Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 198 My hometown was stolen!
Beijing.

The imperial palace, the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

On the dragon chair, Zhu Youjian was smiling, while Wang Chengen read out the imperial decree, which was a reward for meritorious ministers.

Looking at the ministers saluting and thanking each other, Zhu Youjian raised his eyebrows with joy. Although this time he did not wipe out all the slaves who entered the customs as he thought, but the result was very satisfying to him.

Of the more than 3 slaves who entered the customs, only more than 1 escaped. More importantly, the elites of the Eight Banners brought by Huang Taiji were cut in half. It can be said that this is enough to shake the foundation of Houjin.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan got up and went out and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to play."

"Aiqing, please speak."

Zhu Youjian nodded and smiled.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Jiannu's vitality has been seriously injured. The imperial court should take this opportunity to completely retake Liaodong and put an end to the chaos in Liaodong."

Yuan Chonghuan cupped his hands and said, "Although the Jurchen's vitality has been seriously injured this time, it is not time to relax. We must take this opportunity to continue to suppress the Jurchens, otherwise the Jurchens will be relieved, and Liaodong will be another big disaster." .

"I have the same intention."

Hearing Yuan Chonghuan's words, Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Yuan Aiqing has been in Liaodong for many years, what strategy do you have?"

"I believe that we should take every step at a time, regain the lost territory little by little, and completely drive Jiannu back to Nuer Gandusi."

Yuan Chonghuan cupped his hands and said: "At that time, we will come to Chenghua Liting again, and we will completely cut off the foundation of slavery."

"Then if Aiqing manages Liaodong, can she be sure to completely calm the troubles in Liaodong?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian thought for a while before he said, although Wang Zhichen made a lot of contributions in exterminating the Jiannu before, but the contribution was not worth it, he still transferred Wang Zhichen away from Liaodong, and now there is a vacancy in the Liaodong economic strategy. , He also intends to let Yuan Chonghuan take over.

After all, now Yuan Chonghuan knows Liaodong best in the entire Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Chonghuan has the best fighting ability.

"The minister is sure."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Yuan Chonghuan bowed his hands and said, he was not surprised by Zhu Youjian's arrangement, Zhu Youjian had intentionally let him go to Liaodong before, but because Su Hao was more threatening, so Zhu Youjian Only then did he go to Shandong.

Now that there is a peace document in Shandong, it is impossible for Da Ming to attack Su Hao in a short time. After all, you are not joking, since Zhu Youjian signed the peace document, unless Su Hao actively violates the terms of the peace agreement, Da Ming will have nothing to do anyway. Will not take the initiative to attack Su Hao.

This is not only related to Zhu Youjian's reputation, but also to the prestige of the entire Ming Dynasty. As the saying goes, no one can stand without trust, even a single person, let alone a dynasty. Hao, then Daming's prestige will be gone.

This consequence is even more serious than Su Hao's separatist regime in Shandong. Now that Su Hao is able to give up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the righteousness of the Han people, in the eyes of the world, Su Hao is no longer an ordinary traitor, but a man with a heart. The virtuous kings of the world, if they break their oath now, it will only make Su Hao more righteous.

Don't look at things like righteousness, but they can be said to be what the people want. As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Don't look at this sentence as illusory, but it is an extremely important thing when it comes to siege. If there is righteousness, then the soldiers guarding the city are more likely to choose to surrender rather than resist to the death.

...

On the other side, at this time, the war intelligence from Beizhili also came to Jinan Fucheng.

"The Jurchen suffered such a heavy loss?"

Looking at the information Liao Qing handed over, Su Hao was also a little surprised. Although he had a premonition that the Jurchens would definitely not feel good this time, he did not expect that it would be so severe. More than 3 people entered the customs and escaped. Only more than 1 people went out, and nearly 2 people died in the pass, including seven or eight thousand Eight Banners elites.

You must know that they are elites of the Eight Banners. According to the division of the Jurchen, to become an elite of the Eight Banners, one must have at least ten years of internal strength, and be proficient in one martial art, and be able to defeat three or five ordinary people who are fully armed.

It is not an easy task to train elites of this level. Taking ordinary people as an example, it will cost at least two or 300 taels of silver if they want to cultivate internal strength in the past ten years. Although the internal strength in the past ten years seems to be very ordinary , but with this kind of strength, they can be regarded as upper-class people in the village. Even if they just go hunting in the mountains, they can live a good life.

This time the Jurchens killed seven or eight thousand and eight Banners elites in battle, and these Eight Banners elites had the best horses, armors, and weapons. This means that the Jurchens lost at least three or four million taels of silver. It is also difficult for a behemoth like Daming to bear, let alone a Jurchen.

