544 wonderful misunderstanding

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"This is the Shengjing City of Tartar, but it has some scale."

At this time, Li Zixiao took two thousand White Dragon Army cavalry, standing three or four miles away from the south gate of Shengjing City, looking at this majestic city.

"General, the Tartars have discovered us, and the Tartars on their city have begun to take precautions."

Quartz pointed to the Tartar city wall at this time, crowded with people, and Li Zixiao could see the Tartar archers on the city wall more clearly through the clairvoyant mirror.

"Haha, it seems that Huang Taiji is still in his lair, leaving a not weak force, this time we came to Shengjing City, it seems that it is destined to be a demonstration."

Li Zixiao said, with a slight pity in his tone.

If Huang Taiji didn't leave too many men in Shengjing City, they would still have a chance to capture Shengjing City this time.

But now looking at the Tartar archers pouring out of the city wall, Li Zixiao understands that they will not have the opportunity to conquer Shengjing City this time.

"Even if we can't beat Shengjing City this time, even if we come to demonstrate, we must make the movement bigger.

Qin Zhen, you take a hundred people and horses, take them to the side of the mountains and forests in the distance, tie branches to the back of the war horses and run, you must make the dust fly.

Let the Tartars in the city mistakenly think that there is a large army of ours stationed behind.

Quartz, scatter the three hundred cavalry out, but anyone who comes out of Shengjing City and tries to get close to our Tartar scouts must all be killed, and the Tartars will never be allowed to find out our reality. ”

Li Zixiao commanded Qin Zhen and Quartz on the side.

He wanted to give the Tartars some ecstasy soup, and he couldn't let the Tartars know that they had only come with two thousand cavalry this time.

"Yes, General, I'll do it." Qin Zhen responded.

"The rest of the men, leave a hundred men on guard, and the rest go to the forest to cut down trees and make a few catapults.

We didn't bring artillery this time, but we did bring a lot of iron-clad mines, and we have to listen to the Tartars! ”

Li Zixiao continued, with a sneer on his face, staring at Shengjing City in front of him.

Sony, although he was more trusted by Huang Taiji at this time, his power was far from reaching the level of Emperor Shunzhi in later generations.

At this time, Sony, who got the news, rushed to the south gate of Shengjing City as soon as possible.

When he ascended the tower, he looked at a large number of cavalry in the distance outside the city, and the dust rising from the sky in the distance, and his face showed a solemn expression.

"How did these Ming troops come from? Could it be the Ming army that appeared in the area of Zhenjiang Fort? But how did they come over such a long distance?

In the castles along the way, no one found them, and no one came to the imperial city to report to the police in advance, which is really evil. ”

Looking at the White Dragon Army cavalry outside the city, Sonny was full of questions in his heart.

"Someone, go and bring the soldiers who first discovered the Ming army and rushed to report the news." Sonny thought for a moment and said to a Tartar general on the side.

Soon, the Tartar soldier who rushed to Shengjing City to report the news was brought to Sony.

"Meet your lordship."

"Hmm. You were the first to discover this Ming army? Sonny asked in a cold tone.

"Lord Hui, it was the humble duty who first discovered this Ming army on the north bank of the Hunhe River, and immediately rushed to report it." The Tartar soldier replied respectfully.

"Then do you know how many people there are in this Ming army?" That's what Sony cares about the most.

You must know that at this time, all the Tartar defenders in the entire Shengjing City combined, there were only six or seven thousand people, of which the real Eight Banner Tartars were only about two thousand.

Although these Tartars are true elites, and they rely on the tall walls of Shengjing City, they are still very dangerous if there are too many enemies this time.

Shengjing City is the capital of the Tartars, and it is also the holy land of their Tartars at this time, even if there is only a one percent chance of being captured, Sony does not dare to take this risk.

You must know that in Shengjing City at this time, no matter whether there is Huang Taiji's family, even most of the princes of the Eight Banners Tartars, and the families of the officials and generals are basically all here.

And if Shengjing City is really defeated by the Ming army, then the fun will be great.

Even if Huang Taiji was on the Songjin front line at this time and defeated the main force of the Ming army, so what? Once Shengjing City was defeated by the Ming army, the battle of Huang Taiji was equivalent to a fiasco.

Think about it, at that time, the entire family members of the high-level Tartars, even including Huang Taiji, the family members of the Tartar Emperor, will all be captured by the Ming army.

