Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 235
Huang Qi's attitude was even more arrogant than the previous few times.

Tell Yang Chao directly that his master agrees with Yang Chao to enter the city and cooperate with others, and ask Yang Chao not to play tricks after entering the city, otherwise he will die with the stone city wall.

Yang Chao hastily agreed.

But he told Huang Qi that he had to wait a few more days, and he 'told the truth' that Haizhou City would not let him in, and that he was negotiating with officials in the city.

Huang Qi, as an officer of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered, naturally understood the bad government of the Ming army and knew the old rules that guest troops could not enter the city.

Therefore, not only did he not doubt it, but he believed Yang Chao even more. If Yang Chao was cheating, he would have communicated with the city.

So Huang Qi warned Yang Chao to hurry up, his master didn't have much patience.

Yang Chao said that he was in urgent contact.

Yang Chao naturally lied to Huang Qi, but Jiang Yang had already come to reply that Haizhou Dianshi agreed to let the common people enter the city, but refused Yang Chao to enter the city.

Yang Chao is also mentally prepared for this point, at least this Dianshi is better than Zhizhou, and Dianshi secretly worried that Yang Chao led his troops into the city for some other purpose, but it made Yang Chao feel that this Dianshi was well thought out, after all, the Ming army surrendered too much. too much.

Therefore, Yang Chao dragged Huang Qi in order to send the people into the city first. As for his own soldiers, of course he also had to go in, but he had to let the undisciplined people in first. can go in.

There have always been more than 200 ordinary people here in the warehouse, men, women, old and young. During this period of time, people who eat and drink Yang Chao are also very familiar with soldiers of Yang Chao. Chao's soldiers chatted very casually. Some poor men even tried to marry their daughters to Yang Chao's soldiers, and some little widows did not hesitate to do so. shoe.

After nightfall, the people who had been notified by Huangfeng Mansion a long time ago quietly walked out of the warehouse one by one with their families, and walked down to Haizhou City holding their breath.

At the foot of the city, Ziyou Jiang Yang whispered the password, and soon one by one hanging baskets were dropped from the crenels, and the common people were pulled up one by one.

Then came various supplies, including salt, but Yang Chao's iron armor, leather armor, and weapons were all quietly transferred into Haizhou City.

After finishing all this, the sky is about to dawn, so I can only stop.

On the second day, Huang Qi came over in a hurry, and Yang Chao told him that he hadn't negotiated with Haizhou City yet, but he had already sent 1000 taels of silver to Dian Shi, and the entrusted person was clearing up the relationship. Yang Chao was very sensible and gave Huang Qi 100 taels Yinzi, Huang Qi immediately praised Yang Chao for being sensible, and went back to Qushan camp without saying anything.

In the evening, Yang Chao continued to transfer supplies. This time, he transferred cannons. Naturally, the tiger crouching cannons were not a problem. It was a little difficult for the General Cannon and the Thousand Gold Francine, but the four thousand gold red cannon was simply a problem. It was these thirty cannons that had been tossing all night, especially the [-]-jin red cannon alone took two hours to get on the city wall with great effort.

During the day, when Huang Qi came, Yang Chao didn't even give him a chance to wander around in the camp, and immediately pulled him into the house, entertained him with good wine and meat, and gave him 100 taels of gold before leaving, so drunk that he was drunk Huang Qi, who had no doubts for a long time, left contentedly. As for Yang Chao's begging for help, he readily agreed. He even wished that Yang Chao would be delayed for a few more days. If he delayed, he would be scolded a few times by his master at most. , but this is a real benefit to get.

Besides, if you don't get entangled, how can you show the difficulty, and without the difficulty, how can you show his credit, so Huang Qi doesn't care too much about Yang Chao's delay in entering the city. Anyway, as long as Yang Chao can finally enter, this big The credit can’t go away. Thinking about going back this time, he can get dozens of coats, and with the harvest of this looting, his life should be very nourishing in the future. It seems that he was right when he voted for the Tartars. .

"Hurry up, Sun Ergun is your turn!"

At night, the Haizhou guards, who had been hanging for two days, dropped more than 30 hanging baskets very skillfully. Each hanging basket could lift three people each time, and three times was a team.

Yang Chao's soldiers lined up neatly, kicking the city one by one, with very high efficiency.

Yang Chao and Jiang Yang stood under the city of Haizhou, not in a hurry. There was still no movement from the captive soldiers, and they were all waiting for Yang Chao to act.

In fact, Yang Chao could march on the city in broad daylight. The reason why at night was not to guard against the captive soldiers, but to guard against the Ming army. To be precise, it was to guard against the civil servants of Haizhou.

After all, Haizhou Classic History did not agree to Yang Chao's entry into the city. Yang Chao persuaded Haizhou Qianhu, who was related to Jiang Yang's family by marriage, and after receiving the benefit of Yang Chao's 1000 taels of silver, he gritted his teeth and agreed. , because he knew very well in his heart that if Yang Chao broke through the siege and left, or died in battle under Haizhou City, then Haizhou City would never be able to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of captive soldiers. It is better to let Yang Chao enter the city, and then this Only a strong army may be able to fight.

