Chapter 401: Huai'an Ending Battle II

While the Ming army troops outside the city were in full swing to set up defenses, a dragon and tiger fight was being staged in the camp of the Qing army urn city inside the city.

Li Gangtai, who was furious, watched his concubine being bullied by Yue Tuo in front of him, and he was about to resist but was pressed to the ground by several of Yue Tuo's minions.

Accompanied by the woman's crying, Li Gangtai's mouth snorted on the mud floor, and the entire tent was filled with obscene and filthy foul language.

Not only that, Yue Tuo also asked several of his minions to his concubine in batches after he finished the matter, and Li Gangtai, who was angry and angry, spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted to death on the mud.

Only two hours after the incident, Dai Shan, who got the news, went to Li Yongfang's mansion in person.

"The prince is driving, and the ministers are far away..."

Dai Shan didn't say much nonsense, and went straight to the topic before he arrived in the middle hall: "Donkey, this king has no way to teach his son, and he is here to make amends this time." ”

"Where is the prince..."Li Yongfang was shocked, and immediately saluted: "Torture your subordinates." ”

"Where is your son Li Gangtai?"

Li Yongfang turned around and ordered his subordinates to immediately look for Li Gangtai, and after a while, Li Gangtai walked out of the inner courtyard with a respectful face, and gave Dai Shan a salute very respectfully: "The last general will visit the prince." ”

Dai Shan looked Li Gangtai up and down, and then asked with concern: "General Li, this king personally whipped that rebel, and he is recuperating from his injuries in the mansion at the moment, and after he can get out of bed, this king will order him to personally apologize to General Li." ”

Li Gangtai bowed and knelt down on one knee: "It is her blessing that Baylor can take a fancy to my concubine, as long as Baylor is happy, the last general will send it to Baylor's mansion later, please don't blame Baylor, it is the fault of the last general..."

Dai Shan's face was expressionless, and he glanced at Li Yongfang who was standing on the side with his spare eyes, and then said: "Hey, since this is the case, it is inconvenient for this king to say anything," and turned his head to look at Li Yongfang: "Don't be surprised by this king, this matter has been dealt with by this king, and please don't be surprised by the concubine's family." ”

Li Yongfang also knelt down on one knee: "Prince, the minister is a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, how can the prince be like this, and ask the prince to take back his life..."

Seeing this, Dai Shan nodded thoughtfully, and then left without looking back.

Out of the Li family, the accompanying servants stepped forward and asked: "Lord Wang, the Li family..."

Before Dai Shan got on the horse, he stared at Li Yongfang's door again and left for a long time.

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Chen Cao was studying the map, and Zhao Xin entered the big tent very mysteriously: "Emperor, secret." ”

Chen Cao raised his head: "Has there been a change in Huai'an?" ”

"Emperor Shengming," Zhao Xin arched his hand: "Yesterday evening, Jiannu sent the army to escort the people to dig trenches as usual, and our army also went to rescue the people as usual. ”

Chen Cao smiled: "Jinyiwei? Or is it a stuff factory? ”

Zhao Xin shook his head: "The minister went to see him in person, and after showing his identity, someone came to report to his family, saying that he was the third son of Li Yongfang, a concubine, and a close confidant of General Li Gangtai." ”

Chen Cao was stunned: "Bring it to me." ”

"The minister was worried about fraud, so he didn't dare to bring it directly, and stayed outside the camp after the search."

"Tell Huang Chunyao and Xu Fu to come over."

When the two arrived, Chen Cao had already called several generals to gather in the camp.

"That cronie is here to spread the word, saying that Li Gangtai wants to descend to the light, please meet him."

After listening to this, Chen Cao looked at Huang Chunyao: "Dai Shan's son Yue Tuoli can't look down on Li Yongfang's family, I heard that Li Yangeng's stubborn defense of Gaoyou was his idea, and the cause of the incident was because Li Yongfang proposed to treat the Han people well, and was scolded by Yue Tuo, Li Gangtai was young and vigorous, and he couldn't figure it out, so he said bad things about Yue Tuo in front of several guerrillas under his command..."

Chen Cao looked at Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin took over the conversation as he spoke: "Yue Tuo took someone to rape his concubine in front of Li Gangtai, and when he left, he said in front of Li Gangtai, who had already fainted with blood, 'I can't clean you up', it is said that after the incident, Dai Shan personally went to Li Yongfang's house to apologize, and also made Yue Tuo whip ten lashes. ”

Xu Fuyuan said with a smile: "This tartar is really not under the control of the Rites and Religion, and he can do anything." ”

Huang Chunyao spoke: "Your Majesty is worried that Li Gangtai is cheating?" ”

Chen Cao sneered: "A small general, he can't up, but this matter can be believed, Li Gangtai's meaning is very clear, it is agreed that after three days, our army will attack from all sides, and he will wait for the opportunity to open the south gate." ”

"Li Gangtai guards the south gate?"

This is the question that everyone has.

"Li Yongfang's Han Army Banner Department mainly guards the south gate."

"How many people are in the Han Army Banner?"

Yang Lian Maha spoke: "Back to Your Majesty, there are 150,000 people in the Han Army's banner, and there are 20,000 true Tartars and 30,000 Mongolian Tartars left. ”

"No wonder the Daishan Association personally came to apologize to Li Yongfang, the colt."

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Li Yongfang didn't know about Li Gangtai's various operations, and all of Li Gangtai's performances when Dai Shan came to the door were taught by Li Yongfang in advance.

