The reason why Yang Bo was willing to put down his body and take the initiative to contact the messenger sent by Liaozhen was because he received a very disturbing news, the Houjin side cut off the trade channels of North Korea, and then the bad news came one after another, all the shops, funds, goods, and even personnel in Houjin were seized, and Huang Taiji's reaction was very fast, and this trick caused a serious blow to Lushun's economy......

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, the dumping of high liquor and various luxury goods in Houjin accounts for 40% of Lushun's total trade, and does not include the income from the acquisition of medicinal materials, furs and other resale trade from Houjin, just like Lushun's current fist products high liquor and tobacco, these two products because of their own characteristics determine that they can only be sold in a specific area, although Yang Bo insisted on instilling in those shopkeepers that "a shopkeeper who sells shoes should be excited rather than depressed when he comes to an island where he has no habit of wearing shoes". However, the high-level liquor has not been able to open up the situation in the south, and the tobacco cultivation in Lushun has not yet been on a large scale, and the money earned now is made through acquisitions and resale This model is profitable, Yang Bo of course considered Houjin's countermeasures, but he didn't expect Huang Taiji to act so decisively and without hesitation, and even his strategy of bribing the nobles of the Eight Banners to fight together failed. However, the closed Houjin can only delay the time of economic collapse, Yang Bo does not care about the confiscated materials and North Korean treasurers, the top priority is to find a new trade object, and at the same time to cut off the trade channels of merchants in Shanxi and Zhangjiakou to Houjin, during this period, the most important thing is to firmly control North Korea in their own hands, and never let a grain of rice flow into Houjin......

Yang Bo stood on the enemy tower. While using a clairvoyant mirror to observe the battlefield in full swing, his mind flew to other places for more than two years. He has changed from a homeless man struggling on the verge of death to a military attache of three grades, with hundreds of officers and tens of thousands of soldiers, separating the dominant side of southern Liaoning, relying on nothing more than the support of the military, politics and business. The headache was still business, and the economic pressure during the war was still very high, and the three-legged support became a two-legged walk. The expansion of the business network, the cultivation of sales talents, and the indefinite postponement of various commodities in the plan, Tianjin Wujia, the agent of Lushun's private money trade, have returned to the middle of the performance. However, as an agent of Lushun Commerce, the Yao family is not interested in expanding the southern channel. The imperial court's food and salary were intermittent, not to mention the layers of exploitation, so Lushun's economy was heavily dependent on maritime trade, and Yang Bo felt that he might have the opportunity to go to Jiangnan himself and make great efforts to expand the domestic business network.

Thinking of this, Yang Bo said to Xiao Wu: "Send someone to inform the Yao family and ask Yao Wenzhao to come over."

Xiao Wu was startled, pointed out of the city and asked, "At this time?" ”

Yang Bo nodded. Said: "In addition, please ask the Department of Commerce and Trade to send a shopkeeper who can speak well, and I will send them to Liaozhen on business."

Xiao Wu hurriedly turned around and went to Gao Yuanxiang to ask for a boat.

Inside the mezzanine. The whole body of iron armor, the soldiers with flintlock pistols on their backs are in the whole team, and it is Liang Bixing who takes over the position of Zhang Shixiong, who takes several military discipline officers to constantly patrol the city, and the commanders of each company and platoon are explaining to the soldiers the location of their divisional defense, as well as saving ammunition, and waiting for the enemy to enter the firing range before firing and other precautions, in addition to the heavy battalion, the covered armor has begun to equip other battalion heads one after another, and the thousands of redundant iron armor captured in Fuzhou also let the Panshi Brigade complete the reloading, and the replaced leather armor was given to the reserve battalion, The Thunder Division's defensive capabilities have been taken to the next level.

The small cannon of the Furlong machine at the head of the city is still bombarding, countless iron covers the uncovered coated front, Houjin has no way to counterattack at all, and even the moat is not close at a high price, the covering artillery team has completely fallen silent, there is a general who runs due to overheating and explodes, Houjin has always attached importance to manipulating gunners, but most of these artillery pieces are captured from all over the country, and the quality is uneven. The shield cart took a few steps on the battlefield full of corpses and planks, and the coats under the cart were once again wiped out by both sides, and the lives of more than thirty coats were exchanged for only the shield cart moving forward more than ten steps......

