Chongzhen Undergraduates

"What about ordinary people?" Yuan Zongdi asked.He had already swallowed at the pot helmet.

"No matter who, cut the braid first and then kill the enemy. Cut off the enemy and carry his head in exchange for buns." Li Yan is also cruel enough.

As soon as this remark came out, the whole meeting exploded.Including some responsible for logistics, all eager to try.It has been several days, and some hard food is only eaten by the frontline soldiers. In fact, the eyes of those civilian husbands and logistics personnel have already turned green from hunger, and they are like a pack of wolves.

"I think what Master Shangshu said is very good. Each division regards each division as an attacking unit, no matter what kind of troops it is, all of them have their own attacks. The common people are the same, they can rely on the troops to organize themselves, or they can kill the enemy independently. I just look at it here. The results of the battle are rewarded with the results of the battle."

Of course Zhu Youjian chose to believe in Li Yan for no reason, and he was no longer the Chongzhen who would only order the king when he encountered a crisis. Now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty knows how to save himself in a crisis and knows how to use the existing resources around him.

In less than half an hour, the sun had already set, but the entire camp of the Ming army became restless.The camp built by Liu Tichun and the others has been demolished in sevens and eights, and no one has snatched all the sticks that can be used.

"Master Zhang, I will lend you a kitchen knife." A group of young men gathered around the stove of the Huotoujun, staring at the cold stove.

"I lent you what should I cook?" Old Master Zhang of the Huotou Army certainly refused to do it.

"You have been transferred to make pot helmets, and you don't need a knife to make that stuff," said the young men.

"It's okay to borrow a knife, and you need to add a pot helmet when you return it." Lao Zhang is also hungry, but now buns are worth more than silver.

"Success, no problem." Everyone said in unison.

Li Yan did this not because his methods were so clever, nor because the common people had a good impression of Daming now.But the battle has been fought for more than ten days, and many people were captured by the Ming army and then turned to the Ming army.Everyone is not stupid, at least one thing is known: the puppet army will not give them food, but the Ming army will.

In other words, the puppet army has no credibility, but the Ming army at least has credibility.

So, when Zhu Youjian gave this order in his capacity, all those who could still stand up rushed out.The swarming crowd is like the tide of the Qiantang River, and the speed of the slapping and attacking is like an arrow leaving the string.

It was originally Hong Chengchou's favorite trick, but it was reversed all of a sudden, and the people all turned into the Ming army, howling and rushing towards the puppet army.

Zhu Youjian was standing in the empty camp, and the ground was covered with black braids.All these people cut their braids very fast. As soon as the knife cut, they turned their heads and rushed out with the knife.

"Hurry up, boil the water and bake the pancakes." The women and children left in the camp were not idle either.The boiling water in the vat is carried forward, and the pancakes like hills emit bursts of tempting aroma.

The first wave of people who came to invite credit and receive rewards were not soldiers of the army, as Li Yan had explained in advance.The army must not eat this first ration.It's not that Li Yan is so noble, but that doing so can completely inspire the fighting spirit of all the people.

"Your Majesty, report from the front: the people who are rushing to the front line are all the young and strong people. These people are really jealous, seeing that as long as there is a head with braids, they will be chopped off, but our soldiers are resting." Yuan Zongdi usually gnawed on the steamed buns while talking.

"Have all the jockey's soldiers withdrawn?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"My Majesty, all the cavalry under my command have left the battlefield and are resting." Ji Biao's face was a little tired, but he was still full of energy. This was the first battle he led troops to fight independently.

"If this goes on like this, I think Hong Chengchou's subordinates will be in chaos for an hour at most. The only problem they face is to cut their braids. If they cut off their braids, they will become our people. If they don't cut their braids, they will be beheaded." Li Yan said very confidently.

"Although it was a bit bloody, I think it is quite effective in reversing the situation." Zhu Youjian said.

It was a whole night of turmoil, and the war situation was chaotic.Especially on the front of the puppet army, there are fighting everywhere.The several layers of trenches they constructed have become battlefields.

In fact, the number of people who died was not many. Zhu Youjian was very sure of this, because Guo Kui didn't actually send out too many, and the total number was less than [-].

So, what happened to the whole battlefield?

Chapter 528: Hong Chengchou cuts off his tail to keep alive

After this battle, some people did in-depth research and came to a conclusion: the puppet army learned to behave after resisting for an hour. They cut their braids and became civilians on the spot.

The reason couldn't be simpler. The Ming army didn't take the heads of people with braids.Keeping braids means working hard, but cutting braids still has a chance.Hong Chengchou did not order to cut off the head without braids.

At dawn, the entire defense line of the puppet army collapsed, and all the puppet and Tartar troops who were still fighting were fleeing towards the Tianjin Acropolis in panic.

Groups of men who obviously had their braids cut off huddled together in small groups, carefully watching the Ming army occupying positions after a night of rest.

When Zhu Youjian walked to the position, there were not too many dead bodies, but there were many people who fell in the trenches and fainted from hunger.Especially those who look like ordinary people, their eyes reveal a unique expectation for survival.It is also an expression that hopes to be recognized by the Ming army.

