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Chapter 107 The First Battle
(PS: There was another power outage for no reason this morning, so this chapter is for today, please forgive me.)
There is no fire in the east gate tower of Jinzhou, it is almost as cold as the outside of the room, so cold that Ji Yong, who just followed in to join in the fun, stomped his feet and rubbed his hands, constantly complaining that the soldiers were lazy, and did not light a pot of charcoal fire here, so that he was almost frozen Stiff.The three generals, Man Gui, Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun, who were really called in by Young Master Zhang, did not say a word, and stood motionless in the room in the form of finished products, waiting for something and some words that Young Master Zhang was about to tell them.

"General Man, General Hei, General Ma, and Eunuch Ji, there are some things that I planned to tell you in a few days, but now the situation is urgent, so I can't do it without telling you in advance." Young Master Zhang looked very serious , Xiang Mangui asked in a deep voice: "General Man, you are an old military officer. I shouted to attack Haizhou in Shanhaiguan, but when I arrived in Jinzhou, I tried my best to strengthen the city defense. You must be very strange? To tell you the truth, I came to Jinzhou in fact. I came here just to defend the city. The so-called attack on Haizhou was nothing more than a joint effort by Mr. Gao and I to release the smoke! As you can see, during these precious two months, Jinzhou with its dilapidated city walls has become a fortress. A fortress that can stand in front of Jiannu cavalry for a long time! You can think about it, if Mr. Gao and I don’t release the smoke, will the Jiannu army who are coveting Jinyou’s food, give us time to repair the city wall?"

When things got to this point, in fact, even if Young Master Zhang didn’t explain, Man Gui, Hei Yunlong and the other generals had already guessed about Young Master Zhang’s intentions, so now after Young Master Zhang explained publicly, Man Gui and the other generals just nodded silently, but Without showing too much surprise, only Ji Yong, the eunuch of the supervising army, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Tanhualang is really clever, and now he is making a fool of Jiannu. In fact, before Tanhualang arrived in Jinzhou, our family knew that Tanhualang was not. Why come here to beat up Haizhou, Jiuqiantui would not accept such a stupid godson."

"Thank you, Eunuch Ji, for your compliment." Young Master Zhang cupped his hands modestly, and then said solemnly to Man Gui and the others: "Three generals, after you were transferred to Jinzhou, you have been ignoring me, agreeing on the surface, but contemptuous in your heart. , I know this very well—after all, the three of you are all employed on the battlefield with real knives and guns, from the pile of dead people, and earned by real skills. A frail scholar who gets high officials and rich salary for an stereotyped essay? A sycophant who rides on your heads by flattering his beard and domineering?"

"Master Zhang misunderstood, in fact we still admire you very much." Man Gui said with a face full of embarrassment.Hei Yunlong also nodded and said: "Yes, at first we were not convinced by you, but later we saw with our own eyes, Mr. Zhang, you never withheld military pay, and you never commanded blindly. The execution of military orders is even stricter. You eat and sleep like ordinary soldiers. It's exactly the same, in order to build the city wall, you personally brought your own soldiers to the construction site to ram the soil, we gradually admire you, this is the first time I've seen a civil servant like you when I grow up." Ma Dengyun didn't When he spoke, he just nodded his head vigorously, expressing that his opinion was the same as that of Hei Yunlong.

"Three generals, you don't need to explain, and you don't need to worry, because I have never blamed that." Young Master Zhang waved his hand and said solemnly: "Now I just want to ask you three, are you willing to guard Jinzhou with me, and Will Jinzhou City live and die together?"

"I would like to work for you." Man Gui and the other generals clasped their fists together and agreed, but they were somewhat skeptical in their hearts - after all, they had seen many civil servants like Young Master Zhang clamoring to live and die with the city, but none of them actually took action.Young Master Zhang observed the words and expressions, and knew that the morale of Man Gui and the others still hadn't risen, but the army of slaves came too fast and in a hurry, and Young Master Zhang didn't think of a good way to boost morale in a hurry, so he could only end the conversation hastily, and ordered: "Well, from now on, I ask you three generals to strictly organize your troops and be ready for battle at any time. Your army is the main force of the battle. Most of Ma Shilong's troops are recruits, and they have just experienced the defeat of Liuhe. The middle can only play a supporting role, whether Jinzhou City can be defended or not depends on you."

