Chapter 407 Contest

Huang Taiji listened to the strategy of his strategist, frowned, in the sweat tent, walking back and forth rapidly, this plan, but it is really a hammer deal, if the cannon does not blast the city wall, those cannons can be finished, Huang Taiji himself knows his own details, the so-called cannons, the so-called gunners, are all improvised together, it is not easy to fire the cannons, to say that a few rounds of artillery will collapse the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort, and it has to collapse for a long time, this is obviously difficult, to say that riding and archery, Huang Taiji has a hundred and twenty grasp, However, if it is a cannon, Huang Taiji is very unconfident in the accuracy of those gunners, and the news from the Ming Dynasty Jingshi shows that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to train gunners, and even hired gunners from the Yi people to teach, which can be said to be a big investment.

"Xiantai, this is indeed a bit certain, but it is also a hammer deal, if it can be done, it has been done a long time ago, why wait until today? If I don't smash the city wall of Zhenjiang Fort, then the loss of my Dajin is not only the cannon, but also my Dajin warriors, I am afraid of thousands of deaths and injuries, not to mention, that Zhenjiang Fort is known as Jiulian City, in addition to the outer wall, there is also a fort inside, and the city wall is connected, just the city wall in front of it, I am afraid, alas......" Huang Taiji said more and more uncertainly.

Fan Wencheng was very calm, and said: "Great Khan, this is indeed a hammer deal, but it is also an opportunity, Great Khan, I have checked the almanac, today is the Xuanyue, after the time, there is no moon, at that time, the sky is completely dark, it can be said that you can't see the five fingers, and you can't see the movement below on the city wall at all, but you can first send people as in the past, keep making noise under the city, so as to paralyze the people on the city wall, and then drag the cannon to the near of the city wall, line up, and fire fiercely, if you are lucky, You can blast the walls of Zhenjiang Fort open for a long time, once it is blasted open, then our army will cover up, maybe you can go down with a drum, even if there are some casualties, but it will never be unbearable, if it is not blasted, just give up, and come back after a while, so as to prevaricate Zhubeile, it is also a good thing, it is better than my Dajin's warriors to send their lives......" Fan Wencheng explained his plan more clearly.

Huang Taiji frowned even more, kept walking around, and kept muttering: "Shang Xuanyue, Shang Xuanyue......, well, it makes sense." After the time, there is no light, take this opportunity, you can indeed pull the cannon down near the city wall, even if the accuracy is poor, want to get so close, it will not always be empty cannon, if you are lucky, in one fell swoop to collapse a section of the city wall, then Zhenjiang Fort has no city to rely on, and it is not difficult to attack the city...... but ......, Xiantai, how can Ben Khan still feel a little ......, how to say it? I feel unsure" Although Huang Taiji's heart was a little loose, deep down, he still felt unreliable.

"Great Khan, this plan, once successful, then Zhenjiang Fort can be down, and my army can also return as soon as possible, now the army is outside, although Yuan Manzi and Lin Dan Khan can not pose any threat to my Shengjing, but the Great Khan, the grain and grass have become more and more unsustainable, and too much is consumed on the way, and even if it is not successful, it can be regarded as an attack on the city, so it is enough to prevaricate Zhubeile,...... Also, Great Khan, I'm afraid these cannons won't last long......" Fan Wencheng lowered his head and said carefully.

"It won't take long? What is the meaning? Huang Taiji paused for a moment and asked.

"Back to the Great Khan, today Wen Cheng went to inspect those cannons and talked to an old gunner, and the old gunner told Wen Cheng that these cannons can no longer be fought, and if they fight again, it is estimated that they will have to blow up ......, and today two cannons have cracked ......, and the rest is estimated to not last long." After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, he lowered his head.

"What? Can't fight anymore? Why? Huang Taiji asked in disbelief.

"Great Khan, our cannons, themselves from the Ming Dynasty, before they came to the hands of my Dajin, have been used for many years, after they are in the hands of my Dajin, they have not been used for many years, and the barrels of the cannons have been corroded badly, and Mao Wenlong's water camp has been constantly harassed recently, and there are a lot of cannons, so ......" Fan Wencheng reminded, his head was lowered lower, they Dajin would not cast cannons, these cannons were still made from the Ming Dynasty in the early years, after years of rust, and recently they have been fired one after another, so the life of the cannon has reached the limit, and it is not far from being scrapped.

