I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 341 I Really Convince You, Old Six
Chapter 340

Although the main force of the Chechen Khan is still there, Zasak Tuhan is still attacking south along Lu'an Mansion, and the crisis in Lanzhou is still not resolved, but in fact, there are not many things that Cheng Shijie needs to do now.

Even though it is clear that Zhao Wencai is sticking to Lanzhou and needs support urgently, the problem is that with the [-] Ning naval cavalry joining the war, the situation in Lanzhou has not continued to deteriorate, but has changed for the better.

Unlike Pingding Prefecture, the Zhungeer Department slaughtered almost all the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty they encountered during their eastward march. , even if support is needed, it only needs to be done step by step.

As for the [-] elites of Zasaktu Khan, Hong Chengchou's main force has returned to aid now. If Hong Chengchou can't even deal with the [-] men and horses of Zasaktu Khan's tribe, he is not qualified to be the governor of the three sides. .

Therefore, Cheng Shijie can return to the capital now.If the Mongolian army is completely wiped out, by that time, those people in the capital will definitely receive the news, and they will destroy the evidence.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Cheng Shijie's actions.

Of course, now Lu Xiangsheng is standing on the city wall, full of emotions. This trip was not in vain. He has witnessed the end of an era with his own eyes.

Yes, the time of nomads is over, they don't have any chance.

Even if Ning Haijun only dispatched a few hundred people, that is, hundreds of Buming, and fired hundreds of rocket shells at the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops, the attacking Mongolian army was not only repelled, but also collapsed.In the face of Ning Haijun's rocket launchers and muskets, the Mongolian army has no power to fight back.

Especially the rocket launchers of Ning Haijun, a few of them killed or injured dozens of people, and if they were lucky, they could kill dozens of people.

However, Lei Shisheng, who was in charge of leading the Tianxiong Army on the expedition, was not in the mood to express emotion. The Tianxiong Army was much poorer than Ning Haijun. It was the first time he saw so many cavalry and so many horses. The tiger finally broke free from the cage and rushed to the front. The saber swung up like lightning and fell down, bringing up a rain of blood. It didn't take long for it to become a blood man.

Seeing those Mongolian soldiers falling under his sword one by one, Lei Shisheng was filled with joy in his heart, and the saber was swung so brightly that it was like a wheel, and the knife saw blood.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the rocket artillery of Ning Haijun, just like a bachelor in 40 years seeing a very beautiful woman, his eyes turned green. He stepped forward and stroked the launch tube of the rocket artillery, and said with a smile: "Cheng Shuai, your artillery is really good. How about doing the same for Lu?"

"Sell it to you, can you afford it?"

This is not because Cheng Shijie is lying. The cost of rocket launchers is not cheap at all. Now Ning Haijun’s Fire Dragon has produced three models. Although the manufacturing technology is becoming more and more mature, it’s just that the range is getting farther and more powerful. The larger the size, the higher the cost.

As far as a single quadruple fire dragon is concerned, it is as much as 280 taels of silver. On average, the cost of each rocket shell is as high as more than 70 taels of silver, which is equivalent to the cost of five or six lead bullets. Of course, Five or six, even fifteen or six lead bullets, cannot cause the lethal effect of a rocket shell.

"how much is it?"

"300 taels of silver!"

This time, Lu Xiangsheng supported Pingding Prefecture at all costs. They originally had a small number of war horses, but more than 2000 horses ran away to death. If Cheng Shijie made Lu Xiangsheng's money in this direction, it would be a bit unreasonable.

"Only 300 taels?"

Lu Xiangsheng really thought that rocket launchers were more expensive than Hongyi cannons. A Hongyi cannon cost more than 1000 taels to 500 taels of silver, but he did not expect rocket shells to be so cheap.

"Only 300 taels?"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Master Lu is really rich and powerful, and he only has 300 taels of silver. In the past few salvos, I fired more than 1000 rocket shells, which is equivalent to shooting out 9 to [-] taels of silver..."

"So expensive?"

Only then did Lu Xiangsheng realize the difference between ordinary artillery and rocket launchers. Although artillery arrows are light and powerful, they are much more expensive than Hongyi cannons or Frangji artillery.

