No. 174: Run into a guy who doesn't eat hard and soft
I can't even look down on the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, let alone a governor with the name of "supervising the army"!
Wang Li really has no interest in being the emperor!
Hide in Sichuan, stay away from the court, stay away from thieves, stay away from right and wrong, there will never be a mistake!
is like that Cao Wenzhao, who obviously made great contributions, but was impeached!
Unexpectedly, it was said that he "led the enemy into the Kou"!
There is even more shameless, saying that he "colluded with Huang Taiji"!
I'll it!
Those civil officials of the dog day are even more ruthless than the East Factory and the West Factory!
Dare to say anything, dare to rectify anyone!
The whole person is up, the face is not red and the heart is not beating!
Cao Wenzhao, who was not afraid of danger, went deep into Horqin alone, and led Huang Taiji's army away from the Great Wall for more than a month!
During this time, there is no support from all walks of life, at least you can build city defenses, actively deploy troops, and take countermeasures!
One by one, nothing was done!
Cao Wenzhao completed the task of luring the enemy, people were sleepy and tired, and he entered the customs to rest and recuperate, right?
One by one, they didn't even open the city gates!
If it weren't for Man Gui's help, Cao Wenzhao would have been made dumplings!
Huang Taiji fought back again, the offensive was like a rainbow, and the cities fell one after another, and it turned out to be Cao Wenzhao's fault!
Such an officialdom is really speechless!
In this world, even if there are Bai Qi and Wang Qian, plus Zhang Liang and Han Xin, they can't turn the tide!
Now, Cao Wenzhao is surrounded in the Sifang Fort, and no one can save him!
The only possible soldier and horse is Zhu Youzhen's cavalry battalion!
After several hesitations, he had to send Zhu You the legend of the flying pigeon, Chen took advantage of it, and hoped that the Xiaoqi camp would do his best to help;
At the same time, he sent a flying pigeon biography to Cao Wenzhao, asking him to wait until the Xiaoqi camp came, and then he should cooperate with the outside world.
……
Half a month ago, Hai Lanzhu was brought into the Guannei, Cao Wenzhao didn't make a noise, and even Wang Li didn't know!
After planning that the Eight Banners would retreat, he handed her over to Jinyiwei and sent her to Sichuan.
However, the Eight Banners not only besieged the Sifang Fort, but also continued to increase their troops!
In the middle of a month, more than a dozen surrounding cities fell one after another, and hundreds of villages were sacked!
Still, it's okay!
Most of the people of Datong Mansion moved to Sichuan, and there were not many things that the Eight Banners soldiers could rob!
"Mr. Cao! The Eight Banners are just outside the city, why don't they fight?
What are you waiting for?
Long live the blame, do you know the consequences? ”
Sun Maolin asked sharply, and Cao Wenzhao didn't bother to look at him.
There was no sound, and he glanced coldly outside the city.
If it weren't for Wang Li's letter, Cao Wenzhao would have been out of the city a long time ago!
What if there are more Eight Banner soldiers?
Just do it!
Killing one is enough, killing two is profitable!
No big deal!
"Mr. Cao! If you don't fight again, after my father-in-law returns to Beijing, he will truthfully report to Long Live Lord!
You can't afford the sin of cowardice! ”
"Grandpa Sun, if you want to go back to Beijing, you can leave now!
No one is stopping you! ”
Cao Wenzhao didn't give a good face, and Sun Maolin was so angry that he blew his beard and stared!
If it weren't for the Eight Banners surrounding the Sifang Fort, he would have left the city and returned to Beijing half a month ago!
Look outside the city, Sun Maolin's heart is half cold!
No, his heart has long been cold!
If you don't break through, your life will be hard to protect!
However, Cao Wenzhao blindly defended it, and it seemed that he had no intention of breaking through!
There are more and more Eight Banners soldiers besieging the city, and there are no reinforcements outside!
There will be a day when the grain and grass in the city will run out!
It's only a matter of time before the city falls!
What should I do if I can't get out suddenly?
"Report ...... Cao Zongbing: Huang Taiji sent someone to send a letter! ”
"Oh? Epistle? What letter? Huang Taiji wants to negotiate? ”
Sun Maolin's face was overjoyed, he had just received the letter, and suddenly felt a chill in his neck!
Slowly turned around, only to see Cao Wenzhao return the sword into the sheath!
And then, nothing was known!
"If someone asks, they will say that Grandpa Sun fled out of the city and was shot to death by the Eight Banners! Got it? ”
"Mr. Cao rest assured! No one is talking nonsense, brethren! ”
"Huh! The roots of the ears are finally quiet! ”
Cao Wenzhao snorted coldly and took the letter.
Hai Lanzhu?
Huang Taiji's grandson is making a big move, is he trying to take Hai Lanzhu back?