"Is the food delivery team coming soon?" Zhu Youjian asked loudly with red eyes.

"There are still fifteen miles, and we will arrive soon." A civil servant replied loudly.

"Did you hear that? Hold on for another hour, and it will be delivered right away." Zhu Youjian roared in a hoarse voice.Beside him, two fainted young men tried to stand up after hearing his words, but failed after several attempts.

"Your Majesty, this battle was a big victory, and fifty thousand prisoners were captured." Liu Tichun trotted over to report.

"Win is a win, but it's not a big victory. The jockeys are guarding the prisoners, and you and Yuan Zongdi's two armies have almost lost their combat power. Look at the hungry and dizzy people all over the place. We don't have any Use the rest of your strength to pursue Hong Chengchou," Li Yan said.

"Hong Chengchou can calculate every consequence and every move. Even his failure, he can think of a way out. If it weren't for the fact that Hao Yaoqi's troops had already fought with his defeated army, then Hong Chengchou must have It will bring people back to the capital. All our plans will come to naught." Zhu Youjian felt tired, and he really began to fear this lunatic Hong.

"I'm afraid that the Eighth Army alone may not be able to stop Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou still has nearly [-] soldiers and horses in his hands." Li Yan's expression was not so excited, he wanted to stay awake all the time.

"Why did Hong Chengchou withdraw so quickly?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

"The army is defeated like a mountain, and Hong Crazy knows this truth. If he persists for another day, I'm afraid he will be able to take away even fewer troops." Liu Tichun said.

"Not necessarily! In fact, last night, the people in our hands could no longer fight. I'm afraid Hong Chengchou didn't know how many jockeys came, and the number of reinforcements in our army exceeded the strength of a division, and they were all uniform. Cavalry." Li Yan said.

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Hong Chengchou happened to be thinking about this matter as well.

According to the usual practice, in order to rescue Liu Tichun's troops in crisis, the Ming army took the lead in dispatching cavalry. This is a tactical method.But he did not believe that the reinforcements of the Ming army were only cavalry, and Hong Chengchou believed that a large number of infantry would follow up.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou could only quickly shrink his troops, otherwise his war in Tianjinwei would be dragged back by the Ming army.If the Ming army turns to occupy the battle situation, then Hong Chengchou should be the one who should worry about food and grass.

Taking a step back, even if the food and grass problem he faces is smaller than that of the Ming army, time is not on his side.If Hong Chengchou spends the main force with the Ming army in Tianjin Wei, Hong Chengchou will not be able to win.

Hong Chengchou decisively chose to retreat, first retreating into Tianjin Wei to supplement and rectify, and the next step, he wanted to return to the capital as quickly as possible.

If the battle in Jing'an was just a rehearsal of Hong Chengchou's tactics, then the capital city was his main battlefield.Although this battle did not deal a major blow to the Ming army and did not stabilize the situation, Hong Chengchou still had a way out.

Crazy Hong imagined in his heart that if the whole capital was held hostage by him, Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty would have to obediently let him raise the price.Thinking of this, Hong Chengchou smiled slightly.

"Marshal, the Eighth Army of the Ming Army has already fought against Meng Qiaofang's troops in the north of the city." Tong Yangjia closely followed Hong Chengchou, and seemed to be Marshal Hong's right-hand man. Based on his understanding of Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou must now choose someone to replace the dead ghost. , and Meng Qiaofang happened to have already fought against Hao Yaoqi, so it was not his turn to do it, Tong Yangjia.

"Lord Ning, I plan to send you and General Tong to take people back to the capital first. Can you lie down hard?" Hong Chengchou said.

Tong Yangjia was secretly delighted that it took at least three days for the army to travel more than 100 miles from Tianjin Wei to the capital.This is also the reason why Hong Chengchou brought a large army to Tianjin Wei for supplies.

After Ning Wan, I don't want to go back to the capital, especially with Tong Yangjia.Seeing Tong Yangjia now, he felt a little sick in his heart, and felt like vomiting.The story of Tong Yangjia eating human hearts has long spread throughout the army, and everyone is a little bit against it.No one likes to walk with animals that eat human flesh.

However, it is also an opportunity.According to Ning Wan's guess, Hong Chengchou planned to send Tong Yangjia to monitor him.He Ning Wan has the largest number of soldiers in our army now, and he was sent to seize the capital.

But Hong Chengchou is worried about letting me go!So Tong Yangjia was sent to monitor him.I have to agree to this matter, if I don't agree, won't it arouse Hong Chengchou's suspicion.

"The commander-in-chief's order, I will not hesitate to say anything!" Ning Wan and I quickly agreed without thinking too much.

A trace of joy flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes, he felt that Ning Wan and I should not have other thoughts.

"Then Master Tong should bring some cavalry, so that the marching speed will be faster." Hong Chengchou calculated that Tong Yangjia's troops were a little tired from fighting all the time and couldn't speed up.Since Ning Wan and I can still be relied on, then Tong Yangjia doesn't need too many people, so it's better to rest for a day or two first.

As mentioned earlier, Tianjin Wei is actually three guards. Meng Qiaofang's department and Hao Yaoqi's battle is not Tianjin Zhongwei, but Tianjin Zuowei.