However, there is a reason why it is expensive. If the Tianxiong Army has such an artillery, whether it is to deal with rogues or fight against slaves in the future, it will not be too easy to use.

"Cheng Shuai, how about Lu who plans to buy two hundred pieces?"

"Two hundred are too few. The mere eight hundred rocket launchers will be gone after two battles. It is not easy to replenish them. At least five hundred are needed!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly: "The Tianxiong Army doesn't have that much money!"

"If there is no money, the Tianxiong Army..."

Before Cheng Shijie finished speaking, Lu Xiangsheng thought that Cheng Shijie had taken a fancy to these horses, he shook his head and said: "No, this time our Tianxiong Army has lost more than 2000 horses, and now we urgently need these horses to replenish, not to mention, these horses are all It is a high-quality war horse, not a Mongolian horse that is not much bigger than a donkey!"

Does Cheng Shijie have a demand for these war horses from Mobei Mongolia?There must be a demand, but it is definitely not as urgent as the Tianxiong Army. In fact, in addition to Mongolian war horses, the Ning Navy can also obtain high-quality European war horses by sea!

"Tch, Mr. Lu, who do you look down on? I don't look down on these war horses!"

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also discovered that the war horses of Ning Haijun were different from those of their Tianxiong Army, neither Hequ horses nor Yili horses. He had never seen this kind of war horses before. Even if he has the blood of Xiji horse, it can also be said to have the blood of high-quality war horses in Central Asia. However, compared with the war horses under Cheng Shijie, the difference is not 01:30 points.

Ning Haijun's horse is tall, strong, has good endurance, strong explosive power, looks good and is durable.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Cheng Shuai, your horses are good, can you sell me some?"

"Yes, I can sell you all the equipment of the Ning Navy, including artillery, muskets, and knives, if you like it. The key is, do you have money?"

"money!"

When mentioning this money, Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly, besides.

Emperor Chongzhen raised food and grass for his three prefectures, and also used the money from the internal treasury to distribute military expenses to the Tianxiong Army. too much.It's just that these military expenses are used to purchase weapons and equipment for the Tianxiong Army. Among them, the most expensive asset of the Tianxiong Army is more than 7000 war horses, and the purchase of these war horses alone costs as much as 30 million taels of silver.

Lu Xiangsheng said to the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army beside him: "Try to gather the scattered horses, and don't let any of them go!"

Lu Xiangsheng had a special liking for the cavalry, but he couldn't get enough excellent war horses, and it was difficult to get what he wanted. He bought more than [-] war horses, which has already emptied his family.

Now the Chechen Khan has all fled. Many horses were killed and injured in the melee, but no matter what, there are still seven or eight thousand horses that are intact, but they just ran away. These horses are enough for him to form a sizable cavalry. Troops up.

In his eyes, these horses were the most precious spoils, and he would not let go of any of them, so Lu Xiangsheng personally led people to collect them.

Cheng Shijie and the soldiers of Ning Haijun acquiesced in their behavior. After all, without the rapid support of the cavalry of the Tianxiong Army, it would be impossible for Cheng Shijie to persist until the reinforcements arrived.Not only did the Tianxiong army waste more than 2000 horses on the road, but they also worked out their strength on the battlefield. Let them share part of the spoils, as they should.

Cheng Shijie didn't care about cleaning the battlefield, because everyone in the Ning Navy was already an iron broom, and they were very experienced in cleaning the battlefield, not to mention the weapons and armor of the Chechen Khan. They no longer liked it. Ning Haijun had better The soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were busy catching horses and collecting the weapons on the ground, but the soldiers of the Ning Navy were touching the corpses.

Those who saw the corpses of Mongolian soldiers who had not been searched took out their pockets, and smiled every time they took out a piece of silver or gold from their pockets.

Li Dingguo came over: "Little General Yang, we found a lot of good things from the Tartar camp!"

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly and said, "What good things have you found?"

"There is a lot of food and weapons, and..."

Li Dingguo's eyes flickered, and he gave Cheng Shijie a "you understand" look.

Cheng Shijie was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, good job!"

