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Chapter 112 Make up for the loopholes
There is no need for a supervisory team, and no supervisory team is arranged according to the usual practice, but Young Master Zhang's command is still ruthless. No matter which army is ordered, whether this army is ordered to attack or retreat, the order is executed abnormally Resolutely, those who received the order to attack, even if the Jiannu in front had already climbed the city wall with a ladder, and were waving sabers and shouting monsters at the crenels of the city wall, this army would also shout the slogan "City perish, we perish" With guns and knives, Jiannu was knocked down the city wall; those who received the order to retreat, even if there was a group of Jiannu with their hands and feet cut off in front of them. They will also resolutely give up the battle exploits at their fingertips and retreat decisively to make room for the follow-up troops to attack Jiannu better and more effectively, and firmly suppress the momentum of Jiannu attacking the city.

There was no need for coercion, and the civil and military officials and ordinary soldiers of the Jinzhou garrison did not force the people to help in the battle, but the people in Jinzhou City still organized spontaneously. Delivering ammunition and weapons to the front-line troops, boiling water and delivering meals; young and strong men took the initiative to go up to the city wall, took over the weapons distributed by the army, and fought bloody battles with the army, swearing to the death to defend their own land, shouting the slogan "I perish for the city". Homeland free from brutal slavery.After the gunpowder was finished, he smashed Jiannu's head with the three-eyed iron blunderbuss, dropped the bird blunderbuss, picked up a knife and gun, slashed with the knife, and poked with the gun to prevent Jiannu from stepping on the city wall!The knives were broken, the guns were broken, they threw down the knives and guns, hit them with stones, hit them with their fists, gouged out their eyes with their fingers, bit their throats with their teeth, rolled and beat Jian Nu on the city wall, even if they rolled down the city wall and fought against the building. It is not hesitating to kill the slaves together!Although Master Zhang's method of executing Nurhachi's son Ling Chi was despicable and shamelessly tied all the people of Jinzhou to his chariot, it also inspired the Ming army and people to drive the Yuan army out of the Central Plains hundreds of years ago. Bloody, in front of such an army and this kind of people, although the Jiannu army is the most brave in the world, it is also forced to retreat steadily, with heavy casualties and still unable to move an inch.

The bloody battle on the city wall was intensified, but the battle below the city wall was more intense than ever. Having learned the lesson of yesterday's failed siege, Nuerhachi had just witnessed his son being executed by Young Master Zhang Lingchi in this siege. , but still forced himself to calm down, commanded the army to advance layer by layer, and fought steadily. First, the wooden chariot covered with raw cowhide anti-arrow and bulletproof was pushed to the edge of the moat. The gunners and infantry took the opportunity to fight against sandbags and big rocks to fill the river; at the same time, there were infantrymen from the brigade pushing iron carts from the filled river section to the foot of Jinzhou City, hitting the wall with the iron horns of the iron carts, and then putting thick boards on the carts to prevent them from attacking. The arrows were bulletproof, and the Jiannu soldiers hid under the thick planks and crazily chiseled the city, trying in vain to dig down the city wall of Jinzhou.In addition, Jiannu's siege ladders were also built on the city wall one after another. One after another, Jiannu continued to climb up like ants, not only trying to break the city directly, but also reducing the pressure on the iron-clad convoy under the city.

Facing the three-dimensional siege tactics of Jiannu, high school, low and three-way, as the commander-in-chief, Young Master Zhang always stood on the front line commanding the defense, and flexibly cracked Jiannu's various tactics. Jiannu used ladders to attack the city, Young Master Zhang ordered the soldiers to hit the ladder with giant logs, and then arranged for guerrilla teams to fight the fire to make up for the leaks; Jiannu used the chariot to protect the archers to suppress the defenders, and Young Master Zhang concentrated the artillery fire on the chariot first, whether it was the Hongyi cannon or the Franco machine gun, As long as one cannonball hits the target, one cannonball can scrap one of Jiannu's chariots and several archers behind the chariot. The chariot hiding in the blind corner of the artillery ignores him first, and waits for his archers to form a dense formation. When they were concentrated, Young Master Zhang sprayed oil with a water hose and set them on fire. He not only destroyed Jiannu chariots in a centralized manner, but also burned and injured a large number of Jiannu archers; In addition to smashing, they concentrated on throwing landmines and calling out thousands of enemies. If it didn't work, they would be poured with kerosene and burned. Basically, it was too late for Jiannu's iron-wrapped cart to dig a foot-deep hole on the city wall of Jinzhou. The pit had already been destroyed by the Jinzhou defenders with all sorts of strange means, and was completely scrapped, and then ignited by the flames of war, which instead became an obstacle to prevent Jiannu from attacking the city.

