Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 101 Frustration
At the same time, in the military tent of the Dashun Army, Li Zicheng looked at his subordinates and generals with a gloomy face and asked, "What's going on?"

After so many years of fighting, this is the first time I have seen such a weird thing. The troops sent out to attack the city actually lost their weapons at the gate of the city and entered the city. It is simply unheard of!

His nephew, Li Guo, nicknamed a Tiger, reported to him: "According to the report from the supervising team, those people were bewitched by the imperial officers and soldiers and surrendered!"

The person supervising the battle team was his subordinate, so he had to stand up and answer.

In fact, Li Zicheng probably guessed it through his clairvoyance.However, what he wanted to ask was not the result, but why it happened!

Li Guo's answer made him very dissatisfied, so he turned directly to military advisor Song Xiance and asked: "Aren't you talking about the consumption of grain and grass in Ningwuguan? How can they get so much grain to feed thousands of people?" belly?"

Before Song Xiance could answer, he asked again with annoyance: "Also, who is that sharpshooter? This person has never appeared before. Even Zhou Yuji, I'm afraid he can't shoot from such a long distance. middle."

The key to today's matter was that the sharp archer on top of the city shot back the supervising team, giving those people the opportunity to abandon their weapons and surrender.

And from what he could see with his clairvoyance, this person had a high status and was wearing iron armor. Although he couldn't guess who he was, he was sure that he had never seen this person before.

Song Xiance heard the questioning meaning in Li Zicheng's words, so he stood up and replied: "There is indeed something fishy in Ningwuguan. In the past two days, the ministers have been thinking about the amount of gunpowder and the strength of the defenders at the top of the city." Morale and so on, Wei Chen suspects that reinforcements are coming from Ningwuguan!"

Hearing his words, Li Zicheng's general Zhang Tianlin, nicknamed "Guo Tianxing", stood up and questioned: "If reinforcements come from Ningwuguan, where will they be? If Ningwuguan has enough troops, why do they defend the city every time? The number of soldiers in city battles is always insufficient, how many times have we been attacked on the city?"

After hearing what he said, Song Xiance looked at him and explained to him: "If I were Zhou Yuji, and reinforcements came, I would not make a big show of it. It would be better to use Ningwu Guantian to safely consume the enemy's troops!"

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he stood up and asked: "You are the one who said that reinforcements could not come from Ningwuguan, and you are the one who said that reinforcements might come from Ningwuguan. What do you mean?"

When many people heard this, they nodded slightly and looked at Song Xiance, waiting for his answer.

Even Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance and said, "If you tell Taiyuan, if the news spreads, all places will hear the news. If Zhou Yuji is stubborn, he will destroy Zhou Yuji and Yang Dashun's military power, and the change of dynasty is just around the corner. Now It is also said that reinforcements have arrived from Ningwuguan, how should I believe it?"

"This moment is the same as that moment!" Song Xiance explained quickly, "The ministers are also confused. Logically speaking, there should be no reinforcements at Ningwuguan. Neither Datong nor Xuanfu is as stubborn as Zhou Yuji, and there is no Ming Dynasty Imperial Forest Army. Experience. Just like the rest of Jin, they all surrendered after hearing the news. But judging from the situation in the past two days, Wei Chen feels that there is a high probability that reinforcements are coming. "

After hearing this, Li Zicheng agreed with his words, then frowned and asked, "What should I do now?"

After Song Xiance heard what he said, he thought for a moment and said: "The next step is to organize the army to attack continuously. If one team breaks off, the second team will follow immediately. The second team will break off the third team and continue. Such a continuous offensive will surely force Ning Wu out." The truth about it.”

Liu Zongmin, his first general, heard this and stood up and said loudly: "Your Highness, I would like to lead the army to attack Ningwuguan and meet the marksman for a while!"

He saw it and was very dissatisfied. It was just because he was condescending and took advantage of the situation!

How could Li Zicheng not understand him? He said angrily: "If there are reinforcements at Ningwuguan, this approach will cause heavy casualties, you know?"

Unless it is confirmed that there are no reinforcements in Ningwu Pass, this extremely brutal method may be feasible.But after losing so many miscellaneous troops, and the entire attacking army surrendering, he didn't want to do this anymore.