"Follow your lord's order." The three generals of Man and Gui clasped their fists together and agreed.Young Master Zhang nodded, and then waved Man Gui and the others to go down to organize the army. After Man Gui and the others left in a hurry, Ji Yong, who had been rubbing his hands and shouting coldly, spoke, "Tan Hua Lang, before you came to Liaodong, Our family has heard that you are so eloquent that you can turn the dead into a living person, and the living person can jump into the river. But today, what you said to General Man Gui and the others, why does our family feel that it is not interesting and cannot boost their morale? ?”

"What Eunuch Ji said is very true." Young Master Zhang nodded and admitted, and then said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, Eunuch Ji, in fact, I have prepared a lot of words to encourage Man Gui and them with words, but just now I told them After a few words, I suddenly realized that my set can only be used against young scholars like Man Gui and Hei Yunlong. Find other ways to deal with them and boost their morale and fighting spirit."

"In our family's opinion, if Tan Hualang has a way to boost morale, it's best to boost the morale of the people in Jinzhou City and other troops." Ji Yong stood on tiptoe to the window facing the city, beckoned to Young Master Zhang and said: "Tanhualang can come over and have a look, the city is going to be in chaos now."

Young Master Zhang walked to the window as he said, and looked out of the window. Sure enough, the city of Jinzhou was already in chaos. Panic-stricken people could be seen everywhere on the street, pushing carts with packages on their backs, rushing towards the city gate, shouting. The voices of sons and daughters came one after another. Although Ma Shilong dispatched troops to maintain law and order according to the order, and barely suppressed the unrest, the soldiers in the army were also in a state of panic, waving knives and guns in vain and shouting, unable to maintain the peaceful scene in the past. Apparently, the news that the army of founding slaves suppressed the border has spread to the people.Young Master Zhang decisively turned his head and shouted to the soldiers outside the city tower: "Go and send an order to Ma Shilong to seal the city gates, and the people of Jinzhou are allowed to enter and not to leave! Then let the army publicize among the people, saying that Jiannu has issued a massacre order, Daming The common people kill each other, and only by staying in the city can they have a chance to save their lives.”

"Decree!" The soldiers took the order and left.After the order was executed, the people who were about to flee under the city tower were quickly blocked inside the city gate, coupled with the intimidation of Master Zhang's lies, most of the people in Jinzhou were terrified and believed it was true, and they began to turn their heads back one after another. The family was waiting for the doomsday to come, but there were also a few people who insisted on going out of the city to take refuge, arguing and fighting with the city gate guards, and crying.Seeing this situation, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to order the arrest of the troublemakers. At the same time, Young Master Zhang knew very well that since the Battle of Sarhu, apart from the few victories that the Ming army had won under the leadership of his father-in-law Xiong Tingbi, there were no other battles. Almost all failed, and after each failure, the local Han people were either captured as slaves or slaughtered by slaves. With such a lesson from the past, it is not surprising that the people of Jinzhou are panicked.Therefore, there is only one question in Young Master Zhang's mind, "How to boost the morale of the army and the people, and build their confidence to live and die with the city?"

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On the night of the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, Jinzhou’s army and people were in a state of panic. By the time of dawn the next day, Jiannu’s forward troops had arrived in the Dujiabao area, which was only half a day away from Jinzhou. However, the four soldiers in Jinzhou Among the forts, the west and south forts are still not completed, and they are still the biggest weakness of Jinzhou city defense.At this moment, the fire hose that Young Master Zhang rushed to make also played a major role. After a night of spraying water on the city wall, the Jinzhou city wall built of rammed earth bricks and stones has been completely frozen into a piece of ice, compared with bluestone. The city wall is still a few points stronger, shining under the sunlight that occasionally penetrates the clouds, it is majestic, and it more or less stabilizes the hearts of some soldiers and people.

The enemy is at present, and the war is imminent. Under such circumstances, every move of the commander will undoubtedly affect the morale of the army and the hearts of the people. However, the young master Zhang, who is in charge of Jinzhou's soldiers, horses, money, food and criminal names, is not in a hurry. Busy, just put on a pickled blue robe, a black padded jacket, and a white fox fur scarf. Dressed up beautifully, led a large group of Jinzhou civil and military officials to the east gate of Jinzhou City Wall, while patrolling Defense, while discussing the enemy situation.But it's strange to say, seeing Young Master Zhang's calm and coquettish appearance, Jinzhou's soldiers and people's hearts are stable, and almost everyone thinks so-damn, you are not afraid of being the coach of Jinzhou, but we are afraid of the ass ?Anyway, even if Jiannu breaks Jinzhou, the first person to kill must be you.

"General Wu, what is the marching speed of Jiannu vanguard?" Young Master Zhang took the time to ask Wu Xiang who was in charge of scouting.Wu Xiang quickly replied: "According to the reports from the scouts, the forwards of Jiannu have been marching in a hurry, about 120 miles a day, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Jinzhou before evening."