Although Li Dingguo was young, he was already a veteran on the battlefield, and his timing was too precise. Taking advantage of the Tianxiong Army's pursuit of the main force of the Chechen Khan, Lu Xiangsheng was catching horses, and Li Dingguo sent troops to seize the temporary base camp of Shuo Lei.

The Chechen Khan and Zasaktu Khan divided Taiyuan City equally, and robbed a lot of gold and silver treasures in Taiyuan City. The Tartars put all the looted things in the camp, which was really rich.

Cheng Shijie walked down the city wall and came to the battlefield outside the city. What he saw were groups of Mongolian soldiers kneeling on the ground with dull expressions. These Mongolian soldiers were very scared. The rocket artillery of the Ming army had already beaten them to their souls. Even if there are thousands of people out of their bodies, there are only dozens of Ming soldiers guarding them, but they dare not resist, let alone run away.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Lei Shisheng coming back, he asked, "Have you caught Shuolei?"

"No, this old thief ran too fast, he couldn't catch up at all!"

Lei Shisheng said very excitedly: "The last general beheaded at least five or six thousand ranks, and more than six thousand horses were captured. The cavalry of our Tianxiong Army can be expanded!"

Lu Xiangsheng was also very happy. His harvest was no less than that of Lei Shisheng. He captured more than [-] war horses, adding up to more than [-] horses. Even if they were divided into half of Ning Haijun, it would be a big profit.

Cheng Shijie said: "Master Lu, we have occupied the Mongolian camp. Our army has wiped out the remnants of the Tartar camp and captured a lot. I wonder if Master Lu is interested in going there to see it?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Then go and have a look."

In this battle, nearly a thousand people were killed or injured in his army. With such a large number of casualties, there must be some substantial compensation. There should be a lot of food, fodder, weapons, armor and the like in the Mongolian camp, which can be used to equip his troops.

Cheng Shijie was also polite and asked Li Dingguo to lead the way, and the group hurried to the Mongolian camp.

Hundreds of thousands of corpses lay scattered in the Mongolian camp. It was obvious that the camp was captured after a fierce battle. The Mongolian soldiers who stayed in the camp had been slaughtered, and all the things they looted were revealed. Trophies of the army.

Ning Haijun's ability to collect trophies is not small, and the trophies have been cleared out. Stones of food, bundles of arrows, pairs of heavy armor, sharp sabers and epees are arranged in different categories. Heaps and piles.

The military quartermaster next to Li Dingguo reported with a running account book: "A total of more than 72 horses, 320 pieces of cowhide, 15 pairs of leather armor, more than 5000 pairs of iron armor, and sharp arrows were seized. More than [-] branches, more than [-] sabers, [-] epees, more than [-] spears, [-] stones of grain, [-] taels of silver, iron bones, flying axes, etc..."

Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed, he punched his palm, and smiled all over his face: "Great, with this batch of weapons and food, our army's combat power has been greatly enhanced!"

"Yes, they are all good things. If nothing else, let's just talk about this cowhide. It can be made into leather armor. It has good protection and is light, but it's a pity that it's missing a little..."

Cheng Shijie rolled his eyes and pointed at the cowhide tents: "Ha, I almost forgot, these tents are all made of cowhide! Take them all off and make them into leather armor!"

"I'm already picking it up. How can I let such a good thing go?"

Lu Xiangsheng's smile grew wider, his eyes glued to those weapons and armor and he couldn't move away.

Cheng Shijie squatted down, took out an ingot of silver ingots from the box, and said, "It's such a beautiful snowflake silver, you bastards, they robbed us of all our good things!"

Cheng Shijie put the money back and asked Lu Xiangsheng: "Master Lu, how do you divide the money? How about a [-]-[-] split?"

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned, and glanced at the white box of silver, as well as the huge piles of copper coins and silverware, with a flat expression and seemed not very interested.

Lu Xiangsheng was born in Jiangnan, which was the wealthiest place in the entire Ming Dynasty. His family background was good, he was not short of money, and he was relatively immune to money.

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment: "Cheng Shuai, Lu has an unfeeling request, I wonder if Cheng Shuai can agree?"

