Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 502
Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Fuzhou City where the fireworks were rising, thoughtfully, and turned his head to smile at Yang Menglong: "The cavalry army is like jackals biting behind, and the navy quickly intersects along the coastline, copying Jiannu's back route , A good way! This time building a slave really made you miserable."

Yang Menglong chuckled and said, "That's right! Jiannu still wants to fight steadily when he meets me? Just kidding!"

The generals agreed with this sentence a hundred times.Tens of thousands of cavalry troops were chasing after the enemy, and the navy rushed in front of the enemy and kept bombarding the enemy's supply stronghold. This kind of fighting style can only be described as a rogue. He lost half his life, let alone Jian Nu!

Zu Dabi galloped over on horseback and shouted: "Little Yang Shuai, stop talking and give the order to attack! I, the Guan Ning cavalry, are willing to take the lead!" He was almost 20 years older than Yang Menglong. When he went to the battlefield for the first time It is estimated that Yang Menglong is still in the mother's womb, but now he obeys Yang Menglong's advice, for no other reason than because this young man deserves his respect.

Zu Dale shouted: "That's right, Young Shuai Yang, we have been practicing the cavalry wall you mentioned for two years, but we have never had a chance to try it. Now we just use Jiannu to practice our hands!" The Tianxiong Army's iron curtain descending charge on the wall time and time again smashed the incoming golden iron cavalry into pieces, so in the past few years Zu Dabi and Zu Dale have also done the same thing and carried out a wall-riding attack on their direct descendants. It took two full years of charge training, and finally three thousand charge cavalry similar to the Polish Hussars were trained.It stands to reason that based on the iron cavalry that survived the Battle of Daling River, after two years of training, the Lancers of the Guanning Army already had the strength to compete head-on with the Houjin Cavalry. After the Battle of the River, they had only focused on preserving their strength, so that the thousands of lancers trained at a huge cost had no use at all.It's all right now, I've finally surrounded Houjin's [-] army, and I can have a good fight. The two thousand cavalry can't hold back anymore, and they are eager to fight. Let's try the results of these four years of hard training. .

Yang Menglong looked up at the sky and said, "No hurry, set up camp first, let the soldiers rest for one night, and clean them up tomorrow!"

Zu Dale was anxious: "Jiannu will regain his strength after a night, and the battle will be difficult!"

Yang Menglong snorted: "How can they regain their strength if they don't even have enough food to eat? There's nothing to say, just starve them until they are soft and then beat them!"

Cao Jun rode his horse and ran over, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the scout reported that Jianu is killing horses for meat!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "Jiannu, who prides himself on riding and shooting, actually wants to kill war horses to satisfy his hunger? It seems that their food has been eaten up long ago, great!"

Zu Dale said: "Xiao Shuai Yang, I still recommend launching an attack immediately! There are too many variables to launch an attack tomorrow. Jiannu may break through tonight, or launch an attack on our army tonight, or even... Even their reinforcements will arrive early tomorrow morning, and the soldiers are very fast!"

Yang Menglong still shook his head: "No, it is getting dark now. Our troops are too mixed. It will be difficult to control them once it gets dark. Night fighting will not do us any good... Surround Jiannu and set up camp to rest. Light more torches and send out double the number of sentries to prevent the Jiannu from escaping. If you encounter a night attack by the Jiannu, just repel them and do not pursue them. We will deal with them tomorrow!"

