Chapter 346
On the battlefield beside the Taizi River, the river has long been frozen, and thick ice covers the river surface, making it possible to drive and walk everywhere. However, out of habit, Ning Haijun still passed his luggage at the ferry, because there were barracks and warehouses here that could be used.
At present, the Taizi River Ferry is busy, with countless people pulling horses to transport carts of luggage across the ice. The ice was so slippery that people kept falling down. The mules and horses stepped on the sharp ice edges and were pricked by their horseshoes, making them howl in pain. The peasants could only end the animals' lives with knives and drink the broth at the same time. .
All kinds of supplies were piled up like mountains at the ferry, and the clerks were sweating profusely. They were busy counting and allocating supplies all the time. Every one of them was sweating profusely.
Zhang Yu looked at the far north, from Guangning to Liaoyang, on a battle line that was more than a thousand miles long, and had never encountered strong resistance from the Jiannu. The Ning navy was unstoppable, and the entire army was very excited, thinking that the Jiannu could be defeated. , just around the corner.
However, Zhang Yu vaguely felt that something was not right. As a general who had fought against Jian Nu for many years, Chang Yu knew how dangerous this opponent was. Back then, the Ming army just built a city on the Daling River, and Jian Nu attacked with all his troops. , now the Ming army's frontline is only more than a hundred miles away from Shenyang City. It is impossible for Jiannu to not react at all. Behind Jiannu's retreat, there must be a terrible conspiracy hidden!
Although Zhang Yu knew the advantages of Ning Haijun's artillery and the power of Ning Haijun's artillery, as an old opponent of Ning Haijun, it was absolutely unjustifiable to say that Jiannu had no defense at all.
Cheng Shijie has said many times that artillery is not omnipotent. Even if it has an absolute disadvantage in artillery, it can still withstand artillery bombardment. While Ning Haijun is developing artillery, he is also prepared for artillery attacks. In peacetime, he can dig trenches , build parapets, and repair gun holes. This can also be done in an icy and snowy environment to reduce the damage caused by artillery to them.
This time, Chang Yu read the battle report. Although Jiannu retreated across the board, in fact there were not many corpses left behind. According to the results compiled by various ministries, Jiannu lost up to three to four thousand people in the bombardment, not excluding those who were bombed to pieces. There are not many dead people left, but no matter how you calculate it, it is impossible to exceed six or seven thousand.
In other words, Jian Nu's strength has not been lost much.
Changyu has been guessing, what is Jiannu's real trump card?
The fiercest battle started outside Shenyang City. When Hu Erqi led more than 3,000 cavalry slaves and joined the army to kill Shenyang City, the slaves in Shenyang City did not hold on to the city. They all knew that Ning Haijun's artillery was too powerful. , the only way is to defeat the incoming enemy in a field situation.
Three to four thousand men and horses gathered in a hurry rushed out of the city gate and fought against Hu Erqi's men. The battle became fierce from the first moment.
The equipment under Hu Erqi's command was good, much better than the red-armored soldiers of Jiannu, and slightly worse than the white-armored soldiers. Although they were smaller in number than Jiannu, their equipment and horses made up for their numerical disadvantage. Ning Haijun had no shortage of food, and his war horses were fatter and stronger than Jiannu's war horses.
Hu Erqi wanted to gain the greatest military exploits before destroying Jiannu, and Jiannu also wanted to defeat Hu Erqi's troops, especially as the battle deepened and both sides recognized each other.
"Dog spy!"
"Dog Jiannu!"
Both sides fought till their wits came out.
"Don't be afraid. If we lose one horse, the commander will give us three more horses. If one of us dies, he will give us more!"
Hu Erqi didn't care at all about the casualties of his soldiers. After all, Cheng Shijie always kept his word. Even if he was a slave, he would be given the same pension as those who died fighting for the Ning Navy, and he would enjoy the same treatment as the people of the Ming Dynasty, including land, houses, and money. But it's different when you follow the Jian slaves. As long as you die in battle, your wife and children will belong to others.
There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood under the city walls of Shenyang, while Ning Haijun along the Taizi River advanced in high spirits, pushing and chasing them all the way. Under their fierce attack, the Jiannu army almost lost its armor and was defeated like a mountain.
Since Nurhaci, the words "defeated like a mountain" have been the patent of the Ming army. Only Jiannu has been chasing him and the Ming army has beaten him. It was Cheng Shijie who gave Jiannu a taste of being crushed. taste.
What Jian Nu feared the most was Ning Haijun. However, now this scene happened again. Ning Haijun was almost crazy. He chased the injured reindeer desperately like a hungry wolf, completely forgetting about the rear, and the army was completely in chaos. position.
The main generals and key soldiers of the Ning Navy are actually the remnants of the Dongjiang Army. They can also be said to be survivors of the Liaodong people. Now they are regaining their hometown and avenging their relatives.
Some Ning navy officers were injured and dripping with blood, but they ignored them and attacked Jiannu even if they still had breath.
Seeing that Jiannu was defeated and retreated hastily, Timur also led more than a hundred warriors from his tribe to join the battle. Seeing the possibility that Jiannu could make a comeback, the Mongols also followed Timur and attacked Jiannu. .
Just when Cheng Shijie took action against Shenyang, Huang Taiji was actually plotting against Cheng Shijie. He knew very well that even after annexing most of the remnants of Mobei Mongolia, the strength comparison between the Jin Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty had not changed in any way.
Ning Haijun still had a sharp sword hanging over Jiannu's head.
Although there are many famous generals in the entire Ming Dynasty, such as Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Zu Dashou, the problem is that the one that Huang Taiji fears the most is Cheng Shijie. Only by killing Cheng Shijie can Dai Jin have real hope of making a comeback, dominate Liaodong, and even take over the Central Plains.
