Chapter 43: Turtle Shell
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Because they had to march and reorganize the army at the same time, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's speed was not fast, and they only walked twenty or thirty miles a day, and on the western front, Zhang Pan was about the same. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, although the speed of the two route armies was slower, it was more conducive to the reorganization of the localities.
The loss of Jiangcheng in Houjin Town, under the deliberate action of Mao Wenlong, has spread like the wind, rapidly spreading around.
And the time of the Houjin itself to control this area is not long, mainly in this era, Zhenjiang includes the vast southeast of Liaoning, dense forests, sparsely populated, few people, and little arable land, although it is the gateway connecting Chao ~ Xian, but it belongs to the bitter cold land.
For a long time, Houjin's main focus was on the big cities of Shenyang and Liaoyang, and many full preparations were made for this.
In such a situation, Mao Wenlong's strong entry into Zhenjiang is like an accurate 'black tiger digging out the heart', and Houjin has almost collapsed in the Zhenjiang area.
On the way from Zhenjiang City to Shuangshan, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong basically did not resist, and even sporadic resistance was rare, the journey was quite smooth, and the morale was extremely high.
But when forcing into Shuangshan, news came from the front intelligence network that Tong Yangzhen's Zhenjiang Department had fled to Haizhou when they heard that Mao Wenlong's army was coming, but Shuangshan's 'sitting household' Mi Yizhen did not have such good confidence.
The Zhenjiang Department of the Tong family dared to escape, it was because the Tong family was a relative of Houjin, and someone was covering it, and if Mi Yizhen escaped, he would definitely not be able to escape the head.
However, this guy was not stupid, with all his troops and property and family, he retreated to a salt pan by the southern sea, which was also the property of the local gentry he robbed, and was ready to take advantage of the coastal terrain of the salt pan to resist stubbornly.
After all, there is no one in this court, even if you want to run away, you have to pretend to fight with the Ming army first.
"Yuanqing, the strength of the Mi Yizhen Department is only a thousand people, and in the past few days, on the way to the salt field, many people have escaped, so we can take it down in one go."
Sending people to control Shuangshan, Chen Zhong was on the way south, and consulted with Li Yuanqing.
Li Yuanqing nodded, in fact, the Zhenjiang Department of the Tong family fled, which means that the backbone of Houjin in the Zhenjiang area has fallen, unless Houjin sends troops from Liaoyang and Shenyang to clean up the mess, otherwise, the situation in Zhenjiang is completely under Mao Wenlong's control.
"Brother Chen, it's already a turtle in the urn, let's not be too anxious, there are too many recruits, let's just take advantage of this time to clean up more."
"Yuanqing, I'm afraid that this dog will jump off the wall in a hurry, and it will be troublesome if he runs away." Chen Zhong was afraid that Mi Yizhen would run away.
Li Yuanqing has already figured out the pulse of Mi Yizhen, which is actually the sorrow of the vast majority of Han army banner generals in the Later Jin, fleeing without a fight, the master will not manage them, and will never let them go, even if it is Li Yongfang, the concubine of Fushun.
"Brother Chen, no. This guy will never dare to run. ”
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The two of them reorganized their army while walking, and it took two and a half days to arrive at the seaside salt farm.
As Li Yuanqing expected, Miao Yizhen really didn't dare to run, but waited for the battle, made enough fortifications, demolished all the buildings around the salt field, and cleared the walls.
The saltworks are located in a narrow bay, and most of the main buildings are built against a hill by the sea, surrounded by thick fort walls, and only a city gate in front of it.
Although it is not as good as a castle, because of its small space, compact buildings, and most of them are built of solid rocks by the sea, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, just like a turtle shell.
Chen Zhong didn't expect this salt field to be such a terrain, his side did not have powerful artillery, nor did he have heavy siege equipment, if he wanted to attack strongly, the loss would definitely not be less.
However, Miu Yizhen also revealed a flaw.
