Chapter Forty-Three: Huang Taiji besieges Kulen City

Overnight, Guan Shanyue led his pro-soldiers to hide all the means of production and materials like a trick, and even a teapot lid was not left for Jin Bing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info.

The people, who had already completed the mass mobilization, carried sufficient food and orderly followed the previous arrangements in the three directions of Duoyan Mountain, Kuyi Island and the Jurchens in the East China Sea to pieces, as if the lively Duoyan City in the past existed at all, and disappeared into the vast world.

More than a month later, Guan Shanyue arrived at Kulun City, which was surrounded by mountains and rivers and had a dangerous terrain and was suitable for long-term defense.

Guan Shanyue's judgment was quite accurate, and sure enough, just a few days after they arrived in Kulun City, Emperor Taiji, the Great Khan of Houjin, who refused to give up, led an army of 50,000 to chase all the way from Duoyan City to Kulen City.

The brutal siege battle began, and although Houjin's numbers had an absolute advantage, they couldn't capture Kulun City with countless casualties.

Huang Taiji, who boasted about Haikou before the expedition, couldn't swallow this breath and threatened to set foot on Kulun City. He mobilized twenty cannons to bombard the artillery of Kulun City, who knew that the walls of Kulen City were built of stones, and the dense shell bombardment on the top was to leave a crater and there was no damage to the main body of the city wall.

On the contrary, after Houjin's artillery entered the range of the defenders of Cullen City, they were condescendingly bombarded and more than half of them were damaged. The angry Huang Taiji ordered the soldiers to change their tactics and wanted to dig tunnels to attack Kulun City, but the defenders in Kulun City had already taken precautions, and just when they thought they were done, endless sulfur suddenly fell from the top of the tunnel, and then they were buried in the tunnel for no apparent reason.

Huang Taiji learned from the pain, completely changed his tactics, changed the strong attack into a long siege, cut off the upper reaches of the Kulun River, and he wanted to trap all the defenders and people in the city in the city.

This trick was so vicious that after a few days, the soldiers in the city of Kulen began to run out of water, and some soldiers began to squeeze horse manure juice to drink. After a few more days, the people of the city began to kill their mules and horses for the defenders to drink blood to quench their thirst. Although there was no future in sight, the soldiers and civilians in the city gritted their teeth, and none of them ever proposed surrender.

Guan Shanyue knew that it was not a long-term strategy to continue in this way after all, even if all the war horses were killed, it would just be a source of water, and when the mountain was exhausted, it would be self-defeating without Huang Taiji sending troops to Kulun City. After standing at the head of the city and carefully observing the weather for several days, he decided to dig a well in the east of the city, near the Kulen River.

However, several wells were dug in the city in a row, and each well had been dug to a depth of seventeen zhang as if they had seen a ghost, but there was no water, and the soldiers and civilians who had thought they had found life were all disheartened and dispersed, and at this time the entire city of Kulun was shrouded in a shadow of death.

At the well digging site, Wei Zhongxian, whose thirsty lips were white, had already begun to tremble when he walked, he licked his lips with his tongue, looked up at the sky and muttered: "Could it be that God really wants to kill my Daning Dusi?" ”

Guan Shanyue was as optimistic as ever, he pinched the freshly dug soil with his hand and put it to his mouth to smell it, shook his head and said: "Haha, Grandpa Wei is too worried, and if you dig a little deeper, water will come out." ”

The surrounding soldiers looked frustrated, obviously not agreeing with Guan Shanyue's words.

Guan Shanyue pursed her shriveled lips, stood up, pointed to the back of Cullen City and said, "Don't you believe it? If you look over there, behind our city is the Kulun River, and although Huang Taiji cut off the Kulun River upstream and prevented the water from flowing into the city, he could not control the water from the Kulun River from penetrating into the ground. After so many days of infiltration, combined with the humidity of the soil at this time, I judged that at most a little further down would a spring gush out. ”

Just when the soldiers were stunned by Guan Shanyue's words, the soldiers who were digging the well let out a hoarse cheer at the bottom of the well, "There is water, there is water, long live, long live, long live!" ”

The more than a dozen dry wells that had been abandoned were dug down a few feet, and sure enough, a miracle occurred, and the sweet spring water gushed out from the bottom of the well, and the soldiers and civilians in the city shouted long live.

