[187] The siege of Hetuala

Let's say that Jiannu, who sneaked up on the road, was beaten with muskets and corpses were all over the field, but Jiannu, who attacked from the front, did not encounter any resistance. They waded through knee-deep pools.

Suddenly, a young Jiannu sniffed vigorously and asked an older Jiannu next to him, "Brother, what do you smell like this?" ”

The old Jiannu also sniffed, subconsciously lowered his head, and couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that the water under his feet was black, and the smell was the smell of black water.

At this time, a person dressed as Niu Lu Ezhen happened to pass by them, and when he saw that they were stunned, he smiled and said: "What is so beautiful about the water black, so many people are lying on the water, and the sludge on the ground is kicked up, and the water is naturally black and smelly~~" After that, he pushed the backs of the two, "Let's go, it's too late to grab the credit~"

So the two slaves, one old and one young, no longer hesitated, and rushed forward with a knife, who knew that they hadn't taken a few steps, and suddenly heard a few whistling sounds, and saw countless torches flying all over the sky. The torch fell into the water, but instead of extinguishing it, it set the black water on fire, and in the blink of an eye, the whole meadow and reeds were plunged into a sea of fire.

Countless Jiannu who died in the sea of fire didn't understand until they died, could it be that the Southern Barbarians would do some kind of magic to actually set fire to the water?

Because of the strong southeast wind, the fire in the reed swing spread to the entire yellow mud in a moment, although Song Youliang, who was standing upwind, asked without smelling the charred corpse, but he could see that there were many fire people dancing in the reed.

Song Youliang proudly asked the surrounding generals, "Everyone, how is this fire better than Zhuge Liang's burning vine armor soldiers?" ”

Li Xin's cheekbones twitched, this batch of ignition sulfur oil was bought by him from Shaanxi, he didn't expect it to be so violent, Li Xin said: "I just didn't expect its sex to be so violent~"

The so-called sulfur oil is oil, the famous doctor Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty has a record in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", and there is a separate article in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", which is spars, similar to our minerals. It can be called the encyclopedia of Chinese mineral knowledge in the sixteenth century, and it was the spars of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that first attracted the attention of Western scholars. Among them there are precious descriptions of oil. We can't imagine our lives today where we would be without oil. During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, between 1506 and 1521, China's official oil extraction began to be dominated by the government. But do you know when the West discovered oil and exploited it on a large scale? 1859 year. China knew about the existence of oil in the Song Dynasty, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that it began to be officially exploited, while the West did not begin to use oil on a large scale until more than 300 years later. Li Shizhen recorded, "In the last years of Zhengde of the National Dynasty, Jiazhou opened a salt well, and occasionally got oil and water, which could illuminate the night, and its light was doubled. As realgar gas, the natives call it realgar, also known as sulfur oil. Nearly plural wells, the lawsuit is the master. This is also oil, but out of wells. "So we see how extensive Li Shizhen's knowledge is, he noticed that this place in Jiazhou because of the well, I don't know how to get oil, the oil came out, Li Shizhen noticed that if the oil catches fire, people can't put out the fire when they go to splash water. The fire must be poured with ashes to extinguish it, and if it is poured with water, it will burn more and more? This is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Li Shizhen is a famous doctor to record oil in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" naturally because of its medicinal value, "Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded that oil can be "the main treatment of children's convulsions, can be mixed with other medicines to make pills, smeared sores and ringworms, and treat iron arrows and human flesh." ”

Huang Nidian set fire and completely burned Haoge's Spring and Autumn dream to ashes. After less than half a pillar of incense, the Ming army launched a large-scale counterattack. It was only at this time that Hauge knew that more than half of his 30,000 soldiers and horses had been reimbursed in the yellow muddy water.

Hauge, who had just woken up from a dream, shouted: "Bow to me by mistake~~" and then retreated with Sonny with his own soldiers in the direction of Hetuala.

Due to the discarding of artillery, the whole Ming army went into battle lightly, and the Ming army that crawled out of the yellow mud was led by Zhang Nai's cavalry, and pursued and fought fiercely all the way. The Han people along the way learned that Jiannu had been defeated, so they organized themselves. Some prepared hot meals for the Ming army, some transported supplies for the Ming army, some showed the way for the Ming army, and some directly picked up weapons to attack the lone Jiannu deserters.

When Haug returned to Hetuara in disarray, he found that he had less than 6,000 remnants of his army defeated.

Sonny came up with an idea at this time: "Prince Zheng is still in Mongolia, we might as well bring people and horses to Mongolia to join Prince Zheng." Didn't Your Majesty go to Chahar Nu for Fujin? Maybe they can unite with Ezhe and other old Chahar departments to make a comeback.

Haoge smiled bitterly, "Chahar was destroyed by my Qing Dynasty, and now I am too busy to take care of myself in the Qing Dynasty, and Chahar Mongolia has already snickered." How could Aiqing say such ridiculous and ridiculous things? ”

Sony was also confused for a while, and at this time, Tan Tai interjected: "We still have a weapon that the Southern Barbarians don't have~"

"What weapon?" Hauge asked busily.

