It was late at night, but Xu Liang didn't feel much sleep in the big tent of the Chinese army. In front of him was a map of Chijin City temporarily drawn by Tsing Yi Wei, and from the map, the construction level of the Tulupan people really needed to be strengthened. As the first big city close to the Ming Dynasty, Chijin City is not as large as a county town in the Ming Dynasty.

The city wall is about four meters high, and it is all made of earth, and according to Xu Liang's prediction, the flying eagle cannon will bombard it in a row, and the city wall should collapse.

Xu Liang looked at the map of Turpan and was stunned. Since the day he decided to send troops to Turpan, Xu Liang has studied the small country of Turpan for a long time. The political structure of the Ming Dynasty is very different, the country of Turpan actually implements the control of the city-state, and the heads of several big cities are called the leaders, but the king of the whole country is called Sutan. However, although Sutan was the king of Turpan, the actual area under his control was only a few cities belonging to the royal city, while the other cities were controlled by their respective leaders. Moreover, the leaders of the main cities of Turpan are not fixed, but whoever has more soldiers and greater power is the leader of the main city. Therefore, the leaders of the main cities of Turpan are also often changed.

In other words, Turpan is a small country that is not stable, and coups d'état occur from time to time.

Luo Baiguan came in for the third time, and when he saw that Xu Liang had not slept, he stepped forward and said to Xu Liang: "My lord, the night is late, and tomorrow morning, our army will go to war against Chijin City, so you better rest early." ”

Xu Liang yawned, and indeed felt a little tired, so he chuckled at Luo Baiguan, got up and walked towards the makeshift bed. On this expedition to Tulupan, Xu Liang did not have a waiting maid by his side, and he did his own food and daily life. Kimono lay down. I was just a little sleepy, and I was awakened by the sound of killing outside.

Enemy attack on the camp?!

Xu Liang first thought of this situation. He got up quickly and put on his coat. He took the knife and walked out. The curtain of the Chinese army's tent was lifted, and Luo Baiguan hurriedly ran in from the outside and shouted to Xu Liang: "My lord, the enemy's cavalry has attacked the camp. ”

Xu Liang nodded, for this situation, Xu Liang was not panicked, according to Xu Liang's requirements, all battalions of the Liang army often practiced how to deal with enemy attacks at night. Xu Liang believed that the battalions of the Liang army handled it properly.

Xu Liang and Luo Baiguan walked out of the tent. The Tsing Yi guards of the Chinese army's big tent surrounded and guarded Xu Liang and Luo Baiguan.

"Lord Xu, what's wrong?" In the camp tent next to him, Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, also hurriedly walked over, stood beside Xu Liang, and asked in surprise.

Xu Liang's gaze stayed in the direction of the fire in the east of the camp, and said indifferently: "It's nothing!" The enemy attacked the camp. ”

"Huh? Raid on the camp? This...... What should I do? "Although Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, is a prince, he doesn't understand military affairs, and he heard Xu Liang say the word attack camp lightly. couldn't help but panic, in his mind, since it could be called an attack on the camp, it must be a big change.

"Panic what!" Xu Liang shouted in a deep voice: "Whose people are in the east?" ”

Luo Baiguan looked at it. Said: "My lord, it should be General Wanwenshan." ”

Xu Liang nodded, and looked at the other three directions. The other three sides were quiet, and there was no sign of commotion. couldn't help but settle down, and said with a smug smile: "It seems that the military exercises of our Liang army are still very effective. Don't mess up. The enemy has no chance to take advantage of it. Xu Liang said with satisfaction, beckoned to a Tsing Yi guard, and ordered: "Order the Hehu Chen Department to move closer to the Wanwen Mountain Department, and the other departments, without my own official's order, only need to defend, and must not leave the camp." ”

The herald ordered the guards to rush out, and after a while, they saw the torches of He Huchen's department moving together, approaching the direction of Wanwen Mountain.

The turmoil in the camp in the east, after He Huchen led the army closer, the killing voice gradually became smaller. After a while, Wanwenshan sent troops to report that the Turpan cavalry that attacked the camp at night attacked for a while, but they did not take much advantage and had already withdrawn.

Xu Liang didn't say anything more, instructed the battalions to strengthen their vigilance, and went back to sleep.

Not far from Xu Liang's military camp, under the cover of the thick night, the leader of Chijin City also looked disappointedly at the Ming army camp that quickly settled down. Behind him, there were 6,000 cavalry, and his original plan was to have a 1,000-strong cavalry to attack the east of the Ming army's camp, causing turmoil in the Ming army's camp, and then he himself led the 6,000 cavalry behind him, taking the opportunity to kill and inflict heavy losses on the Ming army.

