Outside Zhengzhou City, in the Ming army camp, Sun Chuanting sat silently in the commander's tent, his face full of solemnity.

The 50,000 cavalry near Zhongmu City disappeared, and the 50,000 Mongol infantry in Kaifeng Prefecture were also moving towards Daming Prefecture. All signs indicate that the enemy is afraid that he will give up Kaifeng Prefecture.

At this time, he might have taken action quickly, captured Zhengzhou in one fell swoop, and then led a large army to attack Kaifeng Prefecture.

But who knows if this is Jiannu’s plan to lure the enemy?

Moreover, even if this is not Jiannu’s plan to lure the enemy, if he acts without authorization and destroys the emperor’s plan, wouldn’t he have done something bad intentionally?

Although the outside king will not accept the orders, it will be a time to get points.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, he naturally did not want to be controlled by the emperor, because Chongzhen's actions were often ridiculous.

At this moment, he didn't want to disobey the king's order, because Emperor Yongsheng was quite visionary in doing things. You would find many things a bit ridiculous at first, but later it proved that the emperor was really wise.

He thought about it and was about to write a memorial, analyze the current situation, report his thoughts to the emperor, and ask for instructions on the next action.

The current situation is that the cavalry and infantry supported by the enemy have retreated, and it should not be a big problem to take down Kaifeng Prefecture and even the entire Henan. He believes that since the enemy has made adjustments, they should also make adjustments accordingly, first attacking on both sides, first taking down Henan, and then attacking the capital together.

This should be the safest thing to do, but I don’t know if the emperor has any other ideas.

He was just picking up his pen and was about to write a memorial when a sudden sound of horse hooves sounded outside.

Not long after, a scout walked through the layers of guards, walked in quickly, knelt on one knee, and said breathlessly: "Report, Lord Supervisor, the defenders of Kaifeng Prefecture suddenly abandoned the city!"

ah!

Wu Sangui also ran away?

How is this possible!

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he couldn't help but frown and ponder.

If it is based on the current situation, Wu Sangui should indeed run away because it will be too late if he doesn't run away. Even if the emperor does not choose to attack Kaifeng Prefecture with the middle army and chooses to directly attack the capital, Wu Sangui is in danger. Once the capital is taken down, he will not even have a way out.

But the question is, how dare Wu Sangui run away?

Now the entire Shandong has been taken down by them. Kaifeng Prefecture can be said to be the last barrier to the south of the capital. Wu Sangui ran away. Wouldn't the capital be besieged by their two armies?

At this time, Wu Sangui abandoned the city and fled. Will Jiannu let him go?

Unless Jiannu is preparing to give up the capital, otherwise Wu Sangui will be seeking death if he abandons the city. It would be strange if Jiannu doesn’t kill him!

Will Jiannu give up on the capital?

This is likely to be a trap!

Sun Chuanting is not a naughty man. He has experienced many battles of all sizes, so he naturally knows that everything cannot be seen only by appearances.

Many times, the battlefield is about intrigue.

For example, he was pretending to attack Zhengzhou City to attract Jiannu to help. If Jiannu really ignored it and brought all the elite troops of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Manchus to support it, the capital city would probably be taken down by the Eastern Army!

Therefore, as a coach, you cannot be impulsive and cannot be busy running up to pick up the cheap.

This is very likely to fall into someone's trap.

If he was a Jiannu, he could have ambushed thousands of elite soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture City. When he led his army to accept Kaifeng Prefecture City, the ambushers in the city came out, closed the city gate and blocked him outside the city. Then Wu Sangui suddenly turned around and entangled him.

Then, 50,000 Mongol Yuan infantry, 50,000 Mongol Yuan cavalry who were missing, and even tens of thousands of Jiannu cavalry who had been hiding their tracks surrounded him. His middle army was over!

Once his middle army is annihilated or defeated, the battlefield situation will change instantly, and the eastern army led by the emperor will face the danger of attacking on both sides.

