Chapter 0408: The Drums of War Beat Up
Sun Chuanting hated the thieves who galloped recklessly in various cities in Shanxi, but helplessness was not enough for him to fight back, and what was even more painful was that he actually had this strength. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
At least that's what he thinks, he can take Shanxi back.
He doesn't have anything to do these days, so he has been keeping an eye on the movements of this group of anti-thieves, and it can be slightly estimated that they have sent about 70,000 or 80,000 people, which is very rare, and there are 50,000 people gathered downstairs in the capital, which means that there are only 30,000 manpower guarding the entire Nuoda Shanxi.
If it is only these strengths that can still be done for Sun Chuanting, the so-called loss of the whole territory of Shanxi is not bad, because the thieves did not occupy the whole territory, but 30,000 people were stationed in more than ten cities that were relatively large and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the occupation of the fortress was enough to cut off the connection between the capital and the northwest.
Ningxia is still increasing troops to Shanxi and even the capital through Yansui, which is very convenient, Sun Chuanting is very annoyed by the fact that the enemy only has 3,000 troops in each city and he can't attack it, but because of Yang Sichang's strategy of four and six corners, there are 200,000 soldiers, and the imperial court is ridiculed to this?
When the rebels were only 30,000 or 40,000 people, the group of guards in Shanxi were conquered by them with their strong cities, so it was inevitable that they would not be able to recapture them many times now.
Sun Chuanting was heartbroken for that group of waste, after all, he was only the governor of Shaanxi, and he had to call on the troops of the four or five major provinces around him to attack Shanxi, Hong Chengchou was still fighting Li Zicheng, and the counterattack on Shanxi had no effect, Lu Xiangsheng was still in the capital, and he felt that he was the only one who could do it now, but after waiting for a long time, he did not wait for Chongzhen's holy decree, and he had submitted seven or eight letters of war, which made him even more anxious.
Sun Chuanting actually admires the elite strategy of anti-thieves, but no matter how much he admires him, he feels that he has to do something, and the most suitable way at the moment is undoubtedly to cut off the passage between Ningxia Dao and Shanxi, that is, Yansui.
More than half a year ago, he couldn't capture here, and he couldn't even get close, but now he has 80,000 or 90,000 men and horses in Shaanxi alone, and nearly 50,000 of them have been trained for a long time, and more importantly, there are dozens of cannons in the imperial court, which are completely different from before, and he has confidence.
Maybe it's just some, he still doesn't have much confidence, because he knows too much.
But if he hadn't waited for a long time to hear back from the imperial court, he wouldn't have thought of attacking Yansui, as one of the nine sides, the city wall here is as strong as Datong, and it is definitely not a good strategy to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
"Boom..."The deafening sound of the cannon sounded, facing the snow-capped patch, making an even louder echo, and Sun Chuanting felt that something was wrong.
The other party was also using cannons, forcing them to move forward, Sun Chuanting sighed, this is not Yansui, but the surrounding Mizhi small counties have such a strong defense, looking at this situation, he was once again sure that if his side did not pay huge casualties, the possibility of breaking the city was almost zero, what a painful understanding.
But you always have to make up your mind, Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth.
He still felt that something was wrong with this sound, the artillery fire was gradually weakening, but this sound was clearly faintly intensifying, not right, definitely not the sound of a cannon...
"This isβ" Sun Chuanting frowned and then his face changed, "The sound of horses' hooves!" β
The voice became more and more clear and rhythmic, listening to the sound at least above the 10,000 cavalry, Sun Chuanting forced himself to suppress the shock in his heart, looked at the short city wall of Mizhi County, which was no more than three people high, sighed and ordered, "Go back to the city!" β
Sun Chuanting was a little angry, but he couldn't help but his tentacles really couldn't reach there, so he didn't know anything about this cavalry, and in the city wall of Suide County, which was closest to Mizhi, he saw those figures a moment later.
"Are they still going to attack Shaanxi?" Sun Chuanting sneered, the cannon has already been erected on the city wall, although he is not an opponent, but when it comes to defending the city, you don't want to take a city from your own officials!
