Chapter 65 Tongzhou

However, Tang Tong, the general soldier, has lost so many cities in a row, so that Jiannu can enter the outside of the capital without any effort. It is easy for him not to be in the capital. The court did not dare to attack him, but once he escapes into the capital, then who knows if the emperor will be polite to him. This emperor Zhu Youjian is very affectionate. Since he succeeded to the throne, he has killed several governors over the years. There are a large group of governors. He doesn't have many general officers. If the emperor wants to kill him, isn't it like killing chickens?

Therefore, after Tang Tong arrived in Tongzhou, he did not dare to run any more. He could only bravely lead the more than 3,000 defeated soldiers under his command, joined forces with the Tongzhou garrison, and began to rush to prepare to defend Tongzhou.

Tongzhou is the east gate of the capital, only a few dozen miles away from the capital, and the most critical place is the terminal of the Grand Canal. The goods transported into Beijing from the south have been unloaded in Tongzhou and then transferred to the capital by land. Therefore, Tongzhou's military status is also extremely high. Once Tongzhou is lost, Beijing The division basically had no more shielding, so although the imperial court had reached this time, it still tried its best to leave 6,000 or 7,000 soldiers and horses in Tongzhou, and handed them over to Zhang Erzhong, the current servant of the Ministry of War, to sit in Tongzhou and ordered him to defend Tongzhou.

Zhang Erzhong, a native of Wei County, Shandong Province, can be said to be a late man. He was a middle-aged man at the age of 30, but he didn't take the entrance examination until he was 50. When he was admitted as an official, it was already four years after Chongzhen. However, although Zhang Erzhong is old, he has made great achievements in his work. When he was twelve years old. Later, there was a cut-off in the canal, and the court panicked, so Zhang Erzhong was sent to govern the canal. Regardless of his age, Zhang Erzhong patrolled back and forth on the canal, quickly resumed the shipping of the canal, dredged the silted canal, and completed the task assigned to him by Chongzhen well, so he was promoted and entered the army afterwards. Department of affairs.

Originally, according to the original historical trajectory, Zhang Erzhong should be transferred to Shaanxi as the governor of Shaanxi by the imperial court this year, cooperating with Sun Chuanting to arrest and kill He Renlong, but now history has been usurped by Xiao Tianjian, and the fate of countless people in China has changed. Shaanxi is basically not controlled by the imperial court, and it is in the middle school. Both the army and the Jiannu pointed to the capital, so Chongzhen did not send Zhang Erzhong to Shaanxi as a governor, but saw that Zhang Erzhong was more capable, so he made him sit in Tongzhou as the right servant of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Erzhong is already in his sixties and must be white, but he is still ordered in the face of danger. He went to Beijing to Tongzhou to take up his post. After he arrived in Tongzhou, he immediately began to rectify the soldiers and horses. In addition to all the 3,000 officers and soldiers in Tongzhou, he also recruited 3,000 to 4,000 people on the spot, making Tongzhou's defenders. The number of troops reached 6,000 to 7,000, which greatly strengthened the defense of Tongzhou.

After Tang Tong had no way to lead the remnants to Tongzhou, Zhang Erzhong saw that Tang Tong was at least a general officer, and there was no available general under his command, so he immediately asked the court to leave Tang Tong under his men to obey his orders. Chongzhen was really angry when he learned that Tang Tong had lost the news of Miyun, Huairou and Shunyi. I couldn't stand it. He had the intention to order Zhang Erzhong to arrest and kill Tang Tong. However, after seeing Zhang Erzhong's request, he hesitated and again and still did not dare to do so. Tang Tong still controlled more than 3,000 officers and soldiers in his hands. At this time, the Jiannu army had already reached Shunyi and was about to attack Tongzhou. He was unfavorable to be killed in the army, and he was also afraid. He forced Tang Tong to go out of Tongzhou and surrendered to Jiannu. In that case, Tongzhou would be over!

