Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 893 Reactivate Sun Chuanting!
surrounded!

The generals of the Ming army were all tensed.

Since the siege of the city failed for seven consecutive days, these generals with rich war experience had some bad premonitions in their hearts.

Speaking of which, they have fought a lot of battles, be it siege or defense, they are well aware of the current mode of warfare. Since the year of the apocalypse, they have paid attention to objects, technology, and increased the research and development of firearms. All kinds of firearms have become The main way of Ming army fighting.

Cannons, rockets, thunderbolts that can be carried by cavalry, dragon bombs that can be used for water stations and close combat, as well as mines that can be used in water and dragon arrows that can enter water.
Take siege as an example, whether it is a conventional light general cannon, or a heavy Shenwei invincible general cannon, or fire dragon bombs, flying Vulcan crows, etc., are common methods used by the Ming army to siege cities.

These firearms went into battle in turn, no matter what kind of fortified city, no matter what kind of enemy, they could not stop the Ming army's offensive.

But now, these firearms smashed on the city wall of Jinzhou. Although the explosion was loud and the gravel splashed on the city wall of Jinzhou, the Datong defenders in Jinzhou still stood on the top of the city and stubbornly blocked the attack of the Ming army.

After attacking the city for seven consecutive days, the Ming army was already very tired, but at this time the supplies from the rear could not be delivered. This made the generals of the Ming army feel more crisis in their hearts, and then they commanded the soldiers to attack the city with all their might without Yang Shengwu's urging. .

But now, for seventeen days, Jinzhou City is still standing here. There are only more than 1 defenders in the city, but they have defended the city from the siege of [-] Ming troops, and they have defended Jinzhou City for seventeen days!
On the [-]th, if the Datong Party had any conspiracy, it would have been arranged by now!
Yang Shengwu looked at the group of generals, and suddenly sighed: "Everyone, today, I, Yang, asked you to call out to you brothers."

The generals were instantly in awe when they heard this!
This is a governor of the second rank. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty have higher status than the military officers. Even the county magistrates of the seventh rank can command a thousand households of the fifth rank.

And in front of them is the second-rank governor of Ming Dynasty, the crown prince Shaobao who took the order of the king. Such a civil servant wants to be proud and conceited and look down on martial arts, but now he calls them brothers, who doesn't feel hairy?
"Brothers, to be honest, we are afraid that we are in danger right now. Next, we have two options, either to destroy Jinzhou City, or to send someone to ask for help."

As Yang Shengwu spoke, his thoughts became clearer and clearer: "Our army marched along the way, and there were hardly a few people in the villages and towns along the way, and the city was basically guarded by Datong, and there were few people in the city. I thought it was The members of the Datong party have firmly established the wall and cleared the country, and now it seems that this is a game set for us."

"But every game must have its limit. The old man estimates that if we can conquer Jinzhou, then we can break the game and sweep Liaodong. If we can't, then we will be completely surrounded by the Datong Party. But if there are If a strong army comes to help, then we can also blossom in the center and reverse the situation."

As Yang Shengwu's words fell, he described a bright future for his generals: one hundred thousand troops stood firm on the front line of Guangning, and used himself as a guide to attract the six towns of Liaodong of the Datong Party to Jinzhou, and then the imperial army came to the periphery. Form an anti-encirclement!

The generals looked at me and I looked at you, and nodded one after another. It seems that there is no better choice besides this right now.

"Send out your own generals. Let the generals go to Liaodong or the grasslands. In short, return to the capital and ask for help!"

That night, more than a dozen Ming cavalry troops ran out from among the Ming army, and then a dozen more cavalry troops. In one night, Yang Shengwu sent out a full fifty cavalry troops to try to break through from all directions and go to Zhili for help.

Some of these cavalry teams were stopped, and some of them succeeded in protruding and encircling them without knowing the vertical direction. After Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu saw the news of the interception, they both fell silent.

"I have to say, Yang Shengwu is a ruthless person, he wants to use himself as a guide to pin us down in Jinzhou." Fang Yunchu spoke slowly after a long time.

Cao Wenzhao pondered: "Yang Shengwu has courage, he is making a big gamble, and it is a big gamble that we have to cooperate."

Yes, Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu will definitely send troops to Jinzhou, because this is their original strategy, and because Jinzhou City has persisted for too long, let the Ming army continue to fight, the defenders of Jinzhou City and Gunpowder and ammunition will not last long.

"Let's write to the chief. Now that the battle situation has changed, we always have to read the chief's opinion." Fang Yun said.