Therefore, this matter cannot be reckless, and he cannot rush to take over Kaifeng Prefecture City.

He stared at the map for a long time before ordering: "Send an order to order the Second Corps of the Southwest Army, the Third Corps of the Southwest Army, and the Fourth Corps of the Southwest Army to quickly move closer to Zhengzhou City."

Immediately afterwards, he got up and walked outside the tent, and said loudly: "Tell me the order, and the whole army will attack, form a formation two miles outside the city, and prepare to attack the city."

"Wow", the Ming army camp outside Zhengzhou City suddenly became boiling like a blowout. More than 100,000 people ran out of the camp quickly and quickly lined up into one square formation two miles away from the city wall.

Sun Chuanting came to the main attacking Annan Army and Anbei Army, and nodded slightly to Zhang Mingshi and Zhang Dadou, then ordered decisively: "Tiger squatted cannons forward, form a formation one mile in front of the city wall, loaded burst bombs, and bombarded ten consecutive rounds."

This is the rhythm of crazy siege!

When Zhang Mingshi and Zhang Dadou heard this, they couldn't help but look excited.

To be honest, they were a little anxious when they waited for more than ten days, and they were gathered here to build siege equipment, almost causing people to get sick. Now that they are cured, they finally started to attack the city, and they are still siegeing the city wildly!

Eight hundred tiger squatting cannons swarmed up, and the roar of cannons rang out quickly.

Sun Chuanting held up the telescope and observed it carefully for a while. It was not until the five rounds of artillery attack that he ordered loudly: "The Annan Army's chariots and musketeers are on the front of the city wall, and the firepower is suppressed."

"Wow", thousands of chariots were pushed up and lined up two hundred steps in front of the city wall. Then, thousands of musketeers climbed onto the roof and pointed the muzzles at the top of the city wall.

"Boom boom boom", the eighth round of artillery roared, it was time to launch a charge.

Sun Chuanting put down his telescope and ordered decisively: "Zhang Mingshi, Zhang Dadou, led the remaining infantry to take down the city wall for me."

When Zhang Mingshi and Zhang Dadou heard this, they drew their swords without hesitation and shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill", tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, pushing the siege car and the well railing, carrying the ladder and rushing straight towards the city wall.

At this time, Zhengzhou City was not a huge city, that is, the size of ordinary state cities. Although there were many defenders in the city, they became a little relaxed after being warned for more than ten days.

They really didn't expect that the Yongsheng Dynasty army would suddenly attack the city like this crazy.

Originally, the 40,000 defenders were evenly distributed on four city walls, and each city wall was about 10,000 people. Yongsheng's army suddenly caught one city wall and attacked fiercely, so they didn't even have time to transfer the defenders from other directions.

In this way, Zhengzhou City was broken in less than an hour, and after a city wall was broken, the defenders collapsed. In less than half a day, the entire Zhengzhou City was taken down by Sun Chuanting.

In the afternoon of that day, the closest Second Corps of the Southwest Army arrived in Zhengzhou City. The next morning, the Third Corps of the Southwest Army also arrived. In the evening of the next day, the Fourth Corps of the Southwest Army, who were traveling all the way, also rushed outside Zhengzhou City.

Early on the morning of the third day, Sun Chuanting led the Annan Army, the Anbei Army, 100,000 Qin infantry and 150,000 Southwest Army to attack Kaifeng Prefecture City, and Zhengzhou City was handed over to the Fourth Corps of the Southwest Army that arrived at the last.

Strangely, they did not encounter any resistance along the way, and there were no ambushes in Kaifeng Prefecture City. They actually entered the city so easily!

Sun Chuanting arranged for some defense in the city and then climbed the city gate tower at the east gate of Kaifeng Prefecture, raised his telescope and scanned it carefully to the wilderness on the east side. Until this moment, his face was still a little disbelief.

Wu Sangui actually ran away like this!
Chapter completed!