Chapter Eighty-Nine

took the long-planned Jinzhou City, but Yang Bo couldn't see much joy on his face, it was very simple, the Thunder Brigade fought a battle to lure the enemy with skillful strength, but it didn't have much strength to fight with the Tartar slaves......

Yang Bo was almost certain that Huang Taiji would take advantage of the victory of the Great Ling River and raise tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to besiege Jinzhou, if he stationed troops in Jinzhou. However, if the troops are not stationed, the city that has been fought hard will be returned to the Tartars, which is unbearable for a person with a speculative surname like Yang Bo.

In the Jinzhou Garrison Mansion, that is, the mansion of the original Jinzhou commander, Yang Bo asked Li Weiluan and Tan Yinghua: "Old Tan, Yueguan, and don't rush to write the report, the two of you still help me to refer to it in detail, how to keep this Jinzhou." ”

Tan Yinghua was stunned and said, "How can you not keep it?" There are guerrilla battalions stationed in this kind of big city, and no matter how many soldiers and horses the Tartars have, they can't beat them, so what are you afraid of? ”

Li Weiluan sneered and said, "Ying Hua, you don't know anything, what about Dalinghe City, which is a hundred times stronger than Jinzhou?" The Tartar army is surrounded, and the 50,000 Guanning army is all in powder! ”

Tan Yinghua said stupidly: "If you want me to say, the guerrilla battalion is much stronger than Zu Dashou!" ”

Li Weiluan sneered: "So what? Doesn't the guerrilla battalion have to eat the same? The Tartar army was surrounded and cut off the grain route of Jinzhou, and in less than three months, the city would start eating people! The Tartars don't have to make a lot of effort to attack the city, and when you starve to death, the Golden State will naturally fall into their hands again. ”

Yang Bo also sighed: "Yes, I'm really worried about this"

Seeing Yang Bo's frowning, Li Weiluan said: "Idle, if Jinzhou is besieged, Lushun soldiers and horses will not dare to go out of the city to rescue, this one hundred and fifty miles, I don't know how many infantry to fill in before I can get to Jinzhou City, in my opinion, it is better to accept it when it is good." ”

Yang Bo paced a few steps with his hands behind his back, and finally shook his head helplessly......

The next day, Li Weiluan escorted the captives and the head to return to Dengzhou to report the victory, and Tan Yinghua received more than 100 muskets and more than 200 pairs of armor presented by Yang Bo and was also ready to return to Guanglu.

"Today, let's think about it together, whether this Golden State should be defended, whether it can be defended, and how many soldiers and horses are needed to defend it" At the meeting, Yang Bo was enlightened and enlightened.

"Your Excellency!"

Wang Xiaoyu stood up and objected: "At present, the Thunder Brigade does not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars, once Jinzhou is trapped, unless we sit back and do not save it, or we will be forced to fight the Tartars in advance, but ......"

"The timing we chose is not right, there is no war on the Western Front, the slave chieftains can free up their hands to deal with us at any time, if Jinzhou is surrounded, the Guanning army and horses will not go out of the city to clamp down on the Tartars, maybe, it is too late for them to be happy." He Jiu shook his head.

"Whether to defend or abandon Jinzhou, the adults need to make a decision earlier, otherwise the Tatar slaves will come to retaliate at any time," Liu Wenbing, another staff officer, also said.

Yang Bo was silent, standing in front of the large map and staring for a long time, Jinzhou is undoubtedly a huge fortress, but once trapped, the surrounding area behind him is still uncontrollable, and the fortress naturally loses its role.

"If Jinzhou stores grain for a year, I guess I can keep it," Li Dali said with a big grin.

