Chapter 30 is difficult to cross the thunder pool

The Tartar army surrounded Shunping County, and Huang Taiji did not immediately attack the city, except for dividing troops to block the other three gates, that is, to let the whole army eat and rest. After resting for a morning, in the early afternoon, Huang Taiji finally ordered, "Siege!" ”.

The Tartars attacked the city, there seemed to be no new tricks, it was still an old routine, driving the people to be cannon fodder in front, carrying the ladder, and rushing to the city first. They attacked the south gate, which was the first gate, and Lu Xiangsheng was here, presiding over the defense.

Lu Xiangsheng had long known the Tartar routine, and when the people rushed up, he directly ordered the fight. Firearms, bows and arrows kept firing, and the people who hit them were crying and screaming, just like the scene under the city of Taiyuan, which was exactly the same.

Let the people be cannon fodder to attack the city, the purpose is nothing more than two things, one is to make the defenders of the city sympathetic, and when they can't bear to start, make the people rush to the city and disturb the layout of the city. In this way, the Tartars will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to enter the city and take it easily. The second is to consume the materials in the city to defend the city, what bows and arrows, fire, bricks and tiles are used less and less, when you are almost consumed, the Tartars are attacking the city, and the resistance must be much smaller than at the beginning.

As early as last night, before the Tartar army arrived, Lu Xiangsheng held a combat mobilization meeting and told the soldiers that the Tartars would drive the people to attack the city, and if you don't want to die, don't be soft, otherwise let the Tartars rush in and die as you.

The soldiers remembered Lord Lu's words, and when they faced it, they all gritted their teeth.

After all, the county seat is the county seat, and there is no moat or anything, four or five thousand people were driven over, it can be described as a sea of people, braving bows and arrows and firearms, although there were dead and wounded, but soon rushed to the city. They carried the ladder and got to the bottom of the city, and when they put it up, they rushed up, and as they climbed, they cried and shouted, "Let us in, please don't fight any more, let us into the city......

If so many people went to the city, the city would not have to blow up the pot, and the city would immediately throw stones, pour boiling water, and pour boiling oil. The ordinary people, who have not received any military training, were beaten like this, and a large area was fallen, and the sound of crying and shouting resounded through the cave.

Lu Xiangsheng now had a cold face, raised his sword to supervise the battle, and ordered the soldiers to fight to the death. At the same time, he did not forget to lead the soldiers and shouted, "Everyone is the descendants of Yan and Huang, compatriots of the Ming Dynasty, why are you willing to be used by the Tartars and die under the butcher's knife of your own people." If you still have a little backbone, turn your head and fight with the Tartars! Horizontal and vertical is also death, why should you involve your own people and die in the hands of your own people! ”

There were more and more corpses falling under the city, and the people who rushed over were also frightened when they saw this situation, and they did not dare to continue to move forward, so they turned around and ran backwards. The Tartar behind was even more merciless, raised the butcher's knife, and cut down the people who ran over to the ground.

Maybe some people have reacted and feel that Hengzhi is a death, and it is better to run for their lives than to die at the hands of their own people. So, some people shouted loudly, "Don't rush to the city, we can't rush up, and then we will only die." In my opinion, while we still have the strength, let's flee to both sides, and maybe we can escape some! ”

The man's words immediately resonated, and many people shouted along, so that the besiegers stopped, and without knowing who was taking the lead, they scattered and fled.

The Tartars were furious and began to wield butcher knives and slash the fleeing people. They were all on horseback, and no matter how much the people ran, how could they outrun them. Within a short time, hundreds of people were hacked to death.

Huang Taiji supervised the battle in the rear, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and finally simply ordered to drive the people back. These are all their slaves and harvests, all hacked to death, what they were still trying to do at the beginning, and they still have to take care of their food more or less every day.

Finally, the people who were cannon fodder were driven back, four or five thousand people, and now there are more than two thousand left, nearly half of which have been lost. Looking at the not towering Shunping county, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and ordered the people to be driven back to the camp, and then called the Mongolian soldiers to attack the city.

Three Mongol soldiers of 1,000 men jumped off their horses, held their shields, and rushed under the city walls. When Lu Xiangsheng saw the other party's posture, he didn't pay attention to it, and ordered not to release arrows or shoot for the time being, and let the enemy come over. When the enemy came to the city and began to ascend the ladder to the city, Lu Xiangsheng shouted loudly: "The fire oil is waiting!" ”

Barrels of fire oil were poured down from the city, followed by bows and arrows and prepared firewood and grass. The fire oil was on fire, and with the help of firewood and grass, it immediately rose. The Mongol soldiers who rushed to the front were immediately burned to the ground, screaming loudly and screaming for their lives. Everyone knows that people who are burned by the fire will struggle hard in pain, how can they care about who is standing next to them, so that those companions who were not lit behind them will also fall into the fire because of them.