Qianhu is different from those civil officials. His family has been in Haizhou for generations. If Haizhou City is breached, his family, children, relatives and friends will all be ruined, so he can't be like a civil servant, single, and leave as soon as he wants. , If you say die, you will die.

That's why Qianhu agreed to let Yang Chao enter the city, but if they were blocked by Dian Shi, Qianhu really didn't have the courage to challenge the civil officials. Now, the civil service group is often twisted into one rope, offending the current civil service, and no one dares to say whether the successor will cause trouble.

So Yang Chao could only act at night to hide it from Dian Shi's eyes and ears.

Yang Chao didn't want to challenge them on this issue, and besides, Yang Chao was actually willing to act at night. During the day, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he was not so safe in his heart when he stepped into the city in front of the captive soldiers, because he had to guard against With the captive soldiers alone, who knows if they will suddenly attack while they are kicking the city.

Although what he said to Huang Qi was good, who dares to say that it was not a conspiracy by the captive soldiers, Yang Chao is more willing to hold his own destiny in his hands.

"My lord, please step on the city!"

After all the soldiers stepped onto the city wall, Zhao Kang urged Yang Chao to get up.

In fact, other officers hoped that Yang Chao would be the first to step into the city, thinking that this was a matter of course, but Yang Chao insisted on bringing his own soldiers to break the line.

Now that all the soldiers had stepped up to the city, and only he and his own soldiers were left, Yang Chao was not polite, and immediately stepped on a hanging basket.

This is a large frame made of rattan, and the floor is covered with planks, so it is safe for people to step on.

There are pulleys hanging on the city wall, and hemp ropes are attached to the pulleys. The hemp ropes are very strong after being soaked in water. More than a dozen strong men shouted and pulled up hard.

With the strength of those strong men, Yang Chao felt a pause, and he could rise nearly a foot every time.

The gondola slowly rose, and slowly passed the warehouse, and he could see the ships docked at the warehouse. Yang Chao knew that these ships could not be kept, but he would not leave them to the captive soldiers.

The barracks of the captive soldiers can also be seen in a panoramic view, a large barracks in the west of the river, a barracks in the north, and a big camp at the foot of the mountain in the south.

These big camps are all one mile away, and they are not out of the range of the cannons. However, if you camp too far to avoid the cannons, the meaning of siege will be lost, and not all cannons can pose a threat at such a distance. That's why the captive soldiers camped boldly. They didn't think that a small town like Haizhou had red cannons like the important town of Liaodong.

Yang Chao thought to himself, wondering what the effect would be if he concentrated all the cannons on the Qushan camp where the captive soldiers were bombarded.

Finally stepped on the city wall, all the officers were waiting here, and when they saw Yang Chao coming up, they all stepped forward to salute.

Although Yang Chao has never shown a strong concept of hierarchy, this concept is very deep in the hearts of his subordinates, so Yang Chao's actions often make them feel a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, we're all dispersed, and each leads the team to rest! The artillery prepares for me, and when the fire starts, everyone fires immediately!"

"Master Yang, I see that there are quite a few cannons in Haizhou City, do you want to launch them together?"

The person who spoke was the gunner under Shi Kefa's account in Huai'an, but he was not from a military background like the Nanjing Shenji Battalion, but a craftsman who was transferred from the Huai'an Guards, a craftsman who made cannons.

In this era, there were very few professional artillerymen in the West, and often those who served as gunners on the battlefield were those cannon-casting technicians.

Although the Ming Dynasty had specialized artillery, the craftsmen who cast the cannon were often transferred to fight, especially when the main artillery was concentrated in the frontier fortresses and the northern and southern capitals. Shi Kefa could only mobilize craftsmen from the local guards in Huai'an.

What the craftsman said was reasonable, Yang Chao nodded: "Alright, you go and discuss with Qianhu in Haizhou to borrow their cannons, transfer them all to the south wall, and give me a hard fight against the camp of the captive soldiers in Qushan. !"

The head craftsman said yes and was about to leave.

"Chang Jiangtou!"

Yang Chao stopped him suddenly: "The borrowed cannon is the borrowed cannon, but when the fire starts, our cannon fires immediately!"

Yang Chao had already made a plan. Once everyone went to the city, he would launch a surprise attack on the captive soldiers, which would cause them a little more panic than at night.

If you want to pursue suddenness, you can't wait for all the cannons in Haizhou to be in place.

Chang Jiangtou bowed and replied, "Respect your life!"

Yang Chao nodded. Yang Chao was quite satisfied with this regular craftsman. The performance of more than 20 gunners under him during this period is obvious to all. many.

Yang Chao had already begun to plan in his heart that if he wanted to take this person into his account, he would not be able to return it to Shi Kefa easily no matter what.

Yang Chao had been kicking the city for a long time, but he hadn't seen his own soldiers come up yet. Instead, he waited until the pier and the warehouse were on fire!

Soon after, the sound of rumbling cannons on the city wall was heard!
(End of this chapter)