Liu Dahu of the arquebus battalion interjected: "My lord, what if another city is built on the edge of Jinzhou City, and the two cities are connected to cut off the road and block the army of Tartars side by side? ”

Yang Bo's eyes lit up when he heard this, he walked to the map and looked at it carefully, and finally shook his head: "What about these surrounding mountains?" You can't build this place into a long city, can you? As long as the Tartars can get around, it will be useless to build a city after all. ”

Wang Xiaoyu said: "My lord, Xiao Yu is from Liaodong, the winter here is abnormally cold, after the coastal areas freeze, the soldiers and horses of the Tartars can go directly from Fuzhou to the sea to bypass Jinzhou, not only can Jinzhou not be able to garrison, even Changsheng Island, Lianyun Island and other islands can not garrison, otherwise they will face the surprise attack of the Tartars in winter." ”

Li Dali retorted angrily: "Alarmist, the coastal ice in winter is at most two months, and the grain has been harvested at that time, as long as the grain in Jinzhou is sufficient, plus artillery and other equipment, what are we afraid of?" My lord, wasn't it the same in Lushun back then? You can't keep it like this, you can't keep it like that, and in the end, won't we keep it too? ”

Wang Xiaoyu shook his head: "That's the little lady's rescue in time, or ......"

Li Dali was furious, stood up and said: "My lord, as long as there is enough food in Jinzhou for half a year, and two more battalions of flintlock musketeers are stationed, Dali will dare to make a military order here!" ”

Cui Yong, the chief instructor, had worked with Li Dali for a long time, so he persuaded: "Dali, don't be rash, if the Tatar slaves surround and don't fight, what does it mean for you to stick to Jinzhou?" ”

Li Dali stiffened his neck and said, "Will the adult garrison Lushun sit idly by?" At that time, the adults can send the sailor to flank Fuzhou, cover the state and other postures, how will the slave chief be good at that time? ”

Yang Bo shook his head and said: "If the slave chieftain uses the elite of the Eight Banners to attack, I am afraid that Lushun will have no time to take care of himself at that time, how can he have the spare strength to relieve the siege of Jinzhou?" Besides, if Huang Taiji disregarded the safety of the cover and was determined to take down Jinzhou, it would be unthinkable at that time. ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yang Bo turned his head and asked, "How many horses have we seized this time?" ”

He Jiu took out a note and looked at it and said: "This time, nearly 200 horses were seized, including nearly 150 war horses, plus we exchanged some horses with the head of the Tartar and Lord Guanglu Tan, and now there are more than 350 war horses in the Thunder Brigade, more than 200 miscellaneous horses, more cattle and sheep seized, nearly 500 more horses, and a little grain. ”

Yang Bo nodded, with the war horse, he could first let the special forces battalion build a dragoon company, and as for the miscellaneous horses, he could also use the smoothbore artillery battalion as a horse. Thinking of this, Yang Bo stood up and said: "He Jiu, your special forces battalion jumped a group of soldiers with superb equestrian skills to come out, and explored the sentinels along the area from Jinzhou to Fuzhou, and annihilated them when they encountered a small group of Tartars, and retreated when they encountered a large number of sentry horses, the key is to monitor the reaction of the Tatar slaves in the area covered by the area."

"In addition," Yang Bo continued: "The Intelligence Department sent a team to investigate the outposts along the area from Guifubao to Tieshan, to investigate the results of the battles on the islands of the Dongjiang River, and, most importantly, to cooperate with the people of the training camp to recruit displaced people from all over the country to come to Lushun Tuntian."

He Jiu nodded: "Yes!" ”

Yang Bo turned to the others again: "Leave a company in the sin camp, plus the sentry cavalry of the special forces camp in Jinzhou, the Thunder Brigade will return to Lushun to rest, and we will make long-term plans after Shang Kexi and Tie Niu are in their class." Liu Dahu? ”

Liu Dahu, the military discipline officer of the arquebus battalion, quickly stood up and said, "My lord! ”

Yang Bo advised: "You stay in Jinzhou to command, if the slave chieftain leads the troops to attack, don't hesitate"

Everyone said in unison: "Yes"

On the twentieth, in the Shenyang Palace, Huang Taiji was talking to several generals of the Han Banner Army, including Kong Youde, Shi Yanzhu, etc., as well as the new generals who were attached soon after the Battle of Dalinghe, etc., and everyone was listening to a craftsman with a firecracker.

