Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 254 Make up your mind
Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I also pricked up our ears.

These two traitors have never been to the Central Plains, so they don't know the geography of the Yellow River.

Hong Chengchou sighed, and then said: "The characteristic of the Yellow River embankment is that it is high in the south and low in the north!"

"The south is high and the north is low?" Dorgon immediately understood, and said awe-inspiringly, "Heng Jiu, what do you mean, once we dig the south embankment of the Yellow River, the Ming army will also dig the north embankment?"

"Sage is no more than the master." Hong Chengchou said, "If our Qing soldiers dug the Yellow River South Dike, then the Ming army will definitely dig the Yellow River North Dike, and because the South Dike is higher than the North Dike, the river water will definitely be smaller under the same conditions. Flowing northward, judging from the topography, it is very likely that it will pass through Daimyo and take the Daqing River into the sea."

It must be admitted that Hong Chengchou is still a bit of a traitor.

Hong Chengchou not only knows soldiers, but also dabbles in hydrology and geography. He can estimate the flow direction of the Yellow River after the embankment burst, and he can do it almost exactly.

Because the next time the Yellow River diverts is to go forward.

And the direction of flow is also to take the Daqing River into Bohai through the Daming Mansion.

After a short pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "In this way, instead of flooding Xuzhou, the flood will only flood Daming Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Mansion. There will be a large-scale famine in the Shandong provinces under the Qing rule, which will weaken the national strength of the Qing Dynasty."

"This!" Dorgon was speechless when he heard the words.

Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I also broke out in a cold sweat.

It turns out that digging the Yellow River has such dire consequences.

Isn't this like lifting a rock and hitting your own foot?
After a long time, Dorgon stepped forward to help Hong Chengchou, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Hengjiu, for reminding me. If it wasn't for Mr., this king really missed a big deal this time."

"The slave is terrified." Hong Chengchou said, "This is what a slave should do."

Dorgon looked back at the map of Xuzhou, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the strategy of quick victory really doesn't work, or we can only adopt a strategy of long-term siege of Xuzhou."

"Master Mingjian." Hong Chengchou said, "It is the best policy to besiege the city for a long time."

Fan Wencheng also said: "Long-term siege can obtain the greatest victory at the least cost. It is indeed the best choice. The former emperor also relied on this strategy to break down the Ming army's fortresses in western Liaoning."

At this point, Dorgon finally made up his mind - continue to besiege the city!
At the moment Dorgon said: "During the Songjin war, the late emperor once wavered. It was under the persuasion of Mr. Gongfu and Mr. Xiandou that he insisted on the long-term siege of Jinzhou, and then there was Songshan. Great victory."

"Don't dare." Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan were very proud of themselves, but kept saying they didn't dare.

After a pause, Dorgon said again: "This time the Xuzhou battle, my king has actually been shaken. If the three gentlemen hadn't persuaded me, I might have ordered the withdrawal of troops. Therefore, the three gentlemen, please accept my king's worship."

After finishing speaking, Dorgon arched his hands and bowed to the ground towards Hong Chengchou and the three of them.

This really gave Hong Chengchou and the three of them enough face, because Dorgon followed the etiquette of the Han family, and this was also to show the courtesy to Hong Chengchou and other three Han officials.

Dorgon is really good at winning people's hearts.

The effect of his hand is also quite good.

"The master sees thousands of miles away, and the slaves can only repay by killing themselves."

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo fell to their knees, weeping with gratitude.

Immediately, Dorgon sent someone to find Ganglin, Qi Chongge, Sukesaha and other people with their hearts.

When negotiating major policies and national policies, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo are needed to plan, but when it comes to the specific implementation stage, it is still up to the ministers.

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In Xuzhou, on the ninth peak of Yunlong Mountain.

"Where? Where is it?" Chongzhen brought Zhu Cijiong quickly.

"Your Majesty, over there." Xu Yingwei pointed to the southeast and said, "It happened once about half a month ago, but this time the charge was even more fierce than last time."

"Could it be that something major happened to Huai'an Mansion?"

While speaking, Chongzhen had opened the binoculars and held them up.

It can be seen more clearly through the field of view through the telescope.

On the river about a thousand steps away from Yunlong Mountain, a messenger of the Ming army was gliding quickly on the ice linden, making various evasive movements continuously during the gliding process.

And on the banks on both sides, there are many Jian slaves standing.

I saw these Jiannu held up their big bows and shot the messengers as if they were rabbits.

Jiannu didn't go to the ice to hunt him down, he just stayed on the shore and shot with a bow and arrow.

While drawing the bow and releasing the arrow, he also uttered various shouts, which seemed to be a competition.

On the other hand, the scholars on the blunderbuss platform of the Ninth Peak were all clenched their fists and cheering for the messengers.

"Hoo!" A heavy arrow flew past the messenger, and nailed into the ice layer with a sound. It was already the fifth day of May, and the ice layer was far less hard than it was in winter, and it became much more brittle.

Another arrow missed, and Jian Nu on the bank was so angry that he screamed.

Qin Wang's scholar who was standing on the blunderbuss platform of the ninth peak applauded loudly.

The applause of Prince Qin's scholars attracted more Jiannu archers.

The number of Jiannu archers who joined the hunt quickly increased to hundreds.