However, it backfired, after the cavalry who attacked the east camp rushed in, they were surprised to find that inside the Ming military camp, there were many anti-deer horses set up in a disorderly manner, criss-crossed, and the cavalry rushed in, and they fell into the process of dodging and rejecting the deer and horses. The superiority of the cavalry was wiped out in the face of the formidable number of rejecting horses. Then the Ming soldiers who were shocked by the sneak attack came from both sides, and stabbed at the cavalry of Turpan through the rejection of deer and horses, and the cavalry of Turpan suddenly turned on their backs and suffered heavy losses.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the general of the Turpan cavalry finally escaped without danger after throwing down hundreds of corpses.

The attack on the camp failed, and after learning that the Ming army had already prepared, he reluctantly collected his troops and returned to the city.

Since the sneak attack failed, I also thought that with the 20,000 soldiers in Chijin City, it was still possible to hold on to the reinforcements. The closest to Chijin City is the main city of Shazhou, and if you ride a horse from Shazhou to Chijin, it is only a day's journey.

As long as you hold on for one day, you can hope for reinforcements.

The next day, Yeha saw that the Ming army outside the city began to advance slowly, and when he was preparing to attack the city, Yeha also sent all the troops in the city to the city wall, ready to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

Yeha looked out at the military formation of the Ming army through the battlements, only to see an infantry battalion on the left and right slowly advancing, with the sound of a drum, the two infantry battalions that were originally side by side suddenly separated from the left and right, and then revealed the artillery battalion in the back, forty cannons lined up, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at Chijin City.

On the Chijin city wall, many Turpan soldiers had seen such strange things for the first time, and several of Yeha's own soldiers were still cautious and discussed in amazement what these bulky guys were.

"Idiot! That's the artillery of the Ming army! Yeha roared angrily, interrupting the argument between the two illiterate Turpan soldiers.

"Huh? My lord, wouldn't that be a good stake? The soldier asked, surprised.

He also pouted and said disdainfully: "It's a fart!" The only thing that was louder was that. Except for being able to launch a black iron lump to smash a handful of unlucky eggs, there is no use for fart! ”

The leader of Yeha also fought with the border army of the Ming Dynasty in the early years. I have seen the artillery of the border army of the Ming army, although the shape is somewhat different from that pushed out by the Ming army this time. But think about it is about the same function.

The drums of the Ming army's camp gradually intensified, gradually beating and sounding, and gradually getting sick!

Finally, in the expectant eyes of the tens of thousands of defenders on Chijin City, the forty flying eagle cannons made a series of loud noises, spewing out a puff of white smoke, and countless cannonballs whistled towards the Chijin City Tower.

"Soldiers, do not be afraid! The shells of the Ming army are scary, and they have no power! Yeha ran about the city walls, shouting loudly. comforted the Turpan soldiers on the city tower.

Rumble! Forty flying eagle cannons poured out in the blink of an eye, and then the screams of countless Tulufan soldiers drowned out Yeha's shouts.

An arm cut off by shrapnel smashed into Yeha's feet, and Yeha watched in amazement as the shells fell on the city tower and exploded violently, and the iron beads sprayed out from the inside ruthlessly harvested the lives of the surrounding Turpan soldiers.

Yeha suddenly trembled, squatted down, covered the calf of his left foot with his hand, and screamed around: "Come on, people, General Ben is injured!" ”

The soldiers around him hurriedly carried Yeha down from the city tower. When it was lifted to the ground, he listened to the constant whistling cannonballs outside the city, and his heart was terrified.

Rumble! A loud bang sounded at the gate of the city, and Yeha and his soldiers hurriedly looked back. I saw that the originally sturdy city gate had been bombarded to only two door frames, and the original thick wooden gate no longer knew where it was flying!

He also shouted angrily: "Quick, quickly close the city gates!" ”

The Turpan soldiers, frightened by artillery fire on the ground, listened. also knew what was at stake, and hurried over to a small group of people. Just ran to the gate of the city, boom. Another shell whistled in, and Yeha saw that the group of soldiers was thrown backwards five or six meters away, screaming and falling to the ground.

Yeha shuddered, hurriedly turned over and stood up, and shouted incoherently to the soldiers beside him: "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Go lead the horse! This city can't be defended, it's important to escape!! ”

Outside the city, in the Ming army, Xu Liang saw that the gate of Chijin City had been broken, and he knew that the city had been captured. The Liang army's unique charge horn sounded, and Luo Rucai led 10,000 Liang army infantry to wield weapons, covering all the way, killing into Chijin City, and fighting with the Tulufan soldiers in the city.

There were originally no less than 10,000 people in the Turpan army defending the city, but these people were first frightened by the artillery of the Ming army, and before they could recover from the thick smoke of gunpowder, Luo Rucai's infantry rushed into the city, wanting to resist to the end, and the sharp-eyed soldiers suddenly found that the leader of Chijin City was also gone!