"Your Majesty, my lords, there is nothing surprising about this firecracker, but it is more than the ordinary captured Ming army firecracker, and the small one has also been experimented a few times, and it can hit at most eighty steps, which has used three times as much gunpowder, if you increase the weight, I am afraid that this firearm will explode."

Huang Taiji waved his hand, signaling the craftsman to bring the fire hammer up, holding it in his hand and looking at it again and again, after a while, Huang Taiji suddenly said: "Ruitu? ”

Kong Youde didn't dare to slack off, and quickly got up and said, "Your Majesty, the slave is here"

Huang Taiji frowned and asked, "This is the firearm you brought back from Lushun City, that Jimo Camp ......"

Kong Youde said in a low voice: "Guerrilla battalion! ”

Huang Taiji nodded: "Oh, now it's called the guerrilla battalion, why can the guerrilla battalion fight a hundred and twenty steps with this firearm?" ”

Kong Youde shook his head and said: "The minions are also incomprehensible, but these musketeers at the head of the city fell to the city after being hit by arrows, and the minions specially collected them."

Huang Taiji looked at the sweaty craftsman, shook his head and said, "This is strange, why can the Ming army fight so far without fear of exploding?" According to He Dingliao, at least four times as much gunpowder is required to hit one hundred and twenty steps, right? ”

The craftsman was sweating profusely and knelt on the ground with a thud, and the generals in the hall also held their breath and did not dare to interject.

Huang Taiji asked again: "What about the iron-shelled bullet last time, did you see anything in detail?" ”

The craftsman's face was white, and he kowtowed a few times before he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Kong brought back four undetonated iron shells last time, the villain tried to fire one, but he didn't expect it to explode, the small one was disassembled, this iron shell bullet was hollow, filled with gunpowder, iron and other things, and detonated with a fuse, but this iron shell is integrated, it doesn't seem to be made, the villain has also tried to cast it with mud, but it is either broken or cannot be formed, the villain racked his brains but can't think of how the Ming army made this kind of iron shell in large numbers, small incompetence, please punish Your Majesty ......"

Huang Taiji snorted coldly and said to Kong Youde: "Ruitu, this is the craftsman you rely on the most?" Everyone else is using it, and he can't even figure out how to do it! ”

Kong Youde was also panicked and said: "He Dingliao was originally a craftsman under the labor of Hongyi Gongsha, and he was responsible for casting cannons in Dengzhou back then, and his skills were excellent, but I heard that there were also a few Xiyi in the guerrilla camp, maybe it was ......."

Huang Taiji thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Anyway, everyone else is on it, we have to know how to restrain it, right?" ”

Seeing that everyone was sincerely frightened, Huang Taiji said gently: "That's it, He Jianghu, you go back and carefully refer to the details, you must figure it out, I invite everyone to come today, just to ask everyone, have you heard of Yang Bo?" ”

Everyone complained about Kong Youde in their hearts, you know that the Great Khan Ping said that he paid more attention to the Ming army's artillery and other equipment, and brought craftsmen to invite pets, but he brought everyone to accompany him to suffer, but the words of the Great Khan could not help but reply, and after everyone looked left and right, a deputy general of Guan Ning called Zhang Cunren took the lead and returned: "Back to Your Majesty, the villain has never heard of this person, the small ones have always been in the north, and the guards in Shandong are not familiar"

Huang Taiji thought about it, before the surrender of these generals, most of them were generals of the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong Zhili, and the lowest position was also a general guerrilla or something like that, at that time, Yang Bo of the guerrilla battalion was still a small thousand households, and it was normal that he had not heard of it.