What's more, the families of many middle- and low-level officers and non-commissioned officers of the Eight Banners Tartars are also in Shengjing City, and once the Ming army enters the city, they will never let go of these family members.

In this way, all the family members of the Eight Banners Tartars, from the emperor to the soldiers, were served by the Ming army, so what else did they fight, just surrender directly.

Not to surrender? All right? Unless the time comes, even if the emperor is ruthless, he can give up his concubines and princes, but those Tartar generals and soldiers, can they give up?

Giving up the family, what else can they have, they are on the battlefield, fighting hard, for what, isn't it the family in the rear!

It was precisely because of all this that Sony felt more and more cold in his back, thinking that this was most likely a trap set by the Ming army a long time ago.

Taking advantage of this time on the front line, Huang Taiji and Hong Chengchou launched a decisive battle thoroughly, and the Tartars couldn't withdraw if they wanted to, and then this Ming army directly came to a 'black tiger heart' and smashed Huanglong.

"Lord Hui, at that time, I only found this cavalry in front of the Ming army, and I didn't have time to check the large army behind them.

You can only rush back immediately to tell your lords, otherwise once the humble post is caught up by the cavalry of the Ming army, the humble post will have no chance to come back to report the news. ”

Faced with Sony's inquiry, the Tartar scout replied helplessly.

Because he didn't know that there was a large army of the Ming army behind him, he really didn't see it, he only saw this Ming cavalry.

It's just that at this time, because of Sony's inquiry, this Tartar scout instinctively thought that since Sony-sama asked so, there must be a large army of the Ming army behind.

But he didn't see what to do, so he could only find a suitable reason to prevaricate, but he couldn't let himself be charged with a crime of poor investigation.

At the same time, Sonny heard the Tartar soldier reply.

claimed that he only saw the front cavalry unit of the Ming army, and did not see the large troops behind, which means that there are really more Ming soldiers and horses behind!

At this time, neither Sonny nor this Tartar soldier knew that they had misunderstood each other, and it was an ingenious misunderstanding.

"Go down and receive the reward, and I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold and ten servants."

Sonny got what he wanted to know, and waved at the Tartar soldier to let him go.

"Master Xie."

And Sony stood on top of the city tower, looking at Li Zixiao's more than 2,000 cavalry in the distance, and muttered in his heart: "This vanguard of the Ming army has three or four thousand cavalry."

To be able to send an army of vanguard of this size, the main force behind us must be at least more than 20,000 people, and we are in big trouble. ”

"Dogul, you take thirty warriors out of the city and investigate the situation of the main force of the Ming army."

At this point, Sonny turned around and said to a Tartar general he trusted, at least at this time he would personally send someone out of the city to confirm it.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will take people there."

"Someone, I want to enter the palace and meet the queen." Then, Sonny said to the guard next to him with a solemn face.

It's a pity that Sony doesn't have a clairvoyant, and at this time, in his field of vision, the White Dragon Army cavalry and horses he saw were basically a black dot.

With Sony's eyesight, such a dense cavalry team would have to be at least three or four thousand horsemen, of course, his estimate was not wrong, Li Zixiao did bring four thousand war horses this time.

As a high-ranking Tartar official, Sonny also grew up on horseback since he was a child, and he is still very confident in estimating the number of cavalry in this situation.

However, what Sonny didn't expect was that many of the things he saw were just war horses, and there were no people on them, but the armor of the White Dragon Sergeant.

At this time, on the one hand, Sony was deceived by Li Zixiao and Qin Zhen in the back, and was misled by the words of the Tartar scout.

As a result, at this time, Sony really thought that this time it was a large army of the Ming army that had arrived under Shengjing City, and what appeared in their field of vision at this time was only the vanguard of the Ming army.

Sony, on the other hand, conservatively calculates under normal circumstances that an army that can send three or four thousand pioneers must have at least 20,000 or more main forces.

20,000 troops, this is enough to pose a threat to Shengjing City at this time.

And even if he sent someone to report to Huang Taiji for help at this time, it would take at least four or five days for the people he sent to rush to the Jinzhou front line non-stop.

At this time, Huang Taiji was fighting with the main force of Hong Chengchou's Ming army, and even if he got the news, he basically couldn't withdraw smoothly in a short time.

And in that case, if this kind of news spreads, it will be a serious blow to the morale of the Tartars, and it will simply shake the Tartars' determination to fight.

If the Tartar soldiers below know this news, it is very likely that the Tartars will collapse without a fight.

