Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 831 The careful thoughts of the ministers: It's time to repay Daming!
There are still millions of troops in the Qing Dynasty?

The generals were suspicious, but Cao Wenzhao and Yuan Chonghuan had already reacted.

"Duke Ming meant to say."

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "That's right, those second officials who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty."

Yuan Chonghuan was still a little hesitant: "Minggong, those second ministers have all defected to the Qing Dynasty, will they still surrender to us? And are they trustworthy?"

That's right, those who turned their backs on the Ming Dynasty, turned their backs on the Han family and took refuge in the Manchu Dynasty and were exiled to the left, are they credible?
Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Why did they seek refuge in Manchu?"

"Really think they are stupid, don't know that Man Qing is not as good as Daming?"

"These second ministers are all smart people, but they are too smart. They have no family and country righteousness in their minds, and they only have their own family's private interests."

"So they felt that there was no chance for them to get promoted and make a fortune in Ming Dynasty. They felt that they could become officials and make a fortune in Manchu Qing, and they could invade the fields, so they rushed to Manqing."

"These people have been officials for thousands of miles only for money, and they also know how to assess the situation. Otherwise, they would not have gone to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and still do business with us. It was nothing more than leaving a way out for themselves."

"Now they have earned enough money in the past few years in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Now that our Ming army is overwhelming, don't these smart people want to protect themselves?"

As he said that, Zhang Haogu glanced at the imperial decree aside: "Didn't His Majesty want us to fight quickly, then prepare to fight, practice while fighting, how can we train the elite without going through the flames of war."

"Send me an order that the army will leave camp and head to Haizhou in three days."

Three days later, the army pulled out its camp and marched to Haizhou.

All 6 recruits from Liaodong set off with the army, while the [-] logistics soldiers left [-] to sit on the front lines of Guangning, Ningyuan, and Jinzhou to ensure the logistics channel and guard for the army.

There are more than 16 new troops in the four towns, plus 30 recruits and [-] logistics, with a total of more than [-] people. It is said that [-] people went to Haizhou in a mighty manner.

The news of the departure of the army does not need to be concealed. The king's division is going out in a mighty manner, with flags covering the sky and spears like forests, and the armor of the army is as bright as a dragon. The various artillery pieces pulled by pack horses are extremely conspicuous, especially those large-caliber heavy artillery pieces. At first glance, it was specially prepared for the siege of the city.

With such a military force, Man Qing soon got to know the news.

After learning that Ming Dynasty had experienced domestic turmoil, it sent a large army to sweep Liaodong. Whether it was the dignitaries or civil servants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, their faces changed: so many soldiers and horses, it is obvious that they want to destroy the country!

The nobles of the Eight Banners in the Manchu Qing Dynasty hadn't thought much about it yet, those Hanchens who came from Daming Run were already thinking about how to make another fortune in this war and how to run back to Daming.

Han Chen is not stupid, he came to Manqing originally to make money, now that he has made enough money and danger is coming, he should run away naturally.

As for shame, loyalty and filial piety?

Just kidding, a group of Han officials, scholar-bureaucrats who have been supported by the Ming Dynasty for [-] years, scholars of the Han family, all of them shaved their hair and changed their clothes to become second tartars in order to make money. What do they care about loyalty, filial piety and shame?
Soon, these ministers began to privately discuss how to contact Daming behind the backs of the Manchu dignitaries.

At this time, Zhang Haogu also rushed to Haizhou with the main force.

There were already soldiers and horses from the three towns in southern Liaoning along the Haizhou line. Before the arrival of the army, they had already received news to expand the barracks, and the army could settle in as soon as they arrived.

At this time, there were 21 Ming soldiers on the front line of Haizhou. If you count the Mongolian towns in Liaohetao and the logistics troops in the rear, the mobilized troops of Daming this time exceeded 30!
At this moment, banners and flags were fluttering in Haizhou City, and the sun and moon flags of Daming were fluttering in the wind, announcing the arrival of the master of the Han family to this land.

"Commander, I have communicated with the King of Joseon that the King of Joseon will guard Dandong and Uiju, and that he can send an army of [-] to assist our army at any time."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Tell the King of Joseon that Master Wang doesn't need his assistance, let him guard Dandong and Yizhou, and don't let the Tartars slip into North Korea."

