Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Emperor Taiji Arrives in Person

After the report of the guards, Dordor saw the dying messenger, and because he was illiterate, he found a messenger to read to him, and after listening to it, his face was cloudy, and he turned to consult Dorgon, and when he returned, the messenger and the messenger's head were hung outside the big tent for public display......

Early the next morning, although the two white flags of the right-wing Dolgon brothers did not evacuate, the patrol of the sentry cavalry was much smaller, and the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they deliberately kept a safe distance from a distance, but the Amula department of the left wing did not know about it, and the Ming army sentry cavalry fought in full swing, and some men and horses were damaged.

On September 10, the road to Uiju was almost blocked by thousands of Dingkou, and the people of Xuandae who had been captured by the Houjin were silently obeying all kinds of humiliating orders, and walked silently to the unknown barbaric hell one by one in the crowd.

Yang Bo has been supervising the progress of Mopan City during this time, in order to boost morale, Yang Bo also specially transferred the Shi Jinhua troupe to come over, for the soldiers and craftsmen who participated in the construction of the city to perform condolences, of course, after Zhang Dabao's careful selection, the repertoire has a strong pertinence, and various agitation language appears frequently, like

"I'd rather live twenty years less than build a mill city!"

"Resolutely smash the crazy counterattack of the Tartars, and we must liberate the Han people of Liaodong who live in the water and fire!"

"Whoever dares to object, delaying the construction of the mill city, will smash his dog's head, knock him to the ground, and step on one foot again. so that he will never be able to turn over", etc., of course, the results achieved are also satisfactory.

Yang Bo sat in his study with a sad face, and he needed inspiration for writing the script. It's a pity that his pitiful language reserves have been emptied, and in addition, Zong Yuanfang wrote a letter to complain, he took the two battalions of the Rock Brigade Qin Wang, originally thought that this credit was nine out of ten, but he didn't expect to run empty, and he didn't even catch a fart, and he tried his best to raise food for the two battalions along the way. As soon as Liaonan made a move, Huang Taiji actually ran away!

Zong Yuanfang's anger can be imagined, and he asked to be transferred back to Lushun several times. However, the Ministry of War was worried that Houjin would kill the horse, and refused to let this new force that guarded the gate of the Beijing Division leave. Zong Yuanfang had no choice but to write a letter and scold Yang Bo for not being righteous.

Just Yang Bo worked hard to write the book. When he replied to Zong Yuanfang, Liu Bingwen of the Intelligence Department brought a message that the Military Police Department had captured five spies a few days ago, and the first one insisted that he was sent by Zu Keyong, the deputy general of Jinzhou, to visit the adults in Lushun. I am here to report to you.

Yang Bo was a little surprised, thought for a while, and said, "Zu Keyong? Does the ancestral family have this person? ”

Liu Bingwen nodded: "It's Zu Dashou's cousin." It is said that he was deeply trusted by Zu Dashou. ”

Yang Bo stood up and walked around a few times, and said: "Last time, I asked Dongjiang Shang Kexi and others to match, but I didn't expect this matter to be over, seeing that the big war is imminent, this ancestor Dashou Baba sent someone over, what do you think of the Intelligence Division?" ”

Liu Bingwen nodded and said: "I'm afraid that Zu Dashou, the old fox, also sees that there must be a big war in Fuzhou, the villain thinks that he is ready to bet in advance, if we win the battle of Fuzhou, it is estimated that Zu Dashou will take the initiative to post it, if we lose, he will naturally not have happened to these spies." ”

Yang Bo said again: "Where were those spies captured?" ”

Liu Bingwen motioned for the clerk to take a confession, and glanced at it a few times before saying: "It seems that Zu Dashou is very curious about our military aspects, these spies have been trying to sneak into the gunpowder factory, the gunpowder factory, and one was captured in Jimo."

Yang Bo snorted in his nostrils and said to Liu Bingwen: "Let Huang Jiucheng investigate, and all the tunbao should also be vigilant to see if there will be any fish that slip through the net, Liaozhen actually mixed five spies in at a time, so what about spies in other places?" And what about the post-gold aspect? ”

Seeing Yang Bo's contemplative appearance, Liu Bingwen asked, "Can you see it?" These people have been secretly escorted over? ”

Yang Bo shook his head: "No, let's cool them down first, and you can arrange some seizures for them to see, such as those equipment and armor that have not had time to deal with it, but they are not allowed to move freely, and you can send someone to probe their tone again."