The Mongolian soldiers at the rear, seeing that the situation was wrong, were so frightened that they turned around and ran. The entire city of Shunping became a sea of fire. Burned all the ladders and shields under the city, not to mention the people below.

In this situation, if you want to attack the city, there is no hope. However, Huang Taiji thought about it for a while, and then ordered a team of 10,000 people to rush to the west gate and launch an attack at the west gate.

The enemy's cavalry moved, Lu Xiangsheng saw it in his eyes, how could he not understand the intention of the Tartars, you want to change the city gate to attack, then okay, let you taste the power of other city gates.

Ximen, who came soon after the Tartars, still used the method just now, and the three thousand people raised their shields to take the lead, carrying the ladder and rushing forward. The defenders of the city still did not immediately fire arrows and shots at the city, and only began to counterattack when the enemy rushed to the city and began to climb up.

Now the season is about to celebrate the New Year, where not to prepare a lot of fireworks, there are also some firecracker workshops, there are a lot of fires in it. Last night, Lu Xiangsheng asked the soldiers to start collecting fireworks and firecrackers in the city, turning on the fireworks, wrapping them in cotton cloth, pouring oil on them, and throwing them down.

I think that when Guizhou City was defending the city, this method was used, and the effect was very ideal, this thing was no different from the incendiary bomb, the cotton wool was blown by the wind, scattered everywhere, as long as it touched the person's body, it could be stained with burning in an instant. The clothes of the Tartars are all skin, which is already flammable, but this is good, and they have all become fire men. The cotton wool sticks to the ladder, and even the ladder is on fire, and the north wind blows in winter, and the fire rises even more violently.

Seeing that there was no way to attack again, the Tartars in the back hurriedly fled, and the Tartars in front were already covered in fire, except for screaming, there was no chance to run.

A group of sieges were beaten back, and Gushan Ezhenwunag, who led the troops to fight, became worried. The Ming army in the city is also too cunning, and with this way of fighting, how many people are enough to die. But just going back to see Huang Taiji like this, it's really a bit unreasonable, so I have to go up and rush again.

After waiting for a long time, the fire under the city was finally extinguished, and the soldiers who had just gone up were all burned to charcoal, and even the ladder was burned. There were still thirty ladders left in the ladder that Wunag had just brought, and he asked the Tartars to carry the last ladder up again.

The men and horses rushed to the bottom of the city, set up the ladder, and climbed up, but the defenders of the city still used the method just now, so that the incendiary bombs were thrown down. The scene from the previous time was repeated again, the ladder was on fire, and the soldiers below were on fire, becoming a sea of fire, and those who followed quickly ran back.

There was no way, although there were not many people who died, and hundreds of people were burned to death after two charges, but there was no ladder, and the soldiers were not willing to risk being burned, so they continued to rush up, and Wu Nag had to lead his troops back to the south gate and report to Huang Taiji.

The emperor was so angry that he almost didn't whip Wu Nag, but he still endured it, and when he saw that the sky was dark, he had to order the troops to be collected and returned to the camp.

In the evening of the same day, Huang Taiji summoned his subordinate Baylor, generals and Mongolian generals to the Chinese military tent and held an emergency meeting. The content of the meeting is about how to attack Shunping City, he asked everyone to express their opinions, and whoever you want to have a good idea, if you can capture Shunping City, there will be a heavy reward.

Everyone has also seen the situation during today's siege, the defense of the officers and soldiers defending the city is not leaky, and the fire attack is simply going up and killing one by one. The generals pondered one by one, and after thinking for a long time, there was no good way. Originally, the Jurchens and the Mongols were both horsemen, and they were good at fighting on the plains and destroying cities, which was not their strong point. When Nurhachi attacked the city, he either relied on sending people to sneak in in advance, playing a combination of inside and outside, or disguised as a caravan, and the murderer was caught off guard. If these two methods are not used, they will rush to the city with a ladder. Back then, a small Ningyuan City could make the Jurchens helpless.

Among the readers, some people don't know what Ningyuan City looks like, in fact, it is now Xingcheng in Liaoning, I have been fortunate to go there, and I have personally climbed the city tower. The height of the city wall there is only about two zhang, and such a small city can make the Jurchens suffer a lot, which shows the Jurchens' ability to siege the city. In the general county seat, the height of the city wall is so high.

After studying for a long time, someone came up with an idea to dig a tunnel. Huang Taiji heard this idea, and almost didn't have a mouth to slap him, this winter, the soil is hard, how to dig.

