Chapter 159
Qianshan Fort, formerly known as Tanghe Camp at this time, was originally a camp in the early Ming Dynasty. In the sixth year of Hongwu, Naha, a remnant of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, set out from Shenyang to attack the forward troops of Ma Yun, the commander of the capital, in order to accumulate strength. , To counterattack Naha, Ma Yun's soldiers built Tanghe Camp to defend instead of attack.
Later, when the Liao Zhongwei was established, Tanghe Camp was abandoned. After more than 200 years of baptism, the original permanent military camp was no longer what it was. However, no matter how much Tanghe Camp was destroyed, there were still walls, trenches, and forts that could be used. , it is always easier than building a city with units on the prairie.
Ning Haijun's Qianshanbao defense system is based on Qianshanbao City, the original Tanghe Camp. It is a three-depth structure that changes according to changes in the terrain. Simply put, the flatter the area and the easier it is to pass, the defense line The greater the depth, the more difficult it is to march in an area, and the depth of defense will not be great.
After preliminary testing, Jian Nu has realized the weirdness of this weird front. In particular, Ning Haijun seems to be more fully prepared. As long as they attack, they will first have to withstand the blows of Ning Haijun's firecrackers, muskets, and artillery, and wait until they touch In front of the barbed wire fence, at least 30% to 40% of the casualties were casualties.
Even if you touch the barbed wire, it will be of no use. The barbed wire is abominable and extremely tough. The sharp scimitar will use all your strength to cut it down. In all likelihood, it will be bounced away easily without any effort. In some cases, it will be a single blow. It was cut off, but don't be too busy to rejoice just yet. This barbed wire fence has several layers. One wire was cut off, and there are still six or seven wires underneath.
Before these lucky slave cannon fodder could cut off the second one, the crossbow arrows fired from the air killed them. Seeing that this was not the way to go, Yue Tuo decisively changed his tactics: "Dismount and fight on foot, chop wood piles."
After receiving Yue Tuo's order, these cannon fodder jumped off their horses and chopped down the wooden stakes driven into the ground.
Thinking about it in Yue Tuo, as long as the wooden stakes are cut off, the barbed wire fence should also fall down, right?
However, Yue Tuo obviously didn't realize that the Mongolian cannon fodder was just cannon fodder. Their equipment was obviously not suitable for this kind of work. You know, those wooden stakes tied with wires were as thick as the mouth of a sea bowl. They were so hard that they could not be used with just a handful. How long does it take to chop with a one kilogram machete?
Besides, the Mongolian scimitar is mainly made of min iron. It is sharp, but very soft. If you cut head-on, the whole knife will be useless after up to seven or eight cuts. Use it to chop wood? If the clan leaders of the various clans saw this, they would beat these prodigal sons to death!
When the scimitar was swung, wood chips flew everywhere, but it was of no use. The scimitar cut and curled countless blades, but not a single wooden stake was cut off. Ning Haijun's crossbowmen and firegun soldiers focused on these Mongolians. With the sound of guns or strings, one by one the Mongolian soldiers who were slashing at the wooden piles with their swords screamed and fell down with full of anger and unwillingness. .
Yue Tuo saw the corpses piled higher and higher in front of the Ming army's camp. The seemingly thin "fence" was unbreakable. He couldn't help but gasped and said: "It seems that this method will not work. Let's withdraw our troops first and get rid of them." Once you know what’s going on, you can think of a solution!”
The bugler blew the horn to withdraw troops. The surviving Mongolian cavalry, as if they were receiving an amnesty, did not even care about the wounded soldiers. They reined in their horses and fled, leaving more than 1,300 corpses and wounded soldiers to Ning Haijun. .
When the Ning navy soldiers saw the Mongolian cavalry retreating, they danced happily in the trenches and cheered loudly.
Yue Tuo was in a very unhappy mood. He was unwilling to fail. After seeing that Ning Haijun's defense was very tight, he began to look for loopholes in Ning Haijun's overall defense line. In the previous reconnaissance, he had discovered that the entire defense line of Ning Haijun was three to four hundred miles long. It was easy to judge that it was absolutely impossible for Ning Haijun to send a large number of troops along the entire defense line. Just like the Great Wall, the Great Wall was more than a hundred miles long. Ninety-five percent of the area is not occupied by troops.
