XXXII. Bomb the city wall?!
"Six thousand! Six thousand! Since the Northern Expedition of Chengzu, how could the Ming Dynasty have made such great gains? There are still 3,000 captive cavalry! Good! Xiao Ruxun! Xiao Ruxun! Good! Good! I still have such a loyal and daring general who can fight!! Good! Let the traitor taste the bitterness! I want to pull the father and son to the capital and watch them lose their heads in person!! ”
Zhu Yijun's body was shocking, and Zhang Cheng was trembling!
After reading this memo written by Wei Xuezeng himself for a long time, Zhu Yijun reluctantly put down this rare good news, and turned his attention to the rest of the memorabilia, and his mind was full of thoughts. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
I didn't know before, but now there is the good news that the general Xiao Ruxun will stick to Pingyu City and swear not to surrender, and he is full of wisdom, and he broke the thief army of 9,000 with firearms and beheaded 6,000, and even killed the adopted son Biyun and one of the leaders of the trap Rabbit, and wiped out his 3,000 cavalry, greatly increased the prestige of our army, and deterred the captives so that they did not dare to enter the Kou easily, which is really a great victory that has never been seen in the nine sides since Longqing Wanli! There is such a general who can fight in the northwest!
Wanli Tianzi is really surprised! Trapping! Trapping! A trap that gives the court a headache! I was actually killed three thousand in one go! Three thousand! In the past, killing 1,200 enemies was a commendable victory! Now he actually killed three thousand in one go! This Xiao Ruxun! Xiao Ruxun! Who the hell is it?!
Wei Xuezeng's military report said that Xiao Ruxun broke the enemy army, and then could directly threaten the rebels' nest Ningxia Zhencheng, and he will oversee the rebels into the rebels, and he will be able to break the rebels in one fell swoop, please rest assured, and then please reward Xiao Ruxun!
Didn't say it! Didn't say it! So how can you not reward the general who gave me a long face? Wanli Tianzi immediately ordered Zhang Cheng to prepare a draft, the general Xiao Ruxunzhong fought bravely, broke 9,000 enemy troops in a battle, and greatly increased the prestige of my Ming army. The person verified the number of heads, and then rewarded Xiao Ruxun according to the law, and gave Xiao Ruxun 1,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, 2,000 horses of silk cloth, and the rank of captain of the light car.
The reward for the military generals is much better than the good thinking for the civil ministers, because there are not so many twists and turns, the military generals have been squeezed out of the decision-making circle, there are not so many power techniques to use, and if there is more merit, you will be rewarded with money, goods, land, and military ranks, anyway, how to be promoted is also a pawn of civil officials, it's that simple, the credit is too great, such as Li Chengliang, you will be rewarded with a title, improve your status, and you can face the king, it's that simple.
In addition, Mei Guozhen was allowed to supervise the army, but the proposal to transfer troops and generals from other places was put on hold for the time being to see the after-effects, and then Zhu Yijun sent the military report and his own will to the cabinet, and the cabinet and the military department negotiated and issued it.
That night, Zhu Yijun ate an extra bowl of rice.
Then on the morning of the third day, an even bigger surprise came - the latest military newspaper was sent, and there was a major breakthrough in counterinsurgency at the border pass!
Around 20 March, Xiao Ruxun united with the reinforcements sent by Wei Xuezeng before, and attacked Ningxia Town, sweeping the rebel strongholds in the north and west of Ningxia Town within three days, and beheading more than 2,200 strongholds, seizing all the fortress strongholds in the north, and completely controlling the entire north.
By the evening of March 24, the cooperation route between the rebels and the Guanwai captives had been completely cut off, and the rebels had shrunk their forces back to the town of Ningxia, surrounded on all sides, and became a turtle in an urn, and the Ming Dynasty was already invincible! Wei Xuezeng wanted to ask Xiao Ruxun for credit again.
"Good! Good! Good! Hahahaha! Hahahaha! What a Xiao Ruxun! What a Xiao Jixin! I didn't know that there was a seed of a famous general in the Northwest before! Hahahaha!
Actually had the courage to directly cut off the connection between the captives and the thieves in a long-distance attack, locked the thieves in Ningxia City, and surrounded the town of Ningxia with Wei Xuezeng on all sides, the thieves have become a turtle in the urn, and the rebellion has almost been quelled! Hahaha! It's only been a month, right? Hahahaha! ”
Zhu Yijun hasn't smiled so happily for several years, Zhang Cheng looked at Zhu Yijun's smiling face, and he felt so happy.
"Zhang Cheng! Immediately draft a decree to the Cabinet! The previous holy decree has not been issued, it is directly invalidated, and Xiao Ruxun gave the governor of the Zuodu Governor's Mansion Tongzhi, appointed as the chief military officer of Ningxia, awarded General Zhaoyong, and has the right to control the soldiers and horses of Ningxia Town, and assisted Wei Xuezeng to completely quell the rebellion! Two thousand in gold and ten thousand in silver! If you make great contributions after quelling the rebellion, and you will have a great reward for both of them! Let the rest of the rewards be handled by the Ministry of War! ”
At dinner that night, Zhu Yijun, who was in a good mood, ate another bowl of rice.
Zhu Yijun's relief, Xiao Ruxun didn't know, Wei Xuezeng didn't know very well, outside Ningxia City, listening to Xiao Ruxun's amazing words, Wei Xuezeng felt as if he had eaten a cannonball, and felt that his throat was a little astringent.
"Ji Xin, what are you talking about...... Blow up the city walls? ”
After a while, Wei Xuezeng reacted, and looked at Xiao Ruxun in disbelief, as if he was looking at aliens, and the rest of the generals looked at each other, and no one stood up to say anything for a while, and they were also frightened.
"That's right! Blow up the city walls! Avoid the city gate urn city with 20,000 catties of gunpowder, find weak areas, and blow up the city wall of Ningxia! ”
Xiao Ruxun knows that it is difficult for people to agree, so if he can't say it clearly, it is even more impossible to be recognized, no matter what, he must say it categorically.
"No! General Xiao! We all admire you for being able to fight, but this strategy is really amazing, not to mention that the Ningxia city wall is used to prevent capture, and it will not be repaired after a while and a half when it is blown up, and it is a problem to say that the gunpowder has such a great ability to blow up the city wall, we know that you are very good at fighting with firearms, but we have also used a lot of artillery bombardment in the past few days, and the Ningxia city wall is too thick to blow up at all! ”
A middle-aged military general stood up, his tone not so sharp.
Wei Xuezeng looked at Xiao Ruxun, he was also a little disappointed in his heart, shook his head slightly, Wei Xuezeng said: "Ji Xin's words are a bit excessive, this governor thinks that it is difficult to blow up the city wall with the existing gunpowder. ”
Xiao Ruxun stood up, saw that there was a book on Wei Xuezeng's desk, picked it up, put it in front of Wei Xuezeng, and said: "Please look at the platform, if you build a wall, the first thing to do is to lay a foundation, lay a solid foundation, and then build a city wall with bricks, stones, earth, wood and glutinous rice juice on it, so there is a Xiongcheng in front of you, with the current firearms of our army, even if it is bombarded with solid iron bullets, at most it will smash a hole, and it will not be able to break the city."
Therefore, if we blow up the city wall directly with gunpowder, we may not be able to break through the city for a month, but what if we change our thinking and blow up its foundation directly from the ground, and lift it up from the ground? ”
Wei Xuezeng's eyes widened, staring at Xiao Ruxun's movements, thinking quickly, and the rest of the generals were also shocked by such thoughts.