Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 223 Tartar's Siege Weapon

"Come here, take Governor Huang Fei down to eat and rest!"

"Yes"

The two soldiers immediately entered the room and bowed to Huang Fei:
"Captain, please!"

Huang Fei nodded, and bowed to Qi Jiguang:

"Thank you to the two governors for taking care of me, I will leave at the end!"

Qi Jiguang smiled slightly:
"The deputy governor has worked hard all the way, let's go"

Not long after the establishment of the new Daming Navy, Zheng Chenggong served as the commander of the navy, and there were three deputy commanders under his command.

Chen Yonghua, Zhang Huangyan, and Huang Fei are the second rank of the deputy captain of the navy.

Qi Jiguang is the governor of the five armies of the Ming Dynasty, and his official residence is Zhengyipin.

Li Cunxiao is the left governor of the governor's office of the five armies, and their positions are all above Huang Fei.

So in front of Qi Jiguang and Li Cunxiao, Huang Fei still knows the rules and is very humble.

After Huang Fei left, Qi Jiguang turned to Li Cunxiao and said:

"General Li, let's go see Prince Dongyaoli, this is an old fox."

Li Cunxiao laughed loudly:
"Two little foxes have been killed by hunters, how can they care about an old fox!"

The two of them led a group of soldiers out of the commander's mansion, and the soldiers immediately led the horses.

They flew on their horses and headed straight for the city wall. After half a stick of incense, they climbed to the top of the city together.

The Dongyao Tartar camp is eight miles away from Liaoyang City, and the naked eye can only see the banners unfurling, but the rest cannot be seen clearly.

"telescope"

Qi Jiguang reached out for the binoculars, and then looked at the Dongyao Camp.

At this time, the Dongyao camp has been built, covering a large area, with no end in sight at a glance.

"It seems that Daishan is going to fight us desperately. There are at least 3 horses. General Li, take a look."

Qi Jiguang said, and handed the telescope in his hand to Li Cunxiao.

Li Cunxiao took the binoculars and looked at the Dongyao barracks. He saw people coming and going in the Dongyao barracks. The Tartars looked very energetic. He asked Qi Jiguang a little puzzled.

"Captain, why did the old fox Daishan camp so far away, they could be around three miles away, that would be more of a threat to us!"

Qi Jiguang smiled slightly and said:

"If the army could be stationed three miles below the city in the previous dynasty, it would be possible to attack the city at any time.

But it's different now, because we have red cannons, haven't you noticed that their camps are all out of range of our cannons? "

When Qi Jiguang said this, Li Cunxiao immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that Daishan was worried that his barracks would be bombarded by artillery from the city.

"Captain, give the general an arrow, and the general will kill them by surprise?"

When Li Cunxiao saw the Tartars, he immediately wanted to lead his troops to charge there. Qi Jiguang smiled and shook his head:
"Let's talk about it tomorrow. You just experienced a big victory, so you should have a good night's rest. They shouldn't attack the city today."

Seeing Li Cunxiao nod his head, Qi Jiguang immediately sent another command arrow.

"Come here, prepare more artillery shells. The soldiers are divided into two shifts to defend the city. Once the opponents attack, we will meet them with artillery shells."

"Yes"

After observing the Dongyao barracks, Qi Jiguang and Li Cunxiao returned to the commander's mansion together.

It was not wrong to celebrate the victory at night, but Qi Jiguang ordered that, except for Huang Fei's subordinates, the other soldiers should not drink alcohol, so as not to cause accidents caused by drinking.

After the dinner began, the sailors were all overjoyed to see the abundance of meat on the table.

They usually can only eat one meal of meat a day, and they all have a limited amount.

But tonight is almost all mutton and horse meat, there are several ways, and you can eat as you please.

In the past, even when the Ming army was fighting, they could barely eat enough to eat. It was impossible to eat meat every day.

At least after Wanli, it is difficult to see meat every day.

Not only were they seriously in arrears with the military pay, but they also had to go through layers of exploitation. The two taels of military pay were only a few tens of pennies.

When the quality of life is not guaranteed during the war, who is willing to work hard for you.

This is also the main reason why the Ming army is low in combat. It's not that they can't do it, but that they don't want to work hard for you.

After the battle to defend the capital, the Ming army's military pay has rarely been in arrears or deductions.

Of course, it's impossible to completely eradicate this kind of thing in a short time, but at least it's hard to see it on the bright side.

If the Ming army has the best quality of life, it must be the army under the command of Yue Fei and Qi Jiguang.

They all fought on the prairie, not only had a large amount of horse meat, but also mutton looted from Dongyao and Meng Yuanna.

Of course, horse meat is all horses killed on the battlefield and horses that are seriously injured and cannot be cured.

There is no shortage of war horses in the Eastern captive cavalry, and sometimes they have two horses for one man. After a big battle, it is normal for thousands of war horses to die.

It can be said that although the war is very bitter, it is indeed the best of all the troops in terms of food and drink.

Where their army passed by, the "Three Alls" policy was also implemented. All cattle, sheep and horses were robbed, and almost all men were killed.

In more than a month, the two armies robbed at least 50 horses, millions of cattle and sheep, and 10,000+ women and children.

Daming is slowly recovering now, the people are in urgent need of cattle for farming, and a lot of mules and horses are needed for transportation.

Yue Fei and Qi Jiguang were reluctant to give up eating beef, leaving only some sheep for meat.

Some good horses were selected as spares, and most of the remaining cattle, sheep and horses were sent to the pass.

Even so, the marinated horse meat in Liaoyang City is enough for at least half a year, not to mention there are so many sheep.

Seeing the delicious food, the soldiers of the Navy disregarded their eating habits, and drank alcohol and ate meat with great relish.

The night was very quiet, and Daishan didn't take advantage of the darkness to attack the city. Everyone had a good night's sleep after dinner.

In the early morning of the next day, the shouts of the captives could be heard outside the city.

Qi Jiguang and the generals were discussing how to kill the old fox Daishan, when suddenly a soldier came to report:
"Report to the governor that the captive Tartars seem to be attacking the city."

Qi Jiguang nodded to the soldiers:
"Understood, pass the order of the governor, and the four gates will strengthen their defenses, let's go!"

"Yes"

As soon as the soldiers left, Li Cunxiao stood up and asked for orders:

"The governor's family has knocked on the door, and I will kill them for a while."

Qi Jiguang smiled slightly:
"Don't worry, general. They won't be able to fight. The firearms are more advanced than them. If they dare to attack the city, they will kill themselves."

"Captain, they are showing off their power below the city, the last general's hands are itchy!"

"Hahaha……"

Seeing Li Cunxiao's anxious look, all the generals laughed loudly:
"General Li, wait for us to beat up the tartars, and I will leave the rest to you, you black cavalry..."

Li Cunxiao resentfully said:
"You guys are really boring in this era, and you often make this general unable to exert energy..."

"Ha ha……"

What Li Cunxiao said made everyone laugh again.

Qi Jiguang patted Li Cunxiao on the shoulder:

"Don't be in a hurry, general, let's go to the city to have a look."

A group of people agreed, and followed Qi Jiguang out of the handsome mansion and went straight to the city.

After climbing to the top of the city, they immediately found that the captives under the city were a little different from before.

This group of Tartars had obviously come prepared, and a row of shield vehicles and siege vehicles were densely packed under the city, which had never happened before.

Qi Jiguang raised his binoculars and looked down the city, he didn't want to ignore any details.

I saw that the shield carts were more than five meters long, and the wood was wrapped with cowhide, and covered with a quilt soaked in water.

(End of this chapter)