Although the shouts of killing in front of the sky shook the sky, the eight banners of the Houjin Charge Formation were still strict and neat, although the screams on the battlefield continued, they didn't even blink their eyelids, Huang Taiji was dressed up, majestically observing the advance of the shield car front, and the others around him were also looking worriedly, although those coats plucked up the courage to rush towards the mill city, but under the blow of the artillery, they retreated like a tide, no matter how stupid people knew that such an attack was completely meaningless, and did not pose any threat to the Ming army, on the contrary, they lost countless young and strong coats, It is also a heavy blow to the morale of the military.

Huang Taiji said slowly with a tense face: "Order to collect the troops!" Today's temptation has been accomplished, and that's it! ”

Everyone was relieved, although the loss was the lowest coated minions, but Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and the coated is much more valuable than cattle, and these are the coated coats of each cow, and if they are all dead, let the bannermen go to farm and fight by themselves?

Huang Taiji said coldly: "Spread my edict, each flag will be renovated for two days, step up the construction of equipment, issue weapons to Baoyi, and then launch a fierce attack on Mopan City two days later, Mopan City is the place where I must attack, Lushun Yang Bo is the person who must be killed by my eight banners, regardless of Baoyi Qiding, as long as he can attack the city, Baoyi will raise the flag and reward one hundred silver, Zhuangzi one, several people from other lands, and Qiding will be promoted to three levels in a row, if the first level of the Ming army is killed in the city battle, in addition to the above promotion, add one hundred taels of silver, one coat or three cows, When you go back, let all the Baoyi know my thoughts, encourage them to work hard to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and then tell them that if they do not cower, no matter what the bannermen of the Baoyi are, and no matter what position they are in, they will all be executed, and the whole clan will be enslaved. ”

Hearing the clarion call of the retreating soldiers, all the tormented coats were relieved, and Yu Xuezhong, who was lying on the ground to avoid the iron, violently pushed away a hideous corpse on his body and jumped up, and ran towards a shield car that was unharmed under the bombardment of the Ming artillery. and his own coat Fan Jian, he has been staring at Fan Jian's actions, but he can't let his property be lost in vain

"Not yet. Hiding here and waiting to die? Let's go! Yu Xuezhong scolded the trembling coaters who were squatting under the shield cart.

Fan Jian quickly got out of the shield cart and wanted to run, but was knocked over to the ground by Yu Xuezhong's quick hand: "Push the shield cart back!" ”

The coats were all blocked by Yu Xuezhong under the shield car, and an old coat begged: "Master, the trumpet has been blown, what do we care about the shield car, hurry up and run back, or the unknown army will fire again." ”

Bang Dang!

Yu Xuezhong slowly drew his blade. Said word by word: "Dog minion, whoever doesn't push Lao Tzu will slaughter him now!" ”

At this moment, an iron hammer hit Xuezhong's side. After shoveling out a large piece of dirt, the iron bounced high and smashed into the panicked crowd, forced by Yu Xuezhong. Bao Yi was anxious but couldn't help it. can only lie on his own pusher, desperately pushing the heavy shield cart, Yu Xuezhong is afraid that his actions on the battlefield will be discovered by someone with a heart, and it is also a great achievement to push the shield cart back, because the Ming army burned all the trees on the nearby hills, and to build siege equipment, you need to go to the mountains three miles away to cut down, seeing that the speed of the shield cart is too slow, Yu Xuezhong also rolled up his sleeves regardless of his identity. Joined the ranks of the carts.

Everyone erupted with a strong desire to survive, although there were more than a dozen people missing. But still pushed the shield cart fast, and when the shield cart that fell at the end crossed the warlord's team, those swingers also turned around and retreated to the back, Houjin also had strict discipline when retreating, and the coating formation of each Niu Lu was roughly neat, and under the command of a small number of warlords, they successively withdrew from the Ming army's artillery coverage, and the Ming army at the head of the city came to see off with a salvo, and took dozens of lives before quieting down.