So Zhu Youjian thought for a moment, even if he approved Zhang Erzhong's request, he made Tang Tong guilty and made contributions and listened to the order under Zhang Erzhong's account in Tongzhou.

In this regard, Tang Tong also temporarily ended his journey of running away. In just a few days, Abatai and Hauge almost swept the north of the capital in Miyun, Huairou, Shunyi and other places. Wherever they passed, they burned, killed and looted, and took a lot of people from the capital to join the army to serve as a follower for them, and their power was stronger. It's much big.

On May 16, Abatai and Hauge led their troops to the city of Tongzhou, and surrounded Tongzhou City with heavy troops.

The reason why Abatai and Hauge did not immediately reach the city of Shuntianfu is that they did not lead many troops this time. There are only more than 30,000 horses. In fact, they are used as a strange soldier of Huang Taiji. With their military strength, it is not enough to besiege the Daming Jingshi at present, and their main purpose is also It is to contain the Ming army and the Dazhong army, so they also know that it is not easy to fight the capital. After entering the customs from Huangyakou, they rushed all the way to Tongzhou along Miyun County. Because Tongzhou is a canal terminal, it is very rich. The local oil and water are large and densely populated. They can get a lot of grain, even in Tongzhou. There is a shortage of grain, but the rich people in Tongzhou still have a large amount of grain in their private hands. After conquering Tongzhou, they can get enough food and salary, which will lay the foundation for a long time to deal with the Dazhong army and the Ming army in the next step. As long as they take Tongzhou, they can attack the rear of the mountain customs to the east, break through the mountain customs inside and abroad, and release a large number of When the Jiannu army enters the customs, it can also rush directly to the capital, threatening the safety of the capital.

When Abatai and Hauge did this, it can be seen that the two were not fools, but they were quite strategic. So after they broke through the barrier and entered, they did not stop for a moment, and in a few days, they led their troops to kill the city of Tongzhou.

At this time, whoever comes to Tongzhou first is Zhang Erzhong's enemy. Originally, Zhang Erzhong was preparing for the battle here, considering that the first to kill Tongzhou was probably the Dazhong Army, but he didn't think that he had prepared a table of dishes. The first one who came to the banquet was the Jiannu army.

So Zhang Erzhong had to compete before Jiannu. Although Zhang Erzhong did not stay in Tongzhou for a long time, he did a good job. He soon gathered the heart of Tongzhou's army and found a way to raise some food and gave it to the hungry people in the city. So he won the hearts of Tongzhou. When Abatai led his troops to the outside of Tongzhou, At that time, Zhang Erzhong also ordered that the people within 20 miles outside the city should also be put into the city. The first is to nominally protect the people, and the second is to substantially strengthen the defense of Tongzhou. At the same time, some gentry outside Tongzhou are also moved into Tongzhou City, so that these gentry can also rush the food hidden in their homes into the city. In this way It also meets the needs of the military and civilians in the city in a short period of time.

Zhang Erzhong's measures have had a good effect on blocking the army of slaves. In addition, he took over Tang Tong's troops, and the whole Tongzhou troops increased to more than 10,000 people. Zhang Erzhong met Tang Tong in person and told Tang Tong that the emperor did not blame him for losing Miyun, Huairou, Shunyi and other places. He hoped that he could commit crimes in Tongzhou. Tang Tong also felt ashamed to help him defend Tongzhou City. He immediately patted his chest and promised that he would be loyal to the court and cooperate with Zhang Erzhong to defend Tongzhou City. Even if he died in Tongzhou, he would never escape.

So they cooperated. Tang Tong was responsible for guarding the north gate and west gate of Tongzhou, while Zhang Erzhong was dispatched in the town, and the rest of the lieutenant generals guarded the east gate, the north gate, the water gate and other places to prevent the slave army from attacking the city.

