Chapter 135: Mang Gurtai
After receiving the news, the gentry and common people in the city came out to celebrate as if they were celebrating a festival.
All of a sudden, the liquor stores were full of people celebrating, and the atrocities of the Jurchens were hated by all.
However, the people of Tianjin City knew that this victory was won by King Wu.
And now that Nurhachi has led tens of thousands of troops to surround Lu Yan's camp, it is really difficult to say whether Lu Yan can survive this hurdle.
Just when they were talking, a mighty cavalry team finally came to the city of Tianjin.
After trekking through mountains and rivers, LΓΌ Yan's cavalry finally came to Tianjin.
Looking at the endless cavalry, although Li Banghua knew that they were not here to attack Tianjin City, he still felt a little nervous.
He again instructed the sergeants not to allow any soldier to enter the city without his order.
And he had the gates open a little crack, and then he went out with a few of his attendants to meet the men.
"Why are you so slow?"
After seeing Li Jing and them coming, Li Zilong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the cavalry is coming, although this battle may not be won, at least Xing will not lose.
"It's not that the government keeps stumbling us up, otherwise we would have come a long time ago."
Speaking of which, Yang Zaixing is full of anger.
"Alright, let's not talk about this. How's the situation here now? β
Speaking of those Ming Dynasty official mansions along the way. Li Jing couldn't help but shake his head......
"It's okay, the prince has won a big battle."
Li Zilong said with a smile.
After speaking, he told about the battle that had just taken place.
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Then the whole atmosphere became lighter.
"It seems that those Jurchens are not very good, and they have not suffered a big defeat. What else is it to boast that the Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and it is invincible. β
Chen Qingzhi said with a slight mockery.
"The Jurchens are a ball, and our 500 Beiwei army beat 100,000 Jurchens and fled in embarrassment. No matter how many Jurchens there are, they are no match for us. β
Yang Zaixing said proudly.
Speaking of fighting the Jurchens, there is no better than their Yuejia army.
Seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. These people are more arrogant than the other.
"Now that the Jurchens have surrounded the prince's camp, when are you going to send troops?"
Li Zilong asked.
"Wait. The sergeants were exhausted after a long journey. It's best to rest for a few days to recover your strength, and I think the prince should have no problem resisting the enemy's attack for a few days. β
Li Jing said.
"Of course."
Li Zilong nodded and said.
So the plan was decided like this, but now Lu Yan's camp was surrounded by the Jurchens. I'm afraid this news won't get in.
However, they believed that even without them, Lu Yan would be able to easily block the Jurchen army.
When Li Banghua led the people to come, he ushered in a burst of white eyes from everyone.
Li Banghua was extremely angry at their unfriendliness.
But he had no choice, but he quickly withdrew his book and passed the news to the capital and Sun Chengzong.
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In Lu Yan's camp, many sergeants were constantly busy, digging trenches outside the camp, and then picking up the dirt to build forts and earthen walls.
After knowing that Nurhachi would come with all his might. Lu Yan again transferred 2,000 sailors to serve as auxiliaries, so that he had about 5ooo auxiliaries under his command.
With the addition of so many auxiliaries, the construction of various fortifications was greatly accelerated.
But due to time constraints. He merely put a fence around the camp gate and dug two trenches.
Of course, the batteries in the battalion were the first to be built, and these are definitely the top priorities.
At present, there are a large number of artillery batteries in the camp, and one artillery piece is condescending to the Jurchen army outside the camp.
As long as the Jurchens dared to attack, Lu Yan would definitely let them know the power of these artillery.
As time went on, more and more Jurchens and Mongols came out of the neighborhood. He estimated that the number should be around 50,000.
At the beginning, he also sent Lu Bu and them out of the camp to find the bad luck of the Jurchens, and taught those Jurchens a hard lesson. But with the increase of enemy soldiers. He had no choice but to hold on to the camp.
Recently, Lu Yan has been inspecting the camp every day, not only checking the preparation of the camp's fortifications, but also inquiring about the reserve of materials.
Of course, with Jia Xu, Qi Jiguang and other experienced people presiding, he doesn't need to worry about these things.
He had at least two months' worth of food, as well as gunpowder and arrows.
Moreover, Lu Yan has more than 40,000 combat exploits in his hands, if he needs them, he can exchange these for 2ooo elite firecrackers to help defend him.
But he felt that with his own defense, it was impossible for those Jurchens to attack at all.
Therefore, he gave up on exchanging firearms for firearms, and instead waited for victory to exchange them for cavalry to pursue the enemy.
While LΓΌ Yan was busy preparing for the war, the Jurchens had a dispute over how to attack LΓΌ Yan's camp.
In a splendid tent, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai, Dudu, Darhan, Ilrenqi and other generals were gathering together to discuss how to break through LΓΌ Yan's camp at the lowest cost.
"Lu Yan's subordinates not only have infantry troops, but also a large number of cavalry. His infantry army is mainly divided into two types, one is the firearms battalion, which adopts the training methods of the Qi family army, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, and they have also improved the shooting methods of firearms, sometimes three rows of firearms will shoot at the same time, and then use nine rows of sergeants to complete three shots. If we charge this array of firearms, we are bound to suffer heavy losses. Therefore, their combat effectiveness is definitely above the Zhejiang barracks. β
Huang Taiji briefed them on what he had gathered about the enemy.
Hear here. Both the Jurchens and the Mongols gasped.
The prestige of Qi's army spread most widely among the Mongols, and when Qi Jiguang was sitting in the border pass, he once beat the Mongols to the point that they did not dare to offend the border at all.
Frightened, those Mongols only dared to make a detour to Liaodong to invade the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the border gate enjoyed a rare period of peace.
