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Chapter 55: Overcoming Tongzhou

But the news that came later made the Ming soldiers and generals lose their eyes. The Yu family army actually won, and it was a great victory!

In front of the Yu family's army, a hundred thousand Jiannu army was defeated and disintegrated by the Yu Jiajun. Such a large Jiannu army was actually wiped out by the Yu Jiajun, leaving only scattered Jiannu troops.

In the end, they fled in all directions, and some small groups of slave-building soldiers even fled to the Tongzhou area, which really made these Ming soldiers nervous. {乐+Read}Novel.乐Read

When the slave-building army collapsed a few days ago, more than a thousand slave-building Mongolian soldiers rushed to the Tongzhou area, destroyed several villages, robbed and killed many local villagers, and also took away a lot of food and money.

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The Tongzhou garrison had no choice but to go in and suppress the scattered army of Jiannu. They originally thought that due to the new defeat of Jiannu's troops, they would not have much fighting strength. They could take the opportunity to kill the fallen dog and gain some military exploits.

But they didn't expect that after they passed, five thousand soldiers and horses faced Jiannu and the thousands of stragglers. They were beaten to pieces by Jiannu and the stragglers, losing less than half of their troops. They were defeated and fled back to the outside of Tongzhou City.

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They suppressed this matter and did not dare to report it to the capital. They suppressed the matter abruptly and watched helplessly as more than a thousand Mongolian soldiers who established slaves roared and brushed against the edge of Tongzhou, heading towards

Take Shunyi and flee in the direction of Huairou.

This time, the Tongzhou defenders were even more shocked. Why were the slaves beaten like dogs in water in front of the Yu family army, but when they were in front of them, they became so fierce again?

What materials are these Yu Jiajun soldiers made of? Can't steel be cast by pouring iron? Or do they have supernatural powers? How powerful do they have to be to beat Jiannu like this?

If they encounter the Yu Jiajun, can they be better than Jiannu? Thinking of this, many soldiers of the Ming Dynasty only felt their scalps go numb, and they thought to themselves that Yu Xiaotian must not rebel.

If Yu Xiaotian rebels, will anyone in the world be able to control him?

Before they could say anything, they heard that after the battle between the Yu Jiajun and Jiannu, the imperial court suddenly dispatched two troops, Chen Xinjia and Wu Xiang, to sneak attack the Yu Jiajun, trying to take advantage of the Yu Jiajun's unpreparedness after the battle had just ended.

Destroy it.

Many officers and soldiers in the Tongzhou area were suspicious of this, and did not have high expectations for Chen Xinjia and Wu Xiang's troops, thinking that they would suffer failure.

Of course, they had expected it. Chen Xinjia's troops were dispersed without even encountering the main force of the Yu family army. Wu Xiang's troops even besieged the Tianjin guards and failed. In the end, Wu Xiang even lost his life in Tianjin.

Wei, was beaten by Yu Jiajun and the whole army was annihilated.

The remaining sons of Wu Xiang robbed some fragments of Wu Xiang's possessions and fled to Tongzhou with more than a thousand defeated troops. After stopping for a while, they led the troops and fled back to Shanhaiguan.

Through brief contact with these defeated soldiers under Wu Sangui, the Tongzhou defenders all learned about the power of the Yu Jiajun. The defeated soldiers described the Yu Jiajun as very terrifying, saying that the Yu Jiajun had the ability to reach the sky, with artillery and blunderbuss.

Extremely sharp, able to attack and defend, and extremely good at fighting.

This frightened everyone in the Tongzhou garrison to death, and everyone secretly complained to the court. What kind of wind was this? Why did they have to force Yu Xiaotian to rebel?

People came to Qin Wang, and you didn’t help or provide them with food and salary, just sit back and watch them fight to the death with Jian Nu. Now that they have won, the court won’t reward them. It would be better to let them go back, but the court is too stupid.

Water, on the contrary, he wants to take the opportunity to destroy others!

It's good now, isn't the matter getting serious? They've been forced to rebel! There's no way to deal with it! They've been forced to become anxious this time, and they've raised the banner of wanting to clear the emperor. Let's see how the court handles it!

And this time when Yu Xiaotian raised the banner of Qingjun side, he pointed the finger at Yang Sichang, Liu Yuliang, Xue Guoguan, Gao Qiqian and others, calling them a disaster to the country and the people, a fox in the city and a rat in the society, but a treacherous minister of the Ming Dynasty. They were the cause of the

The Ming Dynasty was so depressed that it asked the current emperor to severely punish these guys.

In fact, it was these people who regarded Yu Xiaotian's Yu Jiajun as enemies and put forward various plans to destroy Yu Xiaotian, which ultimately led to the current situation.

Now Liu Yuliang was sent by the Holy Emperor to take charge of Tongzhou, and he was dictating to the officers and soldiers in Tongzhou all day long, ordering them to do this and that. The officers and soldiers were dissatisfied, and although they did not dare to speak out easily, they still cursed in private, thinking that this

These guys caused the problem, and now they, the officers and soldiers, are responsible for it.

As for the fact that they had to eat royal food, get military pay, and work for the imperial court, they all chose to forget it automatically, and they had absolutely no consciousness of being loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

They waited tremblingly for more than half a month, but did not see the Yu Jiajun attack. So some people even began to optimistically think that this matter might just be forgotten. Now the imperial court has already suffered.

big loss

, Yu Jiajun took full advantage. Although he clamored to go to the capital to clear the emperor's side, this matter was not a trivial matter after all, but a heinous crime. Now the court seems to be showing signs of being submissive, and I guess Yu Xiaotian will also just accept it and let it go.

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But before they could relax for a few days, they received a spy report. The Yu's army stationed at Tianjin Guard finally moved. The troops were divided into three groups and attacked in the direction of Xianghe, Wuqing, and Tongzhou.