"Commander, [-] Mongolian cavalry have entered Liaohetao, and the new troops from the three towns have stationed in Liaozhong."

"Commander, Abatai in Anshan has sent cavalry to investigate many times recently, and there have been several conflicts with our army's cavalry."

All kinds of news were gathered together, and a map was spread out in front of Zhang Haogu.

Now that the army has gathered and the supplies have been dispatched properly, Zhang Haogu is ready to say hello to Huang Taiji.

"Pass the order down, beat the drums and gather the generals."

Soon, accompanied by the sound of rumbling drums, all the towns and associations arrived, together with Cao Wenzhao, Yuan Chonghuan, and all the main generals of Mongolia, southern Liaoning, and eastern Liaoning.

Zhang Haogu was wearing a vermilion dragon suit, no iron armor but a big cloak, he couldn't help laughing at the generals who were eager to try.

Generals are delighted when they hear about the war, this is a good thing, don't look at the people who say that you should take it slowly and don't rush it for a while, but when it comes to war, they always rush to it.

It is a blessing for Daming to have such generals.

"Everyone, now that the sergeants have rested and the supplies have been properly deployed, it's time to say hello to Huang Taiji."

"On the sand table."

Soon a large sand table was placed in front of the generals. The area shown on the sand table was very large, including a small half of Liaohe Tao, as well as Liaoyang, Anshan and many other areas.

Cities, forts, roads, rivers, hills and forests are all marked properly.

Zhang Haogu pointed at Liaoyang with a baton in his hand: "The Manchu general of Liaoyang is Duoduo, everyone should be familiar with this person."

"According to the information, in front of us, there are [-] Zhenglan flags of Abatai, [-] Mongolian soldiers and [-] flags of Duduo behind them, and [-] red flags of Mandahai on their flanks." .”

"That is to say, on our front and flanks, there are 8 Manchu and Qing Banners and Mongolian soldiers."

"Duoduo is definitely not stupid to be able to be resisted by the Huangtaiji faction in front of our army. According to the city defense map drawn by Youqi and Jinyiwei, these three cities, especially Liaoyang and Anshan, are run by them as solid as gold. "

Cao Wenzhao smiled and said, "Duke Ming, no matter how well they clean up the city, they can't stop my Daming's heavy artillery."

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

No, the power of Daming's artillery is well known to everyone, especially over the years that Daming has continued to improve its research and development, and various heavy artillery have emerged in an endless stream. Many artillery are specially designed to deal with the frigid city of Liaodong.

With these heavy artillery, I really don't worry about any cities that cannot be blasted.

Zhang Haogu said: "The siege is to be attacked, and the siege is not our main purpose."

As he said that, the baton in Zhang Haogu's hand drew a circle at the location of Anshan: "We want to feign an attack on Anshan and encircle the area to fight for reinforcements."

Zhang Haogu's thinking is very simple. Now he has more than 20 soldiers in his hands, and the total number of enemies in front of him is only [-], and they are still scattered in three cities. Good situation.

Zhang Haogu pointed to Liaoyang: "Liaoyang has 4 people in Duoduo, and this city is also the most solid under management."

"Huang Taiji's meaning is obvious. Anshan is only the frontier. If Anshan can't hold it, it will retreat to Liaoyang. With Liaoyang's strong city and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it can stop us for several months."

"But if Anshan is tightly attacked by us, Duoduo and Man Dahai will definitely send troops to help, and they will definitely want to consume our army's strength outside Anshan City. Therefore, even if we have to fight Anshan, Duoduo and the others will also One point that has to be saved. After all, without the [-] soldiers in Anshan City, there will be a huge vacancy in Duoduo's troops."

"As long as we surround Anshan, we don't have to worry about not attracting their reinforcements. At that time, we can not only surround the point to fight for reinforcements, but also attack Liaoyang directly."

As Zhang Haogu said, the baton in his hand drew an arc from Anshan and pointed it at Liaoyang.

"Use this battle to say hello to Huang Taiji and tell Huang Taiji that we are here."

Two days later, the Ming army, who had enough food and drink to recharge their batteries, left Haizhou and headed for Anshan.

Abatai also got the news very quickly: "The Ming army has finally dispatched troops!"

Anshan City is not a big city, but it is definitely a strong city. [-] soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner are gathered here. There are enough food for [-] soldiers in the city for a year. He Jiala Ezhen ordered all the villages and towns around Anshan to be emptied without leaving any food and population for the Ming army.

