Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Is Jiannu so easy to fight?

The most qualified to speak on this issue is the right servant of the Ministry of War Jian Liaodong Manager Xiong Tingbi who is leading the soldiers guarding Shenyang City, and the other is Chai Guozhu, the general officer in charge of Fengji defense.

There were only 2 Jiannu soldiers surrounding Fengji, but it was these 2 people who blocked Chai Guozhu from going out to rescue Shenyang City.From the day he was besieged, he knew that if he dared to lead the [-] soldiers that could fight together to rescue Shenyang, after a field battle, not only the [-] soldiers, but also the [-] soldiers under his command Many people couldn't keep it, and they had to give Jiannu all the military supplies, food and grass that had been gathered in the treasury, including the people who had come to Fengji to escape the Jiannu's winter robbery.This not only broke the horns of Shenyang and Fengji that Xiong Jinglue had painstakingly planned, but also did not help in breaking the siege of Shenyang.

However, I obeyed Xiong Jinglue's order to stick to Fengji, and watched Shenyang being besieged and unable to rescue.

It is difficult for Chai Zongbing to advance, and it is also difficult to retreat. He is full of artillery when he is worried.

The person who followed him was Zhou Yongchun's confidant and adviser.Zhou Yongchun was afraid that he would lose his composure and send troops rashly, so he sent his handy people to help him.

The man saw Chai Zongbing anxious every day, and knew that it was time for him to play a role.

"Master Chai, my family's vice-manager said that keeping Fengji is a great achievement."

Chai Guozhu nodded, "I know I deserve credit for defending Fengji. But if Shenyang can't hold it anymore, Jiannu will attack Fengji with all its strength, and I will finally..."

At this time, the counselor had no choice but to persuade him with good words.

"Fengji and Shenyang both have the same city wall reinforced with green strips of stone, and a layer of ice armor is added on the outside. In my opinion, the Jiannu who besieged Fengji did not want to attack the city, but they knew that they would not be able to attack the city. You stay here If Feng Ji couldn't find it, he helped Mr. Jinglue hold back the [-] new slave army, and relieved the pressure on his side.

Moreover, the garrison in Shenyang City is several times that of Fengji.The offensive and defensive ratio must always be more than one to five before it is possible to break through the city.Lord Chai just relax. "

Up to now, Chai Guozhu has no other way to go. He can only divide the work with Li Bingcheng and Liang Zhongshan, the chief military officers, and each take turns on the city wall for four hours a day.Investigate the soldiers on duty at the top of the city, and repeatedly remind the soldiers to be careful and must guard Fengji. It is better to die in battle than to be a slave with Jiannu.

Nu/Erhachi, who was besieging Shenyang City, saw that the method learned from Meng Yuan to drive the Han people as vanguards in Tieling and other places did not work, and he was also very anxious.Although it is not a pity for these Han people to die, they will still be used for farming in the spring of next year.The food and grass brought out by the army are countless, if they can't capture Shenyang City before the food and grass are exhausted...

Just thinking of this possibility, Nu/Erhachi felt cold from the bottom of his heart.

He made a decisive decision, and he couldn't just spend it in Shenyang like this.He sent the haha ​​beads under his tent to call Eyidu and Anfei Yanggu who went south with him, as well as the four big belors who could lead the army, namely the big beile Daishan, the second beile Amin, the three beile mangurtai, and the four belors. Baylor Huang Taiji told the truth about the crisis facing Houjin.

In fact, aside from Ha Chi, these people have fought for many years, and they have some thoughts in this regard in their hearts.

Because they dispatched troops this winter, they found that Shenyang and Fengji were not only more difficult to attack than Fushun and other places in the previous year, but there were basically no people in the surrounding villages for dozens of miles. Except for an empty yard, no firewood was left behind.The Jurchen army never brought too much food and grass when they went out. They always "supported the war with war". When they encountered this tough wall and cleared the wilderness, they had no choice but to demolish the houses of the common people and get wood for firewood to keep warm.

Even the ladders for the siege were barely adequate.

Dabeile Daishan looked at Nu/Erhachi who was waiting for someone to speak first, so he thought about it and said, "Father Khan, why don't you order those poor ghosts to lie down under the city gate to bury you in the early morning of this night, and wait until the dawn of tomorrow is twilight?" , Immediately bombarded the city gate with artillery. As long as we can open a gap in the tortoise shell of Shenyang, our cavalry of the Eight Banners will be able to slaughter all those who dare to stand in the way."

Daishan is the second son of Nu/Erhachi. He is 38 years old. He has followed □Hachi since he was 16 to fight against Hada, Huifa, Yehe, etc. in all the unified Jurchen battles, and assisted him internally. The father handles state affairs.The respected status of the Four Great Belleri is not only due to his age but also his military exploits and abilities.

Mang Gurtai spoke before Erbeile Amin, "Father Khan, why not lead the army to attack the city tomorrow? The Ming army defending the city is limited. Let's distance the soldiers and use shields to defend against the Ming army." The army's arrows, should they be concentrated once they reach the city?"

Amin is the second son of □Hachi's younger brother Shuerhaqi. He has made great contributions in the battle of Sarhu and Yehe, but compared to □Hachi's fifth son, Three Baylor Manggurtai, he is much worse.In the battle of Saerhu, Mang Gurtai first accompanied Hachi to wipe out the 4 troops led by Du Song, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, and then went south to wipe out about [-] troops of Liu Ting's tribe.

Mang Gurtai wanted to speak before him, although he was dissatisfied, he just pretended not to care.