After the soldiers and civilians in the city drank happily, Guan Shanyue, who was happy, was full of joy, and he asked the soldiers defending the city to find a water dragon to extinguish the fire and play with the Houjin soldiers under the city.

The Houjin soldiers under the city were extremely depressed, originally thinking of cutting off the Kulun River and cutting off the water source of the Ming army in the city, and capturing the Kulen City as soon as possible and returning home as soon as possible The wife and children were hot on the kang, who knew that this group of Ming troops was like a god who got so much water from nowhere, and they actually started a water war with them recklessly, obviously the water source in the city is sufficient.

This time the emperor was angry enough, looking at the Houjin soldiers who were poured into soup chickens every day, he asked the Jin soldiers to spray with the Ming army in Kulun City, but after looking for a long time, he only found seven or eight water dragons, after all, the military camp is not long to walk the water, and a few sprays are not the opponent of the Ming army in Kulen City.

Zhang Debiao suffered the most, the defenders of Kulen City were from the top down and then the Jin soldiers were feints, the key was that they still had a large number of water dragons, and they took advantage of it. He simply set up a few cauldrons under the city, and replaced the cool well water in the water dragon with boiling water. Since then, no Houjin soldiers have dared to come to Kulen City to scold, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain.

Huang Taiji was determined to destroy Kulun City this time, and he actually besieged Kulen City for several months. Although the soldiers and civilians in the city of Kulen did not lose their troops in battle, the non-combat attrition gradually increased, because the food in the city had long been exhausted.

At this time, the lack of food in Cullen City had reached an irreversible level, and the strings made of animal tendons on the bow and crossbow and the leather on the armor were all boiled and eaten by the soldiers in Cullen, and the soldiers died one by one. But the city of Kulun still did not fall, the survivors would rather die than surrender, and the banner of the Ming army fluttered high at the head of the city of Kulun.

On this day, the Houjin soldiers under the city suddenly retreated three miles, and came to Kulun City from outside the city with a gray face and a person who claimed to be the messenger of the Ming Dynasty, saying that Emperor Chongzhen had a holy decree to let Guan Shanyue open the city gate to listen to the decree.

Although Guan Shanyue had doubts in his heart, he could see that the people in the city were dressed in a Ming style, and when he asked about the affairs of the capital, he would answer them like fluently, and there was no flaw in his speech.

Seeing that he was alone, forgiving him for not being able to set off any strong winds and waves in Kulun City, Guan Shanyue ordered someone to open the city gate and let him in. At the same time, a petite figure flashed from inside the city gate and disappeared into the grass outside the city gate.

The person who claimed to be Liu Xuwei, the Beijing official of the Ministry of War, was very dignified, completely forgetting the shame he had just said that his personal entourage was all detained by Houjin, and raised the holy decree in his hand and said proudly: "There is a decree in the saint, and the Daning Dusi commands Guan Shanyue to receive the decree." After speaking, he glanced at Guan Shanyue from the corner of his eye, and saw that he was still stunned and had no intention of kneeling, coughed impatiently, and said in a strange manner: "Oh, why doesn't Master Guan kneel?" Do you even want to teach you how to receive the holy decree? ”

It has been many days before the grain of rice enters Guan Shanyue's heart, 10,000 alpacas galloped by, at this time he was weak, his legs were already swollen, like soaked steamed buns, pressing a pit, if he knelt down, he might not be able to stand up.

The pro-soldiers behind him were angry, and he pulled out the steel knife in his hand with a loud voice, and shouted: "The spicy one next door, Lord Guan took us to the front line to kill the enemy desperately to serve the country, and the urgent letters were sent out indirectly for several months, and the imperial court did not send rescuers, and it was useless to send a birdman like you over." Guan Daren's legs are already swollen and painful and can't be bent, so be careful that Lao Tzu chops you with a knife if you stab again. ”

At first, the surrounding soldiers were optimistic that the imperial court would send troops to help, but after waiting for several months, there was no news. At this time, both the Mongol and Han soldiers were extremely resentful of the court that could not be saved.

