Chapter 97: Nanguan
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Li Yuanqing was not polite to Chen Zhong, took the wine jug, and poured a large amount of 'goo dong dong', and then gasped for breath. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Zhong smiled and took the wine jug from Li Yuanqing's hand and took a sip, "Yuanqing, don't care. Zhang Pan is this temper. We are all our own brothers, and there is no need to hurt the harmony for a little thing. ”
Li Yuanqing nodded and smiled, "Big brother, don't worry." I don't have such a small belly chicken intestine yet. By the way, Quang Ninh, is there any news now? ”
Chen Zhong glanced up at the night sky, "Not yet." Yuanqing, do you disagree with Zhang Pan's strategy? ”
Chen Zhong said, looking into Li Yuanqing's eyes.
Li Yuanqing let out a long breath of turbidity, "Big brother, what do you think of the defense of the Guangning side?" Let's be honest. ”
Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment, "Yuanqing, Guangning is our headquarters, with an army of 130,000, abundant weapons, grain and grass, and the governor is in charge, I don't know, what are you worried about?" ”
Li Yuanqing nodded.
Chen Zhong is right, I'm afraid that the little emperor of the Apocalypse and the bigwigs in the court also think so. The people around Quang Ninh also think so.
It's just that what kind of person is Wang Huazhen?
I'm afraid, they have long forgotten.
Wang Huazhen can become the governor of Liaodong, it is true that he has his specialty, and he has been an official for many years, and he is deeply familiar with the way of officialdom.
It's just that it's useless to be a scholar.
Wang Huazhen is not Yu Qian after all, what can this kind of Wenchen, who only knows how to talk on paper and has no actual combat experience, expect him to do it?
Even his nemesis, Xiong Tingbi, probably doesn't really have the experience of leading an army into battle.
But just like this, the 130,000 soldiers of the Guangning Army want these two people to take the lead and put their own net worth, their wives and children, and the lives and belongings of hundreds of thousands of people in the hands of these two people......
In the past, Zhao Kuo talked about the army on paper, and in the first battle of Changping, the foundation of Zhao for hundreds of years was buried in a pit in vain.
At this moment, expect these two scholars to compete with the old slave who crawled out of the pile of the dead?
Taking a deep breath and stabilizing his emotions, Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Big brother, do you remember Sun Degong?" ”
"Sun Degong?"
Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment, "Yuanqing, are you talking about that local snake guerrilla in Guangning City?" ”
Li Yuanqing nodded.
"What? Do you talk to him? Chen Zhong glanced at Li Yuanqing suspiciously.
Of course, Li Yuanqing understood what Chen Zhong meant, and said with a smile: "Big brother, I don't have any contradiction with him. On the contrary, if it weren't for his help, I probably wouldn't be where I am today. ”
Chen Zhong has been with Li Yuanqing for a long time, so he naturally understands Li Yuanqing's temperament very well, and people like Li Yuanqing will never be untargeted.
"Yuan Qing, you mean, there is something wrong with Sun Degong? No way? He's the governor's confidant. It is estimated that after the battle in Guangning, how can this guy have to get a general and deputy general, right? ”
Li Yuanqing smiled.
How is Sun Degong, it is clearly written in the history books, Li Yuanqing will never believe it, because if he crosses over, he can also become a good person.
Wang Huazhen may be able to give Sun Degong a general and deputy general, but can he give Sun Degong a general soldier?
Don't forget, Mao Wenlong has now been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of the Guangning Army.
Sun Degong's qualifications are much older than Mao Wenlong?
"Big brother, let's not talk about this for now. What do you think of tomorrow's battle of Nanguan? Li Yuanqing smiled and diverted the topic.
Even if Li Yuanqing is now running to Guangning and telling Wang Huazhen that Sun Degong is a second boy who has already surrendered to the old slave, but is Wang Huazhen willing to believe it?
Don't say that Wang Huazhen doesn't believe it, even the current Chen Zhong doesn't believe it, because they can't find a reason for Sun Degong to betray the Ming Dynasty and betray Wang Huazhen.
But soon, reality will give them a hard slap, and even, this heavy slap, even Da Ming bent over.
