Chapter 16 Assassination of Chongzhen
The city was changing equipment, and there was no idle outside the city. Li Zicheng transferred another 50,000 Ming surrendered troops and brought 30 red-clothed cannons. His own guard also had a firearm battalion, with about 2,000 people. Seeing the red-clothed cannons coming, Liu Zongmin laughed proudly:
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, with these cannons, I will give me another 20,000 troops. I promise to blast the gate of the capital in three hours and break into the Ming Dynasty Imperial City."
"What do you think about the military advisor?"
Seeing that Liu Zongmin asked for a fight, Li Zicheng did not agree immediately, but asked Niu Jinxing's opinion. Niu Jinxing smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, I don't recommend siegeing the city immediately. Sooner or later, the capital will be ours. There will be a large number of casualties in the battle today. We should study it carefully and launch a general attack tomorrow."
"Niu Jinxing, you..."
Liu Zongmin glared at Niu Jinxing fiercely, cursing and feeling that Niu Jinxing was deliberately messing with him.
Li Zicheng's face darkened:
"Huang Hu, speak well and don't argue. Today I will listen to the military advisor first. After we have studied tactics, you will still be the pioneer."
Seeing that Li Zicheng became serious, Liu Zongmin did not dare to be rude anymore. Then the heads of the Dashun Army all participated in the formulation of a general attack plan against the capital.
After discussion and research, the Shunjun tactical plan was formulated after two hours.
In the first formation, 60,000 Ming troops surrendered, carrying thirty red-clothed cannons to open the city gate, or collapse the city walls of the capital, open the defensive gap in the capital, and command Tang Tong.
In the second round, he joined the 100,000 Dashun New Soldiers Battalion and commanded Liu Zongmin (he strongly requested)
In the third formation, 50,000 soldiers from Dashun old camp were commanded by Hao Yaoqi.
The fourth formation, Dashun's 50,000 elite infantry, commanded Tian Jianxiu.
The fifth formation, with 100,000 ordinary cavalrymen on Dashun, commanding Yuan Zongdi.
The sixth formation, the 5 elite cavalry of Dashun, commanding Li Guo
Commander-in-chief Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and two other military advisors.
Two thousand firearm battalions and ten thousand elite cavalry did not participate in the war and were responsible for protecting the safety of the central army commanders.
In this way, the general offensive tactics of the Dashun Army were arranged, and no one had any objections to this tactical arrangement. Even Liu Zongmin, who had always been a thorn, did not speak this time.
Seeing that no one objected to the generals, Li Zicheng passed on the order:
"The new military camp is intensified, and the veteran battalion and elite infantry cavalry all have a good rest to prepare for the general attack tomorrow morning."
"Abide by the order"
From this tactical arrangement, we can see that Li Zicheng really did not have a million troops besieging the capital, and the number of troops should be around 400,000.
There were not many robber cavalry, but after attacking along the way, the Ming army surrendered one after another, and Li Zicheng's cavalry grew rapidly, reaching a total of 150,000.
But the only elite soldiers with real combat power are 50,000 cavalry and 80,000 elite infantry.
These are Li Zicheng's main abilities and his reliance.
The surrendered soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty were regarded as cannon fodder and rushed to the front line of the battle, followed by the recruits battalion, and finally Li Zicheng's headquarters and elite troops attacked.
It can be said that they are tactful. Even if the Ming Dynasty surrendered troops and the new military camp were all killed in battle, the Dashun Army would still be able to accept the losses, and their elite troops had not yet arrived.
The capital city was also ready at this time, with three hundred red-clothed cannons mounted on the top of the city, and the new army, Shenji camp, and the black-armored iron cavalry took turns to guard the other troops, and the rest began to rest.
Zhu Youjian did this to preserve his physical strength in the decisive battle tomorrow. Their weapons were advanced, but they had to guard against Dashun's human-sea tactics.
The night gradually became deeper, and the capital city was silent, and the people were not allowed to go out. There were only East Factory Warriors, West Factory Warriors and Jinyiwei patrols on the street.
In the dark night, this silence and quietness are a bit terrifying. At the critical moment of life and death of the Ming Dynasty, no one knows whether it was the darkness before dawn or whether it was the end of the Ming Dynasty.
"Swish swish swish swish..."
In the quiet dark night, six figures suddenly flashed by. The six people were very fast, and they walked around the alleys and houses, and gradually approached the Ganqing Palace.
At this time, the Ganqing Palace was also silent, with only three Jinyiwei on duty in front of the door, and the lights were still on in Zhu Youjian’s residence.
The Yue girl A Qing was already asleep on a chair of the Grand Master, while Zhu Youjian, the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, was also lying on the dragon collapse and sleeping soundly.
Although the Jinyiwei and the East China Factory are not small, they are certainly not able to take care of any place in such a large capital.
In order to prevent rebellious riots, Zhu Youjian sent out others and left only three Jinyiwei guards to guard the door in the Ganqing Palace.
Six black shadows quietly stopped on the roof of Zhu Youjian's sleeping room. They were all men in black wearing black masks and black cloth.
One of them has a petite figure. Judging from the body shape and proportion, he should be a beautiful woman. From the gestures, it can be seen that she is the leader of these people.
At this time, a masked man quietly approached the person in charge and whispered:
"Saint, it seems that the information is very accurate. There are really no people in the Ganqing Palace. Old Chongzhen would never have thought that we would come to kill him."
The saint looked back at the person who spoke and told him:
"Everyone should be careful. Three elders, you can go and deal with the Jinyiwei. The two guardians and I entered the room through the window. Remember to be clean and neat and retreat quickly after the matter is finished."
The six people squatted on the roof, discussed in a low voice, and then prepared to take action. Their voices were very light, and only a few of them could hear them.
The person who came was the saint of the White Lotus Sect, three elders and two guardians. It can be said that in order to help Li Zicheng, the White Lotus Sect also fought hard, and almost all the core leadership teams were dispatched.
After the arrangement of the saint of the White Lotus Sect, the six people began to act. The three elders quietly approached the three Jinyiweis. Suddenly, with a raised hand, three white mists pounced on the three Jinyiweis.
This white fog could not be found in the dark night. The Jinyiwei suddenly felt a little dizzy and hurriedly shook his head to wake him up.
The three of them are specifically protecting the emperor. They must not make any mistakes, otherwise Qinglong will cut off their heads. When a Jinyiwei shook his head, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
He seemed to see three black shadows pounced on him. Because he was worried about waking up the sleeping emperor, he did not shout loudly and was about to draw a knife to protect the emperor.
But it was too late. The three people who came were too fast. Before the Jinyiwei's embroidered sword was pulled out, they felt their necks chill.
He opened his mouth to shout, but found that he could not make any sound. He turned over and fell to the ground. Almost at the same time, the necks of the other two Jinyiwei were also cut off.
Although the Jinyiwei is good, they are not all as powerful as the four commanders. Most of them are second-rate skills.
Don’t underestimate the second-rate skills. Hundreds of such people are together. Once a first-rate expert is besieged, he will only seek death.
Although the three elders of the White Lotus Sect are first-class masters, in order to ensure the completion of the task, they decided to use the drugs first, get the three Jinyiwei one-on-one, and kick open the main door and enter the room.
Chapter completed!