Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 110
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"It was the bastard who said that that little barbarian Zhang Haogu came to Liaodong to give us a big gift?" The news of the death of his beloved nephew Fei Yangwu came, and it had been a few days since he marched in a hurry to disrupt the deployment of Jinzhou city defense. Nuerhachi, who didn't have a good rest at night, was dizzy from the pain and nearly fell off his horse. After being supported by Jiannu guards, Nuerhachi gasped heavily, and roared again: "Who is it?" Going to Manzi’s capital to spread rumors, brought Zhang Haogu, a little man, to Jinzhou? Killed my own nephew?”

There was no sound on the hill, but everyone was staring at Fan Wencheng unmistakably, as if they were saying that it was this bastard who brought Zhang Haogu, the little plague god, here.And Fan Wencheng himself didn't yell at this moment, shrank his head and trembled slightly, for fear that Nuerhachi would cut him into pieces first in a fit of anger.Fortunately, Mangurtai's messengers arrived in time and saved Fan Wencheng's life. The messengers reported to Nurhachi: "Qi Khan, the barbarians in the city have too many weapons and bows. Casualties were heavy, Master Mangurtai asked the Great Khan whether to continue to attack the city?"

"Attack? Why don't you attack?!" Nuerhachi roared angrily, pointing at his grandson Suksaha and shouting, "Suksaha, take another five thousand infantry up and take over Fei Yangwu's army , continue to fill the river at all costs, and those who take a step back will be killed! Today I will definitely break through this Jinzhou City and avenge my nephew!"

"Zha!" Suksaha agreed, clapping his hands and rushing into the army battle formation to organize the team.A moment later, another [-] infantry rushed out of the main formation, rushing towards the east gate of Jinzhou against the sandbags and boulders.After Young Master Zhang observed the enemy's movements through the binoculars, he hurriedly shouted: "The Tartars are here to fill the river again. The firecrackers and arrows continue to suppress the Jiannu archers. Give me a hard bang! I want Jiannu to fill this moat with [-] lives!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" After Young Master Zhang's order was conveyed, the artillery fire of the Ming army quickly changed its target, and began to specifically target the Jiannu infantry. The Jiannu infantry were running fast against the sandbags and approaching.In this way, the Jiannu infantry, who had trouble running against heavy objects, would be in bad luck. Cannonballs of all sizes flew randomly on their heads. , the bad luck hit the nail on the head, either hiccupped on the spot or covered his eyes and rolled all over the floor screaming.On the ground were smoked landmines and flame-breathing Ten Thousand Enemy jets, who were blown up by landmines, their legs and feet were separated, and those burned by Ten Thousand Enemy, their clothes and pants were on fire, and their skin was scorched and rotten.From time to time, one or two puffs of kerosene mixed with tiny grain husks were sprayed down along with the rockets, and the Jiannu infantry, who were like car burners, cried for their fathers and mothers, unable to live or die.The corpses of the soldiers who built slaves were piled up by the moat, and the smell was so bad, but the progress of filling the river was slow.

The fierce battle lasted from morning to afternoon. Relying on the protection of the city wall and the moat, although the Jinzhou defenders had significantly fewer casualties, the consumption of supplies was quite astonishing, especially the kerosene used to burn the slave soldiers. One barrel is less than one barrel, and there is no way to replenish it. When one-tenth of Jinzhou's stockpile of kerosene is used up, Young Master Zhang must not order to stop the fuel injection, so as not to be able to burn Jiannu's other siege weapons in future defense battles—— Young Master Zhang's goal is to defend Jinzhou for a whole winter, and the battle has just begun.But without this weapon to kill the enemy, the pressure-reduced Jiannu infantry inevitably charged faster, throwing sandbags and boulders one after another into the moat ditch, and even threw the corpses of their companions into the river, causing the ditch to quickly become shallower. Fill in gradually.Seeing this scene, Young Master Zhang was naturally anxious, while Nurhachi in the distance was ecstatic, and he went to the front of the battle to boost morale, and was ready to launch the third wave of iron-clad cart attack, which was also the most destructive to the city wall.

