After occupying Beijing, Ajige was busy ascending the throne and rewarding meritorious officials, appointing officials, and establishing the Chongwu court. He never expected that Zhao Ming would enter Hebei and his troops would come to Beijing.

Now, Ajige has just occupied Hebei, and no other regions have established effective rule except Beijing, and it is extremely empty, so it gives Zhao Mingke an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Tongzhou is very close to Beijing, and Ajige also did not have any heavy troops stationed, only more than a thousand Ming and Qing dynasties were stationed.

Zhao Ming walked around the city of Beijing, showed off his power and surrounded Tongzhou City.

Tongzhou stored a large amount of supplies, and Ajige wanted to rescue him, but his subordinates had no general who could compete with Zhao Ming.

This is not because there is no one under Ajige's command, but after Zhao Ming withdrew from Shanhaiguan, Ajige sent out all the more capable people under his command.

Although he has more than 40,000 people in his hands, he is still okay to defend the city. It is obviously not possible to deal with Zhao Ming, and he will probably die.

However, Tongzhou had to provide supplies to Beijing, and it was necessary to rescue him. In the end, Ajige ordered the commander of the army, Fan Wencheng, to lead 10,000 troops out of the city to interfere with Zhao Ming, and the driver rescued Tongzhou. At the same time, he sent a quick horse to ask Doni to withdraw his troops, and ordered Xuzhou to send troops to the north to serve the king.

As soon as Ajige ascended the throne, he was forced to serve the king. It was a shame, which made him angry. Zhao Ming was angry. His plan to conquer Shanxi and completely eliminate Fulin was also aborted.

After Fan Wencheng left the city, he did not dare to chase Zhao Ming at all, and sent scouts to pay attention to Zhao Ming's movements at all times.

This is not to deal with Zhao Ming, but to determine the distance from Zhao Ming to ensure his safety.

"Your Highness, the tail behind you, do you want me to lead the troops to defeat them!" Xie Qian sneered.

Zhao Ming rode a war horse and waved his hand indifferently, "Forget it! They kept such a long distance, just because they were afraid that the lonely would turn around and hit them. Once you move, they will definitely retract again."

Xie Qian said: "If you don't hit them, you will always follow such a tail behind you. I feel so uncomfortable!"

Zhao Ming said: "Send scouts to monitor them, ignore them, and conquer Tongzhou first!"

Tongzhou is very close to Beijing, with 20,000 Wu Yue troops walking around and then returning to Tongzhou.

The defender in the city saw the Wu Yue army returning, and his face turned pale. However, as a man of mankind, he did not open the city to surrender, but chose to stick to it.

Seeing that the persuasion of surrender failed, Zhao Ming immediately ordered Xie Qian to attack the city immediately.

In the rear, Fan Wencheng stopped when he was more than 30 miles away from Tongzhou.

At this time, a general took the curtain into the tent and reported urgently, "Report to the Lord Zhongtang, the Wu Yue army has begun to attack the city!"

Fan Wencheng was strolling in the tent anxiously, and Huang Ting, the surrendered general of the Wu Yue army, said: "Master Zhongtang, if Tongzhou is lost, the reserved food will be taken away by the Wu Yue army. Not only will the capital be famine, but the army will also be short of food!"

Fan Wencheng said angrily: "Don't you know if you are an official? But what can I do? I'll just pounce on you now, just die!"

Huang Ting said: "Did you watch the Wu Yue army capture Tongzhou and take away the food and military resources of Tongzhou?"

Fan Wencheng walked: "At present, I can only hope that Prince Yu and Prince Ying can return quickly, join forces, and then deal with the Wu Yue army."

After saying that, Fan Wencheng sighed, "I hope Tongzhou can hold on for a few days and delay the time."

When many Qing generals heard the words, they were depressed. The Wu Yue army did evil near the capital, but they had no choice but to watch from a distance and their morale suffered a huge blow.

When did the Qing Dynasty fall to this point? It’s so cowardly!

An hour later, the curtain was lifted again, and the scout came in in panic and knelt down to report, "Report to the Lord of the Central Hall, Tongzhou is in ruins!"

There were less than a thousand defenders in Tongzhou. The Wu Yue army bombed the cannons and soldiers rushed. In less than an hour, they captured Tongzhou.

