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Chapter 52: The Death of Wu Xiang

This time, Guan Ning's army was in bad luck. More than a dozen siege guns fired alternately, and the shells fell in their camp one after another. The officers and soldiers in the camp who were hit directly had their limbs flying around, and the tents were destroyed one after another by cannons.

Finally, even the place where they stored fodder was hit by hot shells, and a fire broke out.

When the fire broke out, the war horses in the camp began to be frightened in large numbers. They became manic in the camp and jumped around. A group of war horses overturned the horse stalls and began to bump around in the camp. As a result, many officials were trampled to death and injured.

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Seeing that Wu Xiang could no longer hold on, he ordered the entire army to retreat and flee back to Tongzhou.

At this moment, a cannonball landed squarely in front of Wu Xiang, causing dust to fly and smoke to billow. When the dust settled, no one could find Wu Xiang.

Finally, with great difficulty, Wu Sangui and his soldiers collected some of Wu Xiang's broken bodies, put them in a bag, and began to run away while crying loudly.

At this time, the entire Guan Ning army had been dispersed, and the soldiers were all focused on their own affairs, scrambling to escape from the camp and escape from this hell-like place.

Yan Fucheng saw that the official army had been defeated, so he ordered a ceasefire and led his army to pursue. As a result, Wu Xiang's troops failed to capture the Tianjin Guard after seven days. Instead, they were almost wiped out by the Yu family's army, with 20,000 soldiers.

Guan Ning's army was completely defeated. Some of them fled to Tongzhou with Wu Sangui, some of them fled to Jizhou with Zu Dabi and Zu Kuan, and some of the remaining troops scattered directly on the spot. There were about three thousand

Many generals of Guan Ning's army were eventually taken prisoner by the Yu Jia's army. In the other seven days, nearly 4,000 of the 20,000 Guan Ning's troops were annihilated by the Yu's army.

After the battle, the entire Guan Ning Army that entered the pass declared that they had completely lost their combat effectiveness and no longer became a threat to the Yu Family Army.

At this time, the overall super powerful combat effectiveness of the Yu Jiajun was fully revealed to the world. This was not only due to the bravery of the Yu Jiajun soldiers, but more importantly, it was due to the technical performance of the Yu Jiajun.

Advantages beyond the times.

Through Yu Xiaotian's continuous and uninterrupted accumulation of technology and continuous development for more than ten years, the quality of the weapons Yu Jiajun now has has completely surpassed this era, and the technical advantages have completely changed.

The methods and even principles of battlefield combat made it impossible for either the Jiannu Army or the Ming Dynasty army to know how to deal with the tactics of the Yu family army. This made what seemed almost impossible to do, the Yu family army.

Jun did it easily.

I'm afraid this is what people often call accumulation. After more than ten years of tireless pursuit, Yu Xiaotian finally created the strongest army in the world in this era. In the face of the Yu Jiajun's super firepower output, they almost

It can easily crush any regular army in the world in this era.

When the news of Wu Xiang's defeat and death reached the capital, Chongzhen really knew what it meant to be afraid. He could not imagine how Yu Xiaotian did it.

Yu Xiaotian simply led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to the north. After landing at Tianjin Guard, he first fought fiercely with an army of 100,000 slaves for half a month. In the end, he defeated the army of 100,000 slaves and even killed them with an outnumbered victory.

How could the slave chief Dorgon still possess such strong fighting power?

Just when everyone thought that Yu Jiajun must have been extremely weak, Yu Jiajun once again gave everyone a super "surprise". They were not as weak as everyone thought, but were still as strong as before.

Maintaining huge combat power.

Chen Xinjia's command and Wu Xiang's command, the two official armies of the Ming Dynasty, have a total strength of nearly 50,000. Although they are not as large as the slave army, they are still elite soldiers that the Ming Dynasty can use at present, but the Yu family

In front of the army, he was so vulnerable.

Chen Xinjia's troops were only hit head-on by Yu Jiajun, and the 30,000-strong army collapsed. Wu Xiang's troops took advantage of the opportunity and attacked Tianjin Guards. Not only were they unable to defeat Tianjin Guards, but they also ended up being defeated.

The Yu Jiajun suffered a huge defeat, and even Wu Xiang himself was killed on the spot.

Chongzhen could hardly believe that this was true. When had such a powerful army like the Yu Family Army appeared in the world? Even a few years ago, when he transferred Yu Xiaotian to the north to quell the Denglai Rebellion, he didn't know that Yu Jiajun was there.

The family army is so fierce. I only know that Yu Xiaotian's soldiers are better at fighting, but I have never heard that they can fight to such an extent.

In less than a month, hundreds of thousands of troops, including the Jiannu army and the Ming army, fell into the hands of more than 30,000 Yujia troops. Could it be that all of his men were

Are there no heavenly soldiers or heavenly generals? Is there any army in this world that can withstand their attack?

Chongzhen was already in disarray at this time. Taking stock of the troops he could mobilize now, although the Ming Dynasty still has millions of troops in various places, these troops are thousands of miles away or even thousands of miles away. It can really be dispatched

Only the officers and soldiers in the Gyeonggi area are of use.

But now around the Gyeonggi Province, after the defeat of Chen Xinjia's and Wu Xiang's troops, there are only a handful of Ming armies with strong combat effectiveness. The nominal Beijing camp now has little combat effectiveness at all and is stationed in the Gyeonggi.