Young Master Zhang nodded and stopped talking. He just raised his binoculars and looked at the northeast direction where the Jiannu army was attacking. Mountain, the mountain is flat, which is conducive to the dismounting of war horses. The trees on the mountain have already been cut down by Jinzhou soldiers and civilians, and transported back to the city for heating in the winter. It is a natural siege command platform.For the sake of caution, Young Master Zhang asked Man Gui and Ma Shilong again: "General Ma, General Man, look at that short mountain. If you came to fight Jinzhou, would you arrange the podium in that position?"

Holding up the Bo Jue brand binoculars presented by Young Master Zhang to observe for a while, Man Gui and Ma Shilong both nodded together, saying that if they attacked the city by themselves, they would most likely place the podium in that position.Master Song Xiance, who was almost the same as Young Master Zhang, came to his senses first, and hurriedly asked, "Master, do you want to plant a mine at that location? When the generals who built slaves climbed up that earth mountain, set fire to them all and blow them up to death?"

"Nonsense! It's such a cold day, the ground is frozen hard, why don't you dig hundreds of mine pits for me, and a long fuse pit seven or eight miles long?" Young Master Zhang blushed angrily. Offering advice, he snorted again: "Besides, your boss, I have always been upright and upright, so how could I plant mines to deceive others?" After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang beckoned Wu Xiang to him and whispered in his ear. He ordered in a loud voice: "General Wu, you immediately prepare thirty stones of horse fodder, and then prepare one hundred catties of crotons and one hundred catties of arsenic to mix in the fodder, and then..."

The two forts in the southwest and southeast corners are still under intense construction, but the ten Hongyi cannons located in the northeast and northwest corners of Jinzhou have already begun to load gunpowder and shells, and use straw mats to cover up the camouflage. It was also moved to the east city wall of Jinzhou, and the troops preparing to attack were also deployed to the east gate of Jinzhou.Seeing Young Master Zhang focus his defense on the east, almost all Liaodong generals sweated, and advised that Jiannu was extremely cunning, and it would be troublesome if he detoured and attacked from other city gates.Young Master Zhang said confidently: "Don't worry, Jianu came to Jinzhou through the official road, which leads directly to the east gate of Jinzhou. I also understand Jiannu Mang Gurtai's temper. Jinzhou will definitely attack the east gate of Jinzhou immediately!" The generals of Jinzhou had no choice but to trust Young Master Zhang's judgment for the time being.

While all the generals were busy making arrangements, Ma Shilong, the only one of the Jinzhou generals who was closer to Young Master Zhang, came up and asked in a low voice: "Master Zhang, didn't you say that you would stick to Jinzhou? Why did you arrange another attack formation?" shape?" Young Master Zhang calmly replied: "My courtier Wang Yangminggong once had a famous saying - don't move your mind, act as you please! I intend to stick to Jinzhou, but I will not let go of using the enemy to underestimate the enemy. Weary opportunities to counterattack properly, not to mention the current morale of the Jinzhou army and civilians, it also needs a small victory to boost."

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The cold wind howled, the time passed by every minute and every second, and while waiting anxiously, the scouts from the northeast almost rushed back to the city in an endless stream, and the reported position of the slave pioneer army was getting closer and closer. Finally, Menlei The sound of horseshoes could be heard faintly, the official road in the east rolled with snow and dust, and the Jiannu vanguard swept in.Young Master Zhang ordered to wave the leopard flag, and the [-] cavalrymen of the Wuxiang Army temporarily stationed on the earth mountain immediately turned their horses and ran back to the city. It's a pity that Wu Xiang's cavalry launched their forces early, and when the Jiannu cavalry chased them three or four miles away from the city gate, all three hundred Ming army cavalry had entered the city, and the suspension bridge was also twisted up. Only the forage carried by the cavalry of the Ming army remained on the dirt hill, scattered everywhere.

"This is the slave cavalry. It's more shabby than I imagined." Young Master Zhang said loudly to show his contempt for the enemy.However, what Young Master Zhang said is not entirely a lie, at least the real Jianshou cavalry costumes are much more shabby than those shown on TV. Apart from the fact that the uniforms are all dark blue in color, the military uniforms and armors are different from old to new. They were not as wise and powerful as they boasted on TV, but the cotton armor on them that looked like mandarin jackets made Young Master Zhang a little worried. This kind of cotton armor can not only keep warm but also protect the body, and it is difficult for arrowheads and shotgun bullets to penetrate.