"Quickly, prepare twenty fire dragons to come out of the water!" Young Master Zhang keenly noticed that the handsome Nurhachi flag was moving forward, and quickly ordered the soldiers to use the fire dragons to come out of water when preparing for water battles, "Aim at the Zhenghuang flag of the chief Jiannu, and hear Command, light the fire together!"

He hurriedly raised the wooden frame and aimed at the place where the Nurhachi banner was installed. Young Master Zhang gave an order, and the twenty fire dragons were ignited together. Amid the sound of spraying, the twenty fire dragons shot out one after another, and flew out two times. Three miles later, the fire dragon burned out the fuse hidden in the water, and then ignited the four rockets hidden in the dragon's mouth. The rockets roared out of the dragon's mouth and continued to shoot in the direction of Nurhachi Shuaiqi's flag.The Jiannu generals and guards next to Nuerhachi realized the danger, and they rushed up together and used their bodies as shields to block the rockets for Nuerhachi. Amid the howling sound, the two Jiannu Niulu were shot in the face and chest respectively, screaming. Falling off the horse, one was killed and one was injured. The other dozens of rockets either passed the top of Nurhachi's head and fell behind because of poor accuracy, or missed a mile or two and shot at other innocuous Jiannu soldiers. Only one rocket shot through Jiannu's Zhenghuanglong flag, and ignited Nurhachi's handsome flag, turning it into a fire flag.Faced with such a result, although the morale of the Jiannu army was hit to some extent, Young Master Zhang still yelled that it was a pity, cursing that the power of the second-level rockets of this era is too small and primitive; At this time, the young master can still calmly use the strategy of catching the thief first and capturing the king first.

"Oh!" At this time, the disgusting cheers of the slave soldiers suddenly sounded from the Jinzhou city, which also meant that a large part of the moat under the Jinzhou city had been filled.Nuerhachi was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the third wave of attack to start. Amidst the shouts, Tanggu, the fourth son of Nuerhachi, personally led the army to charge, and led tens of thousands of Jiannu infantry to resist the hooked ladder and push the chariot He and the iron-wrapped chariots with soldiers hiding the city rushed to the city wall of Jinzhou, while the cavalry led by Mang Gurtai retreated from the front to make room for the siege weapons, while the infantry led by Suksaha continued to fill the river. Strive to expand the offensive space.Young Master Zhang also quickly adjusted his deployment, and ordered: "Hongyi cannon, Fran cannon, aim at Jiannu's siege weapons, hit me! Bows, arrows and firecrackers, suppress Jiannu's soldiers filling the river! Wu Liuqi, your giant wooden team and Team Flying Stones get ready!"

Amidst the shouting and fighting, the first Jiannu-wrapped iron cart rushed to the bottom of the city, and its hard iron horns crazily hit the Jinzhou city wall, trying to slam the Jinzhou city wall down. The Jiannu screamed and climbed up. Young Master Zhang waved his hand. Wu Liuqi, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, let out a wild roar, and led the reserve team to rush up. He raised the giant wood and hit the ladder, and the ladder overturned, and the Jiannu soldiers on it screamed. Another group of six warriors lifted up a boulder with iron chains and threw it down the city wall. The boulder weighing more than three hundred catties fell so powerfully that Jiannu's iron-wrapped cart fell as soon as it fell. They were smashed to pieces, and the Jiannu soldiers who hid under the iron carts and chiseled the city were also smashed into meat paste. Before they even had time to hum, the soldiers of the Ming army pulled the iron chains and pulled up the boulder, and threw it down again to hit the enemy, and so on. It kept going on and on, until Jiannu's iron-clad chisel car couldn't get close at all.On the other side, Wu Liuqi, carrying a double axe, was naked to the waist, and led a group of elite Ming troops to run around the city to make amends. Occasionally, a few slave soldiers who slipped through the net climbed up the city wall, and they were quickly defeated by Wu Liuqi, who was able to open the mountain. The giant iron ax smashed his brains apart, and his bones were incomplete. People and corpses were kicked off the city wall and smashed on the heads of their own soldiers.Although Jiannu attacked fiercely, he had no chance to gain a foothold on the city wall of Jinzhou.