"Yuanqing, with such a terrain, it is unwise to attack strongly. You see, the dock is behind the mountain, and the boat of the dog thief is there. We can burn this dog-day's boat first and cut off his back road. ”
Li Yuanqing frowned, thought for a moment, but shook his head, "Brother Chen, this matter can't be rushed. If the ship is burned and the back road of Mi Yizhen is cut off, there is no hope for this guy, and he will definitely defend this fortress to the death, and when the time comes, we can only attack it, and we will have to pay a lot of price. These sons and daughters are all good men, too many people have never seen blood, and they can't die here in vain. ”
Chen Zhong couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Yuanqing, what should I do then?" Could it be that we want to open our eyes and watch the dog thief of Mi Yizhen get away? ”
Li Yuanqing's eyes narrowed slightly, "That's not necessarily." Brother Chen, although the general asked us to quickly take this side of Shuangshan, in fact, he did not set a time limit for us. What's more, aren't we taking down the Twin Mountains now? ”
Chen Zhong also somewhat understood what Li Yuanqing meant, "Yuanqing, you mean ......?"
Li Yuanqing smiled, "A dog thief like Mi Yizhen is not worth wasting even one of our lives." I have a way to crack the tortoise shell of this dog's day......"
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Next, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong did not immediately attack the fortress on the hill, but set up camp around the fortress.
The beaches around the bay are full of salt pans, pits, and traces of boiling and drying salt everywhere, but when the war came, it was deserted.
Li Yuanqing was a mile below the fort, and asked the soldiers to level out a vacant land, and under the nose of Mi Yizhen, they trained their soldiers.
The same is true for Chen Zhong.
At the beginning, Mi Yizhen was nervous to death, and he had to go to the fort wall everywhere to check it, for fear that the Ming army would attack the city, but a few days passed, and the Ming army was only training, but it did not cut down trees, made siege equipment, and did not look like attacking the city at all.
He also knew that in the past few years, he had done all the evil things, and once he was caught by the Ming army, there was absolutely no possibility of survival. But if he runs away like this, Houjin will never spare him, which puts him in an extremely embarrassing situation.
Li Yuanqing naturally knows this, this is the seven inches of Mi Yizhen.
Frankly speaking, if Li Yuanqing changes to Mi Yizhen's position, how can he care about so much? As long as you have money and soldiers in your hands, even if you go to sea to be a pirate, at least you can have a chance to make a comeback.
But it's easy to say if you can afford to take it and put it down, but how many people can easily do it?
Until the last step, Mi Yizhen could not let go of the glory and wealth that Houjin gave him.
Three days passed, and Zhang Panbu also rushed to the salt field.
His speed was much slower than that of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong, mainly because there were many villages and towns on the western front, and it took him some time to pacify and subdue him.
Seeing that Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong had not attacked the city for a long time, Zhang Pan was a little puzzled, "Old Chen, Yuanqing, have you been spending the past few days?" ”
Chen Zhong smiled bitterly and nodded, "Mi Yizhen is very well defended, and it is unwise to attack strongly. ”
Zhang Pan looked at the fort not far away, and frowned a little, "This dog will really be a turtle with a shrunken head." ”
Li Yuanqing said with a smile: "If Brother Zhang is not in a hurry, he can also train with us here." ”
Zhang Pan and Li Yuanqing did not have much contact, but they also knew each other, but after these battles, especially the battle of Zhenjiang, Li Yuanqing made a lot of contributions, and Zhang Pan also knew more about Li Yuanqing. What's going on here? Speak up. Let my brother hear it too. ”
Li Yuanqing smiled, "It's very simple." Divide and disintegrate, disintegrating from within. The development of our army to the present day has been bought by the brothers in exchange for their lives. Finally, there is hope for a better life, and there is no need to waste the lives of the brothers on this kind of dog thief. ”
Zhang Panshen nodded thoughtfully, "Yuanqing is right. I'm just afraid that the general's side ......"