"This ......" Huang Taiji was very angry, his heart was also very stuffy, and the sense of powerlessness in his heart became heavier and heavier, the Ming Dynasty was still an existence that needed to be raised by the mountains, even if it defeated hundreds of thousands of officers and troops in the Ming Dynasty, but, in the blink of an eye, the Ming Dynasty could come out with hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers, and in the blink of an eye, he could mobilize countless artillery to continue fighting, and he Dajin, although much better, but it was indeed walking on thin ice, although it succeeded again and again, but as long as it failed once, it was a place of no return. ,

"So......, Dashuai, those cannons are used to make a hammer deal, and if you do it, you will do it, and if you don't do it, you can only abandon it, Dashuai, why don't you take advantage of it and still fire, give it a try? Maybe it's a ......, if you don't do it, you won't have a chance......" Fan Wencheng reminded in a low voice on the side, and after speaking, Fan Wencheng's head couldn't be lower.

Huang Taiji took a deep breath, this time, there was no choice.

"Alas...... well, let's fight according to the constitution, let it go, I hope that God will have mercy on ...... and collapse the walls of Zhenjiang Fort in one fell swoop." Huang Taiji wanted to look up at the sky, but unfortunately, there was a tent roof above his head, and he could only see a well-decorated tent roof.

"No, Great Khan, just use these cannons to give it a go, it can work best, even if it doesn't work, the dead and injured are not my Dajin's warriors, and they are even more prevaricating the Baylors, so, it couldn't be better......" Fan Wencheng reminded in a low voice.

Huang Taiji glanced at Fan Wencheng a few times and said, "Xiandou is right,...... However, in this way, my Dajin will no longer have any effective means of siege, except for the death siege, it can only be attacked, and the hard attack will definitely not work, then there is only a way to the death siege......, the death siege, the long time, as Xiandou said, I Dajin can't bear it, who knows how much grain is stored in Zhenjiang Fort? The Empress sighed again.

"Great Khan, in fact, in addition to the cannon, it is not without things that restrain Zhenjiang Fort......" Fan Wencheng said in a low voice.

Huang Taiji looked at his adviser in surprise, what else could restrain Zhenjiang Fort? They can hit the things in Zhenjiang Fort after Jin, but not much, except for those cannons of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing that can build Zhenjiang Fort, and the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the cannons, just those big Buddha Lang machines, can easily hit two or three hundred steps away, four or five hundred steps away, this is no longer manpower, and their Dajin can do nothing except for riding and shooting.

"Xiandou, but what else is there to do?" Huang Taiji asked with a hint of surprise.

"Great Khan, in fact, we can also dig the ground, Wen Cheng observed the situation of fighting for many days, and found that although this cannon is sharp, if it can dig a hole in the ground and hide it in the ground, then, this cannon is useless, it is difficult to hit the hole, even if it hits, it will not be like on the ground, jump up and hurt people, and it is the same to deal with the big Buddha Lang machine, if I can dig a trench in order to get close to the city wall, or siege the city, or make noise, or a surprise attack, it is much more convenient, and it can avoid the people on Zhenjiang Fort from discovering, Unnecessary casualties can also be avoided,......" Fan Wencheng said.

"Reasonable, reasonable, Xiandou, you are really the Zhuge of Ben Khan." When Huang Taiji heard this, he was so happy that he almost jumped up, and he wanted to pat something with his hand, only to find that the blood on his hand was still not dry, so he could only withdraw his hand, and turned back and forth happily, but he threw the whip behind his head into flight.

"Then according to Xiandou, how should this trench be dug?" Huang Taiji was very excited and asked about the details.

"Back to the Great Khan, Wen Cheng thought that the big trench should be dug one zhang deep, one zhang wide, and obliquely to the city wall, so that the cannons on the city wall and the cannonballs could not shoot directly into my trench; The small trench does not need to be so deep, only one or two people can pass, can accommodate the body, several trenches are staggered, it can be convenient to transfer troops from the trench, pass, so, then Zhenjiang Fort does not know my bottom details, I don't know where I have many soldiers, where the soldiers are thin, day and night noise, so that Mao Wenlong is tired to cope, so a few days, I think Zhenjiang Fort must be exhausted, and when Zhenjiang Fort is exhausted, it is the time when I Dajin attacks the city......" Fan Wencheng squinted his eyes and talked eloquently.