The dragons were leaderless, and the panicked Turpan soldiers resisted for a while, and then they were defeated, some fled into the city, and most of them surrendered on their knees.

Immediately, a large army of the Ming army marched into Chijin City, collected the surrendered Turpan soldiers, suppressed those who were still resisting, and ordered Cao Bianjiao to lead 2,000 cavalry out of the city to pursue.

After Xu Liang entered the city, he ordered the army to be restrained and not to oppress the people in the city. In due course, he pushed the third prince of Turpan, Cha Kexi, into the street and asked him to read out the Ming army's policy of reassuring the people in public.

Although the third prince of Tulupan has a bad character and is greedy for life and afraid of death, the identity of the third prince must be there, which has somewhat appeased the people in the city.

Xu Liang moved the big tent of the Chinese army into the city lord's mansion in Chijin City, that is, an adobe house that looked relatively sturdy, with a pair of ox skulls hanging on the gate and a symmetrical ox horn on both sides, which constituted the gate of the dignified city lord's mansion.

Xu Liang summoned several generals over to discuss the next attack plan.

"My lord, the battle of Chijin City went so smoothly, the last general thought that he would continue to march towards the other main cities of Tulupan without stopping." With the cooperation of the artillery battalion and Luo Rucai's troops, Chijin City was so easily suppressed that He Huchen, who was a pioneer officer, felt useless, so he strongly suggested that he should continue to send troops.

Luo Baiguan shook his head and said, "My lord, my subordinates think it's inappropriate. Our army has just occupied Chijin City, its foothold is not stable, and it is not familiar with the situation in the city, and it has not properly dealt with the 4,000 captives who surrendered! In addition, now that our army has penetrated deep into the territory of Tulupan, the supply of grain and grass is difficult, so it is really not suitable to raise troops immediately. ”

He Huchen and Luo Baiguan had different opinions, and the others looked at Xu Liang, waiting for him to make an idea.

Xu Liang slowly looked at everyone, his eyes fell on Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, and asked with a smile: "Lord Qin, you are the generalissimo of this march, according to your opinion, what should you do?" ”

King Qin shrunk his neck, arched his hand towards Xu Liang, and said, "This king listens to Lord Xu." ”

King Qin's words satisfied Xu Liang's vanity a little, and he pondered for a while and said, "Everyone, this official's opinion is the same as Luo Baiguan's. It is not wise to be reckless in gaining an unstable footing. At present, the main goal is to consolidate the occupation of Chijin City as much as possible, as for the other main cities, we are not in a hurry! ”

Seeing that Xu Liang had already decided, He Huchen no longer doubted, but asked a very difficult question: "My lord, what should we do with the more than 4,000 prisoners in our army's camp?" ”

Xu Liang didn't think about it, and waved his hand directly: "Don't think about it, just pull it out and kill it, and bury it!" ”

Qin King Zhu Cunshu couldn't help but be startled, looked at Xu Liang in shock, moved his lips, and finally didn't dare to say anything.

Luo Rucai hesitated and asked, "My lord, these captives are all high-grade cavalry, and it would be a pity if they were all killed." These people, with a little reorganization, can immediately form a well-trained cavalry. ”

Xu Liang sneered, stared at Luo Rucai and asked, "You want to co-opt them?" The officer asks you, do you understand what these people say? You take them in, and when the time comes, they get together and talk about how to rebel, and you're going to think they're doing it! Have you thought about this kind of consequence? ”

Luo Rucai shook his head in astonishment, and still muttered unrelentingly: "There is a difference in language, can we teach them to speak Chinese?" ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he kicked over in anger and scolded: "How long are you going to teach a person who can't speak Chinese to speak Chinese?" Three years or five years?! ”

Luo Rucai realized that this method was very unrealistic, so he stopped his mouth in a daze. Seeing that there was no one to refute, Xu Liang decided the fate of the four thousand captives.

After solving the problem of prisoners, Xu Liang looked at Luo Baiguan and said: "Our army has penetrated deep into the interior of Tulupan, and it is inconvenient to transfer grain and grass from Daming, and it is not safe!" Luo Baiguan, I ordered you to transfer the soldiers of the Liang Army to buy a large amount of grain in Chijin City, as much as you want! In addition, calculate the gold and silver found in the city lord's mansion and give some rewards to the soldiers! ”

Luo Baiguan gave up.

The Liang army carried a large number of prisoners of war from Turpan out of the city to kill, and as soon as they entered the city after dark, the guards on the city tower sounded the alarm bell.

Xu Liang and the generals hurried up to the city tower, looked out, and saw countless torches outside the city, coming towards the Chijin city gate.

The neighing of horses came and went! Yeha's reinforcements have arrived! (To be continued.) )