Chapter 487
Three months, three months is just a hundred days. But the situation of the Ming Dynasty has changed dramatically, and Mangui is simply a horse race in the south of the Yangtze River. The battle schedule is no different from the march schedule, and everywhere you go is full of people who surrender to the city. So much so that Man Ye was very dissatisfied because he didn't fight. He wanted to go to Jinling too much, but there were enough soldiers in Jinling, and Man Ye couldn't get in at all.
Cao Wenzhao followed Sun Chuanting to Guanzhong, and the battle report came over and the plough court swept away all the opposition forces in Guanzhong. Hong Chengchou couldn't get along in Guanzhong, so he could only take his Hong soldiers to Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong was still making a fuss there, as if he knew that he wouldn't be able to jump for long, and he wanted to have an emperor addiction while he could still make trouble.
Two months ago, Zhang Xianzhong was proclaimed emperor in Sichuan. The country name is Onishi, and he calls himself Emperor Onishi.
For this kind of grasshopper after the autumn, Li Xiao didn't even want to pay attention to it. Now his goal is Jinling, a megacity of a million people.
The camp of the Liao army spread from the Yangtze River to the Purple Mountain. Unconsciously, nearly 100,000 Liao troops have been surrounded by Jinling City. Li Xiao never dreamed that he would one day be able to command so many troops.
Most of these troops were originally composed of immigrants from Liaodong, and demobilized veterans temporarily served as officers at all levels. The so-called garrison division is completely in the nature of a local garrison. The equipment used was all eliminated firearms, and many soldiers only had a knife in their hands. After all, there aren't that many firecrackers that have been eliminated.
A division is only equipped with 16 mortars, and it will not be able to deal with such an elite as the Nanjing Forbidden Army. However, it must be no problem to deal with Nanming's guards. The army of the Southern Ming Guard, even the oldest bird guns, let alone mortars, are not used. If you can have two iron-cast Furlong cannons, that's a lot of money.
As for the power vacuum, not to mention the regimental training run by the various magistrates themselves. Many of these rabble don't even have knives. With a big stick in his hand, he claimed to be there to deal with bandits anyway.
The mortars of the Liao soldiers were all erected on the city wall, and the artillery observers were holding binoculars all day and night. Looking down on the entire Jinling City condescendingly, as long as there is a mortar in the city, it will be immediately covered by artillery fire.
If it's daytime, there are hot air balloons in the sky. The Nanjing Forbidden Army on the ground was monitored in three dimensions, and there were no tricks at all.
"Horse Soldiers, our Li Dashuai gave you enough conditions at the beginning. It's just that you didn't kill Wen Tiren to get into today's situation. Our marshal is a person who pays attention to the spirit of contract, and he always counts what he says. Of course, you'll also have to complete your part of the agreement. ”
Ma Shiying looked at the fat man with a lovely smile in front of him, he didn't believe this guy very much. After all, last time, Li Yongfang also said the same. It is difficult for someone who has been fooled once to trust others again.
"Who are you, in any official position in the Liao Army?" Ruan Dacheng asked with a calm face.
"In Xia Yin Jishan, he was originally the prefect of Yanzhou, Shandong. was recruited by the marshal, and now he is a scholar in the Liao army. Responsible for handling the official correspondence between the marshal and various places! Yin Jishan smiled and bowed deeply to Ruan Dacheng.
"That's what Li Yongfang said last time, but when you arrived in Jinling City, why did you still shoot us?" Ma Shiying looked at Yin Jishan viciously, and if he didn't agree with him, he smashed the cup, and the knife and axe hand rushed out to cut people.
"Lord Bingbu, what do you say is the difference between the clothes worn by your subordinates and those worn by Elder Wen Tiren Wen Ge. Our Liao army has just landed, and of course whoever threatens their safety, he will shoot at whomever he wants. But then again, you didn't send messengers to my camp. How do we know which is your army of the Horse Soldiers, and where is the army of Wen Ge Lao.
From the day of the siege, our Liao army was constantly attacked. From the soldiers of the Nanjing Forbidden Army to the ordinary people. This directly led to heavy losses for our Liao army, and many brothers died in this Jinling city. In this case, of course, we will attack indiscriminately. ”
"We sent someone out of the city to contact you, but you didn't see it?" Ma Shiying sent one of his confidants, this thing has not been alive and dead for many days, Ma Shiying has long regarded this person as dead.
"How could that be? We didn't see your envoy at all, so was there some misunderstanding? Yin Jishan looked shocked.
"Uh...... There seems to be a hidden secret here, since the envoy is here, the old man will ask, if we defeated Wen Tiren, you will ......! ”
"My handsome family will definitely fulfill his promise, although you two can't go out of the phase, but wealth is still no problem. This is guaranteed by the letter of my family. Yin Jishan restrained his smile and was very serious.
Thinking of that fateful letter, Ma Shiying's heart trembled. His mother was all for this letter, so he had a quarrel with Wen Tiren like this. "But Wen Tiren, that old horseman, has the 13th Division of the Nanjing Forbidden Army as his henchmen. Together with the original guards around Nanjing, there are 30,000 people in total.
Our army is not as numerous as them, and the city has been closed for more than two months, and most of the various supplies have been consumed. It's easier said than done now to capture or kill Wen Tiren. Now, we really have more than enough to do......! ”
"Oh, I see. If the commander of my family provides you with artillery support, can the Lord of the War Department be sure to defeat Wen Tiren? ”
"Artillery support ......!" Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng's eyes lit up.
As long as you know something about military affairs, you know how fierce the artillery fire of the Liao soldiers is. If there is the addition of Liao artillery, then do you still need to fight Wen Tiren? This battle is simply a ready-made one.
"Yes, my marshal can consider providing artillery support to your army."
"Okay, the Venerable Envoy has worked hard from afar. Come on, prepare wine and dinner for Lord Yin. Send someone to wait! Seeing that Ma Shiying was still hesitating, Ruan Dacheng immediately stood up.
"Oh! Right! Please also ask Lord Yin to use some wine and rice first, and we will discuss it after the meal. Ma Shiying saw Ruan Dacheng's eyes, and his old partner for many years naturally understood immediately.
His subordinates took Yin Jishan down to have a meal with wine, Ruan Dacheng watched Yin Jishan walk away, and then turned around: "Lord of the military department, this is a good thing." Li Xiao's credibility is still reliable, and if the Liao army provides artillery support, we are eighty percent sure that we will be able to eliminate Wen Tiren. You can think about it, and when the time comes, our belongings will become reasonable and legal money. In the future, no matter how we spend it, no one will say nothing. ”
"Do you really believe in Li Xiao that much?" was deceived once, and Ma Shiying's trust in Li Xiao was obviously greatly reduced.
"What you can believe, what if you can't. In this battle, it is the soldiers who fight. The artillery fire was provided by Li Xiao, and the shell consumption was naturally his. We didn't come out with anything, and we could still get a benefit in the end. Even the worst thing is that we can escape through the secret passage under Jinling City. Back then, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen didn't escape from the secret passage?
Anyway, these soldiers can't be brought with them at that time, so let's take advantage of the fact that we have a hard fight with Wen Tiren now. If you succeed, then the wealth of this life will be in hand. ”
"You mean that the soldiers died in vain?"
"Of course, what do you want to be a soldier if you don't fight. As long as there is a war, is there any immortal? Throughout the ages, any famous general has wanted to make contributions. We are just the descendants of those people. ”