Chapter 676: Closed Door
In Shunyi County, Wu Mengming, who was asleep, suddenly woke up after sneezing a few times in succession, inexplicably uneasy, turned over and got up and asked about the hour.
"My lord, it's almost dawn, and the rain has stopped."
"Let's go, go back to Beijing" Wu Mengming hurriedly put on his clothes, and he didn't even have time to wash.
The situation of the Qing army's entry into the customs is critical, everyone is in danger, how could the dignified Jinyi guard commander go out of the city and run to the front line, who would have thought that Wu Mengming, who has always been timid by nature, would take the initiative to ask Yingqin to lead the Jinyi guard out of the city to investigate.
Could it be that Zhu Zhechi's temperament has changed greatly under the influence of the little eunuch?
Of course not.
Wu Mengming is timid and afraid of death and greedy for money, but things will come, these months and the little eunuch dealing, he made a lot of money but his performance in his job was mediocre, at the beginning of Chongzhen's order to monitor Chang Yu, who knew that he had just arrived at the river and wet his shoes and was immediately pulled into the water by the little eunuch and became a grasshopper on a rope, he had no intention of concentrating on his own work and holding money, and Jinyi Wei was almost surnamed Chang, which made Emperor Chongzhen slightly dissatisfied, although he did not say it clearly, he obviously felt that his attitude was not as good as before.
Wu Mengming was also a little surprised, why the little eunuch always pulled himself into the gang when he had good things, that is, he took a fancy to his identity as the commander of the brocade guard, if he was masturbated one day, he dared to guarantee that the little eunuch would kick him away.
At present, in addition to Chang Yu's earth-shattering talent, there is also Chunxiang, a reliable expert, on the other hand, Jinyiwei is already under the local leadership of the East Factory, and is constantly poaching people from it, and in the long run, it must not be hollowed out.
No, Wu Mengming felt that he needed to behave well, just at this time, Jinyiwei's people in Chengde reported the enemy situation for the first time, and then this goods actually asked for an order to go out of the city to personally lead a team to investigate the enemy's situation, and it was really praised by Emperor Chongzhen.
Wu Mengming was greedy for life and afraid of death, and this decision was also made after careful consideration, at this time, the Qing army had just entered the pass, and the main force was in Miyun, and most of the people who ran outside were spies, and he led the team to meet without danger.
So led 300 Jinyi guard lieutenants and 500 cavalry of the Beijing camp out of the city and went north, to Shunyi County, when the Qing army had occupied Miyun County, divided the troops into two ways to Huairou and Pinggu, and was horrified and did not dare to go forward, hiding in the city and ordering the command to investigate and collect information.
In the evening, the information came like snowflakes: Huairou had been occupied by the Qing army, and it had been found that the Qing army spies and the Ming army scouts had fought in Shunyi, and each had been killed or wounded......
Wu Mengming was frightened, why is the speed of the dog Tartar so fast, doesn't it mean that he didn't bring a baggage, why did the two cities of Miyun and Huairou be broken so quickly, and then thought of Chang Yu who told him before that when the thief army crossed the border, many cities had resisted at all, and as soon as they came, they immediately opened the door and surrendered, presumably the two cities of Miyun and Huairou were also like this, and the Qing army was so strong that the Qing army was scared to pee his pants and open the door to surrender, otherwise the city was small, but the Qing army had no baggage to break the city for a day or two.
"A group of cowardly idiots, surrender is death, if you don't surrender, why can't you be tough" Wu Mengming scolded, and then summoned the officials in Shunyi City to advertise: "If the Tartars wait for reinforcements to the death, there is no way to survive if they surrender or slack off, the Tartars have always left chickens and dogs, and the thieves do not kill the civilians when they enter the city, and the Tartars enter the city without discrimination, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are killed, people and animals are snatched, and the city is set on fire ......."
All the officials are cold, and the oath city is in the people.
In the middle of the night, the soldiers came to report, and a large number of city residents fled, including many officials and gentry. Wu Mengming sighed, and later wanted to return to Beijing at night, but he heard that the Tartars outside the city were all over the place, and dozens of nearly 100 fugitives had been intercepted, and he did not dare to return to Beijing at night, tossing and turning all night almost sleepless, but was awakened by a few sneezes, and saw that the sky was already bright, and the rain and snow had stopped and did not dare to stay in Shunyi, so he hurried back to Beijing.
Out of the county office, I saw the pedestrians on the street running in panic, and the city gate was crowded with people and guards who wanted to flee, bustling with chickens and dogs.
Wu Mengming thought that the guards were intercepting the people and forbidding them to escape, and he was about to let people go, but his subordinates came to report that it was because there were Qing army spies outside the city to intercept and kill the refugees, so that the people in the city did not leave or stay.
