Chapter 104: The army besieges Changping
Zu Da Shoupi said to Hu Gui without smiling: "I know that you are uncertain now, Ke Yong, you go and report the five hundred miles of the imperial court to the guests."
Hu Gui was so anxious that he arched his hand to Zu Dashou and said: "The villain thanked Zu Shuai for Lord Yang, if it weren't for Zu Shuai's righteous confession, we would still be in a dream, and the small one would send someone to report to Lushun, and the rude place would also look at Zu Shuai Haihan." ”
Zu Dashou laughed and said: "Yes, remember to tell your family, Liaozhen and Lushun are cold, if Yang Bo has any help, just ask." ”
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Liaonan, Yangguanbao,
The cold wind howled in November, Houjin still maintained a three-day siege, the losses on both sides were huge, Houjin lost a lot of Dingkou, Lushun consumed countless equipment, according to the sentinel report, Gaihai to Shenyang Houjin is still transporting grain to Fuzhou in a big way, although Huang Taiji insisted, but this year was originally a poor harvest, plus the Ming army broke many tuntian, this situation made the original life of the poor flags even worse, not to mention those who were clothed, even many bannermen could not find food at home, Yangguan Fort couldn't grab anything, which made the flags boiling, Huang Taiji urgently transferred a lot of grain from the Gongzhong, and sent people to use Mongolia to contact the merchants of Zhangjiakou.
"Great Khan? The time has come, still not fighting? "Yue Tuo, who asked questions, it was his turn to lay a red flag to attack the city today.
Huang Taiji withdrew his confused gaze from Yangguan Fort, and did not answer Yue Tuo, but asked to himself: "I don't know what the situation is in the city?" ”
Abatai took a few steps forward and said, "Great Khan." The slave has a saying, the morale of the defenders of Mopan City is high......"
"Honk!" Huang Taiji's gaze crossed Abatai, and said coldly to Yue Tuo: "Send the flag to wrap the coat." Let the elite armor soldiers suppress the formation, they will not survive this winter without food, let them consume the artillery of the Ming army, you go and tell them, whoever attacks the city first, I will personally carry the flag for him. ”
Yue Tuo didn't dare to say more, and took the order to leave. A moment later, a terrible horn sounded outside the camp, and Huang Taiji said to Abatai, who was staring at him blankly: "Back then, the old Khan fought several fierce battles in Shenyang, and the people were sleepy and tired. Heavy losses, but still have to fight to the death with the Ming army, why? Morale, Yang Bo's division is different from other Ming troops. They are not at all inferior to my Eight Banners. We can't afford to lose our morale......"
Huang Taiji said to those heavy-faced generals again: "It is already winter now, and it will enter the freezing period in more than a month, when the Ming army's grain and grass, baggage, artillery and other materials are almost consumed, we have lost so much in the city, just waiting for this opportunity, do we have to give up halfway?" ”
The drums outside the camp sounded violently. Everyone has eliminated the battle, and Duoduo takes advantage of the unpreparedness of others. A little angry and said to Dolgon: "Fourteenth brother, even if we defeat Mopan City, what benefits can we get?" Is the eighth child crazy, for the sake of face, he doesn't care about anything? ”
Dolgon's face changed, and he lowered his voice and said: "Silence, what the Great Khan originally said was right, we suffered heavy casualties to the guerrilla battalion, if we lose morale, then wouldn't we see the guerrilla battalion and flee in the future?" ”
Duoduo complained: "If you are in a hurry, Yang Bo, that bastard, doesn't know how to torture the Twelfth Brother." ”
Unfortunately, by the time Dorgor raised his head, Dorgon was already far away......
The blue flag white armor soldier Grelan and the flag Ding Yu Xuezhong are also a member of the complaint, this time the eight flags poured out, the momentum is terrifying, but the long-term attack on the mill city can not be lower, the flags began to complain, especially after November, the sea breeze is strong day by day, the iron armor wrapped outside is frozen like ice, they are still better, every morning, there are always many frozen clothes are carried together and burned off, several siege battles, although Yu Xuezhong saved a life, but his three coats died two, escaped one, both sides are fighting wits and courage, Huang Taiji used the Eight Banners to consume the Ming army, and the Ming army let the Baoyi attack the city, Yu Xuezhong's last Baoyi Fan Jian attacked the city wall like this at that time, and then, there was no then, after a few days, Fan Jian, who was dressed as an auxiliary soldier of the Ming army, shouted at the head of the city to those Baoyi, asking them to put down their arms and surrender when they went to the city, and so on. Not only was Huang Taiji half angry, but Yu Xuezhong was also furious, and he watched his last fortune disappear like this!
