Chapter 2 for the Campfire Sellers

Zhang Dou waited anxiously for 10 days, and the Jurchens finally moved. As soon as they came out of Fuzhou City, Zhang Dou got the news, and when he learned that Huang Taiji had brought more than 20 thousand catties of Buddha Franc machines, Zhang Dou also showed a surprised look.

Then he understood that Huang Taiji had been waiting for these bulky guys for many days.

"What? There are so many 20 thousand pound Franc machines? I don't know which is better or worse compared to the 6-pounder cannon produced by our Changsheng Island! Sun Yuanhua was not afraid, on the contrary, he was eager to try.

Zhang Dou knew very well what kind of goods the Thousand Jin Franc Machine was, and the Jurchens did not have the ability to cast cannons by themselves. The artillery they used was all captured from the Ming army, so the Jurchens used the artillery cast by the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming cast Franc machine cannon is to imitate the style of the Portuguese in Macao, because the casting process of the Ming Dynasty is not as advanced as the Portuguese, so the cast artillery is often blown up.

In order to allow the artillery to be used normally, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty could only thicken the thickness of the artillery. The cannon thus cast in this way is far less powerful than the original Franco's cannon in terms of range and cannon power.

Therefore, in Zhang Dou's opinion, these cannons are at most as strong as the 3-pounder guns they cast, and they are definitely not as powerful as the 6-pounder guns. In this way, it seems that the artillery battle will not necessarily lose to Huang Taiji, as long as the artillery in Huang Taiji's hand is defeated, then the Jurchens are toothless tigers, and they will not be able to hurt Changsheng Island at all.

It only took one day for Huang Taiji and Abatai to set up a large camp of 10,000 people in Beixinkou, in addition to the 5,000 armor soldiers they led, as well as the men and horses of the Han army banner drawn from all over the country.

These people are the cannon fodder for the attack on Eternal Life Island, and no matter how many Jurchens die, they will not feel distressed. Anyway, there are so many Han people in Liaodong that as long as they give these Han people a bite to eat, they can recruit Han people who work for them.

At dusk, Huang Taiji and Abatai stood together on the dirt slope of Beixinkou and used clairvoyance to observe the fortress of the Ming army opposite. When Huang Taiji saw this strange-shaped fortress for the first time, he fell into deep thought.

That's right! This fortress seemed to Huang Taiji to be strangely shaped. The whole fortress looks like the stars in the sky, taking on a hexagonal shape. Each raised part has a dense array of shooting holes, which at first glance are a sharp weapon for defense.

"This strange-shaped fortress is really a nuisance!" Huang Taiji muttered to himself.

"Eighth! I think you're still too worried, what's the use of a fort wall that's less than 2 feet. My Dajin warriors can take down this flashy fortress with just one charge, and the Ming people will get these flashy things, which are simply donkey eggs~ The surface is light! Abatai sneered at the low walls of the fortress.

"Seventh brother can't be careless! That big bucket is also a character, even the second brother has been planted in his hands, we can't be careless! Huang Taiji saw Abatai who didn't care, and couldn't help but remind.

Abatai looked at Huang Taiji with disdain and said, "Tomorrow to attack Changsheng Island, you will command those artillery in the rear." As for attacking this strange-shaped fortress, leave it to Brother Seven! Ha ha!! ”

Originally, Abatai was reluctant to give Nurhachi the commander of this expedition to his younger brother Huang Taiji, but when he heard that Huang Taiji was a little jealous of the low fortress, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly expelled Huang Taiji from attacking Changsheng Island.

In this way, he will be able to enjoy the great merit of capturing Immortal Island alone, and then he will be a warrior who avenges his second brother Daishan, and he will definitely get a lot of bonus points from Amanurhachi.

When he saw what Huang Taiji was going to say, he waved his big hand. said: "You don't have to say it, since Ama asked you to command the army to fight, you must stay in the Chinese army to command the overall situation." Charge into battle such a dangerous task to leave it to Brother Seven, and it's decided. With that, he left without looking back.

Looking at Abatai's distant back, there is always a shadow in Huang Taiji's heart that cannot be dissipated. Looking at the bastion at sunset, his eyes were full of vigilance.

Sun Yuanhua also observed the enemy situation on the other side with Zhang Dou on the fortress, and when he saw the camp of more than 10,000 people on the other side, he couldn't help but sigh: "Virtuous nephew! You have spent so much manpower and material resources to build this fortress, why don't you build it even higher. This is related to the safety of the entire Changsheng Island, how can you cut corners? ”

Zhang Dou was speechless for a while, and he said in his heart: This is not to build a city wall, the bigger the better.