"In this case, why not stick to the city and wait for reinforcements to come, even if you die, you can live for a few more days, not to mention that it is not easy for the Qing army to break the city without baggage......" Wu Mengming made an impassioned speech at the gate of the city, and then hurriedly left to move the rescue troops.
A few miles south of the city, you will see at least dozens of corpses in the wild, the old and weak, women and children, the death is very miserable, most of them were cut off heads, the scene is muddy, it is expected that those Qing army spies are surrounded by horses, not for plundering but for killing.
Dog's day of tartars, sooner or later one day blood debt and blood repayment, when the little eunuch comes back, you can't kill you, Wu Mengming gritted his teeth with hatred, and at this time, his subordinates reported it, and found more than ten spies of the Qing army a few miles to the west.
Wu Mengming clenched his fists when he heard this, and shouted: "Go back to Beijing immediately, don't miss a big thing" It's a pity that hundreds of people around this thing were still scared by more than ten Tartars.
Although the rain and snow stopped, the weather was still gloomy, and a group of people came to the Dongchang Yamen outside the imperial city: "Please report, Lord King of Jingying asks to see the overseer" The first person had red eyes, but it was Wang Jiayan, the governor of Jingying, who had stayed up all night and had not slept all night.
"The overseer hasn't gotten up yet, and the message is that except for the emperor's summons, the Tartars must not disturb their sleep outside the city" I heard that it was the governor of Beijing, and the Dongchang fans outside the yamen were still very polite.
But Wang Jiayan almost fainted on the spot, he stayed up all night without sleeping and went directly to the court, in the Huangji Palace, Emperor Chongzhen asked him how to prepare, Wang Jiayan told the truth that the little eunuch was dispatched for special training last night, and there was no other movement at this time.
Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised, with his understanding of Chang Yu, the military situation was so urgent, at this time, the sky should have been bright and he should have ordered to lead his troops out of the city, why was he so calm and didn't move.
Wang Jiayan was arrogant, and spent several months single-handedly recuperating the Beijing camp that had rotted to the roots, and naturally he was reluctant to give it to others to use, not to mention that he had always thought that his military talent was not inferior to Chang Yu, and it was a shame for the dignified governor of Beijing to be compared to a eunuch, so he asked him to lead the Beijing camp to fight in person to prove his ability.
For this request, Emperor Chongzhen naturally will not refuse, at the moment the morale of the Ming army is not high, and it is rare for the civil officials to slack off the military attache to take the initiative to ask for help, he praised it greatly, and ordered Wang Jiayan to command the Beijing camp to fight with Chang Yu.
Wang Jiayan was overjoyed, he was full of pride, and he came to the Dongchang Yamen after the court, wanting to discuss with Chang Yu how to resist the Tartars, who knows...... This thing is actually sleeping!
What the hell is it, the Tartars have entered the customs and the lives are devastated, and the soldiers are about to burn his eyebrows under the city, and he is still sleeping!! Wang Jiayan suddenly became ignorant, and secretly scolded in his heart, could it be that this little eunuch is also a person who sells his reputation and reputation? The previous exploits in the outside were really his hard work?
Holding back his anger and about to ask to see him again, he saw more than ten people walking out of the yamen, the first one was Chunxiang, Wang Jiayan knew him, and knew that the second-in-command of Dongchang had been very important to Emperor Chongzhen recently, so he didn't dare to hurriedly greet him and said: "There is an urgent military situation to discuss with the overseer, please ask Gonggong Chun to help report it."
Chunxiang smiled slightly: "The factory governor was busy with business until dawn and just fell asleep, Lord Wang will come back later......" Wang Jiayan couldn't control it anymore, and immediately exploded: "The Tartar saw that the army was about to come to the city, and the overseer could still sleep, he stayed up all night, but who had slept for a while, how could the governor not be sleepy......"
"Lord Wang, don't be impatient" Chunxiang interrupted him: "Everything is in the hands of the factory supervisor" said with a finger pointing to several commanders of the four battalions under the command of the East Factory behind him, Ji Jike and others, and said: "The overseer has an order, transfer the Beijing battalion and the personal guards out of the city for training."
"The Tartars have arrived in Miyun at this time, and they can come to the city in one day, and the people of Gyeonggi are in trouble at this time, and we will not send troops to kill the enemy, but what kind of training will we do!" Wang Jiayan was furious!
"Lord Wang, although you are the governor of Beijing, don't forget that the factory governor was ordered to supervise the soldiers and horses of Gyeonggi, how to fight, how to fight, what he said, as for you, just follow the order" Chunxiang smiled: "Also, this training camp is different, I will see blood."
The furious Wang Jiayan wanted to throw off his hand and leave to sue the emperor, but he was stunned when he heard the last sentence: "What do you mean?" ”
"You'll find out later" Chunxiang smiled: "Our family still has business to do, Lord Wang, please" After speaking, he arched his hand and left quickly.