The siege tactics of the invincible hands in Liaodong in the past have all been resolved, and the casualties are heavy and the progress is still slow. The slave chief Nuerhachi is naturally so angry, but his siege weapons come and go only a few times. Naturally, he was invincible against other corrupt and depraved defenders of the Ming army, but when used to deal with Young Master Zhang, who had more tricks than himself, and the Jinzhou soldiers and civilians who were united as one, Nuerhachi naturally felt helpless and helpless.While annoyed, Fan Wencheng, who had been hiding behind to observe the battle situation, came up and whispered in Nurhachi's ear: "Khan, the servant has discovered a situation. For the convenience of defending the city, the barbarian defenders use many gunpowder weapons They were piled directly on the city walls, especially the four forts in Jinzhou, where more gunpowder was piled up. Why not concentrate the archers and cover the barbarian forts with rockets densely. As long as one rocket hits the gunpowder, the barbarian forts will also be scrapped. "

"Good idea, why didn't you say it earlier?" Nuerhachi, who was having a headache because of the great power of the Hongyi cannon, was overjoyed. He first complained to Fan Wencheng, and then hurriedly arranged for command.After a while, a large number of kerosene barrels were moved to the front of the formation. More than [-] Jiannu cavalry wrapped their arrowheads in cotton, dipped them in kerosene and prepared fire, and they could line up only after Nuerhachi gave an order. Rush forward and cover the Jinzhou Fort densely with rockets. ——But it's a pity, how could Young Master Zhang, who was holding a telescope in his hand, fail to see Jiannu's arrangement?So when Jiannu took turns soaking the rockets outside the visible range of the naked eye, Young Master Zhang had already seen through Jiannu's intentions, and immediately ordered: "Order the four gates and the four forts, and immediately cover all the gunpowder with Huohuan cloth (asbestos cloth), and cut them off." Don’t store it in the open air, Jiannu will use fire to attack! The four forts are equipped with fuel-spraying fire dragons, and the Jiannu cavalry can shoot them with rockets, and spray them with fuel immediately!”

"Come on!" As Nuerhachi personally waved the command flag, Du Du, the grandson of Nuerhachi and the owner of the Xiangbai Banner, roared, and personally led four thousand cavalry to the fort in the northeast corner of Jinzhou. Ignite the rocket, aim at the Jinzhou Fort, draw the bow and set the arrow, and release the rocket as soon as it gets close to the range, densely covering the Jinzhou Fort.But they had just rushed into the range, and before their thumbs covered with boards had time to move away, four streams of kerosene had already been sprayed on the fort, and they were sprayed on their heads and faces——Master Zhang’s heart is called poison. Ah, the kerosene refined from petroleum is inherently flammable when exposed to fire. Mr. Zhang also added tung oil, which is also flammable and relatively cheap, to increase the weight. The sulphur and chaff help the combustion, and this mixed kerosene is poured head-on on the Jiannu-inlaid white-flag cavalry with rockets in their hands, and the effect is simply stunning.

"Ah! Fire oil—!" Accompanied by the sound of desperate ghosts crying and howling wolves, countless slave cavalry immediately burst into flames. Controlling, running around, suddenly disrupted his own team.And Du Du, the owner of Jiannu Xiangbai Banner, although his upper arms and thighs were on fire, still gritted his teeth and shot the rocket at the fort with pain, shouting: "Shoot the arrow! Even if you die, you have to shoot the rocket out for me! "

"Swish, whoosh...!" Relying on the good quality and strict discipline of the slave cavalry, thousands of rockets were released, but to the great disappointment of all the slave cavalry, although their rockets were few Hundreds of them flew onto the fort accurately, but the violent explosion of gunpowder as imagined did not happen. Most of the gunners of the Ming army hiding in the dead corner of the fort's arrow defense wall were safe. The body of the fuel tank is sealed by a thick board, even if it is shot by a rocket, it will be safe, just quickly pull out the rocket.On the contrary, Du Du's white-flanked slave cavalry were burned to death and burned a lot, and they were bombarded by Hongyi cannons and Ming army muskets condescendingly. Even the banner owner Du Du was severely burned and had to withdraw from the battle with hatred.

The clever trick that was finally figured out was easily cracked by Young Master Zhang, and many elite cavalry were paid for. Naturally, Nuerhachi and Fan Wencheng were furious, and at the same time wondered how Young Master Zhang could do it in such a short time. It is easy to prevent and fight back?It was only at this moment that Fan Wencheng began to regret that he should not have recruited the god of plague, Young Master Zhang. Not only could he not avenge his vengeance against Young Master Zhang, but he had also harmed countless slave masters. Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng Cheng's loyalty as a dog will inevitably suffer from pain.