However, no matter how bad the Ming Dynasty is, it is also Li Yuanqing's mother country, and the decisions made by the imperial court are wrong, Li Yuanqing cannot interfere, but he must not stand by coldly.
The Liao people are already bitter enough, even for the sake of these simple, kind and hard-working people, Li Yuanqing can only force himself and let go of the dissatisfaction in his heart.
Hearing Li Yuanqing talk about Nanguan, Chen Zhong couldn't help but smile, "Yuanqing, here in Nanguan, there are less than a thousand Tartars, most of them are Han military flags, we have more than 3,000 people in three departments, are you afraid of him?" Don't worry, tomorrow, I'll be the vanguard. It's bound to be a good start. ”
Chen Zhong said, a trace of hideousness flashed on his resolute face, since the defeat of Zhenjiang, he has been waiting for this day for a long time.
Li Yuanqing nodded.
Before, Zhang Pan was from Liu Aita's hands, obtained Jinzhou, at that time, Nanguan these places, were under Zhang Pan's control, but unfortunately, with the later counterattack of the main force of the red flag, Zhang Pan had no choice but to give up these places and retreat to Lushun, which was in dangerous terrain.
At this time, although the main force of the red flag had gone to Liaoxi to join the old slave, Mang Gurtai was actually worried that Zhang Pan would stab him in the back, so he made Nanguan a bridgehead and connected it with Jinzhou, firmly suppressing Zhang Pan's department within the small scale of Lushunkou.
In the past, even if Zhang Pan had a heart, it would be difficult to break through the double oppression of Nanguan and Jinzhou, but at this time, with the help of Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing, this gave Zhang Pan confidence.
This is also a big reason why Zhang Pan is staring at Nanguan.
At this time, the contrast between the forces of the Ming and the Later Jin seemed to be strong, but in fact, in Liaodi, at the military level, the Ming Dynasty had almost lost its complete initiative.
It is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers.
How similar is this scene to when the Red Army was in Ruijin?
It's just that Taizu, who was majestic and strategic, made the most correct choice, 'regardless of the gains and losses of one time and one place, concentrate the main force, and annihilate the enemy's living forces. ’
This genius conceived up to enable the Red Army to successfully highlight the encirclement of the Nationalist Army, smoothly embark on the road of the Long March, and finally reach northern Shaanxi, leaving a spark of hope for the revolution.
Since Zhang Pan is stubborn, let him be stubborn, Li Yuanqing can't change everyone's minds, he wants to covet the temporary benefits of Nanguan, Li Yuanqing will not stop it, let alone refuse.
To a certain extent, this is indeed a counteroffensive in southern Liaoning, buying time for the main force of the Quang Ninh Army.
At this time, Xu Heizi on Changsheng Island and Guan Canghai on Heidao have not yet arrived in Lushun, Xu Heizi can arrive tomorrow morning, and Guancanghai is a little farther, but he can also arrive tomorrow evening.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yuanqing said, "Big brother, tomorrow, I will help Zhang Pan attack Nanguan." We've got to take it in one day. ”
Chen Zhong couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Yuanqing, it's good if you can figure it out, as long as you can kill the Tartars." What is there we brothers that we can't let go? ”
Li Yuanqing shook his head, "Big brother, after Nanguan, I'm not going to fight Jinzhou with you anymore." ”
Chen Zhong was stunned, "Yuanqing, this, why is this?" ”
Li Yuanqing thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Big brother, I can't say why." Maybe it's a gut feeling. I always feel that the war in Quang Ninh may not be going too well. I'm going to go to Quang Ninh to have a look. ”
Chen Zhong couldn't help but be shocked, "Yuanqing, are you crazy?" Going to Quang Ninh? We don't have cavalry, and when we get to land, isn't that at the mercy of others? That's unwise. ”
Li Yuanqing smiled, "Big brother, of course I won't go directly to Guangning." I wanted to go to Gaizhou and the Sancha River line to inquire about the movement in the direction of Quang Ninh. If you have the opportunity, you will make a vote, and if you don't have a chance, you will wait for the opportunity at sea. I have plenty of food and grass here, and as long as I don't rush ashore, there shouldn't be much danger. ”
"This ......" Chen Zhong couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.
