The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 318 Intimidating Shenyang

"Wolf's Nest Fort" is naturally a bastion structure, it is different from Ming's city, somewhat similar to European military fortresses.

It covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, with a construction area of ​​[-] square meters. It can easily accommodate three to five thousand soldiers and civilians.

On the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huang Han inspected the construction site of "Wolf's Nest Fort" in full swing, and rushed to the Jinzhou camp after distributing benefits to all the soldiers and civilians involved in the work.

At this time, it was the head of the willow tree on the moon, and the generals of the Jingying and Dongjiang towns headed by Fang Zhenghua and Huang Long were already looking forward to seeing through.

Xiang Chengliang rushed to the camp with the vanguard yesterday afternoon. He led dozens of "Red Banner Army" engineers early this morning to guide hundreds of soldiers to work with the army.

Hundreds of people worked together to build three yurts that could comfortably accommodate more than a hundred people to hold a banquet for the generals of Dongjiang Town, senior officials above Jinyiwei Xiaobanner, and senior generals above Shenshuying General Banner to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together.

The rest of the Jinyiwei captain and the soldiers of the Shenshu camp ate roast lamb and drank alcohol by the bonfire near the yurt. The soldiers in Dongjiang town would also have meat tonight and a few sips of wine to satisfy their hunger.

Originally, the generals of Dongjiang Town were ashamed of themselves in front of Huang Han, but now Huang Han has made great achievements in capturing Fuzhou and beheading thousands of slaves. When they saw Huang Han, they became more humble and completely lost the feeling of being an arrogant soldier. rough.

When pushing the cup and changing the cup, Huang Han also revealed his own arrangement by the way. Steady and steady fighting is the mainstream, so now he is not in a hurry to attack Jinzhou City, but to intensify his efforts to manage our army's position as solid as a rock. In the place of defeat, the enemy will be wiped out sooner or later.

All the generals have seen the massive project of digging trenches and besieging Jinzhou in full swing, and everyone deeply agrees.

Huang Long said: "Master Huang's steady and steady attack is the most appropriate arrangement, regardless of other things, it is the last word to trap the prey first to ensure that it cannot escape and then slowly figure out how to kill it.

As soon as I arrived here, the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town joined the team of digging trenches. It is estimated that a few trenches will be able to surround Jinzhou heavily in a few days. "

Li Ruolian became enthusiastic after a few glasses of wine. He cherished this rare opportunity for the Ming army to gain the upper hand. He clasped his fists and said:
"Lord Huang, the captains of Jinyiwei that I have brought out this time are all skilled archers and horsemen. Everyone has fine armor and equipment, and their protection and combat effectiveness are no less than that of Jiannu Zhengbing.

I'm afraid it won't be necessary to attack the cavalry in the city, and if Shenshuying and Jinyiwei dig trenches, I'm afraid there will be complaints. You can see if you can arrange some fighting work for the sons under my command, so that they can also have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. trip. "

Since the well-known generals in Dongjiang Town all brought their servants to assemble at Lushunkou, they all wanted to gain military exploits without exception.

Although there are not many cavalry in the Dongjiang soldiers, all the generals' servants are cavalry without exception. Now all the troops have come to Jinzhou and Lushunkou, and the total number is quite a lot. According to statistics, there should be more than [-] cavalry. Half of them were servants, and most of the cavalry had iron armor.

The Shenshu camp and Jinyiwei who came to the Jinzhou camp are all skilled in archery and horse cavalry. One thousand and three hundred cavalry can be mobilized.

With a small four thousand cavalry, the strength is enough to defeat any of the slaves nearby, how could Huang Han be reckless? Taking advantage of Li Ruolian's invitation to fight, he suggested:

"I think that the concentrated use of cavalry, led by Eunuch Fang and Lord Li, to harass Gaizhou and make preparations to attack Shenyang will surely scare the slave chief into a cold sweat."

"Ah?" Li Ruolian, who asked for a fight, opened his mouth wide open, and broke out in a cold sweat from fright.He wondered: "It seems too risky to harass Gaizhou and threaten Shenyang? If we are surrounded by Jiannu, most of us may not be able to return."

Huang Han said with a smile: "Master Li, you and I are brothers, since you are not at ease, let it be.

I will accompany Eunuch Fang to bring Shen Shikui, Li Weiluan, Shang Keyi, Xiang Zuolin, Fan Hualong, Zhang Dalu and other generals from Dongjiang Town to have fun with Jiannu. Time to build fortifications to surround Jinzhou to death. "

Fang Zhenghua immediately laughed sharply, and he said: "Haha, our family likes to fight side by side with Mr. Huang, and finally we have the opportunity again, happy, happy."

Li Ruolian said angrily: "Master Huang, are we good brothers? Are you making fun of me for being cowardly and afraid of death?"

"I don't mean that, you and I are confidantes, you should know that this official employs people voluntarily, and you can ask to give up as long as you don't like it at all.

Shen Shikui, Li Weiluan, Tan Yinghua and other generals, think about it carefully, if you don't want to go and say it now, I will never force others. "

The generals of Dongjiang Town suddenly stood up and saluted: "The last general, I am willing to obey orders, and I am willing to follow Eunuch Fang and Master Huang to harass Gaizhou and threaten Shenyang."

Li Ruolian said loudly: "We have Mr. Huang sitting in Jinzhou to attack so we can feel at ease. It is better for me to accompany Eunuch Fang. In fact, I suggest that Eunuch Fang should stay here with Mr. Huang. I and the generals will go. It’s enough to go around Gaizhou.”

Huang Long and Jin Sheng also suggested that Fang Zhenghua and Huang Han stay in the camp, and they were willing to lead their troops to harass Jiannu.

The next step was troublesome, all the generals wanted to make meritorious deeds and expressed their willingness to follow, Li Ruolian, Huang Long, Shen Shikui, Jin Sheng and others even fought over who would lead the army to become the main general.

In the end, Huang Han made a final decision. He personally led the army, accompanied by Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian, and brought along Huang Long, Shen Shikui, Tan Yinghua and other generals from Dongjiang Town.

The military order to assemble the cavalry was issued early in the morning of the second day, and more than 7000 cavalry were in place before noon on the third day. On the fourth day, that is, on August [-], a small [-] cavalry was dispatched, with more than [-] horses. match.

The cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" came across the sea without a spare horse. The cavalry of Dongjiang Town has a horse with worrying physical strength.

Part of the extra [-] war horses was captured during the attack on Fuzhou, and part of it was the result of looting during this period.

Huang Han only took supplies for seven days and went on the road, which meant that the cavalry had to return to camp after four days of going out without food and horse feed.

The medical soldiers are a special branch of the "Red Banner Army". They don't even have the Shenshu Battalion, let alone Dongjiang Town. It can be seen that when wounded soldiers need medical treatment, they can only rely on the "Red Banner Army".

Therefore, Huang Han brought three medical soldiers with the best riding skills in small flags to accompany the army, and the medical officer Liu Dashou took the initiative to ask for approval to go north.

(End of this chapter)