Coming out of Lu Xiangsheng, Jiang Beiming asked Xu Lang, "Do you think Lu Xiangsheng was moved by us today?" ”

"I guess it's a little moved. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xu Lang took out a cigarette and lit it, and handed it to Jiang Beiming, "But Beiming, don't report too much hope." After all, Lu Xiangsheng still belongs to this era, and he won't really understand what we said. In the final analysis, war is fought with national strength and money, and he does not understand this truth. ”

"I think so." Jiang Beiming also lit the cigarette, but suddenly snuffed it out again, "Xu Lang, stop smoking, the goal of smoking at night is too big." ”

"Hahahaha." Xu Lang smiled, "Beiming, where do you think this is?" What time is it, you can't find a person for ten miles out, what is the big target? ”

Early the next morning, the Yulin Army, as the vanguard force, continued to advance towards Guihua City. Along the way, the Yulin army destroyed the camps and villages, but destroyed all the yurts wherever they were placed, and all the captured Mongols were taken away. Gradually, the number of prisoners of war was almost five or six hundred.

"The herald gives the order, stop moving forward and rest in place." Jiang Beiming stopped his horse, "Xu Lang, Qiuming, we are less than 10 miles away from Naturalization City." Along the way, none of us Mongolians let go, and the naturalization city should not know about our arrival. What should we do now, are we waiting for Lu Xiangsheng here or are we going to lay down the Naturalization City ourselves? ”

"I don't think it's better to attack on your own." Xu Lang replied, "You better send the scouts out to reconnoiter first, and we will wait for Lu Xiangsheng here." If you take all the credit, then Lu Xiangsheng will feel even more uncomfortable. ”

The Yulin army waited for a day before Lu Xiangsheng's army arrived. According to the scouts, there were only more than 10,000 Mongols in the city of Guihua, and there were no more than 3,000 soldiers, but two Eight Banners of Niu Lu were stationed.

After Lu Xiangsheng learned the news, he immediately issued an order, and the army marched forward and besieged the city on all sides.

The 30,000 Ming army surrounded the naturalized city, and all the generals, including the overseer Wang Chengen, came to Lu Xiangsheng's tent to discuss how to attack the city.

"Generals." Lu Xiangsheng looked around at the people in the big tent, "We are going to attack the city tomorrow, I don't know which general is willing to take the lead in the first place?" ”

Everyone turned their heads to Jiang Beiming, and Jiang Beiming secretly scolded in his heart: "Why do you see what I'm doing, you 30,000 people don't go, let us 2,000 go?" ”

Jiang Beiming smiled and nodded at the eyes that came over, but he didn't say anything.

"Which general would?" Lu Xiangsheng asked again.

Still no one spoke, Wang Chengen said: "Vice General Zhang, your Shenji Battalion is full of troops this time, doesn't Vice General Zhang want to establish some merits for Long Live Lord?" ”

The Shenji Battalion has been training for so many months, and this time 6,000 people were dispatched, led by the deputy general Zhang Shujie.

Zhang Shujie saw that Wang Chengen directly named him, and had no choice but to stand up: "Wang Gonggong, Lu Shuai, the last general will take the order, tomorrow my Shenji Battalion will definitely be victorious, and it will succeed." ”

In the city of naturalization, Omubu is also conspiring with Guluge, Hanggao, Tobok and others.

"Master, the Ming army is numerous, and it also carries firearms." Guluge said to Omubu, "I'm afraid we won't be able to hold the city of naturalization. ”

"The minion thinks so." Tobok also said, "I think the Ming army seems to have sent the Shenji Battalion over, if they bombard the city with artillery, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to defend." ”

"I know what you're saying." Omubu was worried, "But what can we do?" Dajin still has a few hundred troops in Guihua City, even if we surrender Kaicheng, what will happen to the Ming army. Besides, now that Dajin is in full swing, and Daming is already in decline, do we still want to take refuge in them again? ”

"Master, I don't think it's as good as this." Hang Gao made a suggestion, "Tomorrow, let's fight against the Ming army first, if the Ming army is strong and defeats Dajin's Eight Banners, we will open the city and surrender; If the Ming army is vulnerable, then we will defend the city of Guihua, and I think Dajin will definitely send rescuers. ”

"Okay." Omubu replied, "That's the only way to do it first." ”

In the tent of the Yulin Army, the traversers are also discussing tomorrow's battle.