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Sun Chuanting just watched the cavalry pass under his nose, from beginning to end with his experience, he roughly estimated that the number of people was between one or two thousand, and then he was stunned, because these cavalry were not at all... It's not that it's not Han.
It's the Mongols!
The Mongols, Sun Chuanting felt that he was out of breath, they kept a distance from the cannon from the city from beginning to end, he finally understood what these cavalry were going to do, the cavalry must not be the way to attack the city, they were going to the capital!
Sun Chuanting could only smile bitterly, for this kind of cavalry, he felt a kind of palpitation from the bottom of his heart, and the tens of thousands of heavy-armored cavalry under Gao Yingxiang were completely different from the feeling at first sight, which could be seen from the sound of horses' hooves so neatly and singlely.
What else could he do now? Sun Chuanting thought for a long time, and there was only one answer, he was ready to enter King Qin, this kind of iron cavalry, only the Guanning iron cavalry could be compared, but how many Liaodong Guanning cavalry were left after several ups and downs?
Mongol... Sun Chuanting gritted his teeth, for the first time he felt hatred for this group of anti-thieves, to be honest, before that, he had an excellent impression of this group of forces, but now it is all for the sake of colluding with outsiders...
By the way, what the hell is collusion... Or conquest?
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Namu Zhong pursed her lips, hugged a little girl with a smile in her eyes, and looked at Bart Onyx's annoyed and annoyed appearance, revealing a faint envy.
Bart Onyx had a bitter face, looked at Namu Zhong with a distressed gaze, and after being ignored, he gritted his teeth and tried to snatch Shuji Lori over, but was stopped by an aunt.
"Madam, you must not do such an action when you are pregnant...", an elderly woman hurriedly dissuaded, her face full of wrinkles and caution,
There were three old women and four women with the same expressions as her, a total of eight people.
"Onyx, isn't this what you want?" Namu Zhong seemed to be smiling, looking at the ruddy face of Bart Agate, she was a little relieved, everything is small because of the big, but from this subordinate reacted quickly, half a day's effort sent five thousand soldiers and a woman of more than 20 people to take care of Agate, it can be seen how important it is, maybe she really thinks too much, right? At least the status of the agate that gave birth to the first child will not be low.
"This girl just wants to know what the bastard's reaction will be, how did she know that Chen Biao would be so annoying, like a mother-in-law and troublesome!" Bart Onyx pouted, "That bastard is not in Ningxia, and Onyx thinks it will take several days to hear from him!" β
Namu Zhong was stunned, she seemed to know that Ning Zhiyuan was trapped in the capital, but she didn't see that there have been many disputes in the mainland of Daming recently, wasn't it just that Ning Zhiyuan was muddy, and after thinking about it, she didn't say anything, but Mo Ming poured out an idea.
If Ning Zhiyuan really died in the capital... It's definitely a great thing for Agate! Of course, the premise is that the man has enough charm to make his subordinates respect him from the bottom of their hearts, judging from the situation in Ningxia, it seems to be like this, right?
After a few beats in his heart, Namu Zhong looked at Bart Onyx, who was depressed with some faint news, and shook his head, all this is still early...
However, Ning Zhiyuan, Ning Zhiyuan... Namu Zhong knew that this was a hurdle in his heart, and no matter what, he was a very special person.
The older Namu Zhong is even more mature in her heart, she never makes any unrealistic conjectures, although she and Onyx are arguing about this matter whether to marry or not, but the fact is that the result depends on the meaning of the man. That is, whether that man can value himself, this kind of selection of goods makes her hate.
It's just that looking at Onyx's appearance after pregnancy makes her inexplicably touched after she has been married for more than ten years and has not given birth to children, which is a woman's instinct.
Besides, that Ning Zhiyuan is too powerful, isn't it, even if he is not in Ningxia, as long as he looks at the Mongolian steppe, he knows how exaggerated it is to see how much a siege has suddenly started, until this moment, she understands that the death period of these Moxi people has come.
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The Han people finally conquered the inner steppe, but Ning Zhiyuan's attitude towards Mongolian men and women was clearly different, and he knew that the most complete conquest was fusion, fusion, that is, destruction in disguise.
