Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 917 Fighting Buddha Figure Pass Again

After He Wenrui's death, He Tengjiao was hit hard, and he lost a lot of weight. Now his cheeks have sunken, and he has become a skinny old man.

He came forward wearing the scarlet robe of a first-rank official and wearing a Wusha hat, and all the generals in the tent stood up and saluted together, "See the capital master, see the grand master."

According to the rules of the imperial court, without the appointment of the imperial court, the governor of Yunnan-Guizhou would not be able to control Sichuan. Fortunately, He Tengjiao, in addition to the title of governor-general of Yunnan-Guizhou, also has the title of a bachelor. In addition to being a local official, he is also a central official. The senior supervisor of the university, it is an extraordinary time, and if you don't study it deeply, you can still barely take up this responsibility.

When He Tengjiao came to the tent, he stretched out his hand to let two young women support Qin Liangyu into a seat, then sat down by himself, and raised his right hand lightly, "Excuse me, all officers and men."

Under Fotu Pass, Jiangxi has the most troops, accounting for almost half of them, but Wang Deren's position is too low to obtain command authority. Fan Yiheng is not much higher than Wang Deren, and he doesn't have many soldiers and horses. After all the calculations, only He Tengjiao is suitable to preside over the overall situation.

Fotu shut down more than 5 Ming troops, and the troops in Guizhou naturally listened to him. Qin Liangyu endorsed He Tengjiao, and the white soldiers and chieftains in eastern Sichuan naturally obeyed the arrangement. Wang Deren had the most troops, but He Tengjiao also moved here. Even if I have some ideas in my heart, I can only accept everyone's opinions.

Seeing that He Tengjiao took the responsibility, Li Dingguo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as long as the command of 5 people was unified, the Ming army could at least hold Chongqing.

At this moment, all the generals were seated, and the town governor began to roll their names. He Tengjiao listened carefully and knew each of them. When he reached Li Dingguo, he couldn't help but take another look. Even Qin Liangyu turned his head to take a look, and then sat beside him Fan Yiheng whispered.

After the roll call was finished, He Tengjiao, who was in the tent, knew each of them. He sat up straight, glanced at everyone, and said, "Haoge has no faith. He sneaked into eastern Sichuan to destroy the peace agreement, killed my governor, and trapped my army." , This is the biggest shame since I changed the dynasty. Today, the generals push me to preside over the overall situation, and the governor will take the responsibility. However, since the governor is commanding everyone, if the generals in the army do not obey orders, the governor will definitely follow the law. engaged."

He Tengjiao paused, and then said: "Right now, the most urgent thing is to break through the Fotu Pass and break the siege of Diaoyu City. Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, at this time of crisis, I hope that all the generals will fight to be the first to turn the tide. After falling, I will save my comrades from the fire and water. The governor hopes that all the troops can break through the barrier as soon as possible. Those who make such achievements will be rewarded, and it is not a problem to seal their wives and sons. We must be severely punished."

After He Tengjiao finished speaking, there was silence in the tent, and Wang Deren and others listened obediently.

After Fotu pass, the [-] Ming army re-established the command system, but they did not tackle the problem immediately, but made preparations.

Although He Tengjiao obtained command power, his level was limited. Qin Liangyu gave him a lot of advice, but the old matriarch's body was already broken and his energy was limited, so he could not help He Tengjiao much.

In the first year of co-government, [-], on December [-]rd, after a few days of preparations by the Ming army, they finally started to tackle key problems again.

There are many mountains in eastern Sichuan, and the open area in front of the pass is limited. Only a few thousand people can be deployed at a time, and it is easy to fight the city to fuel the battle.

Early in the morning, when the Ming army camp was shut down, war horses went out everywhere to contact and adjust the various ministries. The people in each camp shouted horses, and the sound of trumpets and drums continued.

The soldiers finished their breakfast amidst the sound of drums preparing for battle, and a large number of infantry began to push the siege equipment out of the camp and placed them two miles away from the pass.

The soldiers of the Jin Army on the wall were also waiting in battle. Hu Guozhu and other generals shouted loudly, commanding the soldiers to move the rolling stone and wood to the wall, and move the artillery stone to the catapult.

Both the Ming Army and the Jin Army in eastern Sichuan lacked artillery, but there was no shortage of artillery stones, rolling logs, and wood for making equipment.

On a hill to the west of the Guanqiang, 5000 troops from the Zhenwu Battalion were scattered all over the hill. The open space under the Guanqiang was not enough to deploy [-] Ming troops. Many Ming troops stood on the hillside, and half of them were nesting in the camp.

At this time, all battalions of the Ming army were making final preparations. Li Dingguo called several thousand households and more than ten hundred households to his side, emphasizing the matters that should be paid attention to when tackling key problems.

On the flat ground in front of Zhenwu Battalion, there is a battalion of Jiangxi soldiers. They have pushed out all kinds of siege equipment. The first is the shield car, and the back is the ladder and various siege vehicles.

Wang Deren killed thousands of people at the pass. Although he did not take down Fotu Pass, he filled up all the trenches in front of the pass, which saved a lot of effort for the Ming army to attack.

Originally, Li Dingguo asked to be appointed as the pioneer in tackling key problems, but He Tengjiao did not agree, and still let the Jiangxi soldiers take the lead, while the Zhenwu Battalion was the second wave of attack.

Li Dingguo assigned the tasks, and asked the generals to lead their subordinates to discuss specific matters such as how to charge, where to climb the city, how to suppress the wall with firearms, and so on.

He stood on the hillside, listening to the continuous sound of trumpets and drums around him, and at the same time he was a little worried about the situation in Hezhou.

Although Hezhou is a fortified city, it has been besieged for more than a month after all, and it is winter now, and the northerners are better at fighting than the Ming army. He can only hope to break through the barrier quickly so that his comrades can come out.

Li Dingguo withdrew his thoughts, and turned his gaze back to the front of the formation. Under Wang Deren's banner, there is an army of more than 3000 people, and nearly a hundred catapults are placed there.

The city wall of Fotuguan is only a thousand steps long, and all kinds of bows and crossbows, firearms are fully furnished.

Although the Ming army is about four times the size of the Jin army, it can't be used. The Jin army has 5000 people guarding this place, which is as solid as gold.

At this time, there were many soldiers at the gate, and there were no figures walking back and forth, because everything was ready.

The equipment in the closed pass has been prepared, and the rolling stone, Leimu and kerosene have already been in place.

On the open ground in front of the pass, the Jin army arranged many antlers, repelling horses, and traps to prevent the Ming army from approaching.

Hu Guozhu was inspecting the gate and asked Jin Bing to check the equipment again, when suddenly he heard the soldier shout: "It's moving!"

Hu Guozhu hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw that on the plain in front of the pass, the Ming army in formation began to move rapidly.

"Come quickly and report to the lord!" He turned around and supported the wall with one hand, and then shouted loudly: "All ministries are in place, the Ming army is about to attack the city!"

A general of the Jin army immediately ran to the inside of the wall and looked down from the wall. Several rows of giant catapults were lined up in the city, standing quietly. Beside each catapult, there were piles of cannon stones piled up like mountains. .

"The Ming army is attacking the city, the gunners are in position!" the general shouted while supporting the city wall.

With this cry, the Golden Army camp behind the wall immediately became active, and nearly Qian Jinjun ran out of the camp and came to the stone throwing machine.

(End of this chapter)