"Throw ten thousand enemies!" Seeing more and more slave-building soldiers under the city, Young Master Zhang displayed his shameless tricks, throwing down ten thousand enemies one after another in an orderly manner, and in a short while a spray of fire was formed under the east gate of Jinzhou. In the sea of ​​fireworks, the Jiannu infantry crowded under the city had no way to escape. They were so injured that they jumped into the river one after another to escape. What's more, they simply dropped their weapons and turned around and ran away, only to die tragically under the sharp steel swords of their own soldiers who supervised the battle.Seeing this scene, Nuerhachi couldn't help being so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he yelled that anyone who took a step back would be cut immediately.But no matter what, the well-prepared and well-equipped Jinzhou defenders, under the flexible command of Young Master Zhang, still did not give the slave-building army the slightest chance.In the end, Young Master Zhang also became ruthless, and ordered another ten barrels of kerosene to be sprayed out, and then ignited with a rocket, which burned the Jiannu soldiers' skins to scorched flesh. In addition, other weapons also showed their power, repelling the Jiannu soldiers. A wave of attacks forced both Tanggu and Suksaha's army to retreat to avoid the sharp edge.

Several successive waves of attacks were repulsed, with heavy casualties but even the moat of the east gate was not completely filled. Faced with such a result, Nuerhachi was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and rushed forward to whip himself. Retreating Tanggu and Suksaha without permission, and ordered them to continue to attack the city, Tanggu replied in mourning: "Ama, my son has to retreat, forty iron carts, now they are smashed by barbarians There are less than ten siege weapons, and there are not enough siege weapons, what else can we use to attack the city?"

After all, Nuerhachi is also a battle-tested old sparrow. After being reminded by his son, he saw the smashed siege iron cars under the Jinzhou city wall and the flowering shells falling from time to time on Jinzhou city. Nuerhachi still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Mingjin withdraws troops, go back to make siege weapons, and attack the city tomorrow!"

"Dangdang, clang, clang!" The gong of the Jiannu army finally rang out, and the Jiannu soldiers, who were suppressed by the artillery shells of the city wall and did not dare to raise their heads, hurriedly hugged their heads and ran away as if they had been pardoned.Seeing the embarrassing scene of the Jiannu army receding like a tide, the city of Jinzhou naturally cheered like thunder again, and the cheers and curses spread for ten miles.Only Young Master Zhang, who was surrounded by the excited crowd, was very calm. He knew that he was very lucky to win today. The main reason was to rely on sufficient supplies to fight back the enemy. At the same time, another key factor was that Nuerhachi underestimated the enemy and his command was not perfect. The real test and bloody battle of Jinzhou City is yet to come.If there is no way to arouse the blood and fighting spirit of Jinzhou's soldiers and civilians, once the supplies such as gunpowder and gunpowder are exhausted, Jinzhou City will have no tomorrow.

"Zhang Shitou, go and call Lu Wanling." Young Master Zhang ordered: "That kid must be peeing his pants under the bed, go and tell him that Jiannu has retreated, and tell him to come see me right away."

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Back to the camp with a livid face, the first thing Nurhachi did was to order a hundred siege-wrapped iron carts to be built immediately, and the work must be completed before tomorrow morning, otherwise all Han craftsmen would be beheaded, and then Nuerhachi would slap his ass Sitting on the bearskin recliner, he closed his eyes and said nothing.Huang Taiji walked up and comforted in a soft voice: "Ama, don't be upset. Although we lost a small battle today, it was also because we underestimated the enemy. The next time we attack the city, we just need to be fully prepared, be patient and fight steadily. It is not difficult to capture Jinzhou."

