Chapter 198: Where is the Ming Army?

A jar of fire oil smashed on the knife cart, rockets and torches were thrown towards the knife cart.

"Quick, get out."

A raging fire broke out on the knife cart, and the fire forced the Ming army behind him to retreat.

The Guangnan soldiers in the rear saw that the gate of the village was on fire, so they climbed up to the camp by means of a ladder.

"Order the defenders of the West Gate to rush to help." Seeing that all the knife carts at the gate of the village were burned by fire, the Qianhai camp rushed Li Shi to the gate of the village and said loudly.

"My lord, there are too many soldiers at the north gate, and the west gate has been attacked and disturbed by the troops, and there are no troops to be deployed." A flag officer reports.

When the Qianhai camp was fighting with the Guangnan army, the Nainong Ming army had also received the news.

The defenders on the city wall saw the soldiers gathering their troops and heading towards the Qianhai camp, and naturally they also knew that the soldiers had divided their troops.

"There are only 200 defenders in the Qianhai camp, and there are no less than 1,000 soldiers left under the city, how can they hold it." Wang Shi, the general of the Pinghai camp, looked at the camp in the distance with a sad face.

"General, the Qianhai camp is more than ten miles away from Nainong, let the last general lead the troops to support!" A general said to Chen Shangchuan.

"There are only more than 1,000 defenders and township soldiers in the city, and at least 2,000 people in the city. Chen Shangchuan looked at several generals and shook his head helplessly.

After the last artillery bombardment, the soldiers no longer dared to attack on a large scale.

But a large number of soldiers are still guarding the city of Nainong, staring at Nainong.

Clear-eyed people can see that the people of Fannong City are fierce artillery, and they plan to first uproot the Ming army camps outside the Nainong City, and after cutting off the camps of the Ming army, they will be trapped and killed.

"General Chen, how are the defenders of Qianhai Camp, how can they hold out for a few days." Lin Xu led the army over, and he also learned the news from other generals that the troops were attacking the Qianhai camp.

"Qianhai camp, but 200 defenders, and there are few firearms and bamboo villages, the defense is very weak, I'm afraid it won't last a day." Pinghai camp general Wang Shi smiled bitterly.

"In that case, the defenders of Qianhai Camp estimate that they should be able to break through." A deputy assistant director of the Ming Army Huben Town said.

The generals looked at each other and sighed.

"If it was Li Shi, he would indeed choose to break through rather than fight to the death, but it's a pity for those people." Chen Shangchuan seemed to be talking to himself.

"People, is it possible that there are still people left behind in Qianhai camp." Lin Xu was taken aback.

"About 1,000 people are still in the camp." Chen Shangchuan Road.

"Why don't you bring the people into the city?" Lin Xu frowned, puzzled by this practice of placing the people of Dongpu in different places.

The walls of Gnon were strong, and with the firearms and soldiers in the city, they were able to hold out for a while.

But the nearby camps are all made of bamboo and wood, and there are not many troops left, how can they move the people to the village.

"Do you think that a mere Nanong City can accommodate all the Ming people?" A local general said impatiently.

"Dongpu is so big, is it possible that we want to relocate all the Ming people in the entire Dongpu territory to Nainong City?" Wang Shi also glanced at Lin Xu angrily.

It's all at this time, and it's a question of whether Nainong City can be defended, and I'm still worried about the affairs of the Ming people.

"Besides, if you really move so many people to the city of Nainong, not to mention the time-consuming and laborious, just ask so many people in the city, what to eat and drink, whether the grain and grass needed must be mobilized from everywhere, and how much manpower will be needed to transport, and how many days can the city hold out?" Wang Shi asked rhetorically.

"On the boundary of Zhenla, ten miles are the village community, and thirty miles are the camp, so that all the people in Dongpu can be stabilized."

The words of several local Ming generals are also reasonable, and it is indeed impossible for the Dongpu Ming army to move all the people on the Dongpu territory to Nainong City to escape the disaster.