Cao Wenzhao nodded: "Well, you and I jointly wrote a letter to the chief, but before that, we can't stop our actions. The third town moved to Songshan Fort and Xingshan Station; the fifth town moved to Liushui Fort and Linghe Station. The first line; the sixth town is inserted under the city of Jinzhou, surrounding Yang Shengwu on three sides."

With the mobilization of Cao Wenzhao, the soldiers and horses of the three towns moved quickly to complete the final encirclement, and a military report was also sent to Shenyang.

In the seventh year of the apocalypse, April, Guyu.

The weather in Shenyang is a little damp and cold. Zhang Haogu is processing a paperwork in the Hall of Qinzheng. His current schedule is very full. As the Datong Party officially begins to compete in the Central Plains, there are various things that require him to make up his mind every day.

"Shoufu, the military newspaper of Mr. Cao and Mr. Fang."

Zhang Haogu put down the brush in his hand after hearing this, but when he saw the military newspaper, his brows frowned slightly. Zhang Ruitu who was standing beside him couldn't help asking: "Shoufu, is there something wrong with the front line?"

Zhang Haogu shook his head: "The battle on the front line is going well, Yang Shengwu has been brought into the encirclement and is being encircled."

Zhang Ruitu was a little puzzled: "Isn't this a good thing?"

"Yeah, but Yang Shengwu is not someone who just sits and waits to die. He has already sent someone to contact Chongzhen, intending to mobilize a large army to attack Liaodong, and give us an anti-encirclement. Now the two of them are a little hesitant. Should they decisively eat Yang Shengwu or encircle them?" Call for help." Zhang Haogu's evaluation hit the nail on the head, Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu hesitated.

They only have four towns, and they are a little less confident.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "This is a good opportunity. If we grasp it well, we can directly advance to Zhili."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Well, it's a good opportunity. There are not many such good opportunities. I don't think we can hesitate. Since Yang Shengwu wants to come to a center to blossom, we will give him this opportunity."

"At the same time, Shi Kefa in the northwest, and Zhou Yuji in Shandong, acted at the same time to contain Chongzhen's forces. We will fight a large-scale battle in Liaodong and Zhili."

Zhang Haogu said that with a wave of his hand, he drew an arc on the map. Standing in front of the map, he was not angry and majestic, full of vigor.

"Send a letter to Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yun. As generals, you must have courage. Han Yaowei will provide them with support, and Northwest and Shandong will contain them. Since we are fighting this battle, we are not afraid to fight it bigger. Whether it is about supplies or the support of the people, we have the upper hand, why don't we dare to fight? Fight, fight to the end, he dares to bet on Yang Shengwu, we will bet with him!"

Following Zhang Haogu's words, a military order was sent from Shenyang to various places.

At this time, Shuntian Mansion was also in chaos.

One hundred thousand troops were trapped under the city of Jinzhou, and the situation was precarious.

Emperor Chongzhen's face turned dark, and there were still good news one after another a few days ago, why is he trapped under the city of Jinzhou right now?
Yang Sichang tried to defend Yang Shengwu: "Your Majesty, Governor Yang's army went deep into Liaodong alone. He had to leave soldiers and horses along the way to replenish the food road. Therefore, the number of troops available became less and less. The Datong thieves deliberately delayed our army's food road and surrounded it with six towns. Governor Yang's central army was not a fault of the war."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded hesitantly. What Yang Sichang said made sense. Yang Shengwu fought well before, and he can’t be blamed for the problems now. After all, nothing happened to the [-] troops. In Jinzhou City, the situation is different.

Yang Sichang continued to explain: "Actually, Governor Yang's move also has the consciousness of using himself as a bait to attract the attention of the Datong thieves with a single army, so that the imperial court can send a large army to completely encircle and suppress the Datong thieves. Such determination is enough to prove that Governor Yang is a loyal minister. "

"Your Majesty, this opportunity is a rare opportunity. As long as an elite force breaks into Liaodong, the siege of the Datong thieves is broken, and Governor Yang can join forces with the reinforcements to wipe out the six towns of the Datong thieves. By then, there will be no more thieves in Liaodong." Soldiers, let me gallop towards the army!"

Chongzhen hesitated: "It is easy to transfer troops, but who can be the general?"

Yang Sichang looked at Wen Tiren, and Wen Tiren sighed: "Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting is loyal and brave, and he is proficient in military strategy. He can be called the chief general."

