Chapter 354: Defending the City (Addition)
After He Gang's careful counting, the Daishan Army won a total of 3,100 and 2nd rank this time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThat's a great number!
Since the "wild boar skin" rose against the Ming Dynasty with thirteen pairs of battle armor, the Ming army has suffered repeated setbacks in the hands of the Manchurians, failed several major battles in a row, lost countless cities, and abandoned millions of people.
Although there are occasional small victories in the middle, they are only a few or dozens of levels of beheading. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Chonghuan's Ning Yuan victory was only two hundred and sixty-nine beheadings.
Thousands of beheadings in World War I were unheard of in the history of the Ming army's war against the Manchus. With this battle, Ren Siqi is enough to become a famous general.
Although there are only 1,000 real Manchurian soldiers among the more than 3,000 heads, the combat power of the Eight Banners Han Army is also well known, and it is also counted among the Manchurians when calculating the merits of the war.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu people's war exploits were rewarded the heaviest, according to the Chongzhen Dynasty's reward for the beheading of the Manchus, the beheading of the Dongyu first-class reward of 50 taels of silver, this victory alone can get more than 150,000 taels, which is a huge amount of silver. According to the criteria for beheading and promotion, a large number of soldiers will be promoted. However, the Daishan Army has its own system, and there is another system for calculating merit, and the people of the Zhenfu Division are specially calculated. But Ren Siqi himself relied on this merit, and after the court rewarded him, it was enough to make a marquis.
Although Ren Siqi doesn't care too much about the title of the imperial court, having a title means glory and can maximize the cohesion of the military and the people.
After the inventory was confirmed, Shi Kefa was overjoyed and enthusiastically held a banquet to celebrate Ren Siqi's achievements.
At noon, within the governor's line, the civil and military forces of Yangzhou gathered together, held a banquet, and discussed the strategy of defending the city by the way.
Shi Kefa pulled Ren Siqi to sit at the same table as a gesture of cordiality. Ren Siqi made great contributions, allowing Shi Kefa to see the hope of holding Yangzhou. I don't care about Ren Siqi's small problems, after all, everyone has a time when they are young and frivolous. Ren Siqi has such martial arts, even if he is frivolous, it is nothing.
"Uncle Su, do you have a table?" Shi Kefa asked kindly with a wine glass.
"The last general went to school that year, and he was a member of Zhongyin County, and his father gave a word to the last general, called 'Zixian'." Ren Siqi replied.
"Zixian, seeing the sages and thinking together, it can be seen that Ling Zun has great hopes for you!" Hearing that Ren Siqi turned out to be a talented person, Shi Kefa was very pleased, and looked at Ren Siqi with a much warmer gaze.
"That's right, Zixian," Shi Kefa affectionately called Ren Siqi's words, "Now that the Qing army is pressing the enemy, I don't know what Zixian's strategy is for the enemy?" ”
Seeing Shi Kefa's cordial appearance towards Ren Siqi, all the generals present were envious and jealous, but whether it was envy or jealousy, it was useless. Ren Siqi's status is made by real swords and guns, and the heads of a large number of Qing soldiers cannot be faked. If you want to get Shi Kefa's blue eyes, you also go to win a battle and make a great achievement!
Seeing Shi Kefa asking Ren Siqi for advice, the other generals all pricked up their ears and listened.
"It's just luck, a stinky kid knows a fart!" Hu Shangyou, the chief soldier from Bashu, was blushing at Ren Siqi's favor, and whispered to Han Shangliang, the deputy general at the same table.
"Back to the superintendent, Siqi is young and ignorant, where is there any good strategy against the enemy." Ren Siqi humbled for a moment.
"But from Siqi's point of view, it is not difficult to hold Yangzhou!"
Isn't it difficult? Hu Shangyou scoffed when he heard this, the Eight Banners of the Qing Army and the surrendered Ming Army Green Battalion were more than 100,000, and it is not known how many Ming troops will surrender in the future. The total number of troops in Yangzhou City is only more than 20,000, and the soldiers are not even satisfied with the battlements on the city wall.