In fact, he knew in his heart that if the army that attacked today did not know that they would die, they would not surrender like this.

In other words, the morale of the miscellaneous army is very low, and they will continue to attack without fear of death unless they bring out their elite troops!

However, he was reluctant to waste his elite troops at Ningwu Pass.

So, I heard Li Zicheng look at Song Xiance and ask again: "Now that we have a bad strategy, what about the best strategy?"

After hearing this, Song Xiance immediately replied: "The best policy is to send a partial force out of Yanmen Pass to cut off Ningwuguan's retreat route and the possibility of reinforcements. This will ensure that Ningwuguan can fight alone, and then launch a strong attack, which will definitely defeat it!" "

At this point, he said with a bit of shame: "Before, I was under the impression that there would be no reinforcements at Ningwuguan. Otherwise, if we send out the partial troops as soon as possible, we would not have to be so suspicious and uncertain about whether there are reinforcements at Ningwuguan." !”

Song Xiance naturally didn't know, and his guess was actually correct.In the original history, the defenders of Ningwuguan were alone and had no reinforcements at all. In this way, he finally captured Ningwuguan, and the defenders of Datong and Xuanfu came to surrender one after another.

But it happened that in this plane, the time traveler descended from the sky, making the impossible possible, thus allowing Ningwuguan to receive reinforcements.

At this time, Li Zicheng listened, turned to look at Niu Jinxing and asked: "How about the army's food and grass?"

After hearing this, Niu Jinxing quickly replied: "Wei Chen has sent an order to Taiyuan to escort the food and grass over. There will be no problem in making up for it in time. Your Highness does not need to worry!"

After hearing this, Li Zicheng frowned and thought for a while, then said decisively: "Zhang Tianlin?"

"The general is here!" After hearing this, Zhang Tianlin immediately clasped her fists and stood ready.

"You lead your troops to Daizhou early tomorrow morning, collect half a month of food and grass, then go through Yanmen Pass and circle to Ningwuguan, and intercept the possible reinforcements at Ningwuguan!"

After Zhang Tianlin accepted the order, Li Zicheng looked at everyone and said: "We will suspend our troops for the time being and fight again in three days!"

It would take at least three days for Zhang Tianlin to deploy in place and then send a messenger to report the news.He planned to rest for three days and restore his morale before talking.

After watching Li Zicheng move into the back tent, the meeting was over and everyone left the central military tent to return to their respective camps.

A group of generals were walking and talking. It could be heard that they were not too concerned about Ningwuguan reinforcements, but about other things.

"Tell me, who is the sharpshooter who closed the door? Is it a coincidence that he can hit from such a distance?"

"I think it may be due to good luck, otherwise his strength is stronger than that of a blacksmith!"

"Who said that? I, Old Liu, don't believe it. I told my elder brother just now that he asked me to compete. If he doesn't give it, what can I do?"

"If you ask me, I might have to call Chen Yongfu over. Their archery skills are comparable!"

"Hmph, didn't Chen Yongfu say that he was just lucky? If you ask me, that person must be lucky too, he's more than 200 steps away!"

"I think so. It's because of the terrain. If it were on flat ground, it shouldn't be able to shoot that far!"

"I don't know who it is. I'll go back and capture Ningwuguan. I'm going to capture the ones alive and hold the urinal for me!"

"Haha, I guess His Highness might recruit this person, right? Even Chen Yongfu was given a title!"

"..."

Just when Li Zicheng's men had a chance to rest, far away in the Datong Governor's Mansion, Governor Wei Jingyuan looked at the heroic female general in armor talking in front of him with a look of surprise.

I heard her hold her head high and say in a high voice: "The last general is Liu Lanyu, the general of the newly built Lanling Camp in the Jingying Camp. He has come to Datong, Xuanfu and other places to recruit female soldiers. I also ask Mr. Zhongcheng to make a notice for convenience. The general will recruit female soldiers!"

As she spoke, she took out the imperial gold medal.

Wei Jingyuan was shocked when he saw it and quickly stood up to greet him.

The gold medal represents the emperor, and his ministers cannot be ignored.

Unexpectedly, his legs and feet were inconvenient, and he suddenly fell back into his seat with a "Ahhh" sound.

