Chapter 423: Variables
Thousands of clothes are not worn, Wu Sangui knew that the little eunuch was still happy to stroke his palms and laugh, and he had a better impression of the little eunuch in his heart, this young boy is really cute, there is no sour smell of civil officials, no vulgarity of martial artists, and no impression of the eunuch's yin and yang weirdness, and there is not even a little bit of the posture and appearance of the overseer of Dongchang.
What's more important is that the little eunuch hangs the banner of overseer, the prime minister of military affairs, has the command of the army, and the right to command, and suddenly parachutes in to seize the right to the army, Wu Sangui has a heart of resistance, but at this time, listening to the meaning of the little eunuch's words, he has no intention of seizing power, and his heart is relieved, and the sense of rejection is not as strong as before.
The Qing army is attacking in a big way, and when the army is about to come to the city, he can still calmly play with his calves.
However, the current crisis is not child's play, after the two laughed, and into the topic, the Tartars threatened to 130,000 troops, in fact, at most 780,000, but even 780,000 is far more than the Ming army, at this time only Wu Sangui in the city is less than 30,000 people, wartime can mobilize the township brave few, it is difficult to be useful, the strength of the Ming army has been at a disadvantage, and after the Songjin War, the Ming army is disheartened, the war spirit is insufficient, this is a person and discord.
In addition, Ningyuan City is small and has no danger to defend, and a moat is frozen, which is almost equal to nothing, which is a geographical disadvantage.
Moreover, after years of fighting with the Ming army, the Qing army had already figured out the details of the Ming army, and formulated targeted tactics to attack the city, and the firepower was not inferior to that of the Ming army...... All in all, no matter how you look at it, it is a difficult defense battle with defeat and victory, and you must be prepared to abandon the city and retreat to the pass at any time.
Wu Sangui is honest, and there is a lot of helplessness in his words!
Chang Yu fell silent, what Wu Sangui said was true, and there was no exaggeration, at this time, it was meaningless to mention the battle between Nurhachi and Yuan Chonghuan twenty years ago, although the people's hearts were cohesive, all of them were united, and the soldiers were desperate, but it was the power of artillery that played a decisive victory.
Today, the superiority of artillery is long gone.
"This governor still has 8,000 men and horses in Jizhen, which will be reached in the near future, and more than 10,000 soldiers of the thieves will arrive within half a month, in addition to 3,000 elite cavalry in Shanhaiguan, plus your men and horses also have more than 60,000, so it seems that the strength is not much less than the Qing army."
The thief's pawn, Wu Sangui was stunned at first, and then his face was disdainful: "It's not worth mentioning" and said: "So many soldiers and horses can drain the water in Ningyuan City, even the cost of grain and grass is also huge."
I know that this kind of military general from a famous world can't look down on those mud legs of the thieves, Chang Yu laughed secretly, but these mud legs are about to drag Da Ming to death, it is these mud legs that were beaten in Shanhaiguan back then, you have no power to resist and hug Dolgon's thigh and call Dad.
As for the overcrowding and the supply and storage of grain and grass, it is also a very first problem.
Ning Yuan is only six or seven miles in radius, the Wu army is nearly 30,000 people, plus more than 10,000 residents in the city, if another 30,000 or 40,000 horses pour in, it is really a fart that can smoke down a platoon, not to mention the need to store a large amount of grain and grass.
There is an island ten miles southeast of Ningyuan, named Chrysanthemum Island, which was originally the base of the Ming army's reserve of military rations and water divisions, but it is a pity that Nurhachi could not attack the city that year, and turned to attack Chrysanthemum Island.
At that time, the sea was frozen, Yao Fumin led the defenders to dig a fifteen nautical miles of ice trench day and night, trying to resist the Qing army, led by Wu Nag Mongolian cavalry and Manchurian cavalry, about tens of thousands of people stormed, the Ming army was exhausted and invincible, the island fell, the Qing army slaughtered the island, more than 7,000 fishermen, 7,000 soldiers were killed.
After this battle, Chrysanthemum Island was deserted.
After the meal, the two of them went to the city, Wu Sangui led Chang Yu around the city, Ningyuan City is small, the southwest of the city is close to the Ningyuan River, there are several peaks in the west of the city, in addition to the small urn city outside the city gate, there is only the moat that is about one zhang wide and two zhang wide!