The battle has reached this point, and Nurhachi really can't think of a coup to easily break the city. He can only rely on the most primitive ladder siege tactics and kill the Jinzhou defenders in an attempt to cause huge casualties and morale of the Jinzhou defenders. Crash, and break through the city head-on.But Nuerhachi once again underestimated the determination of Jinzhou soldiers and civilians to resist and Young Master Zhang's ability to inspire the morale of the soldiers and civilians. From the beginning of the battle at Chenshi in the morning, the bloody battle continued until after Shenshi in the afternoon. Standing at the forefront of the battlefield with a sword all the time, apart from drinking a few sips of water, he didn't even have time to eat a bite of food, which greatly moved the Jinzhou soldiers and civilians who are used to seeing civilian officials greedy for money and military generals afraid of death. There was not a single deserter from the beginning to the end , and no one bowed their knees and surrendered.After the Jiannu army discovered this, they also concentrated their bows and arrows to shoot the little plague god and disaster star who had harmed countless Jiannu soldiers. Beside him, he used his shield and body to block all the flying feather arrows for Young Master Zhang. As a result, Young Master Zhang was not even injured by Jian Nu, only Zhang Shitou was shot by the arrows three times. what.

As night fell, the Jiannu army with a weak population base finally couldn't bear it anymore. First, groups of deserters appeared one after another in the armies of various banners, and then generals at all levels also ran to Nuerhachi and begged in tears, "Khan! , We can’t fight anymore, our casualties are too great, if we continue to fight like this, our army will be seriously injured.” “Khan, the defenders of the barbarians are too tenacious, if we continue to fight like this, our Dajin’s army The casualties were too heavy." "Khan, please, find another way to attack the city. In the slave's banner, two Niulu have already been killed by the barbarian Cheng. Please, don't fight like this again. Go down——!"

"Trash, trash! You bunch of trash!" At the beginning, Nurhachi ordered to kill the deserters and personally whipped the slave generals who asked for a truce, but as the dead and wounded generals being carried down ahead became more and more There are many, and the weapons that have not been destroyed by the Jinzhou defenders are getting less and less. Finally, Nurhachi put down his whip weakly, and said with a long sigh: "Retreat, return to the camp."

"Long live! Master Zhang, we have won again! We have won again!" Seeing the Jiannu army receding like a tide, the Jinzhou soldiers who had already been killed and covered in blood rushed to Young Master Zhang one after another. The young master lifted it up and repeatedly threw it into the sky, while more soldiers of the Ming army and the people of Jinzhou hugged each other, cheered with tears, and vented their joy in celebrating this hard-won victory in defending the city.Young Master Zhang, who had been tense all day long, also breathed a sigh of relief, enjoying the joy of this difficult victory, as well as the love and trust of Jinzhou soldiers and civilians for him.

"Okay, everyone go back to eat and rest." Finally, when the generals calmed down, Young Master Zhang began to arrange the evening shift work, ordering Ma Shilong's younger brother Ma Shijie to lead the army to patrol the four gates, and every ten steps on the city wall there would be a The bonfire keeps warm and illuminates, preventing Jian slaves from stealing the city at night.At the same time, the people who did not have enough physical strength to participate in the war were organized to pour water into the city, and used the cold weather to repair the damaged city wall.As for the work of cleaning the battlefield, Master Zhang still handed it over to Ma Shilong, Man Gui, Wu Xiang, and Zhao who are guarding the four cities today to lead the teaching of the four armies, so that they who contributed the most in the bloody battle can earn some oil and water to compensate for their losses. Other officials also handed over fat jobs to their cronies or soldiers. As for the statistics of battle results and casualties, since most of the soldiers of the Ming army were already exhausted, Young Master Zhang decided to wait until the next day.Facing Young Master Zhang's fair and prudent arrangement, all the generals in Jinzhou were convinced.

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After a rough dinner, the exhausted Young Master Zhang went back to his room and fell asleep, but he only slept for two hours. At midnight, Young Master Zhang woke up habitually, gritted his teeth and forced himself to leave the warm bed. Forcefully dragging his exhausted body, he led Song Xiance and a group of soldiers to patrol the city in person.Tonight, the wind and snow were extremely strong, and the air was icy. Song Xiance, Lu Wanling and others advised Young Master Zhang to rest and stop patrolling the city, but Young Master Zhang shook his head and said: "At the time when I was in the Golden Luan Hall, I once said that I would sacrifice myself for the general. Don't be greedy for life and afraid of death, lazy and idle. Whenever there is a war, the lord general needs to take the lead, personally command, patrol the city every day, comfort the soldiers and civilians, so as to boost morale and unite against the enemy. ——If even I can't do this How can you restrain others?"