This time, the Ming army messenger's tossing and moving became more difficult. After sliding forward several hundred steps, he was finally pierced by two heavy arrows in his chest, and then fell on the ice like sawn wood.

"Good!" Jiannu archers lined up on both sides of the bank applauded loudly.

"Ah!" The scholar Qin Wang on the blunderbuss platform of the Ninth Peak let out a long sigh and failed again.

However, Chongzhen continued to focus his binoculars on the ice surface of the Yellow River, and saw that there were already more than a dozen couriers lying on the ice, and the blood that flowed from the couriers almost stained the ice.

"Sign language!" At this moment, Xu Yingwei shouted, "My lord, the messenger seems to be using sign language!"

Chongzhen's heart froze, and he pointed the field of vision of the telescope at the messenger again, only to find that the messenger was still alive, and was struggling to make continuous gestures towards Yunlong Mountain.

"Tonight, they will send a group of messengers!"

Chongzhen turned his head and shouted: "Let Jin Xuan prepare the cavalry."

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In a valley twenty miles away from Xuzhou.

Lu Zhenfei called Huaxia and Lu Xiangtong to him, and said, "Regardless of whether Gousheng signed his sign language before he died, or whether the Holy Majesty and the scholars on the mountain saw his sign language, we must sign tonight." Send the letter in, because the longer it is delayed, the stricter the blockade of Jiannu will be, and it will be even more difficult to send it in in the future."

"Agreed." Lu Xiangtong and Huaxia nodded at the same time, "Success or failure depends on one action."

Lu Xiangtong called Wu Sanwang, the captain of the township bravery, to him: "Sanwang, you are the most skilled in ice theater among all the people, so you have the greatest hope of breaking through the blockade of slavery. Now I will dictate the message that needs to be presented to the emperor. Here you go, you must remember clearly, and don’t make a mistake.”

Letters It is impossible to leave letters to messengers.

Otherwise, there is a high probability that the letter will fall into Jiannu's hands, which will be troublesome.

So I can only dictate, which is really difficult for Wu Sanwang, and it took a long time to remember the content of the presentation.

When the time came, Wu Sanwang and a dozen Xiangyong stepped on the ice linden at the same time, slipped out of the valley where they were hiding, and entered the ice surface of the Yellow River silently.

At this time, the weather is getting warmer and the ice of the Yellow River is beginning to melt.

Therefore, the sliding on the ice is not so smooth, and the ice linden will leave deep marks when it is run over.

However, compared to walking or even marching on horseback, the ice play is still much faster. In less than a quarter of an hour, Wu Sanwang and a dozen other brave men arrived outside Jiannu's blockade.

Jiannu dug trenches dozens of miles long outside Xuzhou.

Except for the course of the Yellow River, all other directions were blocked by trenches.

Fortunately, there is still the Yellow River, otherwise they would not be able to send letters in.

Wu Sanwang exerted a little force to speed up, and patted Xiangyong's shoulders one by one, and a dozen Xiangyongs immediately formed a sparse and irregular formation. Fortunately, the river was wide enough to keep the distance apart.

The night was dark, and Wu Sanwang and the others quickly entered the blockade.

However, there was silence on the river banks on both sides, and Jian Nu seemed defenseless.

It seemed that luck was good, Wu Sanwang let out a sigh of relief quietly, but at this moment, countless torches suddenly lit up on the originally silent shore.

The whole river was illuminated as bright as day.

Immediately, hundreds of Jiannu archers appeared from the river bank.

"The thief, who has been waiting for us for a long time!" Wu Sanwang scolded with a black face.

Then he yelled: "Speed ​​up and rush over, no matter what!"

Accompanied by Wu Sanwang's hoarse roar, more than a dozen Xiangyongs crouched down at the same time and began to accelerate.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of heavy arrows tearing through the air continued to sound, and there were occasional screams, and Ming Junxiangyong was shot and killed by heavy arrows.

Jiannu's bow and arrow is known as the pinnacle of cold weapons, it's really not bragging.

Whether it is the lethality of the big bow and heavy arrows, or the overall level of archery of Jiannu, it is better than any previous local barbarian regime.

I saw hundreds of Jiannu standing on the bank of the river, and the formation was several miles long.

These Jiannu archers really shot Wu Sanwang and the others as rabbits. It was purely for fun. Otherwise, they could gather thousands of archers and shoot a dozen Xiangyongs into hedgehogs in one volley.

But Jianu didn't do that, and wanted to shoot Xiangyong as if he were a rabbit.

Xiang Yong beside Wu Sanwang fell into a pool of blood one after another.

Soon, Wu Sanwang was the only Xiangyong skating on the ice.

Jiannu on the bank of the Yellow River became even more fanatical, as if betting on him.

Looking up again, I saw that the section of the river controlled by Jiannu was still at least a hundred paces away.

After all, still can't rush in?Wu Sanwang let out a desperate lament.

However, just when Wu Sanwang was thinking that he was going to die, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded from the banks on both sides.

Immediately, Jiannu who was standing on the bank of the Yellow River panicked and pointed their bows and arrows at the night sky ahead.

Is this for reinforcements?The Holy One sent troops to meet him?Wu Sanwang was overjoyed, and immediately speeded up and rushed forward. After a while, he finally broke through the Jiannu blockade, and the sound of "bang bang bang" was heard behind him.

(End of this chapter)