Chapter 401 The Ending Battle of Huai'an II
While the Ming army troops were intensively deploying defenses outside the city, a dragon-tiger fight was being staged in the Wengcheng camp of the Qing army inside the city.
The furious Li Gangtai watched helplessly as his concubine was bullied by Yue Tuo in front of him. When he tried to resist, he was pinned to the ground by several of Yue Tuo's minions.
Along with the woman's howling, Li Gangtai's mouth groaned on the muddy ground, and the entire tent was filled with obscene and obscene words.
Not only that, after Yue Tuo was done, he also asked several of his slaves to fuck his concubine in batches. The furious Li Gangtai spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the muddy ground.
Only two hours after the incident happened, Daishan, who got the news, went to Li Yongfang's mansion in person.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is at your service. I welcome you from afar..."
Daishan didn't say much nonsense, and went straight to the topic before reaching the middle hall: "My consort, I have failed to teach my son well, and I am here to apologize this time."
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about..." Li Yongfang was shocked and immediately saluted: "I'm Zhe Sha."
"Where is your son Li Gangtai?"
Li Yongfang turned around and ordered his servants to go find Li Gangtai immediately. Not long after, Li Gangtai, who looked respectful, walked out of the inner courtyard and saluted Daishan very respectfully: "General, I will pay my respects to the prince."
Daishan looked Li Gangtai up and down, and then asked with concern: "General Li, I personally whipped the traitor. He is currently recovering from his injuries in the mansion. After he can get out of bed, I will order him to come and apologize to General Li in person."
Li Gangtai bowed and knelt down on one knee: "It's a blessing for Baylor to like my concubine. As long as Baylor is happy, I will send her to Baylor's house later. Please don't blame Baylor. I'm the general." It’s my fault...”
Dai Shan had no expression on his face. He glanced at Li Yongfang who was standing beside him with his peripheral vision, and then said: "Hey, in this case, it's inconvenient for me to say anything more." Then he turned to look at Li Yongfang: "Consort, I have already dealt with this matter, please don’t take offense to the Prince Consort’s family.”
Li Yongfang also knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, I am a minister of the Qing Dynasty. How could your Majesty do this? Please take back your life..."
Daishan nodded thoughtfully when he saw this, and then left without looking back.
After leaving the Li family, the accompanying servants came up and asked: "Your Majesty, the Li family..."
Before getting on his horse, Daishan stared at Li Yongfang's house again and waited for a long time before leaving.
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Chen Cao was studying the map, and Xin Zhao rushed into the tent in an unusually mysterious manner: "Your Majesty, it's secret."
Chen Cao raised his head: "Has there been a change in Huai'an?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," Xin Zhao handed over his hand: "Yesterday evening, Jiannu sent troops to escort the people to dig trenches as usual, and our army also went to rescue the people as usual. At the right time, a hundred people named themselves and wanted to see the Emperor."
Chen Cao chuckled: "Jinyiwei? Or the East-West Factory?"
Zhao Xin shook his head: "I went to see him in person. After identifying myself, the man introduced himself and said he was the third son of the consort Li Yongfang and a close associate of General Li Gangtai."
Chen Cao was stunned: "Bring him to see me."
"I was worried that there was fraud, so I didn't dare to bring him directly. I searched him and left him outside the camp."
"Tell Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan to come over."
When the two arrived, Chen Cao had already called several generals to gather in the camp.
"The confidant is here to send a message, saying that Li Gangtai is coming to the Ming Dynasty. Please meet him."
After hearing this, Chen Cao looked at Huang Chunyao: "Daishan's son Yue Tuoli did not like Li Yongfang's family. I heard that it was his idea that Li Yangeng defended Gaoyou. The cause of the incident was because Li Yongfang proposed to protect the Han people. He was scolded by Yue Tuo for treating him kindly. Li Gangtai was young and energetic and couldn't figure it out, so he said bad things about Yue Tuo in front of several guerrillas under his command..."
Chen Cao looked at Xin Zhao, who took over the conversation and said: "Yue Tuo and his men gang-raped his concubine in front of Li Gangtai. Before leaving, they were still in front of Li Gangtai who had fainted with blood spurting out. "If I can't take care of you, I can't take care of you.' It is said that after the incident, Daishan personally went to Li Yongfang's house to apologize, and even had Yue Tuo whipped ten times."
Xu Fuyuan smiled and said: "This Tatar is really not governed by ethics and can do any bad thing."
Huang Chunyao said: "Your Majesty is worried that Li Gangtai is deceitful?"
Chen Cao sneered: "A small general can't blow me up, but I can believe this. Li Gangtai's meaning is very clear. It has been agreed that our army will attack from all sides in three days, and he will wait for an opportunity to open the south gate."
"Li Gangtai guards the south gate?"
Everyone has this question.
"Li Yongfang's Han Banner Division mainly guards the south gate."
"How many people are there in Han Banner?"
Yang Lianmaha said: "Your Majesty, the Han army has 150,000 troops, and the remaining 20,000 real Tatars and 30,000 Mongolian Tatars."
"No wonder Dai Shanhui personally came to apologize to Li Yongfang, the consort."
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Li Yongfang was unaware of Li Gangtai's various operations, and all Li Gangtai's performance when Daishan came to visit was taught by Li Yongfang in advance.
After Daishan returned to his camp, he thought about it and finally made a plan. First, he transferred Li Gangtai's troops to Ximen in the name of defense replacement and reinforcement, and then transferred three Niulu's Zhenghongqi troops to the south. In addition, Li Yongfang's power to command the Eight Banners of the Han Army was dispersed, and 150,000 Han Eight Banners soldiers were sent out to defend each other, and a Manchu was assigned to each battalion to lead the army.
