.,When the Ming army brought the cannons from behind and fired only a few cannons, the Han army began to surrender in large numbers, and many stubborn people began to break through and flee to the east and north. For the fleeing Han army, Wang Fu issued an order to order a cavalry of ten thousand people to carry out the pursuit mission. Anyone who is unwilling to surrender must be annihilated, so as not to become bandits and harm the people.

Regarding the large-scale surrender of the Han army outside the city, the Qing army at the top of the city just watched coldly, as if this matter had nothing to do with it. The Ming army was busy taking over the surrender personnel and chasing the fleeing Han army. There was no time to attack the closed Tianjin city for the time being. For a while, both sides were at peace.

That night, there were laughter and joy in the Ming army camp, and the officers and soldiers were extremely excited. The hard confrontation for more than two months finally received fruitful rewards today. More than 100,000 Qing troops collapsed without fighting. Many people were lenient in captives today. The entire Han army's Eight Banners and Green Camp prisoners combined with more than 100,000. This victory was too brilliant.

Compared with the joy of ordinary soldiers, many senior generals did not feel much joy. Although this victory was brilliant, it was just that the manchus took the initiative to abandon his son. Among the captured people, there was no real Tartar, which could not make people feel depressed.

Dozens of huge candles illuminated the emperor's tent as bright as day. Wang Fu sat in the middle of the tent, next to two rows of civil and military officials. Each of them had a table in front of them. In addition to fruits, delicacies, and a pot of fine wine.

Wang Fu casually looked at the civil and military officials on both sides. Everyone had a look of joy on their faces. Although the victory during the day was that Man Ren took the initiative to abandon his son, he could force Man Ren to abandon his son voluntarily, which was a great victory in itself.

"My dear friends, our army has won a great victory today. I am just marching outside, and it is inevitable that we will be simple. We will be temporarily in a row. When our army goes straight to Huanglong and the army is over, I will drink with you in the Golden Palace again. In order to arrive soon, I will drink a drink first."

There was meat and fish on the table. Unlike before, the meat and fish were fresh, and there were a few vegetables grown outside the military camp, which were rich for ordinary people. But it was of course too simple for the emperor to treat them. However, when everyone smelled the fresh beef, mutton and river fish, they still felt salivation from their tongues.

"Thank you for the wine of the emperor!" Everyone picked up their baby and ran out of their arms, and more than a dozen eunuchs quickly filled the cups of the ministers one by one.

Next, Wang Fu said two more toasts. After drinking three glasses in a row, the eunuch took down the wine. It was strictly forbidden to drink in the army. Today is a small celebration banquet. After the emperor gave him three glasses of wine, everyone could not drink anymore. Everyone knew that the emperor summoned everyone here this time, not to let everyone get together to eat and drink, but to make the arrangements below the army. Everyone did not focus on the wine. After removing the wine, everyone began to eat quietly, and only occasionally talked to the people around them.

After an hour, the emperor put down his chopsticks first. Everyone stopped eating. Wang Fu waved his hand. His guards removed the food in front of everyone. If someone was not full, he could only blame himself for eating too slowly.

When the food on each table had been removed, Wang Fucai said: "You guys don't know what you think about the current Tartars launching the Tianjin camp and the main force withdrawing the capital?"

All the ministers were filled with a stern heart. They thought they finally came. In theory, the main force of Manchus had to escape. But without the help of the Han army, Manchus would withdraw from the game of fighting for the world. Waiting for them would be the endless pursuit of the Ming Dynasty. It was just Doer] not easy to squeeze the fruits. No one knew whether the middle would be repeated. For a while, the ministers did not interfere.

A general stood up: "Report to the emperor, no matter where the Tartars are, the last one is willing to chase them until the Tartars are eliminated." This sentence did not say anything. It just expressed a determination. Everyone turned around and looked at it. It was Li Yuanyin, the son of Li Chengdongdi.

Wang Fu praised: "Okay. It turns out that a tiger father has no dog son. He is just a general and a general. He must not only be brave. He must also have broad knowledge. He knows the truth and knows the reason. Otherwise, he is just a reckless man."

Although Wang Fu praised Li Yuanyin, he could also hear Li Yuanyin's secret slippery intention. He gave a little warning. Li Yuanyin smiled. I don't know if he was really a reckless man. He couldn't understand the emperor's implication: "Thank you for your teachings." He sat down again.

However, when Li Yuanyin spoke, he broke the calm just now. Yan Yingyuan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think that since the thief chief Dorgon gave up Tianjin and regarded all the Han army as abandoned sons, he would definitely not defend the capital. At present, the Manchus in the capital might have packed up and fled. I think that our army will march quickly tomorrow and go straight to the city of Beijing."

Yan Yingyuan's thoughts were similar to those in Wang Fu's mind. Judging from the confession of the prisoners at the interrogation site today, Dorgon started to make preparations six days ago. It is hard to imagine what the situation in the capital is now. Unfortunately, perhaps because Dorgon strengthened the intelligence blockade, there has been no news from the Jinyiwei in the capital.

