"Dog minion, tell you to be lazy!! Call you lazy! ”

A horse whip waved in the air, with the sound of the wind whipped on the body of a Bao Yi on the ground, there was a continuous crackling sound, Zhang Zhongqi was crazy and whipped more than ten times, he felt tired before he stopped, looked at the surrounding group of Bao Yi and said angrily: "Whoever falls behind, Lao Tzu will kill whoever he wants." ”

A group of baoyi trembled and agreed, hurriedly pushing up the cart or carrying weapons to hurry, Zhang Zhongqi took a few breaths and looked around, the surrounding flags were flying, and the continuous marching team was marching south, and Bayala, who was wearing silver armor and carrying a flag on his back, was speeding in the queue, passing orders.

This is the official road in the west of the old city of Guangning, the Houjin army sent troops from Shenyang on August 3, arrived at Baituchang in the north of Guangning on August 9, and the Mongolian departments converged here, and the soldiers of the Karaqin, Chahar and Horqin tribes sent more than 10,000 troops in total, and they have been waiting here.

Huang Taiji met with Taiji, who came to the meeting from various ministries, and made some rewards or punishments, first unifying the morale of the army.

Then the converging army is divided into two, one is led by Yue Tuo, Azig, Derge, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, take the Guangning to Yizhou Avenue to advance to Yizhou, they will insert between Jinzhou and Daling River from the southwest, the main force is led by Huang Taiji himself, through Guangning Avenue to Dalinghe City, the two armies are divided into joint attacks, using the two avenues to transport troops, and are scheduled to converge under Dalinghe City.

Zhang Zhongqi's Zhenglan Banner belongs to the main force led by Huang Taiji, in addition to the Manchurian Five Banners, there are also most of the Mongolian vassal army, and the Manchurian departments are in addition to Zhenyi. I also brought a lot of coating. And they were specifically asked to bring tools for ploughing the land.

Zhang Zhongqi is now Yu Ding, who carries the flag, and their cattle are really good to him, not only giving him a house in the dungeon, but also giving him a hundred acres of land and two coats, so that he can live a rich life.

Because he saved Niu Lu Ezhen's life, so this master trusted him very much, Niu Lu Ezhen also brought him with him on this expedition, and promised to assign him a robbing Han woman, and he is now managing seven or eight coats directly under Niu Lu Ezhen, of course, he doesn't know why he wants these people to bring farm tools. He privately speculated whether he was going to dig a moat, or to wait until the Daling River was built to occupy the city and let them cultivate the land nearby.

Among them were three men carrying long wooden spears, one foot four or five feet long. Zhang Zhongqi, who had seen the power of the Ming army's firearms in Gu'an and Luanzhou, had little confidence in these rusty firearms.

The procession of Zhenglan Banner marched all the way, countless people's feet and horses' hooves raised billowing smoke and dust, the road was scattered with the pungent smell of horse manure, and the wooden wheels of various vehicles made a creaking sound.

After crossing a dry river, a team of black flags appeared on a fork in the road ahead, most of the soldiers were in low spirits and thin shapes, and they did not walk on the official road. Instead, he has been waiting at the fork in the road,

Zhang Zhongqi found that there were many artillery pieces at the back of their ranks, and the most conspicuous ones were two stout guns, with four wheels on the gun carriage, each pulled by twelve strong oxen, and behind them were a continuous stream of small artillery pieces and vehicles, most of which were pulled by oxen or donkeys. Cattle are the most prevalent livestock and one of their most important assets.

Zhang Zhongqi saw that Taktan was walking not far ahead, caught up a few steps, and said with a smile: "Master Taktan." Is it Wuzhen Chaoha over there? ”

Tak Tan turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Zhongqi, a friendly smile appeared on Mazi's face, and he had a good impression of this former coat, "It should be, Lord Niu Lu said that they are called Black Flag Soldiers." It's supposed to be this guy, and there's more. Don't call me master, you have opened an account now, and I don't have an official position, so it's not appropriate to call me master. ”

Zhang Zhongqi wiped the dust on his face and said to Taktan: "It's better to ask the master to get used to it, I heard that these people are Nikan, and their cannon is big, I don't know how it compares to the barbarian artillery in Luanzhou." ”

Taktan also suffered psychological trauma in Luanzhou, as soon as he recalled the scene of the ground shaking on the city wall, his heart trembled, and he said fiercely after a while: "I'm afraid it's about the same, but the barbarian cannon in Luanzhou is too far apart, and we can't see it clearly, but I feel that it is not as big as our cannon, and this time let those barbarians also taste the taste of cannon." ”

Zhang Zhongqi heard Taktan say this, his heart was a lot more steady, licked his lips and said: "This time we go to Daling River, can we grab something?" ”