"Okay" Huang Taiji suddenly figured out something, he was very happy, slapped on the desk on the side, and then grabbed a small wooden stick and began to draw circles on the sand table.

"Xiandou, this is a very good plan,...... Very good......" Huang Taiji looked at the sand table for a while, drew a circle on Zhenjiang Fort with a small wooden stick, and found another problem, and said: "...... Although this plan is good, it is a pity that this big insect river is too close to Zhenjiang Fort, otherwise, Ben Khan sent people to dig a circle of trenches around Zhenjiang Fort for two or three miles, and build a wall outside the trench, this Mao Wenlong does not need my big gold to fight, he will starve to death, but it's a pity, it's a pity that this big insect river......" Huang Taiji suddenly took a small stick and drew it fiercely on the sand table, drawing the logo of the big insect river to a sparse sparse mark.

Fan Wencheng watched Huang Taiji use a wooden stick to scratch the big insect river on the edge of Zhenjiang Fort, and his heart was full of confidence, but now, confidence seemed to have been scratched with Huang Taiji's movements. ,

"Xiandou, this kung fu on the water is my Dajin's weakness, Mao Wenlong has a water camp, the water camp must come to the rescue, we want to completely surround Zhenjiang Fort to death, how to solve the problem on the water?" Huang Taiji looked at the sand table that was sparsely drawn by himself, and said stupidly, if Zhenjiang Fort is not by the river, then he can use this method of his own strategists to completely surround the Ming army with a trench, as for those who came to the rescue, Huang Taiji didn't care at all, fighting in the field, Huang Taiji was never afraid of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, but unfortunately, Zhenjiang Fort leaned on the water's edge, and the one who came to save Mao Wenlong must be the water camp, the meaning of the trench is less than half, and it can only be used as a tool for noise and surprise attacks, rather than waiting for work to completely solve Mao Wenlong's strange plan, and the difference is quite large.

Fan Wencheng lowered his head and said: "Great Khan, this water matter, my Dajin has always been very weak, unable to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and now the plan, and there is no cannon to rely on, I can only make some small boats, or water rows, which are full of firewood and fireworks, once the downstream comes up to Mao Wenlong's water camp, then let these fire boats go down, perhaps, you can stop Mao Wenlong's water camp, but after all, this is not a long-term reliable way; Or, cut down a large number of trees in the upper reaches of Zhenjiang Fort and put them on the shore for standby, once there is a large group of water battalions downstream to help, then cut the ropes and let these trees down, perhaps, you can stop Mao Wenlong's water camp for a while, however, this is not a long-term solution This Zhenjiang Fort is too close to the river to encircle it" Fan Wencheng has no good way to do things on the water, originally, it is a good way to seal the river with cannons, but unfortunately, Dajin can't make his own cannons, and the captured cannons will soon be unusable, this short board is too short, even if there are too many strong Ming Dynasty in other aspects, it will not help.

Huang Taiji listened for a while, and said: "Since I am not as good as the Ming Dynasty in the water affairs, then I will make ......up for it with riding and shooting" Huang Taiji stared at the sand table for a long time, as if he had suddenly decided something, and suddenly said.

"What does the Great Khan mean?" Fan Wencheng asked.

"Although I don't have a warship, but this is not the sea, this big worm river is not very wide, the narrow place is only two or three hundred steps, I rushed forward quickly with cavalry, shot his sail with a rocket, as long as the sail is ignited, I think the warship has no sail, I see how Mao Wenlong's water camp comes up......" Huang Taiji thought for a long time, and seemed to have finally found a way to restrain the enemy.

