Chapter 475: How St. Petersburg Was Made

The fiasco of the attack on the first day made Nurhachi's mood extremely bad.

What he never expected was that the Ming army on the opposite side would be able to meet his attack so well. He really couldn't understand where he got such courage and confidence to face himself who he had never defeated.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang was standing on the wall of Petersburg, looking at the dead bodies lying under the wall, and his heart couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his previous life. In particular, the scars caused by those cold weapons were extremely familiar to him, both visually and emotionally.

Behind him, Yuan Chonghuan was slowly walking towards him step by step. Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at the most famous historical figure in the late Ming Dynasty,

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing." Yuan Chonghuan glanced up at the starry sky, then lowered his head and said to Zhuge Liang, "If it weren't for these damn stars, perhaps, we could try to steal the camp at night today." ”

☆ Ge Liang sneered twice, obviously sneering at Yuan Chonghuan's idea.

"To despise one's opponent is to ignore one's own abilities."

‖ Chonghuan was choked up, it was in his heart, but he did not change his judgment. If it weren't for Sun Chengzong, Yue Fan, and Song Tao's idea, he would have been on the way to camp now.

☆ Ge Liang is also reluctant to talk to him, because in his opinion, when people in history speak, they are a villain who is rampant when he is ambitious. In history, before the Battle of Ningyuan, he was a conscientious little person, and was appreciated by Sun Chengzong and others because of his talent. But it's not enough to soar. It was not until after this battle that his ability was recognized by Emperor Chongzhen, who later ascended the throne and became emperor in Taipei, so he became the famous Yuan Governor.

But that five-year Pingliao big sentence still accurately exposed the inner world of this little person. In order to further gain the favor of the emperor. He did not hesitate to write such a blank check to the emperor. The results are obvious. At that time, it was suggested that if the five-year period had ended, but the mobile war had not ended, then Yuan Chonghuan's death period had arrived.

÷ confirmed this accurate prediction. After Yuan Chonghuan took office. The development of the Manchu Tatars in Liaozhong was not only not curbed, but had a tendency to intensify. It wasn't until Huang Taiji broke into the hinterland of Gyeonggi in the Ming Dynasty that Emperor Chongzhen realized that this Yuan Chonghuan, who boasted about Haikou. Actually, it's just a political liar clown.

Therefore, his punishment is to be in a different place.

× why his name is so famous in our time, it is mostly because of the merits of several martial arts novels. In fact, similar phenomena are not uncommon in the history of our country, Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty, and Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period have been artificially exalted in literary and artistic works.

But when we go back to the real history and comment, we can find out. Yuan Chonghuan's historical merits, under the background of the times at that time, were not very outstanding. There is always a group of heroes who belong to the times. Like him, we should be remembered, but we often ignore it.

is valued enough by literary and artistic works, and for some historical figures, it may be lucky. However, it is obviously not objective and unfair to evaluate a historical figure solely on the basis of literary and artistic works.

Originally, on this quiet night, the two sides could have complained to each other. But the arrogance and indifference of the two people made their chance encounter unpleasant.

Early the next morning. Nurhachi led his men and prepared for a new attack. …

Zhuge Liang at the head of the city did not sleep all night. But he still greeted the arrival of the enemy with great spirits. Yuan Chonghuan didn't seem to be sleeping, and stood not far away in a little dizzy.

If Nurhachi had charged the soldiers, the two of them had their eyes wide in unison.

For the Houjin Empire, which still regarded population as a valuable resource at that time, being able to use the method of attacking the city with ants once again can only show that Nurhachi has made enough determination.

I don't know why Nurhachi is so firm, maybe it's because the geographical location of Ningyuan City is really related to the entire battle situation, or maybe it's because Nurhachi was seriously provoked yesterday. But in any case, at the moment when the siege begins, all strategic thinking should be put aside for the time being. At present, they should be more concerned about how to block the enemy's attack in terms of technique and tactics.

In view of yesterday's debacle at the hands of the Greeks, Nurhachi took appropriate precautions in today's offensive.

What Zhuge Liang didn't think of, his method was very simple and crude. In the imagination of Yuan Chonghuan and others, even if Nurhachi launched an attack today, he would not continue to use that kind of narrow plank. After all, wooden planks are very easy to ignite, and they are not safe to use.

But Nurhachi did the opposite. With a sufficient number of planks, he covered the entire surface of the moat. Then find some planks and sprinkle a lot of sand on top of them.

Although in the actual implementation process, this step is achieved through a lot of sacrifice. But apparently the effect is very impressive.

As the light oil continued to be thrown downward on the city, a new batch of sand was transported around the planks in time. In the distance, Nurhachi watched all this with a smile, and everything was under his control.

Sure enough, when the Ming army at the head of the city began to drop rockets downward, the light oil was extinguished by the new sand shortly after it was ignited. And those planks, because of the existence of the old sand, were not directly ignited. In this way, Nurhachi's soldiers could continue to cross the moat and continue their assault on the walls of Petersburg.