After Abatai led his troops to arrive in Tongzhou, he first made the soldiers and civilians in the city surrender. Zhang Erzhong first pretended to say that it was negotiable and asked Abatai to send people to the city to discuss the surrender. Abatai and Haugexin thought they were really happy, so they sent a traitor to enter Tongzhou City in a hanging basket. As a result, Zhang Erzhong took this. After the envoy of Jiannu entered the city, even if he turned his face at the head of the city, he cut off the ear of the envoy of Jiannu who entered the city to persuade him to surrender, which directly threw him from the north gate tower and fell to death under the city gate. When Abatai saw that he could not persuade him to surrender, the general also killed the person he sent to persuade him to surrender, so he no longer had any illusions. Together with Hagrid, he began to order the strong attack on Tongzhou City, and vowed that once he captured Tongzhou City, he would slaughter all the soldiers and civilians in the city.

So Zhang Erzhong also achieved his goal, which made the soldiers and civilians in the city more united, from a defensive battle to a life-saving battle. Although the fighting power of the Ming army in the city was very poor, they also knew that Jiannu was not a thing. They must be angry that Zhang Erzhong killed their envoys. After entering the city, they would definitely wash Tongzhou City. At that time, no one could save his life, so he went to fight with Jiannu.

At the beginning of this battle, Tongzhou fought very fiercely. The Jiannu army attacked fiercely, the Tongzhou garrison's resistance was fierce, and the Jiannu army attacked the city like a tide. The city was full of stones, constantly blocking the siege of the Jiannu army. The two armies launched a life-and-death fight in Tongzhou City.

At the age of 60, Zhang Erzhong worked hard to patrol around the city, constantly cheer up the defenders, encouraged the soldiers and civilians to fight to the death, and also included his two sons into the army, followed the soldiers and civilians to go to the city to defend. Seeing that Zhang Erzhong was so loyal and righteous, the soldiers and civilians in the city were also admired, so he risked his death. As a result, Abatai and Hauge attacked the city for two consecutive days, but they did not survive. They also lost a group of soldiers and generals. The angry Abatai was furious and was even more cruel. Once he entered Tongzhou City, he would slaughter all the soldiers and civilians in Tongzhou City.

Originally, Wang Chengping was ordered to lead his troops to the Miyun area. He wanted to stop Jiannu before Jiannu broke through the barrier. At worst, he also wanted to block Jiannu in the territory of Miyun after building another slave entered the customs. However, when he went to Jizhou, he suddenly learned that Jiannu had destroyed the customs from Huangyakou and then occupied Miyun County. Therefore, Wang Chengping was even more afraid to neglect. He immediately led his troops to Huairou. He wanted to help Huairou and dragged the right-wing army of Jiannu to Huairou. However, before he arrived at Huairou, he learned on the way that the right-wing army of Jiannu had attacked Huairou and even captured Shunyi. Wang Chengping couldn't help scolding the Ming army in these places. Damn it, they are all idiots. They don't even leave him any time. Even if the defenders in these places contain the Jiannu for a day or two, he can lead the troops to arrive and drag the Jiannu army. However, he didn't think that these places had no resistance at all, so they let the Jiannu capture their city.

Wang Chengping analyzed the next action of the Jiannu Army. He thought that Jiannu was likely to attack Tongzhou in the next step, or directly reach the capital city. For the time being, he may not rush directly to Shanhaiguan, so he turned around and led the troops straight to Tongzhou. This delay, when he led the troops to Tongzhou, Abatai had already It has been two days since the army led the army to attack Tongzhou.

(Today I want to tell you two news. The good news is that you don't have to worry. This book will be a eunuch, because by this time, the book has basically entered the closing stage, and the next step is to consider the end! The bad news is that the editor has made an appointment with me for the manuscript of this book, and I haven't prepared it yet, so from this month onwards, Han Feng will focus on conceive the next book! Although the update will not be interrupted, it will be changed to one chapter a day in the future! I'm sorry for everyone! However, please understand that after all, it is not easy to write historical books. The conception of a book and the materials prepared in the early stage are massive. Otherwise, it will be rushed to the horse, and it will definitely be rubbish! Just preparing these things takes a lot of time every day, so you can't use them at the wrong time, so you have to reduce the update! Please forgive me!

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