Ten miles for the village community, thirty miles set up a camp, on weekdays the Han people mixed with the village community has the local young and strong township soldiers guard, and a number of villages and communities formed of the settlement set up the Ming army camp, so that it is convenient to manage.

In the event of a disaster, the Han people of the nearby villages and communities can also take refuge in the nearby camps through the protection of the village soldiers, and at the same time, they can also transport grain in the nearby communities.

In the event of an ordinary bandit or soldier entering the country, the loss can be minimized by relying on such measures.

However, the most lethal aspect of such a move is that the various camps cannot be besieged at the same time.

The existence of a large number of camps scattered a large number of soldiers and heavy grain and grass.

It is like a great river being diverted by several forks in the road, and finally becoming a stream.

Therefore, it is okay to guard against thieves and small groups of people, but if a large number of enemy troops are suddenly attacked, and each camp is too busy to take care of itself, then there will be a situation where they will fight on their own, and finally they will be broken one by one due to the lack of garrison troops.

And the current Dongpu Ming Army has encountered such a problem.

If troops are sent to the rescue, how many soldiers should be sent?

Will the army outside the city send troops to intercept it?

The Ming generals present sighed one by one and shook their heads.

Obviously, even if they were to rush to the aid of Qianhai Camp, most of them would not want to.

After all, with the defense of the city and the grain reserves in the city, there is no problem in guarding it for a month or two.

And with the two thousand soldiers under the city, if there are no follow-up reinforcements to continue to rush to reinforcements, then if the soldiers attack Nainong for a long time and cannot be attacked, they will definitely be tired, and the Ming army may even counterattack and win.

"Could it be that the generals plan to defend Nainong City and abandon the officers and soldiers of the Qianhai Battalion and thousands of Han people?" Lin Xu shouted angrily.

"Who are you? A district coordinator dares to be presumptuous in front of me. Pinghai Yingzhen general Wang Shi scolded angrily.

Suddenly, the two sides were tense, the tiger Ben, the soldiers of Fubo Town and the local soldiers drew their swords one after another, glaring angrily.

"Put the knives down for me." Chen Shangchuan's face turned pale.

"Wang Shi, they are the Chinese merchants who came to Annan to escort the Luzon Ming Court, and it is a great luck to be able to assist us in guarding Dongpu." Chen Shangchuan held the handle of the knife in Wang Shi's hand and slowly put it down.

"Lord Chen, the Luzon Ming Army is willing to go to the Minghai camp." Lin Xu hugged Chen Shangchuan with a fist.

Hearing this, the generals of the Ming army present were shocked, and looked at the young general in front of them in surprise.

"I won't hide it from you, the reason why my Luzon Ming army went south to Luzon from Taiwan is because the red-haired ghosts slaughtered the Ming compatriots in Luzon, and we sent troops to Luzon to establish the Ming court for the Luzon Ming people not to be slaughtered by the red-haired ghosts." Lin Xu looked at the Ming general present and said.

"In the summer of the 38th year of Yongli, the Luzon pirates plundered seven or eight fishermen and fled, the Ming court sent the sailor town, Fubo town and several towns of more than ten warships, hundreds of soldiers pursued, during the encounter with strong winds, many soldiers fell into the water and died, and then only two fishermen's corpses were obtained, and more than ten soldiers fell into the water and died." He looked at the generals of the Ming army present and asked.

"Do you think Ming Ting should go to sea to search and rescue."

There was silence on the castle tower, and a sergeant craned his neck to look this way.

"After this incident, the people of Luzon, whether they were Ming or local people, whether they were merchants, officials, or craftsmen, farmers and miners, were all grateful to the Ming court, and there were no pirates to rob fishermen or fishermen who went to sea and did not return."

"I don't know why you fled to Guangnan and Zhenla, but in this foreign land, if my Ming soldiers are not even willing to protect the Ming people, it is better to go north and surrender the Tartars, and be the Tartars' clothed slaves."

Lin Xu turned to look at the soldiers of the Ming army behind him and shouted loudly.

"Where is the Ming army!"