After a series of reconnaissance, Yue Tuo finally discovered that Ning Haijun was in the direction of Straw Hat Pass, 25 miles southeast of Qianshan Fort. This section belonged to Ning Haijun's defensive blank area.
Yue Tuo actually guessed half of it right. Ning Haijun did not have an absolute superior force and could defend the entire defense line watertight. However, the entire defense line was filled with falsehoods and falsehoods.
After suffering the loss, Yue Tuo quickly adjusted his deployment. In order to confuse Ning Haijun's soldiers, he repeatedly mobilized his troops to the northwest direction of Songlin Town, making Ning Haijun think that his next main attack direction was in Songlin Town.
However, the problem is that Ning Haijun was unmoved at all and allowed the Jiannu cavalry to run back and forth and do whatever they were supposed to do. Those who should dig trenches continued to dig trenches, those who should install grenades assembled grenades, or a group of soldiers squatted together. Listen to the newspaper being read aloud. Or they were chatting about their parents' personal affairs.
Yue Tuo was also a general with rich combat experience. He deliberately moved more than two thousand real elite slaves to the direction of Straw Hat Pass before sunset.
Yue Tuo had already realized that the cavalry archers were powerless against the Ming infantry hiding in the trenches, so this time they did not use cavalry archers. They sent out all infantry on horseback, wearing heavy armor and holding sharp axes and large shields.
They used their war horses to sprint to the foot of Straw Hat Mountain at high speed, and then dismounted. Some people set up large shields to defend against incoming crossbow arrows, while others wielded large axes to chop down wooden piles. To be fair, Yue Tuo's tactical arrangements were quite clear.
Ning Haijun seemed to have fallen into a trap and didn't react at all. After discovering that Straw Hat Mountain was under attack, he hurriedly began to mobilize reinforcements in the direction of Straw Hat Mountain.
"Hmph, Minggou finally fell into the trap!"
The barbed wire fence was quickly destroyed by the giant ax of the Jiannu heavy infantry, and a very large hole was destroyed. At least five or six hundred meters of barbed wire fence was successfully destroyed.
"Rush over, hurry, rush over!"
Yue Tuo shouted excitedly: "I want to see what Ming Gou can do!"
As early as when the heavy infantry of the Jiannu slaves were frantically cutting wood piles, there were actually soldiers from the Ming army monitoring the trenches. However, there were too few Ningjun soldiers here. There was only one team of twelve soldiers, and they could only monitor the Jiannu slaves. Slaves, their mission is only one, to take manual remedial measures when the misfire rate is very close to 30%, and to use manual detonation when the minefield is not detonated by slaves.
Seeing the barbed wire fence being destroyed, the Jiannu heavy infantry mounted their horses again and rushed towards the gap. However, they had just walked less than thirty steps when they encountered a trench. This kind of trench was very pitted. There were three trenches in a row. Each trench was three to five steps wide. There was a flat step in the middle, which could barely stop a war horse. Then there were A trench.
When the war horse charged at high speed, it was very easy to cross the first trench, but the second trench was powerless and could only stop in the open space between the first and second trenches.
The Jiannu warhorses who lost their buffer zone could only look at the second and third trenches and jump around and curse. Some of the trenches are traffic trenches, which can quickly pass through Ning Haijun's soldiers. Such trenches are not scary. Even if they fall, they will only hurt, not even their bones.
But the problem is that there are countless sharp thorns densely inserted at the bottom of the second and third trenches. These are actually rakes (pronounced bà. A farm tool used for surface soil leveling) in the Ninghai Haijun Farming House. Each rake is equipped with more than a dozen iron thorns that are more than a foot long. Once it falls on it, it is probably a dead end.
Of course, Yue Tuo did not take any responsibility in this situation. No matter what kind of trap it was, as long as no one interfered, there would always be a way to solve the problem.
"Shield men go down!"
"yes!"
Soon, some slave-building heavy shieldmen slowly jumped into the trench. They used the gaps between the trench rakes to gain a firm footing, and then raised their heavy shields to form a human bridge.
In this way, the Jiannu heavy infantry also led the horses, successfully passed the second and third trenches, and successfully crossed the Ning Haijun's first overall line of defense.
Yue Tuo was in the open space behind the third trench and began to organize his formation, preparing to attack Qianshan Fort from the side and rear, successfully opening up the passive situation.
