"Zhou, Commander Zhou, you came just in time, he, he killed Zhang Butang."
The commotion here finally attracted Zhou Yuji to bring someone over to check.
"What?"
After hearing what Chen Yan said, Zhou Yuji looked on the ground and was shocked to see the body of Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War.
"Great, great governor, his subordinates didn't know that he was the Minister of the Ministry of War. When they saw that he wanted to run away, they..."
The old pawn was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground to explain.
"The Tartars are coming."
A shout came, and Zhou Yuji had no time to care anymore. He said to the old soldier: "You go to defend the enemy first. This matter has nothing to do with you. I will report it to Your Majesty!"
"Thank you Dudu!" The old soldier then picked up the knife and got up.
Just when Chen Yan was about to say more, a Han soldier jumped over the wall. The old soldier had quick eyes and quick hands, and he immediately cut him down with a knife. Chen Yan's face was covered with blood. He screamed in fright, took a step back and fell down.
Sit on the ground.
"Kill me! Your Majesty has ordered that anyone who escapes from battle will be killed without mercy!"
Zhou Yuji also drew out his long knife, shouted as he walked, and glanced at Chen Yan on the ground intentionally or unintentionally.
The latter suddenly woke up from the panic after being stared at, climbed up tremblingly, picked up the stone again, came to the wall, and threw it down, regardless of whether it hit anyone or not.
He would rather be shot to death with arrows by the Tatars, or jump to his death, than let the soldiers kill him as a deserter.
In fact, as long as they don't escape, no one will care about these civil servants. Neither Zhou Yuji nor Zhu Cihong can hope to rely on them to defend the city.
It's nothing more than letting them stay at the top of the city to experience it. As for being hit by arrows and firecrackers, they can only consider themselves unlucky. After all, how can there be no deaths in this Ming Dynasty?
"That's really weird?"
Duduo, who was fighting outside the city, frowned with the character "Sichuan" on his face.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
"Looking at the Ming army at the top of the city, some are clearly new soldiers, not even a ragtag group, but some are calm and composed, daring to fight and kill. At first glance, they are elite veterans." Duduo pointed to the top of the city with a confused look on his face.
"Hey, this is really what happened. Your Majesty, do you want the warriors to go to the city in person?"
"No need, give the order to withdraw the troops!"
Duduo shook his head and said with a disappointed look on his face.
He's not stupid.
There are only a few new recruits who are not just a mob, most of them dare to fight and kill elite veterans. In this case, the warriors will not get any advantage if they climb up.
What's more, more than a dozen ladders have been set alight, and any further attack will only increase casualties.
Following Duduo's order, Shang Kexi breathed a sigh of relief, and the Han Eight Banners who were attacking the city immediately began to retreat.
It was really loud thundering but not raining, and it came with great momentum. As soon as the ladder was put up on the top of the city, before it could spread out the two wings, it suddenly misfired.
But there were still one or two thousand corpses left behind, and the Minister of War was killed, which caused the old soldiers guarding that section of the city wall to be distracted from watching the show, and then let a traitor soldier climb up to the top of the city, and did not even touch the wall stacks in other parts of the city.
When he arrived, he was hit by rocks and rolling wood.
After the Tatars retreated, Zhou Yuji and the eight thousand old soldiers jumped and cursed.
Because the Tatars retreated too quickly, if we wait a little longer, hundreds of pots of dung will boil. Now we don’t know what to do, whether we pour it or not.
"Win!"
"The Tatars retreat!"
The civil servants cheered.
Many prison students even have a sense of accomplishment in their hearts, but most of them are afraid of the rest of their lives.
Not long after, the news spread around the city that the Minister of War was killed as a deserter.
The old soldiers also knew the identities of these guys, and originally planned to let them handle the boiled gold juice, but now they did not dare to kill them.
The civil servants were angry and frightened, and they all made up their mind that if the Tatars attacked again, they would not be able to escape even if they committed suicide.
Because everyone knows that once this incident spreads, Zhang Jinyan will definitely become the most embarrassing minister of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty. He will be ridiculed by millions of people, will be infamy for thousands of years, and his family will be unable to hold up its head.
Fortunately, everyone waited anxiously at the top of the city for a day, but the Tatars did not attack again, and His Majesty also allowed them to go home, and everyone burst into tears with gratitude.
………
"Zhou Aiqing, are you sure you can attack the camp tonight?"
On the top of the city, looking at the Tatar army that had withdrawn its troops and returned to the camp, Zhu Cixiang said with burning eyes.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Tatars' vigilance has been reduced to the lowest level at this time, and the advantage of the cavalry at night will be gone. This is a great opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
Zhou Yuji said confidently.
His confidence comes entirely from the 60,000 soldiers under his command.
For a month, these 60,000 people have been training every day and eating three meals a day. They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield. With military pay and farmland promised, they have now been transformed.
"good!"
"This Duduo doesn't know how to live or die. Let him know the price of being arrogant tonight. My 10,000 Royal Forest Army will also join the battle. I will kill him tonight and make him stand up!"
Zhu Cixiang clenched his fist and then hit it hard on the wall.
"Also, according to my will, I will select a hundred of the soldiers with the best performance from this night attack, regardless of status or age, and accept them as disciples and personally teach them military strategies!"
"hiss!"
Zhou Yuji and the soldiers beside him took a deep breath.
Your Majesty actually wants to accept disciples and teach them personally. Is this okay?
Even if you want it with your buttocks, all of these hundred people will become generals, become marquises, and become prime ministers in the future?
At this moment, almost everyone who heard what Zhu Cixi just said had their eyes red and their breathing became heavy.
And as the decree was conveyed, the whole army became excited.
All of them are as if they have been given a shot. No matter how timid or ambitious they are, they are all ready to give it a try.
Darkness is coming soon.
The 70,000 people in the city were divided into two, of which 30,000 were temporarily led by the British Duke. At the third watch, they left the city from Xizhimen and launched an attack on the west side of the enemy.
The other 30,000 people, led by Zhou Yuji, rushed directly from the north gate and attacked the front of the enemy camp.
And tens of thousands of nobles outside the east city will also join the battle. Then they will launch an attack to the east of the enemy camp, creating a three-sided attack.
The location of Duduo Camp is the location where the bandits originally broke into the North Camp. The place where the Red Lady is stationed is only seven or eight miles away from the northern city wall.
It can be said that he was extremely arrogant and did not pay attention to the more than 100,000 Ming troops outside the city.
This is also because when Zhu Cihong arrived, he showed his weakness to the enemy and allowed the nobles to fight in the field. He was unable to retreat for more than ten days.
Coupled with his long-term disdain for the Ming army, Duduo believed that the Ming army would not have the courage to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight in the field, let alone fight at night.
At this moment, Duduo was holding two beautiful women he had brought from Shunyi County, venting his depression in the tent.
After all, I have been busy for so many days and spent so much thought, but in the end I found myself acting like a fool. It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no anger in my heart.
And at dusk, Dorgon sent another military order.
This time the words were so harsh that he did not dare to stay any longer and decided to return to Sanhe Camp early tomorrow morning.