Seeing that Liu Bingwen was a little surprised, Yang Bo said: "Zu Dashou is scared, he originally made up his mind to swing between the imperial court and Houjin, but with our successive victories, the power has expanded to the first line of Liaozhong, if this time we repel the full siege of Huang Taiji, do you say Zu Dashou will be afraid that we will take over Liaozhen by the order of the imperial court?" ”

Liu Bingwen said: "If you force it too hard, will Zu Dashou fall to Houjin?" Wouldn't the adult's plan to do business with the warlords of Liaoxi fall through? If it is inconvenient for the adults to see these messengers, the villain is willing to do it for him, and it is a good start for Zu Dashou to send someone, why don't we take this opportunity to establish a communication channel with Liaozhen, so that we can further trade in the future? ”

Yang Bo shook his head: "If Liaozhen is determined to take refuge in Houjin, it will not be able to bind them by trade alone, on the one hand, it is necessary to use force to deter, let these messengers see the means of our Thunder Division, only in Fuzhou to completely defeat the main force of Huang Taiji, Liaozhen wants to sway, we can't ignore our attitude, and then show goodwill, so that we can also occupy a psychological advantage in business and trade, the so-called carrot and stick is what it means." In fact, there is no last moment, Zu Dashou will not easily sell himself to Houjin, I know his thoughts too well, but unfortunately Zu Dashou is calculating, he will definitely not count my thoughts, let's have a salary at the bottom of the kettle, when Houjin is destroyed, it is the time of showdown with Zu Dashou, and then the new account and the old account will be counted together! ”

Liu Bingwen nodded sincerely and said: "The adults see it clearly, and the villains admire it." ”

Yang Bo smiled, and only said after half a sound: "Actually, I am very short of silver now, but what are you talking about with Zu Dashou now?" Except for liquor, none of the tobacco leaves I have high hopes for have been planted on a large scale? We're going so fast that we're going to have to stop and wait. Well, tobacco leaves. ”

On September 20, the Imperial Taiji army arrived at Xiping Fort. After only staying for one night, the next day they rushed towards Fuzhou, and the forward of Yue Tuo's department had already arrived in Gaizhou.

On September 25th, after two and a half months of emergency repair, the main body of the bricks was completed, and a majestic city stood proudly on the shore of the Liaohai Sea. The circumference of the Mopan City is five miles and eighty steps, three zhang high, and the city wall is tall and majestic. The whole city is a bit like the Spanish phalanx, with protruding walls built at the four corners, and with the cover of dense battlements, soldiers can easily strike at the enemy who storms the city gates. Mopan City only has two gates, north and south. The south water gate is called Yaowu Gate, the north gate is called Yangwei Gate, there is an urn city built in the east and west, the arrow tower on the city wall is lined up, the moat outside the city has been opened and injected with water, it can be said that there is no internal response, and it is not easy for Huang Taiji to lay down the mill city.

September 28. A banner with a red flag appeared outside the city of Fuzhou, according to the report of the sentry horseman. Yang Bo immediately ordered some of the craftsmen who had completed the infrastructure to withdraw to Lushun in batches, and the remaining 2,000 men had to rush to repair the barracks, warehouses and other facilities in the city, and the defense of the south gate should also be completed before the winter freeze.

In the middle of the night of September 30th, most of the Tartars who had fallen asleep suddenly heard two earth-shattering loud noises, and the commotion in the Houjin camp soon subsided, Dolgon and Duoduo sent sentry cavalry to investigate, but did not expect that the Ming army, which had been known to have tacit understanding, was abnormal, a large number of Ming cavalry ambushed in the north of Fuzhou City, and strongly strangled the Houjin sentry cavalry who were at a disadvantage in numbers, and after receiving the urgent report, Dolgon and others were suspicious, for fear that the Ming army would attack in a big way, and it was not until dawn that the Ming cavalry retreated like a tide.

The Panshi Battalion Mountain Infantry Battalion stationed in Fuzhou ripped off the southern wall of Fuzhou under the cover of cavalry, this wall had been dug up and loosened before, and after completing the task, the mountain battalion soldiers retreated to Mopan City in an orderly manner, and there were three battalions along the way to break the rear, and when Dolgon sent sentry cavalry to Fuzhou after dawn, the Thunder Division soldiers had returned to Mopan City.

