Daming Military Empire

Chapter 149

Hou Jin's surprise attack really shocked Zhu Cijiong. Fortunately, the generals of each legion were not ordinary people, and they responded in a timely manner, so Huang Taiji did not get any benefits.

Although the Qin army and Dongjiang army who were attacking the city lost thousands of musketeers in a surprise attack by artillery in the city, the subsequent musketeers rushed up and pushed the well to the front twenty or thirty steps away. Unable to hit them, the musketeers quickly entered the shooting position. With the support of the barrage, the siege infantry rushed to the bottom of the city wall, set up a ladder, and crazily climbed towards the city wall.

At this time, the Ming army and the Houjin army in Shengjing City are adjusting the position of the artillery, but the Ming army only needs to pry up the gun mount nailed to the ground, and several people work together to push forward two hundred steps, and then nail the gun mount. The ground is fine, but Houjin had to plan the soil and lay bricks. More than a dozen people lifted the gun barrel weighing a thousand kilograms and fiddled with it vigorously. After a long time, they still haven't adjusted the firing distance.

Just as they were busy, the artillery of the Ming army opened fire again, but this attack was only a tentative attack and did not cause any harm, it just smashed some houses in the city .

At this time, Zhu Cijiong stood up again, and he asked anxiously: "How is it, how is it, how far is it?"

Sun Yuanhua put down the binoculars, and said affirmatively: "It's overdone, and then turn it back two degrees."

Zhu Cijiong immediately yelled: "Quickly, pass the order, the [-]-type howitzer in the front row is turned back twice, and another round of solid shells will be fired."

Soon, the adjusted artillery fired again, and a row of solid bullets "boom boom boom boom" fell towards the city.

Zhu Cijiong asked anxiously again: "How, how, is it all right?"

At this moment, the artillery in the city also opened fire, and the sound of "boom boom boom boom" was obviously scattered a lot, and the shells flew all over the place. If you were lucky, they could hit the well fence and kill several musketeers. Most of the others were smashed to the ground.

Sun Yuanhua immediately said: "This is the position, there should be a few shells that hit right on the spot, quickly replace the shells."

Zhu Cijiong said without hesitation: "Hurry up, pass the order, the [-]-type howitzers in the front row are replaced with flower shells, and fire ten rounds first."

Soon, the howitzers in the front row fired again, and a round of blooming bombs went down, and thick smoke rose from many places in the city. Zhu Cijiong couldn't help clapping his hands and said: "Good job, Chuyang, hit, hit, theirs The powder kegs are exploding, hahahaha."

Sun Yuanhua said modestly: "This is due to the emperor's good command, but the explosive bullets are not very lethal. It is best to shoot ten rounds of scattered bullets to smash them into pieces, and see if they dare to stay there and fire."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, it makes sense, pass the order, the [-]-style howitzers in the front row have finished firing the explosive shells, and then fire ten more rounds of shotgun ammunition."

After dealing with the enemy's artillery, Zhu Cijiong was free to watch the battle on both sides. Lu Xiangsheng's side was fine, more than half of the enemy's cavalry had fallen, and it was only a matter of time before they won; They were all cut down, and there were not many pikemen left. Only the cavalry were still struggling to support them. The Guan Ning Army only had [-] cavalry in total. One can imagine how tragic the battle was!

Zhu Cijiong put down the binoculars, and issued an order without hesitation: "Decree, order Qin Liangyu to lead [-] cavalry from the First Corps of the Imperial Guard to support the Guanning Army on the right."

Jin Yiwei's messengers rushed down to the watchtower, and soon, the [-] cavalry guarding in front of the watchtower rushed to the right. Under the flag of Sun Moon Dragon, a female general was extremely brave, and directly led the army into the enemy's formation , Wherever they passed, the cold light radiated, and the rear golden cavalry clutched their necks and fell off their horses one after another.Seeing that the reinforcements were coming, the Guan Ning army's morale was greatly boosted. Under the leadership of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao, they fought back frantically and gradually recovered their decline.

Zhu Cijiong saw that the right side had been stabilized, and raised his binoculars to look at the city wall. At this time, the Ming army had rushed up the city wall under the cover of the musketeers, and started a frenzied fight with the enemy. From time to time, there were figures falling on the city wall. , There were also Houjin soldiers and Mongolian soldiers. The scene was extremely chaotic, and it was impossible to tell the outcome for a while.

Zhu Cijiong put down the binoculars wearily, and ordered in a slightly hoarse voice: "Decree, the front row of [-]-type howitzers are moved to the left and right corners of the city wall to prevent the enemy from reinforcing from the left and right sides."