Later, Huang Taiji also learned to be obedient, mixed a lot of armor soldiers into the coat, the Ming army suffered a small loss under carelessness, although the armor soldiers who climbed the city wall occupied many sections of the city wall, fortunately, the Ming army relied on the fierceness of the guns, the armor soldiers who climbed the city wall were finally surrounded and annihilated by the superior Ming army, Huang Taiji had no choice but to step up to take the earth to build the city, the original day and night siege also became a three-day attack, the Ming army was few, and did not dare to go out of the city to fight, so the current scene can be regarded as evenly matched.
The two war horses that Grelan and Yu Xuezhong snatched back have become skinny, their fur is yellow, and it is becoming more and more difficult to raise food and grass in the rear, and everyone is full of hunger, not to mention the war horses, yesterday Grelan's horse ate something unclean, and today it is already unstable, Grelan and Yu Xuezhong sat by the stable with sad faces, seeing the painful appearance of the horse, the two of them were like knives but there was nothing they could do.
Under the Mopan City, the Houjin Great Array shouted horses neighing, the banner hunted loudly, many armor soldiers lined up in formation, moving towards the city with great momentum, and many cavalry bypassed the north gate, galloping back and forth under the south gate and the east and west city walls, the Ming army on the city was in full array, but the artillery and platoon guns did not fire, and they did not seem to have any interest in the cavalry of Houjin.
"Yesterday, there was a flag man in the white flag who ran ......away," Gree Lan said while touching the skull of his beloved horse, and said without a head.
Yu Xuezhong opened his mouth and was stunned, he couldn't understand that Qiding would actually flee?
"But in the end, he was caught and beheaded for public display" Grelan sighed and stroked the top of the horse in pain: "If you can't grab anything anymore, everyone will not be able to survive." ”
Yu Xuezhong looked at the majestic Mopan City in the distance hatefully, and muttered to himself: "I just hope that the red flag can be powerful today, and it will be good to take the Mopan City in one go, everyone will go home for a peaceful birthday, Fan Jian, that dog thing, don't catch Lao Tzu......"
Boom, an iron slammed into the city wall. Rubble splattered, and many bricks fell with stabs and slammed down the city.
Dusty. The soldiers under the city immediately shouted loudly and cheered loudly.
After the artillery fire, several guards helped Wu Zhongcun, who was draped all over his body, and just now he had just hit the city wall with a few rounds of iron, which made Wu Zhongcun a little embarrassed. At this time, there were flags all over the city of Yong'an, and the dense ones were all military camps, and the camps set up by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers who came to aid were boundless. It seems that there is no end in sight, and there is a big banner outside the Chinese military camp, on which is written the right servant of the military department. There are also Miyun, Shunyi, Liangxiang and other soldiers and horses banners, see this scene. Wu Zhongcun sighed heavily. Turn your face to the crowd behind you.
Bai Siwen, Liu Chuanfang, Jiang Yu, Geng Huowa, etc. all had heavy faces, and on the other side, many murderous soldiers escorted a group of dejected officials to the city to supervise the battle, and Wang Xizhong, the chief eunuch of the guard, still refused to let him become the representative of these officials.
"The letter was delivered?" Wu Zhongcun walked up to Wang Xizhong, the eunuch whose legs were trembling like chaff, and asked in a flat tone
"Send it out, it is all written according to your ministry's requirements. The Changping riot soldiers have been demobilized to resolve the Changping riots. As long as the imperial court is willing to send people to talk, there is no need for a large army to press the border. Despite the cold winter, Wang Xizhong replied while wiping the sweat on his face, extremely humble, there is no way, anyone who sees the regimental training camp to deal with all kinds of vicious methods of the Beijing camp will be frightened and frightened.
Wu Zhongcun nodded and said, "Does the prince think that the imperial court will send someone to appease him?" ”
Wang Xizhong hurriedly smiled and said: "It will be, it will be, the regimental training camp is loyal and unparalleled, the world knows it, and the court also knows it......"
Of course, there are also loyal and righteous people, and Zhang Zhaokun, the commander of the Changping Army, sneered and said: "I just want the court to appease me now, it's too late!" ”
Wu Zhongcun sneered, and his eyes swept over Wang Gui, the head of the household department, and the judges Wang Yuzuo and Hu Weihong. There were also some prisoners in the camp, these people lowered their heads and didn't know what to think.