Just when the slaves started to form their team, in a corner of the trench, heads emerged from the originally empty trench. The trench barbed wire tactics were a complete defense system. There were defenses at key positions. Cannon hole, or bunker.
"Boss, all the slaves have passed!"
"how many people!"
"About two thousand, do you want to detonate it?"
"Okay, two thousand for two!"
As the team was giving the order: "Detonate the mines and blow them up!"
After grabbing the rope and pulling it, I heard horrifying flames rising from the minefield, and terrifying explosions roared one after another. The Jiannu soldiers who were assembling the whole team were swallowed up by the rising flames and smoke, and their limbs were torn apart. It flew up like straw blown by the strong wind.
Yue Tuo almost fell off his horse. His eyes were red, and he stared at the smoke and fire that kept rising in the minefield, and shouted a little crazy: "What the hell is this!?"
No matter what the hell it is, it's not a good thing. After a loud noise, more than half of the Jiannu soldiers who were reorganizing the team were dead or injured. The survivors were also blown away. They threw away their weapons and armor and ran away.
To make matters worse, in the chaos, many Jiannu warriors jumped into the ditch and were stabbed into bloody gourds. Some Jiannu warriors also stepped on landmines while running randomly...
At this time, Jiannu was frightened. None of the enemies were seen, but they were unwilling to stay in this ghost place for even a moment!
In this attack, Jiannu lost more than 600 lives, but the effect was not as good as the attack on Qianshan Fort. The attack on Qianshan Fort at least caused about 30 casualties to the Ming army. Not even a hair of the Ming army was chewed.
This advanced defense system of minefields, barbed wire, and trenches put the slaves in an unprecedented predicament, making it difficult to move forward. If you want to break through such a defense system, there is no other way but to take human lives.
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On a large ship with thousands of materials of the Ninghai Navy, Cheng Shijie took a sea pole brought from later generations and sat on the deck to fish. He was unlucky. He fished for more than three hours, but he didn't succeed even once. When I was about to close the rod, suddenly the fishing rod began to shake, as if a fish appeared, the fishhook seemed to be bitten by something, the water surface splashed with waves, and the fishing rod began to bend down...
Cheng Shijie's strength is not small, but he can't control the fishing rod.
When Wu Sheng saw this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Commander, I'm here for a humble job!"
"good!"
Cheng Shijie did not show off, feeling that the fish should be quite big due to the force coming from the fishing rod. In fact, it was fortunate that Cheng Shijie handed the fishing rod to Wu Sheng, otherwise it would have been really troublesome.
Wu Sheng himself was unable to hold the fishing pole. Together with three soldiers, the four of them finally stabilized the fishing pole. After more than half an hour of pulling, the big fish exhausted all its strength.
As the fishing rod reeled in the rope, the fish emerged from the sea. Cheng Shijie was very happy to see the true appearance of the fish. It was a tuna weighing hundreds of kilograms.
Cheng Shijie was a little strange. Are there tuna in the Bohai Sea?
He didn't know this knowledge because he rarely ate tuna and didn't have much contact with it, because tuna is the favorite of Western food, such as tuna sashimi, sushi and the like. Eating it raw is the most common, but after finally catching such a big tuna, Cheng Shijie decided to try the Chinese way of eating it. In later generations, tuna was actually eaten in the Chinese way, but it was very small, and it was jokingly called "tuna".
Cheng Shijie said: "Go and ask the chef on the ship if he can cook tuna?"
"yes!"
As a middle-aged man who likes to cook, Cheng Shijie can actually cook, but in the late Ming Dynasty, he was no longer allowed to cook in person. If he cooks, many people will probably lose their jobs.
Not long after, a simple and honest chef said: "Commander, I know how to cook fish!"
"This fish is different from other fish. It has a strong fishy smell. Whether it is stewed or braised, it is difficult to remove the fishy smell."
The chef smiled and said: "Look at it, Commander, the villain will definitely satisfy the Commander!"
"good!"
Cheng Shijie said: "Take a few kilograms of meat from this fish and cook it according to my method!"
"Please give me your orders, Commander!"
"Marinated with spices and grilled over charcoal fire!"
Cheng Shijie thought for a while and said: "Put a piece of tuna meat in water and cook it. After taking it out, crush the meat, stir it with the old tofu, add chopped green onion and spices, and fry it into pancakes. Can you make it?"