Tan Tai said: "As far as I know, the soldiers and horses of the Song Southern Barbarians are all from Shandong, although they are also from the north in the Southern Dynasty, but they are still in the south compared to our Guanwai. So the weapons we have are the harsh winter outside the gate~~ As long as we can drag it until winter, it will be dripping into ice~~ The soldiers and horses of the Song Nanban set off in summer, and there must be no winter clothes. If they don't retreat, we will circle with him in the white mountains and black waters, deep mountains and old forests. Drag him to death~"

Hauge nodded, "This is a feasible way~~ But now we have less than 6,000 soldiers and horses, and there are still three or four months before the winter, in case the southern barbarians attack the city~~"

Tan Tai nodded helplessly, "Yes~ We must give up Xingjing~~ and retreat to Huerhabu in Heilongjiang!" ”

Leng Seng Ji objected, and he said, "How can the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty take refuge in that kind of wild place? ”

"It's not an evacuation~ It's a hokuka~," Tan Tai explained.

"Do you think our Majesty is Song Huizong?" Leng Seng Ji said.

"Leng Monk Ji, what do you mean?" Tan Tai said angrily: "This is a major matter related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty~ Can you not raise the bar with me?" ”

Leng Seng Ji was about to ridicule each other, and suddenly the pawn came to report that the Ming army was besieging the city.

"So fast?" Hauge was startled, and the saber in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Although the losses of the Ming army before and after totaled more than 4,000 people, more than 20,000 Jiannu were eliminated, and Aobai's uncle and nephew also died under the gun. The corpses were trampled to shreds, and it was only by the captured Jiannu soldiers that they recognized them as Ao Bai and Sebent.

Song Youliang looked at the bloody corpse of Aobai, with a great sense of accomplishment, Song Youliang glanced at Hetuara from afar, and then raised his horsewhip high, "Siege~~"

With Song Youliang's order, the work of the Ming army and the people who came to help began to dig a trench around Hetuala, which was three zhang wide and two zhang deep. At the bottom of the trench there are also bamboo sticks and wooden thorns. Originally, digging trenches and besieging was Jiannu's usual trick, but now Jiannu himself is besieged.

By the next day, the excavation of the first huge trench had been completed, and the hope of Jiannu breaking out became slimmer. The art of war says that to besiege the enemy, ten times as many troops are needed. Now each of these trenches can offset thirty percent of the troops, Song Youliang dug a total of two such giant trenches, and built rammed earth walls and wooden high platforms behind the trenches, on which the Ming army's musketeers were arranged. In addition, water from nearby rivers was poured into the trenches, and Hauge and the last six thousand eight banners were firmly besieged in Hetuala.

The construction of the defense line was not smooth, during this period, Jiannu tried to break through several times, but it seemed that the will was not resolute, and there were only more than 1,000 men and horses dispatched, and it was impossible to break through the Ming army's not yet strong defense line. In order to prevent people from coming to support Hetuala, Song Youliang ordered the construction of a wall along the perimeter of the Ming army's camp on the existing basis, so that the Ming army was between the two walls, which could not only protect themselves but also not delay the siege.

This small siege took the Ming army nearly a month, and in this month, the situation changed again. On July 29, scouts reported that a large number of soldiers and horses had appeared in the southwest, numbering nearly 20,000.

"How is that possible? How could Jiannu still be able to organize such an army? Song Youliang wondered if the scout had read it wrong.

The scout patted his chest and said, "The villain doesn't dare to talk nonsense, this army is not only Jiannu, but also many Mongols!" ”

"Could it be that Dorgon has returned?" Song Youliang was surprised, if Dolgon led the Jiannu and Mongol coalition forces to attack at this time, then he would be in danger.

The scout replied: "After the villain's inquiry, it should be the soldiers and horses of Jiannu Zhenglan Blue Banner Zierharang." ”

"Zilharang? Did he really call in for help? Song Youliang touched his chin and calculated: "Order, all battalions hold their positions, if Jiannu comes to attack, they will be repulsed, and they will not fight." ”

"Deling~"

Hearing the arrival of Jiannu reinforcements, the generals of the Ming army had different opinions, Wu Tingbin and Zhang Guang advocated withdrawing their troops, while Li Xin advocated stepping up the siege, while Tian Jianxiu and Gu Junen advocated continuing the siege.

Wu Tingbin and Zhang Guang believed that although Hetuara was not a big city, it was built on Henggang and was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now that reinforcements are on the way, it is not a good idea to continue the siege.

Li Xin believed that the reinforcements brought by Zilharang were mostly cavalry, and only by capturing Hetuara could he use the advantage of terrain to confront him.

Gu Junen believed that Hetuara was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and in the case of losing the advantage of artillery, stepping up the siege could only lead to heavy casualties. The siege should continue to demoralize the people in the city and force them to surrender.

After listening to all the opinions, whether the arrangement was feasible or not, the big tent was silent for a while, and Song Youliang said quietly: "Don't fight, don't surround, don't withdraw~~"

Everyone was puzzled and asked, "What does Junmen mean by this?" ”

"I mean, I want to let Zilharang enter the city and join Haoge~" Song Youliang said with a smile: "Victory or defeat is here, pass on my general order to tear down the section of the wall in the northwest corner~~ Remember to tear it down within a day, and then rebuild it early the next morning~~~"