Chapter 22: The Spy of the Prisoners

Yang He continued: "But the villain thinks that what Jianyu wants to rob is not the materials of the Ming army. Although Da Ming has repeatedly lost battles with Jianyu in the past two years, it is by no means that he does not even have the strength to fight back, **Hachi is not a fool, he should know that fighting is to die.

Why did Jianyu delay his march to Quang Ninh? Just because he suffered a lot in Xipingbao, the loss was too great. The generals have fought a bloody battle with Jianlu in Xipingbao, do you estimate, how many people died in Jianyu under the city of Xipingbao? ”

"There were at least four or five thousand dead and wounded, and this was still undercounted for him." Black Cloud Crane Road.

"A small Xiping Fort will cost the Jianyu four or five thousand people, so how many people will die to capture the city of Guangning, which is much stronger than Xiping Fort? **Hachi will not consider? I estimate that it won't take much, and if there are another four or five thousand casualties, Hachi won't be able to stand it. Yang He continued.

"The population of Jianyu is small, and it is absolutely impossible to withstand such a big loss of 10,000 people." Gauze**.

Yang He said: "Therefore, the villain thinks that Jianyu is unwilling to fight a tough battle with the Ming army, and their main purpose is not to rob the materials of the Ming army. Of course, if our army is about to collapse at the slightest touch, they will naturally not let go of our military funds.

From the villain's point of view, the real purpose of Jianyu is just to rob the materials of our Ming people to supplement supplies, if the villain guesses correctly, Jianyu should be robbing the people everywhere now. ”

Black Cloud Crane nodded: "Judging from the movements of the scouts, this is indeed the case. ”

Yang He sighed: "Jianyu is actually just a strong outsider, if they can't grab the supplies, their lives will be sad." But if they get the supplies, they will get through it and grow stronger. After they grow stronger, they will continue to attack the Ming Dynasty. ”

"I understand what you mean, if we retreat now, we will let Jianlu loot on a large scale, which is equivalent to sitting and watching Jianyu get through the difficulties." Gauze**.

"Even if we want to retreat, we must first evacuate all the people, burn all the useful materials, and we must not let the Jianyu grab anything. Otherwise, we will face a stronger Jianyu next time, and we will fight more hard, and the generals will not think that we have withdrawn this time, and we will not have to fight next time Jianyu comes, right? Yang He said.

Hei Yunhe smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid that the next time Jianyu comes back, we people will bear the brunt of it." ”

Yang He hugged his fists: "The villain's words are finished, as for how to decide, it is the generals' business, and the villain will retire." ”

"Wait." Gauze**.

Turning his head to look at Hei Yunhe, Li Maochun and Zhang Mingxian, Luo Cheng sighed and said: "Three brothers, Luo Mou doesn't want to bear the infamy of abandoning the wounded soldiers, in addition, he knows his own family affairs, Luo Mou may not live long, so, I will not leave, I want to live and die with Guangning." ”

Zhang Ming first looked at Hei Yunhe and Li Maochun and suddenly scolded: "Damn, we were trapped in Xiping Fort at the beginning, trapped and waiting to die, but fortunately, Brother Yang set fire to the Jianyu camp, and we took the opportunity to escape." After living for so many more days, it is already earned, and Lao Tzu should not have run out of Xiping Fort, wouldn't he die! ”。

"It's better to die than to be poked in the back." Li Maochun said.

Heiyunhe shook his head, sighed and said, "Since everyone is not leaving, let's figure out how to defend the city." Yang He, you can also help with the details, don't agitate and you'll be fine. ”

"Since the generals have made up their minds to defend the city, the villain is ready to listen to the orders of the generals." Yang He said busily.

"Listen to what orders! Let you help with the idea. Black Cloud Crane said.

Yang He looked at Luo Yiyi, and Luo Zheng waved his hand: "It's all here, don't hide it." ”

Yang He nodded, pondered for a long time, and said, "Since General Luo raised the villain, the villain will say a few more words." ”

After a pause, Yang He continued: "First of all, we have to determine the goal of this operation, the villain believes that the purpose of our battle is not to fight a decisive battle with Jianguo, but to delay time, to buy time for the people to withdraw to Shanhaiguan, as long as the people can all withdraw, then our goal of sticking to Guangning will be achieved." ”

"That's a good point." Black Cloud Crane nodded.

"After the goal is set, we will go all out to complete this goal, and we must notify the surrounding people as soon as possible so that they can immediately withdraw to the Guannai." Yang He said.

Luo Yi nodded: "Let the people only bring food and necessary materials, otherwise, the people will take everything, and I don't know if it will take the Year of the Monkey to run to Shanhaiguan." Burn all the rest, and don't leave anything for Jianyu. ”

"I'll leave this matter to the Doomsday." Zhang Ming said first.

Luo Yi looked at Zhang Mingxian: "Don't overdo it." ”

Zhang Mingxian nodded: "The last general will take care of it." ”

Yang He continued: "Then, we have to organize the evacuation of the wounded soldiers immediately, as long as the wounded soldiers are gone, when we evacuate, there will be no drag." ”

Luo always nodded.

"In the end, we will organize the evacuation of wounded soldiers, but there is one thing, some of the wounded soldiers are too seriously injured, I am afraid they will not be able to leave." Li Maochun said.