"Beiming, do you think the Shenji Battalion can take down the Naturalization City?" Fan Qiuming asked.

"It's hard to say." Jiang Beiming replied, "It depends on whether the Eight Banners and the Mongols in the Naturalization City come out to fight in the field. If they can't hold out, I'm afraid the artillery of the Shenji Battalion won't be able to blast through the Naturalization City. ”

"What are you afraid of?" Zhou Lei said, "Aren't there still us if they can't bomb it, and our 12 6-pounder guns can't be bombarded?" ”

"Of course it's okay for us to fight." Jiang Beiming said with a smile, "But I want to see how the Shenji Battalion we trained is." Although we have adopted new training methods and strictly enforced military discipline, the logistics cannot keep up, and they cannot compare with the Yulin Army. ”

"I think this matter will have to be our Yulin army in the end." Xu Lang analyzed, "Let's just use artillery tomorrow to blast open his city gate and let Lu Xiangsheng's people rush into the street fighting." ”

"Xu Lang, I'm afraid you can't do this." Jiang Beiming suddenly thought of a question, "If Lu Xiangsheng's people are allowed to enter the city, I am worried that there will be looting." Our aim is to be able to control the city of Guihua, and it is better to reopen trade with the Mongols, if we loot on a large scale, I am afraid it will cause disgust. ”

"Sir Chiang." Wang Qianxiang suddenly asked, "Didn't the will of the imperial court acquiesce in the robbery?" ”

"That's just a will, if you don't say that, you won't attract those Jin merchants to pay." After Jiang Beiming finished explaining, he asked Liu Jun, "Liu Jun, you have been doing business in Guangzhou for so long, do you have any good solutions?" ”

"Of course there are good ways, but we have to control the situation first, and we have to get Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Chengen to agree."

"Don't worry about that much yet." Everyone asked, "Is there any way to talk about it first?" ”

"It's simple, auction, tax."

"Auction? What to auction? Tax? What taxes are charged? The crowd asked.

Liu Jun waved his hand: "Don't make any noise first, listen to me explain to you." ”

"I have also encountered a lot of problems in Guangzhou these days, and I have also thought about a lot of problems." Liu Jun began to slowly tell his thoughts, "The Ming Dynasty has fallen into a dead circle now, the grain harvest failed, and the peasants could not eat, so they rebelled. In order to suppress the uprising, taxes must be raised, and agricultural taxes will be raised, and the more bankrupt the peasants, and the more the uprisings, this is the endless cycle. ”

"You have a point." Xu Lang looked at Liu Jun, "You mean you want the Ming Dynasty government to collect commercial taxes and industrial taxes?" ”

"yes, that's what I meant." Liu Jun nodded, "Although it is difficult, we can speak with facts." This time, we will put on a good show for Wang Chengen, and let him go back and talk to Emperor Chongzhen, maybe it will be of some use. ”

"What do you want to play?" They asked again.

"It's an auction." Liu Jun replied, "Didn't we capture some Mongols along the way, and also captured some cattle, sheep and horses. When we enter the city of naturalization, we will auction off all the seizures. No matter who buys it, we charge a certain transaction fee, and it doesn't need to be more, 5% is fine. You can also let those Jin merchants and Mongols take out their things and trade, and we will also take 5%. Half of the money collected was given to Wang Chengen, so that he could take it back to honor Chongzhen, and the other half was given to Lu Xiangsheng as military expenses. If my estimate is correct, the transaction fee alone will cost thousands of taels of silver. Don't forget, this is still in wartime, if it is in peacetime, this incident will definitely leave a deep impression on Wang Chengen and Lu Xiangsheng, and they may also know the charm of business. ”

