Chapter Eighty-Six: The Enemy in Tianjin Wei IV (Ask for Collection, Ask for Recommendation)
I'm finally out of the grip of that unfilial son!
When the carriage drove into the west gate of the Tianjin Acropolis, Emperor Chongzhen was really relieved. Since the change of the Emperor's Gate until just now, his old life has been pinched in the palm of his son's hand! I don't know when I'm going to get food poisoning!
So in the past few days, he really can't eat, he can't sleep well, Wu Xiang and Huang Dabao let people offer food, he doesn't dare to touch it. But people are iron, rice is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you won't die of hunger, and you can't stand it if you don't eat for a few days. So Emperor Chongzhen later had to find Zhou Hou to stutter.
When the food was delivered, he looked so worried about the country and the people that he had no appetite, so he let Zhou Hou eat alone. After waiting for a week, I ate almost enough, and I didn't look like I was getting food poisoning. He eats the rest of the ...... An emperor, because he was afraid of food poisoning, picked up the queen's leftovers to eat, and said in a beautiful name: the national disaster is at the head, and he will be thrifty. It's not easy!
But now, it is not the soldiers of the seven battalions controlled by the prince who protect him from entering the Tianjin Acropolis, but the loyal minister Cao Youyi and the good eunuch Cao Huachun. Although there are only 3,000 people, it is enough for Chongzhen to protect himself.
In addition, there are 4,000 elite soldiers in the Tianjin Town Army and Tianjin Patrol Standard! Cao Huachun also had 1,500 village soldiers bravely escorting the people and families who followed Wang Qingtuo all the way outside the city.
In other words, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he could control as many as 8,500 troops, more than the 7,000 people under the command of the crown prince, and he had the upper hand over the number of people! But how do you seize power? Now that the Ming Dynasty is like this, it's not suitable for a father-son battle, right? Will there be a Ming Dynasty after the fight?
If there is no war...... Zhu Cihong's demagogic methods are too powerful, and there is money, and the support of the traitors of the Manchu Dynasty, it is not easy to regain power!
Just as he was thinking about how to make trouble and force his son to hand over his military power and silver, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly heard a heart-rending shout: "Put a thousand catties of gates!" Quickly release the jack brake ......"
That's right! Put a jack gate and block Cihong's bastard ball outside the city! That's a good idea! Chongzhen slapped his face, and just as he was about to applaud this method, a shout that almost scared Emperor Chongzhen's soul suddenly sounded.
"Meet the king! The king soldier has arrived! Meet the king......"
Chuang Wang Bing arrived? How is this possible?
Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly opened the curtain of the car in front of him, looked out, and what caught his eye was a red flag that was shaking, and the red flag was embroidered with the word "Chuang" in Douda, which was the military flag of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang!
The one who waved the flag was a strong man with a beard with sideburns on his face, his voice was like a bell, and he roared: "Catch the faint king, meet the king's ......"
Around the strong man, there were all strong men in white hats and blue clothes, holding spears, swords and shields, and they were forming a battle formation.
Cao Huachun, who had served as the eunuch of the Beijing camp for a long time, recognized at a glance that the group of thieves in front of him who didn't know where to kill was the old battalion soldiers who broke into the king!
The old eunuch exclaimed: "Emperor, this is a rebellious old battalion soldier......"
Cao Youyi is a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and he is much calmer than Cao Huachun, who has not been on the battlefield much, and in the face of sudden shocks, he shouted at the first time: "Escort!" Escort! ”
Someone really listened to him!
The Cao family who was guarding around Chongzhen's car was still very powerful, and they picked up the guy as soon as possible, and surrounded the carriage and horses shared by Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou. Cao Youyi himself choked loudly and pulled out a waist knife. The sword light is like snow, which is terrifying. After the knife was drawn, he immediately stepped in front of Emperor Chongzhen: "With Cao here, who dares to touch His Majesty?" ”
As soon as his words fell, he heard someone shouting: "Lao Tzu dare!" ”
This shout came from the window on the second floor of a restaurant on the right side of Cao Youyi, Cao Youyi turned his head to look, and saw that Yuan Yuzong of Tianjin Bingbei Dao was standing there, this guy was originally outside the city, and he didn't know when he slipped into the city to ambush. A large number of archers also appeared on both sides of the street, all of them already bowing and arching.
"Do it!"
With Yuan Yuzong's shout, the streets of Tianjin Weiximen were immediately raining arrows!