Li Yuanqing smiled, "Brother Zhang doesn't need to worry, according to this situation, it won't take three days, and Miao Yizhen won't be able to hold on." ”
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Although the Ming army did not attack the city, Mi Yizhen in the fort city was like a fire.
Go, can't go, stay, can't stay, these days, not only his wife and concubine want to make trouble, even the soldiers below, but also the hearts of the people began to fluctuate.
Mi Yizhen's housekeeping capital is the Bailai family under his command, which is the capital he saved in the Ming Dynasty.
In the past few years, these families have followed Mi Yizhen, and they have also gained a lot of benefits, and almost all of them have added some family business.
When Mi Yizhen fled, he also told these family members that if they were caught by the Ming army, the Ming army would definitely not let them go.
But the fact is that since the Ming army captured Zhenjiang, in addition to the first evil of the die-hard Houjin, for the common people, even the family members of these Han military banners, they have not committed any crimes, which makes Mi Yizhen's statement about the Ming army's 'settling accounts after the autumn' untenable.
Especially since this morning, the Ming army began to shoot a large number of arrows into the fort, but it was not a lethal bow and arrow, but a letter arrow.
The content in it is very simple, the Ming army only punishes the evil and chaste, and for others, as long as it is not heinous, it will not be corrected.
The shooting of these letter arrows suddenly exploded in the fort city, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even many of the family members of Mi Yizhen began to move.
After all, over the years, following Mi Yizhen has benefited the most, and only a dozen of his henchmen have done a lot of evil, and ordinary family members, even if they have benefits, most of them are just a little broth, and Ming Jun has made it very clear that as long as it is not heinous, it can be forgiven.
The general trend is already like this, who is willing to follow Mi Yizhen to death?
From the morning, just to the evening, Mi Yizhen didn't last a day, and she couldn't sit still.
In the hall of the fort city, Mi Yizhen ordered people to guard the door, and only a dozen henchmen were summoned to discuss secretly.
"My lord, the Ming army is powerful and so despicable. At this time, the hearts of the people in the fort city are fluctuating, and I think this fort city cannot be defended. Let's still have thirty-six plans, and it's the best policy. It's important to save your life first. ”
"That's right. My lord, the green mountains left behind, I am not afraid of no firewood. Who is Mao Wenlong? It's just a scrap. Can he beat Dajin's tens of thousands of iron horsemen? My lord, as long as we have someone in our hands, when the time comes, Dajin will come back, and we won't have to worry about running out of food. ”
"Adult ......"
Seeing that the henchmen around him were all unified, Mi Yizhen let out a long sigh and nodded heavily, "That's what I mean." That being the case, let us not be lazy, and tonight, we will act ......"
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It was late at night, and most of the soldiers in the fort were asleep, except for the soldiers who were keeping vigil.
At this time, at the back gate of the fort city, a series of figures hurriedly came out of the fort city, and a figure kept whispering, "Hurry up, hurry up." Hurry the fuck. Don't make a sound. Hurry up. No matter how slow you are, Lao Tzu will throw you into the sea to feed the fish. ”
"Master, people, people can't go so fast." A coquettish female voice said coquettishly.
The figure wanted to slap her ruthlessly, but after thinking about it, he couldn't bear it after all, so he had to come back to help her and run quickly to the dock.
It's just that what they didn't notice was that not far away, behind a pitch-black reef, Zhang Pan, Chen Zhong, and Li Yuanqing had been there for a long time.
"I still think this Mi Yizhen is a character, it seems that he will die on a woman's belly tonight." Zhang Pan sneered disdainfully.
Chen Zhong said: "Yuanqing, it's almost over, let's do it." ”
Li Yuanqing saw that the more than 100 figures were almost on the boat, nodded, and waved his hand to the Shunzi on the side, "Inform Wang Hai, let's do it." ”
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