The electricity was out for a day today, and the call didn't come until the evening, and it was late, so I'm sorry!

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It was late at night, but the lights were still bright in the marshal tent in the center of the Xuan army's tent, and the generals of the Xuan army were fighting with each other in the big tent.

"No, it's our turn to say anything this time, the last time I hit Shanhaiguan, I already let you take the lead, and I will never let you fight Jinzhou this time!"

The person who said this was Shunbao, and I saw that his whole body stood up and waved his arms at Wang Pu, and his clothes looked excited.

Not to be outdone, Wang Pu retorted: "General Yue, it's not that I, Wang, look down on you firecrackers, have you thought about it, if you firecrackers set up a battle with people on the flat ground, it will naturally be invincible, but now it's a siege war...... You can't let your soldiers go through all the hard work of climbing the walls and be dumbfounded with just one shot, right? Or are you going to let your soldiers pick up firebolts and play with the enemy? Speaking of climbing the city to fight, we have to count our sword and shield soldiers! ”

"Who said we can't, don't we still have bayonets!" Shunbao is in love with Wang Pumao today, and he refuses to retreat at all. And everyone in the big tent just smiled and watched the two arguing, but no one was willing to go over to persuade them.

In the battle against Shanhaiguan a few days ago, it was mainly Yang Guozhu's soldiers and horses fighting, although more than 2,000 casualties made Yang Guozhu's mouth jump in distress, but he also knocked down Shanhaiguan, and Yue Yang also promised to give priority to Yang Guozhu immediately after returning to replenish the men and horses, and replenished him with 2,000 Mini-style firearms.

As for Yang Guozhu's affairs, Hua Dawei, Wang Pu and other former Xuan generals looked at it very hotly, don't look at Yang Guozhu's loss of more than 2,000 people, but the benefits he gained far exceeded his losses. Whether it is the replenishment of soldiers or the distribution of pensions, they are all preferential, and more importantly, the two thousand Mini-style firecrackers are the most eye-catching things.

As everyone knows, Yueyang's troops are almost all firearms troops, especially the Mini-style firearms have become more prestigious in recent years, and Yueyang relied on this kind of fire to beat the Manchu Tartars. And Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Wang Pu and other generals of Yuan Xuan, who later defected to Yueyang, have not changed their clothes at present, and still use cold weapons to fight. Yue Yang's explanation for this was that in some specific battles, firearms could not replace the role of swords, so they had to be wronged to continue to use cold weapons.

Although the truth is so, anyone who wants to be a soldier does not want to use a good weapon, can easily pull the trigger to kill the opponent, and who wants to wield a weapon and play hand-to-hand combat with the opponent. But since Yue Yang said so, Yang Guozhu and the others could only obey helplessly, who let their people join Yue Yang too late, there will be such a thing as estrangement and proximity. But now Yue Yang actually gave Yang Guozhu 2,000 firearms, which greatly stimulated these people, and Wang Pu couldn't help it. At the evening meeting, he was the first to jump out and ask for the main attack tomorrow, anyway, it was still their sword and shield soldiers who climbed the city wall for hand-to-hand combat.

But who would have thought that Wang Pu had just asked for battle, but Shunbao couldn't wait to jump out, Wang Pu immediately became anxious, you are already a hardcore henchman of Lord Hou, and you are still here to grab credit from your brother, you are embarrassed, so the two argued, and the scene just now appeared.

Seeing that the two were getting more and more noisy, Yue Yang, as the commander-in-chief, had to knock on the table to calm the two down.

"Alright. Stop arguing! Shunbao, what are you robbing, your firecrackers are not suitable for forcibly landing on the city wall, and it is more appropriate to hand over this job to the sword and shield soldiers. Yue Yang glanced at Shunbao, as if he was blaming him for coming out to make trouble.