Liu Xuwei's face changed and he just wanted to scold and scold, but he heard the sound of pulling knives around him, and he was so frightened that he swallowed the words back into his stomach, and said in horror: "You...... You...... Do you want to rebel? I'm a court minister, if you dare to touch a single hair of me, be careful...... Big...... Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty exterminated your nine clans! ”

Guan Shanyue smiled contemptuously, thinking about whether the soldiers behind him could survive today, I don't know, who is still afraid of your threat. However, he has always loved soldiers like sons, and he couldn't bear to embarrass them, so he knelt down in pain, "Minister, Shanyue, take the order!" ”

Liu Xuwei glanced at the angry soldiers around him with a smug face, and scolded in his heart: "What are you cows, your head is not obediently kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to Lao Tzu." ”

The surrounding soldiers angrily tilted their necks to the side and refused to kneel, refusing to kneel to the dog without mentioning their names in the holy decree. Even Wei Zhongxian secretly scolded the court for going too far, how could he find Liu Xuwei to add fuel to the fire with such a hateful thing, snorted coldly and tilted his head to the side and did not kneel.

Although Liu Xuwei is a villain, he didn't dare to do things too much, cleared his throat and opened the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: The commander of the Daning Dusi makes Guan Shanyue brave and good at fighting, and he has ......meritorious service in defending the land."

As soon as he heard the word edict, Wei Zhongxian frowned, his heart "chuckled", turned his head, and swept towards Liu Xuwei's holy decree by China like a torch.

"However, Duoyan Sanwei is really a detention guard, Kulun City is deep in the desert north and finally turned into a foreign land, grain and grass are difficult to supply for long distances, and the people are rough and barbaric and do not return to the Ming Dynasty. Today, I am specially ordered to care for the Qing to abandon the city of Kulun in exchange for peace with the Houjin Dynasty, and hope that the Aiqing will return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible and enjoy the glory and wealth forever. Liu Xuwei's face did not show a trace of sadness, but at the end of the reading, a smile that was not easy to be noticed on his face.

Guan Shanyue's eyes were dark after listening to the holy decree, and he almost fell on the hard stone face, he who had already been angry did not say long live my emperor as usual, and stood up tremblingly under the support of the soldiers who were full of anger in his eyes.

He excitedly walked up to Liu Xuwei's face, pulled the holy decree and dragged it to the ground, opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on his face, and scolded sadly and angrily: "First praise Lao Tzu to the sky, and then just let Lao Tzu surrender?" Fuck your fart, do you ask those hundreds of brothers who died to agree? Do you ask the people who committed suicide in order to save their lives for the soldiers defending the city and leave food behind? Do you ask the soldiers who are struggling on the front line of life and death in order to fight to the end with Houjin, eat grass, eat rats, eat Guanyin soil, and do they agree? Do you ask those heroic souls who died in the city of Doyan and watched us from the sky agree? Do you ask the people who have been evacuated to the ravines and dense forests and islands, waiting to rebuild the Great Ning Dusi with us? BJ has raised a group of brutes in the city, so let's fight among the parties in the light of Nima! This is the self-destruction of the Great Wall, after we are finished, Jin will turn around and go to clean up the Ming Dynasty, go to his uncle's eternal peace, to hell! It is the will of the Jade Emperor to let Lao Tzu surrender, I don't want a stitch from your court, I want to live and die with the Daning Dusi, and I want to live and die with the last hope, Kulun City! ”

The soldiers of Kulun City suddenly exploded, and even the wounded soldiers wore blood-stained battle robes and raised their arms and shouted: "Live and die with Kulen City!" Live and die with the city of Cullen! Live and die with the city of Cullen! ……”

The cries of coexistence with the city of Cullen grew louder and louder, as if they were about to overturn the sky.

The sound of thousands of soldiers killing shook the sky, and a mighty righteousness rose up in the city of Kulun, and even the dazzling Tianyang in the sky lost its brilliance.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head with a smile, picked up the holy decree on the ground and touched it, suddenly turned his head, looked at Liu Xuwei, who was already paralyzed with fright, with an eagle-like fierce eye, and shouted: "You never expected that the meeting would be exhausted but fall short, right?" Come on, take down this Houjin fine work for me, cut off the head and chop it into meat sauce and throw it under the city to feed the wild dogs! ”