In just two days, all the officers and soldiers guarding Wuqing were wiped out by the Yu's army, and the county seat of Wuqing was also destroyed by the Yu's army. The magistrate of the county seat was martyred and committed suicide by hanging himself.

On the third day, Xianghe County was also captured by Yu's army. Liu Xiyuan, the general who defended the city, surrendered with his troops. Li Fengshan, the county magistrate, was captured by Yu's army.

In just five days, Dong'an and Baodi in the eastern part of Gyeonggi Province were also quickly declared to have been captured by the Yu's army. The main force of the Yu's army was directed towards Tongzhou, with more than 20,000 troops heading straight towards Tongzhou.

After Liu Yuliang heard the news, he was so frightened that he immediately ordered the Tongzhou garrison to set up defenses around Tongzhou City. No one was allowed to leave the camp without authorization, and he assumed a posture of sticking his butt out and defending Tongzhou, while he himself

Hiding in Tongzhou City, he issued orders, mobilized soldiers and horses to guard the city, and mounted all the cannons and muskets on the city wall, which made him look quite impregnable.

However, the Yu Jiajun didn't seem to take them seriously at all. On March 28, the main force of the Yu Jiajun arrived in the south of Tongzhou City. Then the Yu Jiajun placed their artillery three miles outside Tongzhou City, attacking more than a hundred people.

A cannon was aimed at the army camp outside Tongzhou City.

On the orders of Liu Yuliang, the guard general Liu Guangzuo led 3,000 Tongzhou defenders to try to counterattack the Yu Jiajun. However, as soon as they left the camp, they were directly bombarded by the Yu Jiajun's artillery. His army was immediately dispersed, and Liu Guangzuo was also killed.

Liu Yuliang did not dare to send any more generals to fight, so he had to order to retreat into the camp and defend. However, the next day he was severely attacked by Yu Jiajun's volley of artillery.

The over 10,000 officers and soldiers outside the city were under fierce bombardment by the Yu family army, and they only held out for one day. At night, the Yu family army raided the camp, and the defenders outside the city were immediately defeated. At dawn, all the government and army defense lines outside Tongzhou City changed hands.

The entire Tongzhou City was completely surrounded by Yu Jiajun.

Over half of the more than 10,000 official troops outside the city escaped overnight, and most of the remaining soldiers were captured. They were then requisitioned by the Yu family army. With the order of meritorious service, these captured soldiers were re-armed, and the Yu family army

Under his supervision, he launched a fierce attack on Tongzhou City.

These captured officers and soldiers had no choice but to attack Tongzhou City with a large number of Yu's troops behind them to supervise the battle. Liu Yuliang panicked and ordered artillery fire to fight back.

After a fierce battle for half a day, the siege prisoners suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat for half a day. At dawn, the prisoners once again launched another attack on Tongzhou under the cover of Yu's army's heavy siege artillery.

Under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Yu Jiajun, the Tongzhou city defense collapsed. The Yu Jiajun sent people to shoot a batch of surrender letters into the city, urging thousands of defenders in the city to immediately abandon their weapons and surrender, and to ensure that the food supplies stored in the city were not destroyed, otherwise the attack would

If you enter the city, you will be killed without mercy.

In addition, he persuaded Xin Zhi to surrender and asked the defenders in the city to capture Liu Yuliang immediately and surrender the city. The Yu family army could ensure that no one was killed and could treat these surrendered troops well.

So seeing that Tongzhou City could not be defended, a man named Qian Niu in the city gritted his teeth and suddenly led his soldiers to rise up. Liu Yuliang was killed and dozens of people were killed. Liu Yuliang was captured on the spot and tied with ropes to open Tongzhou City.

At the east gate, surrender to the Yu family army.

Although Liu Yuliang was prepared, he still failed to prevent his men from doing this. He realized that something was wrong and it was too late to escape. He was about to be captured alive. Liu Yuliang tried to commit suicide by drowning, but was jumped into the water by the rebels.

He was rescued and sent to the Yu Jiajun camp.

It only took the Yu Jiajun four days to conquer Tongzhou City and control the entire Tongzhou City. As for the granary in Tongzhou City, because the Yu Jiajun had issued a threat in advance, the defenders in the city were ordered to break the city.

They set fire to these materials, but when the Yu family's army finally entered the city, the defenders did not dare to set fire, so in the end, all the hundreds of thousands of stones and grains stored in the city fell into the hands of the Yu family's army.

At the same time, a large amount of cotton cloth, mules, horses and vehicles, as well as about 50,000 taels of silver, were also hoarded in Tongzhou City, all of which fell into Yu Xiaotian's hands.

In the Battle of Tongzhou, the Yu family's army fought hard and fast, and also used a large number of captured soldiers to assist before the battle. They killed many captured soldiers and generals who refused to obey their orders before the battle, showing Yu Xiaotian's ruthless side.

After the war, Yu Xiaotian ordered that all the officers who had captured the soldiers should be killed.

They were separated from their soldiers, and the several thousand generals, garrison and guerrilla generals who were extremely angry among the army and the people were killed on the spot. The remaining officers and soldiers, some old and weak, were dismissed on the spot, and each of them was given twenty kilograms of food.

, with one tael of silver, he was dismissed on the spot and ordered to return to his hometown.

As for the remaining thousands of officers and soldiers prisoners of war, they adopted the old method of directly adapting them on the spot. They replaced the original military officers with soldiers from the Yu family army, and organized them into five infantry battalions on the spot, and ordered them to guard Tongzhou City.

In the third brigade, an infantry battalion was selected as the main force and stationed in Tongzhou City. On the one hand, it was responsible for monitoring the five new battalions, and on the other hand, it also took on the main task of defending Tongzhou.

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