Another named Liu Liangchen saw Huang Taiji's appearance, and said boldly: "Your Majesty, what this guerrilla battalion relies on is nothing more than firearms, and the slave is willing to be the vanguard to conquer this Yang Bo of Lushun for the Great Khan!" ”

Huang Taiji suddenly laughed and said: "Okay, okay, Liu Qing's courage is commendable, but although the surnamed Yang occupies Lushun, he doesn't have to make such a big move. ”

Everyone saw that Liu Liangchen had succeeded in speculation and was greatly praised by the Great Khan, and the next clever person also stepped forward and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, although the little one doesn't know that Yang Bo, but the Ming Emperor is mean and unkind, and the little one volunteered, and he is willing to go to Lushun to persuade that Yang Bo to surrender." ”

"Oh?" Huang Taiji was overjoyed in his heart, but asked calmly on his face: "Ma Qing, then Yang Bo has made great contributions in Lushun, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has never treated him badly, what is Ma Qing's plan?" Can you say that Yang Bo surrendered? ”

At the moment, Guan Ning, a guerrilla named Ma Yuan, stubbornly said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, the Ming Dynasty emperor is suspicious and conceited, as long as Your Majesty sends a detailed work to spread rumors, and put more evidence of Yang Bo's correspondence with us, I don't worry that the Ming Dynasty emperor will not take the bait, as long as his monarchs and ministers are separated, the villain will have a chance to persuade that Yang Bo." ”

Huang Taiji nodded: "Yes, what Ma Qing said is very true, but ......"

Before Huang Taiji's words were finished, an attendant hurriedly stepped forward, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Gaizhou Shiguozhu has an urgent report."

Huang Taiji took it, unfolded it and looked at a few lines, and suddenly reached out and slapped it heavily on the table, this sudden change stunned everyone, and they all dared not open their voices in fear.

Huang Taiji tried his best to control his anger, and said lightly: "That's it for today, you guys retreat first"

Hearing Huang Taiji's words, everyone was relieved, and they were speculating in their hearts while rushing out......

"Ritu, you stay," Huang Taiji said suddenly remembering something.

"See for yourself!" Huang Taiji pointed to the urgent report on the ground, Kong Youde bowed his body and read it, panicked in his heart, and it read: "Gaizhou Shiguozhu flew to report to Your Majesty, eighteenth, the Ming army sailors suddenly landed on Lianyun Island, killing more than 400 people of my Jianzhou warriors with blue flags, more than 300 auxiliary soldiers, and the Ming army's banner is still gratifying for the deputy general of Dengzhou......"

"It's still gratifying!"

Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said, "Ruitu, are you familiar with this person?" ”

Kong Youde didn't dare to hesitate, and returned: "Your Majesty, this person was originally the son of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of the Dongjiang River, and he has always been familiar with us, and he can be regarded as a strong general, but this person later took refuge in Huanglong, and Youde broke off contact with him."

Seeing Huang Taiji's questioning eyes, Kong Youde continued: "Dongjiang to Mao Wenlong's death is divided into three factions, one is Shen Shikui's veteran lineage, the second is Mao Chenglu and other righteous sons, and the third is the foreign department placed by the imperial court in Dongjiang. ”

Huang Taiji nodded and said: "Shang Kexi dares to go to Lianyun Island to spread wilderness, relying on nothing more than a sailor, Ruitu, you take the Han Banner Military Department to Gaizhou, help me stabilize the situation in Gaizhou, and the ships in Gaizhou are also under your command." ”

Kong Youde was overjoyed, bowed down and said, "Yes!" ”

The next day, Huang Taiji received an urgent report from Dolgon in Fuzhou, saying that the Ming army sailors landed on Changsheng Island in a big way, killing more than 1,200 warriors defending the island, and a large number of Ming army sentry cavalry invaded along the fortress from Fuzhou to Jinzhou......