After Dai Shan returned to his own line, he thought about it and made a plan, first in the name of changing the defense and reinforcements, he transferred Li Gangtai's headquarters to the West Gate, and then transferred the three Niu Lu's Zhenghongqi headquarters to the South Gate, in addition, dispersed Li Yongfang's power to command the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and set up a Manchurian to lead the army in the strength of each battalion.

All this is also the result of Dai Shan's deep calculation, and the purpose is to prevent the Li family, especially Li Gangtai.

Originally, he wanted to directly remove Li Gangtai from his position as a general and let him be a direct general in Xingyuan, but thinking of Li Yongfang's identity and his status in the Han military banner, he also hesitated, and finally dispelled this idea.

Yue Tuo was indeed whipped, but he was still able to walk, dragged his injured body into the lobby, and said hatefully: "Amma, Li Gangtai can't stay." ”

"You don't think it's big enough?"

Dai Shan frowned and kept shaking his head: "The Li family is the first senior general of the Ming Dynasty to submit to my Qing Dynasty, and his father Khan treated him with great courtesy and trust, which stabilized the determination of the Han people to take refuge, Li Gangtai is a small matter, if it affects my Qing Dynasty's foundation in the Central Plains, I will become a sinner in Manchuria." ”

Yue Tuo supported Huang Taiji and said that Khan was something that everyone knew, and even his own father did not support it, and it was impossible to say that Yue Tuo was stupid, and he could only say that he was very politically visionary.

"Amma, Li Gangtai watched me lead someone to forcibly take his concubine in front of him, and afterwards pretended to say that he wanted to give it to me, don't they Han people often say the hatred of killing their father and taking their wife? Isn't there a lot of stuff in this? ”

Dai Shan had already thought of this, so he hesitated: "Changing generals before the battle is not only unfavorable to the morale of the army, but the focus is still on the horses, and the big war is imminent, so this kind of trivial matter must not be sloppy." ”

"Amma, my son still thinks that even if he doesn't deal with Li Gangtai, he has to listen to it and use it separately, and we have to be careful about the horses, Ama also said that it is for the foundation of my Qing Dynasty."

"Go down, and let me think about it again."

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In 1633, on the fourth day of August in the first year of Shengwu, the four armies of the Ming army surrounded the entire Huai'an city in batches.

"In the direction of the south gate, 200 artillery pieces of the Shenwu Army were mobilized, and 20,000 rounds of artillery shells were gathered, which is expected to be shelled for three hours; The rest of the guns gathered nearly 500 guns of each army, and the shelling was expected to take two hours. ”

After listening to the briefing, Chen Cao nodded, and then raised the clairvoyant mirror with everyone to watch, and on the city wall, Dai Shan was also looking at the dense artillery positions in the distance, and couldn't help but shudder.

"With such a dense artillery, can this Huai'an city wall be stopped?"

Li Yongfang stood aside, he gladly accepted Li Gangtai's order to be transferred out of the south gate, and even took the initiative to put forward the idea of letting Li Gangtai go home temporarily to recuperate, but was finally vetoed by Daishan.

It was precisely because Li Yongfang took the initiative to dismiss Li Gangtai that Dai Shan, who finally hesitated, dispelled this idea, and still let Li Gangtai serve as a general, but he was transferred out of the south gate and stationed at the west gate.

"Judging from the situation of our previous battles with the Ming army, they make good use of open flower shells, if they all attack the city with real bullets, this city wall will definitely not be able to hold, so many artillery, at most two days can collapse the city wall."

Li Yongfang expressed his opinion, and then said: "But with this kind of dense flower bomb, there is absolutely no one standing on the city wall, otherwise..."

Not standing is equivalent to leaving the walls undefended when the opponent is bombarded, but the consequence of this is that the opponent can take advantage of this opportunity to move under the walls.

"Impossible, the Ming army has firearms that can blow up the city wall, and it must not be done..."Yue Tuo crossed Dai Shan and said: "Come on, escort all those Han dogs out of the city gate, and then put all those old and weak on the city, Ben Beile wants to see if he Chen Cao dares to open fire." ”

Li Yongfang didn't stop it, and Dai Shan didn't open his mouth, this may be the only way to stop it, and Dai Shan is not sitting still, his plan has been implemented for more than a month now, and the reinforcements should also arrive, as long as he can drag on in Huai'an for one more day, it will be good for the entire battle situation.

And now, it is impossible to care about the life and death of this Han people, and the Qing Dynasty is the most important thing.

Huang Chunyao put down the clairvoyant mirror and looked at Chen Cao: "Your Majesty, it's all the people." ”

Chen Cao also took a deep breath: "Obviously, Dai Shan is also on the city wall, can this Li Gangtai succeed at the South Gate?" ”

"If it is shelled by the whole army, there will be no living people in the city, but this will not be good for our public opinion, and it will spread in the future, and it will also have an impact on Your Majesty's reputation."

Xu Fuyuan spoke.

The crown prince Chen Boxing also rode a horse, and he was on Chen Cao's side: "Father, will Li Gangtai be temporarily transferred?" ”

Chen Cao was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Although the prince is small, it makes sense, if I were Daishan, I would also consider transferring Li Gangtai away, after all, no one can bear this kind of thing, unless he is a eunuch..."

"Hahaha..."

There was a loud laugh behind him, Chen Cao smiled, and then became serious: "Send an order to Ning Guoxing, ask him to adjust the artillery position, put the positioning cannon into the city, and send a message to Li Gangtai first, I want to see if this Li Gangtai really wants to turn against the water;

Zhao Xin immediately sent people to the other three battlefields and told them that if there was a situation in their respective defense areas where the Qing army opened the city, they must carefully consider and discern the situation. ”

"Yes..."