"Great Khan, this is indeed a way, however, there are also some sharp firearms on the warship, once fired, it is difficult to get close, if you want to burn the sails, I am afraid that the loss will be not small, the Great Khan ......, the longer and more this unwinnable battle is fought, the more unfavorable it is to my big gold" Fan Wencheng reminded, this method, he didn't think about it earlier, but the warship is not just standing there and letting you burn the target, one or two hundred steps, there are many things on the warship that can be hit, if you force the sails of the elite fight, this is obviously not a thing to row, The warships of the Ming Dynasty are on the water, Dajin has no warships, and it is always impossible to cause much loss to the warships, and once the warships are fired, Dajin must have losses, and constantly exchange the elite for the sails of the Ming Dynasty, which is obviously not a good deal, the more battles that cannot be won, the greater the damage to morale, Daikin is a bandit group supported by continuous victories, if the long-term hard use of human life to fill the sails of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of battle, the more it is fought, the more unfavorable it is to Dajin.

Huang Taiji was silent for a long time, in this case, he also calculated, Dajin did not have a warship, that is to say, it could not constitute substantial damage to the warships of the Ming Dynasty, it could only burn other people's sails, or burn a few holes in the warships of the Ming Dynasty, and the firearms on the warships of the Ming Dynasty were not as good as on land, once fired, there must be casualties, even if there were not many casualties, but over the years, it was also a large number, thinking of exchanging the sails of the Ming Dynasty with his elite troops, Huang Taiji was speechless for a long time.

There is only silence in the sweat tent, the shortcomings of Houjin, in this battle of Zhenjiang Fort, are very exposed, cannons, warships, Houjin is the same, cannons can also capture some from the Ming Dynasty, but the warships are really weak, in the face of this kind of war that can be supported from the water, immediately suffered a big loss, the siege can not be captured, the siege can not be killed, retreat and can not retreat, and it is not possible to fight for huge losses, and so on, so that Huang Taiji is very sad. ,

“…… Great Khan, in fact, this is not useless, if it comes to an extraordinary period, even if it is damaged, you have to send troops to burn the sails of the Ming Dynasty warships, as long as you can hold out until November, and when the river is sealed, the Great Worm River is a horse and a flat river, then there is no need to be afraid of the warships of the Ming Dynasty......" Fan Wencheng said again.

Huang Taiji let out a long breath and said: "It seems that it can only be like this, now, let's do what Xiantai says, first build some fireboats, cut some rolling wood, as for the loss of sealing the river, just grit your teeth and hold on, anyway, it's only a month, and it's good after this month." Before there was no better way, Huang Taiji still decided to use mounted archery to make up for Houjin's shortcomings.

"Chirp" Fan Wencheng agreed, and then withdrew.

After Fan Wencheng left, Huang Taiji walked around in the sweat tent again before shouting: "Someone's coming."

The minions outside heard it and immediately came in.

"The minions are here."

"Go and invite all the Belles, and the Ezhen will come to the Khan's tent to discuss things, and say that Ben Khan has important matters." Huang Taiji finished discussing with his advisers, and he already had a basic countermeasure, so he began to adjust his strategy.

The minion said yes and went out quickly.

……

After a while, after the gold and the big and small Baylor, the generals arrived at the sweat tent.

Everyone was preparing for war, and suddenly they heard that the Great Khan had summoned, thinking that Huang Taiji had changed his mind and did not plan to attack the city, and some people's eyes showed dissatisfaction and even resentment towards Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji's hands were already bandaged, and he sat there calmly.

"Great Khan, but changed your mind? No more sieges? An anxious man shouted.

Everyone looked at Huang Taiji, seeing what Huang Taiji said, the big golden soldiers outside, their emotions were about to get out of control, and if they didn't attack the city, they were afraid that someone would hand them the knife.

Huang Taiji also said with a hint of ferocity: "Who said that you won't attack the city?" Stand up for Ben Khan, who must make him into jerky and hang him on the flagpole. ”

Huang Taiji's words, everyone below was silent, according to the words of his own Great Khan, he supported the siege of the city.

“…… However, the siege of the city has to be arranged how to attack, you can't go up in a swarm to die, then you haven't seen the grenades of the Ming Dynasty, and my Dajin warriors are not taken to death in vain. Huang Taiji said fiercely.

When the crowd heard this, their emotions began to float again.

"Ben Khan has already thought of an excellent siege method, and if this method is successful, then Zhenjiang Fort can be destroyed in one go."

When everyone listened, their emotions calmed down a little.