East Factory Governor

Chapter 588 Zu Dashou's Choice
Zu Dashou's face was livid, and he didn't say a word.

Zhang Cunren, his deputy, hurried in, wiped his smoky face, and said, "General, Ximen is in critical condition, please give the last general three thousand elite soldiers!"

Zu Dashou nodded, took a token from the table, and said expressionlessly, "Let General Han go. Cunren, please sit down."

Zhang Cunren was slightly taken aback, but he still said immediately, "Okay, the last general will go to inform General Han first, and come back later!"

He ran out like the wind.

After a while, he came back.

"General, if this goes on like this, we may not be able to last until dark! At present, one of the three walls of the west gate has been lost, and the wall of the north gate is almost the same. Fortunately, we have kerosene and thunderbolts, so we can control the situation. But as usual Such a way of fighting consumes too much kerosene and thunderbolts! The same goes for projectiles and shells!" Zhang Cunren said like a cannonball.

Zu Dashou just nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

Zhang Cunren said again, "In this way, we can only prepare for street fighting with the Tartars! As long as we can drag it until dark, we can organize a breakout! It's a pity that our three camps are too small, and this street fighting is not easy, brother They can't unfold!"

Zu Dashou still just nodded without speaking.

Zhang Cunren couldn't help asking, "General, why don't you speak?"

Zu Dashou looked up at Zhang Cunren, and said, "How many people do we have now?"

Zhang Cunren thought for a while and said, "Probably another [-]. The last generals of the East Gate and South Gate haven't visited yet, but it is estimated that the casualties should be about the same as those of the South Gate and North Gate! General, these Tartars are comparable. It was still strong back then in Ningyuan!"

Zhang Cunren has been with Zu Dashou since the battle of Ningyuan in the year of Tianqi, and he is Zu Dashou's confidant.

Zu Dashou said softly, "Thirty thousand fifty-six... Thirty thousand fifty-six..." After a pause, he said, "Cunren, no matter what, we must wait until dark! After dark, let's break through!"

Zhang Cunren nodded, then asked suddenly, "By the way, where should we break out? Near Zunhua there is an army led by Huang Taiji himself, and there are Tartar soldiers in Qianping."

To the west of Santunying is Zunhua, to the south is the high mountains, to the southeast is Qianping, and to the north is Xifengkou. All these places have been occupied by the Tartars.

Zu Dashou frowned, and had to admit what Zhang Cunren said was a big problem.If you go south into the vast mountains, it will take at least a month to reach Fengrun.But how could it be possible for the army to break through with so much food and grass?Even if they were not chased to death by the Tartars, everyone would starve to death!
Zu Dashou's psychological defense was hit again. He thought that he was trapped in an isolated city and had fallen into a desperate situation!
Surviving a desperate situation has never been an option for him.

Zhang Cunren saw that his expression was very bad, and he said in relief, "General, we have sent someone to inform Governor Yuan, it must be..."

"Director Yuan won't come!" Zu Dashou interrupted Zhang Cunren roughly, "There are still [-] elite Tartar soldiers besieging Zunhua, and there are still [-] soldiers. How many people do you want Governor Yuan to send? Come to rescue? Can these people get out of the city?"

Zhang Cunren was at a loss for words for a while, and didn't know what to do.

At this time, he suddenly remembered something, and said, "General, didn't you say that Qin Shuhuai had brought an army of [-] to Yongping and Qian'an?"

Zu Dashou's eyes suddenly lit up, and that young man covered in scars but calm appeared in his mind again.

That's right, if he attacks Yongping and Qian'an, these two cities will surely fall!
His eyes gradually became colored, and he said quickly, "Cunren! Order the soldiers to stick to the three camps! As long as you hold back the Tartars, we will break out to the south after dark, and then enter the mountains! Then Then turn around and go east, to Qian'an! By the time we get out of the mountains, Qian'an will definitely have been captured by Qin Shuhuai!"

Zhang Cunren nodded immediately, "The general is wise!"

Zu Dashou picked up the waist knife beside him, stood up and said, "I am going to personally lead the supervisory team to supervise the battle in front of the city. Anyone who is afraid of the battle and retreats will be killed without mercy!"

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There are 800 Guanning Army and [-] Datong Army in the Santun camp. Because the city is not big, the Tartars can only send about [-] people at most in one charge, so the two sides consume less troops in a unit time.

The Guan Ning army has been guarding Jiancheng in Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places all the year round. They have a lot of experience in defending the city and have their own set of tactics. In addition, the Santun Camp itself is quite strong in both the city wall and the city gate. In the city battle, he was not at a too obvious disadvantage!
Zu Dashou ordered one after another to make the city defense troops launch a fierce counterattack.First of all, he took out all the kerosene, ordered the soldiers to spray crazily towards the area where the Tartar soldiers gathered on the city wall, and then ignited—whether there were any of his own or not, they would attack indiscriminately!

His crazy style of fighting had immediate results, and the sections of the city wall taken by the Tartars quickly burned into flames. No matter the ordinary Tartar soldiers or the Bayara soldiers wearing three layers of armor, they were all burned in the raging fire. Become a charred corpse.

At the same time, he transported all the thunderbolts in stock to the city wall, and let the soldiers throw them open, throwing as much as they can!

As for shells, projectiles, and arrows, there is no limit.

He moved all his inventory out and didn't plan for tomorrow at all!What he wants is to delay until dark!As soon as it gets dark, he will break out of the siege, no matter who will fall into his three camps tomorrow!

The firepower of the Ming army suddenly increased, and it doubled!

There was a sea of ​​flames everywhere above and below the city, not only burning the Tartars, but also burning the Ming army's own people!

The shells were fired crazily and exploded like thunder!Thunderbolts were like rain, and the ground below the city was blown into potholes. Black and yellow gunpowder smoke permeated everywhere, and no human figure could be seen ten meters away.

Under the frantic counterattack of the Ming army, the Tazi soldiers suffered heavy losses and had to suspend their attack to discuss countermeasures.

In the afternoon, Dorgon and Haug reached an agreement that Dorgon would be in charge of the east and south walls, and Haug and Azig would be in charge of the west and north walls.At the same time, they changed their strategy. According to the tactics of the Ming army's crazy consumption of firearms, they adopted a loose formation for a feint attack to deceive the Ming army's consumption of firearms.

Zu Dashou has rich experience, how can this kind of tactic be fooled from his eyes?So he ordered the soldiers to reduce the frequency of use of kerosene, thunderbolts, bird guns, bows and cannons.But after thinking about it later, I felt that it was difficult for the soldiers to grasp the scale of reduction, so they simply ordered the general Thunderbolts, archers, and birds to not fire, and the rest continued to fire casually.But the kerosene hand plays by ear.

In this way, the two sides stalemate until the sky is getting dark.

After dozens of rounds of feint attacks, the Tazi soldiers defrauded the Ming army of a large amount of firearm consumption.Hauge and Dorgon both believed that it was time to attack!
And Zu Dashou also completed the deployment. He withdrew the 1 direct descendant Guan Ning army, and at the same time gathered [-] Datong troops, preparing to use the [-] people to break through after dark.On the city wall, there are about [-] Guanning troops left, and the rest are all local guards.

(End of this chapter)