When Cheng Shijie was in Yanqing County, Huang Taiji was in the Zhangbei area in the east of Datong. At this time, Huang Taiji had returned with a full load. He snatched a large number of cattle and sheep from the Mobei Mongolia, and also captured 30,000 to 40,000 women of childbearing age, and even more There are as many as 50,000 to 60,000 Mongolian children. These children are all below the wheel. Their memory is not strong. After a few years of raising them, they can become real warriors for establishing the state.
When Huang Taiji received the secret report from the pass, he sighed longly and said: "What a pity!"
"King Khan means..."
"Cheng Shijie can defend the city, and there are thousands of Ning navy elites!"
Huang Taiji looked regretful. If Cheng Shijie had only a few thousand infantry in the field, he could still give it a try. However, with the Great Wall and Juyong Pass, even if Huang Taiji was given another hundred thousand troops, he would not have the confidence to defeat Cheng Shijie.
This is the inner shadow that Cheng Shijie has caused to Huang Taiji.
Faced with Ning Haijun's artillery and rocket launchers, not to mention Huang Taiji's psychological shadow, almost all the Jiannu generals had psychological shadows. Let them launch an attack on tens of thousands of Ming troops. None of them would be vague, allowing them to defeat the enemy with a small number. They were not worried about attacking hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops. They were asked to attack three to four thousand Ning navy, but they couldn't muster the courage.
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Capital City, Cabinet.
Wen Tiren looked at the intelligence he had just received and said ecstatically: "Is he still in Yanqing?"
Wang Yingxiong smiled bitterly and said: "According to General Cheng's own report, the old injury has recurred. Your Majesty, worried about his injury, sent more than 30 imperial doctors out of the palace in hanging baskets before dawn. I'm afraid they have already left the city. !”
"Haha, God help me!"
Wen Tiren pointed to the situation and reported: "Cheng Shijie is already afraid. He no longer believes in His Majesty, so he will stay in Yanqing and not move!"
"Then Lord Shouxu means..."
Wen Tiren said calmly: "What I mean is, add fuel to their fire!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Cheng Shijie has no direct connection with the palace. He relies on the eunuch Gao Qiqian. They are colluding. As long as they kill Gao Qiqian, it will be equivalent to breaking Cheng Shijie's arm!"
"However, Gao Qiqian is deeply trusted by His Majesty, and it has been useless for us to impeach him!"
"If you're not good at literature, then you can do martial arts!"
Wen Tiren's face was gloomy: "If you can't deal with Cheng Shijie, why can't you deal with Gao Qiqian? Nowadays, the capital is not at peace either. There are bandits raging in Xishan all the time. They want to make money..."
Speaking of which, everyone knows what is going on.
Soon, Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, drafted an order from the Ministry of War and sent it to the guerrilla general Zhou Yuji of the Beijing Camp. Zhou Yuji was a guard in Jinzhou, Liaodong. When he was young, he had the courage and strength. In the seventh year of Tianqi, he was promoted to the Qian Commander of the Beijing Camp, and later to the guerrilla general. General.
According to the nature of the frontier army, a guerrilla general can only lead five hundred to one thousand soldiers, but Zhou Yuji is in the Beijing camp, with all the troops under his command, and more than two thousand people under his command. Moreover, he is one of the few troops in the Beijing camp who can dare to fight. one.
The transfer of the Beijing camp, even if it is 500 people, has to go through Emperor Chongzhen and the order goes to Emperor Chongzhen.
Beijing Xishan does not refer to a mountain, but to the Xicheng Mountains, namely Cuiwei Mountain, Pingpo Mountain, Lushi Mountain, Badachu, Xiangshan, Yuquan Mountain, Wanshou Mountain, Baiwang Mountain, Yangtang Mountain, Phoenix Ridge and other mountains. It guards the city of Beijing from the west. Therefore, the ancients called it "the right arm of Shenjing".
After learning that there were bandits in Xishan, who often attacked the people, and even the officials living in the city outside the city were looted, Emperor Chongzhen had to agree to send troops.
Of course, he also knew that it would not be a big problem for these two thousand troops to suppress the bandits. It cannot affect the overall situation.
In fact, after Zhou Yuji received the order, his troops were dispatched. After leaving the city, they did not go straight to Xishan, but went south along Fengtai.
At this time, Zhou Yuji did not know that he was being used. He thought that the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of War had obtained detailed intelligence. As a militant, Zhou Yuji could not wait to lead his men to Dong'an County (now Langfang).
Gao Qiqian originally returned to Beijing years ago. When Cheng Shijie led his troops to support Shanxi, this guy ran away to Liaodong.
Because Gao Qiqian knew very well that only Liaodong was the safest. After Cheng Shijie basically stabilized the Great Wall defense line, Gao Qiqian returned to Beijing from Liaodong.
Why is there an ice wall in front of me? Gao Qiqian was puzzled. Then, a large ball of gunpowder smoke and flames burst out from behind the ice wall like a volcano erupting. The ground shook violently. Rows of lead balls roared through the air and smashed into Gao Qiqian's body. Among the guards, pieces of flesh and broken arms were thrown around wherever they went, and blood and flesh were flying everywhere. Wherever they were hit, there was an alley of blood. The screams of the rising and diving guards immediately rang out, shaking the world!
Before they could react, there was another salvo. This time more people fell. One shell even broke through the air and smashed the head of a young eunuch next to Gao Qiqian into powder, and blood spurted out wildly. A high-pitched look on his face.
Gao Qiqian was so horrified that he fell off his horse and screamed lifelessly: "There's an ambush! There's an ambush! Don't kill me, don't kill me - ah ah ah..."
The scream was like that of a pig being slaughtered. The whole person hugged his head and huddled up, trembling all over.
(End of chapter)