But before Wang Fu nodded, an objection voice had already emerged:

People, Tianjin is at the end of the fall, the main force of the Tartars will be defeated, and it is not too late to march to the capital. "Which is too dangerous, Tianjin will march again." The person who spoke was Huang Degong. Huang Degong had fought with the Qing army for decades, and knew the dangers of the Qing army. Even if the Qing army has become a dog in the water, Huang Degong still dared not be careless.

"Duke Jingguo said it right. Shanhaiguan is already in the hands of our army. If the Tartars want to escape, they have to escape from the Mongolian grassland. There is no such easy way for more than 200,000 Tartars to take their sons and daughters in the capital." Weng Zhiqi said in response.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's safer to take Tianjin and then advance." Qian Qianyi also said.

"No, when you take Tianjin, I'm afraid the Tartars will run away long ago. The emperor, the last general is willing to kill the enemy for the vanguard and the country.

"Seeing that those who agreed to Huang Degong's suggestion accounted for the majority, the generals of the Yulin Guard could not sit still. The prince and Gong shouted a little and stood up and clearly supported Yan Yingyuan.

"We have to take over Tianjin, but the Tartars in the capital cannot move away."

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For a moment, the opinions in the account were divided into factions. Huang Degong's proposal was supported by most civil servants and old-fashioned people, but Yan Yingyuan's proposal was supported by all the generals of the Yulin Guard and some young generals.

The two opinions were different. Yan Yingyuan was afraid that the Manchus would escape, so he advocated a hurry to advance. At the speed of the Ming army's rapid march, he could reach the capital in at most one day and a half. However, if he marched in a hurry, he had to bypass Tianjin and could not bring artillery. If the Qing army was ambushed on one side, it might cause the Ming army to suffer major losses for the first time.

Because of this, Huang Degong advocated slow movement. After going to Tianjin, the army directly pressed forward. Regardless of whether Manchu was ambushing or not, he was no match for the Ming Dynasty. Even if Manchu really abandoned the capital and fled, he would not be able to escape with Manchu more than 200,000 young and old. He would not be able to chase him at that time. There was no need to take risks.

Hearing Huang Degong's share of the matter, Wang Gang's thoughts were also shaken. If Tianjin advances again, no matter whether Dorgon gave up the capital or was ready to fight back, Dorgon had no chance. If Tianjin stayed behind, it would always be a hidden danger.

Yiming's attack power may be able to capture Tianjin in only two days. ~ It has been prepared for six days, so what if I give you two more days of extra time?

But this day may allow more people to escape hundreds of miles, and there will be countless dangers to pursue the grassland.

"I decided..." Hearing the emperor's words, everyone immediately stopped arguing: "The army will attack the city tomorrow."

Huh, the ministers who supported Huang Degong were immediately happy: "The emperor is wise."

"Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet, Li Yuanyin obeys the order."

"minister"

"I give you five thousand cavalry and leave immediately tomorrow morning. I promise you can go straight to the city of Beijing to find out the movements of the Tartars. Remember, you should not fight with the Tartars easily. If there is danger, you can retreat immediately."

"I received the order." Li Yuanyin replied loudly.

The emperor once again muddled with him. Wang Fu found that his handling of things was getting more and more serious, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

"Boom." More than 200 cannons lined up outside Tianjin city and bombarded the city wall at the same time. A burst of gunpowder rose, and the entire city wall was shaking, as if it was about to fall apart. When the gunpowder dissipated, the originally solid city wall was already covered with bumps. The Qing army hiding behind the city wall looked pale, and only felt their ears buzzing. Many shells fell behind. The Qing army's limbs were flying everywhere, and blood was scattered everywhere.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the Ming army had already begun to attack Tianjin. Although the Qing army in the city was ready for bombing, they did not expect the Ming army's artillery fire to be so fierce.

"Crash." After several rounds of artillery bombardment, the walls of Tianjin City began to appear.

"Kill." Countless Han troops in green camp clothes rushed towards the city walls carrying cloud ladders. In order to attack Tianjin as soon as possible, the emperor ordered the Ant Attack to attack the city. The Ant Attack to attack the city was the most cost-effective method of siege for the attacking side. It was generally not chosen by generals. However, hundreds of years ago, the Mongolians had the best move. They completely drove away the enemy's civilians to attack the city, which was bloody, cruel and effective.

The Ming army's Ant Attack attack did not use their own people, but was carried out by the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers who had just become prisoners of the Ming Dynasty yesterday. These people voluntarily joined the Ant Attack attack. There are two reasons: one is that after they became abandoned sons of Manchus, many people hated Manchus to the core, and the other is that the Han army selected for the Ant Attack attack, as long as they survived, their hard labor would be exempted. Those who were not selected faced at least ten years of hard labor.

The reason why their hard labor was longer than the Green Camp soldiers who surrendered in Jinan was that these people served longer for the Manchus than the Green Camp soldiers in Jinan, and there was no battlefield. Anyway, ten years of hard labor and a few more decades of life were exempted from ten years of hard labor. Knowing that the danger was, many Han soldiers were still willing to share their lives with each other.

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Chapter completed!