"Is it really just because you underestimate the enemy?" Nuerhachi closed his eyes and snorted coldly, "Didn't you notice that Zhang Haogu's command was very methodical, and he never gave us any chance from the beginning to the end?"

"Indeed." Huang Taiji nodded and admitted, "That little barbarian's command was methodical, with clear priorities, and his coordinated use of far and near firearms was almost impeccable--now it seems that my ministers used tricks to force him to Liaodong, and he was recruited. It's not a fat sheep, but a wolf in sheep's clothing!" After sighing regretfully, Huang Taiji said again: "But you should have noticed, Ama, that little savage Zhang Haogu was able to kill us today. It depends on gunpowder weapons and kerosene, and as long as we cut off his backup and prevent him from getting supplies, he will have nothing to do when these things are used up."

"Then how much do we have to pay to use up his defense weapons?" Nuerhachi opened his eyes and asked murderously: "Today alone, we have killed more than 2000 soldiers. If the fight continues like this, how many soldiers will we have to sacrifice to take Jinzhou?"

Huang Taiji was silent - the biggest weakness of the Jiannu army is the weak population base. If they continue to fight with Young Master Zhang, even if they can win Jinzhou, the Jiannu army will only be severely injured in the end. The power of Shanhaiguan.After being silent for a long time, Huang Taiji said cautiously again: "Ama, how about we try to continue recruiting the little barbarian Zhang Haogu? Judging from Tong Yangxing's previous visits to the city to surrender, it can be seen that the little barbarian Zhang Haogu resisted to the end. The determination is not very great, and the soldiers of the barbarian army in Jinzhou City, from today's point of view, their morale is not very high. If we don't have the advantage of the city walls and firearms, we can completely beat them in a single charge in the field. So My son believes that there is still a good chance of recruiting Jinzhou."

"Continue to recruit?" Nuerhachi was a little tempted - if the surrender is successful, not only can Jinzhou be taken without bloodshed, but also such a rare talent as Young Master Zhang, for Nuerhachi and his son who are good at using traitors, It would be a good thing to have the best of both worlds.However, Nuerhachi also hesitated, and asked later: "Surrender is good, but we just fought a battle with Zhang Haogu little barbarian today, and we lost the battle. Send someone to surrender again, without losing face." , Zhang Haogu, the little savage, I'm afraid he won't agree."

"Ama, please don't worry. Do you still remember the allusion Zhang Haogu said about Guo Ziyi to Tong Yangxing?" Huang Taiji said with a smile: "Back then, the Tiele people united with Guhuai'en and Tubo, Huihe, and Dangxiang with 30 troops. Guo Ziyi’s more than 1 troops were heavily surrounded. Guo Ziyi had just fought against the Huihe army during the day, and at night he personally entered the Huihe barracks to persuade him to surrender. Wasn’t it a success? Zhang Haogu also told Tong Yangxing that he was not afraid of fighting with us. Because it can be proved whether he is worth our big money to recruit him, now that he has proved himself to be a useful talent, worthy of our all costs to win him over, isn't it logical for us to recruit him again?"

Nuerhachi's eyeballs rolled wildly, a little tempted but felt ashamed, but at this moment, the soldiers outside the tent suddenly rushed into the tent, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Qi Khan, the Jinzhou barbarian army sent An envoy, claiming to be Lu Wanling, begged to see the Great Khan with a white flag in his hand, saying that there was a letter from a good ancient barbarian to the Great Khan."

"Lu Wanling? Barbarian, he still has the face to see me?!" Nuerhachi roared angrily.

"Lu Wanling? Good! Zhang Haogu's little savage keeps sending envoys, and there is more hope of recruiting him!" Huang Taiji shouted happily.

(End of this chapter)