A few days later, when the Ming soldiers arrived around Anshan, what they saw was villages that had been emptied of their populations and set on fire, leaving only piles of ashes and ruined walls.

"These Tartars are really ruthless, they can be so cruel to their own people."

The Ranger Captain looked around at the frozen corpses and the blood on the ground. These people were obviously Jurchens, and they didn't want to be moved to the city as cannon fodder and killed as an example to others.

Looking at his own team of cavalry, the captain said, "Let's divide into two teams, and take a look forward. Don't get too close to Anshan City. When you find out the surrounding situation, retreat. If there is danger, blow the whistle to signal."

Immediately, this team of 36 cavalry divided into two teams and spread out to both sides.

And if you can observe from a high altitude at this time, you will find that there are more than [-] rangers scattered by Daming, and nearly a thousand cavalry scattered to prepare a message for the army to find out the way forward.

Abate even saw with his own eyes a group of rangers wearing cotton armor rushed to a place less than three miles outside Anshan City and then left. Such a temptation made Abate feel only humiliated!
When will the Manchu cavalry be humiliated by the Han cavalry? !

But thinking about the current situation, Abatai had to swallow this breath again. Now is not the era when Manchuria is full of dissatisfied and invincible.

If it is said that the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Ming army have a one-on-one battle between real men, the outcome is [-]-[-], then as the two sides invest more people, the Ming army's winning rate will be higher. If it is ten men against ten men, The Ming army has a [-]% winning rate; and a hundred people against a hundred people, the Ming army's winning rate is [-]%!
The Eight Banners of Manchuria has almost never won a battle with more than a thousand people against the Ming army.

The discipline of the Ming army and the combination of military types are really a cross-age blow to the Manchu Eight Banners, which mainly fight on horseback and archery. Although Huang Taiji has been trying his best to equip the Eight Banners with more firearms and artillery, compared with the Ming army Still the gap is too far.

At least Huang Taiji couldn't produce more than a hundred heavy artillery pieces every month, and could provide two battalions of heavy artillery pieces to each of the five towns in a year, let alone supply tens of thousands of flintlock guns to equip one town every month.

The artillery and firearms that Daming hoarded today are completely beyond the current strength of the troops.

Therefore, Abatai could only swallow his anger and figure out how to use Anshan City to consume the lives of the Ming army.

A day later, the birds soared into the sky and the ground trembled. Abate stared wide-eyed at the black dots that appeared in the distance, and soon the black dots converged into black lines, and banners and soldiers of the Ming army appeared. In front of Abate.

The Ming army with a total of more than 10 people appeared outside Anshan City, and brought more than a thousand artillery pieces of various sizes, light and heavy.

Those artillery formed positions one by one and spread out outside Anshan City. Abate looked at those large-caliber heavy artillery and felt his eyelids twitch. The Ming army had too many artillery pieces. There were thousands of artillery pieces, and there were only a few in the entire Anshan City. gun? !
Is this Ming army going to flatten Anshan directly?

The direct command of this battle is not Zhang Haogu, but Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of southern Liaoning, stood in the central army, and Yuan Chonghuan, who commanded an army of [-] to attack the city, obviously planned to let the Manchu Tartars recall his deeds.

Abatai watched the [-] Ming troops line up in front of his eyes, and then those artillery guns aimed at his Anshan City. Although he kept drumming in his heart, Abate still shouted: "Everyone do it!" Get ready, as long as the Han people dare to rush up, they will be cut down!"

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan was standing on a temporarily piled up mound and looking at the situation at the top of Anshan City with a telescope.

"Governor Yuan, the heavy artillery battalion is ready."

Yuan Chonghuan put down the binoculars: "Tell my general to order the four heavy artillery battalions to fire to test the quality of Anshan City."

After receiving the military order, the heavy-duty Shenwei General guns on the positions of the four heavy artillery battalions immediately reloaded their shells, and following the order, the heavy artillery roared like thunder.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
The roar of heavy artillery resounded across the battlefield. Four heavy artillery battalions and four hundred general artillery bombarded one after another. Countless shells fell on the top of Anshan City. In the city walls, flames rose and gravel splashed. It has become a land of death, and it is impossible to count how many shells fell on it.