In Siqi's view, if you want to hold Yangzhou, the most important thing is to unite the hearts of the army and the people. The city of Yangzhou is high and deep, and there are more than 800,000 people in the city, among which there are countless rich and rich. Nowadays, Yangzhou has no shortage of material weapons and population, and it is surrounded by canals, and the city is strong, as long as the whole country is united, although there are millions of Qing soldiers, what is there to fear? ”
Ren Siqi's impassioned words lingered in the hall, and the generals Liu Zhaoji, Zhuang Zigu, Shi Dewei, and Ma Yingkui were all excited when they heard it!
"Uncle said it well!" Chief soldier Liu Zhaoji slapped the table and praised, "His mother's Eight Banners soldiers also have two arms and one head, they are all raised by their fathers and mothers, and they are afraid of a ball!" ”
"Poof!" Zhuang Zigu squirted out a mouthful of wine, coughing victoriously.
"What, isn't what Lao Tzu said right?" Liu Zhaoji touched his head, turned his head and looked at Zhuang Zigu in surprise.
"Pole to pole! Ling Zun will actually be born, and the end will be extremely admired. Zhuangzi said with a smile.
"You bastard, dare you make fun of me!" Liu Zhaoji tasted it, opened his hand and pinched Zhuang Zigu's neck, and the two made a mess on the table.
Shi Kefa shook his head, but he didn't blame these two guys who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it. Today's big victory of the Daishan army made Shi Kefa feel very good.
"Uncle, what you said is crazy, but the last general wants to ask, now there are only more than 20,000 soldiers in Yangzhou City, and the strength of the Qing soldiers is several times that of our army, but what should I do?" At this moment, a discordant voice came out in the hall, and everyone turned their heads to look, but saw that it was Hu Shangyou, the general soldier of Bashu, who sneered and asked Ren Siqi.
"Mr. Hu asked," Ren Siqi was not angry at Hu Shangyou's attitude, but stood up and saluted everyone with his fists.
"You are all seniors in the army, and Siqi is only a shallow learner, but he was lucky enough to make some achievements before he was awarded the title of earl. If you talk about military strategy, you will naturally not be able to compare with you. But since the overseer asked, he had to sacrifice his ugliness. ”
"Have you heard of the battle that took place in the eleventh year of Chongzhen?"
Hearing Ren Siqi mention the battle of Kaifeng, Shi Kefa's expression moved, he was originally from Kaifeng, how could he not know the battle that happened in Kaifeng a few years ago.
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Kaifeng three times, more than 300,000 people in Kaifeng City, and only more than 10,000 troops, and its situation is similar to today's Yangzhou. However, despite the attack of the army several times, Kaifeng was unharmed, and finally the army dug the embankment of the Yellow River, flooded the city with water, and Kaifeng fell. Do you know how they do it? Ren Siqi's voice rang out in the hall.
The generals looked at each other, all shook their heads and were speechless, many people had heard of the battle of Kaifeng, but they didn't know exactly how the Kaifeng people held it. Even Shi Kefa himself did not know much about the details of Kaifeng's defense of the city.
"Without him, only the heart of the heart. The king of Zhou opened the treasury and silver, the government recruited the militia, and the major gentry and wealthy families also formed social soldiers. All civil ministers and military generals perform their duties and work together. Although the army is hundreds of thousands, there is nothing to be done about Kaifeng.
Today, Yangzhou is rich in the world, and there are many wealthy gentry in the city, if they are willing to donate generously, they will be able to raise a large amount of money and grain in a short time. With enough money and food, it is natural to recruit warriors and expand the strength of the defenders. With the strategy of the Governor, the courage of the generals, everyone performs their duties and is loyal, then he will be allowed to clear the army of millions, and Yangzhou will not move! ”
"Good!" Liu Zhaoji immediately slapped the table and praised it, and the other civil and military officers in the hall were also overjoyed when they heard it.
Although Ren Siqi's strategy is not very clever, it is undoubtedly a beacon of the road now that the Wenchen Governor is helpless and the generals are panicked.
According to Ren Siqi's strategy, although he doesn't know if he can hold Yangzhou, he at least knows how to dare in the future.
ps: I recommend a friend's book "The First Auxiliary of the Cold Family", the champion among the people, and the official who made a fortune to marry Bai Fumei, this is a great life. A masterpiece that is not to be missed. (To be continued.) )