him to calm down for a moment. He also wanted to think about it. The young eunuch sent out heavy armored cavalry to show his identity, and he also humiliated himself by summoning three thousand men and horses. If he didn't have a back-up, there was something wrong.
Yes, he just wanted to irritate me, but why did he irritate me and what good would it do to him? What did he think of giving away three thousand heads for nothing?
There must be some back-up plan, but he just didn't see it. Dorgon rubbed his head hard, racking his brains and still couldn't figure out what the other party's plan was, but he couldn't let him humiliate the formation, and after discussing with the generals,
He decided to send troops to test it out, and ordered Obai to lead a thousand troops to fight. (To be continued)