Yu Xuezhong looked at Fan Jian's thin back, feeling a little relieved, but no matter how he searched, he never found another Niu Lu, the other two clothed figures under his house......

The soldiers of the Suifa battalion in the middle of the road were still waiting for the order to go to the city to fight, and suddenly the city was full of cheers of victory, and the commanders of the platoon ran out in a hurry, and the gold coat outside the city retreated like a tide, leaving only a mess in the battlefield.

"Why are the Tartars so unbeaten?" These chief officers asked inexplicably

Yang Bo, who has been paying attention to the battlefield, also breathed a sigh of relief, today's offensive and defensive intensity is not large, Houjin lost two or three hundred coats, as well as many siege equipment, but his own family also consumed a lot of gunpowder and shells, this consumption made him a little heartbroken, especially after learning that the business route of Houjin was cut off.

"The General Staff Department will make a plan for long-term perseverance, and put it forward for discussion at tonight's summary, including the three periods of defense, confrontation, and counterattack, as well as the distribution of various materials, and also let the logistics department make a list, how much intensity of battle may be encountered in the three stages, how many materials are expected to be consumed in each stage, etc., so that everyone has a specific number in their hearts" Yang Bo instructed a clerk behind him, and the secretary saw that Yang Bo had no other orders, so he hurried to notify the relevant people.

Yang Bo turned to Tie Niu, who was also following the trend, and said, "Tomorrow I will go back to Lushun, and the defense here will be handed over to you." ”

The faces of the people around him changed a little, Tie Niu glanced at Yang Bo, and said in an urn voice: "Brother, do you have anything urgent to do?" Right now, the slave chieftain is eyeing him outside, and as soon as his brother leaves, he is afraid that the army's heart will be shaken."

Yang Bo said with some displeasure: "What are you afraid of?" Afraid of Huang Taiji? Joke, is Huang Taiji scary? He has three heads and six arms? Or is the green-faced fangs invulnerable? ”

Seeing the silent iron bull, Yang Bo sighed and patted his sturdy shoulder and said: "I'm going to Dengzhou to ask for some supplies to come back, I'm afraid others won't be able to suppress Yang Wenyue, you will always have to be alone in the future, in addition to the Tartars, we may have to fight the rogue in the future, and it is very likely that we will have to fight with Zheng Yiguan, is it possible that I will be in charge myself?" ”

Yang Bo's eyes swept over He Jiu, Li Dali, Huang Erman, Zhang Quan and others, and suddenly asked Tie Niu: "If Huang Taiji attacks the city overnight, how to deal with it?" ”

Tie Niu thought for a moment and said, "I will divide the soldiers of each battalion into two halves, one team as a reserve, save artillery, and concentrate on consuming the enemy who has landed in the city."

Yang Bo was noncommittal, and asked again: "If Huang Taiji builds a city on a large scale, how to deal with it?" ”

Tie Niu bowed his head and did not answer, and several people around him looked a little anxious, wanting to answer but not daring to speak.

"I know you're worried, we can't compare to the Tartars compared to manpower, so Huang Taiji wants to fill in the earth to build the city, and it is possible to rush to build a dirt slope on the same level as Mopan City, but what are you worried about? Even if the dirt slope is piled up, will we still suffer a loss? Huang Taiji's purpose is to take the Mopan City, after all, you still have to rely on your life to fill it, since you understand the combat effectiveness of our Lushun, there is no hesitation, you have to be firm in your own goals, stick to your goals and then talk about others, how many lives does Huang Taiji want to pile up three zhang two dirt slopes? I think these coatings are far from enough, not to mention that we still have a five-zhang high urn city? As long as the soil slope is not as high as the urn city, the advantage is always on our side, even if Huang Taiji finally piles up a five-zhang soil slope, the advantage is still on our side......" (to be continued......