"Master Lu, please speak."

Lu Xiangsheng pointed to the weapons and armor, and said, "All the money and belongings belong to Cheng Shuai, half of the horses are given to Cheng Shuai, and these weapons and armor belong to us, how about it?"

Cheng Shijie said: "How can this be done!"

Lu Xiangsheng said sincerely: "I also know that this is unfair. Money can't buy such fine weapons and armor, but we still have to encircle and suppress bandits, and we will inevitably have to fight the Tartars. Our equipment is inferior, so, The Tianxiong Army needs these weapons, armor and strong bows and arrows very much, and Cheng Shuai will suffer a little bit. I also ask Cheng Shuai to fulfill Lu's desire to serve the country."

Cheng Shijie was stunned again, he originally wanted to say that you don't take any money, and it would be too bad to take all these weapons and armor, but he didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng would be completely wrong, thinking that he would not.

Cheng Shijie cupped his hands and said: "Master Lu's loyalty is admirable. These weapons and armor are a waste in my hands. Naturally, they should be given to Master Lu. It's just that Master Lu, you have suffered many casualties in one battle, so you don't get any money." Is it okay to do a pension?"

Lu Xiangsheng felt that it made sense, so he said: "Then...then please ask Cheng Shuai to give me some more money as a pension for the disabled soldiers."

After finishing speaking, Lu Xiangsheng's fair face turned a little red, probably because he thought it was too much to take equipment and money.

In fact, relatively speaking, Cheng Shijie is really not short of money now, what's more, he is also disgraceful. Although I don't know how much money Li Dingguo has hidden, it will definitely not be less. The figures reported by the quartermaster of the Ning Navy should have a lot of water .In addition to the money, Cheng Shijie also seized the property of the governor Wu Tong. Xie Zhiliang also ransacked the home of the prefect of Pingding Prefecture and the escaped gentry, and got 7 to 60 taels of silver. In Pingding Prefecture, the harvest was no less than [-] taels of silver.

Not counting the deaths of soldiers, but only the loss and consumption of weapons and equipment, Cheng Shijie actually did not lose money.

Cheng Shijie said: "Lord Lu, Cheng thinks that we should divide the 15 taels of silver, Cheng will take 5000 taels of silver, and Master Lu will take the 5 taels of silver to compensate the casualties of the Tianxiong Army. As for all the weapons and armor, all iron armor, bows and arrows, spears, knives and other equipment, all are given to Tianxiong Army. Cowhide and cowhide armor, Cheng is not welcome."

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said, "How can this be done?"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the rifleman beside him and said: "The muskets equipped by our Ning Navy have a long range. If it weren't for this time because the supply did not keep up, the Tartars would have no chance to fight our Ning Navy. Therefore, in the future, our Ning Navy will gradually Get rid of the iron armor, and replace it with cowhide armor with slightly inferior defensive capabilities!"

Lu Xiangsheng also took a step back and divided the war horses equally. Cheng Shijie also knew about his own affairs. He really did not lack these thousands of war horses. Ning Haijun sold more than [-] war horses.

What Cheng Shijie lacked was not horses, but people, soldiers who were good at riding horses.

In this way, everyone gets what they need, and everyone is happy.

After Lu Xiangsheng left, Cheng Shijie called Li Dingguo and whispered into his ear, "How much money did you hide?"

"Time is running out, and there is really no time to hide too much. There are just over 7000 taels of gold and sixty boxes of silver, each box of 3000 taels."

"My grass!"

Cheng Shijie opened his eyes: "How did you transport the money away in such a short period of time?"

"No luck!"

Li Dingguo kicked away a piece of cowhide, and under the cowhide were densely packed with large boxes.

"You are the real six..."

……

On the other side, Shuo Lei led the remnants of the Chechen Khan to retreat towards Kuku and Tun. He also understood that the reinforcements of the Ming army arrived one after another. If they continue to fight, they will definitely suffer more losses. With the loss of [-] to [-] young and strong, it can be said that the Chechen Khan has been seriously injured.

After three days and three nights of fleeing, Shuo Lei looked at Kuku and Tuncheng in the distance, and finally he could take a breath. Of course, it was just a breath.