Although Zu Dabi and Zu Dale were eager to fight, seeing Yang Menglong's persistence, and most importantly seeing that their troops, although high in fighting spirit, could not hide their fatigue, they had no choice but to agree and order the troops to set up camp.The Ming army moved quickly and surrounded Houjin on all sides.During the long-distance pursuit, everyone marched lightly. Talking about a deer camp or resisting horses was all nonsense. They didn't bring any troops at all, so naturally there was no way to build a fence.However, this could not help Yang Menglong. Dozens of four-wheeled carriages came over. Under the command of Yang Menglong, the Ming army soldiers unloaded 1.5-meter-long wooden stakes from the carriages and swung hammers. Break down a barbed wire every ten feet, and then... nonsense, of course it's the barbed wire!The barbed wire fence pulled this time is not as high as the one under Lushun City. It is only 1.3 meters high from the ground at most, and one pull is two layers.This is very abominable. In the future, with the combat effectiveness of the Golden Cavalry, it will be very easy for the horse to jump over such a high barbed wire fence. But with two weights, the horse will not be able to gain enough speed to jump over the second layer after jumping over the first layer. He could only be trapped in the middle of the barbed wire fence and became the target of the Ming army's archers.

Mang Gurtai saw it clearly and yelled: "Despicable! Shameless!"

Abatai snorted: "It's just a small skill. If we are determined to break through, how can this simple wire fence stop us!"

This is the truth. In fact, in Lushun, if Hou Jin is willing to fight for thousands of lives, the barbed wire fence and trench defense system laid down by Yang Menglong will not be able to stop them.The question is how young and strong is Houjin?And which post-golden general dares to fight the kind of battle that requires thousands of people at once?Of course, it’s different now. Now it’s a life-and-death moment. Let alone thousands of people, even if half of the fight is going to happen, they have to fight hard, because if they don’t fight, there is no way out.

When the Ming army pulled barbed wire and built earth barriers, the soldiers of the Houjin Dynasty did nothing, just watched coldly, and took horse meat out of the pot to eat.The horse meat was only boiled in plain water until half-to-medium-rare. There was no oil or salt. Then there is nothing to eat.I have to say that adversity can really temper people. After experiencing an unprecedented fiasco, and being chased by the Ming army for three hundred miles, I was starving and couldn't even sleep. Under such terrible adversity, The arrogance accumulated by countless victories on the post-Golden Warriors, and the tenacity and arrogance that were worn away a little bit due to the increasing abundance of supplies, broke out. They have resumed the daily battles of the Nurhachi era, fighting against the sky. At that time, he was sincere, brave and brave, put aside all distracting thoughts, and only wanted to fight the Ming army to the death.This is why Yang Menglong decided to wait for one night before attacking. The bravery of the Jurchen warriors was not a joke, and the artillery did not keep up. He did not have the confidence to eat up [-] yuan with such a miscellaneous army. Jurchen warriors.

The battlefield is really too big, and the Houjin cavalry has been repeatedly ramming and harassing until dark. The Ming army failed to use barbed wire to enclose the Houjin army. Where there is no barbed wire, three-legged nails are sprinkled. No matter whether it is a human or a horse, it is painful to step on it.Seeing them throw tripod nails made of big bags of steel as garbage, Abatai and others are envious or envious... The Ming army is really rich, but Houjin can't afford so much steel for them to squander .

Considering that there is no moon tonight, it is not a romantic thing for everyone to feed mosquitoes in a dark field. The Ming army thoughtfully lit a large number of torches near the barbed wire, illuminating a large area like daylight. Standby, if Jin Dajun dares to approach the barbed wire fence, he will be shot to death by random arrows!
In addition, Yang Menglong also changed the outfits of the two thousand Guanning cavalry.The two thousand Guanning cavalry were still using the kind of spears that would break when they stabbed someone. The Heluo New Army had long since used this thing. With Yang Menglong's order, they all threw away the spears and replaced them with four A half meter long horse stem.Guan Ning's iron cavalry changed into a horse and tried to use it. They all said that it was very easy to use, and it was more than a little better than riding a spear. They were very satisfied.

It was getting dark, and the plains outside Fuzhou City returned to calm. Neither the Ming army nor the Houjin Eight Banners army had any interest in a field battle—the risk of tens of thousands of people fighting at night in this day and age is not usually high. The possibility of dying in the hands of one's own people is as great as that of dying in the hands of the enemy. Winning or losing depends entirely on character. Neither side can afford such a battle, so they both chose to calm down, recharge their batteries, and wait for tomorrow's fight.