Scold!
I believe you're a ghost!
If I had written half a month ago, I might still believe you!
Now, you can't grab anything and are ready to return to Shenyang, so you start to negotiate pretendically?
Hai Lanzhu, the woman of my factory, how can I return it to you?
I won't give it to you, and I'm not convinced to bite me?
"Wu Zongchen, write a letter to Huang Taiji on my behalf!
Let's just say that Hai Lanzhu is pregnant with the general's son!
After she gave birth, Ben would personally send her to Shenyang!
Let him wait slowly!
If you can't wait, you can attack the city at any time! ”
"Mr. Cao, do you really want to write like this? You deliberately provoked Huang Taiji and hoped that he would lead troops to attack the city?
If he is really "waiting slowly" outside the city, what should we do? ”
"That's it!"
Cao Wenzhao smiled confidently and said nonchalantly: "Whether he attacks the city or retreats, he will accompany him to the end!" ”
Cao Wenzhao's attitude was resolute, and Wu Zongchen had no choice but to follow the order.
Indeed, there is no need to be afraid of the soldiers and food in the city!
Although there were only 3,000 soldiers and horses, although there were no cannons, there were muskets, broadswords, bows and arrows!
Moreover, the soldiers in the city are covered in iron armor and are invulnerable!
No matter how many Eight Banners soldiers kill the city, they can slowly repel it!
Nothing to be afraid of!
Merely......
Alas, don't mention it!
……
The next morning, another letter from Huang Taiji arrived!
After reading the letter, Cao Wenzhao secretly laughed!
This Huang Tai Chi is really interesting!
How dare you threaten me?
How dare you say that you want to announce the causes and consequences of this war to the world?
I'll go, I'm afraid you won't make it?
Who would believe the woman who said Ben would rob you?
You call yourself a great sweater, you can't even keep a woman, you really have a face!
If you're embarrassed, take the big horn now and go around!
Don't dare to say?
I'll help you speak!
Cao Wenzhao pondered a little and made up a limerick poem:
“
The white mountains and black waters are savage,
Burning, killing and looting is a bold man;
My own woman can't keep it,
What is the face of the Great Khan?
”
Soon, the soldiers of the city chanted in unison, and the sound was like thunder.
The provocative meaning in the poem made the emperor so angry that he blew his beard and stared!
If you have a cannon in your hand, you will raze this little quadrangular fort to the ground!
It's a pity that the cannon is far away in Shengjing, and it is difficult to transport it in March and May!
Look at the helpless Fan Wencheng, Huang Taiji really wants to cry without tears!
Didn't this guy say that the generals of the Han people were afraid of being responsible?
Doesn't it mean that as long as the snatching of Hai Lanzhu is widely publicized and the cause of this battle is blamed on Cao Wenzhao, he will immediately succumb?
Why didn't Cao Wenzhao in the city eat this set?
He is really not afraid that this matter will reach the ears of his emperor?
That's good!
We haven't made a big deal about it yet, but he's the first to do it!
As soon as he shouted, all the soldiers of the Eight Banners, all the Jurchens and Mongolian tribes, knew about their ugly deeds!
His own woman was snatched twice, isn't it a scandal?
I'm a great sweater, what a shame!
Good for you, Cao Wenzhao!
Ben Khan is not done with you!
"Order: The whole army retreats three miles!
Hai Lanzhu's matter, who dares to publicize it everywhere, will not be spared! ”
……
After thinking hard all night, Huang Taiji has a new idea!
"This letter, immediately arrange for the warriors to be sent to the Sifang Fort, and hand it over to Cao Wenzhao in person!"
Fan Wencheng took the letter and read it with a suspicious face.
"Great Khan, do you want to make peace with Cao Wenzhao?"
Huang Taiji smiled coldly, Fan Wencheng suddenly realized, and didn't ask any more.
In the letter, Huang Taiji really wanted to make peace - as long as Cao Wenzhao handed over Hailanzhu, the Eight Banners would retreat immediately!
Moreover, they will give him 50,000 taels of silver and 3,000 fine horses!
He couldn't refuse such a condition!
Take advantage of the opportunity of the silver and war horses to enter the city, and give him a lightning speed!
As long as there is a team of Eight Banners to control the city gate, it is basically done!
No way!
That Cao Wenzhao is stinky and hard!
Since the "siege" can't frighten him, and the "hype" can't frighten him, then tempt him with silver and war horses!
Don't be afraid that he won't be fooled!
However......
Two hours later, after receiving Cao Wenzhao's reply, Huang Taiji was so angry that his face turned blue again!
This guy, agree to the exchange!
However, he demanded that the silver and war horses be placed outside the city, and also asked all the Eight Banners soldiers to retreat to the north of the Great Wall twenty miles!