All these are the result of Daishan's sophisticated calculations, and the purpose is to prevent the Li family, especially Li Gangtai.
Originally, he wanted to directly remove Li Gangtai from the post of general and let him serve as a direct general in the camp. However, thinking of Li Yongfang's identity and his status in the Han army flag, he hesitated, and finally gave up the idea.
Yue Tuo was indeed whipped, but he was still able to move around. He dragged his injured body into the lobby and said bitterly: "Amma, Li Gangtai can't stay."
"You still think you haven't caused enough trouble?"
Daishan frowned and kept shaking his head: "The Li family was the first high-ranking general of the Ming Dynasty to submit to our Qing Dynasty. My father Khan treated him with great courtesy and had great trust in him. This stabilized the Han people's determination to surrender. Li Gangtai It's a small matter, but if this affects my Qing Dynasty's foundation in the Central Plains, I will become a sinner in Manchuria."
It is known to everyone that Yue Tuo supports Huang Taiji in calling him Khan. Even his own father does not support it. It is impossible to say that Yue Tuo is stupid. It can only be said that he has great political vision.
"Amma, Li Gangtai watched helplessly as I led people to take his concubine in front of him, and afterwards he even pretended to give it to me. Don't they Han people often talk about the hatred of killing one's father and the hatred of taking one's wife? This is one of them. Isn't there something fishy?"
Daishan had thought of this a long time ago, so he hesitated: "Changing generals before the battle is not only detrimental to the morale of the army, but the focus is still on the prince-in-law. The war is imminent, so this kind of trivial matter cannot be careless."
"Amma, my son still thinks that even if Li Gangtai is not dealt with, he must be put to another use. Also, we must be careful about the prince-in-law. Amma also said that it is for the sake of my Qing Dynasty's foundation."
"Please go down and let me think about it carefully."
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The smoke of the Huai'an battlefield has filled the sky over the entire Huai'an. In 1633, on the fourth day of August in the first year of Shengwu, four armies of the Ming army surrounded the entire city of Huai'an in batches.
"Towards the south gate, mobilize 200 artillery pieces from all the Shenwu Army and 20,000 rounds of artillery shells. The bombardment is expected to last three hours. The remaining gates will gather nearly 500 artillery pieces from all armies and the bombardment is expected to last two hours."
After listening to the briefing, Chen Cao nodded, and then raised his telescope to watch with everyone else. On the city wall, Daishan was also watching the dense artillery emplacements in the distance, and couldn't help but become frightened.
"Can the Huai'an city wall withstand such a dense artillery fire?"
Li Yongfang stood aside. He readily accepted Li Gangtai's order to be transferred out of the south gate. He even took the initiative to propose to Daishan that Li Gangtai go home temporarily to rest, but was ultimately rejected by Daishan.
It was precisely because of Li Yongfang's initiative to dismiss Li Gangtai that Daishan, who was ultimately hesitant, gave up the idea and appointed Li Gangtai as staff general, but he was transferred from the South Gate to garrison at the West Gate.
"Based on the past battles between us and the Ming army, they made good use of explosive shells. If they attack the city with all solid shells, the city wall will definitely not be able to hold on. With so many artillery, the city wall can be blasted in two days at most. collapse."
Li Yongfang expressed his point of view, and then said: "But with this kind of dense bombs, no one person can stand on the wall, otherwise..."
Not standing there is equivalent to leaving the city wall undefended when the opponent is shelling, but the consequence of this is that the opponent can take this opportunity to move under the city wall.
"Impossible. The Ming army has firearms that can blow down the city wall. This must not be done..." Yue Tuo crossed over to Daishan and said: "Come here, take all the Han dogs out of the city gate, and then take all the old and weak people in At the top of the city, Ben Beile wants to see if Chen Cao dares to fire."
Li Yongfang didn't stop him, and Daishan didn't speak either. This might be the only way to stop him. Daishan wasn't just waiting for death. His plan had been implemented for more than a month, and the reinforcements should have arrived. As long as he Being able to stay in Huai'an for one more day will be beneficial to the entire war situation.
But now, it is impossible to care about the life and death of the Han people. The Qing Dynasty is the most important thing.
Huang Chunyao put down his telescope and looked at Chen Cao: "Your Majesty, they are all common people."
Chen Cao also took a deep breath: "Obviously Daishan is also on the city wall. Can Li Gangtai succeed at the south gate?"
"If the whole army is bombarded, there will be no survivors on the city wall, but this will not be good for our public opinion. If word spreads in the future, it will also have an impact on His Majesty's reputation."
Xu Fuyuan spoke.
Prince Chen Boxing also rode a horse, sitting next to Chen Cao: "Father, will Li Gangtai be temporarily transferred?"
Chen Cao was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Although the prince is young, his words are reasonable. If I were Daishan, I would consider transferring Li Gangtai away. After all, no one can bear this kind of thing, unless he is a eunuch... ."
"Hahaha..."
There was loud laughter behind him, Chen Cao smiled, and then became serious: "Send an order to Ning Guoxing and ask him to adjust the gun position and launch the positioning cannon into the city. Send a message to Li Gangtai first. I want to take a look. This Li Gang Is Tai really going to rebel;
Zhao Xin immediately sent people to the remaining three battlefields and told them that if there was a Qing army opening the city in their respective defense areas, they must carefully consider and identify the situation. "
"yes..."
