Volume 8 Chapter 125 A Massive Counteroffensive
In March, the weather slowly warmed up, the ice and snow had not yet melted, and the Ming army, which had been nesting for a winter, began to act.
However, they did not go straight to Liaoyang City, although it was past the cold winter, the temperature was still below freezing, and the water splashed out would still freeze, if they ran to attack the city at this time, Jiannu didn't have to do anything, as long as they poured some water on the city wall, the frozen city wall, to climb, fall can kill people.
Zhang Bin was not in a hurry to attack the city, he just ordered his soldiers to build a wide stone arch bridge on the Wanshui River, the widest part of the Wanshui River is less than 100 steps, and the narrowest place is even only more than 50 steps, and it is relatively easy to build a stone arch bridge.
There was originally a bridge on the Wanshui River, but the bridge was too narrow, too far from Anshan New Town, more than 200,000 troops had to pass through that kind of narrow bridge, just people had to pass a few hours, and there was a lot of grain and grass to carry it over, and it would take a few days to transport it all, and the bridge might not be able to pass two thousand catties of Franc machine and gun carriage, he didn't want to lose because of the bridge, so as soon as the temperature warmed up in Liaodong, he sent someone to inform Bi Maokang, and asked Bi Maokang to send a few experts in repairing the bridge.
At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Engineering, who are experienced in repairing the bridge, have already come over, and are directing more than 200,000 soldiers to dig rocks and build arch bridges.
Huang Taiji naturally received the news of such a big movement of the Ming army, but he didn't dare to send people to make trouble, because the Wanshui River was too close to the city built by the Ming army, just like the moat, he sent people over to make trouble, it was no different from attacking the city, what kind of joke, he had a hard time defending the city, and he ran to attack the city, don't you look for abuse!
Huang Taiji did not dare to make trouble, Zhang Bin's subordinates were many, the progress of the bridge repair was simply amazing, the ice and snow had just begun to melt, and a bridge several zhang wide appeared on the Wanshui River, at this time, Liaodong Bay had also thawed, and a boatload of supplies began to arrive in Gaizhou, and they were continuously sent to Anshan New Town.
Daming and Houjin, another decisive battle is about to begin, the hinterland of Liaodong, near Liaoyang, it can be said that the mountains and rain are about to come, and the atmosphere is extremely tense, and at this time, there is ominous news in the capital of Daming.
After Xue Guoguan hibernated for more than half a year, he finally won Chongzhen's favor again, at this time, he naturally would not sit idly by and watch Zhang Bin achieve such a shocking feat as recovering Liaodong, and he began to organize his henchmen to impeach Zhang Bin again.
The content of this impeachment is very simple, he doesn't even need to think about it, when his predecessors, the eunuchs and ministers, impeached Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, the charges were simply classic models, and he only needed to draw a scoop according to the gourd and change his name.
As a result, there are more and more twists and turns in the impeachment of Zhang Bin in the DPRK and China, some say that Zhang Bin is afraid of the enemy and hesitate to advance, some say that Zhang Bin falsely reported the number of soldiers under his command and embezzled food and salary, and even impeached Zhang Bin for fornicating with Jiannu, and the letters that Huang Taiji sent to Xue Guoguan were also taken out by him, handed over to his henchmen, and presented to Chongzhen's dragon case!
Zhang Bin and the officials all frowned, worried, they knew that Chongzhen was afraid of Zhang Bin, if Chongzhen took advantage of this, it would be troublesome.
However, Zhang Bin himself did not react at all after receiving the news.
He's scared of a fart!
This time, he presented the strategy of recovering Liaodong to Chongzhen, and it was almost impossible for Chongzhen to be in a hurry to be a Ming monarch and to recover Liaodong, and to ask him to clean up like the apocalypse to clean up Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong.
The reason why Yuan Chonghuan was chopped alive by him was that the unremitting efforts of the remnants of the eunuch party played a key role, but after all, he still needed to nod, and the reason for his nod was not that he was afraid of the enemy, embezzled food and wages, and fornication with Jiannu was just an excuse, the reason why he nodded was mainly because Yuan Chonghuan blew the cowhide, not only did not recover Liaodong, but also "led" Jiannu to the capital.
