Nine hundred and nineteen where it all began
Xiao Ruxun never expected that Wang Hui would not die, he also thought that Wang Hui died outside the capital, so he has always blamed himself for Wang Hui's affairs, but it turned out to be such good news, which is really surprising.
Moreover, the Great Northwest and Guanzhong were actually pacified, Liu Ling, Deng Zilong and Ma Wei really did this, I have to say that this is really God's favor.
Providence!
The last force of Shen's consistency is gone.
On December 19, while Xiao Ruxun led his army to Zhuozhou, he received a message from Li Rusong that he had led 20,000 troops to approach Shanhaiguan, and he would soon be able to enter Shanhaiguan, and then enter the customs and march to Beijing, all under Xiao Ruxun's instructions.
None of the Li family's fathers and sons are stupid, they are all smart.
O wise man!
Xiao Ruxun sighed helplessly.
Then the army accelerated forward.
In the past, if the march was a little faster, some of those civilian officials would shout tired, but now they don't shout, and they ask when they will arrive in Beijing every day, and there will be people who shout cold, but now they don't shout, and now they don't shout, and their faces are flushed, obviously excited.
It seems that the road to power is so exciting and exhilarating that you can even ignore fatigue and cold.
All know what they're running in, all know what they're doing, all know what they get by doing it.
Zhuozhou was defended by Shen Cheng with people "focused", but the defenders of only 3,000 people were so vulnerable in the face of the almost crazy army, Xiao Ruxun was sure that if there were bulldozers now, the city wall of Zhuozhou would be directly bulldozed by a group of soldiers driving bulldozers, and the entire city would be flattened.
See how they attacked?
The cannons rang out in unison, and twenty Hongyi cannons hit the Zhuozhou city wall full of holes, and then the army directly carried the cloud ladder to attack the city, half an hour later, the city wall was broken, and after half an hour, Xiao Ruxun's army entered Zhuozhou City, and then continued to advance.
Fangshan and Liangxiang are not obstacles at all, and they are not worth mentioning at all.
On December 21, Fangshan and Liangxiang were broken one after another, although there were soldiers and horses stationed here, but in the face of the red-eyed Zhennan army, these Beijing soldiers did not even have the courage to fight with knives, and they collapsed in the shouting of killing.
By this time, in fact, Shen Cheng should have already known, for example, he had been attacked from two sides, and Jingshi had become an isolated city.
Naturally, Da Yun surrendered and did not fight, negotiated the conditions with Yuan Huang's negotiator across the city wall, looked at the few black holes outside the city and the whole column of artillery behind them, plus the murderous army after that, Da Yun estimated how long he could resist if he resisted.
Then Kaesong surrendered decisively.
Although half an hour ago, Shen Zheng sent a letter saying that reinforcements were coming, and he wanted Dayun to go out of the city to fight and recover Tianjin Wei.
Reclaim your hammer! If you have reinforcements, don't you have them?
The black pressure is overwhelming, and the people and horses with no end in sight are lying in front of me, am I looking for death?
You came all the way to send you to death? I can't even see the little emperor, allegiance? Be loyal to your hammer!
Kaesong, Toucheng! Fight back!
Wu Qing surrendered, and then Da Yun took Zhao Hu to persuade Tongzhou to surrender, December 21, Xiao Ruxun's army broke through Fangshan and Liangxiang at the same time, 10,000 Gansu soldiers who stayed in Tongzhou City rose up, killed the main general of the Beijing camp and defeated the Beijing camp soldiers, opened the city to meet Zhao Hu and Da Yun, after a chaotic battle, Tongzhou was taken.
Therefore, Yuan Huang led the army to 40 miles east of Chaoyang Gate of the Beijing Division, and the cavalry attack was imminent, and there was no obstacle to Pingchuan.
At the same time, Xiao Ruxun arrived at Lugou Bridge, and nearly 180,000 troops from both roads gathered in Beijing, if what Li Rusong said was true, then after Li Rusong's 20,000 cavalry arrived to join, it would be another army of soldiers and horses, and the total strength would reach 200,000.
The 200,000 army is enough to surround the Beijing division, in fact, Xiao Ruxun did just that, on December 23, Xiao Ruxun's order was conveyed to the whole army, and the whole army dispersed the army according to Xiao Ruxun's instructions, surrounded the Beijing division on all sides, leaving no gap for Shen Yiyi, and did not intend to give him a way to live.
And Xiao Ruxun himself set up his headquarters on the south bank of the Lugou River, facing the Lugou Bridge.
Here, it is the place where he led the army to triumph more than half a year ago, and it was also here that he was greeted by the tycoon Xiao of the Ministry of War, and here began the most glorious period of his life until half a year ago, followed by Shen Zheng's mutiny, he was embarrassed and almost died, if it wasn't for Liu Huangsheng's secret help, he would have died in Beijing.
At that time, Xiao Ruxun definitely didn't expect that now, and he couldn't have imagined that now, he couldn't have imagined that he would lead 200,000 troops to the Beijing Division to surround the Beijing Division in just over half a year, and looked at the tall city wall of the Beijing Division with a mocking smile.
At that time, there was only hatred and running for his life, and in this short period of more than half a year, too many things have happened, and his mentality has changed dramatically, and he began to think about everything he had done before, including failure, with a calm mind.
Although I am very reluctant to admit it, I was indeed a little naïve before, I believed in the discipline of the literati and believed in their "style and bones", but I didn't expect that politicians and literati are completely different things, no matter whether this person was a literati or an army general before, as long as the attributes of politicians are added, they are two people.
Shen has always been like this, and so has himself.
Shen has always used conspiracy and despicable means against his political enemies, but he will not?
Playing politics, you really can't pay attention to discipline......
With such an awareness, Xiao Ruxun stood here, leading an army of 200,000 to stand here, indifferently looking at Jingshi, who was once regarded as home.
Having arrived at this place, Xiao Ruxun was not in a hurry to order the siege of the city, nor was he in a hurry to negotiate with Shen Yiyi, and ordered the army to rest on the spot, in the name of waiting for Li Rusong's cavalry, and then took Ye Mengxiong and the two of them to the small pavilion outside the Jingshi City.
The place where it all began, in a sense.
At the beginning, in this small pavilion, Xiao Ruxun swore to Ye Mengxiong - the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, although Ruxun is a vulgar general, he also has the heart to serve the country, and he is unswerving in this life.
He used this phrase as the greatest respect for the old man.
Six years have passed, and he has returned here again, and things are, people, too......
Just like at the beginning, a few side dishes, and unlike at the beginning, a pot of warm wine.
"Back then, it was also here that Ye Gong was framed by traitors and had to go south to Nanjing to avoid trouble, and I desperately competed with Li Rusong for the qualification to go to North Korea to pacify the troubles, and finally I grabbed it, and then made great contributions in North Korea, so that I had enough steps to advance, but in the final analysis, if there was no Ye Gong's trust and support, I would not be able to make contributions in the Battle of Ningxia and be valued by His Majesty."
Xiao Ruxun poured a glass of wine for Ye Mengxiong, then poured another glass for himself, stood up and toasted Ye Mengxiong with a glass of wine.