Taktan thought about it, the Da Ling River is a newly built city, there are no big families in it, I am afraid that there is nothing to rob, I hesitated: "I'm afraid it's not much, but Nikan must be a lot, I heard that there are Sichuan soldiers in the city, and this time I will definitely avenge Amma." ”

Zhang Zhongqi nodded in agreement, turned around and saw a Baoyi slightly behind, brandishing a whip and running over to drive away, a group of Baoyi rushed to the road, thousands of people and horses converged into a rolling torrent, surging towards the Daling River...... Dalinghe City, nearly three zhang of the city wall has begun to see the scale, most of the city walls have also been repaired, dense squad troops and people under the supervision of the Guanning army to pick up soil and move stones, and dig moats outside the city, a steady stream of mules, horses and ox carts from the south, a large amount of grain into the city.

On the north city wall, the Guanning army with bright clothes and armor stands, the red general soldier flag of the eight-foot flagpole flutters high, under the flagpole is a group of majestic generals, and they are surrounded by the stars in the middle, which is the young master of the Ming Dynasty, the general of the Liao Qianfeng Yin, and the governor of the left army.

"Young Master, Jiannu sentry horses have been found near Yizhou and Thirteen Mountain Stations, and I have already fought with Jiannu a few times at night, and I estimate that Jiannu should come in a few days." A well-dressed general said to Zu Dashou.

A sneer appeared on Zu Dashou's face, "The city can be completed the day after tomorrow, I have finished repairing the city, the grain in the city is tens of thousands of stones, the old slave hit his head in Ningyuan and bled out, and the new slave chief Tianqi returned in Ningjin in vain in the seventh year of the Apocalypse. ”

Another young general said to Kaixian: "Lord He beat the Jiannu wolf and fled when he was in Yongping. Now what adults are helping Young Master Zu. Jiannu didn't please this time. ”

He Kegang looked at the young general with an affectionate expression, this is Zu Dashou's eldest son Zu Zerun, the current deputy general of Jinzhou, looks very similar to Zu Dashou, He Kegang laughed and said: "The construction of Dalinghe City is the foresight of all the officials, once you get this city, there are countless fertile soil between the big and small Linghe, all of which can be used for our army, which is in line with Lord Sun's strategy of guarding Liao land with Liao people." ”

The surrounding officers of the Guanning Army agreed in unison, and the land between the two rivers was very fertile. It was also easy to irrigate, which they were looking forward to, and with this land, they could attract more tenants to cultivate. With the Guanning army heavily armed, and being in a strategic location such as the Shanhaiguan Pass, they have increasingly felt that their influence on the imperial court has increased since the Battle of Jisi, and their attitude can determine the safety of Beijing.

Coupled with the backbone of Zu Dashou, the trend of the Guanning army to form a group became more and more obvious, and a more solid interest group was formed through means such as marriage, and those generals who were not very cooperative were excluded, Cao Wenzhao was kicked out by them to fight the rogues, and Mao Yuanyi brought by Sun Chengzong was simply held hostage by his subordinates. The final result was that Mao Yuanyi was assigned to the army, even if Lord Sun was now emotionally attached to them, and he didn't dare to punish them.

There are millions of salaries every year, and if there is a large amount of land to provide food for the army, then the Guanning army will be more like an independent kingdom, and the binding force of the imperial court on them will be further reduced, and their rich and noble power will be guaranteed, so from the perspective of the Guanning army, they are also willing to fight this battle, through the two battles of Guò Ningyuan and Ningjin. They were dismissive of Jiannu's ability to attack fortifications.

Zu Dashou waited for everyone's voices to subside, and said lightly: "In this battle, we should still use the strategy of Jiancheng cannons, we have five Hongyi cannons, eighteen general cannons, and more than 20 second general cannons." There are more than 200 guns and 500 large and small furlong machines. If Jiannu does not attack, if they dare to attack, they will be bloody. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at a general on the left who was in the armor of the mountain, "General Qin, I don't know what else I have to say about this battle, please don't hesitate to give advice." ”

Other Guan Ning generals squeezed out a smile on their faces, but there was always a trace of arrogance, the general of the Panshan Wenjia was the leading general of the Sichuan White Pole Soldier Qin Yiming, his father was Qin Liangyu's brother Qin Bangping, Qin Bangping and Zhou Dunji took the lead in crossing the Hunhe River in the bloody battle of the Hunhe River, the stone pillar soldiers were well organized, the morale was high, and thousands of arrogant Eight Banner Army were killed and wounded on the north bank, and they were bombarded by surrendered gunners before retreating to the south bank, and finally died in battle. The arrogance of these Guanning army generals is actually more of a jealousy and defense.