More importantly, this kind of loss does not mean that money can be made up for it. It will take a long time, and there is no hope for at least three to five years.

"Send this news to Tang Xiangjin and let him grasp it himself."

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said, since the Jurchen suffered such a heavy loss, then Daming will definitely not miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water.

And he can also take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie. If he can occupy a certain amount of territory, even if the Jurchens are driven back to the Nuer Gandusi, he can also restrain Daming's troops from Liaodong, so that Daming cannot draw too many troops from Shandong. Deal with him here.

.........

Liaodong, Gaizhou Acropolis.

Tang Xiangjin narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the Acropolis of Gaizhou, which stood like a seal on the throat of the plain in the distance.

"Captain, are we really going to attack Gaizhou Acropolis?"

Looking at the heavily guarded Acropolis of Gaizhou in the distance, Governor Qianshi Wang Lian said worriedly: "In this way, the Jurchens may not let it go."

At the beginning, Su Hao only let them take down Jinzhouwei and Fuzhouwei, but he didn't let them take down Gaizhouwei.

Jinzhouwei and Fuzhouwei are fine, the Jurchens are not good at farming, and the people here in Liaodong have fled in disorder. There is no benefit, and the Jurchens don’t pay much attention to them at all, but Gaizhouwei is different. It is the crucial place to clamp down on the Ming army at Ning Yuanwei. If it is captured here, the Jurchens will definitely not let it go. After all, the Jurchens don't want to be copied when they fight the Ming army.

"Don't worry, the Jurchens are too busy to take care of themselves now, and have no time to pay attention to us."

Tang Xiangjin shook his head calmly. He didn't intend to do anything to Gaizhou Wei at first, but after the news from Jinan Mansion came, he decided to do something to Gaizhou Wei.

The Jurchen suffered such heavy losses, it was not easy to stop Da Ming, let alone spare manpower to deal with them.

"set off!"

Soon, more than [-] soldiers slowly moved towards Gaizhou Acropolis not far away.

The army of more than 2 people spread out on the plain like a sea of ​​people. Naturally, such a big movement could not be concealed from people. The big drum on the top of the city was beaten, and the sound of the drum instantly spread throughout the Weicheng of Gaizhou. A large number of Houjin soldiers gathered on the city wall. above.

On the city wall, Hutongge, Tekuyin, and Zhuketu looked at the army more than ten miles away, frowning.

"Hutongge, where did these Ming troops come from?"

Zhu Ketu looked at Hu Tongge who was on the side. It was Hu Tongge who was always in charge of the scouts.

"The spies did not come to report, and the Ming army on Ning Yuanwei's side showed no signs of dispatching."

Hu Tongge said solemnly: "These Ming troops came from the south, definitely not from Ning Yuanwei, they probably came from the sea."

maritime?

Hearing Hutongge's words, Tekuyin and Zhugtu frowned even deeper, and at the same time they thought of Mao Wenlong on Phi Island, that guy was like a bedbug, he went ashore from time to time to make people sick, but the other party was at sea, They have nothing to do with each other.

Zhu Ketu asked suspiciously, "Could it be Mao Wenlong's man?"

"Never mind if it's Mao Wenlong, the key is what should we do now?"

Hu Tongge waved his hand and said, "Do you want to attack or defend the city?"

Attack or defend?

Hearing Hu Tongge's words, Tekuyin sneered and said, "My Jurchen clan has never defended a city before. There are only [-] to [-] Ming troops. A few charges are enough to make them flee!"

It was said that Hutongge and Zhuketu didn't object either, these years, they were the only ones to attack, when would they need to defend against such weak behavior.

"What should those Han people do?"

After thinking for a while, Tekuyin said, besides the three Niulu, there are two Mongolian Niulu and four Han Niulu stationed in this city. Those Mongols are also cavalry, so they must attack with them.

But those Han people are all infantry, they can't keep up with their speed, but if those Han people are allowed to stay in the city, who knows if those Han people will turn against them.

"Let those Han people attack from the front, and we will attack from the side to penetrate the formation of the Ming army."

Hu Tongge said calmly: "Those Han people just happened to attract attacks for us."

"it is good."

Tekuyin and the two nodded. They didn't particularly care about the life and death of those Han Niulu. Gaizhouwei's defenders were only them and the Mongols. These four Han Niulu were only farming here to provide them with Just food.

Soon, under the coercion of Hutongge and the Mongols, more than 1000 Han people came towards Tang Xiangjin with weapons, and at the same time, [-] cavalry followed closely behind.

.........

"Captain, the Jurchens have left the city."

A scout riding a fast horse came to report.