Luo Yi sighed: "If you can't go, there's no way, we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Li Maochun nodded silently.

Yang He continued: "In the end, it is to defend Guangning, Xiong Tingbi will not come, we can only use Xiong Tingbi's banner to deter Jianyu for a while, and we will never be able to hide how long Jianyu will last, so we still have to be prepared to fight to the death." ”

"The difficulty now is to defend, Quang Ninh City is too big, with our manpower, we will definitely not be able to take care of the four city walls, if Jianyu attacks on all fronts, we will definitely not be able to defend it." Black Cloud Crane Road.

Yang He nodded, the lack of manpower is indeed their biggest shortcoming.

After pondering for a while, Yang He said, "How much gunpowder do we have?" ”

Heiyunhe said: "There is a lot of gunpowder, but the number of artillery is not much, and the role of artillery is limited. It's really just a deterrent. ”

"It's easy to have gunpowder, as long as there is gunpowder, we don't need to defend all the walls, so we can concentrate all our forces, all the artillery, all on the front. And when it really comes to the point where we can't hold on, we can still die with Jianyu. Yang He said.

Luo has always been surprised when he heard this: "As long as there is gunpowder, it will do?" Ben will have been fighting for so many years, and he still doesn't know how to use gunpowder to defend the city, let's listen to it. ”

Yang He said: "Let's withdraw from Xiping Fort to Guangning, this road is full of mountains, only a section of the terrain in the south of Guangning City is flat, I estimated, less than a mile." We only need to blow up the flat land in the south of the city, and the Jianyu cavalry will not be able to bypass Quang Ninh from the south of the city, and then we will blow up the ground in the north of the city, and the Jianguo will not be able to bypass Quang Ninh, so they can only obediently attack the city from the east. ”

"No matter how bad the terrain is, if Jianyu walks slowly, it is not impossible to pass. Don't forget, you also came out of the mountains on horseback, so no matter how bad the ground is, it won't be more difficult than the mountain road, right? Zhang Ming said first.

"How dare he? We only need to set up a few cannons at the southeast and northeast corners, and you can see if Jianyu has the courage to bypass Quang Ninh City. Black Cloud Crane said.

Zhang Mingxian patted his head when he heard this: "Yes, yes, if Jianyu dares to go, as soon as our cannon goes off, it will be a series of bombardments." ”

"In this case, we only need to defend the eastern wall, so that the pressure on the defense will be greatly reduced." Gauze**.

Yang He said: "The villain is only worried about whether our gunpowder is enough to destroy the ground in the south and north of the city, and the villain wants to see how much gunpowder there is in the arsenal." ”

Luo Yi waved his hand: "Yunhe, you send someone to take him." ”

Hei Yunhe nodded, summoned the soldiers on duty at the gate, and ordered him to take Yang He to the arsenal to count the gunpowder.

When Yang He went out, Luo Yi looked at Yang He's back and sighed lightly: "It seems that I still underestimate this person, this person is not chaotic in the face of danger, thoughtful, and will be handsome in the future." ”

Hei Yunhe pondered for a while and said: "Dashuai, Yang He said that he was from Shandong, and he was captured by Jianyu when he went to Liaodong to buy mountain goods, and then ran out looking for an opportunity. ”

"You don't think he's a spy of Jianyu, do you?" Gauze**.

Hei Yunhe shook his head: "Where is there a talent in Jianyu who knows how to use gunpowder?" If so, how can you let him come out as a spy? ”

"Maybe this man was born to be a soldier and fight a war." Gauze**.

Black Cloud Crane sighed: "It can only be explained like this." ”

After thinking about it, Hei Yunhe continued: "Marshal, we didn't have enough soldiers before, and we haven't arranged a position for Yang He, but now we have gathered nearly 3,000 deserters, and there is just a lack of grassroots officers, do you think Yang He is appointed to an official position?" ”

Luo Yi nodded: "Wasn't that Zhang Shun promoted to a sentry officer?" Replenish his troops and let Yang He serve as a captain under him. ”

"Let Yang He be the captain? Is the position lower? Zhang Ming said first.

Luo Yi looked at Zhang Mingxian and shook his head and said, "You, there are some things that you really can't understand as well as Yang He." Do you think it's a good thing to bring Yang He up all of a sudden?

Although Yang He has made a lot of contributions, after all, he has just joined the army, do you think those veterans will obey him? If you promote him to a sentry and have more than 100 people under him, do you think he can manage it now?

I'm not doubting Yang He's ability, but at this time, Yang He's energy can't be focused on how to subdue his soldiers.

I appointed him as the captain and let him serve under Zhang Shun, because Zhang Shun looked like a veteran soldier, with him, and those who came out with Zhang Shun to help, Yang He didn't have to worry about his soldiers.

When this battle is over, everyone will see Yang He's performance, and it will not be too late to promote him, but I don't know how long he can live, and Yang He will probably have to rely on you to support him in the future. ”

"What does the marshal say, your injury is fine, as long as you recuperate for a while." Heiyunhe and the others were busy.

Luo Yi shook his head: "I know in my heart, I'm afraid my injury won't get better." If I can't get up, Yunhe, you will preside over military affairs on my behalf. ”