After all, Young Master Zhang only ordered the injured Zhang Shitou to go back to his room to rest, while he insisted on leading his own soldiers to the city, and began to check the sentry posts one by one to comfort the soldiers.The soldiers of the Ming army who took turns on duty and the people of Jinzhou carrying water to water the city were all deeply moved when they saw Young Master Zhang being so diligent. They were glad that the heavens had eyes and sent them such a commander and city guards.Those sentinels who received the personal condolences from Young Master Zhang were even more grateful, and they stuck to their posts with great energy, not letting go of any clues under the city.

After turning clockwise around the city wall of Jinzhou for more than half a circle, when they reached the north gate of Jinzhou, Young Master Zhang saw at a glance that Dai Mangui led Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun, and they were also patrolling the night with torches.Young Master Zhang hurriedly went up to him and said with a smile: "Three generals, it's so cold and you have only fought a battle during the day, why are you still up to watch the night? Why don't you have a good night's rest?"

"Brother Zhang, you are a frail scholar who insists on keeping watch at night. Why are we warriors lazy?" Man Gui agreed with a smile, and then pulled Master Zhang to the side of the bonfire, and said, "It's too cold, Brother Zhang, come here to warm up." " Young Master Zhang agreed with a smile, and pulled Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun to the side of the fire, chatting around the campfire while warming up.

"Brother Zhang, I, Madengyun, really admire you, and I am so convinced." Madengyun said with admiration: "The old Jiannu Nuerhachi has been on the battlefield for decades, and he has hardly lost any battles, but these few days In the past few days, you have defeated him three times in a row, and you have also killed two of his sons and nephews. This kind of big victory is definitely the first time for our Ming army since the Battle of Sarhu."

"Brother Ma has won the award. This is all due to the solidarity of the soldiers of Ming Dynasty and the people of Jinzhou. How can it be attributed to me alone?" Young Master Zhang replied modestly.Hei Yunlong laughed and said, "Brother Zhang, why are you still being modest? If you hadn't used your troops like a god and predicted the enemy's opportunities in every way, what credit would we, such fools who only know how to fight, have made? Nuerhachi Lao Jian It is his misfortune to meet an opponent like you! It is our good fortune for us fighters to meet a coach like you!" Young Master Zhang was proud of himself, but his mouth was even more modest, and Man Gui beside him also praised Young Master Zhang After a few words, he asked again: "Brother Zhang, in your opinion, what will the old Jiannu Nuerhachi do next?"

"Nuerhachi's next move, I think he has three moves to take." Young Master Zhang pondered and analyzed: "First, withdraw troops back to Shenyang to recuperate, develop new siege weapons or wait until the snow disappears in spring Attack Jinzhou again - this is the safest move, and it is also the last move that the old Jiannu will not take. After all, he has lost too much this time and gained nothing. Withdrawing his troops and going back, where will he save his face? Second, continue to attack Jinzhou. By the way, wait for the opportunity to besiege the city and fight for aid—this move is the most beneficial for us! Because Liaodong has been suffering from years of famine, the food reserves are not enough for use, and Mao Wenlong's general soldiers from Phi Island are threatening his hinterland, and Mongolia's Lin Danhan is threatening him If we hold off the old Jiannu in Jinzhou for one more day, the overall situation of the old Jiannu will be more dangerous! Third, the old Jiannu will send a part of the army to monitor Jinzhou, and the main force will continue to attack Ningyuan south, and capture Ningyuan and Jue. Huadao's food and military supplies will resolve his rear crisis."

Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang licked his chapped lips, and said seriously: "This is also the move I am most worried about. You are all troops from Ningyuan City, and you know the situation of Ningyuan Garrison better than me. Ningyuan City is strong and tall, so don't worry Jiannu threatened, but Juehua Island, Ningyuan’s food storage area, is different. Once it is captured by Jiannu Nurhachi, no matter how well we fight in Jinzhou, we will get Juehua Island’s food storage to solve their rear. With food shortages, the strategic goal of dragging down the main force of slavery has been fulfilled.”