"Sun Chuanting is capable of fighting, but he." Chongzhen was still a little hesitant, after all, Sun Chuanting is a tainted person, and he has inexplicable connections with the New Party.

Shi Fenglai said: "Your Majesty is a wise king, with a mind comparable to Jiang Hai, who can accommodate everything in the world, but can't he accommodate a small Sun Chuanting? As long as His Majesty expresses his importance to him, can he die for His Majesty?"

Yang Sichang also said: "Your Majesty can send a supervising army to be in charge of supervision. If Sun Chuanting really changes, ordering the supervising army to take control of the army under the king's order is also a secret guarantee."

Hearing what the three of them said, Chongzhen nodded accordingly. In fact, he also knew that there were not many available, and Sun Chuanting seemed to be the best choice. After all, Sun Chengzong supported Sun Chuanting. Yes, I hope he won't disappoint himself, right?

Thinking of this, Chongzhen said: "I pass on my will, promote Sun Chuanting to the Liaodong General Army, give him the title of Zhen Guo General, and order him to bring [-] soldiers from the capital to support Yang Shengwu."

After the imperial decree was passed on to Sun Chuanting, Sun Chuanting was a little dazed. He thought that he would be idle for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that he could be revived and reused now.

Leading [-] soldiers into Zhili, the emperor still has trust in him.

It was only when Sun Chuanting went to the Beijing camp with excitement to collect soldiers and horses that he realized that there was actually a supervisor here, who was Gao Qiqian, the eunuch sent by Emperor Chongzhen.

It is normal for a military general to have a supervising army, but this high-ranking and latent high-ranking eunuch actually has the king's order, and he nakedly showed his surveillance and distrust of Sun Chuanting, which made Sun Chuanting feel cold again. The Emperor Chongzhen really trusted him him?

In any case, Sun Chuanting led [-] soldiers to the expedition. His goal was simple, to enter Liaodong, break through the siege of the Datong Party, and reach Jinzhou to rescue Yang Shengwu.

After Sun Chuanting arrived at Shanhaiguan with the army, Gao Qiqian couldn't help but came to Yang Shengwu's chief account of the Chinese army: "Mr. Sun, Your Majesty asked you to quickly support Governor Yang. Why did you hesitate when you arrived at Shanhaiguan? Do you want to delay the war opportunity?" , Did you deliberately watch Governor Yang fall into a tight siege?"

Sun Chuanting said with some helplessness: "Grand Supervisor, the general also wanted to march quickly, but the soldiers always need to rest after traveling long distances. Otherwise, they will lose their strength after galloping all the way. What are they going to fight with? Besides, the army always needs to replenish food and grass. The soldiers are full."

Gao Qiqian snorted coldly: "The supervising army doesn't care about these things, but General Sun, the supervising army will keep watching you, and I'm not afraid to tell you that the order of the supervising army is to watch you. You have to make a mistake and do something that is sorry for His Majesty and the court."

God is pitiful, Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai and Yang Sichang asked Chongzhen to send someone to be a supervisor, just to comfort Chongzhen's heart, they didn't want to add trouble to Sun Chuanting.

Gao Qiqian, the eunuch, didn't know exactly what Chongzhen's orders were for him, so he kept jumping up and down when he arrived in the army, scolding this lazy and disloyal king one day, and saying that those who had evil intentions had different intentions the next day.

Every now and then, he would use the decree to say things, to punish this one, to kill that one, which made the army panic and waver.

But Gao Qiqian is self-conscious, thinking that he has successfully deterred the entire army, and then he can win over the officers and control the army.

Although I don't know why Gao Qiqian, a eunuch and supervising army, wanted to control the army, but Gao Qiqian did it without any scruples, as if this was his main task.

With such a supervising army, Sun Chuanting felt constrained everywhere, and it was difficult to do things everywhere. He jumped up and down constantly, fanning the flames, saying how Sun Chuanting had a different heart, how His Majesty did not trust him, etc., which caused a lot of discussion within the army.

The leader of an army cannot be trusted by the emperor, so how can the soldiers fight without distractions?

But Sun Chuanting couldn't do anything right now. With an army of [-], he finally left Shanhaiguan and headed straight for Jinzhou.

After leaving Shanhaiguan, Sun Chuanting immediately felt the difference between the outside and the inside of the pass. Militia raids could be seen everywhere during the march of the army, almost every dozens of miles they would encounter an attack, which made the army hard to defend and extremely exhausted.

The [-] soldiers were numerous, but the militiamen ran away with a single shot. They used sparrow tactics to constantly harass Sun Chuanting's army, which made Gao Qiqian a little annoyed.

