Chapter 10: Defending the City Alone
After resting and training for more than ten days at the Ningyuan Zhongzuo Institute, Han Guang got the news that the 2,000 men and horses of the Ming army stationed here were going to Ningyuan to deploy defenses. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, it was already past the busy farming season, and Jiannu finished his family's farm work and began to come out to engage in side business.
They are no longer willing to dig deep into the mountains and forests to hunt and make extra money, and it is troublesome to hunt wild beasts and sell silver, and they can't make much money.
Directly approaching the Ming Han people and treating them as prey is both easy and hugely rewarding.
So the Jiannu who had spare time began to loot the Ming Dynasty in groups, they wanted everything, and robbed whatever they saw! Cattle, population, clothing, farm implements, .......
The army garrisoned by the Ming Dynasty in Ningyuan Zhongzuo decisively decided to move in, and for a while there was a lot of noise, and there was chaos everywhere.
Huang Sheng wore an official uniform and found the quartermaster who was busy packing up his things and preparing to open the way, and issued him a receipt asking for a hundred catties of gunpowder.
The quartermaster and Huang Sheng were old acquaintances, and when he saw that Huang Sheng's receipt had the seal of the army's master's book, he did not make things difficult for Huang Sheng at all, so he gave gunpowder on the spot.
He knew that the retreat of the army did not know how many things would be dropped, and if it was attacked by Jiannu even more unbearable, it was possible to lose his life.
The receipt of the master of the bookkeeper clearly stated that he would use gunpowder to design a mechanism on the road that Jiannu must pass through to blow up Jiannu.
If he succeeds by luck, I also have the credit for helping, and the receipt is the credential. Killing Jiannu is also my wish, why not be happy with the beauty of adults now?
The Ming army retreated, and the city was quiet. Of course Huang Sheng didn't leave, and there was no officer here who could control him. In the evening, at Huang Sheng's residence, everyone was deliberating.
Huang Sheng asked Li Dagang, who didn't accept his background at night: "Li Dagang, you should know that when Jiannu comes to attack, they always send scouts to investigate the military situation in advance, right?" In general, how are they arranged? ”
Li Dagang thought for a while and said: "Hui Yu, there is no special tactic for Jiannu, that is, it is divided into several waves, each wave of several sentry horses, to inform each other of the news, the task of the sentry horse is to detect the enemy's situation, and if it is attacked, it can escape, and the main thing is to bring the enemy situation back." ”
Huang Sheng said again: "If the Jiannu Sentinel finds that the city gate of Ningyuan Zhongzuo is wide open, and there is no Ming army activity outside, will they enter the city to investigate?" ”
Li Dagang said without hesitation: "Yes, they should have a group of people entering the city, and there will be people outside to answer them." ”
Huang Sheng said: "In case the city gate is suddenly closed after the Jiannu Sentinel enters the city, will the Jiannu outside immediately attack the city?" ”
Li Dagang said: "It shouldn't be, and they can't attack the city, because there are no siege equipment." They will choose to go back and report quickly, and then the army will come here, and whether to attack the city in the end depends on how many people come from Jiannu and how many defenders in the city are. When the enemy situation is unknown, it will not rashly attack the city. The small population of Jiannu is afraid of causing excessive casualties, so be very careful. ”
Huang Sheng concluded: "Li Dagang, Jiannu will definitely send outposts to investigate here in front of the occupation of Ningyuan Zhongzuo, and the number will not be too many, and the follow-up troops will not attack immediately when they come, do you think I understand this way?" ”
Li Dagang said: "That's true, my lord's analysis is correct. I just don't know what the adults are going to do? ”
Huang Sheng said: "I am going to set up an ambush at the east gate of Ningyuan Zhongzuo, and escape from the south gate after killing the horses that Jiannu came to the city, do you think there is enough time?" ”
It turned out that the adult asked so much because he wanted to ambush Jiannu here, and several people were a little nervous, and this adult was too bold, with ten people, he wanted to fight Jiannu, and it was like pulling teeth.
Li Dagang said honestly: "Lord Hui, there must be time to escape, I can arrange a few traps in the narrow part of the road in advance, and after our team passes, cut the ropes and let the stones and giant trees block the road." “
Huang Sheng looked at them and smiled: "I am an expert in guerrilla warfare, and if I plan carefully, I will definitely make a small gain." But there are also many dangers, and if we are unlucky, we will all die here. You can choose to leave, it doesn't matter, everyone is afraid of death, and I am no exception. I want volunteers who put life and death on the line, not people who are reluctant to rely on the courage to make up the numbers.
Huang Sheng cowhide coaxed that he was an expert, just to enhance the self-confidence of his subordinates, in this era to command the army all rely on the personal charm of the commander, and his subordinates trust the commander will be with the enemy, otherwise they will scatter.
In fact, Huang Sheng knew in his heart that this time there should be no Jiannu army to attack. It should be that some Jiannu Niulu, who are unwilling to be lonely, came here to fight the grass valley, that is, to loot.
There are not too many people who can be used to be robbers by Niu Lu, because they have to be ready to summon the slave chiefs at all times without an order, and the discipline of the Jiannu army is so strict that it is close to cruelty, and Niu Lu Zhangjing privately sends people to engage in side jobs to ensure that it will never affect the transfer of the main force.
The Ming army and Jiannu are currently in a strategic stalemate, and the slave chief Nurhachi is digesting the fruits of victory he swallowed, brutally suppressing the ubiquitous Han uprising, and dealing with Mao Wenlong, who has repeatedly attacked his rear, and has not made any major moves in western Liaoning in the past two years.
There was no major war during this time, and the most recent record should be the defeat of the Ming army at Liuhe in September of the fifth year of the Apocalypse.