On October 5th, the Huang Taiji army rushed to Fuzhou, the former army sentry cavalry immediately blocked all areas from Fuzhou to Mopan City, the farthest sentry cavalry even appeared under the city of Jinzhou, Dolgon and others were organizing the wrapping to repair the southern wall that was stripped off by the Ming army, the Huang Taiji who got the news was full of anger, and he didn't care about the fatigue of the carriage and horses, and he didn't have time to take a breath and came to Mopan City to investigate the enemy.

Huang Taiji pointed at the majestic mill city with his horsewhip and said loudly, "Who can tell me how Yang Bo did it?" How did Yang Bo build this city in full view of everyone and under the threat of my Eight Banners? ”

Huang Taiji said sharply: "Good ability, this city is not inferior to Dalinghe City, how many lives do we have to fill in the Eight Banners to capture it?" Yang Bo has a water master, how can we trap it? Abatai, you come to tell me? ”

Abatai's heart trembled, and he hurriedly fell down and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Bo has blocked the Fuzhou area, and it is too late for the servants to learn that Yang Bo is building a new city in Yangguanbao."

Dolgon, Duoduo, and Yue Tuo also echoed, and Yue Tuo said: "Your Majesty, the sentry can't find out the news, so ......"

Huang Taiji sneered: "So, such a majestic city, it was built right under your noses, and you didn't even know about it? ”

Duoduo stiffened his neck and said: "Your Majesty, that Yang Bo was premeditated, he has been secretly building a new city since the siege of Gaizhou, our troops are too small, and Yang Bo has fought several times, but we have not been able to gain the upper hand, and we cannot break through the blockade of the Ming army......"

Huang Taiji suddenly felt a burst of breath and tightness in his chest, he breathed a sigh of relief vigilantly, the blockage in his chest was relieved a lot, Huang Taiji looked at the people who were hanging their heads, and suddenly there was a burst of weakness in his heart.

"Let's all go back and discuss!" Huang Taiji snatched the reins and turned over on the horse, and disappeared in the eyes of everyone.

That night, the lights in the big tent in Fuzhou were bright, except for Haoge and Prince Zheng Jierharang who stayed in Shengjing, most of the nobles of the Eight Banners arrived, and the huge butter candle shaved the back of everyone's heads, and the emperor Taiji sat on a makeshift Taishi chair with a gloomy face, because he was worried about the rough burrs, the guards also laid a fur, no way, the Ming army stripped everything that could be picked up in Fuzhou City, and everything that could be destroyed was destroyed, and even the well threw several rotting corpses into it, in fact, What they also need to worry about is whether Fuzhou City will collapse suddenly, because the corners of the walls on all sides have been hollowed out for them.

"I've come all the way, it's really shocking, isn't it?" Huang Taiji sighed and spoke slowly, the beating firelight illuminating his figure swaying.

Huang Taiji said in a gloomy tone: "Now that the new city has been built, how should we deal with it?" Let's talk about it, right? ”

Almost all the flags present have fought with Yang Bo's subordinates, and they already know the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and then the army still has a strong city, how to deal with it? Storming, what are you kidding, how many people do you have to die to fight down?

"The minions thought that the only way to annihilate the Ming army was to wait until the sea froze in winter, and that the Ming army in Xincheng could surround them without the support of the sailors," Abatai muttered.

Dai Shan suddenly opened his slightly drooping eyes, and snorted coldly: "There are only two appointments for Liaohai to freeze, and this time can break the new city?" Back then, the Daling River was also surrounded for half a year, don't forget, the Ming army in the city not only has cavalry, but also has the ability to fight in the field! ”

Abatai whispered: "Having said that, but back then, more than 70,000 people from my Eight Banners besieged Dalinghe just to besiege the city for reinforcements, if it was attacked with all its might, why would Dalinghe City be used for half a year?" ”

Abatai said again: "The minions think that the elite of the Lushun Ming army is all in the new city, and even Yang Bo himself is in the command of the new city, if you can take this opportunity to defeat them, there will be no forces in the entire southern Liaoning that can compete with my Eight Banners!" ”

Abatai's words stirred the hearts of many people...... (To be continued......)