After the end of the battle, Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng rode their horses to a high place to look at the enemy camp. They saw bonfires dotted like stars, covering the ground in piles.Lu Xiangsheng looked at this scene, his mood was agitated, and he chanted softly: "Looking at the sword with the lamp on while drunk, dreaming back to the Horn Company...it's really...magnificent!"

Yang Menglong said: "Yes, magnificent... Huang Taiji probably never dreamed that we, who were beaten to the point of vomiting blood by him in Daling River, would be so strong in just two years, and we would be able to encircle him with tens of thousands of troops." Bar?"

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile: "Not only did he not expect it, even I didn't expect it... If this enemy army can be wiped out, even if it is only half of them, Jiannu will be hurt, and Daming will be able to breathe a sigh of relief." , you can concentrate on dealing with those rogues."

Yang Menglong also laughed: "Why do you hear your tone, it seems that rogues are more difficult to deal with than Jiannu?"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "Yes, that's how I see it. No matter how fierce the Jiannu are, they only have a population of 200 million and 10,000+ elite soldiers. As long as Daming can put all his strength into one place, it is not difficult to deal with them. But this rogue, There are millions of them, just like locusts, scurrying to one place to eat up another place, killing one batch after another, killing them endlessly, and I don’t know what it will take to calm them down!”

Yang Menglong said: "It's not difficult to deal with the bandits, and it's not difficult to deal with the Jiannu." He pointed at Houjin Daying, "There are thousands of miles of fertile land in Liaodong, and the land is sparsely populated. The fertile land is more than [-] million mu. As long as the Jiannu are eliminated, the refugees will be moved to If you come from Liaodong, each person will share dozens of acres of land, and then provide them with farm tools and seeds, and all problems will be solved!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly: "Eliminate Jiannu? It's not easy!"

Yang Menglong said: "What's so difficult about destroying Jiannu? As long as the court doesn't make trouble, in two years, you and I can kill Jiannu."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "If it is difficult, there will always be someone who will try to mess with you!"

Yang Menglong sighed: "Yeah, the 700 million taels of Liao's salary every year, I don't know how many people have been fattened up. If we really want to wipe out Jiannu, Liao's salary will be gone... Dude, we are cutting off people's wealth. !"

Lu Xiangsheng clenched his fists and said, "This source of income must be cut off for them! If we don't cut off this source of income, the common people will have no way of life!" Over the years, countless refugees have dragged their families to Daming Road. Seeking a way to survive, he has been in contact with refugees for a long time, so he naturally knows how hard the life of ordinary people is.If the 700 million taels of Liao's salary can be saved, the burden on the common people will be reduced by half. How can so many people leave their homes and their wives and children?Just for this point, no matter how many people cursed him behind his back, wishing to kill him, he had to cut off this source of income!
Just as he was talking, Zhaji rushed over to Weng and called: "Xiao Shuai Yang, Master Lu, Master Fu is here!"

Yang Menglong asked uncertainly: "Master Fu? The one from the Ministry of War?"

Zhaji said to Weng: "Exactly!"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Why doesn't he stay in Tianjin and come to Fuzhou to dry his hair?"

Zhaji said to Weng: "I don't know. Mr. Fu said that he came here on the order of the Holy Majesty. Please return to the Chinese army tent to receive the order."

Yang Menglong shrugged, and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Well, Cao Cao is coming, and the troublemakers are coming! Damn, can't you let me have a good fight!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Let's go back quickly. He is an imperial envoy and he will not be neglected." He had dealt with Fu Zonglong when he was in Tianjin. Yes, the two get along pretty well.But Fu Zonglong ran over with the imperial decree at this juncture, he still felt uncomfortable and felt that nothing good would happen.

Facts have proved that his and Yang Menglong's worries are not superfluous.

(End of this chapter)