When Liu Lanyu saw it, he quickly accepted the gold medal and said with a little embarrassment: "Please ask Mr. Zhongcheng to make an announcement!"

In fact, she didn't have to take out the gold medal. Anyway, her identity was true, and what she said about coming here under orders could never be false, and the governor couldn't disbelieve it either.

However, Liu Lanyu remembered that her husband asked for help several times, but Datong did not send reinforcements. If the emperor had not personally led the troops to rush for reinforcements, she and her husband would have died long ago.Therefore, she knew that the governor was inconvenient, but she still took out the gold medal, just to take the opportunity to punish the governor, which was a relief.

But when she saw Wei Jingyuan's embarrassment, she felt a little embarrassed. After all, she already knew that the main reason why Datong did not send reinforcements was because Jiang Yu was causing trouble.Therefore, she quickly put the gold medal away again.

After being busy for a while, Wei Jingyuan said to Liu Lanyu with a little embarrassment: "Fighting on the battlefield has always been a man's business. Why do you want to recruit female soldiers? I wonder what your majesty means by this?"

At this point, he was afraid of misunderstanding, so he added: "Although General Shizhu Qin is a female general, the soldiers he leads are Shizhu Baigan Army, and they are all men..."

He originally had something to say later, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally didn't say it.

It must be said whether there are women in the army. Yes, there are women. It is just to relieve the pressure on male soldiers, but it is not a title for female soldiers.

Likewise, Wei Jingyuan was unsure. What did the emperor mean by setting up a Lanling camp to recruit female soldiers?
When Liu Lanyu heard what he said and guessed what he meant, she was very unhappy. She immediately said with a cold face: "Your Majesty said that female soldiers in the army are, firstly, guards, secondly, clever and skillful in saving lives and healing the wounded, and thirdly, they are good at singing and dancing. , all three types of people are needed. Master Zhongcheng only needs to issue a notice, and the general will be responsible for the rest!"

Wei Jingyuan did not dare to touch her. After all, she had a gold medal and belonged to the generals of the Beijing camp. So, he quickly wrote a notice and was about to arrange for his men to post it when he heard Liu Lanyu say: "No need to trouble Mr. Zhongcheng." , just give the notice to the general!"

Then, she took the notice and walked out of the Yamen regardless of Wei Jingyuan's attitude.Standing at the door were several female generals also wearing armor. They were Liu Lanyu's original female companions and were now officers under her.Seeing her coming out, the leader immediately greeted her and asked with a little expectation: "Madam...general, how are you?"

They used to be domestic slaves of the Zhou family, but now they are free, and they have become serious court officers, and they are still from the Beijing camp. Each of them is very excited, and they all want to have their own subordinates soon.

After hearing this, Liu Lanyu just smiled at them and said, "Let's go, find a place with many people and put this notice up!"

After finishing speaking, she jumped onto her horse vigorously, looked around, and said to her companions: "If you shout, go to the south gate where we enter the city to recruit troops."

Generally speaking, the place with the most people coming and going is the main city gate.

When her men heard this, they asked curiously: "General, why are you shouting?"

Liu Lanyu heard this and replied without thinking: "How else can I shout? I just want to recruit female soldiers, and the monthly salary is one tael of silver!"

"General, how embarrassing are you?"

"Yes, General, I'm so embarrassed!"

"..."

Hearing the voices of several female companions behind him, who should now be his comrades, Liu Lanyu turned around and glared: "Soldiers who have to go into battle to kill the enemy, what else can they be embarrassed about? If you can't recruit people, that's what it's like Embarrassing!”

After hearing what she said, the women behind them looked at me, and I looked at you, and their expressions finally became firm.

Along with the sound of horse hooves, several female voices rang out.

"Recruiting female soldiers!"

"Female soldiers who earn one tael per month, please come quickly!"

"Female soldiers are being recruited at the gate of Nancheng, and the Beijing Camp Military System will be newly formed!"

"Sisters, the mighty female soldiers still have money to take, come quickly!"

"..."

At first, these sounds were a bit low, but after shouting a few times, they seemed to let go and the sounds became clear and loud.

Pedestrians on the road were a little surprised to see a group of female knights. After hearing their shouts, everyone was surprised.

