Chapter 46 Section 9 Hong Chengchou can't get around the weird arrangement of fate

The siege of Jinzhou by the Qing soldiers is getting tighter and tighter, and the siege of the city is really a matter of minutes. Chongzhen issued an order to Hong Chengchou: keep Jinzhou at all costs. Chongzhen is always like this, sitting in the Forbidden City and directing national campaigns.He has been used to doing this for many years.Although he commanded more defeats and fewer victories in the battles, Chongzhen was still strategizing and did not dare to slack off. But Hong Chengchou was in pain. Because he didn't want to listen to the emperor this time. It's not that he wants to rebel, but that he feels that the emperor is directing blindly.

If, as the emperor said, he led the elite troops to reinforce Jinzhou, he would be ambushed by the main force of the Qing army in Songshan area.At that time, Hong Chengchou will be in danger of being wiped out. Daming's intelligence forces confirmed this point, and Hong Chengchou's on-the-spot judgment for many years also thought of this point. But Chongzhen didn't see things that way.What Chongzhen saw was: the Qing soldiers brought in thirty red cannons and were about to attack the city immediately. Jinzhou was at stake. Once it fell, the consequences would be disastrous.Therefore, it is necessary to lead the elite troops to reinforce Jinzhou.

Although Hong Chengchou wrote a letter telling Chongzhen earnestly that Jinzhou was guarded by the ancestor Dashou, and the food in the city could last for half a year. Moreover, Jinzhou City was indestructible, so there was no need for the Ming army to die in vain, but Chongzhen still issued the death order. Reinforcement of Jinzhou is a matter of principle, and matters of principle cannot be bargained. Hong Chengchou had no choice. There is nothing a person can do most of the time.Because the people around you affect your fate, especially if the people around you are the emperor, there is really no way.

Hong Chengchou's life is destined not to bypass Songshan.He set off with 60,000 horses full of melancholy.The tall horse under his crotch didn't know the weird arrangement of the God of Destiny, and still walked with his head held high to Songshan, to Waterloo in Hong Chengchou's life. But Hong Chengchou still tried to bypass the weird arrangement of the God of Destiny. He stored food and grass between the Xingshan and Tashan mountains near Songshan.Don't panic if you have food in your hand, even if Huang Taiji attacks him, as long as there is food and grass, he will not be afraid.

At such moments, everything can only depend on yourself. But Huang Taiji was too cunning.Instead of launching an attack, he cut off all the passages of Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan, and surrounded Hong Chengchou's troops without fighting. Songshan was suddenly in a situation where food and grass were cut off without help. People were confused, and the general soldiers also lost their fighting spirit. They talked about withdrawing to Ningyuan, but Hong Chengchou clearly expressed his opposition.He is determined to put all his eggs in one basket and break out of the encirclement, but he will never withdraw to Ningyuan.Because of such a moment, there is no way for Da Ming to withdraw.

The general soldiers did not listen to the greeting.First of all, General Wang Pu spread his feet and ran all the way. His posture was to run as far as he could. As long as he could save one life, the other generals would also take the lead in running for their lives. Sixty thousand horses ran fifty thousand in one night. Hong Chengchou was left with 10,000 people to hold out for the last time.Chongzhen, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, saw that the situation was urgent, and he began to strategize again, trying to turn the tide: he ordered Liu Yingguo to lead 8,000 sailors to smuggle into Songshan; ordered Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, and Li Fuming to reinforce Hong Chengchou.But Chongzhen's order failed to be implemented.Because he forgot a common sense: when the general is outside, the king's fate is not acceptable.In this era of cups, bows and snakes, everyone regards preserving their own strength as the most important thing in life, and no one is so stupid as to run to die.

There is no food and grass in Songshan, and no reinforcements outside, so it really can't last long.In March of the 15th year of Chongzhen, Deputy General Xia Chengde of Songshan made the most important choice in his life, tying up Hong Chengchou and dedicating it to Huang Taiji as his stepping stone.Hong Chengchou understood that Songshan fell, so Jinzhou’s fall seems to be only a matter of time, and the Forbidden City’s fall is ultimately only a matter of time... An era is coming to an end, it’s really coming to an end! Songshan fell, and Hong Chengchou was captured. Multiple sources confirmed that he died heroically.Chongzhen decided to severely praise the last loyal and brave man of Ming Dynasty to boost morale and national spirit.Chongzhen first cried sincerely for two hours, and then went to the altar in front of Chaotian Palace to pay homage to the famous general Hong Chengchou in person.During the memorial ceremony, Chongzhen cried and passed out several times, then woke up firmly and continued to cry. This situation is very moving.But a few days later, the real news came that Hong Chengchou did not die heroically, but chose to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.He also surrendered with Jinzhou defender Zu Dashou.Chongzhen could hardly stand upright, as if someone had slapped his mouth twice, he couldn't help muttering to himself: How is this possible?I have paid homage to him, and I have cried and hurt my body... This, isn't this playing tricks on me, Zhu? !