Amin looked at Sibeile Huang Taiji, waiting for him to speak.

Huang Taiji nodded to him, "Er Baylor will speak first."

Amin had no idea, so he followed Daishan's words: "Father Khan, I am willing to lead the army to attack the city gate with Dabeile."

If the city gate can be blasted open by artillery, and the Eight Banners cavalry rushed in to fight face to face with the Ming army, Hou Jin would have an absolute advantage.As for the idea of ​​attacking the city from the city wall, the more than ten thousand Han slaves who filled it in did not see any effect, so forget it.

"Huang Taiji, what do you mean?"

□□Seeing that Huang Taiji didn't speak, Ha Chi asked him by name.Because this son's leading force is not weaker than the others, but his wisdom is superior to other sons.

Huang Taiji didn't expect to encounter such a dilemma under the city of Shenyang.He hesitated and said: "Father Khan, the Ming army took advantage of the right time and place. Let's wait until March next year to attack the city. Without this layer of ice shell, artillery and explosives should be able to blow down the city wall of Shenyang. At that time Get twice the result with half the effort.”

Niu Hulu and E are also one of the five ministers. When he was 13 years old, he was able to kill his parents' enemies with his hands.He followed Nu/Erhaci 40 years ago and started his business with thirteen sets of armor. During this process, he saved Nu/Erhaci's life several times, and he was extremely brave and capable of fighting.After the four major Baylor finished speaking, he said to Nu/Erha Chidao: "Those poor ghosts are useless to live, and don't waste them when they die. How about pulling those poor ghosts back in the dark now, and giving them to our Baturus?" Add some chewing, and save some food and grass."

E Yidu's words immediately received the support of An Fei Yanggu.

"Big man, those poor ghosts should be killed."

An Feiyang Gu joined Nu/Erhachi with his father when he was young, and he emerged in the battle to capture Saerhu City in the 11th year of Wanli. After that, he fought for the Jurchen unity for the next [-] years. The establishment of the later gold cannot be separated from him A lot of hard work.

Among the five ministers that Nu/Erhaci relied on to manage the government, there is also a seat for Anfeyangu.

Nu/Erhachi knew that none of the methods mentioned by these people could solve Dajin's troubles.He had no choice but to express his worries to these confidants and dependent sons.

"The biggest problem we have encountered so far is that Shanxi merchants will no longer be able to provide us with food, cloth, salt and iron, and guns/powder. So we have only two options. One is to capture Shenyang City and Fengji as soon as possible, and seize the Get enough food for the winter. Then use Shenyang and Fengji to negotiate with the Ming court and let them reopen Fushun’s market entrance. Otherwise, in the future..."

No need for him to say more, everyone present also understood the crisis.

Huang Taiji stood up and said: "Father Khan, why don't we attack Fengji with all our strength first. Although Fengji has less food and grass than Shenyang, if we can attack it in the shortest time, we can also replenish some."

Nu/Erhachi waved his hand and refused, "Fengji is the same city wall as Shenyang, and there are almost 3 defenders. When we first came here, the city could no longer send news. If we had 10 people to attack Fengji, there are not enough soldiers to stay outside Shenyang City to cut off Xiong Tingbi's rescue. He is different from Yang Gao and others. If there are too many soldiers left, there will be not enough soldiers to attack the city."

Dai Shan knew that what his father said was not a lie. When Xiong Tingbi was in Liaodong in those years, his father always followed the rules laid down by Xiong Tingbi carefully, and never made any big moves towards the Ming army.But there are those [-] soldiers of the Ming army who were killed in the battle of Saerhu, will the Ming court still negotiate with Dajin?Although Daishan was brave and reckless, the death of his eldest brother Chu Ying made him understand that his father Khan should not be offended.

"Then the only way left is to capture Shenyang City. Father Khan, shall we attack the city with all our strength tomorrow?"

Amin said what was on everyone's mind.

Nu/Erhachi nodded in agreement. When his younger brother Shuerhaqi plotted to split the Khanate established in the early days, he only imprisoned his younger brother. He still trusted Amin because he had too many younger brothers. The shadow of the old year.

I think of my younger brother who left home with me when he was ten years old and lived under the family of his grandfather Wang Gao.Unexpectedly, Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, broke down his grandfather's Gule village in that year (1574).As a result, the two brothers were both captured and used as young men to fight with the army.Every time they fought, the Ming army drove the Jurchen captives to take the lead and rushed into the opponent's sword array.Over the past few years, most of the Jurchen captives were killed in battle, only the first brother Hachi survived by chance, and they have developed a strong physique and superb martial arts.

In the 11th year of Wanli, their father and grandfather died in the rebellion, and the brothers were distraught.They were still taken care of by Mrs. Li Chengliang, who let them leave the Ming army in private, and the brothers regained their freedom and returned home.

Every time Nu/Erhachi sees Amin, he thinks of those difficult years for himself and his younger brother. The sense of crisis of not knowing whether he can survive to the next battle motivates him to fight the enemy bravely in every battle and strive to survive. Chance.Although there is no right-hand man like his younger brother Shu Erhaqi, and there is no "enemy of ten thousand" Fei Yingdong, he will continue to forge ahead as before, leading all the people of the Eight Banners in Houjin to find a way out.

So on the second day, Xiong Tingbi and Zhou Yongchun had to lead all the general soldiers of Shenyang City to supervise the formation on the city wall, resisting Jiannu's desperate attack on the city.

Wang An could only shake his legs and follow Xiong Tingbi and Zhou Yongchun up the city wall.