Even if Huang Taiji's means are against the sky, after getting this news, he can immediately calmly and smoothly withdraw the 100,000 troops who have been fighting with the Ming army.

But if Huang Taiji wants to send someone back, it will take at least five or six days, and you must know that from Jinzhou to Shengjing, it is farther than Li Zixiao from Phoenix City to Shengjing City.

Therefore, at this time, in Sony's heart, even if he is more inclined not to send someone to inform Huang Taiji for the time being, he hopes that Huang Taiji can still win the battle of Jinzhou.

After all, Sony knows very well how long Huang Taiji has been preparing for this battle, and how long they have been looking forward to this day in the Eight Banners Tartars.

But this matter is too big, even if he has this idea, he does not dare to say it.

If something really happens to him later, he who made this decision will be doomed!

Therefore, at this time, Sony thought of entering the palace and meeting Da Yu'er, at least let Da Yu'er take this decision.

When the time comes, he just makes a suggestion, and it is Da Yu'er who makes the decision, even if something really out of his control happens in the end.

To be held accountable, it is mainly Da Yuer's responsibility, he is just the proposer, and the culpability will not be too great.

If the Ming army that appeared under Shengjing City this time was an ordinary Ming army in the past, Sony would not be so nervous.

Sonny knew the urine nature of the ordinary Ming army, and he was confident that with the six or seven thousand men and horses in his hand, he could resist the attack of the ordinary Ming army's twenty or thirty thousand troops, and he could hold out for at least one or two months.

However, this time it was the Ming Army under Li Zixiao, and he had never been a stranger to Li Zixiao.

Because, in the past few years, Huang Taiji has never forgotten the loss they suffered in the hands of Li Zixiao when they entered the customs, and Huang Taiji has always sent people to collect information about Li Zixiao and his White Dragon Army.

Because of this, Sony also knows what happened to Li Zixiao in Daming over the years.

In just a few years, Li Zixiao has gone from a guerrilla general to the current general of Zhenguo, with tens of thousands of soldiers under his command.

Moreover, Li Zixiao's army is even more famous for its sharp firearms, and Li Zicheng's thief army who fought in the pass lost his armor, and even before that, Li Zixiao sent people to occupy the Jinzhou area.

In the face of such a strong Ming army, Sony did not dare to hold it up this time.

Because if Li Zixiao's army is really as powerful as rumored, once Shengjing City falls, then he will be guilty of a great crime.

He didn't dare to bear this responsibility, and at the same time, he also knew that the four thousand Tartar spirits from the dangerous mountain fort had gone to support Phoenix City.

However, it has only been half a month, and the Ming army has directly killed Shengjing City, doesn't it mean that the 4,000 Tartar elite horsemen in Tumen Feidongying should have been destroyed!

On Sony's way into the palace, the more he thought about it, the more scared he became, in the final analysis, Shengjing City was too important to their Tartars, Sony didn't dare to bet, and he couldn't afford it!

Just when Sonny entered the palace and met Da Yu'er, Li Zixiao was outside Shengjing City at this time, and he was leading a group of white dragon soldiers to cut down trees.

Li Zixiao came with 2,000 cavalry this time, and he couldn't carry heavy artillery at all, so he only brought a few large boxes of iron-shelled mines, all of which were carried on war horses.

And when Li Zixiao's soldiers came to Shengjing City, he suddenly discovered that he had defeated Shengjing City, and even the demonstration methods he could exert were pitiful.

These iron-clad mines may be the only way he can deter the Tartars.

And to throw these iron-clad mines into Shengjing City, you need tools, catapults, or magnified versions of slingshots.

So, at this time, Li Zixiao ordered to set up camp, and at the same time led his subordinates to cut down some trees and make simple catapults.

Fortunately, Li Zixiao's subordinates had a lot of soldiers, and it didn't take long to build a few simple catapults to throw those iron-shelled mines.

From Li Zixiao's departure to the arrival of Shengjing City, it has taken them six days.

According to his original plan, he will hold a demonstration under Shengjing this afternoon.

Then, quickly evacuate before dark, cross the Hunhe River, and avoid the Tartars in Shengjing City from sneaking up on them at night after finding out what they are doing.

In other words, Li Zixiao only planned to stay in Shengjing City on the north bank of the Hunhe River for a day.

When he led people and horses, holding the sun and moon flag, as well as the white dragon flag, and appeared under Shengjing City, the purpose of his demonstration had actually been achieved.

Li Zixiao did it, what hundreds of thousands of Ming troops couldn't do over the years.

(End of chapter)