"What a cunning fox." Zhuge Liang at the head of the city said to Sun Chengzong, "Nurhachi seems to have seen through the power of Greek fire at a glance. Burning can be done by many things, and the reason why Greek fire is so powerful is that it can move with the flow of water. But after cutting him off from the current, he was no different from any other arsonist. ”

Sun Chengzong nodded. If the Greek fire is burning on the water. No matter how much sand is thrown, the result is only that the sand sinks to the bottom of the water. Nurhachi's ingenuity lies in the clever use of wooden planks. Originally, the planks were only used as a tool to cross the moat, but with Nurhachi's use, he succeeded in depriving the Greek fire of its most powerful properties. That's flow.

However, even if they cross the moat, Nurhachi's soldiers must use their lives to gain progress in the siege.

Zhuge Liang looked at the enemy's increasingly ferocious offensive, and then turned his gaze to the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers who came to assist in the defense. When I saw the look of fear on their faces. He knew it was time for his secret weapon to come in.

"Soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom, go and change your armor!"

When Yuan Chonghuan heard Zhuge Liang's shout, he couldn't help but glance at the soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom sitting beside him in surprise. They were obviously wearing that kind of Qingtang plate armor, compared to the ordinary soldiers of the Ming army. The defense they get is enviable.

But Zhuge Liang said that now it was time for them to change their armor, could it be that they still had better armor. This is incredible, even if you are a country that admires the Mozi school, there should be no better armor equipment for ordinary soldiers. …

However, when these soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom changed into new armor, Yuan Chonghuan's eyes were simply stunned.

From his point of view. The soldiers of the Great Viet Kingdom now see it like beetles. In this form, Wuhan University installed a hard protective plate on the shell. I also put a thick, but very soft layer inside the anus.

After Yang Dayan, who had already received a modern education, saw these armors, the surprise on his face was not much less than that of Yuan Chonghuan.

Almost immediately, he recognized the material of the protective plate, which was clearly an aluminum alloy. It is well known that this material is hard though. But the quality itself is not large. This could have been an advantage for him, especially when it came to aerospace material selection. But use it to make armor. The biggest problem is that it cannot prevent the attack of heavy weapons such as maces.

In fact, Qingtang plate armor also has this kind of problem, but on the battlefield. A powerful blow is absolutely indispensable, and perhaps it is precisely because of this factor that the Qingtang plate armor was not popularized on the battlefield in ancient China.

However, Zhuge Liang has obviously considered this. His solution was to fill the inside of the plate with a thick layer of rubber. The flexibility of the rubber will ensure that the entire set of armor can be effectively cushioned in the event of a heavy blow, thus protecting the soldier's body.

This strange combination of armor is much more effective than a simple stab-proof suit.

Sure enough, after the soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom returned to the battle, it was difficult for the Manchurian Tartars' bows and arrows to effectively inflict damage on them.

Some of the soldiers inside had been shot like hedgehogs on their limbs, but they didn't actually suffer any substantial damage.

It's just that the soldiers on the other side obviously can't understand this phenomenon, why they are full of feathered arrows, but they still wave their arms and throw deadly rolling logs and stones at their heads.

After this, Nurhachi's soldiers suffered from morale and began to show signs of retreat.

Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief in unison. In the original history, they only blocked Nurhachi's attack, and did not have any intention of attacking.

However, in Zhuge Liang's view, conniving at Nurha's naked return to the Liaodong region will have a serious impact on national security in the future.

Therefore, taking advantage of this time to pursue them and start a field battle, it is undoubtedly the best choice, after all, this beetle-like armor is actually prepared for a showdown in the field. Why worry about being hit by some heavy weapon when defending on the walls? Some people will say that it can be used to prevent the cannon from firing a lead ball, and if that is the case, I am afraid that any kind of armor will not help.

If the real castle should not only show its hard shell when defending, but also show its sharp minions when counterattacking.

Zhuge Liang at the head of the city couldn't help but think with a bad taste, such a castle with both offense and defense, after the pendulum station is over, he must let Emperor Chongzhen make something to say.

He suddenly remembered that when some football goalkeepers performed well, the media would put a holy word in front of his name. It's better to let Emperor Chongzhen add a holy word in front of the name of Petersburg.

In this way, in the western Liaoning corridor, there is also a domestic version of St. Petersburg.

Just when the pursuit battle in the western Liaoning region was in full swing, the eunuchs sent by Emperor Chongzhen to make rice paper had already come outside Petersburg.

Wang Chengen, who was deeply trusted by Emperor Chongzhen, knew that he had another purpose for his trip, but he still quietly read out Emperor Chongzhen's edict. From then on, Petersburg was officially renamed St. Petersburg.

After reading the holy decree, Wang Chengen originally wanted to extract some details of the war from Sun Chengzong, but before he could speak, he was surprised by another kind of equipment from the soldiers of the Great Yue Kingdom. (To be continued)