Han men can marry Mongolian women, and Mongolian men cannot take Han women, which is a rule in Ningxia.
The reason why a tall wall was erected on the grassland in a few days was because Chen Biao used all the 800,000 Mongolian people as laborers according to Ning Zhiyuan's instructions.
Of course, this is also a good thing for Chen Biao, now is the season of farming, if it weren't for this kind of thought, this kind of coolie was originally the Han people in Ningxia who wanted to make extra money, how could it be the turn of these Mongolians.
I hope they die with a grateful heart, this is Ning Zhiyuan's idea, kill people with soft knives, in short, the people of Ningxia must not see disharmony.
He is not afraid that others will know, for the families of these deceased, the government will arrange people to take care of them, and if they are willing to marry, they will marry Han people, and if they are unwilling, they will do it.
In the snow-capped grasslands, a city rose from the ground, trapping these Mongols who had finally calmed down and made them dumbfounded.
Just a few days ago, they were still being bombarded and retreating by Ningxia's artillery, because they were afraid that they would suffer losses and no one would fight hard with each other, and then the originally scattered forces gathered together finally let them breathe a sigh of relief and relieved for a few days, but...
What the hell is this?! They panicked, really panicked, although they didn't know what was going on, but it was obvious that their originally very broad way out was blocked, they couldn't run away, the key thing was that they were still stupid to go to a city, otherwise they wouldn't have been...
No, they are now in a city that was designed by this group of Han people, and they did it on purpose! In an instant, everyone figured it out!
"Hey, it seems that we can only wait for help from outside," said one of the leaders in despair, "This king has long said not to stay here, but some people don't listen..."
"Damn! What do you mean! Scarface spat and said viciously, "Why don't you go back by yourself if you're so capable, why don't you think of something to do if you're so capable!" If I were to say that we should rush out at the opportunity, I don't believe how strong the extra walls can be in the moment! β
"If you want to rush yourself, this king will not go to death with you!"
"Yes, some people just don't have brains!" The leader of Hong Yan sneered.
"You..."
"Okay, when is it still arguing!" Hadsan exclaimed in a deep voice, he was still a little majestic, and there was silence in the tent for a moment.
"Do you really want to wait here?" Hadsan asked coldly, "Can the rations last for more than half a month, just waiting?" β
"Fight, must fight," his tone became more and more firm, and his face became more and more gloomy, "Try to try, if you can't come back and stick to it... I don't see how Huang Taiji was captured that day..."
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Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath and looked at Sun Chuanting's rapid message, more than 10,000 elite cavalry were coming towards Kyoto, this... How is it good.
The 50,000 people outside the city have been staying for four days, and Lu Xiangsheng has not made a large-scale attack because he has to rectify military discipline while defending the city, but now it seems that the attack is imminent, and they must be repelled as soon as possible, and it just so happens that Zuo Liangyu also led the army to the Changping territory.
Among the 50,000 soldiers under the city, there are more than 40,000 infantry, and only five or six thousand cavalry, but it is this combat power that is the key to repelling Zuo Liangyu.
Fighting cavalry with infantry requires many external factors, such as cavalry being more watery, commanders being more vegetable, and infantry being particularly fierce, which is obviously not in line with this now.
Lu Xiangsheng knew in his heart that he was not sure to repel them with his own troops, and now he only asked Zuo Liangyu to give him some strength, plus the soldiers gathered around, together with his men, there were already 150,000, which is why Lu Xiangsheng did not agree to Sun Chuanting to transfer troops to recapture Shanxi, because of the capital.
The two are more important than whom, it is obvious that it is to recapture Shanxi, after all, it only occupies more than ten cities, but the side effects are great, but Kyoto is in difficulty, even if there is definitely no danger, it is still necessary to fight here, a few years ago, he led the army to witness the arrest of Yuan Chonghuan, it is because of this.
Kyoto is sacred and inviolable, Chongzhen thought so in his heart, Lu Xiangsheng knew, so he brought all the troops from all over the country.
The war drums beat, Wen Hao pursed the corners of his mouth, as the leader of the anti-thieves, he could feel that there were already officers and soldiers all around, but he was not nervous at all.
I actually came over, there must be a way.
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