Now that everyone has no way, Huang Taiji saw that these subordinates of his own were reckless, and there was nothing to say about letting them charge into battle, but it was all in vain to let them think of ideas. I knew it earlier, so I let Fan Wencheng follow.

When it comes to Fan Wencheng, I can't help but talk about the situation in Liaodong.

Huang Taiji sent troops to make a detour into the customs, first plundering in Shanxi, and then heading north to Beijing. Empress Dowager Zhang was frightened, and ordered soldiers and horses from all over the country to come to King Qin, and send them to Shanhaiguan in an urgent manner for 600 miles, leaving in the morning and arriving in the evening.

Xiong Tingbi, as the supreme commander of Liaodong, guards the Jurchens, and the Tatars enter the customs, don't look at the fact that he didn't go from him, but he has to more or less have some involvement. Seeing King Qin's will, Xiong Tingbi fell into deep thought. When he was in prison, Lord Yue once came to see him and asked him what he could do. Xiong Tingbi's answer was that when the Jurchens entered the customs to rob him, he sent troops out of Jinzhou and took Shengjing directly; Wenlong of Phi Island sent troops to Hetuala, the birthplace of the Jurchens.

How many people can the Jurchen bring into the customs, Xiong Tingbi is not very clear, but looking at the content of the will, the situation is urgent, and it seems that the enemy cannot be less. Xiong Tingbi thought about it for a while, and thought that he should keep his promise to Yue Su back then, as long as he could capture Shengjing in one go and break the foundation of the Jurchens, the Jurchens would be like a lost dog and would die soon.

Having made up his mind, Xiong Tingbi immediately convened a military meeting to study the plan for the march. He first read the will of King Qin of the imperial court to the generals, and then said that he intended to send troops to attack Shengjing, and at the same time ordered Wenlong to attack Hetuala. After saying his opinion, Lord Xiong began to let the generals speak.

Explain the generals of the general meeting, there are Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and countless deputy generals and generals. Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Jinzhou, did not call him over because of the long distance.

After Xiong Tingbi finished saying his opinion, Governor Yuan Chonghuan was the first to stand up and said: "Marshal, the lower officials think that it is too risky to send troops to Shengjing. Huang Taiji dared to make a detour into Sichuan, and he would definitely think that we might attack Shengjing, so we had to arrange soldiers and horses and be on guard. Troops were sent from Jinzhou to Shengjing, during which the road was gentle, suitable for the Tartar cavalry to charge. If we rush forward and encounter a surprise attack by the enemy in the area, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses and it will be difficult to win. Sneak attack on Shengjing, it's good to win, if you lose, the consequences are unimaginable. To deal with the Jurchens, we should focus on defending, but now that the imperial court has issued an order to go to Beijing to King Qin, the marshal should send troops and rush to Beijing, otherwise the court will blame it, and the adults will not escape their responsibility. ”

Yuan Chonghuan has a certain military vision, and although the Ningjin defense line is from the hands of Sun Chengzong, there is no shortage of Yuan Chonghuan's advice.

Xiong Tingbi heard this and nodded slightly, he also felt that Yuan Chonghuan's words were not unreasonable. Sneak attack on Shengjing, it's good to win, if you win, what can you do. At that time, this was what he promised Lord Yue, Lord Xiong was known as a bear barbarian, and he was more stubborn, and he couldn't pull back the eight horses that he decided; Promises made will be kept. Therefore, although he thought that Yuan Chonghuan's words had a certain amount of truth, he still said: "Lord Yuan's words are wrong, now that Huang Taiji is detouring into the customs, Shengjing is empty, it is really a good opportunity to exterminate the Jurchens, the opportunity is fleeting, if you don't seize it, I don't know what year and month it will take to recover Liaodong." The Governor is determined to recover the lost territory in Liaodong, how can he let the opportunity slip away. Fighting a war is risky, and it depends on who can seize the opportunity and defeat the enemy first. We can't disobey the will of the imperial court, but the governor has the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and the imperial court does not know the situation here, but when the day of conquering Shengjing, the governor will explain to the imperial court. As for the matter of entering the king of Jingqin, the governor will also send some people, which is not disrespectful. The governor intends to send Zhao to lead 10,000 troops to go back to help, and the rest of the men and horses will go to Shengjing with the governor! ”

Today is Father's Day, and during the day, Xiao Yi accompanies his parents to his grandfather's house, and there is no code word. I only rushed some in the evening, I hope you can forgive me.

Here, Xiao Yi wishes his book friends, who are already his father, happy holidays. I haven't become a book friend of my father, and I wish you a happy father's holiday. And I hope you will become fathers soon.

Thank you!

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