Seeing him like this, Qin Mingyue couldn't help feeling distressed. She hurriedly opened the food box beside her, scooped out a bowl of rock sugar lotus seed and bird's nest porridge, handed it to Zhu Cijiong, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, drink some porridge and rest for a while. It's time for dinner."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong raised his head and looked at the sky. Sure enough, the sun was setting, and he had been fighting for a whole day without knowing it. Fortunately, at noon, he took advantage of the artillery to attack the city, and he let all the soldiers eat dry food in a hurry, otherwise they would I am afraid that my hands and feet will become weak when I am about to be hungry.

Zhu Cijiong looked at the battle situation around him, endured the feeling of hunger, and lied: "I'm not hungry yet, why don't you give me a drink and just pour me a glass of water."

Qin Mingyue had no choice but to pass the bowl to Zheng Chenggong who was aside, and quickly poured water for Zhu Cijiong.

In fact, Zheng Chenggong was already hungry. After watching the battle for a day, the addiction was enough. His legs were almost numb, and his stomach was almost hungry. He took the bird's nest porridge with rock sugar lotus seeds handed over by Qin Mingyue, Gulu Gulu drank it after a few sips, and only after he finished drinking did he remember that it was a gift from the emperor, so he quickly behaved and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you sister Mingyue."

Seeing this, Shivira who was not far away couldn't help swallowing. He was also hungry. It was so enjoyable to watch this peerless battle. Although he stood there without moving, his whole body was always in a state of boiling blood, which was more exhausting than riding a horse. , can you not be hungry?But he secretly observed the two sides, and found that all the officials of Daming were standing there respectfully, no one showed the slightest expression of wanting to eat, so he could only continue to watch the battle with his hands on his stomach.

About half an hour later, the sky was dark, and finally a bloody general ran up to the watchtower, knelt down on one knee, and said out of breath, "Your Majesty, the Jiannu cavalry on the left has been captured." crush."

Zhu Cijiong carefully looked at the bloody man in front of him, and then he recognized Xu Hongye, the commander-in-chief of Lu Xiangsheng. He quickly stepped forward to support his arm and said, "General Xu, please get up quickly. How are the casualties of our soldiers?"

Xu Hongye stood up touched, and said in a trembling voice: "Return to the emperor, our army casualties are not very large, only a few thousand people were killed, and less than half of the injured."

Halo, this is not too big!Zhu Cijiong asked again: "What about the enemy army?"

Xu Hongye thought for a while, and then replied: "The exact number will be known after we clean the battlefield, but less than [-]% of them escaped."

Less than 4%, that is, less than [-], which means that the enemy's casualties were at least [-] to [-]. Compared with the casualties of the Ming army, they were indeed not large.

Zhu Cijiong nodded in satisfaction and said: "Yes, very good, I will pass on my order that the Tianxiong Army's monthly salary will be doubled this month, and the pensions for soldiers killed in battle will be doubled, and the soldiers who have done meritorious deeds will be rewarded when they report their merits."

Excitedly, Xu Hongye knelt on one knee again and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Zhu Cijiong scolded: "I told you not to salute, go to eat quickly, tell Jiandou, eat first, and then clean the battlefield after eating."

Xu Hongye kowtowed again, and then went excitedly.

About half an hour later, the sky and the earth were dark, and another bloody man ran up to the watchtower, knelt down on one knee, and panting, "Report to the emperor, the Jiannu cavalry on the right have been repulsed."

Zhu Cijiong gave a big praise, and then stepped forward to protect his arm and looked carefully. His face and body were covered with blood, and he couldn't recognize it!He had no choice but to say awkwardly: "Here, this general please hurry up, you have worked hard, you have worked hard, what are the casualties of our army?"

The bloody man didn't get up, but knelt there and said in pain: "Back to the emperor, all the musketeers and pikemen of our Guanning army have fallen, and the casualties cannot be counted for the time being. It is estimated that at least half of the cavalry were killed in battle, and two of the cavalry were also killed." More than [-] people, the rest were all wounded, even the old general Zhao led the sect, all, died in battle!"

After finishing speaking, two lines of blood tears flowed from the corners of the bloody man's eyes, and he knelt there upright, trembling all over.

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard the words, the casualties were too heavy, even more than 5 people were killed and a general soldier was sacrificed!

At this time, Sun Chengzong came up gently with a wet towel, wiped the bloody man's face, and comforted him: "Bianjiao, don't be too sad, we are a good home for the general to wrap his body in horse leather." How many soldiers of my Ming Dynasty died in battle in other lands, and even the bones could not be found. For example, in the Battle of Sarhu, the commander of the West Route Army of the Ming Dynasty Jun Song, deputy generals Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin, and more than 3 soldiers, none of them survived. Where will he be buried, where will his soul return to!"

While talking, he himself turned around and secretly wiped away his tears.

Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao, Zhu Cijiong came back to his senses and saw that he was indeed a heroic young general, whoever he was if he wasn't the new general Cao Bianjiao.