Wait until all the silver and war horses enter the city, and then he will put Hai Lanzhu back!
Depend on! What a fool I am!
This dog's day, it is clear that I want to eat the "overlord meal"!
Hum!
If you want to pluck the hair on Ben Khan, it's not that easy!
"Write back to Cao Wenzhao, and say that Ben Khan agrees to his way of exchange!
But tell him that it will take time to prepare the silver and the horses, and it is estimated that it will take a month to prepare them! ”
"Great Khan, do you want to play a delaying tactic?"
"No, it's not a delay, it's a threat!
Rest assured, he will be able to read what is written in the letter!
I don't believe it, the food and horse feed of the Sifang Fort are enough for nine thousand war horses to eat for a month! ”
……
Regarding the strength of Houjin's soldiers and horses, Wang Li had already "chatted" with Cao Wenzhao!
The Jurchen and Mongol tribes, with a total population of less than a million!
Except for the old and weak women and children, and the young and strong men who herd horses and sheep, an army of 100,000 people was formed, which basically reached the sky!
In the event of a major defeat, the lost horses can be quickly recovered, but the soldiers cannot!
In every battle, as long as there is a casualty of three or five thousand, Huang Taiji's heart will definitely drip blood!
Therefore, Cao Wenzhao's reply is all an aggressive provocation - as long as he fails to attack the Sifang Fort, Huang Taiji will definitely retreat!
The problem is, Huang Taiji is cunning and cunning!
He only besieged, not attacked!
I want to come to the fence again!
However, the Eight Banners are really tough!
Fifty thousand Eight Banner soldiers surrounded the Sifang Fort, and the Ming army did not dare to rescue any way!
Huang Taiji guessed correctly - there is enough food in the Sifang Fort, but there is no grass in the city!
The bean cakes stored in the past year are only enough for the needs of nine thousand war horses for half a month!
If the city is really besieged for a month, the horses in the city will be starved to death!
For cavalry, the war horse is the life of the soldier!
A rider without a war horse can only be slaughtered!
Still, it's okay!
And a fortified city!
When necessary, the cavalry can be converted to infantry, and it can also be defended!
Nine thousand war horses, fat and strong, well-trained!
What a pity!
……
Cao Wenzhao was worried, and the ministers were still discussing "whether to rescue Cao Wenzhao"!
Only, this time, there was no quarrel!
Zhu Youzhen's Xiao Cavalry Battalion Iron Cavalry, all the ministers saw it!
It was unanimously agreed that sending the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to rescue Cao Wenzhao was the most economical and effective way!
As for whether it will succeed and what the casualties will be, the ministers do not care!
Wang Li's flying pigeon biography also mentions the Xiao Riding Camp!
However, in the final analysis, Cao Wenzhao is Wang Li's ministry!
Cao Wenzhao has made many military exploits in the process of suppressing thieves, but when it comes to the critical time, he may not necessarily obey the dispatch!
What Zhu Youzhen thinks about the most is "whether it is worth saving"!
If you save it, what is the success rate?
10,000 cavalry battalions and 50,000 eight banner soldiers are stumbling to the death, and it is difficult to win!
It is likely that the whole army will be wiped out!
If that's the case, you can't take out the money to form a cavalry battalion!
But if he doesn't save it, Wang Li will be disappointed!
His pilot reform in Sichuan has achieved remarkable results, which is really gratifying!
The strength of the Ming Dynasty can only be pinned on him!
After thinking about it for a few days, Zhu Youzhen finally made up his mind: save!
However, a new question arises: who will lead the troops?
All the ministers in the palace are uniformly silent!
No one is stupid!
If the leader of the troops does not fight, Cao Wenzhao will die!
The black cauldron of poor rescue and cowardice will never escape!
It's quite light to get a "dismissal and return to the hometown"!
If you fight hard, not only will you have no chance of winning, but you will also have to take your life!
Even if you are lucky enough not to die, the official fortune of a lifetime will come to an end!
In the northwest battlefield south of Datong, Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Wang Chengen, Lian Guoshi, He Renlong and other generals can all fight well!
However, they all have the responsibility of suppressing thieves, and they cannot be easily mobilized!
The silence of the Manchu officials, Zhu Youzhen was disappointed!
Just as he was about to leave, Sun Chuanting, the head of the official department at the back of the crowd, boldly stepped forward to ask for battle!
Fearless in the face of danger, righteousness is awe-inspiring!
The words are passionate, the generosity is magnificent!
Zhu You heard it and was overjoyed!
was about to be canonized, but someone spoke out against it!
"Lord Sun, do you treat the court of the Ming Dynasty as a vegetable market?
This is a place where you can come and go when you want? ”
The person who made the joke was none other than Qian Xiangkun, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet!
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting's face was really red and white!