Shunbao lowered his head a little aggrieved. In fact, he was also anxious, this time he almost didn't make an inch, and he was a little anxious to see that Yang Guozhu, the former generals, had made great contributions one by one. After all, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, and Wang Pu are all the titles of general soldiers, and the oldest of them, Yueyang's old subordinates, are him and Hu Laosan. But the two of them are just guerrilla generals so far, and when he sees Hu Dawei on weekdays, he has to take the lead in saluting, and he is also aggrieved. That's why I want to make more contributions so that I can be promoted as soon as possible.

Yue Yang's little Jiujiu in Shunbao's heart is naturally insightful, but he doesn't want Shunbao and these people to be promoted too quickly, after all, the army is a place where seniority is the strictest, although Shunbao and others have been with him for the longest time, but Yue Yang is also not good at doing too obviously, so they can only be promoted slowly, who would have thought that Shunbao This guy couldn't help it.

After drinking Shunbao, Yue Yangsui Wang Pu said: "General soldier Wang, since you are eager to fight, then tomorrow's main attack will be undertaken by your department, but you have to remember that Jinzhou is not as good as Shanhaiguan, you must remember to be careful, to control the number of casualties, you must know that each of our soldiers is carefully selected and trained by us, and the pension is not cheap, if the number of casualties is too large, I will take my wife and children to the street to ask for food!" ”

"Hehehehehe......"

Seeing that Yue Yang's words were interesting, all the generals laughed. It's just a smile, but the generals also know that the treatment of soldiers under Yueyang is really good, each soldier has two sets of summer and winter uniforms a year, and the monthly military salary is also directly received from the quartermaster, so as to eliminate the possibility of officers eating empty salaries, and no officer dares to drink the blood of soldiers.

After laughing, the generals found that their boss fell into deep thought, and Shunbao couldn't help but ask: "Master Hou, seeing that we will be able to conquer Jinzhou tomorrow, what are you still worried about?" ”

Yue Yang raised his head, glanced at Shunbao, shook his head, and said, "You kid, you think very beautifully, do you really think Jinzhou is so easy to fight?" ”

"Does that need to be said?" Shunbao took it for granted with a face: "We can take down such a majestic city in Shanhaiguan in one day, no matter how strong Jinzhou is, is it more difficult to fight than Shanhaiguan?" ”

Yue Yang looked at Shun Bao noncommittally, and then asked the generals, "Do you all think the same way?" ”

Most of the generals agreed with Shunbao's words, and even Hu Dawei, who has always been steady, also said: "Master Hou, the last general thinks that although Jinzhou is much bigger than Shanhaiguan, it is not as strong as Shanhaiguan in terms of geography, and we can take it in a short time, which should not be a problem, and then the entire Liaodong will be in our hands." ”

Yue Yang sighed lightly and looked at everyone: "You guys, you just want to do your best to capture Jinzhou, but have you thought about the many problems we will face after conquering Jinzhou." Due to the long-term war in Liaodong, the folk customs are already stronger than those in the Guannei, and after we occupy them, we will have to face millions of fierce people. It is easy to occupy Liaodong. But all the eating, drinking, and Lazar of these people have overwhelmed us, do you really think that this pie thrown to us by the court is really so delicious? ”

Wu Qing, who had been standing silently among the generals, also said: "What Hou Ye said is that the imperial court authorized Hou Ye to guard Liaodong, which seems to be a great trust and grace, but in fact, it is also a big burden thrown to us. You think, most of the annual taxes of the imperial court have been paid to Liaodong, and once Liaodong becomes our territory, do you think the imperial court will still pay us Liaodong? How much can the imperial court do with the more than four million liao salaries saved every year? On the other hand, in us, how much silver is still in the bottomless pit of Liaodong every year, have you ever thought about it? ”

"Hiss......"

Hearing this, the generals not only gasped. Only then did they remember that although the place in Liaodong was a piece of fatty meat, this piece of fat meat was also poisonous, and people with a bad appetite would easily eat it.

Wu Chengfeng exclaimed: "My good ...... This trick of the imperial court is too insidious, let us do our best for them, and they will harm us. Master Hou, in that case, let's ignore the bullshit orders of the imperial court, let's return to Shanxi, anyway, we are worthy of the imperial court after defeating the Shanhaiguan. They love other things! ”

Wu Chengfeng's words also represent the voice of some people, and many people have echoed it.