Frankly speaking, he is willing to follow Zhang Pan and attack Nanguan and Jinzhou together, which is also in his interests, but Li Yuanqing is like this, but it is a big problem for Chen Zhong.
Of course, Li Yuanqing understood Chen Zhong's thoughts, and couldn't help but smile, "Big brother, you and my brother, don't be so embarrassed. You just stay here. If there is news, we will contact us at any time. It's all about killing Tartars, and where it's not the same killing. ”
Seeing that Li Yuanqing had already said it so bluntly, Chen Zhong could only nod, he sighed deeply and said: "Yuanqing, wait for Nanguan to be defeated tomorrow, I will tell Zhang Pan about this matter." ”
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Nanguan is a small fort, the city is not big, during this time, although the minions of Mang Gurtai have strengthened the fort wall and defensive measures, but it has not fundamentally changed the pattern of Nanguan, its defense against small-scale harassment of less than 1,000 people, there are still some uses, but in the face of Li Yuanqing's three more than 3,000 troops, the people in the fort do not dare to rush into battle, can only rely on the city to defend.
Beginning in the early morning of the next day, the vanguard of Li Yuanqing's three divisions had begun to besiege Nanguan.
Zhang Pan is the central army, Chen Zhong is the left wing, Li Yuanqing is the right wing, and the three are in an inverted 'product' shape formation, sandwiching the small Nanguan.
As for the north, the three divisions directly chose to give up, which is also the so-called 'encirclement of three missing one', leaving a way back for the defenders and giving them a glimmer of hope, so that when attacking the city, the defenders will not really play with their lives.
As soon as the sun rose, Zhang Pan's Chinese army took the lead in launching an attack on Nanguan.
Zhang Pan personally led 200 armored soldiers, under the cover of hundreds of birds and archers, to approach the fortress wall of Nanguan.
Unlike Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong, Zhang Pan took over Liu Aita's headquarters, with sufficient equipment and weapons, and backed by the local area, so the morale was very strong.
Soon, Zhang Pan's troops approached the fort wall, and the long-range fire of both sides opened fire.
On the side of the Jin defenders after Nanguan, the long-range firepower is mainly based on bows and arrows, and on the side of Zhang Pan of the Ming army, firearms are mixed with bows and arrows.
For a while, arrows flew in the sky, birds chirped in unison, and the two sides came and went, and no one refused to give in.
However, the two sides probably maintained a distance of 100 paces, whether it was Houjin's side or Zhang Pan's side, these blind firepower coverage could not really shoot the enemy.
The firepower lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and Li Yuanqing looked at it, and the damage on both sides was probably in single digits.
Expecting that the archers on the other side were almost starting to get tired, Zhang Pan immediately ordered a group of sword and shield soldiers, in front and behind, and soldiers in various armor carried ladders and began to launch a real assault on the fortress wall.
At this time, it is when the bayonet really sees the red.
Zhang Pan's battle was full of elites, the speed was very fast, in a few minutes, he had already rushed to the bottom of the fort wall, set up five or six ladders, and there were brave soldiers, who had already begun to climb up from the ladders and rushed to the head of the city of Nanguan.
The Houjin defenders did not dare to show weakness and launched a frantic counterattack against the Ming army.
Rolling wood, stones, gold juice, stones, as long as they can cause damage to the Ming army, the Jin defenders of the city head are almost thrown down.
Deaths and injuries soon began to fall on Zhang's side.
Although the rolling wood and gravel are not fatal, the power of inertia is not small, and some soldiers who have just climbed to the top of the ladder are directly smashed down by inertia and fall to the ground fiercely, crying out in pain.
The rocks are also very large, the smallest of which is the size of a football, and if you hit the head, you will probably be killed by a single blow.
But these are still lucky, those soldiers who were poured with gold juice are simply worse than death.
Li Yuanqing saw with his own eyes that a Ming soldier who was just about to climb the top of the city was poured with hot gold juice, and instantly turned into a clay figure.
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