This is still the Ming army under the command of the chief officer Ma Shilong took the initiative to sneak attack Jiannu, who knew that they fell for someone's counter-plan, stealing chickens and rice.
The scale of the defeat at Liuhe was not large, and there were not many men and horses on both sides, and the casualties were limited.
Huang Sheng is a traverser, a military fan, and especially likes to see the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and the war of the Ming Dynasty against Jiannu is almost familiar.
Therefore, Huang Sheng judged that he could set up an ambush here, and then retreat, as long as he didn't do it brutally, it shouldn't be too dangerous.
The key to success depends on their own families, who must obey orders and obey commands, have the confidence to win, have the courage to fight, and remain steadfast in the face of danger.
There is no problem with weapons and equipment, and their combat effectiveness is also remarkable, although it is not as good as the Jiannu vest, it will not be much different.
In their own preset battlefield, their own attack should be able to make up for the lack of combat effectiveness, and they also have their own accurate shooting to control the battlefield from the commanding heights.
Huang Mingli, Huang Mingdao, and Han Guang practiced assassination hard in order to kill Jiannu, and they first said: "My lord, don't worry, we will move forward bravely, you can arrange it." ”
The rest of the people responded one after another, and they all said that their lives were originally picked up by adults, and adults wanted to use themselves, and it was a big deal to fight to the death, and they could be regarded as loyal to the country for the Ming Dynasty.
Huang Sheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as you act according to my orders, I dare to pack a ticket, and it should be okay to kill a few Jiannu." I'm not a reckless person, if Jiannu comes too much, I will run away with everyone, and I won't be stupid and desperate with them. ”
Huang Mingli and the others suffered the loss of rash attack last time, and almost killed everyone.
The two of them had already told the story of the last ambush on Jiannu to a few family members who had just joined, and those family members loved to listen to it, and when they were free, they pestered them to continue telling stories.
They also earnestly told everyone to obey orders and listen to commands, adults are scholars, and there are countless art of war hidden in their chests, as long as we fight Jiannu according to the will of adults, we will not suffer.
Huang Mingli said: "My lord, don't worry, we won't mess around this time, let alone make our own decisions, if you find that any of us don't obey the order, just kill them with a knife, so as not to harm everyone." ”
Huang Sheng was quite satisfied with this reply, and he said solemnly: "Soldiers must obey orders and listen to commands to the letter, and you must keep it in mind. ”
Early the next morning, everyone started to get busy. Li Dagang's physical strength has not fully recovered at night, Huang Sheng arranged for him to ride a horse out of the south gate to investigate and formulate a retreat route, and the requirement is to follow the dense forest and the foot of the mountain, and when he escapes, he can drill into the dense forest and go up the hill at any time.
Black Tiger and Han Kuan's riding skills were first-class, so the two of them went to the hillside ten miles ahead to observe, and found that Jiannu was not allowed to attack even one person, but came back to report the news.
If it is found that there are more than twenty people from Jiannu, both of them will come back quickly, this time the plan will be canceled, and everyone will retreat together.
The observation position on the hillside is too good to spot the cavalry on the main road early, but the cavalry needs to go around the foot of the mountain to get here.
With the precious time for Jiannu to detour, he could calmly retreat back to Ning Yuanzhongzuo's report.
If you find a fleeing Han people, let them bypass the city, and directly explain that the army is fighting here.
When the common people saw the war, they didn't hide far away, where did they dare to force themselves here.
Let Cheng Quangong and a few of them collect the rolling wood and stones abandoned by the Ming army when they retreated, concentrate some of them at the west gate, and tie them up with ropes.
Cut the rope if you need to, and make sure you block the west gate. Jiannu were cavalry entering the city, and they could only control their range of movement in a small area near the city gate.
Huang Sheng still used the old method with no technical content, so that Jiannu's cavalry slowed down or simply dismounted.
It is to discard their own hundreds of taels of silver and many women's clothes in a mess, and these robbers cannot turn a blind eye to the gold and silver treasures, and they will definitely come to fight for them, and for the time being they will not find that they actually have no way to go in front of them.
Huang Sheng had no way of knowing how many Jiannu could be counted at one time, and he couldn't know how much of their combat effectiveness was. So for the sake of safety, an explosion drill was conducted.
Huang Sheng designed a large bomb with ten catties of gunpowder, piled many iron nails and stones on a grinding disc about one meter high, and buried the bomb in it.
The detonation device is very earthy, that is, the gunpowder is wrapped in flint and steel, fire knives, nails, and Huang Sheng uses charcoal to draw a big black dot on the position of the flint.
After letting everyone hide, come to the preset ambush location by yourself. This is on the wall of the East Gate, and Huang Sheng can observe the movements in and outside the city at any time.
There were more than thirty paces away from the bomb planted, that is, more than fifty meters. Huang Sheng aimed and shot, and with a loud bang, those stones and iron nails splashed out, crackling and falling ten steps in a radius.
The family members were stunned, and then they cheered. It's no wonder that the adults are so interested in fighting Jiannu here, it turns out that he would make such a powerful killing weapon. All of a sudden, they went from being anxious to being full of faith.
Who knew that Huang Sheng was still not satisfied after carefully observing the effect of the explosion, and made a bigger bomb again. Continuing to test, it was still detonated with one shot, and the power was really much greater.
Huang Sheng led everyone to carefully inspect the preset battlefield, clean up everything that could be used as cover, seal all the doors and windows of the house, and ensure that Jiannu was attacked and could not hide in a hurry.
I chose two sniper positions on the city wall, and I could completely hit every corner with firepower.
Three earthen bombs were designed and installed with the remaining 70 pounds of gunpowder, all of which were one meter high from the ground, and one side was blocked, and when the explosion was detonated, the stones and iron nails flew out in a fan, so that they could exert a greater killing effect.