"Right...... Since the adults in the court don't treat us as human beings, why should we work for them, let's go back to Shanxi! ”

At this time, don't talk about it, Shunbao and other old subordinates of Yueyang. Even Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and other Xuanda generals who only joined him later showed expressions of deep disbelief on their faces. Although these generals, who later returned to Yueyang, still had feelings for the Ming Dynasty, no one was willing to be calculated by the court after working for the court.

It's just that Yue Yang shook his head: "No, since Benhou promised the imperial court, he won't give up halfway." Besides, have you ever thought about it? Now that Shanhaiguan has fallen into our hands, the imperial court's grain and salary for Jinzhou has been completely cut off. Think about it, what would they do? ”

Hearing this, the generals couldn't help but look at each other for a long time...... Miyun General Soldier Tang Tong sighed at this time: "If this is the case, if Zu Dashou wants to live, the only choice is to surrender!" ”

"...... Uproar"

As soon as Tang Tong's words came out, all the generals were in an uproar, once Zu Dashou descended to the Qing Dynasty, Jinzhou was bound to fall into the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so that more than half of the entire Liaodong would fall into the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then the impact would be great, and no one could afford this responsibility. Thinking of this, everyone realized that now the Xuan army was neither advancing nor retreating, and now everyone was a little sitting, and finally everyone turned their attention to Yueyang, the big boss.

Seeing everyone's worried eyes, Yue Yang laughed, he let out a long breath and said slowly: "Everyone, you should all know what Ben Hou's origin is, right?" ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed, who didn't know that Yueyang was a showman from a small landlord's family, and he was almost killed by the son of a merchant in Yingzhou Mansion, and then he came to today's position step by step.

Seeing everyone's eyes, Yue Yang nodded: "It seems that you all know the past of Ben Hou, in fact, what I want to say is that Ben Hou was able to start from the original five hundred regiments of training, and fought for the huge belongings that he has now, and now he is sitting on a provincial land, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, what other difficulties can we not overcome?" The court threw us a piece of poisonous fat, but we have good teeth and appetites, so let's eat it, I'll see who can do anything to us! ”

Seeing Yue Yang's heroic appearance, the generals also felt their morale high, and they all said in harmony: "Master Hou is right, we have all come over with strong winds and waves, is it possible that even a small Jinzhou will not dare to take it down?" ......."

Looking at the high morale of the generals, Yue Yang nodded with satisfaction......

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Yue Yangbian commanded the army and began to attack Jinzhou.

Like Dashan Pass, the first to attack Jinzhou was still the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion subordinate to the artillery battalion, and one after another swarthy bombs were lit and thrown from the spider plant, violent explosions continued to sound at the head of the city, and black gunpowder smoke bloomed at the head of the city.

Zu Dashou, Zu Dale, Zu Dacongee and others hid in the hidden soldier cave under the city wall, and were stunned as they watched the bombs that kept falling from the sky.

Zu Dale sighed and said to Wu Pai beside him: "Brother-in-law, to be honest, I looked down on you yesterday, thinking that you occupy such a strong city with high walls as Shanhaiguan and will not be able to hold out for even a day. But now I understand that with this heavenly thing, even the strongest walls are in vain! ”

Wu Ji smiled bitterly, shook his head and said nothing, what else could he say at this time?

Like Wu Zhuang, Zu Dashou was silent, I saw him squinting his eyes and staring at the hot air balloon that kept dropping bombs from the sky, and said to Wu Sangui on the side: "Uncle Chang, this spherical thing of the Xuan army can't keep throwing things down, and they fly so low, can we trick them to lower and then use a strong bow to deal with them?" ”

Wu Sangui shook his head and said with some frustration: "No, these Xuan army are very ghostly. They only stopped at a place of more than 400 paces in the air, saying that they would not come down at all, and our crossbows were completely out of reach at this height, and the bed crossbows could not hit the sky, so we couldn't do anything about them. And the most hateful thing is that they also loaded the firecrackers and beat us with firecrackers in the sky, and we suffered this big loss in the first battle of Shanhaiguan, and countless soldiers fell under the firecrackers. ”

Hearing this, Jinzhou said that all the generals gasped. Now the bombs alone have made them so wolf-like, and if they are allowed to shoot cold shots in the sky again, they will not live.