"Juehua Island is surrounded by the sea, can old Jiannu fight up there?" Hei Yunlong said disdainfully.Young Master Zhang shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "You didn't take the climate into consideration. This year's weather is so cold, the sea around Juehua Island must be covered with thick ice. Jiannu's iron cavalry can already charge directly to Juehua Island." Here, Young Master Zhang said sullenly again: "Originally, before the war in Jinzhou, I had already suggested that Governor Gao issue a military order to transfer the grain stored on Juehua Island to Shanhaiguan or Ningyuan City, but your original boss insisted on refusing to do so." Obedience, what are you saying that Ningyuan City is small, so much food can't be put in... Alas, once such a big loophole is caught by Jiannu, the consequences will be disastrous."

Man Gui and the other generals were silent, but they understood the stubborn temper of their former boss better than Young Master Zhang, so they were helpless.After a long silence, Man Gui tentatively asked again: "Brother Zhang, since you think Juehua Island is a big loophole, do you have a way to make up for it? For example, find a way to anger the old Jiannu Nuerhachi, Drag him here?"

"I've been thinking about a solution for a long time." Young Master Zhang replied with a wry smile, "I plan to execute a Jiannu prisoner on the city wall every day in front of the old Jiannu from tomorrow, so as to keep angering the old Jiannu and let him He couldn't spare his life to attack Juehua Island. But this strategy may be useful against the confused old Jiannu Nuerhachi, but it may not be of much use to Huang Taiji, the eighth son of the old Jiannu. The effect—that braised yellow chicken is a hundred times harder to deal with than the old Jiannu Nuerhachi!"

"How good is the stewed chicken, the son of the old Jiannu?" Hei Yunlong said unconvinced: "The Jiannu who attacked the North Gate these days is the stewed chicken. Didn't he get beaten up by us and couldn't climb the city wall at all?"

"The best thing about braised chicken is not his bravery, but his mind. He has as many tricks as I do." Young Master Zhang replied solemnly.Lu Wanling, who was warming up behind Young Master Zhang's buttocks, also interjected: "Brother Zhang Nian is right, I have met Huang Braised Chicken twice, and I also think that this Jian slave is tricky and difficult to deal with. For example, Zhang Nian this time My brother tricked Lao Jiannu's son into the city to die, and the other sons of Lao Jiannu volunteered. Only the yellow stewed chicken hid aside and didn't speak, but kept inciting his brothers to go to the city. He deserved credit for the negotiation. If not, he will not be in danger."

Speaking of this, Lu Wanling, who judges the belly of a gentleman with a villain's heart, added, "Maybe, that yellow stewed chicken saw his Jiannu father, Nuerhachi, about to kick his legs, and wanted to inherit the old Jian. Therefore, I deliberately let my brother go to the city to die, and if one more brother dies, there will be one less person to compete with him." Man Gui, Hei Yunlong and the others are straightforward men, and when Lu Wanling said this, they all hated Huang Taiji. Feeling disgusted, he echoed and cursed.Only Young Master Zhang was moved. First, he waved his hand to stop everyone from talking. After staring at the churning bonfire for a long time, Young Master Zhang said, "Brother Lu Nian, repeat what you just said."

"Yes." Lu Wanling also knew that Young Master Zhang had a bad habit of being easily inspired by other people's unintentional words, so he quickly repeated: "I said that the yellow stewed chicken may be because Jiannu Nuerhachi is getting old and is about to stare at his legs. He wanted to succeed, so he deliberately let his brother go to the city to die, and if one more brother died, there would be one less person to compete with him for the position of the old Jiannu."

"If one more brother dies, one less person will fight with him." Young Master Zhang murmured and repeated, staring at the flames and calculating for a long time, Young Master Zhang suddenly slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes, maybe this time I can let the old man die." Jiannu can’t go to Juehua Island! Lu Wanling, go to my room and bring my official seal and inkpad. Master Song, prepare a pen and paper immediately, I will dictate, and you write a letter for me.”

"Official seal? Letter?" Lu Jiansheng's small face began to turn pale, and he asked tremblingly, "Brother Zhang Nian, don't you want to write a letter to Lao Jiannu again, and also want me to deliver a letter to Lao Jiannu?" ?”

"No." Young Master Zhang shook his head and replied with a smile: "I won't write to Lao Jiannu this time, I will write to Braised Chicken this time!"

"Isn't that the same?" Lu Wanling screamed, "I will still have to enter the Jiannu barracks to deliver a letter to the stewed chicken. If I go in again this time, I will definitely not be able to get out!"

"Don't worry, don't worry." Young Master Zhang patted Lu Wanling's shoulder and said with a smile, "I won't let you deliver the letter this time. I'll find someone else to deliver it." Including Hei Yunlong and other fierce generals, they all stepped back three steps in unison, looking at Young Master Zhang in fear, all of them pale, fearing that the unlucky guy that Young Master Zhang picked would be himself...

(End of this chapter)