At this moment, before Shuo Lei had time to count the losses, he saw the ground vibrate slightly, and the thunderous sound of horseshoes resounded, shaking everyone's heartstrings.

Shuo Lei looked back in horror, only to see a torrent of cavalry rapidly pushing towards him from a distance. The battle flag and the battle robe were fiercely branded on the hearts of all the Mongolian soldiers, making them tremble all over.

"Jiannu Eight Banners, why are they here?"

No one answered Shuo Lei's question, because Huang Taiji was almost on the front and rear of Cheng Shijie. When Cheng Shijie arrived in Pingding Prefecture, Huang Taiji also occupied Kuku and Tun. After learning about the news of Tuhan, after learning about the three Mongolian tribes in Mobei, among them, the Tuxietuhan tribe was annihilated by Cheng Shijie in Miyun.

Then, the Chechen Khan was attacking the city of Pingdingzhou defended by Cheng Shijie. However, the base was too useless, with an advantage of more than ten times, but it couldn't move the small Pingdingzhou.

At that time, Duoduo and Dorgon, including Daishan, suggested to Huang Taiji that they should lead the elite of the Jiannu Eight Banners to go south. Now that the Hutuo River has been frozen, they can go directly along the Hutuo River to Yuxian County in the north of Pingding Prefecture. Yu County is only fifty kilometers away from Pingding Prefecture, that is, one hundred miles, and a surprise attack can reach the northern part of Pingding Prefecture.

Huang Taiji was very tempted by this proposal. However, the problem was that Huang Taiji was also frightened by Ning Haijun's rocket launchers. According to Jiannu's reconnaissance, there were no less than a hundred Ning Haijun artillery in Pingding Prefecture. He had already seen the power of Ning Haijun's artillery. Slave, I began to waver in my heart.

It wasn't until Shuo Lei bombarded Pingding Prefecture with the captured artillery from Taiyuan Mansion that Huang Taiji realized that Cheng Shijie didn't carry many artillery shells, and his shells were all gone.Huang Taiji decided to go south and cooperate with the Mongolian army to kill Cheng Shijie. However, before he had time to act, he received information that Shen Mingyu had sent reinforcements to Pingding Prefecture in the direction of Datong Town.

Under such circumstances, Huang Taiji naturally believed that even if Cheng Shijie couldn't defend Pingdingzhou, he would definitely retreat, even if he left a queen, and Cheng Shijie wanted to run, Shuo Lei would have no chance to catch up with Cheng Shijie, in Huang Taiji's heart , It never occurred to me that Cheng Shijie couldn't run away.

In fact, Cheng Shijie waited until the arrival of the Tianxiong Army. As a result, Ning Haijun's artillery was bombarded by a burst of rockets, and the troops under Shuo Lei's command were defeated. According to the information fed back from the scene, Ning Haijun's artillery was even more powerful. In this case, Compared with the two evils, Huang Taiji decided to swallow the remnants of the Chechen Khan under Shuo Lei's command.

Now there are three roads before the Chechen Khan Mongolian Army, either surrender, fight to the end, or turn around and go south, but the problem is that the Tianxiong Army or Ning Haijun in the south are not soft persimmons, they would rather face Jiannu Eight Banners, I don't want to be bombed either.

The soldiers of the Mongolian army looked desperately at the centurion and thousand commanders, but they saw the same pale faces.Now they really have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, what should they do?
Jiannu Eight Banners, as well as the Mongolian left and right wing corps, moved forward like a wall from east to west. In front of Huang Taiji, the two yellow banners were elite, and the artillery of the Han army, especially the artillery placed on the snow, was in front of Huang Taiji. Under the sunlight, the black gun barrel makes people feel palpitating.

After Huang Taiji's Eight Banners advanced about one mile away from the Mongolian army, the army stopped and looked at the frightened Mongolian army with indifferent eyes, waiting for them to make a choice.

Is it war or surrender?

PS: When I wrote about ten o'clock last night, there was a power outage and there was no update. I woke up at six o'clock in the morning this year and hurriedly typed, and it was still there at night.This chapter is from yesterday.

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