Zu Dashou and Zu Dale glanced at each other, and a hint of happiness flashed in the eyes of the brothers, it seems that it was right to send all the family members out of the city last night. If this is the case, it is indeed difficult for Jinzhou City to hold. However, a trace of fierceness flashed in Zu Dale's eyes, and he said fiercely: "The Xuan army is powerful, but we can't give Jinzhou to them for nothing, big brother...... Brother-in-law. Since the city wall can't be defended, then let's drag the people into the houses in the city, and I want to see if he Yue Zhenghong dares to bomb the houses."

"This ......"

When everyone heard this, their hearts jumped suddenly. If the Xuanda army is put into the city to fight, it can certainly hold out for a while longer, but this means that when this battle is over, at least half of Jinzhou City will be destroyed.

Wu Sanfu couldn't help but exclaim: "Uncle, if that's the case, Jinzhou will be ruined!" ”

Zu Dashou's eyelids jumped a few times and gritted his teeth and said: "Jinzhou City is the root of our ancestral family, but now that we are not even here, what is the use of keeping this root." ”

Zu Dashou's fluttering words made the faces of the Wu family's father and son a little pale, this person actually wanted the whole city to bury them for them, how ruthless it must be to make such a decision!

The bombing continued, but six hot air balloons were still too few for the city of Jinzhou. The circumference of Jinzhou City is more than 20 miles, there are 160,000 people, and six hot air balloons are too few.

In an inconspicuous place three miles away from Jinzhou City, Yueyang Tong Guò telescope looked at the black smoke and flames rising from the head of Jinzhou City, and frowned slightly, compared to Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou is too much to fight, and the bombing effect of hot air balloons is not very good.

After looking at it for a while, Yue Yang said to the communication soldiers on the side: "Order the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion to quickly drop the bomb and land, and then replace the three hot air balloons with the firecrackers, ready to suppress the enemy troops defending the city, and then tell Wang Pu, when the hot air balloons are lifted into the air again, they will start to attack, and the artillery battalion and firecrackers are ready to cover the troops to attack the city at any time!" ”

Two quarters of an hour later, Wang Pu finally led his 6,000 foot soldiers to start an attack on Jinzhou, and countless soldiers wearing green military uniforms and stab-proof suits held swords, guns, shields, pushed shield carts, and carried ladders to rush to Jinzhou City with a shout.

Soon there were many soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets on the city of Jinzhou, some of them smashed with stones, some still rolled wood, and some bent bows to shoot arrows downward, and the sound of killing resounded in the sky for a while.

"Kill ......"

As soon as a sergeant of Xuanda climbed to the battlement of the city wall, a defender poked his head out of it and raised a stone and threw it at him.

But before the stone-throwing defender could rejoice, he was hit in the chest by three lead bullets that flew almost simultaneously, and the entire upper body burst open, leaving only the lower half of the body on the city wall.

As soon as the defender died, a Xuan army below took the opportunity to climb to the battlement of the city wall, unlike other Xuan army, his weapon was pinned to his waist and held a torch in his left hand, only to see him pull out a 10,000-strong enemy from his waist and light it next to the torch, and then threw it on the city wall with all his might. Only a loud "boom" was heard, and several defenders who had been hiding behind the battlements were blown to pieces.

This scene did not happen alone, but sounded in many cities almost at the same time.

I have to say that Wang Pu is indeed a person with ghost ideas, although the escaped general died very well in history, but generally speaking, people who spare their lives often have more ideas, and this tactic of letting the siege soldiers go to the city and still have 10,000 enemies is what he came up with. (To be continued......)