A trench was being dug two miles outside the moat in the north of the city, which was the most effective way to deal with the cavalry of the Qing army.
"Inspector Yuan's original tactics are still available today, why don't General Wu copy them all" The little eunuch looked serious.
Digging trenches, clearing the wilderness, and splashing the city with water to freeze the city walls, these were all Yuan Chonghuan's tricks back then.
There are six artillery pieces in the city, the rust has not been as majestic and deterrent as it has been for 20 years, the Ming army in Songjin lost its armor in the first war, and discarded the entire Liaodong armament, but there were six artillery pieces and a little ammunition in this city.
Fortunately, the little eunuch had a back hand, and when he left from Shanhaiguan, he had already ordered Gao Di to control all the artillery and ammunition to be transported to Ningyuan City, and the key points were demarcated, all twelve!
What's more, he also has a killer feature, the Shenji Battalion of Jingying!
The two of them drove out of the city from the north gate of Weiyuan, followed by half a hundred soldiers, and went straight to the first mountain in the north.
The first mountain is five miles away from the northeast of Ningyuan City, and there are more than ten beacon towers stationed on the mountain, which are used to keep an eye on the enemy.
A group of people climbed the top of the mountain to look north, the world was gray, the former Ming Liaodong had long been occupied by the Qing army, Chang Yu sighed in his heart, as a later generation, what Manchu and what Jin people are people of my Great Heavenly Dynasty, but the rules are the rules, now it is the Ming Dynasty, he is the minister of the Great Tomorrow, he wants to protect the land of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu is the invader, what he wants to do is to swear to defend the country and it is possible to open up the territory...... Powerful people will always have an uncontrollable aggressive heart, and throughout the ancient and modern invaders, all of them are powerful nations!
The so-called Confucian governance is nothing more than self-paralysis and self-hypnosis, the so-called people do not offend me, I do not offend others, the so-called harmony is precious, and virtue is used to subdue people...... These are the self-soothing of the weak.
The law of nature is always the law of the jungle, and the truth comes out of fists and knives and guns!
The so-called opening up territory is the ambition of the strong.
When I'm strong...... Chang Yu clenched his fists, a sneer at the corner of his mouth, Wu Sangui glanced at it, and raised his eyebrows: "The overseer is full of pride, or is he confident, can you say that you will hear it with the last general."
The little eunuch laughed, slightly embarrassed: "The wind is strong and the weather is cold, and I am so cold that I am shivering."
Wu Sangui smiled and sighed: "This wind and snow can stop the enemy for a while, and it will be beneficial for our army to build fortifications" Saying that, he stretched out his palm, and there were snowflakes floating in the sky: "The location is favorable and the people are not occupied, this day is finally biased."
Chang Yu snorted: "Do you know where the enemy army has arrived at this time?" ”
"The day before yesterday, I had to report, in Fuxin, the wind and snow were difficult to travel in the past two days, the Qing army had a lot of baggage, and the maximum number of miles a day was thirty miles, and it was estimated that it was still in Fuxin" Wu Sangui looked north, the snowflakes began to gradually get bigger, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, this wind and snow rose again, and he could be suspended for a few days.
Chang Yu was just about to answer, when suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he suddenly felt bad: "Fuxin, the Qing army is in Fuxin at the moment?" ”
Wu Sangui saw that he suddenly changed color, and he didn't know why: "It's Fuxin, what's wrong?" ”
"Fuxin is just west of Shenyang!" Chang Yu's face changed greatly, Wu Sangui frowned, and suddenly he was also dumbfounded: "What does the overseer mean ......"
The Ming court was shocked when the Ming court found out that Dolgon led a large army to attack, and ordered the governor of Dongchang to go out of the customs to supervise the battle.
However, the little eunuch suddenly discovered that Dolgon sent troops from Shenyang to attack Ningyuan or Shanhaiguan, and if he wanted to attack Ningyuan or Shanhaiguan, he should go directly from the southwest, pass through Guangningwei (now Beizhen City), Dalinghe City (now Linghai), Jinzhou, and then go south to Huludao and Ningyuan.
But at this time, the Qing army took the west road, what was it going to do in Fuxin?