I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 522 How could they do this!

Fushun is high in the southeast and low in the northwest.

In the 17th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong capital built a brick city at the foot of Mount Gaoer on the north bank of the Hun River and named it Fushun City, which means "Fusui frontier to guide the barbarians."

During the Chenghua period, the imperial court rebuilt Fushun City in order to consolidate the northeastern border defense. The location of the rebuilt Fushun City remained unchanged, but its area was slightly larger than the old city.

In this city, the moat is two feet wide and one foot deep, with three gates in the east, south and north.There are many fortresses around, more than thirty in size, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

To the east is the Fushun Border Great Wall, which extends from north to south, with a total length of about [-] miles. There are more than [-] auxiliary defense facilities such as beacon towers, enemy towers, castles, passes, and horse markets along the line.

Therefore, Fushun can be said to be the largest military castle and command center in Liaodong, and also an important military outpost in Liaodong.

But now they are all occupied by Jianlu, and most of these places are completely useless and have lost their original purpose. Even the Fushun Border Great Wall has been abandoned.Only the fortresses around Fushun were used and expanded by Jianlu as a wing to defend Fushun.

But these fortresses that Mang Gurtai had placed high hopes on were now giving him a headache. He couldn't defend them or not.

"Boom boom boom!"

Deafening bombings sounded one after another. The Ming army had been bombing continuously for a day. Mang Gurtai didn't understand that these artillery didn't need to rest.

"Qi Gushan Ezhen, Ai Bali came to report that the fortress on the north bank of the Hun River cannot be defended. Should we send troops to support it?"

Mang Gurtai felt annoyed when he thought of this, and said helplessly:
"How to support? The Ming army has more than 5 people, and we only have [-]. Heshun and others are waiting for me to send troops to rescue them."

At this time, there were bursts of roaring sounds in the distance. He sighed thinking of this, immediately got up and signaled, and led everyone towards the city wall.

"Strengthen the mountain to be true, consolidate the mountain to be true..."

When Mang Gurtai walked up to the city wall, he found that most of the Jia La Ezhen of the Zhenglan Banner were there. After seeing Mang Gurtai, they all knelt down to greet him.

"Get up, what's the situation now?"

Mang Gurtai was not in the mood to chat with them. While waving his hand to let them get up, he looked at the shelling of the Ming army in the distance and asked about the current situation.

Upon seeing this, the Zhenglan Banners looked at each other, and then a strong man came out, bowed to Mang Gurtai and said:
"According to Gushan Ezhen, there are 32 fortresses outside Fushun City. Among them, there are five garrison defenses on the north bank of the Hun River, and [-] defenses on the south bank near Fushun. Now three of the five on the north bank have been captured by the Ming army. There are two remaining...”

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard shouts in the distance.

Everyone followed the sound and found that the walls of the two fortresses on the north bank of the Hun River collapsed, and the Ming army outside the fortress had already entered the fortress.

Mang Gurtai paused when he saw this, and then calmed everyone and said:

"If the south bank of the Hun River is lost, it will be lost. With the water of the Hun River blocking it, it will not be easy for them to attack the south bank."

Tunbulu, Aibali and others looked at each other in confusion upon hearing this.Tunbulu took a slow breath and seemed to have made some determination. He held his hand again and said:
"Master Beile, this is not the way to go. We have watched the Ming army's artillery fire these days and found that their cannons are all from the last battle on the Hun River. They have a range of more than one mile and are very powerful. You also saw the cannons on the north bank of the Hun River. For the five fortresses, the Ming army did not send anyone to attack them. Instead, they let artillery bombard them first, and then waited until the fortress walls collapsed before sending people up. This method was always beneficial.

We estimate that the Ming army will follow suit and attack the fortresses on the south bank of the Hun River. In this case, these fortresses will be living targets. The soldiers inside will be unable to do anything, and the fortresses will be broken, even the Fushun city wall. "

Tunbulu had been holding back these words for a long time. These words were not only what he meant, but also what he, Aiba Li and other Zhenglan Banner Jia Laer really meant.

In their view, the Ming army's artillery was so powerful that simple fortresses could not stop it, and garrisoning outside the city was just a waste of troops.It would be better to withdraw them all, build a fortification, and then make plans.

As soon as he finished speaking, the city wall fell silent for a moment.Only the distant sound of shelling and the shouts of the Ming army proved how correct Tunbulu's words were.

"How long will it take for reinforcements to arrive?"

After listening to Tunbulu's words, Manggurtai did not respond for a long time, but suddenly asked about the situation of the reinforcements.

"The Khan's messenger arrived yesterday and said that the incident happened suddenly. Most of the arrangements for the three banners of Zhenghuang, Xianghuang and Xiangbai have been arranged. Now it will take some time to mobilize troops and horses. It will take five days at the fastest to arrive. Hongqi does have extra troops, but... now only Xianghongqi and Han troops can be mobilized."

Mang Gurtai no longer had the energy to be angry.

It is understandable that the Zhenghuang, Bordered Yellow, and Bordered White Banners immediately gathered their troops and horses, because they must have dispersed their troops and horses like the Zhenglan Banner and went to the village and fort to collect food.

But Daishan's Xianghongqi was a Liao man in charge of Sarhu City, and most of his troops were in Sarhu City, but he was unwilling to send troops to save himself.Thinking of this, Mang Gurtai was even more disgusted with him, thinking that even if Daishan was willing to save him, he would not accept it.

"No need to say so much, just tell me when will it arrive? How many people will there be?"

Hearing that Mang Gurtai was so angry, Tunbulu did not dare to neglect and responded immediately.

"It is said that it will arrive in two days. There will be a total of 7000 people with red flags and Han troops. Among them, the Han troops have already brought artillery. With them, Fushun will be easier to defend."

"7000 people?"

Mang Gurtai was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly felt a little unbelievable. He immediately turned back to look at Tunbulu and the others, suppressing his anger and said:

"There are no less than 1 Ming troops outside Fushun City, and there are so many cannons. The defenders in the city plus our Zhenglan Banner troops are only 6000 people. What's the use of these 2000 people coming here! Does Father Khan want us? Are you going to die here? It’s fine if Daishan doesn’t save me. Why did Xianghongqi only send [-] people here? Are they really not afraid of Fushun falling?"

Hearing what Mang Gurtai said, everyone present bowed their heads and remained silent, and the atmosphere on the city wall became a little desolate.

He also had the same thoughts as Mang Gurtai. Khan was completely unwilling to save him.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tunbulu also sighed, and he was also very dissatisfied.

"Lord Beile, please calm down. Now we are short of food in Dajin. Now all the banners are looking at the food of the Liao people. If you move slower, the food will be less. Even if the Ming army comes, the banners still want us to support them." Come on, it’s okay for them to plunder a little more, but it won’t take more than a few days anyway.”

(End of this chapter)