"meeting!"
"Then go!"
In later generations, tuna was almost always eaten raw, as if Chinese food was not worthy of tuna. Cheng Shijie was very disgusted with this. When he was strong enough, he must go to Xiaori's place and teach Xiaori how to cook.
Sun Zhiwan, thirty-nine years old this year, is the third grandson of Sun Chengzong, and his father is Sun Quan, the eldest son of Sun Chengzong. He was also the only son of Sun Chengzong who passed the imperial examination and became an official.
Sun Chengzong is planning to lead his five sons, six grandsons, two nephews, and eight grandnephews to Liaonan. In fact, these are not all of Sun Chengzong's sons.
Yes, in fact, Sun Chengzong had a total of seven sons, seven disciples, thirteen grandsons, and fourteen grandsons. In ancient times, the Sun family could be considered a prosperous and wealthy family.
Sun Zhiman thought that Cheng Shijie would be very anxious when he received the news that Jiannu was attacking southern Liaoning. In fact, he was wrong. Cheng Shijie had no intention of being anxious at all.
After boarding the ship in Tianjin, Cheng Shijie neither read military intelligence nor asked about the latest news, nor did he ask about the preparation of food and equipment. He would either lie on the deck and enjoy the sea breeze, bask in the sun, or go fishing. .
This operation made Sun Zhilan feel a little baffled.
As a cook who followed Cheng Shijie, his skills were naturally good. Only half an hour later, with a burst of aroma, the chef brought out the tuna dishes.
There are tuna and lobster dumplings, grilled tuna steaks, tuna and crab roe porridge, and tuna tofu cakes made at Cheng Shijie's individual request. The variety is dazzling and beautiful.
Cheng Shijie ate with great joy, but Sun Zhiman did not move his chopsticks.
Cheng Shijie checked Sun Chengzong's information and found out that after the Qing army broke through Gaoyang City, Sun Chengzong was captured. Sun Chengzong cursed him as a "stinky dog slave" and said, "If the city dies and everyone dies, why don't you hang me soon." In the end, the Qing army tied Sun Chengzong to the tail of a military horse, and then drove the military horse to gallop in Gaoyang City. Sun Chengzong was dragged alive to death. (According to Baoding Evening News)
The second grandson was captured after breaking through the city. The Qing army pierced the back of his feet with iron caltrops and cut off his arms. Finally, he was pierced through the heart with a sword and died. The eldest grandson Sun Zhihang, the sixth grandson Sun Zhipang, the seventh grandson Sun Zhijie, and the Qing army Shoot him in the abdomen, cut his throat, chop his head, and humiliate him to death.
Sun Chengzong's fifth and seventh sons were captured after the city was broken, and their bodies were dismembered and chopped into pieces. When they were buried, they couldn't even find a complete body... Three hundred years later, Sun Dianying, the seventh grandson of Sun Chengzong, dug up the Dongling Tomb. This is what he said. of revenge.
The author does not know whether Sun Dianying is seeking revenge, but the Sun family in Yongcheng, Henan, did flee from Hebei to Henan. Not only Sun Dianying, but also more than 300 people from the same clan have family trees to prove it. However, the Sun family tree that the author has seen was first revised in the 13th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and then in the 29th year of Guangxu, the 11th year of the Republic of China, and the 26th year of the Republic of China.
"Yongyan, why don't you eat?"
After Cheng Shijie became a disciple of Sun Chengzong, Sun Zhiwan was a generation younger than Cheng Shijie and called Cheng Shijie his uncle.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief..."
"Yongyan, how many times have I told you that we are our own family, don't be so polite, there are no handsome men here, only your uncle!"
"Yes, uncle!"
Sun Zhibao asked: "Uncle Master is not responsible for the war in Liaodong at all?"
"Is there any use in worrying?"
Cheng Shijie said with a smile while eating tuna tofu pancakes: "Besides, since the army arrived in southern Liaoning last year, we have been preparing for this day. We have been preparing for nearly a year. Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. You can Don’t worry, eat, eat.”
Cheng Shijie's confidence is naturally due to the fact that his Ning Navy is well equipped and well prepared. The Dongjiang Army is a master of guerrilla warfare. After the autumn harvest, Cheng Shijie sent 100,000 shi of grain and tens of millions of kilograms of sweet potatoes to the Dongjiang Army. He Tudou wanted the entire Dongjiang Army to attack.