Qin Yiming was also squeezed out by many parties after coming to Guanning last year, but Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong attached great importance to the Sichuan soldiers and still cared for them very much, and at the same time, they also used the intention of the Sichuan army to balance the Guanning army, and regarded this army as the last guarantee to guard the Shanhaiguan. So the relationship between the two sides is not harmonious.

Qin Yiming said politely to Zu Dashou: "With the presence of the ancestor young master, this city is impregnable, the only worry is that the Jiannu will not succeed in the attack, and it will be besieged instead, and my army will be lured to help, so that the slave chief can lose my Ming elite soldiers in the field battle that he is best at." ”

Zu Dashou nodded approvingly, "General Qin is not bad, the siege can starve to death after all, but the slave chieftains attacked Liaoxi, and they all grabbed and ran, this time Lord Sun has made Ning Jinjian clear the wilderness, and the slaves have no food to grab, it will not be long to surround us, we haven't starved to death, and the slave soldiers will starve to death first." ”

Qin Yiming recalled the previous situation, and it was true that the ancestor Dashou said that Jiannu had never used the method of siege, and the Daling River was far away from Shenyang, so it seemed that Jiannu might not have the ability to transport grain. He agreed with Zu Dashou's statement in his heart, and then remembered something, "Young Master, the Governor sent someone to inform Jiannu that there seems to be a Hongyi cannon, which is the news reported by Denglai, and the lower officials think that the city needs to prepare more stones to repair the city wall. ”

As soon as Zu Dashou heard the word Denglai, his face changed slightly, and the surrounding generals showed disdainful expressions, they and Dongjiang Town have always been unpleasant to each other, so they don't say it, Chen Xin of Wendeng Camp openly sang against Zu Dashou last year, at that time he was just a guerrilla, so he dared to quarrel with Zu Dashou in front of Sun Chengzong, and he had the upper hand, and he didn't put the dignified Guan Ning Army in his eyes at all.

Later, Wendeng Ying relied on the military exploits of Luanzhou and Gu'an to gain the emperor's favor, and a lot of Liao was given to Denglai, and now it is close to one million taels of silver, which is really digging their hearts.

What made them even more unhappy was that Wendeng Camp and Dongjiang Town had done another miraculous feat on Shenmi Island two months ago, winning the field battle and capturing Zhengbaiqi Gushan Ezhen alive.

Once Denglai rises, the imperial court can rely on more than just the Guanning army, plus Dongjiang Town and Chen Xindu are extremely incompatible with the Guanning army, so Denglai will really become the power of the imperial court to balance the Guanning warlords, which is what they are most worried about.

Zu Dashou didn't want to mention that Chen Xin, so he quickly changed his face to a smile, "General Qin has never seen the Hongyi cannon set off, that thing is not something that a barbarian like a slave soldier would use." ”

Qin Yiming wanted to say more, Zu Dashou didn't take him to open his mouth and said first: "I thanked General Qin for reminding me first, we all remember, General Qin's wings and the Daling River were built, and it was already a hard work, Lord Shufu ordered yesterday to transfer the general back to Baoshan Customs, and another Liao Town to come here, here is my Liao Town guard, it is better than not letting Jiannu get it, Jiannu is not far away, General Qin is infantry, but return to the army earlier." ”

This time Sun Chengzong sent the Sichuan army to protect in the process of construction, now the city is basically repaired, Guan Ning army thinks that it is not a problem to hold the Daling River, if there are some heads, they can make another big victory, in order to compete with Denglai's military exploits on Mi Island, showing that Liaozhen is also very powerful, so they do not want the Sichuan army to divide the war exploits and fields here, Zu Dashou himself sent three letters to Sun Chengzong, saying that the Sichuan army can be transferred away.

Qin Yiming opened his mouth and swallowed back what he wanted to say, Liaozhen clearly wanted to monopolize military merits, there were many false things, and he didn't want him to be present as an outsider, although he was a little unwilling, but the Sichuan army was a guest army after all, Sun Chengzong gave another order, he said goodbye to Zu Dashou and others, and walked down the city.

An hour later, a group of soldiers armed with white wooden spears or heavy swords left the city from the south gate, and marched in a strict formation in the direction of Jinzhou. After Qin Yiming walked out for a few miles, he turned his head to look at the city wall of the Daling River, countless squad soldiers and people were still busy, continuing to strengthen the city wall, and there were large and small trenches standing next to the surrounding roads and in the dangerous places of the mountains.

It seemed that the city defense was indeed solid, but he always had a feeling of unsteadiness in his heart, and his face was filled with some worries. rs