While waiting anxiously, the main army of the Jiannu vanguard ran closer and closer. Finally, the blue Jiannu Commander's Flag painted with fangs and claws and a pseudo-dragon appeared in the sight of Jinzhou soldiers and civilians, and ran up to Young Master Zhang as he wished. The expected natural commanding platform earth mountain, along with the handsome flag all rushing up the earth mountain, there are also many slave flags at all levels.Seeing this scene, Young Master Zhang finally couldn't help but hammered the icy-covered city stomp triumphantly, knowing that his first step had been successful.The Jinzhou generals first breathed a sigh of relief, and then raised their hearts to their throats, waiting for the next step of the slave-building army.

As Young Master Zhang expected, the grumpy Manggurtai was too lazy to detour, and directly dispatched troops on the dirt hill to command the attack on the east gate of Jinzhou. The iron-wrapped carts specially used for digging the city were assembled and lined up against the hook ladder, and ten Niulu Jiannu cavalry were behind them, ready to cover with bows and arrows in the rear.As the horn sounded, more than [-] traitorous soldiers charged forward with strange screams, and the Jiannu cavalry trotted behind with bows and arrows.But Young Master Zhang ordered the soldiers of the Ming army with bows, arrows and muskets not to act rashly, and no attack was allowed without an order, and the Jiannu siege troops were allowed to approach the city wall.Seeing the scene of Jiannu charging in groups, the Jinzhou defenders who had had enough of the defeat were terrified, and many people were trembling. Young Master Zhang, who was on the battlefield for the first time, was excited, as if seeing groups of lambs flocking to wolves. The den, he might be torn to pieces by himself at any moment—it turned out later that Young Master Zhang was indeed a ferocious wolf born for the battlefield!
You can almost hear your own heartbeat waiting patiently. Jiannu's army has already approached the Jinzhou moat with ugly and strange screams. It had already been frozen as smooth as a mirror, and it was covered with snowflakes, so the Jiannu siege army rushed up without hesitation, shouting and cheering that the progress of the self-army was smooth, but at this time, almost every day A Jiannu soldier who rushed to the ice felt that his feet were light, and the ice was crisp. He even fell off the ice with his car, half dead, and the disgusting screams pierced the sky.

Some people want to ask, dripping water turns into ice, and even running water like the Sancha River is so frozen that people and horses can pass through it, why does the moat in Jinzhou break when stepped on?In fact, the reason is very simple. This is a trap set up by Mr. Zhang. Long before the winter, Mr. Zhang sent people to dig a ditch for the moat of Jinzhou to lead directly to the Xiaoling River. When the weather was cold When thin ice formed on the surface of the river, Young Master Zhang immediately asked someone to dig the earth dam to release water, and let the river water under the ice surface. As a result, the moat only had a thin layer of ice on the surface, and the bottom was completely empty, only covered by snowflakes Unable to see the thickness, the Jiannu army did not know where to go. As soon as they rushed up the moat and broke through the ice, the treacherous soldiers fell to pieces, and almost all the iron carts that threatened the city wall fell into the river.

Gossip less, let’s get down to business, just when Jiannu fell into temporary confusion due to the sudden rupture of the ice, Young Master Zhang jumped up and shouted: "Fire!" With a wave of the vermilion flag, the city wall of Jinzhou East City seemed to be boiling. It boiled, countless feathered arrows were thrown down, and countless primitive muskets also protruded from the battlements, shooting at the city wall with a ping-pong-pong-pong, and the gunshots like popping beans kept coming and going; Ten thousand enemies were also ignited and thrown into the enemy group, and the round ten thousand enemies planted in the frame spit fire and rotated, instantly burning to death and injuring countless slave soldiers.At the same time, the ten Hongyi cannons in the corner of the East City also ignited at the same time, firing crosswise, the original flowering bombs made of thin iron sprayed out with loud flames, and exploded on the ground, and the iron pieces stuffed in the thin iron flowering bombs The arsenic sand scattered in all directions, and the Jiannu infantry cavalry near the landing point also screamed and fell down one after another, either dead or injured.

The walls of the empty city, which had been calm just now, suddenly fired together. The Jiannu army, which easily pushed into the range, was naturally caught off guard. The chaos added to the chaos, and they subconsciously turned around and fled, preparing to escape from the range and reorganize their troops to attack the city.Seeing the opportunity, Master Zhang immediately waved the command flag again, the city gate opened, and the suspension bridge crashed to the ground, and the four thousand cavalry from the Mangui army gathered inside the east gate rushed out, shouting and attacking the building disrupted by Master Zhang's three-dimensional attack. slave army.And the Jiannu Bellemang Gurtai on the earth mountain never dreamed that the Ming army would dare to take the initiative to attack. In ecstasy, he quickly ordered the former army to retreat to lure the enemy, and he raised his knife and shouted: "Golden soldiers, kill!"