On October 23, the Shenyang Dazheng Hall was silent, Huang Taiji sat in the middle with a black face, the surrounding Eight Banner Banner Masters and the various Shangshu, the Banner Gushan Zhangjing and the Han Banner Army Chief Officer and other generals were silent, the room full of people were all smooth heads, dragging a thin pig's tail behind, they listened quietly to the hall A attendant read the urgent reports from all over the world in recent days.

Huang Taiji didn't want to listen to these nonsense that he had heard for a long time, he looked at the reaction of everyone in the hall with a fierce look, Dai Shan still looked at the breezy and cloudy, while turning his fingers, occasionally his eyes met with him, and soon turned again, Dolgon's face was pale, Shi Guozhu lowered his head, Hauge's face was full of anger, Duoduo and Azig lowered their heads and couldn't see clearly, they must be happy in their hearts, Huang Taiji snorted in his heart, turned his head and looked at the generals of the Han Banner Army, although these people were bears and tigers, their faces were hideous, But at this time, he was mostly scared, which made Huang Taiji even more disdainful in his heart.

In the middle of the main hall, there is also a group of people kneeling in the black press, there are Gaizhou's coats, there are Changsheng Island's Ming army's coats, and the Ming army's sentry cavalry fled back to the state after the attack, and there are also the sentry horses who came back after the defeat in Jinzhou, more are Tieshan, Xiuyan, Fengcheng all over the fleeing banners, I don't know what the Ming army has to fight, for a time the Dongjiang coastal departments, Lushun, Dengzhou, etc. are in full bloom, and there is a tendency of war to burn the plains.

Huang Taiji was very angry, Dongjiang was like a dog skin plaster that couldn't be shaken off, it had always been his henchman, these kraft candy that couldn't be beaten to death and couldn't be starved had stopped for a long time since Mao Wenlong's death, and now it was actually ready to move again!

Although from a strategic point of view, Houjin did not have much loss, and those kraft candy returned to the island to continue to blow the wind, but the Dongjiang River, which had already been frightened, began to counterattack, this phenomenon was very serious, and even made his plan passive, in any case, compared with the wealthy Beizhili, the Dongjiang River did not have the slightest attraction to him.

In the main hall, the attendant was reading the Ming army sentry cavalry in Fuzhou: "Seventeen, the Ming army sentry cavalry lost its trace after breaking through the Yuehe Fort, the second said that it suddenly appeared in the Fifty Zhai Fort, the third said that it broke the post along the river, and the Fuzhou sentry rode around, searching vigorously, and then the Ming army sentry and the twenty broke the bear stop fort and returned to Jinzhou, and our army could not catch up......"

Huang Taiji suddenly asked, "Murgen Daiqing, what do you have to say?" ”

Dolgon's heart sank, Huang Taiji usually called him the old fourteen, and now said that he used Morgen to wear green to sarcastically mock him, obviously Huang Taiji was already extremely angry in his heart.

Dolgon lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Dolgon has nothing to say. ”

Huang Taiji snorted, turned his head and pointed to a person who was dressed up and said, "How did Jinzhou lose it, you can tell me!" ”

The one collapsed to the ground, first knocked his head dripping with blood, and then said in a trembling voice: "On the eighteenth, Lord Tiemoda received a call for help from Wanghai Fort in Jinzhou, and the Guanglu Ming army landed and attacked on a large scale, surrounding Wanghai Fort, and the Lord also hesitated, but everyone said that if the Ming army was allowed to go ashore rampantly and took Wanghai Fort under our noses, wouldn't it be ridiculous?" The adults had decided to discuss it, so they took the soldiers and horses out of the city to rescue, but they didn't expect to ...... halfway on the way."

The one burst into tears, and he couldn't say anything anymore.

Huang Taiji said thoughtfully: "Your scalp hasn't been shaved for several days, right?" Drag it down, and you won't have to shave it again. ”

At this moment, Haoge, who had been silent, suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the placket of Shi Guozhu, the guard of Gaizhou, and slapped more than a dozen times in a row...... (To be continued.) )