The sixth year of Chongzhen - November 12th, Yin.
"You four, remember, the military spur is a weapon for close combat. It must be as fast as lightning, as accurate as a ruler, as stable as a mountain, and as cruel as a wolf. A blow must hit the vital point, and every move can kill your life, and every move can seduce the soul. If you show mercy to your enemies, you will be the one who dies!"
"Yes, foster father!"
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In the morning, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi lined up in the open space behind the Chinese army tent at Tianwei Army Camp. Each of them had a military thorn in their hands, facing a life-size straw man. Stab hard and attack vital parts.
Qin Feng stood nearby, guiding the training of his four adopted sons, and looked up at the sky to the west from time to time, as if expecting something.
It turns out that the war was so intense that I had no time to care about anything else, and all my energy was devoted to defeating the enemy.
Now that the Jurchens were defeated and the war was temporarily suspended, Qin Feng missed Jin Yuniang whom he had not seen for a long time, so he wrote a letter full of love and asked the golden eagle - Lightning to send it to Baicheng. son.
Judging from the time, the golden eagle should fly back this morning, so Qin Feng kept looking at the sky, looking forward to the arrival of a reply.
After a while, a small golden dot appeared in the sky on the west side, and then it got closer and bigger, and finally revealed its true body, which was a golden eagle!
"Chirp chirp... chirp chirp!"
"Lightning, thank you for your hard work... The four of you quickly bring out the delicious food and let Lightning eat it to his heart's content!"
"Yes, foster father!"
After the golden eagle circled in the air for several times, it accurately landed next to Qin Feng, and continued to chirp with joy.
Qin Feng stretched out his hand and touched the golden eagle's little head as a reward. At the same time, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi dragged out a big green wolf from the back tent.
The big green wolf was still alive and tied tightly with ropes. It was caught from the nearby mountains a day ago when the four of them were learning wilderness survival skills.
"Choo Choo Choo!"
The golden eagle is the king of the air. It likes to feed on the flesh and blood of beasts. It immediately swooped over and firmly controlled the big green wolf with its two sharp claws, then tore open the fur and started pecking happily.
While he was feasting, Qin Feng untied a small sealed bamboo tube from the golden eagle's thigh.
When I opened the bamboo tube, I was a little surprised because there were three letters inside. What was going on? Could something serious have happened?
A bad premonition appeared in Qin Feng's heart, and he quickly opened the three letters and read them:
The first letter was Jin Yuniang's handwritten letter home. The content was very brief and contained heart-warming words such as wishing him well and telling Qin Feng to pay more attention to his health.
The second letter was actually written by Wu Yunqi Qige. It was written in three full pages. The core content was: Three tribes rebelled, the Chahar tribe was defeated, the losses were very heavy, and rescue was in urgent need.
It turns out that the Jurchens' army was divided into three groups during this expedition: Dudu and Abatai each led 30,000 troops, broke through the Great Wall defense line, entered the northern part of Shanxi, and plundered people and property in order to strengthen themselves and weaken the Ming Dynasty. the goal of.
Huang Taiji personally led 60,000 troops across the Yellow River to the west and entered the Hetao grassland area, preparing to eliminate Lin Dan Khan and completely annex the entire Monan Mongolia.
Lin Dan Khan was unwilling to be annexed, so he gathered the four tribes of Chahar, Ordos, Tumut, and Yongshebu, with a total of 60,000 troops, to fight eastward against Huang Taiji.
As a result, the two sides met head-on in the eastern area of the Hetao Grassland, then set up their positions and began a fierce fight.
Frankly speaking, in terms of using troops to fight, Huang Taiji was far superior to Lin Dan Khan, and the Jurchen army's combat effectiveness was also stronger than that of the four Mongolian coalition forces.
However, before the war started, Lin Danhan exchanged cattle, sheep, horses, camels and other livestock for a large amount of military supplies through Qin Feng's relationship, which greatly improved the equipment level of the four coalition forces. In addition, it was a local battle, and logistics supplies were easy. , the huge advantages in this area are enough to offset other disadvantages.
The result is: the two sides have been fighting for several months, and they have fought more than 20 battles, large and small, but the outcome is always indistinguishable!
Seeing that it was difficult to win in a head-on confrontation, Huang Taiji, who had always been resourceful, used a trump card: instigating three rebel groups to divide and disintegrate!