In the surrounding area, over the years, the Jiannu soldiers have entered and plundered the pass one after another, and the officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp have suffered heavy losses.

Many of the officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp are simply not equipped to fight. These officers and soldiers guarding the capital area are all veteran soldiers. They are probably better than anyone else in eating, drinking and having fun, but they rarely practice. Their combat effectiveness is so low that it is unbearable to read.

, several times Jiannu entered the pass, and the imperial army encountered Jiannu, and they were all defeated. They even collapsed after hearing the news, and had no fighting power at all.

This is also the reason why Chongzhen always mobilized Shanxi troops, Guan Ning troops and Shandong troops to defend the capital every time the slaves entered the pass. It was precisely because the capital camp in this area of ​​the capital basically had no fighting capacity.

Now Chen Xinjia's elite Shanxi troops have been defeated, and only some of the remaining soldiers have fled to Bazhou. They stay in Bazhou and dare not move again. Chen Xinjia was arrested and interrogated. Those soldiers now have no intention of fighting and were arrested.

Yu Jiajun was scared to death, so there was no hope at all. If he forced them to go into battle, they would probably disperse as soon as Yu Jiajun showed up.

And the Guan Ning Army, which had finally been transferred from Shanhaiguan Pass to the pass day and night, was almost completely wiped out in Tianjin Guard. It is obvious that there is no hope for the time being. Even if there are still some Guan Ning Army in the Guan Ning area, but now outside the Pass

Before the Jiannu were exterminated, the slave chief Huang Taiji still led his troops to stare at the area of ​​Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan with eager eyes. These soldiers and horses could no longer move.

Therefore, the current situation in the entire Gyeonggi area is extremely bad and has reached an unprecedented level. It is impossible to find a decent army to withstand the offensive of the Yu family army.

Moreover, this time Yu Xiaotian issued a serious statement calling for Ming Dynasty. Although he did not explicitly say that he wanted to rebel, he did also raise the banner of going to the capital to be with the Qing Dynasty. This was tantamount to completely tearing away his last disguise and wanting to fight with the Ming Dynasty.

Break up and have a showdown with the court.

When Chongzhen thought of these things, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he completely lost his mind.

Chongzhen had no choice, and those courtiers were even more helpless. At this time, many ministers began to play hindsight, and the initial efforts to impeach Xiaotian were mainly to add insult to injury. Taking advantage of the fact that the Yu Jiajun had just experienced the war, they thought that the Yu Jiajun was weak and wanted to take advantage of the situation.

The ministers who destroyed the general's army said that they were harming the country and should not have done this in the first place.

Everyone is willing to lay off hindsight. Many ministers who were not qualified to participate in the secret discussion at the beginning have now become smart people. They stand up and talk without pain, and they can talk about everything. In short, it is absolutely

Most people don't call Yu Xiaotian a traitor at this moment. Instead, they are impeaching the ministers who advocated the conquest of the Yu family's army, saying that they are wrong. If it hadn't been for them, why would the matter have reached such a stage?

When Chongzhen looked at the memorials presented by these ministers, he felt a strong desire to kill people. What had he done earlier? Now he is jumping out to add insult to injury. Isn't it obvious that this is all an afterthought? Now he is saying this again.

What's the use? They all have to think of ways to defend themselves against the enemy. At this moment, the Yu Jiajun has defeated the Ming Army twice in a row and is about to attack the capital city. But these people are doing these things.

How can Chongzhen not be angry?

But there was nothing Chongzhen could do when he was angry. At this time, he had no time to deal with these guys who were too full to do anything. So he quickly ordered Cao Huachun to supervise the capital camp and prime minister to defend the capital. He asked for help from various places and ordered the capital to once again

Martial law was declared and the soldiers and horses from all over the world were ordered to march north to King Qin immediately.

Cao Huachun was originally a eunuch, how much military talent did he have? But now that the matter had come to this, he could only try his best and ordered to assemble soldiers and horses from all over the capital and rush to the capital, King Qin, to strengthen the capital as quickly as possible

of defensive strength.

In addition, Chongzhen ordered Liu Yuliang, the current chief assistant, to oversee the reinforcements from all over the world and sit in Tongzhou to be responsible for blocking the Yu family army from attacking the capital east of the capital.

After Liu Yuliang received the order, he felt uneasy and frightened. However, it was also his idea to send troops to suppress Yu Xiaotian this time. Now that things have reached such a point, he can't shirk it even if he wants to.

Moreover, at this time, many officials in the capital were lashing out at him, saying that he was a minister who was harming the country. Liu Yuliang had no choice but to leave the city overnight and rush to Tongzhou to take charge.

In addition, the imperial court is currently in financial difficulty. To put it bluntly, it has no money. Now it has to fight a war, and it has to fight a big war. The soldiers have to use their lives to surround the capital. How can it be done without money to pay.

However, Yu Xiaotian is now stuck in Tianjin Wei. Even if he immediately transfers money from Nanzhili to the north, he cannot reach the capital. Chongzhen was so anxious about this matter that Xue Guoguan, who was currently the bachelor of Wuyingdian Palace, came to Chongzhen.

The idea was to ask Chongzhen to issue an edict and order all the officials in the capital and his relatives to provide financial support.

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