Explained to Sun Yuanhua at the moment: "Uncle Shi! A large number of artillery pieces need to be placed on the fort, and if the fort wall is built too tall and not attacked by the enemy, the force of the cannon alone can collapse the fort wall. So such a high fort wall is already the limit, and it can't be built any higher! ”

Sun Yuanhua nodded when he heard this, and then said, "Can the 600 soldiers in the fortress hold it?" Do you want to send more people? ”

"Uncle Shi! We don't have many men and horses, so we need to send people to garrison the fortress in the north and south. It is necessary to arrange manpower at the dock of the Dragon King Temple, and the little nephew must always have some manpower in his hands to deal with the changes in the war. Besides, the fortress is so big, and there is no place for too many people! Zhang Dou knew that Sun Yuanhua was concerned about chaos, after all, Changsheng Island was the first place he was in power, and Sun Yuanhua could not afford to lose, so he would suffer so much.

Others may not know, but Zhang Dou, who has crossed over from the afterlife, remembers it very clearly. It was in Kang Mazi's time that Russia sent only 800 men to defend the city of Yaksa. It was these 800 people that allowed Kang Mazi to use an army of more than 10,000 people to attack for several months without success.

In the end, the only way to besiege was to surrender and retreat until the plague broke out in the city and there were few Russian soldiers left. It can be seen how strong the defense of the fortress is, and Zhang Dou does not think that his soldiers will be worse than Lao Maozi's musketeers. So 600 men to defend the bastion is enough!

Zhang Dou and Sun Yuanhua walked in the fortress of Beixinkou, greeting every soldier they met. Cordial greetings, soldiers are lacking here, what else is there to ask for?

It was such a simple word, but it moved these simple recruits to tears. A soldier said excitedly: "My lord! A small rotten life, as long as you can kill a few more Jiannu, it's worth dying! ”

"Nonsense! It is right to kill Jiannu, but you also have to give Lao Tzu a life. Lao Tzu is still counting on you to kill more Jiannu and finally take off the head of the old slave! Zhang Dou said angrily.

His words made the hearts of all the soldiers warm, and they all felt that having such a general was a blessing for their soldiers. Jurchens? It's just a slave! In that battle of Xinjin, 800 Jiannu were completely annihilated.

Jiannu is nothing more than that, this is the idea of all the soldiers of the Changxing Army. Moreover, those soldiers who participated in the battle of Xinjin were all given a lot of silver, and those who did not do anything alive were given 50 taels.

Those who were wounded were as many as 80 taels, and those who died in battle were as high as 150 taels of silver. With so much money to be burned, what's the point of selling your life to an adult? At least if you can exchange your own bad life for the whole family to live a good life, it will be worth it.

Even if there are no soldiers who have died in battle, the adults will choose one of the orphans on the island to pass on to the soldiers who died in battle, so that the people who died in battle will not be cut off from the incense. The Changxing army, which had no worries, broke out with unprecedented enthusiasm for war, and they hoped that Jiannu would attack soon.

On the vast sea, several official ships slowly marched towards Shanhaiguan. Yuan Chonghuan was in a depressed mood, his expression was melancholy, and the area of his psychological shadow was huge.

This time I went to Changsheng Island, thinking that I could subdue Zhang Dou, a fierce general, with empty gloves and white wolves, and I could also create an extra enclave in Liaodong with nothing. But whoever wanted to pretend to be × was slapped in the face by Zhang Dou, and all the guards he brought with him were wiped out, and none of them were brought back. Even Zu Xing was killed by Zhang Dou, how could he explain to Zu Dashou when he went back!

At this time, Xiong Tingbi leaned over, "Are the elements still worried about the affairs of Immortal Island?" ”

Well! Yuan Chonghuan, who was in a bad mood, just hummed and nodded.

"Elements don't have to worry about this matter, as long as I wait back to talk about Zhang Dou's arrogance, Sun Yuanhua's incompetence, and Yuan Keli's defense of Wufu in every possible way, the ministers of the DPRK and China will definitely stand on our side. At that time, even if Zhang Dou Xiaoer and Yuan Keli can't help it, at least they can take Sun Yuanhua down. Then we will replace it with our people, hehe!! Before he finished speaking, Xiong Tingbi laughed hehehe.

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but smile when he heard Xiong Tingbi's strategy, "What Feibai said is extremely true! At that time, it will be even more perfect to publicize Zhang Dou's sneak attack and killing of Zu Xing in the Liaodong Xungui generals. At that time, both the civil servants and the military generals will shout and kill on Changsheng Island, at that time..."

Now Yuan Chonghuan is happy as long as he hears that Zhang Dou is unlucky, and when he thinks of Zhang Dou being attacked by the ministers, his heart is happy. His secret words: Zhang Dou! Zhang Dou! What if you can fight again? No matter how high your feats are, what can you do? Can you resist the crowd of officials? When your child is cornered, it will be the day when I Yuan Chonghuan will take revenge.