In particular, Chen Dayong's tribe faced the Haidong Jurchens. Due to the large number of Jurchen slaves migrating westward, the number of Haidong Jurchen tribes was smaller, and most of them were in no man's land.
Just as Huang Taiji led the army to find loopholes in Ning Haijun's defense in the Qianshan area, Chen Dayong's troops in the Shuangcheng Guards also assembled more than 8,600 soldiers from all five garrison bureaus.
Chen Dayong pointed at the map and said: "Now Huang Taiji has mobilized most of the Eight Banners elites, and now the surrounding area of Shenyang is empty..."
The generals of the Shuangcheng Guards Management Committee gathered around the huge sand table and began to chatter about where to start and cut a piece of flesh off the Jurchen body.
The Jiannu robbed many, many treasures of the Ming Dynasty. If we take them from the hands of the Jiannu, we will never be able to finish them all in a few lifetimes. The Jiannu have been robbing us for more than thirty years. Now it is your turn to taste the feeling of being robbed. .
Chen Dayong coughed, asking everyone to quiet down, and said in a deep voice: "I know, everyone has been waiting for this battle for too long..."
"Master Chen, tell me, where should we fight this time?"
"I heard that Borzigit Bumbutai is the most beautiful woman in Horqin Mongolia. How about we snatch her and give her to the commander..."
"Fart, you think you are our commander-in-chief, you have never seen a woman before!"
"That's right, the face of the Mongolian woman looks like it has been stepped on by the sole of a shoe. Can you see it?"
"It's the same thing if you blow out the lamp!"
"Let's get down to business!"
Chen Dayong looked around the generals and saw that they had calmed down completely. He was quite satisfied and said slowly: "In this attack, we don't want a big victory, just a small victory. We can use attack instead of defense to force Jiannu to give up plundering the southern Liaoning area." , is victory!”
Yang Shiwei, the guard of Hudong Town, said: "According to the slaves who came to Hudong Town, there was less snow last winter. This year, there was a black disaster on the grassland, and a large number of livestock died. Many tribes suffered greatly. Until now, Many tribes are already very weak, and they hope to break through and grab food to survive this winter. If they cannot grab enough food, those small tribes will not be able to survive the next spring, so our army can only We need to fight steadily, we don’t need to pursue a big victory, as long as we defeat their attempt to rob the border, we will be completely victorious.”
"Shi Wei is right!"
Chen Dayong pondered: "Our Shuangcheng Military Management Committee has just been established, and most of the soldiers have not experienced real wars. Our commander-in-chief said that what he wants is an army that dares to fight in grasslands, deserts, snowy mountains, and in all dangerous environments. An iron-blooded force that fights head-on with all powerful enemies, instead of a group of cowards who only dare to hide behind the border wall and watch the enemy show off their power. We, Ning Haijun, have now established the Left Dusi, the Right Dusi, and the Guards Dusi. Can our Shuangcheng Military Management Committee Upgrading to the Dusi of the Twin Cities depends on our performance in this battle! This trip is just a warm-up, but it is also a test for you. The decisive battle is not yet time!"
"I'll understand later!"
"You know better!"
"Alam!"
"exist!"
"You will lead one thousand cavalry from your headquarters, and I will mobilize another two thousand men and horses for you from the 100-household engineering office. I will give you a total of three thousand men and horses, and you will have full command to set off from Hubei Town and attack Donghewei (today's Changchun). Kill all the cattle and sheep of the tribes that are enemies of the Ming Dynasty along the way, burn all the fodder, and rob all the horses!"
Alam burst out laughing: "I'm the best at this job!"
Alam is a Jurchen from Haidong, who is also called a wild Jurchen by the Jiannu slaves. Like the Jurchens from Haixi, they have been bullied by the Jurchens from Jianzhou, but there are fewer Jurchens from the East China Sea and are no match for the Jurchens from Jianzhou. Jurchens, they have no psychological burden. On the contrary, they are willing to do this work.
Chen Dayong's goal is to steal the family. If Huang Taiji really comes out in force, then he will be prosperous.
PS: I am one year older, I drank some wine, I originally planned to update it, but I can only wait for the weekend to add it.
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