Not to mention the explosion of the shells, just the crushed rocks on the top of the city can kill people unintentionally.

At this time, the Zhenglan Banner Manchurian soldiers on Anshan City were already crying and howling. After these Eight Banners soldiers who were a little bit confident were bombed by the fierce artillery fire, they ran down the city crying for their fathers and mothers. No one cared. on other people.

A cannonball exploded, and several Eight Banners soldiers were directly swept down the city wall by the impact, and they collapsed on the ground on the spot. There was a shrill wail on the ground, as for the one who was hit in the chest and hit the head, he had already fallen to the ground and was lifeless.

After just one round of artillery fire, the entire city of Anshan City was already in a mess. The traces of the explosion and the corpses of the Eight Banners soldiers were everywhere, and the families of the Eight Banners soldiers and the civil officials in Anshan City were trembling even more. I don't know when these shells fell on my head. The shadow of death at any time hangs over the entire city of Anshan.

When Abate woke up, he realized that there were not many people on the top of the city. He struggled to get out from under the corpses of the soldiers on his body. Roaring and roaring at the top of his voice, he didn't know whether it was anger or covering up his inner fear.

Yuan Chonghuan nodded in satisfaction as he watched the effect of the bombardment: "Not bad."

"The shelling effect is very good. Right now, those ministers in Anshan City should consider how to surrender."

This bombardment is not only to test the defense of Anshan City, but also to send a signal to those ministers who betrayed Ming Dynasty in Anshan City, and those Manchu dignitaries who do not want to die: if you stick to Anshan, you will die, you must either flee or surrender!
"Okay, let the artillery battalions fire one by one. Don't attack so intensively. You have to give Abatai a chance to breathe. Otherwise, you can directly attack Anshan City. How can you attract Duoduo?"

Yuan Chonghuan did not forget his main task, he was a feint.

Anshan City is just a cover, and the key is to attract Liaoyang Duoduo.

Otherwise, when Anshan is destroyed, Duoduo's Liaoyang will gather 6 to [-] people. Even if the city wall is broken, there will be street fighting with Duoduo in Liaoyang City. No one wants to try the cruelty of street fighting. It is the best choice to attract the main force outside the city to destroy them.

Soon, each artillery battalion opened fire one by one. Now it's not just heavy artillery. Various general artillery fires back and forth. Every time, hundreds of artillery fire at the walls of Anshan City, and the shells are continuously fired into Anshan City. At the same time, the infantry began to attack the city in battalion units.

Until now, the siege battle has only officially begun.

Abate was roaring hoarsely under the uninterrupted artillery bombardment. He was wearing two layers of heavy armor, wielding a saber, and commanding his blue-flag infantry and musketeers to defend the city.

The musketeers on both sides came and went and fired continuously, and the dense gunfire even overshadowed the sound of the artillery.

One day after the war, the Ming army retreated in the afternoon. The Ming army still took the battalion as a unit and retreated slowly under the cover of artillery fire from several artillery battalions. Abate had no chance to go out of the city to pursue him.

After the one-day war, the Ming army took turns to fight without being tired at all, but Abatai and his soldiers and horses in Zhenglan Banner were exhausted physically and mentally. After all, they only had 2 people, so they had to ensure that there were enough people on the city wall when they took turns to fight. After fighting this day, avoiding artillery fire, and fighting against the Ming army, I was already exhausted.

And this is only the first day, and it is only a tentative attack by the Ming army. Each time they attack the city, there are only ten battalions and five thousand infantry, and they take turns to attack the city. The artillery did not all fire, but only one or two The opening of the battalion made it extremely difficult for Abatai to defend.

The Ming army's temptation was very random, but Abate had been forced to go all out. Abate was very pessimistic. He didn't know that if the Ming army attacked with all its strength and all ten artillery battalions opened fire, and the main force of the Ming army pressed up, he would still Can you keep it.

Can you keep it for a day?Still an hour?
The civil officials and ministers in Anshan City also came to the conclusion based on this: Anshan City cannot be defended, not only Anshan City, but the entire Qing Dynasty cannot stop the Ming army.

Therefore, the second ministers soon had other thoughts: since they have been officials, earned enough money, and enjoyed all the enjoyment, it is time to consider returning to Daming.

Dedicating Anshan City and Abate to Daming seems like a good gift.

(End of this chapter)