To be able to beat the first fierce general of Ming Dynasty into this appearance should be Hou Jin's main force, Zhu Cijiong tentatively asked: "Is it Huang Taiji?"

Cao Bianjiao said bitterly: "Exactly, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Tanggu, Abatai, Degelei, Jierhalang, Hauge, and Aobai are all here. They are really shameless and beat you up." Then they surrounded me, and four or five people besieged me, making it impossible for me to save Old General Zhao."

Zhu Cijiong fainted when he heard the words, oh my god, it's this group of people, you're fine after being besieged four or five times, what a fighter!Seeing that Cao Bianjiao was still brooding over Zhao Ledjiao's death, he quickly changed the topic and said, "Uncle Cao Wenzhao, General Cao, is he alright?"

Hearing this, Cao Bianjiao's expression improved a lot. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. My uncle is fine, but he was stabbed with a hole in his leg. Other places are minor wounds, nothing serious."

Well, he was injured in many places, and he was stabbed a hole in his leg, so it was not bad after all the injuries. It can be seen that the injuries of other people must not be light.He continued to talk: "What about you? Where is the injury, show me."

Now Cao Bianjiao was embarrassed, he held back for a long time before he said hesitatingly: "This, this, your majesty, the humble minister is not injured."

Zhu Cijiong pretended to be skeptical and said, "Really, get up and let me have a look."

Cao Bianjiao quickly stood up and said in fear: "How dare I lie to the emperor, my minister is really not injured."

Zhu Cijiong pretended to check it out, then nodded in satisfaction and said: "Well, you are worthy of being the number one fierce general of Ming Dynasty, and you were not injured at all when you were besieged by four or five enemy generals. Not bad, not bad, you are hungry, go eat quickly, tell Cao Wen Zhao, just say what I said, eat first, and then talk about other things after eating."

Cao Bianjiao was sent away so inexplicably, but Zhu Cijiong just didn't want to see him too sad, and they were indispensable for the reward. When Cao Bianjiao got off the watchtower and beat his horse away, Zhu Cijiong immediately said: "Pass the decree, Guan The Ning army has been promoted to the first-class army, and this month's salary will be tripled, and the pensions of all soldiers who died in battle will be tripled, and the deputy general Zhao Ledao will posthumously be crowned prince and grand teacher."

After Cao Huachun arranged for someone to pass the decree, Zhu Cijiong looked at the sky and considered whether to withdraw the troops. It was dark today, and if it wasn't for the bright moonlight, he wouldn't be able to see the figures clearly. What else would he fight?
He was about to ask Sun Chengzong, another bloody man ran up, knelt down on one knee and said, "My Majesty, the city wall south of Shengjing has been captured!"

Wow!Zhu Cijiong couldn't believe his ears. He couldn't see the outcome just now, so why did he suddenly win?Excitedly, he rushed to the bloody man and saw that he knew him well. He was Zu Dabi's second idiot. He grabbed Zu Dabi's arm and said, "General Zu, please forgive me. Thank you for your hard work. How did you take down the city wall, and what are the casualties?"

Zu Dabi stood up, rubbed his head, and said stupidly: "I don't know what's going on, they all ran away after hitting the enemy, I don't know the casualties, I just went to kill the enemy, Didn't pay attention to these."

If you don't know anything, why did you come here? Is it just to announce the good news?Zhu Cijiong asked angrily: "Where is Sun Chuanting, why did he send you here?"

Zu Dabi didn't pay attention to Zhu Cijiong's tone at all, he continued to say stupidly: "General Sun is discussing the city defense with General Mao, he said that my words are pleasant, and the emperor will definitely like them, so let me come here to say hello, By the way, General Sun asked me to ask the emperor if he wants to continue the attack."

Why are you attacking when it's dark? This Sun Chuanting must have been over by today, and there is nothing important to do, so he sent such a living treasure to announce the good news. Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but waved: "Don't fight, what's the matter?" Let’s talk about it tomorrow, you go back to eat first.”

When Zu Dabi heard about the meal, he was overjoyed, and even knew that he had thanked the emperor with his hand, so he went happily.

Zhu Cijiong was already tired and hungry, and he knew that the officials around him were also a little bit overwhelmed. Now that good news has come from everywhere, there is nothing to worry about. He hurriedly asked everyone to go back to the camp to eat and rest. What's the matter tomorrow? It's never too late.

Early the next morning, as soon as Zhu Cijiong woke up sleepily, Sun Chengzong ran over with a red face to announce the good news: "Your Majesty, all the defenders in Shengjing City have run away!"

He was in a daze right now, and he couldn't help asking subconsciously after hearing the words: "Really?"

Sun Chengzong excitedly replied: "It is absolutely true, most of the Shengjing city is Mongolian soldiers, Huang Taiji was beaten away, they have no intention of defending the city, they all fled at night!"

(End of this chapter)