Out of town?
Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin's eyes flashed with strangeness. Although he had heard the saying that when he was in Shandong, the Jurchens were less than 2 and invincible if they were less than [-], but now they have more than [-] people here. Ten times as many as the opponent, I didn't expect that these Jurchens were still crazy enough to take the initiative to attack.

"Array!"

After thinking for a while, Tang Xiangjin waved his hand and ordered, since the opponent is willing to go out of the city, it is naturally the best. If you defeat the Jurchen outside the city, then there is no need to attack the city. As for the city, they came from the sea and lacked siege equipment. If they wanted to take down the Acropolis of Gaizhou, they would definitely suffer a lot of losses.

Hearing Tang Xiangjin's order, more than 2 Qi soldiers quickly moved into action and formed a square formation. The first row was holding a large shield, and the second row was holding long spears. These long spears were surprisingly long. It was much longer than ordinary spears, more than a foot long, and formed a piercing wall with a large shield, and the third row was archers.

In the fourth column are two 3000 gunners, and at the end there are thousands of soldiers holding "swarming rockets", each holding two "swarming rockets", and there are more than [-] tiger squatting guns in the center.

Soon, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. Under the persecution of Hutongge and the Mongols, more than 1000 Han people began to move forward at a fast pace.

At the same time, the three of Hutongge also led the cavalry to detour towards the left side of the phalanx, preparing to attack the phalanx from the left. At this time, more than 1000 Han people also rushed to the front of the phalanx.

One hundred feet!

Fifty feet!
Twenty feet!
Seeing the Han people rushing forward, Tang Xiangjin had a look of disdain flashing across his face. These people did not dare to resist the Jurchens, but they were quite vicious towards them who were also Han people. With a wave of the command flag in their hands, the archers in the third row let go one after another. Arrows rained down, and dozens of Han people fell to the ground in an instant.

On the other side, the three of Hutongge also began to lead troops to charge, and the distance between the two sides also quickly narrowed.

Two hundred feet!
150 feet!

Seeing this, Tang Xiangjin waved the command flag again, the artillery fired one after another, and thousands of stones and iron beads rained down on the charging cavalry.

In an instant, dozens of cavalrymen fell off their horses, some were hit by stones and iron beads, and some were hit by their horses, but the other cavalrymen were not affected and continued to gallop on horseback.

At the same time, thousands of soldiers holding "Swarm of Rockets" also crowded behind the large shield.

Seventy feet!
Forty feet!
Thirty feet!
"shoot!"

Tang Xiangjin roared loudly, and thousands of soldiers ignited the "swarm of rockets" at the same time.

The next moment, more than [-] sharp arrows were shot at the galloping cavalry with lightning speed, and for a while, smoke filled the entire phalanx.

puff!puff!puff!
In an instant, the originally neat cavalry team suddenly became uneven as if it had been chewed by dogs. At least three or four hundred cavalrymen were shot off their horses by this wave of attack.

For a while, all the golden cavalrymen hadn't recovered yet, but the next moment, there was a burst of dense explosions like roasted beans, which was the sound of firecrackers. In an instant, hundreds of cavalrymen fell off their horses again.

Before starting to charge, one-third of the cavalry was directly lost, and all the cavalry were stunned. At this time, the cavalry who rushed to the front had already rushed to the wall. Being tied into a sieve, screaming for a while!
The tragic cry brought the three of Hutongge back to their senses, and Hutongge hurriedly shouted: "Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!"

It's a pity that at this time, it's not easy to withdraw. At this time, thousands of pikemen rushed out from behind the big shield and started the massacre.

In the Central Army, Tang Xiangjin couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw the wooden shell of the "swarm rocket" thrown aside by the soldiers. The power of this thing is quite powerful, much stronger than ordinary bows and arrows.

However, the flaws of this gadget are also obvious. One is that it may not be accurate. Although this "swarm rocket" can shoot more than 100 feet away, it can still guarantee the shooting direction by ten or twenty feet, but once it exceeds twenty feet, this thing is Whether to shoot the sky or the ground, only God knows, and ordinary bows and arrows can also shoot at a distance of [-] feet, so this "swarm of rockets" seems a bit tasteless.

More importantly, this thing is extremely expensive. The main material of "Swarm Rocket" is gunpowder. Gunpowder is usually used by wealthy people to make fireworks. The cost of a "Swarm Rocket" is four taels of silver. The attack just now used nearly a thousand tools, that is nearly 4000 taels of silver.

That is to say, Su Hao was rich. He slaughtered two Daming princes, stole several million taels of silver, and secretly sent people to Man Daming to buy gunpowder. Otherwise, how could he be so extravagant? For 4000 taels of silver, he can recruit hundreds of soldiers. As a result, it was consumed in one attack, but this power is nothing to say, if used well, this thing is enough to turn the situation around.

(End of this chapter)