He didn't lead Jiannu to the capital, and he didn't blow the cowhide, so Zhang Bin wasn't worried that Chongzhen would be fooled by Xue Guoguan to clean himself up this time, at least before he cleaned up Jiannu, Chongzhen wouldn't clean up himself.
Besides, even if Chongzhen believes in Xue Guoguan, he will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected!
Now, he is ready, and he is about to wave his army to take Liaoyang directly, even if Chongzhen speaks, will he obediently return to the capital and let others deal with it?
Just kidding, as long as he waves his army to take Liaoyang, who else dares to say that he is afraid of the enemy, and who dares to say that he has fornicated with Jiannu!
Chongzhen really wasn't fooled by Xue Guoguan and those eunuch remnants this time, because in his heart Zhang Bin is a powerful hero than Huang Taiji, afraid of the enemy, fornicating with Jiannu, what are you kidding, will Zhang Bin be afraid of Jiannu? Will Zhang Bin kneel and lick his subordinates to defeat Huang Taiji!
He doesn't believe in these, as for embezzlement of food, he doesn't believe it even more, Zhang Bin himself doesn't know how much food and salary he has raised, and he will embezzle this money!
Therefore, Chongzhen has not spoken, and all the impeachment of Zhang Bin has been deducted by him, as if he didn't know about it!
The capital was disturbed, but Liaodong was not affected at all, this time Xue Guoguan was a villain, just when he tried his best to constantly order people to impeach Zhang Bin, the ice and snow in Liaodong finally melted.
In the morning of this day, the warm sun had just risen from the east, and the soldiers of the Ming army in Anshan New Town had already packed up most of the camp tents, neatly arranged in the direction of the north gate, Zhang Bin stood on the gate tower of the north gate, looking at the dense Ming army array in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
A big counteroffensive, right today!
He took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly: "Warriors of the Ming Dynasty, how long has Jiannu invaded my Daming, I believe everyone knows it, more than 20 years, more than 20 years!" In the past 20 years, how many comrades have spilled their blood on the battlefield, how many compatriots have been killed by Jiannu, and how many more than 3 million Liaodong soldiers and civilians are left! The fertile black soil of Liaodong has become a deserted ghost domain, and the prosperous Gyeonggi area has become a large cemetery without a rooster crying for thousands of miles. ”
As soon as his words fell, Zu Dashou and other Liaodong generals raised their fists, raised their heads and roared: "Revenge, revenge, revenge!" ”
Immediately afterwards, more than 200,000 soldiers of the Ming Army raised their fists one after another, and roared angrily: "Revenge, revenge, revenge!" ”
For a while, the roar shook the sky, and the entire land of Liaodong seemed to have been blown up, although Huang Taiji, who was more than fifty miles away, did not hear the roar of the Ming soldiers, his heart suddenly twitched, and an inexplicable fear appeared in his heart, as if countless ghosts had been awakened and were overwhelmingly pressing towards him!
He couldn't help but look up at the south, there was a rare panic in his eyes, he knew that the Ming army would rush over sooner or later, could it be today?
He guessed correctly, the Ming counterattack is today!
Zhang Bin raised his hands and motioned for everyone to stop roaring, and then, he yelled with all his strength: "Drive out Jiannu and recover Liaodong!" ”
This time, without Zu Dashou and other generals taking the lead, thousands of Ming soldiers in front of the north gate shouted: "Drive out Jiannu and recover Liaodong!" ”
This wave soon spread to the back, to the entire Ming army, and all the soldiers shouted in unison: "Drive out the Jiannu and recover Liaodong!" ”
For a while, the heavens and the earth trembled again, and the mountains and rivers of the entire Liaodong seemed to be boiling.
Zhang Bin raised his fist and roared more than ten times with all the soldiers, and then raised his hands to signal everyone to stop, and then, he waved his big hand and shouted loudly: "Let's go." ”