Cao Youyi reacted quickly, and without waiting for Yuan Yuzong to shout the word "do it", he dragged Emperor Chongzhen out of the carriage. The surrounding Cao family members had already erected shields to protect Chongzhen. Then Cao Youyi didn't care about any male and female defenses, and took out the queen Zhou, who was so frightened that she screamed, and threw it to Wei Qinghui and Wu Wanrong, the two palace maids, the two old girls and palace maids were loyal, regardless of the danger, and protected Zhou Hou with their bodies. Cao Huachun also reacted, hurriedly grabbed a shield, rushed to the three women, and covered them with a shield. This allowed Zhou Hou to pick up a life and not be shot as a hedgehog.
However, some relatives, chamberlains, and palace people who followed Chongzhen and Zhou Hou's carriage, as well as Cao Huachun's family members who had no armor to wear, and the Chinese soldiers under Cao Youyi's command were not so lucky. Immediately he was knocked over by the falling arrows!
After the rain of arrows, more ambush soldiers rushed out of the alleys on both sides of Ximen Street, all wearing the Ming army's mandarin duck battle jackets, but with white cloth wrapped around their heads to distinguish between friend and foe. The generals under Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun also reacted in time, and they also waved their blades to meet them! The two sides were suddenly entangled together, the blades intersected, and the screams and shouts were suddenly mixed together!
Many people rushed towards Cao Youyi, but they were slashed by Cao Da's soldiers. Yang Weihan also pulled out the long knife at his waist, and led a group of family members out of a small alley, and went straight to the location of Emperor Chongzhen. Today, the ambush in the Tianjin Acropolis is the 1,000 people he led to patrol the standard, plus the 3,000 or 400 people of Hao Shaoqi. The number is not much, only half of Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun. But they are unprepared, and they have the concept of "breaking into the king's soldiers", and their morale is far higher than that of Ercao's people. Immediately, he killed Er Cao's soldiers, and he was caught off guard, screaming again and again, I don't know how many of Er Cao's henchmen fell down covered in blood!
Over there, Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun had already protected Chongzhen and Zhou Hou and retreated to the city gate. But on the side of the door of Tianjin Weidongmen, the shouting of killing also rose. It turned out that Jin Bin and Lou Guangxian fought with a hundred and ten family members and Er Cao's soldiers.
The shout of "release the jack gate" just now was Jin Bin's voice. Fortunately, the dozens of soldiers patrolling the city tower listened to him and released the jack gate in time. Otherwise, Zhu Cihong would have let Wu Xiang and Wu Sanfu come in with armor!
However, relying on a thick wooden board spliced jack gate alone can't stop Zhu Cihong for too long, if he can't take Chongzhen before the jack gate is broken through, then the situation will take a sharp turn.
Jin Bin and Lou Guangxian also went out, personally led the team to fight, and rushed to the forefront. However, their rush was quickly blocked, and it turned out to be Feng Yuanyang, the governor of Tianjin, who was furious. The old man held the three-foot Qingfeng in his hand, stood in the middle of the street, and shouted loudly: "The brothers who have taken the silver reward of the thousand-year-old lord are all for the old man to resist!" There are still 50 acres of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River...... Fight with the traitor! ”
Hearing him roar, the soldiers of the Tianjin Chinese Army, who were originally panicked, cheered up. They each danced with knives and guns and flocked to Jin Bin and Lou Guangxian. Although these are ordinary soldiers, their martial arts and strength are not as good as those of Jin and Lou, but there are many of them, and they also block Jin and Lou Erjun!
At the east end of Ximen Long Street, Hao Shaoqi had already brought hundreds of old battalion soldiers of the Dashun Army to kill. The combat effectiveness of the old battalion soldiers in Dashun is not comparable to Wu Sangui's family, but it can be compared with the family of ordinary Ming army generals. Moreover, Dashun had just won Beijing, and Chongzhen was about to be killed by them. Therefore, each of them has the momentum of sweeping away thousands of armies and leveling the world, and rushing to kill is something that Cao Youyi and Cao Huachun's subordinates cannot resist.
In addition, Hao Shaoqi's ability to use soldiers is also better than Cao Youyi's, although there are only three or four hundred people under his command, they still form a wedge-shaped assault array. Hao Shaoqi himself held a knife (three-pointed and two-edged knife) and rushed to the top of the wedge array. A drop knife, left and right slashing, unstoppable. The soldiers of the Ming army who stood in front of him retreated a little slower, and they were killed by him on the spot, and blood was splashed on the long street!