"Do those captured Mongols sell too?" Fan Qiuming asked, "It's not good to buy and sell people. ”

"Those people don't sell, they all let go." Jiang Beiming smiled, "We are not human traffickers. ”

"Liu Jun, you can do it." Xu Lang patted Liu Jun, "It seems that Sun Tianhao, the next director of the commercial bureau, is going to give way." ”

"Hehe, don't hurt me." Liu Jun smiled, "How about this method, will it work?" ”

"Okay." Everyone replied in unison, "Very good." ”

Early the next morning, all kinds of artillery of all sizes in the Shenji Battalion fired in unison. After a heavy bombardment, the Naturalization City stood still, leaving dozens of craters on the city wall to play with.

The Eight Banners and Mongolian soldiers in the Naturalized City did not come out, and they all shrank on the head of the city.

Zhang Shujie's face was a little unbearable, his Shenji Battalion had been training for so long, and he couldn't even open a naturalization city, and this was still in front of the master of ceremonies. If you go back to Beijing, who knows what you will think.

Wang Chengen's face was also a little unsightly, although this time because of the distance, the Shenji Battalion did not bring a large general cannon, but after all, the Shenji Battalion was the elite division of the Ming Dynasty, and it had been trained for so long. Wang Chengen's heart gradually had some opinions on Jiang Beiming.

"Lord Lu." Wang Chengen turned his head to Lu Xiangsheng and said, "It seems that the Naturalization City is very strong, and our artillery can't bombard it." ”

"The prince doesn't have to worry, he will climb the city wall if he can't open it." Lu Xiangsheng took his big knife from the side and shouted, "Order, attack." ”

Lu Xiangsheng wanted to rush forward as soon as he rode the horse, Jiang Beiming hurriedly ran over and grabbed the reins of the horse: "Lu is handsome and slow." Lu Shuai doesn't have to rush to charge, we are on the Yulin army. ”

"Can your artillery blast through the city?" Wang Chengen didn't believe it.

"The prince will know right away." Jiang Beiming turned around and shouted, "The herald gives the order, and the heavy artillery battalion attacks the city gate." ”

The two heavy artillery companies of the Yulin Army were organized into a heavy artillery battalion, and 12 6-pounder guns began to spit shells at the gates of Guihua City.

After four rounds of salvos, the gate of Guihua City was blown down, and Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Chengen secretly marveled in their hearts, what a sharp artillery.

"Herald." Lu Xiangsheng raised his broadsword and wanted to charge again.

"Lord Lu, slow down." This time, it was Wang Chengen who stopped Lu Xiangsheng, "Lord Lu, look, the Tartars are out of the city." ”

Four or five hundred soldiers of the Eight Banners and nearly a thousand Mongol soldiers poured out of the city gate and were marching in formation.

"Chariot formation." Zhang Shujie shouted, his artillery was disgraced in front of the Yulin army, and Zhang Shujie was eager to find some face.

More than a dozen partial vans lined up in a row, and hundreds of large and small furlong machines and various bird guns and three-eyed guns pointed to the Tartar in front.

The Eight Banners were the leader, the Mongols followed, and more than a thousand Tartars began to slowly accelerate towards this side.

"Herald." Jiang Beiming ordered in a low voice, "The heavy artillery battalion is ready to reload and prepare for loose ammunition, and it is not allowed to fire without my order." ”

The speed of the tartars became faster and faster, and a dense stream of bows and arrows continued to fly towards the chariot. Fortunately, there was a wooden block, coupled with several months of training, the Ming troops on the chariot did not shoot in a panic.

The distance between the Tartars was getting closer and closer, and the partitions on the side van were about to be shot into hedgehogs, and Zhang Shujie finally gave the order: "Fire,"

Hundreds of firearms fired, and the cavalry of the Tartars fell to pieces.

But these Tartars also knew that this battle could only be won and not lost, and under the leadership of the leader Eight Banners Ezhen, the remaining 1,000 Tartars did not retreat, but continued to rush towards the chariot. (To be continued.) )