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"Great Khan, among the more than ten Ming army horsemen who were captured, five of them confessed, they are under the command of Zhu Guoyan, the chief soldier of the Santun Battalion, not Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning army!"

The five people also confessed that it was Zhao Shujiao, the general of the Ming Dynasty, who invited them to recruit soldiers. Among the 4,000 horsemen, the Guanning cavalry and the Santun battalion cavalry each accounted for 2,000, both of which were led by Zhu Guoyan and Zhao Shujiao personally. ”

There was silence in the tent for a few seconds.

Azig sneered, "Guys, is there anything else to say now?"

The few Baylors who had just attacked Azig were suddenly like frosted eggplants, avoiding Azig's gaze and no longer speaking.

Obviously, these confessions of the Ming horsemen are more in line with common sense, and they naturally can't find anything wrong.

Huang Taiji's brows gradually stretched, as long as Yuan Chonghuan's army had not yet arrived, then the initiative was still in his hands.

This time, he chose to make a quick decision.

Immediately said to a tall young Baylor, "Hauge, you take three thousand horsemen to the Santun camp quickly, and if you can catch up with Zhu Guoyan, defeat him on the spot." ”

The Santun camp will be down sooner or later, and Huang Taiji naturally refuses to let go of such a good opportunity to hunt down Zhu Guoyan.

Aixin Jueluo Haoge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, he is twenty years old, but he has made many military exploits, and has performed well in the Battle of Ningjin and the Battle of Gushan Tabunang, and has grown into an outstanding general. The rising Houjin talents are numerous, especially the Aixin Jueluo family, whether it is the sons of Nurhachi or the sons of Huang Taiji, most of them are not far behind. I have to say that sometimes there is such a thing as national luck. After the rise of Jin, the Aixin Jueluo family is prosperous, and there are many outstanding people. On the other hand, in the Ming Dynasty, since Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong, there were no heirs, and the incense declined. Zhu Changluo gave birth to five sons, but with the superior conditions in the palace, only two survived, namely the eldest son Zhu Youxiao and the fifth son Zhu Youzhen. The successor Zhu Youxiao declined, and he did not even have a son after seven years of reign, and was finally succeeded by his younger brother Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen, that is, Chongzhen, is strange, his total of seven sons also died more than half, and only three survived. All three were eventually lost.

Huang Taiji ordered his son's generals at this time, naturally to let him save military merits. 3,000 Dajin elite cavalry against 2,000 Ming cavalry, as long as they catch up, they will definitely win.

Haoge immediately got up to receive the order, "Father Khan, rest assured, the son will behead that Zhu Guoyan to comfort the heroic souls of the fallen warriors!"

As soon as the words fell, he immediately turned around and went out of the tent, and led the troops with great vigor.

Huang Taiji said to everyone again, "The generals will listen to the order, and then attack the east gate in two moments, and be sure to attack it at once!" After a pause, he stood up again and said word by word, "I, I will personally go to the city to supervise the battle!"

The crowd immediately stood up and received the order with a bang.

Because most of the siege equipment in the north, south and west of the city were burned, and the remaining siege equipment in Houjin was only enough to support the attack on the east gate, Huang Taiji made a desperate bet and prepared to storm the east gate of Zunhua City, even if he paid a big price.

At the same time, with the lesson of the last time, Huang Taiji ambushed a large number of elite cavalry on several flanks of the siege force this time, as long as Zhao Shujiao and Zhu Guoyan's cavalry dared to come, they were bound to be surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop.

Zhao Shujiao and Zhu Guoyan naturally did not dare to come again. At this moment, Zhao Shujiao had already led the army back to Shimen Village, while Zhu Guoyan returned to the Santun camp. Without Yuan Chonghuan's army, these are the only things they can do, and whether they can hold Huang Taiji can only depend on luck.

It's just that luck wasn't on their side this time. After the five horsemen from the Santun camp were captured, the Tartars were all recruited before they could be tortured. In the final analysis, Qin Shuhuai is not a clever "ghost valley apprentice" after all, he is just an office worker who is more familiar with history, and no matter how careful his mind is, he can't count it at this level.

Zunhua City was attacked with unprecedented ferocity. Huang Taiji, who failed to attack Zunhua twice, worked hard this time and was determined to capture Zunhua. At this time, Zunhua's reserves of ammunition, oil, and arrows were on the verge of exhaustion, and they were unable to resist the fierce offensive of the Houjin army.

On the afternoon of the seventh day of November in the second year of Chongzhen, Zunhua City was broken. Wang Yuanya, the governor of Zunhua, hanged himself and died a heroic martyrdom.

However, for Qin Shuhuai, this wave is not a loss.

Historically, the Houjin army faced Zunhua City, which was high and thick-walled, and because of the help of Neiying, it only lost less than 500 main forces and captured it. And this time, after counting the three sieges, a total of more than 2,300 main forces and more than 3,800 soldiers were lost. Coupled with the men and horses annihilated by Zhao Shujiao in Luowenyu and Shimenzhai, the main force lost nearly four thousand.

This number is enough for Huang Taiji to feel distressed for a while. You must know that the main force of the Later Jin Army, the Eighth Banner Army, plus the Mongolian coalition army, is only 30,000 troops. It was only a few days after entering the fortress that he had lost one-eighth of his troops, how could he not feel distressed?

Not only did he lose the main force of Houjin, but he also saved 4,000 Guan Ning elite soldiers and the general Zhao Shujiao, so this wave is definitely not a loss, and it is also a big profit.

Let's talk about Yuan Chonghuan.

After receiving the news that Zunhua City was broken, there were two roads in front of him.

The first is to immediately rush to the aid of the Santun camp, but his current location is south of Zunhua, and the Santun camp is northeast of Zunhua.

The other way is to directly abandon the Santun camp and enter Jizhou City, where it will block Huang Taiji's attempt to invade Jingshi, and even fight it there.

Yuan Chonghuan decisively chose the second path.

He knew very well that even if he held the Santun camp, Huang Taiji would still continue to advance westward, and he was not afraid of pursuing him behind at all, and even he wished that he would chase after him, so that he could fight with himself in the wild. With the strength of the Guanning army, the field battle was by no means the opponent of Jiannu. So there is no point in taking the risk to defend the Santun camp by yourself.

And holding Jizhou and preventing Huang Taiji from attacking Jingshi is of greater strategic and political significance. As the governor of Jiliao, the oath of Pingliao for five years is still in his ears, if he allows Huang Taiji to reach the city of Beijing, no matter whether he can defeat Huang Taiji in the end, he will not be able to escape the charge of ineffective supervision.

What's more, there are many natural dangers in the area of Jizhou, and the city of Jizhou is high and the walls are thick, he believes that he will be able to hold Jizhou and prevent Jiannu from taking a step beyond Jixi!

In the early morning of the eighth day of November, Zhu Guoyan, the chief soldier of the Santun battalion, was on the way back to the Santun camp with the cavalry, and encountered the cavalry of the Haoge Institute who came after him.

On the tenth day of November, the main force of Jiannu was 5,000 and 5,000 soldiers, and under the leadership of Yue Tuo, they marched into the Santun camp. Wang Zhi, the deputy general of the Santun camp, opened the city gate and surrendered the city book.

On November 11, Yuan Chonghuan led his troops into Jizhou City.

At this point, the Battle of Zunhua is fully over, and the change of Jisi will enter the next chapter. “”