"Kill!" The slave generals around Mang Gurtai yelled together, and each of them returned to the original team to charge forward, but including Mang Gurtai, before they stood thirty steps, the horses of these slave generals neighed miserably He fell down, and the fastest-accelerating Manggurtai was thrown from the saddle by inertia. Not only that, he was dizzy and covered in slush, and his lips landed on the ground and fell off two front teeth, and his mouth was filled with dirty blood.When the inexplicable Mangurtai struggled to look back, he saw the beloved horse presented to him by the hard-core traitor Horqin tribe fell on the ground and twitched, foaming from the mouth of the horse, and could never stand up.And most of the war horses of Jiannu generals who stayed on that dirt mountain were like this, and many war horses sprayed manure directly from their anus.Seeing this scene, Gurtai, the blatant Jiannu boss, didn't even notice the scattered hay that had been eaten up by the horses. He just screamed, "It's haunted! Why are our horses sick?!"

In fact, Mang Gurtai didn't clenched his teeth when he dropped a few teeth. The key is that the soldiers and horses who fought against the flag also fell to the ground. Spray it on top of the flag and never have the face to hold it over the top again.In this way, the Jiannu cavalry, who were already turning around to lure the enemy to pursue, saw that the commander-in-chief's flag fell together with the commander-in-chief. They didn't know what to do, so they naturally panicked, fled faster, and finally dispersed without receiving orders. Leave room to charge.And the Jiannu cavalry who were preparing to charge were also dumbfounded and screamed because their generals fell off their horses one after another. Not to mention the demoralization, the momentum of the charge completely slowed down.The iron cavalry of the Ming army led by Man Gui took advantage of the momentum to chase and kill the retreating Jiannu cavalry and rushed into chaos with their own team. , It is no longer possible to play the group charge tactics that the Jiannu cavalry is best at, but Man Gui's formation remains intact, and he has the upper hand with random attacks.

"Damn it, it's haunted! We can't fight this battle, retreat first." Mang Gurtai is not stupid, knowing that in this situation, he will only suffer if he fights recklessly with Mangui's cavalry, so he decisively ordered to retreat and prepare to reorganize the team Let's fight again.With an order, the extremely elite Jiannu cavalry turned their horses around together, fighting and retreating along the way, while the cavalry from Mangui followed closely, not giving the Jiannu cavalry a chance to reorganize the army.At the same time, Zhao Ledjiao and Wu Xiang, two generals of the Ming army, each led [-] troops out of the city, slashing and killing the Jiannu and raped soldiers who hadn't gotten on their horses in time to escape, and gained a lot.

At this point in the battle, even a blind person can see that Young Master Zhang's opening three tricks have achieved miraculous results, and it is definitely not a problem to get a small victory. The cheers in Jinzhou City are inevitable, and the soldiers and civilians embrace and jump. The confidence of the coach has greatly increased.Not long ago, Jinzhou general Ma Shilong, who almost lost his fighting spirit because of the defeat of Liuhe, was so excited that he hugged Young Master Zhang, raised him up and yelled, "Master Zhang, brother Zhang, I really admire you! Jiannu's every move, everything must be within your expectations! You are really Zhuge Liang of our Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming of this world!"

"Brother Ma, you are too flattering, how dare I compare with the two of them?" Young Master Zhang was hypocritically modest, but he was very excited in his heart, knowing that although his victory was only a small one on the battlefield, in psychological warfare, he would It was an unprecedented victory, laying a solid foundation for future bloody battles.But at this moment, Young Master Zhang suddenly entered the city, and there was a short Ming soldier in the Wu Xiang army of the Ming army who was extremely brave. Every time the raped soldiers came up and cut off a raped head, they always shouted, "Kill!" The voice was like thunder, and the raped soldiers saw him holding up the bloody head and shouting frantically, and they were all frightened. He was so frightened that he held his head and only wanted to run for his life, not daring to fight at all.Seeing this scene, Young Master Zhang couldn't help asking curiously: "Brother Ma, who is that kid? He doesn't look very old, but he is quite capable."

"General Wu Xiang's eldest son, Wu Sangui." Ma Shilong's answer made Young Master Zhang stagger and almost fell off the city wall.

(End of this chapter)