The Hetao grassland area was originally occupied by the Ordos, Tumut, and Yongxiebu tribes. Later, Lin Danhan suffered defeats in the eastern grasslands and was unable to gain a foothold, so he led the Chahar tribe to move westward, occupied the Hetao grassland, and Forcing the three tribes to surrender.
Although the three tribes surrendered, they were always dissatisfied and were thinking about taking back the Hetao Grassland.
Huang Taiji took advantage of this, used the Hetao grassland as bait, and sent people to lobby. As a result, he successfully instigated the rebellion of the leaders of the Ordos, Tumut, and Yongxiebu tribes.
Six days ago, Huang Taiji sent troops to sneak attack Lin Dan Khan's camp. At the same time, the three tribes of Ordos, Tumote, and Yongxiebu rebelled, and they cooperated internally and externally.
Lin Danhan was caught off guard, and his camp fell. He suffered heavy losses of men and horses, and was wounded himself. He had to lead thousands of remaining troops to flee westward.
Wu Yunqi Qige also participated in this battle. Seeing that the defeat was determined and there was no way to save the day, she wrote this letter and sent it to Baichengzi with her golden eagle, asking for urgent help from Qin Feng, hoping to see the friendship between the two parties. , pull Chahar!
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The third letter is Xiang Xuanwu's request for instructions.
After the army went out, Xiang Xuanwu stayed in Baichengzi, responsible for all military and political affairs, and always paid attention to the situation in the Hetao grassland area.
As a result, the investigation revealed that after Huang Taiji's victory, he personally led the main force to pursue the remnants of Lin Dan Khan, vowing to eliminate them.
At the same time, Sanbeile and Manggurtai were ordered to lead the Zhenglan Banner, plus the newly surrendered Ordos, Tumut, and Yongxiebu tribes, totaling more than 50,000 troops, to go south to attack the northern part of Shaanxi, and move forward from Baichengzi. He also guarded the main traffic routes and became the first target to be attacked.
Xiang Xuanwu was shocked when he learned of the situation. He quickly wrote a letter and asked Qin Feng for instructions. Faced with a powerful enemy pressing the border, should he stand firm and wait for help, or should he abandon the city and preserve his strength?
"What a powerful Huang Taiji, he's trying to rip out my heart!"
After reading the letter, Qin Feng's face suddenly darkened, and then he returned to the Chinese army's tent, took out a giant map, looked at it carefully, and made silent calculations.
Can Baichengzi give up?
The answer is: no.
For one thing, I have worked hard in the past few years, and all the wealth I finally managed to acquire is in Baichengzi. Not only gold and silver treasures, food supplies, but also sweet potato seeds, corn seeds, Boy Scouts, Women's Army, etc.
Mang Gurtai led his army southward very quickly. If he abandoned the city and left, the wealth of those families would be huge, and it would be a pity to fall into the hands of the enemy or be destroyed if they could not all be taken away with the army.
Secondly, if Baichengzi is abandoned, Zhenglan Banner's men and horses and the three coalition forces will be able to march straight in without any obstruction.
In that case, the people in northern Shaanxi would be miserable. I don't know how many people would be killed and how many fields would be destroyed.
Therefore, we must never give up on Baichengzi!
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If you can’t give up, can you hold on?
After several years of operation, Baichengzi has tall and strong city walls, sufficient material reserves, no problem with water supply, and 20 general cannons, which are extremely powerful and can be called an unparalleled weapon to defend the city!
In terms of city defense, there is no problem at all.
The problem is the military strength!
There are only 8,000 garrison troops in the city, and there are more than 4,000 newly recruited soldiers, as well as some family members accompanying the army.
With this small force, it would be really difficult to defend a large city against more than 50,000 enemy troops!
As for Xiang Xuanwu, there is no problem with his loyalty, and he has been in the army for many years and is very experienced in doing things. However, his command skills are poor and he may not be able to withstand a battle involving tens of thousands of people.
Fortunately, there is still a "Dinghaishen Needle" hidden inside Baichengzi. Now that a disaster is approaching, it's time to bring it out and use it!
Thinking of this, Qin Feng took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a letter to Xiang Xuanwu, asking him to defend Baichengzi with all his strength, and at the same time told him about the use of the Dinghai Shenzhen.
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After that, he placed it in a small bamboo tube, tied it to the thigh of Lightning, the golden eagle who had already eaten and drank enough, and sent it to Baichengzi as quickly as possible.
