Volume 8 Chapter 40 Golden State is in an emergency
Zhang Bin stood on the high city wall, looking at the Yellow River flowing in front of him, his eyes flashed with wisdom from time to time, during this time, he has formed a habit, whenever he needs to think deeply, he will subconsciously come to the city wall, while enjoying the scenery, while thinking about problems.
There are Qinling Mountains in the south of this Tongguan, there is the Yellow River in the north, there is the forbidden valley in the east, there is the Wei River in the west, there are mountains and waters, plus the Guancheng stands on the mountains, the city wall is towering, the station is high, see far away, the scenery is more magnificent and abnormal, unconsciously it can make people open-minded, and the thinking is like a spring.
Now, all the cities in Guanzhong have been recovered, and the imperial court is sending officials to govern them, and the situation in Guanzhong is becoming more and more stable.
More than 400,000 peasant army prisoners have already been sent away, and this time the crackdown on thieves in Guanzhong is almost over.
What's next?
He hasn't written a recital to play Chongzhen, because Li Zicheng's question is really not good to be vague in the past, saying that he can't find Li Zicheng, so why don't you go to Nanzhili to clean up the fifth camp of Gezuo, so it always feels as if he is deliberately letting go of Li Zicheng, with Chongzhen's suspicious nature, he will definitely be suspicious.
You have captured more than 400,000 anti-thieves and recovered the entire Guanzhong, and at this time you even said that you didn't find Li Zicheng and didn't know where he was.
How can this matter be said to be more reasonable, just as Zhang Bin frowned and pondered, a post man with a command flag on his back suddenly came from the direction of Luoyang and went straight to Tongguan Guancheng.
He had an 800-mile urgent order on his back, so the guards at the city gate did not stop him, but removed all obstacles early so that he could enter the city on horseback.
The post guard was still a hundred steps away from the city gate, and then shouted loudly: "Eight hundred miles in an emergency, the cabinet and the military department jointly issued a document, where is the governor of the five provinces, Zhang Bin, Lord Zhang." ”
The small flag at the gate of the city hurriedly pointed to the north city wall and said, "Your Excellency is on the city wall over there." ”
The postman rushed straight into the city, then turned north, ran wildly under the northern wall, and then flew below, all the way up to the wall.
Zhang Bin naturally knew about such a big movement, he looked at the post guards who rushed up curiously, and he didn't know what was going on.
It was not the first time that the post man had come to deliver the official document, so he naturally recognized Zhang Bin, he ran directly to Zhang Bin, knelt down on one knee with an envelope, and said loudly: "My lord, eight hundred miles is urgent, and the Cabinet and Military Department will jointly write the document." ”
Zhang Bin took the envelope, quickly tore open the seal, unfolded the official document inside, and his face changed suddenly.
In one sentence on the official document, more than 100,000 troops of Jiannu besieged Jinzhou City, and Zhang Bin, the governor of the five provinces, quickly led the army to reinforce.
Behind this official document, there are also the big seals of the cabinet and the Ministry of War, as well as the signatures of Xu Guangqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War.
This Huang Taiji, every time the Ming Dynasty encircles and suppresses the anti-thieves, he doesn't seem to be uncomfortable if he doesn't do something, his skin is itchy and he owes a beating, right, there is no excuse to get out, this excuse came at the right time.
He thought about it, and simply ordered someone to summon Qin Gongming to explain in a hurry, and then set off with the army.
This time, he was going to make another handful of Jiannu, so he didn't let all the Fuguang troops squeeze into the wheels, if he rushed over 100,000 horses, Jiannu would probably be scared away.
He just ordered Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao to take 20,000 men and horses, and bring grain, grass, and baggage, chariots, tiger squatting cannons, and all weapons and equipment, and rush to Jinzhou to support by wheel.
And he led the remaining 80,000 troops to Luoyang by land, because Dongshengtang had already built the railway line to the vicinity of Luoyang, from where he could take a train to Baoding Mansion, and then rush to Dagu Port by land, so that the 80,000 army could reach Dagu Port in only five or six days, and at that time the wheels also happened to return to Dagu Port from Jinzhou to pick them up.
In fact, there was no need for him to lead an army of 100,000 to go over, because he left a lot of followers in Liaodong, such as Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Gaizhou, Haizhou, etc., which may be attacked by Jiannu, he not only equipped each city with 20 thousand catties of Buddha cannons, but also left a lot of grenades for Mao Wenlong and Sun Chuanting.
Although the grenades at this time did not have the greater lethality of the grenades of later generations, they were a sharp weapon for defending the city, because the enemy army wanted to break through the city by climbing the city wall, smashing the city gate, digging the city wall, digging tunnels and other methods.
For example, if the enemy climbs the city wall, and suddenly throws a bunch of grenades on him halfway through, although it can't kill anyone, it can make the soldiers who climb the city wall unbearable.
Another example is smashing the city gate, which always has to be carried to the gate tower with the car that is equipped with the city gate and hit it hard, they may form a shield formation or simply put a roof on the car that hits the city gate, so that the archers and musketeers on the city wall cannot shoot them.
However, it is not the same if the grenade is dropped, because the grenade does not have to be embarrassed in the face or hit the person's body, and it is the same effect when thrown to the enemy.
Like digging a city wall, digging a tunnel or something, throwing a grenade can still cause them a lot of damage.
In short, there are artillery and grenades in the two weapons of defending the city, even if more than 100,000 troops besiege it, it will be impossible to capture Jinzhou City for a while and a half, unless they can consume all the shells and grenades in the city, he left 50,000 grenades for Mao Wenlong, if you save a little and lose a little accurately, it is possible to injure all the 100,000 troops!
Another point, if Chongzhen can promote Sun Chuanting as the Jiliao Governor, he doesn't even have to rush to Liaodong, with Sun Chuanting's command and dispatch, and the city as the backing, the army of more than 100,000 Jiannu is nothing at all.
It's a pity that Chongzhen is too suspicious of himself, just because Sun Chuanting is his own henchman, he just doesn't set up the Jiliao Governor according to the convention, so that the Qin Army, Liaodong Army and Dongjiang Army stationed in Liaodong at this time have no unified command, and can only fight separately, otherwise, how can he worry about Liaodong's affairs, with Sun Chuanting's ability, not to mention commanding more than 100,000 troops to recover Liaodong, it is absolutely no problem to hold the existing territory in Liaodong.
However, this time it was also a coincidence, he just needed an excuse to get out and leave Guanzhong calmly, and Huang Taiji ran to attack Jinzhou just to give him this excuse, he could not only get out calmly, but also give Huang Taiji a profound lesson, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
The reason why he let Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao rush to Jinzhou first was to let them help Mao Wenlong defend Jinzhou City, and the 80,000 troops he led would not land near Jinzhou City at all, he was ready to lead 80,000 troops to land near Fuzhou City, and then cut off the return route of more than 100,000 Jiannu troops from the south of Fuzhou City in one fell swoop, and give them an urn to catch turtles!