The guard general Hatuba led the remaining troops to retreat into the city to fight in the streets, and was beheaded by the Wu Yue army soldiers in Tongzhou County.

Fan Wencheng was shocked and sat in the commander's position. The Qing army in the tent was also shocked and lost his mind to fight.

However, Huang Ting said anxiously: "Mr. Zhongtang, Tongzhou has fallen and all the materials in the city have fallen into the hands of Wu Yue Army. What should I do?"

As a general who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty by the Wu Yue army, Huang Ting was very scared, afraid that the Wu Yue army would gain power and the Qing Dynasty would be defeated and he would be able to settle the matter in the future.

Fan Wencheng showed a panic on his face. He knew what consequences would be brought to the Qing Dynasty after the food and supplies in the Tongzhou warehouse fell into the hands of Wu Yuejun.

If the food is not regained, Beijing will definitely have food panic. The Chongwu court will lose the opportunity to unify the north and will not even last long.

But now, there are no elite soldiers in his hands, and he can only die when he goes up. Fan Wencheng can only comfort him: "Don't panic, hundreds of thousands of stones of food, countless military funds, Zhao Zamao's 20,000 people will not be able to leave for a while. Once the soldiers of King Yu and King Ying get news, the cavalry can arrive within three days and the infantry can return to aid in six days. Let's continue to wait."

After Fan Wen Cheng finished speaking, he asked the scouts to continue to monitor, while the generals disperse first.

The next morning, Fan Wencheng, who had not slept all night, had red eyes and sat in front of the handsome desk.

At this time, the curtain was raised again, and Huang Ting made a quick move forward. Fan Wencheng suddenly felt nervous and exclaimed first: "What's the bad news!"

Huang Ting said anxiously: "Master Zhongtang, the Wu Yue army encircled the people of Tongzhou, as well as the banner slaves from Tianjin, Jinghai, Xianghe, Dong'an, Wuqing and other counties. More than ten people transported Tongzhou supplies. The transportation team lasted dozens of miles. Tongzhou was almost emptied by Zhao Zamao!"

Fan Wencheng almost spit out a mouthful of old blood when he heard the words. "I knew that Zhao Zamao would imitate Yu Qian, but I didn't understand that the people and flag slaves were not troops, so how could they listen to his orders!"

When Yu Qian defended Beijing, facing the Tongzhou granary, he sent troops from Beijing to transport grain, which would make Beijing empty and allow the people to transport grain, and they are easily attacked by the Oirat cavalry. The people did not dare to take such risks. In the end, he ordered the soldiers of the kings from all over the country to transport all the food from Tongzhou to Beijing with a bag.

On the road from Tongzhou to Dagukou, countless people and flag slaves carrying rice and grain were trekking eastward all over the mountains, while Wu Yue soldiers were guarding the rear.

At this time, Zhao Ming pulled his horse and stood beside the road. Gu Yanwu couldn't help but sigh: "Your Highness declared that Hebei would ask the flag slaves from all over the country to go to Tongzhou to transport grain. As much as they move, they would give them free rations when they go to Liaodong. This trick is really wise."

Zhao Ming smiled and said, "If so much food and military resources are not like this, how can they be transported away? After these people are transported to Liaodong, they will consume a large amount of food. Now it means that they bring their own food, which will greatly reduce the amount of food they invested in Liaodong."

Outside Tongzhou City, Fan Wencheng, who learned that the Wu Yue army had withdrawn, led 10,000 Qing troops to chase him to Tongzhou.

At this time, Fan Wencheng rode his horse in front, suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse, frowned, and the generals around him also stopped the war horses and looked forward.

"What is that?" Fan Wencheng raised his horse whip and asked in a trembling voice.

Huang Ting's face was gloomy. Looking at the nearly a thousand corpses nailed to wooden stakes by the road, he said fearfully: "Zhongtang is the garrison of Tongzhou!"

Fan Wencheng was shocked. What a shudder. Zhao Zamao, his methods were so cruel. He nailed all the defenders of Tongzhou to wooden stakes, like a field full of rice.

Thousands of people planted on the ground like transplanting rice seedlings. The scene was terrifying. This was a naked humiliation and intimidation.
Chapter completed!