"What is this? Did you hear it correctly, female soldier?"

"I also heard that they are recruiting female soldiers, and they will pay them one tael of silver per month!"

"It's really strange that things happen every year, especially this year. There are actually female soldiers being recruited?"

"But what's the use of female soldiers? Can they beat men on the battlefield?"

"That's right, maybe the rebel army was still weak at first, but then it turned out that the imperial officers and soldiers were female soldiers, so why don't they rush up screaming!"

"..."

Of course, there were many women on Datong Street. They were also surprised when they heard the shouts. They watched the group of female knights disappear at the end of the street. While looking at each other, most of them were working on their own, and few turned around to go to the south city. door.

Liu Yulan led her men and ran along the main street before arriving at the South City Gate where there were the largest number of people.

"Hey, General, there don't seem to be many women?"

Liu Yulan was also a little surprised. She originally thought that everyone had gone around the city and shouted, and she also saw many women on the street, many of them were in ragged clothes. There should be many women coming to serve as soldiers to eat food and earn military pay, but it turned out not to be the case. Come to think of it, there aren’t many women!

However, she was the leader and could not show any dejection, so she immediately called her subordinates and posted the notice.

When they came as a group, they were quite eye-catching. After they posted the notice, some good people came to watch, and they were surprised.

"Hey, this is a notice stamped by the governor's office. Are they really recruiting female soldiers?"

"What's the use of female soldiers? Is this a joke?"

"Hehe, maybe it was just... for fun!"

"..."

Listening to the discussion, it was mainly some men who were talking about the notice. Liu Lanyu got a little angry. She immediately drew her sword in her hand, pointed at the group of men and said: "You have nothing to do here, go ahead!"

Seeing that she was so heroic and wearing armor, these men didn't dare to make a mistake. They stayed away and continued to mutter. Judging from their faces, they still seemed to be laughing.

Liu Yulan was not in the mood to care about these idlers and looked at the women in the crowd.

But after looking at it, she was still a little disappointed. Most of them were middle-aged women, and there were a few little girls. As for the young girls, there were no young girls.

There is no way, maybe these middle-aged women have girls in their families who are suitable to serve as soldiers.

Based on this idea, Liu Yulan continued to preach enthusiastically: "Lanling Camp belongs to the Royal Forest Army and is recruiting female soldiers. They will be paid one or two silver per month. They can fight, or they can be clever and skillful in rescuing injured soldiers in the army, or they can speak well and be good at singing, dancing, and articulation." Anyone who is smart can do it. I guarantee that military pay will be paid on time and there will never be any arrears..."

Her men heard this and started spreading the word.

"The Emperor said that when we stop fighting in the future, we can still arrange to work in the Yamen and receive a salary!"

"Opportunities like this don't come around very often. If you meet the requirements, come and sign up!"

"..."

Listening to their introduction, a few of the women who were watching even left one after another.

When Liu Yulan saw it, she couldn't help but feel frustrated.She had thought that with such good conditions, people would rush to sign up, but in the end, no one signed up, which was really a bit of a shock.

At this moment, she heard someone ask: "Can...can I be a soldier?"

Hey, there is finally someone?
OK, everything is difficult at the beginning!

Liu Yulan was very happy, and immediately turned around to look, and then she was immediately discouraged when she saw that the person who spoke turned out to be an old woman.

At this moment, she didn't even want to speak.

It was her subordinate who said: "Aunt, you are too old!"

"I'm not old, I'm only 38, I just look older! Really, I can't do anything else, but I should have no problem taking care of people. I used to take care of my two sons before they died."

No matter what, you are still too old.

Liu Yulan was busy until the evening. Seeing that there was a curfew in the city and there were no people on the streets, she still couldn't recruit anyone. She was really shocked.

But she couldn't show it. Since the emperor had told her to do this, she had to do it no matter what.

So, she comforted her frustrated men and said: "It's okay, today is just the first day, just spread the news, maybe someone will come tomorrow!"

What else can I do? I can only comfort myself like this.

Their difficulties can only be regarded as a minor setback compared to others.

No, when it was getting dark, I saw several fast horses coming from the east direction. They looked panicked and galloped into Li Zicheng's camp.

(End of this chapter)