"Ladies and gentlemen, my regimental training camp has experienced hardships and dangers, and now it has fallen into this kind of fate" Bai Siwen coughed and said slowly: "Whether the court is suppressing or soothing, we will eventually come back with a fair way, now the army is pressing, defending the city, my regimental training camp is still not allowed, and there will be a bloody battle to the last person, and before that, the regimental training camp will slaughter you as a burial, and we and other lowly people will be accompanied by all the nobles to go to Huangquan, presumably this road will not be too lonely, if you don't want to burn with Changping jade, I have to find a way to convince the court."
Wang Gui, the head of the household department, said helplessly: "The army is pressing, if you don't give an explanation to the court, how can this master be coaxed?" Even if His Majesty is tolerant and generous, but ......"
Wu Zhongcun snorted and said coldly: "What's the hurry, appeasement is just a stone throwing to ask for directions, a plan to delay, how can you talk if you don't fight?" Do you mean that you have to hand over our first evil to the court with a thousand cuts, so that this master can be appeased? ”
Wang Gui, the head of the household department, turned pale, wanted to nod but didn't dare, Wang Xizhong said carefully: "Why don't the generals find the heads of a few soldiers who died in the Beijing camp and hand them over, and call the first evil to be eliminated, these outside Wang and others have explained to the imperial court, and I will wait in them to talk for a while, wouldn't everyone be happy to be able to resolve this matter peacefully?" ”
Wu Zhongcun and the others smiled and waved their hands, and several soldiers stepped forward and took these adults down with punches and kicks.
"You are stationed in four gates, remember, whoever wants to attack the city gates, they will be killed! It is used to deter ill-intentioned people," Wu Zhongcun said to Qiu Quan, the commander of the first company.
Bai Siwen looked at the army under the city, sighed and said: "At present, the enemy is currently surging in the city, and this Changping is not easy to defend?" ”
Geng Huowa said: "If you can't keep it, you have to keep it, where can you go now?" ”
Liu Chuanfang said: "Our King Qin is stationed in Changping, and the people in the city are full of praise for our military discipline, and the people's hearts are still on our side, the only thing to worry about is how to deal with the hundreds of prisoners in Beijing?" These people are an unstable factor, and we have to divide our troops to guard them. ”
Wu Zhongcun thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say that people's hearts are a thing, don't care too much, you must know that the outside is suppressing us in the name of righteousness, why should the people of Changping have the same heart as us?" If we add a few words of provocation by someone with a heart, our situation will be even worse, so the captives in the Beijing camp will definitely not be able to stay! Jiang Yu, you can do this yourself, but don't let the rumors leak out, so as not to make people panic. ”
Jiang Yu answered the order loudly and turned to leave, and the rest of the people knew that there was absolutely no room for mercy at this time, and they didn't say anything to stop it.
After Jiang Yu left, Bai Siwen said thoughtfully: "We may be able to take out that dead eunuch and use it to appease the people of Changping......"
Just as everyone was discussing, a personal guard hurriedly ran up and handed a notice to Wu Zhongcun: "Battalion commander, this matter is the letter that came in from outside just now. ”
Everyone had some expectations in their hearts, and they all surrounded Wu Zhongcun, Wu Zhongcun opened it, and looked at it with a glance and ten lines of noise, and in the disappointed eyes of everyone, Wu Zhongcun tore the notice to shreds, and gathered to the side of the city wall, and countless debris flew around like butterflies.
"I told you a long time ago, don't pin your hopes on the court, and that faint king, what about this?"
The crowd was silent, and there were a few murderous words on the proclamation: "...... The change of Changping, the court is lenient, it is to restore the evil, to kill the commander, and the heavens should add it! ”
Bai Siwen slapped the city wall heavily and said loudly: "Give up their illusions, only if they are beaten, they will take the initiative to come to beg for peace, and they will all go to their respective defense areas to be on guard, right?" ”
Everyone clenched their fists and left, Wu Zhongcun asked Bai Siwen: "Do you know Wang Zhaokun, the right attendant of the military department?" Our lord and the military department have always been friends, so this Lord Wang will be murderous as soon as he comes? ”
Bai Siwen took a sip: "I don't know, but soon Lord Wang will know the means of our regimental training camp......" (to be continued......)