"Sun Zongbing, these untouchables are really annoying, can't we find a way to kill them?"

Sun Chuanting glanced at Gao Qiqian who swaggered into his large tent in the Chinese army. This man talked nonsense without any scruples and didn't care about the military discipline in the army.

But Sun Chuanting had nothing to do with him. The Ming Army and the New Army were different, and their military discipline was completely different.

"Gao Jianjun, those people deliberately harassed us and asked us to divide our troops, but once we are delayed, once we divide our troops, and we fail to rescue Governor Yang, who should be responsible?" Sun Chuanting's words made Gao Qiqian silent, but Feeling high in my heart, I secretly made a note for Sun Chuanting.

A mere warrior, an outsider who is not trusted by His Majesty, dares to show him the face of the eunuch Gao, so he must show him some color at that time.

In this way, after arriving in Suizhong all the way, Sun Chuanting finally encountered the official resistance of the Datong Party.

At Shahe Station, the Second Association of the Fourth Town of Datong initially blocked Sun Chuanting, and then at Guanshan Station, Caozhuang Station, and Lianshan Station, Sun Chuanting was successively blocked by the Datong Party along the way. Blocking, Sun Chuanting is also very difficult to advance.

Gao Qiqian kept putting pressure on Sun Chuanting at this time, and he was always ready to deal with the generals who were frustrated in the attack. Judging by his posture, he seemed to want to clean up the generals of the entire army.

Finally, Sun Chuanting withstood the pressure all the way and led the army to the vicinity of Daxing Fort. At this time, the [-] troops suffered repeated attacks and militia raids and lost tens of thousands of people. Near Daxing Fort, Sun Chuanting once again encountered The Datong party's field troops are no longer blocked by a school or an association this time, but towns by towns.

The troops of two whole towns stood in front of Sun Chuanting. As long as he passed this round of blocking, Sun Chuanting would be able to see Yang Shengwu.

After all, the distance from Daxing Fort to Songshan Fort is very short.

But at such a short distance, Sun Chuanting felt like a natural moat, which was insurmountable at all.

At this time, on the front line of Daxing Fort, Fang Yunchu had already pulled out a line of defense, including rejecting deer, trenches, female walls, etc. Fang Yunchu brought two towns to stop here, and nailed Sun Chuanting to the front line of Daxing Fort. , It's hard to make any progress.

At this time, Songshan Fort was being defended by Yang Shengwu with more than [-] people. After the failure at the foot of Jinzhou City and the siege of the Datong Party on three sides, Yang Shengwu had to retreat to Songshan Fort with his troops and horses, and regarded this place as his last. defense line.

At this time, on the outskirts of Songshan Fort, the third town, fifth town, and sixth town in the northeast of Datong, the [-] troops of the three towns took turns to attack Songshan Fort.

After five years of development, Liaodong's industry has built a solid foundation. Coupled with the many equipment shipped from Zhili, Liaodong has rapidly developed a very good military industry, and all kinds of firearms are excellent and sharp.

Now Cao Wenzhao is commanding the Sixth Battalion of Heavy Artillery of the New Army of the Three Towns, constantly bombarding the defense line of Songshan Fort, and at the same time commanding the New Army of the Three Towns to carry out assaults from all sides. Now that Sun Chuanting has arrived, there is no need for Yang Shengwu to exist.

boom!boom!boom!boom!
The explosion sounded like a thunderclap, and the entire Songshan Fort was shaking. Yang Shengwu gritted his teeth inside the Songshan Fort and watched the continuous artillery fire outside the city and the soldiers of the Datong Party attacking with military flags. Afterwards, the Datong Party launched eighteen attacks in three consecutive days, and his generals could no longer hold on.

"Where's the reinforcements? Didn't Sun Chuanting bring a hundred thousand troops to support him? Why aren't others here?" Yang Shengwu yelled angrily in a low voice.

"Governor, Zongbing Sun's army has been stopped at the front line of Daxing Fort," said the lieutenant general.

"The troops of the Datong Party are all concentrated here. How many people can there be in Daxing Fort? Can his 2 troops break through Daxing Fort with [-] or [-] people? Daxing Fort is not Jinzhou City! What on earth is he thinking?!" Yang Shengwu didn't believe it, and Sun Chuanting couldn't fight him.

He thought that Sun Chuanting played him on purpose, so Sun Chuanting didn't want to kill him, did he? !
Yang Shengwu fell into deep suspicion.

(End of this chapter)