And those Jurchens are not much better, they have fought with the Zhejiang barracks in Hunhe.
At that time, tens of thousands of Jurchens besieged a Zhejiang barracks of about 3,000 people, and as a result, they fought until the Zhejiang barracks ran out of gunpowder, and then they could be regarded as breaking through the Zhejiang barracks.
That battle was a rare bloody battle encountered by the Jurchens, and even some high-ranking generals were captured alive by the Zhejiang military camp, with at least thousands of casualties, the most difficult bloody battle since Nurhachi raised his army. Therefore, it left a deep impression on the Jurchens.
Now the strength of the enemy's firearms battalion is still above the Zhejiang barracks, how can this not be taken seriously.
Even Nurhachi's face became gloomy. At that time, there were only 3,000 soldiers in Zhejiang, but now the enemy is close to 20,000.
You must know that the population of the Jurchens has not been very large, if the casualties are too serious. Then even his prestige will suffer.
Huang Taiji didn't seem to see their ugly faces, and continued: "Another kind of infantry of the enemy is the strong crossbowmen, this kind of strong crossbow has a long range and strong penetrating power, even if you are wearing heavy armor, you can't resist it. Their effective range is also at least two hundred paces, and once they shoot in three stages, they can form a continuous rain of arrows, and the cavalry will not be able to rush through it at all. This time, it was entirely by this kind of strong crossbowmen that they were able to break our red flag and the cavalry with the red flag. β
Hearing this, the faces of those Mongols and Jurchens became even more ugly.
"Is the enemy so powerful? Isn't it because you're scared? I deliberately exaggerated the strength of the enemy. β
At this time, Mang Gurtai stood up and said.
Huang Taiji couldn't help but snort coldly, and then said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask Darhan Baturu." β
Hear here. All eyes were on Darhan.
There was even a hint of unkindness in Nurhachi's eyes, his son was captured alive, and this Darhan escaped with him but survived, what a coward, and he did not deserve the title of Baturu at all.
"He didn't ...... No, those crossbowmen are really powerful. β
Darhan said.
Huang Taiji glanced at Mang Gultai coldly. Mang Gurtai snorted coldly and twisted his head to the side.
"Other than that. Lu Yan also had a large number of artillery under his command. Some of their artillery is said to have been made by Hongyi, and they have a long range and great power, but the rate of fire is a little slow. If it's in the field, we don't have to be afraid, just stick to the big camp, these cannons will exert quite a lot of power, and they also have a large number of general cannons and Franc cannons to make up for this shortcoming. β
"Our scouts risked their lives to observe the situation of the enemy's camp, and found that at least a hundred batteries had been built in the enemy's camp. In addition, there are many vehicle-mounted artillery, and if these guns are used, they will cause heavy casualties to our soldiers. β
After speaking, Huang Taiji also took out a sketch, on which there was the defense of Lu Yan's camp.
"You've said so much, shouldn't you be scared. If you are afraid of death, just say it, I will not look down on you. β
Mang Gurtai said with a sneer.
"Who said I'm scared, I'm just introducing the situation of the enemy army, that's all."
Huang Taiji said with a smile, quite a kind of spit on his face.
"Nonsense, you praise the enemy so much, I think you don't want to avenge the eldest brother at all, you want the eldest brother to die at the hands of the enemy, and then no one will compete with you for the throne."
Mang Gurtai said.
He always looked unpleasant to the sinister Huang Taiji, so he directly singled out Huang Taiji's intentions.
"Fifth brother, don't slander me. Who said that I don't want to avenge my eldest brother, I'm just afraid that everyone doesn't understand the situation and the casualties are too big. If you are not afraid of excessive casualties, then you will be the first to take your positive blue flag in a while, and as long as you rescue the eldest brother, I will bow to you. β
Huang Taiji retorted unceremoniously.
"You...... Good! β
Mang Gurtai was so angry that he pointed out that Emperor Taiji was speechless.
"Enough!"
Nurhachi couldn't help but be angry when he saw that they were becoming more and more disagreeable, and even the matter of competing for the throne was exposed to outsiders.
Seeing that Nurhachi's mood was very bad, Huang Taiji and Mang Gurtai hurriedly closed their mouths.
Each of their sons had a deep fear of the brutal Nurhachi.
Chu Ying's death taught them that even if they were his sons, they would never be allowed to rebel against Nurhachi.
With Nurhachi's roar, the atmosphere in the tent became extremely heavy.
Everyone kept their mouths shut, not wanting to anger him at this time.
"Now our soldiers are almost gathered, so I decided to send troops to attack the enemy camp tomorrow to avenge Daishan."
Nurhachi finally clapped.
"Daishan is my son, and also your brother, and even more so the big Baylor of our Houjin, if we sit back and watch him fall into the hands of the enemy and do nothing, what will others think of us, and then everyone will not be bullied on our heads."
Nurhachi said to them.
Huang Taiji understood that what Nurhachi said was right, but he knew that the enemy in front of him was definitely not so easy to fight.
If they don't do it well, maybe they will lose their troops and lose a lot of money.
"I have decided, no matter which of you breaks through the enemy's camp, I will hand over the Zhenghong Banner to him."
Hearing this, the Baylors here are all in the eyes.
Zhenghongqi has always been controlled by Daishan, and Nurhachi took out Zhenghongqi as a reward, obviously planning to give up Daishan.
If they can break through the enemy camp, then they can add a banner to their hands.
Thinking about such benefits, even Huang Taiji is extremely tempted.
Compared to those eager Belles, the Mongols knew that this had nothing to do with them.
Even if they broke through the enemy's camp, Nurhachi would never hand over the red flag to them.
At this time, Darhan gave Ilduzi a look.
Ilduzi understood and walked out. (To be continued)
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